Early the next morning, Guo Song met Aunt Gongsun in Tianlai Music Fang.

Aunt Gongsun also came back last night, she was not in a high mood, she seemed a little listless, Guo Song saw that she was depressed, so he asked, "Senior aunt, what happened?" ”

Aunt Gongsun sighed and said: "Yesterday, the new servant Liu Yan and Zhongshu Ling Yuanzai jointly wrote to the Son of Heaven, requesting the cancellation of the three buildings of Tianyuan, Tianqing and Tianying, and the Son of Heaven has approved it, which means that the outer hall of the Hidden Sword Pavilion will also be disbanded." ”

"Auntie, isn't this normal?"

Guo Song comforted Gongsun Auntie and said: "These warrior groups appeared to deal with Yu Chaoen, and now that Yu Chaoen is ambushed, they have also completed their mission." ”

"Then you're wrong!"

Aunt Gongsun said: "Do you know where Li Jiangzuo, who was forced away by you in Kaifeng County, is now?" He took more than 30 samurai to Li Zhengji, the envoy of the Ziqing Festival, and established the Qilu Martial Arts Hall in Zizhou, nominally to train talents for the army, but in fact Li Zhengji's samurai group.

Not only Li Zhengji, but also Tian Chengsi, Li Huaixian, Zhang Zhongzhi, Xue Song and other feudal towns, which one is not forming a samurai group? The disbanded warriors in Chang'an will flow to them, and these civil officials are brainless one by one, and when they are assassinated by the feudal town, they will know that they are in pain. ”

"My aunt has a point, I still have to leave some essence, it's a pity to let them go."

"I will have a good talk with the Son of Heaven tomorrow, the Hidden Sword Pavilion not only cannot be disbanded, but must also be strengthened, the feudal town sharpens its sword, and we cannot destroy the Great Wall."

Guo Song nodded, "I'm afraid I won't be able to help my aunt." ”

Aunt Gongsun showed regret in her eyes, but she could fully understand Guo Song's choice, Guo Song took the path that his master had walked, and with this good apprentice, senior brother Jiuquan should also be blind.

"I already know about you, since you have chosen this path yourself, I don't want to persuade you anything, I just hope you understand in your heart that going to the Western Regions will be very dangerous, and it is a blessing to be able to come back alive."

Guo Song was silent for a moment and said: "I have thought about it for a long time, and since I have already chosen, I will never regret it." ”

"Then I won't say anything, what else do you need my help with?"

"I hope that my aunt will take care of Qingxu Palace and the wine shop, and I don't have anything else to worry about."

Aunt Gongsun smiled slightly, "Why do you think Jinchangfang opened the north gate?" You think I never cared about my brother's golden body? ”

"Thank you, auntie!"

Guo Song got up to say goodbye, he suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Why was Yuan Zai's gold medal confiscated?" ”

"He made some small moves in the matter of making the crown prince, which annoyed the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven withdrew his gold medal as a warning."

Guo Song hugged his fists and saluted, turned around and hurriedly left.

Aunt Gongsun looked at Guo Song's distant back and sighed, this little nephew with superb martial arts finally embarked on the path of his master, is there really a providence in the dark?

........

Guo Song returned to Qingxu Palace, and the little nephew Qingfeng ran out and said, "Little Master, the fourth uncle is here, waiting for you in the room!" ”

"Where's your master?"

"Master went to the county government to go through the procedures for purchasing land, and the county government promised to sell us a piece of land against the fang wall, almost ten acres, but Master has been busy these days! Every day, people send their children to become monks, and there are already 35 of us in Qingxuguan. ”

Guo Song smiled: "Then you are also a senior brother, you have to help the master and reduce the burden for the master." ”

"Hmmm! Now the donor is in charge of the incense, and I am in charge of it with my three junior brothers. ”

Guo Song patted him on the shoulder, and walked quickly to the backyard, Yang Yu actually came, and he hadn't seen him for almost a few months.

Guo Song walked to the backyard, but saw Yang Yu was holding his Fang Tian painting halberd in the courtyard to practice, although Yang Yu was thin, but his strength was not small, in Kongtong Mountain, he could carry three hundred catties of wood to sell.

However, being able to carry 300 catties of wood does not mean that he can wield 90 catties of weapons with both hands, Yang Yu was okay at first, but after practicing more than ten moves, Yang Yu was a little struggling.

"No more! Old Five, your halberd is so fucking heavy, do you really use it as a weapon? ”

"Nonsense! If you don't use him as a weapon, can you use him as an ornament? ”

Guo Song took the halberd and put it back in the house, and said to Yang Yu: "I was about to go to find the third brother, let's go together!" Let's go to the restaurant for a drink. ”

Yang Yu smiled and said: "I haven't drunk with my junior brother for several years, and today I want to taste my junior brother's Meishou good wine." ”

........

