Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Fu Jinzhan is obsessed with daydreams, which are completely unfulfilled. She still thinks very seriously: "First of all, conquer the Kingdom of Shu. The five grains of the Kingdom of Shu have been plentiful and the weather has been smooth and peaceful for decades, and they are very prosperous; moreover, the monarchs and ministers enter Shu from outside the mountains. They are not enterprising and weak. You can gain high prestige by destroying the country, and you can get more military expenses...I will use a part of it to build a tall building for you."

Guo Shao, like everyone who is loyal to Fu Jinzhan, hopes that she will cheer up and be happy. He didn't want to see Fu Jinzhan tangled and sad, so he naturally wouldn't interfere with her fantasies, and asked very cooperatively, "What is the building built for, and what is its name?"

"Tongque Terrace." Fu Jinzhan said with a calm smile.

Guo Shao: "..."

Fu Jinzhan's eyes were very bright, with a half-smile expression: "I said that I would not treat you badly. Mrs. Huarui from Shu Kingdom and Zhouxian sisters from Southern Tang Dynasty are all beautiful women who are famous all over the world. If you capture them, I will build a building for you to hide your beauty. I also have to write a sentence in my own handwriting: Tongquechun has been locked for two weeks."

Guo Shaodao: "If this is too arrogant, will it be discussed by the world?"

Fu Jinzhan said indifferently: "The Zhou Dynasty conquered so many places in the Southern and Northern Wars, are you afraid of being talked about as unkind?"

Guo Shaoxin said: Zhao Kuangyin may have fled to the Northern Han Dynasty, but we can take the opportunity to threaten the Northern Han Dynasty with force, telling them to hand over Zhao Kuangyin, or use troops... It is expected that the Liao Kingdom will not be able to use large-scale military forces again to protect the Northern Han Dynasty.

But the Queen Mother was not discussing national policy with him, but dreaming, and he had no intention of disobeying her.

...

The place where the Empress Dowager summoned Guo Shao was in the apse of Jinxiang Palace, not in the harem. But Guo Shao didn't dare to stay any longer and hurried to leave.

There was still light rain outside, but in Guo Shao's opinion, the weather was not that cloudy. He felt that the stone slab and brick floor seemed to have just been washed after being wet. The air was a little more clean and cool, with light rain, and the palace pavilions were a little less domineering and more graceful.

Before coming here, Guo Shao was with Li's young lady, but now she should have been escorted home by Luo Meng. Guo Shao thought about it for a while, he was too embarrassed to go to her again, he had to find a time to see her again, and then it would be better to go to Li's house to make an appointment. In order not to be too glorious under the eyes of Li Chuyun... There is a problem that Guo Shao has no money now. In order to provide for the families of the soldiers, he even gave away the dowry of Fu's second sister, so he has to find a way to collect some money back.

There is another aspect to consider. If it was agreed in front of Second Sister Fu that taking a concubine would require her approval, she had to take Second Sister Fu back first before coaxing her. If the young lady of the Li family wants to enter Guo's mansion, the day is not a day or two, so she can't be careless.

Guo Shao then went out of Donghua Gate, and first went to a barracks stationed in the left wing of Hu Jie's army.

Several generals rode up to greet him, Guo Shao got out of the carriage, exchanged some pleasantries, and seeing Luo Meng was there, he asked, "Third brother, have you sent the man somewhere?" Luo Meng said, "Miss of Commander Li? You sent him back early."

After hearing this, Guo Shao's face was slightly displeased, Lao Luo was short-sighted, and yelled a bird in front of the generals!

He ignored Luo Meng, went into a room and asked someone to call Jing Niang over.

I saw that Jingniang was wearing a military uniform and armor, she was tall and tall, she really had a bit of a heroic temperament, plus she had a handsome face, she looked more attractive than those real warriors... Guo Shao also wondered if she was cast in the wrong baby?

"Has Zhao Pu recruited?" Guo Shao asked.

She handed over a stack of papers: "This is his confession."

Guo Shao flipped through it casually, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to scratch the back of his head a few times. He found that he was still in a semi-blind state. This kind of handwritten traditional characters without punctuation was a bit sloppy, and it was very difficult to read.

He simply slapped the paper and said, "Tell me, what did Zhao Pu confess?"

Jing Niang found a chair and sat down, and explained a bunch of trivial things in detail. Guo Shao yawned when he heard it, and couldn't help complaining: "Can't you pick up the important ones?"

Jing Niang frowned and said, "It's all like this, I don't know which one is more important."

Guo Shao said angrily: "That guy won't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, you go and threaten him, tomorrow his wife and daughter will be taken to the Hujie army barracks to serve as prostitutes!" Jing Niang said: "Isn't that... not good?" Guo Shao said casually, "What's wrong? If it always falls into his hands, it won't be much better. Just threaten him like this, and see if he dares to ignore you."

Jing Niang frowned: "I'll ask someone to bring him here, and the master will personally interrogate him."

Not long after, Zhao Pu walked in with a walking stick and was dragged in. When he saw Guo Shao, his face turned pale. He seemed to feel very guilty when he saw Guo Shao, and quickly knelt down on the ground, saying: "I know I was wrong, but I hope General Guo is magnanimous, so I have to kneel here and beg for forgiveness, spare my dog's life!"

