Guo Song has a little sweat on his forehead, Anxi's affairs have nothing to do with him, if it was just to talk about Anxi, Li Shi would not have recalled him back to the capital at all, if he didn't guess wrong, Li Shi actually wanted to talk to himself about Hexi.

Li Shi walked to the window with his hand, looked at the sky and said slowly: "I finally figured out one thing during this time, where is Datang Sheji?" In the Western Regions or in the Central Plains, it should be in the Central Plains, the Western Regions is just the icing on the cake, just like a person who can't even eat enough, but thinks about what kind of clothes to wear and what kind of mansion to live in all day long, isn't it a bit ridiculous? ”

"Your Majesty, the Central Plains is the society of the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions are also the society of the Tang Dynasty, it is by no means the icing on the cake, and it must not be abandoned!"

Li Shi finally became a little impatient in his heart, "Then I'll just say it!" I decided to transfer back 10,000 troops from Hexi to supplement the Central Plains battlefield, and I would have ordered it directly, but considering your emotions, I summoned you back to the capital and discussed with you in person. ”

"Your Majesty—"

Li Shi waved his hand impatiently, "I know what you want to say, the three thousand troops you replenish Anxi must be transferred back, so that Shazhou and Ganzhou each have 10,000 troops, which is enough to deal with the challenge of Shatuo's army, in addition, Hexi has been calm, and there will be no war for the time being in the next few years, so I can only give you the supply of 10,000 troops, and you can figure out the other half yourself." ”

"Has Your Majesty already decided?"

Li Shi's tone turned a little cold, "I've already decided!" ”

Guo Song was helpless in his heart, so he had to nod, "Since Your Majesty has decided, the minister can only obey the order, I just hope that Your Majesty will not forget that there is still a group of veterans in Anxi, who have been loyally defending the territory of the Tang Dynasty for decades." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song's voice was a little choked.

Li Shi had a cold look on his face, and Guo Song's sadness did not move him at all.

.........

Guo Song didn't know how he got out of the Zichen Palace, Li Shi's attitude towards the Western Regions had completely changed, and his indifference made his heart freeze, did the Son of Heaven really decide to give up Anxi? Or do you simply think that Tubo's national strength has dried up and it is unable to invade the Tang Dynasty again?

"Virtuous nephew, Guo Song!" Someone suddenly called out to him from behind.

As soon as Guo Song turned around, he saw an official hurriedly coming over, and it turned out to be Guo Yao, Guo Ziyi's eldest son.

Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Uncle, haven't seen you for a long time?" ”

"Why is the virtuous nephew here?"

"I was summoned to Beijing by the Son of Heaven, and I just met the Son of Heaven, how is the ancestor's health?"

Guo Yao shook his head with a heavy heart, "It's not good, the imperial doctor has already asked us to think about the future." ”

"Ahh So serious. ”

Guo Yao sighed, "At first, we couldn't accept it, but then we slowly thought about it, when will the virtuous nephew be free in the past two days, he will miss you very much." ”

"I'll go now!"

"That's the best, it's just time to release the court, you go home with me."

Guo Song followed Guo Yao out of the palace gate and boarded Guo Yao's carriage, Yang Jun went to the garden house, and Zhao Xiu followed the carriage to Guo's mansion.

In the carriage, Guo Yao asked: "I saw the back of my nephew just now, and I felt that you seemed to be preoccupied, didn't it go well to see the Son of Heaven?" ”

Guo Song nodded and told Guo Yao about the meeting with Li Shi, Guo Yao was silent for a moment and said: "I heard that the Son of Heaven sent a guard to Hebei to investigate the situation not long ago, and the news that the guard brought back hit him very hard. ”

"The situation in Hebei is not good?" Guo Song asked.

Guo Yao smiled bitterly and said, "Let's say so! The imperial court thought that Hebei still belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, the feudal towns were de facto independent, but they didn't want to tear their faces, they didn't proclaim themselves kings, and they didn't call themselves emperors. ”

"But cutting the feudal domain is not a matter of time and a half, at least it will take a few decades, and I am worried that the imperial court will not be able to grow rice in the end, and the wheat fields will be abandoned."

"Virtuous nephew, after Ma Luan died of illness last year, the Anxi faction of the imperial court completely collapsed, the officials who originally supported the Western Regions were degraded, and the tune was adjusted, Duan Xiushi was hollowed out, and Han Rong, who supported the recovery of Shazhou, was degraded to Zhejiang, and even the more neutral Li Yu also went to Jiannan, I don't know when I can come back, now the words Anxi and Beiting are very taboo in the court, whoever dares to talk nonsense will be demoted when it reaches Yang Yan's ears, this is the general trend, and it can't be changed in a short time."

After a short time, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of Guo's mansion, and Guo Song followed Guo Yao into the gate of the mansion until he came to Guo Ziyi's ward in the back house.

Guo Song silently looked at the old man who was drinking medicine, his face was sallow, skinny, and it could be seen that the old man had reached the moment when he ran out of oil and dried up.

Guo Yao stepped forward and whispered a few words, Guo Ziyi stayed for a moment before his cloudy gaze slowly swept towards Guo Song, with a smile on his face.

Guo Song hurriedly walked up and held the old man's hand.

"Good boy, are you back?" Guo Ziyi smiled hard.

Guo Song nodded, "I'm coming to visit Shizu." ”

Guo Ziyi waved to the rest of the room, and the maid and several children and grandchildren retreated, leaving only the two of them in the room.

Guo Ziyi's voice was very weak, Guo Song put his ear to his mouth, and then Guo Ziyi asked, "Is he going to give up..... Anthy? ”

Guo Song didn't know how to answer, but he nodded anyway.

