On the same day, Zhang Yue quickly went south to Gu'an, and sure enough, the emperor's large-scale fleet had only arrived here, but he did not take the liberty to ask for a meeting, so he stayed in a small town on the outskirts of the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The next morning, he continued to take the land route, simply left the royal fleet far behind, and went to Yijin Pass to take a warship to pull up the sails and go straight down, and arrived at Wuqiang in Shenzhou in only two days.

Zhang Yue led his own soldiers to land at the wharf, went directly to the military warehouse camp, and asked the soldiers who led the way while walking, only to know that this place was garrisoned by Zhang Ju, the assassin of Jizhou, during the war, and there was another Beijing official who was on the right scattered cavalry and a high defense superintendent of the household department.

The left scattered cavalry is subordinate to the Menxia Province, and the right scattered cavalry is subordinate to the Zhongshu Province, all of which are under the third grade, and the attendant adviser has no real power, but the household servant is under the fourth grade, and now he is on a business trip during wartime, which can be seen to be quite important.

Zhang Yue led his entourage on horseback, and almost arrived at the gate of the camp, where a team of forbidden soldiers trotted out of the door, followed by Li Chongjin and Xiangzhou Zhangde Jiedu Wang Hui and Wang Hui in purple robes and walked out side by side, followed by Gao Fang and Zhang Ju, seeing that Zhang Yue's team of people looked lonely, they were all stunned.

"I didn't arrive until noon today, Yuan Zhen came so quickly, could it be that he was ordered by edict?" Li Chongjin asked in surprise,

"That's not true, I received a letter from home, and I got a thousand new gold, so I'm in a hurry to go home and take a look!" At the end of February, Fu Jinqiong gave birth to her second daughter, and Zhang Yue only learned about it recently, so she casually brought it up to prevaricate.

"Oh...... That's great! When you go back to Beijing, you have to invite me to like a drink! Li Chongjin laughed, he understood at once, and suddenly felt sympathy. In this battle, Li Chongjin led the town army to attack the city for seven or eight days and suffered heavy damage, but now the town army is staying behind, he has no military achievements, Guo Rong also cares about him, so he has to return to the town of Tianpingjie in Yunzhou.

"Why are you waiting to go back to Beijing? Why don't you have a banquet now! Next to him, Wang Hui said with a smile. This Wang Hui is a native of Taiyuan, his family is rich but his temperament is greedy, he has repeatedly plundered soldiers, and he was promoted to a festival from Xiangzhou at the beginning of this year.

Zhang Yue was only familiar with Li Chongjin, and smiled noncommittally. Gao Fang is over fifty years old, old and sophisticated, and when he heard the mystery from the words of the two, he turned out and invited: "A few people have not washed the dust, so let's go back to the camp and settle down first!" ”

Zhang Yue led his own soldiers into the camp, he wanted to take a good rest, but he didn't want Li Chongjin to invite him to his barracks, so he had to follow. The two sat down, and the conversation got to the point, and Li Chongjin asked again: "Yuan Zhen has not been edicted, so His Majesty has not summoned him?" Don't have a word for it? ”

"Nope! What about you? Zhang Yue smiled bitterly.

"Alas......" Li Chongjin sighed when he heard this, and said with resentment: "Me? It's not like you're waiting to return to the town after the meeting, if you really don't care about it and don't see it, I'm afraid you're going to follow in the footsteps of me and Baoyi! How can you still lead the lord of the country, and the queen's brother-in-law, a certain and a hug will also lead a festival town, and was swept out of the forbidden army, said that the three of us have gone through two dynasties, and the hard work is high, and it is not as good as the one surnamed Zhao who will be an official! ”

"Queen? Something to be discussed? Zhang Yue was stunned, thinking that it wouldn't be so soon.

"Not yet, I heard Gao Shilang say that Fan Zhen and others in the DPRK are in Zhangluo, and it is estimated that they will return to Beijing! I can't say it, in the future, a few relatives of our Taizu Dynasty will have to rely on you to carry me! Li Chongjin looked at Zhang Yue as if he was smiling, he obviously knew about Guo Rong's condition, and he was just half-truths about the future.

"It's too early for you to say that, even if you set up a queen again, you and Baoyi are still handsome, and the younger brother has not led the army, but depends on you!" Zhang Yue also replied hypocritically that although Guo Rong was ill, he would definitely arrange the future, and maybe it would not be strange to transfer Li Chongjin back to the Chu army, but Zhang Yue did not plan to meddle in this matter.

"Pull you down! Isn't Li Chuyun your person? Recently, it's been a hot fight with Hantong, right? Zhang Guangwei has also become a guest of the scene, right? Li Chongjin laughed, and said: "But the guard division is in your hands, it is better than handing it over to the surnamed Zhao, how to say, the first emperor also has a great favor to you, even if we do not directly lead the forbidden army, we must show it to the first emperor, I believe that Yuan Zhen also remembers this kindness!" ”

"That's ...... If it weren't for the appreciation of the first emperor, how could there be a certain today, thanks to the care of you and Baoyi, I still miss and gratitude! The killing of Liu Congxue's brother last year was indeed not intentional, and I believe you understand. Zhang Yue couldn't help but think that he was a direct subordinate of Zhang Yongde when he entered Tokyo at the beginning of that year to serve as the commander of the palace, and Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin did not have a bad relationship at that time, and he did help a lot.

