Hua Shaosheng took a greeting letter, saying that it was a visit by the governor of Chizhou, Wang Zhong, and Li Xun hurriedly went out to greet him.

Wang Zhong was a little surprised. With Li Xun's current status, he came to visit him. He actually came out to greet him with his parents, which was quite a bit of face.

When Li Xun saw Wang Zhong, he laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Brother Wang is still in style!"

Wang Zhong bowed and smiled, "Brother Li is the same!"

Li Xun was really happy to see Wang Zhong. The two were old friends. Although Li Xun often went to and from the palace and met many people, all of them kept a distance from him. Only Wang Zhong often took the initiative to greet Li Xun. When facing Li Xun's questions, he also answered very patiently. Of course, this may be due to Wang Zhong's personality, but no matter what, Li Xun remembered this passion in his heart.

"I heard that you are here, I have asked someone to make good tea. Come and go to the study to taste a few."

Li Xun laughed and pulled Wang Zhong into the mansion very intimately.

Wang Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Li Xun, and a few colleagues came with me."

There were three men standing behind Wang Zhong, who were not old. Li Xun glanced at them. One of them had some impression of him, as if he was called Wang Shaoqun. He had visited him several times a while ago, but was not received.

"Since you are following you, they are all friends, come to the mansion to have tea together."

Li Xun stopped talking about anything else and pulled Wang Zhong to the study.

The same goes for eating without saying a word and drinking tea. Everyone savored the tea. After drinking the tea, the servants filled the teacup with water, then stepped down and closed the door.

"Li Xun, this tea doesn't seem to be a thing from the Central Plains."

Wang Zhong has two major hobbies: drinking tea and cooking. It’s easy to talk about drinking tea, but the hobby of cooking is a bit strange. But he is such a person. Li Xun once ate the food made by Wang Zhong, and the taste was indeed good. At that time, Li Xun thought that if Wang Zhong was not an official, with his cooking skills, he would probably not have to worry about food and drink.

Wang Zhong had never drunk any kind of tea, but the cup of tea he drank now tasted very strange. He had never drunk it before, so he spoke out and asked about the source of the tea.

"Not to mention the source of the tea leaves, I will only ask you how it tastes?"

“It should be excellent, but not the best.”

Li Xun smiled and said, "This tea was brought by the Prince of Loulan Kingdom. If you like it, I will give you some."

Wang Zhong said happily: "Then the relationship is good, don't forget it later."

Li Xun laughed and pointed at Wang Zhong and said, "I, Li Xun, have never been stingy, especially to you, Wang Zhong, and I will not do this."

The people who followed Wang Zhong from the side seemed to be extremely intimate when they saw the two of them talking and laughing, and their relationship seemed to be extremely close, and their faces could not help but look envious.

Wang Shaoqun smiled at Wang Zhong and said, "Brother Wang, what is Mr. Li's identity? How can you speak without trust? You can't say such things."

Li Xun glanced at him, then said to Wang Zhong: "I know the king, but this is the first time I have met the other two. You might as well introduce it to you."

"It's all my friends."

Wang Zhong immediately introduced the identities of the other two.

Wang Shaoqun is the head of the Ministry of War in charge of personnel files. One of the other two is Xue Chengsong and the other is Huang Qun. Xue Chengsong is the Ministry of War's Documentary Shulang, and Huang Qun is the doctor in charge of inventory in the Ministry of War. In addition to Wang Shaoqun, all three of them are subordinates of the Ministry of War.

Li Xun now understands that some time ago, many people came to visit and they were all closed. They probably found out that Wang Zhong had some friendship with him, so they came together through Wang Zhong.

Wang Shaoqun and the other three did have this idea, but they were not sure at the beginning. After all, what Wang Zhong said to them was that he and Li Xun were just a little intimate, and they were not too deep. Everyone just wanted to follow Wang Zhong to visit Li Xun with a try-and-see attitude. Who would have thought that Li Xun seemed very enthusiastic and happy about Wang Zhong's arrival, which they did not expect.

Li Xun nodded, as if he had known these people.

Xue Chengsong laughed softly and said, "If Minister Li goes to the Ministry of War, the subordinate can serve as a guide."

Li Xun waved his hand: "I am not an official now, so why don't you behave like a minister? Don't scream."

Xue Chengsong smiled and said quickly: "It's the official who made a mistake. Please forgive me, Lord Li."

Li Xun smiled and said, "Everyone is always friends in the future, don't be so polite."

Wang Shaoqun and others heard something from Li Xun's words, so the three of them quickly stood up and bowed: "If Lord Li is sent, we will definitely do our best."

Li Xun smiled and waved his hand, signaling Wang Shaoqun and others to sit down.

Then, Li Xun looked at Wang Zhong: "Brother Wang, now is not the time to return to Beijing to report your work. Is there anything wrong with you when you come back this time?"

"The emperor issued an imperial edict earlier. If there are any special things in the local governors, officials who are at the level of governors, can return to Beijing to report in person. My mother is not in good health recently, so she took this opportunity to come back and visit her mother."

Wang Zhong spoke a little hesitant, obviously these words were just superficial articles.

"So that's the case. I'll visit my aunt when I was having dinner at your house. My aunt pulled me and said a lot. Before leaving, she even gave me a scarf that she knitted with her. I'll never forget this."

Li Xun knew that Wang Zhong had not told the truth, and he knew about Wang Zhong's mother's situation. It was not a day or two for a sick person and poor health. It was just like that, so there would be no major problems. Wang Zhong could not hurriedly return to Fengjing for this reason.

Wang Zhong looked at Li Xun, wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Huang Xu, who had not spoken, said at this time: "Brother Wang, Lord Li thinks you are a friend. If you have anything to say, why hide it?"

Hearing this, Li Xun looked at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong smiled bitterly, then sighed: "It's embarrassing. I'm actually here to get promoted."

Li Xun was a little puzzled: "What does it mean?"

Wang Zhong said embarrassedly: "Zhao He launched a coup, and many people were implicated. As a result, many official positions were vacant. I have been in the local area for several years and asked myself that my political achievements are good. This time, the emperor issued an edict to let officials at the level of governors in various places go back to Beijing to report in person if there is any special matter. I have been thinking about it and want to move and see if there is a chance to rise."

After saying that, Wang Zhong sighed again: "Li Xun, you know my Wang Zhong's personality. It's not that kind of person who is accompanied the powerful. I returned to Fengjing five days ago and have never looked for you, just because I was afraid that you would think I had other ideas and make you look down on me."

Li Xun smiled on his face and said to Wang Zhong very sincerely: "Wang Zhong, you can say this prove that you still regard me, Li Xun as a friend, and I am very happy."

"You don't want this expression. I don't mean to blame you. I just hope that you will be more cautious when speaking and doing things in the future and don't just open your mouth. Sometimes a seemingly casual word will bring disaster."
Chapter completed!