I am old in the Han Dynasty

Liu Che picked up the cake he dropped in the steamed bun basket, "Your biological father."

"When? When my uncle and I came, my mother didn't say anything."

Liu Che: "You leave the city with your front feet, and your father enters the city with your back feet. You are not at home, and your mother can't make up her mind, so she went to the palace to ask the queen, and happened to meet me. What are your plans?"

When Huo Qubing was very young, he asked his mother why his surname was Huo.His mother told him that his biological father's surname was Huo.Ask his mother again and stop talking.Huo Qubing assumed that his father was gone.

He was used to being without a father, but his biological father came to him, Huo Qubing didn't know what to do.

"Uncle..." Huo Qubing asked Wei Qing for advice.

Wei Qing said directly, "See you as soon as you want."

"I don't want to see you. Knowing that I was named a champion by His Majesty—"

Wei Qing interrupted him, "Your father doesn't know you exist."

"What did you say?" Huo Qubing exclaimed.

Wei Qing: "The two of them separated before you were born. The eldest brother sent someone to inquire later, and he married your mother not long after they separated. At that time, your mother married your stepfather. If you have us, we will not Tell you."

Huo Qubing opened his mouth, wanting to say something but didn't know where to start.After all, it's good for everyone.

"You should have told me." Huo Qubing said.

Wei Qing: "Telling you will only increase your troubles. Besides, he doesn't want to recognize you, because I was not a general at that time."

The queen's surname is Chen, not Wei.Wei Qing was very worried at the time that Huo Qubing's biological father would distance himself from the Wei family because he was afraid of Princess Guantao's family.

"How does he know now?" Huo Qubing asked Liu Che.

Liu Che took a sip of the soup and put down the cake, "I listened to your mother. You are very similar to the son your father gave birth to later. When you returned to the city, someone from your father's side saw it and told your father when you went back. You Father wanted to know the truth, so he came to your mother to ask about it. That's how today happened."

"Did he come to see me, or did he want me to recognize my ancestors?" Huo Qubing asked again.

Liu Che: "It doesn't matter what he thinks."

"Your Majesty is right, the initiative is in your hands." Xie Lang continued, "Just follow your heart."

Huo Qubing couldn't help but ask, "How do you follow your own heart?"

"After you see him, if you don't want to talk to him, ask him to leave. If you want to keep him for a few days, then take him to your house for two days before sending him away." Xie Lang said, "He has a family and a courtyard. , you don't have to worry that he will stay with you."

Huo Qubing heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, "Let's go after eating." He said to fill a bowl of soup.

"Drink less." Liu Che frowned and said, "Young and energetic, you eat millennium ginseng, and you get nosebleeds carefully."

Huo Qubing shook his hand, the soup almost spilled, "Thousand-year-old ginseng?!"

"One or two hundred years old, he is too embarrassed to take it out." Liu Che glanced at Xie Lang, "Besides, I still entertain your uncle and you."

Huo Qubing looked at the soup in the bowl, hesitating, "To drink or not?"

"Drink it." Xie Lang said, "If you drink it, you may be too dry to sleep, and if you don't drink it, you won't be able to sleep tonight."

Huo Qubing wanted to say that he did not suffer from insomnia.Thinking that his own father was here, he picked up the bowl and drank the soup, then gnawed on the chicken wings.

Xiao Qi originally wanted to try it, but after Liu Che said so, he dared not eat chicken anymore after eating the chicken legs, and ate cold vegetables and cakes instead.

After dinner, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing followed Liu Che back to the city.

Xiao Qi closed the door and jumped on Xie Lang.

Xie Lang raised his hand to block him, "What are you doing?"

"Uncle Qu Bing's biological father is here, I'm so happy." Xiao Qi grinned.

Xie Lang was speechless, "The key to this matter is not his biological father, but me."

"I know. But when Uncle Qu Bing thinks about being your son, it's very annoying." Xiao Qi frowned while speaking.

Xie Lang grabbed his ear, "If you have time to think about this, why not read a book. Play with Qu Bing for half a day in the morning, and no more play in the afternoon."

"I don't play." Xiao Qi yawned.

Xie Lang hurriedly said: "You are not allowed to sleep either."

"Don't sleep." Xiaoqi went to the house to get a hat, scarf and gloves, wrapped herself so that only her eyes were exposed, and read a book in the yard.

