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Chapter 381 Disappointment
Li Jing sent away the envoy sent by the palace, looked at Zhang Zhongjian, and said, "Brother, Your Majesty has called you into the palace tomorrow, if you don't want to, I will go into the palace and explain to His Majesty now."

Zhang Zhongjian waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I just want to meet him too."

He didn't care whether Li Shimin would be angry or not, but Li Jing couldn't care less.

If he doesn't go, Li Shimin will definitely blame Li Jing.

In addition, he also promised Lin Xuan to let Li Shimin believe that Lin Xuan is his apprentice, so what if he doesn't go?
"Master, why do you think His Majesty summoned elder brother suddenly?" Zhang Chuchen asked a little strangely.

Li Jing naturally knew why Li Shimin summoned Zhang Zhongjian. Over the years, Li Shimin insisted on insinuating about Zhang Zhongjian's situation. Now that Zhang Zhongjian is back, Li Shimin will definitely not miss this opportunity.

But he didn't know how to tell Zhang Chuchen.

Zhang Zhongjian saw Li Jing's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has recruited me before, but this time he summoned me, he probably wants to recruit me again."

Zhang Chuchen said: "Your Majesty really loves talents, but elder brother is already so old, is it possible that your majesty still wants to recruit elder brother as a general?"

Li Jing glared at her and said, "Don't talk about Your Majesty."

Zhang Chuchen raised his almond eyebrows, and said angrily: "Where did I make a rash statement? Even in front of His Majesty, I dare to say it."

Li Jing has a headache, your Majesty is still the former King of Qin.

Zhang Zhongjian said: "Okay! I don't want to, and His Majesty can't force it. There is nothing to worry about."

The next day, Zhang Zhongjian bid farewell to Zhang Chuchen, and came to the palace with the people from the palace who came to pick him up.

After waiting for a long time, he was taken to Ganlu Hall.

"Crassman Zhang Zhongjian pays his respects to His Majesty." Zhang Zhongjian saluted with fists clasped.

Li Shimin hurriedly got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Sir, there is no need to be too polite. It has been more than ten years since we last saw each other. You still have the same demeanor, how time flies."

Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile: "The grass people are old, how can they say that they still have the same style?"

"Sir, it looks like he's not much older than me, so why talk about being old?" Li Shimin asked Zhang Zhongjian with a smile after he sat down, "Sir, I haven't heard from you all these years, and I don't know where he has been?"

Zhang Zhongjian said: "Return to Your Majesty, Caomin has been overseas all these years."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he said seemingly unintentionally: "I heard that overseas is a barren land, why do you live overseas for a long time, sir?"

Zhang Zhongjian nodded and said: "What your majesty said is that those isolated islands overseas are indeed wild lands compared to the Great Tang. The grassroots have no worries and like to travel around. The grassroots of the Tang Dynasty have basically traveled all over the world. place."

"Sir, you really deserve to be an expert. I don't know if you have heard rumors about Xiandao while you are overseas all these years." Li Shimin asked with a trace of exploration in his eyes.

Zhang Zhongjian said: "Your Majesty is talking about the three fairy islands of Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing" and "Feng Chan Shu"?"

Li Shimin's eyes flashed with fire, he nodded and said, "That's right, sir?"

"The legend about the three fairy islands has been circulating for a long time. Emperor Qin, Han and Wu both sent people to search for them, so the grass people have heard of them. But the grass people are overseas, but they have never heard of the legend about the three fairy islands." Zhang Zhongjian said calmly.

He did not lie to Li Shimin, he has been overseas for so long, and he has also searched for the three legendary fairy islands.

But there are no rumors about the three fairy islands overseas.

The so-called fairy islands are actually mirages. The ancients did not understand this phenomenon, so they made it a myth and regarded it as fairy islands.

Zhang Zhongjian has been overseas for more than ten years, and he has seen mirages twice.

When Zhang Zhongjian saw the mirage for the first time, he really thought that the legend about Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang Sandao was true.

But the island that appeared in the second mirage was an island he had been to before.

Although he didn't understand the principle, it made him understand that the so-called fairy island does not exist.

Li Shimin carefully looked at Zhang Zhongjian's expression and found nothing unusual.

Does the so-called fairy island really exist?Li Shimin sighed inwardly.

Li Shimin is a very calm person. So many emperors have searched for it but failed to find it. He naturally thought that those rumors were all false.

But he still had a fluke mentality in his heart.

Li Shimin's psychology is also the psychology of those emperors who pursued longevity in history.

The so-called longevity has never been realized. So many emperors have learned from the past, why are there still so many emperors pursuing longevity?
When a person has power, strength, financial status, and everything, no one wants to lose it, let alone those emperors who sit on the world and are rich in the world.

"I don't know if sir is willing to be an official in the court?" After all, Li Shimin was not an ordinary person, so he calmed down quickly and did not continue to talk about this question.

Zhang Zhongjian shook his head, and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the people of grassland are used to idleness and wild cranes, and now they are old and have no desire for profit."

Li Shimin had recruited him before, but he didn't agree, and now it's even more impossible to agree.

Unless Li Shimin cede the world to him, this is naturally impossible.

"Since you don't want to, I can't force it. What will you do next?" Li Shimin just mentioned it casually, and he didn't have any hope at first, so naturally he couldn't say he was disappointed.

Zhang Zhongjian said: "Returning to Your Majesty, Caomin feels that he is old. This time he came back to visit Li Jing and his wife. After a while, Caomin will set off to go overseas again. In this life, he will never set foot in Middle Earth again."

"Mister's ambition is overseas. This may be the last time I will meet you. I hope you will take care of me." Li Shimin said.

Zhang Zhongjian clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Your Majesty, the grassroots will leave."

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Zhongjian's leaving back and fell into deep thought.

Now it seems that Lin Xuan did not lie to him.

If Zhang Zhongjian can teach people like Lin Xuan, he must be more capable.

But he knew that a person like Zhang Zhongjian had a firm mind, once a decision was made, it was difficult to change it.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjian did not intend to stay in Zhongtu, otherwise Li Shimin would definitely not allow such a person with super ability but not under his control to exist.

……

Li Chengqian was a little surprised that Li Tai invited him to race horses.

The Li family has some Xianbei blood, and the Great Tang established the country with martial arts, and not long after conquering the world, they did not neglect to teach the princes martial arts and riding skills.

Horse racing is a very common thing for Xungui.

But because Li Tai was obese, he couldn't ride a horse at all, and he had never held a horse fair.

Now that he suddenly organizes a horse race and invites him, he has to feel strange.

Li Chengqian frowned slightly, wondering if he should participate.

Lin Xuan once told him not to ride a horse. Although he didn't know Lin Xuan's intention, he remembered it in his heart.

But if he didn't go, he could think that Li Tai would definitely go to Li Shimin and speak ill of him.

Li Shimin always hoped that their brothers would be harmonious, Li Tai invited him to the horse race, if he didn't go, would Li Shimin think he was small?
For a while, Li Chengqian hesitated.

……

Lin Xuan has been at the academy these days, teaching Arabic numerals to the teachers of the academy.

The mathematics textbooks have been printed out, but he can't teach the mathematics of the whole college by himself.

Lin Xuan was very surprised when he heard Li Chengqian summoned him.

I only met Li Chengqian a few days ago, and nothing major happened these few days. Why did Li Chengqian suddenly seek him out?
(End of this chapter)