In the afternoon, Sun Huan hurried into the side door of the East Palace and happened to run into Mr. Fang who was about to leave.

"Where is Mr. Fang?" Sun Huan asked politely.

Logically speaking, he is a secretary of the Prince's Mansion, and Mr. Fang is just a diner, and he is just closer to the Prince. However, Sun Huan has always respected Mr. Fang, who is about the same age as him, probably because he respects his wisdom.

When he talks to the prince, he is mostly present. The prince can't hear it, but he can hear that Mr. Fang is strategic and always superior to others when he sees things.

"It turns out that it's Lord Sun. He's just having nothing to do and is ready to go for a drink." Mr. Fang replied politely.

Sun Huan bowed: "That gentleman is not convenient to give me a look, so let me go with you."

Mr. Fang was stunned and nodded: "That's natural. If Lord Sun doesn't dislike it, he can go with him."

Sun Huan smiled and said, "Then the sir, wait for me for a while, and if you have any news, you want to tell the prince, and come if you go."

Mr. Fang nodded and agreed. Sun Huan hurried into the inner courtyard. After a while, he came out again. The two of them left the East Palace together.

...........

The two of them talked all the way, left the Meridian Gate, and then took a car to the Yitian in the city. They walked while talking and waiting until they got upstairs. Sun Huan noticed that Mr. Fang was half a step behind, and seemed to be hesitant, and immediately understood.

This is Zhiqiu Building, one of the most expensive restaurants in the capital. Mr. Fang is just a guest of the prince's mansion. Although he is benefiting from the prince's favor, he still depends on others' roofs. Judging from the eyes of others, it is naturally impossible to be rich and generous. There is someone to arrange food and clothing in the mansion, and it is inevitable that he is short of money from outside.

Sun Huan did not make a statement, but said inadvertently: "I have worked with Mr. Fang for several years, but because of busy official duties and mixed trivial matters, I have not had the opportunity to drink with Mr. Wang. I am really sorry, I would like to ask Mr. Wang to appreciate his face today."

"You are polite, Lord Sun..."

The two of them went upstairs and sat down on the third floor. This Zhiqiu Building was five stories high. The higher they went up, the more noble it became. It was also good to sit on the third floor.

When the two sat down, a well-dressed waiter came up to greet him politely. They ordered some vegetarian dishes and then added two bottles of fruit wine. Of course, they were not general brews, but they were much better than ordinary wines, and the taste was even more different.

I looked up and saw a few beautiful big words written on the plaque in front of the counter. The writing was strong and the charm was full of charm. "One down, one tilted, one slight, one laughed, one bright moon and one autumn", which made people feel refreshed after watching it, and the style of the entire restaurant was immediately on the next level.

As Sun Huan looked at it, he couldn't help but read it out, and then said, "It's true that King Pingnan is good at learning talent. The essays are also good sentences for two restaurants."

Mr. Fang also smiled and said, "The terrible thing about King Pingnan is not talented learning."

"Oh, where is that?"

Mr. Fang said: "Does Lord Sun know that when King Pingnan first built Tingyu Tower, many people laughed at him and said that he used yellow cloth to block the dust and was ignorant. Later, he began to learn everywhere and also used yellow cloth, but he just couldn't be concise. He knew nothing about it and didn't understand why he was like this. He only knew how to learn it by copying it.

Before I learned it, Tingyulou changed the dishes. When other restaurants heard it, they learned it and made some inappropriate things. As a result, Tingyulou had a new wine, a famous general brew. Now, even if you copy it, you can't draw it. You can only buy it from the Pingnan Prince's Mansion at a high price.

After finally getting the General Brew, Tingyulou has another fruit wine and a good sentence......"

Speaking of this, Mr. Fang shook his head: "Everyone didn't calm down and think about it carefully. He just kept thinking about making money by Tingyulou. I could make money by doing it like him. I didn't think why he did this? In the end, he was always led by the nose.

This is the terrible thing about King Pingnan. I wonder if Master Sun doesn’t think he is ahead of others everywhere and has a move?

Sometimes it’s impossible for everyone to notice, and he is still complacent when he leads his nose. By the time he reacts, it’s too late.”

Sun Huan nodded and sighed: "But in just over a year, from the prince of Kyoto to the prince of Pingnan, the champion general, the commander of the new army, the minister of the Honglu Temple, and the military weapon supervisor...

When the prince spoke, he always said that it was just the times to create people, and he was lucky, but no matter how lucky he was, if he had no ability, how could he be so powerful...."

