"Guo Shao usurped the throne, and every year is in Jiwei..." On the edge of the Yangtze River, a man on a black-sailed boat stretched his neck and looked at a stone tablet and said. The stone was half in the mud on the riverside, half exposed outside, and appeared and disappeared under the erosion of the water waves. The people on the boat on the river saw a sudden stone by the river, and curiously rowed over to see it.

On the road by the river, occasionally passersby stop to see the strange things.

I don’t know how long this stone has been here, nor how many people have seen it, but no one has paid attention to it. People in the world are very proactive and it is difficult to meddle in other people’s business.

The man who looked at the black-sailed boat said, "There is also a goat carved on it, with two horns. What does it mean?"

An old man in the cabin said in the voice of: "This year is the Year of the Sheep. Rowing, go quickly!"

The strange man also jumped off the bow of the boat and got into the cabin. The man in the short-clothed clothes shaking his squats on the bow said, "This year is exactly the Year of the Sheep. Is the matter on the monument this year or twelve years later?"

The old man said in his voice: "Silly! Twelve years later, will the Ganzhi still be Jiwei?"

The black-sailed boat slowly floated on the vast river surface with the sound of oars and chats.

At this moment, a group of horse soldiers came from the avenue. Several people leading the donkey cart on the road hurriedly led the car to the side of the road and stopped to watch. The horse soldiers were a very tall man in front of them, looking very terrifying. Behind them, all the armored heavy horses were full of feathers, and they were still on their heads. As the war horses surging, a piece of feathers were shaking, as if they were reed flowers in the wind. There was a group of not so glamorous servants behind them. When passers-by saw this scene, they almost ran away.

The strong man was Shi Yanchao. His men happened to be stationed on the riverside. When he heard the scout's report, he realized that there was such a thing here.

Shi Yanchao led his crowd to the stone, and jumped off the horse and walked down. A group of people walked to the riverside and watched the words on the stone. The soldiers were silent, and no one said anything. Shi Yanchao narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a long time.

A general next to him asked, "General, how do you deal with this thing?"

Shi Yanchao said: "Please cover it up, leave two people to watch, send someone to Jiangning City, and report to Marshal Guo."

"Here." The general answered with his fists and immediately shouted to greet someone.

A few hours later, Shi Yanchao received a reply from Jiangning City in the military camp. He took it from his subordinates, opened it and stamped it with the seal of the "Jiangnan Forecasting Military Mansion", and wrote: The Southern Tang Dynasty had ulterior motives, broke the stone, and carried it to the surface of the river to sink to the river.

Shi Yanchao read it in public and handed it straight to the generals around him: "Do this matter according to the military order."

The generals sitting on both sides talked about it for a while, but they didn't mention Guo Shao's intention to usurp the throne, and only talked about how the stone appeared. The main men under Shi Yanchao were the commander of the crane and the straight horses and the straight bows and arrows. This army has never changed its number for several dynasties and generations, because no matter who enters the imperial city, they will be treated generously to show their favor and win over.

At this moment, a general asked, "What do you think of this matter by General Shi?"

Although Shi Yanchao often acted arbitrarily, after all, he got into a low-level general and was still aware of some things. He slapped the table casually, and with a loud "bang", everything on it jumped up. The generals were shocked and immediately stopped and turned to look.

Shi Yanchao said: "It's useless to sharpen your mouth, he's just shut up!"

The generals rushed to answer the order. No matter whether they obey Shi Yanchao or not, no one was willing to contradict this guy.

...

Guo Shao was at the headquarters of Jiangning City, not only received a report from the Yangtze River to produce stones, but also a consultation written by Empress Dowager Sizhao of the Imperial City: The Yellow River to produce stones.

Compared with the eight words reported by Shi Yanchao, the stones "rush out" in the Yellow River are richer: the lewd talisman serves three husbands, and the country serves as wedding dresses; the slaves respond outside the door, and the snakes and wolves are both ungrateful.

Guo Shao's face was unwilling, and Wang Pu was looking at the paper in his hand.

According to normal habits, after reading the report, Guo Shao would usually hand it to the left and right to view it, and then everyone gave advice. But this time, Guo Shao did not ask the people around him to fold the paper and stuff it into his pocket.

Wang Pusui stopped saying a word, Zuo You asked, "What happened?"

Guo Shao said: "It's similar to Shi Yanchao's report. This time, the stones were released from the Yellow River to slander the Queen Mother and me."

Zuo You said: "The stone by the river should have been done by people from the Southern Tang Kingdom. The stones were also fished out from the Yellow River? The spies from the Northern Han Dynasty, or Hedong..."

Guo Shao refused to answer, frowned and thought for a while. He thought to himself that the matter of catching stones from the water imposed on the "way of heaven" seemed to have become a routine since ancient times. The Yellow Turban Army had done it, and Wu Zetian had done it... This time, he was not ready to make a mystery, and others had finished the work first, but what he wrote was not a good thing.

