"It's Lord Zhang who is here, you people, you don't know how to lift, why don't you let Master Zhang in quickly," Li Chunfang's voice came from the door.

To tell the truth, Zhang Fan heard the voice of others welcoming him so eagerly, but there was some unhappiness in his heart, thinking about what kind of identity he is now, the most famous Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty Emperor's twelve guards are the commanders, who are specifically supervising the ministers of the court, not to mention the great power in their hands, and their subordinates are even more famous for their cruelty and ferocity, according to the original situation, no matter which minister sees him visiting in person, shouldn't he be frightened, but he Zhang Fan is good, no matter where he goes to answer the door, The host would always come out to greet him warmly, which really made him a little depressed.

"Lord Li," Zhang Fan greeted Li Chunfang, who went out to greet him, and said, "Lord Lao is tired of going out to greet him personally, Zhang Fan is really ashamed,"

"Where, this is how it should be," Li Chunfang in private did not have the silent appearance in the court at all, he was completely a cheerful person, he was sixty years old, but he was not old, even if he spoke, he didn't look like a person who was over the age of six, "Speaking of which, I still want to thank Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang can be regarded as my Li Chunfang's benefactor,"

"Zhang Fan doesn't dare to be a benefactor or something," Zhang Fan hurriedly shook his hand and said, then showed a puzzled expression and asked, "However, Zhang Fan doesn't know at all that there is kindness with Lord Li, and I ask Lord Li to make it clear,"

"Well......" Li Chunfang listened to Zhang Fan's words, squinted his eyes and pretended to be very dissatisfied, looked at Zhang Fan, and said, "Lord Zhang, the commander of the brocade guard, is not doing a good job, and he doesn't even know about this matter,"

"Oh, I don't know what 'this matter' refers to, and I still have to ask Master Li for advice," Zhang Fan looked completely humble and taught.

"You...... You don't really know, do you," Li Chunfang looked at Zhang Fan with a surprised expression, and then said, "I don't know if Lord Zhang knows where I'm from,"

"This ......" After listening to Li Chunfang's question, Zhang Fan didn't know how to answer, he thought about it carefully, and he really didn't know where Li Chunfang was.

"Alas......" Li Chunfang sighed, as if expressing his dissatisfaction, and then put on a straight face and said, "The old man is from Xinghua, Yangzhou, Nanzhili,"

"Yangzhou," Zhang Fan was indeed a little surprised when he heard the name of this place, he had just returned from there not long ago, and it did leave him too many memories there.

"Yes," Li Chunfang said, "The old man was born in Xinghua, but now everyone in the family has also moved to live in Yangzhou Mansion, this time I want to thank you for helping to defend Yangzhou City, and also save the old man's family from being harassed by the Japanese people,"

"Lord Li doesn't have to thank me," Zhang Fan hurriedly said, "Not to mention that Zhang Fan doesn't know that Lord Li's family lives in Yangzhou Mansion, even if it's not, it is Zhang Fan's inevitable duty to defend Yangzhou City, and there is nothing to thank,"

Zhang Fan's words can be regarded as not appreciative at all, but after Li Chunfang heard his words, she laughed again.

"I naturally know this," Li Chunfang once again returned to her previous cheerful attitude, "But Lord Zhang saved my Li Chunfang family, this is indeed a fact, please accept my worship," As he spoke, Li Chunfang bowed to Zhang Fan.

"Lord Li, please get up quickly," Zhang Fan saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, looked around, and found that the two were still on the street, and said, "This is not the place to talk, it is better to go in and talk,"

"Look at me, I'm a little confused," Li Chunfang hurriedly said, "Please come in quickly,"

When they came to the hall and took their seats, the two began to talk again.

"I heard that Master Zhang made this trip to Jiangnan, and he also found the location of his ancestors," Li Chunfang asked about this matter.

"That's true," Zhang Fan nodded and said, "And the ancestor is in Yangzhou, if it is really calculated, I and Master Li can be regarded as fellow villagers,"

"Well, that's right, it's really convenient to have a fellow countryman in the court," Li Chunfang also said with a smile, but then, he showed a slightly contemplative face, as if he was thinking about something, and said unconsciously, "It's just that this fellow villager is really a little late to recognize,"

Li Chunfang's voice was not too loud, but Zhang Fan heard it clearly, and when he heard his words, Zhang Fan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"This kind of unhappy thing, I have to mention it again today," it didn't take long for Li Chunfang to recover, and said, "It's getting late today, since Master Zhang is here, you should have a few drinks with me," Saying this, Li Chunfang called his subordinates and ordered.

