Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The sky is getting darker, and the rainy night is coming extra fast. In the Guo Mansion, the poke lights inserted in the gate and the lanterns in the corridor under the eaves were lit one after another, shining on the wet floor tiles with a cold watery light.

The rain became lighter, and the light rain floated obliquely in the air, but it still didn't stop.

In the hall, Guo Shao, Zuo You, Cao Tai, and Jing Niang were sculpting with a piece of wood, only to hear the wood chips creaking. Guo Shao was the first to complete the carving. He dipped it in the ink well carefully, and then stamped it on a piece of white paper, and a red square seal appeared immediately.

He asked Cao Tai: "Is this the Queen's private seal?"

"It looks very similar at first glance." Cao Tai said, "But it's easy to see that here, here...is not smooth enough."

Guo Shao said: "I can't imitate it in a hurry. I haven't seen the empress's seal anyway, and I guess most people haven't seen it. It's probably just like that..." He glanced at the wood that was less than half carved in Cao Tai's hand, and said, "You can repair this for me. I am strong and responsible for the engraving."

Cao Tai said: "Alright. The Queen's seal is inlaid with gold and jade, and it just needs to be polished smooth."

The printed characters were drawn first by Cao Tai according to memory, and everyone engraved them accordingly. There must be a difference in the effect from the real seal, and it will immediately show its original shape when compared with the real seal; but it doesn't matter, as long as it can scare people who haven't seen it, and others have no chance to compare it.

Also, Cao Tai imitated the queen's handwriting to write Yizhi, and the handwriting could not be exactly the same. But identification is equally difficult.

"The empress's big seal was left by the previous dynasty, but she has her own private seal, but she has never seen it used... The seal drawn by Zajia now is roughly what the empress's private seal looks like." Cao Tai thought for a while and said with certainty, "Zajia has been with the empress since she was in Yedu, and she has never seen her use a private seal. The handwriting is nowhere to be found. She did not take anything written by herself, and it was all dictated."

Guo Shao nodded and said, "That's true. Up to now, I haven't seen a single word from the Empress, and I haven't even seen what her handwriting looks like."

Cao Tai said: "So unless you show it to the Empress to personally screen it, outsiders will not be able to tell the truth from the fake."

Guo Shaodao: "It would be better to ask the queen to screen it."

The few people didn't care about eating, and then they got hungry, so they asked Jing Niang to go to the kitchen to bring in some pastries, and everyone sat down with tea. After working like this until the evening, Guo Shao felt that the "Jiaozhi" was forged almost like that, so he ordered people to prepare chariots and horses to protect him.

At that moment, Cao Tai and Zuo You waited in a carriage, and left the mansion under the guard of a team of cavalry. There are one or two hundred people in Guo Shao's mansion for a long time, and they come and go a lot, but they are afraid that they will be watched.

Sentinels were set up around his mansion, but no suspicious eyeliner was found. I don't know how Zhao Kuangyin deployed it, and whether he set up an intelligence eyeliner, but he must be careful.

Guo Shao rushed to the west of the city first. It is now night in Tokyo, and there are still some pedestrians on the street. The gates of the city have been closed long ago, but the city can still pass unimpeded... After the disintegration of the city and square city structure in the Tang Dynasty, to promote commercial development, there are no separate and closed squares. (So ​​you can still do business in the streets and alleys without going to the east and west cities.)

There are still official shops on the street to maintain law and order, but the official servants don't care about the dignitaries.

Guo Shao's team went to Chen Jiali's Mansion in the west of the city! At this time, even if Zhao Kuangyin's people spread out the intelligence eyeliner like Guo Shao, then he must have not paid attention to Mrs. Chen... a merchant, is it worth the effort to guard against it? Guo Shao has not been in touch with Mrs. Chen since the recent tense situation, and there is no sign of it.

Guo Shao asked someone to knock on the door and handed in his greeting card. After a while, the corner door opened, and Aunt Sun came out, looking at the carriages and horses parked at the door. Guo Shao came out, the long pole carried by his entourage poked at the light, Guo Shao raised the umbrella on his head, Aunt Sun immediately recognized Guo Shao, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Unexpectedly, General Guo is here now..."

"It is indeed too late, which has caused a lot of inconvenience to Mrs. Chen. But I have to see Mrs. Chen for important matters. Is it possible? I will leave as soon as I see you." Guo Shao said sincerely.

Aunt Sun hesitated slightly, and hurriedly said: "Forgive General Guo, it was indeed at night...you wait for a while, and then I will ask Madam."

Not long after, Aunt Sun came back and said directly: "Please, General Guo."

Guo Shao and a group of people entered the mansion under umbrellas, then left some people at the door, and entered the main hall in the courtyard with Cao Tai and others. Guo Shao has been to this place.

Aunt Sun said: "General Guo and you are waiting here. I will call someone to serve tea. Madam will be here soon." After finishing speaking, she glanced at Zuo You and Cao Tai, probably because she thought they were men.

This Mrs. Chen is still so hypocritical, but it is not easy for someone to let Guo Shao into the house at night.

Guo Shao saw that there were slaves in the hall, so he said, "Please bring us to Mrs. Chen immediately."

