Everyone loves Huo Qubing

"Gao Yuan, Qu Qiuzhang! Continue!" Li Gan squinted his eyes and toasted, "I'm happy, and I don't have to look at the face of the Taifu anymore!"

The surroundings are basically drunk, and Jin Zhongzheng and Li Gan are fighting each other.Although Cao Xiang was still drinking, her eyes were already loose.I poked Su Wu, and as a result, he slid directly under the wine table like boneless mud. I don't know if the wine in the inn was strong enough or they simply couldn't handle it.

Looking at this group of drunk sons and buddies, I am a little upset.Get up and walk to the backyard of the wine shop, the winter scenery of the water pavilion is still there, the small bridge is still covered with thin ice, the moonlight outside the courtyard is cold, and the flowers and branches are in spring and waiting to bloom.

The sound of silk and bamboo next door is still noisy, and I can't help but regret sneaking out of the palace.I completely disagree with what Cao Xiang and Su Wu said. This kind of singing and dancing banquet of rich people in Chang'an is very boring to me. If my second uncle went back to Hedong to purchase military horses and was not in the palace during this period, I would not follow them Run out to this kind of party.

"Why don't you toast?" A gloomy and drunken voice sounded from behind.Turning around, Li Gan and Jin Zhong quietly followed me into the backyard at some point.

"I don't drink." I raised my eyebrows.Until now, even the emperor, if I don't want to drink, no one dares to force me to drink.

"If you don't drink, then do something else to make up for it." Jin Zhongjue approached me, "The other day Meilin Suwu shot me an arrow, how can I ask you, my in-law, to get it back?"

The strong words are unreasonable, that day it was obviously the other party who made the first move.While thinking, Jin Zhong took another step forward. He looked down at me like an eagle overlooking its prey, and the hot smell of alcohol sprayed on my forehead.

"What do you want to do?"

"Do—you."

Thin lips uttered shocking words in my ears, and the world turned upside down in an instant, and I was pressed down on the cold stone bench in the courtyard by Jin Zhong.

"Crazy!" I habitually swung my left fist and hit the face of the person in front of me.

Jin Zhong turned his head, and the five commanders went into the void.

One miss and I've lost my chance.The boy's strong arm was pressed down again, I bent my leg and kicked his lower body fiercely.

Jin Zhong was finally kicked aside, but he quickly stood up again; he avoided the vital points in the two rounds, and he was worthy of being the little overlord of Chang'an who fought in gangs since he was a child.

I turned over and ran towards the door, only two steps away, suddenly a leg protruded from the side, I stumbled and stumbled, just in time Jin Zhong stretched out his hand to catch me.He wrapped his arms around my neck, strangling me until I couldn't breathe.

"Turn the person over and you won't be able to resist." Li Gan's gloomy voice came from above his head.

"You still have experience." Jin Zhong's smile echoed in my ears.

There were no other waiters in the backyard of the wine shop on Spring Night. I was grabbed by the two boys who were four years older than me and lifted my limbs into the air. I rolled easily on the hard bench covered with thin frost.

"This is the punch I gave you before." Jin Zhong hit me hard on the back with an elbow.Li Gan took the opportunity to grab my hand and sit still, the forearm bone was almost broken by him in an instant.

"Don't touch me, you two lunatics!" I choked and struggled.

"Why, aren't you that kind of person? Pingyanghou can do it, but we can't do it?" Jin Zhong lay on my back, biting my ear and grinning, "Or, Huo Meiren only flatters her, and looks down on us who have no official titles of?"

"Brother Zhong, you don't know, this guy has been wiped out by Han Yan long ago, and it's not fair to tell that Han."

"You're talking nonsense, you're spitting blood!" I roared angrily.Li Gan is acquainted with people in the Imperial Army, so he probably heard a lot of rumors and gossips from Weiyang Palace.

"You bastard surnamed Huo, you know the truth of what you dare to say." Jin Zhong grabbed the silver buckle on my waist to look through it, "If you ask me, the position of servant is probably the same as that of Wei Qing. It’s in exchange for warming the emperor’s bed.”

"Don't insult my uncle!" Hearing them mention my second uncle's name, I couldn't bear it anymore, and wriggled vigorously. As long as I could free one hand or one leg, I could use the fighting skills I had learned before.

"Don't talk nonsense with him, hurry up!" Li Gan urged, and the hands that fixed my shoulder blades increased their strength.

The short jacket was lifted, the hem of the middle coat was lifted up, Jin Zhong knelt down and pressed my calf, and rubbed my buttocks mercilessly with his slender fingers.

"Don't touch me! Despicable villain, you have no right to touch me!" I was hysterical.

"What should we do next? Huo Meiren's back is so tight, how can he get in?"

"Haven't you ever fucked a man, try this."

