July, August, September......

Time is passing bit by bit, and Xiao Guo Yao in King Yan's mansion is also growing up day by day.

Just like Guo Mo said, this kid really looks better the longer he gets, especially those big eyes, he actually has a pair of smiling eyes.

Seeing everyone smiling, Xiao Guo Xiang couldn't wait to stay by his side every day, and sometimes he could wake up the fourth child of the Guo family from his sleep.

There was peace in the Yanwang Mansion, but outside the Yanwang Mansion, the entire Luoyang City, and the entire Henan Mansion were facing the threat of drought.

Du Gao, the governor of Henan Province, promptly and thoroughly inspected two grain stores that were trying to inflate the price of rice, and found that they not only raised the price by one-third, but also sold rice mixed with sand.

Directly and strictly dealt with in accordance with the law, confiscated tens of thousands of stones of grain in the granary, and publicized his bad deeds to the world.

At the same time, the people of Henan were summoned to clean up the rice mixed with sand for tens of thousands of stones, and put it on the market at the original market price.

Fearing the recurrence of hoarding, Du Gao strictly limited the amount to seven days' worth of rations per person at a time, and promised in the name of the government that the price of rice would always remain at the current level during the drought.

Ruzhou, Dengzhou, and Tangzhou, following in the footsteps of Henan Prefecture, played a game of chess in four places, and dealt with the initial impact of the drought in an orderly manner.

"Your Highness, there is an envoy from Bianliang who wants to see you in person, do you see? ——」

In "Red Rain Pavilion", Guo Mozheng is incarnated as a storyteller, telling everyone about the "Romance of the Gods".

also blamed Guo Mo for owing his own mouth, because the fourth child in their family happened to encounter lightning and thunder when he was born, and then it was pouring rain.

Such a scene inexplicably reminded Guo Mo of the scene where Lei Zhenzi was born in "Romance of the Gods", and jokingly called Guo Yao "Lei Zhenzi".

But Xiao Guo Xiang next to him heard it, and forced his father to explain, why did he give his younger brother such a peculiar name?

Guo Mo couldn't resist her, so he told the little girl a story of "Ji Boyan Mountain Receives Thunder and Earthquake".

This is amazing, not only the five-year-old Xiao Guo Xiang, but even Huang Rong, Li Mochou, Xiaolongnu, Tingxiang, Wenfu and others, everyone who hears the story in the house, one is counted as one, and they are all attracted by Guo Mo's magical story.

"Daddy, why did this Xibohou go to the court? Is there anything fun going on after he goes? When will this Lei Zhenzi meet his father again? ......」

Okay, Xiao Guo Xiang immediately turned into 100,000 whys.

"Brother Mo, there should be a lot more ahead of this story, right? Can you start at the beginning? Anyway, I'm confined here, I can't get out for a month, and it's boring."

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Guo Mo was also a little embarrassed.

If you want to talk about the story of the Romance of the Gods, he is also very familiar with it, in this world, it will take hundreds of years to be born, is it really appropriate to plagiarize it himself?

Besides, this Romance of the Gods is a chapter back style, and there are a hundred times in the whole book, even if you talk about it three times a day, you have to talk about it for a month.

"Daddy, if you can tell Xiang'er everything, Xiang'er will listen to you in the future, eat well, sleep well, and practice catching sparrows with Sister Long......

It seemed that his father was hesitant to refuse, so Xiao Guo Xiang immediately took out his killer weapon, sat in Guo Mo's arms, and swinged.

When the other people in the room saw this, none of them came up or spoke out to dissuade them.

Guo Mo, the dignified His Royal Highness King Yan, was completely isolated by his family?

In the end, the power of the masses is great, not to mention Guo Mo, a daughter slave, how could he really want to refuse his daughter?

"Okay Xiang'er, don't tire yourself out. Let's talk about it first, starting tomorrow, every afternoon, my father will tell you two hours of 'Romance of the Gods,'"

"At other times, you can't leave behind any of the things you should learn, otherwise your father will not follow......

"Okay - listen to the 'Romance of the Gods,'

Haha, this stinky brother is still somewhat useful, and can lead to a good story about his father, Lei Zhenzi? I'll call you 'Lei Zhenzi,'" from now on."

Guo Mo was in the study at night, and he still prepared well.

