When Guo Xin returned to the outside of Changshou Pavilion, he saw Queen Li leading a group of female relatives out. Guo Xin knew that he had just met Li Ye. It was probably because Li Ye followed Queen Li to pray for blessings and happened to be seen by him here, so that happened.
Guo Xin waited until Empress Li and all the attendants and honor guards had left together, then went forward to find Zhang.
Mr. Zhang, who came out to offer incense with Empress Li, looked very happy: "Why did Erlang come back just now? Have you met the empress?"
Guo Xin didn't want to spoil Zhang's happiness, so he smiled and said, "The child had a bad stomach after eating cold food yesterday... but the queen still saw her."
Mrs. Zhang frowned slightly: "It's really not the right time for Erlang to leave. Otherwise, I would introduce him to the Queen and let Erlang show his face in front of the Queen. What a great opportunity!"
Guo Xin pretended to be angry and said: "I have bad luck today, but I will have a chance next time."
Mrs. Zhang no longer hesitated: "Erlang is right, there will be a long time to come. Our family is valued by His Majesty, and we will inevitably have the opportunity to enter the palace in the future."
Guo Xin nodded in agreement, then pretended to mention it casually: "My child just couldn't see clearly through the crowd. It seems that the Queen's brother is also here today?"
Zhang thought about it and said: "Several brothers from the Queen's family are accompanying the officials on the expedition. Today I only saw the Queen's youngest brother, who seems to be named Li Ye...Why do you ask, Brother Yi?"
Li Ye is the queen's biological brother. Presumably the ladies around Zhang don't dare to make up gossip about the royal family casually. Zhang still doesn't know about the scandal between Guo Xin and Li Ye.
Guo Xin smiled slightly: "I don't worry about these little things, so my mother won't worry about them."
After leaving Chongfu Temple, Mr. Zhang got on the sedan chair again. Guo Xingang was almost assassinated by Li Ye's people in the temple. He did not dare to be careless at this time and personally escorted Zhang back to his home.
Empress Li came to Chongfu Temple today to pray for Liu Zhiyuan's expedition. On such a day, Li Ye dared to attack her, which shows that he is determined to retaliate. He thought again of the man who had said this before... Although Guo Xin was not afraid of Li Ye, he found it very troublesome. Since I joined the army, everything has been smooth sailing, but it happened to Li Ye that many troubles happened. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of being missed by thieves, let alone being missed by such a villain.
Guo Xin and his party were about to reach the house when they saw two familiar figures, one tall and one short, coming out of the door of their house.
"General Wangdu!" Guo Xin shouted, and the two people over there turned around. It was Wang Yuanmao and Zhang Chenghua.
"Commander Guo!" Wang Yuanmao waved and then walked over with Zhang Chenghua.
The sedan chair stopped, and Mrs. Zhang asked inside, "Who is Erlang calling?"
Guo Xin said from outside the curtain: "This is the subordinate of the Central Committee of the Boy's Army. I guess he came to look for the baby because of something."
Zhang's gentle voice came from inside the curtain: "As a woman, I won't delay your important matters. Erlang, go ahead."
So Guo Xin gave Guo Pu some detailed instructions, and then asked Shang Zhang and Wang to walk out of the square.
Seeing that both of them were wearing armor, Guo Xin asked first, "How did you find them from the army?"
Wang Yuanmao was delighted when he heard this: "Commander Guo is really good at joking. We can find out the residence of Commander Guo of the Privy Council just by asking about it, so why bother to search for it?"
Guo Xin thought of the murderous man in the temple just now, and deeply felt the importance of having his own people around him, so he said to the two of them: "We are all friends who have risked our lives in battle. There is no need to call me commander in private. It doesn't matter if I am called by a strange name. If it doesn’t go well, just call me Brother Yi like Guo Pu.”
Guo Xin took the initiative to show his intimacy, so the two naturally had no reason to refuse.
Zhang Chenghua continued: "We came to Brother Yi to bring this thing to Brother Yi." As he said this, he handed a waistband from his arms to Guo Xin.
Guo Xin took it and took a look: "Commander's badge?"
Zhang Chenghua nodded, and Guo Xin tied it around his waist with a smile: "It's a good coincidence that you two came here. This guy may be able to use it later."
Both Zhang and Wang looked puzzled: "Where is Brother Yi taking us?"
"Chunlefang."
Zhang Chenghua had never heard of Chunlefang, and Wang Yuanmao had naturally heard of it. When he heard that Guo Xin was going to take him and the two of them to Chunlefang, he immediately started chatting happily: "It was said above that our army does not need to replenish troops in Taiyuan. , turned back and went directly to Bianzhou. I heard that all the troops there were surrendered by the previous dynasty. The Khitan Lord originally wanted to kill them, but for some reason they all survived... Yesterday, there was a rumor in the army that the military envoy Shi went all the way south to kill Huaizhou. The Liao generals on the border simply abandoned the city and ran away. Does Commander Guo think there is still a war to be fought in the south? All the Khitans have fled. If our officials lead a large army into Bianzhou when they fall, won't they be able to fight without blood?"
Seeing that he was happy and kept talking, Guo Xin said speechlessly: "I will go to Daliang City to invite you two to have fun some other time. I have other things to do today."
Wang Yuanmao stopped talking, but Zhang Chenghua next to him looked like he was really like this: "I know that Brother Yi is not the idle guy next to me. He must have something important to do when he takes us out."
Wang Yuanmao glared at Zhang Chenghua, then waved his hand: "That's all, Brother Yi has something to do, please give us your orders, even if you go up to the mountain of swords and the sea of fire..."
Zhang Chenghua snorted coldly: "Going to Daoshan? I haven't seen your royal general in Daizhou City before."
"Say, when did you, Zhang Shitou, learn to have a bad mouth?"
Seeing this, Guo Xin hurriedly stopped the two of them, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not as serious as going to Daoshan, it's just a small matter."
After that, Guo Xin told the two how he offended Li Ye and what happened in the temple today. The two were quite angry after hearing this: "Dare you take action against someone in our army? No matter who he is, let him If we meet him, we will have to skin him..."
The three of them walked all the way to Chunlefang. I wonder if it was because the nobles in the mansion were now busy with the important matter of taking over the Central Plains. Chunlefang, which had always been prosperous, looked a bit depressed and desolate.
However, Guo Xin did not bring the two of them here to have fun, and whether Chunlefang was depressed or not would not ruin their interest.
There were only two or three guests eating in the front hall. Seeing three people coming in, the waiter's eyes lit up and he came up to greet him: "The young man and the two military masters are here..."
Guo Xin interrupted him directly: "There is a singing girl named Cui Yuniang here, but is she still here?"
The waiter looked at Guo Xin and the others and said hesitantly: "I'm sure I'm here..."
Even as Guo Xindang walked towards the back room, the waiter quickly stopped him: "This can't be done, it's not the time for the back room to receive guests yet!"
Before Guo Xin could speak, Zhang Chenghua behind him said coldly: "Get out of the way."
The rough-looking Zhang Chenghua was obviously more intimidating than the young Guo Xin, and the waiter immediately stood aside and did not dare to say another word.
Upon seeing this, Guo Xin said to the waiter: "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to cause trouble. Just take someone with you and leave."
After saying that, Guo Xin went straight to the inner courtyard. He still remembered the way back to see Cui Yuniang, and soon he arrived in front of the small courtyard.
Although the courtyard door was closed tightly, the music of silk and bamboo could be heard inside. Guo Xin knew that Cui Yuniang was inside, so he stepped forward and opened the courtyard door.
