As if I felt what was happening in the Central Plains, the first snow this year came extremely early.

The red maple forest by the Chu River is already a world covered with snow. At first, a little bit of white appears on a red leaf. After one night, this layer of white actually covers all the red leaves. The cold wind blows, and a few more maple leaves fall, far away.

From a distance, the bright red spots dotted on the pure white are particularly eye-catching.

There is a small stone tablet standing at the entrance of Maple Forest. There are two lines of words engraved on the stone tablet. It reads -

The maple forest has lost all its thousands of autumn leaves, and the lonely road has been guarded by the cold for eternity;

After reading all the flowers falling and blooming, spring is coming again.

I don’t know who wrote this poem. If you just look at the first two sentences, you will feel the sorrow of spring and autumn and the loneliness of a hundred years. But the last two sentences also give people a belief that even if the sad and lonely autumn and winter will come every year,

But Yangchun will still arrive as promised, driving away the desolation and cold, making people feel a little brighter.

A stranger suddenly appeared in a quiet small village next to the maple forest. A man in Tsing Yi held a small jar and knocked on the door door to door to inquire. After getting the information he wanted, he took the

The jar leaves.

This man is none other than Ji Yang and the man who brought his husband's ashes.

He walked and walked until he came to a small soil slope. He looked at the bumpkins one by one on the slope and walked forward. He bent down and checked one by one, and finally stopped in front of an ordinary bumpkin.

Next. He reached out and wiped the dust on the tombstone. After confirming the words engraved on it, he followed the old man's instructions and removed the stone bricks from the tombstone one by one, then carefully put the jar in, and finally

Restore everything.

It is estimated that this small grave has been built for seventy or eighty years. There is a local custom that as long as a person is over sixty years old, he will first choose a good place to make a grave, so that he can know where he will be buried in the future and have a good feeling in his heart.

The old man chose to be next to his parents. It was his long-cherished wish that the fallen leaves would eventually return to their roots. Now that Ji Yangyu has fulfilled this wish for him, if he knew it in heaven, he would also feel gratified.

Ji Yangyu took out a handful of incense, with three pillars in a group, and offered incense to those who could not come one by one. After he finished the ninth group of incense, he thought about it and finally took out the last three pillars.

, knelt down piously after lighting it, and finally inserted the three pillars in front of the twenty-seven pillars of incense. After offering the incense, Ji Yangyu stood up and patted the dust on his knees, and finally took a look at the tombstone and the unburned incense sticks.

Xiang turned and left.

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In the past few days, everyone in the house knew what had happened, and for a while the whole house was enveloped in a depressing atmosphere. In the study, Tie Ge was begging for something, but Chang Zhishan was still standing by the window.

He stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly unmoved.

"General, are you just going to let him do this?"

"The matter has come to this, don't say anything else," Chang Zhishan said calmly. It seemed that he had silently chosen to accept the development of the matter to this day.

"But--"

"Please step back."

Before Tie Ge could say anything else, Chang Zhishan asked him to step back.

Facing Chang Zhishan, Tie Ge chose to obey unconditionally no matter what orders and instructions he received. Although he was unwilling and anxious at this time, he still lowered his head and retreated silently.

The door of the study was gently closed, and Chang Zhishan let out a long sigh. His eyes looked extremely gloomy and full of exhaustion. Last night, his former subordinates sent a message saying that Gongsun Cuo had been ordered to enter Chang'an. When he heard

When he came to these three words, he understood them all

Now, when he thought of his former subordinate who was fat and white and would be out of breath after running a few steps, he knew clearly what Emperor Tang was thinking. Today he went to inspect the camp and explained some things.

I'm back, as if I'm making the final arrangements before leaving office.

After all, the Holy One is still on guard against himself!

Chang Zhishan smiled sarcastically, but he was very puzzled. What was the reason for the Holy Emperor to be like this? Because of the marriage with the Xu family? Or was he afraid that he would have too much military power? Or was it because of... Yingping's mother?

He has always been on thin ice no matter where he is these years, because he knows this Holy Sage so well - even if they have been through life and death together.

The end of the Tang Dynasty is approaching, and Yingping can be said to have no foundation in the court. Is there anything he is afraid of? Even if he wants to take back his rights, why choose Gongsun Cuo? His relationship with Gongsun Cuo is unknown to everyone in the court.

