When Zhang Huan arrived at Pei's mansion, Pei Jun happened to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother, but Pei Mingkai was at home, and he arranged everything for Zhang Huan and his entourage very warmly and thoughtfully.

For his brother-in-law, Pei Mingkai really likes it, not only because he loves Pei Ying, Aiwu and Wu very much, but more importantly, he is optimistic about Zhang Huan's future, in the case that he is gradually neglected by his father, if he can get Zhang Huan's support, maybe one day in the future, Zhang Huan will play a vital role in his position as the head of the family.

"Why don't you bring your little sister back when you're sick?" Pei Mingkai took Zhang Huan to the courtyard specially prepared for them, and asked with some complaint.

Zhang Huan smiled, "The child is still young and can't travel far, so I had to come back alone." ”

"I see, all the gifts for my nephew have been bought." Pei Mingkai shook his head regretfully, at this time, he swept around, and seeing that there were no outsiders present, he lowered his voice and said: "My father is in a very bad mood during this time, and I should follow him a little more when I get sick, especially don't talk about Shuzhong." ”

"I've got it." Zhang Huan arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you Brother Mingkai for reminding me!" ”

The two chatted a few more words, and Pei Mingkai didn't disturb Zhang Huan's rest, so he left and left.

The time gradually approached noon, Pei Jun still did not come back, Zhang Huan sat a little bored in the room, so he called dozens of guards and went out to the spring house in Yongjiafang.

The spring house in Yongjiafang is still Zhang Huan's property, and the old Taoist Li Mi, who originally lived here, didn't know where to go since Zhang Huan took Hexi, and the spring house is now temporarily borrowed by Han Yu to live here.

Zhang Huan had just come to the gate of the Spring Mansion when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind, "Eighteen Lang don't come to harm!" ”

Zhang Huan turned around, only to see Zhang Potian standing on the side of the road with his hands behind his back, looking at him with a smile, compared with last year's dynasty, Zhang Potian has gained a little weight. He was in good spirits, and his face was a little flushed, but he was dressed very plainly, wearing a thick linen robe with a square scarf on top, and a pair of half-worn platform boots at his feet.

This dress abounds in Chang'an City on weekdays, but today is the New Year, and it is not much to dress like him.

Zhang Huan hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "How did the fourth uncle know that I came to Chang'an?" ”

"I'll come out in the morning and see your cavalry in the East City. You're going too fast for me to catch up, so I thought you might come here, and sure enough, I expected it to be good. ”

When Zhang Potian said this, he smiled slightly and said, "I've been waiting for you here for almost half an hour, what!" Don't you even invite me to a cup of tea? ”

"Look at what the fourth uncle said, I just arrived, let's come in and have a cup of hot tea together!"

At this time, the steward Sun in the house had already heard the news and ran out, and he saw that the master had returned. While stepping forward to salute, he ordered his subordinates to clean up the room, and respectfully welcomed Zhang Huan into the house.

Although Han Yu borrowed to live here, he only used one guest room, he didn't move the main hall and the inner house, and the study room had been baked with charcoal basins, and it was soon warm like spring.

Zhang Huan sat down. He took a sip of hot tea, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief, still comfortable in his own house! He put the cup down, smiled, and said to Zhang Potian: "If there is anything wrong with the fourth uncle, just say it directly." ”

Zhang Potian held the hot teacup in both hands, he groaned for a while and said frankly: "This time the court summoned you back, do you know what the real intention of the court is?" ”

"It's not a debriefing, why is that?" Zhang Huan asked quietly.

"Debriefing?" Zhang Potian snorted coldly, "Are you just doing it for the sake of debriefing?" ”

"Fourth Uncle might as well say it directly!"

Zhang Potian took a sip of tea and said, "Just when you occupy Longyou." Suddenly, many children on the streets of Chang'an sang a nursery rhyme, what Hexi bow, the arrow was elongated, and it was shot to Chang'an to change the emperor, do you know who this nursery rhyme is talking about? ”

"It's just that someone maliciously slandered him." Zhang Huan said disdainfully: "This kind of rumor, don't ignore it, it will naturally disappear quickly." ”

"However, Wang Ang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, made a big fuss about this nursery rhyme, and he and Wei Ge jointly impeached you, saying that you would inevitably rebel, and the cabinet held two special meetings for this matter. Even the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu also participated, and the court decided to summon you to report on your work first. ”

Zhang Potian said while staring at Zhang Huan closely, for more than a year, the wounds in his heart have gradually healed. Although he is only an idle job. He couldn't intervene in the affairs of the imperial court, but he paid close attention to every move of the imperial court.

From the second half of this year. Major events happened in the imperial court one after another, first the Yang family in Shu County was wiped out, followed by Zhu rebelling in Shuzhong, and then Zhang Huan sent troops to Longyou, and things evolved more and more to the point that hundreds of thousands of troops of the three major families were wiped out, all the way to Zhu Fabing Hanzhong.

