Daming Palace Hidden Sword Pavilion, the woman in white hurriedly walked into the door, she removed the hat and veil on her head, revealing a slightly old face, her face was very pale, she was the protagonist of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, Aunt Sun.

This was the first time she had used a sword in five years, and she didn't expect to suffer the second defeat in her life, the first time she was defeated by her senior brother Wang Zhonghei, and the second time she was defeated at the hands of her senior brother's apprentice.

She sat in the lobby a little annoyed, panting softly, after all, she was old, and her physical strength was almost exhausted.

At this time, a middle-aged woman hurriedly walked over, she was the youngest apprentice of Gongsun Auntie, Li Shiniang, and she was also the one with the highest martial arts.

She is not only strong in martial arts, but also very shrewd and capable, and is currently the head of the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

Li Twelve Niang saw Master's wrist at a glance and exclaimed, "Master, you are injured!" ”

"A little flesh injury, no injuries to the muscles and bones, don't make a fuss, bring me the medicine, I'll just take some gold creation medicine."

Li Twelve Niang had just taken a few steps, when she suddenly stopped and said in a low voice, "Master, someone is waiting for you!" ”

"Who's waiting for me?"

"It's me waiting for my aunt!"

Aunt Gongsun hurriedly stood up, only to see a middle-aged man wearing a red and yellow regular dress and a gauze hat walking out of the side guest hall, he was majestic, very magnificent, he stood in front of the door with his hands Zhuo Li, just like a tall pine and cypress, heroic, very handsome, fly in the ointment, with a slightly sickly look on his face.

The middle-aged man is Li Yu, the son of the Tang Dynasty, who has been on the throne for eleven years, although the wars in various parts of the Tang Dynasty have subsided, and the national strength has begun to gradually recover, but it is far from the prosperous era, and the Tang Dynasty is actually in a military balance.

The Anshi Rebellion was not suppressed and quelled, but after the death of Shi Siming's father and son, who were dedicated to being emperors, many of his generals did not have the heart to be emperors, so they reached a compromise with the imperial court.

The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty sealed seven feudal towns in Hebei, Shandong, Jianghuai and Jingxiang, which were led by Tian Chengsi, Li Huaixian, Zhang Zhongzhi, Xue Song, Li Baochen, Hou Xiyi, and Liang Chongyi.

All seven of them were made county kings, and they were allowed to lead their own armies, and the local officials reported to the imperial court and the feudal town at the same time, and the local treasury and the imperial court divided half of the each, and the feudal town and county king could be inherited by the eldest son.

However, the kings of the seven major feudal towns and counties must be vassals of the Tang Dynasty and recognize the authority of the imperial court, and at the same time must be protons in Chang'an.

In the past ten years, the seven major feudal towns have not been at ease, first of all, on the grounds of insufficient financial resources to raise the army, all the fiscal and tax revenues have been allocated to the have, and they have never come to the court, and the imperial court has repeatedly called for it to turn a deaf ear.

The second is that the magistrates of the feudal towns were gradually replaced by their own people, who were nominally subordinate to the imperial court, but in fact they were self-governing.

The seven major feudal towns are seven tumors, constantly devouring the body of the Tang Dynasty, their power continues to expand, the army continues to increase, and the imperial court is no longer able to suppress it, so it has to be resigned.

This is still an open feudal town, and there are many ambitious small warlords, such as Tian Shenyu, Li Zhongchen, Zhu Tao, Li Zhengji, Xue Jianxun, Liu Qia, and so on.

In addition to the division of feudal towns, there is also the grim situation on the frontier, as well as the dictatorship of eunuchs within the imperial court, holding military power in their hands, suppressing civil and military officials, so that the eunuchs are so powerful that even Prime Minister Guoyuan Zai has to respectfully call him Ah Weng when he sees Yu Chaoen.

The internal and external troubles of the Tang Dynasty are like three mountains pressing on the head of Li Yu, the son of heaven, making him miserable, and the three sons are not worried, in order to compete for the position of the East Palace, they are in collusion with the three eunuchs, which makes him angry and helpless.

The huge pressure and heavy court affairs made Li Yu's body gradually become sick and weak, and even ordinary palace maids could see that he was not a long-lived person.

Aunt Gongsun stepped forward and knelt down, "Gongsun see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Yu hurriedly asked, "Auntie, please, what's the matter, why is Auntie's hand injured?" Li Yu was also taken aback.

Aunt Gongsun smiled bitterly, "I was stabbed in the wrist by my little nephew with a sword, and the long sword also fell to the ground, he still has a conscience and shows mercy to my subordinates." ”

Li Yu was stunned, was even Aunt Gongsun, who has the best swordsmanship in the world, defeated?

Aunt Gongsun waved her hand and smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be shocked, my martial arts come from my master, I was defeated by my master's swordsmanship, and I am not ashamed at all, but that stinky boy's understanding of swords is actually deeper than mine, which makes me a little frustrated, but I am very relieved that he actually broke my thousand-armed Guanyin sword." ”

"But Yang Yu is also Mu Zhenren's apprentice......"

"Your Majesty, don't mention him, he is too far worse than Guo Song, our master's martial arts are not taught by the master, but by their own comprehension, the nine styles of the sword weapon are very simple, each of my apprentices has been taught, and every apprentice has also learned, but their martial arts are very different, this is the difference in personal comprehension."

"Is there any hope of pulling him into the Hidden Sword Pavilion for my use?"

