Everyone loves Huo Qubing

Stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, I rode Fire Cloud, covered in sweat and muddy feet, and ran home with great interest.As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into a gentleman dressed as a scholar.

"Mr. master father came to look for my second uncle again?" I know this gentleman. His surname is master father, his name is Yan, and he is from Jiaodong, Qi State.

"Oh, yes, Young Master Wei." The master's father Yan had a worried expression on his face.

This person called me "Young Master Wei", which made me secretly happy. Anyone with such eyesight is a smart person.

"Where there is a will, there is a way." I comforted me casually, "Mr. Master has both ability and political integrity, and he will definitely be the pillar of my humerus in the future."

"Oh, what an honor, Young Master Wei." The father Yan clasped his fists and shook his head in embarrassment, "Farewell."

"Quick and see, I passed the Qimen Army's recruitment assessment!" My uncle jumped out of the room with a happy face, and his silver and black armor was shining, I was almost blinded by it.

"Congratulations, brother-in-law! I finally got my wish." I recognized it as the uniform of the Qimen Army at a glance.

"Am I handsome in this suit?" My uncle walked around in front of me.

"Handsome!" I usually don't bother to praise others, but this time half of it is because I am in a particularly good mood today, and everyone is pleasing to the eye; the other half is because I sigh from the bottom of my heart.My brother-in-law has also changed his mind recently and turned into a handsome and tall boy, and the black armor fits him just right.Uncle is right, our Wei family men are indeed all graceful.

"I won't be able to come back to see you often after entering the barracks." The uncle asked a little reluctantly, "Will you miss me?"

"Good thing! Now that you're gone, I won't have to share a room with you." I comforted him with a smile.

"Get out." My uncle wanted to bend his legs and kick me, but the armor was too heavy, it seemed that he had to get used to it.

"Dinner is ready." The second uncle came out with two bowls of hot sliced ​​noodles, with a smear of ashes on his forehead.He handed the sliced ​​noodles in front of me, turned his head and said to my uncle, "Take off the armor before eating, there is still a bowl in the kitchen."

"It's rare that the second uncle cooks himself this time." I held a pottery bowl that was bigger than my head, and picked up a roll of noodles with chopsticks.

The second uncle laughed and said: "Of course it's because of Bu Guang's matter, we have to celebrate for him."

"They recruited him to be a quartermaster in charge of weapons, and he is not a real cavalry." I looked disdainful.

"The quartermaster is not bad, this is Buguang's first job." The second uncle said disapprovingly, "I was not a cavalry soldier when I first entered Jianzhangying, I was just a horseman, and I was even lower than Buguang. level one."

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows to question, "Your Majesty is willing to let you take care of the horse?"

"That's not true, I asked to go." The sliced ​​noodles were too hot, and the second uncle's cheeks were blush.

"Okay, Qubing, how dare you taunt me!" My uncle came out of the kitchen with a noodle bowl in his hand, and when he passed me, he poked the round knob on my head with his chopsticks, "Just wait and see, it won't be long, I will become a heroic knight like my second brother."

"Ahem." The second uncle choked on the noodle soup.

"It's just you? Do you have the skills of the second uncle?" I took advantage of my uncle's inattention, and took a few noodles from his bowl and put them in my own bowl.

The uncle waved his chopsticks: "Then what is Wu'an Hou Tianfu capable of, but just because he is His Majesty's uncle, he can easily become the prime minister. If the third sister gives birth to a prince, I will also become the prince's uncle. Your Majesty also has to give me a promotion, right?"

"Wait a minute." I interrupted him, "Tian Fu? To be the prime minister? Isn't the prime minister Xu Chang?"

"Xu Chang has resigned." The second uncle looked at my puzzled expression and explained, "Marquis Wu An took over as Prime Minister. His Majesty personally announced the appointment at the court today."

The little uncle over there continued his sweet dreams: "After a few years, my nephew will be crowned prince, and I will ask him to find me a prime minister."

"Look how beautiful you are." I teased him, "You have to get drunk the first day you become prime minister, right?"

Uncle's eyes lit up: "At that time, there must be a lot of people rushing to curry favor with me and give me good wine. If you don't drink it, you won't drink it for nothing!"

"Buguang," the second uncle shook his head helplessly, "I went to the barracks, and I can no longer drink too much. If I catch you, I will fire you at any time."

Suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes outside the door, and someone knocked eagerly on the door.I saw the visitor beaming with joy and yelling again and again: "It's born, it's born!"

"Birth?" The uncle rushed over in three steps at a time, grabbed the man's arms and shook them violently, "Quickly, boy or girl? Is it the prince?"

"Prince?" The messenger was shaken dizzy by him.

"It's the prince! That's great, I've developed!" The uncle jumped three feet high and cheered happily.

The second uncle calmly swept away the noodles in the bowl, and asked in a leisurely manner, "Is it really the prince?"

After a while, the person who reported the letter was finally relieved: "No, it's the Gongsun family... a new addition... the young master."

"What did you say?" Uncle Fei Wu's body stagnated in mid-air, and then collapsed on the ground discouraged, "Oh, I'm so happy!"