Since the Tang Dynasty returned to the Central Plains seventeen years ago, it has never experienced such a big impact, and with Cui Yuan falling from a stroke, Zhang Potian keenly felt that the imperial court would experience the biggest change in seventeen years, even more than the emperor died the year before last, and the Cui and Pei families sent troops to Hedong.

Zhang Potian's heart was like a reptile when he was stunned, and he began to break through the ground again, so his attention locked on Zhang Huan, after all, he was still a nominal child of the Zhang family, and whether the Zhang family could be reborn or not, everything was pinned on him.

Zhang Potian saw that Zhang Huan's face had no expression, so he simply debunked the answer, "You understand!" The so-called debriefing is just a temptation of the imperial court to you, to see if you come or not? If you come, it means that you still have the heart of a courtier; But if you don't come, no matter what excuse you make, it means that you don't take the court seriously, but fortunately, you still came, I think Cui Yuan can finally sleep peacefully. ”

Zhang Huan's face is still calm, doesn't he know? No! He knew very well that the imperial court was taboo against him, and generally the local officials who went to Beijing to report on their work were under the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of War, but when he came to him, it became the Queen Mother's decree to summon him to Beijing to report on his work, which made him read a trace of the court's uneasiness.

Although he sent troops to force Zhu back, his strong presence in Longyou seriously threatened the safety of Guanzhong, and more importantly, he had the qualifications to win the Ninety-Five Honor, so that all people would make up nursery rhymes to imply his true identity.

Although Zhang Huan didn't hear any nursery rhymes, but from this time, he understood the ambivalence of the imperial court towards him, the envoy of the Longyou Festival, the champion general, and the squire under the school inspection door, there are all the officials and scattered officials, and they are all three products, but there is a title missing, and the title is a symbol of identity and status, and he was not given the corresponding title, which is by no means an oversight omission, but the imperial court is simply an excuse to test whether he accepts and enters Beijing.

He has long known the arrangements of the imperial court, so he was not surprised when Zhang Potian told him the mystery today, but Zhang Potian came to tell him about the court pattern unusually, but it aroused his strong interest, could it be that Zhang Potian's dead heart was resurrected again?

"The fourth uncle said seriously, I am just dissatisfied with the Wei family's appeasement attitude towards Tubo, where is there disagreement with the imperial court? But I still have to thank the fourth uncle for reminding me, I have to pay more attention to my words and deeds in the future, and don't be caught. ”

After that, the two fell silent again, the atmosphere in the study was a little awkward, Zhang Potian pondered for a long time, and finally broke the silence and said: "I heard that you have expressed Zhang Can as the history of Yan'an County, and the Wuwei Zhang family has also moved to Yan'an County, do you still have the intention of restoring the Zhang family?" ”

"The Zhang family has never died, how can we talk about restoration?" Zhang Huan shook his head gently, at this time he had fully understood the purpose of Zhang Potian's coming, he stared at Zhang Potian and said to him very sincerely: "I have never forgotten that the head of the family has been so kind to me, the reason why I took Zhang Can away is to hope that he can rebuild the Zhang family one day, and I will do my best to support him, but the key is to unite the Zhang family themselves, I have a sentence, I don't know if the fourth uncle is willing to listen?" ”

"You say, I'll listen!"

"I thought that the restoration of the Zhang family could not be tightly talked, the key was to have practical actions, although I could use the power in my hands to give a little help, but a slap in the face could not be slapped, the fourth uncle asked about the recent situation of the Zhang family last year, but a year has passed, has the fourth uncle done anything? Nothing, just watch, sigh. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan sighed, and said openly: "If the fourth uncle really hopes that the Zhang family will recover, then please ask the fourth uncle to immediately unite the Zhang family scattered in Beijing, and recognize Zhang Can of Yan'an County as the head of the Zhang family, and officially hang out the Zhang family's brand first, attracting more Zhang family children to vote, so that our Zhang family will really have another day when three people are the people." ”

Hearing the four words of the three people, Zhang Potian's body shook suddenly, he reached into his arms, trembling and took out a note from his arms that was almost folded, he carefully spread it out, it was the note he left for Zhang Huan back then.

"Please give this note to Zhang Can and tell him that at the latest, a representative from Chang'an will definitely come to Yan'an County to visit the new head of the family."

At this moment, Steward Sun hurriedly came, he held a greeting note in his hand, wanted Zhang Huan to salute, and respectfully handed the greeting post to Zhang Huan, "Master, someone outside the door asked to see him, and he said that he had something important to discuss with you." ”

Zhang Huan was a little surprised, he just came to Chang'an today, just came here to take a look, and then one after another people wanted to visit, first Zhang Potian, and now there is a person who discusses big things, who will this person be? How do you know you're here?

He slowly opened the exquisite worship post, a faint sandalwood came to his face, this worship post was very elegant, only to see the name of the dragon flying phoenix dance in the middle of the blank, Shuzhong Zhu Tao made a special trip to visit the Longyou section envoy Zhang Huanjiang

"Zhu Tao?" Zhang Huan was stunned, what did he do in Chang'an?