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After listening to Mei Xiaochen's story for half an hour, I still don't feel sleepy.

Seeing Yanxi yawned several times at me, I let him go to sleep.

I was used to nightlife during my lifetime, but I am still not used to people in this era going to bed so early.

What to do if you can’t sleep, and there is no Internet, TV and other entertainment activities. Mucai Hall is a place to go, but you can’t go there every day.

So, I had no choice but to go to Gu's study, looking for a book, lying on the bed, reading and waiting for sleep.

The study in Gu's mansion is not small, but unfortunately there are not many books suitable for me to read in it, so I had to take the middle one from the stack of "Strange Stories of the Six Dynasties" back.

The characters in ancient books are all written in lower case, and the characters take up a lot of space. It feels like a thick book, but in fact there is only one story at best.

As soon as I left the door with this strange novel in my hand, I thought in my heart that if the story I smoked was not good, I would go back and light the lantern again, and unlock the door of the study room again. , So I went back again, found a green cloth furoshiki, and simply packed a dozen copies of "Strange Stories from the Six Dynasties" and carried them away, keeping them for later leisure time.

From the study to Gu Zhanqi's bedroom, you have to cross a quiet path, and most of the people in the courtyard are asleep, and there is a thunderous snoring sound from the room of the cook Lao Wang.

The night wind in early spring was blowing in my ears, I was carrying a green leather bag, and holding a dim yellow octagonal glazed lamp in my hand, walking in this huge courtyard that only echoed with snoring, I felt a little hairy .

"Cuckoo, cuckoo", a bird call came from my ear, it was a cuckoo, and I thought in my heart that this bird might have lost its mind, the snow outside has not melted yet, what kind of grain do you come out to plant.

I carried the lantern and continued to walk forward, and there was another "coo coo coo" in my ears, which was a bit like a pigeon.

After the pigeons called, the magpie's "cha-cha" sound changed again.

It seems that this night is really not peaceful, all the birds seem to have not slept, and they are about to rise up to rebel.

I quickened my pace, kicked Gu Zhanqi's bedroom away, hung up the lantern, and threw the green cloth bundle on my back on the table.

When I was about to close the door to change clothes, untie the tent and go to sleep, a dart rubbed against the air from the night sky, and with bright silver sparks, it happened to be inserted into the side of Gu Zhanqi's large carved bed.

Through the dim colored glass light, I saw that there was a note on the dart. I took off the dart and unfolded the note to have a look. The note was made of high-quality rice paper. No words.

I looked at the white note and thought to myself, it turns out that Gu Zhanqi, who appears to be gentle on the surface, is actually a hidden person who even provoked people on the road.

When I read the note, the chirping of magpies outside had been replaced by sparrows, and when I finished reading the note, a hundred birds were already chirping outside the Gu residence.

Based on my past experience in the world, I can conclude that the people who are learning how to sing and play tricks outside must be the group who played darts on Gu Zhanqi's bed just now.

The birds chirping in the night were people from all walks of life discussing how to encircle the Gu mansion, who would be the vanguard and who would be the rear, it would be best to climb over that wall to get in, and how many people in the Gu mansion would be captured this time .

Thinking of this, this ghost panicked. He was hunted down day and night by three-way gangsters during his lifetime, and he was terrified all the time. People on the road.

It seemed that Gu Zhanqi's bedroom was no longer a safe place, so I quietly climbed out of the door, slipped to Yanxi's door, and whispered to Yanxi to open the door for me.

Yanxi was half dressed and welcomed me in, after hearing my story, Yanxi yawned, laughed loudly, and said: "I see that your illness has fallen again, my lord, even the people from outside I don’t remember, it must be Wu’an Hou Huangfu Changying who was imitating birdsong to give you a signal, probably because he just returned to the imperial court and wanted to make an appointment to meet you.”

"Yanxi, can you understand bird language?" I looked at Yanxi in surprise.

Yanxi didn't answer my words, but just learned a few birdsongs of different lengths to the outside. After the Huangfu Longying outside responded twice, the night finally fell silent, and the snoring of the cook Lao Wang sounded louder and louder.

"I'll make an appointment with you tomorrow afternoon, at the restaurant in the west of the city." Yanxi yawned and pushed me out, saying that when he wakes up tomorrow, he will tell me what Marquis Wu'an is. kind of person.

