"Well, this is also mentioned in General Li Siye's letter. The lieutenant still had some brains, and when he saw Li Siye's banner coming, he stepped forward to stop the army and told him what he had seen. Li Siye looked at the headless zombies wandering in the valley, and naturally he didn't dare to act rashly, so he drove a few horses into the formation. As you said, the horses were slaughtered by the headless zombies, and the thunderbolts slashed down, burning the carcasses to soot. ”

"Later, the imperial court convened the eldest brother to discuss matters overnight, I'm afraid it wasn't just for this matter, right?" Guo asked inquiring.

Guo Yao stopped, clenched his fists hard, and said after a long time, "It's going to change the sky, it is said that the birds are good to hide, and the cunning rabbits have no lackeys to cook, in fact, how can people with a heart wait until the rabbits are dead and the birds are gone." In recent days, many officials have admonished, saying that the Nine Roads Festival has brought the coalition forces together in one place, and the military power is in the hands of the king of Guangping, the king of Jianning, and our father, and the military power is too concentrated, which is not conducive to the stability of the court situation. ”

"What does the emperor mean?"

"For the time being, the emperor only let the ministers discuss, and has not yet expressed his attitude. ”

"How can this be? Doesn't the emperor want to put down the rebellion as soon as possible? When the emperor was still the crown prince, he was actively fighting the main battle, so the heroes of the world followed one after another and turned the tide. Seeing that Luoyang City is broken, how can you hesitate to listen to slander?"

"This time, that time. The crown prince back then, now that he is the emperor, his mind has naturally changed. Slander and advice are just different positions. ”

"It's-"

"Actually, the Nine Roads Festival has besieged the city for more than a month, just waiting for the emperor's order. But the order of the court has not come down for a long time, and my father has long had doubts, worried that something will happen, and the current situation is really said by my father. ”

"Brother means that the emperor has already made his attitude clear. ”

"yes. Although the emperor did not say anything clearly, the holy will was already clear. I'm afraid that in a few days, there will be an arrangement. ”

"What will it be?"

"It's not good to say," Guo Yao was silent for a while, and slowly raised his head, "It's going to change, everything has to be careful, especially our Guo family." That's what the father meant. Therefore, I can only grieve the second brother, and the funeral should be as simple as possible, and must not be extravagant. ”

Guo Yao's face was solemn and his heart was heavy. It seems that he has already anticipated the future situation, but he is just suffering from it.

The eldest brother has always been like this, and in his opinion, as long as he hides things in his heart, he can take on the responsibility.

Guo Yao pondered for a long time, and suddenly looked back at Guo Yao, "But there is one more thing for you to do at the moment, I'm afraid you won't be able to participate in the funeral of the second brother." ”

"What's the matter? It's even more serious than the second brother's funeral?" Guo Yu was anxious for a while.

"Your second brother's head should have been dedicated to An Lushan by the monk from the Western Regions, and the body is still in the Nine Dragons Formation you said. For a brother means to invite some monks and Taoists to bury your second brother with wood carving clay sculptures and clothes, first, to appease the emotions of your mother and your second sister-in-law, and secondly, not to make your second brother's soul really a lonely ghost. These are expedient measures. Therefore, your task this time, in addition to the matter assigned by the imperial court, is to recapture the second brother's head as much as possible, break the demon array, and bring back the bones of the second brother and many soldiers. ”

"Well, don't worry, big brother. The younger brother will definitely kill the demon monk and avenge the second brother. ”

"Revenge is a small matter, and defeating the demon monk is a big thing to get rid of the disaster. It's just that according to the news from the front, one of the monks left Luoyang on the third day after defecting to An Lushan and disappeared. ”

"What?"

"The sixth brother must not be impatient, he is in the army, and the horse leather shroud is a common thing, but now he still focuses on national affairs. The imperial court is ready to send you to infiltrate Luoyang and secretly contact An Lushan's favorite concubine, Mrs. Haitang, to discuss the matter of surrender. ”

Guo Yu was really taken aback when he heard this, first, he was surprised that Datang secretly communicated with An Lushan's favorite concubine and disintegrated it from the inside.

And what surprised Guo Wei even more was that a favorite concubine would betray her husband.

Mrs. Zhang, born in Hedong Wang, was born very charming, she was originally the ninth lady of An Lushan, because she liked Begonia since she was a child, she called herself Mrs. Begonia. After An Lushan became emperor, he was also called the emperor.

"Mrs. Begonia, I heard that An Lushan has a stunning concubine, who is very beautiful and very bewitching, and is very pampered. ”

When Guo Hua heard the name of Mrs. Begonia, he felt nostalgic for the troubled times, but also couldn't help but feel a little admiration for her legendary appearance.

"Not bad. It's the famous Mrs. Begonia. ”

"It's just, how can you talk about such a big thing as recruiting and surrendering with her?"

