Guo Song came to his father-in-law Xue Xun's house in the afternoon, Xue Xun still lives in Xuanyang's old mansion, this house was originally given to them by Guo Song, and later Xue Xun bought the next two acres of yard and built a west courtyard, ready to live in the future for his son Xue Qingcheng after marriage.

It was the old housekeeper who opened the door, he knew Guo Song, he was startled, and hurriedly ran back and shouted: "Uncle is here!" ”

Don't wait for Guo Song to ask! The mother-in-law, Han Shi, greeted her, and she was startled and said, "Yo! Uncle is here, didn't Tao'er come with you? ”

The law of time doesn't seem to work on Han's body, Guo Song and Xue Tao have been married for seventeen or eighteen years, the father-in-law Xue Xun has aged a lot, and his maternal grandparents have passed away, but this mother-in-law has not changed, and she is the same as when she first saw Xue Tao, she is white and fat, only a few crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and there is not even white hair on her head.

Guo Song smiled bitterly and said, "It's a little trivial, I want to find my father-in-law." ”

"I see, you're just passing through here, come in!"

Han turned around and shouted, "Dead old man, your son-in-law is here, are you behind your ears?" ”

"Don't be so loud, my heart can't stand it."

Xue Xun muttered and walked out, "Aren't I here?" ”

Guo Song hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "I'm disturbing my father-in-law for a nap." ”

"It's okay, I just woke up, haven't you eaten?"

"After eating, I want to talk to my father-in-law about a little thing."

"Then go to my study, madam, it's rare for my son-in-law to come and get a bottle of good wine."

Han glared at her husband, "Imperial Physician Wang said you can't drink. ”

"Just drink this once, a small bottle, then two cups, two cups is always fine!"

Han left, the two came to the outer study, the outer study was next door to Xue Tao's room, Guo Song took a look, his wife's room was the same as before, there was no change, he smiled: "This room is good, you can live in Qing'er." ”

Xue Xun shook his head, "Qing'er has his own room, this is Tao'er's room, everything is furnished as it is, when people are old, they like to be nostalgic, looking at their daughter's room, they will think of her when she was a child, it can be regarded as a good memory!" ”

Guo Song sighed softly in his heart, and let his wife come to visit his parents often in the future.

The two walked into the study and sat down, and Han immediately came in, bringing two cups of tea, and two small glasses of wine next to him, Xue Xun's eyes lit up, "Ouch! I finally saw the baby. ”

He took a sip of the wine glass and drank it, closing his eyes and still unsatisfied, "Good wine!" ”

His gaze fell on another glass of wine, and Han slapped his hand, "Don't think about it, this glass of wine belongs to your son-in-law." ”

"Alright! All right! I drink tea. ”

Xue Xun had to sit down stupidly, and Han instructed Guo Song to say two more words, and Guo Song smiled: "Don't worry! I will not delay my father-in-law's body. ”

Han left, Xue Xun was quick, picked up Guo Song's wine glass and drank it all, quickly put the wine glass in its place, waved his hand to Guo Song, and sure enough, Han took another look, and then left.

Guo Song smiled: "Is it so serious to drink a glass of wine?" ”

"Hey! You don't know, my liver is very bad, the doctor strictly forbids me to drink, a few days ago I went out with Du You, I couldn't help but drink two more glasses, your mother-in-law scolded me for a few days, she is actually for my good, if you want to live a few more years, you have to drink less. ”

"Then listen to the doctor, slowly quit drinking, it's not bad to drink tea, I have a lot of good tea there, I'll send some when I go back."

"Then thank you son-in-law!"

Guo Song turned the topic to business and told Xue Xun about wanting his son to go to the bottom to sharpen himself.

Xue Xun agreed: "This is a good thing, let the child have more contact with some folk suffering, it will slowly change his heart, as long as it is safe, you can let him go by himself." ”

Guo Song hesitated and said, "Actually, I want Qing'er to be with him." ”

Xue Xun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Yes, of course I can, I also want Qing'er to endure hardships!" It's just that his mother can't bear it. ”

Guo Song suddenly remembered something, his face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I can't let my mother-in-law know about this matter." ”

Xue Xun nodded, his wife was not tight-mouthed, if she knew, it wouldn't be long before the entire officialdom would know.

"It's okay, now Qing'er is studying in Taixue, and he doesn't usually come back, I will tell him to keep it a secret."

After the two talked about this matter, they opened the topic, and Guo Song asked: "The imperial court is about to be established, does my father-in-law want to come to the imperial court to be an official?" ”

Xue Xun sighed and said with a smile: "Du You also persuaded me to compete for the country, in fact, I was quite tempted, but this time your mother-in-law was resolutely opposed." ”

"Is it because of the body?"

