At dusk, even the Tongshi people on duty in the inner court went home one after another, and saw that the palace gate would be locked for a while, but Guo Rong still had not given the order, and Zhang Yongde had to linger outside the Xuanyou Gate and wait. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, he happened to see Zhao Kuangyin coming out of the Xuanyou Gate, Zhang Yongde was immediately angry from the bottom of his heart when he saw it, stood in the Xuanyou Gate to block the way, and mocked in front of him: "I think about how obedient a loyal dog was at the beginning, and now I think that the wings are stiff and dare to do things against the master. ”

"Huh...... Hug a brother, who is this referencing? A certain just came out of the palace, and received a new errand for the inspection in front of the palace, moved to Songzhou to return to the German Festival, and then he was busy with the army, I am very sorry, I have to go to the house to pay a visit in person! Zhao Kuangyin's tone of voice was still as humble as ever, but there was a smug look in his eyes that could not be concealed, and he swaggered out of the Xuanyou Gate with both hands behind his back.

Zhang Yongde was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he finally fully understood that Zhao Kuangyin wanted to replace him This has been planned for a long time, and now that his goal has been achieved, what he said about the meeting is completely unserious, the grudge has been settled, and both of them know it.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin leaving, Zhang Yongde's gloomy face changed again and again, his hands were clenched so that his fists and knuckles turned white, and he still couldn't think of how to reply when Guo Rongruo asked later.

Finally waited for an inner attendant to come to pass the word, Zhang Yongde walked quickly to the Jin Xiang Palace, leaving the inner attendant who led the way far behind, and when he stepped up the steps, he saw the inner attendant standing far away, and Guo Rong's lonely figure was standing at the door of the side hall, looking at him with burning eyes.

"Boom!" Stepping up the steps, Zhang Yongde suddenly knelt down like a golden mountain and a jade pillar, bowed on all fours, snorted his head heavily, and said loudly: "Unscrupulous minister Zhang Baoyi to meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Unscrupulous ministers? What's so wrong with that? Guo Rong was preconceived, with a smile on his face, and he didn't mean to order him to be flat.

"Ministers weep and worship! This matter has nothing to do with the minister, it is purely wronged! Zhang Yongde wailed loudly in an exaggerated manner.

"What's wronged? Others want to take your position, and it makes sense for you to fight back, and I don't blame you! Don't mention it again, get up! Guo Rong looked at Zhang Yongde for a long time, and scenes of the past came to mind.

As an imperial prince, the first emperor entrusted him with important tasks when he founded the country, and shared the internal and external forbidden armies with Li Chongjin, which can be said to be highly trusted. However, Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin have always been at odds, three personal expeditions to Huainan, after each battle Zhang Yongde and the left and right generals to slander Li Chongjin's military exploits, and every time an important military decision, Zhang Yongde is not as assertive as Li Chongjin, and even the ability to command the army is far from the same.

If it weren't for the fact that when the first emperor was alive, Li Chongjin once had the intention of competing with himself for the prince, Guo Rong wanted to transfer Li Chongjin to take charge of the front division of the palace, but Li Chongjin had served as the head of the inner palace and was familiar with many forbidden generals in the inner court. Now in this matter, Guo Rong actually suspected Li Chongjin in his heart, but it was difficult to say anything.

"Your Majesty! Zhang Yuanzhen's downright person is definitely not what he did, and the person who made the trouble must be Zhao Yuanlang! Zhang Yongde said with great certainty, his forehead smacked heavily again, and then raised his head and looked at Guo Rong with a hopeful expression.

In Guo Rong's opinion, as long as it is a military general, everyone seems to be a suspicious person, and there may be only a few people in a small area, but he doesn't believe that Zhao Kuangyin did it anyway, and it is normal for so many generals of the forbidden army to have gaps with each other, and it is not surprising to put Zhang Yue and Zhang Yongde on top of the gun and reap the profits by themselves.

"Don't talk nonsense without evidence! I'm still alive and well, who dares to do anything wrong? Guo Rong heard the impatient warning, and saw that Zhang Yongde still couldn't kneel on the ground, so he had to step forward and personally take his arm, help him up, slow down his tone and said: "It's a matter here, quickly return to Dingtao to dredge the Wuzhang Canal, and the Northern Expedition cannot be delayed, do you understand?" ”

"Don't dare to make a mistake!" After all, he didn't believe his words, Zhang Yongde sighed secretly, and knew in his heart that since then, he had completely lost Guo Rong's trust, and had no choice but to leave the palace.

