Guo Song turned around and saw Sun Xiaozhen not far behind him, riding a donkey, sweating profusely and looking helpless.
Guo Song came forward with a smile, "You went to Qingxu Temple to find me?"
"I went to look for you. Qingfeng said that you had gone out early in the morning, probably to Pingkangfang. I was in a hurry to come back."
"Do you have news?"
Sun Xiaozhen nodded, "Uncle Junior, let's go in and talk!"
He took Guo Song into the restaurant through the back door. Guo Song looked at the restaurant and praised: "It seems that you are a rich second generation."
"I'm not. My brother is. He inherited the restaurant. I'm just a little scoundrel who doesn't care about my mother and doesn't care about my father. I'm a devil in the world. But after meeting my master, I upgraded to a knight-errant."
Guo Song smiled. There were too many things like abandoning the elder and loving the young, and he was too lazy to explain it.
The two walked into a room in the backyard and saw that the room was full of swords, bows and arrows, as well as a broadsword. Guo Song reached out and grabbed the broadsword to try. It weighed up to twenty kilograms, and he suddenly lost interest.
He took off the bow from the wall again. The bow was not bad, the Badou Bow. He smiled and asked: "You learned these in the martial arts school?"
"No! That martial arts school is a liar. They charged me 20 thousand yuan in tuition. One of the instructors said that my foundation was too poor and I had to start from the most basic training. I just squatted on horseback and lifted stone locks all day long. I couldn't even see the shadow of the sword.
, I have to study for another year, and I don’t have that interest.”
"But I didn't ask you to learn martial arts!"
"Of course, I have heard a lot of news. Which one do you want to hear?"
"Have you heard about the instructor surnamed Mao?"
"I found out that he is the master of martial arts, named Mao Shunshui. I have become friends with him. He often comes to Pingkangfang. He heard that I was the young master of Sun's Restaurant. He was very polite to me and said that he would teach me personally.
My martial arts skills, this kind of person just wants to come to Sun's Restaurant to eat and drink for free."
"Are you sure this Mao Shunshui is the person we are looking for?"
Sun Xiaozhen nodded and sneered: "It must be him. Like Master, he used to catch fugitives for the government and collect bounties. He was called the Diamond Iron Claw. He bragged to me about his glorious past and how many he had captured.
A fugitive thief, but he doesn’t know that right in front of him is the Flying Squirrel.”
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked again: "How is his martial arts?"
"If you can be a worship instructor, your martial arts skills must be very good. My master is also a worship instructor, ranked seventh, and he is ranked third."
"Are they ranked by martial arts or by the order of entry?" Guo Song asked again.
Sun Xiaozhen nodded affirmatively, "Ranked by martial arts!"
Guo Song secretly thought to himself that there was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the capital. His senior brother was only ranked seventh in martial arts, so he couldn't be careless.
"Tell me about it! Is there any other news?"
Sun Xiaozhen said with a proud smile: "Master Junior Uncle, do you want to know about the situation of seizing the heir?"
Guo Song perked up. This was exactly what he wanted to know, "Hurry up and tell me!"
"Actually, Junior Master Uncle has just come to the capital. If you stay longer, you will hear a lot of rumors. There have been a lot of rumors in the capital about the fight for the emperor's direct descendant. The most rumored ones are the three prison guards and the three kings. I heard it in the martial arts hall.
He is also the Three Prisoners and Three Kings."
"Which three prisons and three kings are they specifically?" Guo Song asked.
"The three eunuchs refer to the three powerful eunuchs, Yu Chaoen, Li Fuguo, and Cheng Yuanzhen. It is rumored that the three of them are fighting against each other. The struggle is fierce, and each has great power. However, the prince has not yet decided.
The eunuchs each supported a prince and competed for the position of the Eastern Palace."
"To tell the important point, who are the three princes?" Guo Song asked a little impatiently.
"Don't worry, little uncle. After talking about the three prisons, there are three kings. The three kings are Lu Wang Li Shi, Zheng Wang Li Miao and Zhao Wang Li Si."
Guo Song was taken aback, "Is Zhao Wang Li Si also participating in the fight for the heir?"
"King Zhao was the grandson of the emperor designated by the late emperor. Later, the late emperor was overthrown by the Supreme Emperor, and King Zhao stepped aside. Now it is King Lu and King Zheng who are fighting the most fiercely. King Lu is the eldest son, but King Zheng is the heir to the throne designated by the Supreme Emperor, so the prince
The position has never been settled."
It seems very complicated, but Guo Song still understands it. The current situation of seizing the direct line is still related to the Seizing of the Gate ten years ago. Ten years ago, the Supreme Emperor Li Longji launched the Seizing of the Gate and took away the throne of his son Suzong Li Heng of the Tang Dynasty.
Later, the emperor's grandson Li Yu succeeded to the throne.
