134. Chapter 134
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Gao Qi had just been chasing behind him, but at this moment he finally caught up. Seeing Gao Qiao stop, he asked a question.
"Go back! Order Li Mu to come forward and deny it." Gao Qiao said.
Gao Qi hesitated: "If he doesn't want to..."
"He can't help."
Gao Qiao said coldly, and as he spoke, he turned his horse's head and was about to urge the horse to leave, suddenly he heard a familiar laugh coming from behind him.
"Deep Field! You're here! Brother Yu is just about to find you..."
Gao Qiao looked back in the voice and saw a few people coming out of the gate. Isn’t it Xu Mi the one who was the one who was ahead? Then he followed Yang Xuan and others with smiles and walked towards him quickly.
Gao Qiao frowned slightly without any notice, hesitated, and turned over and got off the horse's back.
"Jing Shen, Brother Yu came to the barracks just now, but unexpectedly heard great news. When Li Mu asked for marriage, he generously agreed with his promise that day and promised to marry his beloved daughter to him. It was indeed a promise of a thousand gold. Brother Yu was extremely impressed. The soldiers in the army heard this and the crowd was even more influential. Although Li Mu's request was abrupt, I expected that he would be an extraordinary person and would have great achievements in the future. Jing Shen got this good son-in-law, which is gratifying!"
After Xu Mi said that, he laughed. As he laughed, many soldiers from nearby were attracted.
The soldiers slowly surrounded Gao Qiao and looked at him with joy.
Yang Xuan suppressed all the doubts in his heart, hesitated, stepped forward to greet Gao Qiao, and smiled: "Last general, Li Mu, thank you, my husband..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gao Qiao waved his hand and interrupted him.
He raised his eyes, looked around slowly, and raised his voice: "This is a false statement, and there must be some misunderstandings. I don't know who has contributed to the fire, so that the rumor has spread to this point!"
After he finished speaking, he turned to Yang Xuan.
"General Yang, please convey my words to your subordinates on your behalf. I hope you can know that Li Mu is very much appreciated, but the saying of marrying a daughter is really a creation out of nothing, and there is no such thing."
Yang Xuan was stunned.
The smiles on the soldiers around him gradually disappeared, and they were talking to each other, and a low buzzing sound came.
Li Mu is extremely prestigious in the eyes of these ordinary soldiers.
This morning, when they heard the news that was not known where they began to spread, all of them were excited about it, and even felt a sense of honor in their hearts.
The separation of scholars and commoners is very strict, and their status is high and low, and they are clear at a glance.
But Li Mu broke the ice. He did something that they had never imagined in their dreams before.
That's why they were more excited about the news, and in just half a day, the entire military camp knew about it.
"Situ, I have something else to do, so I will take my leave first!"
Gao Qiao didn't say much, he turned over and rode away.
Xu Mi looked at Gao Qiao's departure back and narrowed his eyes. The smile on his lips became more meaningful.
...
Gao Qiao left the military camp and immediately entered the city and rushed home.
For many years, the people in Jiankang City have rarely seen high-ranking officials on the streets traveling with horses.
Those gentry all rode ox carts in and out, thinking that being a kind of demeanor was regarded as the behavior of a inferior warrior. Suddenly, they saw their husband riding a horse through the city gate, and who did not recognize him? They were surprised and stopped to watch.
Gao Qiao was anxious and wanted to rush home immediately. How could he care about these things? Before driving his horse to the gate of the Gao family, the gatekeeper was standing on the steps, looking around, with a burnt face. Suddenly, he saw Gao Qiao riding a horse from a distance, breathing a sigh of relief, and rushed forward.
"Mr. Princess! The eldest princess is looking for her husband just now! It's just right for her husband to come back!"
Gao Qiao's heart skipped a beat.
He hid this matter last night from Xiao Yongjia because of Xiao Yongjia's temper. He was afraid that she would know that she would overreact and make things worse if she wanted to make things worse.
After considering it, he looked for Gao Yin, told him about the matter, and asked him to come out to meet Li Mu on his behalf.
In the end, the matter was solved quietly. Li Mu retreated due to the difficulties, and the matter stopped at himself and passed.
What he didn't expect was that in just one night, this matter had developed to such a level.
I just came back all the way, and I had a little hope in my heart, hoping that the news would not reach my home.
Sure enough, it was still one step late.
Gao Qiao frowned, turned over and dismounted, hurried to the back hall, but did not see his daughter, but encountered the two gazes that Xiao Yongjia had cast.
Xiao Yongjia sat there with a gloomy face. When he saw himself, he immediately stood up.
"Follow me!" His tone was extremely stiff. After saying that, he turned around and headed inside.
Aju looked over and looked nervous.
Gao Qiao followed silently and walked to the inner room. Before the door could be closed, Xiao Yongjia angrily shouted: "Gao Qiao! Are you confused? You did such a thing! Marry my daughter to a martial artist?"
Gao Qiao waved his hand quickly: "A Ling, listen to me! There is no such thing as this!"
Aju, who followed him, hurriedly closed the door on his behalf, walked farther and ordered his servants not to get close.
Now that things have come to this point, Gao Qiao dared not hide it anymore, so he hurriedly told the story and said it all in the original form.
