How do you know if there will be two identical letters? Zhang Huan stared at him tightly and realized that this news would most likely be the key to Zhang Ruo's turnaround.

"It's very simple, when Zhang Ruofeng read that letter, he accidentally tore off one side in a nervous way, but the letter that Zhang Ruojin showed me a few days ago was intact and there was no trace of being torn, so I dare to assert that there were two identical letters, as for whether the first letter was torn off or hidden by Zhang Ruofeng, I don't know."

Zhang Huan paced slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, of course, the first letter may have been torn up by Zhang Ruofeng, or it may have been searched and taken back by the other party, but with Zhang Ruofeng's caution, he would definitely give this letter to the head of the family, and would not tear it up rashly.

Was that taken away by them when they killed Zhang Ruofeng? Zhang Huan still felt that it was impossible, he had already fought with the other party once, and with the other party's scheming, he would never make such a fatal mistake.

There is only one possibility, Zhang Ruofeng has hidden it in advance, but where will he hide it? Thinking of this, he glanced at Wang Yanluo, and suddenly found that there was an elusive smile hidden in her eyes.

Zhang Huan realized something, he immediately smiled and said, "Tell me everything you know!" I can agree to both of your conditions right now. ”

Wang Yanluo smiled slyly, "It's useless for you to promise, I want your family master to promise me in writing!" ”

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The light in Jang Ruoho's room was soft, and a letter was lying quietly on the desk, and one side of the corner of the letter was torn off. Glued to the back with a blank piece of paper, this letter is the evidence that Zhang Ruofeng handed over to Wang Yanluo before he was killed.

Zhang Ruohao looked at the letter in amazement, he couldn't believe that it was real, exactly the same as his own handwriting, and the seal below was also real, indeed his official seal, and the letterhead was also a numbered official paper of the Ministry of Rites, which someone secretly stole a few years ago.

As long as this letter is shaken out, it will be difficult for me to argue.

Zhang Ruoho suddenly had a kind of Qingxin that God favored the Zhang family. Cui Yuan made the same two letters because of his shrewdness, but once this shrewdness is confiscated, it is very likely to become a loophole, in fact, this is the case. If this matter was done by Zhang Potian or Zhang Huan, this kind of fatal negligence would never have happened, but unfortunately Cui Yuan used the wrong person, and Zhang Ruojin's biggest weakness was that he was soft at a critical time. Without the perseverance to delve deeper, he would have been able to replace himself in May.

Zhang Ruohao quickly wrote a letter, handed the two letters to Zhang Huan and said with a smile: "In the next two days, I will meet some clansmen." With your master protecting me, you can go about your own business! If I go to Taiyuan Mansion again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I must hand over these two letters to Han Envoy Jun for me. ”

Zhang Huan looked happy when he saw the head of the family. Knowing that the odds were in his hands. He nodded and smiled: "Okay!" I'll go to Taiyuan Mansion tomorrow. It's late at night, so let's rest early! ”

Zhang Huan slowly withdrew from the Little Red Mansion. This place has been extremely heavily guarded, more than 100 Zhang Huandi's personal soldiers have closely protected Zhang Ruohao's residence, and there is also a Lin Delong who is hiding somewhere.

Zhang Huan told the soldiers a few words, and then went under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, he now lives in a vacant mansion, only more than 100 steps away from the place where the head of the family lives, but Zhang Huan has a concern in his heart, so he walked straight out of the gate.

Out of the gate, did not cross the bridge, but turned to the left, along the moat river slowly forward, the river is dark and silent, a few people in the distance rinse clothes by the river, before he knew it came to his original residence, the dumb uncle because of the sudden lack of news of his mother, these months like crazy looking around, and finally he sent someone to tell him that his mother is fine, he is willing to come to Chang'an.

The door was closed tightly, and it seemed that there were people living inside, Zhang Huan stepped forward and knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside.

"Who are you looking for?" A timid voice came from behind him.

Zhang Huan turned around, only to see a little girl standing a few steps away, about eleven or two years old, wearing a coarse cloth dress, she was delicate, with a pair of big eyes, her face was childish, her figure was thin, she was holding a large basin of clothes in her hand, and she looked at the large group of soldiers in front of her with some fear.

