The night is dark and quiet.

In ancient times, there were gatehouses in large houses, which were used to rest when guests came to the door. It was more like waiting than resting.

Because the bigger the mansion is, the more people visit, and the more busy the big man is, the time to receive guests is definitely not much.

Even if you can take time to receive the guests, it is impossible to receive guests together.

At this time, you need to queue up and set the reception time according to the guests' situation. For example, important guests must be given priority. If the unimportant guests are pushed back slightly...

More people are guests who do not need to be received. They are usually asked to sit in the doorman for a while, and such guests are also self-aware, and most of them will not force them to be received by big people.

These people can visit and not be driven away, and can put gifts representing their wishes in the doorman, and have already gotten what they want and can leave.

Therefore, the ancient gatekeeper was very important and represented the acceptance of a wealthy mansion. Whoever can visit the door, who cannot visit the door, who can receive it immediately after visiting the door, and whoever needs to wait for a moment after visiting the door. There are clever divisions among them, which are the skillful skills of every visitor.

As a prince and a very powerful prince, Shouwang rarely visits others in his life, but others visit him more often.

Even if he occasionally visits others, he will be valued because of his identity as a prince and never waits in the doorman, let alone the possibility of being driven away and not being allowed to visit.

So for King Shou, he is not good at dealing with disciples.

Especially when he was waiting in the concierge, he had never had any experience before. If he had put it in the past, he would have left long ago.

But the family I visited tonight did not dare to leave without even leaving.

Instead, he waited in the doorman with a nervous face, walking back and forth in the flower hall, his face full of anxiety and his eyes full of nervousness.

Finally, he seemed to be unable to help it, and spoke carefully and asked with kindness: "Dare you ask this little boy, when will your general come?"

The doorman was a little girl. When she heard this, she yawned sleepyly and said sleepyly: "First of all, I want to explain to you that I am not the doorman guarding the doorman. But my wife's disciple. It's my turn to schedule the shift today..."

The little girl said and yawned again, saying again: "Our Guo family does not have a gatekeeper because her wife doesn't like extravagance and waste. However, our master is a general after all. As a general, people must often visit him, so this gatekeeper must be set up, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the guests..."

"In view of this situation, the lady thought of a way to let us disciples schedule and each of us is responsible for the concierge reception for one day."

"This can save money for the family and also allow us disciples to be trained. Are you right?"

"For example, I am a girl, it's my turn to schedule a shift today. Whether I eat, sleep, study or do my homework, I have to stay in the doorman and receive the guests who come to visit."

"But I really didn't expect that someone would come to the door in the middle of the night. If you hadn't said you had something urgent, I really wanted to scold you."

"This is not about me being exercised, it is delaying my good sleep. Do you know how heavy our coursework is? If you can't sleep well at night, it will delay your study during the day."

A little girl has a very clever mouth and she talks through a crackling sound, but she still pouts with anger.

I complained so much, but I didn't answer the question of King Shou.

If it were an ordinary family, King Shou would have slapped him long ago, but when facing this little girl, King Shou smiled and kept nodding, "Yes, yes, it's really wrong for me. I'm visiting late at night, disturbing your rest..."

While speaking, I subconsciously reached into my arms, but my face froze and my face turned awkward.

He said a little embarrassedly: "I came in a hurry, and I was disguised and I was completely useless. I couldn't even give you some gifts. Cough cough, I will make up for you in the future, and I will definitely make up for you in the future."

The little girl waved her hand and said with a smile: "Let's give up the gifts. I won't accept your gifts. It's not just you, I won't accept anyone. We disciples are on duty, not just to receive gifts..."

Seeing the little girl being asked for a long speech again, King Shou quickly interrupted and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I won't give you a gift. But can you tell me when will General Guo come? I really have something urgent to do and need to meet him immediately."

The little girl blinked her eyes, and suddenly she carried her hands behind her back like a little adult, and circled around King Shou, as if she was scrutinizing and exploring a lot.

After a while, the little girl nodded as if she was pretty and said, "Looking at your posture, you really look like someone who has something urgent..."

"How about I go and inform you again to see if my master has gotten up."

"I'll tell you, it's hard to wake up after my master fell asleep. Snoring is like thunder. Maybe he didn't wake up the time I just called him. So, maybe I'll have to shout again."

King Shou was happy, not caring about the little girl talking, and said repeatedly: "Please go quickly, I really have something urgent to do."