Aunt Gongsun shook her head, "I don't know, Your Majesty, I really can't see through him, he is very independent, it stands to reason that my senior brother is Wang Zhonghei, and the apprentices he taught should also be loyal ministers and good generals, like Li Sheng and Yang Yu, they are all loyal to Your Majesty."

But Guo Song is different from them, Duan Xiushi kept him like that, hoping to reuse him, and he made such a great contribution, and he never thought of taking this opportunity to enter the official career. ”

The first time Li Yu knew the name Guo Song was mentioned in Duan Xiushi's debriefing report to him, in which Duan Xiushi described in detail the great achievements made by this young man, which left a deep impression on Li Yu.

And the second time he saw the name Guo Song was about the war of the Sijie tribe to annex the Absi tribe, and Guo Song once again shined in Li Jinyang's report.

When Aunt Gongsun mentioned that Guo Song was also her nephew and Wang Zhonghe's apprentice, Li Yu couldn't hold back anymore and decided to take Guo Song for his own use.

And tonight, Aunt Gongsun personally went to test Guo Song's martial arts, which was Li Yu's suggestion, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and now Guo Song defeated Aunt Gongsun, Li Yu finally believes that Guo Song is the talent he needs most urgently.

Li Yu was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe Duan Xiushi's weight is still a little too light for him." ”

Li Yu smiled at Aunt Gongsun again: "Auntie will accompany me tomorrow!" ”

..........

The next morning, Guo Song came to Wubenfang, although he brought the deer king antler, but in fact, he came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, Li An let himself go to cut the deer king antler obviously dug a pit for himself, and he still trusted him so much.

He never believed that it was a coincidence that the woman in white appeared outside the inner garden, she was obviously waiting for herself, but what she was waiting for herself to do, Guo Song was still confused.

When I entered the door of the commercial house, I saw Li An greeted him with a smile on his face, without any shame.

Li An hugged his fists and smiled: "I knew that Guo Gongzi would not let me down." ”

Guo Song said angrily: "Yesterday I fell into a trap and was almost stabbed to death with a sword." ”

"Ahh Could it be that Childe encountered a trap dug for poachers? ”

Guo Song saw that he was pretending to be confused, and his heart was even more annoyed, he couldn't help but say lightly: "I got the deer king antler, but I want to meet the guests who sold this deer antler velvet at a high price!" ”

Guo Song just came from the pharmacy, and he knew that the purchase price of deer antler velvet was given by weight, and it had nothing to do with size, and the bigger the antler velvet, the worse the medicinal properties, but not the top grade, he was such a big deer king antler, and the pharmacy was only willing to offer 80 yuan, Guo Song realized that the person who spent 3,000 yuan to buy deer king antler velvet had ulterior motives.

It is very likely to be Aunt Gongsun, if it is really her, then what does she mean, she dragged her senior brother into the water, causing him to be chased and killed everywhere, does she still want to drag herself into the water?

Li An nodded, "I understand, I'll arrange it, please come with me!" ”

The two came to the inner courtyard of the trading house, and in front of a courtyard, they saw two warriors with swords standing in front of the gate like sculptures.

After a while, a middle-aged woman dressed plainly came out, waved her hand and smiled: "Guo Gongzi, please come with me!" ”

Guo Song walked into the courtyard and looked sharply at the wrist of the middle-aged woman, her figure was really a bit like the woman in white last night.

The middle-aged woman said lightly: "The person who fought with Gongzi last night was my master. ”

Rao is Guo Song is mentally prepared, and he is still shocked in his heart, Aunt Gongsun is at least seventy years old! Did the woman in white look like she was seventy years old yesterday?

If it weren't for the accuracy of his own calculations, he stabbed her with a backhand sword, and he would have been defeated last night.

Guo Song was silent for a while.

The two came to a room, the middle-aged woman asked Guo Song to wait for a while, she went in to report, and came out after a short time and said, "Guo Gongzi, please come in!" ”

Guo Song walked into the room, but saw a middle-aged man standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, wearing a pale yellow shirt, a gauze hat on his head, a jade belt tied around his waist, a medium figure, and a black beard under his chin, with a calm and unhurried temperament.

Next to the middle-aged man stood a woman in palace clothes with a good face, who looked like she was in her forties, but if she looked closely at her eyebrows and eyes, it seemed that she was more than that, and her smile was very kind and kind, which is a smile that only an elderly woman can have.

Guo Song suddenly understood in his heart that this woman was the grandmother of Gongsun who was famous for her swordsmanship in history, and the woman in white he met last night was her.

But who is this middle-aged man?

The middle-aged man looked at Guo Song and said with a faint smile: "The person who wants to buy your deer king antler is me!" ”

Guo Song was excited, and hurriedly knelt down, "Xiaomin doesn't know that it's Your Majesty, please forgive Xiaomin for being rude!" ”

It turned out that this middle-aged man was Li Yu, the son of today.

Li Yu asked Guo Song to calm down, he looked at Guo Song for a while, and smiled at Aunt Gongsun: "Auntie, your nephew has outstanding character!" ”

Character does not refer to morality, but to appearance, that is, appearance, figure, and temperament are outstanding.

Aunt Gongsun smiled and did not speak.

Li Yu smiled at Guo Song again: "The white wolf king you hunted has been given to Sijie Khan as a national gift, but the white tiger skin you hunted also likes it, but why do I think it looks like the white tiger in Beiyuan!" ”

Guo Song was sweating profusely, and he was still carrying the deer king antler in his hand! He was embarrassed by the feeling of a poacher being caught red-handed by his owner.

After a while, he came up with a sentence, "Life is forced to do it as a last resort." ”