Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

After saying that, he sighed at Zhao Jiuchou with a wry smile: "Look, you can't hide this matter even if you want to. He came to the door on his own initiative."

Zhao Jiuchou was also quite speechless. After following Guo Ye for so long, he found that he could help him with everything.

Regardless of whether he is active or passive, in his opinion, Guo Ye is born to be a master who invites disaster!

Chapter 355

Guo Ye left Zhao Jiuchou alone in the room, went out and followed the entourage to the old man's room.

After leading Guo Ye into the old man's room, the subordinate said in a low voice: "My lord, I brought it to you, and the young one is guarding at the door."

After saying that, he gave Guo Ye a wary look, then turned around and left the room.

When the door of the room was brought up with a bang, Guo Ye finally had a close contact with this imposing old man.

Perhaps it was because he had just washed up and was about to go to bed, the old man took off his Confucian clothes at this time, and was only wearing a white shirt with a slanted front and a right lapel.

Seeing Guo Ye standing inside the door and staring at him, the old man raised his arms and said with an embarrassed smile: "It's so late, and so abruptly calling the little brother here, and treating guests with such clothes, it happened all of a sudden. , Don’t blame the little brother for being disrespectful and negligent.”

Guo Ye shook his head with a smile and said: "Where is it, the elder invites you, but you dare not say no. I don't know why the elder called the boy over?"

Hearing Guo Ye's polite words, the old man's brows twitched, and the fox asked: "Looking at the little brother's clothes and conversation, is it possible that the little brother is also a scholar and scholar in my generation? This time I stayed in Fenglingdu, but In order to go to Chang'an to study?"

Guo Ye knew that the other party must have a lot of background, so there was no need to hide it, and then he admitted openly: "The old man's guess is correct, the boy is from the middle of Sichuan, and this time he went to Chang'an, he was going to the Imperial College."

"Go to Chang'an, Guozijian?"

In an instant, the old man's face became serious, his forehead and even his eyebrows were twisted into a ball, and he fell into silence.

After only a few breaths, the old man suddenly yelled strangely: "You said you came from Longxi, and this time you entered Chang'an to go to the Guozijian. The old man asked you, is your surname Guo?"

Guo Ye also had a strange expression on his face, and he blurted out, "How does the old man know about the kid?"

The old man asked for proof again: "Wu Xun Xiaoqi Lieutenant, Longxi Guoye?"

Guo Ye nodded resolutely, and replied, "It's the kid!"

But he still asked with doubts: "Old man, how do you know me, kid?"

"Haha, good, good~~"

The old man burst out laughing, beckoned Guo Ye to sit down quickly, and then shouted: "What a coincidence, what a coincidence, the old man actually met you in Fenglingdu, what a coincidence!"

After laughing, seeing Guo Ye's bewildered face, the old man hurriedly explained: "Little brother, you may not know that you, Longxi Guo Ye, have a great reputation in the court. The fact that you captured Jieli Khan alive is enough to make His Majesty feel satisfied." I have been happy for a long time, and I have praised you for a long time."

That's it!

Guo Ye nodded secretly. He heard Eunuch Shun mention this matter. Being able to say his name from the emperor's mouth, it seems that he is quite famous in Chang'an.

After a little joy in my heart, I suddenly heard that the old man's words were about court affairs, and His Majesty praised him personally. Is it true that this old man has an extraordinary background as he expected?

Then he cupped his hands and asked, "I don't know, old man, are you..."

The old man responded: "My surname is Gao, and my name is Lian. I wonder if my little brother has heard of it?"

bass! !

Guo Ye stood up abruptly, and blurted out with surprise on his face, "So it was you?"

Obviously, he knew who Gao Shilian was.

It is the uncle of Changsun Wuji and Changsun Empress brother and sister, the real old relatives among the relatives.

Moreover, as mentioned above, Gao Shilian is now in charge of the Yushitai, which is known as the nemesis of all officials, and has been added to the post of Yushi doctor.

Gao Shilian, the imperial historian, and Wei Zheng, the advising doctor, are collectively called the two major disasters of the court!

Seeing Guo Ye's expression, Gao Shilian was obviously very satisfied, and said with a sense of accomplishment: "It seems that you have heard of the old man's name, haha, so it will save the old man the trouble of introducing you. Guo Ye, this time It is really helpless to invite you here suddenly, the old man needs your help on something important."

After saying that, Gao Shilian revealed the real intention of inviting Guo Ye over abruptly tonight.

Almost halfway through the speech, Guo Ye knew what Gao Shilian meant.

Just as he had made the same bold speculation about Zhao Jiuchou before, Gao Shilian, the censor doctor, came out of Chang'an this time to go to several state capitals in the lower reaches of the Yellow River to investigate the disaster of the Yellow River's embankment, and to see it. Let's see if the 150 million disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court has been actually used.

Yushitai was in charge of the disciplinary and picket duties of hundreds of officials, which was quite in line with Gao Shilian's intention to leave Chang'an this time.

However, when Gao Shilian crossed the Yellow River, he secretly walked around several state capitals downstream, and found that the real situation was not as it was in the memorial to Chang'an, on the contrary, the situation was even more serious.

If this continues, Gao Shilian believes that as long as someone takes the lead in raising the flag, then the hundreds of thousands of people in these state capitals will definitely rebel because of the famine. Hundreds of thousands of people will become hundreds of thousands of rogues.

At that time, the consequences will be unimaginable...

And the more he investigated, the more suspicious the cloud was, the 150 million disaster relief money would not be able to appease and rescue the victims in the slightest?

Obviously this is impossible.

So the reason is this, that is, the 150 million disaster relief money has not been used in real terms, and it has been used on the victims of the disaster.

The huge silver corruption case is about to come out!

……

When Gao Shilian doubted this situation, he thought that he would add two subordinates. If he went to investigate the corruption case, he would definitely not have enough manpower.

But God didn't give me face, and the Yellow River was impassable, so I couldn't report the situation here to the Chang'an court in time.

Ever since, he couldn't get the evidence of the ink corruption case, and he couldn't get reinforcements from Chang'an, so he was anxious for a while.

Until today at Fengling Inn...

From what Gu Sanye said, Gao Shilian could see that the other party should be an insider, but this person was as treacherous as a ghost, like a panacea, he obviously didn't want to share this troubled water.

And from what Guo Ye asked, Gao Shilian could see that this young man should be a scholar, and he might be able to temporarily rely on him as an assistant.

With no one available, Gao Shilian had no choice but to invite Guo Ye very abruptly and explain his intentions.

……

After hearing Gao Shilian's words, Guo Ye nodded secretly, not much different from what he had guessed.

Originally, he wanted to help each other, but now that he knew Gao Shilian's identity, how could Guo Ye enter Baoshan and return empty-handed?

It is not Guo Ye's style to help in vain without paying.

So, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Lord Gao, at first, as an official of the imperial court and a servant of the emperor, this kid should be obliged to do this kind of thing. But the sage has ordered that the kid go to the Guozijian to report as scheduled. If there is a delay in going to the Guozijian Days, when the time comes, if the teachers in the Imperial College blame the kid..."

"no problem!"