Gu Xingnuo was sent back to the palace by Emperor Xianzong. The old man brought Gu Xingyan out to greet him. They knelt on the ground, looking somewhat surprised and doubtful. Gu Xingnuo went out early this morning, saying that he was going to the palace to pick up the third son and his wife, but he never came back. Now he was sent back by the emperor himself. They had heard of ministers escorting the emperor back to the palace, but the old man and the second young master Gu had never heard of the emperor sending ministers back to the palace. Their eldest son Gu was unprecedented, and it was hard to say whether there would be a successor.
Gu Xingnuo got off Emperor Xianzong's carriage and just stood on the ground, a eunuch ran over to support him, and another eunuch behind him held an umbrella for him.
Xianzong was sitting in the carriage and said to the old man, "Get up, no need to be so polite."
The old man and the second young master Gu stood up from the ground, looked at Xianzong, and then at Gu Xingnuo.
Xianzong said, "Don't watch. Yan Ruo is injured. Send him back home quickly. I will order the imperial physician to see him later." Yelling to Yu Xiaoxiao, "I owe you?" That was Xianzong's angry words. Gu Xingnuo was a treasure in Xianzong's heart at the moment. The more Mo Wen wanted this person to die, the more he had to think of ways to save this person's life. If he had to fight with Mo Wen in the future, Gu Xingnuo would definitely be the one who rushed to the front.
Gu Xingyan hurriedly ran forward to support his elder brother and asked, "Where are you hurt?"
Gu Xingnuo shook his head and said, "No problem."
Gu Xingyan thought to himself that there was nothing wrong, so why would the emperor ask the imperial physician to see it?
The old man didn't bother to check on his eldest grandson's injuries, and said to Emperor Xianzong: "Your Majesty, tonight, the Huguo Temple and the Dali Temple were on fire one after another. What's going on?"
Xianzong waved his hand at the old man and said, "I have already ordered people to deal with it. Gu Qing, you don't need to ask any more questions."
The emperor said so, and the old man could only bow and say, "I obey your order."
"If Yan Ruo is injured, let him recover in Beijing temporarily," Xianzong said again: "You take him with you," Xianzong wanted to say Gu Xingyan, but he couldn't remember the name of Gu Ershao, so he pointed at Gu Xingyan and said: "You two go to Wangxiangguan first."
"I obey your command," the three old men took the order together.
Xianzong lowered the curtain himself.
The holy chariot and its entourage moved forward again, heading straight towards the Imperial Palace.
"Brother, how did you get injured?" Gu Xingyan saw Xianzong leaving and asked Gu Xinglang anxiously.
"Go back and talk," the old man said.
Gu Xingyan hurriedly supported his elder brother and followed the old man back to the study.
Soon, a steward of the Gu family ran out of a side door of the mansion and ran to the nearest clinic. Although Emperor Xianzong said that he would send an imperial physician, it would take some time for Emperor Xianzong to return to the palace. Seeing that Young Master Gu had a very anxious expression, the Gu family could not wait for the imperial physician.
Gu Xingnuo was half lying and half sitting on the couch in the old man's study, and told the old man that his problem was not serious. His left arm was broken and was reconnected by Yu Xiaoxiao, but his internal organs were slightly injured, which would be difficult to recover.
The old man waved his hand at his eldest grandson and said, "We'll talk about this after the doctor comes to see us."
Gu Xingyan paced back and forth anxiously in front of his eldest brother. He wanted to speak several times, but shut up under the old man's glare.
Gu Xingnuo drank a few sips of hot water, looked at Gu Xingyan and said, "You and your grandfather went to the Ministry of War today. Did things go wrong?"
Gu Xingyan then said, "One hundred thousand soldiers, but no food or fodder. Do you want our Gu family to support these one hundred thousand soldiers ourselves?"
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"What?" Gu Xingnuo became anxious when he heard this. He looked at the old man and said, "Grandfather, is there really something?"
The old man sat on the armchair nearby and said, "The Ministry of War has no food. I don't think the original base will allocate food, fodder, and weapons to these 100,000 soldiers and horses."
Gu Xingyan said: "We don't have to worry about weapons. If we don't set out with a large army, we will have to leave our armor and weapons behind, right? But what about the food and fodder?"
Gu Xingnuo thought for a moment and said, "The army should have stored food and fodder. When these soldiers arrive at Wangxiang Pass, the Ministry of Revenue will naturally include their food and fodder when it allocates them."
"But how long do we have to wait?" Gu Xingyan asked.
Gu Xingnuo smiled bitterly and said, "It just so happens that the emperor ordered me to recuperate in the capital. I can go to the Ministry of Households and Soldiers every day to keep an eye on them."
"If you ask me, this matter should be reported to the emperor," Gu Xingyan said indignantly.
"How dare you!" The old man slammed the table. Gu Xinglang married the princess, so when the Gu family encountered any problems, they would directly go to Xianzong? If they had the ability, they could go to Xianzong for everything. Otherwise, how would they be able to be in the court in the future? Who would dare to get involved with the Gu family? They could go to Xianzong for everything, big or small. Is this possible?
"Okay," Gu Xingnuo understood his grandfather's concerns and comforted Gu Xingyan, "I will keep an eye on this matter in the capital, and you just go back to your hometown with grandfather to lead the troops."
Gu Xingyan nodded, looked at the old man and said, "Brother is keeping an eye on the food and grass in the capital, so what about Old Wu and the others?"
The old man looked sullen and said nothing.
Gu Xingnuo said: "Old Wutou?"
"Someone come here," Gu Xingyan said directly to the outside of the study, "Bring in Old Wu and the others." Pregnancy first, love later, the president obediently surrendered
After a while, several men who looked like beggars were led into the study by the housekeeper.
When Gu Xingnuo saw the appearance of these people, he stood up from the couch and asked in surprise: "What happened to you?!"
When Gu Xingyan mentioned Old Wutou, Young Master Gu couldn't remember who this person was, but now that he saw the real person, Gu Xingnuo recognized them at a glance. These were all veterans in their Gu family army. They retired due to injuries and had nowhere to go, or couldn't find a way to make a living when they returned to their hometown. Their Gu family bought their land and raised them. No matter how much Gu Xingnuo thought about it, he couldn't imagine that their Gu family just suffered a disaster, and the veterans they raised became like this.
"Old Wu," Gu Xingyan pulled one of the men, a man in his 50s who was missing a leg, in front of Gu Xingnuo and said, "You talk to him."
Old Wu wanted to kneel down to Gu Xingnuo.
Gu Xingnuo quickly stretched out his hands to support Old Wu and said, "What happened? Did something happen on the farm?" Something happened to their Gu family, but the fields that supported these old soldiers were all used as sacrificial fields by their Gu family. Even if their Gu family's property was confiscated, the sacrificial fields were not included in the confiscation. Gu Xingnuo couldn't understand how these old soldiers could have fallen to such a state?
Old Wu said in a hoarse voice: "Master, the manor is gone."
"What?" Even a calm person like Gu Xingnuo would jump up and down after hearing this, "How could it be gone?"
"After the marshal and the three young masters were imprisoned, an army came and rode horses across the fields," Old Wutou said. The man who had been in the army for many years almost burst into tears. He said, "Our brothers went to stop them, but many of them were injured. We could only watch them destroy the fields and set fire to the houses. We..." Old Wutou couldn't continue talking here.
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