The power center of the Tang Dynasty moved to Daming Palace decades ago, and Taiji Palace has long been reduced to a retirement place for concubines and palace maids and eunuchs.

The guards in the Taiji Palace were very lax, and without much effort, Guo Song left the Taiji Palace and returned to the Xuanyangfang Mansion.

As the most secret killer of the Son of Heaven, Guo Song knew that he shouldn't make a move today, although Zhao Chun was important, but it was not his turn to make a move, how could it be difficult to be human, Yang Yu didn't know his identity, if he rejected Yang Yu, there would be a rift in the relationship between them, which was a result that Guo Song never wanted to see.

Guo Song returned to the house, he just entered the inner house, but saw a letter nailed with a flying knife to the door of his study, he thought that Gan Lei left a message for himself, but when he picked up the letter, he realized that this was the news left by Aunt Gongsun for himself.

There was only one sentence on the letter, 'See this letter and meet you at the North Wharf of Dongshi.' ’

Guo Song sighed, the last thing he wanted to see now was Aunt Gongsun.

He looked up at the eagle's nest, and the fierce son was not in the nest, so he probably flew to Qujiangchi.

Guo Song didn't have time to go into the house to clean up, so he left the mansion directly and went to Dongshi.

There are two wharves in Dongshi, one is a north wharf and one is a south wharf, the south wharf is a pure cargo wharf, and the north wharf is a passenger and cargo wharf, and some passenger ships or painting boats are often moored.

Guo Song rushed to the north wharf and saw dozens of large and small ships moored on the north wharf, but there was one passenger ship, and it was a painting boat.

"Guo Gongzi, please come here!"

The boatman on the painting boat beckoned to Guo Song from afar, Guo Song stepped forward and saw Aunt Gongsun sitting in the painting boat at a glance.

He walked in quickly, and the two young women in the painting boat lowered the bamboo curtain, and one stood at one end, wearing a long sword at his waist, looking very vigilant.

"Guo Song, sit down!" Aunt Gongsun pointed to the couch opposite.

Guo Song sat down cross-legged and found that there was also a bamboo curtain hanging on the window, and he could see the outside from the inside, but he couldn't see the inside of the boat from the outside.

The boats moved slowly along the Cao River, flanked by noisy cargo ships.

Aunt Gongsun glanced at him and sighed secretly in her heart.

"You're not rational today!"

"Senior aunt is talking about me shooting Zhao Chun?" Guo Song took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Aunt Gongsun nodded, "Your biggest advantage is concealment, the less you appear, the greater the threat to the enemy, your goal is valuable, that's not Zhao Chun's kind of cat and dog!" ”

Guo Song was just about to speak, but Aunt Gongsun interrupted him with another wave of her hand, "You know that you want to talk about human favors, but you are an assassin, if an assassin still talks about human feelings, then you are not called an assassin." ”

Guo Song shook his head, "I never considered myself an assassin, if my senior aunt regarded me as an assassin, it would be a big mistake. ”

"Alright! I didn't say it right, you are indeed not an ordinary assassin, but you are a secret weapon to carry out the orders of the Son of Heaven, you should not deny this! ”

Guo Song said calmly: "Senior aunt, I know what you want to say, you are very subtle, but I can frankly say that it is indeed inappropriate to assassinate Zhao Chun for Yang Yu today, as you said, cats and dogs have killed too much, and their identities have also been reduced, and the risk of exposure has also increased, only this once, there will be no second time." ”

Aunt Gongsun nodded, "It's good that you understand, I just scolded Yang Yu fiercely, and used someone other than the Hidden Sword Pavilion to perform the task, which seriously violated the rules of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, and he will be refrigerated for half a year and go to the White Crane Villa to think about it." ”

Guo Song groaned and asked, "Did Yu Chaoen find any clues about me?" ”

Aunt Gongsun said lightly: "Yang Wanchun blocked the Guangzhai Fang, searched one by one, they got a clue from the gatekeeper of the Guangzhai Fang, a very tall young man, carrying a bow and arrows into the Guangzhai Fang, their only clue now is a very tall young man, it is estimated that the whole city will soon be rewarded for arrest, I heard that the reward is 30,000 taels of silver, provide a clue to reward ten taels of silver." ”

"I'm worth 30,000 taels of silver!"