My uncle and I looked at each other and smiled.My brother-in-law's Huang Liang woke up from a dream, and the visitor was not wearing the official uniform of the palace, but the housekeeper's uniform of the Gongsun Mansion.

The young son of the Gongsun family is the first love witness of the aunt and uncle.Also my eldest cousin.The uncle named the eldest cousin "Jingsheng" because he didn't cry no matter how hard he was born, which scared the midwife to death.

When the eldest cousin was born, the soft black curly hair brought out from the mother's womb covered his head with melon seeds, just like the curly hair of those ornamental puppies raised by the palace dog guard, fluffy and cute to the touch.

Three days later, another good news came from the palace, the second cousin was born in Yilan Palace.The little princess looks exactly like Princess Wei's cousin when she was a child. The emperor loves the emperor and bestows Yangshi County, Donglai County, with [-] households.

***

The flowers in the courtyard of the house are in full bloom, and the fragrance is so strong that the partition walls can smell it.

"Master, Father Yan is here again today?" I handed Huoyun's rein to the servant, pushed the door open and entered the house, "Didn't he just hand over the greeting card, why did he run to our house so frequently?"

"Don't mention it, this man is entangled with our family." The uncle threw a pile of armor and ropes to the ground with a bang.He's been listless lately, perhaps because of the drowsiness of recruit training.Fortunately, the position of quartermaster is relatively loose, and he has more opportunities to go home and rest than cavalry. Unfortunately, the couch in my house has to be reserved for my uncle, and I have to continue to share a room with him.

"How did this happen?" I stretched out my arms, motioning for my uncle to help me untie the knots on the sleeves of the hu suit.Master Mr. Wen Zouzou is very polite, and he doesn't look like a bad person at first glance.

The uncle was filled with righteous indignation: "Second brother went back to Hedong County to buy horses two months ago, and met him at Hangu Pass. This man stalked second brother with shamelessness, followed him all the way back and forth, and now he is still living in the East Street Inn."

"My father followed my second uncle to Mayi?" I immediately became alert, "What does he want?"

"How would I know? When this man first arrived in the capital, he took the money given to him by his second brother to pester his followers. Unexpectedly, the meat buns beat the dogs and never came back. The followers stole all his money, and his horse was also pawned." , The second brother paid for the lodging expenses owed." After a lot of effort, my uncle finally pulled off the belt on my back.

"Second uncle giving him money?" I angrily tore off the clothes, "I have heard a little about the price of the East Street Inn, and the price for a month's stay is not cheap."

"No, at least one hundred gold is taken from the account of the Weifu." The uncle calculated with his fingers, and said bitterly, "The master father Yan, the money given by others, naturally does not feel bad when it is scattered."

One hundred gold?I take back what I said earlier, you really can't be judged by appearances!

The weather was cold and drizzling.

"...The major event of the country is to sacrifice to the Rong. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty unified the Central Plains, and worshiped the Emperor of Heaven when he was lucky. "Yes." He summoned more than [-] Confucian doctors from Qilu to inquire about the ceremony of sacrifice. Dr. Qilu said to him: "Wrapping cattail grass into the hub of a cart will not hurt any grass or tree. It should be simple." The first emperor laughed at it. So he almost gave up. Confucian scholars, together with ministers of civil and military affairs, drove tamed horses, rode carved jade, drove thousands of horses, selected thousands of disciples, built mountains and built roads, climbed from the sun of Mount Tai to the top of the mountain, erected stones to sing praises, and proved that they were awarded the title. .Going down from the top of Mount Tai, Zen in the father of Liang, the ceremony is quite similar to that used by Taizhu's sacrifice to Emperor Yongtian, and the seal and collection are all secret..."

Taifu Sima shook his head on the stage.This person specializes in etiquette and law, and talked about the emperor's "Feng Chan" visit to Mount Tai 85 years ago, eloquently and eloquently.

The calf bones were a little pantothenic.In my opinion, Zhou Li is the most boring of all the courses, because Taifu Sima asked everyone to sit in the hall, and had to write a whole piece of letters when they got home.

Among the other five courses, I am best at arithmetic. After Mr. Sang assessed my level, he decided to let me jump up one level from calculation and learn mental arithmetic with Cao Xiang's classmate.The second is music. Although God did not give me a good voice like my aunt's, Li Siye is very satisfied with my ability to record notes.As for the Five Classics, it has always been full of dissatisfaction and half of the jar is swaying. Han Shuo and Li Gan sprawled a long article just to please Dong Taifu. I can't learn it for a while.

And the archery class has become my favorite class.

When I had close contact with Grand Master Han on the first day, I was instinctively nervous.The low pressure this man brings to me recalls old memories, so I've been careful to keep my distance from him.Fortunately, after a period of observation, Taishi Han didn't seem to remember the past, so I let go of my worries and followed everyone to play freely in Shanglin Garden all day long.

Shooting arrows at the target in the open space, I really can't compare with those older children, after all, I can't fight hard, and I can't compare with them.When I went into the forest to catch living things, I got an advantage: I was small, and Huoyun was also small, so I always got something in the thorny tree holes where others couldn't go.Sometimes my record is even among the best, making those students who used to disdain me envious.

