Everyone loves Huo Qubing

"Qubing, Your Majesty is looking for you." The uncle hurried over.I have been in Ganquan Palace for a long time, there must be something important today.I hurried to the main hall, where His Majesty was already waiting, and there was another person kneeling under the hall—a person who made my scalp tingle.

"What's the matter, tell me." The emperor saw me coming, and immediately ordered the father to die.

The servants lined up the papers and pens one by one. The master father was not surprised when he saw me sitting down, he just cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Guan Fu made a big fuss at the wedding banquet of Prime Minister Tian, ​​and was tied up by Prime Minister Tian and thrown into the prison."

The emperor froze for a moment.After a while, laughter echoed in the sleeping hall.He pointed at Master Fu Yan with a finger, and said cheerfully: "A man like Guan Fu actually troubles Prime Minister Tian to do it himself. It seems that Tian Cheng is not very satisfied with Master Father Aiqing's plan!"

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty." The master father knelt and kowtowed.

"The snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman is profiting. Things have come to this point. You just wait and see what happens." The emperor said again, "Is this the only thing that came all the way?"

"Your Majesty, Doctor Ji's memorial." Zhu Fuyan pulled out a roll of bamboo slips from his bosom.

After reading it, the Son of Heaven handed it to me, then turned around and asked, "It doesn't mean that there isn't much rain this summer, so how could the Puyang Dike burst again?"

I unfolded the bamboo slips, which were a joint letter signed by the lord Du Wei Ji An and the right internal historian Zheng at that time, stating that the water damage in Huaiyang was on the verge of breaking, and I asked for help to strengthen the embankment.

"What does Prime Minister Tian say?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Prime Minister Tian said, 'Since the Zhou Dynasty, the diversion of the Yellow River has been a common occurrence. This time, the Huaiyang area is on the verge of diversion. The flooded people should be relocated to other areas.'"

The emperor shook his sleeves: "Hmph, to put it lightly, the soil on the Huaiyang river beach is fertile and suitable for farming. These people are used to being lazy. It's really not easy for them to leave their hometowns and find new jobs."

***

There was a rosy glow outside the Chengming Hall, and there might be light rain in the afternoon.My second uncle, Cao Xiang and I are sitting around a square table in the courtyard at this moment, having breakfast with the emperor.

The four of them looked at each other speechlessly.The emperor's eyes were full of curiosity and ambiguous visitation, and the second uncle's eyes were full of worry and helplessness.Cao Xiang buried her head in the porridge and soup to cover up the embarrassment in her heart. He may be confused about what happened last night, but I can still remember the general idea.

It was getting late, and I lay on the couch with my clothes on, rubbing my temples.I just drove all the way back to Weiyang Palace from Ganquan Palace with the emperor, and ran around on horseback for the whole day in the midsummer sun. I really have a headache and sleepiness.

The master father rushed to Ganquan Palace and played a bunch of trivial things about Prime Minister Tian, ​​but his eyes and tone kept emphasizing: "Your Majesty, have you had enough fun? It's time to go home. If you don't go home, you will be greedy for snakes." It seems that Prime Minister Tian has eaten your China and Korea apart."

As for why the one who dared to come to defeat the emperor was the father Yan and not the second uncle?With the second uncle's habit of caring for the lord, I guess I can hold on for a while, let the emperor have a good time.

Someone knocked on the door outside.

"Please come in." I replied casually, there should be no one else except my second uncle at this hour.

Things are always unexpected.A familiar figure shook off the servant who was supporting him, and walked in with a wine jar in his arms.

"It's good that I can take care of you here, you can go down." I got up and said to the servant inside.

"Here." The servant left the hangover medicine on the desk, and gently closed the door.

I glanced out the window at the sky.Chengming Hall is the second largest hall in Weiyang Palace after the Front Hall. It reaches Jinma Gate in the east, Greenhouse Hall in the north, Xuanshi Hall in the south, and Qilin Hall in the west. It occupies a larger area than the Jiaofang Hall, the third largest hall in Weiyang. on many.It's rare that Cao Shizi is slightly drunk, and he is still familiar with the road, so he came straight to me.

Cao Xiang put the wine jar on the table, her legs went limp and she sat down on the ground.

"Qubing, drink with me for a while, you are the only one who can talk to me in this huge thing palace." He narrowed his eyes, the slightly drunken blush on his cheeks couldn't conceal the melancholy in the corners of his eyes.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with coming here so late?" I had a vague premonition. Since Cao Xiang left the capital with Princess Pingyang at the beginning of spring, I hadn't seen him for several months. When he returned to the palace, he found me to visit.

Cao Xiang took a big gulp from the jar, suddenly hiccupped, and whimpered, "My father...is dead."

