The dream of a lonely hero

Yan Yun thought that there were such strange people in the world, and asked curiously:"How does your master compare with your elder brother? My elder brother must be better than the blue."

Guo Mao said:"You can't lie when you have a dragon."

Yan Yun was still unwilling to accept it, and said :"Brother is peerless, is your master a god! Don't compare yourself to open your eyes."

Guo Mao couldn't resist, he raised his head to the night sky and said,"My master is omnipotent, just like this one." The bright moon shines for thousands of miles, and I am just the light of a firefly at best."

Yan Yun sighed, thinking: There is such a fairy-like figure in time, and he is really a frog in the well; he said:"Brother, can I let my foolish brother see the master's beauty? Guo

Mao felt sentimental for a while and said:"Master has become an immortal."

Yan Yun was silent for a long time and said:"Can you please tell me about the taboo of the master's name?"

Guo Mao was silent.

Seeing that he had a troubled look on his face, Yan Yun stopped digging into the matter and thought: If a genius like Guo Mao could serve the King of Jin, why would you worry about not being able to regain the sixteen states of Youyun? His military strategy is unparalleled in the world. It is easy to advance and achieve fame. It is easy to become a general or a prime minister. Why do you live in the deep mountains and dense forests? My stupid brother is puzzled!"

Guo Mao smiled heartily and said:"I think wealth is like floating clouds. Which general in the world is like this? In addition to princes, there are also happy and happy people."

Yan Yun exclaimed solemnly:"Oh! 'I can wear thousands of hills and wash my clothes for thousands of miles.' I pillow on the stream and gargle stones, sit and watch the clouds rolling and relaxing, my brother is really a hermit! Forgive me for my foolish brother. You are stupid, hunting is enough for your brother to have no worries about food and clothing. Why do you take so much pains to learn the art of military strategy, the way to control chaos and bring peace to the country, and the superior martial arts skills?"

Guo Mao smiled calmly:"Brother Fool, it's not that you took great pains to learn military strategy, Maintaining peace and stability in the country and competing in martial arts are just Brother Yu's common hobbies, just like drinking and tasting tea."

Yan Yun said:"Brother has the qualities of a hero, why - why——"

Guo Mao asked:"Why don't you have the soul of a hero?"

Yan Yun apologized deeply and hesitated:"Ah - ah! There are no heroes in the world, and a good man should strengthen himself. Who is destined to be a hero when he is born? As long as he works hard, he can become a hero.."

Guo Mao said:"Brother Yu is not a hero, but he has not given up his dream of being a hero at all. 'The mountains stand tall and the scenery stops. Even if you can't reach it, your heart longs for it.’"

Yan Yun said in surprise:"Brother! Why don't you bring Wu Gou and collect the sixteen states of Yanyun? Please go to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, as if you are a hunter and a marquis of ten thousand households?"

Guo Mao said:"You're a poor brother! There's no need to spend time drinking Ding." Protector, heroes in the world have no masters. Don't always think that the kind of loyal ministers and dead soldiers who are loyal to the king are heroes. The real heroes of heaven and earth have no masters. They are people who can make decisions for their own hearts. I have Such a heart of heaven and earth can forget the bright moon of heaven and earth. With such a way of escape from heaven and earth, he can be indifferent to fame and wealth throughout his life and become a truly unfettered hero of heaven and earth."

Yan Yun could not convince him, and remained silent for a long time, saying:"Human Everyone has his own ambitions. Foolish brother - Foolish brother——"

Guo Mao said:"My dear brother, you might as well say it directly."

Yan Yun had something to say, and wanted to ask him to come out to serve the court and relieve the worries of the King of Jin. However, during the day, he had just helped the people in need and helped him solve the worries of Qiao Shugang, and now he is asking him to come out. This Isn't he a villain who shows kindness in return? Unspeakable.

Guo Mao saw the embarrassment on his face and said:"Brother Xian, we are brothers who are sworn brothers to Jinlan, there is nothing difficult to say!"

