The eunuch Cao Tai waited for Wang Pu in the Xihua Gate, stepped forward to greet him, said a few nonsense words, and gently reminded: "Why didn't Prime Minister Wang stand up and recommend someone about the Western Expedition?" Wang Pu also asked in a casual tone: "Who do you recommend?" ”

Cao Tai threw the dust to the crook of his arm, freed up his hand and hugged his fist and said: "You are the prime minister, of course, you can recommend whoever you want." ”

The two said goodbye after a while, and from a distance, it was as if two acquaintances had met by chance in the imperial city, and they just greeted and entertained each other.

Wang Pu was confused for a while. At first, I thought that the eunuch Cao Tai was asking for a favor for the queen or a certain nobleman, and I was thinking that it would be difficult to go through the back door for a mediocre talent, and the Western Expedition to Shu was not trivial, how could I take military affairs as a child's play for the sake of favors? Besides, even if he wants to be a child's play, he can't do it, and the Privy Council is not his Wang Pu alone, even if everyone in the Privy Council says it's okay, such a major matter must not go through the nod of the official?

But the eunuch said that you can recommend whoever you want. Wang Pu was confused all of a sudden.

Since it is according to my thoughts, why is the eunuch okay to say this?

However, Wang Pu was only in his thirties, and his brain was not dull, and he soon understood the key point of the eunuch's words: what they meant was not who to recommend, but who to recommend...... Only by looking at it this way did it be necessary for the eunuch to say the two sentences just now.

Wang Puxin said: I will recommend individuals. According to my opinion, Xiang Xun is good, and he pays attention to the overall situation.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu suddenly realized, it turned out that the mystery was here!

Among the generals, Xiang Xun and Wang Pu were the closest and were most appreciated by him; If Wang Pu comes to recommend someone, he will almost certainly recommend Xiang Xun...... And Xiang Xun may ask the Privy Council for someone to wait for Guo Shao in the inner hall!

Others don't know that because Wang Pu has some dealings with the queen's people, he happened to pay attention to some small actions of the queen outside the court, such as rewarding the Fu family's other courtyard in Tokyo to a military general: Guo Shao, the direct capital of the inner hall. This military general happened to be recommended by Wang Pu in front of the official family, and he was impressed.

The two sides came together to think, and sure enough, the eunuch Cao Tai came to the back door today! The person I want to help the most is Guo Shao.

It's just that this favor is really cleverly arranged, and no one says who it is, so everything is arranged...... It is definitely the queen's meaning, Wang Pu doesn't think that the eunuch Cao Tai has this thought.

Wang Pu showed a smile on his face, feeling that it was simply a favor that pushed the boat along the river, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

…… Cao Tai returned to the palace and slipped into the queen's palace again. He was exactly the same as usual, there was nothing unusual about him, because he had always walked around in front of the queen, and everyone in the palace knew that this old eunuch had already defected to the queen, which was too normal.

The queen met with concubines, female officials, and eunuchs in a large hall, and listened to the reports of the harem. The queen is absent-minded, but everyone doesn't dare to be absent-minded, they are all serious.

Cao Tai didn't care what the gang was saying, and walked straight up the steps as if no one was around. He leaned down in front of the couch and whispered close to Fu's ear: "The slave family has already seen Prime Minister Wang. I met the eunuch Wang Quanzhong in Xihuamen, Wang Quanzhong said that there is a Taoist temple next to the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the Taoist temple master Jingniang and Guo Shao have close contacts, and it seems that they will get married. Jing Niang is suspected of being the righteous sister of Zhao Kuangyin in front of the palace, but the slave family thinks that maybe not, even Zhao Kuangyin doesn't recognize her, otherwise how can she be reduced to Si. ”

He made it clear in a few words, and said what was important, and generally added some of his own views to make the queen worry. This eunuch speaks clearly and is not verbose, he is very quick to do things, and he is also the first to come up with ideas; No wonder it is deeply relied on by the Fu family.

