On the Hanyuan Hall of Chang'an City, the number of officials who came to the court today is extraordinarily large, and even some of the elders who have not been in the world for a long time are now standing in the hall formally.

The reason why there are so many people standing in the court today is that yesterday morning, the Holy Empress Shun suddenly announced that she had decided to go out of Chang'an to Beizhou, the reason is that since she ascended the throne, she has not been out of Chang'an to sympathize with the people.

Pei Daizhong, the squire of the military department, stepped forward and took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, now that the Qinghe rebellion has just been decided, and the situation in Beizhou is complicated, Your Majesty has decided that it is too risky to go to Beizhou now, please think twice!"

The Shunsheng Empress behind the tulle sneered when she heard this, and her voice floated faintly: "Pei Shilang, you mean that the rebels in Beizhou have not been cleared yet?"

Pei Daizhong knelt down when he heard this, but he still refused to retreat and said: "Your Majesty, although the rebels are removed, the people of Beizhou are fierce, the mountains are high and the water is dangerous, you are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Seeing that the soft knife was useless, the Holy Empress Shun was a little annoyed in her heart, so she slapped the dragon chair and got up, lifted the tulle and walked out from behind, and asked sharply: "Is it not the king's land in the whole world, and there is still a place in this Southern Dynasty that I can't go?!"

Zhang Shuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, saw that the empress's attitude was too tough, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, winter is coming soon, Your Majesty will start preparing for the winter solstice sacrifice next, in order to make the wind and rain smooth in the coming year, this matter is related to the national fortune of the Southern Dynasties, Your Majesty will go to Beizhou, please wait until the spring of next year, and then make a plan!"

The Holy Empress Shun frowned slightly, and said: "The matter of the sacrifice can be handed over to your Ministry of Rites to handle it all, I will ask Taishi Guo to rest the winter solstice sacrifice ceremony for me, compared to the southern states, Beizhou is desolate, and in recent years, it has been affected by disasters year after year, and now that the rebels have finally been quelled, I must go and see with my own eyes, what this Beizhou is like now!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" A majestic old general stepped out, it was one of the elders who had not been in the court for a long time, Chen Dongyang, Chen Dongyang, who followed the birth and death of the Emperor Zu, the Southern Expedition to the North, and saved the Emperor Zu several times from desperate situations, from the original righteous army man all the way to the position of the marshal of the three armies, and now although he is in seclusion behind the scenes and no longer interferes too much in military affairs, the three sons of Chen Dongyang, the Duke of Weiguo, are now holding important positions in the army, so they still have a lot of weight in their words.

"According to the old minister's view, the country can not be without an army for a day, Your Majesty's compassion for the people of Beizhou is really the blessing of Beizhou, but as far as the current situation is concerned, although there is no chaotic army in Beizhou, but since ancient times, the people of Beizhou have been fierce and uncivilized, horse bandits, and even the Beimangzi who are wandering in Beizhou have been difficult to purge, at this time the people's hearts are undecided, Your Majesty decided to go to Beizhou at this time, it is really not appropriate!" Chen Dongyang said, the words are sonorous, neither humble nor arrogant.

Seeing that the ministers had no intention of giving up, the Holy Empress Shun waved her hand angrily and returned to the curtain, saying: "This matter has been decided, do you have anything else to report, if not, retreat first!"

Today's early dynasty, including almost all the civil and military officials in Beijing, but only one person did not come to the hospital, then one person under 10,000 people above the world known as the dynasty master Guo Yibai, Guo Yibai's father Guo was also the former dynasty master, but the Guo family was a single line and all short-lived, Guo did in the full force to assist the first emperor to succeed to the throne after the couch, it didn't take long to die, leaving the same weak Guo Yibai, Guo Yibai and the empress since childhood together in the country's classmates, when studying showed amazing talent in the world, so to speak, in the original prince and the three princes of the competition to push the current Shun Holy Empress Zhao Mingyue on this dragon chair, Guo Yibai has seven successful labors, and Hu Yang, the priest of the country, once commented on Guo Yibai and said: "If you plan ten thousand catties, you will determine the country with one word." So the title of Mouding spread all over the government and the opposition.

Guo Yibai's home is in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City, there is only a small courtyard, after the empress succeeded to the throne, she intended to give Guo Yibai the vacant mansion of the former dynasty in the city, but Guo Yibai refused, the reason is that the courtyard is too big, he is alone, and he is not used to having too many family servants, so he chose this small courtyard, because he was weak since he was a child, so only one was left to be both an entourage and a student, and the teenager Zhang Zichu was responsible for taking care of the daily life.

But today there are two people in Guo Yibai's family, that is, Mu Huchuan, the commander of the powerful wind supervisor and the abbot of Xiangguo Temple in Chang'an, Guo Yibai is carefully taking care of the small vegetable garden in the small courtyard, Mu Huchuan is waiting quietly on the side, facing this young but bottomless Taishi, who is more than facing the pressure of the empress.

"Commander Mu, you listen to the intelligence system of the wind supervisor, it seems that it is not very rigorous. Guo Yibai took a small hoe, pulled the vegetable leaves that were not lush from time to time, and said lightly.

