The sky of the moon is more pure and blue, the trees on the earth have become dark green, with patches of yellow, the sun is warm, the days are gradually getting shorter, people's footsteps are also beginning to hurry, autumn is a day worth looking forward to, when September 15 Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Department officially established Li Miao as the crown prince, the Tang people's enthusiasm for the court has gradually cooled down with the weather, on the contrary, the annual polo tournament is heating up day by day, and in another month, the polo tournament will officially kick off.

Zhang Huan has been back from Taiyuan for ten days, the days are dull and busy, time has passed like flowing water, this day, he came to the new house in Yongjiafang early in the morning, although this house has been renovated by Chu Xingshui, and has completely belonged to Zhang Huan's industry, but he still lives in the East Inner Garden, and eats and lives with the soldiers on weekdays.

The house became the temporary command center of the Tianqi Camp Polo Team, and as the polo tournament approached, the recruitment of polo strategists gradually came to an end.

"A total of 241 people signed up for this recruitment of polo divisions, and five people were recruited according to the general's wishes, and thirty people were selected by his subordinates for the general to choose."

Han Yu pushed a thick stack of materials in front of Zhang Huan, "It's all here, let's take a look!" ”

Zhang Huan picked up one casually, and he smiled and said, "Did the old Taoist priest from Taiyuan sign up?" ”

"None came from Taiyuan."

Han Yu suddenly slapped his head, "Could it be that General Fei is talking about Daochang Li of Hengshan?" ”

"It must be him! Is he coming? ”

"I came three days ago, but his asking price was too high, so my subordinates put him in the last few." Han Yu searched for a long time from the thick information before finding out Li Yu's information from behind.

"It's this person, he wants 10,000 yuan a year, ten times more than others, and his subordinates don't dare to eliminate it without authorization, waiting for the general to decide."

Zhang Huan took it, and saw a brief introduction written on it like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing; 'Thirty years ago the tree was planted, twenty years ago it was planted again. Sixteen years ago, the tree was dead, and the body turned into a crane and returned to the south. The inscription is 'Hengshan Wild Crane', the handwriting is vigorous and powerful, with a hint of resentment.

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and asked, "Where is this person now?" ”

Han Yu flipped over the information, pointed to an address in the lower right corner and said, "He now lives at the Hengshan Inn in Qinrenfang." ”

"Okay!" Zhang Huan stood up and walked out of the door, and when he reached the door, he turned back and said, "You can watch the others, the premise must be from a Jinshi." ”

"General, where are you going?" Han Yu was a little surprised. Zhang Huan's seat is not hot yet, is he going to leave?

"I'm going to shoot that crane!"

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Qinrenfang is not far from Yongjiafang, although the Hengshan Inn is small, but next to it is Guo Ziyi's house, and Zhang Huan found the inn without much effort. Although he did not immediately agree to Li Mi in Taiyuan, Li Mi really came to Chang'an to apply for a job.

The store hall is very small, only the shopkeeper is concentrating on accounting accounts behind the counter, he suddenly has a feeling, and when he looks up, he sees that several soldiers have walked into the inn, and quickly put down the pen to greet him, "Do you want to live in the store?" ”

"We're here to find someone."

Zhang Huan smiled and asked, "Is there a Li Daochang from Hengshan living here?" ”

"Daochang Li?" Wild Crane Road Chief, whoa! Right behind the general. ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly turned around. I saw a person standing behind him, looking at himself with a smile, who was not Li Mi?

"Mr. Li, don't come unharmed!"

Zhang Huan stepped forward and bowed and said with a smile: "Mr. asked for 10,000 yuan, I thought it was too much, so I came to bargain." ”

Li Mi squinted at Zhang Huan for a long time, and suddenly smiled faintly and said, "I like the spring water behind your house." How about giving me that house? ”

"If you want it, sir, I'll give it with both hands." Zhang Huan smiled, he turned back to his own soldiers and said, "Why don't you go and help Mr. pack up his things!" ”

Li Mi waved his hand and smiled: "I have sold all my belongings and paid for the house, if you don't come again." I'm afraid I'll have a problem even eating. ”

He walked up to the shopkeeper, took out a handful of copper coins, counted them to him one by one, and said, "Let's say okay, five cents a day, this is thirty wen, and the house money is cleared!" ”

"This. Laughing, Ling Bing said: "Bring the carriage over, please Mr. get in the car." ”

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"General Zhang, do you think that Lao Dao will return to Hengshan in anger?" Li Mi pulled the corner of the curtain and smiled.

"Honestly, sir, I'm a little worried."

