Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In Guzhen, the nearby winding ancient riverbed is in the valley, like the traces of a giant python crawling. Here too, there are many mountains and mountains, and the view is not very wide; but compared with the Qinling Mountains, the mountains are relatively gentle and low, and there are many terraced fields on the vast slopes.

Around the stronghold and on the slopes of the terraced fields, there were a few people on horseback wandering around here and there. Inside the earthen walls of the stronghold, queues of infantry walked by from time to time. At this time, Guzhen is quite peaceful.

The weather was fine, but there were often dark clouds in the southern sky, which made people think that it might rain at any time, but it never rained for many days. According to the local people, it rains in Qingniling in the south, but not in Guzhen. The weather is really strange.

At this moment, a young woman with a cloth wrapped in her pocket came rushing from the ramp between the terraced fields. The scouts not far away raised their bows and looked at her with squinted eyes, but seeing only one woman, they ignored her for a while and just stared. The woman stumbled on the road and walked outside the earthen wall. She wanted to enter the military stronghold, and she started arguing after a while.

"Aren't you Hu Jiejun? The chief general is Guo Shao, and the formation envoy is Luo Yanhuan. Let me go in and meet any of them." The woman spoke convincingly.

The young general guarding the gate whispered to another general: "Guo Dushi has a tall woman by his side. He specially sent out a spy to spy out. This woman may really belong to us. The liner is inside, why don't you find someone to ask the liner Luo Yanhuan."

After a while, Luo Yanhuan came out. It happened that he had seen this woman when he stayed in Chen Cang at the end of last year. She was a female Taoist priest beside Jingniang. Get someone to come in right away.

But the woman ignored Luo Yanhuan, asked where the "sage girl" was, and went straight to see Jingniang. In the depths of the earthen city wall, there is another circle of wooden fences, and there is an archway with peeling paint in between. Luo Yanhuan pointed to an old house with loess walls and blue tile roofs on the right side of the north, and let the woman pass by. The wooden door was closed tightly, and there were two armored sergeants walking around outside, it seemed that walking around was more comfortable than standing.

The sergeant saw that it was Luo Yanhuan who brought in, so he ignored the woman. She went to the door and knocked, and Jing Niang's voice said, "Who is it?"

The woman spoke up. It took a while before the door was unlocked, and it was only opened a crack. Jing Niang poked her head out, her hair was wet, and said, "Close the door."

I saw that there were very simple things inside, and there was a wooden basin filled with hot water. Jing Niang seemed to be washing her hair. It is human nature to be at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out for half a step. It is not bad in Guzhen, but it is even more uncomfortable to camp in the wild. Fortunately, Jing Niang has run many times in the rivers and lakes, and she knows how to take care of herself. The most difficult thing is cleaning, and I must seize the opportunity, otherwise I may not be able to take a bath for ten days and a half months; she is not a man, otherwise she can go directly to the river to wash.

The young woman said: "I know that Hu Jie's army has arrived in Guzhen, and the holy lady should be in the army; so I didn't go to Chencang to look for Baixiangu. It was too far to go back and forth, so I went straight to Guzhen."

"En." Jing Niang responded. She was wearing a loose cotton robe and a pair of wooden clogs on her bare feet. She sat comfortably on a pear wood chair and carefully wiped the loose wet hair with a clean towel.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door again, and Guo Shao's voice said: "I heard that someone has returned, can I come in?"

The young lady didn't wait for Jingniang to respond, she said: "The saint's clothes are disheveled, Guo Dushi can only come in alone." Then she opened the door. A young general in ring armor walked in, with his helmet on his waist, it was Guo Shao.

When he came in, he wanted to see how Jing Niang was "not well-dressed", but she was sitting on the chair tightly dressed... Fortunately, the loose cotton robe was pushed up high by her breasts. The cotton cloth was easy to absorb water, and the long wet hair made the clothes a little wet... Leaning on her back again, the soft cloth hung down on her body, and the beautiful outlines were clearly visible.

Jing Niang sat without moving, and although she didn't have any polite words, she let Guo Shao's eyes rest on her.

Guo Shao asked: "She ran to the gate of the barracks to call for someone, what news is there?"

The woman said: "I don't know if it's important or not. There are many Shu troops from the south of Qingniling."

"How many?" Guo Shao asked, holding back his emotions.

Woman: "..."

Seeing this, Jing Niang said, "We still need to send someone to call the Bai Xiangu from Chencang and let her go to Qingniling Nunnery."

Guo Shao murmured: "It doesn't matter. Qingniling is difficult, and it will be too late for the Shu army to send more reinforcements here. We have already occupied Guzhen. If the Shu army dares to cross the mountain to attack... Qin Feng is a foregone conclusion, I think it is unlikely; even if we do come, we send troops from Guzhen, a day's journey, we can hit it'half crossing'."

