Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

At the gate of Luo's old courtyard, the whole family knelt on the ground to greet him.

Guo Shao strode forward quickly, bent down to help an old woman up, and sighed: "I am ashamed of the old lady!"

The old woman also sighed, and said again: "The emperor has done right to my Lao Luo's family, and his kindness is as great as a mountain."

Guo Shao pointed to Yang Biao behind and said, "This is General Luo's sworn brother Yang Biao. From now on, if the old lady lacks anything, I will send someone to tell Yang Biao. Yang Biao can see me in the imperial city almost every day, and he will speak for the old lady."

The old woman said: "Thank you, the official family, for looking after my old Luo's family. Everyone in the Luo family is thinking of the official family's good."

When everyone heard this, they respected the old woman. Guo Shao's words were light and simple, but it was not light at all to give Luo's mother a direct way to reach the sky.

Yang Biao bowed immediately: "My mother will treat Yang Biao as her son from now on!"

Seeing some people kneeling on the ground, Guo Shao said to others: "Get up quickly, don't be too polite."

There is a young woman in it who is the widow of Luo Mengzi. Guo Shao and other brothers all know her name "Soup Cake Xi Shi", but no one calls her that way anymore.

Guo Shao said to Mrs. Luo, "Soup Cake Xishi", "General Luo died in the Northern Expedition for the country and for me. I regret it very much."

Mrs. Luo said: "My late husband often said that His Majesty treated him well. He is a general, and it is his duty to go to the battlefield."

What she said in public was decent, so Guo Shao gave her a serious look. Mrs. Luo used to be worthy of the name of Tangbing Xishi, and she was indeed fair and beautiful, but even if she became a noble lady, her appearance and expression were not so serious, and her expression and behavior were a bit willful and spicy like an ordinary woman.

Mrs. Luo is not like a lady who lowered her brows in front of the emperor and behaved cautiously. She seemed to have noticed that Guo Shao was looking at her, so she pulled the corner of her clothes and said in a low voice: "I just heard that the official family is coming, and I forgot to change my clothes in a hurry. It's a bit embarrassing to just face the saint like this..."

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "General Yang and I just came to see General Luo's family members privately. General Yang is also General Luo's brother, so Madam don't need to be too far-fetched."

The old lady of the Luo family said: "How can you let the nobles stand outside the house, and quickly go into the main room and sit on it."

Guo Shao stepped into the threshold with Yang Biao, Jing Niang and others.

At this moment, suddenly an old woman in common clothes ran over hurriedly from the side of the road, Jing Niang immediately looked sideways. The old woman didn't say a word, and probably couldn't say anything, she ran straight to Mrs. Luo and whispered a few words.

Mrs. Luo's face immediately turned pale, she lifted her skirt and ran forward, took two steps, then hurriedly turned around and knelt and said, "Guanjia, my child has climbed up to the pavilion, what should I do if I fall down, I have to go and see..."

After hearing this, Guo Shao said, "Let's go together too."

He was also a little worried, if something happened to Luo Mengzi's son, he would not be able to explain to his spirit in heaven.

After finishing speaking, he and Yang Biao and others strode past under the eaves and entered a dilapidated moon gate with a courtyard inside. Guo Shao heard a burst of "Wow..." the child crying.

Following the crying, everyone rushed to the pavilion in the yard. Then I saw a five or six-year-old boy sitting on the wooden beam on the pavilion crying.

The people under the pavilion immediately turned around in a hurry, and the old lady of the Luo family grabbed the old woman: "What do you think of the child, how did he climb so high?"

The old woman was so anxious that she was about to cry: "I just went to do some other work, and as soon as I turned my back, Mr. Xiao Lang climbed up! There is a circle of hemp rope here. He must have wrapped the rope around his ankle and climbed along the pillar. I saw him so stubborn yesterday."

Mrs. Luo said anxiously: "Oh, forget about this, go and get the ladder."

After hearing this, the old woman ran out of the pavilion quickly.

At this time, Guo Shao had already walked under the wooden beam, looked up, and said, "Little Mengzi, jump down."

After hearing this, Mrs. Luo turned pale: "His arms and legs are too tender..."

Guo Shao looked up at the child and said calmly, "Jump! I'll follow, it's okay."

The people around hurriedly gathered around, looking up, and some stretched out their arms.

Mrs. Luo hesitated to speak, with a worried expression on her face. Guo Shao encouraged again: "Little Mengzi, your father is not as timid as you."

That kid was indeed a bold and mischievous kid, and when he heard that he tried it on the wooden beam, he really jumped down on Guo Shao's arm! "Ah!" Everyone stared with wide eyes.

Guo Shao caught him immediately, and touched his head with a smile. Mrs. Luo immediately hugged him in her arms, but the boy still looked back at Guo Shao.

Guo Shao said kindly: "I can't miss at such a height."

Mrs. Luo hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, I'm guilty."

"That's all." Guo Shao said, "I still want to go to Luo's house for a drink."

A group of people went to the main room while talking. When Guo Shao turned his head to talk to the old woman, he found that Mrs. Luo was watching him quietly from time to time. When he moved his eyes to her face, she looked away in panic again, but next time she was quietly watching Guo Shao again.

No one paid attention to this subtle movement, and everyone dared not stare at Guo Shao. Only Jing Niang frowned and said nothing behind.

