Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Farewell, Daming Mansion.

Guo Shao and his party rode horses and brought a carriage, and set off along the main street of Prince Wei's Mansion towards the south gate. Guo Shao looked back again, cupped his fists at Fu Yanqing at the gate, and waved.

Of course, he couldn't see Fu Ermei, she couldn't come out to see him off.

But Guo Shao persuaded himself not to be sad, because parting is just to save strength for the surprise and joy of the next reunion. He squinted his eyes and looked at the morning clouds in the eastern sky. She said: "Dawn is morning clouds, evening is rain, day and night, under the balcony."

A group of people left the city from the south gate and passed the post house on the edge of the city. The scene now is very different. The wind and snow when it came is gone, and there is only a warm spring breeze, sandwiched with shreds of cold spring; the willow branches on the banks of the moat are fresh and green, graceful and graceful in the wind, weak and weak.

From Damingfu to Tokyo, four hundred miles. This time it took longer, because the carriage cannot run as fast as the horse; but Guo Shao had the illusion of being lighter.

It is relatively convenient to stop at the posthouse. Hebei is close to the south, where the population is relatively dense and the towns are dense. Guo Shao made some arrangements on the road, asking Zuo You to lead someone first, and let him go back to Guo's mansion to get something; he also agreed to enter Tokyo through Chenqiaomen, and meet at the gate of the city at that time.

Along the way, Guo Shao naturally treated Mrs. Gao very attentively, treating him like a sibling. When staying in the post house, there was even talk and laughter, and I was very happy.

Guo Shao said openly that he liked Fu Yanqing's second daughter very much, and recently wanted to ask a matchmaker to propose marriage. Mrs. Gao was immediately happy: I will be your matchmaker, and I will definitely say good things about my brother-in-law.

Mrs. Gao has status, it would be better to be a matchmaker. Guo Shao naturally had no reason to refuse, and hit it off immediately.

They went all the way to Chenqiao Gate and met Zuo You who was waiting there, so they joined together again and sent Mrs. Gao back first. Guo Shao did not send Mrs. Gao to Dong Zunxun's mansion, but went directly to Gao Huaide's house.

Unexpectedly, Gao Huaide was still in the bodyguard department in the south of the city, but the old slave of the mansion recognized Mrs. Gao, surprised and happy, and hurriedly sent someone to the bodyguard department to find Gao Huaide. He also invited Guo Shao to enter the mansion and sit in the living room.

Guo Shao is also welcome, just wait. Mrs. Gao was also sitting with him in the living room, chatting with him... The exhaustion of the journey did not affect her interest at all, but seeing Tokyo's splendor and prosperity, and the Gao family's mansion being rich and prosperous, she must be ready to enjoy the blessings!

After waiting for a long time, I saw a tall and fierce man in his thirties hurried over in a purple robe, who is it not Gao Huaide?

"Brother!" Mrs. Gao stood up first.

Gao Huaide stared at her with wide eyes, but he didn't greet her first, but ordered without turning his head: "Come on, find Dong Zunxun immediately, and let him come to my house immediately."

"Sister, you..." Gao Huaide was very emotional, "How did you come back?"

With tears in her eyes, Gao said with a tearful smile: "The bodyguard Ma Budu Yu Hou, General Guo, risked his life to save me from the Liao Kingdom... I finally saw my relatives, I thought this would be like this in my life..." After she said that, her tears fell, and she couldn't make a sound.

Only then did Gao Huaide recognize the dusty Guo Shao, and hurried forward to bow down. Guo Shao immediately leaned over to hold his arm: "It's absolutely impossible, brother Gao..."

"Great Marshal Guo, please be kowtowed by Gao so that I can feel at ease." Gao Huaide insisted.

Guo Shaodao: "I didn't save Mrs. Gao to take credit. First, I was impressed by Dong Zunxun's filial piety. At that time, I was quite impressed... The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps blowing, and the son wants to support him but his relatives are not there. Second, I think that my sister and mother, a high-ranking general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, have fallen into the enemy's hands in Hebei. I feel angry and ashamed. This must be done! Brother Gao, you and I are generals in the same dynasty, wearing the same robes and armor. I regard Brother Gao as a brother. Don't treat me as a brother?"

Gao Huaide came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he said the same thing. It's not a matter of thanking him for a while, and it's not a matter of saying no. Guo Shao pulled him to sit down on a chair, and sighed: "You and I are both warriors who put our lives on the line of battle. In battle, brothers are very important."

"Yes, brother Guo is right." Gao Huaide nodded and said, "What's more, you and I work together in the bodyguard department, maybe one day we will have to rely on each other."

Guo Shao looked serious, and on this topic, he told how he and his brother Yang Biao met and how they lived and died together on the battlefield. After finishing speaking, he sighed: "That night, we had a conversation. In this world, it is very difficult to live without brothers. Those with swords and blood can only be handed over to brothers who can save life and death!"

Gao Huaide said: "During the Battle of Haozhou, Brother Guo broke through the east gate first, and then opened the south gate. We have already defeated the enemy side by side once."

"Haha, that's true!" Guo Shao laughed.

The relationship between the two generals who were almost unknown to each other heated up sharply in just half an hour. Guo Shao can fully believe that Gao Huaide is not necessarily willing to do anything for himself now, but he will definitely not do anything that would add insult to injury, and his emotional tendencies will be obvious; to a certain extent, as long as he does not let others overwhelm the entire Gao family, Gao Huaide is also someone who can be trusted. With a long heart, Guo Shao believes that even if a person is ruthless, he is not really willing to repay his kindness.