Zhang Huan simply slowed down the horse's speed, and asked Li Mi with a smile: "As long as Mr. spreads the news that he wants to be born, I don't know how many wealthy families will go to Hengshan to invite me, but Mr. has taken a fancy to me, I have been wondering about this matter these days, and I have never been able to understand it, can Mr. tell me?" ”

Li Yu smiled but didn't answer, Zhang Huan saw that he refused to say, so he had to stop, and walked forward for a while, Yongjiafang's house was already in sight, suddenly, a carriage came out of the side, suddenly stopped in front of Zhang Huan, and a hearty laugh rushed to his face, "Zhang Xian's nephew deceived me and rejected my good intentions, but now he is recruiting a polo strategist, how can you explain to me?" ”

Zhang Huan suddenly felt that his head was three points bigger, this haunting eldest grandson Nanfang, didn't he go to find Long Wujun? Why did he keep pestering himself, but the next situation immediately revealed the answer, only to see the eldest grandson Nanfang turned around and waved to the carriage: "You come down!" ”

He smiled at Zhang Huan again and said, "I know that you were afraid that my strategists would interfere in military affairs last time, and this time I will introduce you to a new strategist who will not interfere in military affairs." ”

The car door opened, everyone saw a pair of slender riding boots, and then the riding boots jumped out of the car, and a young woman in a strong suit appeared in front of Zhang Huan, she lowered her head, looking quite shy, but a pair of phoenix eyes secretly picked up, a hot gaze stabbed straight at Zhang Huan, bright as the midsummer sun on the glazed tiles.

"This is the little girl Yiyi, she is extremely proficient in polo, and she will not object to being a strategist general!"

Zhang Huan has heard of her name for a long time, and today is the first time I have seen her, I saw that she is tall and tall, her chin is very pointed, her eyes are as bright as shining black jade, her lips are obvious, her nose is high and arrogant, her skin is red from the sun, and her body is filled with a wild atmosphere.

To be honest, the eldest grandson Yiyi is not bad looking, but her aggressive eyes make Zhang Huan very uncomfortable, as if she wants to see through people. There is a lack of a sense of subtlety and tolerance.

But Guanglu Siqing's face couldn't be left ungiven, Zhang Huan hesitated for a moment and then smiled: "Miss Yiyi is willing to be my polo strategist, of course I can't ask for it, in this way, I will go to Mr. Han to say hello first, and Miss Yiyi will report to him tomorrow."

"Huh! Let's make a decision. Although Zhang Huan still has the intention of shirking, the eldest grandson Nanfang is old and sophisticated, and he knows that as long as he opens this opening. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to attack it.

He gave his daughter a look and said, "Yiyi, thank you General Zhang soon!" ”

The shyness had disappeared on the face of the eldest grandson Yiyi, she glanced at Zhang Huan deeply, and said generously: "Thank you, General Zhang." It is the honor of the little woman to be able to play side by side with the Heavenly Cavalry. ”

"Okay, General Zhang has something to do, so the old man won't bother." Huan's carriage was suddenly stunned, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.

Zhang Huan saw his expression, and secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, he turned around quickly, and sure enough, he saw that Li Mi had come out of the carriage at some point. With his hands behind his back, he nodded slightly to the eldest grandson.

Zhang Huan's heart sank suddenly, what would Li Mi bring to Zhang Huan by doing this, wouldn't he know? Countless thoughts welled up in Zhang Huandi's heart, Li Yu obviously did it on purpose, what did he do it for?

The eldest grandson Nanfang was full of doubts, and at this time, the eldest grandson Yiyi pulled his father, and the eldest grandson Nanfang suddenly woke up. He hurriedly nodded to Li Mi and saluted back, and boarded the carriage.

"Where do we not meet in life?" Li Mi glanced at Zhang Huan and said with a faint smile: "I didn't expect that after sixteen years, the eldest grandson Nanfang has not changed at all. ”

"The encounter of the Taoist chief will make a comeback in the imperial court." Zhang Huan smiled coldly. Beat the horse and gallop away.

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On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon was white and the wind was cold, and a layer of hazy white mist filled the courtyard, and the window of Cui Yuan's study was filled with orange light, faintly reflecting Cui Yuan's huge body.

Cui Yuan is not in a good mood these days, although the Li family officially established Li Miao as the crown prince three days ago. But he still felt depressed, as if there was a stone pressing down on his heart, and he was never happy.

The reason is naturally the double failure of Hedongdi, Zhang Ruohao successfully controlled the Zhang family, the Zhang family at this moment is already unprecedentedly united, and he seems to have done a good deed, but the failure to assassinate Li Xiandi made him discover Pei Jun's ambition.

