Everyone loves Huo Qubing

In the morning of Shanglinyuan, the sun rises in the east, the Wei River thaws, the forests turn green, the mountain flowers bloom, the streams and streams are gurgling, and the frogs are singing; .

This spring hunting is the largest royal hunting event in the four years since the emperor ascended the throne, and the largest number of princes and kings participated.Inside and outside the Shanglin Garden, the flags of the Han family fluttered in the wind everywhere, showing the authority and prosperity of the Liu family in the world.

"Hurry up, or you'll be late!" I hurriedly urged my uncle who stayed in bed in the morning.This guy's habit of wearing Hu clothes is not as proficient as a child like me, so he struggled for a while when getting dressed.

We took Huoyunma to the west gate of Chang'an City, where my uncle was already waiting, and took us into the square in front of Jianzhang Palace. This is where the hunting camps gather and the starting point for this hunt.

The position next to the imperial chariot is the princes, kings, princes, and generals. We can only stand behind the generals and watch from a distance.One of us is a boy with a Zongjiao, and the other is a child with a yellow mouth, and our vision is strictly blocked by tall people.

"It's good to stand here. The hunting pioneer will pass by Sima Road, and then you can see it clearly." The uncle comforted us cheerfully. As a servant, he should know the situation of the hunting ground very well.

The two uncles appeared in sight.

"My brother-in-law is here," said the uncle, clasping his fists. "The matter with the eldest son and the younger one is over. Let us take care of the two boys."

"Okay, okay, my brother-in-law and nephew will leave it to you, and I will see you on the hunting ground later." The uncle rode back to the emperor's chariot, leaving the four of us from the Wei family behind.

It was crowded, but soon quieted down.Guess it was the emperor who came forward.Sure enough, the people in front all knelt down.I also knelt down with everyone and shouted long live.

After a ceremony, the Son of Heaven said: "Soldiers are the way of life and death, the place of life and death. Today, I will hold a spring hunting ceremony with all the princes, princes, and soldiers of the royal guard in Shanglin Garden. Rewards and punishments The rules are the same as in previous years. However, I hope that this hunting is not only for entertainment, but I also hope to see the courage and wisdom of the soldiers. The majesty of the royal family shows the style of the earth.”

The hunting officially started, and the uncles of the Wei family got on their horses, and I also rode on Huoyun.The eldest uncle and the second uncle are both dressed in black light armor of the Qimen army and a maroon tall horse; the younger uncle is wearing a red Hu suit and riding his little brown horse; today I am wearing a black Hu suit and riding my little horse. Bai Ju, for a moment the four members of the Wei family were gallant and heroic, and they were very impressive.

However, the people on the opposite horseback were no different.I recognize the one at the end of the team as Li Gan, then the middle-aged man at the head wearing the red and black armor of the Imperial Guard Commander should be General Li Guang, the Weiyang Guard. Still hale and hearty.The weak crown next to him should be the eldest son, the imperial guard Li Danghu, and the one without the crown must be the second son, the official Li Jiao.

The second uncle saluted General Li Guang, but General Li was so focused on hunting that he ignored the greetings from the second uncle.

So the emperor shot the first hunting arrow with his bow, and the arrow shot across the sky above Sima Road, announcing the official start of the spring hunting in Shanglinyuan, and the mounts of the four kings galloped out like arrows leaving the string.The princes went first, followed by the generals. For a while, the crowd was excited, the horses neighed, and the dust flew up.

There seemed to be a little movement in front of the imperial chariot, but the emperor did not get up.After a while, I saw a red dress wrapped in dust galloping from the imperial chariot, galloping away like a gust of wind along the Sima Road.

"Uncle, who is that?" I asked.

"He is Dr. Han Yan, who is in charge of patrolling Shanglin Garden." The second uncle frowned, "I'm so anxious, I think something went wrong on the other side of the hunting ground."

"He ran away again! Dad, let's go, we can't lose to him." Li Danghu's voice came from the opposite side, and the three Li family father and son turned their horses and followed the crowd into the jungle, leaving Li Gan on his horse. The ground is spinning - according to the regulations, we children can only stay near the Jianzhang Palace and conduct small-scale hunting under the supervision of the grand master.

I happily admired the magnificent scene of galloping horses, but Huoyun didn't think so.As a young foal, it seemed to be frightened by the billowing smoke, and suddenly it strode forward and neighed, and it was about to escape from my control.There was a panic in my heart, and I was about to fall miserably, but I fell into a warm embrace unexpectedly.

