Everyone loves Huo Qubing

I left the furious uncle and the trembling uncle, and chased after them without hesitation.

Uncle knew he had made a slip of the tongue, but what he said was like splashed water, and every sentence was reasonable, but he got into this very embarrassing situation, and couldn't help himself, so he just took a sip of tea and sat there muttering to himself He muttered: "Qing'er is old enough, if he wants to make decisions for himself, I'm afraid I won't be able to control him as a big brother in the future!"

"Uncle, it's me, can I come in?" I knocked on the door.

The door was silent for a long time, and Fang heard the second uncle say: "Come in."

I gently opened the door.Dim light swayed in the gilded bamboo incense burner, exuding an atmosphere similar to that of Weiyang Palace bit by bit. "'s inscription.The second uncle was half leaning against the side of the couch, a few strands of black hair hanging down from the white jade hairpin, covering the melancholy in his eyes.Holding a sword in his arms, he stared at the dancing candle flame in a daze.

I recognize that sword, and I can even say that it is very familiar.When the Wei Mansion first met the second uncle, he still used the iron sword in the style of a guard.Since he came back from Dongou three years ago, that iron sword has been shelved and replaced by this fine iron sword with a sheep's head handle.When my second uncle taught me how to practice martial arts, I have experienced the power of this fine iron sword. The sword is light, but it cuts the iron like mud. When I received the move, it shocked me.

I once secretly took this sheep's head sword, took all the iron sword made by my brother-in-law and split it into several pieces, just to appreciate the lightness and strength when cutting the iron, and listen to the clang sound of the golden weapon breaking through the air.It wasn't until later that I had no sword to chop, I found firewood in the yard and destroyed it wantonly. I was sued by my servants and went to my uncle. After a good meal and beating, I was rescued by my second uncle halfway. The sword turned out to be the property of the Son of Heaven.

I don't really understand the entangled feelings between adults, especially the separation and reunion of the princes and princesses of the emperor's family these years. I have the same feelings for my second uncle.

"Uncle, are you okay?" I waved my hand in front of his eyes and asked cautiously.

"I'm fine." Seeing me coming in, the second uncle moved into the couch and motioned for me to sit on it.

I climbed onto the couch, squeezed to his side, put my arms around one of his arms, leaned my forehead on his broad shoulders, and felt his still slightly trembling palms.

I know his pain, because my uncle has been dissatisfied with his younger brother's "entanglement" with the royal family in the past few years.But I also know that words are a sharp weapon to hurt people, he doesn't need any deliberate flattery or cheap comfort now.

I looked at him, he looked at the candlelight, and we sat quietly like this, just like the many nights when I leaned against him and watched the stars in the yard in the past three years.With my eyes, I traced my second uncle's side face, which was gradually fading away from the immaturity of a teenager, and became resolute and deep. There was a dent on his brow, which was very annoying. I stretched out my index finger to poke there, trying to smooth it out for him.

The second uncle was amused by my actions, like a pool of quiet spring water suddenly rippling, his brows covered with sorrow clouds relaxed, and he shook my hand.

"Don't worry, brother is just trying to scare me, he won't really go to His Majesty's face."

"Well, I'm not worried." I nodded vigorously.

I was really a little worried about my uncle's stubborn temper, and worried that he would really yell in front of the emperor; Cutting the constant tacit understanding, you can communicate with each other without words, and feel the existence of the other party.

"Uncle, you look so pretty when you smile." I looked at the black eyes that were similar to myself in the mirror, and made a soft promise.

"No matter what uncle chooses, Qu Bing will always be by his uncle's side and never leave him."

***

It rained cats and dogs for several days, with lightning and thunder.My uncle failed to marry my future eldest daughter-in-law on the auspicious day scheduled, the Cuju competition between the old army and the new army was also cancelled, and the second uncle's marriage was even more uncertain.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, the rain stopped, and the death knell sounded in the sky above Chang'an City.Ganquan Palace did not help Empress Dowager Dou survive for a long time, but seemed to hasten her death.As soon as the old lady drove the crane to the west, people from Dou's family flocked from all directions to express their condolences, and princes and kings also went to Beijing to attend the funeral, and the city was full of sorrow for a while.

According to the second uncle, Empress Dowager Dou is the person who dotes on the emperor the most in the world. She is also very kind to the people around the emperor and does not interfere with her grandson's personal affairs.However, this is not consistent with the evaluation of the old lady I heard from Master Zhu.I know Taifu Zhu's disappointment with Queen Dowager Dou is because he has experienced the forced resignation of Prime Minister Wei, the pioneer of his own theory, and the tragedy of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang more than his second uncle.Indeed, these are bloody facts that have happened before.But having said that, who in the halls and temples can stand upright in the torrent of non-stop rushing forward?

Empress Dowager Dou has always been a concept that symbolizes wisdom in my heart, a symbol that symbolizes authority.I did not have the chance to meet this legendary, miraculous and great old lady before she was alive, but today, after her death, I was able to admire her luxurious and elegant face in sleep.

My aunt was dressed in beige linen clothes, she was obviously fatter, her belly was swollen, and she knelt in front of the coffin with the support of the maid.The cousin was wearing a little filial piety dress for girls, and was held by the Queen Mother. The off-white pointed hat made her face blush.She didn't seem to understand what was going on here, she was looking around curiously, looked back at me, waved to me, and showed a bright smile.

Dou Taizhu—Princess Guantao, as the eldest daughter of Empress Dowager Dou, was throwing herself on the coffin and weeping in the coffin routinely, her voice hoarse and endless.I glanced at Empress Chen.The woman's mind was not on her dead grandmother.Her eyes kept wandering around her aunt's protruding abdomen, her eyes burst into flames, as if she wanted to eat her alive.

It's a pity that Empress Dowager Dou was unable to look forward to the birth of the great-grandson of the emperor.

The people of the Dou family knelt together near the coffin, weeping bitterly for the future they could not see.A middle-aged scholar who was at the front of the queue was squeezed back again and again, but he didn't make a sound. I found out later that he was Wei Qihou.

Princess Pingyang came slowly. She was accompanied by a young scholar I didn't know. Based on her low-key and gorgeous plain clothes and Cao Xiang's unlovable expression, I boldly guessed that this was the son of Xiahou.My aunt should be the most fattened person in this group, and she also has a round belly, so she came to express her condolences with the support of her aunt.

Looking at the off-white ocean in front of me, faces crying or pretending to be sad, my thoughts are mixed, and suddenly I miss a person.

When I got home that night, I wrote a letter to my mother who was far away in Taiyuan, telling her that everything was fine with me in the capital.I asked my second uncle to deliver it for me, and my second uncle held up the letter and sighed with a smile: "Qu Bing has really grown up."

Soon, I received a reply letter from my mother, written by Chen Zhang.Mother's excitement overflowed between the lines, because she gave me a younger sister named Chen Yan, who looks quite like me!

***

The funeral crowd marched to Bashui in the east of Chang'an City, and the people paying homage in the Taimiao gradually dispersed, but the situation in Weiyang Palace was changing, and some families were happy and some were sad.

First, Taifu Zhu resigned under pressure from his student's parents and went back to his hometown in Kuaiji to farm. The successor was an unexpected person.

"Dong Zhongshu became our grand tutor in just a few months. If we knew this earlier, why would we play truant?" When I heard that Mr. Dong was coming, I couldn't help complaining.

"Yeah, I almost lost the door talisman in the forbidden zone." Cao Xiang lamented.

There is one thing I think is gratifying: "Now we can see the true face of this great Confucian!"

Li Gan heard us talking about Mrs. Dong, so he came over again.

"Do you know who Master Dong was recommended to be the Taifu?" He laughed to himself, "It's actually that comedian Dongfang Shuo! Unexpected, haha!"

"Dongfang Shuo who was so drunk that night that he had to stay overnight in the Wei Mansion?" I scoffed, "It's really unexpected!"

There is a sequence of hearing, and there is a specialization in the art industry.Dong Taifu, who was born to teach "Gongyang Spring and Autumn", was not good at Zhou Li's studies, so the emperor appointed Sima Xiangru, a man who became famous for "the first Fu of the Han family", to assist Dong Taifu.

Quite similar to the eloquent Dongfang Shuo, Sima Xiangru and Dongfang Shuo were the loudest voices against the expansion of Shanglin Garden.Taizhong doctor Dongfang Shuo once confronted Wuqiu Shouwang, the servant of Wuqiu Shouwang, about the expansion of Shanglin Garden, and accused Wuqiu Shouwang's engineering drawings of being too extravagant and wasteful; , named my honest and honest uncle and my honest second uncle by name, saying that they were extravagant and slack, working for tigers.

Conscience of heaven and earth, it is His Majesty's idea to expand Shanglin Garden, why do uncle and uncle need to be involved?If they were accompanied by relatives from the Sima family, would they dare not go?There are hundreds of people on the hunting ground, how about writing about Dou Jiatian's family, the prime minister's son-in-law, and by the way, the two generals Shang Cheng and Li?These scholars are really -- persimmons pick soft pinches!

Except for the completed "Tianliang Palace", other projects including "Taiye Pond" were temporarily put on hold by these opposition groups.That's good, the second uncle can concentrate on the Qimen Army and the affairs of China and North Korea, and don't have to be the overseer of Lao Shizi.

To replace the Taifu who lost the scriptures and Zhou Li, the next operation will count.The emperor appointed his servant Sang Hongyang to take the place of Mrs. Sun. When the baby-faced Mrs. Sang appeared in the Taixue classroom on the first day, the school was suddenly filled with admiration, whispering and some people were disappointed. The boos of dissatisfaction were drowned out.We've all heard about this young mental arithmetic expert, but we didn't expect him to be just an uncrowned boy, about the same age as my uncle, standing next to Mrs. Sun, which is really a cute contrast.

When the filial piety period came out, the emperor, who liked Zheng Yin, announced the official opening of Yuefu.In the previous music class, the Taifu took us to sing the song of praying for rain, and the divine comedy for the sacrifice was over.This time the emperor specially invited an actor named Li Konghou from Princess Pingyang to teach the "Book of Songs" and the music score of the 25-stringed harp.

The Son of Heaven is here for real this time!Hearing the news, the school burst into tears in an instant.

I'm not really afraid of the test. Although my aunt sang Weiyin, it is said that even my uncle praised her song "Sangzhong", but the scores of different schools should be similar, so I can go to her to hold my feet before the exam.

I glanced at Cao Xiang, who was rolling all over the floor, and Li Gan, who was in great pain, and imagined for a while what it would be like for them to sing Zheng Yin.

The cold wind blew through the hall, and I got goose bumps all over my body.

Before the beginning of spring, General Cheng Bushi, the commander of the Forbidden Army, was assigned to defend the border in the north. Lieutenant Duan Hong followed General Cheng to the post, and the position of Grand Master was vacated.

Li Gan's father, General Li Guang, was promoted to Weiyang Palace. Li Gan was very proud of this for several days, until that day, in the archery class, the student who was looking forward to the new Grand Master saw a figure in red coming from Weiyang Palace. Mercedes-Benz is coming.

The visitor was dressed in a bright red Hu suit, with his legs clamped between his horse's belly, and he came galloping like a gust of wind, and the eunuchs and maids along the way avoided one after another.Seeing that people and horses were about to rush into the crowd, the rider did not panic, raised the bridle with his left hand and pulled it back. The black horse's front hooves flew into the air, and with a long neighing, it landed firmly on Li Gan who was standing at the front. In front of him, the dust raised by the horse's hooves made him cough repeatedly.

The man in red who dared to gallop his horse in this offensive and defensive area of ​​Chang'an City, and showed his superb imperial skills without hesitation, who else could there be except Han Yan?

I saw him from a distance on the altar during the spring festival before. If there is any biggest change in him from two years ago, it is that he has grown a short mustache under the tip of his handsome nose, which shows his age. gradually grow.The neckline of the Hu suit was not overly elaborate, and the whitish scar near the right collarbone was faintly visible.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help turning to another person.In the crowd, a teenage boy with yellow hair and long horns led his horse and raised his head. His eyes met the black-haired young man with a weak crown on the horse, like the front and back of a bronze mirror, with ten years in between. weathered.

Taishi Han's eyes moved away from Han Shuo, slowly swept across the crowd, stayed on me for a while, and finally looked at the white horse beside me.

Although the Dawan sweat horse is not as tall as the Xiongnu horse, it is a horse after all. Huoyun has grown a lot in the past three years. Although I am also working hard to grow taller, I cannot keep up with the growth speed of a horse.I never want to step on anyone's back to get on a horse. Fortunately, Huoyun is very obedient, and my second uncle is also a good horse trainer. When I need to ride a horse, Huoyun will kneel down on his own initiative so that I can climb up.

"Is this where you usually take archery classes?" Taishi Han sat on the horse's back, raised his whip and drew a circle around us.The halo of the morning sun poured down from the sky behind him, and the skirt of the Hufu fluttered with the autumn wind, making a rustling sound.

"What kind of tricks can you practice in a palm-sized site? A group of beautiful fists and embroidered legs?"

"We're not flamboyant," Li Gan immediately retorted, "We're going to be generals in the future!"

Grand Master Han didn't say anything, just took the longbow behind his back and handed it to Li Gan, pointed to a straw target in the distance and said, "Go and shoot its head off."

As one of the best archers among us, Li Ganzi confidently chose his position and set up his position.However, the longbow seemed to weigh a thousand catties, so he couldn't stretch it far enough.He bit the bullet and let go, the arrow flew a few feet away from the string, then lost its strength and fell into the grass.

The crowd burst into laughter.Li Gan had an annoyed look on his face.

Taishi Han took the longbow from Li Gan, glanced at all the students with contemptuous eyes, and said slowly: "If people like you become generals, the Huns may not be killed by you, but by you laughing to death!"

While talking, I saw him stretching his bow and setting an arrow, he didn't aim deliberately but he loosened the string. He only heard a sound of "Zheng", the golden arrow shot out, and the head on the grass target fell in response, but the arrow fell out of the grass man's head. Passed straight through, continued to fly forward several feet, and nailed into a tree stump.The whole set of movements is like flowing clouds and flowing water, which is superb.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

"All get on the horses now." Taishi Han turned the horse's head, "You guys, follow me to Shanglinyuan."

The students burst into cheers.