In the main room, as soon as Guo Shao entered the door, he saw Luo Mengzi's spiritual tablet on the table directly above, and his expression was also solemn. He walked up with Yang Biao, took incense from the table, lit the candles, and bowed three times to the spirit tablet. Guo Shaodao: "General Luo, don't worry, the living brothers will take care of you."

The two put the incense on a piece of wet mud.

Then the old lady asked Guo Shao to sit down on the chair, and Mrs. Luo brought tea and water with her own hands.

Guo Shao was still thinking about what to say. He was sincere to the members of the Luo family, but he had nothing to say. He came today to express his attitude.

He was speechless for a while, so he looked around the furnishings of the main room. It was indeed a very old house with broken windows. Luo Mengzi was the Commander of Xiangdu before his death, and his position was very high. In recent years, the Great Zhou court had ample financial resources and did not default on their salary. However, Luo Mengzi didn't seem to care about buying a house.

Mrs. Luo saw Guo Shao's gaze, and immediately said embarrassedly: "Don't blame the officials for welcoming you in such a room."

What this said... Luo Mengzi worked for Guo Shao, and he was a sworn brother. If he was too poor, it would be Guo Shao who would lose face.

Guo Shao sighed at the moment: "It is really my fault that General Luo, who is so loyal to the country, lives here."

When Mrs. Luo finally tasted it, she said with embarrassment: "It's all because my concubine can't speak, damn it..."

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, and said kindly: "The queen didn't come to visit Mrs. Luo today, but she said that she would send 10,000 copper coins and silk to Mrs. Luo in two days. When the new mansion in Luo's mansion is completed, you also have to buy some belongings. Treat them as gifts from the queen."

Guo Shao had no choice but to borrow the queen's name, because he was the emperor, and he didn't give any gifts in private. His large rewards were all acts of the state. Even if Luo Mengzi is his brother, he can't treat him too kindly. But in the name of the queen, it is barely justified; the queen has a good relationship with the general's wife, and she can reward whoever she wants.

Mrs. Luo was taken aback when she heard that: "Ten thousand, I dare not accept it..."

Guo Shaodao: "That's the queen's wish, Madam don't have to refuse, ten thousand guan is not much."

Mrs. Luo's tongue was a bit unfavorable and said: "A lot, a lot. Except for my husband, who would give a penny to our family for nothing..."

Guo Shao didn't say a word when he heard this, and thought, Tangbing Xishi is still a woman who can handle it, and most of the words on the scene are decent, but she still has to say petty words from time to time, after all, the time of being rich is not long.

Of course he wouldn't bring this up, he said a few other things right away, and changed the subject.

The old lady of the Luo family chattered, "During his lifetime, Da Lang (Luo Mengzi) talked about the official family the most at home. Before the official family became the emperor, he devoted all his attention to loyalty to you. At that time, his elder brother was closer than his father."

Mrs. Luo nodded and said, "It's true, every day we talk about officials."

Guo Shao sighed and sighed, thinking that Luo Mengzi really didn't have much talent, but loyalty was rare, and he was the brother who followed his subordinates when he was down.

The old lady of the Luo family continued to babble: "Old Luo's family met nobles, Dalang followed the official family to seek wealth, and killing the enemy is a job with his head in his hands, and if there is a mishap, it is fate..."

Guo Shao listened patiently. He spent a lot of time here listening to the old woman because she was Luo Mengzi's mother. He doesn't have to say too much, an attitude can show his sincerity.

After talking for a long time, the old woman finally realized that Guo Shao was the emperor, she beat her leg and said, "Oh, look at my mouth, the emperor is in charge of the affairs of the whole world, how can I talk so much..."

Guo Shaodao: "I would like to hear about Luo Mengzi's life."

Mrs. Luo looked at Guo Shao with flickering eyes, and blurted out: "When we heard that the emperor was going to visit the door earlier, we felt that our faces were bright, and we were really afraid... I don't want the officials to be like this..."

Guo Shao turned his head to look at her, and when she finished speaking, unexpectedly she had no words.

He sat for a while and felt that it was almost done, so he got up and said, "I won't stay any longer."

Mrs. Luo hurriedly said: "The official's house is free, so come and sit at home..."

After hearing this, Guo Shao said: "For Chinese New Year, if there is a banquet in the palace, the old lady and Mrs. Luo will be invited to the banquet, and it will be more lively."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to the old lady, and hurriedly said: "Lady stay, it's raining outside, take care of yourself when you are old."

A group of people still sent Guo Shao and others out of the house.

Guo Shao and Yang Biao got into the carriage and left the door under the guard of cavalry. He lifted the curtain of the car, and seeing the soup cake Xi Shi was still standing outside the door watching, he pulled down the bamboo curtain calmly.

He glanced at Yang Biao, pondered for a moment and said: "By the way, I haven't met General Yang's wife yet. I remember you already married?"

Yang Biao said: "We started a family when we were teenagers, and our first wife is already dead."

"It's still necessary to have a son." Guo Shaodao, "I want you to meet a virtuous lady, and ask the queen to be your matchmaker."

Yang Biao hurriedly said: "I don't dare to worry about your majesty's personal matters."

Guo Shao took it as a polite word. The rain was still falling, and the water droplets on the curtains splashed into the car while shaking.