In the twenty-third year of Zheng Zhuanggong, the king of Zheng Guo was finally ready to attack Xu Guo with the secondment of the courtiers.

When I first heard the news from the mouth of my grandson, I was so happy that I almost didn't fly, not for anything else, just because Xu Guo is not far from my Zhongli, if Zheng Guo sends troops to Xu Guo, then the grandson promised me to save my father and the emperor, it is a matter of now, I have waited for nearly two months and now I know this good news, how can I not be happy?

But what people didn't expect was that with this decision, Zheng Guo fell into a huge controversy for a while, and the people began to talk about Xu Guo being a descendant of Taiyue Boyi, and the folk rumor that Taiyue could communicate with the gods since ancient times, and now Kou Sheng wants to cut off the blood of Taiyue, as if he was determined to go against the gods, which in the eyes of people who believe in the gods, Kou Sheng undoubtedly put tens of millions of people in Zheng Guo on a dead end, and they can never agree.

So, at the end of Meng Xia, Zheng Guo broke out a vigorous civil uprising, the main purpose of which was to hope that Kou Sheng could take back his life and not be the enemy of the gods.

But the matter was suppressed by the courtiers, and it was not until mid-May that it was transmitted to the palace of Zheng Guo.

When Kou Sheng heard this, he was immediately furious in the court, and scolded the untouchable class for daring to question the decision of the Son of Heaven, wouldn't it be the opposite?

At the same time, Zhao Guogong took the opportunity to pay a slander, saying that since the current son advocates pacifying the Xu Kingdom, and filial piety advocates convincing him, the two of them are already on par, so the king might as well be an outsider and hand over the anger of the people to these two people.

After hearing this, Kou Sheng's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked what the specific implementation method was.

Zhao Guogong smiled, touched the beard on his chin and said, "The king only needs to call the sick, and on the day of the army, use the chariot as bait, and let the two of them board it, whoever gets the chariot first, then the king will advise him, and the victor will be the main commander, and the second will be the deputy marshal, so that it can be regarded as giving the people an explanation, and any dispute has nothing to do with the king." ”

Kou Sheng hesitated for a moment, his face was happy, and then he walked quickly to the front of the case, with a wave of the pen, a few lines of strong and powerful handwriting fell on the wooden tablet, and the text said: The natural disaster will be in Xu Guo, the widow will be May Jiachen, and the army will be awarded in the palace, Qing is the right hand of the widow, it is really difficult to choose the main and deputy marshal, but I Zheng Bang is the overlord of a thousand times, and the handsome general can confuse the long hub? Therefore, after thinking about it, the widow finally realized that the one who boarded the hub on the day of the army was the main commander, followed by the deputy marshal, and the widow would admonish the Zena.

After finishing writing, Kou Sheng suddenly felt in a good mood, and after laughing a few times in the sky, he threw the wooden slip in the hands of the eunuch, and said, "You will send this book to the Zidu Mansion first, and then transfer it to the residence of filial piety after reading it." ”

"Obey the king's decree!" The eunuch bowed his eyebrows and bowed, and then he was about to withdraw.

As if he suddenly remembered something, he called the eunuch and said, "Explain it together, Zhao Guogong will make meritorious contributions and reward a thousand taels of gold." ”

"Thank you, Lord for the reward!" Zhao Guogong knelt down and thanked him.

Kou Sheng nodded with satisfaction, but he couldn't see the wanton viciousness and pride on his face.

Therefore, when the eunuch rushed to the Gongsun Mansion with the edict of King Zheng Guo, I was in order not to delay people in the battle situation to Zhongli, so that Gongsun and Sun could accompany him to practice swordsmanship.

Seeing that the eunuch had come in, he stopped his hand and stood aside.

"Doctor Gongsun!" The eunuch walked towards the place where the sword was practiced in a voice as soft as a sheep.

