The return of the son-in-law

In the setting sun, a group of people were walking on the official road. Among them were elderly people over half a century old, women with young children on their backs, two businessmen walking on Xuzhou, and several grown men.These people didn't seem to know each other. Although they walked together, they rarely talked.

A hundred meters away, a small group of patrolling soldiers was walking.

"Everyone in front, stop!" A soldier shouted loudly.

The group of people could only stop, the old man's face faintly revealed an anxious look, and the toddler who had been sleeping on the mother's back might have been awakened by the friction sound of the armor when the soldiers walked, and closed their eyes and began to cry loudly.

The soldiers surrounded the crowd, and one of the leaders took a step forward and said, "Routine search, hand over the exit documents quickly, and your goods must be opened for inspection."

There was a commotion in the crowd, especially the woman, because she was holding the child, and the child was still crying, so she could only hold the child in one hand, and struggled to get the guide with the other hand.

The two traveling merchants looked at each other, and one of them took out a small but heavy cloth bag from his bosom, and stretched out his hand to give it to the soldier: "Mr. Jun, you've worked hard. These are the wine money for Mr. Jun. Please accept it."

The soldier raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Your grandfather, I seem to be so easy to be bribed! Hmph, it's just a routine inspection, and you actually use this kind of trick. I think there must be something wrong with your thing. Come here, come and take me out!" Open these boxes for me, search!"

Several soldiers took the order, and two of them stepped forward to subdue the two traveling merchants. The others directly smashed open the boxes with knives. After some searching, a prohibited drug was found in one of the boxes.

This drug was introduced from the southwestern frontier, and people in the Central Plains call it "Sai Shenxian", because this drug has a great hallucinogenic effect. After taking it, the person will soon lose his mind, and he seems to be able to vaguely see himself The most urgent thing in the heart is to forget everything around him, even when someone cuts his flesh with a knife, he will not be aware of it.So at the beginning, this "Sai Shenxian" was used as an anesthetic by doctors in the southwest region.

But later, as Sai Shenxian spread to the Central Plains, many patients were still obsessed with Sai Shenxian after recovery, and even became addicted in the end.Only then did the government come forward and confiscated all the Sai Immortals in circulation, and sent people to burn all the farmlands planted with Sai Immortals everywhere, and ordered the Sai Immortals to be listed as a banned drug. Anyone who grows or uses Sai Immortals will be severely punished.

But despite the great efforts of the government, the Kesai Immortal is still quietly spreading among the people, and the place where it is most prevalent is the military camp!

On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, and the slightest carelessness will cause injuries. Some soldiers are so seriously injured that even after recovering, they will still suffer from the root cause of the disease. Maybe it is the faint onset of rainy weather, or it may be that when the weather is cold, the flesh seems to be eaten by countless small insects. Average bite.Some soldiers couldn't bear the unbearable pain. Maybe they took Saishenxian on their own initiative, or maybe they misused Saishenxian under the instigation of colleagues. In short, they became addicted.

Once a soldier is addicted to a certain drug, it will inevitably affect his combat level.Because of this, in the northwest, whether it is the government or the military camp, the circulation of Sai Shenxian is regarded as the top priority.

Now that this banned drug was found from the boxes of these two traveling merchants, the soldiers felt as if they were facing a big enemy, and they spontaneously captured the two traveling merchants without the leader's shouting!

The two traveling traders immediately begged for mercy and blamed each other on each other.

One said: "Master, please spare me! I really don't know why this thing is in my box! It's him, it's him, it's him who said to do business with me, maybe this person let it go Go in! This, this really has nothing to do with me!"

The other did not show any weakness, and shouted loudly: "Master, don't be fooled by him! He wanted to bribe you just now. It is obvious that he knew that there was a Sai Immortal in the box, so he wanted to get away with it! You must not be fooled by him!"

The captain of this small group of soldiers was unmoved: "Stop their mouths, take down all their boxes, and carry them all back!"

Afterwards, he turned to the rest of the people, and his eyes finally fell on the young man standing at the end: "Where is your Luyin?"

