In the secret room, the three of them had been discussing for a while, the crackling candle flame was shaking, and the atmosphere in the secret room was very harmonious.

Half an hour later, Zhao Dezhao got up and left the secret room, and repeatedly asked Yang Ming to deliver the news to the palace, and Zhi Tingxiao also got up to send him off.

In the Yangcheng Restaurant, the guests are still full, Xiao Er is pouring wine for a guest officer, this young man picked up a bowl of jade liquid, approached his nose and sniffed it, smelled for a while, he took a sip with his small mouth, the wine was very dry, and his face and neck were already half red.

Zhao Dezhao stopped, turned his back, and saw that the man's face was as red as Guan Gong's face at the moment, his facial features were upright, and he looked very delicate, but he was wearing a coarse earth-colored cloth robe, which was very incongruous with his delicate appearance.

"Good wine, Xiao Er, this drunk Taibai really lives up to its name!"

Xiao Er threw the tablecloth behind him, nodded and bent over, and said with a smile: "That's natural, this is a strong wine from Kaifeng, the best liquor in the world, its value is not expensive, ordinary people can't get a sip, ordinary restaurants can't eat it, the guest officer has repeatedly asked about the wine since he entered this restaurant, and I took out this drunk Taibai to the guest officer." Xiao Er proudly praised the drunken liquor, he glanced at the young man, and stood aside with his waist on his back.

"Well, good wine!" The young man praised while drinking, sometimes closing his eyes, sometimes pecking a sip, tasting the unique taste, but when he finished drinking, he suddenly said, "Although the wine is good, it is not the strongest wine in the world." ”

Xiao Er listened to the words of the young man, and suddenly felt that he couldn't hold his face, what is not the strongest wine in the world, in his Xiaochun memory, this drunk Taibai is already one of the best spirits in the world, this young man's words are obviously the most expensive wine in the restaurant. He was just about to speak, when Zhao Dezhao came over, and Xiao Er saw that the owner of the restaurant had come, and immediately waited to watch the show.

When Zhao Dezhao heard this, he also felt very strange, he had a feeling in his heart, but he was not sure, at this moment he turned his head and walked towards the young man's table.

The young man raised his head, the delicate face was already looking at the young man in front of him who was more handsome and martial than himself, Zhao Dezhao was not outside, he walked to the opposite of the young man, found a bench and sat down, and the two sat face to face.

"Koharu, I paid for the wine and food for this table of guests."

When Xiao Er saw Zhao Dezhao coming, he looked at Zhao Dezhao with both eyes, originally thought that the owner was going to teach a lesson, but he didn't expect to pay this person, he was just a junior in a restaurant, and he didn't intervene, but he was puzzled: "The owner, this is your restaurant, and you still say that you will pay or not?" ”

Zhao Dezhao waved his hand and said, "Xiaochun, you can't break this rule and let me make this bad start." ”

Xiao Er nodded and waited by his side.

This young man kept staring at Zhao Dezhao, and suddenly he said: "You are the owner of this family, I just made a joke, please forgive me!" ”

"Don't see the outside, what you said is right, drunk Taibai is not the strongest wine in the world, there is more wine than the strongest wine in the world, but it is not in this world now, what do you say?" Zhao Dezhao said, staring at this person all the time, and said in a long voice, "It seems that this guest officer is from there!" ”

At this moment, when the young man saw Zhao Dezhao suddenly say "there", he stared at Zhao Dezhao tightly, looking Zhao Dezhao's appearance up and down, but he still said slightly apologetically, "I'm really sorry, I've been staring at the official, you look like one of my old people." ”

Zhao Dezhao smiled and said, "Oh? There are more people in this world who look exactly the same, but I haven't seen you yet! ”

The young man looked around and saw that the surroundings were already full of guests, and suddenly said, "This ...... Can you talk in a different place? ”

Zhao Dezhao looked upstairs, "Why don't you go upstairs to talk." ”

Hearing Zhao Dezhao say this, the young man nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”

Under the leadership of Zhao Dezhao, the two walked up the stairs and went to the box on the second floor.

The sound insulation effect of this box is good, even if there is a lot of noise inside, it can't be heard outside, Zhao Dezhao took this person to a box upstairs, closed the door of the box, and the two found a position to sit down by the window.

Downstairs, the little noble son saw that his Chitose followed a young man upstairs, and immediately followed behind him to the second floor, and he kept guarding the door like a guard, preventing outsiders from touching this box.

In the box, the two of them had already sat down, the young man had been staring at Zhao Dezhao, the decoration and sound insulation effect of this box, the round tables and chairs inside were all decorations of later generations, he looked at the things in the box stupidly, and suddenly said: "Are these all arranged by the owner?" ”

"Indeed." Zhao Dezhao nodded.

The young man's eyes suddenly moistened, and he blurted out: "I know you, are you Zhao Dezhao?" ”

"Oh? How did you know my name? Zhao Dezhao almost got up from his chair.

As soon as the young man opened his mouth, he already knew the other party's name and surname, and at this moment he said again: "Zhao Dezhao, I am Xiaolou, I am Duan Xiaolou!" ”

"What? You're Xiaolou, I can't recognize how you look! Hearing that the other party was Duan Xiaolou, Zhao Dezhao had some doubts between his eyebrows, but because the three words Duan Xiaolou were only known to him and Wu Lingqing, he still looked at this person up and down for a while, but he still couldn't feel the familiar face.

