Everyone loves Huo Qubing

Waiter, the red sandalwood talisman that I used to enter and exit the Weiyang Palace Beique Palace was taken away and replaced with a silver seal buckle the size of a copper coin that was pinned to my belt in the same style as my uncle and uncle.

"Without the permission of His Majesty, Mrs. Wei, and the two Generals of Wei, you are not allowed to leave Weiyang Palace." The eunuch counted the rules by ear.

"Isn't it okay to play Cuju outside the North Gate?" I asked dejectedly.

"No." The other party turned cold.

When I woke up for the third time in the same night, the sky had already turned fish-belly white, and the carved dragon on the beams had lost its ferocious face, and the dragon eyes reflected the light coming in from the window lattice, as if they were alive.

In the greenhouse hall full of spring, the sound of golden swords came from the end of the huge courtyard, and I poked my head out curiously.

The fine iron sword with a sheep's head passed through the flowers with a whirring sound, and collided with another fine iron sword, leaving a series of "clang" sounds that echoed between the corridors of the pavilion.The emerald green branches swayed, and the catkins flew all over the sky with the sword energy. The sword in the black figure's hand was quickly knocked away by the blue figure and fell into the grass.

"Oh, I lost again." The emperor smiled.He didn't wear a crown this morning, he was dressed in a black beard, and there was a little sweat on his forehead.

The second uncle is also uncrowned, and the light blue Hufu complements the flowers and plants in the courtyard.He withdrew his sword, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your majesty's acceptance."

"Come again."

The eunuch picked up the emperor's sword and handed it to the emperor. The emperor took it and repositioned himself in an attacking position.

I squatted by the threshold, watching the two fight with interest—in fact, I was admiring the annoyed expression of the emperor's sword being picked off again and again, and secretly applauded the second uncle by the way.

"Zhongqing's swordsmanship has reached perfection, it seems that I can't compare to you for a while." I don't know how many times he was defeated, the emperor leaned against the stone pillar beside the bridge to breathe.The spring water under the bridge is gurgling, reflecting the reflections of the two, flowing all the way to Cangchi.

"Your Majesty, I appreciate the award." The second uncle said modestly, "Your Majesty puts the country and the country as the most important thing, and worked hard day and night. I just stole my free time and spent a lot of time thinking about swordsmanship."

The emperor suddenly changed his face.

"Wei Qing, what is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"The minister's crime should be punished." The second uncle was taken aback, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

Seeing the smile on the corner of the emperor's lips, I frowned.I can guarantee that the threatening words just now are definitely teasing the second uncle.

"I'm just kidding, who doesn't know that you, Zhongqing, are busier than me?" The emperor lifted the kneeling man, quickly put his arms around the other's waist, and kissed him deeply.

I looked at the eunuch with a funny face and bowed deeply.Eunuchs are probably used to this kind of scene of "see no evil, but to me, it's the first time I've seen my second uncle's eyes suddenly widen, and his panicked but slightly shy expression.

The second uncle is not a person who will show off his mountains and dews in front of others, and show his emotions and anger.When he found out that I was shot by Jin Zhong before, he just pinched off the two chopsticks in his hand to show his anger.

In such a contrast, my heart was more or less uncomfortable, and my breathing became difficult and heavy.

After the kiss was over, the Son of Heaven sighed contentedly: "It's a good thing that I have Zhongqing to share my worries about the affairs of the court."

"Why don't you transfer Lu Bode back from Youbeiping and let him teach His Majesty swordsmanship." The second uncle suggested with a blushing face, gently pushing the emperor away.

"When looking for a master, I have to find the best one." The emperor shook his head, and pushed his second uncle back to his side, "I don't want any other masters, just one Zhongqing is enough."

***

"Come on and get sick, we will have many opportunities to meet in the future." In the arithmetic class, as a proud student, I naturally received encouragement from Master Sang, even though Master Sang didn't know much about the reason why the "big responsibility" came to me from heaven.

After Master Sang left, students surrounded me one after another.

"Wow, the waiter who is younger than the master," Su Wu exclaimed, "How much salary does His Majesty pay you?"

"During the apprenticeship period, there is no salary and no food." I bared my teeth.

"I heard that other people enter the palace starting from Zhu Cao, and only a few people are handpicked by His Majesty." Zhang He leaned over and asked with a blink of an eye, "Is this silver order the one that Han said?"

"You can't see if you have eyes," Su Wu replied angrily, "Of course it was sealed by His Majesty, and the name of my cousin is engraved on it."

