Guo Da also received the official document from Xihe, informing him that Dong Zhuo, the Polu general, would be appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. After hearing this, he neither became angry nor depressed, and looked the same as usual. However, he could not eat that day, and his soldiers came from the house at night.
Hear the sound of sharpening knives.
The next day, Chen Chong sent a private message to Guo Da. Chen Chong specifically said in the letter that Dong Zhuo would not take office now. Only family members would come to stay in Lishi for a while, so he should not worry.
Guo Da felt lost. On the fourteenth day of every month, he would travel to various counties, but today he was lying on the bed, turning the knife back and forth in his hand, looking at his face. The blade was cold, chilling in the autumn wind.
Penetrating to the bone.
So he rode out of Washi. Compared with last year, there were many fewer garrison troops in Washi, with only seven or eight people. But the popularity remained the same as before. According to the agreement between Chen Chong and Guo Da, there were no checkpoints here.
Many people from Quyu and Yuanyang came and traded here, forming a small gathering, and these garrison troops maintained public security in the local area.
The leader of these garrison soldiers is famously called Wang Mao, but he is much older than the other garrison soldiers. He has a full head of hair, a tall body but a stooped body. All the exposed skin is full of wrinkles, and only a pair of eyes still have a penetrating look.
Guang. When he saw Guo Da, he was sitting on a pebble, resting with a gun in one hand. Before Guo Da could start, he laughed and said: "Guo Shuai, you should be in Sanchuan County at this time, why are you here free?" Guo Da tied his horse to a willow branch nearby and found a pebble on the spot to sit on. He said to Wang Maotaixi: "Master Wang, I feel depressed. There is nothing happier in this life than a house full of relatives and friends. But in this life,
I have no control over my fate. Looking around, you are the only old person I still know."
Wang Mao was originally from the Yuan clan in Changshan, and he was born into a well-known clan in the village. However, when he was forty-two years old, he suffered from colds and was influenced by Zhang Jiao. The disease was cured and he joined the Taiping Road. Later, Zhang Jiao sent him to Xihe to preach.
, he scattered all his family wealth in Lishi and built Taiping Taoist Temple, where he cured diseases and preached, becoming the first Xihe Fuzhu. The Baibo Army owes its success to Wang Mao's preaching.
However, after Zhang Jue died of illness, Wang Mao resigned from his command and withdrew from the army on the grounds of old age and incompetence. Bai Bo returned all the power to Guo Da. However, everyone in the army still respected him quite a bit and would bring wine and meat to him from time to time.
He asked for advice on current affairs.
Wang Mao knew that Guo Daji was very self-disciplined, so he must have been worried when he came to find him. Guo Daguo said to his father: "Dong Zhuo is burdened with blood debts and has deep hatred. I have always cherished him, and he was deeply grieved by my incompetence. Now his relatives are gathered in Lishi.
, I am unmoved. I am afraid of betraying the trust of my colleagues, and I am also afraid of repeated objections. Can Master Wang teach me?"
Wang Mao opened his mouth, pointed at Guo Da's teeth first, and then his tongue, and said with a smile: "Zhonghuang Taiyi once said, the best thing is like water. My teeth are hard and my tongue is soft. Guo Shuai, I am nearly seventy now, look at my teeth.
There is no oneness, but the tongue is still as flexible as ever. I hope that you can be as soft as your tongue and not as strong as your teeth. If you and I can't survive, our actions will be in vain."
At this point, Wang Mao comforted him and said: "Now, except for you and me, there are less than a hundred people left in our army who have moved to Hebei. They can't survive, so what can they do? Dong Zhuo has served as a high-ranking official in Bingzhou to provide peace and stability to the people.
, the expulsion of Xianbei was a great achievement in battle, and many of his old subordinates were united with the state, and the people cherished his kindness. If you kill him, you will not only be disadvantageous to Chen Longshou, but I am afraid there will also be more discord in your army." p>
Only then did Guo Da let go. A new restaurant had opened in Wa Shi. The two of them ordered two plates of Hu biscuits, a plate of mutton head meat, and a pot of wine. They reminisced about the past together until the sunset. Waiting for the dawn moon.
After peeking out of the clouds, Guo Dafang said goodbye to Wang Mao and rode home slowly along the waves of Wanshui.