"Qubing, are you okay?" Second Uncle narrowly caught me and asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. Thank you uncle for saving me." Thanks to my second uncle, I was not thrown off by Huoyun.

On the opposite side, Li Gan sneered, "It's a burden to bring a brat like you along."

"You're nothing but a brat!" I made a face at him.

While waiting, I felt that someone was riding towards me on a black tall horse, standing still to block the sunlight.The man on horseback was very tall, dressed in black, and his front was in the shadows. I couldn't see his face clearly, but I recognized the crown on his head.

"Are you the child who asked me to bleed out and give the Dawan horse to Wei Qing?" The young man in black pointed at me with a whip, and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me." The second uncle stood in front of me.

"My horse was originally given to you, Aiqing, so how can you say you are guilty?" The man on the horseback smiled.

The emperor stepped on the eunuch's back, jumped off the horse, and walked up to me—as he said, he was indeed a young man with a weak crown.In fact, the image of the Son of Heaven in my mind has always been an old man with a gray beard. It is really unexpected that the man in front of me is about the same age as my uncle, but I must not tell him this idea.

"My nephew's name is very famous." The emperor looked at me for a moment and smiled, "Sure enough, he has inherited the demeanor of your Wei family."

While speaking, he raised his hand and hugged me in full view of everyone.The eunuch responded in a hurry.

"This child is heavy, Your Majesty be careful." The second uncle hurriedly stretched out his hand and tried to catch me.

"It's really heavy," said the Son of Heaven, but he didn't let go. Instead, he happily kissed me on the cheek. "I haven't seen you for a few years. I'm so tall that I can ride a horse."

Strange, why everyone tried to hug me and kiss me when they saw me, I'm not a little princess.If it was someone else, I would have pushed him away a long time ago, and now the emperor is holding me. I carefully considered whether I should try to push the emperor, and see how he reacts.

In the end, I didn't dare to act rashly, I just pointed to Huoyun and said, "To get sick, you have to ride a horse."

The Son of Heaven put me on the white horse's back, pointed to Huo Yun and said, "This is a good horse that is hard to buy, Qubing must treat it better, otherwise I will feel bad."

It's so long-winded, almost everyone came to tell me how precious the horse is, and the Son of Heaven was no exception.Could it be that the emperor regretted it and wanted to take it back from me?With Huoyun's belly on my feet, the little pony obediently ran away in a small circle this time, telling everyone that it was not because of my poor imperial skills that I fell off the horse before.

The second uncle's voice came from behind: "Children are ignorant, and they must be strictly disciplined when they are young."

"This child is really not afraid of me." The emperor laughed loudly, "I will tell your sister when I go back, and let her give me such a big fat boy."

When I returned to the original place in the fire cloud, the emperor was staring at the second uncle intently, and the second uncle's cheeks were as red as boiled shrimp.Could it be that the second uncle was bullied by the emperor?

"Ahem," the emperor cleared his throat and asked me, "Qubing, it's the princess's hundredth birthday, as a cousin, have you prepared a gift for the princess?"

"I bring the gift to Qubing with me." I reached into the lapel of the Hu suit and took out a stone ball from my pocket.

The Son of Heaven weighed the stone in his palm and was stunned for a moment, "What is this moment?"

"Return to Your Majesty—" I was about to open my mouth to answer, but the emperor interrupted me.

"Don't say it yet, let me guess." The emperor studied it over and over again, "Is this—a frog?"

I am embarrassed.

"Return to Your Majesty, the one engraved is the princess's cousin." One day I picked up such a stone in the shape of a candle bag, and carved my cousin's wrinkled face on one end.The other end is engraved with several pleated ties of candle wrappers.However, I admit that my knife skills are really not very good.

The emperor laughed.The second uncle couldn't help laughing.

"Then, I'll accept it for the princess." The emperor wanted to put Shi Zhen into his arms, but at the eunuch's insistence, he handed it to the eunuch for repeated inspection.

While speaking, the messenger in red led two cavalry guards to walk nearby. I rubbed my eyes, thinking that I saw Han Yue who was sick and unable to come to participate in the hunting.However, the man in red has black hair, no yellow hair, a crown and a clear jawline. His facial features are almost the same as Han said, but his temperament is mature and tough, which is not quite the same as Han said.

