Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye it is dusk, Zhang Huan came to Yan Zhen Yan Zhenqing's house in Yongle Fang according to the appointment, covering a huge area, and the house of the famous Zhang said across the street, the ancestral land of the Yan family is in Langya, Shandong, for the calligraphy family, and also a famous family in the Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing himself studied under Zhang Xu, he was in the Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period, had four terms of supervision of the imperial history, and then had a bad relationship with Yang Guozhong, was demoted to the Pingyuan County Thorn History, after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, he contacted his brother Yan Qing in Hebei to raise righteousness, led the righteous army of 200,000, It effectively restrained An Lushan's southward strategy.

Nearly 20 years have passed in a flash, and the dust has turned into smoke

At this time, Yan Zhenqing has gradually been forgotten by the imperial court, and in May, he thundered in Hanyuan Palace, attracting countless admiration, but after all, Lian Po is old, and since then he has been silent again.

Yan Zhenqing's daughter is Pei Jun's wife, seventeen years ago due to the advanced age of Pei Ying when she lost too much blood and died, love the house and Wu, Pei Ying has become Yan Zhenqing's most precious granddaughter, seeing that her granddaughter has grown up, Yan Zhenqing also began to worry about his lifelong affairs, Chang'an has countless heroic and martial arts teenagers, but Yan Zhenqing only fancied one person, that is, Zhang Huan who returned to the capital by surprise.

He raised this matter to Pei Jun more than once, but Pei Jun never replied to him, until the day before yesterday, Pei Jun took the initiative to find him and asked him to do the matter, Yan Zhenqing was overjoyed, and he immediately sent a post to Zhang Huan.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Several guards in front of the steps saw dozens of horses coming to this side from a distance, so someone immediately ran back to report to the master, and soon, Zhang Huan came to the front of the house surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers, and Yan Zhenqing had already heard the news and came out to greet him. Several of his sons are officials in other places, and behind him is his grandson Pei Mingyuan, Yan Zhenqing doesn't know Zhang Huan, but Pei Mingyuan has a relationship with Zhang Huan, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to accompany him.

Zhang Huan saw Yan Zhenqing at a glance, although he was nearly seventy years old, he was still tall and powerful, Zhang Huan immediately dismounted, stepped forward and gave a long salute. "The junior Zhang Huan sees Lu Jungong!"

Yan Zhenqing laughed, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Huan, looked up and down and praised: "Sure enough, he is a hero and a young man, General Zhang can give face to appreciate, and the old man thanked him first." ”

At this time, Pei Mingyuan also stepped forward to salute and said: "Go to the sick brother, farewell to Taiyuan, we will meet again." ”

Zhang Huan also hurriedly returned the gift, "Zhang Huan has always been grateful for the benefit of Brother Mingyuan in Taiyuan. ”

Yan Zhenqing saw that the two of them were quite friendly. Relieved, he patted Pei Mingyuan's shoulder and smiled at Zhang Huan: "My grandson has traveled all over the world. East to Japan, west to the big food, next time General Zhang will call back, it is best to use him as a guide. ”

Zhang Huan's interest increased, "Wait a while, Brother Mingyuan will give me a good talk." ”

"Go inside and talk about it!"

Yan Zhenqing's family banquet was set up in the warm pavilion, and there were only five seats, in addition to the three of them, there was also a young man who was also present, and he saw Zhang Huan come in. Hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, Yan Zhenqing introduced Zhang Huan with a smile: "This is one of my protégés, the poetry is excellent, but unfortunately no one appreciates it." General Zhang might as well get acquainted. ”

Zhang Huan heard that Yan Zhenqing had the intention of introducing this person to himself, and couldn't help but look at him carefully, only to see that this person had a beautiful face. He was polite and polite, and he had a good impression, so he saluted him back and said, "May I ask your surname?" ”

"In the suburbs of Xiameng, a native of Wuxing County."

"Meng Jiao?" Zhang Huan read it twice, then smiled slightly: "I've been busy with affairs there these days, is Brother Meng willing to come and help?" ”

Meng Jiao is overjoyed, he has failed in the imperial examination for two consecutive years, living in poverty, the old mother at home has no money to support, although Yan Zhenqing has to help, but it is not a long-term solution, if you can get a job in the Tianqi camp, there will be a day in the future, so that the old mother can enjoy a blessing.

He hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Huan took a famous thorn, handed it to him, and said, "According to the address above, go find a Mr. Li, and say that I asked you to come." ”

Yan Zhenqing saw that Zhang Huan agreed without hesitation, which showed his trust in himself, he was moved in his heart, and hurriedly invited Zhang Huan to take a seat, Zhang Huan sat down with a smile, and at a glance, he saw that the seat next to him was empty, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know who this is who hasn't arrived yet, he should be punished with three cups!" ”

As soon as the words fell, an emerald green long skirt appeared in front of him, Zhang Huan was stunned, and looked up to see that it was Pei Ying standing in front of him, only to see her pink lips and snowy skin, looking extremely beautiful, she sat down and smiled at Zhang Huanyan: "Since the little girl is late, she should indeed be fined three cups!" ”

After that, she flipped it over with her bare hands, took three wine glasses and poured them full, she raised the first glass and said: "This glass of wine apologizes for the little woman's sword competition on the boat!" ”

She drank it all, picked up another glass of wine and said with a smile: "This is to apologize to the general for the verbal collision in the afternoon!" ”

She drank the wine again, and at this time her cheeks were already slightly peachy, Pei Mingyuan hurriedly dissuaded, "Little sister, drink slowly!" ”

Pei Ying ignored him, she picked up the third glass of wine and smiled at Zhang Huan: "This last cup is General Xie's trust in my grandfather. ”

Seeing Pei Ying drink the last glass of wine, Zhang Huan sighed angrily: "Miss Pei is really a heroine among women, which is admirable!" ”

Pei Ying smiled lightly, but a pair of wonderful eyes glanced out of the window, the window was full of autumn, a century-old cinnamon was in full bloom, full of gold, and the fragrance of flowers.

Zhang Huan saw that she no longer paid attention to herself, so she smiled, picked up the wine glass and said to Yan Zhenqing: "I sent troops back to Hui without authorization, and I should be beheaded according to military law, but because of Lu Jungong's generous statement in the court, I Zhang Qu was sick and famous.

After saying that, he drank it all very refreshingly, Yan Zhenqing stroked his long beard lightly, and smiled silently.

Zhang Huan poured himself another cup and said to Pei Mingyuan: "Shicai Lu Jungong said that Brother Pei has been to Dashi, I don't know how the black-clothed Dashi is doing now?" ”

Pei Mingyuan smiled faintly and said: "The black-clothed food uses troops to fight every year, the national strength has long been decayed, the two cities of Jerusalem and Damascus are withered, and the people live in poverty, but the nobles still spend all day and wine, spending money like dirt, if Rus fights again today, I am afraid of him!" ”

"But the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are not owned by the imperial court, they are just dogs guarding the households, and they can't even take back Hexi, Anxi, and Beiting. Dare to talk about what to fight again

”

It was Meng Jiao who spoke, he was silent, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he hit the court and hit the court, Zhang Huan nodded secretly, no wonder he had no way to take refuge, and there were a few people who loved to listen to these words that he didn't know about current affairs.

Zhang Huan looked at Pei Mingyuan again to see how he was like thunder, but Pei Mingyuan was silent for a long time but nodded, "Brother Meng is right, in fact, Tubo has also experienced several civil strife. It is no longer the barbarian army that was clad in hundreds of thousands of places back then, their population is already thin, and they plundered millions of Chinese people as slaves, and their lives are becoming more and more arrogant, and the available soldiers are no more than 30,000 or 50,000, and the Hui Hui year is a famine, and there are many factions within it, and the internal strife is continuous, and the uprising of the Liuxia people is surging, and the Hui are simply unable to control Anxi and Beiting. My Tang Dynasty only needs tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to wipe out the Western Regions, because the imperial court has no soldiers available. And the various families checked and balanced each other, and no one refused to serve the country, which led to the fact that the Western Regions are still in the hands of the Tubo and Hui people today. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Mingyuan raised his glass and sighed: "Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures!" ”

Zhang Huan raised a glass of wine and said with a slight smile: "People say that they travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books, Brother Pei's insight has opened Zhang Huan's eyes, and this glass of wine is dry first." ”

Pei Mingyuan hurriedly raised his glass, saying that he didn't dare. After a drink with Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan lowered his head and smiled, poured another glass of wine and raised it to Meng Jiao, "Zhang Huan is a busy person." With Mr.'s far-sightedness, but condescended to me, I am sorry for this, this glass of wine toasts Mr. ”

Meng Jiao saw that he gave himself enough face. Moved in his heart, he hurriedly raised his glass to salute him, and drank it all at once, but he drank too violently, choking him and coughing again and again, Zhang Huan smiled apologetically, and glanced at Pei Ying again, seeing that she had been listening to their conversation, her eyes showed a leisurely yearning color, and remembered her words on the boat to hate being a daughter, so she smiled slightly, raised her glass and said to Pei Ying: "There is no young lady's generous gift of horses, no young lady's guards' bloody battle, Zhang Huan has long been a dry bone on the bank of the Weishui River, Zhang Huan is a person who remembers his gratitude, today I will give Miss Pei a glass." ”