It is said that when His Majesty was still the crown prince, Han Yan accompanied him to hunt in Shanglin Garden.

The square in front of Jianzhang Palace is the most suitable for playing Cuju.A few days ago, Taixuetang had the honor to play a game with the recruits of the Qimen Army. Of course, we lost badly. After all, there is an age gap, and they are not so easy to let the ball go.

By the way, the impromptu game that day actually caused a sensation. First, the second uncle came to watch the game, and soon the emperor also came to watch the game, which directly led to the suspension of the game.Fortunately, the Son of Heaven was reluctantly sent away by his second uncle after only sitting there for a short while. Otherwise, when those recruits from the Qimen Army saw the Son of Heaven, it would be like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and we would only lose even worse.

In short, the days of archery class became my happiest time.

Today's etiquette class, the time passed so boring.Besides, there is another thing that is suffocating in my heart, unresolved.

"Is your son free after school?" I finally made it to the end of get out of class, and I asked Cao Xiang while packing my books, "Do me a favor."

"Come on, what's the plan?"

"Later, you go to the princess mansion to find some guards, rent a carriage, and help me drive someone away."

Cao Xiang was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear: "Qu Bing, who bullied you?"

"I wish I was the one being bullied." I shook my head and sighed.

"Huo Meiren actually took the lead in a group fight, and the sun is coming out from the west." Li Gan's dark voice came out again, "Who is so unlucky to be spotted by Huo Meiren?"

Cao Xiang waved her fist and threatened: "Don't complain, believe it or not, you will be the next one to be beaten!"

When the cross-knife guards of the princess mansion kicked open the door of the inn, the master father Yan was lying in front of the desk writing and drawing.A lot of bamboo slips were piled up on the table, and a young man was sitting next to him, unfolding the written bamboo slips one by one to dry.

"Young Master Wei, please spare me!" The father Yan was dragged out of the door by two guards, one on the left and one on the right.

"Excuse me? I'm here to make trouble today!" I decided not to be polite to him, "Please go back to Jiaodong immediately!"

"No, I can't go..."

The master's father Yan was tied into a dumpling and thrown into the carriage in Jiaodong. In a hurry, he stuck his head out and shouted: "I still owe you a lot of money to the Wei family. If you leave me in Chang'an City, I can earn money to pay off the debt." where!"

"When you return to Jiaodong Kingdom, remember to send someone to deliver it." I sneered, "If you continue to stay in Chang'an, you are not allowed to eat up the Weifu."

***

The trees in Shanglin Garden sprout green buds one after another, the old bird's nests are overturned from the branches, and the songbirds returning from the north sing new songs.The sun is rising slowly, and the warmth drives away the bleak atmosphere. In the open space of Jianzhang Palace, I hold Huoyun and look forward to today's archery class with everyone.

Taishi Han whipped his horse and ran to the front of his eyes.After several months of getting along, this person has always maintained a calm expression, disdain for everything that catches the eye, as if the Han Yan many years ago only existed in my illusion.

But today, he slowly spit out the words that I most refuse to hear at the moment.

"Who went to the inn to make trouble last night? Stand up."

I froze.Yesterday, Cao Xiang and I never mentioned that we were students of Taixue. The master father Yan always called me "Young Master Wei".I thought we did it without anyone noticing, but why did the news spread back to Weiyang Palace the next day?

"You Li Gan, you dare to do anything, even sue me!" Cao Xiang growled at Li Gan.

"It's not my complaint!" Li Gan waved his hands repeatedly.

The complainant was obviously someone else, because Li Gan didn't know that our target was the inn.I'm afraid Taishi Han already knows the ins and outs of the matter, and is just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the trap.

While thinking, I lifted my feet and took a step.

"Qubing, you stay here," Cao Xiang pulled my hand and said in a low voice, "This matter will be handled by this son, Grand Master Han dare not do anything to me."

"Big man, one person does things and one person is responsible." Shaking off his hand, I have already stepped out, "People are tied up by me, and it's none of your business."

Taishi Han sat on the horse and looked at me.I raised my head and stared back at him without fear.Just as I was about to speak, I saw a guard leading a horse walking towards us, followed by a boy in brown clothes.

I glared at the boy fiercely.That's right, it's him—after I got Master Yan into the carriage last night, I wanted to look back for him, but unexpectedly, he had already slipped away, and even the bamboo slips on the desk were taken away by him and emptied.

The imperial guard cupped his hands and introduced to the students: "This is the eldest son of Zhang Tang, the new censor, young master Zhang He."

"Despicable villain!" Cao Xiang also recognized Zhang He as the fish that slipped through the net yesterday, and cursed, "Wait, I want you to go around without eating!"

Taishi Han sneered and got off his horse, picked up two long swords of the same style from the weapon pile, handed one to Cao Xiang, and threw the other in front of Zhang He.

"It's better to compete now. If you win, I will let you go; if you lose, you will be detained after school for seven days."