The return of the son-in-law

Li Shaojun and Zha Da re-signed the treaty, so he had to return to Beijing immediately.Along with him, besides everyone who had been here before, was Huai Enzi Shao Fang.

The day before leaving the Northwest, Li Shaojun ordered his army to camp outside Xuzhou city to rest, while he and Shao Fang and others went into Xuzhou to rest.

It would be too cautious to visit late at night in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, and it would make others suspicious, so Li Shaojun and Shao Fang went to Guo's residence together today.

Guo Zhan'an had received the news a long time ago, and two days ago, he ordered people to investigate the Guo mansion inside and out, lest anyone would take this opportunity to assassinate.

When Li Shaojun and Shao Fang arrived at the Guo Mansion, Guo Zhan'an greeted them in front of the gate and led them to the flower hall in the backyard.After tea was served, the entourage brought by the two and the servants of Guo's mansion all retreated outside the house to wait, leaving only the three of them inside.

"I've already met Tian Geng." Time was limited, Li Shaojun said shortly, "This time it's thanks to you."

"Your Highness is fine," Guo Zhan'an didn't ask for credit, but expressed his inner confusion, "Why did uncle go to Beijing together this time?"

Shao Fang laughed and said, "Your Majesty has ordered, is there any reason for me not to obey?"

"Your Majesty?" Guo Zhan'an was surprised for a while, but soon understood, "So, I'm the one who has troubled Uncle."

Li Shaojun also nodded and said: "That's right, this time for me, Old General Shao was involved. Zhan'an, I'm worried that you will not be able to hide the fact that you have prepared the military salary for me."

Guo Zhanan frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Could it be that something went wrong in the army?"

Li Shaojun sneered: "After thinking about something wrong, I found out that Wang Jian was specially dispatched by my father. Sun Jinyong told me later that when we were besieged in the barren hills for a few days, he told everyone not to enter the barren hills for support, and stayed behind. Outside the mountain. The countermeasure we discussed that day was that we lead the Tatar army into the barren mountain, and they raided from behind to attack from both sides. But he didn’t do that. He just asked the army to guard the entrances and exits to prevent Tatar from running out. .”

Guo Zhanan hurriedly asked, "Have you thought of a countermeasure, Your Highness?"

"What countermeasures can be taken? He is the person sent by the father, and he is only carrying out the things that the father told him." Li Shaojun sighed, "I used to think that he was my father after all. half of his blood. As the saying goes, no matter how cruel he is, no matter how much he hates me, he will not just watch me die. As a result, he not only watched me die, he also planned to borrow someone else’s Kill me! Zhan An, what do you think I should do?"

"This..." Guo Zhan'an was speechless for a long time, and finally he made up his mind and said, "Your Highness, what I said may not please you."

Li Shaojunping stretched out his right hand, and promised: "But it's okay, after leaving this room, no one will remember what you said."

Guo Zhan'an gritted his teeth, and said, "Your Highness can't grant someone's wish just because he doesn't like it, it's better to act first, so as to ensure peace of mind in the future."

Li Shaojun scolded: "Ridiculous! I would never do something that a bastard would do!"

"Your Highness, listen to me," Guo Zhanan quickly explained, "After your Highness returns, you will be the crown prince, the future emperor! Your highness's current status will bring about death, and when you become the crown prince, how many dangers are there waiting for the crown prince? In fact, His Highness does not need to be too ruthless, as long as he can grasp the initiative."

Li Shaojun still refused: "Take this as if you never said it, and don't say it in the future."

Guo Zhanan said helplessly, "Yes."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was so low that it was almost suffocating, and finally Shao Fang jumped out to break the deadlock.

"Your Highness, didn't you say before that you still have something to tell Zhan An?"

"By the way," Shao Fang's words reminded Li Shaojun, and he quickly said, "Tian Geng said that he will never come back again, and he will always stay in the tribe that was attacked."

Guo Zhan'an didn't know about this, and said strangely: "I promised that day that if he could gain the trust of Zha Da, when Ning Guhan was about to dominate the grassland, he would let Zha Da stand up and expose Ning Guhan's behavior, and find a way to replace him. , I will definitely reward you a lot when things are done. At that time, he was very happy when he heard about it, and said that he would build a house and marry a wife after he got the money. How come he doesn’t want to come back now?”

"Not only is he not coming back, he also plans to continue to assist in the investigation!" Li Shaojun laughed back angrily, "I don't know if his sword will be aimed at us in the future."