I paused, and snatched the wine jar from his hand.

"Junhou, you haven't passed the filial piety yet, so stop drinking!" I picked up the sober medicine on the table and poured it into his mouth, "This is the Chengming Palace, not the Princess Mansion, and it will be bad if people see it."

"Your Majesty? Heh." Cao Xiang pushed me away, completely ignoring the soup spilled everywhere.He let out a decadent laugh, and sighed, "What's the use of wanting to be a prince? My mother doesn't want me anymore."

"Are you drunk? Your Highness the Eldest Princess treats you so well, why doesn't she want you? Wake up quickly and go home." I shook him.

"There is no one in the Princess Mansion!" Cao Xiang's voice was filled with tears, "Xia Houpo took her away! She doesn't want me anymore!"

Looking at Cao Xiang who was crying out loud in front of me for the first time, I let out a long breath. If the Marquis of Ruyin dared to come to the Princess Mansion to pick up someone in a fair manner, he must have passed the filial piety period.

Even though the Liu family can drink well, they can't stand the whole jar of wine.Cao Xiang, who was so drunk and unconscious, was no easier to drag onto the couch than Han Shuo, but fortunately, I have gained some stature and practiced more strength in the past two years.

The servant sent new obscene clothes, and washed and incensed the clothes that smelled of wine and medicine.I pushed the drunk to the outer side, put a pillow in the middle, and crawled inside by myself.I am very experienced in this area, because my uncle is often drunk, if Cao Xiang vomits at night, I can kick him down and vomit on the floor.

The sunny night in summer is still sweltering, but today I was really tired from the bumps all the way, and I couldn't care about other people anymore, so I fell asleep in a groggy state.

In my dream, I was still in Ganquan Palace, holding a dustpan to help my cousins ​​catch a basket of fluffy wild rabbits.Chief Wei happily opened the door of the bamboo cage, and all the wild rabbits ran out and jumped on me, rubbing my face with drool.

"It's hot, don't lick it." I pushed the long-haired pets away.

The touch on my body gradually became too real, and I couldn't help but wake up slightly.

The pillow was taken away at some point and thrown under the bed.In the darkness, a fiery body clung to me from behind, trapped me between the couch and the wall with hands and feet, surrounded me tightly with strong arms, and gnawed at me chaotically with lips and teeth that smelled of alcohol The back of the neck and the base of the ears.

"Junhou, don't bite." I refused and tried to escape, but the drunk Pingyanghou who was completely driven by instinct relied on his size and brute force to domineeringly pull him back into his fiery embrace.

I faintly felt a hard heat pressing against my back waist, constantly rubbing and rubbing, but soon my attention was attracted by other places.The front of the obscene clothes was lifted wide open, and the warm palms were stroking and stroking my chest and abdomen continuously, bringing up a series of strange touches, like the ripples drawn by birds when they touch water.

"Well... so comfortable..." In the daze, I gave up struggling, closed my eyes and greedily enjoyed the constant kneading and kneading of my fingers, relieving the fatigue caused by the journey; the powerful palm fell to the abdomen and kept wandering, Causes involuntary spasms of the lower body.

Not long after, Cao Xiang suddenly curled up her legs, wrapped her arms tightly around my ribs, and let out a low growl.

"Hey..." I murmured and complained, and arched towards him, instinctively expecting more tender comfort.However, the person behind him was already as drunk as a puddle of mud again, and the place on the lower back that was firmly pressed by the scorching heat was slowly oozing a little bit of warmth and dampness through the obscene clothes.

It was too sleepy, everything returned to calm, and I, who had been in a state of chaos, fell back to sleep almost immediately.

"Ah—" There was a sudden scream in my ear, and the big stove that surrounded me all night finally let go, and then there was the sound of Pingyang Hou falling to the ground.

"Why am I here?" The door of the bedroom was hastily opened, and the morning sun came in. Cao Xiang fled in despair.

"Ah—" There was another exclamation.

"What's wrong?" I was finally woken up, rubbing my eyes, stretching my cramp arms and calves, and looking at Pingyanghou who backed up and closed the door with a "bang".

"Uncle Huanghuang..." Cao Xiaohou pointed to the door in panic, and it took him a long time to smooth his tongue, "Your Majesty is outside."

The series of yelling obviously alarmed someone—when Cao Xiang ran out of my room barelegged and barefoot in the obscene clothes from last night, the emperor happened to come out of the second uncle's wing at the other end.

I stuffed the whole crystal steamed dumpling made by the master in the palace into my mouth and chewed, calmly staring at the other three people at the dinner table, or rather, flirting.

