Three days later, the cavalry led by Guo Song arrived in Zhangye. They brought back more than 20,000 donkeys and mules, each carrying large and small packages of gold, silver and jewelry. Of course, these were military expenses and could not be used to reward soldiers.
, but the cavalrymen who followed Guo Song on the expedition each made a small fortune and returned to the military camp happily.
The gold, silver and jewelry they captured were piled up in several large tents, piled up like hills. A large number of soldiers came to visit every day, but it was just a visit. No one dared to touch it. Everyone knew that this was their military expenditure.
, their military salaries and equipment are all derived from this wealth.
In the Chinese army's tent, Guo Song was admiring Li Man's sword. It turned out to be the famous sword Zhanlu. Liang Wu dedicated this sword to him, and Guo Song couldn't put it down.
Liang Wu was reporting the Hidden Sword Pavilion incident to Guo Song. Guo Song put the sword on the table and his face became very solemn. He was secretly glad that he had thought that his family would be in danger in advance, but he did not think that the entire Zhangye city would be in danger.
Got into a dangerous situation.
Thanks to the Ganzhou Army's ability to eradicate all these assassins, and even Li Man was dead, this was undoubtedly great news, but he owed Du Lingqiu a big favor.
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "Are the people from the Flying Fox Guard still there?"
Wang Yue next to him bowed and said: "They just sent a person to deliver the letter. She was a woman, but this person was masked, and she didn't know what she looked like. After delivering the letter, she disappeared, and then no one from the Flying Fox Guard appeared again.
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"Didn't you just say that there are people from the Flying Fox Guard delivering letters to my house?"
"Later, Xiaoyu Niang said that they were not from the Flying Fox Guard."
Guo Song was startled, "What does this mean?"
"I don't know what a humble position is."
Guo Song nodded, put the matter aside for the time being, and asked again: "Is there any movement in Tubo and Shatuo?"
Liang Wu said quickly: "There is no movement in Shatuo for the time being, but there is movement in Tubo. There was news from Dadou Bago a few days ago that Tubo has increased its troops in Dadou Bago, and there are quite a lot of them."
"How many people are there?" Guo Song asked with a dissatisfied glare at Liang Wu.
Liang Wu quickly explained: "The number of people has probably increased to about three to four thousand."
The Tibetan garrison in Dadu Bugu usually only numbered a few hundred people, but now the number suddenly increased to three or four thousand, which was indeed a bit unusual. Guo Song immediately realized that this was probably the Tibetan response to the civil strife in Chang'an.
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Guo Song returned home directly from the military camp. His family had already come out of the secret house, but the area around the house was still heavily guarded. Three hundred internal guards were deployed around the house. Although the assassins had been eliminated in advance, they still did not dare to be careless.
As soon as Guo Song walked to the inner courtyard, he saw his daughter running toward him with her arms open and a bright smile on her face. His heart melted. He quickly squatted down and picked up his daughter. He nodded her little nose.
Asked: "Dad is not here, is Xiaowei good?"
"Be good, Xiaowei!" the little guy replied in a sweet voice.
Guo Song laughed heartily and pricked her little face a few times with Huchazi. The little guy shrank his neck and screamed with joy.
"Okay! Okay! Let daddy take a breath first."
Xue Tao smiled and reached out to hug his daughter, but the little guy turned his head and hugged his father's neck tightly, like a little monkey hugging a big tree, refusing to let go.
Xue Tao coaxed her for a long time before taking her daughter down. Guo Song looked at his son again and saw that the little one was still sleeping soundly.
Guo Song was surrounded by everyone and entered the lobby like a star holding the moon. At this moment, he suddenly saw a beautiful girl with a slender figure, wearing a pomegranate dress, an oval face, delicate and snow-white, eyes like autumn waves, and eyebrows like
She has a crescent moon, her hair is black and shiny, and she has a walking stick sticking out of her head. She is very beautiful.
Guo Song was stunned for a moment, this girl looked so familiar.
Dugu Youlan made a Wanfu gift to him, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Guo Shijun, long time no see!"
Guo Song suddenly remembered this voice. He had seen this girl in Bashu. On the way to Chengdu, this girl shot and killed Yang Zilin's son. He was deceived by her, thinking that she was avenging her father.
Xue Tao introduced him: "This girl is the little granddaughter of the lonely family leader. Her name is Dugu Youlan. Husband, have you met her before?"
Guo Song turned around and glanced at Xiaoyu Niang. Xiaoyu Niang shrugged helplessly, saying it had nothing to do with her.
Guo Song nodded, "It turns out to be Miss Youlan, thanks to you this time."
Xue Tao briefly introduced the situation to her husband again, and Guo Song finally understood that it was the Dugu girl who reported the letter, otherwise they would be in big trouble this time.
Guo Song was immediately filled with gratitude to Dugu Youlan, and he quickly clasped his fists and said, "Guo Song will bear in mind the kindness of the girl."
Dugu Youlan concealed a smile, stepped aside, and held Guo Weiwei's little hand. At this time, Ms. Cui also stepped forward to greet Guo Song.
