Chapter 121 - Meeting Again
From the first day of the first month to the fifteenth, Hanzhong City was a lively scene! The citizens of Hanzhong City were celebrating the New Year!
Last year at this time, it was the time when the Nvzhen was in a rampage, the citizens of the Middle Han Area were also affected! As a result, at this time last year, the citizens were hiding at home in fear, and some others were dragging their families with them as they headed towards the Chuan Shu! It was only until Zhao Chen, Zhe Keqiu and the rest entered the Middle Han Area that the place calmed down! However, they had passed last year's year together, so it was especially lively!
Naturally, civil and military officials celebrated the New Year in their homes! But during the New Year, many officials would go to Zhe Keqiu's home to pay respects! Although Zhe Keqiu was not the emperor, he still enjoyed the treatment of an emperor. He was proud and arrogant, there was no need to say anything more!
On the contrary, the real Emperor Zhao Chen worked as a carpenter in the palace all day! When news of this matter got out, the civil and military officials were naturally all laughing and mocking. There was no need to mention this!
When it was the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhao Chen woke up early! When dawn arrived, Zhao Chen had already brought Emperor Kang, Lin Bao and the others and left the Imperial Palace, heading out of Hanzhong City!
In the morning, they had arrived at a forest!
For the next few hours, they hunted in the dense forest! Zhao Chen shot a few fawn and a wild boar in quick succession!
The natural ecology of this era was not destroyed, the forest cover far surpassed the future generations, and the number of wild animals also far surpassed the future generations! Adding on Zhao Chen's group, which had a large number of people and sharp weapons, their gains for the day were not bad! Other than Zhao Chen, the other guards had also brought their prey!
"Go!" Let's go to Changchun View! " Only when the sun had set did Zhao Chen stop!
He rode on his jade lion horse and headed towards the Changchun View first. Lin Bao, Kang An and the guards all followed Zhao Chen forward!
When the sky was about to turn dark, they arrived at Changchun View!
"We will rest here today! You guys find a place yourselves! " Zhao Chen turned his head to look at Lin Bao, Kang An and the others, and said loudly.
Lin Bao and Kang An anxiously agreed, they immediately went to look for a place to rent! In these few months, as long as Zhao Chen went out to hunt, he would come to the Changchun View. As a result, Lin Bao, Kang An and the rest were already used to it, they had already made their preparations! From Lin Bao's perspective, Zhao Chen had never done anything "out of line" before, so he was not really on guard against him. Immediately, Lin Bao found a guest room in the Changchun View and rested inside!
After hunting for an entire day, Lin Bao was also extremely tired. It didn't take long before Lin Bao fell into a deep slumber!
Zhao Chen had already arrived at the center of Wang Chongyang's room, and saw Wang Chongyang sitting cross-legged on the bed. Zhao Chen laughed: "Teacher is still training today? It's the Spring Festival, I called all the chefs in the palace over and have them prepare Soup Dumplings for Teacher! "
Wang Chongyang opened his eyes and suddenly smiled, and said: There are two people who want to see you!
Zhao Chen was startled, and said: "The two of them want to see me? "Who is it?"
He had interacted with Wang Chongyang for such a long time. Other than martial arts and Dao arts, Wang Chongyang had never told him anything else.
Wang Chongyang stood up, then pushed open the door and headed towards the other house!
Zhao Chen was startled, and followed Wang Chongyang over!
When Wang Chongyang pushed open the door, Zhao Chen saw two familiar faces!
"It's you guys?" Zhao Chen said in disbelief.
"General Wang Gui greets Your Majesty!"
"This humble subject, Wu Jie, greets Your Majesty!"
There were two people inside. One of them looked to be over thirty years old, and he had a sincere expression on his face. The other was over twenty years old, and he exuded the aura of a scholar! So these two were no other than Wang Gui and Wu Jie!
That day in Chengdu Mansion, after Wu Jie bid farewell to Li Ruoshui, he went straight to Chen Cang County! And on the same day, Wang Gui also took his leave and went to Chen Cang County! The two of them paid their respects to Li Gang! After bowing to Li Gang, the two of them actually came to the Middle Han Area together. At this moment, they were actually waiting for Zhao Chen!
"That's great! We have finally met you two! " Zhao Chen said excitedly.
He knew that after these people left him, they would definitely contact him! It was just that the communication conditions in the ancient times were unusually lagging behind, and there were countless people watching Zhao Chen, so even if they contacted him, they would still be cautious! Even if they wanted to contact him, it would take them a long time! It had been more than half a year since they had left, and they had finally started contacting him!