Guo Song smiled and said, "Yu Chaoen thinks too highly of me." ”

"Don't underestimate the power of the bounty, basically the whole city is mobilized, beggars, ruffians, idlers, etc., everyone wants to get the reward, many of your previous whereabouts will be reported by people with intentions, so you must leave the capital immediately."

"Now?" Guo Song was stunned.

Aunt Gongsun nodded, "I'll take you to Qujiang to meet someone now, and give you a new task, of course, the task given to you by the saint, and then you will leave Chang'an directly from Qujiang." ”

"Wait!"

Guo Song suddenly said urgently: "I haven't packed anything, I haven't arranged it, how can I leave the capital now?" At least wait until tomorrow. ”

"No way!"

Aunt Gongsun categorically refused, "I will help you arrange it, your Fire Dragon King I will help you take it out from Qingxuguan, you can write a letter at the wine shop, I will send someone to help you send it, what else do you need to explain?" ”

Guo Song had no choice but to say: "I will write two letters, my aunt will hand them over to the senior brother Gan Feng and the third senior brother Zhang Lei for me, my horse really needs to ask my aunt, in addition, there is a box in the drawer of my desk, which contains a few items of my collection, which are more precious jewelry, please ask my aunt to keep it for me, and there is nothing else." ”

"What about your eagle?" Aunt Gongsun asked with a smile again.

"The eagle is fine, it's in Qujiang, I'll find it later."

Guo Song immediately wrote two notes and handed them to Aunt Gongsun.

At this time, Aunt Gongsun took out another box and put it in front of Guo Song, "This is the reward given to you by the saint, you assassinated Li Fuguo and got the roster, the saint is very satisfied, if I don't stop it, the saint is afraid that even 200,000 taels of silver will be rewarded to you." ”

"Senior aunt, why are you trying to stop it? I can pretend to push back, but I can still take the money! Guo Song complained in a low voice.

Aunt Gongsun glared at him angrily, "Don't be so greedy, 200,000 taels of silver can help many disaster victims, your wine shop is already very profitable, don't take money so seriously!" ”

After a pause, Aunt Gongsun said coldly: "Don't think I don't know, Li Fuguo has a night pearl, he has always kept it close to him, and often shows it off to others, but there is no item in the items you handed over, do you dare to say that it is not in your hands?" ”

"This ..... My nephew is just this hobby, so my aunt will let me go! ”

Guo Song hurriedly clasped his palms together and begged, when she went to her mansion later, she would definitely find this pearl of the night.

"So I told you not to be greedy, I have it all in my heart."

Aunt Gongsun pointed to the box, "This is the reward you deserve, you can see for yourself!" ”

"What is it?"

Guo Song opened the box curiously, and there were four items inside, a scarlet official uniform, a turtle button silver seal, a scroll, and a silver fish bag.

"It's ..... Let me be an official? Guo Song asked hesitantly.

Aunt Gongsun sneered, "Don't think too much, you don't have a specific official position in the imperial court, just an official title, your aunt and I also have the title of Doctor from Sanpin Silver Qingguanglu, which is much higher than you, but do you think I am a high-ranking official?" ”

"What is this?"

Guo Song picked up the silver seal of the turtle button, and four seal characters were engraved on it in Yang: Viscount Lingwu.

"This is a knighthood?" Guo Song suddenly reacted.

