The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Xia Anran feels that her younger brother has become less and less cute since he returned to Chang'an and was taught by Liu Qi. He used to be obedient, obedient and smart in Zhongshan country. Hey, it is obvious that his younger brother was taught badly!

His mentality is just like a silly dad mentality. Anyway, what went wrong is not the child's fault, it's all other people's fault. Dou Wan didn't deny it, he put down the chess piece, and then turned the chessboard in the other direction. Black and white interchangeable.

The little king's face immediately wrinkled, he sat down again and looked at the chess game in front of him, then grabbed the chess urn that belonged to Dou Wan and played again.

The husband and wife play chess for fun, but Xia Anran is really a bad chess player.In the early days, he was able to embarrass Dou Wan with the famous chess games in the later period, but after Dou Wan saw through the routines, he was always the last to throw away his helmet and unload his armor.

Go is a battlefield, and Dou Wan is like a lion on this battlefield, looking at every piece is gentle and gentle, but in fact, as soon as he finds an opportunity, he will suddenly jump up and kill with one blow.

The disparity in strength between the two was too great, and the little king insisted not to let him give in. Dou Wan could only watch the little king walk into a dead end by himself and switch the two sides' chess urns.

So the game of chess became how the little king killed himself while not being able to kill the opponent, and then watched the dead game being saved by Dou Wan three or two times. The game experience was very poor.

Even so, Xia Anran would rather sit here and be abused.

Because the position of the chessboard is farthest from the bed.

Hey, facing Dou Wan, Xia Anran can often feel the sadness that belongs only to old couples and young wives, but the days that Dou Wan can go back to Zhongshan on vacation are not too many in a year, and it will pass after a while.

Just this time, he came back a little bit suddenly, and he was at a disadvantage if he didn't notice and didn't prepare for it.Tsk, but these are all sweet annoyances, nothing much.

Xia Anran was thinking while making moves, but when he raised his head, he saw Dou Wan's eyes fixed on him.

Xia Anran tilted her head in doubt, and saw that his partner stood up and walked to him, then stretched out her hands and hugged him vigorously.

Dou Wan stretched his long legs for a few breaths, and transported the bewildered young Highness to the other side of the room.

"Jun Xu?" Xia Anran was a little puzzled, he was placed on a seat made of rattan, and then a familiar document was handed in front of him.Dou Wan put Liu Che's letter in front of him, "Jingxi doesn't need to spend time with me." He smiled and moved the chair to the little king's side, then took out a book, "I'll just read here .”

Xia Anran pursed her lips, and the five words "how did you know" were written on her expression?

Dou Wan's eyes drifted to the chessboard, Xia Anran's face immediately turned red when he saw it, he, he just sent his son into the siege of others, it's like "suicide"

Dou Wan stretched out his hand and lightly touched His Highness's blushing cheek with his knuckles, and then looked at His Highness's bright almond eyes, the corners of his lips slightly raised, "But Wan is very happy."

"Jingxi ranked His Highness behind Wan, I am very happy."

what to say!Xia Anran glared at him, "Why compare with Che'er, he's a younger brother, he's different from you."

"Okay, Wan knows it's wrong."

If you know your mistakes, you know your mistakes, why are you smiling so, so... Xia Anran couldn't describe it all at once, so she could only try her best to shift her attention back to Liu Che's letter.

He was pretending to cover up his embarrassment, but he saw the problem again after seeing it.

He just had a rough idea, but looking carefully now, the reason why Liu Che came to ask for help was that the time limit given to him by Emperor Jing was too tight this time, and Emperor Jing asked to complete the household registration investigation before next spring.Less than a year from now, this is impossible.

Even if all the counties and states in the country are now using the household registration model of Zhongshan Kingdom, it may take more than a year to make a copy and then send it to the central government, and then the central government will organize it for more than a year.

This is not modern, the system can automatically count the input.From the perspective of his "exploitative class", even his subordinates felt that this was impossible, but Emperor Jing still left it to Liu Che to do it.

why?

The letter said that the old father was preparing for next year's talent selection test to prevent someone from impersonating him, but if it was only for the talent selection test, he could issue a household registration certificate and send it to Chang'an at the time of elections in various counties and counties. It's enough to be right, there is no need to rush to conduct a national census.

And still give it to Liu Che.

