Chapter 38: Faint Worries (Signing Station Short)
When Guo Rong saw Guo Zongxun covered in blood, he was so frightened that he almost fainted, and let Zhang Tieniu be pressed to the ground on the spot.
"Father's anger, father's anger, this fool saved his son's life, father's emperor must not blame him."
Guo Zongxun added fuel to the fire how the two met a hungry wolf, how fierce the hungry wolf was, how frightened his horses, how Zhang Tieniu bravely protected himself to fight the hungry wolf, and how he was naughty and accidentally fell on the corpse of the hungry wolf...... Described it to Guo Rong in a colorful way.
Guo Rong's face looked a little better, and he ordered Zhang Tieniu to be released left and right.
"Zhang Tieniu bravely fought the hungry wolf, and fulfilled the duties of the prince's guard very well, but he did not protect the prince thoroughly, causing the prince to be covered with wolf blood, and he also had merit, but if he didn't have merit, I will punish you with forty military sticks, drag it down and beat me hard."
Who is Guo Rong, whether it is killing people with a knife or killing people with a long weapon, he is an expert, he just personally inspected the corpse of the wild wolf, and also personally checked the blood stains on Guo Zongxun's body, and has guessed the situation at that time, fortunately, Guo Zongxun is indeed intact, so he did not expose his lie on the spot and cut off Zhang Tieniu's head.
"Come on, cut down this bad horse that can't protect the master, the big guy hasn't eaten horse meat for a while, tonight in addition to wolf meat, wild boar, add a roast horse meat ......"
The death of this horse is not unjust, if it hadn't taken Guo Zongxun off the horse, Guo Zongxun would not be in danger, but now, Guo Zongxun has no horse.
"Xun'er, my father gave you the dark cloud snow of the divine horse offered by Li Aiqing, and it just so happens that Xun'er can also practice the art of horse taming."
There are additional surprises here, Guo Zongxun is worried about how to check whether the dark cloud covers the snow if it is tired, and Guo Rong now gave the horse directly to him.
It can be seen that in Guo Rong's heart, his love for Guo Zongxun is very deep.
"Thank you, father."
As for Zhang Tieniu, who was beaten with a military stick and was carried back to the camp by the skin, Guo Zongxun didn't care about it for the time being, it would be good to be able to save the life of this fool.
Although Yue Fei was not substantially punished, he was also reprimanded by Guo Rong for a few words, telling him to protect Guo Zongxun.
"Father, it's all the sons and daughters who are greedy for fun, you don't blame them anymore, today's hunting, it should be the time for the father to show his might, the terrain here is complicated, the sons and daughters are not good at riding, and they don't dare to gallop on horseback, but unfortunately they can't look at the demeanor of the father and the emperor holding the bow and shooting the wolf."
"It's okay, it's okay, my father brought Yuen Long here today, just to let him go hunting instead of my father, and my father will accompany you a lot."
"Father, since this is the case, it is better to let Erchen's subordinates compete with General Zhao to see who has the most prey today."
"Father and Emperor also have this intention, Yuen Long and Yue Fei obey the order, I order you two to hunt alone, I will send twenty light horsemen to follow you to help collect and count the prey, you two have to show some real skills, especially you, my little general Yue."
When Guo Zongxun heard this, his heart was full of joy again, it turned out that his father had always been thinking about Yue Fei, otherwise, with Yue Fei's current military position, how could he be qualified to compete with Zhao Kuangyin, the deputy of the palace?
Zhao Kuangyin was in his heart, but in the end, he still let the emperor see that Yue Fei was extraordinary, and in time, this Yue Fei would definitely be his enemy.
"Wechen (the last general) obeys the holy commandment."
Zhao Kuangyin and Yue Fei went to the side to prepare after the order, Guo Rong looked at Guo Zongxun, who was covered in wolf blood, and said:
"It's a pity that this superb fox fur is dyed with blood, and my father will give you another one, but it's not as good as this one."
Guo Zongxun ran out of horses, Guo Rong picked him up and put him in front of him again, and he didn't care about Guo Zongxun's bloodstains.
"Father, Erchen thinks it's very good, my Zhou State is a country with martial arts, a country governed by culture, respects Taoist immortals, derogates the Buddha, advocates farming, and suppresses business travel, hehe, Erchen's snow-white fox fur is stained with wolf blood today, and Erchen is still a little happy."
Guo Rong naturally understood what Guo Zongxun meant, touched Guo Zongxun's head with great relief, and said:
"Xun'er can understand the way of governing the country that his father is now implementing at a young age, and the summary is very accurate, it can be seen that Xun'er is usually very attentive, and in two years, his father can let you go to the court to learn politics."
Guo Zongxun said in his heart, Dad, I'm afraid that Erchen can't wait for two years, and now the sword of fate hanging over your father's head, Erchen has not found an accurate way to crack it.
All the efforts that Guo Zongxun has made to save Guo Rong's life since he crossed over are all speculations and experiments, and no one knows what caused Guo Rong to die of illness a few months later.
"The sons thank their fathers for their favor, and the sons will not disappoint their fathers."
Over there, Yue Fei and Zhao Kuangyin were ready to stop, each followed by twenty light horsemen, Guo Rong gave an order, and the two galloped out on horseback and began a hunting competition.
"Left and right, just exit ten zhang away to guard, and exit twenty zhang downwind."
Guo Rong actually retreated, did he want to tell me something heart-wrenching?
"Xun'er, do you know why my father wants Yuen Long to compete with Yue Fei today?"
Sure enough, these words are the emperor's thoughts, and they really can't be said to people easily, Guo Rong probably asked because Guo Zongxun was still young and wanted to teach him.
"Father, my son doesn't know."
"Also, Xun'er, you are still young, it's normal that you can't guess, my father told you, the most difficult thing in this world to guess is the human heart, and the most difficult thing to control is also the human heart, Xun'er, since you were born in the emperor's family, you shouldn't have so much kindness, and since Zhang Tieniu made a mistake, he should cut off his head."
This time it was Guo Zongxun's turn to be surprised, it turned out that his father had already seen that he was lying.
"Erchen knew his mistake and asked his father to punish him, but the reason was because Erchen was greedy for fun, the iron bull was originally protected in front of Erchen's horse, or Erchen ordered him to attack the wolf, which angered the wolf...... The son should not deceive his father, but the son thought that the son was actually at fault in this matter, so he ...... made up nonsense ......"
"Xun'er, since my father has punished Zhang Tieniu, naturally I won't ask for his life again, as for Xun'er, you made up nonsense to deceive your father, this must be punished, and your father will punish you to copy a copy of the Tao Te Ching every day after returning to the palace for a month."
"The sons thank their father for their forgiveness, and the sons will definitely copy the Tao Te Ching carefully every day and study it carefully."
"Okay, let's talk about copying books later, my father will tell you why I want Yuen Long and Yue Fei to compete today, Yuen Long was picked up by my father, and now he is ranked among the important ministers of the court, but my father also found that Yuen Long has a wide range of friends, whether in the army or the court, whether in Kyoto or in the locality, there are many civil and military generals who have a deep relationship with Yuen Long."
"Previously, in order to suppress Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde and other former ministers of Taizu, my father vigorously promoted Yuen Long and others, but in my father's heart, there was always a faint worry......"