The letter was suspicious, and he really missed the old master, or managed the court music for Xiang Kang, a layman who had no elegant bones all over his body, and some leisure time, so the next day, he ordered a Mao in Xianyang Palace, Chen Zongzheng found an excuse to go home, changed into plain clothes and led a reliable servant out, and went straight to the Xianyang Medicine Market on the north bank of Weishui.

Although Zhang Zhi didn't say that Ziying would go to that market to buy medicine and study medicine, but as the former Xianyang Order, Chen Zongzheng was of course very familiar with the market in Xianyang, and almost subconsciously came to the largest drug market in Xianyang, pretending to be ready to buy medicine, while wandering around the market at will, while patiently waiting for the arrival of Ziying with not very great hopes.

To Chen Zongzheng's surprise, maybe the information provided by Zhang Zhi was inaccurate, or maybe he chose the wrong place, wandering around the medicine market for nearly an hour, but he never saw the shadow of Ziying, but just when Chen Zongzheng was gradually disappointed, in the crowd, a vaguely familiar back suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and when he took a closer look at the back that he must have seen before, Chen Zongzheng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he couldn't help but say excitedly in his heart: "It's Brother Wang!" It's definitely him! ”

That back is indeed the Han army who once had the same siblings as Chen Zongzheng, and ordered Wang Ming to hide carefully behind a medicine stall, just by seeing Wang Ming's side face, Chen Zongzheng had already confirmed that it was him, but what surprised Chen Zongzheng was that Wang Ming was the same as him, he also wore ordinary people's clothes, and deliberately combed the common oblique bun among the people, Chen Zongzheng was inevitably suspicious in his heart, and said secretly: "Brother Wang, what are you doing?" He is a leveling order, and it makes sense to come here to understand the price of medicine, but there is no need for him to dress like this? ”

"Could it be? Brother Wang's purpose here is the same as mine?! ”

After suddenly waking up, Chen Zongzheng's heart was inevitably even more excited, and he categorically dispelled the idea of giving up, while carefully avoiding Wang Ming, he patiently waited for the arrival of the child, and then did not expect Chen Zongzheng, pretending to be wandering in the medicine market during the period, Wang Ming really paid attention to the entrance and exit of the market, no matter what kind of vehicles entered and exited the market, Wang Ming would stretch his neck to take a closer look, obviously waiting for someone or something.

The hard work paid off, and when noon was about to pass, surrounded by several entourages, a carriage with not very ornate decorations suddenly entered the market, and then just glanced at the driver, Chen Zongzheng was so excited that he almost didn't shout, "Han Tan!" Han Lang Zhongling! ”

Yes, the person who drove the car was indeed the Great Qin Loyal Eunuch Han Tan who helped Ziying kill at the beginning, after being named Lang Zhongling by Ziying and forced to surrender to the Han army, Han Tan, who was loyal to Ziying, took the initiative to resign, and returned to Ziying's mansion to continue to give Ziying a housekeeper. In the same way, of course, the same is true of Wang Ming, another loyal minister of Great Qin!

The carriage stopped on the square in the market, and when the curtain was flipped, a dwarf less than one meter tall came out first, and saw the familiar figure of the dwarf, Chen Zongzheng and Wang Ming on the other side were also blurred by tears, and called out the name of the dwarf in their hearts, "Yuan Zhan!" ”

Chen Zongzheng and Wang Ming can confirm that the dwarf is Yuan Zhan without looking closely, this naturally short court courtier is disabled and strong, not only advised the grumpy Qin Shi Huang to expand Shanglin Yuan, but also prevented the ridiculous decision of Qin II, who was good at killing, to paint all the walls of Xianyang Palace with red paint, which reduced countless burdens for the poor people of Daqin, and also saved countless expenses for the treasury of Daqin. proved his loyalty to the Great Qin Imperial Court with practical actions, and also made normal people Wang Ming and Chen Zongzheng respect him.

When Yuan Zhan lifted the curtain of the car with a ridiculous appearance and funny expression, the waste Qin prince baby who had been haunted by Chen Zongzheng and Wang Ming and other loyal ministers of Great Qin for a long time finally reappeared in front of them, and after being carried out of the carriage by Han Tan with a smile, Ziying also raised his head to look at the sky, as if thanking God for mercy, and finally gave him a little short time of freedom.