Xue Xun nodded, "My body can only be cultivated, not tired, in fact, being a senior minister is very suitable for me, not tired, and able to participate in the affairs of the imperial court, the virtuous son-in-law calls it a consultant, I think this name is good, just ask if you can take care of it, and don't ask if you can't take care of it." ”

Xue Xun is the old Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, he serves as the senior minister of the Ministry of Rites, some major decisions of the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to him first, put forward some opinions, he has time to go to the Ministry of Rites to sit down, many officials will ask him for advice, he is the father of the princess, no one dares to disrespect him, Xue Xun lives this kind of life is also comfortable and very satisfied.

So Du You persuaded him to fight for the position of Xiangguo, he thought about it again, and his wife resolutely opposed it, so he didn't want to.

Guo Song just said that he knew that Xue Tao also resolutely opposed his father being an official, and it was also because of his health, in history, Xue Xun died early because of his poor health in Yunnan, and because he changed Xue Xun's fate, Guo Song also hoped that his father-in-law could live longer.

After a few more pleasantries, Guo Song got up and said goodbye........

Early the next morning, Guo Song sent his son to the shop of his eldest sister Guo Ping, although Xue Tao was reluctant, but Guo Jincheng was very excited, he was very yearning for this new life, he was like a young eagle that had just grown up, full of curiosity about the new world.

Guo Song glanced at his son, Guo Jincheng had already changed his clothes, wearing a half-worn blue fine linen gown, wearing a square scarf, a half-old leather belt around his waist, wearing an ordinary short sword, and a book bag on his back, looking like a scholar with a very ordinary family background.

Guo Song said lightly: "This time you are going to teach at the Fifth School of the City Wall Root as a student of Tai, every morning you go to Taixue to class, in the afternoon to teach the children to read, one day off, you will live in your aunt's house at night, there should be no fine clothes and jade food, you must be prepared." ”

Guo Jincheng nodded, "The child understands!" ”

"Come back once a month to see your mother, for an hour or two, you can't spend the night in the palace, this is the rule, for my father I want you to talk about the rules."

"Remember, child!"

Guo Song touched his head and said: "Because you are the son of the world, you need to personally understand how the people at the bottom live, every time you make a decision in the future, you will think of them in your heart, only by letting the people at the bottom have food and clothing, you can be admired by all the people, and you can be passed on to future generations." ”

"The teachings of the father, the children will take to heart."

The carriage arrived at Xi'an Gate Street not long ago, and stopped at the back door of Meishou Wine Shop, today happened to be the Taixue holiday, Guo Song sent his son directly to Guo Ping, Guo Ping was already waiting in front of the gate.

Guo Jincheng got out of the carriage and gave a salute obediently, "Hello aunt!" ”

Guo Ping rubbed her nephew's hair lovingly, and asked Guo Song again: "Brother, why don't you come in and sit?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "No need, I still have something to do, just leave the city to the eldest sister!" ”

"Don't worry! Your eldest sister has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and she will let Cheng'er learn something. ”

Guo Jincheng bowed to his father and said goodbye, and then followed his aunt into the store, Guo Song looked at it for a long time, and ordered, "Go to the front turn and stop!" ”

The carriage soon came to the corner, and two people walked out of the alley, one was Guo Yuniang, the leader of the Jinwei Mansion, and the other was Wang Yue, the leader of the internal guard, Guo Song asked, "How is the arrangement?" ”

Guo Yuniang said: "Our people have already entered the wine shop as buddies, and four people have been installed, and the two maids around the eldest lady are also arranged by me, they are all strong in martial arts, and then I will arrange four top masters as stealth guards, which will protect every aspect of the prince and will not let the prince find out." ”

After a pause, Guo Yuniang said again: "I will personally protect the safety of the prince at night." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Then it's hard for you!" ”

He asked Wang Yue again, "What about the internal guard?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, we have monitored the intelligence points of Zhu Zhu and Li Na, and the inner lines placed in them will report to us at any time, but they don't know about it, and there is also the area around Xi'an Gate Outer Street and the root of the city wall, we have planted dozens of brothers each, and they will pay attention to suspicious characters."

Jin Wei Mansion and the internal guard are two lines, one is responsible for security, the other is to monitor the people who endanger safety, after all, it is his eldest son, although Guo Song wants him to be a little sharpened, but in terms of security, he does not dare to be careless at all, except for Zhu Jun and Li Na, he has too many enemies, keeping secrets is one thing, doing a good job of security, leaving no dead ends and hidden dangers is the most important thing.