After the grandson glanced at me, he immediately withdrew the long knife in his hand and said politely to the eunuch, "The father-in-law is here, but the king has a will?" ”

"The doctor is really witty," the eunuch chuckled, handed the wooden tablet in his hand to the grandson, and waved his hands respectfully, "Please take a look at the doctor, and return this scroll to the slave, and the slave will have to rush to the residence of Yingxiaoyou." ”

"What does that mean?" The grandson glanced at the eunuch suspiciously, spread out the wooden tablet in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

I took the opportunity to take a look, and I probably only saw the palace, the general, the long hub or something.

Then Gongsun Zidu's face became more and more solemn for some reason.

"What else did the king say?"

The eunuch shook his head, and said with a sad face, "The doctor doesn't know that the king has been in poor health recently, and after writing this book, he was served by the maid to sleep, except for asking the slave to send the book to the residence of the doctor and Yingxiaoyou, and nothing else was said. ”

"So, I'm tired of my father-in-law running this trip." Gongsun Zidu's face fell silent for a while, and he returned the wooden tablet in his hand to the eunuch.

After looking at the eunuch walking away, he turned around and said worriedly, "The king must have been instigated by a traitor." ”

"What's wrong? Could it be that there is a change in the plan to conquer Xu Guo? I couldn't help but get nervous, for fear that he would say what I was afraid of in the next second.

But the grandson just looked at me in a complicated way, and didn't say anything for a while.

"The king's edict today only says that I and Ying Xiaoyou will compete with Ying Xiaoyou on the day of the Taimiao military award, who can step on the chariot first, and divide the main and deputy generals in this way, and the edict explains that the person who is the commander will accept his advice, so as to determine the life and death plan of the Xu country."

"What?" My eyes widened in shock, "Isn't that a joke?" How can such a big thing be such a child's play? ”

The grandson sighed heavily, and his picturesque eyebrows and eyes were full of sorrow, "I'm afraid it's caused by the people's turmoil." ”

"How?" I sat down, still a little unwilling, "but don't you also have military power?" ”

"If Ying Xiaoyou wins, he will be deprived!" The grandson and grandson all raised their thin lips, and a helpless and unwilling smile came out.

I only felt a thunderbolt above my head, and my body involuntarily crooked.

If it is really as he said, the grandson of the grandson has lost like this, and even the military power has been deprived, then won't my plan to save my father and emperor come to naught again?

My grandson seemed to see what was on my mind, and comforted me by the shoulder, "Look at your lost fighting spirit, or the Sultan I know who loves to open his teeth and claws like a crab?" ”

"But..."

With a little reassuring firmness in his dark eyes, he scratched the tip of my nose with a smile, "Don't worry, even if it is for you, I will definitely win, besides, you see today, the eunuch first came to my mansion, which shows that the king also hopes that I can win, but because of the anger of the people, this is just a different way." ”

But after all, he issued a ridiculous edict!

I looked at my grandson for a long time, and I had to sigh heavily, thinking that it was midsummer at this time, and my father and emperor had been imprisoned in Zhongli Palace for two months, when would I be able to save him?

I don't know, it's just that the more time goes by, the more I can't sleep at night when I think about it.

What I hate the most is that I have no other way but to believe in him.

"Alright, don't be downcast." My grandson suddenly took my hand and blinked mysteriously, "Come with me somewhere." ”

After that, without waiting for me to answer, he dragged me out the door.

"Huh... Gongsun, where are you taking me? War is coming, let's go back to practicing knives, right? "My grandson didn't answer me, he just pulled me blindly forward.

Passing through the crowd and through a few more streets, he stopped and looked back at me with a smile on his face until there was a light in front of me.

"Look!" He turned away slightly, and a huge white-glazed pottery peacock with one leg and its tail mopping the ground immediately appeared in front of me, exuding bright light, like a mortal fairy bird in this long street.

"What is this?" I looked at the front of me in astonishment, and then looked at my grandson.

