Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Just after dawn, Guo Shao woke up. Yulian was resting on his armpit, snuggling into his arms and sleeping very soundly, her rhythmic warm breath was breathing on his neck. Guo Shao found that her entire arm was numb from the pressure of her head, and suddenly felt that his left arm was completely numb; but the skin-to-skin contact between the two of them made him feel very delicious, and it was pain and happiness for a while.

He was going to get up early, and there was one more thing on his mind. Treating Xiang Xun today... Xiang Xun is like a noble person who appreciates him to Guo Shao. Without Xiang Xun's recommendation from Prime Minister Wang Pu, it is not clear whether Guo Shao can become the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the inner palace at once; this kind of favor must be kept in mind. Today, Xiang Xun held a banquet in Tokyo to buy full moon wine for his youngest son. Xiang Xun mentioned this a while ago; not only must Guo Shao go, but he can't go too late.

It's just the child's full moon. It's not a big deal. It's just relatives and friends finding a way to walk around and share the sorrows and joys of each family. But Guo Shao was also afraid that he would be late due to negligence... Since Xiang Xun's favor should be remembered, other people's affairs are indeed something worthy of concern.

Seeing Yulian sleeping so soundly, he carefully propped up her head with his right hand slowly, trying to pull out the pressed left arm.

Unexpectedly, Yulian was awakened immediately, she yawned, closed her eyes and stretched lazily, opened her sleepy eyes and glanced at Guo Shao, she was startled for a moment... as if she just remembered that Guo Shao slept with her last night, she immediately put her arms around Guo Shao's neck and hugged him.

Guo Shao said nicely, "I have something important to do today."

"Press..." It seemed like the third tone, the tone lowered and then rose higher, forming a mellow flavor, a bit coquettish.

"General Xiangxun's boy Man Yue, I have to go to Zuo You first and ask him about etiquette. I don't understand those things in the officialdom for the time being, so I need to prepare." Guo Shao coaxed.

Yulian said: "Understood, can I just lie down for a while... I'm so soft, I'll get back my strength and cook for you."

Guo Shao said with a smile: "Forget it this morning, I'll go to the shop outside and eat something casually."

"Okay, let's just be lazy this morning... I really don't have the strength." Yulian apologized slightly, then put her mouth into Guo Shao's ear and whispered, as if the legendary Pillow Wind is like this, right?

"How did you do it? I don't feel any pain at all... Well, there is a little bit, but I didn't care about it at the time." Yulian whispered in a very low voice, "I always thought that kind of thing is like giving birth to a child. The pain is inevitable, but it is something a woman must endure to serve her husband."

"What kind of thing?" Guo Shao blurted out.

Yulian blushed and pinched his arm, "You're still pretending to be confused."

Guo Shao didn't pretend to be confused on purpose, he couldn't help thinking about Xiang Xun just now. Hearing this, seeing how shy and coquettish she was, she simply followed nonsense and said: "Yesterday I saw you frowning and blushing, and crying aloud. I thought you were in pain, and you were crying in pain... so you didn't?"

Yulian lowered her face and said, "I'm so angry that you said that about him!"

Seeing this, Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Only if you feel that you are a victim, you have no choice but to be forced, you will suffer unspeakably. But this time you and me, recall what happened yesterday. Are you a victim?"

After thinking about it, Yulian easily figured it out, and immediately said in surprise: "You mean, that kind of physical matter has something to do with whether you are happy or not?"

"Of course it does." Guo Shao smiled. From letting her show up in the market in the morning to meet her face demands, to trying to encourage her to make her feel cared for in the afternoon, the atmosphere, feeling, and mood have been really created. Can she not be happy? If she wasn't willing, she wouldn't take the initiative to come over to serve the bed, because no one forced her, and there was no need to do that.

He could feel Yulian's happiness now, and thought: Only those who have been truly desperate can understand true happiness; it's as if only those who have tasted hunger can understand the deliciousness of food.

After being lazy to bed for a while, Guo Shao got up straight away and asked Yulian to sleep a little longer. He searched and searched, but he didn't find a good-looking uniform... To eat the full moon wine from Xiang Xun's family, you can't wear armor or official uniform, right?

Moreover, Xiang Xun, as a general, is a Xuanhui envoy of the Southern Academy, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of a certain military region in the south, and he is a person of status; there must be many high-ranking guests who will go. On such an occasion, what do you say when you wear old cloth clothes?

Guo Shao plans to find a clothing store to buy a new suit soon. I can't blame Yulian for these things. She only came here at noon yesterday, and she only has one person to take care of the housework. She must have ignored so many things in a hurry... Guo Shao also forgot to tell her yesterday that there was something to do today, and he was even more negligent. Who would think of what clothes to wear?

...

Zuo You suggested that besides buying a few gifts, Guo Shao only needs 60 coins to accompany the gift. It is a good thing for a child to be full moon, and good things come in pairs. And the quantity is also just right, Xiang Xun has been eating the imperial food for many years, and he is actually not short of this money... too much, how can those people with higher positions than Guo Shao be embarrassed, is it to show off their wealth and compare others very stingy? If there are too few words, Yi Xiangxun's care and friendship with Guo Shao will appear frivolous.