"...I was unprepared for a moment and made a promise. At that time, I never thought that he would now ask for marriage to Ami? So today I summoned him to the village in Quehu. I originally wanted to ask him to give up his thoughts, and the matter passed. Unexpectedly..."
There was a "pop".
Xiao Yongjia was furious and slapped the table with a palm, interrupting Gao Qiao's explanation.
"Where did the arrogant person come from? He didn't know that the world was high and the earth was strong. He relied on saving Liulang, but he dared to miss my daughter!"
"And you! If something like this happened, you wouldn't tell me! If things hadn't happened today, would you just hide it from me?"
Gao Qiao said nothing and let Xiao Yongjia lose his temper. After a moment, he suddenly thought: "Where is Ami? Does she know too?"
I couldn't help feeling guilty when my daughter felt the possible reaction when she heard this news.
Xiao Yongjia sneered: "You still need to ask? I have asked someone to hide it from her for a long time, and I can't let her know at all! The Lu family also sent someone to pass on the oral message!"
Gao Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "I am really not guilty of this matter. You can curse me right. Don't be angry. I'll go out first and completely end the matter."
"Don't worry, there will be no more trouble this time!"
"What can you do?"
Xiao Yongjia sneered.
"You don't need you anymore! I'll go and meet him in person. I want to see what kind of person he gave birth to, and he was so overestimated that he dared to attack my daughter!"
What Gao Qiao was most worried about was indeed happened, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Aling, don't go, I'll come. You are at home, just wait for my news."
"How can you feel at ease if your daughter's reputation is so bad?"
Xiao Yongjia was furious and pushed Gao Qiao away.
"I'll go by myself!"
"A Ling!"
Gao Qiao was blocking Xiao Yongjia, and another servant ran out of the door and shouted through the door: "Mr. Princess! There was a message from the palace saying that Your Majesty ordered the Mother to enter the palace and that he would see him if he had something to do."
The couple looked at each other and stopped.
...
To celebrate the great victory in Jiangbei, the court rested for three days.
Gao Qiao rushed to the palace again.
Now Emperor Xingping met Gao Qiao in Taichu Palace, and Xu Mi next to him had entered the palace earlier than him.
Emperor Xingping and the eldest princess were born to the same mother. When they were young, they were almost killed in the palace and were protected by the eldest princess, so they were close to each other. In addition, Gao Qiao had a prestige and was the leader of the gentry. Emperor Xingping was always very polite to him.
Gao Qiao performed the ceremony of bowing to the scene. Emperor Xingping immediately stayed in person, held him up, and smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, why should you be so polite to me? Let's sit down."
Gao Qiao said he didn't dare, so Emperor Xingping stopped forcing him. He looked at Gao Qiao and smiled and said, "I got up early in the morning and heard the magpies crying in the imperial garden. I was puzzled, but I thought there was no happy event in the palace recently. Who knew why the magpies were singing? I heard the palace people say that you would let go of your opinion and marry Ami to Li Mu. I summoned Xu Qing to ask, and only then did I realize that this matter was true. I am very pleased. During this Jiangbei battle, Li Mu made great contributions. Looking at my Dayu, who can do it? It is even more rare that you will not forget the words of the day, and promised a thousand gold. I hope to marry Ami to Li Mu and achieve a good story."
"I want to be the mastermind of Li Mu's marriage with Ami. What do you think?"
"Depth of Field, don't blame me for being too talkative. It's really because of Your Majesty's question, I have to say it. Besides, this is also a good thing."
After Emperor Xingping said that, Xu Mi smiled and said authentically.
Before entering the palace, Gao Qiao had already guessed why the emperor suddenly summoned him on the day of rest.
There have always been hidden worries in his heart.
At this moment, because of the emperor's words, the long-standing hidden worries in his heart became clearer.
After the crossing of the south of Dayu, the imperial power was in a slump, and the gentry almost equaled the emperor.
Emperor Xingping has been ascending the throne for fifteen years since he was young.
Compared to the emperors before him, regardless of their talents, he obviously had the desire to be a hero of Zhonghua.
Gao Qiao had already noticed it, and Emperor Xingping was secretly guarding against himself everywhere.
Many years ago, the young and energetic emperor appointed two ministers from common people as close friends, trying to use the power of common people to fight against the gentry, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Xu Mi and Lu Guang. He found Gao Qiao and discussed the removal of the two.
Gao Qiao did not participate at that time, but did not object.
It doesn't matter what his personal tendencies are in.
Soon, the prefect of Guilin County rose up to cause chaos on the grounds that the two men bewitched the king's heart and turmoil the world, and demanded that Emperor Xingping get rid of the two men. The rebels were extremely powerful at that time and threatened to go north. The young emperor was isolated and helpless and forced to kill the two men with tears. The rebellion subsided.
Afterwards, he led the Northern Expedition and returned in a desperate situation, in addition to the secret constraints of the rear clans, the emperor's tacit approval may not be one of the reasons.
These things have been many years. Now, Emperor Xingping, Gao, Xu, Lu and others are also living in peace.
But Gao Qiao knew that in recent years, as his reputation grew day by day, the emperor's fear of him became increasingly deeper.
This is why, this time he insisted on fighting and finally led the army and achieved a brilliant victory in the Battle of Jiangbei. However, in his letter of reward, he did not mention the merits of himself and his cousin Gao Yun.
There is no idea that I have taken the opportunity to retreat in my heart.
Chapter completed!