At the same time, it also confirmed one thing: his intention to increase his reputation through foreign wars and then become emperor was too obvious, and more than one or two people guessed it; this time he attacked and destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the troops returned to the court to take advantage of the opportunity to take action, and many people were also targeted.

Compared to Zhao Kuangyin's sudden opportunity and the time to start when he first went abroad, Guo Shao's current opportunities are more natural, but they are too obvious.

In addition to Wang Pu Zuo You, two civil servants, Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan. The crowd was silent for a while, and Wang Pu said: "I still recommend Cao Bin to the military generals stationed in Jiangning. It is easy to destroy the country, but it is difficult to defend the territory. At the end of last year, our dynasty was able to use troops to the Southern Tang Kingdom and the peace situation after Shu Kingdom was restored. It not only sent a lot of money, goods, and people to the war in our dynasty, but also did not restrain the troops of the Great Zhou in the rear. The Southern Tang Kingdom was destroyed, and the world's territorial territories were still not over. The governance of the Southern Tang Kingdom had to follow the method of Shu Kingdom. Cao Bin was able to restrain his soldiers last year, and this year he would let him stay in Jiangnan again."

Wang Pu seemed to be deaf about what happened just now.

Guo Shao said: "What the King envoy said is not without reason. Now, sending envoys to Nandu (Nanchang) first and persuading the remaining places to surrender is the top priority."

Wang Pu clasped his fists and said, "Southern Tang Kingdom has to be someone to do some aftermath, and Wu Yue Kingdom will also send people nearby. If General Guo wants to bring the imperial troops back to the court from now on, I would like to stay in Jiangnan."

After hearing this, Guo Shao suddenly had a speculation that Wang Pu did not want to "support the Dragon" and was unwilling to stop it; so he wanted to stay in Jiangnan and stay away from this internal struggle... The purpose may be to preserve the reputation of loyal ministers.

If Wang Pu really had this kind of thought, Guo Shao would understand it. But for a while, it still felt a little troubled, as if he was neglected by his friends... Perhaps, there would be no friends in the future.

At this time, Wang Pu held a polite manner and said, "I will say goodbye first after I finish what I want to say today."

Guo Shao did not leave him and sent him to the door of the lobby. When he returned, there were only four people left in the lobby, except for himself, the few who had been secretly discussed in the mountain village last time, and the guard general Qin Shitou who stood at the door. Guo Shao did not say a word and walked straight inside. The others paused and followed.

The group walked to the door of the signing room. Guo Shao looked back at Qin Shitou. Without saying anything, Qin Shitou said, "I understand."

This older man looks old, but he seems to be more sophisticated than Lu Chengyong.

Guo Shao sat down on the chair behind the case, pointed to the stool chair outside and said, "Look for a place to sit by yourself."

Zuo You said, "I just thought about it again. The stone in the Yellow River may not have been done by Li Yun from Hedong. It should have been Zhao Kuangyin who fled to the Northern Han Kingdom."

After hearing this, Guo Shao nodded, and the two generals did not object. Guo Shao thought to himself: According to history, the position was originally Zhao Kuangyin, and now he must be very jealous of the situation. It is normal to curse a few words, and it may be more than just doing this.

Zuo You said again: "This kind of mysterious thing can only deceive those stupid men in the mountains and wild people. Those who have some knowledge do not believe it. Most of them guess it is the lord's enemy. We are not inconvenient to come forward to justify, and the more we talk, the more we become traitors. However, the lord has to order the generals to temporarily prohibit spreading rumors in the army."

Li Chuyun pondered: "Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. At this critical moment, the lord really pays attention to fame and prestige."

Zuo You frowned and said, "How should we deal with it?"

At this moment, a vague voice suddenly sounded outside the door. Several people were more alert when talking about secret matters and immediately stopped.

Guo Shao was also silent for a while and sat on the chair. Sure enough, Qin Shitou said outside the door: "Lord, something happened in the city. A general came in to report it. Bei Yi stopped him, so he said a few words. Now the person has been sent away."

Guo Shao shouted: "Come in and report, what happened?"

Qin Shitou then pushed open the door and entered, clasped his fists and said, "Several soldiers slipped out of the military camp and broke into a private house. They not only robbed property, but also raped the wives and concubines of the family. After being humiliated, the women couldn't think of it and hanged themselves! Now the people in the yard carried their bodies to the front of the military camp, with a large number of people blocking the road."

"Bang!" Guo Shao slapped the case with a palm, his face suddenly changed, "Whose subordinate? Immediately caught the central army and asked questions."

Qin Shitou said: "You can take the lord's personal soldiers to go, but you have to have a military order... You go to the envoy Wang Shumi to give the order?"

Guo Shao nodded and said, "I'll order Shi Yanchao to meet the Central Army in Jiangning City again."
Chapter completed!