"Whoever comes to see you will always be waiting in the hall!" Li Zhen scolded angrily, and then said to Zheng Zhen: "I am annoyed that Brother Taiwen will deal with one or two for me, so I said that there is an important guest visiting here!" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhen understood what he said, hurriedly responded, and then turned to leave.

Yang Ruqiu's face was still the same as Fang Cai, neither humble nor arrogant, not shocked, but Zhang Han's expression seemed a little cramped and uneasy, just these officials who just came, whether they were military officials or military generals, which one of them was much bigger than his official rank, but here in Li Zhen, they were all driven to the side hall to avoid it.

"Deputy Envoy Yang, Li, General Li is really ...... Is it really just a marching Sima? While Li Zhen was not paying attention, Zhang Han leaned over to Yang Ruqiu's side and asked in a low voice.

"What, what does Deputy Envoy Zhang think?" Yang Ruqiu asked rhetorically, slightly surprised.

At this time, I saw Li Zhen leaning over a little, and smiled at Zhang Han: "Dare to ask Deputy Envoy Zhang what kind of official position he is?" ”

Zhang Han was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then fine beads of sweat instantly oozed from his forehead, and then he said with a wry smile: "In the lower ministry, the official rank is from the eighth rank, and the official rank of the loose official is the Xuande Lang of the seventh rank." ”

"Oh, if I'm not mistaken, Xuande Lang is under the seventh grade!" Li Zhen leaned back on the table, and the smile on his face was like a spring breeze.

"What Li Sima said is good, it is indeed the seventh rank of the lower rank!" Although Zhang Han didn't believe that Li Zhen really didn't know, he still answered truthfully.

"Oh, I don't know ...... the silverfish bag of Deputy Envoy Zhang," Li Zhen pointed to the belt around Zhang Han's waist.

Hearing this, Zhang Han replied proudly: "In the next year, it is the second class of the palace test in the first year of Kaicheng, and it is given by His Majesty Emperor Wenzong!" ”

"The first year of Kaicheng ......" Li Zhen thought about it, and then asked: "That was eleven years ago?" ”

"Exactly!" Zhang Han replied.

As the second class in the palace examination that year, Zhang Han has always been proud of it, so he has a lot of contempt for those officials who are not from the imperial examination.

If you learn high, you will naturally be arrogant when you speak and act.

"Oh, it's been eleven years, dare to ask Deputy Envoy Zhang why he is still a deputy envoy from the eighth grade? What's the secret behind this? Li Zhen leaned over and asked.

It doesn't seem to be a joke, but it sounds like it's all mocking. 、

Yan Heng and Gao Biao immediately laughed when they heard this.

Laughing without scruples, laughing madly.

Zhang Han's face, which had returned to normal slightly, instantly turned extremely red, and he was about to speak, but he saw that Li Zhen didn't give him the slightest chance to argue, and then said: "Don't worry, don't worry, dare to ask Deputy Envoy Zhang what is the matter of this trip?" ”

The voice fell, and he only heard Liu Guan outside the door and said: "General, the soldiers and horses in the left compartment have made General Li and General Fang Jin here!" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Han to answer, Li Zhen got up and said with a smile: "The two deputy envoys, please rest for the time being, these two can't rush to the side hall anymore!" ”

"General Li, please take care of yourself!" Yang Ruqiu hurriedly bowed down and said.

Zhang Han was blocked for a few words one after another, although he was unwilling, but in the face of Li Maoxun's desire for Zhang Zhifang, the two of them didn't dare to make a mistake, so they had to say yes again and again, but at this time, the attitude was completely devoid of the arrogance of Fang Cai.

Yang Ruqiu is better, at least he has explained his intentions, and Li Zhen doesn't seem to have obvious refusal, but Zhang Han is more aggrieved, he has been left out in the cold for a long time, and he hasn't even made his intention clear, obviously this is far from the task assigned by Wang Yuankui.

It was only at this time that Zhang Hanfang regretted it a little, originally thinking that this Li Zhen was just a gentleman who relied on the shade of the door to enter the office, and was no different from those unlearned and unskilled officials and eunuchs in Chang'an City, even those so-called military exploits were just done by others.

But just judging from Fang Cai's words and every move of those details, it is absolutely impossible to do it without a pair of unique eyes and a heart that understands human affairs and world affairs.