On the spacious royal street, the cold wind of the winter night blew gustingly, Zhang Yongde only felt cold all over his body, and walked silently home with more than 100 horsemen riding horses all the way, recalling the scene of meeting Zhao Kuangyin in Xuanyoumen before, only to feel extremely aggrieved in his heart, he was unwilling, this matter was obviously pitted by Zhao Kuangyin, and what was even more terrifying was that Guo Rong really granted Zhao Kuangyin the post of inspection in front of the palace.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the entrance of the mansion, Zhang Yongde suddenly stopped, and Li Chongjin seemed to have an annoyed and contemptuous look in front of him. Recalling the Huainan War, he made all kinds of slanderous remarks, but Li Chongjin went to his camp to seek reconciliation, and suddenly felt ashamed in his heart.

"Turn around and go to the mansion of the eldest princess of Fuqing!" Seeing that the soldiers were walking in front of the command, and they were going back to call the door to inform their families, Zhang Yongde suddenly spoke.

"Yes...... The last general leads the way! The commander of the pro-soldiers looked surprised, nodded and led the pro-soldiers to open the way.

Approaching the end of the year, several generals of the forbidden army were entrusted with important tasks, sent to repair the river embankment near Tokyo, or to supervise taxes and grain to Hebei, and Li Chongjin has been in Beijing, Zhang Yongde arrived outside the mansion of the eldest princess of Fuqing, sent someone to inform him, and after a while, he saw Li Chongjin personally greet him.

"Hug a visit! Why don't you send someone to give a prophet? Come in! Li Chongjin stood in front of the door and arched his hand expressionlessly, but his attitude was quite kind.

"Now that he has lost his position, he is extremely grateful if he does not fall into the well, how can he dare to bother if he is ashamed?" Zhang Yongde smiled bitterly and replied.

"What do you do with such things? Don't be discouraged, let's go in and talk! Li Chongjin led Zhang Yongde all the way to his study to sit down, and personally poured Zhang Yongde a cup of tea, ordered the housekeeper to prepare wine and food, turned around and closed the door and sat down.

Zhang Yongde held the tea cup, looked at Li Chongjin with a depressed expression, and said: "You don't know yet, Zhao Kuangyin's guy replaced a certain position, and by the way, Zhang Yuanzhen and the two of us were opposed, what should I do?" ”

"Zhang Yuanzhen didn't talk about him, this Zhao Kuangyin had already seen that he was a treacherous person, and he went around befriending those well-established Jiangmen families, and stretched out his hand to the Guards Division, but unfortunately I repeatedly reminded you not to listen, and I thought that I was slandering your relationship. Now that he is promoted, you still have connections in the front of the palace, you must not be transferred by him, and you have to go to the palace of the prince and the prime minister, he is an understanding person. Li Chongjin reminded.

"Wang Wenbo? But I have to leave Beijing tomorrow, and I don't know if I can sneak home on Chinese New Year's Eve. Zhang Yongde is a little distressed, he usually has no friendship with Wang Pu, although the transfer of senior generals in the front of the palace is through the Privy Council, but the middle and lower level officers, the front division of the palace can be decided in a word, this time is long, the foundation he has worked hard to build for several years will be broken up by Zhao Kuangyin.

"What kind of person is Wang Xianggong, you need to come to the door in person? A letter is sufficient. There is also Zhang Yuanzhen, his subordinate Li Chuyun is in the Guard Division, you send a personal soldier to go and explain the matter clearly, it is much easier for Li Chuyun to give him advice, this time the whole army will try to make it convenient for him, I believe that Zhang Yuanzhen and other people who don't know how to do things. Li Chongjin explained.

"After a long time, I still know me again, I have been a brother in the past, please accept my worship!" Zhang Yongde was very moved, got up and saluted solemnly.

"It's never too late to make amends! As long as you and I work together, if we can pull Zhang Yuanzhen again, a Zhao Kuangyin, sooner or later I will bring him down! Li Chongjin said fiercely.

It seems that the two have released their previous suspicions, but in fact, they also have common interests, and the reason why Li Chongjin is so active is, of course, because in the past few years since he was transferred to the Guards Division, several subordinate troops of the Dianqian Division have been split by Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, and they also want to take this opportunity to stretch out their hands so that they can install their own people again.