If this thing is done, it is a matter of course, but if it fails, it will be disgraced.Strictly speaking, this was Liu Che's first political task, and if someone deliberately made trouble in it, it would be of no benefit to Liu Xiaozhu.

According to the old father's attitude towards Liu Che, Xia Anran felt that this should not be blamed by his father, there must be some other reason, which he couldn't figure out for a while.

Speaking of Liu Xiaozhu's psychological quality is also passed, he should also know that this is an impossible task, but he didn't say a word, just asked his brother to borrow a few people who are good at classifying household registration to go to Chang'an...

The little king tapped the handle of the chair with his fingertips, and suddenly he took out a pen and wrote a small note, which was sent to Zhidu, and half an hour later, he got a reply from Zhidu.Xia Anran suddenly had an idea in his mind, he looked sideways at Dou Wan, and asked softly: "Is it going to war?"

Dou Wan's breath stagnates.

His reaction confirmed Xia Anran's guess.

There are reasons for Dou Wan to take an early vacation and Liu Qi to conduct a census suddenly.

Because the big man is about to enter a state of war.

If he guessed correctly, the census was an excuse, and the real purpose should be to screen out spies from the crowd.Because only the census can be used as a reason to find out all the people who have been hidden in the country for more than ten years or even decades for comparison. This is different from the previous household registration check in Chang'an City.

Last time it was to prove that I live here, but now it is to prove that I am me, and I have to pull others to prove that he knows that I am me. Pull up a bunch.

Of course, there will certainly be cases of perjury, and the beauty is that the investigation time given by Emperor Jing is too short. It is not impossible to arrange your identity clearly within this time limit, but it is indeed difficult, unless With the help of big capital and big forces.

But the problem is, one's own identity can be arranged seamlessly, what about others?Who can guarantee that everyone's identity is flawless?

With the development of modern information, it is inevitable that there will be problems with social circles, let alone the Western Han Dynasty, a place where sending letters has lost legs?As long as the suspect's social circle is separated layer by layer, he can surely follow these vines to find the melon behind.Even if you can't touch it, mess up the vine and break it, the melon will just rot there.

This makes sense, Xia Anran pondered for a moment.

As long as the person with the problem can be found during this investigation, Liu Xiaozhu will be credited.When the time comes and the result of the war is added, the result will be much more eye-catching than managing the government and arresting corrupt officials, and it can make Liu Che famous in one fell swoop.

The old father's move can be described as well-intentioned.

Xia Anran didn't know that in the end it was the inspiration she brought to Liu Qi.Compared with catching spies, he is more concerned about starting a war, because Zhongshan Kingdom itself is also a war preparation area, and he must be prepared, not only to meet the enemy but also to accept refugees.

The start of the war... should be in the spring and summer of next year. This is the peak period of Huns' activities, so the old father wants to make a defensive counterattack and rush directly to the grassland?

If there is a war, the first thing he has to do is undoubtedly to stockpile food, and there are also armors to be urged, but the number of armors in Zhongshan Kingdom is already considerable, and they are all stored in the arsenal.By the way, in a few days, someone will have to take it out to clean it up and oil it, so as not to rust or something when the army comes to pick it up.

Just as he was thinking with his head tilted, the neglected Dou Wan sighed, leaned over and rubbed his neck, "Your Highness is so smart, of course Wan can't hide it from you."

"Nope." Xia Anran narrowed her eyes when she heard the words, and squinted away, "You have lied to me a lot."

"Your Highness?" Dou Wan tilted his head slightly, imitating his appearance, his brows were high and his eyes were bright, and he looked over with three points of sincerity and three points of innocence.

Xia Anran endured it, and finally couldn't help reaching out to poke this person's cheek, and finally couldn't bear to turn over the old score.Their family, Ah Wan, has been said to be young and mature for so many years since he was a child, and today he has put down his face and acted cute. How could he have the heart to continue asking.

"When are you going?" He said a rather incomprehensible topic, and Dou Wan stopped obediently when he was poked, and turned his head to look at him with a confused expression. The little king looked innocent.Seeing this, Dou Wan sighed, he squatted down, and held Xia Anran's hands in his palms, "There are still five days, and Wan will set off in five days."

So early?

Xia Anran hurriedly stood up, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" He walked around the room, feeling that he had a lot of luggage and things to order, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed in his mind.