After all, so many years have passed, and now if you really want to talk about it systematically, at least you must first list the outline, and prepare the speech for tomorrow.

The first time: the king of the palace of Nuwa into the incense

The second round: Jizhou Hou Su protects anti-business

The third time: Ji Chang broke the siege and entered Daji

Fortunately, in the previous life, Guo Mo studied Chinese in the four years of university, and when he was in his senior year, he still reported in ancient Chinese literature, the direction of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

He didn't study much else, but he read more than ten famous books, especially the "Romance of the Gods".

Three times a day, it can be completely finished in more than a month, which can be regarded as adding a rare condiment to the noble cultural life of people in this era.

Although he is determined to be a copyist, Guo Mo, who has always had "principles", still wrote the words "Xu Zhonglin" next to the four big characters of "Romance of the Gods" at the beginning.

Zhong Shan Yisuo, I'm sorry.

In fact, this "Romance of the Gods" cannot be completely regarded as purely original, there are many stories that have been circulated among the people, but there is no formed system.

Knowing that His Royal Highness King Yan was going to tell a story, Jin Yufeng led someone to clean up the hall of the "Red Rain Pavilion" early the next morning, and set up a table in the middle according to Guo Mo's request.

The teapot and bowl on the top, the shocking wood, folding fan and other things are readily available, since you want to tell the story, then it is more decent.

In the place near the inner wall, a soft collapse was placed for Huang Rong, and in the empty space between the podium and the soft collapse, more than 20 single tables were also placed, which could accommodate up to 30 people.

At first glance, it really looks like that.

The news of King Yan's storytelling spread far and wide, and even Zhao Rushu and Lao Cheng Jue knew about it, and these two people finished the day's business early, and even ran over for lunch.

"Smack—"

"Chaos Beginning Divination Pangu Ancestor,

Tai Chi two instruments and four elephants hanging,

The sky is ugly, and the people are out,

Avoiding the beast suffers from the nest sage.

......

The world is desolate and the people are resentful,

Ziya was born among the immortals,

The Lord of the Fishermen All Day Round,

Flying bears fall into a dream and hunt Gida.

......

Tianting Renxian is still the father,

Seal the altar of the flowers,

The rank of the Great and Small Heroic Spirits,

The Romance of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties."

As soon as the opening poem came out, it won a full house. ….

Other people don't understand, don't Zhao Rushu and Lao Cheng Jue understand?

Originally, they thought that His Royal Highness King Yan was pampering Xiao Guo Xiang's playful behavior, so they came over to take a look, and thought that if His Royal Highness did too much, they would have to speak upright.

The Great Song Dynasty now has a good future, they don't want to see His Royal Highness Yan immersed in Gentle Township, you must know that Gentle Township is the Hero's Tomb.

Even last month, Guo Mo asked the winery to make a wine named "Beauty Tears", and these two elders had a lot of complaints, although it was really delicious.

Now, Guo Mo has a final poem, which directly dissipates all the words of exhortation prepared by these two people.

Even, these two acted cautiously, for fear that their inappropriate words would make His Royal Highness King Yan unhappy, if he was unwilling to continue writing stories, wouldn't he have missed a huge book in the world?

After the first three lectures, Guo Mo spent more than an hour, and the entire "Red Rain Pavilion" was quiet.

"Okay—"

It was Lao Cheng Jue who was the first to "wake up" and applauded loudly.

"Haha, ladies and gentlemen, if you think the book Xiaosheng said is passable, shouldn't you reward two more? I can't do this for nothing—"

"Huh

Haha-"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

After this incident, everyone was even more impressed by His Royal Highness King Yan.

"Lao Cheng, who do you say Your Highness is?"

Zhao Rushu, who left the back house, and Lao Cheng Jue came to the small flower hall in the front yard, and an hour has passed, and these two are still reminiscing about the "Romance of the Gods" that King Yan just said.

It's a pity that I couldn't grab His Highness's manuscript, it seems that I will go to listen to the book tomorrow, and I will simply bring pen and paper with me.

"Who? That's His Royal Highness King Yan, the son of the official family, Lao Zhao, you won't get lost in the lake, do you even need to ask again?"

After drinking a full cup of tea, the day in July was really hot, and he couldn't be thirsty even if he listened to a book.

"I'm asking, is His Royal Highness King Yan a human being?"