People tend to get sleepy in winter, and they get used to sleeping, and they can fall asleep standing outside in the future.Seeing him like this, Xie Lang didn't care about him, what should he do.

The next morning, when Xie Lang opened the door to ventilate, he heard the sound of horseshoes.Walking to the side of the road, a horse came from the north.

After several years of Jiang Chong's rectification, few people still dare to run wildly on Liu Che's newly built road.Xie Lang copied his hands and waited for a while, and it was Huo Qubing as expected.

"Your father is gone?" Xie Lang waited for him to dismount before asking.

Huo Qubing hummed, led the horse and walked into the house.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Lang wanted to laugh, those who didn't know thought he was going home.

"When did you leave?" Xie Lang followed.

Huo Qubing: "This morning. Third Uncle, he—"

Xie Lang pointed to the tree next to him, "We'll talk after the horse is tied up."

Huo Qubing threw the reins to the servant, and followed Xie Lang to the west side room, "He is very different from what I imagined."

There was water on the stove, Xie Lang poured him a glass and asked him to drink to warm his body, "Why do you say that?"

"Your Majesty said that I look like him. I thought he was like my uncle, but he was a bit older than my uncle." Huo Qubing recalled, "I didn't expect him to be like your uncle."

Xie Lang: "Your biological father is over 50?"

"Forty to five." Huo Qubing said.

Xie Lang understood, "You said his spirit is very old? He has a salary, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't look so old. Could it be that he is sick?"

"It seems that you are not in good health. I didn't ask." Huo Qubing said, paused, "I want to ask, but I can't ask."

Xie Lang nodded, "I can understand. What are you going to do next?"

"I'll give him five hundred gold, which is enough for him to see a doctor, take medicine, and spend his old age peacefully." Huo Qubing looked at Xie Lang, saw Xie Lang waiting for him and continued, "I don't want to serve him."

"You still want to serve him?"

Huo Qubing turned around, Xiaoqi ran in from the outside, bringing a chill, "What are you doing?"

"I went up the mountain with Huzi." Xiao Qi took off his hat, "He has never raised you, and he has never visited your mother, so he is not worth fifty gold. If you give him five hundred gold, you are not afraid of his appetite." Raised up, I will ask you for money every three days."

Xie Lang smiled and said: "No. Uncle Qubing's biological father is in Pingyang. In such a cold weather, he will come here every now and then, unless he doesn't want to live. Besides, Qubing's uncle is a general, and his aunt is a queen. He doesn't dare to bother and get sick."

"Uncle said the same thing." Huo Qubing looked at Xie Lang, "But I really didn't expect my biological father to be so old."

Xie Lang: "Everyone will grow old one day. If you are worried, go and have a look when the spring is warm. If you don't want to go, I, His Majesty and your uncle will not blame you. Neither will the world."

"No one in the world knows that Uncle Qubing's biological father is still alive." Xiao Qi pulled off his scarf and gloves, "Third Master, Brother Hou caught a chicken, shall we have chicken for lunch?"

Xie Lang laughed, "What I made yesterday was eaten this morning, still eating? I haven't eaten the mutton yet, so I'll roast the mutton for you today. You play in the house, I'll cook it myself."

"Third Master and I lit the fire." Xiao Qi said.

Xie Lang snorted on his head, "You don't need it, I just put a few pieces of wood and it's done. By the way, there are durians in the cupboard, do you want Qubing to eat?"

"Uncle Qu Bing loves food as much as I do, so there's no need for the third master to ask you that." Xiao Qi put on his gloves and brought the durian over.

Xie Lang came in and handed them two plates and two pairs of chopsticks, and went to get the leg of lamb hanging on the grape rack.

After the meal, Xiao Qi went to clean the pot and wash the dishes, Xie Lang took the leftovers to feed the little wolf, and Huo Qubing fell asleep when he came back.

Huo Qubing came here on horseback, without a hat, gloves or scarf. Xie Lang was worried that he was ill again, so he took out the isatid root that Huo Qubing had bought, grabbed a handful and put it on a clay pot to cook.During this period, Huo Qubing remained motionless, as if he had passed out.

Xiao Qi sat beside him, writing on the square table for a while, reading a book for a while, rustling like a little mouse, he didn't wake up, and Xiao Qi also realized that something was wrong, "Master, Uncle Qubing is not Are you going to be sick again?"

