Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Huang Ao had already shouted from a distance outside: "Master Hou, Mr. Kong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Mr. Ma, Yin Ma of Chang'an Prefecture, are here~"

Chapter 977

Kong Yingda stroked his robe and stepped over the threshold to enter the hall, then raised his hand and pointed at Guo Ye who was holding a bowl, and laughed excitedly: "Haha, Guo boy, the old man said that you can't live so young, tsk tsk, you It really is not dead!"

Before Guo Ye could respond, Ma Yuanju also came in after Kong Yingda, shaking his head and laughing: "It is said that good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years. I said you boy will not die so easily. Die on the battlefield and serve the country." Sacrifice? No matter how you look at it, you don't look like that kind of staunch person!"

Fuck~

Guo Ye was a little unhappy when he heard what the two said. He put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and walked to the center of the hall. He joked at the two of them: "I said, Mr. Kong, Ma Yuanju, what do you two mean? What's the matter? Are you looking forward to my death so much? Bah, bah, bah, what a bad luck!"

"Hahaha~"

Kong Yingda's mood at this time is obviously very good compared to what he was in the mourning hall of the Guo Mansion just now, not only because of the private discussion with Li Jing, but also because of - Guo Ye is back!

Although this kid is young, he has grown up unknowingly and has become the vane of the Qingliu School of Shilin.

If Yu Shinan and Kong Yingda are the backbone of the Qingliu Department of Shihlin, then Guo Ye is undoubtedly the weathervane that unites all officials of the Qingliu Department of Shihlin.As long as he continues to make a high profile in Chang'an City, no one in the Qingliu Department of Shilin will have a day of distraction.At the same time, it is also a benchmark for the outside world to have confidence in the Shilin Qingliu Department.

However, Guo Ye's playful smile was not upright, and Ma Yuanju complained: "You said you have such a bad mouth, why is it still so bad? No wonder Lord Yan didn't accept you and let you come back."

Although Ma Yuanju is not as prominent as Guo Ye, he still habitually preaches to Guo Ye. From Ma Yuanju's point of view, this is the friendship between friends, but from Guo Ye's point of view, it feels very warm.

The two have known each other since they got to know each other and got along with each other. They are not bound by fame and wealth when they interact with each other, and they are the most harmonious and natural.

If Guo Ye were asked to count the people who passed by him over and over again, maybe only Ma Yuanju could be called a true friend.There is no interest entanglement, no distinction between upper and lower, no subordination, the most pure, pure among friends.

Therefore, when Ma Yuanju made such a sarcasm, Guo Ye also shrugged his shoulders, turned his lips and fought back: "Yan Wangye said that he wanted to take me in. But you Ma Yuanju didn't go down, he was afraid that Guo would be lonely and cold. So again Let me come back. Haha... Next time, we will be together as a companion, and we will go down and find Lord Yan!"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanju had an unlucky look on his face, and said repeatedly: "Put your crow's mouth away, I, Ma Zhou, haven't lived enough yet, get out!"

"Hahaha..." Guo Ye looked up to the sky and laughed again. Seeing Ma Yuanju slumped again, he was so happy that he almost couldn't straighten up.

"OK OK."

Kong Yingda stopped the bickering and sarcasm between the two, and said with a smile: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back, there is nothing better than being alive. Only by being alive can we do what we want to do. Guo Xiaozi, Yuan Ju, Let's sit down and talk!"

The two immediately put away their laughing and joking expressions, and with a groan, they found chairs on the left and right and sat down.

Among them, Kong Yingda's identity is the most respected, so naturally he sits at the head of the hall.

At this time, Huang Ao knew that this kind of occasion was far beyond his ability to participate in, and then he bowed to the three of them with self-knowledge, and said: "Master Hou chats with the two adults slowly, and the younger one goes to watch outside the yard. , so that no one else can come close to snoop."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Guo Ye's consent, he hurriedly turned back and left the hall, and carefully closed several hall doors.

Seeing this, Ma Yuanju couldn't help nodding his head and praised: "This kid is quite clever, he has a lot of winks!"

Guo Ye said proudly: "Of course, you don't want to see who he came from?"

Can't help boasting, once you can't help boasting, you will blow it to the sky.

Fortunately, relying on his status and seniority, Kong Yingda suppressed his bragging signs, and asked directly: "Boy Guo, the shopkeeper Huang under your family must have told you about the situation in Yizhou Houfu. Your ingenuity, you should have thought that this matter is not as simple as you imagined, and if you don’t handle it well, it will definitely cause big trouble. Now your status as a living person is very embarrassing. Cough cough... Tell me, what do you do? What happened to Tubo? Where have you been for nearly half a year?"

Ma Yuanju also showed a look of hope, obviously curious about where Guo Ye had gone during this period of time, how could his life and death be unknown, and there was no news of him?

At this time, Guo Ye showed a solemn expression, sat up straight, nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Kong Shangshu, Brother Yuan Ju, the matter is like this. That day, I went to the King of Tubo with the ministers of the Tubo Kingdom. Mausoleum, as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, participated in the memorial ceremony for the late Zanpu Songtsan Gampo of Tubo. But just after the memorial ceremony, he suddenly heard a deafening sound of horseshoes coming straight to the royal tomb. It turned out that it was Xue Yantuo The [-] cavalry in the department..."

Soon, Guo Ye narrated what happened after he entered Tubo, from entering the Tubo kingdom and meeting the Tubo queen Yunrong, to paying homage to the Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo at the royal tomb for His Majesty Li Er, to halfway through Encountered Xue Yantuo's cavalry raid...

