Guan Xiaolin said angrily: "Is it Zhao Guozhang? Damn it, I knew it must be him."
The location of Guan Shigu's official residence was very good. At first, Zhao Guozhang, the father of Concubine Zhao, also wanted this house. However, Liu Yu wanted to win over Guan Shigu, so he gave the house to Guan Shigu. A few days ago, Zhao Guozhang
He also invited an Onmyoji master to come over and look at the house, but was scolded by the Guan family.
At this time, someone shouted in the middle hall: "Don't pull me, let me kill the dog officer!"
I saw a burly young man wearing sackcloth and mourning, holding a sword in his hand and about to rush out. He was Guan Shigu's third son, Guan Xiaowu. He was only eighteen years old, but his martial arts skills were very strong. The person who hugged him tightly was Guan, the second son.
Xiaowen.
"Third brother, calm down and don't act recklessly!"
The three brothers of the Guan family, two in literature and one in martial arts, were all very good. Although Guan Shigu had two positions in his family, he did not allow his sons to become officials.
The official surnamed Liang's face changed drastically and he said, "I'll give you three days. If you don't move after three days, someone will come to help you move!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
Guan Xiaolin was really helpless. This was like a man walking away from the cold tea. Although the Qi State respected generals more than the Song Dynasty, it was also more ruthless than the Song Dynasty. When they were useful, they valued them more than the prime minister. When they were useless, they kicked them away without any mercy.
He said to his two brothers: "Don't tell mother about this yet. I'm going to think of a way to ask for a favor and see if I can delay the move for another month until after the burial..."
"Who is Brother going to find?"
"Let's go find Li Dutong! After all, my father is his lieutenant general. Didn't he say when he paid his respects that he had trouble finding him? Now we are encountering difficulties."
"Brother, I'm afraid it's useless to look for him! He is a defeated general, and the emperor must be disgusted with him."
"Let's try it first! If it doesn't work, then think of other ways."
Guan Xiaolin hurriedly walked out of the mansion. As soon as he reached the gate, he heard the housekeeper scolding, "Quickly! We have invited eminent monks, we don't need Taoist priests."
When Guan Xiaolin saw that he was a Taoist priest, he had no intention of interfering. He turned over and mounted his horse. Just as he was about to urge the horse to leave, he heard someone calling him from behind, "Infinite Heavenly Lord, Mr. Guan, please stay!"
Guan Xiaolin was startled, then he saw the Taoist priest walking forward with a smile on his face, "I actually came to see you to do business with the young master, not to perform rituals."
Guan Xiaolin was a little unhappy and said coldly: "What kind of business does a monk do?"
The Taoist priest took out an object, clasped it in his palm, flashed it in front of Guan Xiaolin's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's okay if Mr. Guan doesn't do this business."
Guan Xiaolin's eyes suddenly widened and his expression changed drastically.
Guan Xiaolin could see clearly that what the Taoist priest was holding was his father's personal jade pendant.
The Taoist priest turned around and walked away. Guan Xiaolin quickly got off his horse and chased after him, "Taoist Priest, please stay!"
The Taoist priest still smiled and said: "So, are you willing to do this deal?"
"Yes! Yes! But first tell me, Taoist Priest, where did you get the jade Pei?"
The Taoist laughed and said, "This is a street, not a place to discuss business."
"Taoist Priest, please come from the palace!"
Guan Xiaolin respectfully invited the Taoist priest into the mansion, went all the way to the inner hall, and sent people to find the two brothers. The matter was of great importance and might be related to the whereabouts of his father's bones. How could he not care?
The Taoist priest put the jade pendant on the table and said calmly: "You guys first see if it's true, and then we'll talk about it."
The three brothers picked up the jade pei and looked at it carefully. It was absolutely true that it was their father's jade pei.
Guan Xiaolin asked with a trembling voice: "Taoist priest, please tell us where we got the jade Pei?"
The Taoist priest glanced outside, and Guan Xiaowen said quickly: "Taoist priest, don't worry, the courtyard door has been closed, no one will come in!"
"Are you sure Liu Yu didn't arrange for anyone to spy on you?"
Guan Xiaolin nodded, "Someone is watching us. It's someone from Youfeng Laiyilou who serves as the second housekeeper in our house. We have known about it for a long time. However, after my father was killed in battle, he was not here every day, and he is not here today."
The Taoist priest took out another letter from his arms and said solemnly: "This is your father's autograph letter. Read it yourself!"
