In the quiet room of Taiji Palace, several people chatted for a while and stopped talking.
Du Shisheng sat motionless.
Guo Ning took a piece of cake from the cloth bag around his waist and ate it slowly. There was a teapot and cup in front of the futon, but no one poured water to serve the tea, so Guo Ning fetched it for himself without any courtesy and drank it. He almost finished the pot of high-quality tea.
Since the food supply at the Xijunhe camp has been guaranteed, Guo Ning has spent more time practicing martial arts than usual. As a result, his appetite has become larger and his physique has become noticeably stronger.
Ni Yi was still standing behind Guo Ning.
Being able to follow Guo Ning to the legendary capital city of Dajin and see the prosperous and magnificent scenes and those superior people was something that Ni Yi could never imagine in his dreams. Therefore, he was particularly solemn and solemn, and his posture when standing behind Guo Ning was always upright.
Guo Ning's recent daily training of his followers has included standing in military posture. But the training had just begun and there were no results yet, so when Ni Yi stood with his chest out and his belly out, he began to feel soreness in his legs. He had to shake his body slightly, sometimes putting his weight on his right leg, and sometimes changing it to his left leg.
Zhao Jue retreated to a corner of the quiet room, leaning against the wall and resting with his arms around him.
From his position, he could look through the west window lattice to the depths of the corridor where Chong Xuanzi left, and looking in the other direction, he could look out through the east window lattice to the small courtyard outside. This is an instinct that can only be tempered after many fights. Zhao Jue is actually stronger than Ni Yi.
About half an hour later, the sound of many people walking around suddenly came from the high wall outside the quiet room. In the meantime, there were several Taoist priests who were persuading the pilgrims in a friendly manner. According to the meaning of the words, there were noble people offering incense and they wanted the rest to move away.
Not long after, Zhao Jue whispered: "Here he comes!"
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of footsteps on the corridor, and suddenly the door opened, and more than a dozen guard warriors wearing purple collared narrow-sleeved clothes, sewn with black gauze soft belts, and carrying long swords at their waists rushed in. .
Zhao Jue and Ni Yi were on alert at the same time.
The next moment, Chong Xuanzi stepped inside, shook his fly whisk, and said seriously: "The boss is here!"
Du Shisheng's shoulders swayed, and when he was about to prostrate himself, he saw Guo Ning standing up straight.
"Guo Langjun! Guo Langjun!" Du Shisheng thought that Guo Ning was not familiar with etiquette, so he called out twice in a low voice: "Tu Dan Youcheng is here!"
Guo Ning slowly put half of the cake back into his bag, patted the crumbs on his hands, and wiped his mouth.
He was still standing upright.
Du Shisheng was stunned.
Since arriving at Xijunhe camp, he has served as the teacher of Guo Ning's followers. Opposite the side hall where Guo Ning works daily, he preaches and teaches. In his spare time while giving lectures and preparing lessons, he secretly observed Guo Ning and realized that this young man seemed gentle, but in fact he acted decisively and never succumbed to the influence of outsiders. He was extremely unruly.
But Du Shisheng had a vague feeling that that kind of unruliness was not due to ignorance and recklessness. Therefore, he took it for granted that when Guo Ning arrived in Zhongdu and met the important people as he wished, he would always recognize the order of superiority and inferiority and bow down at the right time.
Who would have thought that Guo Ning could be so stubborn?
No, this is no longer tough, but stupid, right? Are you crazy?
Don't bring your methods that are rampant in the wilderness to the Central Capital!
How is this different from the nonsense I talked about on the streets of Zhongdu back then? No, no, after all, I was so angry that my blood rushed to my head. The subsequent result can be regarded as benevolence and benevolence.
Guo Ning, what are you planning? Chizhan Sagai's head has been chopped off by you, you have no way out! What's going on at this time? If Tu Danyi is offended again, I'm afraid...
Du Shisheng was waiting to persuade him again, but he heard that the surroundings of the quiet room were already silent.
At the same time, with the sound of his cane hitting the ground, an old man with gray hair and gray hair dressed as a Han Confucian scholar walked in slowly. His eyes flicked on Du Shisheng's face, and then he turned towards Guo Ning.