The young man was not in a hurry, he took out a road from his pocket, and handed it to the soldier captain: "Hao Yun, I am a servant of the Xuzhou government office, this time I was ordered to visit General Shao in Yongcheng. I happened to be on the way with them all the way, so we left together."

The captain first checked the guide carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, his expression eased, and he heard that this person was going to visit General Shao, who had retired, and his tone became three points better: "It turns out that it is like this, Yongcheng is still a short distance away from here. It's more than a day's journey, there is a post three miles ahead, and you can borrow a horse there."

After speaking, he returned Lu Yin to "Hao Yun".

"Hao Yun" took Lu Yin and said, "Thank you, Lord Jun, for your guidance."

The soldier captain didn't say anything more, and ordered his subordinates to take away the two traveling merchants together with their boxes, and with a wave of his hand, the rest of them continued on their way.

This "Hao Yun" is naturally Guo Zhan'an.

After leaving Xuzhou, Guo Zhan'an turned his head and went to Yongcheng - he had seen the clothes of the soldiers in front of the government office before, and his rank in the army was definitely not low. There are not many in the Northwest.And since these people can use the excuse that Jiang Yannian sent them to look for him, I'm afraid Jiang Yannian's situation in the barracks is no longer good. How many people in the barracks can restrain Jiang Yannian?

Guo Zhan'an was worried that the Northwest Army Camp had begun to mutiny from above. It was too late to go to the Army Camp to find Jiang Yannian, and the other people in the Northwest did not have enough strength and reputation to compete with the Northwest Army Camp. For the current plan, he could only go to Yongcheng to seek help from General Shao.

General Shao, Shao Fang, was five years older than Guo Zhanan's grandfather, General Di. The two were close friends who killed enemies together on the battlefield, and they were called brothers.If it wasn't for Guo Zhanan's grandmother, Mrs. Di, who was unwilling to marry her only daughter to a general, maybe Di Wanyan would marry Shao Fang's third son.

Shao Fang is an open-minded person. Although he can't be an in-law, he still loves Di Wanyan as his niece. It's a pity that he is not appreciated by Li Chonghao as a general. outside.In the end, it was because his combat exploits were the best among his contemporaries, and under Li Chonghao's secret coercion, he had to be dismissed and returned to the field early.

Fortunately, Li Chonghao wanted to save face. Seeing that Shao Fang was so knowledgeable, he gave him the title of Viscount, and even drew a small fiefdom in the northwest for Shao Fang.It's a pity that Shao Fang has been bound to this small fief since then. Even his good brother General Di died of illness, and his niece Di Wanyan was depressed in the capital and could not leave Yongcheng.

Now Guo Zhan'an had nowhere to go in the northwest, and he had no choice but to go to Yongcheng to disturb Old General Shao.

Guo Zhanan didn't borrow a horse at the post station. He met a kind businessman on the way, who happened to be on the same road with Guo Zhanan, so he simply invited him to get on the carriage and go together.

When Guo Zhanan arrived at the gate of Yongcheng, it was already a day later.

Although Yongcheng was Shao Fang's fiefdom, Shao Fang did not present it as the Tu Emperor's style, but built a house on the west side of the city, and the rest followed the rules of the dynasty.

Guo Zhanan handed in Lu Yin, and the soldiers guarding the city let him enter the city after confirming that he was correct.

Guo Zhanan walked straight west, and when he was a hundred steps away from the Viscount's Mansion, a soldier on duty stepped forward to stop him.

Guo Zhan'an took out a jade pendant and handed it to the soldier: "Junior Guo Zhan'an, I'm here to visit Old General Shao."

Since Guo Zhan'an took back Di Wanyan's dowry Zhuangzi, although the various gifts he sent to Yongcheng every year were not very expensive, they never fell behind. Everyone has heard of Guo Zhanan's name.

When the four soldiers heard Guo Zhanan's name and saw that he was covered in dust, their expressions became less serious. One of them said, "Master Guo, please wait here for a while, and I will report to Lord General immediately."

Not long after, the soldier ran over and said, "Master Guo please."

A small door opened next to the gate of the Viscount's Mansion. The soldiers led Guo Zhan'an to the door, handed it to the middle-aged man waiting at the door, and said, "Second steward, this is Mr. Guo Zhan'an."

