Chang'an City.
In the Marshal's Mansion.
As Great Tang's current only marshal, who controls the world's troops, Gao Shi is a very low-key person.
Not only does he keep a low profile, but he also requires his family members and servants in the house to keep a low profile and be humble when encountering others. He must not overwhelm others with his status. Anyone who bullies others will be severely punished!
This is the rule set by Gao Shi.
Marshal's Mansion's low-key and humble style of conduct is completely different from the domineering, proud and complacent style of other powerful people.
Now, twenty-five years have passed since this rule was established.
Gao Shi is already over fifty, and his son Gao Wenju is already a handsome young man.
"Dad, the child is disturbing you! When the child just returned home, there happened to be a young man outside the door. He said he was your old friend and wanted to visit you."
Gao Wenju came to the study, looked at Gao Shi who was staring at the Great Tang territory map, bowed his hands, and said softly.
A humble gentleman, polite and courteous.
This sound also interrupted Gao Shi's thoughts.
"Old friend?"
Gao Shi was slightly startled, turned around to look at his son, and asked, "Whose last name is he? What does he look like?"
Gao Shi still feels strange about having old friends visiting.
In the past, there were always people who wanted to establish relationships through Gao Shi, but Gao Shi refused them all.
Therefore, no one has come to have a relationship with me for more than ten years.
I also ended up with a dignified Great Tang big Marshal's Mansion, with few people.
"The child asked and the other party said that his name is Zimei."
Gao Wenju leaned over again.
"Zimei?"
Gao Shi was stunned for a moment, with a look of recollection on his face. For a moment, he couldn't remember such a name in his mind.
"Zimei..."
Gao Shi muttered softly, then suddenly his eyes widened, his head jerked up, and he exclaimed, "Du Zimei!"
"Hahahaha, please come quickly!"
Gao Shi laughed and felt very happy. He was about to ask his son to invite Du Fu, but he immediately said, "No, I will go and greet him myself!"
Having said that, Gao Shi quickly walked out of the study, leaving Gao Wenju stunned.
Seeing that his father disappeared, Gao Wenju murmured to himself, "It has been several years since I saw my father smile so easily. Who is this Zimei? He actually made his father so happy just by hearing his name."
While thinking about it, Gao Wenju also walked out quickly and followed.
Marshal's Mansion door.
Gao Shi walked out of the door with a happy and even excited face. He looked up and saw a young man in coarse linen clothes who looked ordinary and ordinary, with a slightly sad face but full of affection in his eyes.
This person is none other than Du Fu, who has been traveling around the world for more than twenty years.
"Zimei?"
Gao Shi, with a thick voice, spoke without daring to confirm.
"I haven't seen you for many years, but my third brother is still as charming as ever."
Du Fu saw the person coming, with a smile on his face and cupped his hands.
"Hahaha! It's really you! Please come in quickly!"
When Gao Shi saw the real Du Fu, he quickly stepped down, took Du Fu's hand, and enthusiastically led him into the mansion.
And this scene was also seen by the Marshal's Mansion, who was watching from a distance.
One of the people who was following him disappeared immediately.
Marshal's Mansion, take your seats in the living room.
Gao Wenju was also present and helped pour tea.
"Tiger father has no dog son. Third brother, you are a handsome young man with a lot of potential."
Du Fu thanked Gao Wenju for the tea and gave him a joking compliment.
"Hahahaha, Zimei, Zimei, I didn't expect that after more than twenty years, you would also learn to flatter others."
Gao Shi smiled heartily and joked with Du Fu.
"Hey, it must be different from when I was naughty and mischievous when I was a kid."
Du Fu also smiled slightly and sighed about his childhood.
"This is true. My son, who is honest and well-behaved, has lost a bit of the spirit of a soldier under my discipline. How can he be compared to you at that time?"
Gao Shi glanced at Gao Wenju, laughed and said, "You are a little boy who can ride on Prime Minister Di's head and play, burn down the palace, and even Emperor Wu can't do anything to you."
"Hahahaha!"
Du Fu, Gao Shi looked at each other and smiled.
Gao Wenju on the side was so shocked that his eyes almost bulged out.
Damn it!
Prime Minister Di? Is it the Prime Minister Di who has been famous throughout the ages?
Is that Emperor Wu?
The young man in front of me actually has such a heroic and terrifying past?
"I wanted to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and drink it with me, but it turned out not to be the case. I was a young man traveling."
Du Fu sighed casually, youth is easy to age, and you can't go back to your youth.
But when he said this sentence, Gao Shi was immediately shocked, and Gao Wenju was also shocked.
"Good sentence, good sentence!"
Gao Shi was amazed after hearing this!
"This sentence is really a famous sentence through the ages!"
Gao Wenju couldn't help but admire him.
Who is this person in front of me?
So talented!
Du Fu waved his hand and said, "Third brother, I actually have something to ask for when I come here."
Third brother?
Gao Wenju was shocked again, Gao Shi still has sworn brothers?
Regarding this matter, Gao Wenju is really unclear.
