Gao has a baby! Jingniang entered the palace to report to Guo Shao, Guo Shao suddenly got the news, was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Male or female?" ”

The two were in the back room, surrounded by notes and maps plastered with notes and maps, and there was no one else. However, Jing Niang still said very quietly: "I gave birth to a little girl." ”

Guo Shao listened and asked, "Is Mrs. Gao okay?" ”

Jing Niang remained silent and said in a light tone: "It's not the first time she has given birth, how difficult it is for a woman to live a second time, and Lu Xiaoniang, who is a doctor of medicine, is still there." She was born without much difficulty. ”

Guo Shao felt a little relieved when he heard this, but he thought that Fu and Li Lian had a wife and concubine to give birth to a child, and he was there with him; Gao is pitiful, not only does he give birth quietly in a separate courtyard alone, but the child will be taken away immediately.

"Alas!" Guo Shao sighed and walked back and forth by the wall. Seeking Si Gao is a widow, and her husband has been dead for many years; Now that he is the emperor, even if he recognizes it, no one can do anything to them.

However, Guo Shao remembered the last time she met Gao, she did not hesitate. Thinking about it a little calmly, the times are different, although the etiquette at this time is not as strict as that of the Song and Ming dynasties, it is indeed a very serious matter not to abide by women's morals, and civil adultery is still a serious crime; If the Gao family does not abide by women's morals, it will be very sad to be abused behind people's backs.

What's more, there is also a righteous name...... In ancient times, there was also a great emphasis on righteousness. It's not as good as Zhao Kuangyin and Jing Niang after they got married, he won't pay so much attention to influence; The righteousness at this time is completely different from the ambiguous relationship between brother and sister in later generations.

Guo Shao finally made a decision, turned to Jing Niang and said, "You take that child to the palace, pay attention to secrecy." ”

Jing Niang said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will handle this matter well." ”

…… Guo Shao's daughter was first taken to the house for a few days and found a nurse. Then he was sent to the palace and handed over to Yulian to raise.

The rumor released was that Guo Shao had enlarged the belly of a slave maid in the mansion before, and gave her remaining children to Yulian to raise. However, soon there were some vague rumors, saying that the emperor loved Yulian too much, and the child was raised for her elsewhere.

Anyway, Guo Shao believes that the child is his biological daughter, and the identity of the princess is very certain. He also personally named the child: Guo Jinsuo. Give your own handmade gold lock as a gift to your child.

The two sons over there also took names, Li Yuan'er's eldest name was "Guo Zhang", and Fu Ermei's sister-in-law was called "Guo Hong...... The name of the second son comes from Guo Shao's flipped through the dictionary and specially found rare words.

Soon after, he ordered to prepare for the ceremony of canonizing the concubine, the second sister of Fu as the queen, Li Yuaner as the concubine, Yulian as the concubine, and Yang Yue'e as the concubine. Guo Shao treated his wives and concubines more favorably, and the few wives and concubines before he ascended the throne were all the highest-ranking concubines in the harem; The pattern of the harem is also quietly transforming.

Taking advantage of this, Guo Shao issued an edict to announce to the world that the year name will be changed to "Xuanren" from next year.

Guo Shao was not in a hurry to make Jingniang a concubine, because he also wanted Jingniang to help manage the affairs of the Privy Council's "Bing Cao Si", and it was unusual for women to participate in government affairs (but it was not unusual, there were many female officials in all periods of the Tang Dynasty, especially during the Wu Zetian period), and it was even more inconvenient if it was the status of the concubine. Guo Shao asked her to take the seal letter of the Ministry of Internal Service for the sake of Jingniang's discrepancies.

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Prior to this, the Privy Council had already hurriedly dispatched Xizuo to Jinyang, Northern Han State, to investigate the truth and truth.

There were a lot of people sent this time, dozens of people in total. Several of them are specifically responsible for secretly investigating Zhao Kuangyin's whereabouts. Ma Bin is the leader of these people, and he is the low-level military general of Kaifeng Mansion who was directly transferred to the Privy Council on an errand.

Because at this time, Da Zhou had no signs of using force at all, and Jinyang City was too easy to get into. The official government of the Northern Han Dynasty did not seem to have much defense against spies, Ma Bin and others came pretending to be merchants, and only cared about paying money at the pass and the city gate...... However, there are too many tax collection layers and cards, and there are too many yamen.

Zhao Kuangyin's status in the Northern Han Kingdom is not high, but he is originally a famous person. It was very convenient for Ma Bin and the others to find out where he lived, so they found a place to live nearby, and sent someone to contact the head of the fine work sent to Jinyang.

The boss ordered them to find a livelihood as a cover, and only need to keep an eye on Zhao Kuangyin's whereabouts.

Ma Bin didn't stay up for a few days, and soon he was moved, and he discussed with his subordinates: "The court has issued a reward order, so Zhao Kuangyin's head is worth a lot of money, and the good land is not counted, and now the benefits are under the nose, why don't the brothers do a vote?" ”

The subordinates were a little afraid at first: "Everyone knows that the head surnamed Zhao is valuable, but he is still alive and well, I'm afraid it won't be easy." What's more, if the authorities didn't tell us to assassinate, will we be punished for making unauthorized claims? ”

Ma Bin disagreed: "The Northern Han Kingdom is the enemy of the Great Zhou, and the reward order cannot be posted to Jinyang." Besides, ordinary people can't do such things, and even if they do, they are afraid that they won't be able to get the money and spend their lives. But this thing can't be difficult for us, we are already working hard to make a living! ”

As soon as everyone summed up, the more they talked, the more excited they became, and everyone looked forward to the huge wealth of glory, wealth, eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling after a success, and soon reached an agreement, discussing taking Zhao Kuangyin's head back to ask for a reward, and then dividing the money offered for the reward.