"If such a small-bellied person is a chicken intestine, he would have formed a big enmity with Baoyi a long time ago, how could he sit and talk with you now?" Li Chongjin didn't have a good airway.

Zhang Yue smiled and didn't expose it, if it weren't for Zhao Kuangyin currying favor with Guo Rong on the one hand, squeezing out Zhang Yongde on the other, and even spreading rumors, Guo Rong transferred Zhang Yongde to Lanzhou, but he was worried that Li Chongjin's achievements in Huainan were significant and he was big, and Zhang Yongde had been attacking Li Chongjin in the past few years.

There is another reason, when the first emperor Guo Wei was still in power, Li Chongjin did not have a good relationship with Guo Rong, and once had the heart of contention. Even if he ascended the throne later, Guo Rong used Li to re-enter at the same time, but always guarded against him. These things came together, Li Chongjin was transferred to Yunzhou, but Han Tong was brought up, although this person can lead troops, he has a rough personality and does not listen to the persuasion of others, how can he be Zhao Kuangyin's opponent.

That night, Zhang Yue and Li Chongjin talked about the old days, laughed and talked about the events of the year, and seemed to release their previous suspicions, and the relationship was closer. The two waited for four days in a row, until the afternoon of March 15, Guo Rong's royal car arrived at Wuqiang, Zhang Yue and Li Chongjin, Wang Hui, Gao Fang, Zhang Ju and others rushed to the dock to meet each other, but only saw the imperial chariot, did not see Guo Rong's face, followed to the outside of the palace and waited until the evening was slightly dark, and finally Zhao Jianliang came out to pass the word, announcing that Li Chongjin had come to see him first.

So Li Chongjin went in first, Zhang Yue had to continue to wait, and after seeing Li Chongjin in and out for a long time, he didn't say a word with a straight face, and walked away quickly in a huff.

This place is also a mansion that was sprinkled and cleaned a few days in advance, Zhang Yue was apprehensive, and followed Zhao Jianliang inside, and saw that the middle hall was already in charge, Guo Rong was sitting in the hall, and there were only a few attendants on the left and right.

Zhang Yue stepped up the steps, bowed his head at the door, and saluted solemnly: "Minister Zhang Yue went south on his own without an edict, and he came to ask for sin!" ”

"Please? Then tell me, but what is the sin? Guo Rong's voice was hoarse, his voice was very small, and he seemed to be a little weak in his breath.

Zhang Yue was taken aback, he said this with the intention of retreating as advance, seeing what the emperor meant, he didn't want to really have the intention of asking for guilt, but he really couldn't think of any taboos he had committed recently, at most, he met Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan, Zhang Guanghan and other generals of the forbidden army, and he was too thoughtful when arranging the aftermath, and he seemed a little active, but this is really nothing, who doesn't do this.

"The minister shouldn't have privately summoned Zhang Guanghan to stay in the mansion! Xue Wenqian Guangshun followed Yu Chen in the second year and made many military exploits, but the ministers couldn't let them chill! "Zhang Yue is also annoyed in his heart, even if I master the entire guard division, it is not as good as Zhao Kuangyin, is it possible to put a few people to commit a rebellion. I almost blurted out these words, but Guo Rong was sick, and the consequences of contradicting him could be very serious, so he couldn't bear it at the moment.

"What are the instructions for summoning Zhang Guang to go?" Guo Rong still didn't speak much, but he asked very harshly. In fact, Zhang Yue summoned Zhang Guanghan to come over for a drink, but Guo Rong didn't know.

"For Wang Yansheng's matter, this person was rude to the minister in the Yuanhe Hall that day, and the minister instructed Zhang Guang to do it, and then invited him to drink to express his appeasement and gratitude, and he didn't dare to say anything!" Since you are guilty of the crime, then simply confess honestly, anyway, anyone with a discerning eye can see this matter. After Li Hanchao, Wang Zhengzhong and others made trouble, Guo Rong was not very happy at that time.

"Okay! You've finally admitted it! Let's get flat! Guo Rong seemed to confirm what he thought in his heart, his tone softened, and he reprimanded: "You have such a mind, how can you be in charge of the privy council?" ”

"Shame on you! Yes? Zhang Yue was shocked again, and secretly regretted it in his heart, and the last word came out, revealing his careful thoughts about longing to enter the privy council.

At the same time, as soon as he subconsciously raised his head, he saw Guo Rong's face smiling rather than smiling, and suddenly realized that Guo Rong was not really angry about Wang Yansheng's affairs, but felt that his body was getting worse, and he secretly gained insight into his heart to the civil and military ministers.

However, at this glance, Zhang Yue was very shocked to find that Guo Rong had lost a lot of weight after only a few days, his cheekbones were high, his eye sockets were deep, and his yellow cheeks were sunken.