Luo Meng next to him laughed and said, "There are still people in the world who say they are dogs, hahaha!"

Zhao Pu was humiliated and knelt on the ground even more ashamed.

Guo Shao came forward to help Zhao Pu with a smile on his face, Zhao Pu hurriedly said: "General Guo will not forgive me, I dare not get up."

"Just now I was discussing with someone whether I should arrest your wife and daughter to serve as camp prostitutes. You see, the soldiers in the left wing can't rest for a while, and it's boring to be in the barracks all day long." Guo Shao stretched out his hand and stroked his back twice.

Zhao Pu's face changed drastically.

Guo Shao said kindly again: "But I think Mr. Zhao is also full of knowledge, and he is determined to fight for it."

"Really...really?" Zhao Pu shook his head doubtfully.

Guo Shaodao: "But you are always protecting Zhao Kuangyin, how do I know if you miss the old master and let you go, what if you seek revenge on me? Since you still want to be loyal to Zhao Kuangyin and be my enemy, can I treat you lightly?"

Zhao Pu hurriedly said: "It's in this situation, I still protect the Lord... What is Zhao Kuangyin doing? Now I want to be a commoner but I can't."

Guo Shaodao: "I know people, face but not heart, how should I treat you? So, think about it, if one day I fall into your hands, how will you torment me?"

"Don't dare dare." Zhao Pu bowed his head and said.

Guo Shao said generously: "It's okay, just think about it, and I don't know what you think."

Zhao Pu's face was green and white for a while, trembling. Guo Shao waited for a long time before saying: "I want to try all the methods you think of against me on you."

Zhao Pu remained silent. Guo Shaodao: "Why don't we start trying one by one now?"

Zhao Pu said suddenly: "I...I think of a very important matter."

"Come on, let's take a seat." Guo Shao himself pulled up a chair, and was very patiently ready to listen.

Jing Niang on the side looked at him in amazement, a little admiring and a little unbelievable. Guo Shao's eyes swept over her, and he thought: You haven't experienced the pressure and fear of being threatened with disaster several times, so naturally you can't tell Zhao Pu to be honest.

Zhao Pu hesitated for a while, then said: "Zhao Sanlang... is the Saburo who intends to assassinate General Guo, he raped and killed his sister-in-law He Shi!"

Even Guo Shao was surprised when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Do you have proof?" Everyone present was immediately attracted to Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu said helplessly: "There is no evidence for such a thing. I guessed it from some clues. Maybe Mother Zhao knew the truth, and she covered up Sanlang and suppressed this matter."

He paused and continued: "When Mrs. He passed away, my lord... Zhao Kuangyin and I were both in Huainan, so we didn't see it with our own eyes. But later I overheard two servants talking in the Zhao Mansion, saying that Mrs. He's body was quietly fished up from a dry well, and her clothes were disheveled; it was buried hastily afterwards."

"Which two slaves, do you remember what they look like?" Guo Shao asked hurriedly.

Zhao Pu shook his head: "I didn't see it clearly, and I forgot after talking about it for too long."

"Male and female?" Guo Shao asked.

Zhao Pu said: "Female."

Guo Shao immediately asked Jingniang: "A few days ago I ordered Zhao's residence to be surrounded, did the people escape?" Jingniang said: "Of course the home of such a person has been besieged and watched."

"Very good." Guo Shao nodded, lowered his head, put his fingers on the table and knocked lightly a few times unconsciously. After a long time, he raised his head and said bluntly: "Jing Niang, take people to the Zhao Mansion immediately, separate everyone, and find out the number, identity, and whereabouts of the women who 'disappeared' or were dismissed from the Zhao Mansion from the year before last to this year."

Jing Niang clasped her fists and said, "Yes."

Guo Shao said again: "The third brother took a few people to Mrs. He's cemetery and looked at it in turn, just in case nothing happened. I will go to the officials of Kaifeng Mansion to open the coffin for an autopsy."

Luo Meng touched Yuan's head and asked Zhao Pu, "Where is Mrs. He's grave?"

... Guo Shao came out of the door, and Jing Niang came out and said: "Could it be because Zhao Pu was forced to rush, and made up things?"

Guo Shao walked back and forth a few steps, remembering that Zhao San was suspected of murdering his own brother in history, and it seemed that Zhao Kuangyin's wives didn't live long. Immediately said: "There are good people and bad people in this world. There are all kinds of people. You can't judge everyone with your own mind."

Jing Niang asked: "Does the master think Zhao Pu's words are credible?"

"I don't know if it's credible or not..." Guo Shao murmured, "But I know that once such a scandal is exposed, the Zhao family will definitely fall! We want to clean up Zhao Kuangyin's chaotic party in the imperial army. If we don't turn them into villains who do all kinds of evil, don't we want us to call ourselves murderers of Zhongliang?"

Jing Niang whispered: "Would it be too much to do that, and slander other people's family's important matters of human relations."

"Who knows if it is slander, even I don't know." Guo Shao said seriously, "If it is true, then of course it would be better."

If those wise people were defeated at the beginning, what kind of conclusion would they have made, whether it was the king or the bandit? Guo Shao found it really difficult to figure it out. But he can be sure that if he lost a few days ago, Zhao Kuangyin would definitely not say that he is a loyal minister; maybe for the legitimacy of the regime, he would have made up the matter between himself and the Queen Mother early on.