Hanhou

In the first year of Yuanshuo, in the winter of November, the emperor ordered Xiaolian to be filial.

General Dou Ying requested that the imperial decree be sent down to all counties. Anyone who does not respect filial piety and observe integrity will be regarded as disobeying the imperial edict.

Liu Che will play in court.

On that day, flying riders flew out of Chang'an, and rushed to the counties to convey the will.

In the same month, Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, was seriously ill. He presented himself to the emperor and asked Liu Jian, the eldest son, to be the crown prince.

When Liu Che saw the letter, he sent a palace doctor to Jiangdu State, and summoned the former Jiangdu State official to inquire about Liu Jian's character.

Hearing that his disposition is bohemian, he doesn't like reading, and he is not as brave as Liu Fei, but he is arrogant and arrogant. He regards Jiangdu as his possession, and he is very disrespectful to his sisters and younger brothers, so he feels displeased.

In order to avoid biased words, Liu Che summoned three people in succession and asked the embroidered clothes envoy. They all said the same thing, and he hated Liu Jian even more.

After dealing with the government affairs, Liu Che drove to the Jiaofang Palace and brought up the matter with Chen Jiao, his tone unavoidable.

"Brother Wang is courageous and courageous. He attacked Wu when he was young, and he was awarded the banner with his military achievements. Among the brothers, his father rewarded him the most. Yong. The second son is still young, and it is also difficult for him to take on the big responsibility."

Chen Jiao took two sips of the tea soup and picked up a piece of sugar cake. She thought it tasted good, so she took a piece for Liu Che.Seeing that he was still not moving, he simply handed it to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, this cake tastes very good, try it."

"Jiaojiao, I'm talking about business." Liu Che frowned.I didn't want to be stuffed into my mouth by the sugar cake as soon as I finished speaking.Biting the candy cake and staring, Chen Jiao chuckled.

"I know. His Majesty said, I listened to it."

Really unable to lose his temper, Liu Che could only follow Chen Jiao's wishes, eating a whole piece of sugar cake and drinking half a cup of tea soup.Putting down the lacquer cup, I felt a lot more relaxed, and the inexplicable depression also dissipated a lot.

Seeing that Liu Che's face turned better, Chen Jiao picked up another piece of sugar cake, put it in front of him, and said, "Aunt once said that there are no absolutes. Look at one thing, think about one thing, and think about it before you can do it." Make a decision."

Chen Jiao's words seemed to have nothing to do with what Liu Che said, but they unexpectedly made Liu Che think deeply.

"Jiaojiao is right." A moment later, Liu Che smiled, picked up the sugar cake and put it in his mouth, finished eating in two or three bites, drank a cup of tea soup, and said, "Brother Wang, please seal the eldest son, and also express your kindness." And the youngest son. Before the master father Yan Zuo asked for kindness, it might as well show kindness to the two sons of the king brother first."

When Liu Che was speaking, Chen Jiao ordered the palace servants to bring more tea soup and prepare a few more cakes.

Nowadays, Liu Che often mentions political affairs in front of Chen Jiao, but Chen Jiao mostly listens without speaking, and rarely expresses her opinions.Only when Liu Che asked, would he occasionally say a few words.

The two have been married for many years, and they have never seen such a strong relationship, but they have always treated each other with respect.

Year after year, beauties in Yongxiang emerged one after another, and the harem was full of flowers, vying for splendor.Princes and princesses were born one after another, but no one could stand shoulder to shoulder with Chen Jiao.

Liu Che spends at least five or six days in Jiaofang Hall every month.When you encounter troubles, you can't talk to others, and you will talk to Chen Jiao more often.Year after year, Chen Jiao's position has become more and more stable, even if she has no children, her favor is still unabated.

Seeing everything in his eyes, Liu Xun, who was named Dou Taizhu, often lamented that compared with Queen Dou, her vision was really short-sighted and her scheming was too poor.If Chen Jiao hadn't stayed in Changle Palace and been taught by Empress Dowager Dou, she might not be where she is today.What's more, he may have been rejected by the emperor long ago.

That night, Liu Che stayed in Jiaofang hall.

At the court meeting the next day, Liu Fei was allowed to come to the table.And divided the Jiangdu country into two, and enfeoffed Liu Fei's two sons.At the same time, [-] households were set aside as Weng's staple food town.

What happened in the previous dynasty was soon reported to Chen Jiao.

At that time, Xu Meiren was sitting in front of the screen, with her plain hand on Chen Jiao's forehead, pressing gently.

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Ju, was chasing and playing with the eldest princess in the hall covered with thick carpets.The eunuchs and palace attendants surrounded them, with their arms slightly open, fearing that the pair of little ancestors would bump into something.

Da Changqiu walked into the hall, bowed to salute, and whispered a few times beside Chen Jiao.

Chen Jiao opened her eyes, waved her hand to Da Changqiu, and said, "I see. Send someone to deliver a letter to Aunt later. This is His Majesty's intention. If there are clan members who come to the door, block it back. Don't interfere."

