Chapter eight hundred and sixty
Guo Shao leaned against the soft couch, his cheeks were obviously thinner, his weak look was not as straight and upright as before, but his bloody face still had a happy expression.
"I'm fine, I haven't seen you for a long time." Guo Shao said, "Sit down and talk to me."
Luo Yanhuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness." However, when he sat, he was still a little restrained and nervous, and he dared not lean on the couch like Guo Shao.
Guo Shao didn't ask, Luo Yanhuan was cautious and silent for a moment. Seeing that there were still chessboards on several tables, black and white chess pieces intertwined, Luo Yanhuan finally found the topic, "Can you play chess?"
Guo Shao shook his head: "I won't play chess with General Luo."
Luo Yanhuan was slightly stunned, and then heard Guo Shao's tone say gently and casually, "I am not energetic now and I will be exhausted in a while."
"Your Majesty must regain the dragon body and take more care of it." Luo Yanhuan said.
Guo Shao suddenly changed his mind, "General Luo has been walking back and forth several times outside the city, don't he have something to say to me?"
Luo Yanhuan pondered, "It turns out that all the palace servants have seen it."
Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head and said, "What other people told me."
"Left Auxiliary?" Luo Yanhuan's heart suddenly became tight.
Guo Shao did not comment, slowly leaned forward, picked up a black piece, and put it down on the chessboard.
Luo Yanhuan didn't look at the chess game on the chessboard either. He was not the Confucian general Li Chuyun, so he had no interest in games, and he had no mood to pay attention to the toy.
He felt confused and in a mess, he didn't hear Guo Shao's voice. He subconsciously felt that he should say something. He immediately looked painful and suddenly left the soft couch and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I'm wrong! I, I..."
Guo Shao said: "I already know, I just heard someone else talk about it."
When Luo Yanhuan heard this, he couldn't think too long, and he was even more confused: The emperor just found out?
Guo Shao was not sitting very upright, but he sat there steadily, "General Luo just mentioned the Left Auxiliary. At that time, Zuo Auxiliary and General Luo formed an alliance to advance and retreat together?"
Luo Yanhuan hurriedly replied, "No, I barely met three times at that time, and did not discuss important matters."
Guo Shao murmured in a tone of self-talking, "I have to meet Zuo Auspicious as soon as possible and ask what's going on."
Luo Yanhuan felt that his limbs were not very obedient, and sweat was pouring on his back.
Guo Shao immediately asked again: "Then what did you say when you meet?"
Luo Yanhuan frowned and said in a trembling voice: "Zuo Jiazheng is good at scammers. When he turned around, he seemed to have nothing to explain. I can't remember such messy words."
Guo Shao said: "So, Zuo You is very reluctant?"
Luo Yanhuan can only say: "Yes."
"General Luo is sure?" Guo Shao's speech today seemed more verbose than usual.
Luo Yanhuan naturally did not dare to show any signs of the emperor's long-windedness, so he had to nod and said, "If you say goodbye to your Majesty, that's right."
Guo Shao's tone changed and he sighed, "General Luo, you disappointed me very much."
"Your Majesty..." Luo Yanhuan almost pressed his face to the floor. He was very depressed and ashamed when he heard this. But he was not very afraid. People who came from the sea of swords and blood had seen the scene. The main reason was that Luo Yanhuan understood the great contribution he had made for Guo Shao, otherwise he would not have been named Duke. Now that he had made a mistake, he knew that he was wrong, he would inevitably be taught a lesson.
Guo Shao's voice said again: "Get up and look at the things on the table."
After hearing this, Luo Yanhuan got up carefully and took a look at the table. There was a piece of folded paper next to the chessboard. He picked it up and opened it, and there was no need to read it at one glance... Because it was his handwritten letter, how could he not know the content of what he wrote?
Unexpectedly, Guo Shao's words were very surprised, "Searching from Zhou Duan Mansion."
Luo Yanhuan widened his eyes and said in surprise, "How could this letter be on Zhou Duan Mansion?!" He blushed, surprised and confused, "The letter was really from the hands of his ministers, but it was written to Brother Li (founding Duke Li Chuyun). He told Brother Li that his Majesty was seriously ill and wanted him to come to the capital to meet the saint as soon as possible..."
"General Luo wrote the second half of the sentence in the letter?" Guo Shao asked softly.
Luo Yanhuan said: "That's what I mean."
Guo Shao nodded: "I believe in you."
Luo Yanhuan was in a panic: "Brother Li gave me my letter to Zhou Duan? When did Brother Li have anything to do with Zhou Duan... Your Majesty, who found the letter from Zhou Duan's mansion?!"
Guo Shao's tone was weak, not as excited as Luo Yanhuan, and he slowly said, "Eunuch Yang Shiliang."
Luo Yanhuan suddenly felt excited and said: "That eunuch deceived the emperor and deceived him, he lied! The eunuch is the most cunning and his courage is getting stronger and stronger!"
Guo Shao said: "Yes, people are getting more and more courageous, and they are completely unaware of what to do and what not to do."
Luo Yan's blue veins bulged up, "Your Majesty, although no one's name was mentioned in the letter, it was really not written to Zhou Duan. This was a letter to Brother Li."
Guo Shao nodded again: "I believe in you."
