At night, Du Duqiu was reading a book in the outer study, and there was a sound of footsteps outside, "Father, the child has something important to report!" ”

This is Du Gu Qiu's youngest son Gu Qian back, Du Gu Qiu put down the book and said, "Come in!" ”

The door opened, and a tall, burly young man entered, Gu Qian was a palace guard, not only skilled in martial arts, but also shrewd and capable, and deeply loved by his father.

He came in and knelt down and saluted, "See Father!" ”

"How's the investigation going?" Dugu Qiu asked.

"Father, I've already found some eyebrows."

Du Guqiu perked up and said with a smile: "Tell me, what clues have you found?" ”

"Brother Ming's subordinates found three people who originally taught children to sing nursery rhymes in Anrenfang and Guangfufang yesterday, these three people all live in Guangfufang, and today they finally found out the details of the three people, all three of them are warriors of the Hidden Sword Pavilion."

Du Isolated Qiu was stunned, and immediately laughed, "The Son of Heaven also asked the Hidden Sword Pavilion to investigate the person who spread nursery rhymes, which is really ridiculous. ”

"Father, do you want to arrest these three people?" Dugu Qian asked.

"Did you catch it?"

"Not yet, wait for my father to make it clear."

Du Guqiu shook his head, "We can only watch this matter, we can't participate in it, the water is too deep to set foot in rashly." ”

"The child knows."

Du Gu Qiu glanced at his son, and when he saw that he was confused, he said lightly: "Don't you think it's strange that this happened to Lu Qi as soon as he took office?" ”

"Could it be that this matter has something to do with Lu Qi?"

Du Gu Qiu smiled, "I don't know what this matter has to do with Lu Qi, but I know that this matter must be related to Yuan Xuanhu, or rather, this matter is planned by Yuan Xuanhu behind the scenes." ”

Dugu Qian suddenly, "The child understands, Guo Song and the Yuan family have a deep hatred, there are rumors that Yuan Xuanhu's two grandsons, the Yuan Demon King and the Jade Sword Prince, both died in the hands of Guo Song, and the child even suspects that the assassin case in the East Palace is also related to Guo Song, and that incident hit the Yuan family too hard." ”

Du Gu Qiu shook his head, "The assassin case in the East Palace is not a blow, the Son of Heaven also knows that it is not an assassin of the Yuan family, the Son of Heaven does not like the Yuan family, it is because the Yuan family secretly supported Li Miao before, and the real blow to the Yuan family is the case of Hou Mochen's daughter being poisoned, and the Lantern Festival did it unknowingly, but in the end it was stabbed open, causing most of the Guanlong nobles to turn against the Yuan family, and the Yuan family has not recovered until now, this matter must be related to Guo Song, and the Yuan family hates Guo Song deeply, Yuan Xuanhu has always boasted of being scheming, In the end, he was disgraced by a descendant, how could he let Guo Song go. ”

"But how could the Hidden Sword Pavilion listen to the command of the Yuan family?"

Du Gu Qiu took a few steps, which is indeed confusing, which can be explained as Li Man was bought by the Yuan family, but Du Gu Qiu felt that things were not so simple.

"I asked you to investigate Li Man's background last year, how did you find out?"

Dugu Qian shook his head, "The child investigated for several months, and finally learned from Li Man's son that Li Man's mother was a singer in Pingkangfang, and I don't know who his father was, his mother died when he was two years old, and she was adopted by Gongsun Auntie, and began to practice martial arts at the age of ten, and was the best disciple of Gongsun Auntie. ”

Du Gu Qiu sighed slightly: "I have an intuition that Li Man's life experience is likely to be related to the Yuan family, otherwise the Hidden Sword Pavilion would not be so tacitly cooperative with the Yuan family, and the Hidden Sword Pavilion is not short of money." ”

At this time, Dugu Qian suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Father, the child heard a news in the afternoon, the Son of Heaven has appointed the eunuch Tian Wenxiu as the supervisor of the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, and at the same time ordered Guo Song to send his wife and daughter to live in Chang'an. ”

Du Qiuqiu stayed for a moment, then nodded slowly: "I understand, Yuan Xuanhu's purpose is to make the Son of Heaven no longer trust Guo Song and be suspicious of him, it can be said that Yuan Xuanhu has succeeded, he is worthy of being an old fox, and his wrist is really powerful, which makes people have to admire." ”

"Father, what are we going to do? Or is it just a spectator? ”

Dugu Qiu said unequivocally: "We can only watch this matter, we can't participate, it doesn't violate the interests of the Dugu family, we can't rashly make enemies, don't investigate the nursery rhyme matter anymore, and then you do two more things for me." ”

"Father, please!"

