At the Xue family dinner table, Xue Xun calmly told his family about Guo Song's forced resignation.
Xue Tao was shocked, and the chopsticks in her hand stopped.
Han's eyes widened, "What, Guo Song was forced to resign? Master, what on earth is going on?"
Xue Xun wrote lightly: "He offended Chang Xiangguo, and the two had a fierce quarrel in the court. As a result, the emperor was angered. Chang Xiangguo was warned, and Guo and Song followed him and were forced to resign."
"Why is he always like this?"
Han was very dissatisfied and said: "The last time I offended Yuan Xiangguo, not long ago, I offended Chang Xiangguo again. Why doesn't he have any self-awareness? Is it possible for him, a small official, to offend the dignified Prime Minister?"
Xue Tao couldn't help but said: "Mother, please don't accuse Mr. Guo like this. There may be some situation that we don't understand. Mr. Guo is not a reckless person. Even if he quarrels with the Prime Minister, he must be forced to do nothing."
"you shut up!"
Mrs. Han angrily scolded her daughter, "I don't like young people like him. He doesn't know good and bad, doesn't understand dignity, and only knows how to act based on his own emotions. My future son-in-law must not be such a person!"
"You!" Xue Tao was so angry that he slammed the bowl on the table, got up and ran back to the room.
"Damn girl, you are becoming more and more willful!"
"You should say less! After all, Mr. Guo has been very kind to our family. We can't forget our roots like this."
"These are two different things. We will find ways to repay his kindness in the future, but I feel that such a young man is not suitable to be our son-in-law."
"alright!"
Xue Xun interrupted his wife unhappily, "It's just that he lost his official position! Then you start to dislike others."
"No! No! I think he is too reckless and easily offends people. Tao'er will not have a good life with him."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Han said thoughtfully: "Yesterday at the banquet, I felt that there was a vague meaning in Zhang Dongzhu's words, implying that Guo Song wanted to marry our daughter."
Xue Xun poured himself another glass of wine and said calmly: "I think Guo Song would be a good son-in-law for me. It suits my taste. I don't like that kind of cunning and cunning young man."
"My daughter was born to me, and her marriage must be decided by me. No matter what kind of son-in-law, I must like him!"
After saying that, Han slammed his chopsticks on the table as if to demonstrate, got up and left.
Xue Xun remained unmoved and continued to drink his wine as if nothing had happened.
After coming out of Dongshi, Guo Song got on the Jubao Pavilion's carriage and returned to the Taoist temple. The carriage driver said to Guo Song: "Sir, there are a few people sneaking around today, and they seem to be following us."
"Where?" Guo Song asked warily.
"The following are the horseback riders dressed in black. I see them all the time outside the restaurant."
Guo Song opened the rear window guard and looked behind him, only to see four or five men in black riding horses following the carriage. These five people were all tall and strong, and they looked like martial arts practitioners.
, his martial arts skills should not be low, obviously the person who comes here is not good.
Guo Song touched the sword at his waist and sneered: "Go straight and leave the city through Qixia Gate."
The coachman waved his whip and sped up the horse to drive out of the city.
Not long after, the carriage left the city from Qixia Gate, followed by five men in black following them a hundred paces away.
At this time, Guo Song got off the carriage and said to the coachman: "Go back through Mingde Gate! I want to go by myself, and don't tell your boss about this."
The driver was also a little scared. He nodded and drove east.
Guo Song walked south along the narrow official road, with large vegetable fields on both sides. He walked leisurely, and the five men in black behind him followed him leisurely.
After walking for more than ten miles, it was getting dark. Guo Song had already left the official road and came to a forest. There was a small river not far away. There were few people here. The wind was high tonight and the moon was dark. It was a good place to kill someone. Good.
opportunity.
Guo Song sat down on a big rock and said coldly: "Friends, please show your face!"
He saw five men in black approaching him from three directions. Three more men in black walked out of the woods, and eight people surrounded him.
