When Zhao Kuangyin returned home, he saw cars and horses parked in front of the door. The yards for keeping horses and chariots were full, and the visitors had to lean their chariots and horses against the street for the servants to watch.

In front of the gate stood a tall wooden pillar, which was tied with white paper, and the paper was blown in the air and crackled. Under the eaves of the mansion and at the door, the white cloth of the funeral is hung, and even passers-by know that the Zhao Mansion is dead.

"Zhao Du's envoy." "General Zhao ......" Many people in the courtyard saluted him, and everyone was waiting to enter the mourning hall to pay tribute to the deceased. Zhao Kuangyin, who was surrounded by slaves, pulled his face, but he also hugged his fists one by one and returned the salute, without saying much.

In the mourning hall, an old man called the names of several people, and several people walked in and bowed to the spiritual seat and coffin above. Next to the tablet, the children and close relatives of the Zhao family led the servants in the house to kneel in two rows, kowtowing to the guests who came to mourn and thanking them.

Zhao Kuangyin asked a slave: "My mother is in the mourning hall?" ”

The servant replied, "The old lady is overly sad and has gone to the backyard." ”

Zhao Kuangyin didn't enter the mourning hall, and walked straight inside from the side of the house. Sure enough, I saw Zhao's mother Du Shi sitting on the chair sighing, her face showing pain, and she wanted to cry without tears. The slave maid beside her kept rubbing her back, and was persuading: "The old lady is mourning, her body is important." ”

"I'm back." Zhao Kuangyin walked into the house and knelt down.

Du Shi sat up straight, reached out to the crutches next to him, and asked, "What should the official family do?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the slave next to him and waved his hand: "Go down first." A few slaves and maids hurriedly curtsied and said, "Oh." At this time, Zhao Kuangyin said: "The official family doesn't deal with it much, and the child gets some money, which is the funeral fee given by the official family." ”

Du Shi was immediately furious when he heard this, and said, "How much money can buy the lives of your father and San Lang!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly said: "Please let my mother calm her anger." Du Shi said coldly: "The bones of the two people in the hall outside are not cold!" You said it lightly, who did you allow that person to bully our Zhao family? So what is Guo Shao's origin? ”

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his hand and thought about it, and said softly: "He saved the queen's life last year. ”

Du Shi said: "Queen, Fu family? In this big week, it is not the turn of the people of the Fu family to have the final say! Saburo...... The old white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and Saburo is the most filial ......"

"It's the child who is not filial." Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly knelt and kowtowed, "Please also mourn on Mother's Day, bury my father and third brother first, let them be buried in the ground, and put aside other things for the time being." The official family did not want to see the child and Guo Shao fighting inwardly, and the child did not dare to ignore the general strategy of the official family for personal revenge. ”

After hearing this, Du Shi cried for a while, but he was no longer overly entangled, so he had to say, "Erlang must have a good life and handle the funeral."

When Zhao Kuangyin thought of the two coffins placed on the mourning hall in the outer courtyard, he was also angry and sad, and his eyes were sour.

But he still didn't plan to dwell on this matter, because it was useless. On the road to the ambition of the bird, there will always be many thorns that hinder people's progress, not only temptation, but also anger and hatred...... But those enemies who lead people in the wrong direction may be only a stage enemy in the long run, and it is not worth thinking about all of them.

In contrast, Zhao Kuangyin cares more about realizing his ambitions...... The reason in this is very simple: now regardless of the overall situation, to fight to the death with the opponent, not to mention the victory or defeat for the time being, it must be a lose-lose, Guo Shao has to pay the price, and Zhao Kuangyin himself will not be able to do well; But if you take a long-term view, and wait until one day something big happens, then your opponent can be destroyed without having to pay the price of revenge. Which is the wiser choice?

Only those who can endure what they can't bear can have the last laugh!

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When Guo Shao returned to the house, he saw that Li Chuyun and other cadres were at the gate of the courtyard opposite. He went first to meet his brothers.

He was carrying a bag, perhaps a dozen pounds, containing some gold and silver utensils, which the palace had rewarded him. I don't know why I will reward them, maybe it is to encourage them to think about the big picture...... Anyway, it was not to reward him for killing Zhao San for killing him well.

…… The previous owner of this courtyard was a civil official in Kaifeng Mansion, who preferred to be quiet. Guo Shao sent Zuo You to discuss with the owner of the house, but the other party was upright and sold it immediately at a fair price. Now it has become the place where Guo's soldiers live, and there are more than 50 people on duty day and night; Some other families also live here, and the whole courtyard is inhabited by more than 100 people. This place is like a barracks for the soldiers, but Guo Shao seems to be excusable for doing so; Most of the pro-soldiers on duty did not bring armor, so they took weapons.

When Yang Biao saw Guo Shao coming in, he took the lead in asking, "Big brother, what's wrong?" ”

All the generals looked at it and waited for the result, and everyone was very concerned...... The main Guo Shao's side is a group of generals who have been promoted from the bottom, and they really can't let Guo Shao fall, and if they fall, everyone will have to break up and fight back to their original shape.

