"Guo Shao usurped the throne, and he has not yet ......" On the edge of the Yangtze River, a man on a black canopy boat stretched his neck and looked at a stone tablet and recited a sentence. The stone was half cut into the mud by the river, half exposed, and disappeared from time to time under the wash of the waves. The people in the boats on the river saw a stone abruptly on the riverside, and they rowed over to see it out of curiosity.

On the road by the river, the occasional passer-by also stops to look at the strangeness.

I don't know how long this stone has been here, and I don't know how many people have seen it, but no one has paid attention to it. People in the world are very active in seeing strangeness, and it is difficult to come forward to meddle in things.

The man who looked at the canopy boat said, "There is also a goat carved on it, with two horns, what do you mean?" ”

An old man's voice in the cabin said, "This is the Year of the Goat. Boating and go! ”

The strange man also jumped from the bow of the ship and got into the cabin. The short-robed man with the sculls rocking the bow of the boat said: "This year is the Year of the Goat, is the thing on the stele this year or twelve years later?" ”

The old man's voice said, "Stupid! Twelve years later, is it still the end of the branch? ”

Amid the sound of oars and chatter, the canopy boat slowly floated on the vast river.

At that moment, a group of horsemen came from the avenue. Several people leading the donkey cart on the road hurriedly led the cart to the side of the road and stopped to watch. In front of the horseman was a very tall man, who looked very terrifying, and behind him he was all heavily armored and heavily ridden, with feathers stuck in his head, and with the rush of the war horse, a feather was shaking, as if it were a reed flower in the wind. There was also a not-so-glamorous group of minions in the back. When passers-by saw this battle, they almost ran away.

The strong man is Shi Yanchao, and his men and horses happened to be stationed on the riverside, and when he heard the scout's report, he knew that there was such a thing here.

Shi Yanchao led the crowd to the side of the stone, then jumped off the horse, and a group of people walked to the river, also to look at the words on the stone. The army was silent, and all of them were silent. Shi Yanchao squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while.

A subordinate general next to him asked, "General, what to do with this thing?" ”

Shi Yanchao said: "Take something to cover up, leave two people to watch, send someone to Jiangning City, and report to Guo Dashuai." ”

"Whoa." The general responded with a fist in his fist, and immediately shouted and beckoned people to do things.

A few hours later, Shi Yanchao received a reply from Jiang Ningcheng in the barracks. He took it from his subordinates, unfolded it, and stamped it with the seal of "Jiangnan Qianying Military Office", and wrote: The Southern Tang Kingdom had suspicious people and man-made rumors, smashed the stone, and carried it to the river and Shenjiang.

Shi Yanchao read it in public, and handed it directly to the generals beside him: "Do this, according to the military order." ”

The generals sitting on both sides talked about it for a while, but they didn't mention Guo Shao's usurpation, only how the stone appeared and where. Under Shi Yanchao's command, the main men and horses are the two straight horses of the crane army and the straight bow and arrow; This army has not changed its name for several dynasties, because whoever enters the imperial city will give them generous treatment as a sign of favor.

At this moment, a general asked, "What does General Shi think about this?" ”

Although Shi Yanchao acts arbitrarily many times, after all, he is mixed up from a low-level general, and he still has points in his heart for some things. At that moment, he slapped his palm on the table at random, and there was a loud "bang", and everything on it jumped up. The generals were startled and immediately stopped talking and turned their heads to look.

Shi Yanchao said: "It's useless to grind your mouth, shut up!" ”

The generals hurriedly responded to the order, no matter whether they obeyed Shi Yanchao or not, no one wanted to collide with this guy.

……

Guo Shao was in Jiangning City, and not only received a report of the Yangtze River out of stone, but he also had a message written by the Imperial City Secretary according to the meaning of the Empress Dowager: The Yellow River is out of stone.

Compared with the eight words of Shi Yanchao's report, the stones "rushed out" in the Yellow River are richer in content: the obscene charm serves the three husbands, and the rivers and mountains are the wedding dress; The house slaves should be outside the door, and the snakes and wolves are ungrateful.

Guo Shao's face was pale, and Wang Puzheng looked at the paper in his hand.

According to the usual habit, after Guo Shao read the report, he would usually hand it to the left and right to watch the same audience, and then everyone gave advice. But this time, Guo Shao didn't let the people around him, he just folded the paper and stuffed it into his pocket.

Wang Pu was silent no more, and Zuo You asked, "What happened?" ”

Guo Shaodao: "It's similar to Shi Yanchao's report, this time it was the Yellow River that came out of the stone to slander the Queen Mother and me." ”

Zuo You said: "The stone by the river should have been done by someone from the Southern Tang Kingdom. Stones were also fished out of the Yellow River? The spy acts of the Northern Han Dynasty, or the ...... of Hedong"

Guo Shao didn't answer, frowning and thinking for a while. Heart Dao, the matter of imposing the "Heavenly Dao" by fishing for stones from the water seems to have become a routine since ancient times, the Yellow Turban Army has done it, and Wu Zetian has also done it...... It's good this time, I haven't prepared to make a fool of myself, and others have finished things first, but what I wrote is not a good thing.

