"Master refers to Yuan Zai's deception of the monarch and the lack of heaven?" Li Shi asked

Zhao Kuan nodded, "It seems that His Royal Highness has also realized that Guo Song's matter is a mirror, and many things have been reflected, is it because of personal preference that the Son of Heaven appointed Guo Song as the governor of Anxi Prefecture?"

No, how can the national policy of recovering Anxi be decided by personal preference? It is because Guo Song is the best candidate, and it turns out that the choice of the Son of Heaven is not wrong, he returned from completing the task, but Yuan Zai not only refused to correct his mistakes, but also intensified the suppression, did not recognize Guo Song's appointment, did not recognize the achievements of his envoy to Anxi, and did not recognize the national policy of the Son of Heaven. ”

Li Shi was a little restless, he finally realized that he had done something stupid, and actually accepted Guo Song's resignation.

Zhao Kuan didn't save face for him, and continued to say unceremoniously: "Guo Song resigned from all positions, just for the Son of Heaven to see, he wanted the Son of Heaven to know that he fought to the death for the Tang Dynasty, but ended up like this, Your Highness, do you think the Son of Heaven will still be able to sit still?" If the Son of Heaven is still silent, what does that mean? ”

The sweat on Li Shi's forehead came out, and he said with shame on his face: "I actually made an accomplice for Yuan Zai!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, in fact, the old minister has long wanted to persuade you, but he is afraid of hurting your self-esteem, so he has been silent, but since you came to me today, it means that you are also aware of your own crisis, why did Yu Chaoen die, King Zheng was completely deposed, and the Holy Lord still didn't make you the prince? To tell the truth, Summoning King Li Si has done a better job than you in some aspects, which is remarkable, so the Holy Lord wants to take a second look. ”

Li Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "I don't quite understand, please make it clear to Master." ”

Zhao Kuan sighed, "You are deceived by the people around you, playing tricks every day, regardless of the overall situation, what did you do to summon the king, first of all, the Tang Dynasty and Sijie formed an alliance, and Sijie personally came to the Hajj to the Son of Heaven, whose credit is this, did not summon the king to secretly send Sijie the year before last, will there be this achievement?"

Or is it the reactivation of the three surrendered cities, and whose credit is it? Or Zhao Wang, Zhao Wang was appointed as the envoy of Hexi Festival, it is supposed to be just a false position, but he really went to Hexi to comfort the soldiers, Guo Song returned from Anxi, and he also greeted him on behalf of the Son of Heaven, meticulous care, these Son of Heaven are in his eyes, and what did His Royal Highness do?

With all due respect, His Royal Highness cares too much about the thoughts of Yuan Zai and others, Your Highness, summoning the king to fight for non-fighting, in fact, he has already gained the upper hand in the battle for succession. ”

Li Shi couldn't sit still any longer, got up and bowed, "Please teach me, Master!" ”

Zhao Kuan said slowly: "Yan Zhenqing has been in Chang'an for a long time, but he has no arrangements, and he is suppressed by Yuan Zai and others, should you do something as a prisoner?"

Han Yun and Liu Yan were suppressed in the Zhizheng Hall, and all the decrees were Yuan Zai's meaning, should you take action?

It has been a few years since the resumption of the imperial examination, but it has never been implemented, but the talented people in the world have been encircled by the feudal towns, and you don't even have the courage to do so as a prisoner?

The Holy God has given you a chance, think about it yourself, what great things have you done in the past six months? Hanging out with a bunch of traitorous ministers all day long, can the Holy Lord hand over the Sheji to you? ”

Li Shi was sweating profusely, like thunder, and he finally left Zhao Kuan's mansion in despair.

Where to go? Go?

Think about it yourself, what did you do in the first half of the year? Hanging out with a bunch of traitorous ministers all day long, can the Holy Lord hand over the Sheji to you? ’

Zhao Kuan's words were heart-wrenching, cutting Li Shi's heart like a knife, making him extremely painful.

Li Shi asked the coachman not to go back to the palace, and took himself back and forth on the street, and finally his carriage stopped in front of the palace, and he entered the palace, knelt in front of his father's bedroom, and pleaded with his father.

.........

Three days later, Guo Song crossed the Pujin Pass and entered Puzhou, he did not go to the Central Plains, but first entered Hedong, then crossed Wangwu Mountain into Huaizhou, and traveled along the north bank of the Yellow River.

At dusk that day, they arrived at a small town in Jiangzhou, called Hankou Town, because this is a place where the official road must pass, there are many inns and taverns in the town.

Xue Changshou is responsible for the food and accommodation along the way, Xue Changshou is a military doctor, more than 30 years old, is a Lingzhou person living in the capital, his father was a Shuofang military doctor, family medical skills, Xue Changshou martial arts are not good, and he will not ride and shoot, he was called into the Eagle Strike Army as a special talent, but he survived in the end, and he was able to escape in the fierce battle of thousands of troops and horses, I have to say that he has a big life.