"It's possible." Xie Lang said, "Cook chicken soup at night?"

Xiao Qi glanced at Huo Qubing, "Put more ginger?" Xie Lang nodded.Xiao Qi sighed, "Ginger soup is just ginger soup."

"If he's not feeling well, let him stay at our house for two days." Xie Lang said, "I'll go back when the weather warms up."

Xiao Qi looked outside and pointed out, "Some of them are here."

The next morning, the sky was snowing heavily.

The weather was cold and the snow hadn't melted, and the road was very dry, so Xie Lang ordered two servants to push a cart to the city to buy half a pig and half a sheep, and send a letter to Champion Hou's mansion - Huo Qubing was at his house.

At noon, when the two servants came back, Xie Lang picked off the hoof and left a pig's hind leg. The remaining pork was taken to the backyard by the servants for them to eat.

Zhang Da was so surprised and delighted that he was speechless.

Xie Lang was also afraid of raising their appetite, so he told them that they would eat until New Year's Eve.However, Zhang Da and the others were still very excited.

"Third Uncle is so kind." Huo Qubing said it, and couldn't help sneezing.

Xie Lang turned around and saw him rubbing his nose, "Why did you come out?"

"He thinks he's fine." Xiao Qi walked over, "I won't let him out, he said to stay in the room for a long time, if he doesn't let him breathe, he will suffocate to death." Looking at Huo Qubing, "Thanks to me The third master also stewed thousand-year-old ginseng for you. I don’t know where it went.”

Xie Lang smiled and said, "I stewed ginseng for ten thousand years, he should be sick or have to be sick. By the way, don't you cough?"

"There is third uncle's pear soup, I have to hide when I cough." Huo Qubing said.

Xie Lang: "Stop talking. It's windy in the courtyard, so you don't need to gather around anything, so hurry up and get in the house. I'll cook pork for you. Have white rice and braised pork at noon."

Xiao Qi swallowed, "Uncle Qubing, let's go to the kitchen."

Huo Qubing hummed and followed.

Two uncles and nephews, one was burning an iron pot and the other was a pottery urn, Xie Lang cooked the meal easily, and finished eating slowly, Huo Qubing yawned.

Xie Lang stared at him as he drank the thick banlangen, and told him to go to sleep.

The snow was still falling, Xie Lang checked the animal pen and the cellar, and went to the west side room to accompany Xiaoqi to practice calligraphy if he had nothing to do.

In the evening, Xie Lang fried the white rice left over from noon, put the leftovers and steamed buns on a pottery urn to heat up, and took them to the west side room.

After Huo Qubing slept, his head was not heavy, his nose was clear, his appetite was good, and he didn't want to eat much when he saw leftovers.Then, thinking about the cold weather, washing and cooking is quite painful, Huo Qubing has to get steamed buns when washing his hands, and there is a big bowl of white and yellow rice in front of him, "Is this millet and white rice?"

"It's fried rice with eggs." Xiao Qi came in and half closed the door, "The rice fried with eggs by my third master is the best."

Seeing that there was still a spoon in the bowl, Huo Qubing picked up the spoon, dug a full spoon into his mouth, and immediately wanted to get sick again, "Third Uncle, what else do you know?" He said with emotion.

"Delicious? Because there is no comparison." Xie Lang said with a smile.

Huo Qubing shook his head, "If there is a comparison, the third uncle's cooking is the best."

"Shut up and flatter the champion." Xiao Qi said.

Huo Qubing raised his hand and smacked him on the head, "Nizi!"

"Third Master!" Xiao Qi turned to Xie Lang, "Look at him!"

Xie Lang laughed, "Don't pay attention to him."

"Ignore you." Xiao Qi glared at him, put a piece of braised pork in his mouth, and wanted to take the steamed bun.Xie Lang stopped him and pointed at the egg fried rice in front of him.

Xiaoqi ate fried rice with eggs, drank some water and couldn't help hiccupping, "My appetite has become smaller?!"

"I ate too much at noon." Xie Lang said.

Xiaoqi thinks about it, it really is.

Xie Lang made two pots of stewed braised pork with black fungus and day lily. He and Huo Qubing ate one pot, and each of them ate two bowls of white rice.