Pei Ying pursed her lips and smiled, a small pear vortex appeared on her pretty face, which looked delicate, she also picked up the wine glass and said to Zhang Huan: "The general is going to serve the country, so I will help, if I go to the mountains and rivers, I can't help." ”

At this time, Pei Mingyuan next to him suggested with a smile: "Speaking of touring the mountains and rivers, I have always wanted to go to the opposite side to listen to Yuxuan for a drink, today's beautiful scenery, why don't we move to the opposite side to listen to Yuxuan and continue to drink, enjoy the autumn water remnants, grandpa can see it?" ”

Yan Zhenqing was slightly stunned, he saw Pei Mingyuan glaring at him, he immediately understood, and said with a smile: "It's okay!" The old man also thinks it's too boring here, so it's good to change places. ”

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Pei Mingyuan dragged Meng Jiao to go first, Zhang Huan was just about to get up, but Yan Zhenqing grabbed him, Pei Ying's face suddenly turned red, and she fled from the small door next to her in shame.

Yan Zhenqing saw that the people next to him were gone, so he said to Zhang Huan sincerely, "My granddaughter has a very high vision, and she is not a hero in the world and does not marry, so she is still in the boudoir, her father has handed over her lifelong decisions to me, I have always thought that General Zhang ran thousands of miles back to the old nest, which can be called the hero of my Tang Dynasty, and I know that General Zhang is not married yet, I don't know if General Zhang is interested in her?" ”

After speaking, Yan Zhenqing stared at Zhang Huan with blazing eyes, as long as he nodded, he immediately announced him as his grandson-in-law, but Zhang Huan was silent, of course he knew that this was Pei Jun's biggest attraction to himself, and he married his most beloved daughter to himself, but the question was that if he could agree to be his Pei Jun's son-in-law, why would he refuse to be the heir of the head of the Zhang family? Whether it is to be the head of the Zhang family or the son-in-law of the Pei family, the final result is the same, he will be controlled by others and become a pawn of others.

No! All he was thinking about was how to maximize his service for the Pei family, and make himself a dog in the Pei family, just like that Zhu Xicai, who had been loyal to the Cui family for many years, and finally died for his master, a living example was placed in front of him Zhang Huan, yes, even if Cui Yuan wanted to marry Cui Ning to him at this moment, he would not hesitate to refuse.

He wanted to marry both Pei Ying and Cui Ning, but he would never marry them in this situation.

Of course, Zhang Huan is also very clear about the result of rejecting Pei Jun, with the depth of his scheming and the spiciness, he is no less than Cui Yuan, but since he Zhang Huan has decided to embark on this bloody road, how can he be attracted by the scenery halfway, at this moment he is drunk, and the pride in his chest is suddenly born, what Li is turning his face, Cui Yuan's threat, what Pei Jun's envelope, Cui Xiaofu's use, he doesn't care about it, in his eyes there are only 30,000 miles of magnificent mountains and rivers, and only 800 years of thousands of states to come to the court, he smiled faintly and slowly shook his head at Yan Zhenqing.

"Zhang Huan, how can he de, dare to call the word 'hero', I have received the wishes of Pei Xiang and Lu Jungong, if one day I Zhang Huaneng leads the army to recover the hometown of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, if Miss Pei is still unmarried at that time, then I will definitely come to the door to ask for marriage, but now I have no idea of marrying a wife."

After Zhang Huan finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that a green shadow quickly floated through the crack in the door.

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It was late at night, Zhang Huan left Yan Zhenqing's mansion, although he barely finished drinking in the end, Pei Ying never showed up again, Zhang Huan couldn't help but smile bitterly, why did the two women he liked happen to be the daughters of Cui Yuan and Pei Jun?

The night breeze was blowing, Zhang Huan looked at the dark and endless street, he suddenly felt irritable in his heart, the dumb uncle had been missing for a day and a night, others had already attacked him, and he was still talking about marriage here.

"Who?"

A low shout woke up Zhang Huan's contemplation, in front of him was the gate of the East Inner Garden, only to see a black shadow rushing out from the side of the gate, the black shadow did not dare to approach, and stopped outside Sanzhang, the voice was a young woman, only to hear her anxiously said: "Please help me!" ”

"Bring her up!"

The two pro-soldiers brought the woman over, and by the faint moonlight, Zhang Huan suddenly recognized the woman in front of him, she turned out to be Jing Niang.