The emperor's gaze has been darting back and forth between me and Cao Xiang. Seeing the sullen look on the second uncle's face, he decided to give up his gossip curiosity and open his mouth to interrupt the awkward atmosphere at the dinner table.

"Xiang'er, how is the procedure for attacking the Marquis going?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the land deed and account books have been submitted to the Central Office for notarization and backup, and the seal should be available in two days." Cao Xiang stopped chopsticks and replied.

The emperor nodded: "Have the heads of households in Tongfeng Kingdom met?"

"Everyone who came to the funeral has seen it."

The Son of Heaven sighed and asked, "Is Sister Pingyang all right?"

Cao Xiang lowered her head, and whispered back: "The princess is fine, Your Majesty, don't worry."

"Xiang'er," seeing the dejected look on Young Master Cao's face, the Son of Heaven suggested, "Zhongqing and I will go to the barracks later, if you want to go too, go with Qubing."

***

Not long after, thin clouds covered the sun, and it began to rain lightly.When they arrived at Tianliang Palace, uncle Wei Changjun, uncle Gongsun He and other people were already waiting here.

Tianliang Palace usually does not allow idlers to come in and out, and it was also the first time for me to come in with the emperor.Looking back at Cao Xiang, who was following me step by step, his eyes met, Cao Xiaohou coughed lightly, and quickly looked away in embarrassment.

Hanging in the main hall is a huge map, as high as two second uncles. The area where the Yellow River flows through carefully marks the mountains, rivers, counties and fortresses of the Han Dynasty.It was easy for me to find the three counties of Pingyang, Taiyuan and Mayi along the nine bends of the Yellow River.To the west of Taiyuan is the Heshuo Grassland. Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Daijun, Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbei and other pre-Qin counties lined up from east to west.The Ganquan Palace at the southern foot of Luliang Mountain and the Qin Great Wall at the northern foot are marked, and there is even a point built by the Qin general Meng Tian among them.

The more you go up, the more blanks are left on the map, and the words "Desert" are simply marked with large shadows in some high places.However, this is still the most comprehensive map of the North I have ever seen.

In the main hall, there are also two sand tables, one in front and one in the back, scattered with red and blue Shima stone statues, for the purpose of deducing the formation.

"Isn't this the astrolabe that Han Yan left for Qubing?" The Son of Heaven took the astrolabe from the guard and flipped it up and down.

"Your Majesty," Gongsun Ao clasped his hands and began to play, "According to the information provided by Captain Zhao, this astrolabe should belong to Han Xin, the king of Han who fled to the Huns."

"Oh? King Han?" The emperor seemed very interested, "Aiqing continues."

"According to the calculation of the time when Gong Gaohou returned to Han, this disk corresponds to the area of ​​the Xiongnu Kingdom at the time of Maodun Shanyu. After two generations of the old Shang Shanyu and the military minister Shanyu, the astrological information has lagged behind for more than 30 years. The Xiongnu Humans like to migrate and live in water and grass, so it should be very different. However, after checking with Tai Shiling, I found that there is only a slight discrepancy with the information we scouts detected."

"During Emperor Xiaowen's reign, King Youxian once went south. At that time, Prime Minister Guanying expelled him to the outside of the Great Wall. Later, King Youxian became weak and was driven back to the north of Yinshan Mountain by King Loufan of Baiyangwang. Since then, King Youxian's troops have marched westward, and changed Invaded the Dayue Clan." Gongsun Ao held the pole and drew a circle in the area marked "Yin Mountain" north of the Heshuo Grassland, "According to the astrolabe, the southern part of Yin Mountain is the residence of the two kings Baiyang and Loufan. The hub leading to the Youxian King's Department, these are basically consistent with the information fed back by the scouts."

"What about the discrepancy?" The emperor asked with great interest.

"It's the location of Shanyu's headquarters." Gongsun Ao left the map, turned around and dragged a stone horse on the sand table, "According to Captain Zhao, unlike Maodun Shanyu, the military minister Shanyu is more aggressive and felicitous. They will move to the camp according to the changes of the seasons and the growth of aquatic plants, and they will personally go to battle to suppress the disobedient tribes."

The eunuch ran all the way in small steps, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Taishi ordered Sima Tan, and Li Guang, the Wei Wei, will meet you."

"Oh, General Li Guang is here too?" the Son of Heaven asked in surprise.

While speaking, a hale and hearty old man dressed in the armor of the imperial guards had strode into the main hall of Tianliang Palace, followed by a respectful gentleman in Confucianism.

"Your Majesty, Master Taishi Ling lost his way in Shanglin Garden as soon as he came out of Weiyang Palace. He happened to meet me, so I decided to bring him here." After prostrating, General Li explained.