Xiao Qi couldn't help but glanced at her stomach, "You're such an idiot."

Huo Qubing almost choked, "Go wash the pot when you're full."

"Idiot, your uncle told you to wash the pot." Xiao Qi stood up, patted his stomach, "Go." He jumped off the kang, took his own bowl and went to the stove.

Huo Qubing frowned, "Third Uncle, if I guessed correctly, he said I'm an idiot?"

"What is the uncle of the idiot?" Xie Lang asked.

Huo Qubing raised his legs and got off the kang, "Good boy, you have learned how to point at Sang and scold Huai."

"Don't eat?" Xie Lang asked.

The vegetable bowl was clean and there was only some oily soup left, Huo Qubing couldn't eat any more, so he finished the rice in the bowl, burped and went to the opposite side to clean up Xiaoqi.

Xie Lang followed with the steamed bun basket and vegetable bowl, "I want to fight."

Huo Qubing stopped, unbelievable, "You didn't stop?"

"You're not willing to beat him to death, why should I stop you?" Xie Lang rolled up his sleeves, put some firewood under the pot, and planned to boil some hot water, "Xiao Qi, put down the bowl, I'll wash it."

"You really want us to fight?" Xiao Qi asked.

Xie Lang: "Eating so much today and not moving, you two will gain ten catties in one winter day."

"Get out!" Huo Qubing dragged Xiao Qi out, beat him until he yelled for Brother Hou and Huzi, then Huo Qubing stopped.

Xie Lang went out to have a look, there was no injury on his face, nor missing arms or legs, so he ignored them.Boil some hot water, wash up, and drive them to rest.

The next day, Xie Lang thought the snow would stop, but it was still snowing.Yesterday was heavy snow, today is light snow.Even if the snowflakes are very small, at noon and last night, the snow is above the ankles.

Xie Lang couldn't help but be thankful for letting his servants go to the city to buy so much pork and mutton, otherwise they would only be able to eat fish and shrimp in the next few days.

Thanks to the heavy snow, Huo Qubing stayed at Xie Lang's house for another three days.

The road was dry, Huo Qubing was wearing Xie Lang's clothes and bumped into Wei Qing when he went to the city.

"You're finally back." Wei Qing sighed.

Huo Qubing had an innocent look on his face, "I'm going back yesterday, but my third uncle won't let me go."

Wei Qing glared at him, "Your mother is very anxious, go to her house first to reassure her."

"I'm not a child." Huo Qubing muttered, planning to go to his mother's house, but suddenly remembered something wrong, "Why is uncle here?"

Wei Qing: "Enter the palace."

"An accident happened again?" Huo Qubing asked hurriedly.

Wei Qing shook his head, "No. Your Majesty is probably looking for me to talk about food and grass."

"Food and grass?" Huo Qubing was puzzled.

Wei Qing: "The alfalfa that your third uncle gave His Majesty. Your Majesty plans to plant it on a large scale in Shuofang and Wuyuan counties. You should ask me who is appropriate to send there."

"Go quickly." After Huo Qubing finished speaking, he headed towards his mother's house.

As Wei Qing expected, Liu Che approached Wei Qing to seriously discuss this matter.The second thing is to choose a teacher for Xiao Liu.

Liu Che likes Shi Qing.Wei Qing felt relieved, but Shi Qing's personality was completely opposite to Xie Lang's. Wei Qing was worried that Xiao Liu Ju would follow Shi Qing today and Xie Lang tomorrow, and would end up being indecisive or acting strange.

Wei Qing expressed his worries, and Liu Che felt that what he said made sense after thinking about it, so he let the matter go.

When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Liu Che makes the seven-year-old Xiao Liu the crown prince and pardons the world.The next day, Shi Qing was appointed as Prince Taifu.Gein thought it was enough for Xiao Liuju to have Xie Lang by his side.He didn't want to take Xiao Liu as a 20-year-old and dare to kill the king and force the palace.

More than a month after Xiao Liuju became the prince, Li Ji gave birth to the third son.

Liu Che liked Mrs. Wang very much, and he didn't often go to Li Ji's place, so the queen took her very seriously.Even if she doesn't see Liu Che for ten days and half a month, the queen is not worried, just because Xiao Liu can see Liu Che.

When the royal family had many happy events and Liu Che was in a good mood, another accident happened in the north.

