Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

After that night, Guo Shao really never saw Zhou Xian again...

At this time, an extremely important event happened in Hebei: the Jiedu envoy of Zhangde Army, Wang Rao, died of illness.

...

To the northwest of Tokyo, across the Yellow River is Huaizhou: the Heyang Jiedushi Governance. Jiedu envoy Li Jixun not only governed Huaizhou, but also governed the three big cities of Meng, Huai and Ze from south to north. He has been here for more than two years.

Li Jixun is forty-one years old, just in his prime, he is no longer young, but his experience in military administration and battle has already turned his life upside down. He has seen the change of dynasties, defected to the Khitan rulers, and also served the Han dynasty, had great victories and failures, and has seen many storms.

But now, he is facing the biggest hurdle in his life, the biggest wave of life and death.

With a square face and three vertical lines between his eyebrows, Li Jixun stood tall on the high city wall, holding his sword hilt with his left hand, looking at the thousands of troops on the school field. The beard and hair fluttered in the wind, and the armor gleamed dazzlingly in the sun.

"Kill!" The city shouted in unison, and countless soldiers stabbed forward in unison.

The instructor on the earth platform in front took back his horse stance, raised his cherry gun and stood up straight, then stepped forward and stabbed violently, shouting: "Kill!" The army repeated the boring action again following the sound of drums.

Farther away, the yellow dust was billowing, and a large group of cavalry was galloping. The knights screamed strangely, and shot arrows at the roadside targets one after another. The horse soldiers passed by, and the target seemed to be covered with reeds and shot into hedgehogs.

At this moment, a staff member walked quickly up the city wall and whispered something in Li Jixun's ear. Without saying a word, Li Jixun pressed his sword, turned around and left. He got off the city wall and got on his horse vigorously, and a small group of cavalry roared away.

On both sides of the street, a group of strong men blatantly knocked on armor and weapons, and many houses were requisitioned as military supply depots.

There is nothing to hide! No matter how he concealed it, he could not conceal his attempt to prepare the army for war.

Walking to the door, Yang Ji, his confidant general who had been with him for a long time, stepped forward and said, "My lord, all the prisoners in the Sancheng Prison have been released! Including the recruited young men, we have an army of 10,000."

Li Jixun nodded, and walked straight into the lobby, where several men in armor and two men in robes got up and worshiped together.

"Excuse me." Li Jixun waved to several people, turned his head and said, "Shou'en, are you sure Wang Shi (Wang Rao) died of illness?"

His elder Li Shou'en said: "According to my father's order, my son sent a fast horse to Hebei to contact Wang Shi, but found that Wang Shi had died of illness and the city was already in mourning. It can't be wrong!"

"Li Yun's eldest daughter is about to get married. She is about the same age as your second brother and is in the right family. You should go to Luzhou immediately to propose marriage to Li Yun." Li Jixun said in a deep voice.

The staff advised: "No, my lord can send an envoy to go, it is too dangerous for the Grand Duke to go."

Li Jixun ignored it, and recruited Chang Shou'en to enter the house and give him an opportunity. Li Jixun said solemnly: "As a father, I don't have to worry about Shou'en's trip, but this matter is related to the survival of my Li family! We must do our best to recruit Li Yun into the group."

Shou'en bowed solemnly: "Father, I know your painstaking efforts very well."

Li Jixun said: "At that time, my father, Zhao Kuangyin and other brothers were collectively called the 'Ten Brothers of Yishe'. The ten brothers escaped without dying, and my father was spared for a while because he was not in Tokyo. The villains in Tokyo will never let us go!

Now we can no longer take orders from Tokyo, and thought about going north for our father and defecting to brother Zhao (Zhao Kuangyin). But now Zhao Kuangyin's situation in the Northern Han Dynasty is weak, and it is difficult to protect himself, and it is unpredictable on the road of fleeing thousands of miles. It is better to raise troops and wait and see. As long as Li Yun joins the gang, and Li Chongjin in the north, Heyang and Hedong will be connected together; if you enter, you can wait for Tokyo's turmoil to plan big things, and if you retreat, you can lead the army northward into the Northern Han Dynasty, and be invincible. Li Yun is very important. "

Shou'en said: "My son will fulfill his mission!"

...

At the Long Live Hall in Tokyo, Fu Jinzhan also just heard the news of Wang Rao's death.

In the spacious and empty bedroom, the building is old, old and simple, with purple curtains, the dark tone here is mysterious and solemn. But it is also easy to cause people's emotions to be heavy. The surrounding maids stood quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Fu Jinzhan thought about it for a while before deciding on some ideas. There is no need to ask Chai Gui to divorce his wife. The reason why Wang Rao and Chai Gui were married was to stabilize Wang Rao... The key to the fight will be on Li Yun alone.

Her mood is too good, not only because of political affairs. What the eunuch Wang Zhong said just now was still in her ears: five days ago, Li Yu and his wife were in Chen's house in the west of the city, and General Guo went there;

Wang Zhong used to be in charge of the Imperial City Department, a small organization with few people; after Wang Zhong was released, he returned to his post and still managed the places he was in charge of.

Fu Jinzhan sat alone for a while, and then he didn't care about it. He waved his hand to screen the maid, and said to Mu Shanggong: "I'm a little tired, I have to take a nap, wake me up in an hour."

"Here." Mu Shanggong bowed his knees and bowed.

Not long after, Fu Jinzhan fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, the wind in the palace was terrible, and she still had thoughts in her heart, was she in a dream at this time?

... "Where's my head?" Suddenly a voice asked.

When Fu Jinzhan saw it, he was so frightened that he couldn't breathe. He saw a headless general in armor groping around beside the bed, blood still oozing from his neck. A lot of blood was splashed on the blanket on the bed. Fu Jinzhan wanted to call someone, but he couldn't make a sound, he seemed to be unable to breathe with his mouth open.

