On the third day after the Xishi Incident, Guo Song followed the crown prince Li Shi to lead an army of 100,000 to Chang'an.

Li Mian continued to serve as the envoy of the Biansong Festival, and increased his troops to 60,000, firmly controlling the states of the Central Plains and ensuring the smooth flow of the Cao River.

The army entered the barracks at Bashang, and Li Shi returned to the capital with dozens of guards.

"Won't Guo Yuanjun go back to the city with me?" Li Shi asked with a smile.

Guo Song shook his head, "Weichen has resigned, and a high-profile return to the city will stimulate some people, so it's better to keep a low profile." ”

Li Shi smiled bitterly, this Guo Song really held a grudge, he saw a tea shed on the side of the road, so he pointed with a horsewhip and said: "Let's go to the tea shed and sit!" ”

The guards took the first step and wrapped the entire tea shed, and the shopkeeper of the tea shed heard that it was His Royal Highness the Prince, so frightened that they hurriedly cleaned the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the tables and chairs, and Li Shi instructed everyone: "Everyone feel free to eat and order their own food." ”

Everyone also found a seat to sit down, Li Shi invited Guo Song to sit down, and the shopkeeper personally served them two bowls of freshly boiled fresh soybean milk, with honey in them, and the guards hurriedly stepped forward to test the poison with silver needles.

Li Shi took a sip of soy milk and praised: "The taste is very mellow, I haven't drunk such soy milk for a long time." ”

Guo Song smiled and asked: "I always thought that this was something that the poor drank and there was also in the palace?" ”

"Of course there is, and it's very popular, and my father has to drink a bowl every morning."

Guo Song also drank two sips of soy milk, and Li Shiwei groaned: "Do you know that there was a Huifu incident in Chang'an?" ”

"I have heard that it is said that the imperial court is going to send the Hui delegation back to China, and the cancer of more than ten years is finally going to be cut off."

Li Shi groaned and said: "But my father is more concerned about whether the Hui army will invade the Tang Dynasty on a large scale, you have been to Anxi, you should know the situation better, my father asked me to ask you and listen to your thoughts." ”

Guo Song was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "The Holy Lord thinks too highly of me, what should I say about this question?" ”

Li Shi smiled slightly: "Let's chat, although frankly, my father always praises you for seeing things thoroughly, in fact, I also want to hear the high opinion of the envoy." ”

Guo Song really sees the problem more thoroughly, he knows the context of historical development, and he analyzes the problem from the height of history, which is indeed more thorough than ordinary people.

Although many historical events have changed, such as the return of the Hui delegation to China, it should be the first thing the prince did after he ascended the throne, which led to the massacre of the Hui mission by Zhang Guangsheng, the governor of Daizhou, which led to a large-scale attack on the Tang Dynasty.

But the time is advanced, and I don't know if Zhang Guangsheng will massacre the mission, but Guo Song knows that the current Hui is a little different from the Hui in history.

He thought for a moment and said, "I think it's very likely that Hui Hui will invade Datang, but at least not in the short term." ”

Li Shi perked up and hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "Hui and Tubo fought for Tochar and Hezhong region, fought a war for more than ten years, it can be said that both defeats are injured, and the national strength is greatly damaged, now that the war is over, their next thing must be to replenish blood and restore national strength, if it is the Tang Dynasty, they will adopt the strategy of recuperation, but Hui and Tubo are nomads, and their way to replenish blood is to eat the weak, so Tubo wants to eat Tuyuhun, and then they want to rob Longyou."

And Hui Hui is the same, they will definitely invade the Tang Dynasty and replenish their blood by looting the Tang Dynasty, but Hui Hui now has an enemy, that is Ge Lulu, Xue Yantuo was eliminated, and Ge Lulu is about to officially appear, so Hui Hui will definitely join forces with Sijie to suppress Ge Lulu, so Wei Chen said that Hui Hui has no time to take care of Datang in the past two years, but Hui Hui will never let Datang have a better life, Your Highness, don't forget, there is also a Shatuo people, they are supported by Hui people to attack Hexi, Wei Chen estimates that there may be a war in Hexi, The North Courtyard may also be lost. ”

Li Shi suddenly realized that Guo Song's analysis actually gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment, and hurriedly asked: "You said that Tubo annexed Tuyuhun to replenish blood, will Hui Hui annex Shatuo to replenish blood?" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "If there are no Qarlu people, the Hui may annex the Shatuo people, but now that there are Qarluq people, if the Hui people force the Shatuo people to be anxious, it is likely that Shatuo will turn to Gelulu, then the Hui will not be worth the loss, and besides, there are many other tribes in the grassland for the Hui to annex, such as the Tongluo tribe, the servant bone department, the Baye ancient tribe, etc., there is no need to eat the sensitive Shatuo people." ”

Li Shi sighed: "Listening to your words, it is better to read for ten years, so that you have a broad vision and a strong view of the overall situation, I have been taught!" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "The humble position is just nonsense, Your Highness just listen and play, don't take it too seriously!" ”

Li Shi smiled, "Let's hurry up and have a good rest!" I guess I'm going to get busy soon. ”

Guo Song smiled and didn't answer the topic, at this time, the shopkeeper sent some freshly baked meatloaf, Li Shi took a bite of the meatloaf and smiled: "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "Weichen does have a personal matter to ask His Highness for help. ”

"If it's about Xue Xun, then I've already helped you, the officials want to send him to the Songzhou frontier, and I will transfer him to Jianzhou to serve as the chief historian."