Zhao Rushu felt that there was something wrong with what he just asked, so he thought about it for a while and changed his way.

"Lao Zhao, what do you mean? Cursing His Highness behind his back is not a human being? I see you're really hot, so hurry up and have a cup of herbal tea."

Old Cheng Jue couldn't understand it anymore.

This Zhao Rushu, how shrewd a person he usually is, how can he listen to His Highness say a book, and the whole person is stupid?

After a while, I asked His Highness who he was.

After a while, he asked His Highness if he was human?

Is this still human talk?

Zhao Rushu also seemed to smack, there was something wrong with his words, and he really picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, that's my cup—"

"Lao Cheng, I mean, if His Highness was just a mortal, how could he know about those immortals, and know so much?"

"You and I are both scholars, the history of the Shang and Zhou dynasties is also recorded in the historical records of Taishi Gong, and the people have also heard some stories of gods and ghosts."

"With your ability and mine, or even if you gather all the literati of my Great Song Dynasty, can you write such a story?"

Others listened to the excitement, but Zhao Rushu thought more deeply, but these questions blinded Lao Cheng Jue. ….

From then on, the two of them tried their best to finish their official business in the morning, or work overtime in the evening, and in the afternoon, they definitely had to spare two hours to listen to Guo Mo's story.

They are all like this, and those few people who practiced in the Yanwang Mansion, such as Feng Ge, Ye Qu, Li Zhichang, Cui Zhifang, Wu Nantian, etc., even came over after lunch.

Even the little dragon girl, who had always been in a stinging place, came over unmoved, and after Feng Heng found out, he also officially announced that he was going to have lunch in Huang Rong's house.

In the entire Yanwang Mansion, the only one who doesn't buy Guo Mo's "Romance of the Gods" is probably our fourth son "Lei Zhenzi".

Today, the rare Zhao Rushu and Lao Cheng Jue didn't come to eat, that is, the storytelling has begun, and there are still two empty seats in the front row.

Are these two elders going to be absent?

Today, it is the twelfth day of Guo Mo's book, and he is talking about "Chapter 34: Flying Tiger Returns to Zhou to See Ziya".

Halfway through the talk, Zhao Rushu and Lao Cheng Jue arrived at the "Red Rain Pavilion", but only Zhao Rushu walked in by himself, and Lao Cheng Jue was still at the gate of the courtyard, accompanying a guest from afar.

"Your Highness, there is an envoy from Bianliang who wants to see you in person, do you see? ——」

Zhao Rushu kicked in and out of the door, still holding a prayer note in his hand, hesitating whether to hand it to Guo Mo at this time.

The envoy of Bianliang is, of course, a person from the Dajin Kingdom.

In fact, their envoys arrived in Lin'an first, and after being lonely for more than ten days with the Ministry of Rites, they were told that all diplomatic relations had to go to the Ministry of Rites in Luoyang to find Cheng Jue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The people of the mission did not dare to believe it, nor did they dare to disbelieve it, but most of them still stayed in Lin'an to continue looking for opportunities, and sent people back to Bianliang to report the news.

The Dajin Kingdom is now the reign of Wanyan Shouxu, the one who was called the "Golden Aizong" by later generations, and has just been on the throne for three years.

He was able to sit firmly in the position of the emperor of the Jin State under such a bad situation now, thanks to the two courtesans of Yiwen and Wu

Minister.

The military general is naturally Wanyan Heda, who can be called Wanyan Heda with the monk Wanyan Chen at the end of the Jin, and now he is also the general commander of the Bianliang City Guard, and there are 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command who can be directly mobilized.

And Wenchen is the person who is about to be sent to Luoyang, this person is just thirty-six years old, upright and prime.

said that he was a Wenchen, but he was not a sour Confucian, but a Khitan who was sinicized, and he was a rare doer in the Jin Dynasty.

It's just that the qualifications are insufficient, and even if many decrees are supported by the end of the face, they will be squeezed out by the people below who implement them.

On the bright side, this favored minister who looks like a perfect face, but deep in his heart, he also has a sense of not encountering talents, especially in the difficult situation of Dajin now.

The reply sent to the Lin'an mission made another pointless controversy between the Jin State and the Central People's Republic of China.

Luoyang, or His Royal Highness King Yan of the Great Song Dynasty, is a big taboo in today's Bianliang court, and everyone avoids it intentionally or unintentionally.