Five days ago, Li Chuanyun sent him a letter, which mentioned that the two assassination failures were both arranged in the back, and Cui Yuan of course knew that there was no one else except Pei Jun.

However, it is not strange that Pei Jun interfered with his own attempt to take Hedong, it is strange that the heir to the head of the Zhang family is not Zhang Huan, which makes Cui Yuan puzzled, Zhang Ruohao was forced to give up Zhang Huan in May, which is understandable, but now he obviously has the upper hand, and it is said that Zhang Huan performed extremely well at the family meeting and was supported by many clansmen, but the final result was much beyond Cui Yuan's expectations.

"Why should he give up?" Cui Yuan looked up and muttered to himself.

He suddenly remembered Zhang Huan's life experience again, is it because he is not from the Zhang family? Cui Yuan shook his head again, of course Zhang Ruoho knew his life experience, if it was because of this reason, he didn't make Zhang Huan the heir of the head of the family at the beginning.

No! It is definitely not this reason, it should be Zhang Huan who gave up himself, if Zhang Huan was a new force born in the Zhang family in the past, because of the existence of him and Zhang Potiandi, Cui Yuan's heart to seek the Zhang family is more eager, but now Cui Yuan faintly feels another threat, he feels that Zhang Huan is likely to become the rise of a new force, and giving up the heir of the head of the fifth family in the world is by no means something ordinary people can do.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and the housekeeper reported outside the door: "Master, the eldest grandson has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Cui Yuan was slightly stunned, what was he doing at such a late hour?

"Take him to my study for a while."

After a while, Cui Yuan changed his clothes and slowly walked to the outer study.

"Brother-in-law, do you know who I met today?" The eldest grandson Nanfang hurriedly said as soon as he saw Cui Yuan enter the door.

"Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly."

Cui Yuan patted him on the shoulder affectionately, the eldest grandson Nanfang is Cui Yuan's brother-in-law, after Cui Yuan's wife died, he did not set up a new wife, and it is for this reason that in various affairs in the DPRK and China, the eldest grandson family has always been Cui Yuandi's firm supporters, especially the eldest grandson family and the Li royal family have a deep relationship, so Cui Yuan also attaches great importance to the relationship with the eldest grandson Nanfang.

A maid served tea, and the eldest grandson Nanfang took a sip of tea before lowering his voice and saying, "I met that Taoist priest Li Yu in Yongjiafang today. ”

"Li Yu," Cui Yuan's eyes also showed a look of doubt, this name has disappeared for sixteen years, how could it come out at this time? After pondering for a moment, Cui Yuan asked again, "Who is he with?" ”

Eldest Sun Nanfang hesitated, he didn't say Zhang Huan, this was about his polo career, he didn't want Cui Yuan to intervene in it, but Cui Yuan's eyes were so sharp, Eldest Sun Nanfang's hesitation, he found the problem.

"What, is there anything else you can't say to me?"

"That's not it, it's just a small person. Secret, he finally swallowed and said: "It's Zhang Huan, the general of the Tianqi camp." ”

"What!" Cui Yuan was stunned for a moment.

It's late at night, the eldest grandson Nanfang has already said goodbye and left, Cui Yuan, who should have rested early, couldn't sleep, today's sudden news shocked him, Li Yu, who has been seeing the dragon without seeing the end, finally came out of the mountain, he was the most favored person of the first emperor, although he had no official position, but the world's plans were decided by him, known as the cloth cloth Xiangguo, and later became the prince's teacher, won the trust of the prince Li Yu, sixteen years ago after the palace coup d'état, he was nowhere to be found, and gradually forgotten by everyone, I didn't expect him to appear again, what does this mean?

'Who the hell is Zhang Huan?' Why did Li Mi come out. ’

Cui Yuan's brows were tightly locked, he was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but stop, "Someone!" ”

A henchman hurriedly came in, "Please give orders to Xiangguo." ”

"Go and call Wang Tiancheng immediately."

At the beginning of the year, when Cui Yuan found out that Zhang Huan's mother was Chu Banglan, he sent this Wang Tiancheng to Taiyuan to investigate Zhang Huan's situation, but later he couldn't find any special circumstances, so he didn't do it.

Soon, a thin highland man was brought in, and he half-knelt and saluted, "Subordinates see Xiangguo!" ”

Cui Yuan slowly walked in front of him, stared at him and said word by word: "Give me a detailed explanation of the situation when you went to Taiyuan to investigate Zhang Huan, and you must not hide it at all." ”