Mu Huchuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Taishi, at the beginning, when we heard the wind supervisor find out Bai Tongchen's whereabouts, he was indeed seriously injured, and the spies came to report that an old man and a little girl sent him all the way to Wolong Mountain and disappeared...... Who would have thought. ”

Guo Yibai pursed his lips and said, "I heard that Li Han was directly smashed into meat by a sword?"

Mu Huchuan nodded awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

"Then how can the self-crossing monk of Xiangguo Temple escape back?" Guo Yibai's tone was still flat, but his tone seemed to inadvertently turn to the abbot of Daosheng who was standing with his palms on the side.

The abbot of Daosheng leaned over slightly with his palms together and said: "Amitabha, judging from the description of the Zidu Zen Master, there should be a giant beast in Nanbao Village, which has been cultivated at least above the first rank to capture the dragon, and the Zidu Zen Master was also seriously injured, and he could escape from the hands of that giant beast." ”

Guo Yibai smiled slightly, and said: "The Buddhism of Xiangguo Temple is unfathomable, after the empress succeeded to the throne, she worshiped the abbot of Daosheng as the Zen master, and hoped that Buddhism could persuade people to be good under the leadership of Daosheng, and help the country's fortune.

Abbot Daosheng's face was as usual, obviously the kung fu of cultivating qi was not comparable to Mu Huchuan, he said: "Taishi Guo said that it was a joke, this matter is not visible, my Xiangguo Temple is a small matter of killing demon beasts, but if the empress knows that Commander Mu violated the holy will, instead of going all out to rescue Bai Tongchen, she chased and killed all the way, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not just feel that Long Yan is lost." ”

Mu Huchuan listened to it in a cold sweat on the side, for outsiders, Mu Huchuan's Prison Wind Pavilion at this time is to get the wind, to get the rain, and the authority is monstrous, but he knows in his heart that in this game between the empress and Guo Yibai and Bai Tongchen, he is a puppet at best, and in the end, if the matter is revealed, he is just a scapegoat for Guo Yibai.

Guo Yibai ignored the threat of the abbot of Daosheng, and just said with a smile: "I, Guo Yibai, am dedicated to His Majesty, Commander Mu is also dedicated to the imperial court, and Abbot Daosheng is even more concerned about the world, I only hope that the two of them can do more for the imperial court, this Bai Tongchen, really can't stay alive, I believe that the matter of the Sword Pavilion will be disclosed to the world one day, not only the three of us, but even the empress ......" Guo Yibai stood up here and shouted: "Zichu!"

Zhang Zichu, who was carefully copying Guo Yibai's paintings in the study, heard Guo Yibai's shout, and hurriedly agreed: "Come!" carefully put down the brush, and then trotted to the edge of the small vegetable garden.

Guo Yibai said with a smile, go to the street to get some wine, and then ask Fuchun Lou to make some vegetarian food for Abbot Daosheng, and invite Commander Mu and Abbot Daosheng to eat at home today.

Zhang Zichu was about to agree, but he scratched his head and said, "Sir, we have no money at home......

Guo Yibai waved his hand and said, "Take the orchid painted a few days ago from the study and go to Fuchun Building to settle the account." ”

Zhang Zichu answered, turned his head and trotted all the way back to the study.

Not to mention that Guo Yibai's calligraphy and painting are really unique in the world, just by virtue of Guo Yibai's name as a master, a painting will cost at least a thousand taels of gold, and it is even more difficult to find a painting on the market, but Guo Yibai just casually took the painting in exchange for a few wine dollars, although Mu Huchuan was greedy, he still lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Guo Yibai put the hoe away, scooped a scoop of water from the bucket and rushed it indiscriminately, and said to Mu Huchuan and the abbot of Daosheng: "My body, all rely on a mouthful of medicine to hang, thanks to the empress's love, and specially ask the imperial doctor of the hospital to often adjust the formula for me, and send it to me every month, that is, a life that cannot live for a long time, so the power of silver money is something outside the body for people like me, seeing stray cats and dogs, seeing children begging for food, I can't help but go to help, hahaha let the two laugh." ”

Monk Daosheng said: "Master Guo is dedicated to goodness, and there will be good results." ”

Guo Yibai didn't make a sound, just took Mu Huchuan and Daosheng Monk to the house, Guo Yibai's courtyard is simple, the furnishings in the house are even simpler, only simple tables, chairs and benches, the most in the room is all kinds of books and ink, not to mention that this person is young to be a court master, is an ordinary seven-grade petty official, compared to Guo Yibai is much better, although Mu Huchuan has been here a few times, but still An An smacks his tongue, a person who does not have too many miscellaneous desires and greed, this alone is too terrifying.

At this time, Guo Yibai had picked up a small piece of tea cake and cut a small piece, slowly crushed the tea cake with the back of the knife, put it into a small pot with the characteristics of the fire to make tea, and then said softly: "Don't act rashly in the Jianfeng Pavilion first, if Bai Tongchen wants to return to Nanzhou, he must go to Wuli Street in the River Valley, send someone to control and keep an eye on it, first find out his current background, the empress's side, Commander Mu may have to suffer some grievances." ”