"Who sent you here, the Chang family or the Yuan family?"
The eight men in black all had their faces covered, and no one said a word. They slowly pulled out the long sword from their waists and gradually closed it towards Guo Song.
"How many ants also want to fight me?"
Guo Song snorted coldly and threw the scabbard aside.
The eight men in black were obviously well-trained killers. Without saying a word, they rushed forward and stabbed with their swords. Guo Song was as fast as a ghost. Before the opponent's encirclement was closed, he rushed out from a gap and struck out with his backhand sword.
, a human head was hacked away from the back of the neck.
He immediately rolled forward, but unexpectedly rolled past the side. The black sword was swung out, and there were only continuous clicking sounds and screams. The two men in black had fallen to the ground, and all four of their feet were covered by the black sword up to their ankles.
They were cut off everywhere, and blood was sprayed everywhere. Guo Song did not give them a way to survive, and the two swords struck down, and their bodies were separated immediately.
"You have a strong idea, kill him!"
Seeing Guo Song's ruthlessness, a man in black shouted lowly, and the five of them struck at him with their swords. Guo Song blocked from left and right, only two of them met, and two more were stabbed down by him.
When the other three saw that he had killed five people in just a moment, they were all frightened and began to think of retreating.
Guo Song didn't give them a chance to escape, so he rushed forward and killed two more people. The last person tried to escape into the woods, but Guo Song's black sword had already flown out of his hand. The man felt a chill in his heart and didn't know anything anymore.
He was crucified alive on the ground.
In less than a cup of tea, he killed all eight killers.
At this time, there was a faint rustling sound in the woods, as if someone was climbing down from the tree.
In Guo Song, a baby swallow jumped into the forest and flew into the woods. In a moment, he pulled out a man from the woods. The man was so frightened that he knelt down and begged, "I have an old man above me and a young man below me. Please spare me, Mr. Guo."
Give me my life!"
"Who are you and who are they? Tell me the truth and I will spare your life. Otherwise, I will let you dig your own grave!"
"I say! I say! I am the fourth housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion. My surname is Wu and my name is Wu Afu. These eight people are all assassins hired by the third master of the Yuan Dynasty at a high price. If they kill the master, they will each get three hundred taels of silver.
."
"Is Young Master Yuan San Young Master Yujian, or Lord Yuan Demon?"
"Young Master Yujian is the Second Young Master of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Third Young Master of the Yuan Dynasty is the Demon King of the Yuan Dynasty. Young Master Guo killed one of his men on Qingqiu Island, and he holds a grudge in his heart."
"Your information is worthless. I can guess that you can die in peace!"
"I have important news," Butler Wu fell to the ground and cried.
Guo Song's sword stopped at his neck and said coldly: "Only if you tell me the news that satisfies me can I spare your life!"
"I said, Master, you must spare me!" Butler Wu was so frightened that his whole body was like chaff.
"Say it!"
"The Third Young Master is trying to figure out Miss Xue. He wants to disguise himself as a flower-picking thief."
"What?"
Guo Song grabbed the butler's collar and said sternly: "Speak to me clearly!"
"The Third Young Master has done this kind of thing many times. If he likes someone's daughter, he will send a master to steal her out, ruin her, and then send her back. These people think she is a flower-picking thief, and they don't care.
Dare to say anything, he has at least used this method to ruin five girls, and he will probably use it on Miss Xue tonight."
Guo Song was furious and knocked Butler Wu down with a punch. Butler Wu held his head and shouted: "Master, don't kill me, I also know a secret!"
"What's the secret? Tell me quickly!"
"It's Master Yujian. His ex-wife didn't die of illness, but was poisoned to death by him with chronic poison. Only a few people know this secret. If Master doesn't kill me, I'm willing to testify!"
