Duan Xiushi returned to his study with an annoyed look on his face, sat on a chair and sulked. Guo Shichang had gone too far, and she rejected him. He even threatened to write a letter to the court to impeach him. Didn't he just have an uncle named Guo Ziyi?
He didn't believe that Guo Ziyi, who always managed his family very strictly, would indulge his own people.
Guo Shichang's son was so domineering in Lingzhou, and he did so many things that oppressed good people. He was tolerant enough by not blaming the father and son, but he actually came here to force himself to arrest people without knowing what was good or bad!
At noon today, the foreign aid invited by the Liang family slaughtered horses in the streets, causing a sensation in Lingzhou City. Guo Sheng ran home and cried. Guo Shichang took his son to the governor's Yamen to report to the officials, demanding that the Liang family's foreign aid be arrested, but Duan Xiushi refused.
If you kill a cow in the street, you will indeed violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and you will be exiled for one and a half years. But if you kill a horse in the street, it depends on the situation. If you kill an ordinary person's horse, if it involves property damage, the government will also have to intervene.
If he killed an official horse, the crime would be the same as killing an ox, and he would be exiled for one and a half years.
But killing the private horses between the eight wealthy families is different. The conflicts between the eight wealthy families in Lingzhou have been around for a long time. Ten years ago, the eight wealthy families had an agreement that as long as they did not involve criminal crimes, general civil disputes would be settled by them.
Solve it yourself.
Killing a horse is obviously a civil dispute, so Duan Xiushi refused. He did not accept the case.
What's more, Duan Xiushi knew very well who the Liang family's foreign aid was. In the case of arresting Li Ande, he still owed that young man a favor.
Duan Xiushi finally remembered where he had heard the name Guo Song.
It was Zhang Feng, the guard at Xiaoguan, who wrote to him in a letter, praising the young Taoist Guo for his strong martial arts and being able to kill eight party knights on his own, and recommending him to be reused.
But now Duan Xiushi couldn't care less about Guo Song. Zhang Feng didn't write to him to recommend Guo Song to him. Guo Song just mentioned in passing that the main content of the letter was to remind him to be careful of party members.
Dangxiang Youqi suddenly appeared between Xiaoguan and Lingzhou. Zhang Feng suspected that Dangxiang had other intentions and asked him to contact the court as soon as possible.
A few days ago, a secret was discovered that confirmed Zhang Feng's worries. Through Li Ande's explanation, Duan Xiushi finally caught the enemy's spy, Mu Ze, who was running an inn by the Yellow River yesterday.
What shocked Duan Xiushi was that Mu Ze's real name was Tuoba Ze, a Party member. He was actually a spy planted by the Party members in Lingzhou.
Li Ande sold information to the Xue Yantuo people, but used party spies to deal with it. What does this mean?
It shows that the Dangxiang people have colluded with the Xue Yantuo people.
Combined with Zhang Feng's reminder, Duan Xiushi had a vague sense of the seriousness of the situation, and whether the Dangxiang people would join forces with the Xue Yantuo people to attack Lingzhou.
The population and property belong to Xue Yantuo, and the party members want the land.
Duan Xiushi paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. The Dangxiang people coveted the rich Lingzhou very much. They asked the court several times to move to Lingzhou, but the court refused.
Shuofang's army is now short of strength, so the Dangxiang people want to seize this opportunity.
The more Duan Xiushi thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He simply took out a pen and paper and wrote a memorial to the court, imploring the court to send more troops to Lingzhou immediately.
After writing the memorial, he stamped it with his own seal and asked a soldier to rush to Chang'an immediately and deliver the memorial to Guo Ziyi, Minister of War.
The soldiers hurried away with the memorial, and Duan Xiushi was considering whether to transfer all the garrison troops from Fengzhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and Xiazhou to Lingzhou to garrison Lingwu County.
It's just that in this way, these states' military strength is empty, and the party members have been advantaged in vain.
At this time, there was a familiar sound of footsteps in the yard, and the youngest daughter Duan Sanniang came back.
Duan Xiushi's wife died of illness five years ago, and his two sons are in Chang'an. His only unmarried daughter, Duan Ping, has lived with him in Lingzhou. She is already fifteen years old, but she has not loved red makeup and weapons since she was a child. She rides horses all day long.
He shoots arrows, has a hot temper, and is really a tomboy.
His daughter had caused him a lot of trouble in the past two years, but fortunately the troubles were not serious, so Duan Xiushi didn't bother to care about her and just let her go.
But a few days ago, she secretly gave away her treasured bow, which made Duan Xiushi a little angry. This was a relic left to her by the commander-in-chief Gao Xianzhi. If Guo Song Zhiqu hadn't sent it back, wouldn't this bow have been lost?
She blamed her a few times, but she didn't take Gao Xianzhi's relics seriously at all. Instead, she blamed Guo Song for being unkind, and Duan Xiushi was so angry that she almost beat her.
"Daddy, what do you want from me?" Duan Sanniang walked in with an unhappy look on her face.
After all, she is only fifteen years old, which is still a false age. She was born in Xiaoyue, which means she is not yet fourteen years old. However, people in the Tang Dynasty became sensible early, and there were many women who got married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, starting at a young age.
There was intrigue among the sisters-in-law.
But Duan Sanniang has a wooden head and a crystal heart, a simple heart, a simple mind, a clear sense of good and evil, and a strong sense of justice. She pulls the two sisters to fight against injustices everywhere.
Duan Sanniang said coldly to Guo Song today because Guo Song refused to accept her favor and sent the bow back again, which made her very angry.
Today Guo Song actually killed horses in the street and slapped all of them in the face, which made her crazy. She went to Linjiabao to find Lin Feng in the afternoon and wanted to discuss with her how to get back the situation.
