"No, no, Jingde, you have grown a lot......," Zhang said lightly, continuing to take steps, stepping on the steps and walking towards the entrance of the hall.

Zhang Duan didn't hesitate, and pushed open the vermilion door by himself, and the scene in front of him surprised him.

The luxury of the main hall is the basic thing that a palace should do in Zhang Duan's opinion, but he was really shocked by this warm and luxurious side hall, he had long heard that Luoyang had become richer in Zhao Yue's hands, and he really didn't expect that a palace of such a scale could be built in just over a year.

Cao Ping ordered the guards to wait outside the hall, and he followed Zhang Duan into the hall alone, he wanted to chat with him and catch up with the past.

In the hidden dark shadow, a group of people sneakily lurked in it, and an unfamiliar voice asked tentatively: "General Qin, why is General Cao Ping so familiar with this envoy surnamed Zhang, and now that the two of them have entered the house, will they ......?"

Another person also said, "Yes, should we hurry up and report to the lord." ”

Qin Feng shook his head and said in a low voice: "No need, the lord told me that Cao Ping is absolutely loyal to him, what we have to do is to keep an eye on this person named Zhang Duan tonight, so as not to cause trouble for him, if he sneaks out of this hall at night and does something that affects the safety of our lord, it will not be good." ”

"Yes." Qin Feng's soldiers replied in a low voice.

Inside the house, Zhang Duan seemed to be back in his own house, and sat on a bed inside casually, and began to untie his clothes, not treating Cao Ping, who had been away for many years, as an outsider at all.

"Jingde, what do you want to tell me. If it's that person who asks you to say something unnecessary, I guess you can go. ”

Zhang Duan undressed. He turned his head to look at Cao Ping.

Cao Ping stood at the position where he had just entered the door without saying a word, and the beard on his face became denser and denser. makes him look much more mature than Zhang Duan, but in fact, he is younger than Zhang Duan.

Cao Ping was looking at everything in the house, but when he heard Zhang Duan's words, he suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Of course not, it's just that I feel that I haven't seen you for many days and want to chat with you." ”

"Oh? Yes, of course. But there is one thing I don't want to talk about in advance, because then there will be nothing to do until tomorrow. ”

Cao Ping understood the meaning of Zhang Duan's words, in fact, he was really ready to talk to Zhang Duan about some details of his mission, but at the moment, he could only laugh and say: "Brother Wumo thinks too much, just recounting the previous situation." ”

Zhang Duan took off his armor and sword and sat on the bed in his cloth clothes. chatted with Cao Ping with great interest about the Chang'a Palace, which had just been built.

"This palace is good, better than the Han Dynasty palace we have been to before."

"It was built by our army's military advisor Meng idiot, and my military advisor is a master of the world, so he naturally has some means."

"Do you lords and military advisors get along well on weekdays?" Zhang Duan glanced at Cao Ping meaningfully. Smiling slightly, he asked.

Cao Ping also learned Zhang Duan's tone just now, and replied: "I just want to talk about the past." If Wumo asks something unnecessary, I think I can go. ”

Zhang Duan suddenly laughed heartily. The laughter was loud, and there really was a kind of arrogance that came from the yellow sand-covered land of the West.

Cao Ping also smiled. It's just that the voice is not too loud, and it looks more like a reflection of Zhang Duan's laughter, which is out of a kind of friendliness of the landlord.

The two chatted casually for a few more words, and Cao Ping left, and there was nothing to do all night, only Qin Feng always stared at the side hall with the lights on.

The next day, it was dawn.

Zhao Yue was already preparing to start a showdown with Zhang Duan in the court.

The sun was shining in the sky above Chang'a Palace, and Zhao Yuegao sat on the seat of the main hall, proudly looking down at Zhang Duan, who was walking towards the center of the hall step by step under the leadership of Lu Ze.

The two rows standing in the hall were all his ministers and generals. The civil officials headed by Meng Idiot stood on the left, the civil officials headed by Wang Jian stood on the right side, and the rest were some unknown juniors.

Zhao Yue is actually often anxious about the shortage of talents in the force, but there is no way, Luoyang has just recovered and developed, and capable people are probably still secretly watching in the rivers and lakes to see if he is really a monarch worthy of serving, or is it another place to vote?

Don't look at Zhao Yue's governance of Luoyang now in an orderly manner, people with real insight will not be blinded by this little move. As a monarch, it takes a long time to know whether a courtier is loyal or not, and in the same way, it takes a long time for a person who wants to become a ruler to know whether a monarch has to take refuge.

Such as Qin Feng and the like, Zhao Yue was able to meet and indeed be loyal to him, which was really Zhao Yue's blessing.

Zhang Duan walked up to the main hall with the steps that a soldier who has been fighting all year round, and stood straight towards the center of the hall, still not saying anything, just giving a symbolic salute, and then looking straight ahead, ignoring Zhao Yue and anyone else, it was exactly the same as yesterday.

Zhao Yue glanced at Meng Idiot, Meng Idiot nodded slightly, he had a bottom in his heart, so he was not angry.

He stayed for a while, confirming that Zhang Duan really didn't mean to speak first, so he could only say with a smile: "Envoy Zhang, I originally wanted to discuss with you personally about the joint attack on Hongnong City, but my generals know that I am a fellow villager with you, if I talk to you, they are afraid that they may also think that I will not get the due benefits of our army because of the past feelings, so how about my military advisor Meng Idiot discuss with you?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Duan finally glanced at Zhao Yue, although he was a military general, he was not stupid, he knew that Zhao Yue was just a rhetoric, in fact, the little brother who had been blessed by himself in the past didn't want to talk to him.

However, when he heard that it was the rumored idiot talking to him, he still had some expectations, because he wanted to see what kind of person and what kind of mouth made Zhao Yue, who was simple and kind in the past, become such a difficult and cunning person now.

Out of courtesy, the idiot did not stand in the queue of civil officials, but walked to Zhang Duan's side, bowed to Zhao Yue, and gave a salute to Zhang Duan, then stroked his white beard, and said amiably: "Envoy Zhang, I hope you don't mind, the reason why my lord doesn't personally talk to you about attacking Hongnong is because Hongnong is the nominal imperial capital of the Han Dynasty after all, and he is not good at transgressing etiquette like this, but I am different......" (To be continued.) )