Yan Yun knelt down and said:"Brother Fool has something to ask for help from brother, Brother Fool is not—— He is not a villain who shows kindness in return!"

Guo Mao said with a smile:"Of course not! Dear brother, please tell me." He stepped forward to help him.

Yan Yun couldn't stand up and said:"I beg your brother to come out to serve the court and relieve the worries of the King of Jin. The King of Jin is very thirsty for the virtuous and virtuous. If you can get help from your brother, it will not be difficult to take over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun! I beg your brother to give up this world." Taoyuan, follow Brother Yu to serve the enemy."

Guo Mao's face seemed to be covered with a thin layer of frost. He put away his hands, thought for a long time, and said,"I forgive Brother Yu for being unable to obey."

Because Guo Mao was so talented, Yan Yun wholeheartedly invited him. Going out to serve the King of Jin made Yan Yun lose his sense of proportion. Yan Yun said:"Brother, please see that Brother Yu has come out to help me, and Brother Yu has made it difficult for you!"

Guo Mao really couldn't shirk it. After thinking for a long time, he solemnly said:"Brother Yu can only assist the King of Jin for three months if he comes down from the mountain. Brother Yu can only assist the King of Jin for three months." You should serve the King of Jin with all you have learned in your life. No matter whether Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures can be recovered or not, Brother Yu will definitely return to the mountains and forests. I hope you will forgive me!"

Yan Yun's eyes filled with tears and he said:"Brother Yu, I have embarrassed my brother!"

Guo Mao said. :"Brother Fool is infatuated with the wind in the mountains and the scenery of the grassy fields. He has no interest in fame and wealth. He hopes to see his virtuous brother Haihan!"

Yan Yun rested at Guomao's house for another three days. The two drank tea and drank, competed in martial arts, and talked all night long. It's speculation. Yan Yun just hated that time passed so fast. He really wanted to stay with Guo Mao for a few more days and listen to his teachings, but he was afraid of delaying the important events of King Jin, so he had to say goodbye. Guo Mao rushed to Xiongzhou with Yan Yun's letter of recommendation. Yan Yun went to Yingzhou to inquire about the supervision and transportation of grain and grass. When leaving, Yan Yun repeatedly warned,"Brother, after you have achieved success, never leave without saying goodbye. You must wait until you meet me again!" Yan Yun vaguely felt that there was no possibility of getting together again after this separation.

Continued from the previous chapter (Chapter 84, Guo Cun secretly borrowed the Fire Dragon Soldier). It is said that Guo Mao had food and lodging in the barracks of the teaching army. He followed him to burn Pansigou and collect the ten army leaders Li Bin, Yuan Da, Gao Qiong, Wang Zhao, Wang Hanzhong, Zhang Baoyang, and others from Xiongzhou. Li Jun, Fu Dun, Geng Quanbin, Ma He and the farmers, fishermen, hunters, blacksmiths and other people recruited near the Gunlong River came to visit many times, but he was excused by him on the excuse that he was busy with military affairs.

That night, Guo Mao was recalling the process of getting acquainted with Yan Yun, and the three-month agreement he made when parting. He thought that the three months were about to come, and Yan Yun had not been seen. If Yan Yun was not seen again, then—— I had no choice but to say goodbye without saying goodbye, but this separation was destined to be forever separated by the world, so how could we say goodbye without saying goodbye? Thousands of miles to build a long tent, there is no eternal feast in the world, this is better. When the three-month period is up, Yan Yun will return to the mountains and forests regardless of whether he comes or not.

Guo Mao was thinking about it when the soldiers came to report:"Report to the formation envoy! The capital of Yingzhou has deployed the king of Fang County to visit Fan Yong, the guest of honour. Here is the letter and gift list." Hand it to him.

Guo Mao was startled and did not accept it. He pondered for a moment and said:"Return the letter and the gift list to Mr. Minghe (Fan Yong). Please tell the emissary to Minghe (Fan Yong): I forgive Shanfu for being disrespectful! Minghe's kindness is appreciated by Shanfu. After Minghe returns to seclusion, Shanfu should make amends!"

