The return of the son-in-law

Guo Zhanan left Jia Huan far behind as if he was stepping on a hot wheel, and walked quickly into the yard.

But when he came to the house, he suddenly stopped, and he didn't dare to take another step forward.

Ever since Fuquan came back with Pingan Yukou, he had acquiesced to the fact that Huo Yu was dead, and he never forgot to remind himself that Huo Yu was dead every day in his sleep.Now that Jia Huan told him that Huo Yu was back, he was overjoyed, but worried in his heart that this was just a dream, and that once he opened the door, Huo Yu would disappear again.

Jia Huan took advantage of this moment to catch up and said with a smile, "Young master, the second young master is inside."

Guo Zhanan's heart suddenly jumped to Lao Gao, and then fell back again. Repeated this several times, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Guo Zhanan is not a cowardly person. After a brief hesitation, he finally stepped forward and pushed open the door of the room with one hand.

In the room, I saw a man sitting on a stool. His hair was as messy as a bird's nest. He was wearing a clean coat. His hands holding chopsticks and bowls seemed to be washed clean. The seams are full of dirty dirt.

Fuquan stood behind this man with a smirk on his face, reminding him from time to time not to eat too fast, to drink some soup and so on.

There were four maids accompanying her. Among them, the maid closest to the table had a big pot with steaming white rice in it. Judging from the inside, it should have been half-eaten.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, everyone in the room cast their gazes over, and the four maids and Fuquan hurriedly saluted Guo Zhanan: "Master, please be well."

The person sitting raised his head, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and showed a familiar face.Huo Yu wiped his mouth in embarrassment, grinned and shouted, "Brother, I'm back!"

Guo Zhanan strode forward and sat beside Huo Yu, staring at Huo Yu with his eyes for a moment, then opened his hands, and hugged him into his arms.

"You are finally back."

On the contrary, Huo Yu was a little embarrassed, put his hands on his waist, and separated himself from Guo Zhan'an: "Brother, I haven't taken a good bath for many days, it smells bad."

Jia Huan was vigilant and led Fuquan and the four maids down early in the morning. After closing the door, he and Fuquan personally guarded the door.

At this time, there was no one else in the room, and Guo Zhanan didn't have to worry about anything, he simply kissed Huo Yu on the cheek: "I'm thankful that you can come back, so what else?"

Huo Yu blushed: "I made my brother laugh. I wanted to take a bath and change clothes first. I'm really hungry, so I'll eat something first."

Seeing that Huo Yu had lost several laps of weight, Guo Zhanan became more and more distressed: "Have you not eaten for a few days?"

"I haven't eaten for four days. I passed by a temple before. The abbot inside was kind enough to prepare me a bowl of plain noodles and give me a few cakes. I only ate half of it every day, but I was about to finish it before I arrived in the capital." .The last piece of cake, I was so hungry that I almost fainted before I took a bite, but I still couldn’t eat it.” Huo Yu hiccupped while speaking, wiped his mouth, and continued, “Fortunately, I made it through. "

Guo Zhanan looked at him tenderly, with pity in his eyes that was about to overflow: "Yeah, it's a good thing you survived, otherwise you told me how to survive. Still hungry, let the kitchen cook another bowl of crucian carp for you Is the soup good?"

Huo Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "No need, another bowl of rice will be enough for me."

He was really starving. After escaping from the dead, there was no one else around him, and the money bag he was carrying was washed away by the river when he fell into the water. Penniless, relying on the belief in his heart, he only used With two legs, he just walked back to Beijing from Jiaodong.

The sole of the shoe was worn out, so Huo Yu tore off a corner from the clothes and put it on the sole.But this is not a good solution, because the corners of the clothes will always shift due to walking in the shoes, and the place that should be broken is still a hole.In the end, Huo Yu didn't care about it at all. Whether it was a muddy path or a rocky mountain road, he just walked on it with these worn-out shoes.

When he had nothing to eat, Huo Yu endured it. Occasionally he met a kind person who was willing to take him in for a night, and he could get a mouthful of porridge to drink, but more often, when the night was dark and he couldn't go on his way, Huo Yu could only curl up in a corner, Rubbing his hands and not daring to sleep—Huo Yu slept soundly the first night, but in the middle of the night he was beaten up by three or four people, and the jacket he was wearing was almost snatched away.

