Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao raised his right arm slightly, let the loose yellow sleeves slide down naturally, and then stretched out his hand to unfold the memorial. In Li Chuyun's handwriting, he praised Empress Duanci (Fu Jinzhan) for being virtuous and benevolent, and also said that Your Majesty should not be overworked. Letting Empress Duanci rule in the West Palace is an act that is in line with the hearts of the army and the people.

That's interesting! Li Chuyun and the Fu family should not be on the right track. Guo Shao looked again, and it was indeed Li Chuyun's handwriting.

Guo Shao immediately understood: Li Chuyun had already sensed the risk.

He put down the memorial, looked up at Zuo You, and asked, "How does Zuo Shaoqing feel about Li Chuyun's memorial?"

Zuo You seemed to have already figured out what to say, because he sent the memorial to Guo Shao on his own initiative. Zuo You immediately replied: "Responding to His Majesty's words, General Shi wrote a letter to sue him if Li Du inspected and didn't know about it."

Guo Shao nodded thoughtfully, stretched out his hand to pick up a sunspot, and landed it on the chessboard with a "slap".

The two fell silent for a while.

Guo Shao felt that Zuo You's words were more reliable. In fact, when ministers speak to the emperor, unless they have to, they are unwilling to lie about specific matters... The crime of deceiving the emperor is a kind of coercion in their hearts.

The events of the past few days are a bit complicated, but there are only three days before and after, and there are only four things on the table: the day before yesterday, Fan Zhi wrote a letter to impeach Fu Jinzhan in power; yesterday morning, Guo Shao brought Fan Zhi’s memorial to the ministers;

Guo Shao thought about the time difference, Li Chuyun's memorial was written not long ago, because they were in the center, and the memorial could go directly to the Privy Council of the Imperial City first, with very little setbacks.

So when Li Chuyun was thinking about things and writing the memorial, he didn't know what Shi Yanchao had sued him... It should almost be the case.

The windows on both sides of Yangde Hall were open, and the silent cool wind blew on Guo Shao's face. His thoughts were withdrawn from the chaos for a while, and two thoughts that had nothing to do with the clues of the incident came to his mind: first, Li Chuyun's objective strength was far from enough; second, Li Chuyun was very submissive and cautious, and showed no sign of challenging the emperor's authority.

As soon as he thought of this, the chubby eunuch Wang Zhong came in and said: "Report to Your Majesty, Li Du is ordered to have an audience with him, and he is waiting outside the study."

Guo Shao said: "Tell him to come in."

Guo Shao remembered that the eunuch who was on duty here not long ago seemed to be Cao Tai, but now he has become Wang Zhong, it should be the time for them to change their value.

After waiting for a while, Li Chuyun walked into the Hall of Yangde, bowed his fists and said, "I pay homage to Your Majesty."

"Mr. Li, come and sit here." Guo Shao said casually, "I am playing chess with Zuo Shaoqing."

"Your Majesty is in a good mood, and I thank you for giving me a seat." Li Chuyun replied cautiously. He came over and sat upright on the couch on one side, his ass|butt just touching a little cushion, looking more nervous than usual.

The thick | black beard on Li Chuyun's face took up half of his face, the complexion on his face was reddish with black, the color didn't change much, but there was a certain fear in his expression.

Guo Shao can completely imagine Li Chuyun's fear when he learned that he was summoned... He could smell the risk of this matter, so he wrote the memorial, so he was worried.

Guo Shao took out Shi Yanchao's memorial from his arms and handed it to Li Chuyun.

Li Chuyun took a look, his eyes immediately widened, and his beard trembled... He looked very surprised!

After a while, Li Chuyun jumped forward from the couch, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, this is sowing discord! I have always been at odds with Shi Yanchao in private, but I respect him as a man. I didn't expect him to act like this!"

Li Chuyun's fear was not feigned.

Guo Shao had to feel the destructive power of power. He and Li Chuyun can't be called son-in-law, but they are relatives; they have lived and died together for so long, and the friendship of sharing joys and sorrows goes without saying; and Li Chuyun is also a general who kills people like hemp on the battlefield, what scene have you never seen? But in front of the imperial power, he was so frightened.

It's not his fault, there is a long history, so many good generals didn't die on the battlefield, they all died at the hands of their own people.

"Please get up, Mr. Li, sit down and talk, don't worry." Guo Shaowen said.

Only then did Li Chuyun calm down, and got up and sat on the couch beside the chessboard.

Guo Shao thought in his heart: Things have become like this, because almost all men value power and career too much. That thing is indeed the foundation of a man's life.

He immediately said: "This memorial was not Shi Yanchao's idea."

Li Chuyun said: "Your Majesty, the handwriting is his and I can recognize it."

Guo Shao nodded: "But he must be instigated by others. Shi Yanchao's brain, whether he can think of these things, he must not have the heart to think about them."

After hearing this, Li Chuyun and Zuo You pondered for a while, then nodded slightly.

Guo Shao glanced at the big beard on Li Chuyun's mouth, and said, "I just learned a few tricks from Zuo Shaoqing, and Li Gong will accompany me in the next game."

Li Chuyun clasped his fists and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful."

With such a diversion in the topic, Guo Shao's expression and tone were relatively calm, and the atmosphere gradually eased.

Guo Shao didn't talk about business for a long time, and he seemed to be concentrating on playing chess, so it was naturally inconvenient for the other two to mention it. Guo Shao quickly discovered that Li Chuyun's chess moves were good, and he just gave way to him in some places...

