Following the knight's shout, the spiked riding whip fell hard on the horse's buttocks like an electric shock, setting off patches of shocking blood mist.
At the same time as the blood mist splashed, there was the shrill cry of the war horses.
The best Hexi war horses were originally the favorites of warriors, and were the equivalent of Pao Ze's support on the battlefield. But at this moment, they were being whipped mercilessly like the most ordinary animals.
"hurry up!"
On horseback, the disheveled Monk Guo screamed loudly.
After coming out of the capital, he had already used two of these war horses and marched towards Haozhou day and night.
It was already dark at this time, and I couldn't see my fingers.
The Guo cavalry only relied on lit torches to guide the way. In the vast sky and earth, these moving torches were the light of fireflies, making it impossible for people to see clearly.
Plop!
Woohoo!
From time to time, a war horse stepped into a pit and fell to the ground foaming at the ground.
The knight on horseback was thrown out with the torch, but the next second the stubborn knight stood up again with the torch, glanced at the exhausted mount, and then took the other horse's hand from his partner.
Take the reins and mount the horse.
There was a rumble and the sound of horse hooves.
Gradually, Haozhou seems to be getting closer.
And suddenly, there was a click.
A golden snake emerged from the dark night sky and spread its teeth and claws in the night sky.
In that moment, all the mountains and rivers were illuminated, and they were extremely charming.
Then there was a crash, and the sudden heavy rain began to pour out without any warning, and the golden dragon tearing through the night was twisting even more unscrupulously in the rain.
Click! Click!
Rays of light illuminated the messy armor of the knights.
Click! Click!
A dazzling light flashed, making the war horse's eyes full of fear.
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Call!
The rainwater flowed down the leaves of the iron armor. Guo Guanseng reined in his horse in front of the gate of Guojiazhuang outside Haozhou City.
He turned over and dismounted, waving his hand to disperse the mist in front of him...it was not mist, but the heat from the horse's mouth, and then the fine horse fell to the ground in the mud without even a whimper.
The blood marks on his body from being whipped were quickly surrounded by rainwater...The rainwater was immediately mixed with blood.
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"Fourth brother!"
Guo Zhen, the legitimate son of Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, the general manager of the Huaixi expedition, and the prince-in-law Commander Guo Zhen, ran out of Zhuangzi in the pouring rain.
"Brother!" Guo Guanseng ran over, "How is Fourth Uncle?"
"Old man..." Guo Zhen's eyes were red and bloodshot, and he could tell that he had been up for several days. "It's not good!" As he said that, he grabbed Guo Guanseng's arm and walked into the village, saying as he walked,
"I didn't recognize anyone in the afternoon. I woke up just now and said I was hungry. My family is all here, but I haven't seen you. The old man has asked me four or five times!"
Guo Guanseng's heart was filled with confusion, and he wiped the liquid on his face that was either rainwater or tears.
The moment he stepped into the gate of Zhuangzi, he was suddenly paused again.
It was quiet in Zhuangzi, except for the sound of rain and thunder. But under the eaves, on the windows, on the door beams, there were strips of white mourning cloth... and on the servants of the Guo family, they were already wrapped around their waists.
The filial piety....has said it all.
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"How is father?"
Guo Zhen took Guo Guanseng and stood in front of the main house in the backyard and asked a one-eyed veteran at the door.
The old soldier was unshaven, and his only remaining eye was as green as a glass ball under the light.
"Master Marquis is up, and he's eating!" The veteran's throat was extremely hoarse, as if it had been scraped with a knife.
"Where's the doctor? What did he say?" Guo Guanseng's heart skipped a beat. It was not a good thing for the dying old man to suddenly wake up and make a fuss about eating.
"What the hell are you talking about? I am a doctor myself!"
In the room, Guo Ying's angry curse suddenly came, "Doctor? I've killed more fucking doctors in my life than I've seen more patients! Xiaosi, come in with me!"
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"Uncle Fourth!"
Guo Guanseng strode into the house, but his steps hesitated again.