Jin Zhong took the wine jar that Li Gan handed over, and poured all the remaining wine behind me.The burning of the wine caused a flash of water to fly in front of my eyes. I opened my mouth wide like a fish out of water, but only made a sound of gasping. My whole body trembled and moved forward, but Li Gan held my shoulders and pushed back .

The boy's slender fingers wrapped around my jawbone, and his lips full of alcohol came closer.

Even if it is to bite the person in front of you with your teeth.I thought desperately.

***

There is a kind of evil called "unpreventable".Because evildoers never write the words "I want to be evil" on their faces in ink in advance.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air—someone saw blood, but it wasn't me.

A refined iron sword was resting on Jin Zhong's neck.The sword bearer's hands were trembling, and the sharp edge of the refined iron sword cut several long bloodstains on the side of Jin Zhong's bare neck.

"Get out, don't force me to do anything." Cao Xiang roared, his eyes were red, his expression was drunk, and his voice was full of anger.At this moment, I am very grateful that he still maintains a little sobriety, and I am very grateful that he still has a little reason.

"Young Master, don't be impulsive. We're just joking with Mr. Huo." Looking at Jin Zhong who didn't dare to move, Li Gan let go of my arm tactfully. He backed away as he spoke until he hid himself in the In the shadows under the wall.

I rolled down from the stone bench with my arms propped up, and the back of my head hit the ground covered with thin frost. My brain was buzzing, my stomach was overwhelmed, and the food I had just eaten at the banquet rushed out of my throat clamorously. .

Zhang He, who followed Cao Xiang into the backyard, rushed forward and helped me up when I was on the ground.

"Jun Hou, withdraw the sword, you are fine." He persuaded.

Cao Xiang was stunned for a moment while maintaining the posture of raising the sword, and then slowly moved the blade away.His eyes were still blurred, and he could hardly hold the saber steadily. The blood-stained sword had to be inserted several times before it was aimed at the scabbard.

When the threat was lifted, Jin Zhong stood up staggeringly, clutching his bleeding neck, and let out a strange laugh.Driven by drunkenness, he gradually recovered his nature, turned around to face Cao Xiang, and spit out even more vicious words.

"Cousin is usually generous, no matter how much I like, I can ask for anything you want, why are you so stingy this time?"

Marquis Pingyang did not respond to Xiu Chengzi's provocative words.

Suddenly a cold light flashed in front of his eyes.

With a sound of "shua", the fine iron sword was unsheathed again, cutting off half of Jin Zhong's hair.

"Stop!" Zhang He exclaimed loudly, "Stop making trouble, you two drunks, or you will die if you make any more trouble!"

***

"Return to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager said that it will be bad for everyone's reputation if such a thing spreads." The Eastern Palace messenger cupped his hands.

Looking down, the box that was sent by the Queen Mother lay quietly under her feet.I couldn't help but laugh—the box contained a heavy fifty catties of gold.It seems that the Empress Dowager is planning to settle this matter in the name of royal children "drunk and gang fights".

Jin Zhong's neck was broken, and he was ordered to stay in the Xiucheng Palace in Changling, that's all.What made me laugh and cry was that Cao Xiang obviously saved me, but because of hurting Jin Zhong with a sword, he was also grounded in the princess mansion.Cao Xiang's mother, Princess Pingyang, made a special trip to the home of her half-sister, Xiu Chengjun, to apologize for the sword injury; , was turned from the Changxin Hall and sent to the Greenhouse Hall.

Fortunately, Zhang He, the only witness that night, did not conceal the actions of Jin Zhong and Li Gan in front of the emperor.

"Gan'er is still young and ignorant, and made a big mistake on the spur of the moment. I beg Your Majesty to forgive this unfilial son because I have served the court for many years."

When the gray-haired General Li Guang and the sad-faced Grand Master Li Jiao knelt in front of the emperor to plead guilty, I have to say that my heart was shaken.Li Gan is General Li's most beloved youngest son. If he is disqualified from being employed by the Imperial Army because of "drunkness and accident", the old father will feel very distressed no matter what.

However, things always happen unexpectedly; more often, good and evil are only suspended between thoughts.

"I can't decide this matter, you can ask the victim." The emperor replied to General Li expressionlessly.

General Li glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, hesitant to speak.

Seeing his father's hesitation, Grand Master Li turned to me, knelt down and kowtowed deeply: "Nephew Huo Xian, my brother is sorry for you, and my elder brother apologizes to you here. I beg you to look at the two years between me and your master and apprentice." For the sake of Chen's younger brother and your classmate for seven years, forgive him this time."

I sighed in my heart.The young man in front of me, about the same age as my uncle, was crying and begging his student for mercy for his own brother.