The benefits of joining the imperial court can be seen with the naked eye. Except for the war in March and April this year, Baibo soldiers and civilians have been working hard to cultivate Longmu. As Guo Da walked along, he saw that only the harvested wheat stubble was left in the barren fields, and the villages he passed still had lights.
Swaying, on the flat ground in front of the hut, wheat ears were drying in every house. A gust of wind brought smoke from cooking, and Guo Da could still vaguely distinguish the aroma of wheat noodles.
By the time he returned to Huanyang City, it was already Haishi. Eight guards at the south gate were on duty, but they looked not serious. One of them was holding a mutton leg bone and teasing two yellow dogs, while several people were laughing and surrounding him.
, the yellow dog circled back and forth between the people, its tail kept spinning.
When Guo Da entered the city, he deliberately dismounted and criticized them: "Now that the curfew has been lifted and the New Year is approaching, the city is prone to flooding and riots. You should work harder." Before he finished speaking, a yellow dog hugged his legs and feet and squatted down.
Sitting on his boots and licking the back of Guo Da's hand, Guo Da couldn't help but smile. He gently rubbed the dog's head and turned around to leave. When he returned to the side room alone and saw the snow-like carving knife on the table, he suddenly realized that he was not there.
Go out without a knife.
Guo Da picked up the knife again and looked at his face from the blade. Just as the autumn wind poured in from the hall door, he couldn't help but close his sleeves and looked back at the room. He was the only one standing alone in the empty hall. He suddenly regretted his refusal.
Shanyu proposed marriage not because he liked Pu Zhenmeilu, but because he felt that the room was a little deserted.
In the days that followed, Guo Da also relaxed. A few days ago, he was still diligently repairing the city. During these days, he invited several Confucian scholars to ask them for advice on literacy and reading. When the conversation got excited, Guo Da invited them to have a dinner together.
He stayed in the mansion. The people of Huanyang occasionally saw him walking slowly along the Wanshui River with a peaceful expression, so they talked privately: It turns out that even a warrior with a heart as hard as stone like Guo Shuai can enjoy the mountains and rivers.
On the ninth day of September, Guo Da rode his horse up Huanghao Mountain as usual. Autumn was coming to an end, and the mountain was covered with withered basil and shrubs, but there was no shortage of yellow chrysanthemums. The surrounding cities, soldiers and civilians came to the mountain for a picnic.
Everything that the autumn wind blows is filled with the aroma of meat.
Guo Da also received an invitation from Han Siam and Yang Feng, but he declined, saying that he was not feeling well and was not suitable for a banquet. At this time, he was on the mountain, trying to find a bunch of dogwood among the chrysanthemums. It was now very cold, and at the end of the day, Xihe was already five years old.
There were no more dogwoods in the year. After all, he found nothing, so he sat on the top of the mountain and watched the people passing by on both sides of the Yuan River below the mountain.
He immediately saw a man leading a horse waving to him on the mountainside, and then slowly walking towards where he was sitting. The man was far away and he couldn't see his face clearly, but his figure was familiar to him. He tried to recall, but couldn't.
As a result, when the man left and came up, Guo Da saw his eyes, and he remembered with horror the identity of the man in front of him.
The man was wearing a military uniform, carrying a bow and arrow on his back, and a knife on his waist. He carried a lunch box in one hand and a wine flask in the other. His appearance had changed drastically from the last time we were separated, but Guo Da still recognized him, so he took the initiative to step forward
Shake hands and ask him: "Brother Peng, why are you here?"
The man put down the food box and wine bottle, stared at Guo Da for a moment, and then said with emotion to Guo Da: "I haven't seen you for four years. I almost don't recognize you." He tied the horse's reins in the bushes and said to him again.
He said with a smile: "Four years ago, your eyes were full of murderous intent, but as clear as water. Now your eyes are calm, but a little more turbid."
Guo Da looked at him and said with emotion: "Why don't I recognize Brother Peng?" The man sat on the ground, opened the food box, took out the cup and chopsticks, and asked: "Where have I changed?" Guo Da also sat on the ground with him and recalled: "Brother Peng, you were the proud disciple of Master Daliang back then, and you made great achievements. But you are not proud of your reputation. When you kill the enemy, you take the lead, and when you retreat, you take the rear.
