"Sir, please see Lu Guanzheng!" Li Zhang also bowed to the middle-aged man who had long beards. This middle-aged man was Lu Yijian, the deputy general of the political affairs officer of the general, and was one of Wang Zeng's deputy. Although Li Zhang was not familiar with him, he had met several times.

"Li...Li Duwei? What's going on?" At this time, the middle-aged man surnamed Liu who was standing next to Lu Yijian had not yet reacted, and he was confused at the moment. He just wanted to find a marriage for his daughter, so he sent someone to Donghuamen to capture his son-in-law. But now it seems that the son-in-law he caught seems to be not an ordinary person?

"It seems that Brother Zhou's servant is ignorant of Mount Tai, so he actually caught Li Duwei back." Lu Yijian teased again at this time, and then formally introduced him, "This is Li Zhang Li Duwei, who is now in charge of the firearm prison. I mentioned it to Brother Zhou before."

Hearing Lu Yijian's introduction, the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou woke up. He naturally heard of Li Zhang, a young talented man and the closest person to the empress dowager and His Majesty, and he even wanted to get to know him, but he had never had a chance, but he didn't expect to meet him today under such circumstances.

"Vice Li Duwei, this is my good friend Liu Jue. He used to be a local tutor in the Imperial College, and now he is recuperating at home due to illness." Lu Yijian also introduced Liu Jue to Li Zhang at this time, and the other party also showed Li Zhang a rather awkward smile. After all, the meeting between the two parties was too unusual.

"It turned out to be Master Liu, and Li Zhang is polite!" Li Zhang seemed quite generous at this time and immediately politely said to Liu Jue that the other party had taught in the Imperial College, so he called him "Master" to show respect.

Liu Jue was ashamed to see Li Zhang acting so calmly and not guilty of him, so he felt very ashamed. He then said politely: "I have offended this time, so I hope Li Duwei will not be surprised!"

"Brother Liu, although Li Duwei Li is young, he is a person of sensibility. He will definitely not be angry about it. But I am very curious, Li Duwei Li, why were you caught by the servants of Brother Liu's family?" Lu Yijian also showed a very curious expression when he spoke at the end. After all, the family of the Liu family went to catch the candidates below the list. Why was Li Zhang, the current official, also caught back?

"It's a coincidence that a friend of mine participated in the imperial examination this year. I accompanied him to see the results. As a result, that friend was robbed of the Jinshi in high school at the first time. I may be too young, but I was treated as an examination boy and was finally caught by Liu Fuzi's family." Li Zhang also spread his hands and showed a helpless expression.

"Hahaha~, that only means that Li Duwei and Brother Liu are destined to be together. I heard that Li Duwei has not been married yet. Brother Liu has a daughter Nian Fang Erqi, who is about the same age as Li Duwei." Lu Yijian suddenly laughed when he heard this, and then he became a matchmaker for Li Zhang. Liu Jue next to him also showed an excited expression. Li Zhang's identity is not comparable to those newly-school Jinshi. If he could marry his daughter to him, then their Liu family would not have to worry about having no backer in the future.

"This may disappoint Lu Chanzheng. I was just engaged to the young daughter of Liu Taiwei's family some time ago. It was just because she wanted to mourn the Taiwei, so it was not made public for the time being." Li Zhang replied with a smile. At this time, he was a little glad that he was engaged, otherwise these people would be matchmakers for him as long as they saw him. Lu Yijian was like this, Wang Zeng was like this, and he had to make excuses to refuse before, but now he finally had a shield.

When Liu Jue heard that Li Zhang was actually engaged, he immediately showed a disappointed expression, but Lu Yijian's expression became subtle and said, "Is Liu Guogong's daughter? The Queen Mother really has a good plan!"

As soon as Lu Yijian said, Li Zhang immediately noticed something in his words and looked at the other party in surprise. However, Lu Yijian smiled at Li Zhang at this time and did not continue to say anything, which made Li Zhang a little disappointed.

"Vice Li, although this matter is a misunderstanding, I am also making a mistake. It is almost noon and I have someone ready for a banquet. Even if I apologize to Valiant Li?" At this time, Liu Jue suddenly invited him. Although the news of Li Zhang's engagement disappointed him, it would be good to make friends with Li Zhang, at least he can get familiar with him and facilitate future dealings.

Li Zhang was a little hesitant when he heard Liu Jue's words, but at this time Lu Yijian also said, "Empress Li, meeting is fate, and I have always admired your talent. Since we met Brother Liu today, why not sit down and have a few drinks."

Faced with Lu Yijian's invitation, Li Zhang didn't want to refuse anymore. At this time, he finally nodded and agreed. Seeing Li Zhang agreeing, Liu Jue immediately happily ordered his servants to bring the prepared wine and food. It was originally prepared for his future son-in-law, and it happened to be used to apologize to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang knew very well that Lu Yijian was not simple, and his background was extremely prominent. His grandfather was Lu Mengzheng, the prime minister of Taizong and Zhenzong. His father was also appointed as the Minister of Dali Temple. With his background, he could have been able to become an official with a coverall, but he was admitted to the Jinshi with his own strength and had outstanding talents. He had been accused of "integrity" after just a few years of taking office.