"Your Majesty, you've grown up a lot!" Wang Gui was also excited!
Wang Gui, Yue Fei, and Zhang Xian were extremely close to Zhao Chen, and when the three of them left, Zhao Chen had used the gift of a brother to send them off! In this past half a year, the three of them were extremely grateful when they thought of Zhao Chen's kindness! Seeing Zhao Chen's change at this moment, Wang Gui felt joy in his heart!
"I am half a year older, of course I am much older!" Zhao Chen laughed.
In the palace, he ate all sorts of sumptuous meals every day, not lacking in nutrition. He also went out to hunt frequently, and his body also lacked training. Furthermore, he was the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, so his body's genes were exceptionally good as well. And even though Zhao Chen was usually patient, in reality, he was open-minded. It was as if he recovered in a day after being humiliated by Zhe Keqiu, as if nothing had happened! Adding all of these conditions together, Zhao Chen's growth rate was extremely fast, and right now, Zhao Chen's height had already surpassed most of his peers! Thus, within this half a year, Wang Gui felt that Zhao Chen had grown up a lot!
"Your Majesty, this humble subject first met Master Li in Sichuan, then headed to Chen Cang County to meet Master Li! This humble subject's loyalty to His Majesty is as clear as day! This is the letter the two lords have written to His Majesty. Take a look, your Majesty! " Wu Jie said.
Then, Wu Jie took out two letters and passed the two letters to Zhao Chen!
Zhao Chen opened the letter and read it carefully! Li Ruoshui and Li Gang showed in their hearts that Wu Jie was loyal and trustworthy!
So it turned out that Zhao Chen and Wu Jie had only met a total of two times. , Yue Fei, Wang De and the others were Zhao Chen's trusted aides, but Wu Jie was not his trusted aides! Therefore, before Wu Jie came to the Middle Han Area, he asked Li Ruoshui and Li Gang to write a letter so that Zhao Chen could trust him!
"I understand General Wu's loyalty!" Since you two are here, you must have already made some achievements outside. Tell me about it! " After Zhao Chen finished reading the letter, he kept it and smiled.
Wang Gui began to talk! They had first gone to the Henan area, but Zong Ze's prestige in the Henan area was extremely high. They could not stay there any longer, so they went to the Henan area! When they reached the east side of the river, they would be recruiting for guerrilla warfare with the Nvzhen! There were many mountains in the east of the river. It was good for guerrilla warfare, and it was also the main battlefield for guerrilla warfare when the later generations fought against the Japanese. Wang Gui and the others, with the Central Plains Mountain, Pinnacle Mountain, Taihang Mountain, Lü Liang Mountain and other places as their base, had already created a lot of trouble for the Nvzhen. Right now, they already had thirty thousand soldiers under their command. However, these thirty thousand soldiers were neither good nor bad. Among them, only ten thousand of them could truly fight! Furthermore, they have recently recruited and downgraded a lot of allied leaders, the most famous of whom was the chieftain of the allied army of Taihang Mountains, Niu Gao!
"Niu Gao!" Zhao Chen was startled, then laughed out loud! He remembered the image of Niu Gao that was passed down in Yue Quan!
"What is His Majesty laughing about?" Wang Gui said.
"Nothing!" I think I heard that Niu Gao is a very interesting person! " Zhao Chen laughed.
This Niu Gao was also an important figure in the Yue Clan Army later on. He never thought that he would actually be in the Taihang Mountains, and now he was also in the Yue Clan Army. Zhao Chen believed that before long, the Yue Clan Army would become stronger!
"Your Majesty, this is it!" Wang Gui said after he finished speaking.
"General Wu, tell me about your experience in the past six months!" Zhao Chen said.
Wu Jie nodded his head, and started to talk! When he came to the Yuzhou, he had to first guard against possible attacks from the Emperor Kang! However, with the turbulent flow of the Yangtze River, with the ancient technology of shipbuilding, it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens to attack the upper reaches from the lower reaches! Wu Jie had met with a few probing attacks, but they were all repelled by him! After that, Wu Jie had recruited soldiers from the Yuzhou. Currently, they had twenty thousand soldiers under their command. Wu Jie trained diligently every day, and currently, the soldiers were already quite elite!
"You did well! I look forward to the day you grow and expand! I will pray for you in the palace every day! I hope that one day, you can help me get out of this prison! " After the two of them finished, Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, we might not have to wait for this day for too long!" Wang Gui suddenly said.
"What?" Zhao Chen was startled!