Guo Zhanan's heart skipped a beat: "Your Highness, what do you mean?" As he spoke, Guo Zhanan made a knife with his right hand and slashed downward.

Li Shaojun said: "He is still useful now. Zha Da signed a treaty with me due to the situation. In the future, when his tribe grows stronger, it is inevitable that he will not tear up the treaty. With him, I can see something. But, I'm afraid In the future, when he gets married and has children on the Tatar Grassland, his heart will inevitably go to Tatar."

Guo Zhanan smiled and said, "Why worry, Your Highness? No matter how powerful the tribes are, as long as our Chu Dynasty is strong and powerful, why should we worry about Tatar?"

Li Shaojun was delighted when he heard this, and said, "It makes sense."

Guo Zhan'an reminded again: "Your Highness will be the prince after returning to Beijing this time. I'm afraid there will be more things and people in Beijing targeting His Highness. Please be more careful, Your Highness."

Li Shaojun nodded and said: "Of course, you should be more careful in Xuzhou. I will send someone to watch over the capital. Jiang Yannian is in the army, so Xuzhou depends on you."

Guo Zhanan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Your Highness, I have a request, and I hope His Highness will approve it."

Li Shaojun said quickly, "Let's talk."

"Huai Enzi Shao Fang is my uncle. He is called to Beijing this time. I'm afraid it will be bad or bad. I just ask His Highness to take care of him more and more, and he must be kept. Otherwise, I'm afraid that my soul will return to Huangquan in the future. Yan went to see my grandfather."

"Hey, good boy, why are you bothering?" Without waiting for Li Shaojun to agree, Shao said conveniently, "I managed to capture Liu Jianhua alive this time, and solved a major hidden danger in the army. Your Majesty will always be merciful."

Guo Zhan'an refused to take back the foreword, and said still: "Uncle Uncle should have spent his old age in Yongcheng, but I was involved in this battlefield. Please take care of him, Your Highness."

"Don't worry," Li Shaojun agreed, "I will never forget the kindness of old General Shao and his six thousand elite soldiers to protect me in the barren hills."

"Don't worry, both of you," Shao Fang laughed loudly. "Maybe His Majesty rewarded me when he came to Beijing this time, and because he was considerate of my advanced age, he rewarded me with a house and jewelry. I'm already old." , don't be so serious, are you trying to scare me?"

At this time, Ah Xin knocked on the door outside, stepped in quickly after getting the answer, and reminded: "Your Highness, Old General Shao, Master Guo, it's almost time."

Li Shaojun got up first: "Forget it, Zhan An, after I return to Beijing, you should be more careful."

"Yes, Your Highness." Seeing that Li Shaojun intended to leave, Guo Zhan'an walked behind Li Shaojun.

Shao Fang also got up at this time, followed Li Shaojun with Guo Zhanan, and the other followers followed the three of them, and the group walked towards the gate of Guo Mansion in a mighty manner.

"Zhan'an," Shao Fang said in a low voice, taking advantage of Li Shaojun's getting into the carriage and Guo Zhan'an helping him into the next carriage, "what is the origin of your righteous brother, who are his parents, and what are his surnames?" What's more, where is his hometown? His profile is very similar to an old man I know. When I first saw it, I thought it was that old man. You said, there will be two people who are so similar in the world Is it?"

Guo Zhan'an was shocked. He didn't know whether Shao Fang had asked Huo Yu these questions, nor did he know how Huo Yu answered them.He could only take a deep breath while lowering his head, managed to stabilize his voice, raised his head and said, "I don't know who is an old friend? Can Uncle introduce me so that I can take Huo Yu to visit, maybe he was a relative a few generations ago."

Shao Fang smiled wryly and shook his head: "The old man has already gone west, I'm afraid you won't be able to see him again. Forget it, maybe I'm overthinking, the world is so big, it's not surprising that there are one or two people who look similar. Zhan'an, Ban Junru Companion Tiger, King Qin will be the crown prince in all likelihood when he returns to Beijing this time. Although you are his companion, you should be more careful. It’s not that King Qin will harm you, it’s just that the higher-ranking people have difficulties. You must be careful when you speak in the future some."

Guo Zhan'an understood that Shao Fang was not taking the opportunity to sow discord, but was genuinely concerned about himself, and reminded him with the experience he had accumulated in the battlefield and officialdom over the past few decades.

Guo Zhanan was very grateful, and replied in a low voice: "Uncle, don't worry, I have written it down."

Only then did Shao Fang feel relieved: "If I'm lucky, then we'll meet in the capital!" He patted Guo Zhanan on the shoulder, bent over and got into the carriage.