Dugu Qiu wrote a note, sealed it in the wax pill, handed it to his son, and said: "You immediately send a henchman to Ganzhou, and hand over this wax pill to Guo Song himself, remember, it must be handed over to me, this is the first or second thing, you send someone to investigate Tian Wenxiu's background, I remember that he is a eunuch of the East Palace, nicknamed Yuma, but I want to know what he did before entering the palace." ”

.........

On the boundless grassland in the north of Zhangye, a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people is marching slowly in line, and dozens of people in front of them are holding high the big flag, including the regimental dragon flag of the Tang Dynasty and the black dragon flag of the Ganzhou army.

Guo Song is in the team, he has been back to Ganzhou for more than half a year, compared with half a year ago in the capital, his appearance has changed greatly, his skin is darker and rougher, his jaw has a short beard, his eyes are not as sharp as before, the edge is introverted, his gaze is unfathomable, and occasionally there will be a slight hint of coldness.

He had just come back from Shazhou, his heart was a little heavy, he got a news in Shazhou, Guo Xin fell ill under the grief and anger, it is no wonder that Anxi suffered a series of blows, first of all, the Tang Fan agreement required the Tang army to withdraw from Shule, so that Guo Xin left Shule with countless soldiers and family members in tears.

Immediately afterwards, the Son of Heaven decided to give up Anxi, giving Guo Xin an extremely heavy blow, coupled with the death of his uncle Guo Ziyi, he could no longer support it and could not afford to be sick.

Guo Song was very sorry in his heart, Guo Xin's illness also had something to do with him, he withdrew three thousand troops, in the words of the Anxi envoy, the departure of these three thousand troops was like pulling out the backbone of the old county king.

But Guo Song had no choice, the imperial court withdrew 10,000 Liangzhou troops, he had to defend Shazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou and Liangzhou, and the troops were also lacking, and more importantly, the imperial court cut off the material support to Anxi, and Anxi could not feed so many troops.

After walking for two hours, Guo Song saw the majestic Zhangye city wall in the distance, went for more than a month, and finally came back, now it is late October, and in another month, the Hexi Corridor will enter winter, and Guo Song is also like an arrow.

After a short time, the army came to the city, the cavalry returned to the camp outside the city to rest, and Guo Song took his own soldiers directly into the city.

It was noon now, and Guo Song only nibbled on a piece of dry cake for breakfast, and he was really a little hungry.

Hearing that her husband was back, Xue Tao hugged her daughter and greeted her, Guo Song's baby daughter was almost a year old, she was beautiful, smart and cute, she suddenly saw her father, and she was a little shy to hide in her mother's arms.

Guo Song clapped his hands and smiled: "Forgot about your father so quickly? ”

The little guy secretly glanced at his father, and finally thought about it, she immediately stretched out her little hand to her father, Guo Song picked her up and lifted her high, and turned around in place, the little guy screamed with joy, Guo Song laughed and held his daughter in his arms, at this moment, Anxi's troubles were temporarily forgotten.

The little guy hugged his father's neck and kissed him twice on the face, snot and saliva covered his father's face, Xue Tao was amused, took out a handkerchief and wiped his husband's face clean, and asked with a smile: "I shouldn't have eaten lunch yet!" ”

"Not yet! I'm hungry. ”

Xue Tao hurriedly asked Ah Qiu to order the kitchen to arrange meals, clapped his palms and smiled at his daughter: "Daddy is going to eat, come to my mother!" ”

The little guy turned his head away, hugged his father's neck and ignored his mother, Xue Tao was angry and funny, "Who refused to let Daddy hug him just now, and now he is sticking to Daddy again?" ”

"Then let's eat with Daddy!"

"No! No way! ”

Xue Tao hurriedly said: "Her stomach can only eat rice milk, and she can't eat meat with you, she drools when she sees meat, and she can't let her see meat." ”

"I'll give her some bread."

Xue Tao still refused to agree, there was too much oil in the dough, and the child had diarrhea as soon as he ate it.

In the end, the little guy cried and cried, holding his father's neck and refusing to let go, Xue Tao was really helpless, so he had to follow her husband to the dining hall.

In the dining hall, Xue Tao hugged her daughter, chewed the grape flesh and orange meat and fed it to her mouth, but the little guy's eyes were dripping and looking at her father to devour and eat, and finally, she sucked her little finger and stared at the roast mutton on the plate, and her mother fed her the pulp, but she didn't want it.

"What's going on in the house lately?" Guo Song asked.

Xue Tao remembered it at this time, and smiled apologetically: "If you don't ask, I really forgot, Zhao Xuan gave birth to a son, five catties and five taels, waiting for you to name the child!" ”

Guo Song was really relieved in his heart, now the senior brother has a future.

"You don't need me to name it, my senior brother told me back then that if he has a son in the future, he will be called Yang Xuanwu."

"That's good, I'll tell her when I get back."

At this time, Xue Tao whispered: "Husband, maybe.... Maybe I have it again. ”