Chapter 134: Letter of Invitation
(Starting today, there will be two regular updates a day, 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.......) The two shifts were also immobile at the time of the outbreak. )
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When Yulian woke up, she stretched out her hand to the side and touched the emptiness, and Lang Jun didn't even know when he got up.
She stretched her smooth jade white arm out of the quilt and stretched her waist, and when she heard Suosuo's movement in the room, she thought it was the little girl Dong Sanniang, so she asked, "What time is it?" ”
A soft voice said, "It's almost noon, seeing that you are sleeping soundly, I didn't call you." ”
"Yikes!" Yulian heard the unfamiliar voice and couldn't help but exclaim. When she turned her head to look, she saw a slender and graceful figure walking over, and she suddenly remembered that it was the beauty Yang brought back by Jing Niang. Yulian covered her body tightly with the quilt, frowned, and said, "How did you get in?" ”
"The door is open." Young's accent is very different, sounding light and soft.
Yang suddenly covered her lips and laughed, she looked at Yulian's messy hair and bed, and said softly, "I'm tired, right?" ”
Yulian's face flushed, and she didn't know how to answer.
Yang carefully walked over and sat on the edge of her bed, and whispered, "Don't be careful, I won't rob you of anything." I'm just a concubine of my master, as long as I have a place to stay, I really don't want to fight around in such a courtyard, it's too much trouble. If you wish, I can still serve you. ”
This Yang has bright eyes and bright teeth, and every part of his body is very exquisite, from his clothes to his fingers, he is very delicately groomed. So Yulian had an instinctive sense of threat when she saw her, but when she heard her say this, Yulian's heart softened, and she said without thinking too much: "I'm just a concubine, and my only reliance is Lang Jun." ”
Yang's posture was very low, but also very gentle, and gently took Yulian's hand and said: "There is always a first-come, first-come, big and small difference in everything, and I will treat you as a sister in the future." ”
Yulian was very useful in just a few words, and her attitude became gentle: "When I first saw you, I thought you were a lady from a big family, but I didn't expect you to be such a good person." ”
When Yang heard her mention the big family, he remembered that he was indeed from a eunuch's family, so he sighed faintly. Just such a sigh is also tactful. Her face was gloomy, and she smiled bitterly: "It's all in the past." ”
Yang restrained his mind, bent down to pick up Yulian's corset that had fallen on the floor, and seeing Yulian's embarrassed look, he gently hid something for her under the jacket at the head of the bed. She whispered again: "I paid attention to it, and the people who live in the inner courtyard are Sister Yulian who can serve people, and the others are either rough women or two thin little ladies, not like they can serve and sleep." You were alone with your master before...... Can you really stand it? ”
Yulian blushed, and said angrily: "What are you talking about......
Yang chuckled and whispered: "When I was in Huainan, I was given to my master by the emperor, and I couldn't stand up straight all day the next day, and I was so tired that I was in a trance for a few days...... If it's like this every day, who can stand it? So it's a good thing to have two more sisters, as long as people get along well, Sister Yulian, don't you say? ”
Yulian thought for a while and said, "Lang Jun may be about to marry a wife, the second lady of the Wei Wang family, but I don't know what kind of person it is." ”
Yang said: "King Wei? Fu family, then her sister should be the current queen. ”
Yulian nodded, "Exactly." ”
Yang said: "Such a noble woman, we can't compare with her." If we have a gap in the future and get angry up and down, how will we live this life? ”
Yulian looked at Yang more and more pleasing to the eye at the moment. She is the most sympathetic, and said in her heart: The Yang family was robbed by the generals in Huainan, just like when Li Shouzhen's mansion was captured...... Fortunately, the person who robbed her was Guo Shao. But he also came to Guofu helplessly, and he was not familiar with life here, so why did he bully others?
Yulian remembered that the wife and concubine of the military general's family sold herself like a commodity in the past, but she only felt that she was not such a vicious woman and could not treat the Yang family like that.
The Yang family is also very smart, and after only a few days in the house, he saw that Yulian was the most powerful woman in the inner mansion, so he flattered him in many ways.
Yang praised Yulian's appearance again, and said bitterly: "The master is a powerful figure in the Great Zhou court, why do you still wear this kind of rough fabric?" ”
Yulian said: "Lang Jun asked me to manage the income and expenditure, if the woman doesn't take care of the house, the gold and silver mountains will be sold out." ”
Yang smiled: "Sister Yulian can't think like that. The owner is in this position now, and it doesn't matter how much money he has, what matters is to keep his position. You don't have to save him something outside of his body. ”
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Guo Shao came back from Xiang Xun's house, left all the way, and the two of them sat down to talk in the living room of the outer courtyard one after the other.
Zuo You frowned and said, "I didn't go to visit General Xiang, and I didn't hear that Zhao Kuangyin's Yuan mate passed away." Zhao Kuangyin was anxious to go to Hebei to marry Wang Zhang's daughter. ”
Guo Shao said: "General Zhao is now the commander of the palace, and it is not strange to marry the royal servant. ”
Zuo You said in a deep voice: "Do you remember what Dong Zunxun said about his mother in Youzhou?" ”
"Yes." Guo Shao nodded.
