National Beauty

On the branch of the sun, a green carriage drove out of the city gate in a hurry, and walked along the official road towards Anguo Temple in the eastern suburbs of Beijing.

The autumn wind slowly moved the curtains and swayed slightly. Song Jianing leaned against her mother in a daze, staring at the seams of the curtains. The Zhuangzi where Guo Xiao placed her in the previous life was also located in the eastern suburbs. On that day, when she came out of the palace, the carriage was walking on this official road. When walking, the carriage turned into the dirt road leading to Zhuangzi. Dao is more bumpy, she ate lychees carelessly, accidentally...

What does it feel like to be choked to death?

Song Jianing shivered, touched his throat, suddenly felt uncomfortable and couldn't help coughing.

"What's wrong with An An?" Lin lowered his head and asked his daughter with concern.

Song Jianing clutched his throat and said, "Mother, I'm thirsty."

Lin smiled, picked up the blue and white water bottle placed on the small cabinet next to it, and helped her daughter to pour tea, the sweet-scented osmanthus tea, six minutes full.

Song Jianing gobbled and drank two consecutive bowls. Finally, there was no sense of congestion in his voice. After drinking, Song Jianing secretly sighed. During the few months she lived at her uncle’s house, she had not dared to go out because she was afraid of meeting her friends in her previous life. This time her mother proposed to go to the Anguo Temple to offer incense. She was still not happy, but after just being scared, Song Jianing suddenly felt that she really should Go and worship Bodhisattva.

At the same moment, Guo Boyan was talking to Mrs. Tai at the Palace of Weiguo: "Mother, the autumn is high and fresh, and it is rare to have a leisurely time. I want to go to Anguo Temple to find Master Huiyuan to learn about chess."

Master Huiyuan is a well-known Taoist monk in Beijing. He has been invited by Emperor Xuande to give lectures in the palace many times. Guo Boyan has a good personal relationship with him, so he went to the next plate when he was free. This madam knew it, and smiled: "Go, go, when do you plan to come back?"

Guo Bo said: "Only the next set, I should be able to come back to accompany you for dinner."

Masters can play chess for a long time in one game. Mrs. Tai nodded, habitually instructing her son to be careful on the way.

Guo Boyan nodded and said goodbye to his mother. He turned and stepped out of the main room. The morning sun was shining on his face, and his expression was flying.

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The incense in Anguo Temple was at its peak. Lin held her daughter's hand and waited for a while outside the Daxiong Hall before it was their turn to go in and offer incense.

Lin worshipped first, touching his forehead, and silently praying to the Buddha to bless her and her daughter to be a prosperous life without disaster.

Song Jianing's second prayer, the little girl, kneeling there in a decent way, with clear apricot eyes fixedly looking up at the majestic Buddha statue, piously like the jade girl under the Guanyin seat, her pink lips move silently when she kowtows, and I beg the Buddha to bless them The wife is safe and stable in this life, blessing her to marry a good friend who loves her and is filial to her mother.

After the incense, Lin added twenty taels of sesame oil.

When it was too early to walk out of the Daxiong Hall, Lin put on his drapery and bowed his head and asked his daughter: "An An wants to go to the temple?" Guo Boyan only let her come in for incense, and she can leave it when she leaves. Lin didn't want to stay here, always felt that something bad would happen.

Song Jianing didn't dare to stay outside for too long, for fear that he would meet Guo Xiao again, and shook his head when he saw that his mother had no intention of staying longer.

The mother and daughter went down the mountain, the carriage steadily went back, Lin's heart became more and more at ease, she was going to leave Guo Boyan did not show up, maybe he did have any plans, but the government's government accidentally stumbled Is he?

As soon as the thought fell off, the carriage suddenly swayed from side to side, as if something had jumped up. The tall and sturdy horse screamed anxiously. Lin instinctively hugged his daughter first, and was about to ask the coachman what happened. A cold voice that made her feel chilly came from outside the curtain: "Immediately drive away at the fastest speed. Weiguo Palace, otherwise I will kill you."

Lin could not see, nor could Song Jianing, who was held in her arms by her, but the coachman was frightened by the blood on the man in costume and the dagger on his waist. Fleeing towards the capital. Guo Boyan was satisfied, raised the curtain with one hand, and stepped in.

Song Jianing's eyes widened in shock. Lin noticed the broken arrow and large bloodstains on Guo Boyan's left arm, and suddenly there was no blood left on his pale face.

"Don't worry, you can't die." With the child present, Guo Boyan only took a deep look at Lin when he came in, and then sat on the floor with his back on the floor, with one leg crossed and the other propped up, bowing his head to check for arrow injuries. The injury was caused by a subordinate, and it looked serious, but in fact it was just a little bit of blood bleed, and it didn't matter.

After the confirmation, Guo Boyan turned his head and unexpectedly met Lin's daughter with a pair of black and white apricot eyes. Not seen for half a year, the little girl's eyebrows grew a bit, she became more delicate and beautiful, her face was still white and tender, and she was as painful as her mother, but he was the love of the elders for this girl, and for Lin...

Guo Boyan once again looked at the woman who had greeted him for half a year.

Lin lowered his head and hugged his daughter tightly with both hands. His Qingli face was as white as magnolia petals, and he didn't know what it was like to kiss him.

Knowing that she was afraid, Guo Boyan said solemnly: "I met a few assassins on the mountain and had to hijack Madam’s car. Madam, don’t worry, please help me. When I return home, my mother and I will thank you very much."

Song Jianing couldn't understand his words. Lin's thoughts were so thorough, and after a little thought, he understood, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom. Guo Boyan really wanted to marry her. He knew that Mrs. Tai would not easily agree, so he devised a bitter ploy that he was assassinated and then saved by her. In this way, although her status was low, she was his savior, as long as Guo Boyan deliberately spread it. , His deeds of marrying a widow to repay his gratitude will become a good talk.

Mrs. Tai is opposed to her son marrying a widow for two reasons. One is that she is humble and not worthy of the family of the National Government, and the other is that she is worried that her son will be confused by the widow, and that the people and ministers will think so too. Damage the reputation of Weiguo government. Now that Guo Boyan’s bitter plan came out, the rumors and rumors were first blocked, and Mrs. Tai would be more or less grateful to her, and finally Guo Boyan was firm again, this marriage might really come true...

Lin was fidgeting.

Guo Boyan can see clearly, don't say so deeply: "Madam, don't be afraid, as long as you are obedient, I will never touch your mother and daughter."

In order to marry her, he does not hesitate to self-mutilate his body, she still wants to hide? Try it if you have the guts.

Lin didn't have the courage to challenge the majesty of a grandfather of a country, and his head dropped lower.

Guo Boyan's gaze moved down and saw the girl in Lin's arms looking at him timidly. Guo Boyan smiled, rubbing his head, and softly said: "When I arrive at the Guogong Mansion, Jianing will pretend to be you today. Seeing me for the first time, you know? You pretend to be like a reward, but if you show your stuff, I will punish you..."

Turning his gaze on the girl's fleshy face twice, Guo Boyan smiled evilly: "You are not allowed to eat for three days."

He bullied her daughter, Lin pursed his lips and covered her daughter's face with his hands.

Song Jianing is not thinking about eating now, she is afraid of death, Guo Boyan actually wants to take their wives to Guogong's Mansion, Guogong's Mansion, that is Guo Xiao's home, what should she do when she meets Guo Xiao? Because she used to be Guo Xiao's concubine, she was only worried that she would meet Guo Xiao at the moment. Song Jianing never thought that her beauty mother had fallen into the palm of a man who was also overbearing and powerful.

The carriage galloped, and it took half an hour when it came, and it only took less than two quarters of an hour to return. With the badge of Weiguo Gongfu, the carriage went into the city gate and still rammed. The people complained, but as soon as they heard that Wei Guogong, who made great contributions to the Great Zhou Dynasty, went out to meet an assassin and was seriously injured, the people suddenly became angry and began to discuss the matter. This is at the feet of the emperor, who would dare to assassinate the court minister?

When the carriage stopped in front of the Guogong's mansion, Guo Boyan asked the steward to take the Lin family's mother and daughter to the side hall to rest. He sat drastically in the upper room, waiting for the doctor, and waiting for the family who would be panicked. Sure enough, a quarter of an hour was useless, and all the juniors from the white-haired wife to the bottom rushed over.

"What's the matter, who is so bold to seek assassination in the capital?" The wife asked tremblingly, eager to check her son's injuries.

Guo Boyan held his mother with one hand and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, I am so lucky that I didn't let them succeed. I only suffered a little injury."

"She shed so much blood, and she said it was a minor injury?" The lady was so anxious that she urged people to call the doctor.

Guo Boyan could not persuade his mother, so he politely asked the two younger siblings to take the children away first. Only his wife and the eldest son Guo Xiao remained in the hall. Guo Xiao was both civil and military. At the age of fourteen, he spent two years on the battlefield with his father. Naturally, he could see that his father's injury was not serious. He frowned and asked, "Does the father know the origin of the other party?"

Guo Boyan said with disdain: "Everyone is the same, but I can't help it."

Mrs. Tai sighed: "You almost got shot through your arm, why are you so proud? Go out later and bring all your guards with you."

Guo Boyan hummed perfunctorily.

The doctor hurried over, drew an arrow to stop the bleeding and put on a dressing, really busy for a while.

"Pingzhang, you go and send it off." Sitting in jeopardy, Guo Boyan urged his son.

Guo Xiao looked at Mrs. Tai and went out with the doctor. Guo Boyan watched his son go away. Then he could not hide his joy and said to Mrs. Hui: "Mother, my son went to see Master Huiyuan this time. He said that my marriage is coming, and my son doesn't believe me. , The play asked him where is the sacred woman, Huiyuan replied that the goddess descended to the earth, to encourage my Guo family. My mother knew, my son never believed this, who would have thought that his son was chased down by an assassin, and he stopped a carriage at random. There is a beauty with a fairy and jade appearance."

Mrs. Tai believed in Buddhism, and was shocked when she heard this: "Is there such a thing?"

Guo Boyan calmly said: "I have arranged the people in the side hall. Will I bring them here for you to see?"

Although Mrs. Tai was moved by her heart, it was related to her son's marriage. She stared at her son and asked: "Isn't it because you are so fond of the beauty of other girls, so you have moved your mind and deliberately made up nonsense about me?"

Guo Boyan said solemnly: "My son's words are true. If my mother doesn't believe me, I will immediately ask someone to invite Master Huiyuan, and you will confront him personally."

The wife glared at her son, thought about it, and said to the maid outside the door: "Hurry up and invite the savior of the grandfather of the country."