"Thank you, Your Highness, what I want to say is indeed this matter."

Li Shi asked curiously, "Xue Xun shouldn't have any relationship with you!" It doesn't seem to be a world friend, why do you care so much about him, and actually ask me how many times? ”

Guo Song was a little embarrassed and said: "Xue Changshi may be a lowly old man in the future." ”

Li Shi immediately stroked his palms and laughed, "I understand, I will arrange for him to return to Beijing to report on his work after a while, and I will be the matchmaker for you!" ”

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Li Shi returned to the city with his guards and officials, while Guo Song quietly returned to Chang'an with two retinues, and before that, Liang Wu had led a thousand soldiers from Tongzhou to the north and returned to Fengzhou, and the crown prince Li Shi promised them that they would be rewarded for their merits.

It was already late September since Guo Song returned to Chang'an, for Guo Song, everything in Chang'an had not changed, the only thing that had changed was his mentality, he was very resentful of Chang Gon before, but now, a trace of resentment in his heart has also disappeared in the war, there is no need to take people like Chang Gon to heart.

Guo Song entered the city from the Chunming Gate, the noisy and lively atmosphere came to his face, Guo Song suddenly had a feeling of emptiness, when he came to Chang'an for the first time five years ago, he was full of curiosity about everything, full of excitement, and full of expectations for his future.

At this time, he had an indescribable tiredness, and he suddenly longed to start a family, and with a home, his lonely heart had a home.

Although he was still thinking about his wife and daughter in the future, he knew that he could not go back, his daughter had grown up and should be the same age as himself, and she might soon have a husband who loved her.

Then it's time for you to find your own home in Datang.

After entering Jinchangfang, Guo Song crossed a path next to the Golden Body Pavilion, and from a small door there, he walked into the courtyard where he lived.

Guo Song sent two retinues to settle the horses, he walked into the room, put Fang Tian's halberd on the wall, and sat down at the desk in a daze, he suddenly took out a piece of paper, studied a little ink, and wrote down his feelings on the paper with a pen.

The cicada noise forest is quiet, and the birdsong mountain is more secluded.

This place is full of thoughts and long-term sad travel.

After returning to the hustle and bustle of Chang'an, he felt an unbearable loneliness.

Guo Song wrote a long page, dried the ink, folded the letter, and stuffed it into an envelope.

At this time, the voice of the senior brother came from the courtyard, "Senior brother, are you back?" ”

Guo Song got up and walked into the courtyard, seeing that his senior brother was full of red face, and there seemed to be a young Taoist aunt behind him, Guo Song was stunned for a moment, "Senior brother, this is ......."

Gan Feng smiled, "Let me introduce you to my junior brother, this is my fellow dual cultivator, Senior Sister Zhang Nianhui." ”

Guo Song reacted after a while, "Senior brother is married?" ”

"Hey! That's the saying of the layman, junior brother, you should know, our Taoist is called joint dual cultivation. ”

Guo Song looked at his senior brother with a happy smile, and he was immediately relieved, the senior brother was only in his forties, and he was in the prime of life, isn't it normal to marry a wife? Which Taoist temple in Kongtong Mountain is not a joint dual cultivator.

"Congratulations, senior brother, when did this happen, I don't even know."

"Even last month, you weren't in the capital! Sister Zhang Nianhui is the Taoist aunt of the Plum Blossom View in Beijing, I went to the Plum Blossom Temple to explain the scriptures, and met Sister Zhang, we got along very well, and felt that there was this fate. ”

Guo Song saw that Zhang Nianhui was quite attractive, so he estimated that the senior brother fell in love with someone else when he went to the other party's Taoist temple and forcibly married him, but then again, the senior brother is one of the eight heavenly masters of the Tang Dynasty, and his status is noble.

Gan Feng introduced Guo Song to his wife again, "This is my little junior brother, the most famous rising star in the capital." ”

Zhang Nianhui was a little embarrassed, and gave Guo Song a family gift with a red face, "I have heard the name of my junior brother for a long time, and I will ask my junior brother to take care of me in the future!" ”

Guo Song returned the salute, he thought about it, and hurriedly ran back to the house, and took out a white jade carved Baolian lamp, which was inlaid with pearls, very precious, this was the trophy he got from Li Zhongchen's leather bag, originally he wanted to leave it to Xue Tao, just when the senior brother got married, this Baolian lamp was used as a congratulatory gift for the senior brother's marriage.

"This Baolian lantern will be given to the senior sister, congratulations to the senior brother and sister on their wonderful marriage,"

"This ....."

Zhang Nianhui didn't know whether to accept it or not, and looked back at her husband.

Gan Feng smiled slightly: "This is the intention of the junior brother, just accept it!" ”

"Then thank you, junior brother."

Zhang Nianhui took the Baolian lamp and said with a smile: "Let's talk about your senior brothers!" I'll give you sencha. ”