The king of Zhao, Li Si, was adopted as his grandson by the late emperor Li Heng and was very favored, so Li Heng appointed Li Si to inherit the throne. However, after Li Heng was overthrown by his father Li Longji, Li Si was marginalized and the succession to the throne came to nothing.
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But Li Longji liked Prince Zheng Li Miao the most, and designated him as the great-grandson of the emperor, who would inherit the throne of his father Li Yu in the future.
And Li Shi is the eldest son of the emperor, the eldest son publicly recognized by the emperor. He is the orthodox successor to the throne. However, because the Supreme Emperor Li Longji appointed King Zheng Li Miao from another generation, and probably issued an edict, the current emperor Li Yu is very
I'm in a dilemma, I don't know how to determine the heir to the throne.
As for Li Si, he may become a dark horse. After all, he is the successor designated by Li Heng, Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, and has a certain degree of legitimacy. When Li Miao and Li Shi fought and both suffered losses, Li Si benefited.
After pondering for a long time, Guo Song asked again: "Who do the three eunuchs support?"
"Everyone in Chang'an knows that Yu Chao'en supports Li Miao, King of Zheng, who was entrusted by the Supreme Emperor. Cheng Yuanzhen supports King Lu Li Shi. He once served the young King of Lu, and of course he favors Li Shi. Li Fuguo is the former emperor Suzong's old friend.
Man, he must support King Zhao Li Si, but it is rumored that Li Fuguo betrayed Emperor Suzong during the coup, so it is hard to say how loyal he is to King Zhao."
Guo Song nodded, they did have their roots. Guo Song paced back and forth in the room. He was a little confused now. He actually came to the capital to hug Li Shi's lap. He knew that Li Shi was the future Tang Dezong, but
Now he finds that history has changed a lot, and the root cause is Li Longji's coup, which changed the entire historical trajectory.
Although Li Yu, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, is still the emperor, are you sure that Li Shi, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, will be next? Not necessarily. Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen were killed by Li Yu in history, but they are still alive and well, and they still have
power.
Sun Xiaozhen was a little anxious and whispered: "Uncle, don't you want to know who recruited my master?"
Guo Song suddenly realized, that's right! Senior brother's matters were the focus. Who was Gan Yu recruited? Who was he chasing?
"Whose property is Huben Martial Arts School?" Guo Song asked anxiously.
"Actually, no one in the martial arts school knows about it. I speculated based on clues that Huben Martial Arts School may be related to Yu Chaoen. The proprietor of Huben Martial Arts School is surnamed Zhou. It is said that he is Zhou Hao, the general of Zuo Xiaowei. Everyone in Chang'an knows Zhou Hao.
He is Yu Chaoen’s confidant.”
Guo Song shook his head, "But this news is just a rumor, there is no evidence!"
Sun Xiaozhen was immediately discouraged and said after a while: "Uncle Junior, what should we do?"
Guo Song said coldly: "Only by taking down Mao Shunshui can we know the situation of your master. Please invite him to Sun's Restaurant for dinner tonight and try to make him drink as much as possible."
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Guo Song returned to Qingxu Temple and found his senior brother Gan Lei, and told him about today's meeting. Gan Lei thought for a while and said: "I think this Mao Shunshui has little to do with the fourth child's matter. The fourth child's matter has already been undercurrent."
, he can still make friends in the martial arts gym, maybe he is really just an introducer, and if this Mao Shunshui is a good friend of the fourth child, how will you face the fourth child if you kill him? "
Guo Song turned around suddenly, "Senior brother, what did you just say?"
Gan Lei looked confused, "I just said a lot! I said Mao Shunshui and Lao Si may not have much to do with each other."
"Later, what do you say later?"
Gan Lei scratched his head: "Later I seemed to say that the fourth child's matter has been undercurrent, and he is still trying to make friends in the martial arts gym."
"anything else?"
"And what if he is a good friend of the fourth child..."
"That's it!"
Guo Song slammed his fist on the table and said coldly: "I think Mao Shunshui is probably a bait to lure us to find him."
"How do you say this?"
"Brother, think about it, Gan Yu was introduced to the Huben Martial Arts Hall by Mao Shunshui. If we want to find Gan Yu's whereabouts, we must trace it from Mao Shunshui. Sun Xiaozhen said that enshrined instructors usually do not show up in the martial arts gym, and this
Mao Shunshui has been very active in the martial arts gym for a while, isn't he just creating opportunities for us?"
"You mean if you follow Mao Shunshui tonight, you will be targeted?"
"I think that's what it means. If Gan Yu is not caught by them and Gan Yu comes back to inquire about information, who will he look for?"
"Your analysis does make some sense. Then inform Sun Xiaozhen not to invite Mao Shunshui to drink."
"Senior brother is wrong."
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "If we don't muddy the water, how can we fish in troubled waters?"