Everyone loves Huo Qubing

In a trance, I heard many voices.When he opened his eyes, there was a circle of Wei family members around him.

"Finally woke up." Auntie stroked my forehead, her voice was like a breeze.The maid beside me was wiping my face and washing my hands with a basin.

"Thirsty..." As soon as he opened his mouth, his throat hurt, and his body was so limp that he couldn't exert any strength.

After pouring a lot of water, I looked around: "Is the banquet over?"

"It's almost midnight, we're leaving early." The aunt laughed, "Didn't you have enough tonight?"

"Yeah." I nodded while clutching my growling stomach.Patronizing to watch the Chen family's good show, I really didn't eat much for dinner.

"Go get some snacks." The aunt said to the maid.

The imperial physician ordered me to feel my pulse, and announced that I was fine, except that I was temporarily holding my breath due to qi deficiency. He prescribed a few medicines for me, and the atmosphere in the hall gradually relaxed.

"This kid just looks skinny. I fainted once when I was very young." My aunt smiled and introduced my past to everyone.

"Then Qubing will stay here with you. I will send Junru and Buguang back to the house first. The kid Buguang drank too much and is already unconscious." The uncle was about to leave with his uncle on his back, but happened to meet the second brother who had just entered the door. uncle.

"How is the king and grandson?" asked the uncle.

"Not very good." The second uncle shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will accompany him in Chengming Hall tonight, and the court meeting tomorrow may be postponed or cancelled."

"Oh, why is the kid surnamed Li so ruthless? Wang and Sun can bear it. If it were me, I would have found someone to punish the guy surnamed Li." The uncle did not forget to complain when he was sent away by the aunt.

"Do you feel better?" The second uncle sat beside me, watching me amusedly stuffing a whole handful of caramel into my mouth.

"Uncle, don't worry about me, I'm much better." I happily ate the candy.

"What happened tonight? They said you hurt Han Yan? When did Qu Bing become so bad—"

The second uncle's smile froze on his face.He suddenly lifted the red tape from my neckline.

"Did Han Yan pinch this?"

Facing my second uncle's gaze, I saw an uncontrollable anger flashing in his eyes.The second uncle in my impression is always as gentle as jade, calm in dealing with things, I have never seen him so angry.

"Answer me quickly," he ordered.

"Qing'er, you scared him." Auntie opened the curtain and walked in.

The second uncle sighed, and gently stroked the messy finger marks on my neck with his fingers, "Uncle said that if you are bullied outside, you must tell uncle, do you remember Qubing?"

"I remember." I took a deep breath and nodded slightly, "It's him."

The second uncle let me go, clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "I'm going to Chengming Palace now, and I'll trouble my sister to take care of Qubing."

After finishing speaking, he got up and left Yilan Hall quickly, leaving my aunt and I in a hurry.

***

The days passed with the sound of reading aloud day by day.After that night, the life of the Wei family did not change much, and the members of the Chen family did not come to Wei's mansion to find fault.The only difference is that the second uncle started to go to court and return late, and no longer stayed in the palace on duty, and his time in Weifu has become more regular since then.

"Qubing eat more." The family of four enjoyed dinner together, and my uncle was very happy, and kept adding meat to my bowl.

Just now I kicked Cuju too hard with my uncles, my stomach was growling with hunger, and I swept away a big bowl full of it.

"There's too much rice, I can't eat it." I took the bowl and walked to the kitchen.

"Don't throw it, pour it to me." The second uncle stopped me.He lived a hard life when he was a child, so he cherishes food very much.

"How can I let my uncle eat leftovers?" I walked back embarrassedly and sat down, bit the bullet and finished the food in the bowl, belching a few times.

Uncle watched me sweep the bottom of the bowl with satisfaction: "If you eat so much, Qubing can grow up like a green onion."

"Yeah." My cheeks were stuffed with wheat rice, so I could only nod my head in agreement, because I know that my uncle often secretly adds a lot of rice to my bowl recently.

"When I was young, I grew up fast, but when I grow up, I don't grow taller." The uncle still couldn't change his crow's mouth.

"Don't listen to his nonsense." The uncle gave the younger uncle a chopstick and comforted me, "Look at your uncles and aunts, which one is not a jade tree facing the wind, graceful and graceful, and worry about whether it will grow tall?"

These few words came out of the normally serious uncle's mouth, and he boasted himself in a smug tone, and everyone was amused.

***

"Brother Xiang! Brother Qubing! Where are you going?" Princess Wei's cousin was wearing a sky blue skirt and a nice little bun, trotting towards us, followed by several A court lady eunuch with a panicked expression.