"Hmph, I told you earlier that Huo is the same kind of person as Han said." Li Gan stretched out his big hand and dragged Zhang He out of the crowd of onlookers.

"What are you talking about, Li Gan, don't think that with the backing of those cronies in the Eastern Palace, you can figure out the holy will casually!" Su Wu scolded.

"Young Master Su's words reminded me. Brother Zhong asked me to tell you that he has always remembered the arrow you missed that day!" Li Gan laughed and ran away, ignoring Su Wu's angry fist.

"What's the matter, son, you don't seem to be in a good spirit." I poked Cao Xiang, who had been listlessly lying on the desk, with my elbow.

Cao Shizi sighed: "My father is seriously ill, and my mother will come to pick me up and return to Pingyang Mansion later."

"Junhou Jiren has his own appearance, the son can rest assured." I patted him on the shoulder.

"Huo Shizhong, please." In the setting sun, I watched Cao Xiang and Su Wu go out of the North Sima Gate, followed the eunuch to the south, passed the Central Office and the Greenhouse Hall, and walked until we reached the Golden Horse Gate on the left side of the Chengming Hall .

"Are you going to take me to find uncle?" I curiously asked the eunuch who led the way.

The eunuch cupped his hands and said, "Go back to Shizhong Huo, General David has already returned home."

"Is that to find the second uncle?" I asked again.

"General Xiaowei is still in the Qimen Army barracks."

"Then where are we going?" I scratched my head, the emperor told me to follow my uncle and uncle to learn military tactics, right?

Just as the eunuch was about to answer, a group of dwarves rushed forward and pushed the eunuch into a corner.The leader, a dwarf who seemed to be the boss, grabbed me.

"Look, here comes a new one."

"It's pretty pretty." A female dwarf said while pulling my bun twice.

"Hey, what do you know? Can you sing?" Another asked me.

I shook my head, I can't sing well.

"Will there be a drinking order?"

"No, I don't drink."

"Can you draw?"

"How about playing the piano?"

"Can you tell jokes?"

I kept shaking my head, never heard that a waiter needs to know these miscellaneous skills.

The dwarf in charge got angry, grabbed my neckline and shouted: "I don't know anything, how did this person get selected!"

The eunuch squeezed to my side with great difficulty, pushed aside the dwarf in charge who was holding my collar hand: "This is His Majesty's nephew, the newly promoted servant Huo."

"Ahaha." The dwarf in charge sneered, and patted my scratched neckline, "I'm sorry, my servant, it's because we have no eyesight, and those who don't know are innocent, forgive me."

"This way please." The eunuch helped me tidy up my broken hair and skirt, and led me into the Chengming Hall.

"So it's the little nephew of the Wei family."

"Can't you tell it's a child? The height ratio is different from ours."

"Just look at your face."

After walking a long way, the shrill voice of the female dwarf can still be heard.

I stayed in the side halls of Chengming Hall for more than a month, but it was the first time I entered the main hall.This hall is not as warm and fragrant as the greenhouse hall, as it is near the summer solstice, but it is still decorated with early flowers and plants, and the spring is harmonious.

The Son of Heaven must have just come down to court, the black court clothes and Tongtian crown had not been changed, he was reclining casually on the throne, the desk in front of him was not a scroll, but a few round bowls turned upside down.

"Chen Huo Qubing kowtowed to His Majesty." The eunuch led me closer, and knelt down at the end of the row in front of the emperor.

"Nephew came just in time," the emperor waved cheerfully, "Come, come, let's guess the riddle together."

Guessing?I rolled my eyes instantly, the position of four hundred stones is to accompany the emperor's little uncle to play shootout?

I raised my head, and saw a person next to me, wearing a brown court dress with a red copper crown, two mustaches on his lips, holding a handful of divination sticks, staring at me with a meaningful smile, it was Dongfang Shuo.

"Dongfang Aiqing, you said just now that the dragon has no horns, but the snake has feet, and it only runs against the wall, right?" the emperor asked.

Dongfang Shuo turned his head, cupped his hands and said, "Walking with limbs and watching pulse pulse, it's either a gecko or a lizard."

The emperor lifted the bowl, and it turned out to be a gray gecko.

"Ha, you guessed it right again. Come here, and reward Doctor Dongfang with ten bolts of silk."

Dongfang Shuo took the receipt from the eunuch and put it into his bosom, he was so happy from ear to ear: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving the clothes and silk to my wife, and I will thank you in advance on behalf of my wife."

"One game doesn't count, come again!" A young man with a weak crown at the end said unconvinced.

