Zhao Chen looked ahead and saw a person coming in the rain!

This man is not very tall, but his body is unusually strong! He has a simple face, it is Yue Fei's sworn brother Wang Gui!

"Brother Wang, why are you here? What's the matter? Zhao Chen said.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Li Gang Li has just arrived, and now he is waiting for His Highness in the Qianqing Palace!" Wang Guidao.

"Okay, I'll go back to the Qianqing Palace!" Zhao Chen nodded and said.

At that moment, Zhao Chen walked forward, and the guards in the distance saw Zhao Chen walking around, and hurriedly ran over, they held umbrellas and escorted Zhao Chen in the direction of Qianqing Palace!

After Zhao Chen came to the Qianqing Palace, he first repelled those guards, leaving only Wang Gui by his side, and then he took Wang Gui into the house!

Li Gang was waiting for him in the house at the moment, and when he saw Zhao Chen coming in, Li Gang hurriedly stood up and bowed to Zhao Chen!

"Teacher, please take a seat! Aren't you counting the population and tax situation of Hanzhong and Sichuan these days, why do you have time to see me now? Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"Your Highness, Qu Duan is here!" Li Gang said.

"Qu Duan ......" Zhao Chen was stunned!

Naturally, he had heard of the name Quduan! Whether in this era or in later history books, Qu Duan is a famous figure! Quduan is both civil and military, and he is a first-class general in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty! Qu Duan has repeatedly defeated Jin General Wanyan Lou Room, and he has made outstanding achievements! It's a pity that Qu Duan was killed early, so even if he made outstanding achievements in his early years, he couldn't compare with Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Han Shizhong and others!

Now Qu Duan has 100,000 heavy soldiers, which is a huge force in the northwest second only to Zhe Wan! If you can control this force, it will be very beneficial for you to fight against it!

"Your Highness, we must solicit Qu Duan! Let the curved end be used by His Highness! Li Gang said.

"I've been showing weakness in front of Foldable Requests these days, and I've shown no ambition, if I solicit Qu Duan now, wouldn't it make him suspicious?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness naturally doesn't have to go out in person, but the old minister goes to recruit Qu Duan! When the time comes, acting in the name of the old minister, even if he finds out, at most he thinks that the old minister wants to go against him! At most, he is not good for the old minister! Your Highness, as a monarch, you should be decisive in killing, and you can't let go of any opportunity! Now that Qu Duan has come to Hanzhong, this is an opportunity for us! Li Gang said.

"You're right!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"The old minister just wanted to go to the post house to see Qu Duan, but there was a subordinate at the door of the post house who could ask for a subordinate, and the old minister was blocked as soon as he came there! Therefore, the old minister and His Highness discussed that they should let these masters under His Highness go to meet Qu Duan! Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, he looked at Wang Gui, and said, "Brother Wang, this matter is still troublesome for you!" ”

Zhao Chen has three masters under him, the most powerful is undoubtedly Yue Fei, but Yue Fei has a wooden temperament and is not suitable for being a lobbyist at all, Zhang Xian has a lively temperament, speaks very aggressively, and it is not good to be a lobbyist, only Wang Gui is the oldest and the most stable, and it is best to be a lobbyist!

"Your Highness, just as you command! What trouble? Wang Gui said with a smile.

At that moment, Zhao Chen and Li Gang discussed, and Li Gang told Wang Gui what he was going to say, and Wang Gui kept it all in his heart.

*** ***

It's dark at night, and the rain doesn't stop!

Qu Duan and Wang Shu rested in the post house for an afternoon, and both of them were not sleepy at this moment!

Qu Duan called Wang Shu to his room, and the two were playing chess at the moment!

Quduan chess skills are clever, and after three games in a row, Wang Shu is not an opponent!

"The general's chess skills are too high, Wang Shu is not your opponent!" At the end of the third game, Wang Shu stopped and said.

"Playing chess is like fighting a war, and if you can fight, you will play chess! My ability to fight is high, and my ability to play chess is naturally not low! Come on, come on, let's move on! Qu Duan said with a smile.

