Although the various armies of the Southern Ya hold a polo trial every year to select excellent polo players, which sounds like a lot of people, these excellent polo players are like freshly baked cakes, and they are divided up by the major princes and nobles as soon as they are selected.

The three people recommended by Wu Youxu to Li Zhen were still the candidates he considered for the establishment of the second team of Qianniu, and he only gave them to Li Zhen for the sake of Shangguan Wan'er, but if he wanted Wu Youxu to recommend one person, he would have it.

In the afternoon, Li Zhen left the palace after handing over his shift, and he went directly to Nanshi to find Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi is the head snake in Luoyang, and he has a wide range of contacts, maybe he can recommend someone to himself.

Hearing that Li Zhen came to him, Zhang Xi personally greeted him from the inner hall, "Why didn't Brother Xian come here without saying a word?"

Zhang Xi took his hand and complained: "I'm about to go out, or I'll almost miss it." ”

Li Zhen arched his hand and said apologetically: "I also have something to ask my eldest brother for help temporarily, if my eldest brother has something, I will come back another day." ”

"It's okay! It's okay! It's just to find a few fox friends and dog friends to drink flower wine, of course, it's the important thing of the virtuous brother. ”

Zhang Xi has always been enthusiastic about Li Zhen, especially now that Li Zhen has become the empress's personal bodyguard, and his status in the palace is so high that even a veteran like Zhang Xi, who has been a guard for five years, is beyond the reach of him.

Zhang Xi invited Li Zhen into the inner hall and ordered the maid to pour tea, then asked with a smile: "How does it feel to be a guard by the side of the Son of Heaven?"

"It's the same boredom, I'm a sanwei, and I have nothing to do all day. ”

Zhang Xi also understands that Sanwei is generally appointed only when there is an urgent matter temporarily, and for example, if the Son of Heaven has a secret will, it is generally conveyed by Sanwei, although it seems to be idle, but once there is something, it may not be busy for a few days.

"Brother, don't underestimate this Son of Heaven guard! If you have the opportunity to go to the local state and county to do business, I will tell you, the state and county officials are even more stubborn than the imperial history, let me tell you a joke, the year before last, Zhao Chongyuan went to the three states of Hebei to secretly investigate the drought, and he was also the personal guard of the Son of Heaven like you, guess what? Soon after the people came back, they changed the mansion, brother, fat and poor!"

Li Zhen smiled, "I'll talk about these things later, today I have something to ask my eldest brother for help, that's the case, Shangguan Sheren wants to establish a polo team, this matter is entrusted to me, a polo team needs at least seven people, including me, there are four people now, and there are still three people missing, in fact, there is only one person missing, see if the eldest brother can introduce a few masters for me." ”

Hearing that Shangguan Wan'er was going to establish a polo team, Zhang Xi was immediately tempted, this is an opportunity to tie up with Shangguan Wan'er!

He pondered for a moment and said, "Sun Li's younger brother Sun Lin plays polo very well, do you want me to recommend him?"

"He's already counted, General Wu recommended him, I mean a folk polo player. ”

Zhang Xi can play polo himself, but he understands that this is a real polo player who wants to play in the tournament, and he can't recommend himself if he can play two shots of polo, he must have real skills.

"Zhao Qiuniang's apprentice Xiao Ye also played well, nicknamed Mingjiang Bailong, he is very famous for playing polo in the Nanshi area, but he owes a little heat, you can make a backup, you can take a look when you have time. ”

"I remember, is there anything else?"

"There are also a few scoundrels, although they play polo well, but they have all been in prison, I don't recommend this kind of person to you. ”

Li Zhen, a person who has been in prison, will not ask for it, because he wants to train in the imperial city, and this kind of person with a criminal record is not allowed to enter the imperial city.

However, it was good to be able to find Xiao Ye, so Li Zhen got up and said goodbye, he planned to go to the South Park Martial Arts Hall to talk to Zhao Qiuniang.

Coming out of Wangchun Tea House, Li Zhen first slipped to the eldest sister's wine shop, since Li Quan got Shangguan Wan'er's care and took over the wine business in the palace, her business gradually became bigger.

She put down the wine shop next door, and the two wine shops were opened, and it became the fourth largest wine shop in Nanshi, and the number of people increased from the original two to ten, and she was home in just a few months, which made the surrounding wine shops envious.

However, Li Quan is a person who is prepared for danger in times of peace, she doesn't want the source of raw materials to rely entirely on the Wang Family Wine Factory, in case the Wang Family Wine Factory is out of stock one day, her wine shop will be finished.

She wants to establish her own raw material channels and purchase directly from Gaochang, but she also knows that it is difficult, and several major breweries in Gaochang are basically monopolized by the Wang family.

