When Zhao Tong was still on the boat, he saw Li Feng with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Li Yan sent such a high-level greeting team, which was clearly to let everyone know that Wei Ba was standing with him.

The battles in the Shu Han court are very hidden, and there are not many people who really know the inside story, Wei Ba has just fought side by side with Li Yan and captured Nanyang, and anyone will think that they are like-minded. Now Li Yan sent his son Li Feng to the river to greet him, if Wei Ba or his father Zhao Yun came back, then Li Yan was not allowed to come in person?

What a grand etiquette this is, Li Yanke really gave Wei Ba face.

As soon as the springboard was put down, before it could be stopped, Zhao Tong took a big lift, stepped briskly on the swaying springboard and got off the boat, walked quickly to Li Feng, and bowed: "How can the unification be, how dare you have a labor chief to greet you." How is the general? ”

Li Feng deliberately lagged one step behind, and when Zhao Tong bent down, he bent down, seemingly busy returning the salute, but in fact, he was still half a beat slow quietly. He said politely: "General Zhao, don't say that. My father said that he could make a small contribution in Nanyang, and the general's father and son and brothers helped a lot. I'm here to greet you, and it's as it should be, as it should be. General, will you go home first, or will you ......"

"The last general will return to the court to report on his work, of course, he will first go to see the driver, then go to the general's mansion to return to the military, and then go to the prime minister's mansion to return to the civil."

Li Feng nodded with satisfaction. "The general's diligence in state affairs is really admirable."

The two exchanged a few polite words, and Zhao Tong met with his old friends who came to greet each other and greeted each other. Those people were all the ones who worked with him back then. There are also some who went to Jiangdong with him to welcome their relatives, and they have fought side by side, and many people know about Yiyuan. However, now that General Zhao Zhengdong is the general and has married the princess of Wu State, it is no longer something they can climb. Zhao Tong was so polite to catch up with them, which made them have a long face. After a moment of restraint, they soon became warm again.

Zhao Tong entered the palace to see the driver, and Pan Ziyu and Sun Luban returned to Zhao's mansion first. Li Feng went directly back to the General's Mansion. When he walked in the door. Ma Yan was sitting in the hall talking to Li Yan, and when he saw Li Feng, Ma Yan smiled and said, "Ming Gong, it seems that everything is going well." The major general did his job properly. ”

Li Yan grinned. Eyes satisfied. The face was still stern. He snorted, "I can't do this little thing." What face does he have to live? What did Zhao Tong say? ”

Li Feng bowed respectfully and said what happened to greet Zhao Tong. Hearing that Zhao Tong entered the palace to see him, Li Yan raised his eyebrows. nodded: "Sure enough, it is the son taught by General Zhao, and this etiquette is really not messy at all." ”

Ma Jian smiled and said: "Duke Ming, Zhao Tong is in the prime of life, and it is a good time to make meritorious contributions." If it weren't for the enemy country being Wu, he would be a sharp blade in the hands of Ming Gong. Transferring back to Chengdu is a big loss. ”

"There are pros and cons, this is the principle of everything." Li Yan stroked his beard and said understandingly: "I will compensate him as much as possible." Meritorious service must be rewarded, and mistakes must be punished, otherwise how can you lead the army to fight. I still understand this truth. Youchang, you see that this is a matter of choosing a good woman for Bixia, and the prime minister does not allow it, but how can it be good? ”

Ma Jian pondered for a moment: "This matter is really urgent. However, when Zhao Tong came back, I had a chance to test the meaning of bixia. If Bixia also agrees with the prime minister's meaning, it won't be easy. ”

Li Yan's eyes rolled and he didn't say anything more, but his expression was a little indifferent. "This matter, please leave it to the child."

"Thank you, Ming Gong." Ma Tan got up and saluted, left the general's mansion, got into the carriage, and sighed secretly. After all, it fell on him. But sandwiched between these two people, things are really difficult to do. It's better for Wei Ba, hiding in Jiaozhou, being at ease, no one dares to offend him, if there is anything, but he has to look at his face before making a decision.

That's strength. has no strength, only scheming, and after all, he is still accused of turning his life.

Ma Jian sat in the car, and when he passed the palace gate, he suddenly moved in his heart and leaned over and patted the car. "Go to the Feather Forest Camp."

"Whoa." The coachman answered, turned his horse's head, and galloped towards the Yulin camp.

……

Zhang Shao was sitting in the camp and was drinking alcohol. Zhao Tong came back today, and he knew. It is said that everyone is a descendant of the Yuan Cong lineage, Zhao Tong is a little older, and he has treated them as younger brothers since he was a child, and he has taken care of them a lot, so he should go to greet them. But he felt that he had no face. As the son of the general of the chariot cavalry, in addition to attacking the lord and joining the company as usual, he only has the credit of the first battle of Xiangyang, and he has not moved in the position of the general of Yulin Zhonglang since then. And Zhao Tong only took a few years, but he jumped from Hu Ben Zhonglang to the general of the expedition to the west.

This gap is too big, Zhang Shao is afraid of being laughed at by those friends, so he is embarrassed to go.