The soldiers agreed and retreated.

Not long after, the King of Jin came to visit with his bodyguard Wang Yande. Guo Mao bowed and saluted:"The mountain master has met your highness!"

King Jin smiled brightly and said:"Keep it secret! How can the complicated etiquette be set up by the lonely king and the nobles! Shunzhou, Ruzhou, Mozhou, In the eleven prefectures including Xinzhou, Guizhou, Guizhou, and Yuzhou, the people have no fighting spirit and the military morale is slack. They surrender in hope of the wind. It can be said that they are conquering the enemy without fighting! Thirteen of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have now been merged. It's a joy to be included in our territory of the Song Dynasty! It's a joy to be congratulated! It all depends on the power of the secret tiger!"

Guo Maocheng was frightened and said:"How dare Shanfu covet the power of heaven! Wherever the power of heaven comes, how can the eleven states of Fanbang not dare to do so? Surrendered!"

The King of Jin smiled insincerely, and then the smile gradually disappeared and said:"Cunmi has lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, do you have any old friends in the officialdom?"

Of course Guo Mao understood the meaning of his question, and said:"The mountain man is a commoner, Cao Ye There are some friends among them, 'Ming Yue'’、‘"Woyun" is friendly with the mountain husband, and is mistakenly called"Three Hidden People under the Forest"’‘Mingyue' is Mr. Minghe (Fan Yong)."

The King of Jin said:"'Sanyin under the Lin' is a master who lives in seclusion in the mountains and forests! How did 'Ming Yue' come out of the mountain?

Guo Mao said:"I don't dare to be a scholar. They are all idle people." 'Ming Yue''s wife left him because she disliked the poor life, and he went out to seek fame out of anger. There has been no news since he left the mountain. Today we found out that he is working under the command of King Fangjun.

King Jin thought for a moment and said,"Oh!" Fan Yong had previously been recommended by Jia Su to serve as an errand in Prince Gu's Mansion. Prince Gu thought that he was not an ordinary person and wanted to train him, but he couldn't bear the hardship and looked for high-ranking officials elsewhere. It's also my fault that the lonely king accidentally lost a great talent."In fact, this is not the case. Fan Yong was a noble man, and it was difficult to get along with most of the senior officials in Zhao Guangyi's mansion. He was not appreciated by Zhao Guangyi, so Zhao Guangyi asked him to be a watchman. Some people still slandered him, so Zhao Guangyi punished him to be a zhaifu (cleaner).

Guo Mao didn't know and didn't want to know the many intricate relationships and stopped talking to him.

The king of Jin said:"Flying with the phoenix will bring forth handsome birds; sleeping with the tiger, there will be no weak beast." Presumably 'Woyun' is also an expert outside the world?"

Guo Mao said:"'Woyun' is a disciple of 'Ming Yue'. King Jin said:"

Oh!" Guo Mao said:"

Your Highness, please report to the imperial court to send one hundred thousand forbidden troops to garrison the Thirteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Sooner or later, the Liao Kingdom will come to fight for it.""

The King of Jin said casually without thinking:"According to what you said."

Guo Mao concluded that he was perfunctory with him, but it was not good to give any more advice.

King Jin and Guo Mao chatted for a while, then got up and went back to the house.

For more than a month, Youzhou City has been immersed in the atmosphere of victory.

Dinner was over that day. , the King of Jin dressed up as a merchant, and Chai Yuxi, Gao Qiong, and Yuanda dressed up in casual clothes as companions. The four of them went out of the back door of the Marshal's Mansion to visit the Youzhou Night Market. Youzhou was the capital of the Liao Kingdom. Nanjing ranked first among the five capitals in terms of area and population. It is a densely populated city with a mixed ethnic mix and a developed economy. The market is prosperous and brightly lit. Teahouses, wine shops, silk and satin shops, jewelry and spice shops, incense paper horse shops and other houses line up on both sides of the street. Pedestrians in the market are crowded with each other in an endless stream. King Jin, Chai Yuxi, Gao Qiong and Yuanda walked around a few streets and saw a"door god shop" crowded with people. King Jin wondered: It's not the end of the year yet, how could there be so many people rushing to buy the"door god". Gao Qiong said:"Hey! It’s Chinese New Year? I'll go back and look at the almanac."

