Chapter 8: Human Heart (4)

"Central Army, raise the shield on the spot!!"

"Left wing, forward!"

"Right wing, advance fifty steps diagonally, turn left, throw the spear!"

“Riding…”

Five thousand yamen's personal troops, under the command of flags and horn drums, kept moving forward and backward, rotating left and right. The murderous aura that rose from the ground filled the entire schoolyard.

"Um!" King Gao Xingzhou of Qi stroked his beard with satisfaction, and his slightly raised belly was filled with golden sunlight.

These five thousand elites wearing heavy armor and holding sharp weapons are the capital for him to settle down and also the solid backing for ensuring the prosperity of the Gao family. Back then, Chang Si, the governor of Zelu, could sweep half of Hedong with five hundred brothers. Now, the elites under his command of Gao Xingzhou are ten times that of Chang Si. Even if the world changes color again, who dares to force him to kneel down?

"Central Army, take twenty steps forward and slash three times forward!!"

"Left wing, stay still, the archers are holding their bows and waiting to be fired!"

"Right wing, take ten steps back and form a formation!"

“Riding…”

Seeing that his prince was satisfied, Gao Xingjian, the deputy commander of the Yanei army who was in charge of the military exercise, shouted harder. The messengers around quickly turned his orders into flag movements and drum sounds, and clearly spread them into everyone present.

"Kill, kill, kill!" On the school field, the roar was like a storm. Every soldier who participated in the school review used his strength to eat, fearing that he would be unsatisfied and would be sorry for the usual offerings of Prince Qi.

Once selected as a personal army, no matter the generals, they will receive double salary. During the holidays, there will be another portion of pork and rice as a reward. When encountering red and white matters at home, there is no need to open your mouth. The officials of the royal family will naturally send servants to help with money. Therefore, every personal army no longer regards their lives as their own since the day they entered the camp. As long as the prince gives the order, the swords and fires will never come in a flash.

"Yes!" Seeing that the brothers were all energetic, Gao Xingzhou became more and more proud.

In terms of territory, Gao Xingzhou is now firmly among the top three among the princes. In terms of strength, even if he is not considered the eldest son Gao Huaide, who has already opened a private residence and Jianya, the Gao family is not inferior to the fourth-ranked Chang family. In terms of connections and qualifications, except for the old wolf Fu Yanqing, there is no one who can compare with him Gao Xingzhou. He is as close as a brother to the emperor Guo Wei, his eldest son and the crown prince, and his second daughter also married Wang Dong, the eldest son of Wang Yin, the commander of the guards, and gave birth to Wang Xiong, the eldest grandson of the eldest son, which is to be breeze and rain.

Thinking of the in-laws, Wang Yin, who held the power of the imperial guards, a dark cloud suddenly flashed in Gao Xingzhou's face. His daughter and son-in-law had a deep affection and had a very transcendent position in the Wang family. Wang Yin, the in-laws, and the King of Qi, were also considered old brothers who had been dating for many years, and they appreciated each other. If nothing unexpected happens, within twenty years, the Wang and Gao families could join forces to become a force that would never be able to become one in the Great Zhou territory, and sit and watch the changes in the world.

However, this idea is normal to have accidents, but it is strange if it is not accidents. Last month, the Grand Marshal Wang Yin actually got confused after drinking and offered to let Wang Rou, the pearl in his hand, marry the imperial guard general, Li Chongjin, the head of the horse and brigade army, do the house filling! This was a trick of a wrong chess disrupting the entire chess game!

You should know that Li Chongjin, the head of the Mab and Budu army, is Guo Wei's elder sister and the son of Princess Fuqing. His blood relationship with Emperor Guo Wei is even closer than that of Prince Chai Rong! The Privy Councilor Wang Jun has always admired Li Chongjin's kindness and regarded him as a disciple. In the past two years, Prince Chai Rong has been busy managing the Yellow River outside, and he rarely returns to Bianliang once. Li Dujian became a person who frequently enters and leaves the palace. Not only did he take the favor of Chai Rong to replace Guo Wei, he also promoted the country many times, and every time he recommended, he received Guo Wei's favor.