"Guo Sheren, you never want to admit defeat." The emperor smiled and shook his head, pointing to the other round bowl that was turned upside down, "Let's just guess this one."

I stared at the group of people holding a pair of hexagram sticks, and each of them quickly made various hexagram images on the ground in front of him.

"I already guessed it," Guo Sheren said, "the teeth are many and dense, it's a comb for combing hair."

"No," Dongfang Shuo stopped the hexagrams in his hand, shook his head and said, "Long legs spin silk, this is a spider."

The emperor lifted the round bowl in his hand, and a chubby eight-legged black spider turned its back to the sky.

The whole place was shocked.

I turned my head to look at Dongfang Shuo, who was smiling and eager to fight, and curled my lips in disdain.

May I ask why that guy Dongfang Shuo purposely bent his back and knelt next to me?Because, from my height, when the Son of Heaven habitually lifts the second half of the round bowl to inspect the contents, the corner of the screen behind him just reflects the contents. Dongfang Shuo saw it clearly.

Looking up again, he smiled knowingly at the emperor, his eyes seemed to know everything.

So, is the Son of Heaven intentionally releasing water to reward Dongfang Shuo in disguise?Dongfang Shuo, a dignified imperial doctor, has been reduced to such a state, relying on Bo Jin to live a happy life, making a fool of himself for a little money, and looking greedy-the emperor's way of punishing people is indeed more exciting than Shefu itself.

What a boring game, I covered my face with my sleeve and yawned.

"Your Majesty, Princess Wei and Princess Yangshi are asking to see you," the eunuch reported.

"Father, let Brother Qu Bing take us to play together?" Chief Wei's silver bell-like voice came from outside the door; as if I had been pardoned, it was the first time that I felt that the voices of these two princess cousins ​​were so kind.

"Go," the emperor had long noticed that I was bored and looking around, and seeing that I suddenly regained my energy, he waved his hand and told his cousin, "Be careful, don't make trouble with your cousin."

***

"Use your upper arm hard, and then pick the sword forward." The second uncle held my left hand and made a forward movement, the fine iron sword body reflected the rays of light shining from the sky, "Picking, not stabbing, very good, do it again .”

The biggest advantage of living in the palace is that you don’t have to travel in the morning or evening or go through a series of checkpoints. Therefore, when I have time in the morning, my second uncle will guide me to practice swords by hand as before.In the evening, the second uncle sometimes works late in the Xuanshi or Chengming Hall, but if he is free, we can play Cuju together before dinner, and after dinner I can still snuggle up in the arms of the second uncle like when I was a child. Star.

After many days, I finally lost my temper.After breakfast this day, I stopped my second uncle who was about to leave in light armor.

"Can I follow you to the Qimen Army barracks after school today?"

"Isn't it good to follow His Majesty and Doctor Dongfang?" The second uncle was puzzled.

"That group of people are having fun every afternoon, and you can't learn any real skills from them."

Counting on my fingers, I have walked with them to the Linyuan more than a dozen times, listened to dozens of Yuefu poems, played hundreds of dice and shot fu, and copied several new Fu of Sima Taifu.It is said that Sima Xiangru is really a prolific writer, writing poems as easily as a jingle, and he is also very good at flattering.

My other task is to accompany Wei Zhang and Yang Shi to visit their small zoo. Wei Zhang has a special liking for beautiful birds, and we have almost all the bird's nests in Weiyang Palace.This group of people surnamed Liu are better at playing than the other, and if I continue to play, my Taixue studies will be over.

"Your Majesty is usually busy in the morning, so you should have some leisure time in the afternoon." The second uncle thought for a while and asked me, "What does Qu Bing want to learn?"

"I want to learn military training and national policy from my second uncle. In short, don't learn how to eat, drink and have fun."

The second uncle took out a booklet from his pocket, flipped through it and said: "I will be in Xuanshi Hall tomorrow, if you are free, come and find me."

"Great." Tomorrow is my least favorite etiquette class. I was secretly delighted to find a good reason to skip class. After thinking about it for a while, I asked, "What is uncle doing now? He sneaks back home every day after work. Can't see him either."

The second uncle smiled and said, "I should have told you earlier, Qubing, you are going to have a little cousin."

"Really?" I asked happily.

"Yeah." The second uncle nodded, "My sister-in-law is upset, my elder brother has transferred shifts with me, and I go home early every day to take care of her."

"When can I see my little cousin?"

The second uncle finished counting with his fingers: "It will be around December."

"That will have to wait until next year." I thought to myself.