Without the courage to step forward and recognize Ziying, Chen Zongzheng could only wander through the crowd with tears in his eyes, peeking at Ziying to visit the medicine market and buy various folk medicines. ”

There was a sudden accident in the market, Yuan Zhan, who had been doing all kinds of exaggerated actions to sensationalize, didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, he turned up a fight in public in the market, and gradually lost his direction as soon as he turned over, and plunged into several bamboo baskets piled together, when the herbs in the bamboo baskets were sprinkled all over the ground, he was watching the lively ordinary people on the side, but the owner of those medicinal materials was furious, and immediately pulled Yuan Zhan out and scolded angrily, and beat Yuan Zhan.

Seeing this scene, of course, Ziying hurriedly stepped forward to make amends for Yuan Zhan, and several of his entourage who did not leave him also hurriedly followed, Chen Zongzheng was about to get a little closer, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ziying's most trusted eunuch Han Tan standing next to a medicine stall, and was whispering something to the stall owner of the medicine beach, Chen Zongzheng, who had secretly visited many cases for the Great Qin Imperial Court, also immediately moved in his heart and said secretly: "Coincidence? Or is Yuan Zhan doing it on purpose? ”

After some negotiations, Ziying paid money to compensate the pharmacist, and also bought several rare herbs from him, Han Tan also quickly returned to his side, accompanied him gradually away, Chen Zongzheng also kept an eye, did not rush to follow Ziying, but hid in the crowd, carefully pay attention to the medicine stall that had spoken to Han Tan, and then not much time was not expected, Wang Ming, a friend who was as loyal to the Great Qin Court as he was, really walked to the side of the medicine stall intentionally or unintentionally, I talked to the stall owner.

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Zongzheng's mouth, and after remembering the appearance of the stall owner and the location of his medicine stall with his heart, Chen Zongzheng quietly walked away, and hesitated to step forward to meet Ziying in his heart, but after only thinking about it for a while, Chen Zongzheng dispelled this idea, and said in his heart: "Don't take risks, the king is still misunderstanding that I am a despicable villain who sells for glory, and it is useless to see it, maybe the king will misunderstand me even more because he sees me, which will affect his communication channels with the outside world." ”

After touring and purchasing in the market for nearly two hours, Ziying led Han Tan and Yuan Zhan and others to board the car and left, and when they left, Ziying also asked Han Tan very casually to buy a little medicinal materials from the previous medicine stall, Chen Zongzheng also suddenly understood in his heart that Ziying must have known the situation of the medicine stall for a long time!

"King, be careful, if this matter is revealed, Xiang Kang, the traitor, will definitely not let you go, take care, Your Majesty begs you!"

After muttering silently in his heart, after watching Ziying's carriage leave with teary eyes, Chen Zongzheng, whose legs were already sore, instructed the accompanying servants: "Go back." ”

The servant agreed, and hurriedly followed Chen Zongzheng to the gate of the market, and when he was about to walk out of the market, the servant suddenly reminded in a low voice: "My lord, pay attention to the front, that Zhang Gongzi yesterday!" ”

Chen Zongzheng, who was preoccupied, was shocked, and when he hurriedly looked up, he saw that Zhang Zhi, who reported to him yesterday, was also wearing a common man's clothes, and was standing next to the gate of the market, looking around, Chen Zongzheng hurriedly wanted to bow his head and walk out of the market quickly, but Chen Zongzheng had already recognized him, and greeted him with a smile, and said loudly: "Uncle, don't look for it, the kind of Huren medicine you want, the little nephew has already bought it for you in Youshi, and it has been sent to your home." ”

"What do you mean?"

Chen Zongzheng was stunned, but Zhang Zhi walked quickly to his side and said in a low voice: "Uncle Chen, you are too careless, you have been shopping in the medicine market for so long, and finally went out empty-handed, if someone with a heart notices you, how can you not be suspicious?" ”

Chen Zongzheng suddenly realized, and hurriedly thanked Zhang Zhi, and as a matter of course, he left the medicine market with Zhang Zhi, and then after walking to a sparsely populated place, Zhang Zhi looked ahead and said, "Uncle, how is it?" The little nephew didn't lie to you, did he? ”

After hesitating for a moment, unable to suppress his curiosity, Chen Zongzheng couldn't help but let his servant walk to the back, and then asked in a low voice, "How do you know?" ”

"Zhou Zeng's side, there is the eyeliner of the little nephew, and he is a Guanzhong Qin man who has not forgotten Daqin." Zhang Zhi replied in a low voice: "Like this, the Guanzhong Qin people who don't forget Great Qin, hot-blooded strong men, and little nephews still know a lot, as long as Great Qin is in need, they can throw their heads and spill their blood at any time." ”

Chen Zongzheng was skeptical, and asked, "Then you forget, King Han is your cousin-in-law." ”

"Uncle, when did the King of Han recognize me as a relative?" Zhang Zhi asked with a smile.