According to the system in the early days of the Republic of China, straight women were not allowed to change their surnames to Han or learn the attire of southerners. Those who violated the rules would be punished with eighty sticks and would be classified as permanent. Today, this system is in name only, but there are only a handful of high-ranking Jurchen officials and nobles in the current dynasty who completely follow the Han family's dress code.
Guo Ning knew that this was Tu Shanyi, the right prime minister of the Jin Dynasty.
He nodded slightly and said, "Guo Ning from Changzhou has met Tu Shan Youcheng."
Before he finished speaking, a guard warrior stepped out of the queue, pointed his halberd and shouted: "How dare you, a common man in the countryside, be so rude?"
"Who are you?" Guo Ning asked.
"I am trying to win over Guan Wugu to discuss the matter quickly!" the guard warrior said proudly.
"Three days ago, I just killed a guard of ten thousand households, and sixty-four of my own men sent by Wanyan Zuocheng to accompany him." Guo Ning said softly: "How dare you say one more word to a mere liaison officer? I will kill you immediately."
The holding officer was furious, and with a "clang" sound, he drew out a section of his long knife.
Guo Ning only looked at him with a sneer.
The officer's movements were stagnant, and he did not dare to draw the sword out of its sheath.
"Haha..." Tu Danyi couldn't help laughing.
The Guo Ning in front of him was truly a man who had experienced a bloody battle. He could roar like an evil tiger with just a few words. On the contrary, the officials around him were either close followers of the Tudan clan, or low-level military officials such as Xuanwu and Changxing among the Jurchens. They are good at arranging ceremonial guards in Zhongdu and doing chores for welcoming people and sending them off. If you insist on showing off in front of a truly ruthless person, wouldn't you be bringing humiliation to yourself?
He waved his hand and gathered the officials with unwilling expressions on their faces, but they had to retreat one after another, leaving only Chong Xuanzi and a few attendants.
At this time, the clever waiter saw that there was only a futon in the room, so he hurried outside and brought in tables and chairs.
Tu Danyi sat down at the head of the table and said slowly: "With such a sharp edge, he is worthy of being a warrior who charges on the battlefield. He is really young and energetic, which is good. However, you Guo Liulang has already offended Wanyan Zuocheng, if you offend me again , is it unwise?”
"Offended?" Guo Ning looked deeply at Tu Danyi.
Although this veteran minister from three dynasties had an old face and some cloudy eyes, his demeanor was extremely calm, and he really looked like the minister who was the pillar of the imperial court in Guo Ning's imagination. Judging from his tone, there was no anger, but rather a calm question.
Guo Ning pondered for a moment: "Those of us were mostly garrison troops in Chang, Huan, and Fuzhou, and we retreated to Hebei after a bloody battle. In the past few years, I have watched my hometown where I have been operating for decades being burned to the ground. The family members of the tribe were lost in the grassland, like dogs and sheep, they were reduced to the blood of wild beasts. They watched the liver and brains of their comrades being wiped out on the battlefield, and finally they were reduced to the lakes and valleys of Hebei, almost becoming aliens. To say that I am offended, I often think that it is Didn’t the soldiers and civilians of the three states offend anyone in the imperial court, so they had to suffer so much?”
Chong Xuanzi laughed dryly, and when he was about to interrupt, Guo Ning raised his voice and continued:
"If so, then which big shot in the court did we offend so much that he wanted to harm us like this? If not..." Guo Ning looked straight at Tu Shanyi with a face as cold as frost: "We are in such a situation, You haven't even killed an official in rebellion yet, and you've already given the court enough face, so do you still care who you offend?"
Tu Shanyi sighed.
"In that case, what does Guo Liulang want to do when he comes to Zhongdu?"
Guo Ning's purpose in coming to Zhongdu was naturally to break through Tu Shanyi's connections and force Tu Shanyi to use his influence in the court, or to slightly suppress Wanyan Gang's blind actions; or to provoke some troubles in other places and win over Delay Wanyan Gang's pace of unifying the local area.
Its actual purpose was to gain as much time as possible to reorganize its forces before the Mongols invaded in a large scale, and finally took advantage of the inevitable chaos to march eastward to Shandong and become a rebel as quickly as possible.
But there is no need to say this to Tu Shan Yiming.
Guo Ning bowed slightly and said simply: "I want to see if the imperial court can accommodate people and whether the imperial court can employ people."
"Just take a look?"
"Just take a look."
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