Yuan Da said:"'Gao Dachi'’！‘Gao Daidi'! I’m so stupid that I haven’t passed the Double Ninth Festival yet, how can I celebrate the New Year?"

Gao Qiong said:"Oh - oh! So what do these Chaos guys buy?’？"

Yuanda said:"I'm also confused, let me ask." He stepped forward and asked an old man who didn't squeeze in,"Old man! It's still early for the Chinese New Year, and everyone is rushing to buy the 'keeper' like crazy. Is this why? What?"

The old man said,"I beg you, sir! Don't make things worse for me. I've been squeezing for two days and still can't buy anything." After that, he squeezed in again. Gao Qiong angrily took the old man out and put him in front of King Jin, Chai Yuxi and Yuanda, saying:"Tell me the whole story, and the Sa family will be robbed for you!" The old man was so frightened that he turned pale and trembled, and said:"Go back, guest officer! This' The door gods have incredible magical powers!"

Gao Qiong said:"Isn't it Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong! What's the big deal?"

The old man said:"No - no!"

Gao Qiong said:"Ah! Who is it?"

The old man said:"Guest Officials really don’t know! Nowadays, not to mention Youzhou City, even people in the six prefectures and thirteen counties under the jurisdiction of Youzhou know it.——‘God of Fire'!

Gao Qiong said:"Don't be so secretive. The Sa family doesn't know. Tell me quickly!"

The old man said:"Oh!" It's the"God of Fire" secret-secret grandpa who burned down Pansigou with 100,000 soldiers and deployed 100,000 fire dragon soldiers to trap Youzhou City on fire! Those defeated Liao soldiers who were released back were so frightened that they wet their pants when they heard the word"Guo". If you want to ask the God of Fire to guard the door, let alone the soldiers and generals, not even the King of Hell will dare to come to the door! Ha ha!"

Gao Qiong laughed loudly:"Haha! The God of Fire turns out to be Guo Mao.

The old man said in horror:"Ah!" Don't call the God of Fire by his name!"Immediately, I squeezed into the door god shop again and was dragged out by Gao Qiong. Gao Qiong squeezed in, threw a handful of copper coins on the counter, grabbed a roll of 'door god' paintings, and handed it to the old man. The old man thanked him repeatedly.

Jin Wang looked at the crowded crowd at the"Menshen Store".

Gao Qiong said:"Your Majesty - store, this store is nothing interesting. My boss, how about we find a restaurant to try the local wine and food in Youzhou?""

Prince Jin did not answer and expressed his agreement with his hands. Prince Jin and others crossed a street and entered a restaurant, sitting around a table. Gao Qiong called the bartender and ordered a table of dishes and two jars of wine. Prince Jin was still Tea was served instead of wine. The four masters and servants chatted while eating. Gao Qiong drank a few bowls of wine and said:"Master! I didn't expect that the people regarded Guo Mao as the God of Fire. If Guo Mao was really the God of Fire, wouldn't his boss be the Jade Emperor! Ha ha! After hearing this, the people drinking in the restaurant all turned to look at him. A dark-faced man came over and said,"What Guo Mao - God of Fire - Jade Emperor!" Brother, tell me."Obviously he didn't hear clearly. Gao Qiong was not interested and ignored him. A man wearing a scarf came over and said:"Ask him! Why not ask me. Who is Guo Mao? That was the reincarnation of Grandpa Vulcan, and one hundred and eight thousand soldiers were burned to death by his divine fire, leaving no one behind! Others don’t know about Youzhou, so don’t we locals know about it? Youzhou has a copper wall and an iron wall. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhao Guan family have personally conquered many times, but we have never even seen the shadow of that big flag. But when Guo Mao went to Youzhou City, General Youzhou obediently opened the door and surrendered. Why didn't he know that?