Xue Changshou is not only skilled in medicine, but also very sophisticated, this time, Guo Song took him with him, and he was also a good helper, in fact, Guo Song wanted to train him to be his right-hand man.

"Changshi, let's go to the store in front!"

Xue Changshou pointed to an inn with red lanterns at the entrance of the town and said with a smile: "Changshi, that inn seems to be connected with food and lodging, so it's better to go to his house to stay." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Yes!" ”

The six people urged the horses to run towards the inn, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, a man ran out and said with a smile: "The six masters come to our house to stay!" ”

"Have dinner?"

"Yes! Yes! In front of the shop is a tavern, behind is an inn, there are all in the upper room, the horse is handed over to me, everyone go to eat first. ”

Everyone turned over and dismounted, a soldier led the horse and followed the guy to the backyard, Guo Song entered the tavern, the tavern was quite lively, there were six tables, five were full of guests, only the innermost table was empty, everyone sat down in front of the remaining table, Xue Changshou beckoned the bartender to come forward, and whispered to him to order wine and food.

Guo Song looked at this tavern, the tavern was very dilapidated, I don't know how many years, a thick layer of oil had accumulated on the table, a large piece of wall skin on the wall had fallen off, revealing the mud and grass core inside, and the soil on the ground had been trampled on black and shiny, it was a typical country tavern.

At this time, the soldier in charge of settling the war horse walked in quickly and whispered a few words to Guo Song, Guo Song frowned, "You read that right!" ”

"Can't be wrong, it's them!"

Next to him, Xue Changshou smiled and asked, "Did you see those two people again?" ”

The soldier nodded, "I saw them staying at an inn diagonally across the door. ”

They met two officials in Huazhou, and when they crossed the Yellow River at Pujin Pass, they saw these two officials again, and now they were in a remote town, and they met them again.

Is it just a coincidence that I met the same two people three times in a row?

Xue Changshou said with a smile: "Maybe they are also going to southern Hebei on business to extract repeat offenders, which is more common." ”

Guo Song also knew that the Beijing Tolerance often went to various prefectures and counties to extract felons, maybe it was really just a coincidence, so Guo Song no longer thought about it.

After dinner, they came to the back inn, the room had been booked, they booked three upper rooms, Guo Song alone, Xue Changshou and a soldier in one, and the other three soldiers in one.

"Everyone rest early, get up at five watches tomorrow, and set off after breakfast."

Everyone took the oil lamp to their room, Guo Song's room was at the end of the second floor, the room was very large, although the furnishings were average, but it was relatively clean.

This time, Guo Song did not bring a long weapon, only his black sword and bow and arrows, and a horse bag, he put the horse bag at the door, put the black sword and bow and arrow at the head of the bed, at this time, a man brought a basin of hot water for him to wash.

"Business seems to be pretty good!" Guo Song said with a smile.

"It's been a good time, the Zhang's Inn opposite is closed, there is one less competitor, and business is much better all of a sudden."

"Why is the inn on the other side closed?"

"There was a fire half a month ago, half of it burned, and it had to be closed."

Guo Song felt a little strange in his heart, since the inn opposite was closed, why didn't the two officials come?

"Is there any other place to eat and stay in the town besides you?"

"There is another one at the east end of the town, and we have to walk a little way, so the guests from the east go to their house, and the guests from the west come to our house, and the water from our two wells does not interfere with the river water."

Guo Song was even more puzzled, and asked again: "Is there anyone else staying tonight besides us?" ”

The guy shook his head, "No more! ”

He bowed and went out to bring hot water again.

Guo Song was washing his feet while thinking about this matter, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, why did these two officials go to the near and far, just not to come to this inn, they were like hiding from someone.

A thought quietly flashed through Guo Song's heart, was it really a coincidence that he met these two officials three times?

These two officials have long hands and feet, vigorous steps, and very sharp eyes, and they are people with strong martial arts at a glance, just because they are officials, so Guo Song did not have suspicions.

But now some of their actions against the official errand finally made Guo Song suspicious, it stands to reason that they should spend the night in Jiangxian County, twenty miles to the west, there is an official post station in the county, the official errand stays, food and accommodation do not need money, the saved entanglement is their own, almost all the officials will take advantage of this.

However, these two officials did not spend the night in Jiangxian County, but followed them to Hankou Town, and refused to stay in the tavern inn at the entrance of the town, which is completely unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Guo Song got up and came to the next door, gathered all five people together, and said in a low voice: "There is something wrong with those two officials, everyone sleeps together tonight, don't sleep on the bed, sleep on the floor, be vigilant,"

The five of them nodded again and again, and Xue Changshou asked, "Is Changshi with us?" ”

Guo Song sneered: "I'm still sleeping in my own room tonight, I want to see, where the gods are coming?" ”