At this moment, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and a charming smile appeared, and his star-like eyes had a soft light in them, and he looked at me as if there was silence all around him.

After a while, I turned my eyes in embarrassment, hurriedly walked a few steps forward, and touched the white-glazed peacock in front of me.

"It's May 15th." The grandson made a faint sound, and then grabbed my hand from the body of the white-glazed pottery peacock and wrapped it in his palm.

The onlookers cast envious glances at me.

"Hehe..."I laughed dryly, pulled my hand out of his palm very uncomfortably, and took a step back before saying, "Is May 15 a special day?" ”

Gongsun Zidu's eyes flashed quickly with a trace of emotion that I couldn't grasp, and he froze in place for a moment before he smiled bitterly and said, "It's Zheng Guo's Lantern Festival." ”

"Lantern Festival?"

Seeing that I was puzzled, my grandson raised his hand and pointed not far away.

I followed the direction of his finger and was shocked.

I saw that the towering tree stood in the middle of the long street, and the tree was already hung with all kinds of lanterns, in the cool night at this time, it looked like the tree was full of stars, so dazzling and beautiful.

I couldn't help but take a few steps closer in the direction of the tree.

My grandson took advantage of this time and put something on my wrist.

When I looked down, there was a string of moonstone beads that glowed with a floating blue color, and it was really beautiful and breathtaking against the various lights of the trees.

"Gongsun!" My eyes widened in astonishment.

Gong's grandson just looked unfazed, looked at the big tree with the lantern hanging, and said in a light tone, "I'll give it to you." ”

"No way!"

I was about to take it off, but my grandson held my hand and said with a cold expression, "If you don't want it, then I can only throw it under this tree and let others trample it." ”

"But this is too precious," you must know that when I was in Xianyuji City, the Queen Li was already very precious with that moonstone, and now my grandson actually gave me a string, and I didn't even lift my eyelids, "I'm afraid I can't afford to pay it back." ”

"When did I say I wanted you to pay it back?" The grandson and grandson all opened their eyes, looked up at the quiet starry sky, and their voices were so calm that they were inexplicably uncomfortable.

The ink behind him was swept up by the cool breeze of the summer night, and his figure looked a little lonely for some reason.

After standing for a long time, the low voice suddenly trembled in my ears, "Sultan, Sultan..."

But he kept reciting my nonsense name.

I raised my eyebrows in confusion, wondering what he was thinking.

And just as I was about to ask him out loud, my grandson suddenly lowered his head again, looked at me stupidly and smiled.

The light softly shone on the jade-like face, making him look more and more beautiful and breathtaking, like an immortal who came out of a painting.

"Gongsun, what's wrong with you?" I raised my eyebrows in surprise.

But the grandson hesitated for a moment, and then jerked me into his arms, so that I fell unexpectedly into his broad embrace.

His voice trembled more and more, but there was a hint of pleading in his tone, "Listen to me, I know you may not want to hear it at all, but I must say that I can't bear it anymore." ”

"What?"

"I like you!"

My monk was at a loss, and his next words were like a thunderbolt exploding around me, blowing me up.

"You..."

I buried myself in his arms for a long time before my grandson let me go.

Seeing that I was at a loss, the corners of his lips raised a bitter and miserable smile, "You don't have to panic, I won't force you to answer, because I like you, so I naturally know that your heart is not with me." ”

"Gongsun..."What else did I want to say.

But my grandson just put his hand on my lips and smiled, "Promise me a small request, right?" ”

"You say." I looked at the expression on his face pretending to have nothing to do, and I didn't know why there was a faint pain in my heart.

"Walk with me through this stretch, won't you?" Both the fathers and grandsons looked down at the brightly lit road in front of them, and when they lowered their eyes, their eyes burned as if they were expecting my answer.

"Hmm." I nodded heavily.

My grandson smiled, gently took my hand, and walked towards the light.

But at that time, if I could have known about the next life, I would have stopped him with all my might!

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