Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the Northern Zhao Mansion in the inner city, a strong man walked into the gate of the mansion, walked along the veranda into a courtyard, and saw Zhao San riding a horse, shooting a target with a soft bow.

"The villain pays homage to Ya Nei." The strong man called out.

Zhao San looked back, and immediately threw the bow and arrow in his hand to the ground, letting the servants next to him pick it up. Then he got off his horse and walked towards the pavilion near the clearing without speaking. But Zhao San has only passed a year, and his skin color is not so white anymore, his face and neck are tanned a lot, if it gets darker, he will look more and more like his second brother, the rosiness of his cheeks has not diminished, and his complexion is very good.

Seeing this, the strong man followed. After Zhao San sat down and looked up at him, the strong man whispered: "The yamen asked the villain to stay near Li Chuyun's house for a few days and have a look. I really found out a lot of interesting things."

Zhao Sandao: "Tell me quickly."

The man whispered: "Not long after leaving the yamen that day, I saw Guo Shao go to the door of Li Chuyun's house, and then met Li's wife in private at the teahouse at the intersection."

"Are you reading that right?" Zhao San almost stood up after hearing this, with a faint blackness on his face.

The man said: "The villain dare not make a mistake."

Zhao San cursed: "This little slut, you're so prudish, if one day it falls into my hands..." He hurriedly stopped talking here, turned his head around, looked back and forth, pulled his face down, and asked, "Speak, continue to finish. It's just a private meeting."

The man said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid there will be more than one private meeting. Another day later, I saw the maid next to Mrs. Li sneaking out. This time I was prepared and asked my brother to follow. Guess what happened in the yamen?"

"Guess what, tell me!" Zhao San cursed in a low voice. Although no one else was around, he spoke in a low voice.

The man said: "The slave girl went to Daxiangguo Temple, waited on the front street of Guo Shao's mansion, and then asked Guo Shao to enter the teahouse. I don't know what to do. It was probably either carrying a letter or passing on a message, but Guo Shao and Li's wife have not moved in the past two days.

But the villain finally saw the mystery again. Just this morning, a few people from Li Chuyun's house went out of the city, went west along the post road, and booked several big houses at one go near the Datong Temple on the east side of Taishi Mountain..."

After Zhao San heard this, he immediately said: "Most of the family members of the Li family want to go out for an outing due to the good spring weather. These women want to go for a walk by going to the temple to worship the gods... The maid who brought the letter is probably the one who made a secret appointment with Guo Shao."

"The villain thinks so too."

Zhao San sized up the man, and said: "Li Xia'er, you are an old family member of our Zhao family, if I hadn't spoken good words to you when you got into trouble, you don't know where you are now."

The man named Li Xia'er said: "The villain has always followed the leadership of the yamen."

"Don't talk about this for now." Zhao San urged.

Li Xia'er said: "The villain understands."

Zhao San paced back and forth in the pavilion without saying anything, and waved Li Xia'er to go down. At this moment, he heard that his father and brother had come back, so he went in to meet.

The father and son talked on the phone, and the father talked about business with Zhao Kuangyin. They asked their servants to avoid them, but not their brothers. But Zhao San didn't have a military position and didn't know much about military affairs, so he couldn't talk to each other, so he just listened.

But I saw three fat and strong men sitting on the upper and lower chairs in this room. They were different from each other, but they all had broad faces, small eyes, round sky, and double chins. However, they were serious and seemed to be used to it long ago, and they didn't find this scene unusual.

Zhao Hongyin coughed a bit, but there was still a smile on his face: "You two brothers' good things may be done together. The Wang family of Hebei and the Yin family of Huainan have agreed to the marriage."

Zhao San didn't object, but said: "But it's up to father and brother to decide."

Hei Zhuang Zhao Kuangyin said: "Yin's family is in Huainan, we have to remind them not to get too close to Li Chongjin."

Zhao Hongyin nodded and said: "Second brother is right. It doesn't look like a good thing for Li Chongjin to leave the town while serving in the imperial army."

Zhao Kuangyin said indifferently: "Not only that, but Li Chongjin has offended too many people, especially his grudge against Sima Budu Yuhou Guo Shao, which is known all over the world. Now Guo Shao is taking advantage of his absence in Tokyo to clean up the door quietly in the Guard Division, and the people in the Nan Yamen of the Forbidden Army pretend to be deaf and dumb, and even the Privy Council ignores them... I heard a friend tell me privately in the court that Guo Shao kicked dozens of Li Chongjin's generals into the Huaide Army at one time; I am afraid this matter will not be over within half a year. , Li Chongjin's influence in the imperial army is likely to be wiped out."

"Sure enough, it's a man who leaves tea." Zhao Hongyin sighed, "Though Li Chongjin has some flaws, he is also a veteran of the battle. He can be regarded as a good guy...cough cough."

"Father, you still have to pay attention to your health. Why don't you take a leave of absence and rest at home for a while." Zhao Kuangyin said hurriedly.

Zhao San also hurriedly persuaded: "Second brother is right, there is second brother in front of the hall, father can rest assured."

