Chapter 232 Under the Night
The sky gradually faded, and the rainy night came with extra money. On the Guo Mansion, the poking lights inserted inside the gate, and the lanterns in the corridor under the eaves were lit one after another, shining on the wet floor tiles, shining with a cold water light.
The rain was getting lighter, and the light rain floated in the air, but it still did not stop.
In the hall, Guo Shao, Zuo You, Cao Tai and Jing Niang were holding a piece of wood in various ways, and only the wood chips were squeaking. Guo Shao was the first to carve it, carefully took it to the ink pond and dipped it on a piece of white paper, and a red square seal suddenly appeared.
He asked Cao Tai: "Is this the queen's private seal like this?"
"It looks very similar at first glance," Cao Tai said, "but it is still easy to see that here, here... is not flat enough."
Guo Shao said: "I can't imitate it in a hurry. I have never seen the queen's seal anyway, so most people probably haven't seen it. Maybe that's all..." He glanced at the wood carved in Cao Tai's hand and said, "If you repair me, I'm very strong and responsible for carving it."
Cao Tai said: "Okay. The queen's seal is made of gold and jade, and it should be polished and smooth."
The font on the printed is drawn by Cao Tai first according to his memory, and everyone carved it. It must be different from the effect of the real seal, and the original shape will appear immediately when compared with the real seal; but it doesn't matter. As long as you can fool someone you have never seen before, there is no chance for others to compare.
There is also Cao Tai imitating the queen's handwriting and writing imperial edicts, which cannot be exactly the same. But it is also difficult to identify.
"The empress's seal was left by the previous dynasty, but she had her own private seal, but she had never seen it before... The seal drawn by the Zajia now is the queen's private seal." Cao Tai thought for a while and said with certainty, "The empress has been with the empress since she was in Yedu, and she has never seen her use private seal. The handwriting is even more unstoppable. She has never written anything in her handwriting, and it is all oral."
Guo Shao nodded and said, "This is true, I have never seen the queen's words until now, and I have never seen what the words she wrote."
Cao Tai said: "So unless it is given to the Empress personally to identify, outsiders will not be able to distinguish the true or false."
Guo Shao said: "It would be better if you ask the queen to identify it."
Several people didn't care about eating. Later, when they were hungry, they asked Jing Niang to go to the kitchen to get some pastries, and everyone just filled their hunger with tea. They worked so hard that they felt that the "correction" was almost like that, so they asked people to prepare a carriage and horse guard.
At that moment, Cao Tai and Zuo You were waiting for a carriage and left the mansion under the escort of a team of horses. There were a group of people in Guo Shao's mansion for a long time, and there were many people coming and going, but I was afraid that they had been stared at it.
There were sentries around his mansion, but he had never found suspicious eyeliners. I don’t know how Zhao Kuangyin deployed it, but there was no intelligence eyeliner, but I must be careful.
Guo Shao rushed to the west of the city first. It is now night in Tokyo, and there are still some pedestrians on the streets. The gates of each city have been closed, but the city can still travel freely... After the city structure of the Tang Dynasty was disintegrated, it promoted commercial development, and there were no divided and closed buildings. (So if you don’t go to the east, the two cities in the west can still do business in the streets and alleys.)
There are still official shops on the streets that maintain public order, but officials do not care about high-ranking officials.
Guo Shao's team went to Chen Jiali's mansion in the west of the city! At this time, even if Zhao Kuangyin's people spread the intelligence spy like Guo Shao, he would definitely not pay attention to Mrs. Chen... Is a merchant worthy of his efforts to guard? Guo Shao has not had any contact with Mrs. Chen after the situation has been tense recently, and there is no sign.
Guo Shao asked someone to knock on the door and handed his prayer in. After a while, the corner door opened. Aunt Sun walked out and looked at the carriage and horses parked at the door. Guo Shao walked out, and the long pole he was carrying with him poked the light. Guo Shao raised the umbrella above his head. Aunt Sun immediately recognized Guo Shao and hurriedly said, "I didn't expect General Guo is here now..."
"It's really too late, which caused great inconvenience to Mrs. Chen. But if you have something important to see Mrs. Chen, I don't know if it's possible? I'll leave as soon as I meet." Guo Shao said sincerely.
Aunt Sun hesitated slightly and hurriedly said, "God, General Guo, I am indeed... You wait a moment before I ask my wife."
Not long after, Aunt Sun came back and said straight: "Please, General Guo."
Guo Shao and his group entered the mansion with umbrellas, and then left some people at the door and entered the main hall in the yard with Cao Tai and others. Guo Shao has been here.
Aunt Sun said, "General Guo and you guys are here to wait. I will ask someone to serve tea. The lady will arrive soon." After that, she glanced at Zuo You and Cao Tai, probably thinking that they were men.
Mrs. Chen is still so pretentious, but it is not easy for her to let Guo Shao enter the house at night.
When Guo Shao saw a slave in the hall, he said, "Please take us to see Mrs. Chen immediately."