The second housekeeper nodded and said to Guo Zhanan: "Master Guo is well. Mr. Guo came from a long way, and the old general is already waiting in the front hall."

Guo Zhanan hurriedly said: "How can I let the elders wait for me, and ask the second steward to take me to see the old general."

The second butler stretched out his hand, Guo Zhanan understood, and handed over the sword in his hand to the second butler.

Then the second butler said: "Master Guo please."

The Viscount's Mansion inherited the old General Shao's temperament, without any fancy decorations, only pines and cypresses along the way, occasionally dotted with some colors, and if you look carefully, they are all wild flowers that cannot be named.

The second housekeeper noticed Guo Zhan'an's gaze, and said with a smile: "The young masters dug these up from outside, and they insisted on planting them here. The old general did not lose his temper with his grandsons."

Guo Zhan'an smiled, and was about to open his mouth to say something, but found that his throat was itchy for a while. It turned out that his voice was hoarse due to the long-distance travel these days, and he seldom had time to eat or drink.

The second butler understood and didn't say anything more, but just took Guo Zhan'an to the front hall.

In the front hall, a gray-haired old man saw Guo Zhan'an coming, got up and walked quickly to him, looked at Guo Zhan'an in surprise, and said: "It's considered to be here! I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and I almost don't recognize him." It came out! However, these eyes are exactly the same as Lao Di's!"

Guo Zhan'an knew that this was old general Shao Fang.When he heard old general Shao mention his grandfather, he had a sore nose and knelt down on one knee: "Junior Guo Zhan'an, pay homage to old general Shao!"

"Good boy, good boy!" Old General Shao also had a red nose, helped Guo Zhanan up himself, and said, "You don't need to be so rude, just call me Uncle."

Guo Zhan'an is as good as others: "Junior Guo Zhan'an pays a visit to uncle."

"Okay, okay." Old General Shao patted Guo Zhan'an on the shoulder, turned his head and said to the second butler, "Hurry up and serve tea, poor kid, his voice is hoarse. By the way, you are not working in Xuzhou Judgment, why did you suddenly think of coming to see me? But what happened, does Your Majesty know?"

Guo Zhan'an took a sip of tea, and felt a gust of sweet rain slipping down his throat. He couldn't help but drink two more sips, and then he felt better.

He put down the teacup, and said with some shame: "Uncle, forgive me, I haven't drank a drop of water all day."

"It's okay, you and I don't need to see each other." Old General Shao looked at Guo Zhan'an with concern, "What's going on? I see that you look dusty, but what happened?"

Guo Zhan'an nodded, seeing that the second housekeeper and others had retreated tactfully, leaving only him and Old General Shao, he told about Tatar and the Northwest Military Camp one by one.

Old General Shao's surprise at seeing his deceased grandson was replaced by seriousness. After hearing what Guo Zhan'an said, he was speechless for a long time.

Guo Zhan'an was not in a hurry, after all, this matter was unimaginable, and it was difficult for him to accept it immediately.

"Boy, if what you said is true, there may be moths in the northwest barracks."

Guo Zhanan nodded and said, "I'm worried about this, so I have to disturb Uncle."

"You are welcome," Old General Shao said, "I was forced by His Majesty back then and had to stay at home. Fortunately, Your Majesty did not kill them all and let me stay in the Northwest. Both your grandfather and I made our fortunes in the Northwest, relying on the support of countless people. Flesh and blood are what they are today. To me, the Northwest is more than just a piece of land. To put it bluntly, the Northwest Army Camp is my other son. If someone wants to kill it, I will definitely not stand idly by!"

"What does uncle mean?"

Old General Shao said: "Good boy, you have worked hard all the way, go down to take a bath and rest first. I will send someone to the northwest barracks to find out the situation. If it is true as you said, I will definitely send someone to kill those leopards who ate ambitions." Catch all the moths!"

Guo Zhan'an knew that General Shao didn't want to just listen to his one-sided words, and he had to verify it before he would act. Instead, he was more at ease with General Shao-if it was him, he would definitely do the same.

"In this way, uncle Gong will be disturbed."