What made Zhang Shao feel even more guilty was that Li Yan was now going to be a real general of his relatives and wanted to send a daughter into the palace, pointing the finger at his sister Empress Zhang, accusing Empress Zhang of having no children, which made Zhang Shao very angry. When Zhao Tong arrived in Beijing, the general would definitely send someone to greet him, and if he did, he could not guarantee that he would be able to control his temper.

Just when Zhang Shao was depressed, someone came to report that Ma Jian came. Zhang Shao hesitated for a long time, and he didn't think of anything about Ma Jian coming to him. Now the whole Chengdu knows that Ma Tan betrayed Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and switched to the general Li Yan. And the Zhang family is Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's sworn friend, what can they talk about between them?

Zhang Shao was about to let people say that he was not there, but Ma Jian had already walked in quickly, followed by a few helpless soldiers.

Zhang Shao's face sank, and just as he was about to speak, Ma Jian smiled and said, "I'm here to check if you have eaten vacancies, and they don't dare not let me in." ”

Zhang Shao coughed dryly, waved his hand, asked the soldiers to retreat, reluctantly welcomed Ma Jian into the door, and said with a cold face: "Da Si Nong wants to check my empty quota, do you have any documents?" ”

"Forget it, you know I'm not here for this." Ma Yan flicked his sleeves very calmly, found a place to sit down, and didn't care how ugly Zhang Shao's face was. "I'm here to talk to you about choosing a good girl to enter the palace."

Zhang Shao's face changed, and it was easy to restrain the urge to drive Ma Jian out, and said angrily: "What are you looking for me to do in this matter?" ”

"It's very simple, the queen belongs to your Zhang family." Ma Tan looked at Zhang Shao with some schadenfreude: "You must know the Prime Minister's reply." His opinion is tantamount to laissez-faire, and the reason why the general did not act immediately was not because of his two opinions that were not salty or light. ”

"Is it the credit of the Great Si Nong?" Zhang Shaoyu said sarcastically: "In this way, I have to thank Da Sinong." ”

"It's not my credit either." Ma Tan turned a blind eye to Zhang Shao's ridicule: "But I believe that you probably don't know who to thank." ”

Zhang Shao was silent for a long time. He really didn't know who to thank. Li Yan let out the rumor that he wanted to choose a school-age woman to enter the palace in the official palace near Chengdu, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and there was no practical action. On the outside, it seems that it is because the system has not yet arrived, and it will not officially start until August, but Zhang Shao vaguely feels that it is not a matter of time, but that Li Yan has encountered resistance, or rather, he has concerns.

But what Li Yan was worried about, he didn't know very well.

"Actually, the reason is simple, your sister is in Jiaozhou." Ma Tan leaned back, his elbow resting on the desk. "So far, Zhennan General Wei Ba has not expressed his position."

Zhang Shao's heart moved. He had guessed that it was possible, but he was not sure, and now that Ma Jian said it, it should be the reason.

"You may have guessed this possibility, but you won't understand that General Weishenme didn't say anything. Right? ”

Zhang Shao exhaled, relaxed his guard, bowed his head, and arched his hand: "Please also ask Ma Jun for advice." ”

"You should know that there are only two people who can influence the general now, one is the prime minister, and the other is the general Zhennan. The prime minister remained silent because he was now bent on running Guanzhong and then conquering the state. With great merit, you can suppress the general, and naturally you can win without a fight. He thinks so, but the state is so easy to fight? Maybe before he could settle the state, the queen's throne had already changed hands. ”

Zhang Shao frowned and snorted.

"Of course, as long as the prime minister has made great contributions, even if the general's daughter becomes the queen, she can't do anything to the prime minister. Zuihou's biggest loss is only the Zhang family, and the Prime Minister's Mansion will not have much impact, at least for the Prime Minister, the impact is very limited. Ma Shao continued: "As for General Zhennan, he didn't say anything, probably just because your sister and his wife and concubine have a lot of connections. Needless to say, Xiahou Hui, Guan Feng treats your sister as her own sister. It's impossible for the two of them not to be anxious about this kind of thing. ”

"In that case, then General Weishenme of Zhennan doesn't take a stand?"

"General Weishenme of Zhennan wants to make a statement?" Ma Tan asked rhetorically: "Is your Zhang family directly related to his Wei family?" ”

Zhang Shao was speechless.

Ma Jian chuckled: "Actually, I can say this, General Zhennan doesn't say anything, he is already doing your Zhang family a favor, and he is already giving Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui face." Otherwise, what harm would it do him to change to a queen? Your Zhang family has always been a supporter of the prime minister, but he has always been the object of the prime minister's suppression. Is it necessary for him to help you? If he nodded and said that he agreed with the general's decision, what do you think the general would think? ”

Zhang Shao's cold sweat came down. He had thought of Wei Ba, but he didn't expect such a delicate relationship in it. In this way, whether my sister can keep the position of queen depends on whether Wei Ba is willing to help.

He bowed earnestly: "Please Ma Jun for guidance, if things are harmonious, my Zhang family will not dare to forget Ma Jun's great kindness." ”

Ma Jian beckoned, Zhang Shao obediently came to him, Ma Jian whispered a few words in his ear, Zhang Shao nodded again and again...... (To be continued......)