"I think it's better to forget it! I don't want to lose like this anymore! Wang Shu said with a smile.

Qu Duan was about to speak, when he suddenly raised his head and looked out the window, and shouted, "What person?" Dare to peep at Qu! ”

Wang Shu was taken aback, and he also looked out the window!

I saw that the window was slowly pushed open, and a sturdy middle-aged man jumped in from the outside! It's none other than Wang Gui!

It turned out that Wang Gui was ordered to act, and he just took advantage of the night to leave the Han Palace and come here!

"Who are you?" Qu Duan said coldly.

"Below is a close person next to Lord Li Gang and Li, who came on the orders of Lord Li!" Wang Gui arched his hand and said.

"Li Gang?" Qu Duan was stunned, and Wang Shu was also stunned!

In this era, there are many famous ministers and brave generals! It is now the second year of Jingkang, Yue Fei has not yet risen, Han Shizhong and others are still "rising stars", Zhe Keqiu, Qu Duan and others are veteran generals, but in front of the Jurchens, they have no military exploits, and now it is still a little difficult to say who is the first general in the world! However, if it is said that the world's first minister, then Li Gang can be said to be the best! When the Jin soldiers went south for the first time, it was Li Gang who stood up and forced Song Huizong to abdicate with a strategy, so that Song Qinzong succeeded to the throne, and then Song Qinzong acted according to Li Gang's strategy and blocked the attack of the Jin soldiers! It's a pity that Li Gang was demoted to Jiangxi soon after, and when the Jin soldiers went south for the second time, although Li Gang was recalled to the imperial court, but at that time, there were many traitors in the court, Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and others were monstrous, and Li Gang never played a role again!

But even so, Li Gang's reputation in officialdom and the people is still extremely high, and now no one in the world can compare with Li Gang! Even Zong Ze is a head behind Li Gang!

I heard that it was someone sent by Li Gang, Qu Duan and Wang Shu were cautious!

"Why didn't Master Li come by himself, but let you come? What evidence do you have to prove your identity? Qu Duan thought for a moment and said.

"Lord Li wants to come over, but the post houses around here are all subordinates who can ask for it, and they won't let Lord Li come over! As for my identity, here's a handwritten letter from Master Li! As the prime minister back then, Lord Li also wrote letters to officials from all over the country, and there are many ink treasures left by Lord Li in the hands of officials everywhere, you can compare them, and there will be no mistakes! Wang Guidao.

At that moment, Wang Gui took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Qu Duan's hand!

Qu Duan tore open the letter and looked at it carefully! After a while, Qu Duan's face showed a surprised expression!

Wang Shu pushed Qu Duan, Qu Duan handed the letter into Wang Shu's hands, and Wang Shu also looked at it carefully!

After a while, Wang Shu's face also showed a surprised expression!

"Good means! Good means! is worthy of Li Gang, the first minister in the world! This letter did not win over the general, but said that the general would be recommended as the privy deputy! As a privy deputy envoy, he is an important official in the court, so he naturally wants to come to Hanzhong! When the general arrives in Hanzhong, he has strong strength, no matter how much he wants to win over the general, he is afraid that he will have scruples when the time comes! The so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, this is the truth! And at that time, Li Gang can find a way to win over the general and let the general be used by the prince! This Li Gang really deserves his name! It seems that I underestimated the heroes of the world! Previously, he begged to use his daughter to win over the general, but now Li Gang has used this trick again, and they are not simple! Wang Shu said secretly.

"General Qu, what Master Li wrote in his letter, I don't know if you agree?" Wang Guidao.

"This ...... I was training in Jingyuan, and I was very comfortable, and I didn't want to enter the DPRK as an official! Speaking of which, this privy deputy envoy can be regarded as the ruling of the country, but unfortunately Qu is not competent! Qu Duan shook his head.

In the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council managed the military of the world, and the Privy Envoy was the head of the Privy Council, and the status of the Privy Envoy was second only to the Privy Envoy! For the Song people, the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the privy envoy, and the privy deputy envoy are all important ministers of the state, and they are called "Zaizhi"! As a ruler, everyone is in a high position, far more than the position of the envoy! But Qu Duan was unwilling to involve Zhao Chen and the dispute, so he didn't agree!