However, the object of his concern at this moment is to maintain the squatting action with a smile on his lips. Seeing the little highness circling around in the room, I feel that the whole heart is about to soften.Xia Anran finally found a rhythm here, he laid out paper and ink, and was going to write the memorabilia for taking and using the armor first.This is the most important thing, it doesn't matter if you take it out first.

Over the years, the vassal state system has undergone repeated reforms, and Emperor Jing has long been prepared for the war, which is specifically reflected in the expropriation of the vassal state arsenal.

Now there are three arsenals in Zhongshan State, one is affiliated to the central government, and the arsenal is processed by Zhongshan State. If you want to use the goods in it, you can only use the Changan Order. The country's own armor is used by the soldiers of the Zhongshan country, but it has not been updated for a while because it needs to be filled with the arsenal of the Han country. It is only for daily maintenance, and finally the arsenal of the Shaofu.

The expenditures used are all from the Shaofu, and of course what is made in it is for the royal family's private use... Cough, it is mainly used to support their queen.

What Dou Wan wears is always the armor that is ahead of the trend of the times, and almost everything from the protective power to the raw materials used is worth a thousand gold.However, the eliminated armor is not wasted. After the new equipment comes out, the old equipment will be repaired and repaired and sent to Chang'an. Every time the old father sees the armor of Zhongshan Kingdom, he will give his son a pocket money to reward him.

Almost no man can refuse these composite armors that are at the forefront of the times, even if Emperor Jing himself does not go to the battlefield, not only him, but almost every military officer who sees this armor is full of expectations for these armors.Therefore, every time it was heard that Zhongshan Kingdom sent Jia to Beijing again, some people always tried their best to join in the fun.

Liu Qi was not surprised that Zhongshan Kingdom was good at making armor.

Because more than a hundred years ago, the country that also had the name of Zhongshan was famous for its beautiful wares. Although it was bronze wares at that time, it probably knew everything about it. This area may be a fertile ground for excellent craftsmen.

The armors sent were all his son's wishes. Liu Qi likes to see the results when he sees things, and the result is that after Sheng'er took out these armors, the transformation of the big man's armor has reached a new level, and this result is enough.

If there are many people watching, they will naturally find something strange. Even though the armor is usually meticulously repaired, the old armor and the new armor that have been on the battlefield are still completely different, and the momentum alone is different.But when Xia Anran sent Jia to Beijing, he also said that it was for your reference, and he didn't say that it was a new thing for his old father. Ordinary people can't grasp the mistakes in it.

There is no impenetrable wall in this world, and Dou Wan is conspicuous enough on the battlefield, someone will always see his former armor appearing in Chang'an one day.Because of this, whenever Dou Wanru reported to the court, he always received a lot of slaps, and the princes and grandchildren from Chang'an looked at him with envy and hatred.

During Dou Wan's stay in Chang'an City, he took pity on Dou Ying.

Dou Ying, who is often approached by people to solicit relationships, often blows people away in anger. He is bathed in various complicated little eyes of the other party, and his expression is particularly cold.

Congzi would occasionally bring him some wrist and knee pads when he entered the capital, but he didn't have a full set of armor. These things were too expensive, and the Ninth Prince was a vassal king, so his identity was sensitive.But light armor like chain mail is fine, the old man also has it, hahahahaha.

But I just don’t show it to you.

Naturally, Dou Wan would not tell His Highness about all this, and those who stared at him were invited to the martial arts arena to compete.Dou Wan used his own strength to tell these people that he is the most worthy person to use these armors.

And the most important thing is that the design and improvement of these armors are all based on the data collected from his body. The scars that appeared on the old armors will definitely not appear on the new armors again. to strengthen.

It can be said that this set of battle armor is completely modified according to Dou Wan's personal combat style, full of His Highness's desire to protect him.

Other craftsmen can refer to it, but the deep friendship in it will never be compared.

In short, Dou Wan had a kind smile on his face, and when Xia Anran didn't know it, he actually filled himself with hatred.

Xia Anran didn't know what Dou Wan was doing, but Liu Che did.Therefore, Liu Che always looked at this "sister-in-law" with complicated expressions later on. When Liu Che recalled for a long time and found out the memory of being tricked by this "sister-in-law" when he was a child, he felt that this "sister-in-law" was unfathomable.

He has a very good memory. When he was a child in Zhongshan Kingdom, although he was not at the age when ordinary children can remember things, Liu Che vaguely remembered that when he was still Liu Xiaoshen, this sister-in-law once coaxed him and a few friends to blow rainbow farts to his brother.