After saying that, he was unreasonable and walked into the small door inside. Last time Mrs. Chen came out of that door. Aunt Sun couldn't force her to stop her, so she hurriedly followed her. Guo Shao walked out of the small door and saw a corridor with several small houses next to it. Mrs. Chen and a few maids had already arrived in the corridor.
Mrs. Chen was surprised when she saw this. But she calmly bent her knees and made a blessing in disguise: "I have seen General Guo, thank you for avenging your husband for your revenge."
Guo Shao said: "I took the liberty to disturb you tonight, and I really have something to ask for. I wonder if I can talk to you?" After that, he looked at the maid beside her.
Mrs. Chen looked serious, pursed her lips gently, and said, "You guys go down first."
"Yes." The maids bowed and retreated.
This wealthy family pays great attention to etiquette and looks calm and calm. But at this time, Guo Shao was a little anxious. He just wanted to stay for a while at Mrs. Chen, but had to waste some time.
At this time, Guo Shao opened a door of the room and saw that there was no one inside. He immediately said, "Madam Chen, let's come in and talk."
Only Aunt Sun was left beside Chen Jiali. Chen Jiali looked a little panicked, and she was blushing, and she whispered: "General Guo, what do you want to do?"
"Let's talk about it when you come in," said Guo Shao.
Chen Jiali hesitated for a moment, lowered her head and entered the door with Aunt Sun. Guo Shao immediately called several people with him into the house and immediately bolted the door. He didn't care about other people's feelings and situations at all, and started taking off his clothes without saying a word.
"General Guo!" Chen Jiali covered her face.
"I'll just change my coat." Guo Shao frowned, and while he invited several people to change their clothes together, he said, "Today I came to ask Mrs. Chen for help, just to get out of here; temporarily, Mrs. Chen is the most unlikely place to be noticed, and the mansion is large and not easy to watch. Even if my opponent temporarily wants to send someone to follow him... Hey! Mrs. Chen, don't do this. If I want to do anything to you, do I need to be so anxious?"
Mrs. Chen finally agreed with Guo Shao’s statement, and put down her hand and asked, “Why did General Guo escape?”
"I'll tell you a long story, I'll tell you later." Guo Shao said, "Although I'm just staying in the mansion for the time being, Mrs. Chen has also helped a lot."
Now Guo Shao is willing to do his best in every small link at all costs.
He changed into a cloth robe and tied his head with a hood. He moved very quickly, and threw the martial arts suit he was wearing to Zuo You: "Change it, and you will go out later and go straight back to my house. Remember to hold an umbrella and lower it."
Zuo You clasped his fist and said, "I understand below."
Guo Shao turned to Chen Jiali again and said, "There must be a small door in another direction in the mansion, right? Ask Aunt Sun to go and send people along the way away. I will leave here later."
Chen Jiali looked puzzled and gradually became nervous.
Guo Shao glanced at her: "I will remember Mrs. Chen's kindness this time."
"I did nothing, how can I talk about kindness? General Guo is so serious." She said.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment: "If someone comes to ask about tonight... usually others don't have that much strength to pay attention to these details. I mean, if someone asks, you will call Aunt Sun and say I'm here to say goodbye, because you will leave Beijing tomorrow to find pills for the emperor; in addition, Mrs. Chen's best place to live in another place and avoid it before coming out."
Mrs. Chen said: "Look for the emperor's pill?"
Guo Shao nodded and said, "Just do what I said."
After getting ready, Guo Shao and Cao Tai were taken by Aunt Sun to the small door of the inner house and took out the Chen family's mansion and immediately walked into an alley. The two of them walked quickly on the street with umbrellas.
After walking a few streets and alleys, I saw Jingniang at the entrance of an alley. She led three horses and handed over two hats when she saw Guo Shao. Without saying a word, Guo Shao and Cao Tai immediately brought the hats and turned over the horse.
The three riders jogged along the street and headed straight to the east of the city.
Recently, Guo Shao has been armed with personal soldiers when he went out, and he has not been walking in Tokyo like this for a long time. But now he doesn't care about the danger at all and has already sacrificed his life... At this moment, he has to go to the imperial guards to discuss secretly, and he can't swagger in a row.
Guo Shao and the other three touched Li Chuyun's mansion directly.
When he arrived near Li Chuyun's mansion, Guo Shao asked Cao Tai to go up and send a greeting. The visiting book was sealed with an envelope. After waiting for a long time, Cao Tai returned and reported. Guo Shao and Jingniang then quickly walked to the mansion gate with their horses, pressing their hats very low, and when they saw Li Chuyun, they were put into the door.
The three followed Li Chuyun into the inner house. At this moment, they suddenly saw Madam Li standing in the corridor and called out in a trembling voice: "General Guo."
Guo Shao raised his hat and looked up at her.
Li Chuyun scolded, "What are you doing?"
Guo Shao couldn't say anything in front of Li Chuyun, but just looked at Madam Li with his eyes. Now, he naturally didn't care about Madam Li's affairs, so he had to say: "I won't wait for too long."
The people present couldn't hear what he said, but they seemed to feel that they were saying to Miss Li, because only Miss Li spoke to him just now. Guo Shao could only speak in this mysterious way, and it was inconvenient to speak too bluntly.
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Chapter completed!