Guo Shao couldn't help but said: "We martial arts practitioners don't say that we are not allowed to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Li Gong is quite familiar with chess, better than me."

Li Chuyun hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I have nothing to do to pass the time and learn a little, but it's still half a pot of water, and the minister's ambition is not here."

Then it was quiet for a while, only the sound of "popping" chess pieces was left. Li Chuyun played chess very happily, picking up the chess pieces and dropping them.

Guo Shao turned to look at Zuo You: "I had a conversation with Zuo Shaoqing not long ago, and I said a word, the biggest problem of 'China' has always been inside."

Zuo You hurriedly said: "Yes, I will always remember His Majesty's instruction."

Guo Shao said: "Tell me, what is there to be entangled in the past few days?"

The two bowed their heads speechless.

When Guo Shao talked about the business, he simply dropped the chess piece, stretched out his hand from the porcelain jar, and said neatly: "It's nothing more than teasing the crown prince's question."

Both Li Chuyun and Zuo You were slightly startled, and sat there holding their breath. Guo Shao simply put it on the table, causing tension for a while.

He said slowly: "I am twenty-five years old this year, and I have no disease or pain in my body. When I want to consider my successor, it will be a year of the monkey. By then, will Mr. Li still manage this matter?"

Li Chuyun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is in the east like the sun in spring and autumn, and by the time your Majesty has a long life, the ministers have already been buried in the earth!"

"Long live is just an auspicious word." Guo Shao said with a smile, "But I still have thirty or forty years before I dare to say old, but it is true."

Guo Shao picked up the memorial on the table, the one written by Shi Yanchao, grabbed it and tore it in half, folded it together and tore it again, threw it aside, and the pieces of paper fell to the floor in a mess.

Li Chuyun and Zuo You looked at each other in blank dismay.

Guo Shaodao: "I called Li Gong to play chess today, but I just want to say one thing: don't argue with Shi Yanchao. Don't you and I know what kind of person he is?"

Li Chuyun hurriedly said: "I obey the order."

... After playing chess, Zuo You and Li Chuyun left Yangde Hall one after another, Li Chuyun left Jinxiang Hall, and Zuo You stayed in the East Hall to work.

In the evening, Zuo You walked out of the Jinxiang Hall, and on the brick road outside the Jinxiang Hall, he bumped into an unfamiliar civil servant. The civil official said: "Wang Shijun asked Zuo Fuzheng to go to the Privy Council for a statement."

It was inconvenient for Zuo You to refuse, so he immediately followed the civil servant to the yamen of the Privy Council.

Wang Pu had sent away most of the officials of the Privy Council, met Zuo You in his study, and asked directly about the ins and outs of the emperor's summoning of Li Chuyun.

Zuo You didn't go into detail about the relationship, but just talked about the conversation with Guo Shao.

Wang Pu listened carefully, and the expression on his face was constantly changing. He let out a long breath after listening.

At this moment, the bell of "Boom, boom..." suddenly sounded outside, and it was exactly the hour of You. Attracted by the loud voice, Zuo You turned his head to look out the window.

Wang Pu also walked to the window and looked outside for a long time.

From this position, you can just see the tall and majestic double eaves of Jinxiang Hall. The majestic palace was built on a high platform, and it looked even taller under the brilliance of the setting sun at this moment.

Wang Pu couldn't help saying softly: "Your Majesty is not comparable to the previous dynasties of warriors. The world has been in the wind and rain for so many years, the population is withered, and the world is gloomy. It is definitely time for this dynasty to reinvigorate!"

Zuo You also hurriedly said: "What Wang Shijun said is very true. If His Majesty hadn't had a heart for the whole world and took the position in charge, the matter this time might be a big deal, but it will last for an unknown period of time."

...

At this time, in the west hall of Jinxiang Hall, Fu Jinzhan hadn't left there yet.

Cao Tai stood beside him, not daring to say a word, he had already been here; before Guo Shao found out that the eunuch next to him had changed, Cao Tai had come here.

When Fu Jinzhan was still in Yecheng, before even the first emperor (Chai Rong) ascended the throne, Cao Tai was Fu Jinzhan's confidant. Almost the entire court knew about it, so Cao Tai came straight from the emperor in the East Hall to Fu Jinzhan without even trying to hide it.

Fu Jinzhan knew everything about these days, mainly because Cao Tai was able to contact him in time. Guo Shao also trusted Cao Tai and did not beat him.

Cao Tai saw that Fu Jinzhan didn't make a sound for a long time, and looked sullen, so he said cautiously: "Then Fan Zhi dared to fight against the empress, let's write down this account first, and we will settle it with him later!"

Fu Jinzhan reprimanded: "Shut up! What did Fan Zhi do wrong!"

Cao Tai looked sad, and said in a low voice: "Everyone respects my mother's heart, but my mother can't be too lenient to those who don't know good and bad, or they will think my mother is easy to bully."

Fu Jinzhan shook his head, but smiled: "Why are they bullying you?"

"Your Majesty?" Cao Tai quietly observed Fu Jinzhan's smile suspiciously.

Fu Jinzhan said: "It doesn't matter what the ministers do. There is no Fan Zhi, but there is Li Zhi. I am relieved that His Majesty has gone a step further than before."

Cao Tai said: "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"