"General Qu, please think twice! With General Qu's talent, he is ranked as the leader of the country, and he is competent enough! Wang Guidao.

"Li Gang, Master Li's thoughts, I understand! It's just that I just want to train in Jingyuan! Qu Duan said lightly.

He just wants to preserve his strength, and he has no interest in how others fight or fight!

"The prince is too young, I'm afraid that his ability is limited! If the crown prince is older, my general may take over the position of privy deputy! Wang Shu said with a smile on the side.

He is testing Wang Gui! Look at how Wang Gui answered, to understand Zhao Chen!

Wang Gui was silent for a moment and said, "Although the crown prince is young, His Royal Highness the crown prince is smart and wise, and his temperament is tenacious!" The future of the Great Song Dynasty will always be the prince's! ”

Wang Shu smiled: "The prince is so young, now he is only eleven years old, you say that he is smart and wise, I believe this for the time being!" But you say he's tenacious, that's a bit ridiculous! How can a teenager, so young, be tenacious? ”

Wang Gui said: "I said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a tenacious temperament, and it is definitely not nonsense!" Last winter, Kaifeng City was broken, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince escaped from Kaifeng City! After that, he and Li Gang walked in the ice and snow for more than a month and came to the outside of Xiangzhou City! They originally wanted to rely on King Kang, Zong Ze and others to recover the mountains and rivers, but who knew that King Kang, Zong Ze and others were so rebellious that they tried to assassinate His Highness! His Royal Highness Jiren Tianxiang, left from Xiangzhou City, and fled all the way to Tongguan! In Tongguan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was first detained for a few days, and then saw Li Ruoshui, Wang De and others! After that, the Jurchen soldiers came to Tongguan and pursued His Royal Highness the Crown Prince all the way! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down to the Dasan Pass, and Wu Jie and the others defeated the Jin soldiers at the Dasan Pass! After coming to Hanzhong, His Highness was assassinated twice, the first time His Highness was seriously injured, and the second time His Highness was almost dead! But in the end, His Highness still persevered, and now he is sitting in the Han Palace! If His Highness hadn't been for his tenacity, how could he have gone through so many hardships and not fall? In this world, I really can't imagine that there are other people who can be like the prince, as tenacious as the prince! ”

After Wang Gui finished speaking, Qu Duan and Wang Shu stayed there!

In the hearts of Qu Duan and Wang Shu before, Zhao Chen was just an ordinary teenager, and the only difference between Zhao Chen was his "prince" identity! They never thought that this prince had gone through so many hardships and had been standing tall, what was so strange about this! At this moment, after thinking carefully, the two of them fully recognized Wang Gui's "perseverance" comment!

In fact, any person who has gone through so many tribulations will only have two results, one result is to be knocked down and killed by the tribulation, and the other result is to get tempered from the tribulation and become tenacious! Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the latter!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned out to be such a person! My Wang Shu still miscalculated! I thought I was a genius in the world, but as a result, I couldn't grasp General Qu's temperament, I didn't understand that General Qu had no ambitions, and I couldn't predict the means of Li Gang, and I couldn't even see the merits of His Royal Highness the Prince! It seems that I used to think too highly of myself! However, in this case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a choice! Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is being bullied, there are no soldiers and no generals beside him, and there are only a few people such as Li Gang and Li Ruoshui, if I take refuge in the prince at this time, I will definitely have a chance to get ahead! It's a pity that General Qu is unwilling to take refuge in anyone, General Qu just wants to preserve his strength and is not willing to do any speculation! It's impossible for me to break away from General Qu for the time being! That's embarrassing...... Let's wait until tomorrow to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and make a decision! This matter must be cautious, the future may be glory and wealth or a disaster of death, this is all in my current thoughts! Wang Shu said secretly.

Wang Gui persuaded a few more words, Qu Duan just didn't agree, Wang Gui had no choice but to leave!