Wang Le, the cell leader, had been walking in the wilderness for a day and a night, he did not dare to ride a horse, nor did he dare to take an ox cart, but fled southwest along the path, his home was in Lantian County, his wife and children were there, he could not help but go.

Wang Le didn't know whether he should regret it or not, for a thousand taels of gold, he lost his fat and was wanted, but it was a thousand taels of gold! I can't earn it in my life, and the opportunity in life is this once.

A thousand taels of silver was too heavy for him to carry, but was buried in the house he rented, and he didn't know if it had been dug up by the government.

He was worried all the way, and after walking all day, his shoes were worn out, and he was hungry and thirsty, when he saw a tea shed on the official road in the distance, and he felt a few taels of silver in his pocket, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and limped towards the tea shed.

There are still a lot of diners in the tea shed, chatting about the world, very lively, Wang Le just walked to the mouth of the tea shed, and suddenly found more than a dozen officials sitting at a few tables drinking tea, he was taken aback, turned around and fled.

The official also spotted him and shouted, "He's there, catch him." ”

More than a dozen officials chased after him, Wang Le ran less than a hundred steps, fell to the ground, and several officials rushed up and pressed him to the ground.

Wang Le was so desperate that he screamed in despair, his thousand taels of gold, his unopened rich life, his wife and children, everything had become a dream........

In the afternoon, thousands of soldiers surrounded the mansion of Xiang Wang Jin, the second housekeeper of the palace was arrested by the soldiers, and Wang Jin's son Wang Xiaonian chased him out and shouted: "This is Xiangguo's mansion, you can't arrest people at will in Xiangguo's mansion!" ”

The leading official is Zhao Yi of Dali Temple, he hugged his fists and said to Wang Xiaonian: "The housekeeper of your mansion is suspected of murdering the imperial court criminals, and the case is serious, please don't hinder us, and please don't leave at will, and be ready to be investigated at any time." ”

He waved his hand, "Take it away!" ”

The soldiers escorted the palace steward away, and Wang Xiaonian realized that the situation was serious and hurriedly ran to the imperial city to report to his father.

At this time, Wang Jin was holding a tea cup and chatting with several officials about next year's imperial examination, a henchman hurriedly walked up to the hall, and said a few words to Wang Jin, Wang Jin's face was suddenly pale, his hands trembled violently, and the tea cup also fell to the ground, and several officials looked at him dumbfounded, not knowing what happened?

"I'm going to change my clothes!"

Wang Jin helped his entourage to get up and walked towards the hall with difficulty, but before he reached the door, he saw Yang Hao, the middle of the imperial history, walking in, staring at him sternly, holding a scroll of holy decree in his hand.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yu, the son of heaven, issued a decree to remove Wang Jinxiangguo from the position of Xiangguo and deprive him of his title in order to condone the crime of invading the land occupied by the Buddhist temple.

Li Yu's heart is like a mirror, although Wang Jin bribed the cell boss and killed Lu Sigong, I am afraid that the real mastermind behind the scenes is Yuan Zai.

Of course, there are other reasons for not severely punishing Wang Jin, that is, the Hedong Wang family, the eldest son Li Shi's princess is from the Hedong Wang family, and with this in-law relationship, Li Yu has to have some scruples.

In the imperial study, Li Yu was pacing back and forth, he was thinking about how to deal with Yuan Zai, although Yuan Zai also had some credits, such as participating in the extermination of the evil eunuch Yu Chaoen, but Yuan Zai's harm to the imperial court would only be more than Yu Chaoen, if he was not severely punished, let him make a comeback, I am afraid it would be more harmful to the society of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yu finally made up his mind.

In August of the eleventh year of the Great Calendar, Yuan Zai was arrested by Wu Cao, the general of Jinwu, and Wu Miao immediately read out the will of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Zai was given death for the crime of sitting on a huge amount of stolen goods, and his whole family was also given to death, and the Yuan family of Guanlong nobles immediately announced that Yuan Zai was not of Yuan family blood, and no longer recognized Yuan Zai as the heir of the Yuan family, and his name was removed from the Yuan family temple.

Yuan Zai's whole family was given death to cause a sensation in the capital, but the impact was not over, Li Yu immediately ordered to clean up Yuan Zai's henchmen, including Xiangguo Yang Yan, the military department squire Xie Nanshan, the three Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials, and many important officials of the temple, a total of more than 100 people, degraded and demoted, dismissed from office, until the beginning of December when the crown prince was canonized, the turmoil of Yuan Zai's case came to an end.

At dusk, Guo Song was sitting in the tent reading a book, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, and someone shouted: "Changshi, the proclamator is here!" ”

Guo Song hurriedly got up, only to see a eunuch walking briskly with more than a dozen entourage, and the eunuch stepped forward and asked loudly, "Guo Song is here?" ”

Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I am!" ”

"When the holy decree arrives, you can place an incense case to receive the decree!"

The soldiers hurriedly carried the incense case, spread the carpet, and Guo Song knelt in front of the incense case to listen to the order.