Huo Yu managed to find this jacket from the bag that washed ashore with him. Because it was wrapped in oiled paper and placed in the middle of the bag, it was not soaked by the river water.Autumn in the north is already cold, and you may not feel it during the day, but at night, the wind blows in gusts, and no warm jacket may really be frozen.Huo Yu had only one thing that could keep him warm, how could he easily give it up to others?Later, it was Huo Yu who became ruthless, regardless of other people's fists, grabbed one of those few people and swung it at the head, attracting the yamen guards who were patrolling at night, and then he protected the warm jacket.But these people are all well-known gangsters in this area. Huo Yu didn't dare to stay for long. Before the sun came out, he hurried on the road in the faint morning light. Get rid of it completely.

Later, I passed a dilapidated temple, in which there was only one old abbot, three or four young monks, and two or three young monks.Huo Yu didn't dare to tell the truth about what happened to him. He only said that he and his family met bandits on the road, and they were lucky enough to save their lives by pretending to be dead. There was no one at home, so he had to go to the capital to seek refuge with relatives.The monk sympathized with what happened to him, but it was a pity that there was not much incense here, so he could only invite Huo Yu to eat a bowl of plain noodles, and made some cakes for Huo Yu.Seeing that Huo Yu's shoes were worn out, they gave Huo Yu two pairs - one for wearing and the other for spare.

Huo Yu survived all the way by relying on these. On the day before entering Beijing, he specially found an unoccupied stream to wash his body briefly, so as not to be punished by the guards guarding the gate of the capital because of the sour smell on his body. Stop it.

However, Huo Yu didn't mention these things to Guo Zhan'an. He is already a responsible man. Now that he has returned, there is no need for Guo Zhan'an to feel sorry for him because of this matter.

So when Guo Zhanan asked how he narrowly escaped death, Huo Yu simply explained the situation at that time: "After falling into the river, because the current was too fast, the people in the river couldn't control their direction. We can let the current wash us downstream. After the river is not so urgent, I found a person floating next to him, with his head submerged in the water and motionless. It was only later that he was dead. My people don’t give up until they see my dead body. It happened that the face of the dead body was swollen like white dough because it was soaked in the water for too long. If you don’t carefully identify it, you can’t see the appearance, so they deducted their peace jade. , hung on the corpse, and then took off the coat on the corpse. I thought, those killers were obviously targeting me. Someone must have told them my appearance and even my characteristics. Now they can't be identified from their appearance, maybe they will rely on this safe jade buckle to confirm their identity. I didn't dare to stay for long, and went ashore quietly after doing all this. Because I was worried that those people were still wandering near the big river, I made a detour Instead of taking the water, take the land instead. Brother, are you all right these days?"

Huo Yu knew that he was an ordinary person with no power or power, and he didn't hinder anyone in his daily life.But even such an ordinary person would attract attacks from more than a dozen people. Wouldn't Guo Zhan'an, who was the emperor's confidant in the capital, be in greater danger?

Worried that while he was being attacked, Guo Zhan'an in the capital would encounter the same danger. Huo Yu hurried all the way to the capital, wishing that a pair of wings would grow on his back at this moment, so that he could overcome all the obstacles on the road and return immediately. the capital.

When he arrived at the Guo Mansion in the capital, Huo Yu spent a lot of effort to convince the porter on duty that the ragged little beggar in front of him was the righteous brother of the young master of the Guo Mansion. He knelt down on the spot.

Knowing that Guo Zhan'an ignored him, Huo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as he relaxed, his stomach growled.

Fuquan hurriedly ordered people to go to the kitchen to bring some ready-made food to Huo Yu, and then asked the cook and cook to immediately arrange a table of Huo Yu's favorite dishes.After that, Guo Zhanan came back.

After listening to Huo Yu's narration, Guo Zhan'an knew that what he seemed to say was easy, but in fact he was extremely dangerous.Not to mention anything else, after falling into the water, being washed all the way to the unknown downstream by the river, and being wary of the killers who will come out of the river at any time, how can ordinary people bear it?

