At noon the next day, thirty large ships slowly docked at the Yellow River Pier in Puyang County. A thousand Lingnan soldiers disembarked and assembled. Tens of thousands of troops were already waiting on the wharf. The leader was Xin Jinggao, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, who was also from Fengtian.
Zi Zhi came to Puyang to take over the ships and Lingnan troops.
Aunt Gongsun also rushed to Puyang overnight with more than two hundred Cangjian Pavilion warriors. Watching the fleet slowly docking, Aunt Gongsun sighed in her heart and said to Xin Jinggao next to her: "General, this is the person whom the emperor trusts most, my
My nephew, he controls thirty large ships by himself."
Xin Yungao smiled and said: "I have heard of him. He is indeed a courageous young man who dares to confront Yuan Zai. He should have controlled Lu Sigong, but it is not easy!"
At this time, a general ran up, knelt down on one knee and reported: "To the general, the enemy's army has been assembled."
"Take them to the military camp, comfort them, and tell them that the court will send them back to Lingnan as soon as possible."
"Follow the order!"
The general turned around, mounted his horse, and galloped away. After a while, the 10,000 Tang soldiers split into two groups, and 5,000 men led a thousand Lingnan naval troops towards Puyang City. Another 5,000 soldiers began to board the ships and took over 30 ships.
Big ship.
Xin Yungao smiled and said: "General Manager Gongsun, let's get on the boat too!"
The princess waved her hand, and her men ran towards the first main ship.
At this time, just beside the side of the second floor of the main ship, Lu Sigong watched his army go away in despair. He turned back to Guo Song and said: "I have fulfilled my promise, it is your turn now!"
Guo Song smiled lightly, "Shuai Lu really believes in me?"
"I don't believe you, but I have no choice."
Guo Song took out three letters and handed them to Lu Sigong. Lu Sigong took them and read them carefully. It was the letter written by Tian Bingsi to him. It was the original and had not been stolen. He shook his hands and said, "Brush! Brush."
!' tore it into pieces, walked to the boat window and threw it out. Watching the pieces of paper flying into the Yellow River, a huge stone in Lu Sigong's heart finally fell.
Guo Song smiled at Chuntao and said, "Let him rest for a while, let's go!"
Guo Song took Chuntao out of the cabin and locked the door. Chuntao asked in a low voice: "Why did the young master return the letter to him?"
Guo Song shook his head and said: "You have to leave three points of leeway when doing things. Lu Sigong also has a great influence in the military. If Lu Sigong had his whole family executed because of my insubordination, I don't know how many people would hate me to the bone.
It’s hard for me to gain a foothold in Datang.”
Chuntao also whispered: "Young Master did the right thing. It would not be a pity for him to die alone, but it would be too pitiful for his family to be implicated. Especially my wife is very good to me. I don't want her to be killed because of this. Thank you for keeping your promise!"
"
After saying that, Chuntao gave Guo Song a Wanfu gift.
Guo Song smiled and said, "What will you do after this is over?"
Chuntao whispered: "I don't know, our destiny is never decided by ourselves, Hidden Sword Pavilion will arrange it."
Guo Song glanced at her and said nothing more. At this moment, a group of soldiers rushed over, clasped their fists for the first captain and said, "Is this Guo Changshi?"
Guo Song nodded, "I am!"
"We are General Xin's subordinates and were ordered to take over Lu Sigong. Where is he now?"
"He is in the cabin. Just send someone to guard this door and the window behind it. Keep him under house arrest inside!"
The first captain opened the door and took a look, and saw Lu Sigong sitting on the bed. He immediately ordered the soldiers: "Fix iron bars on the windows inside!"
The soldiers were well prepared and immediately entered the cabin to install iron bars on the windows. Lu Sigong's cabin became a prison cabin. At this time, Guo Song saw Aunt Gongsun and a golden-helmeted veteran coming with a large group of people from afar.
Aunt Gongsun touched her head and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for several years, but I can still recognize you. You have worked hard these past few years."
"This is the duty of the little fish girl!"
Aunt Gongsun nodded, but found that Guo Song was missing, so she asked, "Where is Mr. Guo?"
"He was with me just now. I wonder where he is now?"
"Forget it, I'll find him later."
Aunt Gongsun said to Xin Yungao: "General, go and see Lu Sigong! Read out the emperor's decree."
Xin Yunjing took out the decree and quickly went in.
