The next morning, Guo Shao had to clean up and suddenly reported that Prime Minister Wang Pu came to the door. The prime minister went directly to the gate early in the morning, which was not a trivial matter. Guo Shao walked to the door of the mansion quickly and ordered: "Open the gate."

After the door opened, he stepped out of the threshold and saw Wang Pu wearing purple official robe and black veil, surrounded by a group of ceremonial guards, as well as two civil servants in green robes, all dressed in official uniforms and formal clothes... One of the officials, Guo Shao, also knew Lu Duosun, who had been ordered to go to Qin Feng, the northwest to commend soldiers.

"Prime Minister Wang came to the door in person, and suddenly felt the glory of the lushness." Guo Shao said in the prayer.

Wang Pu also replied, "General Guo, I'm here to pass the order today."

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Please."

The group entered the mansion. Wang Pu stood in the north of the living room and then took out a piece of paper, a piece of paper that was not of particular importance. Wang Pu said: "The official's handwriting, please accept the order."

Guo Shao respectfully stepped forward and took it with his hands. He opened it and saw it. It said: Summon Guo Shao to the inner saint and ask Wang Pu to call him in person.

Wang Pu said quietly, "It's the official's handwriting, General Guo is relieved."

When Guo Shao heard what he said, he immediately understood. Now he was in a moment when the atmosphere was a little nervous, and Guo Shao did not study the emperor's handwriting.

"I am going to receive the imperial edict from Your Majesty." Guo Shao pretended to be calm, "Let me prepare and change my clothes."

Wang Pu said: "Okay, let's wait for General Guo here. Wait and send General Guo into the palace."

When Guo Shao was ready to go out, he suddenly saw Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi, Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan, Zuo You and others outside the door were already at the door. When he saw Guo Shao, he asked something. Guo Shao said: "I just received the imperial edict from Your Majesty and went to the palace to meet the saint."

Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi said they wanted to go to the palace gate together, but Li Chuyun said, "No, since General Guo has something to go out and cannot see guests, let's leave."

Guo Shao felt that Li Chuyun was still more steady and thought to himself: If something really happened, what's the use of such a few people going? But the general, with no soldiers around him, was he gathered together and caught all the attacks? Why not stay in the military camp?

He immediately took a car and left the mansion with Wang Pu and others.

The curtains of the carriage were "cracked" by the wind, just like Guo Shao's turbulent mood. Wang Pu came on a horse, but it was not very good to ride a horse with the carriage when he returned. He was invited by Guo Shao and took the same carriage. The two of them had nothing to say along the way.

Wang Pu and Guo Shao’s relationship is actually good, but they are just good friends.

In later dynasties, civil servants fought to the death, but in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, they were very low-key because they were all military generals killing each other; civil servants were also more aware of the current affairs and would support whoever had soldiers. Generals such as Wang Pu and Li Chuyun were not the same type of people. Even if Guo Shao fell, Wang Pu would still be an official... Maybe he would not want to see such a thing from his personal connection, but he would not involve himself because of this.

Halfway through the way, Wang Pu said in a casual tone: "Zhao Kuangyin, the commander of the front office of the Palace, will also enter the palace."

Although Wang Pu said so casually, because there was a long silence in one sentence, a sudden sentence suddenly appeared. After hearing this, Guo Shao hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed: "I will remember Prime Minister Wang's reminder today."

Wang Pu said calmly: "Where is there, I just remembered it and said casually."

The group stopped when they arrived at Donghua Gate. Guo Shao and Wang Pu got out of the car and walked. As soon as Guo Shao got off the car, he was stabbed by Chaoyang. The hem of his clothes was blown away by the wind... Suddenly, he felt that the dust and smoke were flying on the street.

It was clearly a sunny day, but the sun seemed to be pale, as if the sky was covered with haze.

Guo Shao turned around and saw a majestic palace city in front of him. The double-eaved tower at the entrance of the palace was simple and grand, and tall. The palace buildings at this time were different from the style of the Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties that Guo Shao had seen. The palace city was more magnificent at this time, but the color was simple and monotonous, not as bright as the Forbidden City, so it had a more solemn and majestic spirit. The emperors and dynasties of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms exchanged faster, but the imperial power and emperors still had great deterrence. When Guo Shao walked here, he felt a little arrogant.

Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin are both real men. They are not people who are used to escaping, nor are they just secretly intrigues. They all have the courage to face things when encountering problems! Guo Shao also has to face them... Walking towards the palace gate is like entering a war without gunpowder!

In just a few years, Guo Shao has experienced many life-and-death tests. Most of the critical competitions are bloody on the battlefield. Today, there are no swords and iron horses and no smoke on the battlefield, but he realizes that he has to go through another test.

Wang Pu took Guo Shao across a bridge and then into a palace. When he entered, he saw that there were only three eunuchs in the huge hall, which suddenly seemed very empty and deserted. This situation made Guo Shao feel nervous, why did it seem like something was wrong?

But if something is wrong, he can only hold it back. This place is in the imperial city, and he is alone and there is nothing to struggle with if something happens.