"This is very good," Zhang Fan didn't mean to refuse, and said, "It's just a little bit, I hope that Lord Li won't call the word 'adult' anymore, Yuande is enough,"

"That's good," Li Chunfang agreed with a smile, "Yuande, you have to get drunk with me today,"

The banquet is said to be a good banquet, but only Zhang Fan and Li Chunfang are also a little interesting, just now the two of them were still talking and laughing, these three glasses of wine are in the stomach, and the atmosphere has somehow become a little heavy.

Li Chunfang picked up the wine glass that had just been filled, drank it all in one gulp, and said quite distractedly: "I still remember that it was the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, when I was thirty and six, I went to Beijing to take the exam, and I took the first place in the exam, and the palace examination was also the first.

"But when I walked into this officialdom, I found that it was completely different from what I thought before, before, I always thought that the people who were officials in the court were all for the king and the people, and they were conscientious, but after I also went in, I found that the people I thought about were not nothing, but there were few pitiful, and more people were working hard for themselves, whether it was for money or power.

"To be honest, I was disappointed at the time, I didn't expect that after decades of hard work in exchange for the appearance in front of me, I began to be afraid, afraid that one day I would become like them,"

Zhang Fan listened to Li Chunfang's narration and didn't interject, to be honest, Li Chunfang's thoughts, he also had, even if he was a person who was reborn after five hundred years, he had long been accustomed to seeing a lot of things, and understood the darkness and skill of ancient officialdom, and selfishness, but when he got the title of champion like Li Chunfang that day, he also longed for it in his heart, but that longing was quickly wiped out by Xu Jie, the only difference is that the impact of this incident on Zhang Fan, It was not as hard as Li Chunfang's blow, after all, Zhang Fan had already been mentally prepared.

Li Chunfang didn't know what Zhang Fan was thinking in his heart, and continued: "At that time, there were only two paths left in front of me, either go with the flow and become the same as those people; I wanted to be a lonely man, and in the end I was buried, but I didn't choose either way, I didn't want to sink like them, I didn't act cynical, I didn't appear to be incorruptible, and I began to tolerate anything.

"If anyone wants me to speak for him, then I will say it, but it is absolutely not for anyone to be offended, and if anyone wants to be angry with me, I will not refute it, because I know that I have done nothing wrong, and that the time will be settled.

"However, even so, some things still can't be avoided, I still remember that day when Yan Song was robbed of his house and asked for the crime, I don't want to mention how happy I am in my heart, thinking that at this moment, the DPRK can finally settle down, but I can imagine there, this is only the past few years, and there is an accident in the DPRK again.

"At that time, I had just entered the cabinet, and I happened to run into Xu Ge Lao and Gao Gong between the two of them, I didn't care much at first, after all, Gao Gong was also promoted by the old man, but where did I think about it, things will get bigger and bigger, I tried my best to dodge, and in the end I didn't dodge it, or let Gao Gong's ginseng copy.

"At that time, I was disheartened, I really didn't want to stay in the court anymore, just after the incident, I thought that His Majesty handed over the fold of begging, but naturally it didn't work, or stayed, later, it may be that the elder of the pavilion had the upper hand at the time, and Gao Gong saw that I didn't mean to threaten him, so this can be regarded as letting me go, but I can no longer pretend that nothing has happened, especially after the elder of the pavilion, I feel more and more that if I continue like this, I am afraid that it will not end well.

"Last year, I took four consecutive recitals, but no matter whether I said that I was sick or I was old, Your Majesty did not answer, but I think Your Majesty should have understood my thoughts, and when I knew that Gao Gong planned to continue to trouble the Pavilion Elder, I also went to the Lingshi Mansion in person, and was willing to stand up for the Pavilion Elder, in order to avoid these disputes from now on, I was really tired,"

"Lord Li's thoughts Zhang Fan understands," Zhang Fan said, "I don't plan to prevent Lord Li from returning home, but Lord Li has ever considered that if you leave like this, if there is one less person in the court, especially in the cabinet, then Gao Gong will inevitably dominate the cabinet, and I don't know how much chaos will occur in the future."

"I thought about it, and I discussed it with Lingshi that day, but neither of us could discuss a solution," Li Chunfang said, "I was still worried about this matter, after all, I can't harm the rest of the court because one person wants to escape, but now, I'm not worried about this matter at all,"

"Why is this," Zhang Fan was very puzzled, not knowing why Li Chunfang said this.

"Isn't it because you came to me today," Li Chunfang looked at Zhang Fan and said with a smile.

Hearing Li Chunfang's words, Zhang Fan also laughed.

It seems that there is indeed no one in the court who is confused, and the more confused those who look on weekdays, the smarter they are.