Zhang Huan smiled gently, bent down and said to her, "I used to live here, and I came to take a look today." ”

"Are you the great hero Eighteen?" The little girl asked hesitantly, but her eyes brightened.

"I'm Eighteen, but I'm not a big hero"

Zhang saw that he waited for a long time and didn't see anyone in the house come out, so he asked her with a smile: "What, is there no one at home?" ”

"No, no."

The little girl panicked and took out a key, squatted down and opened the door, took a step back and said, "Go and see!" ”

Zhang Huan smiled, and pushed the door into the small courtyard, the yard was almost exactly the same as before, but it was very clean, and the field turned over by the dumb uncle in the corner was full of vegetables, and the two chicks were rummaging in the vegetable field.

Two of the three rooms were locked, only the door of the one where he lived was ajar, and it was estimated that the little girl lived there, Zhang Huan looked at it and walked towards the room in his mother's place.

"There may be something from you in there, which Uncle Dumb put inside." Walked up from behind him, took a key from a corner and opened the door.

"Do you know Uncle Dumb?"

"Hmm!" The little girl nodded and said, "Uncle Dumb was still there when I moved here, he was a very good man, he went out early in the morning, but he came back late in the evening, and he told me that he was going to find the master." ”

Zhang Huan secretly sighed and asked again, "Then what's your name?" ”

"My surname is Hua, and my name is Hua Jinxiu." Seeing that they had no ill intentions, the little girl gradually relaxed.

"Childe, we're all talking about you." Liang, it can be seen that she admires Zhang Huan very much.

Zhang Huan smiled without saying a word, and walked into the house, the room was full of boxes, some of which were left by Zheng Qingming in the past, and some of which were the treasures that the dumb uncle had accumulated under the bed, and even he didn't know what they were.

Zhang Huan glanced at it and suddenly saw the wicker box. He hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked the box, the surface of which was wiped spotless, and he opened it again, and there was nothing left inside.

"The contents of the box were taken by the dumb uncle

The box was a little rotten, and he couldn't take it, so he asked me to protect it and wipe it once. ”

Zhang Huan nodded to her gratefully. "Thank you?"

After a pause, he asked again: "Listening to your tone, you seem to live alone, who are you from the Zhang family?" ”

"I only have one sister. When I married into Zhang's house, I was helpless, so I followed. With that, the little girl lowered her head. It seems a little cramped and uneasy, she secretly lived in this courtyard, if Zhang Huan is not allowed, she really has no place to live.

Zhang Huan casually put a gold ingot on the table. He waved to everyone and said, "Let's go!" ”

A group of people left the small courtyard and walked more than a dozen steps Zhang Huan looked back and looked back, in the cold night breeze. A thin figure stood in the doorway, staring blankly at them.

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Early the next morning. The side door of Zhang's mansion slowly opened. Dozens of horses galloped out of the gate and rushed straight towards the bridge. Today, Zhang Huan has nothing to do, and plans to go to Beishi for a walk, but as soon as he crossed the small bridge, he saw an old Taoist priest standing at the head of the bridge, only to see that he was tall, with a fair face, three long beards floating straight to his chest, and wearing a straight apricot yellow robe, which was quite a bit of fairy wind and bones.

When he saw Zhang Huan get off the bridge, he immediately gave a salute, Zhang Huan also smiled and returned the salute with a fist to him, and the war horse rushed out a few steps, and he suddenly heard the Taoist priest laughing in a low voice behind him: "Xiang Zhuang dances the sword, do you know the meaning of Cui Xiang?" ”

Zhang Huan grabbed the reins and glanced back at the Taoist priest, but saw him with his hands behind his back and looking at him with his head high, Zhang Huan smiled at his own soldiers and said, "Take him!" With that, let the horse gallop away.

Zhang Huan originally planned to go to Beishi, but the words of the old Taoist priest made him change his mind, he came to a nearby restaurant, went directly into a private room, sat down and ordered: "Take him in!" ”

Lao Dao pulled his clothes, and slowly walked into the elegant room with his hands in his hands, he smiled faintly and said: "I chased you from Chang'an to Taiyuan, but General Zhang is recruiting polo strategists?" ”

"Of course the polo strategist is recruiting, but it is in Chang'an, what is the gentleman chasing after Taiyuan?"