The Xiongnu invaded Shanggu and killed hundreds of people.The report came that Liu Che was on the mountain watching Brother Monkey, Hu Zi and Little Wolf hunting.

After reading the memorial, Liu Che wanted Xie Lang to raise a group of tiger cubs and wolf cubs and send "Tiger and Wolf Masters" to the expedition.However, he knew it was impossible.

"Your Majesty, let's go back." Seeing him suppressing his anger and staring at the north, Xie Lang said, "Brother Monkey is also tired."

Liu Che sighed, "Let's go."

"Who does His Majesty plan to send?" Xie Lang asked.

Liu Che said without hesitation, "Qubing."

"Zhongqing won't go?" Xie Lang frowned, "Isn't his childish temper hard to convince?"

Liu Che: "Quick battle and quick decision."

Xie Lang felt relieved, "Let Qu Bing stay at my house in a few days. Last time he came back and got sick every three days, I'll make up for him, so that this time it won't be like last year again. He is young and strong, and he can't overcome the serious illness."

Liu Che nodded slightly and agreed.

In the second year of Yuanshou, in early spring, Huo Qubing moved to Xie Lang's house.

Last year, when Liu Che established Xiao Liu as the crown prince, Xiao Qi went to study in the Imperial Palace.Huo Qubing was worried that Taixue students would bully his eldest nephew, so he personally picked up Xiao Qi three times, and Xiao Qi became the most popular student of Taixue, bar none.

Xie Lang considered that Xiao Qi had classes during the day and had to rest well at night, so he used his spare time to make a couch for Huo Qubing and put it in Xiao Qi's room.

They each slept in a corner, and Xiao Qi went out early and returned late all day long, so he had no time to chat with Huo Qubing. Huo Qubing lived at Xie Lang's house for a month, and the two of them didn't quarrel.

A month later, Huo Qubing sent troops to Longxi, and returned triumphantly, with a young man who was two years younger than Xiao Qi beside him.

Xie Lang heard from Xiao Qi that someone saw a child next to General Hussars, and after a little thought, he knew it was Huo Guang.In fact, he guessed right and didn't make him wait too long.On July [-]th, the hottest time of the year, Huo Qubing brought Huo Guang here.

It was a hot day, so Xie Lang opened the door so that the air would be ventilated and the courtyard would be cool.So much so that when Huo Qubing saw Xie Lang sitting in the courtyard, he waved to the servant and threw the reins to him, so he waved to Huo Guang, "Come and eat watermelon."

The young man subconsciously looked at Xie Lang.

Xie Lang got up and said, "You are Qubing's younger brother? Your elder brother calls me Third Uncle, you can call him whatever you want. Your elder brother regards me as your own uncle, so don't be restrained, take this place as your home."

Huo Guang opened his eyes wide, his face full of horror.

Xie Lang was about to ask him what's the matter, when his heart suddenly moved, he turned his head to look, and sure enough Brother Hou led Hu Zi, Xiao Lang and Bai Wei to come here, "These four foodies! I just cut up the watermelon."

"Food?" Huo Guang asked in a low voice, "It's not, isn't it a tiger?"

Huo Qubing laughed and said, "Family raised, don't be afraid." Seeing a watermelon next to it, pick it up and divide it into two, so he pouted at Xiaoqi.

Xiao Qi glared at him, and ran into the room to get two spoons.

Huo Qubing handed one to Huo Guang, "Dig and eat."

Huo Guang looked at Xie Lang again, his eyes were full of worry.

"Third Uncle is a great kind person, his family does not lack this, so feel free to eat." Huo Qubing said.

Xiao Qi nodded, "Your brother is right. He used to vomit at my house, and he had to take some when he left."

"When did I vomit?" Huo Qubing asked while staring at him.

Xiaoqi: "Eat it in your throat, and it will come out as soon as you hiccup. Didn't you vomit after eating it?"

Huo Guang suddenly turned to Huo Qubing, as if he didn't know him.

Seeing this, Xie Lang couldn't help being overjoyed, "He is wearing armor, he is a general who can only be guarded by one man, and he is not as sensible as my little Qi when he gets off his horse."

"Inferior to whom?" Huo Qubing asked in disbelief.

Xiao Qi raised his hand and pointed, "Not as good as your brother!"