It was a place, an indescribable pain, a pain for the country.

"Your Majesty, you must ask for the help of the Great Song Dynasty no matter what, otherwise in another month, there will either be starvation all over the territory of my Jin Kingdom, or there will be a large number of fugitives."

"What's more, we don't have much military rations, old minister...... The old minister suggested that some of the army be cut off." ….

A man with white hair and beard went out to report in the court.

"Uncle Huang, we only have 110,000 horses left, how much will we have to cut if we disarm? If you cut those people, will you not eat or drink?"

"The King of Yan in Luoyang City, I can see it, that is a master who eats people and does not spit out bones, even the Tanguts and Mongols are not his opponents, and two-thirds of our Dajin territory is occupied by him——"

Wanyan Shouxu is a little helpless, he can be regarded as a person with great ambitions, he is twenty-eight years old this year, two years older than Guo Mo, and it is the age to work hard.

As soon as he ascended the throne of Dajin Kingdom, he lost half of the country, and until now he is still in Bianliang City.

How strong the Dajin Kingdom was back then, Bianliang City was their biggest show-off, this was the capital of the former Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was destroyed by them, and it could only be located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River.

And now, Bianliang City has become their last fig leaf.

"Your Majesty, the old minister knows that you have the ambition to reach the sky, but this time and that time are also. I want to think that Goujian, the king of Yue, was defeated and captured, lost his land and lost his country, but he still tried his courage and finally returned to the country."

"The biggest difficulty at the moment is the drought, many lands in Jinguo have failed to harvest, or even failed to harvest, and many people have eaten up their seeds and grain next year."

"Either borrow grain from the Great Song Dynasty or buy grain, or at least demobilize 800,000 hungry people, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

What the old emperor said, no one in the Manchu Dynasty will refute it, this is an indisputable fact in front of us.

"Well, King Yan of the Great Song Dynasty is an extremely difficult character, he has never made a loss-making transaction internally and externally, and the trip to Luoyang will not be so easy."

Wanyan Shouxu may have been persuaded by the old emperor's uncle, or maybe he had to bow to reality and look around at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

"Jin Qing, my Dajin is in danger of survival, this trip to Luoyang, you should go there in person——"

Wanyan Shouxu's gaze finally fell on a civil official in the front, who was the person he relied on the most, and was the left and right division member Wailang.

"Wechen takes orders—"

The civil official didn't refuse, and even when the old imperial uncle mentioned King Yan of Luoyang, he had the urge to take the initiative to invite Ying.

He is full of strategy, and he wants to see with his own eyes, who is His Royal Highness King Yan, the hottest person in the world in recent years?

......

"Someone from Bianliang? Show it to me."

Guo Mo stopped talking and beckoned to Zhao Rushu.

Zhao Rushu walked into the hall and threw an apologetic look at the people who were listening to the book.

He also listened to the "Romance of the Gods" for eleven days in a row, and of course he knew how uncomfortable he felt when he was interrupted halfway.

Guo Mo took over the message of the envoy of Jin Guolai from Zhao Rushu, which was expected, and there was nothing to arouse Guo Mo's interest, but the name of the last payment made Guo Mo's eyes shine.

Is it him? How did I forget about this person?

"Zhao Changshi, where is this person now?"

Guo Mo closed the prayer post and asked.

"Your Highness, this person is in the 'Red Rain Pavilion, outside, accompanied by Cheng Shangshu waiting for His Highness's summons."

Guo Mo thought about it, looked at the reluctant eyes of everyone in the room, and felt a burst of amusement in his heart. ….

"In this way, give up a place in the middle, you and Lao Cheng will accompany this envoy of the Jin Kingdom on the left and right, and listen to this king finish today's book first, it just so happens that this chapter is also full of today's atmosphere."

Today's chapter?

Flying Tiger returns to Zhou to see Ziya?

Since Guo Mo ordered this, Zhao Rushu didn't say anything more, turned around and went out.

"How? Has His Royal Highness King Yan ever promised to see him next?"

Seeing Zhao Rushu come out, Jin Guolai hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and asked.

Zhao Rushu seemed to have just seen this person, and looked up and down.

He clearly remembered that His Highness should have seen this person's name before agreeing to see him.

Just, is there anything special about this name?

It's not the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, right?

Could it be that there is anything special about this tall, bearded man?

Zhao Rushu couldn't figure it out, but just now he clearly saw that a light flashed in Guo Mo's eyes.

"Let the messenger wait for a long time, my Royal Highness is about to start his daily storytelling, what does His Highness mean, let the messenger also go in, and listen to today's book first."

"As for the matter of your envoy, let's choose a place to discuss it in detail after listening to the book."

"Haha, that's good, Lao Cheng is afraid that he will delay today's listening."

Jin Guolai's envoy hadn't answered yet, but the old Cheng Jue on the side grabbed the conversation first.

The performance of these two people made Jin Guolai a little puzzled.

Before coming to Luoyang, he also made detailed preparations in advance, what are the important ministers under the command of King Yan in Luoyang City, and what is King Yan's temperament?

He already has a certain number in his heart, like the two in front of him, they are definitely the most valued people in Luoyang City.

These two people, plus Xue Ji and Wei Jing in the palace of King Yan in Lin'an, are nicknamed the "Meritorious Four Elders" under King Yan, even if each of them is pulled out alone, in the entire Great Song Dynasty, they are also trembling figures.

How could such a person "tolerate" His Royal Highness King Yan and treat the diplomatic relations between the two countries so playfully?

Could it be that the rumors are wrong, or is the other party not taking my Dajin Kingdom in their eyes at all?

Moreover, it seems that these two important ministers of the Yan Wangfu are still willing to accept this behavior of their Royal Highness?

Jin Guolai thought like this in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface.

"In this way, there is Lao Zhao Changshi, help me introduce you-"

Zhao Rushu was in the front, Jin Guolai was in the center, Lao Cheng Jue walked last, and the three of them entered the "Red Rain Pavilion".

Although the "Red Rain Pavilion" is an inner house, because it is large enough, Guo Mo also stays here a lot, and simply uses the first floor of the courtyard, and the whole has been built into a place that can be used by the outside world.

Otherwise, it is always unreasonable to receive an envoy from a country and receive him directly to the inner house.

The three of them entered the hall one after another, and everyone was waiting there.

Guo Mo didn't leave his seat either, but just arched his hand at the three people who came in and motioned for them to take their seats first.

Jin Guolai's envoy still wanted to go directly to see Guo Mo, but when he saw the other party's actions, he hesitated.

The old Cheng Jue next to him pulled his sleeve, and the three of them sat in the first row of the audience. ….

On the table, freshly brewed tea, a plate of dried fruits, a plate of seasonal fruits, a plate of pastries from the palace court, and a pot of "beauty tears"?

Seeing them sit down, Guo Mo was shocked and resumed today's storytelling.

An hour and a half later, the hall erupted in thunderous applause again.

Although everyone sat in a daze for an hour and a half, none of them were bored, and they all felt that time passed so quickly.

This Zhang Guifang is too powerful, right?

Next, what should Jiang Ziya and the Xiqi army do?

In the reluctance of everyone, Guo Mo had already stood up, signaled to the three people sitting in the front row, and walked out of the hall and walked to the front yard.

Yanwang Mansion, Jixian Palace.

This palace, Guo Mo has not used it many times, more often, he likes to stay in the Hall of Heroes.

"Haha, because I promised the little girl in the family to tell her the story for two hours every day, I was a little snub to the messenger, and Guo Mo's sin was also."

didn't wait for someone from the Jin Kingdom to come to see the salute, nor did he wait for Zhao Rushu or Lao Cheng Jue to introduce Guo Mo, but Guo Mo himself came to the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, bowed the ground, and first made a gift to the envoy of the Jin Kingdom.

"This ...... How does this work? Your Highness, with a body of ten thousand gold, how can you give such a great gift to the next line, you can't do it——"

Jin Guolai's envoy hurriedly flashed to the side, not daring to accept Guo Mo's salute, but he was beside Guo Mo and bent down respectfully.

[I have known an old book friend for ten years to recommend to me to chase books, @

I was even more shocked.

"Your Royal Highness King Yan, what do you mean?"

Jin Guolai's envoy was completely told by Guo Mo that he couldn't find the north, and all the words prepared in advance were useless, so he could only ask directly.

"Haha, what do you mean? The king's meaning is obvious. I'm going to exchange 300,000 stone grain for your Yelu Chucai to be my Xuzhou Zhizhou-".

In vain