"Let's go, don't be entangled by her again." Cao Xiang took my hand and ran for a while, until I got out of Bei Sima Gate, and then looked back at my cousin who was stopped by the guards and was crying.Fortunately, His Majesty did not allow Princess Wei to leave the palace privately, otherwise she would have to catch up.This girl, do you know that we are playing truant!Wouldn't taking her be a mobilizer, and everyone would know about it?

As for why we play truant, we have to start with Zhuang Taifu's resignation.Three years ago, the war in Dongou subsided, and the people moved inwards. After a few years of peace, the king of Minyue saw the emptiness of Dongou recently, became greedy, took the opportunity to attack, and invaded Dongou.Taifu Zhuang was from Kuaiji, and he had the experience of successfully quelling the Eastern Ou Rebellion, so His Majesty decided to send Taifu Zhuang directly to be the prefect of Kuaiji and sit in the east.The position of Taifu was taken over by Zhu Maichen, a doctor of Chinese medicine.

"This Zhu Maichen, who made his fortune with Master Zhuang, is an embroidered pillow, and his teaching level is not as good as that of 01:30. I really hope that His Majesty sent him to Kuaiji." Cao Xiang complained during the rest of the day.

"Yeah yeah, I can't understand his accent at all." I echoed sympathetically.I have learned fluent Guanzhong dialect in three years.However, Taifu Zhu's Kuaiji accent, even His Majesty only wants to read his memorials, as if listening to his discussions, so it's no wonder that students don't like to listen to lectures.

"Hey——" A person next to me suddenly spoke, which scared us both.

Li Gan moved his head closer and said mysteriously, "Have you heard about it? A 'foreign school' has recently opened in Chang'an City. Do you know what a foreign school is?"

"I don't know." We both shook our heads.

Li Gan cleared his throat and said, "Foreign School is a school like ours, except that the students recruited are civilians rather than officials' children, and the courses are only offered from a hundred schools of thought. It is said that there is a master named Dong Zhongshu who once advised His Majesty Ce is very famous in the market."

"Is it better than Taifu Zhu?" My eyes lit up.

"When it was his turn to give the keynote speech, it was said that there were no crowds." Li Gan nodded and said, "Go and listen and you will know."

Today, the sky is clear, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the climate is warm and humid. Your Majesty accompanied the Empress Dowager Dou to Ganquan Palace to recuperate. She probably won't be able to return to Chang'an City today. The two palaces are quiet, and it is indeed a good day to play truant.

After leaving Chang'an City and heading north, it is easy to find the foreign school along the main road.What Li Gan said is true. Today, there are huge crowds of people in front of the foreign school, and the students holding pens and ink and slips are standing or sitting. At first glance, they are not from the capital. Those students from the capital who have some money have sent their servants to carry the desks, cushions and tea, occupying the front. Line up the position.

Our two children took advantage of our small size to drill around in this sea of ​​deep clothes and wide sleeves. After a while, we were successfully drilled to a position near the front row.

"My son, here!" I found a good place, very close, and I will definitely be able to see the master later.

Cao Xiang was already sweating profusely when she squeezed to my side, she pulled her sleeves and wiped her face carelessly for a while.

"This son has never suffered such a crime! If this Mr. Dong is not worthy of his name, he will have to suffer for that guy Li Gan when he goes back!"

"My lord, your bun is loose." I pointed to the top of his head.

"Where is it? Ah——" Cao Xiang "hululu" shook her head, and all the hair on one side of her head fell down in a flutter, and she was very embarrassed.While laughing, I helped him untie the hair tie and pulled out a new bun.

"I don't want to come to this kind of place again." Cao Xiang muttered angrily with her two crooked buns.

The crowd moved.

A middle-aged man appeared from the back of the lobby, dressed in gray cloth, with a gray square scarf on his head.I found that I couldn't see his face clearly, because, if I didn't look or pay attention, I was shocked when I saw that there was still a thin white curtain hanging in the lobby, and the man was actually sitting directly hidden in the curtain!

"It's such a big posture, you don't want to see people with your true colors!" I frowned.

"It must be because of being ugly." Cao Xiang said firmly.

"It's not that he's ugly. This person pays attention to communicating with the sky and sensing yin and yang. He can't be affected by the aura of us ordinary people. To put it bluntly, he is a 'cleanliness'." A joking voice came from behind, and Cao Cao and I Xiang Qiqi turned around.

