Fish swimming around the world

However, combined with the request for the divine whip, Jiang Fan felt that these four words seemed to have a certain direction of intention.

After speculating with the empress for a while, they didn't talk much. First, they thought it was better to adapt to the situation, and second, someone would visit without any surprise.

After handing the divine whip to Lu Tiezui, Jiang Fan still welcomed the visitor as Li Xiu.

Looking at the majestic old man in gorgeous clothes and meticulous hair in front of him, Jiang Fan sighed softly in his heart, but his face was appropriately piled with a complicated expression: "Senior Brother..."

Zhang Yi's eyes were steady and stared at Li Xiu for a long time: "You have never called me senior brother."

Jiang Fan did not show any strangeness, but just smiled: "At this age, you can't continue to call me Zhang Dapang."

Dapang is Zhang Yi's nickname, which he learned from Prime Minister Zhang back then, but he didn't expect that when Li Xiu and Zhang Yi were studying together, Li Xiu actually called Zhang Yi like this.

Fortunately, I studied some notes given by Li Xiu brought by the empress yesterday, otherwise it would be easy to go wrong. Even so, he still didn't want to see Zhang Yi. After all, they were from the same school. If they talked, they would be exposed. But not meeting would arouse suspicion. He had no choice but to do it reluctantly.

Zhang Yi smiled faintly: "It's more natural to call him this, Brother Zhugan."

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes secretly. Yes, Zhang Yi is fat and Li Xiu is thin. Privately, one calls the other Zhang Dapang and the other calls the other Li Zhugan. If it's not a funny name, it means how much they dislike each other.

"Would you like to invite me to sit inside, brother?" Zhang Yi said with a smile.

Jiang Fan said seriously: "Actually, I really don't want to invite you. Senior brother knows it very well."

Zhang Yi smiled slightly, didn't care, and walked in directly, "Since I'm here."

"Yeah..." Jiang Fan said helplessly: "Since I'm here."

Sitting opposite each other, Zhang Yi watched Li Xiu prepare the tea calmly: "Junior brother, this tea art is getting more and more refined."

Jiang Fan smiled: "I learned it from King Xiaoyao."

Zhang Yi said: "You always don't like to learn things from others. As the saying goes, people want others to know what they have, but I don't want others to know what I have."

"People will change." Jiang Fan said calmly.

Zhang Yi didn't comment, took a cup of hot tea and blew it carefully, then slowly tasted it and slowly put it down.

"The King of Xiaoyao's tea ceremony is extremely simple, but it contains the truth, which is indeed ten thousand times better than that hodgepodge."

Jiang Fan smiled: "It also reminds Xiu that the great way is simple. Now Xiu has abandoned all kinds of things and practiced only the law, which is reasonable."

Zhang Yi stared at him seriously: "It seems that you have indeed changed a lot. King Xiaoyao has such a great influence on you?"

Jiang Fan did not answer but asked: "How about it for Senior Brother?"

Zhang Yi pondered and nodded: "Good question."

Li Xiu smiled and said nothing. The two just sat quietly and sipped tea until a cup of tea was finished, and Jiang Fan spoke.

"Brother, you came to visit me suddenly. You must have something in mind."

Zhang Yi said, "Brother Zhugan knows me well. What do you think about this matter?"

Jiang Fan shook his head slowly, "I don't know what it is, how can I talk about my opinion."

Zhang Yi said, "You can speculate."

"Yes, but you can't say. Buddha also said so."

Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, and said, "I learned bad things under the command of King Xiaoyao."

Jiang Fan laughed, "Junior brother is only under the command of Your Majesty."

Zhang Yi nodded, "Junior brother is right to say so, but it's a pity that until today, junior brother still doesn't admit that he has entered the wrong door?"

Jiang Fan looked at "Brother, do you think so?"

Zhang Yi said bluntly: "You and I started out as a great man. When we entered any country, we should be under one person, assisting the king and making national policies. Now, Qin is free and easy, and one person's hand covers the sky and the sun. Junior brother may not be able to stand out, and I will fail to learn."