Hey——Now that I think about it, he was only too old to please my elder brother, and his scheming was too deep!

Xia Anran didn't know what Liu Xiaoche had experienced before, and why he didn't write to him. The elder brother who knew nothing was showing his lover a brand new armor.Dou Wan's marching army was good at defense, but not good at offense, but the next Han-Hungary war inevitably focused on offense, and encounters and pursuit battles were inevitable.

Considering that the Xiongnu's combat method is "flying a kite", that is, shooting cold arrows from a distance, repeatedly reducing the opponent's combat effectiveness several times, the design of the new armor pays more attention to frontal defense at the expense of rear defense.

This is also a helpless move. The weight of the armor must be kept below a certain limit, otherwise it will affect the actions of the soldiers. Strengthening the front will inevitably mean weakening the back, so it is necessary to wear chain mail to strengthen protection. On the other hand, this time the craftsman More work has been done on the helmet, and there is an extra barbed wire on the front that can be pulled down.

"It can't be pierced by bone loss, but you have to beware of the Xiongnu's iron arrows, and try to avoid intensive charging." Xia Anran said to Dou Wan very seriously, "If it is really necessary, you can wear the helmet upside down. There are openings in the position, but there will be some problems with breathing and sound transmission, and the defense of the back will be reduced.”

Dou Wan tried to pull the front net up and down, and unexpectedly found it quite convenient.Xia Anran stared at Dou Wan's half-covered and more mysterious and beautiful face, and sighed, "Or, you should wear it the other way around."

"What's the matter?" Dou Wan looked at him suspiciously, and saw the little king's dejected face, "I really don't want others to see your face."

"... Your Highness likes... Wan like this?"

"That's not true, it's called hazy beauty." You still hold the pipa half-covered, don't you understand, otherwise how could the evening gown mask that covered half of the face win the hearts of thousands of girls.He thought for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand to scrape Dou Wan's chin, "Beauty, give me a smile?"

Dou Wan showed a kind smile.

Then, that night, Dou Wan, who didn't know what hazy beauty was, admired what he thought was "misty beauty". Even the little king, who was much more accomplished in aesthetics than him, would not accept it even if he cried and shouted that it wasn't like this, especially insisting on going his own way. .

The next day, Xia Anran, who was expressionlessly drinking the kidney soup, was devastated.

The days of leaving could not be slowed down by the affection of the couple, and the fifth day would arrive soon. Before leaving, Xia Anran asked Dou Wan to bring a group of geese headed by Duo Duo. It has long been heard that the bird was looking for the Xiongnu, and now it is not surprising to see Xia Anran send the bird to him.He took Duoduo Goose and said calmly under Duoduo Goose's piercing eyes: "It has become much stronger."

Xia Anran watched Duoduo's originally erected feathers disappear one by one, and felt a little unbearable to look directly at.

As a migratory bird that travels from south to north, although Duoduo often recruits cats and dogs to enclose the territory on weekdays, and sends letters to him and Dou Wan, but compared to the normal migration process, both the flying distance and the quality are much greater. decline.It's been eating well recently, so naturally it... gained weight if it wasn't careful.

But as a bird that pays attention to appearance, it is still a symbol of elegance, and Duoduo seems to be completely unwilling to accept this.

The son deceives himself and others, what can the old father do?He can only be handed over to another father for ideological education!

Xia Anran rubbed her son's head, and warned, "Remember to fly higher then, be careful not to be shot by Liu Ya."

"Ga——" At this time, there was no outsider, and Duoduo Goose sang habitually, instead of using its second foreign language swan call, and then it made a series of complex purring sounds from its long neck. Rubbed and rubbed on his cheek.

Xia Anran held back, but couldn't hold back, he pinched Duoduo's neck and asked, "When did you learn how to meow?"

Duoduo looked at him quietly, not to mention how innocent his two black bean eyes were.The little king was about to be laughed out of anger, "Didn't I tell you not to fight with Chang Chang?"

Duoduo turned half of his face and looked directly at Xia Anran, but the little king, who understands the nature of birds, knew that this action just meant that it was looking at itself from its own blind spot, which is called a guilty conscience.

Needless to say, I know that Changchangmao must have been bullied again. It’s so sinful. It doesn’t matter if you can’t find a wife if you stay here for a long time, and you are always tortured both physically and mentally. , has become a mysterious existence in Zhongshan Kingdom.