However, what impressed Lu Yijian the most in his life was in the original history. When Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Li Zhang's aunt, died, it was Lu Yijian who took the initiative to step up and let Li be buried in the clothes of the empress dowager. Finally, after Zhao Zhen learned about his life experience, he suspected the cause of his mother's death, so he opened a coffin and found that his mother's body was well preserved and obtained the specifications that the empress dowager should have, which calmed down a lot of his anger.

Of course, many people say that the reason why Lu Yijian insisted on letting Li be buried in the empress dowager's clothes was actually because he had his own selfish intentions, in order to pay the merits to Zhao Zhen in the future. However, for Li Zhang, no matter how motives Lu Yijian was in history, he was a respectable person. After all, Liu E was extremely powerful at that time, so he had to take great risks to do so.

After the banquet was held, Liu Jue toasted Li Zhang repeatedly, but Li Zhang was not able to drink well, so after drinking three cups, he proposed to use tea instead of wine. On the contrary, Liu Jue was a person who loved wine. Even if Li Zhang drank tea, he still toasted him constantly, and in the end he became a little drunk.

Lu Yijian didn't seem to drink much, but he was very talkative. He could talk a few words about whether it was astronomy, geography or rumors and gossip on the streets and alleys. Li Zhang was also a talkative person, so the two of them had a very speculative conversation.

The banquet lasted for nearly two hours, and finally ended with Liu Jue who was drunk and being helped down. Li Zhang also stood up to say goodbye. However, at this time, Lu Yijian smiled and said, "I just happened to leave too, so why not walk with Li Duwei!"

Faced with Lu Yijian's initiative, Li Zhang naturally could not refuse, so the two of them left Liu's mansion together, which was also in the west of the city, and were not too far from Li Zhang's home, but were only a few blocks away, so the two of them did not get on the carriage, but chatted while walking. It was getting late and the streets seemed a little deserted.

"Master Li, I heard that you and Wang Xiang have known each other for a long time, and he praised you all the time?" Lu Yijian suddenly mentioned Wang Zeng at this time and asked with a smile.

"It was a coincidence that I met Wang Xiang. It was when the late emperor passed away. Lei Yungong was investigated for embezzlement and bribery. Wang Xiang happened to pass by the imperial village where I was, so he chatted for a few words." Li Zhang did not hide it, and immediately talked about the acquaintance between himself and Wang Zeng.

"So that's it. Speaking of the imperial tomb, I have been there once when the emperor was buried, and I have never been there again. I heard that apart from the imperial guards there, there are only some concubines left by the emperor who were left by the emperor to guard the tomb for him." Lu Yijian suddenly changed his mind and mentioned the concubines who were guarding the tomb for Zhao Heng without any clues. This made Li Zhang look at him carefully, but the other party's expression was not strange.

"That's true. I have only been to the imperial tomb several times when I accompanied His Majesty to worship the First Emperor. After all, it is the place where the First Emperor sleeps, so it is not advisable to let too many people disturb me." Li Zhang said again at this time.

"Yes, the emperor is the emperor and the real dragon. The imperial tomb is the place where the real dragon sleeps forever. It is blessed by dragon spirit. Therefore, except for the emperor who is both true dragons, it is better for others to go to the imperial tomb less!" Lu Yijian said again at this time, but at the end of the conversation, he looked at Li Zhang with a meaningful look. The "other people" he said obviously refers to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang frowned when he heard this, and then turned his head to Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian's eyes and said, "Why did Lu Tanzheng say this?"

"Haha~, why should the Duwei Li ask clearly? Although you have made a lot of contributions to Qingzhou, you also take a lot of risks. If you hadn't been to a place you shouldn't go, how could the Empress Dowager be willing to let you take the risk?" Lu Yijian laughed again at this time, and simply made the words clear.

Li Zhang couldn't help feeling awesome when he heard this. He stared at Lu Yijian with a gaze. The reason he went to Qingzhou was on the surface to test the power of muskets on the battlefield, but the real reason was that Li Zhang took Zhao Zhen to visit his biological mother, his aunt. Although Liu E thought Li Zhang did not mean it, she was still very angry, so she drove him to Qingzhou as a knock on Li Zhang.

Originally, Li Zhang thought that except for himself and Liu E, no one else knew about his secret information about going to Qingzhou. Even Zhao Zhen simply thought that Li Zhang was going to test muskets, but he didn't expect that Lu Yijian actually noticed this. Moreover, from the fact that he supported Li Chenfei in history, it can be seen that Lu Yijian must know Zhao Zhen's true life experience, but it is not surprising to think about it. After all, his grandfather was the prime minister of the Zhao Heng period, and he was an official for three generations of his family. It was normal to know these secrets in the palace.
Chapter completed!