"General Ning Yuan, the pacification envoy of the Western Regions, and the governor of Anxi Prefecture, Shi Guo Song, was ordered to go to Anxi and Beiting to pacify the lonely army, and died nine times, went through hardships, lived up to the holy hopes, and finally completed the trust of me, his courage is outstanding, his courage is superb, and his loyalty is commendable.

Guo Song was excited in his heart, kowtowed, and said: "Minister Guo Song thanks Tianzi Longen!" ”

After the eunuch read out the will, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to Guo Envoy!" ”

Guo Song took the holy decree and hurriedly instructed Xiao Yuniang to take one hundred taels of silver to thank the proclaimant, who thanked him again and again, and then went back satisfied.

At this time, Li Ji and the others congratulated Guo Song one after another, but Xiao Yuniang didn't understand, and quietly asked Liang Wu, "Brother Liang, what kind of official is my son-in-law sealed?" ”

"Your son-in-law is jealous!"

Liang Wu said with a sour face: "Not only was the official reinstated, but he was also promoted to one level, tsk!" The title is to the county duke, and I don't even have a county baron! is still General Mingwei from the fourth grade, and he is still the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and even my father has become his subordinate. ”

"Is the deputy envoy second only to the envoy of the festival?" Xiao Yu Niang asked excitedly.

Next to him, Xue Changshou smiled: "Can't say that? The deputy envoy of the festival degree and the deputy envoy of the festival degree are still far away, the deputy envoy of the festival degree is generally a senior official of the third grade, the deputy envoy of the festival degree is generally from the fourth or the fifth grade can be appointed, the section degree makes the following is the long history, the long history is the turn of the deputy envoy of the festival, Sima and other officials, relatively virtual, no real power, your son's really valuable official position is the soldiers and horses of the three towns of the surrendered city, that is to say, the east, the middle and the west of the three surrendered cities are under his control. ”

"Where is the surrendered city?"

At this time, Guo Song came over and said with a smile: "The surrender city is on the prairie in the north, pass on my order, brothers pack up our things, and we will set off early the day after tomorrow!" ”

Guo Song himself didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would let him sit in the surrendered city, but it is not surprising that the surrendered city has been barren for many years, and the garrison has just been restored, and the relationship between himself and the Sijie Department is very good, so it is more appropriate to send himself to the surrendered city.

It's just that Guo Song didn't expect that he would return to Shuofang, maybe the Son of Heaven had already had this intention, and he had already heralded this by sealing his title to Lingwu County, and he really regarded himself as a native of Lingwu County.

.........

The next day, Guo Song led everyone out of the capital and went all the way north.

"Chirp—"

The eagle roared in the sky, and the fierce son circled twice above Guo Song's head, spreading his wings and flying north.

The little fish girl slapped her face with joy, "Mengzi seems to understand what I'm talking about!" ”

Liang Wu boasted: "The fierce son can also probe the enemy's situation and win a thousand miles, so we will call it the scout general!" ”

Guo Song smiled in the back, he couldn't wait for Gongsun Auntie to return to Beijing in the end, so he could only take this little maid to take up his post, in fact, he also understood that even if Gongsun Auntie came back, what could he do, this little lady was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of it.

"Which surrendered city does the envoy plan to stay in?"

It was Cao Wannian who asked the question, and he finally decided to accept Guo Song's appointment and become Guo Song's staff to sort out various documents for him, and he also wanted to use this year's time to prepare well and participate in the imperial examination the year after tomorrow.

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "This has to be discussed with Duan Jiedu's envoy, but I personally prefer to surrender to the west." ”

Cao Wannian was even more puzzled, "Didn't you say that the three surrendered cities were directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War?" ”

"That being said, after all, it is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, and the logistics and the like have to rely on the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion for supply, so we still have to respect the Duan Jiedu Envoy."

"Subordinates understood!"

Guo Song glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Why doesn't Gongzi Cao participate in the imperial examination next spring?" ”

Cao Wannian smiled bitterly and said: "Next year's imperial examination quota must be recommended by the states, I asked, the first resumption of the imperial examination cannot be flexible, it must be in accordance with the rules, I still have to be recommended by Shazhou, it is too late to come." ”

Guo Song frowned and said: "Didn't you say it earlier, I told His Royal Highness King Lu, your situation is special, there is no official government in Shazhou, how can you recommend it?" ”

"Forget it, the key is that I am not prepared, the books I read are not the same thing as the content of the imperial examination, and it is also a good thing to give me a year to prepare."

Guo Song nodded, "Since you think so, I won't interfere, but I will find a way to let you participate in the state exam in Lingzhou next year, you can't go back to Shazhou to take the state exam, this matter will be understood." ”

Cao Wannian was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted: "Then thank you so much!" ”

The crowd quickened up and headed northwest.

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[The fourth volume of Anzai's journey is completed.] Please see the fifth volume, Mo Nan Long Smoke]