Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Not to be underestimated!

Guo Ye is no longer the old Amon, so he should not be underestimated!

Soon, Li Daozong not only no longer underestimated Guo Ye in his heart, on the contrary, he added to Guo Ye's courtesy.

Not only did he frequently ask the servants of the palace to serve Guo Ye with tea and water, but he also let go of his former figure and chatted with Guo Ye.

But he is very smart, as always, he is as smart as a businessman, and he doesn't chat with Guo Ye about things like court and current affairs, but about romantic affairs, which suits Guo Ye's appetite.

The purpose of Li Daozong's doing this was tacit, and it was nothing more than not wanting Guo Ye to feel that he, the majestic Jiangxia King, would be suspected of clinging to the popular and powerful, otherwise it would be too degrading.

After a short talk, Li Daozong saw that it was getting late, and was about to invite Guo Ye to stay overnight.

Unexpectedly, Guo Ye got up and declined to leave, pretending that he had just had a child and was under the full moon, and that a good wife after giving birth is in confinement, so it is not suitable to stay overnight in other people's houses.Regardless of Jiangxia Wang Li Daozong's kindness to stay, he left Jiangxia Palace, took his own carriage and left the imperial city, and walked to Zhuque Street.

He made excuses to insist on leaving, not because he hated Jiangxia King Li Daozong, in fact Li Daozong was okay in his impression, at least he had tricked Li Daozong back then and won the Changle Square in his hands.

The reason why he didn't want to spend the night in the Jiangxia palace was because when he led the eldest Sun Wuji into the palace today, he received a letter of submission at home. It was a stranger who came to his house to meet him and wrote a letter .

This stranger was nothing more than an idler in the city who specialized in running errands and delivering letters.

After asking the servants to send the idler away with a little silver, he opened the letter and read it, and was shocked, it turned out to be an old friend!

If it wasn't for attending the birthday banquet of Empress Changsun, he would have gone to see the owner of the letter at the address left in the letter.However, Empress Changsun's birthday was not delayed, so he could only put aside the matter of the deceased's letter for the time being.

Right now, after attending Empress Changsun's birthday banquet, she has completed the task assigned by His Majesty Li Er, fulfilled the original promise for Changsun Wuji, and met Jiangxia King Li Daozong to convey His Majesty Li Er's will.

Naturally, he didn't stop, drove out of the imperial city, and went to meet the old friend who sent someone to write a letter.

According to the address on the letter, he asked the groom to drive through Zhuque Street, then turned into a small alley, and finally entered Luoshuifang smoothly because of the curfew at night.

Luoshuifang is different from Taipingfang where Guo Ye lived, even more different from Pingkangfang where nightly singing and singing, and even different from Chongrenfang where the offices of various state capitals are set up in Chang'an. The Lifang where I live is also commonly known as a slum.

You must know that it is the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, and the first peaceful scene of the prosperous Zhenguan era has emerged. Although it is not possible to say that every household has sufficient storage and gold, at least the people in Chang'an City, the people in the imperial capital, have passed the level of well-off , that is definitely not bragging.

Therefore, slums like Luoshuifang are rare.The people living in Luoshuifang almost all belong to the Chang'an people who live below the food and clothing level.In later generations, they can basically meet the standard of receiving minimum living security.

Therefore, the people living in Luoshuifang are either begging for food during the day, or dumping night incense and picking up dung at night.

The presence of the dignified carriage of the Pingyang County Government in Luoshuifang really surprised the night watch patrols who were in charge of guarding the gate of Luoyangfang.

Guo Ye signaled the groom to tell the night watch patrols not to disturb others by making noise.

Then continue to let the groom drive the carriage, shuttling through the alleys in Luoshuifang.

After about a while, the carriage stopped in front of a dilapidated courtyard with earthen walls.

Guo Ye got off the carriage and saw that the wooden door of the small courtyard had already rotted to the ground, and the middle door was wide open.

And there is not even a lantern to guide the way in and out of the courtyard. If it weren't for the crescent moon hanging over Tianshan Mountain today, it would have been pitch black, and the door to enter the courtyard could not be found.

The groom immediately lit up the lantern for Guo Ye, and was about to lead the way to take Guo Ye into the hospital, but Guo Ye stopped him and said, "You don't need to go in, just wait outside the courtyard, give me the lantern, and I will go in by myself."