At the same time, one thing was confirmed: his intention to increase his prestige through foreign wars and then proclaim himself emperor was too obvious for more than one or two people to guess; This time to defeat the Southern Tang Dynasty, the squad returned to the dynasty to take advantage of the opportunity to use the military power in his hands, and he was also targeted by many people.

Compared with Zhao Kuangyin's choice of timing to suddenly create an opportunity and start as soon as he went abroad, Guo Shao's current opportunity is more natural, but it is too obvious.

In addition to Wang Puzuoyou, two civil officials, there were also two military generals, Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan. The crowd was silent for a while, and then Wang Pu spoke: "The military generals who stayed in Jiangning, the old man still recommended Cao Bin. It is easy to destroy the country, but it is difficult to defend the land. At the end of last year, our dynasty was able to use troops against the Southern Tang Kingdom, and the Taiping situation after the restoration of Shu State played a key role, not only sending a large amount of money, materials, and people to our dynasty to start the war, but also not containing the Great Zhou troops in the rear. The Southern Tang Kingdom was destroyed, and the trend of the world's feudal territory and land splitting was not over, and the governance of the Southern Tang Kingdom had to follow the method of the Shu State. Cao Bin was stationed in Shu last year, and he was able to restrain the soldiers, and it was not inappropriate to let him stay in Jiangnan this year. ”

Wang Pu seemed to be deaf to what had just happened.

Guo Shao said: "What Wang Envoy Jun said is not unreasonable. At present, the advance envoy was sent to Nandu (Nanchang), and it was imperative to persuade the rest of the places to submit to obedience. ”

Wang Pu hugged his fists and said: "Someone in the Southern Tang Kingdom has to preside over to do some aftermath, and Wu Yueguo will also send people to the nearest place, if General Guo wants to bring the forbidden soldiers back to the dynasty in the future, the old man will ask to stay in Jiangnan." ”

After Guo Shao heard this, he suddenly had a guess that Wang Pu did not want to "support the work of the dragon", but he was also unwilling to stop it; That's why I want to stay in Jiangnan and stay away from this internal strife...... The aim may be to preserve the honor of the loyal servant.

If Wang Pu really has this kind of thought, Guo Shao can also understand it. But for a while, it was still a bit of a blockage, as if I was being snubbed by a friend...... Perhaps, there will be no friends at all in the future.

At this time, Wang Pu saluted again: "What the old man wants to say today, after speaking, he will leave first." ”

Guo Shao didn't stay and sent it to the door of the lobby. When he turned back, there were only four people left in the hall besides himself, the ones who had been secretly discussed in the mountain village last time, and the guard general Qin Shishi who was standing at the door. Guo Shao didn't say a word, and walked straight inside, and the others paused and followed.

The group walked to the door of the signing room, and Guo Shao glanced back at Qin Shishi. Without speaking, Qin Shi said: "My subordinates understand." ”

This older man looks old, but he seems to be a little more experienced than Lu Chengyong.

Guo Shao sat down on the chair behind the public case, pointed to the stool and chair outside, and said, "Find a place to sit by yourself." ”

Zuo You opened his mouth and said: "I thought about it again just now, the stone in the Yellow River may not be done by Li Yun in Hedong, it should be Zhao Kuangyin who fled to the Northern Han Kingdom." ”

Guo Shao nodded after hearing this, and the two generals did not object. Guo Shaoxin said: According to history, the position was originally Zhao Kuangyin's, and now that he sees the situation, he must be very jealous and unwilling, and it is too normal to scold a few words, and he may not only do this.

Zuo You said again: "This kind of tricky thing can only deceive those fools in the mountains and fields, and people with a little knowledge don't believe it, and most of them can guess that it was done by the enemy." It is inconvenient for us to come forward to defend ourselves, and the more we talk, the more we will fall into the hands of traitors; However, the lord had to order the generals to temporarily prohibit the spread of rumors among the army. ”

Li Chuyun groaned: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, at this juncture, the lord really pays attention to fame and prestige." ”

Zuo You frowned and said, "Then how to deal with it?" ”

At this moment, suddenly there was a faint sound of voice outside the door. Several people were more alert when they were talking about secret matters, and they immediately stopped.

Guo Shao was also silent for the time being, sitting on the chair and waiting. Sure enough, after a while, Qin Shi said outside the door: "Lord, something happened in the city, and a general came in to report and stopped him, so he said a few words." Now the people have been sent away. ”

Guo Shao said loudly: "Come in and report, what's wrong?" ”

Qin Shi pushed open the door and entered, hugged his fists and said: "A few soldiers sneaked out of the barracks and broke into a private house, not only robbed and robbed the property, but also raped the wives and concubines of that family. After being humiliated, those women couldn't think about it, so they hanged themselves! Now the people in the square carried the corpses to the front of the barracks, and the crowd blocked the road. ”

"Bang!" Guo Shao slapped his palm on the public case, and his face suddenly changed, "Whose subordinates?" Immediately caught the Chinese army for questioning. ”

Qin Shi said: "You can shoot the lord's personal soldiers to go to the lowly position, but you have to have a military order...... Humble to go to the king's privy envoy to give an order? ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "Then order Shi Yanchao to meet with the Chinese army in Jiangning City." ”

"Whoa." Qin Shi responded.