The person who came was a young man with a weak crown, holding a small cattail fan in his hand, with two mustaches on his face, he jumped up and down with his words, his big eyes rolled around, but who was it if it wasn't Dongfang Shuo?

Dongfang Shuo got quite close to my two uncles this year. I met him several times in the Wei Mansion and heard a lot of anecdotes about him. According to how active this person is in Changle Palace, Cao Xiang will be at least once a month. Can meet him once.

"Doctor Dongfang, why are you here? You didn't go to Ganquan Palace?" I asked.

"Mr. Huo's words are wrong." Dongfang Shuo clasped his fists in the air, "This one in Weiyang Palace, I wish I could disappear before his eyes."

"Ha, Your Majesty has gone to Ganquan Palace to hide from you?" Cao Xiang teased him.

Dongfang Shuo covered his mouth with a cattail fan, and whispered, "My lord, it is a serious crime to speak falsely about the Son of Heaven."

"That's also what Doctor Dongfang started." I laughed.

Dongfang Shuo shook his fan: "I might as well tell you that the person who went to Ganquan Palace to hide from me is not the Lord of the West Palace."

"Who is that?" My curiosity was immediately aroused.

"It's the East Palace——" Dongfang Shuo rolled his eyes and pushed us forward slightly, "It's the beginning, both of you, please listen carefully to the class."

Deliberately teasing people's appetites is what Dongfang Shuo is best at, but Donggong has a lot of contacts with Dongfang Shuo, and there is no one else except Empress Dowager Dou.

"Last time I told you that 'the great source of Tao comes from the sky', and today I will continue to talk about what is 'from the sky'." Mr. Dong got up and said, "For human beings, the sky is also. There are yin and yin in the sky. The giving of yang, the body also has the nature of greed and benevolence. The five internal organs of a human being are related to the five elements, and the four limbs of a human being are related to the four seasons. They correspond one by one, and they are all determined by heaven..."

Master Dong spoke eloquently, citing scriptures and allusions, eloquently, and all the students were fascinated by it.

I turned my head to look at Dongfang Shuo, I twisted my mustache and shook my head, I was quite fascinated, and finally couldn't help asking: "Doctor Dongfang, aren't you the best at talking about Huang Lao, why do you suddenly care about the way of Confucius and Mencius today?" ?”

Dongfang Shuo laughed "hehe" and rolled his eyes: "Mr. Huo doesn't know something. I live in this world. The greatest joy of my minister Dongfang Shuo is to hear the words of outsiders and read the books of hundreds of schools. Now everyone in the court hides As a minister, if you have nothing to do when you have nothing to do, instead of playing chickens and dogs, it is better to be a scholar of extensive knowledge, learn from pre-Qin literati, and study various schools of thought."

"Unexpectedly, doctor Dongfang is knowledgeable and talented. Wansheng always thought that you would only explain Huang Lao's art." Cao Xiang praised.

"My son, congratulations, congratulations." Dongfang Shuo hummed, "Let's listen to the lectures, and continue to listen to the lectures."

I gave him a blank look, bragging about not making drafts, if I don't give it to Dongfang Shuo, no one will be able to afford the words "speaking well, embroidered pillows".Scholars say that they have a backbone, but in fact they are the most like grass on the wall. On the surface, they say that they want to "study a hundred schools of thought", but it is not for the benefit of others.

"...Therefore, according to human nature, there are three grades: the top grade is a sage, who is born with a good nature; the bottom grade is a villain, who is born with a bad nature. You can go up to be a sage, and you are valued by the sky; if you don't teach well, and you don't change after repeated teaching, you will lose your nature of fighting and can't be cured." Before the figure disappeared from the curtain, Master Dong added, "Students, please go home. Go, think carefully about the three ranks of heaven and man."

The crowd dispersed with bursts of admiration.

"Are you two going back to the palace?" Dongfang Shuo asked.

"I want to go back to the palace." Cao Xiang said.

"It's getting late, I'll just go back to Wei Mansion." I replied.

Dongfang Shuo looked forward to it: "It's a coincidence that the two ministers just happened to be on the way, why don't you let the minister take you home."

"Okay, but I'm hungry." I rubbed my stomach.

"I'm hungry too." Cao Xiang said.

"What do you want to eat? The minister is here to pay the bill." Dongfang Shuo said as he took out his money bag.

"There is a shop selling snacks there," I pointed to Cao Xiang and said, "Why don't we go eat pancakes and buns."

"Okay." Cao Xiang led me all the way to the pancake shop, leaving Dongfang Shuo chasing behind with his skirts in his hands, shouting, "You two first-class ministers!"