Lao Dao raised his head and said proudly: "It's very simple, Poor Dao wants to be your chief strategist." ”

The polo strategist is just an excuse, Zhang Huan's real purpose is to find a few talents who are good at strategy, but this old Taoist priest saw his intentions, and from this point alone, it can be seen that he is a person with a heart, but his heart is completely different from Han Yue's poverty to vote, this person is more than fifty years old, and a monk must have some kind of purpose, what does he want to get in himself?

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan smiled quietly: "May I ask the long number, where is the cultivation of immortals?" ”

"Poor Dao's surname is Li, and he is a monk in Nanyue, so the general can call me Daoist Li."

Zhang Huan smiled and said, "Since Mr. wants to be my chief polo strategist, then you have to show me some real skills." ”

Li Daochang stroked his long beard lightly and said with a smile: "I look at General Zhang's layout in the past half a year, it is like a chess, taking the situation as a strategy, taking the son as the technique, and abandoning the text to join the army as the first trend, sending troops back to Hui, killing Zhu Xicai, and eradicating Liu Yuanqing as a son, all the way to the clouds, taking charge of the Beiya Forbidden Army, and establishing his own foundation in the court; turned to Hedong to help Zhang Ruohao clean up the family, ostensibly for the Zhang family, but in fact it was to prevent Cui and Pei's forces from entering Hedong, it was you who wanted to seek Hedong as the foundation, and finally fought against Cui and Pei, General Zhang, am I right? ”

Zhang Huan saw that many of his secret things were told by him, and he didn't even realize that he wanted to seek Hedong as the foundation, but he thought of them one by one for himself, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Seeing that he was silent, Lao Dao smiled slightly and continued: "The general wants to find a fundamental place, this idea is right, but it is not wise to choose Hedong. ”

"Why?"

"There are three reasons for this." The old Taoist priest stretched out three fingers, "First, the foundation of the general is too shallow, and the capital actually held in his hands is only the 3,000 troops of the Tianqi Battalion, and the Pei family of the Cui family has been intertwined for nearly a hundred years, and the three major powers of court officials, soldiers, and wealth are all in the hands of the two of them, and there are the foundations of Shandong and Hebei, they have been peeping at Hedong for a long time, how can they allow you to occupy the magpie's nest?" Second, although the Zhang family has become more and more decayed over the years, its protégés are widely distributed in Hedong County, the so-called hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, if you want to seek Hedong, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the Zhang family. ”

Zhang Huan quietly tentatively said: "But I am a member of the Zhang family." ”

The old Taoist priest smiled coldly. The problem is that you are just the son of the Zhang family, it is your identity, they will not allow you, you and Zhang Potian should know best in their hearts, this is the root of the decline of the Zhang family, if you give Zhang Ruohao another five years, there may be hope, but unfortunately he has no time. ”

"And the third?"

"The third is today, if I am not wrong, he also wants to take Hedong as his own dependence, you seem to be his confidant, in fact, I know this person better than you, this person is mean and suspicious, never trust anyone, unless you are willing to be a dog in his land, call him to drink, otherwise he will never allow you, so I advise the general to find a way to first take the cold place as the foundation, or Bashu, Jianghuai, and even the hometown of Hexi, and then take the northwest court of Anxi to the west as the strategic depth, accumulate thick and thin, and accumulate people's hearts, After the wings are full, he will rise strongly, enter the temple and fight against Cui and Pei, and the general's great cause can be determined at that time. ”

Zhang Huan's words made Zhang Huan shudder, who is this Taoist priest, who has such a high strategic vision, he pondered for a while and asked: "Immortal Chang seems to know today?" ”

"Of course!"

The old Taoist priest smiled coldly and said: "Eighteen years ago, the first emperor had intended to appoint him as the crown prince, but I tried my best to dissuade him. Today, it seems that the score is exactly the same. ”

This last sentence made Zhang Huan stand up suddenly, he stared at the old Taoist priest and said word by word: "Who are you?" ”

The old Taoist priest shook off the dust, and said with a faint smile: "Poor Taoist Li Yu, has General Zhang heard of it?" ”