Then I saw white smoke at the gate of the palace, and a group of generals covered in blood floated in with eyes of hatred. Their seven orifices bleed like soldiers from the underworld. A man in a dragon robe came from behind, his face could not be seen clearly, but Fu Jinzhan knew for some reason that he was Chai Rong!

"I'm back again!" the dragon robed man raised his head and laughed.

Then Zhao Kuangyin and others also came, Zhao Kuangyin said: "Your Majesty, take her back and make her life worse than death!"

"Guo Shao!" Fu Jinzhan finally shouted.

She opened her eyes suddenly, the sun was shining in from the carved window from the west, and the surrounding was quiet. Where did the miserable wind and rain come from, and where is there anyone? Sitting on the bed, Fu Jinzhan felt that his forehead was covered with sweat and his chest heaved.

Only then did I see Mu Shanggong walking in quickly: "The Empress Dowager..."

"What did I shout just now?" Fu Jinzhan asked.

Mu Shanggong was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hands and said, "Your maidservant didn't hear anything."

"I told you to tell the truth!" Fu Jinzhan said angrily.

Mu Shanggong said sternly: "The Queen Mother didn't say anything, the slaves only came in to have a look when they heard some movement on the bed."

Fu Jinzhan looked at her with a frown and said, "I want to see General Guo immediately and have him summoned to the palace!"

"Are you meeting at the Long Live Hall?" Mu Shanggong said.

Fu Jinzhan murmured, "Go to the back hall of Jinxiang Palace."

After she gave orders, she sent the palace maid to come in to serve and change her clothes. She dressed casually in a yellow uniform and got out of the car. She passed the Xuanyou Gate in a sedan chair and went to the Jinxiang Palace in the south. She was waiting in a study in the apse.

Not long after, Guo Shao heard Guo Shao say outside the curtain: "I see the Queen Mother."

Hearing this calm and masculine voice, Fu Jinzhan felt a little relieved, and said in a trembling voice: "You come in, everyone else goes out!" Guo Shao lifted the curtain and walked in with a bow, looked up at Fu Jinzhan, his expression changed slightly: "Queen, what happened? What happened to Wang Rao?"

"Have you met Zhou Xian before?" Fu Jinzhan asked directly.

Guo Shaodao: "I have met, and with the arrangement of the Queen Mother the day before yesterday, I have met three times in total."

After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan breathed a sigh of relief: "Why didn't you tell me?"

"The Queen Mother didn't ask." Guo Shao said. Fu Jinzhan asked again: "Why did you see her? Did you have intercourse three times?"

Guo Shaodao: "The first time she wanted me to help Li Yu, the second time the Queen Mother forced her, and the third time Li Yu forced her."

"Are you tempted by Zhou Xian?" Fu Jinzhan asked with a frown.

Guo Shaodao: "The Empress Dowager can strictly order me not to have other women. If there is such a request, instead of saying that she wants to build a building for me to hide her beauty, the first incident may not happen. In this way, I have an idea in my heart, and I can stick to it...but..."

"But how?" Fu Jinzhan looked at his face.

"If I order now, there is one exception. Li Chuyun's eldest daughter, I have to take her in first, otherwise it will easily cause more trouble; Li Chuyun dotes on her very much. If I am too ruthless to her, maybe she will do something or say something."

Fu Jinzhan said: "Just now I said to stick to my thoughts, and then I immediately said the conditions. It can be seen that I can't stop you even if I want to."

Guo Shao stood there with a face of shame.

Fu Jinzhan exhaled softly, and said quietly: "I'm not the second younger sister Fu, and it's not my turn to be jealous... I had a dream in the afternoon, and those people who were killed turned into ghosts and came to me."

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother..."

Fu Jinzhan sighed mildly, "Zhou Xian's balance is actually correct. Although the original is strong, the Tang Dynasty will change every ten years, and the people in the palace will change every few years. What will happen to us?"

"Empress Dowager, the world has been in war for half a century...for fifty years, everyone has suffered from it, and people feel at ease. The world will be divided for a long time, and it will be reunited for a long time. It is time to unify the world for long-term stability." Guo Shao said, "Since we have reached this point, we should follow the general trend and complete the mission of the superior."

Fu Jinzhan said tremblingly, "But I'm still very scared. I have nothing but you..."

Guo Shao was stunned, and said: "How can I reassure the Empress Dowager?" Fu Jinzhan got up, took a few steps, thought for a long time, and then said: "Maybe it's because I'm restless today..."

She thought about Chai Gui again, and just asked Cao Tai to give a hint. Chai Gui said on the spot that he would divorce his wife... Now that the situation has changed, Fu Jinzhan has to send someone to stop him. Many people know that Chai Gui has a deep affection for his first wife, but he is as fragile as a layer of paper when something happens.

Of course Guo Shao is not Chai Gui, his previous actions have proved his sincerity.

"Come here." Fu Jinzhan smiled.

Guo Shao then stepped forward. Fu Jinzhan suddenly hugged him, and an unspeakable warmth enveloped her whole body. She was still ruthless, and suddenly bit Guo Shao's shoulder.

Guo Shao snorted. Fu Jinzhan didn't soften his heart, and bit down with all his strength, only feeling that the muscles in Guo Shao's clothes were all tense, but he didn't move or make a sound.

"Does it hurt?" Fu Jinzhan finally put it on his shoulder and asked gently.

Guo Shao said in a trembling voice: "Take a pain in your long memory. This punishment is too light."

Fu Jinzhan hugged him tightly, and said in a low voice, "But I can't bear to be punished too severely, I would rather perish myself..."