Zuo You said: "Dong Zunxun is Gao Huaide's nephew, and his mother is Gao Huaide's sister. Gao Huaide is now the commander of the guards and the military division...... The lord above is the guard, and the brother in the left wing of the Hujie army below is your foundation; That Gao Huaide is stuck in the middle, directly under the control of the Hujie army, and the position is very important. If Gao Huaide is co-opted by Zhao Kuangyin, how uncomfortable we will be in the future! ”
Zuo You said anxiously: "What the lord said that day, when Dong Zunxun talked about him, Zhao Kuangyin was also present. Zhao Kuangyin went to Hebei this time, would he also think of trying to repair the relationship with Gao Huaide by rescuing Dong Zunxun's mother? ”
Guo Shao groaned and thought about it in his heart: Gao Huaide was kicked from the front of the palace to the guard department, it is said that it was because Zhao Kuangyin said that he would not lead troops. Zhao Kuangyin just said bad things about others, so he has to think of a way to win him over?
But maybe. Guo Shao's mind flashed Zhao Kuangyin's dark and fat face...... I don't know if it's because of prejudice, Guo Shao always feels that Zhao Kuangyin has a black face and is very thick. For the sake of power distribution, he may want to release his previous suspicions.
Thinking of this, Guo Shao took out Fu Yanqing's invitation letter from his arms, and at this time, after the capture of Shouzhou, the Fu family sent people to Huainan to send the letter. Guo Shao handed it to Zuo You: "You take care of this thing." ”
Zuo You cautiously put it away and said: "There are a lot of businessmen from the north and south of the Tokyo market, and there are all kinds of business. You can let Yang Biao find a few guides who have been to Youzhou, Yang Biao is addicted to gambling and has a lot of dealings with the messy people in the market, so it's best for him to do this. ”
"Very good." Guo Shao nodded, "Mr. Zuo will go to Yang Biao in a moment." ”
Zuo You said again: "Luo Mengzi is the most loyal, and he can take turns to take his own soldiers to the lord's mansion on duty, which can not only protect the lord's security, but also send more manpower." ”
Guo Shao adopted all of Zuo You's suggestions.
He thought for a moment and asked, "When I was in Haozhou, was the herald organization I arranged useful?" ”
Zuo You's face darkened: "It's too complicated!" When there was no war, it was still the same when I thought about it; As soon as the fight started, everything was urgent, not only the military order was very slow; Moreover, a military order has to go through too many complicated processes, and it is very easy to make mistakes. ”
Guo Shao remembered the appearance of Zuo You's sweating profusely on Haozhou Yuecheng, and nodded: "I don't think it's suitable for reality." It's better to disband, reorganize Qin Shi's herald command into the town festival department, and let them go to Xuzhou to settle down first. and Zhou Duan, who was caught in Huainan, can let him go to Xuzhou to live first, I don't think there is anything wrong with this person. After a while, if he wants, let him lead the long history of the Xuzhou shogunate. ”
Zuo You thought it was good and agreed with Guo Shao's considerations.
Guo Shao is now the envoy of the Xuzhou Zhongwu Festival, this kind of town festival has no elite soldiers, and the establishment of the festival is to try to have a status and a fortune...... But the festival makes it possible to open the government according to the system. Although Xuzhou has no soldiers, the size is also a piece of territory, so there is no need to dislike it. Holding it in your hand, opening a mansion can always enhance your strength a little.
…… There are still many things to consider in the Guards Division, and there are still many people in the officialdom who should pay New Year's greetings and move around, but Guo Shao plans to seize the most important thing to do, which is to go to Hebei. Now that it is the New Year, there are only a few people left behind in the institutions, and everything is not working well and the effectiveness is slow, and it is time to take a break.
After some preparations, he asked the Guards for leave.
The entourage was selected: Zuo You, Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi, the original batch of nineteen pro-soldiers, all of whom were Guo Shao's henchmen, as well as four hired business guides.
Everyone agreed to go to the Daimyo's Mansion first, the territory of King Fu Yanqing, and the town of the envoy of the Tianxiong Army.
I learned from the guide that once I crossed the Yellow River from Tokyo, it was only 400 miles to the Daimyo Mansion in Hebei. This is the first time Guo Shao is going to the Daimyo's Mansion. In my memory, I once stayed in Fu Yanqing's mansion for a short time and served as a guard, but at that time, Fu Yanqing's place out of town was not in the Daimyo's Mansion, but in Yanzhou.
Guo Shao's arrangement: We are not familiar with the Daimyo's Mansion, and the hired Shen San and others are just peddlers and pawns, and they have nothing to do with the Weiwang Mansion...... Zuo You first took a few followers first, and after finding King Wei's mansion, he sent the post and the invitation letter of King Wei in. Then the rest of me and the rest of the people waited for the royal palace to send someone to contact the Daimyo Castle Post House.
So they planned to divide into two routes, each prepared their own travel time, said goodbye to their families, and then gathered at Guo Shao's mansion.
It's the beginning of the first month, and the atmosphere of the New Year has not yet passed, and the people in the streets and alleys of Tokyo are still immersed in the festive season...... Like Zhao Kuangyin's daughter in the king's servant, Guo Shao is not for the beauty this time, but mainly for marriage.
Guo Shao and the others walked out of the house, only to see that the snow in Tokyo had not stopped, and the light snow was blowing in the air, and everyone had prepared their clothes. He led the horse out into the street, turned over and got on his horse, and his retinue had already gone ahead, leaving a black hoof print on the snow......
I want to go to a place where I am not familiar with life, and go to meet a woman who has never known her life. Guo Shao suddenly had a feeling of blind date, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart.