[Hanwu Huo Wei] There are trees in the mountains

The guards of Shuofang received a document from a barbarian from outside the pass in the middle of the night. After reading it, they were shocked and did not dare to neglect to send someone to rush the document to Chang'an overnight.

"What does Zhong Qing think?" Liu Che frowned as he looked at the map, which still had Huo Qubing's marching route marked in cinnabar on Hexi.

Wei Qing slowly put down the scroll in his hand.

"The two kings Hunxie and Xiutu led hundreds of thousands of troops to surrender, there must be some deceit in it, maybe it was the Xiongnu Shanyu's treacherous plot, but..." He paused.

Liu Che didn't turn around after hearing this, and motioned for Wei Qing to continue talking.

"If the two kings do not go because they suspect that the surrender was false, there is no guarantee that they will not make a comeback on the spot, so it is necessary to send people to carry out various matters of accepting the surrender."

"Yes. Now the key is who will accept the surrender." Liu Che walked slowly to Wei Qing, "There must be a general who can see the overall situation and adapt to the situation. I know what your general thinks, you don't have to go, you go Then who should be responsible for the overall dispatch of the central government?"

Liu Che's words made Wei Qing swallow the words that had already reached his throat, and he lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "I will naturally obey all your majesty's orders."

"Hmph." Liu Che snorted coldly, and a surge of anger rose in his heart.Glancing down, he could only see the top of Wei Qing's hair, and all the black hair was neatly bundled into the hair crown, so he couldn't find a fault.

"The general now won't say anything other than obeying my will." He became more and more angry, and his tone became aggressive with the nameless fire. "Hesitating to speak, is it so scary? Huh?"

"Your Majesty calm down." Wei Qing knelt down.

"Calm your anger? Are you angry?" Liu Che waved the desk away, and several scrolls of bamboo slips rolled down to Wei Qing's side and pressed onto his dark blue robe sleeve.

"The general is cherishing his reputation more and more, he is careful not to speak his mind to me, hum." He turned his back, Wei Qing raised his eyes slightly, and could only see a black wide sleeve in front of him.

Liu Che said coldly: "His heart can be punished."

Sure enough, he heard the sound of rolling bamboo slips behind him.

That person was already afraid of him to such an extent.Liu Che felt bitterness in his mouth, closed his eyes and said coldly, "Get out."

"Resignation." The voice became more cautious and respectful.Liu Che heard the creak of the heavy vermilion door of the Xuanshi Hall opening, and the footsteps were so light that it was almost inaudible.He turned around and shouted, "Wei Qing!"

Except for the palace guards standing outside the hall, that person is no longer there.

"Return to Your Majesty, the general has already retired." Chun Tuo reported in a low voice.

The outstretched hand was hanging in the air, Liu Che's fingertips trembled a few times, and then slowly retracted.

"Go to the gate of the palace and call the general back, Xuanhuo Qubing."

……

Huo Qubing went out to Hexi twice in spring and summer, wiped out the right wing of the Xiongnu, and opened up the business route from the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions.Liu Che was overjoyed, and rewarded General Hussars and his troops generously, and even allowed Huo Qubing to take a one-month rest and bathe as a token of his grace.

Because of the war, Huo Qu missed going to Weishui River to enjoy the flowers with Wei Qing, and he was unhappy about it for several days.Wei Qing managed to make this hard-to-serve young master Huo smile again, and under Huo Qubing's hard work, he agreed to stop by and stay in Bashang for a few days next year after enjoying the flowers.

"Brother Qubing, where do we put this?" The childish voice asked.

"Here, here, how clumsy are you! Forget it, bring it to me..."

Huo Qubing's slightly impatient voice could be heard from a long distance away from the garden of the Marquis of Changping, Chuntuo bent his back and looked at the hollowed-out window on the wall.

I saw Huo Qubing leading Wei Fu, Wei Deng, Wei Buyi and his half-brother Huo Guang who was picked up from Hedong when his class teacher returned to the court. They were digging holes in the ground with hoes and saplings in their arms.

"Oh, my young masters, it's good to let the servants do this kind of rough work. If the young masters stumble somewhere, how can the servants explain it?" The servants of the Hou Mansion circled around a few people, and because of Huo Qubing's advance I said not to come down to get in the way, so I can only watch and worry.

However, the few people who were busy digging holes and planting trees ignored them. Huo Qubing put down his hoe, looked at the earth pit he had dug himself, and asked Huo Guang to take the prepared saplings into it and start filling the soil. I patted it with my hands to ensure that the tree that was carried down would not fall, and touched the mud with one hand.

Summer is not over yet, and the sun is scorching hot in the sky.Huo Qubing was sweating profusely all over his head and face, he didn't care to wipe the sweat with his hands directly, and the soil that was stained on his hands was all wiped on that handsome and heroic face, three strokes left and three strokes right Draw a king character on the head.

Chun Tuo respectfully said: "General Hussars, Your Majesty has summoned you."

"What's the matter with the old man?"

Huo Qubing turned his head impatiently, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared.It just so happened that Chuntuo raised his head, seeing Huo Qubing's description, he almost didn't laugh.

This Huo Zuzong usually dressed neatly and meticulously, but now he had the appearance of a cat on his face and another appearance of a mud monkey on his body.He made the hem of the expensive snow-white robe covered with mud, one of the two wide sleeves slipped down and lost its original color, and the other was wrapped around the shoulders.

"Slaves don't dare to talk about court affairs, the general should go to the palace quickly, your majesty and the general are waiting for you."

As soon as he heard that Wei Qing was there, Huo Qubing immediately stepped out of the mud and was about to walk towards the front door of the Hou Mansion.Chuntuo hurriedly stopped him, "General, you should cleanse your face and change your clothes before going to the palace. His Majesty will punish you for copying books again."

Huo Qubing stopped immediately, looking down from the corner of his eye to see the stains on his clothes, he puffed up his cheeks and calmly shook his sleeves, ignoring the suffocated laughter of the people around him.Lang Sheng ordered the servants to quickly fetch water and bring clean clothes, and then asked Huo Guang and the others to stop, waiting for him to return from the palace before continuing.

The servants who were still giggling just now heard that the overlord would continue to bring the young masters to plant trees to make trouble when he returned to the mansion, and then thought about how Princess Pingyang saw the mess in the garden after returning to the mansion. , I immediately felt bitter.

It seems that I have to wait for the general to come back and go to the general to file a complaint.

……

When Huo Qubing arrived at Xuanshi Hall, he saw his uncle and His Majesty kneeling one by one and sitting next to each other. An awkward and dignified atmosphere filled the entire hall.

He glanced at Wei Qing suspiciously, then turned to look at the emperor.Wei Qing couldn't see clearly with his head down, but he could clearly see the expression on Liu Che's face. The emperor had a calm face, always unpredictable.

Could it be that something happened between them?Although Huo Qubing felt awkward in his heart, he still chose to suppress his doubts.He is not reckless, on the contrary very smart.Others thought that he was spoiled by the emperor and the generals, and he developed a willful and reckless temperament, but he was the only one who knew what to do and what to say, and what to do and what to think. ask.

So even though he felt that something happened between Wei Qing and Liu Che before he came, he still acted as if he hadn't noticed anything, and only focused on what Liu Che wanted to say.

"Hunxie King Xiutu and his followers want to surrender to my big man, Qubing, what do you think?" Liu Che said indifferently.

"Your Majesty, I can't fully judge how much of this is true or false, but I, a big man, need to send a general to accept the surrender in order to promote my celestial dignity!"

Liu Che raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Oh? Then who do you think is the most suitable candidate?"

Huo Qubing turned his head slightly to look at Wei Qing, just in time Wei Qing also turned his face and gave him a gentle and reassuring smile.Huo Qubing pursed his lips slightly, and there were two dimples on both sides of the corners of his mouth, adding a little childishness to his youthful and handsome face.

"Of course it's my minister!" He raised his voice, his youthful and clear voice echoing in the empty hall. "I am the most familiar with Hexi, and the matter of accepting the surrender is none other than my minister."

"You have been in Hexi three times this year, and it's bitterly cold outside the pass. Your uncle may feel sorry for you." Liu Che deliberately looked at Wei Qing and said, but seeing that Wei Qing's gaze was indeed on Huo Qubing's smiling face as he said, he was not feeling right now. taste.

In your eyes, there is no one but your nephew!His Majesty the Emperor could not speak.

"No matter how hard it is, I won't feel it as long as my uncle is going to get sick." As he said this, he wanted to be close to Wei Qing, but Wei Qing stopped him with a light cough.

Wei Qing glared at Huo Qubing, telling him to be careful not to lose his dignity.Huo Qubing opened his eyes wide with an innocent look, denying his sloppy behavior.

"I know that your uncle is still inseparable from mother's milk at such an age." Liu Che said angrily.

"Your Majesty, uncle is uncle, not my mother."

"Come on, I won't chatter with you." Liu Che waved his sleeve to make Huo Qubing shut up. "Since you asked me to go in person, then you go! Work hard for me, if something goes wrong, I will only ask you."

"promise!"

"Your Majesty, should we dispatch [-] cavalry to Qubing, just in case?" Wei Qing, who had been silent all this time, finally asked.

Liu Che nodded: "That's natural."

"Thank you, Your Majesty and Uncle, for your concern." Huo Qubing said solemnly, "It's fine if the two kings submit obediently and don't mess with me. If they dare to lie to me, Qubing will definitely kill the two kings and their subordinates." No piece of armor left!"

Coming out of Weiyang Palace, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing rode horses and rode side by side.It was inconvenient for Huo Qubing to ask what happened between Wei Qing and the emperor in Xuanshi Hall earlier, and he didn't want to ask now to avoid embarrassing his uncle with those unhappy things.

Seeing Wei Qing riding on the horse, but his mind was obviously wandering, Huo Qubing stretched out his hand and took Wei Qing's hand.

Wei Qing suffers from a cold disease, even in the scorching summer, his limbs are cold.Suddenly there was a burst of warmth on the back of his hand, and he turned his eyes to see his nephew's worried expression.

"It's been a long time since Qu Bing saw Uncle relax his brows." Huo Qu Bing said softly, holding Wei Qing's hand even harder.

"You don't need to tell Qubing what's going on in your heart. Uncle, Qubing is no longer a child. Uncle has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and Qubing can already bear it for you. Qubing wants to be his uncle's support. "

Huo Qubing's words made Wei Qing's eyes slightly warm, and the serious eyes and soft tone of the young man in front of him soothed the pain accumulated in his heart, like a good prescription for people to get out of the dizzying and tiring situation.

He was all pleased and said, "Uncle's Qubing has really grown up."

As soon as these words came out, Huo Qubing was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.Only his tightly pursed lips revealed the unspeakable bitterness in his heart.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, Huo Qubing forced Wei Qing to go to the garden first, glaring away several servants who wanted to complain to the General.

Wei Qing was stunned by the chaos in the garden, if Huo Qubing hadn't asked him to go to the garden first, he would have thought that the Hou Mansion had been ransacked by thieves.

"This is?" What do you mean?

Wei Qing questioned his precious nephew with his eyes.

I saw Huo Qubing raised his head proudly, and said with a smile: "Qubing reckons that uncle's garden has many flowers and plants, but it lacks trees. Today, Qubing transplanted a few peach trees. Next year, Qubing can be with you." Uncle is enjoying the flowers and drinking under the peach blossoms."

with people?The servants following behind twitched their mouths, Master Huo, you are too modest, isn't this mess just your masterpiece?

Wei Qing finally understood what Huo Qubing meant, and it turned out that he was still brooding over the fact that he missed going out to enjoy the flowers with him.Can't help laughing and cursing: "You bastard, you still hold grudges."

Huo Qubing didn't say anything, just stared at Wei Qing and smiled happily.