The three brothers were stunned
The three brothers cried and laughed. They thought their father had been killed in battle, but they did not expect that his father was still alive in Chengji County, Qinzhou.
The Taoist priest said calmly: "Your father was worried that the puppet Qi court would embarrass you, so he deliberately spread the news of his death. I hope you will keep the secret strictly and never leak the news, otherwise you will not be able to leave."
Guan Xiaolin bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Taoist Priest, for sending me the news. I wonder if the scholar will evacuate with us?"
Guan Xiaolin asked very implicitly, meaning, will you help us evacuate, or will we evacuate together?
The Taoist priest smiled slightly and said: "I am indeed a Taoist priest. I became a monk at Tianlong Temple in Chengji County. My Taoist name is Qingsong. However, my other identity is the intelligence scout of the Second Scout Battalion of the Song Army. The task we received is to remove you.
Chengji County.”
"So what do we do?"
The Taoist priest pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that the government is already expelling you?"
Guan Xiaowu said angrily: "My father worked hard for them, and if he was treated like this, how could you not feel chilled!"
The Taoist priest smiled and said: "Actually, this is also an opportunity. I suggest you rent a house outside the city and continue to perform rituals for your father to hide from others. After a month, no one will pay attention to you. At that time, you can use the excuse to return to your hometown, and then
It will be easy to go to Qinzhou."
Guan Shigu is from Yanzhou, Shaanxi Province. Currently, it belongs to the territory of the Puppet Qi State. It is not a big problem for them to return to their hometown.
"Then can we tell mother?"
"You decide this for yourself, but you must keep it secret. We all suspect that among the maids there are also monitors of the Qi Kingdom. This is not alarmist. According to the information we have, many high-ranking officials have maids who are monitors."
The three brothers discussed for a while, and Guan Xiaolin said: "We have decided not to tell my mother for the time being, as she will emotionally reveal the secret."
"That's fine, it only lasts a month anyway."
Taoist Master Qingsong left his contact information with them and drifted away. Guan Xiaolin made a handwritten copy of his father's letter and burned the original letter to prevent leaks.
Two days later, the Guan family hired more than a dozen oxcarts and moved to a temporarily rented house outside the city. The Guan family quickly gave it to Zhao Guozhang and put it on the sign of Jin Guogong's palace. The traces of the Guan family are everywhere.
Qi State and Bianliang City were quickly cleared.
A month later, the State of Qi approved the Guan family's request to return to their hometown to build a tomb. Seventeen members of the Guan family left Bianliang by boat and took the Yellow River to Yanzhou.
At this time, the news that Liu Yu refused to send troops reached Jingzhao Mansion. Not only did he refuse to send troops, he also refused to allocate money and food, which made Wan Yanchang furious.
"I knew that this foolish king would betray me one day. He thought that since Wushu was backing him up, I couldn't do anything to him, so he didn't need to take me seriously. Okay! He'd wait and see, and see me turn around.
How to deal with him!"
Yu Hong, an aide next to him, suggested: "I heard from my humble position that Liu Yu imposed excessive taxes and devastated the people, and even issued an order requiring the people to sell their children and daughters to pay taxes. The marshal can use this reason to ask the court to abolish Liu Yu."
Wan Yanchang sighed and said: "Now that the situation in the court is unstable, I will definitely not consider this matter. We will only wait until the situation in the court stabilizes. Then it will not be too late to deal with him."
Wanyan drank to Liza and said a little worriedly: "Without the Qi army, our Jurchen army alone may not have enough numbers."
Wan Yanchang said helplessly: "Then we can only gather the state soldiers from the Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road states in the name of training, and then train them, change their armor and weapons, and improve their combat effectiveness."
"How many troops can there be?"
"About fifty thousand!"
There were actually 50,000 troops, which was a bit beyond Wanyan Helisa's expectation. He couldn't hold back his excitement and said: "Gather them together as soon as possible! I'm worried that Chen Qing's army will provoke us soon."
Wanyanchang gave him a dissatisfied look. He knew very well what Wanyan wanted to do with Lisa. He simply wanted to withdraw all the Jurchen troops to Guanzhong, gather them together, and leave the remote areas to the Qi army to guard.
Dissatisfaction was dissatisfaction, but Wanyanchang had nothing to do. Wanyan's idea of keeping the Jurchen army was completely in line with his vital interests. Without the support of the Jurchen army, he would lose everything in the subsequent great changes in the situation of the Jin Dynasty.