Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In two days, it will be the 15th day of the sixth lunar month. During the great dynasty, all middle and high-level civil and military officials in Beijing will go to the Jinxiang Hall to worship.

When all the civil and military officials arrived at the main hall one after another, Chai Rong, who was wearing a gown robe, walked slowly to the upper throne amidst the majestic and slow sound of drum music. An eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs stood behind him, and all the entourage followed him. Only when the emperor walks slowly through the hall with his head held high can he show his arrogance.

Chai Rong is a martial artist. He is usually not very particular about etiquette, and he does things more freely. Maybe he doesn't even understand some etiquette... Because if the civil servants in the court can answer most of the etiquette questions, it is enough to be promoted immediately. It can be seen that it is not easy for even aristocratic bureaucrats who specialize in classics to understand many etiquette systems since the Zhou Dynasty.

However, occasionally on some occasions, Chai Rong still has to put on a show, which is very particular, such as Dachao. "Boom, boom, boom..." Amidst the sound of bells and drums, he held the ribbon around his waist in one hand and walked steadily. The pace is slow, as if he is acting in a play, and he seems to be enjoying the process of being watched.

Every time he went to a place, the ministers on both sides knelt down on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty's holy life is boundless!"

Everyone cooperates with this scene. Showing the majesty of the emperor and the loyalty of the courtiers, after repeated training in this way, it is estimated that it is the same as pyramid schemes, and everyone is gradually getting used to that kind of worship mentality.

Chai Rong finally sat on the throne, and the eunuch under the throne sang, "Let's play something!"

Chai Rong looked down with great interest, and everyone faced him respectfully. Everyone dared not look up because of the etiquette system; on the contrary, the emperor could look down and observe everyone from a condescending height.

While listening to the minister's report, he glanced over several important people. Chai Rong stopped suddenly when he was on Guo Shao, who had just married Fu Ermei.

Not knowing why, Chai Rong suddenly felt hostile and disliked Guo Shao.

Guo Shao is also completely different from Zhao Kuangyin. He is tall, strong, strong and tall, and he is not yet twenty-one years old. Chai Rong could tell from his standing posture and body outline that Guo Shao must be muscular and not thick in the waist... Because Chai Rong is very experienced, when selecting the guards in front of the palace, he specially selected such muscular men with thin waists (bear waists), and too many people looked at them.

That fellow is as thick-skinned as other generals, but he is young after all, completely different from Zhao Kuangyin's dark face and skin color. raise.

Chai Rong observed Guo Shao specially, and really felt that this guy was good-looking. In the emperor's sharp gaze, he didn't treat men like Guo Shao the same as those dandies from aristocratic families.

There was an inexplicable hostility in his heart, and he couldn't tell where this intuition came from... Chai Rong thought about it calmly, and finally tasted it: rival in love! Yes, this feeling is very similar to the mood when I admired a certain woman when I was young and then had competitors.

But this is too funny, does the emperor have a rival in love? The harem is selected side by side in the world, regardless of whether those women are liked or not.

Maybe it's because Guo Shao married his sister-in-law? In addition, when Guo Shao rescued the talisman in Huainan, he behaved better than the talisman's husband. All these clues of intuition were buried in Chai Rong's heart.

Chai Rong settled down and thought about the whole thing rationally, and he didn't intend to care about it. Because those intuitions are all speculation, and there is no actual evidence at all. If he rewards and punishes at will because of his personal senses, he will not be able to achieve his current achievements, and it will be quite detrimental to his great achievements in the future.

... Guo Shao still kept silent in the court, he didn't want to show up at all, but because his position was too high, he had to stand in the front position.

It's mainly the civil servants talking about it, but it's not boring. In fact, you can increase your knowledge and see the way of thinking of high-level bureaucrats from the words and deeds of ministers. Even if the thinking and knowledge of the ancients are somewhat limited, these people are after all a small group at the top of the pyramid, and they are the elites who maximize their wisdom within their limitations.

After the end of the dynasty, Guo Shao left the Jinxiang Palace with a group of colleagues from the Guard Department as usual.

He first went to the guard office with everyone to deal with some daily affairs. There was nothing important in the morning, but he still had to stay until noon... Even if he didn't do anything, it was not the same as not being there. When you get there, even if you don’t care about it, you can at least follow everyone. If you are not there at all, everyone will treat you as if you don’t exist, and you will gradually lose your sense of existence.

But as soon as noon came, several senior generals excused themselves to go home for dinner and left. According to Guo Shao's experience, except for a few people, they will not come to the government office in the afternoon.

Guo Shao didn't intend to continue to suffer, so he went home early. The newlyweds are still in the honeymoon period, even if they don't take vacation for honeymoon, there is no need to work so hard at this time.

He rode in a carriage after leaving the official office, and now he has formed a habit. There seems to be nothing wrong with riding a carriage. The key is that it is more worry-free. You have to look at the road when riding a horse. It is fine to take a nap in the carriage.

A dull, uninteresting time, waiting to reach the destination amidst the rattling and the "cracking" noise of the wheels. This kind of time is a good time to think, because there is basically nothing to do except think about things.

Guo Shao recalled the scene in the hall just now, and vaguely felt that the emperor seemed to care about him extra. At that time, everyone buried their heads and did not dare to look up, but the vision of the eyes had a blurry range, and many things could be noticed in the peripheral vision without staring. Guo Shao probably has that kind of sense... This makes him a little uneasy. There has been no war for half a year in a row, and I haven't done any meritorious service. Why should the emperor pay attention to himself?

It may also be an illusion, he did something wrong to the emperor, obviously he was somewhat guilty when facing Chai Rong. Sometimes Guo Shao also feels that he is actually a very sensitive person, as long as it is someone he cares about and pays attention to, his sensitive heart can detect the slightest move. The heart of an archer can feel even the subtle changes of the breeze.

Moreover, Guo Shao believed in his intuition more, because his intuition had always been very accurate, and archery relied entirely on that intuition, and there was no reliable basis for hitting the target.

So he was a little restless, but there was nothing he could do. If the emperor really wants to deal with him, what can he do? There is no room for resistance. Companion to the king is like a tiger, sincerity is not empty words, life and death are all in the hands of a tyrant, this kind of feeling is really not very good... No wonder the world spares no effort to scold the tyrants in history. If the emperor behaves inhumanely, it will really make everyone very nervous.

However, considering what Chai Rong has done for more than three years since he ascended the throne, the emperor is quite wise. Maybe worrying too much is just Guo Shao's own psychological problems and his own inability to have a clear conscience, no wonder others. But Guo Shao asked himself that he hadn't done anything to offend his conscience, everything came from the heart and he couldn't help himself.

There are some things that really can't be put out to make sense... Empress Fu is Chai Rong's wife, and Chai Rong is Guo Shao's monarch! It's just how unfaithful and unfilial you think; can you blame the emperor?

Who is to blame?

"Papapa..." A rush of voices awakened Guo Shao's wild thoughts. He opened a corner of the bamboo curtain and looked out, and it really was raining heavily.

Two days ago, the old blacksmith Mr. Huang said that there would be heavy rain, and his prediction was accurate. Old man Huang has rheumatism all over his body, and the weather changes, so he feels pain in advance.

The roof of the carriage is made of felt, but it is not afraid of the rain. It's just that the guards on horseback are about to get drenched. Guo Shao lifted the curtain of the car, just in time to see Luo Mengzi, and shouted: "Third brother, tell the team to hurry up, everyone can take shelter from the rain when we get home."

Luo Mengzi said: "Brother, just go around this street!"