At the end of the dog days, the temperature soared again as if taking an aphrodisiac, especially at noon, the sun in the sky seemed to be on fire, and the ground was roasted into white flowers, which suddenly looked a little dazzling, and it was in this terrifying high temperature that the city of Tokyo at noon became quieter, and even the city gate, which had always been the most lively, was depressed a lot, and the soldiers guarding the city were a little listless.

Zhao Yan stood under the city gate hole, holding a folding fan in one hand and fanning himself violently, and with the other hand, he drank the cold sour plum soup in a big gulp, and at the same time kept cursing this ghost weather in his heart, which was almost about to heat people to death.

Originally, in this hot weather, Zhao Yan should have been lying on the recliner by the river, fishing with the cool breeze on the river, and tasting the chilled juice from time to time, but today is the day when Cao Song arrived in the capital, and his friend had to come to greet him no matter what, Hu Yanping also wanted to come, but the disease in his brain has been cured, and now he has entered the military academy to study, and he can't go out without permission at all, so Zhao Yan can only come alone.

Seeing that it was past noon, Zhao Yan looked up at the official road in front of the city gate, and only saw a white pavement, and even a layer of cement evaporated on the road surface in the distance, forming a mirror-like effect, which looked like a waterway, this is actually a kind of mirage, this situation is often encountered in the desert, if a thirsty pedestrian chases the water surface in the distance, I am afraid that it is impossible to catch up until death.

"Cao Song, this guy can't just watch the weather get too hot and rest on the road, right?" Zhao Yan loosened his neckline, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, he now misses the shorts and short sleeves of later generations, but in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, the dress of the nobles has strict requirements, and he may not care about it at home, but when he goes out, he must be dressed neatly, and now Zhao Yan feels like he is wrapped in a quilt. Sweating all over my body.

Last night, Zhao Yan received news that Cao Song would arrive in the capital around noon today, so he ran to prepare to greet him, but he had been waiting for almost an hour. But he still didn't see any trace of the other party, and in such a hot weather, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be a little irritable, and then paced back and forth in the city gate cave.

However, when Zhao Yan and the others were a little impatient, they only heard the sound of horses' hooves and wheels finally coming from the official road in front of the city gate. Immediately afterwards, I saw a large caravan of hundreds of people finally appear on the official road, seeing this, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had already set up a banquet in the Qiwei Building, as long as he received Cao Song, he could sit in the private room with an ice basin in the Qiwei Building to drink and chat, and no longer have to suffer from this scorching heat.

With the arrival of the caravan, Zhao Yan also quickly saw Cao Song on a horse, but compared to a few months ago, the current Cao Song has become dark and thin, if it weren't for Zhao Yan's special familiarity with him. I'm afraid I really can't recognize it, it seems that he has suffered a lot along the way.

"Huh?" Just when Zhao Yan wanted to walk out of the city gate and step forward to greet him, he suddenly screamed in surprise, because he found that there was a carriage with people next to Cao Song, and now the window of the carriage was open, and Cao Song, who was riding a horse, also bent down slightly, as if he was talking to the people in the car, and there was a little smile on his face, which made Zhao Yan also very strange, because as far as he knew. Cao Song didn't seem to have any important people accompanying him when he came back this time, but who was the person in the carriage?

With a question in his mind, Zhao Yan immediately came out of the city gate hole, and Cao Song in the convoy couldn't help laughing when he saw him. Throw off the saddle and get off the horse and step forward quickly, and then greet each other with Zhao Yan, originally in the later life, two friends may have to hug when they meet, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, this young man, if two big men hug together. It will definitely make others suspect that they have some kind of broken sleeve fetish.

Zhao Yan exchanged a few words with Cao Song, and then he looked at the carriage in the convoy and asked with a smile: "Brother Jiu'er, I saw you talking and laughing with the people in that carriage just now, as if you were very familiar with each other, could it be that you took a fancy to that little lady in Xixia, so you hid it in the carriage and brought it back?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's joke, Cao Song was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "Third brother, don't talk nonsense, there is a big man sitting in the car, and I was lucky enough to meet him on the way back, so I came back together." ”

"Big shots?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but glance at Cao Song in surprise when he heard this, it was the first time he saw him with such an expression, and he couldn't help but ask again, "What kind of big man makes you pay so much attention?" ”

"Hehe, you may not believe it, the carriage is sitting on Mr. Linchuan, who has been recruited by the imperial court several times, but this time he finally agreed to go out!" Cao Song smiled at the moment, and at the same time showed a little smug on his face, everyone in the world is proud to know Wang Anshi, he is naturally no exception, and he is also careful to take care of Wang Anshi and his party along the way, but he is still a little lukewarm to Wang Xu, Wang Anshi seems to know the reason, and he also didn't say anything.