I didn't think there was any need to forgive those who acted as minions, but from another perspective, Li Gan was an accomplice and a scapegoat for the Eastern Palace.The righteous Lord is at large, and the rescuer is implicated. This kind of judgment is already very unfair to me. At this moment, these two poor people come to His Majesty to intercede.

Furthermore, Li Gan's riding and archery skills are obvious to all, and he can be regarded as a young talent; he was confused for a while after drinking, and he was beaten by his father for a while, and he has learned a lesson. Out of generals.

"It's too strict not to be hired for life, let's punish him with a five-year ban." I opened my mouth to announce the verdict, and at the same time I met the surprised eyes of the emperor.When His Majesty is employing people, he also needs a step down.

"And, I want him to swear off alcohol for the rest of his life."

"Thank you my nephew Haihan!" Li Jiao smiled through tears.

***

The second uncle sat in front of the couch, unhurriedly letting the servant take off his cloak and riding boots, without saying a word from the beginning to the end.He just rode his horse and hurried back from Mayi County thousands of miles away.

"Zhongqing, I will let you take ten days off, and you will stay in the palace with Qubing for these few days." The emperor stared at the ground and kept pacing up and down, "I will send Uncle Zi and Mr. Mr. Chang's agent."

The emperor does not dare to look at the face of the second uncle now.

In fact, at this moment, I dare not face my second uncle directly.

"Why does something happen to Qubing every time I leave Beijing?" The clenched fist finally let go, and the second uncle spat out a series of accusations through clenched teeth, "Didn't your majesty say that he would take good care of him? Why did you let him go?" He went to the party of those 'little gangsters' in the capital?"

"The legs are on my nephew. How can I stop him from going?" The emperor frowned and said displeasedly, "Besides, a group of children, how could I expect them to be so drunk?"

"But Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it?" The second uncle raised his head, unable to hide his excitement in his tone, "If this kind of thing can't be prevented, then our uncle and nephew will live in Weiyang Palace. What's the use of chewing your tongue?"

The emperor stopped and raised his head, eyes full of surprise.He stared at the second uncle intently, with a look of disappointment creeping up the corners of his eyes and brows.

"So that's how it is." The emperor chuckled and said slowly, "Zhongqing, in the past nine years, I have invited you to the palace to accompany me time and time again, but you have always pushed back and forth. Even if you finally decided to enter the palace, it was only to protect you from illness."

He suddenly raised his voice, pointed at me, and burst out sharp questions.

"Zhongqing, I ask you, besides this nephew surnamed Huo, in your eyes, is there any emperor like me?"

The charcoal fire in the stove was crackling and beating, the cold wind was blowing through the courtyard, the branches covered with snow were slightly covered with snow, and the snowflakes were wrapped in the wind and fluttered to the ground.

The anger in the second uncle's eyes finally began to fade, and the melancholy light gradually diffused.

After a long silence, the emperor turned around impatiently and walked away.

The person sitting on the couch closed his eyes and took a deep breath.His bright eyes opened again, his thin lips parted slightly, and I seemed to hear him softly utter the word "yes".

The warmth of the greenhouse hall cannot melt the slight cold brought by the spring snow.

I was sitting in the courtyard, and my second uncle was sitting next to me, his wet hair was still wrapped in a bath towel, and the blush from the hot bath remained on his cheeks.This time he didn't drink, but he still exudes a fragrance that is even better than apricot blossom wine after taking a bath.

I just leaned on his shoulder, snuggled up to him, and looked at the southern sky together.This year, Sirius Lord is always extraordinarily bright, sitting in the arms of Suzaku, like a brilliant gem inlaid on a delicate crown.

The second uncle turned around suddenly and held me tightly in his arms.

"Qubing, let's go." His hands were trembling slightly, and there was a trill at the end, "You and I, let's go back to Hedong County together, and leave this place."

"But isn't there going to be a war soon?" I asked.Fighting on the battlefield has always been the second uncle's yearning, why did he give up at this time.

After a brief pause, Second Uncle's muffled sigh came from above his head.

"The big Han is full of talents, and there are many generals. I am not missing."

My heart sank for no reason.

——Similar dialogue, it seems that I have heard it somewhere before.

My thoughts instantly returned to the early summer three years ago.The Beique of Weiyang Palace, the horse farm that has not been demolished, and the Fangcao Field that has not yet been built in the Beigong.In the halo of dusk, Han Yan, dressed in red, stood in front of her younger brother Han Shuo in a light yellow shirt, and announced the same words to the emperor on horseback.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to the Huns." Han Yan stretched out her hand and said to Han with a smile, saying every word.

Scenes from memory flashed before my eyes.My scalp started to tingle, and my back felt chilly. When I reached out to touch it, my palms were covered in cold sweat.

"Sorry, Uncle, I don't think we may be able to go."

"Why?"

"Because I know you love him."