Aunt Gongsun said with a smile: "The Son of Heaven named you a viscount, promoted to a guerrilla general, and gave you a scarlet silverfish bag, and when you go out in the future, you will not be forced to do so, try not to show the Son of Heaven's gold medal, just use the fish charm, from the five-grade silverfish charm, no one dares to despise it." ”

Guo Song was more interested in the title than the guerrilla general, he played with the silver seal for a moment, and then asked, "Does my aunt have a title?" ”

"Yes! I'm a county marquis, only two levels higher than you, and I've earned it after twenty years as a personal guard, let me tell you this! All the samurai in Chang'an, except for you, no one else has a title. ”

Guo Song smiled: "Speaking of which, the Son of Heaven seems to treat me well!" ”

Aunt Gongsun snorted, "What do you think?" ”

...........

The painting boat went south along the Cao River, and soon sailed from Qinglongfang into Qujiang Pond, where there was a large passenger ship with at least 3,000 stones and a two-story building on it.

"Go up! Someone is waiting for you. ”

Guo Song got on the big boat, and a middle-aged man about fifty years old greeted him with a smile, "I have heard the name of Guo Gongzi for a long time, and I only got to see him today, I am glad to meet you!" Fortunately! ”

Guo Song saw that he was tall and fat, fair-skinned, and deep-sighted, but his temperament was gentle and elegant, calm and noble, but he didn't know who he was?

At this time, Aunt Gongsun stepped forward to introduce Guo Song: "This is Yuan Xiangguo, you should know." ”

This middle-aged man turned out to be Xiangguo Yuanzai, Guo Song has admired his name for a long time, he hurriedly saluted, "It turned out to be Yuan Xiangguo, and the younger generation was rude." ”

"Huh! You're welcome, we're all working for the Holy One, all the same. ”

Yuan Zai pulled an official who was nearly sixty years old behind him over, and introduced Guo Song with a smile: "This is our God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan, the envoy of the Du Branch, has just been appointed as the Yangzhou Assassin and Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transfer Envoy, and he will leave for Yangzhou to take up his post today." ”

Guo Song saw that Liu Yan was thin and small, and his appearance was not amazing, and he was going to Yangzhou today, so he knew that he was afraid that Liu Yan was related to his next task, and he also hugged his fists and saluted, "Please take care of Liu Tingshi!" ”

Liu Yan smiled at Guo Song gently and saluted him back, but he didn't say much.

"Let's go in and sit!"

Yuan Zai invited everyone into the main hall of the big ship, he asked several of his entourages to retreat, closed the hatch, and then Yuan Zai said to Guo Song: "Your identity, the saint has already told me and Liu Tingshi, we can talk freely." ”

Guo Song nodded, it seemed that he was going to Jianghuai.

Everyone sat down, and Yuan Zai said to Guo Song: "Ten days ago, the salt and iron order and salt and iron transfer made the fifth Qi die of illness, and this important seat related to the financial resources of the Tang Dynasty was vacant, and everyone was staring at this seat, but it was still preempted by Yu Chaoen, and his reason was that the saint could not refuse, and according to the convention, the household servant should take over, so Huangfu Wen took the position of the fifth Qi as a matter of course." ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "So Yuan Xiangguo came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, and set up Huangfu Wen." ”

Yuan Zai shook his head, "It is impossible to overhead, but it can restrain Huangfu Wen to a large extent, after all, the salt tax in the world is seven points in Jianghuai, what we are most worried about is that after Yu Chaoen controls the salt tax, he will directly control the military expenses of the Shence Army, which is a very terrible thing, once the military expenses of the Shence Army are mastered by him, this army will be completely controlled by him, so no matter what, we have to prevent this from happening." ”

"Then why don't you stop the Son of Heaven from appointing Huangfu Wen?" Guo Song asked puzzled.

Yuan Zai shook his head, "On the surface, everyone has to follow the rules, and it hasn't reached the point of tearing your face yet, so you can only fight in secret." ”

"What does that require me to do?" Guo Song asked again.

Yuan Zai looked at Guo Song and said: "The meaning of the saint is to let you, as Liu Tingshi's staff, accompany him to Jianghuai, and the two of you will break this situation together and thwart Yu Chaoen's attempt." ”