The little girl nodded.

But at this moment, a voice came from the door and said in a low voice: "No need, I'm already here."

Accompanied by this voice, Guo Ziyi stepped into the door and glanced at King Shou first, but there was no expression.

Instead, he walked up to the little girl, stretched out his hand and twisted the little girl's ear, and cursed with a smile: "What's wrong with a stinky girl? She just went to learn Guo Qi's nagging. Not only did she learn to nag him, but she also said bad things about her master behind her back... Is it difficult for me to wake up when I sleep? Is it like thunder when I snore?"

The little girl was pulled into her ears, sighed with grief, but she didn't argue and scolded her obediently.

However, Guo Ziyi's fingers had already loosened, and he gently rubbed the girl's forehead and said, "If you make a mistake, you will be punished. You will be punished for copying your homework ten times. Go and go to the back house. You don't have to guard here anymore. Our house will no longer receive other guests tonight?"

When the little girl heard that she wanted to punish her homework, her face became even more sad. She said pitifully: "Can I continue on duty? Can I not copy it without punishing it? Ten times, Master, you are so cruel."

Guo Ziyi laughed, and she flicked her head and said seriously: "Don't bargain, and accept punishment immediately."

The little girl sighed like an adult, and walked away pitifully with a stack of books.

...

It was not until this time that Guo Ziyi turned to look at King Shou.

He stretched out his hand, pointed to a chair, and said, "Your Highness, sit down and talk. Please redeem Guo for not being well-received. It's not easy to get a cup of tea in the middle of the night. It's because my family has too few people. So, please don't blame Your Highness."

King Shou hurriedly said, "I dare not, I am abrupt, disturbing people's dreams late at night." He paused, and then said, "But I am in a hurry to follow the power, and I dare not stop coming."

Guo Ziyi looked at him with great meaning and suddenly smiled: "Your Highness does not need such a posture. Guo is not a tiger that can eat people. Besides, as a royal family of the Tang Dynasty, how can you claim to be inferior in front of Guo? This is not reasonable, so Your Highness should call yourself the best."

King Shou was stunned for a moment, his face was a little restrained, and he said carefully: "Then I... that king will follow the advice of the general."

Guo Ziyi nodded, pointed to the chair again, and said, "Let's sit down and talk. No matter how urgent it is, you can't stand, right?"

King Shou did not persist anymore this time, but sat down as if he was good.

Guo Ziyi pulled a chair and sat directly opposite King Shou, with a bright look on his face, as if he was carrying a strange look, and asked: "Your Highness came late at night and was dressed up, neither wearing a guard nor a gorgeous dress. Instead, he was wearing a long cloth robe, like a commoner... Could this be to avoid someone, or to tell Guo about something secret?"

King Shou nodded impatiently and said, "The General is right, I do have a secret message."

Without waiting for Guo Ziyi to speak, he continued directly: "General, do you know that An Lushan from Fanyang sent another 50,000 troops, and has now quietly entered the pass, and is currently hiding in Shandong..."

Guo Ziyi's eyes flashed and she said in a deep voice: "Speak clearly, where are you hiding?"

King Shou shook his head and said, "I don't know this. I didn't dare to ask in depth. It's mainly because I'm worried that it will arouse suspicion from the other party, so I can only speculate from their words."

As he said that, he looked at Guo Ziyi and said, "From what they said, the 50,000 troops were hidden in a prefecture in Shandong, and they were probably protected by local officials, so they could quietly cover up their whereabouts."

Guo Ziyi nodded and pondered: "Your Highness's guess is most certainly correct. It is very difficult to cover up the whereabouts of 50,000 troops. Without the help of officials with heavy power, the movements of 50,000 troops will be easily found out."

King Shou nodded anxiously and said, "So after I heard about this, my heart felt like it was overturning. I couldn't believe that the officials of my Tang Dynasty had already colluded with the vassal states outside the pass. If they hadn't colluded with each other, they wouldn't do such a thing anyway, right?"

Guo Ziyi nodded again and said, "Help the vassal states cover up the whereabouts of the army and assist 50,000 troops quietly entering the pass. If this matter is too big, it is equivalent to helping the vassal states rebel..."

He paused, looked at King Shou again, and asked, "Your Highness is coming late at night. Is this the matter you want to tell me?"

"No, no!" King Shou shook his head anxiously and said anxiously: "This is just one of them."