Everyone was polite and learned that Li Bi had gone to Shazhou the day after he came to Zhangye, and was now staying at Dayun Temple to study Buddhism.
Zhang Lei is not at home either. He went to Lingzhou to drink alcohol ten days ago.
The housekeeper came to invite everyone to dinner again, and the family gathered together for a lively dinner.
After dinner, Guo Song paced back and forth in his study alone. Zhan Lujian was hung on the wall. He was thinking about Tubo's movements. He believed that Tubo's increase in troops in Dadou Valley was not to attack Ganzhou, but because it was afraid that the Ganzhou army would get through.
The big fight to pull out the grains was a sign of guilty conscience, or it was to worry about the future, indicating that Tubo was going to use troops against the Tang Dynasty.
If civil strife broke out in the Tang Dynasty, would Tubo give up this once-in-a-century opportunity? Of course not. To restore national strength, Tubo would plunder the Tang Dynasty much faster than recuperating.
Is Tubo going to launch a campaign against Longyou or Anxi?
Intuition told Guo Song that Longyou was much richer than Anxi, so it must be Longyou. The 20,000 Hehuang troops from Longyou went to Beijing to support Zhu Si. I wonder if Zhu Si would replenish his troops in Hehuang in time?
At this time, Xue Tao walked into the study carrying a cup of tea. She put the cup on the table and said, "Dugu Youlan is gone."
Guo Song was startled, "It's almost dark now."
She seemed to have companions waiting outside. She changed her clothes and left, thanking me for my hospitality these days.
Xue Tao hesitated and asked: "She said she met her husband in Bashu and had an unpleasant encounter. She didn't go into details. She just said it was a misunderstanding. Thank you for being merciful to her."
Guo Song shook his head and said: "Actually, you also know that on the way to escort Yang Zilin and his son to Chengdu, Yang Zilin's son was shot dead with an arrow. I went to chase the assassin, it was her."
Xue Tao remembered, "It's so good that my husband didn't catch her."
"In fact, I caught her. She said that she was Lu Governor Shi Xie Changwu. She wanted to kill Yang Zilin to avenge her father, so I let her go. In fact, Xie Changwu was not dead at all and had no daughter. I was captured by her.
Fooled."
Guo Song obviously didn't care about that incident. Yang Zilin died unjustly, and Cui Ning was not a good person. However, this little lady was actually the granddaughter of Dugu Youlan, which really made him interested. It was very likely that Dugu Youlan assassinated Cui.
Ning, Cui Ning actually died in the hands of the Flying Fox Guards, which shows that there are still many unknown secrets hidden behind the Dugu family!
Xue Tao added: "Anyway, if she hadn't reported the news in time this time, we would have been in danger. She stayed in our house for a few days, actually to protect me. I understand in my heart and I am very grateful to her."
Guo Song nodded, he was also grateful. If it was an ordinary assassin, Xiaoyu Niang might be able to deal with it, but this is Li Man, and Xiaoyu Niang is no match for her at all. Once she breaks into his house, the consequences will be unimaginable.
, his wife and children, none of them can survive.
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Xue Tao went back to take care of the child. Guo Song immediately took his bow and sword, walked out of the mansion, got on his horse, and without any personal soldiers, he directly urged the horse to gallop away from the south gate.
He had a hunch that Dugu Youlan would not leave like this, and she must have something to say to him.
He ran out of the city gate and saw five or six knights standing in the wilderness in the distance. At this time, a knight wearing a bamboo hat slowly stepped forward. Judging from her figure, she should be a young woman.
"Is it Miss Youlan?" Guo Songyuan asked.
The other party took off her bamboo hat, and it turned out to be Dugu Youlan, with a bright smile on her face.
"My companions all said it was impossible for Shijun to come. I told him to wait a little longer, and indeed Shijun came."
Guo Song nodded, "I feel you should have something to say to me and shouldn't leave in such a hurry."
"I actually...have nothing to say."
Dugu Youlan's pretty face turned red, and she said after a while: "Actually, I just want to thank you for letting me go."
Guo Song smiled slightly, "The results that were planted that day led to the results today. Without you, my wife and children would be in danger this time."
Dugu Youlan lowered her head shyly. She looked back at her companions and said to Guo Song: "Actually, I am not the Flying Fox Guard, they are. I just like to run around. Cui Ning was not killed by me, but by them."
, my aunt became a monk in Qingcheng Mountain, and I learned martial arts from her."
"Then why did you want to come to Ganzhou this time?"
"My grandfather asked me to come, so I followed them."
"Junior sister, we're leaving!" an older woman from afar shouted.
"It's coming!"
Dugu Youlan turned around and agreed, then explained to Guo Song: "The five of them are my senior sisters, General Guo, so I'll leave first."
Guo Song nodded, "Welcome to Ganzhou again."
Dugu Youlan's eyes were a little flustered and she did not dare to look at Guo Song. She quickly turned her horse's head and ran south. Five women in black took her and gradually went south.