"Wang Anshi, he ...... How could he be with you all the way? Zhao Yan was also shocked when he heard this, and at the same time glanced at the carriage in the convoy, in his mind that Wang Anshi should be in Jiangning's hometown to consider whether to be a leader, but he didn't expect him to run out, and he also met Cao Song, which made Zhao Yan even guess whether Cao Song had met a liar, and followed Cao Song to cheat and eat and drink under the banner of Wang Anshi?

"Haha, I know that you don't believe it, third brother, but it's a coincidence, Mr. Linchuan originally went to Hezhong Mansion......" Cao Song immediately told Wang Anshi about the reason why he went to the northwest because he was curious to destroy Western Xia, and then talked about the process of meeting the other party again, the first time he only heard his voice and did not see his person, and he did not meet in Jinguang Temple until the second time, so he and Wang Anshi were really fateful.

Zhao Yan didn't expect that a battle to destroy Xia would actually cause Wang Anshi, who had been living in seclusion, to run to the northwest, in order to see the combat power of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty with his own eyes, but when he heard that Wang Shu was actually mixed with Wang Anshi and became Wang Anshi's student, his face couldn't help but sink, because he thought that when Wang Anshi changed the law, almost all of the changes he used were Wang Anshi's students, but it was a pity that Wang Anshi was good at learning, but the students he taught were not very good, and it was even no exaggeration to say, The failure of the reform was inextricably linked to his students.

"Third brother, why are you stunned? Mr. Linchuan said, the person I want to know most when I come to the capital is you, and let me introduce you on my behalf, now it's just right, let's go and meet Mr. Linchuan together! Cao Song couldn't help but pull Zhao Yan to the carriage as he spoke, in his opinion, Zhao Yan is only famous now, Wang Anshi is also a generation of Confucianism, and the two of them must have a lot of common language.

Zhao Yan is actually very jealous of Wang Anshi's entry into Beijing, but he is also very curious about Wang Anshi, plus the other party has already come to the gate of the capital, it can be said that it has become a foregone conclusion, since this is the case, it is better to meet the other party and see what he has planned, not to mention that the current emperor is Zhao Shu and not Zhao Ji, so Wang Anshi may not be able to do anything.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan also felt a great deal of peace in his heart, and followed Cao Song forward at the moment, at this time Wang Anshi had also received the news that Zhao Yan came to greet him, and immediately took his son and Wang Xu to get out of the carriage, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he also stepped forward and saluted together: "I have long heard that the king of the county is young and talented, and when I saw it today, it really deserved his reputation!" ”

"Hehe, Mr. Linchuan doesn't have to be polite, Xiao Wang has already heard of Mr., this time I heard that the imperial court recruited Mr. into the court, and now Mr. is entering Beijing, which is really a big event!" Zhao Yan was also very polite at the moment, and at the same time he was also looking at Wang Anshi, who had been famous in the world for thirty years, and saw that the other party was really tall and strong as described in the history books, and his square face was full of perseverance.

"The king of the county is polite, the reason why Wang did not enter the office before, on the one hand, was that I felt that the court could not use me for the time being, on the other hand, I also felt that my talent was negligent, and it was not enough to take on the big responsibility, so I have been concentrating on studying, and now I finally feel that I have some preparations, so I agree to the call of the court, I hope not to miss the major affairs of the court!" Wang Anshi smiled again at this time and said.

Zhao Yan didn't know whether what Wang Anshi said was true or false, but he didn't think that the other party was a person who was selling his reputation, at least not as Cao Ying guessed, so Wang Anshi's words were still somewhat credible, and Wang Anshi's character was absolutely no problem, and Zhao Yan had no doubt about this.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan was also very enthusiastic at the moment: "Mr. Linchuan, the weather is hot today, let's not talk in front of this city gate, I have already set up a banquet in Qiwei Building, let's go there to eat and talk!" ”

"That's it, then Wang will also be bothered!" Regarding Zhao Yan's invitation, Wang Anshi also agreed very happily.

In addition to agreeing to the conscription of the imperial court, the most important thing is that he is very curious about Zhao Yan, and he has studied the knowledge that Zhao Yan has passed down, and some of these things also shocked him, and later Zhao Yan opened the Gewu Academy, Wang Anshi also wanted to come and see, but there was no time at that time, and then there was a battle to destroy Xia, and the Great Song Army destroyed this strong enemy in one fell swoop with firearms, maybe others thought that firearms were researched by the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor, but Wang Anshi knew from some friends, Firearms are inextricably linked to Zhao Yan, which also makes him extremely interested in Zhao Yan. (To be continued.) )xh118R1052