Guo Shao thought it was good and accepted Zuo You's reminder.

As expected, upon arriving at Xiang Xun's mansion in Tokyo, he immediately saw a lot of traffic and a lot of guests. From dignitaries, to people from all walks of life who want to take advantage of other people's family's good things, they blocked the entrance of Xiang Xun's mansion. The servants were busy in and out, and there was a bustling scene.

There is no room for guests in the big courtyard of the first three entrances. After Guo Shao reported his position, he was barely qualified to enter the inner court, and the servant was also polite, saying: "The inner family has avoided it, but it is cleaner inside."

Guo Shao was taken to a hall in the inner courtyard, where four tables were placed. Several people at this table saw the newcomer, and they all got up to salute, and Guo Shao didn't know anyone. This group of people first said that a leader had fled to an official position, and finally gave a name... There were so many people, and Guo Shao tried his best to remember them all. Some remembered their names, but they forgot what they said before.

The same table didn't see his boss Wang Shenqi, and the inner hall always made Wang Shenqi one level older than himself. Could it be that the one level older is not at the same table and does not belong to the same circle? This table is already full, and Wang Shenqi obviously won't sit at this table. Guo Shao looked around for a while, but he didn't see Wang Shenqi in this hall.

After a while, I finally saw Wang Shenqi coming, he was not alone, he was accompanied by a large group of eleven or twelve. The ones walking in front turned out to be the "general version" Bao Qingtian and Zhao Kuangyin!

Among the people who came suddenly, except for Wang Shenqi and Zhao Kuangyin, Guo Shao only saw a young man who looked very familiar... It wasn't that he had met him before, but that young man and Zhao Kuangyin looked so much alike!

Flat and steady cake face, wide forehead, few eyebrows, big eyes, flat nose, thick lips, double chin, thick|short neck. The waist is thick and the arms are round, the body is wide and fat.

They are almost made from the same mold, but when the Creator made them, it seemed that the shape was the same, but the type of "material" used was completely different. The boy's face is not dark and rough at all, but the skin on his face is pink, white and rosy, and looks very good. When the two of them walk together, it will give people an illusion: a little dazzled.

Is this young man Zhao Kuangyin's son or brother? Zhao Kuangyin should be less than thirty years old, and the young man is at least sixteen or seventeen, fully grown up, he shouldn't be Zhao Kuangyin's son, he must be his younger brother; otherwise he can't look like Zhao Kuangyin so much, and he shouldn't be walking with Zhao Kuangyin.

Guo Shao thought: Could it be "Song Taizong" Zhao Kuangyi?

Sure enough, Guo Shao guessed right, a group of people greeted each other and introduced each other when they came in; they paid special attention to the introduction of the young man, and sure enough his name was "Zhao Kuangyi"!

The banquet of Xiang Xun's family was really amazing, two generations of emperors from the Song Dynasty came to one room!

Zhao Kuangyin and the others were seated at the table above instead of sitting at Guo Shao's side. Then those people called each other "brother" and "brother" in words, which made Guo Shao feel that they were like Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi. Wang Shenqi was also talking and laughing inside, and was very familiar with them.

But they are different from Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi in that most of them are mid-level generals of the Forbidden Army. From the words, it seems that one or two of them are high-level generals like "Du Yuhou". Otherwise, he is not qualified to come to Xiang Xun's inner courtyard.

Guo Shaoxin said: "You are pulling the hills in the forbidden army, does Brother Chai know?"

The table here is the furthest away, and some people couldn't help but whispered: "Those people have long been called 'Ten Brothers'. I heard that Zhao Kuangyin is going to be promoted to the imperial palace now. You have to be careful when you drink, and don't offend people."

The voice of speaking was very low, but fortunately Guo Shao was at the same table, so he heard... ten brothers? Could it be the "Ten Brothers of Yishe"?

The side eye next to him whispered: "I didn't have much impression before, how did he rise so fast?"

The man whispered just now: "The meritorious service of rescuing him is very capable, so the officials rely heavily on it... When the imperial army returns to the court, the officials want to reorganize the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and let Zhao Yuhou use the title of 'Yuhou, the capital in front of the palace', to eliminate and select the soldiers of the imperial army, leaving the elite army...He can't move the generals with status; but if he offends someone and asks him to find fault, he will not move you, and those who move your subordinates will be unlucky."

"That's that, let's drink according to the amount for a while, don't persuade too hard."

At this moment, I saw some people coming to the door, and the owner Xiang Xun was also there. Xiang Xun was very happy at this time, and said in a loud voice: "Prime Minister Wang, please first."

Everyone stood up, and someone said: "First, please invite Prime Minister Wang to sit up."

Guo Shao couldn't figure out which Prime Minister this Prime Minister Wang was. The Privy Council had Wang Pu, Wang Pu, etc....but it should be Wang Pu. Last time, Xiang Xun asked him to speak in front of the officials, which proved that Wang Pu and Xiang Xun had a good relationship.

He also pondered, since Wang Pu and the "Ten Yishe Brothers" didn't come in together, it can be inferred that these people should have nothing to do with Wang Pu.