This kind of relationship is like Li Gu and Guo Shao... Li Gu prepared the raw materials for gunpowder for Guo Shao at a critical moment, is Guo Shao willing to stab Li Gu in the back? Anyway, he can't do this kind of thing.

Just then, Dong Zunxun arrived. This kid looked no more than two years younger than Guo Shao, and he was even more exaggerated. He knelt down on the ground with a "plop", crawled over, and a man burst into tears. This scene made Guo Shao feel sore. After all, blood is thicker than water, and people have always attached great importance to family members from ancient times to the present.

The mother and son hugged their heads and cried for a while, and Mrs. Gao introduced Guo Shao again.

Without further ado, Dong Zunxun knocked his head three times, and swore directly: "I owe my life to my benefactor, if I need it in the future, just use it! Go up the mountain of knives and go down into the sea of ​​fire, if I frown, I'm not a human being!"

Guo Shao hurriedly helped him up and said: "What are you talking about, you should live a good life and be filial to your mother. If Mrs. Gao is sent by a white-haired man to a black-haired man, will she feel better?"

When she said this, Gao looked slightly sideways, which seemed to indicate that her hair was not yet gray.

She said: "General Guo recognizes me as a righteous sister, and I am also called your uncle and brother, so you can call me uncle."

"Uncle!" Dong Zunxun is really a straight-hearted guy.

Guo Shao's forehead darkened slightly. This kid seemed to be a little younger than himself, but he was also about the same age. He blurted out: "I am an uncle... why do I feel a little uncomfortable when you call me that?"

"Haha..." Gao Huaide was also amused, he burst out laughing, and slapped the coffee table and said, "Brother Guo will stay here tonight, if you don't get drunk, let's chat freely!"

Guo Shao said: "Another day, another day. Sister Yi just came back, so you and your family should talk more. You and I will meet each other often from now on, so it will be a long time in the future. In this way... I won't stay any longer, you don't have to be polite, so I will leave now."

The family sent Guo Shao outside the gate, and then watched him leave on horseback.

After walking for a while and the surroundings were relatively quiet, Guo Shao took out the list in his arms. It is what Zuo You went back to get in advance.

Seeing this, Zuo You rode his horse and walked side by side: "My lord didn't give this thing to Gao Huaide?"

Guo Shaodao: "As soon as I entered the Gao Mansion, their family treated me more than expected, so I decided to put up with it for a while. If we ask Gao Huaide to help immediately, our utilitarianism is a bit too obvious... In short, the senses are not very good."

"That's true, if Gao Huaide can treat the lord as his own, the future will be bright." Zuo You nodded.

Guo Shao said with a smile: "I also said the same at the mansion, and I said that the future will last forever."

Guo Shao looked at the list on the paper again... After the Battle of Shouzhou, Li Chongjin made things difficult and rejected Guo Shao's appointment list, and then sent someone to send an official document in the name of the Guards Department. According to official documents, there are dozens of middle and low-level generals selected by Li Chongjin.

That's good, Li Chongjin directly exposed his power base, at least a large part of his subordinates, so he didn't have to bother to investigate.

Although Li Chongjin is still the top commander of the Guards Department, he is far away in Huainan as a Jiedu Envoy, so he can't control the affairs of the Guards Department. This kind of opportunity, if you don't help him clean up the door, you will feel sorry for yourself.

Guo Shao didn't move the generals, he just touched the foundation of the bottom, and he did it calmly, without making any noise. It was so difficult in Shouzhou at the beginning, and I got through it with my head up... At that time, Li Chongjin was the most important person who interfered and suppressed Guo Shao. Guo Shao thought, "it's indecent to come and not go, why should I be polite to you?"

Anyway, the grievance has already been forged, it doesn't mean that you can resolve it by showing weakness, and simply smash the can and smash it.

Guo Shao turned his head and said to Zuo You: "There are more than 20,000 soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty surrendered in Huainan. They are organized into the Huaide Army, and they are also under the supervision of our bodyguards. Before I left for Hebei at the beginning of the year, I heard about it in the bodyguards. But it was difficult to do it at that time, and there was no time. This time, Gao Huaide is willing to help, and it will go smoothly."

Zuo You said: "It's really a good idea to send all Li Chongjin's people in the right wing to the Huaide Army. Let them go over there. The Huaide Army is a descendant from the Southern Tang Dynasty. They will definitely be guarded and have no fighting power. Li Chongjin's people must at least be excluded from the elite guards."

Guo Shao nodded with great satisfaction: "That's right. Originally, the Huaide Army was under the supervision of the guards, so we had to transfer some people there. No one wants to go. If the guy (Li Chongjin) doesn't go, who will go?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, but it seemed a bit like a sinister smile.

"Go back to the mansion first, let's talk about it another day." Guo Shao said, and then he clamped his horse's belly and yelled, "Drive!"

A group of people walked through the north-south street in the inner city. Guo Shao looked at the wide road and couldn't help but glance to the south... The year before last, he was working on iron at Longjin Bridge and was the captain of the forbidden army. The first chance to be promoted was also in the spring, the spring of the previous year... Before I knew it, two years had passed.