If Li Chongjin, with the support of Wang Jun, could go further! Every time he recited this section, Gao Xingzhou's heart would twitch.

The power of heaven is unpredictable, and the hearts of people are even more unpredictable. Over the years, he has seen the emperor temporarily substituting people. Just like when Shi Jingtang's body was not cold, Jing Yanguang, the commander of the guards' personal army, immediately supported Shi Chonggui to replace Prince Shi Chongrui. Just like Liu Zhiyuan left Bianliang, Prince Liu Chengxun was sent to the West by his younger brother Liu Chengyou. If the Gao family did not prepare early, some of the plots would become facts...

"Prince, the eldest son is back!" A veteran hurriedly ran to the viewing platform and whispered in Gao Xingzhou's ear.

"Ah!" Gao Xingzhou, who was calculating the changes in the current situation, was startled, and his body hid backwards, and then he let out a series of low roars, "Just wait for him to see the orphan directly, and report what kind of report is to do this!"

"Yes, but when the prince sent someone to notify the eldest son, he said that he was dismissed..." The veteran was scolded and sweated from his temples, lowered his head, and carefully added.

"I, I recover quickly, can't it?" Gao Xingzhou's face turned red, and his roar became louder and louder, "You don't have to worry about this matter, call him over to me. Could it be that if I am not sick, he can learn from Dayu's flood control and the three countries' gates without entering?"

Where is this? The Yellow River is clearly located in the north of Qizhou? The veteran couldn't help but mutter, but he didn't have the courage to publicly refute Gao Xingzhou's words, bowed and left in a hurry.

Soon, Gao Huaide arrived with sweating profusely. Seeing his father standing intact on the viewing platform, he was stunned for a moment. He quickly bowed to the ground and shouted: "Father, the unfilial son is back. I wish my father good health and wealth!"

"Ah, you're back! Why don't you go to the river bank to move sandbags?" Gao Xingzhou was too lazy to look at his son, so he walked down the audience, and even continued to scold him, "Since you like moving sandbags so much, just live on the Yellow River bank. Just so happen to exchange your brother back so that I have two sons, but I have to do everything by myself. I'm sick and painful, and I can't even find a person who delivers medicine!"

"Father, please calm down. I, I just go there and take a look. Really, it's not intentionally staying outside and not coming back!" Gao Huaide didn't dare to retaliate, followed his father with his head down, and explained with a smile.

"Yes, it's still dark and you can enjoy moving!" Gao Xingzhou didn't plan to reason with his son today. He turned his head and pointed at the other party's nose and scolded, "Look at you, how could you be like a military governor with heavy troops? He always only followed others' heads, but he also lowered his head to the river bank to play with mud! Our Gao family, our Gao family's ancestral grave is wrong, and he actually gave birth to you, a bastard who can't tell the difference between high and low?"

"Father, I didn't carry the sandbags myself." Gao Huaide was also a governor of a town, and he couldn't stand his father's in front of so many people. He stomped his feet and explained with a grievance. "Besides, let alone His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

"The prince is the prince, you are you!" Gao Xingzhou glared at Gao Huaide fiercely, turned over and jumped onto the horse, and left. "Think about it carefully, what's wrong with you? If you can't figure it out, don't go home to see me!"

"Ah..." I've never seen my father be so cold to me. Gao Huaide was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

Gao Xingzhou didn't want to give his son more explanations, so he rushed back to the mansion with a quick horse. He threw his mount into the hands of his guards, then strode back to the back house, took off his helmet, took off his burqa, untied his armor, and threw the fragments on his body all over the ground.

The servants and concubines in the back house did not dare to come forward to touch his bad temper, so they quickly moved to the Buddhist temple to move the first-class wife Wang. Wang was also confused by the sudden anger of her husband. He walked forward with a whisper. "Master, what's wrong with you today? Isn't it normal for the child to grow up and have a group of his own friends? Besides, he made friends with the prince and the champion Hou of the dynasty, both of whom..."
Chapter completed!