At this time, Guo Song met Liang Wu and a group of his men on the shore. Seeing his brothers, Guo Song was in a good mood. He smiled and said to everyone: "Why are everyone so dejected?"
Liang Wu smiled bitterly and said: "We were gearing up and preparing for a big fight, but we found that there was no use for us at all!"
"We're all Tang Jun brothers. What's there to fight for? Just come out and relax, and we'll go back together later."
"Okay! We'll wait on the shore for a long time."
At this time, a warrior from the Hidden Sword Pavilion hurriedly ran over, clasped his fist to Guo Song and said, "Auntie, please invite Mr. Guo!"
Guo Song nodded, gave Liang Wu and the others a few words, and then boarded the boat.
At this time, the soldiers on the ship were counting the belongings. Once the counting of the belongings was completed, the fleet would immediately set sail to the west.
In the large cabin on the first floor, Guo Song and Aunt Gongsun sat opposite each other. Guo Song put a wooden box on the table and pushed it to Aunt Gongsun. This was the wooden box that Guo Song took out from the study. He said to Aunt Gongsun
He said: "Including letters from Yuan Zai, Wang Jin and Yang Yan are all in the wooden box, as well as letters from other officials."
Aunt Gongsun opened the wooden box and read the letter, then closed the lid and said, "I heard you were injured?"
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "A little flesh wound is not a big problem. It will be fine in ten days at most."
Aunt Gongsun sighed softly: "This time I brought three hundred hidden sword pavilion warriors here, but they didn't work. It's all thanks to you."
"No, your information is very accurate, thanks to Chuntao, I just tried my best."
"You have made great achievements, what reward do you want?"
Guo Song shook his head, "I never think this is any credit. My credit lies in Anxi, and that is the credit I should be remembered for. Frankly speaking, I don't want to do this kind of thing again in the future."
"It is indeed a waste of your talents to ask you to do these things. I will tell the emperor about it, but you still have to deserve the credit. You don't have to be modest."
Guo Song thought for a while and said: "If Senior Auntie must give me credit, I will make a request and hope that Senior Auntie can agree."
Seeing that he was very stubborn, Aunt Gongsun had no choice but to say: "Okay! What do you want?"
"Give Chuntao complete freedom!"
Aunt Gongsun was stunned, "You mean Xiaoyu Niang?"
Guo Song nodded, "That's her. She helped me a lot this time. I hope she can live freely in the future."
"But she has been an orphan since she was a child, and Hidden Sword Tower is her home. Where do you want her to go?"
"I don't care about this, but I'm not allowed to give her any more tasks and let her do what she wants to do."
Aunt Gongsun laughed. She glanced at Guo Song meaningfully, smiled slightly and said, "It's rare that you care so much about a little maid, okay! I promise you."
Guo Song stood up and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave."
"You...won't you come with us?"
"I will go with my men. They are still waiting for me on the shore. Maybe we will reach the capital first."
"Forget it, it's up to you."
Guo Song bowed to Aunt Gongsun, turned around and left.
Aunt Gongsun looked at his back and ordered her left and right: "Go and find Xiaoyu Niang for me!"
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Guo Song left the Yellow River Pier with dozens of his men and headed for Puyang County. They needed to buy some items for the road in Puyang County before setting off for Chang'an.
Puyang County is about ten miles away from the Yellow River Terminal. Puyang is actually a small county. It is not the prefecture of Puzhou. The prefecture of Puzhou is Juancheng County. However, Juancheng County is far away from the Yellow River, making Puyang County the largest pier on the Yellow River.
One of them has also made Puyang County a famous commercial material distribution center in the Central Plains.
There is a straight official road from the dock to the county seat. There are many pedestrians coming and going. It is not easy for people to gallop on their horses, so they can only slow down their horses and walk slowly.
At this time, Guo Song suddenly heard shouting from behind: "Master Guo!"
The voice seemed to be that of a young lady. Everyone turned around and saw a petite lady riding a smaller rouge horse towards them. She kept waving and shouting: "Master Guo, wait a minute!"
Guo Song was stunned. Isn't this voice Xiaoyu Niang? Why is she here?
Guo Song turned the horse's head to meet him. After a moment, Xiaoyu Niang caught up with him. She panted and said, "Master Guo, why didn't you wait for me? I almost couldn't find you."
Guo Song was a little confused, "What do you want from us?"
Xiaoyu Niang lowered her head shyly and said, "Didn't the young master propose it to the aunt and ask me to serve the young master in the future?"