Chen Zongzheng was silent, and he also knew that after Zhang Ping was forced to lead the Zhang family to surrender to the Han army, Xiang Kang only gave Zhang Ping the fictitious title of a miscellaneous general, and did not give the Zhang family any official position with real power - of course, this is also to blame for the old Zhang family leading the Qin army to surrender to Xiang Yu, and also allowing the Guanzhong Qin people to be bullied and killed by the Guanzhong coalition army, so Xiang Kang could not offend the Qin people in Guanzhong in order to please the Zhang family.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Zongzheng asked in a low voice, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"I want to ask my uncle to help introduce our king to my little nephew." Zhang Ping replied very directly, and said: "As long as we can serve the king and help our king restore the country, the little nephew is willing to pay any price!" Even....... ”

Before Zhang Zhi's words were finished, Chen Zongzheng was already smiling, his smile was extremely bitter, and he waved his hand to interrupt Zhang Zhi and said: "Virtuous nephew, you have found the wrong person, let's not say that I don't have this ability and opportunity, even if there is such an opportunity, the king will definitely not believe you." ”

"Why?" Seeing that Chen Zongzheng had something to say, Zhang Zhi hurriedly changed his words and asked: "As long as I can prove my loyalty to the king, no matter what the king wants me to do, this is not okay?" ”

Chen Zongzheng, who had an unspeakable secret in his heart, shook his head bitterly, unwilling to explain to Zhang Zhi, but Zhang Zhi refused to give up, and said: "Uncle, have you forgotten the grace of my two emperors and kings of Great Qin to you?" Or, uncle, you still can't trust your little nephew? If that's the case, please ask your uncle to tell me, what do you want your little nephew to do so that your little nephew can gain your trust? ”

After all, he is not a professional counter-espionage officer, and his mood is in a state of extreme loss, Chen Zongzheng said casually: "Virtuous nephew, I really can't help you, do you know?" After the news of the martyrdom of General Xi Tengxi in Lantian was sent to Xianyang, among the king's most trusted courtiers, I was the only one who persuaded the king to surrender, and everyone else scolded me for being a shameless puppet who betrayed the lord for glory, and broke off my friendship. Will the king believe it? ”

"And this?" Zhang Zhi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Uncle, you persuaded the king to surrender in the first place?" Why has the little nephew never heard of this matter? ”

"The people who participated in that time were all absolute henchmen of the king, and of course they would not publicize it." Chen Zongzheng replied bitterly.

"Who are all involved?" Zhang Zhi almost wanted to blurt out this question, but fortunately, Zhang Zhi was still alert, swallowed this sentence back into his stomach in time, and changed his words: "So that's the case, uncle, don't worry, even if people all over the world don't believe you, I believe you, little nephew!" Otherwise, the little nephew would have been taken down by you yesterday and dedicated to the thief! ”

Zhang Zhi's words made Chen Zongzheng's heart feel better, and then Chen Zongzheng said again: "Virtuous nephew, it's not that my uncle can't trust you, it's that my uncle himself has fallen into the quagmire, and dealing with me will only harm you, so you really don't come to me in the future, so as not to stain you with mud." ”

"Uncle, can you give me some pointers, who should the little nephew go to?" Zhang Zhi asked cautiously in a low voice.

"You can ......." Chen Zongzheng swallowed back the words after only saying one beginning, and then quickly shook his head and said: "I don't know, anyway, don't leave it at that, don't come to me in the future, I'm for your good." ”

After that, Chen Zongzheng quickened his pace, and the servants who followed far behind also hurriedly followed, but Zhang Zhi stopped for a while, looked at Chen Zongzheng's back and said in his heart: "This Chen Zongzheng must know something useful, he was the only one who persuaded Ziying to surrender, and the other Ziying henchmen turned their faces and broke off with him?" This seems to be a clue, as long as you follow this clue and touch the melon, ....... ”

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Ziying's side, after returning to his mansion by car, leaving aside the guards sent by the Han army to monitor him, Ziying of course led Han Tan and Yuan Zhan directly back to his back house, his two sons Bi Hui and Bi Zhuang, as well as Shu Wen, the waiter who studied medical skills with Zi Ying, hurriedly came up together to salute and greet him, Zi Ying waved his hand to say that he was exempt from courtesy, and then handed over the medicine he bought in person today to Shu Wen, and asked him to classify and store it, and let the two sons and Yuan Zhan guard the door, and finally asked Han Tan in a low voice: "What the hell is going on?" Why is Wang Ming still dressed like that in the market today? Did he know that the widow would be there today? ”