"Your Majesty's clarification." Luo Yanhuan cried so anxiously.
Guo Shao looked in a hurry at all. He raised his hand softly, pointed to the letter in Luo Yanhuan's hand, and said, "But there is a problem."
"What?!" Luo Yanhuan said inexplicably.
Guo Shao said slowly: "I believe in the loyalty of the founding Duke (Li Chuyun) and protect everything the Li family has, its generous salary, the status of the nobles, and its reputation. I also believe that General Luo wrote a letter to the founding Duke quietly to persuade him to be loyal to the country. But..."
Guo Shao said, closing his eyes slightly and breathing a sigh of relief.
Luo Yanhuan held his breath, didn't dare to blink, his ears stood up, and listened carefully to every word. Fortunately, Guo Shao spoke very slowly today.
"But, after I believe it, how can I make everyone believe it too?"
Guo Shao speaks very slowly, is organized and simple. Compared to Zuo You, Guo Shao's words are indeed better understood. But Luo Yanhuan feels that it is difficult to answer Guo Shao's questions.
Luo Yanhuan said in a daze: "Don't everyone believe in Brother Li's loyalty?"
Guo Shao said: "General Luo, if you confirm that it was the time of turmoil in the court, the founding Duke led his troops outside, but secretly communicated with a general of the imperial guards in the capital. What do you want the people of the world to think and what do you think about Li Chuyun?"
"This..." Luo Yanhuan's throat squirmed.
After a moment of silence, Guo Shao said again: "No one can order everyone in the world to think, I can't."
Luo Yanhuan's body became soft and he knelt on the ground with a pale face, "Your Majesty, what should I do?"
Guo Shao sighed: "I and my brothers live and die together in the bloody storm. Li Chuyun is already dead, but I don't want to defame his reputation anymore. More importantly, I have to take care of everyone's relatives and families and love them with my heart. General Luo, go back and think about it."
Luo Yanhuan knelt silently for a while before bowing and saying, "I, take your leave."
...As soon as Luo Yanhuan left, Guo Shao asked someone to come in, and the eunuch on duty that came in happened to be Yang Shiliang. Guo Shao asked, "Have Zuo You arrived?"
Yang Shiliang said: "I have arranged to issue an order, and I should be on the road now."
"As soon as Zuo You arrived, he took him here to meet him." Guo Shao said.
"Sister obeys the order."
Guo Shao sat weakly on the soft couch, his eyes closed to rest. Sometimes he didn't move for a long time, as if he was asleep, but then he made a long moan, as if he was in pain in his body, a very painful and sad moan, the sound was very small but very heartfelt.
After a long time, Zuo You came in and simply knelt on the floor, his upper body piously pressed against the floor, and his butt was sticking out, "Your Majesty will live forever, and Zuo You, the cabinet's auxiliary government, was ordered to meet him."
Guo Shao opened his eyes and waved his hand. The attendant of Yangde Hall hurried out.
Guo Shao didn't let Zuo You flatten, and said angrily: "Zuo You, I trust you so much, even my son teaches you, but if you have something to do a while ago, what have you done for the court? Do you want to learn from Feng Dao, the 'tumbler' of the previous dynasty?!"
Zuo You trembled all over, "I deserve to die for all my crimes! Even if Your Majesty kills me, I feel that I deserve it!"
Guo Shao said annoyedly: "Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"I dare not... no! No! I don't dare to think so!"
Guo Shao couldn't help but curse when he heard this, "Fuck!"
Zuo You raised his head carefully, "Your Majesty, I have no choice at that time. The Queen did not allow me to participate in everything, and I could do nothing, and I did not dare to act rashly. Luo Yanhuan and Zhou Duan were really harming me..."
Guo Shao said coldly: "Spout the money Zhou Duan gave you and pay it for one year. I will realize that greed for money is hot in the future."
Hearing this, Zuo You closed his eyes and exhaled secretly, bowing and saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Guo Shao said with a dark face again: "You go to Xuzhou immediately, meet with Huang Binglian according to my order, and do your best to do things over there."
When Zuo You heard this, he was grateful and tears: "Your Majesty's kindness, I will remember it in my heart."
Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "Who can move the people around me as long as they have not done too much?"
Zuo You kowtowed again and again and thanked him.
Guo Shao waved his hand and stopped saying a word. Zuo You also went out respectfully, and Yangde Palace calmed down again.
He thought to himself: Moody and fearfulness are not necessarily a good thing... People also need a sense of security. If you accompany your king like a tiger, you will be frightened every day and you will not be sure whether you will be unlucky suddenly. Maybe you can act more respectfully and obediently and dare not easily disobey a little. However, everyone is under too much pressure in this way.
Under high pressure, it is easy to cause everyone to be nervous and people to be nervous, and Guo Shao himself cannot feel relieved.
Not long after, Yang Shiliang entered and whispered respectfully beside Guo Shao: "Your Majesty, Yang Ye has entered the capital. When will he be summoned?"
Guo Shao estimated Shichen and said, "Now, I'm asking him to enter the palace, so there is no need to prepare to clean up too many useless situations. Call the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and several dukes."
Yang Shiliang whispered: "Duke Kuang just left, so I won't invite him?"
"Hmph." Guo Shao made a voice.
Chapter completed!