The black-faced man was curious and said:"Brother--Brother!" Tell me, I'll treat you to a drink.

The man wearing a square scarf said:"No need!" This Youzhou City cannot be attacked even by 100,000, 200,000, or 1 million Song troops.

The black-faced man said,"Then why did General Youzhou surrender?""People from every corner of the restaurant gathered around and listened with pricked up ears.

The man wearing a square scarf was even more interested and said:"Guo Mao flew to the Lingxiao Palace with a stamp of his feet and asked the Jade Emperor to borrow a hundred thousand fire dragon soldiers. How dare the Jade Emperor dare? If he didn't answer, he hurriedly ordered the King of Heaven to order all the 100,000 fire dragon soldiers and hand them over to the Fire God Grandpa Guo Mao. The Fire God Lord came to the sky above Youzhou with the 100,000 fire dragon soldiers. The soldiers each fired muskets, fire knives, fire bows, rockets, fire dragons, fire horses, and fire crows and fire rats. Suddenly, fire crows flew noisily, fire horses galloped, fire rats spewed flames, and fire dragons breathed thick smoke. If Fanbang coach doesn’t surrender, his bones will be burned to ashes! The black-faced man said:"

Oh!" God of Fire has such a magical power!

The man wearing a square scarf said," What the hell!" The God of Fire can also control the wind and rain. The God of Fire entered Youzhou City and saw that the houses of people and animals in Youzhou were about to be reduced to ashes. He recited the mantra and the Dragon King of the Four Seas hurriedly cast clouds and rain, and the fire was extinguished in an instant. The black

-faced man said:"Can the God of Fire control the Jade Emperor in the sky and the Dragon King in the sea? Can he control the King of Hell underground?"

The man wearing a scarf said,"Of course I can handle it!" When the Fire God burned Pansigou, he mobilized a hundred thousand Yinsi soldiers and horses to assist in the battle. If not for this, the 500 people led by the Fire God would never be able to destroy the 18,000 elite soldiers of Fan Bang's uncle King Fan. The black-faced man said:"Heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, dragon kings, and hell kings all obey the instructions of Grandpa Vulcan. Why can't Grandpa Vulcan be the Jade Emperor?" The man wearing a scarf thought for a while and said:"

Grandpa Vulcan drags his beard across the street - modest!""

A scholar squeezed over and said:"Nonsense! The one you are talking about is not the God of Fire, but the Great God of Fire, Guo Mao. The Jade Emperor, Dragon King, and King of Hell were all originally under his control.

The man wearing a scarf said:"Why do you say I'm talking nonsense!" Have you never seen Guo Mao?

The scholar said:"I have actually seen Guo Mao!""

The onlookers opened their eyes wide and dared not listen to what he said.

The man wearing a scarf asked:"What does Guo Mao look like?

The scholar said:"Guo Mao is three feet long and has a face like coals. He walks with two balls of fire on his tripod. He travels eighty-eight thousand miles a day.""

A dwarf squeezed over and said hurriedly:"No! Guo Mao looks the same as me, and I just came back from the military training camp."

You said something and he argued endlessly.

Seeing that King Jin was no longer interested in paying for drinks, Chai Yuxi separated from the crowd with Yuanda and Gao Qiong to protect King Jin from the restaurant. The market people on the street talked about the God of Fire in twos and threes. King Jin and others Walking in a secluded street, Yuanda said:"Guo Mao's remarks are really well known to every household, women and children!"

Gao Qiong said:"Guo Mao has been passed down, and I also believe that Guo Mao is not a human being but an immortal with great supernatural powers. If he wasn't an immortal, how could he borrow the fire dragon soldiers from the sky!

Chai Yuxi tried to say:"Guo Mao is too famous, and Yuxi is afraid - afraid.""