Ma Bin and the others immediately made a plan, first preparing bows and arrows, and then preparing salt and lime...... Prevent the head from rotting too quickly to make it unrecognizable. One drove a carriage to a liquor store near the street to drink and wait; The rest set up two stalls outside the Zhao Mansion to sell pancakes and vegetables. As soon as Zhao Kuangyin went out, he shot with a bow and arrow first, and then cut off his head and ran into the alley; After meeting in the carriage of the wine shop, he quickly took the carriage out of Jinyang City while the government had not yet dispatched.

They were ready, but they didn't have a chance for a long time. That Zhao Kuangyin lived in a simple house and rarely went out; Once a carriage came out, but it was not sure if the guy was in the carriage or not. And there are more than a dozen stubborn martial artists around. Ma Bin and the others didn't dare to make a move, because they estimated that their own people couldn't beat the dozen or so people...... The warriors who wore armor and held military weapons were much stronger in combat than the few of them who only had a few weapons.

But the difficulties did not dispel Ma Bin's thoughts, and when he thought of the happy days of spending all day and money in the Qinglou restaurant in the future, the desire in his heart could not be contained!

Ma Bin decided to change his method, decided to climb on the roof alone in the middle of the night, climbed into Zhao Kuangyin's mansion, quietly inquired about the truth, and found out which room Zhao Kuangyin himself lived in. If you have the opportunity, do it before dawn, so that you can get out of the city as soon as possible; If you don't have the chance, go back another day.

The stakes are enormous, but Ma Bin is reluctant to turn back.

He said: "Most of the houses in Zhao's Mansion are hard to rest on the top of the mountain, climb up from the edge, and the roof can withstand one person. In the middle of the night, they all slept, as long as they were careful, nothing would happen, even thieves could do their work! ”

Everyone saw that his face was calm, and he spoke in a similar way, and his thoughts were not much different from his.

That night, the moon was dark and the stars were scarce, and it was a good time. A group of several people came out of the dwelling, took a wooden ladder, and walked down the alley. Ma Bin pinned a short sword to his belt, put a bow and arrow on his back, took the wooden ladder, and said in a deep voice: "You are here to answer me, and I will come when I go." ”

He first stretched out his head to look at the street, the long street was dimly lit, and a few lanterns were sparsely lit, and if it weren't for the faint barking of dogs in the distance, it would have looked like a ghost town. There was no one on the street, and there was already a curfew at the moment.

Ma Bin carried a wooden ladder and walked out against the wall. Then he looked left and right, crossed the street, and came to the back of Zhao's house. The house was not walled, but a courtyard surrounded by houses. Without saying a word, he put a wooden ladder next to a tiled house, tried it, and climbed up cautiously.

Soon he climbed onto the roof, and he didn't even make a move. Immediately, he groped for the ridge on the roof, used his hands and feet together, and slowly crawled to the opposite side. When he reached the edge, he took the bow and arrow from his back, held it in his hand, and lay down on the edge of the roof to observe it. The courtyard was very quiet, and no one was seen.

Ma Bin felt a little relieved, so he put away his bow and arrows, climbed back along the original road, and took the wooden ladder. This made some movement, because it was too dark, a tile fell and fell to the ground with a "snap", Ma Bin was frightened, held his breath, and didn't hear a sound. At that moment, he continued to carry the stairs and hunched over, landing on the ground with one hand and holding the stairs on his shoulders with the other.

Slowly and carefully setting up the ladder, Ma Bin quietly climbed in from the wooden ladder nervously and excitedly.

As soon as his feet landed, he suddenly heard the sound of "whirring ......" blowing, and then the surroundings suddenly lit up. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and when he looked back, several strong men in armor stood there coldly, holding bows and crossbows in their hands.

Ma Bin suddenly felt like he had fallen into an ice cave.

A tall man said, "It's not easy to turn in, right?" ”

Ma Bin: "......"

"Come, hand me the weapon first." The strong man said coldly.

Ma Bin had no choice but to obediently send the bow and arrow and the short knife out. Then a man unhurriedly took a rope and tied his arms behind his back, and put a piece of cloth in his mouth.

Ma Bin was taken to a room, and when he went in, he saw Zhao Kuangyin, a black-faced man, dressed neatly and sitting there drinking tea. Zhao Kuangyin said: "I have long found out that you are sneaky nearby, and I didn't touch you...... It's a good thing to play this little trick in front of me, if it could be planted in your hands, I would have died eight times out of ten! We are also under the eaves now, and we can't make a noise before we can't get it, so we have to wait for the rabbit. ”

The tall man next to him said, "There are five of you in total, and you are all waiting outside now?" ”

Ma Bin's mouth was gagged, so he naturally couldn't speak, and he didn't do anything.

The man said again: "Anyway, no one can run away now, you tell me where the other people are, and suffer less." We don't need to make the city full of wind and rain, what do you think? ”

Ma Bin's heart was dead, and he knew that he would definitely die, so he didn't nod his head and stayed there motionless.

"Humph!" The man said, "Then we only need to use more people." ”