Guo Ying, who has white hair, is wearing a loose dress, exposing his chest full of scars. He is sitting in front of the table, munching on lamb chops.
Behind him, two young girls helped him rub his shoulders and legs with low eyebrows...
"What are you...?" Guo Guanseng was stunned.
"Come here!" Guo Ying gave him a look, threw away the bone in his hand, fished out a piece from the big basin in front of him, sipped the juice on the edge of the basin, then turned his head and started biting fiercely.
"Fourth Uncle..." Guo Guanseng sat down across the table, "How are you?"
He was very confused in his heart. It was not that he had never seen dead people, nor had he never seen dead people who had returned to the light. But now, the posture of Mr. Guo did not look like a desperate person!
"What?" Guo Ying rolled her eyes at him.
"You... are still sick..." Guo Guanseng glanced at the pot of meat, which was a whole pot of braised lamb chops, and said, "Mutton is very hot, you can't eat so much?"
"Cao!" Guo Ying scolded, "I have been beaten to death all my life just for this mouthful of meat!" As he spoke, he held up the bones in his hands and looked at Guo Guanseng, "At that time, I thought about opening up before I died all day long.
If you don’t eat meat, your life will not be in vain!”
As he said that, he threw away the bone in his hand, picked up another piece, and laughed, "It's time to blow out the fucking lamp and pull out the candles. If you don't eat it now, how will you eat it if you die?"
As he said that, he looked at the mutton chops in his hand, "This is the most delicious thing about the mutton! It has a little fat, and the mouth is full of fragrance..."
Suddenly, Guo Guanseng felt that Guo Ying's eyes were very crystal clear and bright.
"The best mutton is the mutton outside the mouth. The meat melts in the mouth!" Guo Ying's eyes were full of memories. "In that year, I was the pioneer in the Northern Expedition. When they arrived outside the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Xu Tiande and Chang Boren said
We need to make a quick decision, I said we have traveled such a long way and we are all exhausted, so we need to rest for half a day and have a good meal first!"
"Hehe, we slaughtered the sheep in Emperor Dayuan Bird's ranch, I ate a whole fan of mutton chops, and then led three thousand cavalry to Tongzhou! Hehe, Emperor Bird has a Prime Minister named Timur
, bring ten thousand people to beat me..."
As he spoke, Guo Ying took a hard bite of the mutton chops in his hand, revealing his white teeth, "Ten thousand people! I chopped them all for him, and there's not a single one left!"
There was silence in the room, and Monk Guo Guan listened silently.
"Your fourth uncle, my life... no, my life and your father's life are worth it!" As he said that, Guo Ying threw the bone in his hand directly, grabbed the maid next to him, and hit her chest hard
He wiped it and then looked at Guo Guanseng, "Do you know why I told you this?"
"Nephew...I don't know!"
"You can't do it!" Guo Ying stared at Guo Guanseng for a long time, then nodded at Guo Zhen who was standing at the door, "You can't do it!"
Monk Guo Guan of Guo Town raised his head in confusion at the same time, full of surprise.
"My son!" Guo Ying looked at Guo Zhen again, "He is a soft-boiled person!" He said with a disdainful smile, "Since he was a child, I have seen that he is not someone who dares to lick blood with a knife, so he licked blood
He begged the old emperor with a face to let him become his consort! All his life, he has been a dandy who relies on the princess and my reputation to achieve his prestige!"
At the door, Guo Zhen's expression changed several times, and he lowered his head in shame.
"Actually..." Suddenly, Guo Ying smiled bitterly again, "I don't want you to have your heads stuck in your belt for the rest of your life, nor do I want you all to become generals leading the army..."
Guo Guan Seng believed this.
Thinking about the years when Emperor Taizu Gao was most suspicious, the Guo family could always stay out of all kinds of whirlpools. In addition to Emperor Taizu Gao's trust in Mr. Guo, there was also a reason for the Guo family's children to stay away from military power.
"If I were here, you would all be fine! But as you look at it, I'm in trouble... ugh!" As he said that, Guo Ying lowered his head fiercely and vomited out all the food he had just eaten in one gulp.