National Beauty

Chapter 9

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On the branches of the sun, a blue-covered carriage drove out of the city gate in a hurry, and went along the official road towards the Anguo Temple located in the eastern suburbs of the capital.

The autumn wind was blowing slowly and the curtains swayed slightly. Song Jianing leaned against her mother tenderly, staring at the seam of the curtain in a daze. The Zhuangzi where Guo Xiao placed her in her previous life was also located in the eastern suburbs. When she came out of the palace that day, the carriage was walking on this official road. As she walked, the carriage turned into the dirt road leading to Zhuangzi. The road was bumpy, she ate lychees carelessly and accidentally...

What does it feel like to be choked to death

Song Jianing shivered, touched his throat, suddenly felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help coughing.

"What's wrong with An An?" Lin lowered her head and asked her daughter with concern.

Song Jianing covered her throat and said, "Mother, I'm thirsty."

Lin Shi smiled, picked up the blue and white kettle on the small cabinet next to her, and poured tea for her daughter. The fragrant sweet-scented osmanthus tea was six points full.

Song Jianing drank two bowls in a row, and finally his throat no longer felt that blockage. When he was full, Song Jianing secretly sighed. During the few months she lived at her uncle's house, she had been afraid to go out, for fear of meeting the enemy in her previous life. This time, her mother proposed to go to the Anguo Temple to offer incense, but she was not very happy, but after the fear just now, Song Jianing suddenly felt that she really should to worship the Buddha.

At the same time, Guo Boyan was talking to Mrs. Tai in the palace of the Duke of Wei: "Mother, the autumn is so refreshing and it is rare to have time to spare. I want to go to Anguo Temple to find Master Huiyuan to learn about chess."

Master Huiyuan is a well-known eminent monk in the capital. He has been invited by Emperor Xuande many times into the palace to lecture on scriptures. Guo Boyan has a good personal relationship with him. The lady knew it, and smiled: "Go, go, when are you going to come back?"

Guo Boyan said: "Only the next plate, I should be able to come back to accompany you to eat."

Masters can play chess for a long time in one game. Mrs. Tai nodded, and habitually told her son to be careful on the road.

Guo Boyan nodded and said goodbye to his mother. He turned around and stepped out of the main room. The morning sun shone on his face, and he was in high spirits.

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Anguo Temple was flourishing with incense. Mrs. Lin held her daughter's little hand and waited outside the Daxiong Hall for a while before it was their turn to go in and offer incense.

Lin first bowed, her forehead touched the ground, and she silently prayed to the Buddha to bless her and her daughter with a smooth life without disaster.

Song Jianing bowed for the second time. The little girl knelt there in a dignified manner, looking up at the solemn Buddha statue with clear almond eyes, reverently like the jade girl under the Guanyin seat, her pink lips moved silently when she kowtowed, and asked the Buddha to bless them. The mother and daughter are safe and stable in this life, bless her to marry a good husband who loves her and filial piety to her mother.

On the incense, Lin added twenty taels of sesame oil money.

It was still early when he walked out of the Daxiong Palace. Mrs. Lin put on her hat and lowered her head to ask her daughter, "Do you want to visit the temple in An'an?" Guo Boyan only asked her to come to incense. Lin didn't want to stay here too long, and always felt that something bad would happen.

Song Jianing, on the other hand, did not dare to stay outside for too long, for fear of meeting Guo Xiao again. Seeing that his mother had no intention of staying longer, he shook his head.

The girls went down the mountain, the carriage went back steadily, and Lin's heart became more and more stable. She had to leave. Guo Boyan didn't show up. Maybe he did have some plans, but an accident happened in the Guogong's mansion. Is he

Just as the thought fell, the carriage suddenly swayed from side to side, as if something jumped up. The tall and sturdy horse neighed anxiously, Lin Shi instinctively hugged her daughter first, and was about to ask the driver what happened, when a cold voice suddenly came from outside the curtain that made her heart-pounding: "Rush as fast as possible immediately. Duke Wei, or I will kill you."

Lin could not see, nor could Song Jianing, who was in her arms, but the driver was frightened by the blood on the man in Chinese clothing and the dagger on his waist. He ran towards the capital as if he was fleeing for his life. Guo Boyan was satisfied, raised the curtain of the car with one hand, and stepped in.

Song Jianing's eyes widened in shock. Lin noticed the broken arrow and blood on Guo Boyan's left arm, and his already pale face suddenly lost all blood.

"Don't worry, I won't die." When the child was present, Guo Boyan only took a deep look at Lin when he came in, then sat on the ground with his back against the car board, with one leg crossed and the other supported, he lowered his head to check for the arrow wound. The injury was caused by a subordinate. It looked serious, but it was only a little more blood, and it was not a big problem.

After confirming, Guo Boyan turned his head, and unexpectedly met a pair of black and white almond eyes, it was Lin's daughter. I haven't seen her for half a year. The little girl's brows and eyes have grown a little longer, and she has become more delicate and beautiful. Her face is still plump, white and tender, just like her mother. It's just that he is the elder's love for this girl, and Lin's...

Guo Boyan once again looked at the woman who had made him greedy for half a year.

Lin lowered her head and hugged her daughter tightly with both hands. Her beautiful face was as white as the petals of a magnolia flower. She didn't know what it would be like to kiss her.

Knowing that she was afraid, Guo Boyan said solemnly: "I met a few assassins on the mountain and had to hijack my wife's car. Madam, don't worry, I will save my life. When I return home, my mother and I will be very grateful."