She considered making her own wine again, and the last time Li Zhen brought her a volume of winemaking secrets, she thought it should come in handy.

These days, Li Quan is anxious about this matter, and he doesn't care about his family, and he spends all day looking for suitable land for growing grapes around Luoyang.

Li Zhen didn't know if his eldest sister was in the wine shop, he just came to take a look, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the wine shop, he heard an extremely familiar voice from the wine shop.

"Of course you don't know me, when the fat man and I slept in the attic here, your shadow was not there, Ah Fu was not there, Ah Cai was okay!"

"Fat brother, let's wait outside! Don't disturb other people's business. ”

Li Zhen was overjoyed, rushed to the front of the store and shouted, "Old fat, Xiaoxiao, is it you?"

I saw Jiu Zhi rushing out like a gust of wind, hugging Li Zhen tightly, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and shouted excitedly: "Xiao Xi, I caught him, our dinner is over today!"

Li Zhen pushed him away, punched him in the shoulder socket, and scolded with a smile: "You kid only thinks about eating!"

At this time, Li Zhen saw Xiao Xi again, he hadn't seen him for a few months, he had grown taller and stronger, but he was wearing a Taoist robe, wearing a bamboo crown, and a peachwood sword on his back, and he escaped from a little Taoist priest who hunted ghosts.

Li Zhen couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "Xiao Xi, aren't you a monk?

Xiao Xi scratched her head, "It's not really a Taoist priest, I'm following my aunt." ”

"Your aunt is here too?"

"No, when the fat brother came to me, she asked me to come out for a walk. ”

Li Zhen was really happy when he saw the two brothers, and hurriedly said, "Come with me to the Left Bank Wine Shop, let's have a drink." ”

They left their horses in the zài wine shop and went to the Left Bank wine shop together.

Li Zhen found an elegant room, ordered more than a dozen dishes and two pots of wine, and asked Jiu Zhi with a smile: "Your kid said in the letter that he came after the New Year, why did he come now?"

Jiu Zhi showed an annoyed look on his face, and only after a while did he say stupidly: "Cui'er got married, so Lao Tzu couldn't stay in Dunhuang for a day, so he packed his luggage and returned to Luoyang overnight. ”

"Why?"

Li Zhen smiled puzzledly and asked, "Didn't you say that Cui'er was going to marry into your restaurant?"

Jiu Zhi blushed with shame, "It's good to marry our family, but she is married to my brother, not me!"

Li Zhen was immediately full of sympathy for him, the most tragic thing in the world is this, his sweetheart has become his brother-in-law.

Jiuzhi took a sip of wine and said hatefully: "My parents and brother have been hiding from me, afraid that I will go to Cui'er's house to make trouble, so they coaxed me to say that Cui'er was going to marry into our family, and now we can't meet, and tricked me into going to live at my aunt's house in Huichang County for a few days, but I came back early, just when Cui'er came in, and then I knew that she was marrying Erlang, and it was almost going to mad me." ”

Li Zhen comforted him and said: "Old fat, let's fight for breath, marry a daughter of a famous family in Luoyang, and let them see!"

Jiuzhi took a sip of wine, let out a long sullen breath, waved his hand and said: "I also figured it out along the way, although I spent a lot of money on her, but there are no cheap outsiders, forget it, as long as she gives birth to a son or her surname is wine, I also recognize this brother-in-law, Lao Li, how are you doing, what about Di Xiaomei?"

At this time, Jiuzhi suddenly saw that Li Zhen was wearing the guard's leather armor, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "?"

Seeing that I had nothing to do, Gao Fujun introduced me to the palace as a guard, and Di Yan went to Pengze County with his family, and will not return until next spring. ”

Jiu Zhi's face was full of envy, and he pinched his guard's leather armor, "I said Lao Li, I have nothing to do, can I also have this kind of opportunity, you can tell Old Man Gao, how about it?"

Li Zhen suddenly remembered, isn't this drunken fat man a ready-made fifth person candidate? He plays polo very well, especially good at defense, and his small flank passes are also a must, and he is not bad as a backup, this is simply God's arrangement!

His mind was in a hurry, the end of the year and the beginning of the year were just the time to recruit new guards, so he didn't need to look for Gao Yanfu, he directly found Guan Wan'er and arranged for his two brothers to enter the palace.

Thinking of this, he said excitedly: "You guys are too coincidental, I'm looking for a polo player everywhere, and the matter of you two entering the palace is on me." ”

Xiao Xi said worriedly: "Brother Li, I heard that you are going to cut that thing off when you enter the palace, have you already cut it?" ”

Li Zhen squirted out a mouthful of wine, and Jiu Zhi also smiled back and forth, how could this kid not be able to tell the difference between a guard and a eunuch?