The Marquis of Wu'an was named Huangfu Changying, and he was granted the title of Marquis in his twenties not because he had made many outstanding contributions to the Dashun Dynasty, but because too many men in his Huangfu family died for the Dashun Dynasty.

Huangfu Changying's grandfather, father, six uncles, and three aunts all went to war in command, and died without exception on the battlefield against Fanbang.

Eleven longevity memorial tablets and a family of green blood were exchanged for the title of Marquis Wu'an of Huangfu Changying. Although he was granted the title of Marquis, he still could not enjoy the treatment of the so-called real prince. Huangfu Changying still had to go out in command and guard the frontier .

The emperor's original words when he sent Huangfu Changying to the expedition were good, "On the border of the northern border, those kings and generals are afraid of hearing the name of Huangfu's family. Only the sons of Huangfu's family can live in the frontier when they go out to guard."

"But in my Huangfu family, there is only one male, Changying. Can the emperor allow Changying to marry him, and leave a queen for my Huangfu family before letting him go to war? Don't cut off the incense of my Huangfu family. "Huangfu Changying was only 16 years old at that time," pleaded the old lady of Huangfu's family.

The emperor looked at the white-haired old matriarch and was very worried. The old woman in front of him was not easy to deal with.

Nine years ago, Huangfu Changying's youngest uncle was only 19 years old, and he was very suave. When he was fighting Fanbang in the northern border, he was attracted by a princess of Fanbang, so the king of Fanbang sent an envoy to the Dashun court to propose marriage. It is proposed that both sides be repaired temporarily.

The civil servants and military generals headed by Gu Taifu at the court discussed it, and felt that it was quite cost-effective to exchange a man for a few years of peace in the frontier without fighting. make peace.

Unexpectedly, before the person who was going to make peace had left the gate of the palace, the old lady ran into the Golden Palace with her dragon-headed crutches.

The old lady poked the dragon's head on the ground, and laid out the ten wooden tablets in her arms on the ground of the Golden Luan Hall.The old matriarch pointed to those signs and asked Taifu Gu who was standing at the head of civil servants on the right: "Teacher, I would like to ask you a question, do you know what this is?"

"It's the tablets of the eleven loyalists of the Huangfu family." Taifu Gu said.

"Then ask the Taifu again, why can't they stand in the court hall and worship the emperor like the Taifu, but these wooden signs have been changed." The old Taijun asked.

"That's because they all died in the war with Fanbang." Taifu Gu replied.

"Teacher, what you said just now is also clear. It was Fanbang who changed their brand. I lost my husband, six sons, and three daughters. But I don't regret it, and I'm not afraid of Fanbang people." The old lady said. He took out another uninscribed spiritual tablet from his arms, and the old lady pointed to the wooden tablet and said, "I would rather my youngest son die in battle tomorrow, and have his name engraved on this tablet tomorrow than allow Huangfu to die in battle tomorrow." What kind of son-in-law is the child of the family, so that he can flatter Fanbang!"

This show of favor from Fanbang finally came to nothing after the old matriarch made a fuss in the Golden Luan Hall.

Later, Huangfu Changying's uncle also died at the hands of the Fanbang people. Princess Fanbang also sent spies to steal the body of Huangfu Changying's uncle, made it into a mummy, and followed the custom of the Central Plains to worship the corpse with a rooster in his arms. relative.

After the old matriarch heard the news, he vomited blood for three liters, and ordered the Huangfu family to take back the mummy to the death.

"Okay, tomorrow I will ask the queen to select a dozen of the maids who look good and give birth, and give them to Huangfu Changying as wives. When the imperial doctor diagnoses that she is pregnant, Huangfu Changying will go out in command." The emperor looked at The old woman in front of her compromised.

On the second day, the queen picked up ten young court ladies on two small sedan chairs and sent them to Huangfu's mansion.

But when he heard that Huangfu Changying saw these ten Yingyingyanyans, he didn't even look carefully at their faces, let alone let them in, so he found a rope and tied them into a string in a rather perplexing manner, and led them directly. Then he was sent from Huangfu Mansion to the Imperial Palace.

When Huangfu Changying saw the emperor, he knelt down and said, "Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty once said that the Xiongnu would never be destroyed, and no one could think of a family. I feel that I am not as good as Wei Qing, but I am unwilling to lose to him in ambition. Now I am in front of you." Make an oath in the face of the emperor that the country will never be destroyed and never get married!"

After saying these words, Huangfu Changying didn't go back home, so he rode his horse to guard the border and went to the border with arrogance.