Chapter 111 Polo Strategy

The sky in August is more pure and blue, and the trees on the earth have turned dark green, and the intermittently dotted with yellows. The sun is warm, and the day gradually becomes shorter, and people's steps are also starting to rush. Autumn is a day worth looking forward to. When the Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty officially appointed Li Miao as the crown prince on September 15th, the enthusiasm of the people of the Tang Dynasty for the court gradually cooled down with the weather. On the contrary, the annual polo competition has heated up day by day. In another month, the polo competition will officially kick off.

It has been ten days since Zhang Huan returned from Taiyuan. His days were dull and busy. Time passed like water. On this day, he came to his new house in Yongjiafang early in the morning. Although the house had been renovated by Chu Xingshui and belonged to Zhang Huan's property, he still lives in Dongneiyuan and eats and lives with the soldiers on weekdays.

This house has become the temporary command center of the Tianqi Camp polo team. As the polo competition approaches, the recruitment of polo strategists has gradually come to an end.

"There are a total of 241 registrations for recruiting polo military advisors this time. Five people are recruited according to the general's wishes, and their subordinates have selected thirty people for the general to choose."

Han Yu pushed a thick stack of information to Zhang Huan, "All here, General, let's take a look!"

Zhang Huan picked up a copy casually, and he smiled and said, "Has that old Taoist priest from Taiyuan signed up?"

"Not from Taiyuan."

Han Yu suddenly slapped his forehead, "Is it possible that the general is talking about Master Li from Hengshan?"

"It should be him! Is he here?"

"He came three days ago, but he asked for the price too high, so his subordinates put him in the last few." Han Yu searched for thick information for a long time before finding Li Mi's information from behind.

"It's this person. He costs ten thousand yuan a year, ten times that of others. His subordinates dare not remove him without authorization and wait for the general to decide."

Zhang Huan took it and saw a brief introduction on it like a dragon and phoenix dance; "Planting trees thirty years ago, planting them again twenty years ago, the tree 16 years ago was dead, and it turned into a crane and returned to the south." The signature was "Hengshan Wild Crane", with vigorous and powerful handwriting, with a hint of resentment.

Zhang Huan smiled and asked, "Where is this person now?"

Han Yu turned over the information, pointed to an address in the lower right corner and said, "He is now living in Hengshan Inn in Qinrenfang."

"Okay!" Zhang Huan stood up and walked out the door. When he walked to the door, he turned back and said, "You can just do whatever you want for others, as long as you have to be a Jinshi."

"General, where are you going?" Han Yu was a little surprised. Are you leaving before Zhang Huan's seat?

"I'll shoot that wild crane!"

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Qinrenfang is not far from Yongjiafang. Although Hengshan Inn is small, it is next to it, Guo Ziyi's Mansion. Zhang Huan found the inn without any effort. Although he did not agree to Li Mi immediately in Taiyuan, Li Mi really came to Chang'an to apply for a job.

The store was very small, and only the shopkeeper was concentrating on the accounts behind the counter. He suddenly felt something. When he looked up, he saw that several soldiers were walking into the inn. He quickly put down his pen and greeted him, "Do you want to stay in the hotel?"

"We are here to find someone."

Zhang Huan asked with a smile: "Is there a Taoist Li from Hengshan living here?"

"Master Li?" The shopkeeper shook his head, "We have no Taoist Li here, only one Taoist priest, Yehe! It's right behind the general."

Zhang Huan turned around anxiously and saw a person standing behind him, looking at him with a smile. Who is it not Li Mi?

"Mr. Li, don't be fine!"

Zhang Huan stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "Sir, asking for 10,000 yuan. I think it's too much, so I'll bargain."

Li Mi squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Huan for a long time, then suddenly smiled faintly and said, "I like the spring behind your house. How about giving me that house?"

"If sir wants, I will give it to you with both hands." Zhang Huan smiled, and he turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "Why don't you go and help sir pack up your things!"

Li Mi waved his hand and smiled, "I have sold all my belongings and paid for the house. If you don't come again, I'm afraid I will even have a problem with eating."

He walked to the shopkeeper, took out a handful of copper coins, and counted them one by one and said, "We agreed that five cents a day, this is thirty cents a day, so let's settle the house money!"

"This..." The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Huan at a loss, but Zhang Huan smiled slightly and ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Come on the carriage and ask the sir to get on the car."

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"General Zhang, do you think the old Taoist will return to Hengshan in anger?" Li Mi pulled the corner of the car curtain and smiled.

"I'm really worried, sir."

Zhang Huan simply slowed down his horse and asked Li Mi with a smile: "As long as the news of his birth is spread, I don't know how many wealthy families will go to Hengshan to invite him in person, but the teacher just likes me. I have been puzzled by this matter these days, and I have never understood it. Can you tell me?"

Li Mi smiled but refused to answer. Seeing that he refused to say something, Zhang Huan had to go forward for a while. The house in Yongjiafang was already far away. Suddenly, a carriage rushed out next to him and stopped abruptly in front of Zhang Huan. A hearty smile rushed towards him, "Nephew Zhang bullied me and refused my kindness, but now he is recruiting a polo adviser. Why do you explain to me?"

Zhang Huan suddenly felt that his head was three points wide. Didn’t he go to find the Longwu Army, this ghostly Changsun Nanfang? Why did he always pester him? But the answer was immediately revealed. Changsun Nanfang turned around and waved to the carriage and said, “You get down!”

He smiled at Zhang Huan again and said, "I know that last time you were afraid that my adviser would interfere in military affairs. This time I will introduce you to a new adviser who will not interfere in military affairs."