Although Zhang Han did not dare to boast of being a scholar and a full stomach, he was also born in the second class of Jinshi, and he was a learned and good talent after passing the palace examination of Emperor Wenzong, but he was only in a bad situation to get an official and a half-position in the feudal town.

But when facing Li Zhen, Zhang Han inexplicably had a strange feeling in his heart, whether it was inferiority, fear, or remorse, Zhang Han couldn't tell, he only knew that he had been clearly seen by the young man from the moment he stepped into this threshold.

The things that he was once proud of turned into a joke in front of this young man, a joke called "self-inflicted humiliation".

Zhang Han lowered his head and walked out of the door slowly, looked at Yang Ruqiu beside him, and then shook his head helplessly, he looked down on Yang Ruqiu's submissive and respectful appearance, and a scholar should have the backbone of a scholar.

But once again, the facts ruthlessly proved themselves wrong, no matter when and where, people like Yang Ruqiu will always live better.

Backbone, most of the time, not only can't bring any substantial benefits to yourself, but even leads to trouble.

"Alas......" Zhang Han sighed lightly, but he was colliding with Zhang Zhifang.

"Huh! What are you? Zhang Zhifang, who was accustomed to Lu Longjun's rampage, couldn't help but scold angrily.

Zhang Han glared at Zhang Zhifang angrily, but at this time he had already lost the backbone of a scholar, after a short look at each other, Zhang Han bowed down deeply, and said softly: "Zhang Han, the deputy envoy of the lower official Chengde Festival, meet General Zhang, and hope that the general will forgive his sins!" ”

"Humph!" Zhang Zhifang snorted coldly, then glared at Zhang Han, and pushed the door in.

On the contrary, Li Maoxun smiled at Zhang Han and Yang Ruqiu, and then followed Zhang Zhifang in.

Zhang Han's self-esteem was shattered again, the kind of broken corpse.

"Brother Yang, what do you say is the use of us studying?" Zhang Han smiled bitterly, but his eyes were already misty with tears.

Yang Ruqiu didn't speak, just smiled faintly, just like when she saw Li Zhen just now.

......

"Brother Zeyuanxian, are you okay! Lao Li and I have come to see you again! As soon as Zhang Zhifang entered the door, he shouted at the top of his voice, which made Li Maoxun look disgusted.

Li Zhen is still lazily leaning on the table, and after getting along for a while, he has been very familiar with these two people for a long time, and the two of them don't mind Li Zhen's seemingly rude behavior.

I saw Li Zhen stretching his neck to look at the empty hands of the two, and immediately said impatiently: "You two come to me eight times a day, but you never bring any gifts, and you don't learn from others!" ”

As he spoke, Li Zhen pointed in the direction of the side hall, with an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel.

"Li Zeyuan, you would be ungrateful if you said this, if it weren't for me, Zhang Zhifang, who spread rumors in this army...... No, no, rumors...... It's not right, the rumors ......"

"It's a rumor!" Li Maoxun said with certainty.

"Nonsense! Where are the rumors! Zhang Zhifang argued with a stiff neck.

"It's not a rumor, you said that I was about to draw my sword and kill myself, how can it be a rumor!" Li Zhen glanced at Zhang Zhifang and said angrily.

"Da Lang, in fact, if Brother Fang Jin didn't say that, where did we get so much ill-gotten gains!" Yan Heng grinned.

Hearing this, Li Zhen was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but Gao Biao couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Yan Heng is right, now I'm afraid that half of the officials in Lulong Town are here, your daily income is more than my year's income, but I feel distressed after only eating a few meals of wine and meat from you?" Zhang Zhifang laughed and found a place to sit down.

"Well, Fang Jin is right, it's just a few meals of wine and meat, which is a drop in the bucket for you!" Li Maoxun also sat next to Zhang Zhifang and said with a smile.

"Didn't you two be enemies before? How did you come to me and become a raccoon dog again! Li Zhen scolded with a smile.

Since Li Maoxun made meritorious contributions to Zhang Zhifang's intercession for his crimes that day, Zhang Zhifang's attitude towards him has also improved greatly, until in the matter of eating Li Zhen, the two have become indistinguishable from you and me.

After joking, Li Maoxun asked with a straight face: "Zeyuan, you need to tell me truthfully, do you really not plan to return these 3,000 soldiers and horses?" ”