Jiang Fan laughed: "Brother, you are wrong. Qin is free and easy, like a tiger with wings. Now that Qin is the best among the five countries, it shows that Qin has luck, and Xiu has a unique vision."

Zhang Yi shook his head and laughed: "Junior brother is still so sharp-tongued."

Jiang Fan also laughed: "King Xiaoyao once said that the reeds on the wall are heavy. Light-footed and shallow-rooted, bamboo shoots in the mountains, with a sharp mouth, thick skin and an empty belly. He has no intention of seeking truth from facts, but only wants to attract attention. Junior brother doesn't want to be that kind of person. "

Zhang Yi said: "Good sentence, King Xiaoyao is indeed a great talent, but junior brother... seems to have something in mind."

Jiang Fan shook his head: "It's just to express my feelings. Li Xiu focuses on practicing the law and uses the law to control the way. I don't want to show off my eloquence like before and want to turn the world upside down with my incorruptible power."

Zhang Yi pondered for a moment and bowed slightly: "Congratulations, junior brother, this word is like a warrior proving the truth."

"May I ask, senior brother, how do you prove the truth? ? "

Zhang Yi smiled faintly: "The school of vertical and horizontal studies is never rigid, and everything can be used. Only vertical and horizontal studies need to keep their hearts."

Jiang Fan thought for a while: "That makes sense."

Zhang Yi picked up the teapot and poured tea himself: "Junior brother, if you miss today, it will be difficult to drink together again. In the past, you and I went down the mountain one after another, but we didn't say goodbye. Today, let's take this opportunity to make up for the regret."

Jiang Fan was silent for a moment, and solemnly picked up the teacup: "From now on, even if the mountains are high and the waters are long, there will be no more affection. Cheers, senior brother."

Zhang Yi covered the tea as a courtesy and said seriously: "Cheers, junior brother."

Looking at each other, they drank all the past in one gulp.

At this moment, Jiang Fan actually felt like he had really turned into Li Xiu. The contemporary vertical and horizontal, once entering the rivers and lakes, will decide life and death. From then on, there is only strategy, no friendship, how sighing.

It's a pity that I am not Li Xiu, and I have failed this spring and autumn. Zhang Yi, after all, expressed the wrong feelings.

The intention is exhausted, the feelings are gone, and it is difficult to continue the conversation. Zhang Yi got up and said goodbye.

Jiang Fan sat alone in a daze, and before he could come back to his senses, Lu Tiezui came to report that Wei Guoshi, Sima Ru, came to visit.

Jiang Fan smiled faintly, not knowing how they were with each other, but it seemed that he would visit everyone here.

"You are welcome."

Sima Ru still wore a high hat and a light robe, with his hands in his sleeves, calm and smiling.

"Prime Minister Li, long time no see."

Jiang Fan stood up and saluted: "Hello, Brother Sima, please take a seat."

Sima Ru spread out his robe and sat down, staring at Jiang Fan calmly for a long time, and then sighed: "Ten years have passed in a flash, and Prime Minister Li's temples are also frosted."

Jiang Fan slowly poured tea: "But the national teacher, the style is still the same."

Sima Ru was a little emotional: "Thinking back to the time when Prime Minister Li entered Wei, you and I talked by candlelight at night and slept together, it seems like yesterday. Unfortunately... In the end, we each served our own masters. If it weren't for this meeting at Dianchi Lake, I don't know when I can reminisce with you."

Jiang Fan said calmly: "Everyone has their own ambitions, why should the national teacher be emotional."

Sima Ru Ma Ru nodded: "As expected, the disciples of Guiguzi are unrestrained and ruthless. Brother Li is very resolute."

Jiang Fan smiled slightly: "I remember that I almost became sworn brothers with Brother Sima, but at that time, you saw further than I did and rejected it. Why do you feel this way today?"

"Hehe..." Sima Ru smiled with relief: "That's right, Brother Li, please forgive me."

After a cup of tea, Sima Ru said: "Brother Li, do you know the inside story of the Dianchi meeting this time?"

Jiang Fan shook his head: "The Imperial Court and Taiyue are both hostile to our Great Qin. If you don't know, it will be even more difficult for me to get the news. I would like to ask Brother Sima for advice."