Of course, Guo Ye took the initiative to suppress Yuwenqian, Yunshang, Dongchang Arsenic, Hammer Li Zhiting, silly tiger Li Luojia and other people and things involved in Tubo this time, and did not report them.He wants to keep the matter of Yuwenqian and Dongchang in his stomach, so as not to suddenly increase troubles and troubles.

"and then?"

Ma Yuanju hurriedly asked: "You only brought three thousand solitary brigades to Tubo this time, how can you stop the attack of thirty thousand Xue Yantuo's cavalry? Then what happened? How did you escape from death?"

"Uh, I said don't be in a hurry." Guo Ye swallowed, waved his hand at Ma Yuan, and said, "You still need to catch your breath when you hang yourself, you must let me speak slowly, right?"

Kong Yingda was also heartbroken when he heard the key point, but Ma Yuanju slapped him, and immediately reprimanded softly: "Yuanju, don't interrupt, let him continue talking..."

As he said that, the elder looked at Guo Ye eagerly, and asked softly, "Boy Guo, what then?"

"Hi~"

Guo Ye shook his head speechlessly, and said with a wry smile: "The Tubo Kingdom here at Wang Ling never expected the sudden attack of Xue Yantuo's Congress. Naturally, he was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. As far as I know, the Queen of Tubo, Yunrong, should be died, and almost none of Tubo's princes and ministers survived."

Regarding Yunrong's death, Guo Ye is not 100% sure, but without Lu Denai, Lu Dongzan and other Tubo princes and ministers, absolutely none survived, because the three thousand Xichuan army and Shahu's court guards did not attack Xue Yantuo's cavalry. They had been beheaded before.

Of course, now this charge can only be shirked by the Xue Yantuo people. Anyway, there is basically no one left for Tubo.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to his nose and said, "As for me and my 36 Xichuan Army, didn't the old horse just say that? No matter how fierce the [-] Solitary Brigade is, it's impossible to stop the [-] soldiers The attack of the Wanxueyantuo cavalry. So, [-] strategies, I walk is the best strategy. If I can't beat it, I will run!"

"Where are you running?"

Kong Yingda and Ma Yuanju asked in unison.

Now both of them are being led away by Guo Ye hanging in the air, and their curiosity about the follow-up development of the situation has far exceeded Guo Ye's cognition.

Guo Ye scratched the back of his neck, grinned and said, "Where else can I go, of course I will go to Tianzhu Kingdom!"

"What? You actually went to Tianzhu?"

Kong Yingda's eyes widened, and he asked incredulously, "So you haven't heard from me for so long, so you've been wandering around in Tianzhu?"

Guo Ye hummed, and was about to continue, when Ma Yuanju patted the armrest of the chair angrily, stood up angrily and shouted: "You are the envoy of the Tang Dynasty who was ordered to go to Tubo, and you retreated to Tianzhu in a panic. Country? Isn’t this downsetting my Tang Dynasty’s prestige? Could it be that you were able to return safely this time because the king of Tianzhu sent you back? Alas, Guo Ye, Guo Ye, you really lost the demeanor of a country’s envoy. You... ..."

"I'm stupid, you really don't feel pain in your back when you're standing and talking?"

Guo Ye pissed off Ma Yuanju angrily, and scolded: "Could it be that as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, I should know that [-] lone troops can't defeat Xue Yantuo's [-] cavalry, and I still have to stand there and be slaughtered? I'll work around it and preserve my strength. Why not retreat into Tianzhu and return to Tang in a roundabout way?"

"wrong!"

Ma Yuanju had no room to back down, and counterattacked: "You should keep the festival for the Tang Dynasty, keep your loyalty for your majesty, and you can't retreat to Tianzhu even if you die. Do you remember that Su Wu, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, was sent to the Xiongnu, but he was finally singled out by the Xiongnu?" He was imprisoned in the north for dozens of years, and exiled to the bitter cold to be humiliated by herding sheep. But what about Su Wu? He knew that he was an envoy of the Han Dynasty, so he couldn't help but not compromise, let alone surrender. He ate grass when he was hungry, and drank snow when he was thirsty. , until the last big Han conquered the Xiongnu and rescued him back. His reputation of being loyal to the emperor and keeping the chastity has been fulfilled. You should follow the example of Su Wu and herd sheep..."

"I said you're out of your mind, Ma Yuanju?"

Guo Ye was annoyed by Ma Yuanju's words, I'm stupid, I have suffered so much and suffered so much, and you still let me learn from Su Wu to shepherd sheep, isn't this sick?

Su Wu is because the Xiongnu Shanyu did not kill him under house arrest. If I, Guo Ye, follow his example, the first [-] cavalry I will face will be headed off or crushed into meat paste if I am not careful.

Immediately, he glared and retorted: "Su Wu is Su Wu, and I am me, so he has achieved nothing and only made a false name. But you know that I retreated, oh no, after the strategic retreat to Tianzhu, how much did I gain? It's really pedantic No change, no flexibility at all.”

Hearing Guo Ye's sarcasm and scolding, Ma Yuanju gritted his teeth and said two words: "Sophistry!"

"Cough cough..."

Kong Yingda immediately stood up, stretched out her arms to smooth things over, and said, "Okay, okay, now and then, Yuan Ju, you are too excited. Wait for Boy Guo to finish speaking."

As he said that, he asked Guo Ye with great interest: "Guo boy, come on, continue to talk, you are retreating to the point of defeat, hehe, what have you gained after you strategically retreated to Tianzhu?"