But Huo Yu is sitting in front of him now, telling himself these things with a smile, but deliberately concealing the various dangers he encountered in it.Guo Zhan'an couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief in his heart - Huo Yu had grown up after all.

Li Shaojun in the palace needs to know about Huo Yu's return, but Guo Zhan'an doesn't want to think about it at this time, he just wants to hug Huo Yu and have a good sleep.

In fact, Huo Yu still had a lot of questions to ask, but he traveled all the way, and in the end he was supported by a wave of faith, and he was already exhausted.Now that Huo Yu finally returned to his and Guo Zhan'an's home, after his spirit relaxed, sleepiness invaded him intermittently.Under Guo Zhan'an's half-coaxing and half-persuasion, the two of them took a bath together, and Guo Zhan'an gave Huo Yu a good rub. After the two of them wiped their hair, Huo Yu yawned and got into bed, and soon fell into Guo Zhan'an's arms Fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Huo Yu was still sleeping. Guo Zhanan looked at the blue circle under Huo Yu's eyes and couldn't help but kissed Huo Yu's eyelids. Then he got up and changed into his official uniform, and brought two pieces of meat freshly made in the kitchen. The stuffed pie went into the palace in a carriage and went to court.

Since Li Chonghao abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor, there have been two dragon chairs in the Jinluan Hall. Li Chonghao sat on the head, and Li Shaojun could only sit on the made-out dragon chair on his left.

However, today's court is a little different, the "six princes" who have been imprisoned by the Liu Mansion for more than ten years also appeared in the morning court.

"Presumably all the lovers have heard that my son who has been missing for more than ten years has finally been found." Li Chonghao was in a very good mood today, and he couldn't wait to announce, "I am very relieved, and I will discuss with Jun'er together. , it was decided that Feng Yu'er would be the first-rank prince of the town, Prince Rui, and the Prince's Mansion would not need to start construction on another day, so the original Prince Qin's Mansion would be replaced by Prince Rui's Mansion."

After Li Chonghao finished speaking, "Li Shaoyu" immediately came out and bowed, "Thank you, Father."

Li Shaojun sat on the dragon chair beside him, without any reaction.

At this time, Jiang Bo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said: "Invitation to the emperor, the Taizu once had a decree that the first-rank Prince of Zhenguo is the highest rank among the princes, and those who have not made great achievements are not allowed to be named. Moreover, the Qin Palace is the old residence of His Majesty. It is a hidden residence. It should not be given to other princes at will, so as not to be used by those who want to."

"Oh? According to what you mean, I shouldn't reward Yu'er?" Li Chonghao snorted, "Yu'er is the emperor's younger brother, so his status is naturally special compared to other princes. Moreover, Yu'er was raped by thieves since he was a child." Damn, I left my parents and brothers, and now I’m finally back, so what’s the point of making a first-rank prince of the town? In my opinion, this is far from enough!”

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were in an uproar——

The prince of Yipin Zhenguo is not enough, can only the throne make up for it?

Jiang Bo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, still insisted: "Your Majesty, this is the rule left by our ancestors. The first-rank Princes of this dynasty have contributed to the country. Not to mention, the reason why His Majesty was named the King of Qin was because His Majesty signed a treaty with Tatar. Tatar promises to be a vassal every year and pay tribute every year."

The meaning of Jiang Bo's words is already obvious, unless "Li Shaoyu" can make a contribution that is beneficial to the country like Li Shaojun, otherwise this first-rank prince of the country cannot be named!

Li Chonghao didn't think so: "Don't mention any treaties, because of this, Tatar almost broke in! Do you think it is due to Sheji?"

Li Chonghao deliberately did not mention that the common man Li Bo sent people to spread the story on the Tatar grassland, and also deliberately did not mention that Li Shaojun later went to the northwest and used himself as a bait to lead the Tatar army into the barren mountains, and finally succeeded in annihilating Tatar Dajun, his eccentricity is obvious enough.