After that, it was very unreasonable to walk into the small door inside. Mrs. Chen came out of that door last time. Aunt Sun couldn't forcefully stop her, so she hurriedly followed. Guo Shao walked out of the small door, only to see a corridor with several huts beside it. Mrs. Chen and several maids have come to the corridor.

Mrs. Chen was surprised when she saw this. But still calmly knelt on the spot and made a blessing: "I have met General Guo, thank you General Guo for avenging my husband."

Guo Shaodao: "I take the liberty to disturb you tonight. I really need something to ask. I wonder if I can take a step to speak?" After saying that, he looked at the maid beside her.

Mrs. Chen looked serious, pursed her lips lightly, and said, "You guys go down first."

"Yes." The maids bowed and retreated.

This big family pays great attention to etiquette and appearance, and looks calm and unhurried. But at this time Guo Shao was a little anxious. He only wanted to stay with Mrs. Chen for a while, but he had to waste some time.

At this moment, Guo Shao casually opened the door of a room, seeing no one inside, he immediately said: "Madam Chen, let's come in and talk."

There is only one Aunt Sun left beside Chen Jiali. Chen Jiali looked a little panicked and blushed, and whispered, "General Guo, what do you want to do?"

"Come in and talk." Guo Shao said.

Chen Jiali hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and entered the door with Aunt Sun. Guo Shao immediately called his companions to enter the house together, and immediately locked the door. Now he doesn't care about other people's feelings and situation at all, and starts to take off his clothes without saying a word.

"General Guo!" Chen Jiali covered her face.

"I only change my coat." Guo Shao frowned, and while calling several people to change clothes together, he said, "Today, I came to Mrs. Chen for help, just to get out of here; just thinking about it, Mrs. Chen's place is the least likely place to be noticed, and the mansion is too big, so it's not easy to guard. Even if my opponent wants to send people to watch all around temporarily, it's too late... Hey! Mrs. Chen, don't do this. If I want to do something to you, do I need to be in such a hurry?"

Mrs. Chen finally agreed with Guo Shao's statement, put down her hands and asked, "Why did General Guo want to get away?"

"It's a long story, I'll tell you later." Guo Shaodao, "Although he is only staying at the residence temporarily, Mrs. Chen has also helped a lot."

Now Guo Shao wants to do his best in every small link at all costs.

He put on a cloth robe and put on a hood. He moved very quickly, and threw the military uniform he was wearing to Zuo You: "Put it on, you go out in a while, take my car and go straight home. Remember to hold your umbrella and keep it low."

Zuo You cupped his fists and said, "I understand."

Guo Shao turned his head to Chen Jiali again and said, "There must be a small door in another direction of the house, right? Ask Aunt Sun to drive away the people along the road. I will leave here through the small door in a while."

Chen Jiali looked puzzled and gradually became nervous.

Guo Shao glanced at her: "I will remember Mrs. Chen's kindness this time."

"I didn't do anything, how can I talk about kindness, General Guo is serious." She said.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment: "If someone comes to ask about tonight's affairs... Usually others don't have the energy to pay attention to these details. I mean, if someone asks, you can ask Aunt Sun to say that I am here to say goodbye, because I will leave Beijing tomorrow to find pills for the emperor; in addition, Mrs. Chen had better live in another place, and she will come out after ten days of avoidance."

Mrs. Chen said: "Find the pill for the emperor?"

Guo Shao nodded and said, "Do as I say."

After getting ready, Guo Shao and Cao Tai were led by Aunt Sun through the small door of the inner house to find out the Chen family's mansion, and immediately walked into an alley, and they walked quickly by the side of the street with umbrellas.

After walking a few streets and alleys, I saw Jingniang at the mouth of an alley. She led three horses, and when she saw Guo Shao, she handed over two bamboo hats. The three of them didn't say a word, Guo Shao and Cao Tai immediately put on their bamboo hats and got on their horses.

Sanqi jogged along the side street and headed straight to the east of the city.

For a long time recently, Guo Shao went out with armed guards from the front and back, and it has been a long time since he rode a horse in Tokyo like this. But now he doesn't care about the danger at all, he has already risked his life... At this juncture, he has to go to the general of the imperial army for a secret discussion, and he can't hold back and swagger.

Guo Shao and the other three went straight to Li Chuyun's mansion.

When they got near Li Chuyun's mansion, Guo Shao asked Cao Tai to go up and send the greeting card, which was sealed in an envelope. After waiting for a long time, Cao Tai returned to report, and then Guo Shao and Jing Niang led the horses to the gate of the mansion, lowered the bamboo hats very low, and when they saw Li Chuyun, they were put directly into the gate.

The three of them followed Li Chuyun into the inner house, at this moment, they suddenly saw Mrs. Li standing in the corridor, calling out in a trembling voice: "General Guo."

Guo Shao lifted his bamboo hat and raised his head to look at her.

Li Chuyun scolded: "What are you doing out here?"

Guo Shao couldn't say anything in front of Li Chuyun, he just looked at Mrs. Li and looked at each other. In the current situation, he naturally didn't care about his affairs with Mrs. Li, so he could only say: "The wait won't be too long."

The people present couldn't understand the meaning of his words for a while, but they seemed to feel that they were speaking to Li Niangzi, because Li Niangzi was the only one who spoke to him just now. Guo Shao can only speak in this mysterious way, so it is inconvenient to speak too bluntly.

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