When Guo Zhan'an returned to Guo's mansion, Huo Yu, who had only visited Li Shaojun and Shao Bianfang back to his study at the beginning, greeted him, and asked with concern: "Brother, what's the matter with His Highness and Old General Shao coming to see you now?"

"It's nothing, but I'm going back to Beijing. I just came to see me before I left, and discussed the situation by the way." In order not to make Huo Yu worry, Guo Zhan'an deliberately only gave a rough outline, and asked: "Yu'er , what are you thinking? A face can squeeze out bitter juice."

"I'm worried about Old General Shao," Huo Yu replied truthfully, "This time, Old General Shao had to bring [-] elite soldiers to the rescue for King Qin. But didn't my brother say that the emperor specially gave Yongcheng to Shao The old general, in fact, put a huge shackle on the Shao family. Unless the Shao family loses its title and becomes a commoner, or an extinct one, they will never leave Yongcheng for the rest of their lives. It's the King of Qin, the emperor's son, and according to the emperor's temper, Old General Shao may not have any good fruit to eat."

This analysis changed Guo Zhan'an's view of Huo Yu greatly: "At first, I thought you had only grown up, but I didn't expect you to grow so much, but I underestimated you. Tell me, what is the emperor's temper like?"

Huo Yu quickly waved his hands and said, "Brother, the walls have ears."

"Are you scared?" Guo Zhanan stretched out his hand and scratched Huo Yu's nose, "Did you forget that walls have ears when you were talking so much?"

Huo Yu said: "I'm worried about Old General Shao. He is so nice and he is getting old. It's really difficult for him to travel all the way from the northwest to the capital."

Guo Zhan'an remembered what Shao Fang said in front of the carriage, and asked Huo Yu, "What do you think of uncle?"

"He's a nice person, but he's a bit chattery. He's obviously a general and he's injured. He even asked me where I was born and who my parents were. I'm like a grandfather. Is it true that older people are so chattery? What should brother do in the future? When we two old men are together, others may be so annoyed by us that their ears will get calloused."

Huo Yu lived in the bandit village in the early years. Although he has been with Guo Zhan'an for three years now, he doesn't respect the rules outside the village. The emperor commented.

And he was facing Guo Zhanan, there was no one else, Guo Zhanan asked him, and he honestly spoke his mind.

Guo Zhan'an didn't expect Huo Yu to be so straightforward, so he couldn't hold back for a moment, and laughed: "You are so courageous, it's Uncle Bogong who is talking. You and his eldest grandson are the only ones who dare to say that about him."

Huo Yu was a little embarrassed, and said, "Obviously it was my brother who asked, but now I'm blaming me."

"Okay, according to what you said, it turned out that the fault was on me?" Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu laughed and said, "Although Bo Gong is a bit long-winded, it shows that he is taking you for real. Treat it like your own junior."

Huo Yu nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother, I understand. Old General Shao was injured at that time and still cared about me. How could I be ungrateful?"

This reminded Guo Zhanan: "By the way, why didn't you tell me about Uncle before and asked you these things?"

Huo Yu slapped his forehead: "I just came back at that time, and I was in a hurry to report the situation of His Highness King Qin with my brother, so I forgot about it. Brother, why did you suddenly ask this? Is there something wrong?"

"That's not true." Guo Zhanan shook his head, and made up a lie, "It's just that you followed your adoptive father since you were a child, and your birthplace has never been settled. I have been in a daze for the past two years, and I even forgot about it. I'm afraid that you'll slip up, and it's not good to let others know about it."

Huo Yu believed it was true, nodded and said, "I didn't tell Old General Shao these things, I just said that my father has no fixed place, and I have been wandering with him since I was a child."

The more he said that, the more distressed Guo Zhan'an felt—what a prince, who was supposed to be a master, but grew up in a bandit village. there is none left.

Guo Zhanan tentatively asked, "Yu'er, do you really not want to find your biological parents?"

Without even thinking about it, Huo Yu said firmly, "Brother, I only have one father, and that is Huo Dashan, the owner of Tiger Village. As for my mother, let's just pretend that I don't have a mother."

Huo Yu's rare decisiveness almost made Guo Zhan'an reveal his life experience: No, you have a mother, and your mother loves you very much. For you, she would rather protect you all the way with a serious illness, and finally leave with hatred.

But the determination to protect Huo Yu finally prevailed, he just stretched out his arms and hugged Huo Yu: "Okay, it's all up to you."