, all the commanders in the religion would put you first. At that time, your eyes were as bright as a torch, and everyone often laughed and said that you could burn water into fire."
The man filled the glass with wine for him, poured a glass for himself, and said with a smile: "What now? Can it extinguish the flames and turn them into smoke?"
Guo Da could only drink this glass of wine. The wine tasted fishy and bitter, and it was not freshly brewed sake. After several difficulties, Guo Da finally swallowed the bitter wine. The man looked at the clouds, and his words seemed to be floating in the air.
He asked Guo Da: "I have something big to do in Lishi. As colleagues, Guo Da, can you help me once?"
Hearing the word "Li Shi", Guo Da's eyelids jumped slightly. After he calmed down, he asked: "What does Brother Peng want to do?"
The man took out his knife, inserted the blade into the ground, and said to him: "I have a lot of regrets in this life, but there is only one thing that makes me toss and turn over this." He punched the handle of the knife angrily, and said in a suppressed tone: "As a Taiping Taoist, I
, how could you not avenge the great wise master and kill the thief Dong Zhuo!"
Guo Daben had thousands of things to say, but he choked up for a moment after hearing these words. It took him a long time to squeeze out one sentence: "The Dong thief is not in Bingzhou at this time. If he is, why does Brother Peng need to take action?"
The man sneered and said: "So what? Now that most of the Dong family is here, I am about to imitate Su Buwei [1], kill all my relatives, chop the bones into pieces, and make the Dong thieves panic all day long, just in time to frighten them."
Die from fear!"
Guo Da could only reply: "Now that Chen Chong is in charge of Xihe, he has written to me specifically not to worry about it. He must have made a record of it. Brother Peng's trip may not be easy."
Unexpectedly, the man sneered, stood up and sneered at him: "How can we not think twice about the assassination? I had already looked at Lishi from a distance beforehand. The residence of Dong's family was built by my sect. According to the common sense in the sect, the house was built by my own hands.
There must be a secret passage. I came here to ask you where the secret passage is! Since I entered Huanyang, I have seen you leisurely all day long. I am afraid you are not tired of fame and have forgotten the piles of corpses in Qianqiu Pavilion!"
As soon as these words came out, Guo Dayu sat on pins and needles. He immediately stood up and said angrily: "Guo's fame is nothing but dirt! It's just that I have nearly 100,000 people, and my life and death depend on Chen Chong. The situation in Bingzhou is complicated at the moment. Brother Peng can't do this if he doesn't succeed. , then put all my men to death! What can I do!"
The man hesitated when he heard the words, then Taixi sat down, took out a bunch of dogwood from his arms, and said in a daze: "Guo Da, what you said makes sense. Then I will wait for Chen Longshou to go far away, and then wait for the opportunity to act. He paused and then said firmly: "After the matter is completed, I will die and it will have nothing to do with you and others."
Seeing that his eyes were as dark as rain and his words were so passionate, Guo Da was speechless. He sat on the ground with him again, raised his cup, and drank the wine in one gulp. The wine was tasteless.
[1] Su Buwei: Su Buwei was given the courtesy name Gongxian. His father, Su Qian, was initially the postal governor of the county. Su Qian was upright and upright, and contradicted Li Hao, the magistrate of Meiyang County at that time, several times, and Li Hao was appointed as the official minister of the Central Military Commission. Support, promoted step by step, and was promoted to Sili Xiaowei. Su Qian was dismissed when he served as the Queen Mother of Jincheng. After resigning, Su Qian entered Luoyang privately, but as a rule, dismissed officials were not allowed to enter Luoyang unless they were recruited by the emperor. Li Hao caught This opportunity forced Su Qian to death and insulted the body.
After Su Buwei knew about it, he tried several times to assassinate Li Hao, but all failed. He simply massacred Li Hao's wife and children, and then opened the coffin of his father Li Fu and slaughtered his body. Li Hao could not catch Su Buwei, and he offered a reward for several years. There was no result, he was sad and angry, and soon vomited blood and died. Xuehai Hexiu compared Su Buwei to Wu Zixu. Guo Taize, a great Confucian scholar, believed that Su Buwei could anger Li Hao to death, so he should be better than Wu Zixu. Su Buwei could anger Li Hao to death. Wei became famous all over the world.