Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

When Zhao Kuangyin returned to the mansion, he saw cars and horses parked in front of the gate. The yards for raising horses and keeping chariots and battles are already full, and visitors can only lean their chariots and horses on the street and ask the servants to watch.

In front of the gate stood a very tall wooden post, which was tied with white paper, and the paper was blown in the air and "cracked" continuously. Under the eaves of the mansion and at the door, there were white mourning cloths hung up. In this situation, even a passer-by would know at a glance that someone in Zhao's mansion was dead.

"Dushi Zhao." "General Zhao..." Many people in the yard greeted him, and everyone was waiting to enter the mourning hall to pay homage to the deceased. Zhao Kuangyin, who was surrounded by servants, pulled his face, but he also clasped his fists in return one by one, without saying much.

In the mourning hall, an old man called several people's names, and several people walked in and worshiped the spiritual tablet and the coffin above. Next to the memorial tablet, the children and close relatives of the Zhao family led the servants of the house to kneel in two rows, kowtowing to the guests who came to mourn.

Zhao Kuangyin asked a servant: "Is my mother in the mourning hall?"

The servant replied: "The old lady was too sad and went to the backyard."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't enter the mourning hall, but walked straight in from the side of the house. Sure enough, seeing Zhao's mother Du Si sitting on a chair and sighing, her face showing pain, she was about to cry. The servants beside her kept rubbing her back, trying to persuade: "My condolences to the old lady, your body is important."

"My son is back." Zhao Kuangyin walked into the room and bowed down.

Du Shi sat up straight, stretched out his hand to find the crutch beside him, and asked, "What should the officials do with it?"

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the servants next to him, and waved: "Everyone go down first." Several servants hurriedly knelt down and said, "Here." At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin said: "The government doesn't deal with it very much. I got some money, which is the funeral expenses given by the government."

After hearing this, Mrs. Du was furious, and said, "How much money can buy the lives of your father and Saburo!"

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly said: "Mother, please calm down." Mrs. Du said coldly: "The bones of the two people in the hall outside are not yet cold! You said it lightly, and let someone bully our Zhao family? Then what is Guo Shao's background?"

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his hands and thought for a while, then said softly, "He saved the queen's life last year."

Du Shi said: "Queen, Fu family? It's not up to the people of the Fu family to have the final say in the world of Great Zhou! Sanlang... the old man with white hair sends a black-haired man, San Lang is always the most filial..."

"The child is unfilial." Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed again, "I would like to express my condolences to my mother, first bury my father and third younger brother, let them rest in peace, and let go of other things for the time being. The officials don't want to see the child fighting with Guo Shao, and the child dare not disregard the official's general plan for personal revenge."

After hearing this, Mrs. Du cried for a while, but didn't bother too much, and could only say, "Erlang must take good care of the funeral".

When Zhao Kuangyin thought of the two coffins on the mourning hall in the outer courtyard, he felt angry and sad, and his eyes were sore with anger.

But he still didn't intend to continue entangled in this matter, because it was useless. On the road to great ambitions, there will always be many thorns that hinder people's progress, not only temptations, but also anger and hatred... But those enemies that make people go astray may be just enemies at a stage in the long run, and it is not worth taking all of yourself against them.

In contrast, Zhao Kuangyin cares more about realizing his ambitions... The reasoning behind this is very simple: now, disregarding the overall situation to fight against the opponent, not to mention the victory or defeat, it will definitely hurt both sides. Guo Shao will have to pay the price, and Zhao Kuangyin himself will not be well. Which option is more sensible?

Only those who can bear the unbearable can have the last laugh!

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When Guo Shao returned to the mansion, he saw Li Chuyun and other cadres at the gate of the courtyard opposite. He went to meet his brothers first.

He was carrying a bag, which might have weighed more than ten catties, and inside were some gold and silver wares, rewarded to him by the palace. I don't know why the reward was given, maybe it was to encourage them to be aware of the overall situation... Anyway, it was definitely not to reward him for being suspected of killing Zhao San.

... The former owner of this yard was a civil servant in Kaifeng Mansion, and he preferred to be quiet. Guo Shao sent Zuo You to discuss with the owner of the house, but the other party was upright and sold it immediately at a fair price. Now it is the place where the soldiers of the Guo family live, and there are more than 50 people on duty day and night; other family members also live here, and the whole courtyard is home to a hundred people. This place is like a barracks for garrison troops, but Guo Shao seems to be justified in doing so; most of the soldiers on duty did not wear armor, but took weapons.

Seeing Guo Shao come in, Yang Biao asked first, "Brother, what's the matter?"

All the generals looked over and waited for the result. Everyone was very concerned... Mainly, there were a group of generals promoted from the bottom around Guo Shao. They really couldn't let Guo Shao fall. If they fell, everyone had to break up and fight back to their original form.

Guo Shao then said kindly: "You don't need to worry for the time being. The officials asked Zhao Dushi to swear with me, no longer care about the previous grievances, and put the country's affairs first. Zhao Kuangyin swore first, and I think he should be willing to listen to the officials' advice."