As soon as Fu Shi heard this, he brushed his sleeves and got up: "Everyone is scattered, and everyone is responsible." ”

"Congratulations to the Queen." The crowd in front and back, some of them bent their knees, some of them knelt down, and they saluted one after another.

Cao Tai cleverly followed the queen's side, and entered a side hall behind him. Then the queen withdrew from everyone.

She glanced at Cao Tai and said, "You are too dazzling, you should ask Wang Quanzhong to go, and you have to see Brother Shao'er." ”

"Whoa." Cao Tai hurriedly bowed down and said, "Wang Qianzhong saw Guo Shao, what should he say?" Please tell the mother. ”

So Fu Zhao Cao Tai came over and said a few words softly.

The old eunuch took the order and left, and while he sent someone to call the eunuch Wang to be loyal, he wrote a letter with a pen and sealed it with lacquer. When Wang Quanzhong came, Cao Tai ordered him to deliver the letter in person.

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The meaning of the letter is simple and domineering, and there is no room for bargaining. Guo Shao is not allowed to marry Jingniang as his wife, and he is not allowed to marry in the past one or two years, until the queen feels that the time is right, she will arrange it.

There is no seal, and I don't know whose handwriting it is, anyway, it doesn't look like it came from a woman's hand, and it shouldn't be a handwritten letter after the symbol.

Fortunately, Guo Shao has a good memory, and last time the queen rewarded the house and sent a eunuch to identify the place, the eunuch had a white and fat round face; It was he who sent the letter. It can be determined that the letter was sent by someone close to the queen...... And it seems that those eunuchs did not dare or need to forge such things to fool a forbidden general.

Guo Shao looked at the tone above, it was completely an order from his superiors or elders, and the elders felt more, because they even took care of the marriage in his family. At first, he felt a little resistant, but after thinking about it a little, he accepted it.

I have no foundation in these five generations and ten countries, no backing, and I don't even have my parents and relatives. was confused, and was favored by the queen of the talisman. This is also a coincidence, the opportunity that the "young man" planted with his life in the past. If it weren't for this mysterious opportunity, it's hard to say what it would be like now.

Most likely to be promoted to the first class of 100 people because of merit. Then slowly boil up the military qualifications, and then stay up for another ten years and experience countless battles, to see how lucky the opportunity is, whether you can't die every time, and then you have a certain chance to be a middle and senior general...... If you mess around like this, why do you dare to think that you don't want to be ambitious with Zhao Kuangyi and others in the future? It's good if you don't die.

Because at that time, even if he killed Zhang Yuanhui with an arrow and made some meritorious contributions, without Zhang Yongde naming his name in front of the official family, he would not be famous, let alone famous; It is not even certain that he shot the general of the Northern Han Dynasty, the infantry battalion of the Xiaodi Army where he was at that time completely collapsed, and the commander of Shangfeng was dead, and no one proved that no one asked for credit.

Why did Zhang Yongde speak for himself, obviously for the sake of the queen's face, the queen was already very respected by the generals...... There are also Xiang Xun's appreciation of Guo Shao, and there may be some other reasons: Guo Shao is the most senior general of the forbidden army and the person known to Zhang Yongde, the commander of the horse.

Guo Shao has already figured it out: to get ahead, it all depends on one person, and that is Queen Fu.

Wouldn't it be a good thing for the queen to take care of herself now?!

But what makes him more puzzled, he doesn't care about anything, he cares about his own marriage...... Could it be that the queen wants to find a candidate for herself personally? If that's fine, just ask for the candidate you find not to be too ugly, anyway, it's a marriage, and Guo Shao doesn't plan to pick and choose.

He still has more doubts in his heart, what the "young man" did was just to not run away at the time of danger and send him to death, for an extremely noble person like the Fu family, do you need to remember the kindness for so long and repay it again and again?