Yan Zhenqing smacked her lips and wiped the crumbs of the flax cake from the corner of her mouth.

Compared with He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, he is much more leisurely, because he is still waiting for the appointment, and now he is idle in the capital. As he saw yesterday on Ye Chang's side, he was a little distracted: Zhang Xu just felt that the word had some flavor of his brushwork, but he himself felt that the glyph of the four characters was really painted on his heart.

He didn't know that this was the famous "Yan Ti" in later generations, which was originally a font that he perfected by himself. But he can realize that Ye Chang's four words have the shape of this font, but he has not yet obtained God, and the god of this font seems to jump in his chest and may fly out at any time.

But it's not enough, just four words, far from enough...... Today, I have to think of something, let Ye Chang write a few more words.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhenqing ordered: "Go buy some incense, candles, paper money, and I'll go and worship someone." ”

"Yan Qingchen, where are you going?"

As soon as he went out, he saw several people coming, the leader of whom was indigo and could not tell his age, and when he saw him, he arched his hand from a distance and greeted him.

Yan Zhenqing knew him, it was Lu Qi, and then he saw the person who was established after Lu Qi, and his identity and status were still above Lu Qi.

Lu Qi is young and anxious, and after saying hello to Yan Zhenqing, he turned around and said, "Da Lang, this person is Yan Qingchen." ”

The person known as Da Lang is middle-aged, his expression is a little arrogant, his chin is not polite, and he said to Yan Zhenqing: "It turns out that you are Yan Qingchen...... Today I want to have a banquet in the West Market, can Yan Qingchen come to accompany me? ”

Yan Zhenqing did not respond directly, but gave his hand: "The servant has something to do, but he is really flawless." ”

"Yan Qingchen, do you know who this is? The son of Li Gong, the left minister of the court, and now he is the doctor of the court and the Li Gong of Taichang Cheng! ”

The left phase is Li Shizhi, and this person is Li Shizhi's son Li Xia. Yan Zhenqing was a little surprised, he heard that this Li Xia was very hospitable, because of Li Shi's high position, everyone flocked to him. It's just that Yan Zhenqing didn't have much contact with him, and he didn't go to visit him in Chang'an this time.

Li Shizhi and He Zhizhang have a shallow relationship, both of them like the things in the cup, and they have always been drinking friends. Zhang Xu is He Zhizhang's in-law, and Yan Zhenqing followed Zhang Xu to learn calligraphy. Therefore, from the standpoint of the court, Yan Zhenqing and Li Xia should be relatively close.

Therefore, Yan Zhenqing arched his hand to Li Xia: "Yan is clumsy, seeing Li Dalang today is really a pleasure in his life." Da Lang invited, Yan shouldn't have been ignorant, but he had already made an appointment to visit the guests, so he could only confess to Da Lang? ”

"What kind of guest is so important that you don't even go to Dalang's banquet?" Lu Qi was dissatisfied.

Yan Zhenqing glanced at Lu Qi, feeling a little ashamed in her heart.

Lu Qi's grandfather was the prime minister, and his father Lu Yi is now the commander of Juxian County, because of his proximity to Chang'an, Lu Qi often drowned in Chang'an, instead of taking office with his father. He is still young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he is already keen to make friends with the powerful.

And he has a narrow temperament and a huge birthmark on his face, which makes him more likely to be ridiculed by others, which makes him more eager to express himself. Yan Zhenqing is over thirty years old, and when he reaches the middle age of his life, he sees this kind of young man very thoroughly.

It's just that he just wants to pat Li Xia's sycophants, and then seek a career for himself. is young and doesn't care about learning, but he is in the camp, which really makes Yan Zhenqing feel that it is the name of his father and ancestors who have fallen into it.

"It's a friend from out of town, quite interesting, surnamed Ye, named Chang, and eleven." Yan Zhenqing replied: "He Gong and Zhang Gong met him with me yesterday. ”

"Ha Luha, didn't you say it earlier, the guest that Da Lang wants to invite today is him." Lu Qi stroked his palms and smiled: "He praised Zuo Xiang for his person, Li Mi, and Zuo Xiang said to Da Lang again, Da Lang wanted to see this young talent." ”

When mentioning "young talents", Lu Qi was quite sarcastic, Li Mi had the name of a prodigy, but he was not a Taoist priest, and he did not become a companion of the East Palace until recent years. Although He Zhizhang praised Ye Chang in front of Li Shizhi, He Zhizhang was famous for liking to reward backwards, and Lu Qi was actually unconvinced by this kind of praise.

"That being the case, and when I go to see him, I will bring him with me." Yan Zhenqing said.

"Go together, go together." Lu Qi shouted.

Everyone was the only one who looked forward to Li Xia, and Li Xia nodded slightly reservedly, expressing his agreement with Lu Qi's suggestion.

Li Xia didn't have much expectation for Ye Chang in his heart, but it was just for him to attract talents, so he lewd himself in vain to seek the name of Corporal Lixian. When Yan Zhenqing saw them like this, he knew that it was impossible to learn calligraphy quietly today, so he could only walk with them.

When they came to Baoning Fang, they realized that Ye Chang was not here, but went to Xinchangfang, and when they turned to Xinchangfang, it was already evening.

But when I went to Qinglong Temple, I found that Ye Chang was not here, and I heard the monk say that Ye Chang followed a group of market teenagers to the back of the temple.

Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart, Ye Chang was not guarding his brother's spirit at this time, but what was he doing behind the temple?

He has a brother himself, and the relationship between the brothers is very good, so he admires Ye Chang's move to correct his brother's name. He came here to worship, for the font is one reason, and another reason is Ye Chang's brotherhood.

"Hehe, Yan Qingchen, who is Ye Shiyi Lang in this coffin, why didn't he keep the spirit, but went to play outside the temple?" Lu Qi said at this time.

Yan Zhenqing didn't answer, after all, he was not familiar with Ye Chang, he just loved Ye Chang's font, so he came to visit.

At this time, a person next to him said: "There are many people in the world, one in front of them, one behind them, and there are many people who are different from the outside." He Gong is old after all, and I am afraid that there will be times when his old eyes are dizzy, and he mistakenly pastes dung on the wall. ”

The sarcasm in his mouth could not be stopped. Yan Zhenqing remembered that he introduced himself just now, his surname was Yuan, his single name was a book, the word Gongfu, he had tried and failed, and what he learned was the book of Taoist sons. He came to Chang'an at this time, just because he heard that the Son of Heaven wanted to issue an edict to open a scientific examination of Taoism, and after arriving in the capital, he would inevitably have to run under the powerful in order to get the step of advancement.

Yan Zhenqing didn't say anything, but she had a little more suspicion of Ye Chang in her heart.

"Could it be that this Ye Langjun is a person who speaks nicely, but in fact has no brotherly love?" When Yan Zhenqing walked out of the back door of the temple, he heard a burst of noisy laughter, which made Yan Zhenqing's brows furrow, and the accumulated suspicion reached the extreme.

Brother's funeral, according to etiquette, Ye Chang should also stay away from frolic, but if the monks of Qinglong Temple did not lie, Ye Chang should be in this group of people!

Yan Zhenqing's eyes wandered over everyone, these were more than twenty big men, most of them were shirtless and bare-chested, and they were chasing a ball in the open space behind Qinglong Temple. The ball was bigger than the polo and kemari balls, and everyone kicked them with their feet, occasionally with their heads, but it wasn't as big as Kemari's.

"What is this?" Yan Zhenqing was stunned for a moment, he was a fan of ball games, so he could see that this was definitely a new game, but it was not so new that people didn't understand it at all, on the contrary, he only looked at it a few times and understood the general rules of this game.

"Ha Luha, it turned out that he was playing football, but this way of kicking football seems to be a little different?"

Datang is a good ball game, everyone is one of the masters, and Li Xia often summons people to play polo. After looking closely for a while, they saw some famous names.

The first is that you can't use your hands - except for the two people standing in the wooden frames on either side, and then the competition can only be in the lime field.

Yan Zhenqing only took a cursory look, and what he wanted to know more now was what Ye Chang was doing. He confessed his sin to everyone, took a few steps ahead of himself, came to the sidelines, and immediately noticed Ye Chang.

Ye Chang, who was dressed in black, had a bamboo whistle in his mouth, which would occasionally blow it, and then make a certain movement. When Yan Zhenqing looked over here, Ye Chang's attention was on the field, these people Xiao Bailang was looking for were all new to the rules of football, and they often had some foul moves, so Ye Chang had to interrupt them from time to time. But there is one thing that is good, these people all know that there are no different rules in the Dao competition, and they still obey the law enforcement of Ye Chang, the "referee".

"The three pillars of incense have passed!" A man next to him suddenly shouted.

Ye Chang blew the whistle three times in a row, temporarily suspending the training, and he left the field surrounded by everyone, just in time to see Yan Zhenqing with a serious face.

"Yan Langjun!" Ye Chang saluted him from afar.

But Yan Zhenqing did not return the courtesy, and when he approached, he coldly reprimanded and asked: "Brother Ling's coffin is in the temple, and you are frolicking outside the temple, aren't you afraid that Brother Ling will be uneasy?" ”

"Who is this guy, with such a big mouth, how dare you talk to us Ye Langjun like this?"

"Think you're Kyung Zhao Yin or what?"

Ye Chang hadn't answered yet, but the scoundrels around him opened their mouths one after another, and they all rushed to scold Ye Chang one by one, as if they had been friends with Ye Chang for many years. This is inevitable, after practicing with Ye Chang for a long time, everyone is now gradually liking football plays, and they also know that Ye Chang has a complete set of football play skills, at least before learning all these rules and means, they will only look forward to Ye Chang.

Even if it is a petty official here, it is not a big problem for these scoundrels in the capital: you must know that the matter of the husband and the princess fighting for the road has happened in Chang'an City.

These people's words made Yan Zhenqing's face look ugly, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and wanted to leave, but Ye Chang took two steps forward and grabbed his arm: "Yan Langjun, listen to me." ”

Yan Zhenqing stopped slightly, and Ye Chang turned back to those scoundrels and said, "Everyone go to rest, and continue to practice after a pillar of incense." ”

After finishing speaking, he pulled Yan Zhenqing under an elm tree and sat straight on the root of the tree: "Yan Langjun thinks that if he sits in front of his brother's coffin, he can correct his brother's name?" ”

"At least it's better than frolicking after Brother Ling's coffin."

"If you want to correct your brother's name, you have to listen to it." Ye Chang sighed: "Yan Langjun, the other party is Princess Xianyi, that is, characters like He Gong and Zhang Gong, they are powerless to stand out for a certain person, and they can only find out how the brother has a conflict with the princess's mansion, find out the root cause, and act well!" ”

"Having said that, Yan didn't see you find out the truth, but he only saw you frolicking here."

"A person who has no money and no power, and is a foreigner, how can he find out the truth of the advertising momentum?" Ye Chang shook his head: "The only people I can rely on are these people in the market, they can be my eyes and ears." ”

Yan Zhenqing was suddenly surprised, he looked at Ye Chang with a side face, and said in disbelief: "You want to fight against the princess with the people of the market?" I'm afraid that they will turn their faces and sell you in the princess's mansion! ”

"That's not going to happen, I'm just asking them to help find out the truth, they are not in danger, it's not profitable to sell me, but they have ruined their reputation, it's useless, who is willing to do it?"

Ye Chang was about to elaborate, when he saw a group of people coming around, Yan Zhenqing knew that it was not appropriate for him to make public the matter of his reconnaissance of Princess Xianyi, so he did not continue to argue with him, but just introduced: "These are Chang'an Junjie who heard your name from He Gong and wanted to get to know you." ”

The first thing Ye Chang noticed was Lu Qi, and the reason was that the huge birthmark on Lu Qi's face was too eye-catching. However, Ye Chang still had this politeness, and he didn't stare at it for too long, just glanced at it, and then looked at the person in the middle.

"This is Taichang Cheng Li Xia." Yan Zhenqing first introduced Li Xia, the only official among the people, but did not introduce him as the son of the left minister of the current dynasty, and then introduced everyone present one by one. When Ye Chang heard that there was Yuan Zai in it, he was already stunned, and when he heard the indigo face again, it was Lu Qi, and he muttered secretly in his heart.

Whether your luck is too good or too bad, teach people to play football here, and you can meet the two most important traitorous prime ministers at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty!

Then, he noticed that Yuan Zai and Lu Qi were looking at him a little unkindly.

After the cold noise, Yuan Zai first made a difficulty: "I just listened to the monks in the temple, and Brother Ling's coffin stopped in the temple, and Ye Langjun came to Chang'an from his hometown to welcome back Brother Ling's coffin." At the beginning, Yuan thought that Ye Langjun valued filial piety, and he was worthy of He Gong's repeated recommendation in front of Li Xiangguo......"

Hearing that He Zhizhang recommended himself in front of Li Shizhi, Ye Chang couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart. After he found out that the person he saw yesterday was He Zhizhang, he didn't think to use it less, and He Zhizhang didn't say much at that time, and it made him a little slanderous, feeling that He Zhizhang didn't dare to administer justice for him, and he was really a little timid and afraid. Only now do I know that He Zhizhang didn't say it, but he was actually working hard for him.

If he is really favored by Li Shizhi, and with the respect of Li Shizhi's prime minister, he comes forward to investigate his brother's grievances, and the resistance he encounters will not become resistance. The princess's mansion would even hand over that Yang Fu directly, and Ye Chang didn't have to take more risks.

Immediately afterwards, he heard Yuan Zai say again: "But I never thought that He Gong is known for knowing people and recommending them, but this time he also knew the wrong person." Your brother's bones have not yet been buried in the ground, but you are playing here, I am ashamed, I don't want to be your friend! ”