"Your Majesty, I have neglected my duties. Someone did kill a deer before the spring hunting began." Han Yan turned over and got off the horse, knelt down on one knee, and presented the object in her hand, "This is the arrow drawn from the deer. , Your Majesty, please take a look."

Everyone held their breath.It is a crime of disrespect for someone to kill before hunting.

"Where are people?" The emperor had already put on a cold expression.

The imperial guards dragged a man whose hands had been turned back from his horse.This person's hair has been thrown in a bun, his mouth is covered with a cloth strip, his eyes are exposed from between the broken hair, and he is staring around, with a glint of despair in his eyes.

The emperor also obviously felt the hostility of this person, and waved to Han Yan.

"Procrastinate on, and be punished on the spot as a crime of disrespect." Han Yan pronounced the crime for the emperor.

"Wait a minute, wait a moment!" The cavalry guard had just dragged the offender a few steps, and another person came galloping on horseback.The visitor had a coarse cloth crown on his head, dark brown clothes curled around the horse's back, and his riding boots were gone. His two calves were bare, and his posture was unsightly. He didn't look like he was ready to hunt on horseback.

When the Son of Heaven saw this person, his complexion changed instantly, cloudy and sunny.

The eunuch sternly said: "Bold Dongfang Shuo, what is the proper way to shout and drink in front of the Lord? Hurry up and kneel down."

Dongfang Shuo had fair skin, two mustaches on his lips, and round eyes as big as copper bells. He was very energetic. He rode his horse closer, let go of the rein and fell off the horse.

"Report to Your Majesty, the guilty minister Dongfang Shuo has something to report."

"Your Majesty has already convicted the murderer, so don't overturn the case again," Han Yan reminded.

"No, let him talk." The emperor waved his hand and seemed to be in a better mood.

Dongfang Shuo paused again: "If you go back to His Majesty, this person really deserves to die."

When this statement came out, everyone was lost.

"Didn't Aiqing come to intercede for him?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "I want to see what tricks you play."

"The guilty minister dare not!" Dongfang Shuo got up from the ground, stroked his mustache, pointed at the sky with one hand, and said, "The guilty minister said that this person deserves to die. There are three reasons. First, this person made Dr. Han Killing people because of a deer. Second, this person let the world know that Dr. Han valued the life of a deer, but despised human life. Third, if the Huns in the northern border were in a hurry to violate the frontier, according to Dr. Han’s killing method, The soldiers of the big Han are all dead, and the only thing left is to kill the Xiongnu soldiers with deer antlers, which is the third reason to be damned."

Dongfang Shuo said "Doctor Han" one by one, and no one knew that he was pointing at Sang Huai, scolding the emperor around the corner.Long Yan was furious, and everyone present knelt down in unison.

After a short but long silence, the Son of Heaven walked up to the person who was being dragged down, and announced: "For the sake of Dongfang Aiqing, I will spare you the death penalty. Go to the north to guard the border."

***

When the sun was in the west, I took the rabbit I had called, tied a dead knot with a rope, and tied it to Huoyun's back indiscriminately.

Because the adults were all hunting in the west, Grand Master Duan led us to have a good time along the east border of Shanglin Garden.Although the wild deer and roe deer were not caught, a few rabbits and chicken cubs were still caught.After noon, the group returned to Jianzhang Palace and found a shade to rest. The dry food they brought with them was now comparable to delicious food.Almost exhausted, I found a random place in Jianzhang Palace and had a good night's sleep.

The original name of Jianzhang Palace is "Jianzhang Pavilion". The emperor hid a lot of armor here before. Later, the weapons here were confiscated by the Empress Dowager Dou, and all the weapons were sent to the arsenal between the Weiyang and Changle palaces. The emperor appointed the second uncle As Jianzhang Supervisor, I took the blueprint designed by Wuqiu Shouwang, intending to change this Jianzhang Palace into a playground and arrange some landscapes and forests.

At this time, the palace is still expanding, and I don't know how long it will take.The front hall is still there, half of the palace wall of the back hall has been removed, and a wooden sign is inserted on the ground in the backyard, with the words "Tianliang Palace" written on it.

The pincers didn't go to work today, and there were piles of green bricks and mortar, abandoned tools and holes with wooden stakes everywhere, which seemed like a good place to hide and seek.