"Back to the king, Wang Yucheng did know in advance." Han Tan replied in a low voice: "It was Zhang Zhi, the nephew of the former general Zhang Han, who gave him the wind yesterday evening, and Zhang Zhi's vertical man also said in a roundabout way that he was willing to help the king restore the country, but Wang Yucheng didn't dare to trust him and drove him away." ”

"Zhang Han, the traitor's nephew Zhang Zhi?" Ziying was amazed and said, "How could that vertical son have such a good heart? Their Zhang family not only surrendered to the traitors of the princes outside the Guan, but also had a daughter who married Xiang Kang as a concubine, how could he be so loyal? ”

"The villain can't figure out why." Han Tan frowned and replied: "The villain even has some doubts, could that thief Zhang Zhi be sent by the Han thief to test Wang Yucheng?" But it's not right to think about it, if the thief wants to send someone to test Wang Yucheng, he should send a person who is easy to get Wang Yucheng, how can he send Zhang Han's nephew who Wang Yucheng will never trust easily? Therefore, the villain just overstepped his responsibilities and asked Wang Yucheng not only to never believe the little shaft, but also to ask him to carefully check the situation of the little shaft. ”

Ziying nodded, and asked again, "What other important circumstances are there besides this?" ”

"Xiang Kang's traitor has taken Wancheng, the capital of Nanyang traitor Liu Ji, and taken the hinterland of Nanyang." Han Tan replied in a low voice: "The King of Thieves of Western Chu counterattacked and entered Yingchuan, and Xiang Kang was forced to return to Ye County, but there has been no fight yet. ”

"Keep an eye out for this, this might be an opportunity." Ziying said: "The King of the Thieves of Western Chu is also our last hope, as long as he can defeat the Han thieves, or severely damage the thieves, we have hope of recovering the country, if even the King of Thieves of Western Chu is finished, we have no hope at all." ”

Han Tan sang in a low voice, and said: "Great King, Wang Yucheng also asked, can we abandon our previous suspicions, no longer care about the previous blood feuds, and take the initiative to contact the King of Thieves in Western Chu?" ”

Ziying hesitated a little, and then asked, "Wang Ming, are they sure that they can do this?" ”

"The villain doesn't know." Han Tan replied helplessly: "But if you have to do it, maybe you can hope to do it, but I don't know how much the King of Western Chu can help us." ”

"Then ......, let's give it a try." Ziying said with the intention of giving it a try: "Tell Wang Ming that you must choose someone you can absolutely trust to do this, and you must not let the thieves know, let alone implicate him, Jia Ping, and Gao Jia." ”

After Han Tan sang the promise again, it was also a coincidence, just outside the door came the voice of the waiter Shu Wen, reporting that the medicinal materials bought by Ziying had been classified, Ziying listened and hurriedly said: "Come in, it just so happens that Ben Hou is in the medicine market today, and he has obtained two new prescriptions from the folk medical workers, and Doctor Shu will come in and take a look with Ben Hou." ”

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On Wang Ming's side, according to Han Tan's instructions, Wang Ming and a few of his friends quickly sent people to carefully investigate the situation related to Zhang Zhi, but unfortunately, there were not enough manpower and material resources, Wang Ming and others could only find out, but after Zhang Ping took the Zhang family to surrender to Han, he only got the official position of a miscellaneous general and a little money and food, as well as the return of the original land and mansion of the Zhang family, and Zhang Zhi, the uncle, did not get any official rewards, and the rest was completely unknown.

"Could it be that this vertical son is dissatisfied with Xiang Kang's rebellious treatment of him, so he gave birth to the idea of killing his relatives in righteousness? If that's the case, maybe this shaft can be used. Wang Ming thought in his heart, and reminded himself with great worry: "Don't be gullible, this vertical son not only surrendered to the rebel thief outside the border, but his cousin also married Xiang Kang and the rebel thief as a concubine, and he is the most dangerous and unreliable person, it is very likely that the thief sent to test our rebellion." ”

Having said that, Wang Ming still had a huge question in his heart, and said secretly: "But it's not right?" If the thieves want to send a counter-agent to test us, it should be the most sure to send other people? How can we send a Zhang Zhizhi who has no chance of gaining our trust? This is completely unreasonable, huh? ”

In fact, Wang Ming doesn't need to worry so much, because he will soon understand that this is the most reasonable thing!