The woman said again: "A young lady lived in Qingniling Nunnery for more than a month. She and an old Taoist priest crossed Qingniling Ridge more than a month ago. There were many Shu troops blocked there. The old Taoist priest stayed in Qingniling Nunnery for a while, saying that she was going to Mount Emei. Unexpectedly, Fengzhou was at war soon, and Xingzhou was also very peaceful. She couldn't leave, so she lived in the nunnery..."

Guo Shao hurriedly asked: "What's the origin? Don't say it's the secret work of the Shu army... The Shu army doesn't know the best way."

There is a small road in the west of Qingniling Nunnery called Baishui Road. Guo Shao had learned about it from a nun before, saying that fugitives and smugglers walked out. Jingniang's secret agent sent to Qingniling came back by that path.

The woman said: "She said her name is Qingxu. Her master's name is Chen Tuan, and her name is Fuyao..."

"Fuyao?" Guo Shao was greatly surprised... Back then he was rescued by a Taoist priest who called himself Fuyao in Hefu; at that time, Guo Shao knew almost nothing about this era, and of course he didn't care about Fuyao, but later found out that he was a very famous person.

"Her name is Qingxu?" Jing Niang was also very surprised.

Guo Shao frowned and said: "Fuyao is not good at women. At the end of Tang Dynasty, the emperor gave him beautiful maids, but he was still young and didn't want them; now that he is old, why would he accept a female brother? The girl who claims to be pure is probably talking nonsense, right?"

"She said she was picked up by Fuyao when she was a child. She was originally just a girl, and Fuyao always slept every day, so she grew up 'accidentally'." The woman said, "I don't think she is lying, she is very powerful at a young age, and she must have expert advice."

At this time, Jingniang said: "I met Qingxu in Mount Emei, he is indeed Fuyao's younger brother. Back then, I was able to get acquainted with Mrs. Huarui, the noble concubine of the Kingdom of Shu, thanks to Qingxu's help."

Jingniang also asked her subordinates to describe Qingxu's appearance, and believed that the young lady was Qingxu even more, "The old Taoist priest who left earlier may be Fuyao. This person is hard to find, but you actually met him in the nunnery... I want to go to Qingniling nunnery, take Qingxu over and take care of her first, and send her back to Mount Emei when I have a chance."

"It's too risky for you to go. It's also a territory controlled by the Shu army. You just need to write a letter..." Guo Shao turned to look at the female Taoist priest who had just arrived, "I will send a few soldiers over there, let her lead the way, and then take over Chen Tuan's apprentice. It's not a bad thing for such a fairy to sell favors."

Jing Niang thought for a while, and said: "That's fine. But you need to find someone you can trust, and don't let Qing Xu be wronged. She is kind to me."

Guo Shaodao: "Of course I will find someone I can trust. The army has seventeen old subordinates. They are the soldiers I recruited when I went to Gaoping. They are all in Tokyo. People who know the basics and know the basics. There should be no problem in choosing two or three people from them."

After saying that, he left Jingniang's room and immediately went out to arrange staff.

After finishing the work here, Guo Shao has nothing to do again. The fighting had ceased, and the scouts hadn't noticed any changes. After thinking about it for a while, he still judged that Qingniling would not attack after the Shu army increased its troops... Maybe he was just afraid that the Zhou army would take advantage of the victory and continue to penetrate deep into the Shu kingdom and come to defend.

In an unfamiliar place, everyone doesn't have much sense of security, but instead they are very idle, so idle that they don't even have entertainment. Guo Shao can't help but think wildly. For some reason these days, he always feels something is wrong in his heart.

Searching in the depths of his memory, he gradually unearthed some very vague impressions. And quickly grasped the key point that was erratic in the chaos: Will the big talisman die early?

Guo Shao really doesn't remember exactly how he died. Anyway, he vaguely remembers that Chai Rong married two sisters... but he is not sure. Zhao Kuangyin is the character Guo Shao is most familiar with, but Chai Rong only knows the name; even Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the empresses of Zhou and Zhou are more impressed than Chai Rong.

Where did he see that Chai Rong married two sisters when he was the emperor? Maybe he read it in a magazine, maybe...Anyway, Guo Shao only had a vague impression; He has not carefully studied historical knowledge, but during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, ordinary people rarely dabbled in it.

The point is, this question is too important!

If the Queen of Talisman dies, what should I do? Guo Shao feels that the matter is very serious. If there is no Fuhou to support him behind his back, he doesn't think he can be the commander of Xiangdu now... If it is gone in the future, Guo Shao's foundation is still playing a fool? It is best to be a military commander honestly, and then go with the flow, and forget the dragon at critical moments.

The more he thought about it, the more flustered he became. In the past, I was preoccupied with other things every day, especially the most personal things in front of me. I really didn't think about Empress Fu. Suddenly, that vague impression was discovered by myself.

If Empress Fu is not alive, the most direct impact will be that Guo Shao can no longer miss her second sister Fu. This kind of thing made Guo Shao feel very disappointed.