Guo Ziyi let out a long sigh and asked weakly, "What about you?" ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Grandson doesn't know, grandson doesn't know whether to disobey the will of the Son of Heaven and continue to support Anxi!" ”

Guo Ziyi closed his eyes, and after a while, he opened his eyes and looked at Guo Song, his lips trembled and he said a word, Guo Song didn't hear it, and hurriedly put his ears on it again, only to hear him say in a very low voice: "Fate must be held in your own hands." ”

...........

That night, Guo Ziyi swallowed her last breath.

On June 14, the second year of Jianzhong, Guo Ziyi, known as the god of war, died of illness at home at the age of 85.

Before his death, he was in a coma and did not leave any last words, according to the eldest son Guo Yao, his father's last words were with Guo Song.

Li Shi, the son of heaven, posthumously presented him as a prince, gave him the title of Zhongwu, abolished the dynasty for five days, and issued an order for the ministers to mourn.

For three days in a row, Guo Song was guarding Guo Ziyi's spirit, and he couldn't take care of the affairs of the Hidden Sword Pavilion for the time being.

At noon that day, after Guo Song finished lunch in Guo's mansion, the housekeeper of Guo's mansion stepped forward and whispered a few words to Guo Song, Guo Song nodded, got up and came to the door of the mansion.

"What's the matter?" Guo Song asked Yang Jundao.

"I've seen the little fish girl."

"Where is she?" There has been no news of Xiaoyu Niang in the past few days, and Guo Song is really a little worried.

"She said that someone was chasing and killing her, and she was in a very dangerous situation, and she couldn't come to see the envoy, so she was waiting for the envoy in Jinyang Restaurant."

Guo Song suddenly thought of Zhang Lei, he should also be back, the Hidden Sword Pavilion will not attack him!

Guo Song was really a little worried, so he immediately changed into ordinary clothes and took two people to Jinyang Restaurant in Dongshi.

"Envoy, it looks like someone is following us." Zhao Xiu whispered to Guo Song.

Guo Song is not surprised, he has long found that someone is watching opposite Guo's mansion, and in the past few days, he has slowly realized that killing Yang Yu, chasing and killing Yang Yu's widow, and burning the Golden Body Pavilion, this series of things are probably aimed at himself, Li Man's real goal is himself, why is she targeting herself, Guo Song also has doubts in his heart.

As soon as Guo Song turned around, there were two people dozens of steps behind him with mysterious expressions, and as soon as he turned around, the two hurriedly dodged.

"Let's go kill them!" Zhao Xiu and Yang Jun asked.

Guo Song shook his head, "It's the death day of Lao Linggong, it's bad luck to kill people, let them be arrogant for a few days, wait for the first seven, and then clean them up." ”

When they came to Jinyang Restaurant, Guo Song asked Yang Jun and Zhao Xiu to guard the door, he went directly to the second floor, and sure enough, he saw Xiao Yuniang in a corner on the second floor.

Guo Song came to sit down opposite her and said with a smile: "When did you become so cautious?" ”

Xiao Yuniang hurriedly explained: "I'm not afraid, no one can catch me, I'm afraid that they will find Zhao Xuan, she is Yang Yu's wife, and they are looking for her everywhere." ”

"She's with you?"

Xiao Yuniang hurriedly nodded, "I placed her in a village outside Xicheng, she heard that Yang Yu was killed, she was so sad that she almost had a miscarriage, I found her a hundred years of angelica and astragalus, as well as good bone tendon grass, and decoction with more than a dozen other flavors, the fetus was saved." ”

"Did you inquire about Yang Yu?"

"I asked, I found a little sister who grew up with me, she told me that Yang Yu was poisoned by Wang Jianying, and the two died together, Li Man ordered to catch Zhao Xuan at all costs, the entire Tibetan Sword Pavilion was mobilized, Sun Xiaozhen and his apprentices died, and even Sun Xiaozhen's parents were killed, Li Man is a little crazy now."

Guo Song's eyes flashed with a murderous intent and said coldly: "She is crazy, even the Golden Body Pavilion has been burned, the eldest mother's grave is next to the Golden Body Pavilion, she doesn't care, this woman is actually targeting me." ”

"Childe, what should I do now?"

"You protect Zhao Xuan, the child in her womb is the only bloodline of my senior brother, I must keep it for him, don't worry about the affairs of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, I will take care of it."

Xiao Yuniang nodded, and she hurriedly said: "And proprietor Zhang, I feel that he is not safe, so I asked Mrs. Zhang to send a message to him, asking him not to go back to the capital, but to go to Ganzhou to avoid it first, two days ago, Mrs. Zhang's family followed Li Tianshi to Kongtong Mountain." ”

Guo Song's heart fell, and he said approvingly: "You have done a very good job, I am worried that they will attack Senior Brother Zhang." ”

Xiao Yu Niang was a little embarrassed to be praised, and said: "Childe, I also think that Li Man is targeting you, the people she attacked are all relatives of Childe, and even the Golden Body Pavilion was burned, as if she was deliberately provoking Childe." ”

Xiao Yu Niang left silently, Guo Song was still sitting at the table and pondering, Xiao Yu Niang's words made sense, why did Li Man provoke himself? Guo Song felt that there seemed to be a big conspiracy here, and shot cold arrows at him from behind.

He suddenly remembered that the last time he saw Aunt Gongsun in the Golden Body Pavilion, Aunt Gongsun mentioned Li Man's life experience, as if Li Man's life experience was extraordinary, so he asked himself not to provoke her.

It's a pity that Aunt Gongsun passed away, and he can't explore Li Man's life experience, but Guo Song still faintly feels that Li Man's life experience is related to one of his enemies.