Before coming in, if the emperor wanted to do anything to him, there would be nothing to struggle. Without the order of the Privy Council, the soldiers of the Guards could not be transferred, so what would you still want to do? Just mutiny? Under a powerful lord like Chai Rong, let alone other troops of the Guards, it would be a matter of whether the left wing of the Hujie Army, the closest Hujie Army, would be willing to do it with him? I am afraid that most of them would not want to... Guo Shao has power in the Hujie Army, and it is one thing to promote more people, but it is another thing to ask others to follow him.

It’s like a good friend who has a good relationship. He usually wears a pair of pants with you for ordinary things, and everyone lives well, but you suddenly ask others to grab a fully armed armored armored car together. How many people are willing to do it? If you don’t report it immediately, you will be a real guy.

If the 20,000 people in the left wing of the Hujie Army suddenly wanted to do so, but there were not so many people in the military camp, and at most thousands of people could be mobilized in various places. We had to slowly order the organization to assemble into an army... We had been suppressed by this time. Moreover, the Hujie Army could not defeat other imperial guards, including the elite inner hall, outer hall, east and west squads, iron cavalry army in front of the palace, control crane army... The guards Long Jie army, and other squads were beaten up in minutes. The emperor and the Privy Council ordered the order, and other troops were mobilized according to the military order, without any pressure or resistance!

Not to mention that Guo Shao wanted to mutiny in Tokyo, even if Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin joined forces to do it directly in Tokyo, the matter was too complicated, and the emperor and the court had a strong mastery... Why did the Privy Council re-deploy the city defense and garrison in ten days?

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Guo Shao gave up his struggle and had to face reality. He tried hard to calm himself down and continued to think about what Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin might do, as well as some of his thoughts on this matter.

After a while, a tall figure suddenly appeared at the door of the hall. Guo Shao turned around and saw a man as strong as a black man at the door walked over. The sun was bright outside the door, and the light in the hall was a little dim. The black man seemed to be in a ray of light at the door.

Double chin, a wide and black face, wide forehead, very flat chin, and a wide face makes your eyes look smaller. Who isn't Zhao Kuangyin?

Zhao Kuangyin was wearing a white filial piety uniform and a filial pie on his head! This outfit was very solemn, which made Guo Shao very nervous... Guo Shao couldn't help but think: Your father and brother were really not killed by me! I didn't even have the intention to kill them.

"General Guo, have you also received the summons from the official family?" Zhao Kuangyin's tone was actually very calm, without any hatred, and did not grit his teeth and speak harshly. This surprised Guo Shao a little. Although he could have expected that Zhao Kuangyin would not be so impulsive, such a calm tone was really extraordinary.

Guo Shao said: "Yes, I only received the imperial edict in the morning, so I got the first step."

When he saw Zhao Kuangyin wearing a filial piety dress, he should ask a few questions according to common sense... But what did he say? He said that he had not attended the funeral, or asked Zhao Kuangyin to be mourn and follow the changes? How could he feel like a cat crying a rat? Only some civilian women in the city can curse others in their hearts and say polite words after cursing them thousands of times; Guo Shao couldn't do this.

So he turned a blind eye and did not mention the funeral of the Zhao Mansion at all.

Before the emperor came, Guo Shao stood in the same house with Zhao Kuangyin, and the atmosphere was a bit dull and awkward.

Guo Shao was not convenient to look around, but from time to time he also silently observed the palace with an inadvertent expression. He always felt that Chai Rong was watching him and Zhao Kuangyin somewhere. But the palace was covered with walls, and there was only a small door behind it, and there was no one outside the door.

At this moment, a fat and round-faced eunuch walked in. Guo Shao had seen this person, but he didn't think of his name for a while. The eunuch took two files and threw the whisk in his hand behind his arm, and stepped forward and said, "This is the case file that Wang Pu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, is the main person in charge of the trial of the left department of Kaifeng Prefecture. The official asked me to take it and take a look with the two generals. The official is still changing clothes, so he will come later."

Guo Shao and Zhao Kuangyin took one, but neither spoke.

The eunuch said again: "By the way, you two have finished reading it, so you exchanged views. There are stools here, please sit down."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "Okay."

So Guo Shao and Zhao Kuangyin started reading the file in their hands, and now they could only read a rough look. Guo Shao felt very disadvantaged because Zhao Kuangyin flipped it very quickly, but he read it very slowly... Without punctuation, Guo Shao is not very used to it yet, he can understand it but read it slowly.

Fortunately, the file in my hand is about Zhao San’s suspected attempt to assassinate Guo Shao. He knew the general process of this case. He didn’t have to read every sentence, but only looked at some key points and convenient ways.

After a while, Zhao Kuangyin took the file. Guo Shao turned around and said, "General Zhao, let's change it." Zhao Kuangyin nodded, handed over the things in his hand, and exchanged them with Guo Shao.

The copy Guo Shao received now is the beginning and end of Zhao San's death. He first found Dong San's confession and description. He found that there was indeed a paragraph asking when Dong San would enter the Zhao Mansion, and the answer was in the third year of Guangshun. Seeing this, Guo Shao felt that the record of this file was quite reliable.

During this process, Guo Shao and Zhao Kuangyin were waiting silently, and I am afraid no one knew what the other party was thinking.

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Chapter completed!