In the next few days, Xiao Ce trapped himself in the Ming Palace, Emperor Xiao's body is really not as good as a day, there have been many days without going to the court, Xiao Ce sat on the dragon chair in the name of the prince to deal with government affairs, every day there are piles of piles of folds on the desk, he has been sitting there since he got up in the morning and had a meal, and he has been sitting there to review the folds, it seems that his time can pass and pass so unchanged, a long time flies by in a flash, a few days are not noticed.

Until this day, there was a secret guard report, saying that he had seen Li Zhao on the street of Luoyang City.

He also came to Luoyang.

Xiao Ce put down the fold in his hand, he naturally knew that the notice that the reward for Li Hanning's whereabouts was posted all over the city a few days ago, and now that Li Zhao had arrived in Luoyang, he must have also known about it.

Li Zhao Xiao Ce still knows this person very well, they studied together in Shangqing College in Chang'an City for a few years when they were young, and they were classmates for a few years, and then everyone grew up and went their separate ways, Xiao Ce naturally knew that Li Zhao was a humanistic Taowu strategy, and he was good at managing the army externally and handling government affairs internally. Xiao Ce has never forgotten what he owed Li Zhao in Huai'an City at that time.

Now that the former Xue Xiang is in prison, their Great Zhou's power is divided into two, and the positions of the left and right ministers are vacant, if Li Zhao is willing to stay in Luoyang, Xiao Ce is naturally willing to treat each other with the courtesy of the phase.

Although Han Ning once said that Li Zhao would never have a career again, for such a rare national soldier, Xiao Ce had to visit him and try again no matter what.

The secret guard in front of him was still waiting for Xiao Ce's orders.

Xiao Ce glanced at him and looked at him quietly: "Send someone to follow him, just see his address in Luoyang City clearly, don't disturb him." ”

He also asked for an address to visit, and he didn't want others to disturb him.

"Yes, Your Highness, rest assured."

When Xiao Ce came to visit, he was dressed in plain clothes like ordinary people, and there was no secret guard to follow, only his secret guard Guanlan was alone, and Guanlan was carrying a few jars of fine wine in his hand, which was also the most precious wine that Xiao Ce asked people to find in Luoyang City in advance.

Xiao Ce is now standing at the door of the inn, and looked up at the plaque with the words "Bangfeng Inn" written on the top of his head, the black gilt font is hanging high, and the pen is vigorous and powerful.

Xiao Ce thought that a few years ago, he also received a letter written by Li Zhao himself, which is exactly the same as this word, no wonder the ancients often said that seeing words and knowing people, although this inn is opened in a corner of Luoyang City, it looks a little remote, but since the words on this plaque are from him, they should not be wrong.

It seems that Li Zhao does live here, and this place is also part of the foundation that the Li family left in Luoyang City before, but the inn is now closed, and there is no intention of opening.

Guanlan got Xiao Ce's signal, went up and softly buckled the door:

"Is anyone there?"

After a long while, from the outside, a hurried footstep could be heard inside, and the door creaked in front of them, and an old man could be seen looking at them with some wariness.

"Who are you? We have a distinguished guest visiting this inn today has chartered the entire inn, do not accept other guests, if the two of you want to play or stay in the hotel, go to the front of a street, there are other inns. ”

They came here today, although it was not for the sake of playing or staying in the hotel, they came here today to see Li Zhao, Xiao Ce's secret guard had already inquired clearly, and Li Zhao was in the inn at the moment.

Guanlan saw that someone came out and hurriedly retreated to the side, Xiao Ce said to the old man in front of him:

"Excuse me, I'm a friend of Li Zhao, I know that he came to Luoyang, and I want to visit him uninvited today, I don't know if he is in the inn now?"

The old man looked a little hesitant when he heard this, the person in front of him looked similar to the age of their son-in-law, although he was dressed in cloth, he looked at his temperament and talked, I am afraid that he was not very human, after their son came to Luoyang, he only went out on the street once, or for Li Hanning to find a doctor to buy medicine that time, this person did not know where to get the news that their son-in-law came to Luoyang, but such a guest also looked lazy, Li Bo still turned sideways and opened the door in front of him a little, and decided to invite people in first.

"It's true that our son-in-law didn't go out today, but-" The old man in front of him looked a little hesitant when he thought of Li Zhao's previous instructions, but he still glanced at the two people in front of him and said, "That's it, the two sons, come in first." ”

The inn here is not as good as the other most famous ones in Luoyang City, and the first floor of the inn seems to be only the old man in front of him, but it is clean and tidy.