, it would be fine if he was promoted on weekdays, but at this time, what is the purpose of promoting and demoting him... The good thing about this saint is that he thinks too much, and he thinks about everything, and the bad thing is

The bad thing is thinking too much and thinking too comprehensively...

Forget it, don't think about it, you will know the result tomorrow... Chang Zhishan shook his head, rubbed his eyes with two fingers, turned around and walked towards the chair.

The second day.

During the morning session today, Chen Jinjue announced two imperial edicts that shocked both the government and the public. One was that Chang Zhishan neglected his duties and neglected supervision, causing the Shence Camp's military talisman to be stolen and fall into the hands of thieves. Such disregard of the emperor's order and betrayal of the emperor's kindness

It's like disrespecting the holy order and ignoring the safety of the royal city.

He was loyal, so he issued this edict to remove Chang Zhishan from the post of General Chang Zhishan. However, the emperor was magnanimous and thought of his meritorious service to the court, so he appointed him as deputy envoy of the Privy Council. He forgot to take this as a warning, so as to do his own thing and not to betray God's grace; as for the third

The second imperial edict announced the candidate for the new Shence General——

This person is Gongsun Cuo, the former member of Chang Zhishan, who is known to everyone in the Tang Dynasty!

The two imperial edicts were like two thunders in succession, one louder than the other! Even if Wu Ze was dismissed a few days ago and Zuo Gongming took over, it would not be as shocking as these two instructions. What is even more interesting is that Emperor Tang did not even show up in the morning recently.

After the officials arrived, Chen Jinjue read it directly. After reading it, he retired from the court.

After all the officials knelt down, Chang Zhishan left the main hall without looking back. The remaining officials began to discuss noisily. Some of them surrounded Wang Yanqing to inquire about the news, and some of them dragged other military generals to ask what happened.

, why did General Chang suddenly fall out of favor? The choice of the new Shence General is also intriguing.

Everyone knows that Chang Zhishan has never wanted to see this person, so he dismissed Chang Zhishan and appointed this person - this is not a casual decision. It must have been made by the Holy Spirit after careful consideration and weighing the pros and cons. Wu Ze was dismissed.

, even General Chang was dismissed, this...are any of the civil and military officials not panicking?

For a time, it can be said that the storm is about to come, and everyone is in danger.

...

At the door of the royal study, a fat general stood outside. If it weren't for his appearance, I would have thought he was a local official.

This man is so fat...he's not a drunkard, is he?

The palace maids and young eunuchs passing by all glanced sideways at the chubby general. Compared with the soldiers in the army, this fat white man was naturally fat, but compared with the fat heads and big ears in restaurants and brothels, he seemed fat.

Very strong, like pork belly in a butcher shop

There are layers of fat and thin, and under the thick fat is firm lean meat. Maybe it is because he is a little nervous when he comes here for the first time, or maybe it is caused by trotting just now. This fat general's forehead keeps leaking.

There were beads of sweat, and he kept raising his sleeves to wipe them.

Just as the fat general was wiping away his sweat, Chen Jinjue suddenly came out of the study. He smiled and said to the fat official: "General Gongsun, your Majesty is awake. Please go in -"

"Haha, please send me a message, Eunuch Chen." The fat official's smile was very honest and he looked harmless.

"General, you're welcome. Come in quickly. Don't keep your Majesty waiting." Chen Jinjue also returned the greeting. Facing this upstart, he would naturally not be too arrogant.

"Haha, okay..."

The fat general smiled and walked in to accept the holy order, while Chen Jinjue stood obediently outside the study and waited quietly.

Different from other generals, he is not so easy-going as a general, but more like Maitreya Buddha. This is the first impression Gongsun Cuo gave to Chen Jinjue. I don’t know how capable this man is. He has caught the eye of the Holy Emperor and actually replaced General Chang Da.

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Alas! The Sacred Heart is unfathomable, the Sacred Heart is unfathomable——

Just waiting outside the Imperial Study Room was the new Shence General Gongsun Cuo.

In fact, Gongsun Cuo's replacement of Chang Zhishan as General Shence was both unexpected and expected. Although General Shence's official rank is the same as that of a general, he is inferior to one person in the military.