The next day, Wu Youxu found Li Zhen, he pulled Li Zhen aside, and said to him with a sad face: "Your brother's affairs may be a little difficult to handle. ”

Li Zhen was not very happy in his heart, obviously Shangguan Wan'er had promised well, why was it difficult to do it again? He suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and asked, "Is there any problem?"

"Jiuzhi is not a big problem, he is tall and fat, and he has a good family background, he has been farming for generations, his family background is innocent, and he can be recruited as a guard, but Yao Xi's father is a craftsman, and a craftsman is just a craftsman, and he can be confused by changing his resume, the key is that he is not tall enough, this is a hard threshold, as soon as he enters the palace, he will be exposed, and he will be impeached immediately, Lao Li, this matter is really difficult for me to do!"

Li Zhen didn't say anything, he knew that if he wasn't forced to do so, Wu Youxu would never fail to give Shangguan Wan'er face, it's right to think about it, Qianniuwei has extremely strict requirements for appearance and height, so everyone who is short can see that there is a problem, if Wu Zetian sees it, it will be a big trouble.

In fact, Li Zhen also knows that Xiao Xi is not only far from the standard of Qianniuwei, but the conditions of the other guards are not enough, to put it bluntly, Xiao Xiao is not suitable to be a guard.

But if you want to leave Xiao Xi alone, Li Zhen won't do it, that's his brother, Uncle Yao entrusted him to himself before he died, how could he ignore him?

And the small pass is very subtle, and he can score at the crucial moment, so he has to join the polo team.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen said to Wu Youxu: "I can understand Brother Wu's difficulties, so let's do it! I will find another official to find a way to ask her not to embarrass Brother Wu again." ”

Wu Youxu felt sorry in his heart, patted Li Zhen's shoulder, and walked quickly.

Li Zhen returned to the Taichu Palace, he is now mainly on duty in the Taichu Palace, following around the Empress Wu Zetian, he can enter the more secret places in the palace, which is also the privilege of the personal guards, of course, the danger is also relatively large, and there are too many women around.

Zhang Xi told him that Zhao Chongyuan had an accident near the Zhenguan Palace, and almost became a waste, and he lay at home for more than three months before he recovered his vitality, and was finally beaten to Chang'an to guard the Daming Palace.

When Li Zhen walked into the palace, he was doubly vigilant, always paying attention to the movements around him, and if he was not careful, he might be dragged in by a few hands stretched out in the dark.

At this time, he saw Shangguan Wan'er's personal maid Xiao'e, and hurriedly ran up with a smile, "Sister Xiao'e!"

Xiao'e is the round-faced palace maid, two years younger than Li Zhen, her face blushes when she sees him, and then she gets redder and redder, and finally looking at her blushing Cheng Dù, you can infer how long she and Li Zhen have been talking.

Xiao'e heard Li Zhen's voice, her face turned red, and she turned around shyly, "Guard Li, what's the matter?"

"I have an urgent matter to meet with Shangguan Sheren, you can help me pass a message. ”

"Well, she just came out of the holy upper room, you come with me!"

Xiao'e lowered her head and walked forward slowly, but as she walked, she seemed to be unable to walk all of a sudden, her body was crooked, and she looked like she was about to fall.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly walked from the corridor, followed by five or six palace maids, holding a scroll in her hand, she saw Xiao'e leading Li Zhen, and said with a smile: "Is Gongzi Li here to find me?"

"It's about the polo team, but if she's busy, I won't bother. ”

"There's always time to say a few words, you come with me!"

Of course, Shangguan Wan'er also cares about her own polo team, just now Sheng Shang was still asking her if the polo team has been established, even if Li Zhen doesn't come, she has to go to him.

"How's it going, have you found all the people?"

Li Zhen nodded, "There are six people now, and the last one is missing, which is my brother Yao Xi." ”

"I've already greeted both the military department and Wu Youxu, is there a problem?" Shangguan Wan'er was slightly unhappy, she could feel it, as if the matter had not been done.

Li Zhen explained Wu Youxu's difficulties again, Shangguan Wan'er was also a little embarrassed, of course she knew the rules here, unless it was the Holy Lord's mouth, no one could cover the sky with one hand.

But she also understands that since Li Zhen is still looking for her for this matter, she just hopes that she can help to the end, if she can't even do this little thing, wouldn't it be a loss for her Shangguan Wan'er's face?

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a moment and then asked, "Does your brother have any specialties, such as cooking and gardening?"

Li Zhen thought for a while: "He knows a little medical skills!"

"Then let him enter the imperial infirmary, and I'll come to Shen Nanmu to arrange. ”

Shangguan Wan'er immediately decided, anyway, it was just to facilitate the training of polo, and she temporarily stayed in the palace for a few months, and she could still do this little thing

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