The groom is an old man of the county government, and he is loyal to Guo Ye. He said with some concern: "My lord, I'd better accompany you in, the inside is full of pickle, not to mention black and black, in case my lord is here in……"

"You think too much."

Guo Ye reached out to take the lantern from the groom, and said with a smile, "I can rush through thousands of troops, so why should I be afraid of such a small ruined courtyard? Besides, today I am an old friend of Yehui, so what's wrong? Don't worry, I'll go in by myself, you just wait for me outside."

After all, Guo Ye put the lantern in front of him, and by the orange candlelight scattered by the lantern, he slowly walked into this dilapidated small courtyard that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time...

Chapter 1141

"Master Guo was late for the appointment, maybe it's because you are busy with business, so you forgot about the old friend's letter and invitation?"

Suddenly, a voice resounded through the pitch-black dilapidated small courtyard, piercing the gloomy silence of the small courtyard under the night sky.

Fortunately, Guo Ye had anticipated it in his heart, otherwise he would have been frightened out of his wits by this sudden voice in this environment, and passed out on the spot.

When he heard the sound, he stopped and stood there, unable to distinguish where the sound came from, so he could only hold the lantern ring in his hand and scan around the courtyard, searching for where the owner of the sound was.

But in vain, with the light of the lantern, I couldn't find anyone around the courtyard.

"Master Guo, don't look for it, the courtyard is empty, there is not even a place to sit, I will really stand in the courtyard and wait for you all night?"

Then, the voice came again: "You are directly in front of the master bedroom in this small courtyard, and I have been sitting in the room waiting for Mr. Guo."

"Fuck!"

Guo Ye cursed angrily, lifted the lantern to the front of his body, and cursed: "You are so busy!"

After counting, Guo Ye took a dozen steps forward and entered the house with the help of the light yellow light emitted by the lantern to guide the way.

The room is small, and the lantern lights up as soon as you enter.

The furnishing in the house is simple, not even furnishing, only a round table with peeling paint, three or two bearded stools, and a dilapidated Babu bed covered with cobwebs in the gauze curtain.

Obviously, this place has been abandoned by the owner for a long time.

Some dilapidated furniture scattered on the ground almost tripped Guo Ye to the ground.It seems that when the owner's family moved away from here, they left in a hurry.

Guo Ye hung the lantern on a protruding hook on the wall, and then turned his gaze to the four-legged round table with faded paint...

The table was wiped clean, not to mention spotless, but at least it looked passable.

On the table, there was a large basin full of sauced elbows, and two jars of wine, one jar was not sealed with mud, and the other jar was already full of wine fragrance.

Of course, there are wine jars and wine bowls, and there are two of them.

The person at the table was holding a wine bowl in his left hand and a sauced elbow in his right hand, and he had already eaten and drank.

Seeing Guo Ye coming in, the man threw the half-eaten elbow back into the basin, waved his oily right hand, and greeted: "Come, come, come, Chang'an Jiuweizhai's sauced elbow, and a jar of plain rice." The drunken fairy old wine from Kangfang Shenxianju, haha, it's really delicious in the world, and it's a perfect match!"

Guo Ye looked at each other and walked over slowly...

The other party's mouth was full of oil, like a foodie, the white robe that was supposed to be spotless and clean was already wet from the splash of wine, and the oil stains should be dirty from wiping with his hands.

Grandma, Guo Ye was stunned by the sloppy face in front of him. How could this still be the white-clothed Arrow Wang Bodang who fluttered in white robes and was dressed in snow?

That's right, the person who sent a letter to invite Guo Ye to meet in this small courtyard like a haunted house in the middle of the night was Wang Bodang who retired to the mountains and forests that day.

Fuck, this is too bad for the image, right?

How is this still the handsome uncle back then, now he looks like a depressed, lazy and drunk.

What is the reason for him to become like this?

Could it be that the former Supreme Emperor Li Yuan and the three princes including Li Yuanqing and Li Yuanfang changed the day and planned to rebel, Wang Bodang and Chi Yu were captured and detained by Hejian County King Li Xiaogong who was the governor of Tuyuhun at that time, and he suffered in the prison without suffering. What made him so depressed?