Looking at the cold wind outside the window and pedestrians wrapped in coats, winter is really coming.

Sun Huan was sad and couldn't help but think that this spring's southern expedition was a great opportunity. The Tian family's 100,000 troops and hundreds of warships were vast. What would the traitors stop him? If he had won at that time, the prince would have been in full bloom. Maybe he would have been in the position of Kaiyuan Prefecture now.

But such a great opportunity was ruined in vain. His Highness always said that King Pingnan had many opportunities, but he himself had too many, even more than King Pingnan because he was the prince of the Tian family...

Sun Huan was speechless, and drank a drink silently, and then said, "Yesterday, the Empress sent a letter to the Emperor, reprimanding King Pingnan, saying that he was delayed and negligent in Jiangzhou affairs, and the Honglu Temple was also in chaos. The talks with Jin broke down. Just below, he told the Crown Prince about this matter, and His Highness was overjoyed."

Mr. Fang was a little surprised: "How did Lord Sun know the letter from the Tian family?"

"Shh..." Sun Huan hurriedly said, "Sir, whisper!" Then he whispered over and said, "The East Palace is in the palace, and the prince is the future emperor. The letters from the Tian family will be sent and received by the Inner Court. There must be people in the Inner Court who want to please His Highness... I can only say so much. Mr. Fang must not talk to outsiders."

"Don't worry, Lord Sun, I know this." Mr. Fang bowed.

Sun Huan nodded, and the two chatted casually for a while, and then talked about the past. Mr. Fang was a little vague, but Sun Huan knew everything.

He was originally from Zhending Prefecture, and his father was a magistrate. Later, he went to the Imperial College for his own efforts, and Chen Yu was considered his teacher. But a great man like Chen Yu was full of talents all over the world, so he naturally would not remember a little disciple like him.

"Later, after completing his studies, I had the opportunity to return to Zhending as an official. The court might have the post of the magistrate of Mozhou, but he chose to stay in the capital and serve as the secretary of the Crown Prince's Mansion." Sun Huan said.

"Why don't you go back?" Mr. Fang was puzzled. The prince's mansion was in the seventh rank, and the governor of Mozhou was at least a sixth rank. If he was in a big state, he might even be in the fifth rank, fifth rank official.

Sun Huan just shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, I don't know anything. Taiyuan is in the west and Zhending is in the east. These two prefectures are both frontlines of the Liao Dynasty. They fight against the Liao people almost every year, and they must not relax at all times. Sometimes life is not considered alive."

"Not alive?"

Sun Huan nodded: "The three important towns in the west are connected, and the Yang family army is in the east. The imperial guards in the east are on the side. The Wei Jiedu governor can guard the roads and cannot stop the roads. In the overall situation, both sides have no choice, but they will always have to fight for a win or a loss.

Just like two children are angry, you punch me, even if it doesn’t hurt, I must scratch you, otherwise I will show weakness.

The same is true for the border. The army cannot pass, but small groups of cavalry and bandits can come over from time to time, kill people when they see them, rob things when they see them, and grab food, livestock, and people when they can.

The Liao people were proud of this, and the soldiers and civilians of the Liao Kingdom, and even some outlaws, would follow suit. Although some were captured and killed by the border troops, no one was afraid at all. They were not full at all, so how could they survive if they didn't rob them?

In such a place, sometimes when you close your eyes at night, you don’t know if you can open your eyes tomorrow. I’m not afraid of you making jokes. Mr. Fang, I’m really scared. I don’t want to go back to that place..."

Sun Huan smiled bitterly. He was indeed afraid of such a life, and was worried all day long, unable to be at peace, and he would lose his life if he was not careful, and he would live like a human being.

His father's magistrate, in the seasons when the limelight was in the limelight, such as during the autumn harvest, he would blow cold wind to the city to sleep every night, not because he was a good official for the people and the country, but because he was afraid that when the Liao people would come, if the Liao people came in, they would not survive no matter whether they were good or bad officials.

Sun Huan knew that Mr. Fang would laugh at him because since he came to the Imperial College to study and arrived in the capital, everyone was talking about serving his family and country, everyone shouted to go north and go to join the army, and people could hear people talking about such topics everywhere in restaurants and teahouses.

But he was completely the opposite. He was thinking about escaping from the border, going south and staying away from the place of right and wrong.

So he never dared to speak out and rarely made friends, for fear of being punished by words. He talked with Mr. Fang today, and somehow he said it out, and he was also ready to be despised.
Chapter completed!