The young man said: "This is caused by rebirth!" ”

Zhao Dezhao smiled: "I didn't expect you to cross over, when I met Wu Lingqing, I already thought this was incredible, I didn't expect you to be here, but this is not surprising, when I fell off the cliff, I thought I would never see you again, by the way, have you seen Shang Haobin?" ”

"Shang Haobin hasn't seen it, it looks like the four of us have already found three, right?" Duan Xiaolou then asked, "What happened to Wu Lingqing?" ”

"He's okay, he's now the young owner of the martial arts car dealership, and he has a good time in Kaifeng!"

"Well, that's good." Duan Xiaolou asked, "What about you?" ”

"Me?" Zhao Dezhao was a little funny, but he still told his identity one by one.

Duan Xiaolou stared at Zhao Dezhao with blazing eyes, and suddenly took Zhao Dezhao's hand and said, "Dude, your life is really good, bring your little brother in the future." ”

Zhao Dezhao suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, no problem, wrap it up on me." Then Zhao Dezhao asked again, "Where have you been for more than 17 years?" ”

"It's a long story, don't laugh at me when you hear it." Duan Xiaolou recalled the past and said it little by little, "When I first crossed over, I was born in the Chongsheng Temple in Dali, which is also the Tianlong Temple in the Eight Divisions of Tianlong...... Later, I gradually understood my life experience, it turned out that I was the son of Duan Siying, the second emperor of Dali, but I did not enjoy a day of peace, because my father only served as an emperor for one year, and was deposed as a monk due to the struggle for power...... I was born in the monastery where he was a monk a few years after he was deposed...... I have been imprisoned for the past 17 years, but fortunately, I was finally able to escape from the Chongsheng Monastery some time ago. When I heard that the Kingdom of Shu had been destroyed, I turned around and went to the (southern) Han Dynasty, hoping to find a good opportunity for revenge and rescue my father to take back the throne, but I didn't expect to meet you in the restaurant. ”

After Duan Xiaolou finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed, a little emotional, and a little happy.

Zhao Dezhao also felt incredible when he heard Duan Xiaolou's life experience, he remembered that in 945 years in history, Duan Siping's son Duan Siying ascended the throne, but unfortunately the dream did not last long, and after only one year of reign, he was deposed as a monk due to the struggle for power. And Duan Siping because of the "change of the old system" his mother Yang Guixian as the "Yucheng Xuanhui Holy Mother of the Country", advocating the power of the Yang family, and his father Duan Siping when the country was established, the surname Dong was an important reliance on the policy of the contrary, so it was abolished, but Zhao Dezhao does not think that it was abolished because of this, the excuses of the usurpers in history are varied, nothing more than because of the dragon chair and the supreme power.

After Duan Siping, his uncle Duan Siliang ascended the throne, but it also laid the groundwork for the future turmoil in Dali.

This situation also made Zhao Dezhao's back cold, originally after Zhao Kuangyin's death in history, the succession to the throne was not his children and grandchildren, but his younger brother Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangyi's descendants, the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangyi's descendants have been guarding against Zhao Kuangyin's descendants, just afraid that they will snatch back the throne "inherited" by Emperor Taizong.

Zhao Dezhao sighed and said: "How can I not be like this, as the saying goes, the world makes people, I didn't expect that we all crossed into the emperor's house, although I am not bad now, but in history, the two of us really have the same disease, and the throne has not reached our heads, we were all snatched away by our own uncle, but now this will not happen." ”

Zhao Dezhao tapped on the table as he spoke, and seeing Duan Xiaolou suddenly looking at him with expectant eyes, Duan Xiaolou said: "But now that I have met you, I feel that the burden on my body has been reduced a lot." ”

"Xiaolou, now that I have sent some people to infiltrate Dali, I can help you a little bit." Previously, Zhao Dezhao asked Wu Heng to send Changchuntang's men all the way south to Dali Kingdom, and he didn't know what happened to Wu Heng now, but now his college friend and military school friend appeared by his side, and he was the son of Duan Siping of Dali Kingdom, he felt the need to help him.

Duan Xiaolou understood Zhao Dezhao's intentions, but he then said: "It's naturally best to have your help, but now that I see you, I think it's better to rescue my father, as for the throne of Dali, what does it have to do with me, don't say that Dali in the future is also a part of our China, so this burden is not suitable for me, do you understand?" ”

Zhao Dezhao patted Duan Xiaolou on the shoulder, he glanced at Duan Xiaolou, and said, "This world has not yet been unified, and I will let you be the king of Yunnan when the time comes." ”

Duan Xiaolou said with a smile: "The king of Yunnan, but he doesn't want real power, it's good to have a hereditary title......"

The two sat in the box on the second floor and chatted, from ancient times to the present, from economics, politics to military and the future......

In the blink of an eye, it was almost dusk, so Zhao Dezhao temporarily arranged Duan Xiaolou to be in the restaurant, and at the same time, he also asked Yang Ming to send a letter to Kaifeng to inform Wu Lingqing of Duan Xiaolou's matter.

Zhao Dezhao got up to say goodbye, and returned to the protocol with Xiao Guizi.

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