Unexpectedly, Lin Feng told her that her brother Lin Feng was severely beaten by his father, grounded for a month, and publicly announced that anyone who dared to trouble the Guo family would be severely punished.
The two brothers of the Yang family were also severely beaten by their patriarch and banned from home for half a year.
Only then did Duan Sanniang realize that this incident was probably not just a simple fight, but involved some kind of deep-seated conflict between the eight wealthy families in Lingzhou.
Then she returned home feeling depressed.
Duan Xiushi's face sank and he said coldly: "From today on, you are not allowed to hang out with those dandies anymore. If I hear about it again, I will send you back to Chang'an immediately!"
Duan Sanniang's face suddenly turned red, and she said angrily and angrily: "What do you mean by hanging out together? Why did daddy say this to his daughter?"
"It's not me who says this to you, it's the rumors outside. Do you think I don't know what Guo Shichang's son is? Lin Jiaoyuan's son Lin Feng sleeps in flowers and willows all day long. His reputation has long been bad in the streets, and the Yang family's
Two stupid young men destroyed more than 200 acres of melons last year for the so-called practice of swordsmanship. How much did their family pay? You want to be a heroine, to help the weak and fight against injustice. Dad doesn't care about you, but you and these people
Daddy will never tolerate the dandies being together."
"My daughter doesn't stay with them every day, we just meet them by chance. Today Liang Ling'er and I went hunting outside the city and met them when we returned to the city, so we came back together!"
After listening to his daughter's explanation, Duan Xiushi's face softened a little and said: "Don't mess around with Guo Song. Liang Yundao has publicly stated his attitude. To insult the foreign aid he invited is to insult the Liang family. Now the enemy is facing us. Eight
Wealthy families must put aside their grudges and join hands to fight against the enemy. Guo Shichang is not sensible, and the head of their family may not be as stupid as him."
Duan Sanniang knew that there was no hope of revenge, so she could only say listlessly: "My daughter knows."
"You go!" Duan Xiushi waved her hand, and Duan Sanniang bowed and slowly withdrew.
Duan Xiushi pondered for a moment, and then took out a nanmu box from the box. When he opened it, he found a two-stone bow with simple workmanship. This was the small sky bow of the famous general Nan Jiyun. After Nan Jiyun was killed in battle, the whereabouts of this bow were unknown.
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Duan Xiushi loved collecting weapons. Ten years ago, he accidentally discovered this bow in a bow shop in the capital and has been collecting it ever since.
He really liked Guo Song's martial arts and wanted to give him this bow. However, if he gave it to him directly, firstly, it would seem abrupt, and secondly, Guo Song might not be willing to take it, so he would have to think of a roundabout way.
.........
There are still two days before the Shuofang Martial Arts Competition, and Guo Song still doesn't have a suitable bow. Not only is he worried, but the Liang family is also worried.
That morning, Liang Wu mysteriously pulled Guo Song aside and said, "I heard that the weapons store has good things. Do you want to go and have a look together?"
"Didn't you say that weapons shops are all mass merchandise and don't have any good stuff? That's why you took me to the black market."
"I just heard a rumor, I don't know if it's true or not. Let's go and check it out!"
Guo Song happily put on his robe and said with a smile: "I would rather believe it, what if it is true? Let's go!"
The two left Liangjiabao and walked quickly towards Lingzhou East Street.
There are two arms shops in Lingwu County, one is government-run and the other is private. The varieties of the government-run shops are monotonous. They are all standard weapons produced by the Ordnance Supervisor and are mainly supplied to the military.
Private weapons shops, on the other hand, have more varieties and flexible operations, so you may be able to buy good things.
Guo Song saw the huge signboard of 'Qingtian Weapons Shop' from afar. It is the branch of the famous weapons shop 'Qingtian Liang' in Lingzhou. It has a very grand shop name. The shop is two feet wide, and the customers inside
Seems like a lot.
Guo Song and Liang Wu walked into the shop. There were twenty or thirty customers in the shop, most of them were disciples from various martial arts schools, and there were also ordinary residents. Lingzhou had reached an emergency moment. The whole city was tense, and the number of people paying attention to the weapons shop was more than usual.
Increased a lot.
"Little Fatty!"
Guo Song accidentally met Shi Tong in the store. He asked curiously: "Are you here to buy weapons too?"
Shi Tong's face turned red and he didn't know how to answer.
Next to him, Liang Wu smiled and explained: "Our Liang family has several members in the Shenjian Martial Arts Hall. This time, the Shenjian Martial Arts Hall also has a quota to participate in the martial arts competition. The Liang family recommended Xiaopang."
Guo Song immediately understood that it must be because of himself that the Liang family gave Shi Tong a reward, but what would the Guo family think if they found out? You know, Shi Tong and his son are currently attached to the Guo Family Fort, and this attachment relationship does not
You can't just lift it if you want to.
If the Liang and Guo families were closely related, this would indeed be a trivial matter. However, since the two families have deep conflicts, this matter is really a bit troublesome.
Guo Song didn't know what to say, so he smiled and cupped his hands and said: "I see, congratulations to the little fat boy!"
Shi Xiaopang's face turned red, he scratched his head and said, "The Liang family thinks highly of me, so they gave me this opportunity. However, if my swordsmanship is really bad, I'm afraid it will embarrass the Liang family and the martial arts school."
Shi Xiaopang clasped his hands with a pious look and begged: "Brother Guo, can you come and give me some advice tomorrow?"
"Okay! I'm going to visit my aunt tomorrow, and I can give you some tips."
Shi Xiaopang was overjoyed, "Thank you, Brother Guo."
Liang Wu was really envious, and he was going to try Xiaopang's luck tomorrow.