Guo Shao said kindly: "You don't have to worry for the time being. The official asked Zhao Duenvoy to swear with me that he would no longer care about the previous grievances and would give priority to national affairs. Zhao Kuangyin swore first, in my opinion, he should be a person who is willing to listen to the advice of the officials. ”

Li Chuyun nodded after hearing this: "The lord has seen it very much, Zhao Kuangyin should not be a reckless person in such matters. If he does this, it is estimated that he will not be able to please the official family. After all, the current emperor is a wise monarch who can suppress people. ”

Guo Shao said: "That's true. The official family is now bent on the Northern Expedition and recovering Hebei; If someone between me and Zhao Kuangyin is inconsistent, says one thing and does another, and affects the overall strategy of the country, I am afraid that the official family will be very angry and disappointed. Guo Shao said that he stopped gently, he thought that Zhao Kuangyin was a person who wanted to be the emperor, how could he give up that road when he encountered a little thing? Zhao Kuangyin finally gained the trust and reliance of the emperor, and there is no need to rush to do nonsense and waste his previous efforts.

Luo Yanhuan said: "However, the grudge between the lord and the Zhao family has become bigger, and it is more difficult than Li Chongjin there." ”

"Exactly." Guo Shao was not taboo either, and nodded in agreement.

Li Chongjin's side was just a battle of spirit at first, and later Guo Shao cleaned up his people in the Guards Division, which was also a normal way, and the rest of the Guards Division was not also down the ground to follow the accomplices; Everyone is fighting for power. But Zhao Kuangyin now has two corpses in his house, and this feud may not be resolved at all...... If Guo and Zhao can't solve it in this life, maybe their children and grandchildren will also be taller and shorter. Just like Zhu Wen and Li Keyong in the past, the two fought for a lifetime, and after they died, the sons finally divided the winners and losers, and Li Keyong's son destroyed Zhu Wen's family and his dynasty.

At this point, there is no way, there is another powerful enemy.

Guo Shao said: "It's okay now, everyone is scattered, and it's not good to gather in my house." ”

Only then did everyone say goodbye.

Guo Shao returned home, Yulian saw him and said: "This morning, Mrs. Gao sent someone, saying that it was relatively smooth to go to the Weiwang Mansion to propose marriage, and then we asked our family to prepare a dowry and send it to the Hebei Daimyo's Mansion, and then discuss the date of welcoming the family." Mrs. Gao left a message and asked Lang Jun to find time to go to Gao's house to discuss the matter. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's family is doing a funeral, and Guo Shao is talking about the dowry here. But it doesn't matter, Zhao Kuangyin is not Guo Shao's relative, his family's funeral has nothing to do with Guo Shao, and he can't stop others from planning happy events.

The dowry costs a lot of money, and Guo Shao's family accumulation is not thick, and he is a little short of money at the moment. He handed over the bag of more than ten catties of heavy metal in his hand to Yulian, and the money rewarded by the emperor happened to be gathered together to organize the dowry.

After he finished talking to Yulian, in front of the flying bridge gatehouse in the back garden, he saw Jingniang again. Jing Niang followed him into the back garden, and then said in a low voice: "I went to the East City in the morning, but I met the eunuch Cao Tai, so I brought him that word. ”

"Got it......," Guo Shao said again, "There has been no news from the queen recently, didn't you say last time that you wanted to help you rebuild the Yuzhen Temple?" ”

Jing Niang said: "No, except for me taking the initiative to find Cao Tai this morning, no one in the palace has any contact with me. ”

Guo Shao didn't say anything more after hearing this.

……

He is now in need of support from the queen of Fu, not only from the ground but also from the psyche. Perhaps it was because Guo Shao had come to the present and Fu had played a vital role, so that he gradually developed a certain psychological dependence on Fu.

In the past, Guo Shao relied on the Fu family to be promoted to the top level, but in the future, he will also need her, and he will rely on her even more.

For a while, Guo Shao had the illusion that he had done a lot of things since he came here a thousand years later, but in fact, everything summed up: it was just a process of getting closer to that woman.

From the beginning of the distance to the impossible, the distance of a thousand years, suddenly narrowed to an era; Then there is the worlds of difference in status, constantly narrowing the distance...... By now, Guo Shao feels that it is getting closer and closer. After marrying the second sister of Fu, she was already close to the level of relatives.

"I have to prepare a dowry recently, and I can't delay it." Guo Shao immediately put this matter on the agenda, turned back to Jing Niang and said, "You send someone to Dongshi to inform the owner of a shop called 'Shen Li Chen Weaving', and ask them to send someone who can make decisions to Guo Mansion and have a big business to take care of them." ”

Jing Niang said: "I'll call Bai Xiangu later." ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "Bai Xiangu has discussed matters in the past, maybe the other party will send someone over to ask about the situation first; If it's a woman, let Yulian receive it first. When they send the principal to do this, they will ask me to see him again, so that I can save a few troubles. ”

He thought to himself: I should buy some silk and other things, not just money. The cloth and satin seem to occupy a space, and when the time comes, you can make the dowry into many boxes to pack, which is very decent; Otherwise, if you give gold and silver money, it will be very unsightly...... As for the dowry for marrying a big family in Zhumen, Guo Shao still has to find someone to discuss.

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(In order to ensure the quality to the maximum, the west wind will continue for a while from today, stable day 2; There is no more than 11 o'clock in the evening for this time, please forgive me. By the way, now the average order is more than 1,200, less than 2,000. ）