, the existence above ten thousand people, General Shence also serves as the head of the Privy Council's "Zai Jing Fang", acting for the emperor.

In charge of the New Tang Army, the importance of this position is self-evident. The word 'unexpected' refers to the fact that the Holy Emperor would deprive Chang Zhishan of his military power when he was in his prime; and 'expected' means that both the government and the public believe that

If Chang Zhishan succeeds and retires, the only person who can take over Chang Zhishan's position is probably Gongsun Cuo.

Gongsun Cuo was actually Chang Zhishan's subordinate before, and he was a general under Chang Zhishan's command. Don't look at him because he was fat and out of breath even after running two steps, but when he led the troops to fight, he was first-rate.

He is a good hand. During the Rebellion of the Six Kings, with less than five thousand troops, he firmly blocked King Jin's tens of thousands of troops from Yongcheng, preventing King Jin's army from forming an encirclement with other armies, which greatly eased the situation.

to overcome the pressure on Chang'an.

Xu Younian is good at attacking, and Gongsun Cuo is good at defending. This is not only known to everyone in the Tang army, but also to other countries in the Central Plains. Among Xu, Chang, and Gongsun, Xu Younian is the oldest, followed by Chang Zhishan.

, Gongsun Cuo is the youngest, only one round older than Chang Xiaotian, so after Chang Zhishan retires in the future, Gongsun Cuo will definitely take over.

But God always likes to play tricks on people. Gongsun Cuo was originally Chang Zhishan's confidant general, but just when the "Six Kings Rebellion" was about to subside, something unexpected happened to everyone. At that time, the Six Kings

Five of the kings have been defeated by King Qin's army, and only King Ning's rebels are left.

At that time, the Guan Nei Army in Changzhi Mountain killed Prince Ning's troops and fled in all directions. Originally, the Tang Emperor accepted the rebels all the way based on the principle of "the prince rebels, and the army is not guilty". After all, the fighting was between royal brothers.

Disabled, it has nothing to do with these sergeants, but there is someone named

Guo Xu's general refused to surrender. This Guo Xu's general was also a capable general who could lead troops. The other armies were unable to break through Guo Xu's camp several times. In the end, it was Gongsun Cuo who led the troops to break through. The enemy was defeated every time.

Near dusk, Gongsun Cuo charged and killed Guo Xu's army.

He didn't leave the armor, and he didn't even know that Gongsun Cuo had killed Guo Xu with his own hands and hung Guo Xu's head on his waist. When everyone was cleaning up the battlefield, they couldn't find Guo Xu's body, and it wasn't until finally that they discovered that Guo Xu's head was hanging on Gongsun Cuo's body.

Waist. It was precisely because of this incident that changed Gongsun Cuo’s future destiny——

Because this Guo Xu is none other than the son of Chang Zhishan's sister - in other words, he is General Chang's nephew.

Chang Zhishan's sister died young. General Chang took Guo Xu by his side and raised him as if he were his own son. When he learned that his nephew died in the war, Chang Zhishan turned around silently in front of the generals.

I cried for a long time.

When Gongsun Cuo learned about this, he quickly ran to the tent and knelt down to apologize, but Chang Zhishan said: "Although Guo Xu is my nephew, he is still a national thief. You have meritorious service in killing the thief, and it is too late for me to reward you, so why do you need to apologize?"

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Therefore, instead of blaming Gongsun Cuo, Chang Zhishan rewarded Gongsun Cuo heavily to reassure him.

But just when everyone thought that this matter was over, one after another "strange things" happened to Gongsun Cuo. First, all the generals who had contributed to the suppression of the rebellion received large or small rewards, but Gongsun Cuo did not.

Because of a trivial matter, Gongsun Tiao was beaten with a stick and sent to the border to lead troops.

Although Gongsun Cuo never dared to say anything, saying that he had neglected his duties and should be punished, everyone knew that this was Chang Zhishan's revenge for Guo Xu's murder.

How can people not lament that a general who was originally a bright future fell into ruin because of this? But now the Emperor of Tang directly asked Gongsun Cuo to replace Chang Zhishan and their identities were directly interchanged. How can people not lament the twists and turns of fate?

Man, God’s will is unpredictable?
Chapter completed!