"promise."

After Da Changqiu retreated, Liu Ju threw away the running Trojan horse, stretched his calf, ran up to Chen Jiao, and said, "Queen, I want to go to Linyuan."

"Why?" Chen Jiao sat up, took the silk handkerchief from the palace man, and wiped the sweat from Liu Ju's forehead.

"I heard about the new tribute horses from the Western Regions. I want to learn how to ride a horse!"

Before Chen Jiao could speak, the eldest princess also ran over, hugged Chen Jiao's arm coquettishly, raised her head and said, "My queen, I want to go too."

The appearance of the siblings was really cute, and Chen Jiao was directly amused.

Xu Meiren tapped the eldest princess's forehead, and said: "I thought about reading before, how many days has it been? How many articles have I read?"

The eldest princess lowered her head with a somewhat pitiful expression.

Liu Ju grew up with the eldest princess, and he hated her being wronged the most, so he immediately said: "I want to ride a horse, I told my elder sister about it."

Chen Jiao hugged Liu Ju into her arms, shook her lightly, then pulled the eldest princess over, stroked her forehead, and said, "What's the big deal, it will be spring hunting soon, I'll tell your father, choose Two Dawan colts."

"Dawan?" Liu Ju and the eldest princess looked up together.

"When the army from the Western Expedition returned, Dawan offered [-] good horses, better than the Huns' horses."

When Chen Jiao was speaking, Liu Che happened to walk into the hall.

The eunuch had no time to report, so he could only trot to keep up.

Chen Jiao heard the sound, saw the emperor who had not replaced the crown, and motioned for the eldest princess and Liu Ju to come forward and salute, and she and Xu Meiren stood up to greet her.

"Why is Your Majesty here at this time?"

Liu Che raised his eyebrows, and asked the two sons and daughters who were saluting to stand up. He raised his eyebrows and said, "If I don't come, how do you know that the horse has already been missed before entering the capital?"

"It's just two horses." Chen Jiao sighed pretendingly.

Liu Ju and the eldest princess were nervous, for fear that Liu Che would not agree.

"Father..."

Facing the four big eyes, Liu Che couldn't continue to be serious. He bent down and hugged the eldest daughter, pressed Liu Ju's hair with his big hand, and said, "Before the spring hunting, you need to sit on the horseback, can you do it?" arrive?"

"can!"

Liu Ju and the Eldest Princess nodded together, halfway through the nodding, the siblings looked at each other, and hurriedly added: "Go back to Father, yes! Sure!"

Liu Che laughed out loud, and the laughter spread outside the palace, making the concubines who came to greet him feel a lot of sourness.

Only in the Jiaofang Palace, the emperor will show such a side.

Thinking about Xu Meiren, who was so loved by the queen, and looking at herself, I can only lament that different people have different fates, this is a chance, I really can't envy her.

Yunzhong County, Shaling County

It had been half a month since the army returned, and during this period, Zhao Jia had been busy. Before sending out military newspapers and memorials, he had to check word by word, and the newly made maps had to be checked in detail.

The war horses brought back have long been targeted by the bosses of all parties. Except for the [-] horses sent to Chang'an, the rest is a piece of fat.Including Zhidu and Li Guang, they all sent people over early to stare at the racecourse day and night, waiting for the imperial decree to arrive, then threw off their arms to grab, cough, and share thousands of horses.

After the gold jewelry is counted, it is re-boxed.

Following the usual practice, [-]% was sent to the national treasury, and [-]% was given to the generals who went on expedition.Soldiers who died in battle are provided with pensions, and those with children in the family can all get land due to their meritorious service, and they will be exempted from certain taxes based on their military exploits.

The army went on an expedition and traveled long distances, but the head of the Huns could not be brought back.Instead, take the belt buckle of the Huns, and cut a strand of hair braid.

It is an indisputable fact that the Huns in Monan are extinct, and there are few Huns in Mobei.

Even if there is no physical object that can prove the military exploits, no one can deny the achievements of the expeditionary army.

When sending the dead soldiers back to their hometowns for burial, the ashes and relics of the disciples were also sent away.Liu Ling is temporarily detained in Yunzhong City. According to Wei Shang's intention, she will be detained in Chang'an after the imperial decree arrives.

After several days of exhausting oil and fire without touching the ground, the matter was finally dealt with roughly, and Zhao Jia could barely breathe a sigh of relief.Unexpectedly, Uncle Xiong suddenly sent someone to report that Wei Qingmo had suddenly contracted an illness, and asked him to return to Shaling immediately.

"how come?!"

Zhao Jia was taken aback.

The day after he returned to Yunzhong County, he went to see Wei Qing'e, and the sister and brother had a long talk.

The reason why Ah Ying was not dealt with was that according to Wei Qing's intention, he took the opportunity to see how many people with ulterior motives remained.According to the clues provided by Wei Xia and Wei Qiu, the incident was not limited to the family, but also involved many villagers who joined the caravan.