"Female streamer, hey, I'm afraid the next situation will be manipulated by a few women. ”

"Big brother has something to say—"

"Hehe, let's not talk about this yet. Mrs. Haitang gave birth to a son for An Lushan, who is An Qingfei. After An Lushan became emperor, he intended to set up his youngest son An Qingfei as the crown prince. However, in the past six months, An Lushan's mind has become more and more dim, especially after you killed his son An Qingman, his madness has often attacked, it is said that dozens of close servants have been killed by the crazy An Lushan, and he has been unable to take charge of military and political affairs for more than a month. ”

"In that case, wouldn't Mrs. Haitang and his son be in danger? After all, An Lushan's eldest son, An Qingxu is not a guy to mess with. ”

"Who said no, Mrs. Haitang also expected this, even if their mother and son no longer coveted the throne, after An Qingxu took power, she would not give up on them, so she didn't do anything and simply took refuge in Datang. ”

"Oh? If you want to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, what are Mrs. Begonia's bargaining chips? What are the conditions? After all, her son has not yet been established as the crown prince by An Lushan. ”

"Mrs. Begonia's elder brother Zhang Jiwu and younger brother Zhang Jilin are both generals under An Lushan and hold military power, and the secret envoy sent to Chang'an by Mrs. Begonia has also privately revealed that even Shi Siming is also in Mrs. Begonia's snare. If this is the case, she is indeed qualified to negotiate with the imperial court, on the condition that her Zhang family is preserved, and that the imperial court appoints her son An Qingfei as the envoy of Shuofangjie. ”

"This doesn't seem to be too much, but it's hard to guarantee that there is fraud in it?"

That's why the imperial court sent someone to sneak into Luoyang and have a secret conversation with Mrs. Haitang in order to find out her truth. ”

Guo Yu took a sip of hot tea and sighed lightly, "Actually, the imperial court really doesn't need to go through such a lot of trouble, with an order, the Nine Roads Festival makes the army effortless to exterminate the traitors, but it has to make dangerous moves and surrender with Mrs. Begonia." ”

"At present, the emperor is most afraid of An Lushan, who is already in the urn, but those princes and ministers who are highly meritorious. If my guess is correct, once the court and Madame Haitang reach an agreement, the emperor will try to break up the Ninth Route Alliance. ”

"That's—that's it. ”

"You can go on an errand in peace. However, this time I went to the secret talk, mainly with Dali Temple Shaoqing Duguhuan, and you as an assistant. Moreover, if you kill An Qingman in front, it is better to act in disguise, so as not to lead to death. ”

"Little brother, remember. ”

"Well, in addition, King Guangping means that I want you to inquire about the origin of those two monks in the Western Regions. Now that most of the garrisons of Anxi and Beiting have been transferred to capture the thieves, the Tang Dynasty's forces in the Western Regions are weak for a while, and the imperial court is too busy to quell the rebellion and has no time to look westward, which can't help but worry, so it is necessary to pay close attention to the movements of the Western Regions, so as not to make another war against Zhuhu. ”

"Little brother, remember. ”

"The prince also specially instructed, knowing that you and the second brother have a deep relationship, and it is not a way for the three thousand headless soldiers to wander there, if there is a chance, they will also help the former army break the formation. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, I'm afraid this is the first thing to do. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Big brother doesn't know, this Nine Dragons Soul Devouring Array can actually be manipulated by people to move its direction, but I'm afraid that those demon monks will manipulate the formation to attack the * camp. ”

"If it's really as you say, isn't the Nine-Way Alliance in danger?"

Listening to Guo Yao talk about the power of the Nine Dragons Soul Devouring Array, Guo Yao couldn't help but worry about the Nine Roads Jie Du on the front line to bring the coalition army. My father and several younger brothers were in the army at this time, and if the demon array really attacked, I am afraid that no one would be able to stop it.

"Is the eldest brother worried about the safety of his father and several elder brothers?"

"yes. ”

"The eldest brother is also relaxed, the strategy of the previous few festival envoys, even if they can't break the formation, there must still be a way to delay for some time. The matter of the second brother in the family, there is Brother Lao, and he also asks the eldest brother to take care of his mother and second sister-in-law. I wonder when the imperial court plans to let me and Duguhuan leave?"

"Dugu Huan has also been present at yesterday's court meeting, and his plan is to leave tonight, only the two of you, without any followers. I've got my family to get you three fast horses and a food bladder, so you just need to prepare your own application. ”

"Good. I'm going to prepare. ”

Guo Yao told him again, and then went to take care of Guo Yan's funeral.

When Guo Hua returned to his house, he saw that the cloister and the courtyard had been replaced with white lanterns, and there were bursts of crying in the courtyard of the second sister-in-law.

Guo Hua's heart tightened for a while, and the huge pain caused his body to spasm slightly.

His things are easy to pack, and he usually puts all the tools in his treasure bag, and at this time he added a few more household items that might be useful and stuffed them in.

The Liangyi knife also asked the knifesmith to make the equipment, the black shark skin scabbard, and the handle of the black cowhide rope tightened, which took care of the natural lines of the Liangyi knife, and was beautiful and practical.

In addition to the winter clothes he was wearing, Shippo found two sets of leather robes and put them into the salute along with the dried meat, wine and food.

Guo Hua hugged the knife tightly and moved to the window, sat down, slowly poured the wine, and drank it cup after cup.

Of course, Qibao knew why Gongzi was in such a heavy mood, and he had also received a lot of care from Guo Yang in the past, but at this time, the second prince died tragically, and his mood was not much better.

He saw Guo Hua leaning against the window and drinking silently, afraid that his son would catch a cold, so he hurriedly moved closer to the fire, warmed a few more pots of wine, and then retreated to his room and sobbed quietly.

Little snow grits fell from the sky, and the sky was dark and distant.

On that day, it also snowed heavily for seven days in a row, and seven or eight-year-old Guo Hua was naughty and naughty, and he was suffocated for a few days.

As soon as the snow was lighter, he secretly rode out of the city gate and ran all the way.