Xiao Ce and the secret guards beside him went up to find a place to sit down, Guanlan put the two wine jars he was holding on the ground, Li Bo brought them two hot teas, and said to them:

"The two of you wait here for a while, the inn is shabby, I hope the two sons don't dislike these coarse teas, my son-in-law is resting on the second floor now, I will go up and tell him the news of the two of you visiting today."

Xiao Ce nodded at the old man and said politely, "Thank you." ”

After the old man went upstairs, Guanlan got up and looked around, their Royal Highness came out today to visit an old friend in Luoyang City, and it was inconvenient to bring too many secret guards, at that time they were still guessing, who in Luoyang City had such a face, which could make their Highness have to take a day out of his busy schedule to come to visit in person, he is really a big face, but now that he has come, this place is just a small inn, and it is also opened in a corner of Luoyang City, the most remote location.

After a while, Xiao Ce sat on a chair with his back to the stairs, and he took a sip of the hot tea that the old man had brought before, but this action scared Guanlan on the side:

"Your Highness—"

This wine has not been poisoned yet, if something really happens, how will he explain to the people in the house after he goes back?

After all, this tea is an outside thing, and it has not been checked with a silver needle to see if it is poisonous.

Xiao Ce knew why he was a little nervous, but he looked at him very calmly and said, "It's okay. ”

After a while, I finally heard the sound of squeaky footsteps from the stairs, someone came down from the second floor, and the footsteps should be more than the old man, Guanlan, who was standing beside Xiao Ce, subconsciously looked up, Li Zhao followed behind the old man, and Xiao Ce also got up and turned around.

Li Zhao actually didn't have any friends in Luoyang City, and today Li Bo came to his room to find him and said that he had an old friend to see, and the boy looked like he was about the same age, and Li Zhao had already roughly guessed who it was.

If it weren't for him, who else in Luoyang City would have such a great ability to find him here.

However, seeing that Xiao Ce is wearing civilian clothes today, he shouldn't want others to know his identity, Li Zhao stopped and stood at the top of the stairs, his white clothes seemed to be spotless, and he still looked like he was not shocked before, but those eyes seemed to have gone through vicissitudes of life, fading the edge and sharpness of his youth, Li Zhao looked in the direction of Xiao Ce from afar:

"Brother Xiao, long time no see."

Xiao Ce looked at him, and felt that the person in front of him was both familiar and unfamiliar, but he still responded: "Long time no see." ”

Indeed, a few years have passed for both of them.

At that time in Chang'an, although Xiao Ce heard the news that Li Zhao was also in Chang'an, he never met each other, and the last time they met was two years ago when they were outside Huai'an City.

Now that so much has happened, it feels like a long time has passed.

Li Zhao said hello to him briefly, and then sat on the seat on the side, Li Bo saw the two people so polite, and thought that they were really friends, for fear of affecting the two of them to talk alone, so he was busy preparing some simple meals in the back kitchen.

Xiao Ce looked at Li Zhao beside him and hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, when my guards were patrolling the streets, a few of them accidentally saw you going to the hospital, so they came to report to me, and I only knew that you came to Luoyang. ”

He was indeed a little afraid that Li Zhao would misunderstand, he was deliberately sending someone to follow him, and when his secret guard came to report, Xiao Ce was also a little surprised that he would appear in Luoyang at this time.

He has been soliciting in recent days, even if Li Zhao still doesn't want to be an official in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is natural for Xiao Ce to come to see a friend to express his gratitude, no matter what, he has to come to lie down today, but he still wants to explain everything that should be explained clearly with Li Zhao.

Xiao Ce looked at the person in front of him, and said tentatively: "I don't know if Brother Li went to the hospital because he was unwell?" There are several doctors with excellent medical skills in the palace of Luoyang City, which are better than these doctors outside, if you need them, I will let them come and see you. ”

He went to the hospital to take the doctor back to the inn at that time, because Li Hanning had bruises on his body and would be unconscious, but now that he has woken up, he naturally doesn't need it, and he promised Li Hanning not to mention these things to Xiao Ce.

Now that Xiao Ce asked first, Li Zhao quietly prevaricated:

"I do know a friend who traveled with me in Luoyang City, she was not feeling well a few days ago, but Brother Xiao rest assured, now that people are almost better, Brother Xiao is worried."

Xiao Ce didn't connect the friend he was talking about with his Han Ning at that time, Xiao Ce just nodded silently:

"It's okay if the person is fine, if there is a need in the future, Brother Li can just send someone to the Ming Palace's Mansion to find me."

Li Zhao responded, and at the end seemed to glance at the secret guard beside him, worried that he had seen something through his words, and deliberately mentioned another thing.

"I see that this secret guard you are carrying today is a little blind, I don't know if Han Ning is in Luoyang now, why is she not by your side today?"

When this sentence came out, Guanlan on the side and Xiao Ce sitting in front of him both looked nervous.