"People's minds change, and when the family business grows, there will always be some bad signs. Instead of suppressing it, it's better to see it clearly at once and clean it up thoroughly."

After seeing Wei Qing'e, Zhao Jia knew that she was not ignorant of the changes in the caravan, but she was just pretending to be confused and wanted to eradicate hidden dangers at once.

As for Ah Ying, it was just a decoy.

"Get your horse ready!"

When the accident comes suddenly, things are bound to be different.

Zhao Jia grabbed his sword and walked quickly to the front yard.When I met Wei Yue in front of the official temple, I didn't have time to say anything, I just said that I would go back to Shaling.

"Third Young Master, I still have some paperwork on my case, please handle it for me."

After saying these words, Zhao Jia passed Wei Yue, took the reins from Wei Qing, jumped on the horse, and galloped straight out of the city.

Watching Zhao Jia's back, Wei Yue frowned slightly.

To make Hoduo so anxious, could it be that something happened to Sha Ling?

Zhao Jia was so anxious that he galloped like lightning all the way, smashing the snow with his horse's hooves.Wei Qing, Zhao Puonu, Zhao Xin and Gongsun Ao followed closely behind.

When he arrived at Wei's village, he saw the familiar wall and thought about Wei Qingmo's possible encounter. Zhao Jia felt a fire in his heart, and his eyes turned red.

"Open the door!"

The person who recognized it was Zhao Jia, and the young man in front of the door didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately opened the wooden door.

Zhao Jia didn't get off his horse, his face was covered with frost, and he galloped into the village.

"Lang Jun, wait a minute..."

The old man leaned on a cane and wanted to meet him.

Zhao Jia yanked the reins violently, the horse neighed and jumped over the heads of several people.

Witnessing this situation, the village elder clenched his cane tightly, his face changed several times, and finally he gritted his teeth fiercely, and said to his son who was supporting him: "Call people immediately, and tie up everyone who was involved with that son-in-law before. If you want to join the caravan and have contact with the servants of the Wei family, don't miss any of them!"

"Ah Weng, can't we stop here?" According to his father's words, wouldn't even the children of the family be arrested?

"If you want to survive, do as I tell you!" said the old man firmly.

Before Zhao Jia went to war, he did not return for a long time, and there was no news. There were rumors in the county, and there was even a saying that he died in battle.The rumors are too true, the money is charming, and there are son-in-laws and servants to encourage some people, it is inevitable that some people have their thoughts.

What people didn't expect was that Zhao Jia came back suddenly, and returned to Shaling the next day to see Wei Qing'e directly.

This kind of development has made many people frightened, including the old father and son of the village.

The only good news is that they are not deeply involved.

According to common sense, since Zhao Jia came back, the smart ones should get out, and the things they shouldn't do should also stop.I never expected that there are really people who are blind, and they are only on the road to death.

Thinking about the early years, compared with today, the villagers all want to slap themselves.

Enough of the good days, really lack of heart!

"Arrest him immediately!" The village elder clenched his son's wrist tightly and said, "Let's do it, or let Zhao Langjun do it, you should think it through yourself!"

When the old man and his son were about to arrest people, Zhao Jia had already arrived at Wei Qing'e's house, rode his horse through the gate, and without looking at the servants around, went straight to the backyard and kicked away A Ying who was blocking the door.

"Take it!"

Wei Qing and Zhao Puonu fought together, A Ying and several unsuspecting healthy servants were kicked to the ground one after another, with the blade resting on their necks, unable to move.

Pushing open the door, the pungent smell of medicine hits me head-on.

Seeing Wei Qing'e lying on the couch, glanced at Wei Wei and a maid who were holding pottery bowls, who seemed to be insisting on pouring water for her, Zhao Jia's intuition was wrong.

"Go away!"

Striding into the room, Zhao Jia waved Wei Wei and the maidservant away, glanced around, and said forcefully, "Where are Wei Xia and Wei Qiu? Where is my congzi?"

Wei Wei lay on the ground, bleeding from the corner of her mouth, and she didn't make a sound for a long time.

The maidservant trembled, and when she raised her head, there was unconcealable resentment in her eyes.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Jia still didn't understand something, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, very good!"

Bending over to see Wei Qingmo's breath, she immediately pulled off the cloak, wrapped her tightly, hugged her up, turned and walked out the door: "Ah Qing, go to the military camp to transfer people, and surround this village!"

"promise!"

"Ashin, Po Nu, find Wei Qiu and Wei Xia, and kill anyone who dares to stop him!"

"promise!"

"Ao, tie up these people, and the two people in the house, up and down the house, one of them is not allowed to escape!"

"promise!"

With swords in hand, the youngsters descended down the mountain like fierce tigers, no matter who dared to stop them, their blood would be splashed on the spot.

"Lang Jun, I've been wronged, I've been waiting..."

Zhao Jia was impatient to hear these people begging for mercy, and carried Wei Qing'e to the horse, settled it properly, and jumped onto the horse's back.Before waving the reins, he said to Wei Qing: "Remember, no one is allowed to escape!"

"promise!"