It was only rumored by the outside world that when his father was young, he became brothers with Li Longji, Li Bai, and Chenxiang. Unexpectedly, there was another one?
Still so young?
Hiss!
This completely aroused Gao Wenju's curiosity.
"Oh? I wonder what it is?"
Gao Shi was also stunned. Unexpectedly, Du Fu wanted something. Seeing Du Fu's coarse clothes and shoes, he said, "If life is difficult, I still have some money and food. I will ask Wenju to get it for you."
"Not this vulgar thing."
Du Fu smiled, waved his hand, and said, "I want to ask you to send a message to my second brother when we go to court tomorrow morning."
Second brother?
Send a message?
Gao Shi's body trembled, his face froze, and his brows wrinkled slightly.
Isn't this second brother Li Longji?
Give him a message?
Gao Shi For a moment, I didn't know whether I should agree or not.
"Please tell me first."
Gao Shi said with a troubled expression.
Du Fu thought for a while, stood up, cupped his hands in the direction of the palace, and said, "Today's Holy Emperor has opened up new territories and expanded the territory. Mortal Realm Of the four continents, three continents have already fallen into Great Tang's territory. All nations have come to congratulate him, and the national fortune has been astonishing. This is an unparalleled achievement.
But with continuous battles, siege of cities and land, countless people have been displaced, and it's time to recuperate."
Boom!
As soon as he said this, Gao Shi stood up in shock, his breathing became rapid, and he said in a shocked voice.
"Do you want His Majesty to stop the war?"
"Don't you want to?" Du Fu asked.
Ah this!
Gao Shi choked on words and slowly sat down again.
"I, why don't I want to?"
Gao Shi suddenly showed a haggard look. "In the past twenty years of war, what most people in the world have seen is that Great Tang is strong and prosperous. What I see in my eyes is not the ruin of the city and the destruction of the family?"
The continuous high-pressure war sometimes makes it too late to even repair armaments.
Countless soldiers have died, and countless families have been broken."
Gao Shi sighed again and said, "However, no one can stop us from conquering the world."
"Why?"
Du Fu asked, "Isn't this enough for him to establish Human Emperor's power?"
"Not enough."
Gao Shi smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that your Majesty thinks it's not enough, it's that the people of the world think it's not enough! Haven't you heard that when Mortal Realm is unified, it will be the day when Human Race Human Emperor will be established?"
Everyone in the world knows it!
Even a three-year-old child will chant this sentence!
Under this overwhelming torrent, how do you ask Your Majesty to stop the war?"
This!
Du Fu was speechless.
Du Fu has traveled all over the world and is naturally familiar with this sentence.
"Not only that, the morale of Great Tang people is high now. The hearts of the people in the world are united, and everyone wants to make contributions. You know how terrible the hearts of the people in the world are.
If I block the surging momentum like a mantis' arms blocking a car, I won't be able to stop it."
Gao Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, although I am a marshal, I cannot control the war. Now, An Lushan and Shi Kefa have been canonized by His Majesty as Great General Who Stabilizes the Nation. They are in charge of the battle and do not take me as a marshal seriously."
When the words fell, there was silence, and the whole room was filled with silence.
Du Fu was also speechless for a long time.
After a long time, he sighed and said, "In prosperity, the people suffer. In death, the people suffer."
Rumble!
As soon as he said this, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky above Marshal's Mansion, which shocked Gao Shi's face.
"A good one: when it prospers, the people suffer. When it dies, the people suffer."
Gao Shi had a wry smile on his face, "It really has saved the lives of the common people through the ages..."
"Commander! Marshal!"
Suddenly, a servant ran into the room shouting, slightly losing his temper.
"What's the matter?"
"Commander Imperial Consort has given birth to a son. Your Majesty is very happy. I decree that all the kings and ministers in the palace will congratulate you tomorrow!"
"Imperial Consort gave birth to a dragon son?"
Gao Shi secretly exclaimed, and after confirming the news, he waved his hand to retreat.
"Third brother, I will enter the palace with you tomorrow."
Du Fu said this unexpectedly.
"No!"
Gao Shi was immediately frightened and his scalp was numb, and he refused again and again.
"You know, even though I am Commoner, if I want to enter the palace alone, he will let me in." Du Fu looked firm.
"You..."
Gao Shi was speechless and anxious for a moment, but Du Fu definitely couldn't stop what Du Fu had decided.
Just like Du Fu said, if he wants to enter the palace, he only needs to send a message to Li Longji, and Li Longji will definitely not refuse him.
"Be careful when you go this time."
Gao Shi could only sigh and thought to himself, tomorrow will be a great day for Li Longji to be blessed with his son. The king and his ministers will congratulate each other. If Du Fu says something inappropriate, tens of thousands of people will attack him!
Du Fu, I'm afraid it's not dangerous anymore!
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion." Du Fu said with a smile, as if he had made a decision.
Am I relieved?
I'm worried about the hammer!
Gao Shi almost said it to his face. He only felt a chill down his spine and was a little restless.