Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

Yuan Tiangang and Ashina Mihe's trip to Longyou was extremely exciting.

At first, Yuan Tiangang was very confident that he could take down Zhang Wansui - after all, he had the authorization of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, allowing him to act at his own discretion.

But who knew that when he and Ashina Mihe arrived in Longyou, Zhang Wansui happened to be promoted because of his skill in horse breeding. It seemed that there was a bright future waiting for him ahead, so in the face of Yuan Tiangang and Ashina Mihe's persuasion, Zhang Wansui thought again and again and decided to refuse the other party.

As a last resort, Yuan Tiangang could only put the matter aside temporarily and turned to go to the old house to visit Lai Huer and Yu Zan.

But the two old men were very smart. Seeing that Yuan Tiangang looked like he had something on his mind, the outspoken Yu Zan told Yuan Tiangang to "tell the truth and not hide anything."

So Yuan Tiangang confessed everything.

Yu Zan turned around and took a dozen riders to Zhang Wansui's hometown, Baili Town, Lingtai County, Longxi, overnight.

But when the two sides met, the talks broke down before they could even talk for more than two sentences.

Afterwards, even when Yu Zan put the knife on Zhang Wansui's neck, the latter still did not let go.

If you say you won’t go, then you won’t go!

Are you kidding? His Zhang family has been raising horses for three generations. What kind of reckless man has he not seen?

You unreasonable old man, if you have the guts just chop me up!

Zhang Wansui is a stubborn donkey, and only someone with this kind of character can raise a good horse.

And Yu Zan... there's really nothing he can do to him...

After all, this is the talent that His Highness has chosen...

But just when Yu Zan was thinking about how to make things right, Lai Huer came.

"Is your father called Zhang Tieshan?" Lai Huer followed because he was afraid that Yu Zan would get angry and chop him to death. But when he saw Zhang Wansui's appearance clearly, he immediately laughed angrily: "Little bastard, you are as stubborn as your father!"

"What?" Zhang Wansui was stunned at first, then said coldly: "My father has passed away a long time ago. If you are planning to deceive me by claiming that you have an old relationship with my father, you are not kind, old man!"

"Hey?" Lai Huer was even happier when he heard this: "You are really just like your father!"

"I told you..." Just when Zhang Wansui was about to reiterate that he was very smart and had never been fooled, an old neighbor who came from next door to help suddenly rushed out from the crowd. The barefoot old man, holding a sharp ring-handled knife in his hand, slowly walked to Lai Huer. After looking at him carefully for a while, he suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop: "General, you are so cruel!"

"Who are you?" Lai Huer saw the man in front of him burst into tears after calling him "General". He couldn't help but feel a little flustered and guilty: "I am old..."

"General, my name is Zeng Jiu, and I'm a childhood friend of Tieshan. Back then, he was raising horses for you in your personal army camp. When I had free time, I often went to see him, and I had the honor of meeting you a few times..."

Zeng Jiu had just finished explaining to Lai Huer when he seemed to have thought of something.

He immediately got up from the ground, came to Zhang Wansui, pulled Zhang Wansui's arm and brought him to Huer.

"Kneel down!" Zeng Jiu said, and kicked Zhang Wansui in the knee.

"..."Zhang Wansui didn't expect that Zeng Shu'er was so old but still had such strong feet.

"General, why are you here this time?" When Zeng Jiu arrived, he only saw Yu Zan swinging his knife to chop someone, so he originally planned to pick one of Dou's followers first, and then take the opportunity to create chaos and make a big deal out of it - but Lai Huer's sudden appearance disrupted his plan.

"I am now a retainer of the Dou family." Lai Huer noticed the weapon in the old man's hand at the beginning - it was the weapon most commonly used by the former Sui soldiers: "My prince thinks that Zhang Wansui is a talented boy and plans to recruit him into his army."

"Oh... I see..." After listening to Lai Huer's explanation, Zeng Jiu nodded first, then turned around, raised his hand and slapped Zhang Wansui on the back of his head: "You ungrateful bastard! Do you know that even your name was given to you by your father from the general?"

"..." Zhang Wansui was very confused now, but he knew that he could not argue with Zeng Shuer.

"When did your father pass away?" Lai Huer was silent for a while, then suddenly reached out and pulled Zhang Wansui up from the ground: "I remember that he had an injury on his right shoulder blade, which was caused by him blocking an enemy's hidden arrow for me on the battlefield.

Actually… Actually, I am sorry for him…” After saying this, Lai Huer suddenly glanced at Yu Zan, who was standing behind Zhang Wansui with a look of astonishment on his face: “Old Yutou, give me some face. If he doesn’t want to, forget it. I will go and explain to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu.”

"Your explanation is useless..." Yu Zan snorted coldly after hearing this, "Unless you chop off my head, how can His Royal Highness the King of Chu have any complaints against you?"

"Well... Mr. Yu, I don't mean to add fuel to the fire, but even if you do, he——" Gangzi on the side tried to find a way to interrogate him.

"Shut up!" The two old men turned their eyes and glared at him at the same time, and the latter immediately became speechless.

Well, the old guys are pretty united!

Just as Lai Huer was about to lead his men to leave, Zhang Wansui suddenly changed his mind: "Since I was a child, I have heard my father talk about his great general who was so brave and invincible and treated him with great kindness. But every time I asked him what the general's name was, he never mentioned it and just looked sad..."

"Your father must have thought that I had passed away long ago." Lai Huer sighed when he heard this.

But in fact, if the old lady had not taken action that year, he would have died in the Jiangdu mutiny.

"May the general be blessed with great fortune. It was Tieshan and I who had the wrong idea." The last time Zeng Jiu heard from Lai Huer was the fourth year after he and Tieshan were released by Lai Huer and returned to their hometown.

At that time, relying on the money given by Lai Huer, Zhang Tieshan and Zeng Jiu opened two restaurants and a cloth shop in Lingtai County, and they lived a very prosperous life.

If they had not encountered the army of Xue Ju and his son that passed through the city, causing them to suffer heavy losses, perhaps today, Zeng Jiu would have been a wealthy man in the city, and Zhang Wansui would now be a well-mannered scholar.

Fortune plays tricks on people...