In the Yunting Restaurant opposite the West Market, the three brothers and sisters found a seat by the window on the second floor, and Zhang Lei specially brought two bottles of Meishou wine, "This is the best Meishou wine, the base wine is ten-year sake, which cannot be bought on the market at all, and it costs fifty yuan a bottle to sell it to the magnates of Chang'an, you can taste it." ”

Yang Yu's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Fifty times a bottle, the third child, you have made a fortune!" ”

Zhang Lei's fat face twitched, "What fortune did I make?" The real rich man is the one next to him, and he makes a fortune without making a noise. ”

Yang Yu glanced at Guo Song, and said to Zhang Lei: "The fifth is now promoted, and he is actually the general of Zhengwupin Dingyuan, I have been mixed for four years, and I haven't even caught an official hair, the fifth child has only been a few months, and he has been knighted and an official, and he is really angry compared to people!" ”

Zhang Lei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Old Five, are you in the army?" ”

Guo Song raised his wine glass and sighed lowly, "This is Master's wish, on the first day I learned martial arts, Master asked me, do you want to learn the martial arts of generals or chivalrous martial arts?" In fact, I learned to be a martial artist, which is destined for me to embark on the path I am today. ”

"Then why don't you join the army in Lingwu? I heard Liang Wu say that Duan Xiushi wants to reuse you. ”

Guo Song smiled faintly: "It's not that I don't want to join the army in Lingwu, but I think the starting point is too low, what can Duan Xiushi give me, it's nothing more than the commander of the Eighth Rank Brigade, to be honest, I don't like it." ”

Yang Yu sighed again, "Give me the Eighth Rank Official, and I will be satisfied." ”

Guo Song smiled: "Senior brother, come with me to the Western Regions!" Only you promise, tomorrow I will let you be the commander of the Eight Rank Brigade, how about it? ”

Yang Yu rolled his eyes, "I'm just talking, you really believe that I want to continue to be an assassin, this is the life I like, my aunt is ready to promote me to a first-class warrior in the inner hall." ”

Guo Song didn't bother to pay attention to him, took out a flying ticket of 140,000 taels of silver and half a piece of jade from his arms, and handed it to Zhang Lei, "This is the silver profit you gave me last time, I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't have to do it in the wine business, you can also do something else, you can consider it yourself." ”

"Why can't you expand your liquor business?" Zhang Lei asked puzzled.

"The profit of the wine business is too high, and the imperial court already has the idea of running an official business, just like salt, which may not be available now, but it will be difficult to say in ten years, when the profits will be taken away by the government, so we must take precautions and prepare a few more ways for ourselves."

"Alright! I'll go back and discuss it with my wife. ”

Guo Song will fill the wine glasses of the three people, raise his glass and say: "After drinking this glass of wine, we may take different paths, but no matter what, the love of our brothers will never change, come!" We toasted it. ”

The three of them raised their glasses together and shouted, "Let's toast!"

........

The next morning, Guo Song rode to the Bashang military camp, his personal belongings were stored in the Qingxu Palace, Guo Song only brought a halberd, a black sword and a bow and arrows to the Bashang Shence military camp.

After waiting at the gate of the camp for a while, Han Chongqing personally came out to greet Guo Song, who is now the general of the Shence Army, and is still responsible for commanding Guo Ziyi's personal soldiers.

"Did Liang Wu report yesterday?"

"It's coming! He came early yesterday morning, and the old man liked him very much, and even praised him for his willingness to communicate with the Western Regions for the country, and named him a brigade commander. ”

Guo Song nodded, and asked again, "Does the old man know about my appointment?" ”

"Of course I know, I knew the day before yesterday, in the past few days, he is forming an elite border army, about 20,000 people, they will go to Shuofang to stay for a long time, restore the establishment of Shuofang army, and the three hundred Long March athletes you need will be selected from this army."

Long March athletes is a special term in the Tang Dynasty, referring to the young and strong men who went to Anxi from all over the Tang Dynasty during the Kaiyuan period, and later the soldiers or individuals who went to Anxi were generally called Long March athletes.

"To be honest, I am also more confused about the title of the Son of Heaven, such as the title of General Dingyuan, this is a military official, but there is no specific official position, and the chief of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate seems to be a civil official, I really don't understand, how to understand it?"

Guo Chongqing smiled slightly: "Generally, the Son of Heaven below the fourth grade is only sealed and dispersed, and the specific official position is determined by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and only the important official positions above the fourth grade are decided by the Son of Heaven, as for the military generals to serve as civilians, it is difficult to say, there has never been a clear boundary, our old man is the commander of the Shence Army, he is still the secretary of the school inspection department, Duan Xiushi is the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, he is not also the assassin of Lingzhou?" ”

Guo Chongqing saw that Guo Song had already understood, and explained with a smile: "The key is to look at the scattered officials, this is basically qualitative, you are the general Dingyuan, your nature is a military general, other positions can be adjusted, you are now the chief of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, maybe a few months later, you will be reappointed as the deputy envoy of the Anxi Jiedu, this official position can be changed at any time, and when you get to the third grade, you can serve as a military officer with a literary officer, and then the status will be different." ”

"Isn't it different for a civil and prose official to hold a military position?" Guo Song asked again.

"Of course it's different, just like the old man who pacified the Anshi Rebellion back then, he was the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, but the title of the scattered official is the golden purple Guanglu doctor, a typical civil and scattered official is a military position, this is the marshal, you are still a general now, even if you are a civilian, you are also a general, and one day you will be reappointed as a civil and scattered official, and then you will command the army, that is the commander, understand!"

"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, I have been taught!"

Guo Chongqing smiled, "I'm actually just talking in general terms, things have to be specific, for example, you led three hundred people to the Western Regions, although you are the general of Dingyuan, but you are the commander of this army, this is the reason why the Son of Heaven appointed you to pacify the Western Regions, there are many twists and turns in the Tang Dynasty officialdom, and you will slowly understand in the future." ”