His words were vague, Song Jianing couldn't understand, Lin Shi's mind was clear, and after a little thought, he understood, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom. Guo Boyan really wanted to marry her. He knew that Mrs. Tai would not agree easily, so he devised a bitter scheme in which he was assassinated and then rescued by her. In this way, although she had a low status, she was his savior. As long as Guo Boyan deliberately spread it out , his deeds of marrying a widow to repay his kindness will become a good talk.

Mrs. Tai opposed her son marrying a widow for two reasons. One was that her status was low and she was not worthy of the royal family, and the other was that she was worried that her son would be deceived by the widow, and that the common people and ministers would also think the same way. Damage the reputation of the Duke of Wei. Now that Guo Boyan's bitter plan came out, the rumors were first blocked, and Mrs. Tai was more or less grateful to her. Finally, Guo Boyan's firm attitude, this marriage may really come true...

Lin was restless.

Guo Boyan saw it clearly, and said without any deep meaning: "Madam, don't be afraid, as long as you are obedient, I will never touch your mother and daughter."

In order to marry her, he did not hesitate to mutilate his body, and she still wanted to hide? Try it if you dare.

Lin didn't have the courage to challenge the majesty of a grandfather, and his head dropped even lower.

Guo Boyan's eyes moved down, seeing the girl in Lin's arms looking at him timidly, Guo Boyan smiled, rubbed the little girl's head, and whispered: "I will arrive at the Duke's Mansion in a while, and Jia Ning will pretend that it is you today. Seeing me for the first time, you know? You are rewarded for pretending to be like, but if you reveal your secrets, I will punish you..."

His eyes turned twice on the girl's fleshy face, Guo Boyan smiled charmingly: "You will be fined three days not to eat."

He bullied her daughter, Lin pursed her lips and covered her little face with her hands.

Song Jianing can't think about eating now, she is afraid of death, Guo Boyan actually wants to take their mother and daughter to the Guogong's mansion, the Guogong's mansion, that is Guo Xiao's house, what should she do when she meets Guo Xiao? Because she was Guo Xiao's concubine, she was only worried that she would meet Guo Xiao. Song Jianing never thought that her beautiful mother would fall into the hands of an equally domineering and powerful man.

The carriage galloped, it took half an hour to come, and less than two quarters of an hour to return. With the badge of the Duke of Wei's mansion, the carriage was still rampant after entering the city gate. The people complained, but when they heard that Duke Wei, who had made great contributions to Da Zhou, went out and encountered an assassin and was seriously injured, the people suddenly became angry and talked about it. This is the foot of the emperor, who dares to assassinate the court minister

The carriage stopped in front of the Guogong's mansion, and Guo Boyan asked the steward Lin's mother and daughter to rest in the side hall. Sure enough, it didn't take a quarter of an hour, and the younger generation, from the white-haired lady to the bottom, rushed over.

"What's going on, who is so bold and dares to plot an assassination in the capital?" Mrs. Tai asked tremblingly, eager to check her son's injury.

Guo Boyan supported his mother with one hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, mother, I have a lot of luck, I didn't let them succeed, and only suffered a little injury."

"There is so much blood, and you say it's a minor injury?" Mrs. Tai was so anxious that she repeatedly urged people to call Langzhong.

Guo Boyan couldn't persuade his mother, so he politely asked the two younger siblings to take the children away first, leaving only Mrs. Tai and the eldest son Guo Xiao in the main room. Guo Xiao, who is both civil and military, has been practicing with his father on the battlefield for two years at the age of fourteen. Naturally, he can see that his father is not seriously injured, and frowns and asks, "Does my father know the origin of the other party?"

Guo Boyan said disdainfully: "Everyone is the same, but I can't help it."

Mrs. Tai sighed: "Your arm was almost shot through, what are you proud of? When you go out later, take all your guards with you."

Guo Boyan hummed perfunctorily.

Lang Zhong came in a hurry, drew an arrow to stop the bleeding and applied medicine and bandages, and he was really busy for a while.

"Pingzhang, you go send it off." Sitting upright, Guo Boyan ordered his son.

Guo Xiao glanced at Mrs. Tai and went out with Lang Zhong. Guo Boyan watched his son go away, so he couldn't hide his excitement and said to Mrs. Tai: "Mother, my son went to see Master Huiyuan this time, and he said that my marriage is coming, my son doesn't believe it. , asked him where the woman is sacred, Huiyuan replied that the goddess came down to earth, and wished me the Guo family. Mother knows, my son never believed this, who would have thought that the son was chased by assassins when he went down the mountain, and he stopped a carriage, and the car turned out to be real There is a beauty with a fairy and jade appearance."

Mrs. Tai believed in Buddhism and was shocked when she heard the words: "Is there such a thing?"

Guo Boyan said calmly: "I have arranged for the person in the side hall, so I will bring it here to show you?"

Although Mrs. Tai was moved, it was related to her son's marriage. She stared at her son and asked, "Isn't it because you took a fancy to the beauty of other people's girls and deliberately made up nonsense about me?"

Guo Boyan said solemnly: "Son's sentence is true, if mother doesn't believe it, I will immediately ask someone to ask Master Huiyuan, and you will confront him in person."

Mrs. Tai glared at her son, thought for a while, and said to the maid outside the door: "Go and invite the savior of the grandfather over here."