After hearing this, Li Chuyun nodded and said: "What my lord sees is true, Zhao Kuangyin shouldn't be a person who doesn't care about the consequences in such matters. If he does this, he probably won't be able to please the officials. After all, the current emperor is a Mingjun who can suppress others."

Guo Shaodao: "That's true. Now the officials are focused on the Northern Expedition and the recovery of Hebei. If some of Zhao Kuangyin and I disagree with each other, say one thing and do another, and affect the country's general plan, I am afraid that the officials will be very angry and disappointed." Zhao Kuangyin managed to gain the emperor's trust and reliance, so there was no need to be in a hurry and waste all his previous efforts.

Luo Yanhuan said: "However, the lord and the Zhao family's enmity has become bigger now, and it is more difficult to settle than Li Chongjin's."

"That's right." Guo Shao didn't hold back, and nodded in agreement.

Li Chongjin's side was just a dispute of emotions at first, and later Guo Shao cleaned up his people in the bodyguard department, which was also a normal way, and the rest of the bodyguard department also followed the accomplices; everyone was fighting for power and profit. But Zhao Kuangyin now has two corpses in his home, and I'm afraid this enmity can't be resolved at all... If Guo and Zhao can't solve it in this lifetime, maybe the descendants will have to distinguish between high and low. Just like in the past, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong fought for a lifetime, and after they died, their sons finally decided the winners and losers. Li Keyong's son destroyed Zhu Wen's family and his dynasty.

At this point, there is no way, and there is another powerful enemy.

Guo Shao said: "There is no serious problem now, everyone is scattered, it is not good to gather at my house."

Then everyone bid farewell.

When Guo Shao returned home, Yulian saw him and said, "Mrs. Gao sent someone here this morning, saying that going to Prince Wei's Mansion to propose a marriage will go smoothly. Next, we need our family to prepare a betrothal gift and send it to the Daming Mansion in Hebei before discussing the date of the wedding. Madam Gao left a message, asking Mr. Lang to find time to go to Gao's house to discuss this matter."

Zhao Kuangyin's family is having a funeral, so Guo Shao is talking about the dowry here. But it doesn't matter, Zhao Kuangyin is not a relative of Guo Shao, his family's funeral has nothing to do with Guo Shao, and it can't stop others from planning happy events.

Dowry costs a lot of money, Guo Shao's family background is not rich, and he is a little short of money right now. He handed over the ten kilograms of heavy metal bags in his hand to Yulian, and the money rewarded by the emperor happened to be pooled together for the dowry.

After he finished talking to Yulian, he saw Jingniang again in front of the gatehouse of the flying bridge in the back garden. Jing Niang followed him into the back garden, and then said in a low voice: "I went to Dongshi in the morning, and unexpectedly met the eunuch Cao Tai, so I told him the words."

"Understood..." Guo Shao said again, "I haven't heard from the queen recently. Last time, didn't I say that I would help you rebuild the Yuzhen Temple?"

Jingniang said: "No, except that I took the initiative to find Cao Tai this morning, no one in the palace has contacted me."

After hearing this, Guo Shao stopped talking.

...

He needs the support of Fu Hou very much now, not only practical help, but also psychological support. Perhaps it is because Guo Shao has come to the present and Fu Shi has played a vital role, so that he has gradually developed a certain sense of psychological dependence on Fu Shi.

In the past, Guo Shao relied on Fu's family to be promoted to the top. In the future, he will also need her and rely on her even more.

For a moment, Guo Shao had the illusion that he had done a lot of things since he came here thousands of years ago. In fact, everything summed up: it was just a process of getting close to that woman.

From the distant to impossible distance at the beginning, the distance of a thousand years suddenly shortened to an era; then there was a huge difference in status, and the distance continued to shrink... Until now, Guo Shao feels that it is getting closer. After marrying Fu Ermei, she was already close to the level of relatives.

"Recently, we need to prepare the dowry, so we can't delay." Guo Shao immediately put this matter on the agenda, and turned to Jing Niang, "Send someone to Dongshi, and inform the owner of a shop called 'Shen Lichen Weaving', and ask them to send someone who can make decisions to Guo's mansion, and there is a big business to take care of them."

Jing Niang said: "I'll call Bai Xiangu to go later."

Guo Shao nodded and said: "Bai Xiangu went to discuss the matter, maybe the other party will send someone to ask about the situation first; if it is a woman, let Yulian receive it first. When they send the person in charge to handle this matter, then ask me to see him, so as to save a few troubles."

He thought: he should buy some things like silk and satin instead of just taking money. Cloth and satin seem to take up space, and if you get some other gifts at that time, you can make the betrothal gift into many boxes, which is very beautiful;

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(In order to ensure the quality to the greatest extent, Xifeng will continue to stabilize for a period of time starting from today, and the time for adding changes after 11 o'clock in the evening is gone. Please forgive me. By the way, the average order now is more than 1,200, less than 2,000.)