Guo Ziyi's eyes flashed again and she said in a deep voice: "Is there anything else?"

King Shou took a deep breath and whispered: "They forced me to help and asked me to come forward to visit you, and then took advantage of the opportunity of visiting to assassinate your son with a dead soldier."

Guo Ziyi slowly stood up, and the murderous aura on her face flashed by, and she slowly said, "Is there any?"

“Yes, yes!”

King Shou took a deep breath again and said, "They also want to secretly bewitch the surrendered soldiers and cooperate with the 50,000 army to carry out a mutiny. There are also 100,000 troops outside the pass. Now they have prepared their troops. As long as Lanling is in chaos, they will immediately march straight into..."

"General Guo, this is a big thing that is earth-shaking. An Lushan is obviously trying to rebel. Otherwise, if he just wants to take revenge on you, why should he mobilize all his troops under his command?"

"A total of 180,000 troops will be extremely powerful if they enter the pass. The entire Central Plains will inevitably be in dire straits and countless people will be in trouble."

King Shou spoke very fast this time and directly said everything he knew.

After he finished speaking, his eyes seemed nervous and looked at Guo Ziyi carefully. Qiqi Ai Ai asked, "General Guo, is this report of my king a merit?"

Guo Ziyi slowly breathed and said solemnly: "Guo can answer clearly. Your Highness's move is a great merit. Not only can he lose his merits, but he will also become my Guo's friend in the future."

King Shou was happy at first, then his face changed, and he said with a pale face: "I will lose my merits? I will lose my merits? General Guo, are you..."

Guo Ziyi nodded and said with some slightest remarks: "There is no airtight wall in the world, and what Your Highness has done is not secret. You send your confidants to An Lushan to report me, saying that I plunder his arms and encourage him to rush into the pass to retaliate against me..."

"My Highness's actions have actually been known to Guo for a long time, but because I took advantage of the battle of the Yellow River and the entire Shandong was not poisoned by war, Guo did not attack His Highness."

King Shou even trembled and murmured: "I thought I had done secretly enough..."

Guo Ziyi looked at him and suddenly asked curiously: "But Guo is a little confused. I can't understand what Your Highness has done. Since you have sent a close friend to report me, you must have regarded Guo as an enemy. Why don't you take the opportunity to help An Lushan continue to mobilize troops this time?"

"I dare not!"

King Shou's face was bitter, his voice was filled with a strong sense of horror, and he said, "I'm not a fool, how can I send myself to death? Those people said it nicely, but they were clearly using me. If I really cooperated with them and helped them assassinate your son... General Guo, tell me, would you let me go at that time?"

Guo Ziyi nodded and said, "If something happened to my son, I would definitely go crazy at that time."

King Shou also nodded, smiled bitterly and said, "If a fierce man like you is crazy, who can resist it? Those assassins will certainly be beaten to death by you on the spot, I am afraid that I can't escape your punch... I am very self-aware, and I know very well that my royal identity cannot protect me."

He said, and then said, "Besides, I am the royal family of the Tang Dynasty. How can I cooperate with outsiders to cholera's own country? Even if I cannot become the crown prince in the future and cannot inherit the position left by my father, I can at least be an idle prince, and at least be an idle prince can guarantee happiness."

"If An Lushan succeeded in rebelling, would my royal family still have a chance to enjoy his life? At that time, I was the meat on the chopping board."

Guo Ziyi said 'um', reached out and patted King Shou's shoulder, and said solemnly: "So, Your Highness made the right choice."

King Shou took a deep breath, looked at Guo Ziyi with a nervous look on his face, and asked carefully: "Is the general really willing to expose his old grievances and not mention it?"

Guo Ziyi was even more solemn and said in a deep voice: "You can tell me the first time you learn the conspiracy. This is the greatest contribution to my Guo family, and not only to me Guo family, but to the whole world... If An Lushan succeeds in rebelling, the whole world will suffer from war."

King Shou's face was still nervous and asked again: "What should we do now? How is General Guo ready to deal with it?"

Guo Ziyi slowly let out a breath, looked at the night outside, and said, "Of course, soldiers are blocking the generals, and water is covered by soil. Since I can destroy An Lushan's 50,000 troops last time, I can still destroy this time..."

"But there is still a 50,000 army outside the pass!" King Shou couldn't help but speak.

Guo Ziyi suddenly smiled and said in a stern manner: "Then just hit him and let this person named An die early..."

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