Xia Anran pinched Duoduo's neck and stuffed it into Dou Wan's arms, and said: "Find a way to find a wife for it, you must take care of it."

Dou Wan turned a deaf ear to the angry cries of his son in his arms, he stuffed the goose's head into the creaking nest with one hand, and wrapped the little king's neck with the other hand, and they exchanged in a corner where his son didn't notice. kissed.

Duoduo is angry, it is going to be sent to work, and the first four-legged one can monopolize Dad, it is establishing its status as the prince in advance!

Don't think it doesn't know, the four feet that are always looking at people in the corner are thinking of usurping the throne every day.

If you don't beat the goose first to let it know that you are afraid, when the goose comes back, will there be a place for you? !

Duoduo is obviously fighting for his own rights according to what his father said, why did he scold me?

Xia Anran stretched out her hand to pinch the long mouth that kept screaming, and then kissed him on the forehead, "Be good, Dad will wait for you when you come back."

"...Goo."

Dou Wan put his son on the horse's back, and the goose quickly adjusted its position under the weird eyes of others, with its head held high, one foot still standing on the horse's head, its wings were long, and its long neck stretched out Straight, with two round eyes looking left and right, especially the demeanor of a society goose looking down on the world.

Xia Anran couldn't bear to look at this goose.

This is a swan!swan!

It's not the kind of poultry with MAX fighting power in the vegetable market. What's the matter with this appearance?

Probably the parents all over the world have the same thought at the moment when they find out that their child has turned bad, that is - who taught his son to be bad? !

Dou Wan moved his cheek back from Duo Duo's body and placed it on her body, which counted as saving the life of the goose, "Jingxi, take good care of yourself."

Xia Anran nodded, "You too, you must take the wound medicine and hemostatic medicine with you, listen to the doctor's advice, don't be brave when you get hurt." He took a deep breath, staring at Dou Wan's eyes like stars in autumn Ordinary, bright and clear, "Ah Wan, just do what you want, don't force yourself at critical times, I will always be proud of you."

Dou Wan stared at him silently for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched the little king's earlobe, he whispered a few words in His Highness's ear, and then got on his horse.After saying goodbye to the little king with his eyes, Dou Wan put his legs between the horse's belly and rode away.

As soon as he moved, he heard Duoduo calling twice. The swans that had been scattered on the ground all looked in the direction of the horse galloping away. They moved clumsily on the grass alternately with their little feet and began to chase, their wings flapping up and down.Suddenly a gust of breeze came, and the swans fluttered their wings and flew past Xia Anran's side one by one.

Exactly, the good wind sent me to the blue sky by force.

The year Dou Wan left was the end of spring in the sixth year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, when catkins piled up. In June of that year, the Xiongnu suddenly launched an attack on the three counties of Yanmen, Wuquan, and Shangjun. To fight back, Zhou Yafu, the prefect of Yanmen, personally led two thousand cavalry into the grassland, surrounded from the rear, and wiped out the harassing Xiongnu soldiers.

However, the purpose of the Huns entering Wuquan was clear, which was to plunder the war horses of the Han Dynasty.

Wuquan was caught off guard and killed by his plundered horses. Fortunately, the surrounding counties rescued them in time, and the loss was still not small. Three hundred horses were taken away, and another two hundred were killed by the Xiongnu. The final casualty data has not yet been released. come out.

Shangjun had already made preparations. The Huns could not attack for a long time, so they retreated hastily. Generally speaking, the big man did not suffer a big loss in this battle, but Emperor Jing was furious.

Because the news that the horses were raised in Wuquan is a secret.

"Send envoys to Huainan Kingdom!" Emperor Jing looked coldly, "Tell Liu An that someone has accused him of attempting to rebel. I believe my cousin is a man, and I ask him to enter the court to defend himself."

"Here."

"If he violates the order and does not obey..." Liu Qi pondered for a moment, he beckoned himself, took out a tiger talisman from the box Chuntuo sent him, split one into two, and put half on the table, symbolizing Self-explanatory.

Liu An, king of Huainan, never dreamed that he would be exposed so quickly, so when the Chang'an envoy entered Beijing, he could still greet him with a smile, but when the emperor's edict finished reading, he was completely stunned.

At this moment, he looked at the Chang'an envoy who was looking straight at him like a torch, and there was only one sentence in his heart - it's over, it's over!