Zhao Hongyin waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter."

At this moment, the servants came to treat them to dinner, and three strong and fat men stood up from their chairs one after another.

...

Guo Shao returned home after a busy day, walked by the mirror-like lake for a while, and took out a letter written in beautiful fonts from his arms to read it. "We can meet again at the weaving shop, or at the inn outside Datong Temple in Taishi Mountain." The handwriting is really good, just looking at the handwriting has a beautiful feeling, and the beautiful handwriting is from the hands of a little lady.

He then took out another delicate silk scarf, and a scene like this appeared in his mind: Second Sister Fu blushed and walked to the stairs, then turned her head coquettishly and threw the silk scarf over and dropped it on the ground.

Guo Shao held a beautiful letter in one hand and a silk scarf in the other. Can't help but frown and think hard.

At this moment, I saw Jing Niang and Qing Xu walking towards this side. Guo Shao hurriedly put the two things together, folded them carefully, wrapped the letter with a silk scarf, and put them together in his arms.

When Qingxu met, he yelled: "The food in the palace is better! No wonder everyone wants to be the emperor."

Guo Shaodao: "You can talk nonsense about ordinary things, but it's better to keep it in your stomach when everyone wants to be the emperor."

Jing Niang said: "The empress said that she would pay for the restoration of the Yuzhen Temple and change the name, telling us not to accept ordinary pilgrims anymore. She will send people to send money every month."

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, and said: "It's a good thing, as expected, the empress thought well. If you continue to bear the name of the master of the temple, Qingxu can also be in the Taoist temple; in this way, you and Qingxu will be Taoist priests in the Taoist temple funded by the empress in the future, not my family members...at least there is a piece of cloth to cover it, so that I won't look like I am the empress' general, and come and go too closely."

Qingxu said immediately: "Are you trying to drive me away?"

Guo Shaodao: "This is not called driving away. If you are willing to 'practice' in this garden, no one will drive you away. But your identity is a Taoist priest living in Yuzhen Temple. When the queen wants to invite you into the palace, she only needs to send someone to Yuzhen Temple."

Jing Niang thought so, so she wanted to leave. But Qingxu didn't go with her, stayed behind, and said quietly: "If I leave, who will touch her..."

Guo Shao was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly said in a deep voice: "What you look like is born, it's not big, don't believe it."

Qingxu stared at the single eyelid eyes very round: "But today the queen sister said that if you continue to touch it, it will grow bigger."

"Continue?" Guo Shao, "I just touched it that day, didn't I stop in time? You still told the queen... Didn't you say it, quietly? "

Qingxu's pure melon-seeded face was very innocent, she said: "It seems that she said whether to tell Master, but she didn't say whether to say it or not. It doesn't matter if I tell the queen sister, she was the one who taught me."

"That's all." Guo Shao said helplessly. Qingxu pestered him and said: "Then are you going to help me?" Guo Shao said: "You ask Jing Niang for help, she has a way." Qingxu looked at him suspiciously. Guo Shao laughed and said, "Look at Jingniang's height." Qingxu suddenly realized, and Guo Shao warned, "Don't say I told you."

Seeing Qingxu's thin back passing between the willow branches, Guo Shao wondered why the queen was playing tricks on this little lady, and really couldn't figure out what she was thinking, but it didn't seem to be a big deal, and it didn't hurt too much.

Guo Shao thought of Li's wife's invitation again, so he decided to go to the appointment. Mrs. Li probably can't go out once a year, and this time she goes out for an outing, mostly just to look forward to meeting herself; disappointing her, I can't bear it... If I miss the appointment this time, I'm afraid it will make her sad for a long time.

The day happened to be a bathing vacation at the end of February, but the bathing vacation was only one day. Guo Shao made some preparations.

The next day, I told Han Tong a day off, because the Datong Temple was still some distance away from Tokyo, and I had to go back and forth in a day, so I might be in a hurry when I got there. Then he chose his entourage, and Guo Shao asked Luo Mengzi and several other soldiers to accompany him; he also asked Jing Niang and one of her subordinates to go out together just to play. The south bank of the Yellow River and the Gyeonggi area have good law and order, and there are no bandits and thieves, and they were wiped out by the officers and soldiers. Guo Shao and others are quite skilled, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Jing Niang suggested: "Send someone to the inn to book a place to stay, otherwise there may be a lot of people visiting Taishi Mountain from Tokyo recently, and they won't be able to find a place to stay."

Guo Shao thought so, so he sent his family's soldiers to take the money and go to the inn near Datong Temple to reserve three rooms. He lives in one room alone, Jingniang and her female subordinates live in one room, and Luo Mengzi and others live together.

At the end of the month, Guo Shao and his party dressed up in cloth robes and headed out, and rode out on horseback.

The weather has completely warmed up, and it is sunny again, and the scenery on the outskirts of the Central Plains is very pleasant. Moreover, it rained for several days a while ago, and it cleared up during this period. Sure enough, there were many tourists along the way, and many people went out with their families for outings.