The car door opened, and everyone saw a pair of slender horse boots. Then the horse boots jumped out of the car. A young woman in a strong outfit appeared in front of Zhang Huan. She lowered her head and looked quite shy, but her phoenix eyes secretly picked up, and a hot gaze pierced directly at Zhang Huan, as bright as the midsummer sun shone on the glazed tiles.

"This is the little girl Yiyi. She is very proficient in polo. She will not object to being a strategist general!"

Zhang Huan heard about Daming for a long time. This is the first time she saw her. She was tall, with a pointed chin, her eyes were as beautiful as shiny black jade, her lips were obvious, her nose was tall and arrogant, her skin was reddishly roasted by the sun, and her whole body was filled with a wild atmosphere.

To be honest, Changsun Yiyi looks bad, but her aggressive eyes make Zhang Huan feel uncomfortable, as if she wants to see through people, lacking a sense of subtlety and tolerance.

But Guanglu Temple Qing had to give her face. Zhang Huan hesitated and smiled, "Miss Yiyi is willing to be my polo adviser. Of course, I can't ask for it. In this way, I will say hello to Mr. Han first. Miss Yiyi will come to his place tomorrow to report."

"Haha! Let's make up for one word." Although Zhang Huan still wanted to shirk, Changsun Nanfang was so worldly that he knew that as long as he opened this hole, he would not be afraid of not being able to attack.

He winked at his daughter and said, "Yiyi, why don't you thank General Zhang!"

The shyness had disappeared on Changsun Yiyi's face. She glanced at Zhang Huan deeply and said generously: "Thank you, General Zhang, for being able to play with the Tianqi Army, this is the honor of the little woman."

"Okay, General Zhang has something to do, I won't disturb you." Changsun Nanfang glanced at Zhang Huan's carriage, but suddenly he was stunned, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.

When Zhang Huan saw his expression, he secretly cried out in his heart. He turned around quickly. Sure enough, he saw that Li Mi had already come out of the carriage at some point and nodded slightly to Changsun Nanfang with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Huan's heart suddenly sank. What would Li Mi do to him bring to Zhang Huan? Do he not know? Countless thoughts surged in Zhang Huan's mind. Li Mi obviously did it on purpose. Why did he do this?

Changsun Nanfang looked confused. At this time, Changsun Yiyi pulled her father. Changsun Nanfang was awakened immediately. He hurriedly nodded to Li Mi and returned a greeting, and boarded the carriage.

"Where will we meet in life?" Li Mi glanced at Zhang Huan and smiled faintly, "I didn't expect that after 16 years of separation, Changsun Nanfang had not changed at all."

"This meeting between Taoist priests, the court will rise again." Zhang Huan smiled coldly and galloped away.

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On the Mid-Autumn night, the moon is white and the wind is cold, and a hazy white mist fills the villa. The windows of Cui Yuan’s study are filled with orange lights, which faintly reflects Cui Yuan’s huge body.

Cui Yuan was not in a good mood these days. Although Li Shi officially made Li Miao the crown prince three days ago, he still felt depressed and seemed to be pressing against a stone in his heart, which made him unable to be happy.

The reason is naturally the double failure of Hedong. Zhang Ruohao successfully controlled the Zhang family. At this moment, the Zhang family was already unprecedentedly united, but he seemed to have done a good thing. However, the failure of assassinating Li Shi made him discover Pei Jun's ambition.

Five days ago, Li Fanyun sent him a letter, which mentioned the failure of the two assassinations, and some people made arrangements behind it. Of course, Cui Yuan knew that there was no one except Pei Jun.

However, it is not surprising that Pei Jun interfered in his own pursuit of Hedong. What is strange is that the heir of the head of the Zhang family was not Zhang Huan, which made Cui Yuan puzzled. In May, Zhang Ruohao was forced to give up Zhang Huan. This is understandable, but now he has the upper hand, and it is said that Zhang Huan performed extremely well at the family meeting and received support from many tribe members, but the final result was beyond Cui Yuan's expectations.

"Why did he give up?" Cui Yuan murmured to himself with his head raised.

He suddenly remembered Zhang Huan's life experience. Could it be because he was not a member of the Zhang family? Cui Yuan shook his head again. Of course, Zhang Ruohao knew his life experience. If it were for this reason, there would be no such thing as making Zhang Huan the heir to the head of the family.

No! It is definitely not the reason. It must be that Zhang Huan gave up himself. If Zhang Huan was a new force born by the Zhang family in the past, Cui Yuan's desire to acquire the Zhang family was even more eager, but now Cui Yuan felt another threat. He felt that Zhang Huan was most likely to become a new force, and it was impossible for ordinary people to give up the heir of the fifth family in the world.

At this time, the door knocked gently, and the butler reported outside the door: "Master, the eldest grandson envoy has urgent matters to ask for a meeting!"

Cui Yuan was slightly stunned. What did he do so late?

"Take him to my study outside for a while."

After a moment, Cui Yuan changed into a dress and slowly walked to the outer study room.

"Brother-in-law, do you know who I met today?" Changsun Nanfang said hurriedly as soon as he saw Cui Yuan enter the door.

"Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly."

Cui Yuan patted his shoulder affectionately. Changsun Nanfang was Cui Yuan's brother-in-law. After Cui Yuan's first wife died, he did not establish a new wife. It is precisely for this reason that the Changsun family has always been Cui Yuan's staunch supporters in various affairs in the court, especially the Changsun family and the Li royal family have a deep relationship, so Cui Yuan also attaches great importance to his relationship with Changsun Nanfang.
To be continued...