Yue An came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, please think again. The rules left by the ancestors cannot be discarded at will, and the first-rank princes of the country cannot be rewarded at will. Unlike other princes, the first-rank prince can command the three armies and go to the court to discuss matters. There are not enough people. Talent and insight, random rewards will be harmful."

Li Chonghao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why, do you think Yi Yu'er's aptitude is not enough to be the prince of this rank?"

Yue An didn't back down at all, but said: "The Emperor forgives the crime, Your Majesty forgives the crime, I forgive you, the sixth prince has been away from the palace for many years, I don't know what books he has read, but has he ever practiced martial arts, and what errands have he done?"

"Li Shaoyu" facing up showed embarrassment, opened his mouth several times but didn't know what to say.

Li Chonghao became angry from embarrassment: "Presumptuous! Who allowed you to talk like this? Criticizing the prince is a serious crime, Yue Qing, do you want to live?"

Yue An was not given up by Li Chonghao's anger: "The emperor forgives the sin, the country is a century-old project, and the influence of the first-rank prince of the country is very important to the country, and it must not be rewarded at will."

"It's wrong, I think you are wrong!" Li Chonghao patted the armrest of the dragon chair, "Come here, drag Yue An down for me!"

"Wait a minute," Li Shaojun, who had been silent all this time, stopped him, "Royal Father, what Yue Qing said is justified, the country and the country were brought down by the ancestors, so rashly conferring the first-rank prince of the country is not good for the sixth younger brother. My younger brother has been imprisoned in the Liu Mansion for more than ten years. He seldom interacts with others. His mind is simple and he is easy to be used by others. If the sixth younger brother commits any mistakes in the future, wouldn’t it make the sixth younger brother shameless to see his ancestors? I want to make up for my sixth brother, why don't I ask you to teach my sixth brother the six arts, and then put them in the six parts to practice, and after I have made great contributions, I can then be crowned king as appropriate, what does the emperor think?"

What Li Shaojun said seemed to be for "Li Shaoyu", but in fact he took the opportunity to tell the officials that this "sixth prince" has been locked up in Liu's house for more than ten years, and he can't see other people at all on weekdays, let alone Know what to say.As for the future, things in the future are unpredictable. When they find the evidence of the false identity of the "sixth prince", what kind of title will they mention?

There are already rumors in the palace that Li Chonghao intends to abolish the current emperor and put "Li Shaoyu" on the throne, and judging by Li Chonghao's current behavior, this rumor does not seem to be false—before Li Shaojun became the crown prince, he was in Yipin Town The prince of the country lives in the palace of the king of Qin.

As soon as Li Shaojun's words came out, the officials immediately responded.Although Li Chonghao intends to designate "Li Shaoyu" as the Prince of Yipin Zhenguo, all the officials agree with Li Shaojun's.He considered that he was just an overlord now, and even though the old officials were still loyal to him, the era of his own will was over. In desperation, he had no choice but to agree with Li Shaojun's opinion and not to be crowned king for now.

After the court was over, Guo Zhan'an did not leave the palace immediately like the other courtiers, but went to the study where Li Shaojun usually worked with Yue An and others.

Although the room is full of Li Shaojun's confidantes, and they all know that the "sixth prince" in the palace has a false identity, but they don't know Huo Yu's identity.Because of this, Guo Zhan'an did not immediately tell Li Shaojun the news of Huo Yu's return.

This time Li Shaojun kept them because Zuo Xingzhi made progress.

"Last night, a jade craftsman ran out naked* like crazy, screaming loudly, and biting people. After examination by the imperial physician, it was found that this jade craftsman had been taking Saishenxian for more than three years. Later, the jade craftsman confessed that he was The maid Liu lured him to take it, and later became addicted, and he couldn't leave it completely. All the Sai Shenxians he took were given to him by Liu's orders."

"Liu's family?" This discovery was beyond the expectations of Li Shaojun and Guo Zhanan, but now is not the time to discuss why.Li Chonghao's remarks in the court today have already shown that he intends to support the "sixth prince" whose origin is unknown.The most urgent task is to immediately reveal the identity of the "Sixth Prince" and expose King Liang's conspiracy.

"Come here, bring the palace maid Liu Shi immediately!"