This was unexpected. Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "You bury the bodies of these eight people, and then you find a place to hide. Specifically where you hide, you have to tell Boss Zhang of Jubao Pavilion that if you are not honest at all, not only
If I want to kill you, I will kill all your family members. I, Guo Song, am ruthless and will always do what I say!"
"The villain must obey your orders!"
Guo Song left him behind, ran a few steps, jumped on a horse, and urged the horse to run towards Qixia Gate.
Butler Wu was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground. In fact, he did not dare to return to Yuan Mansion without Guo Song's explanation. If he revealed the secrets of the two young masters, they would definitely kill him and silence him.
Guo Song rushed to the outside of Xue's house in Xuanyangfang. He tied the horse to a tree, jumped over the wall with a slight jump, and fell silently like a fallen leaf in the yard where Xue Tao lived. The light in Xue Tao's study was soft.
I saw the pretty girl sitting at the desk concentrating on practicing calligraphy.
Guo Song's heart dropped to the ground. At this time, the drum for closing the square door had not yet sounded, so the other party probably had not yet taken action.
"Shhh" Guo Song whistled softly in front of her window. He immediately regretted it. He was covered in blood and would scare her.
When he was hesitating, Xue Tao had already raised her head and saw him. She was suddenly surprised and happy. When she saw that the maid was not there, she quickly pointed to the inner room.
Guo Song jumped in from the side window and slipped into the back room. Xue Tao stood up pretending to be calm, walked quickly into the back room, and closed the door behind him.
In the darkness, the two hugged each other and kissed each other passionately.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Xue Tao put his arms around Ai Lang’s neck, pressed his face against his chest, and asked with a low smile: “What are you doing here at night? Do you want to steal fragrance and jade?”
Guo Song gave a bitter smile, "I came here to protect you. Didn't you smell the smell of blood on me?"
Xue Tao exclaimed in low voice and quickly turned around to light the lamp. She looked at Guo Song up and down, and saw that he was covered in blood. She looked shocked and said, "Guo Lang, what's going on?"
"It was the Yuan Demon King who sent people to kill me, but I ended up killing me. One of them told me that Yuan Demon King would send people to kidnap you tonight, so I hurriedly came from outside the city."
Xue Tao's face suddenly turned very pale. She threw herself into Guo Song's arms and couldn't help crying: "Guo Lang, take me away! I'm really scared."
Guo Song gently stroked her hair and said softly: "I will protect you. As long as I am here, no one can touch you."
"So where are you tonight?"
Guo Song pointed to the roof and said with a smile: "I will be on your roof, so you can sleep peacefully and ensure that nothing will happen."
Xue Tao bit his lip and whispered: "You can stay in my room, and dad won't know."
Guo Song shook his head, "If that happens, the other party will enter the house, and I won't even give him a chance to climb over the wall."
He kissed Xue Tao's red lips again, turned around and left. Xue Tao suddenly said: "Guo Lang, wait a minute!"
Guo Song stopped again, and Xue Tao stepped forward and hugged his waist, whispering: "I heard from dad today that you were forced to resign. If you want to be more liberal, I don't care at all."
Guo Song hesitated for a moment, turned around and said in her ear: "My resignation is a plan arranged by the emperor. I am going to do a secret thing for him. I will not be back until a few months later. You are not allowed to tell anyone this secret, even Your father can't tell either."
Xue Tao nodded repeatedly, "I won't tell anyone."
Guo Song added: "I will leave a confidant to protect your family, that is the Sogdian Han Kangbao you saw. He is absolutely loyal to me. He is highly skilled in martial arts and will protect your safety."
Guo Song took out the gold box containing the luminous pearl from his arms, put it in her hand and said softly: "This pearl is for you, please keep it."
Xue Tao took off a jade lock from his neck, put it on Guo Song, and said with firm eyes: "A concubine's heart is better than the king's, and we will never let you down."
Guo Song placed the jade lock that still contained Xue Tao's body temperature close to his body. He bowed to Xue Tao, turned around and drifted away.