Chapter 4 Taoyao 4 (two chapters combined—)

"It is said that a life with ups and downs is a life that is truly worth hearing about. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

Huo Quzhi looked at me and smiled weakly: "But now my life makes me have to sigh, life is like a play." ”

I sat there and bowed my head slightly, signaling that he was ready to start. I saw Huo Quai's cloudy eyes revealing nostalgia, remorse and self-blame. The tears could not hide his guilt.

I have traveled for many years, and I can see at a glance the unconcealable love in his eyes. I had a gut feeling that this love was not for his wife, but for someone else.

I was puzzled in my heart, and I said that General Huo was a fierce general of the Han Dynasty and the first proud person around the emperor. He has made great achievements in war and is respected by the world. He also went to the battlefield with his wife Qin Se and Ming, and Mrs. Huo was even ordered to live and die with General Huo several times in order to protect the Han Dynasty. With such a deep affection, General Huo did not hesitate to call him to the bed to spend this last time together before he died.

Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered that from the moment I entered the mansion, I have always been a small servant, or the guards in the army are like in the barracks, and there are no female dependents, I entered this inner room, even if the emperor and queen are here, the master mother in this mansion should not hide at this time.

My eyes began to become sharp, I frowned and stared at Huo Quai, who had no majesty in the past, on the sickbed, looking at his expression, although he deliberately covered it up, but I can be sure that Huo Quai, the great Sima Hussar General of the Han Dynasty, the newly crowned champion Hou, must have some unknown past, he is not as straightforward as we see, he also has his abyss.

As I watched his chapped lips open, I sat up straight and began to listen, knowing that the drama of his life, the unknown past, would be here, at this moment, in front of me.

The first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty (140 BC).

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

A loud cry came from a corner of the capital, breaking the tranquility of the rising sun and bringing a new life.

"Quick, quick, Madame is born, born." In the courtyard gate, the maids were in a hurry, carrying water and delivering tea, and their faces were full of joy

"Quick, go and inform the master that the lady is born, and she is a little master!" A woman in palace clothes stood in front of the door of the delivery room and commanded the maid and said:

"I'm sending some people to the Wei Mansion, the Wei family master and the little young master, the little lady is still waiting to hear the good news!"

"Yes."

A few maids put down their things and turned around to answer, and walked outside the house and began to give good news to the houses.

"What about my son? What about my son? ”

A slightly heavy, anxious voice with a slight gasp came. The eye was a man who had entered the prime of life, and I saw him, his official hat was crooked, his court clothes were unevenly buttoned, and the sweat on his face was dripping from the court, and at a glance, he knew that he had received news from the court and hurried back.

He hurried to the door, but was not allowed to enter because of etiquette, so he had to shout loudly into the house: "How is Madame? ”

After a while, the door opened, and out of it came a woman with a baby in her arms, and it was the woman in the palace robe. I saw that the woman handed the swaddling clothes to the master of the Huo family, and said: "Mrs. is very good, it is a smooth birth, although the baby was born prematurely, it is still healthy, and now it looks thin and weak, as long as it is well raised in the future, it will definitely be safe and healthy." ”

Master Huo hurriedly took the baby and coaxed nervously: "Since this child was born prematurely and is so thin, how can parents not want their child to be safe and healthy, that is, if they were born in the Huo family, let Huo go to illness." ”

A month later, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty received an invitation, the full moon wine of the young master of the Huo family.

On this day, Master Huo was very happy, not only giving out rewards in a big way, but also going to various temples and temples to donate incense to bless his son with a healthy life.

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations."

Just as Master Huo was teasing his son in the inner hall, a month later, Huo Qu's illness was well fed by everyone, and the baby's initial greenness was retreated, gradually revealing the white and delicate child's skin, and his eyes were turning around, and he was cute in an instant. I can't tell it's premature at all.

Master Huo was teasing with happiness, such an inopportune voice made him feel very aggrieved in his heart, and he couldn't lose his manners and snub the guests, so he had to stand up and greet the uninvited guests. With a polite smile on his face, he was thinking in his heart that which family had let people in so unsightly, and he would definitely be punished when he turned around.

As soon as he raised his head, the slander in his heart flew out of the clouds, and the person who came was his friend for many years, Lu Zhizhen of the Lu Mansion, Lord Lu. Master Huo was about to step forward to greet him, and when he greeted him, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and looked down at a snow-white and lovely flour glutinous rice dumpling holding his legs, and looked at the swaddling clothes in his hand with tight eyes: "Yes, look at my brother." ”

Master Huo looked at his friend with questioning eyes, Lu Zhizhen raised his forehead and sighed, and arched his hand towards Master Huo: "This is a dog, Lu Xigu, who is three years old this year." After saying that, he waved at Lu Xigu again:

"Gu'er, don't be rude, don't come over and see your Uncle Huo soon."

I saw that Lu Xigu bit his finger reluctantly, reluctantly glanced at the baby in the swaddling clothes, slowly walked up to Master Huo, and bowed: "Kid Xigu, I've seen Shibo." After that, he stared at the swaddling clothes motionlessly.

Master Huo was amused by Lu Xigu's appearance, and summoned the nurse to hand Huo Quzhi to Lu Xigu carefully: "Uncle Shi, I will hand over my brother to you here, you can take care of it." ”

Lu Xigu struggled to hold the little girl, glad that he had insisted on practicing martial arts since he could leave, otherwise he would really not be able to hold this child. He looked down at the little sick in the swaddling clothes, the snow white and cute was very attractive, Lu Xigu liked it in his heart, at this time, there was an instruction from Master Huo in his ears, he looked up at Master Huo with a firm look and said:

"Don't worry, Xigu will definitely take care of him." I looked down and saw Huo Quzhi, who was still a baby, grinning at him.

After Master Huo heard Lu Xigu's answer, he got up and instructed the nurse to go to the study room where it was generally convenient for his friends to enter the inner room.

Lu Xigu saw such a beautiful baby for the first time in his life, and felt that his sister was not as beautiful as him when she was a child. The more Lu Xigu looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down, and he had the urge to take him home. After thinking about the feasibility, Lu Xi scratched his head helplessly and sighed.

Huo Quzhi has loved to move around since he was a child, he was not honest when he was still in swaddling clothes, twisting around, Lu Xi was afraid of falling him, so he carefully put him on the couch and watched him play. The nurse stood on the side, smiling and looking at the two youngsters. Lu Xigu and Huo Quzhi were playing happily here, and the room was warm.

The room is warm and happy, but in this study, the atmosphere is tense. Master Huo and Lu Zhizhen sat on opposite sides of the desk, and between their hands was a letter that had been half stained with ink. The faces of the two are extremely serious, there is no light in the study, only a candle is still jumping, under careful observation, the walls around this study are closed and you can't see the entrance, there are no doors and windows, all around are paved with stone bricks, in the dim candlelight, the two of them are gloomy and even more eerie and terrifying. This is clearly a secret room.

"Ridiculous!"

Master Huo first broke the tranquility, slapped the desk and roared: "I am from the Han Dynasty, rich in materials and vast in personnel. is so rich, it will be threatened by the Xiongnu and force the border. It's so deceitful! ”

Lu Zhizhen was not as anxious as Master Huo, his eyes were fixed on the letter, but he picked up the tea cup in his hand and gently teased the tea with the tea lid, and saw that the tea was getting thicker before slowly putting it into his mouth.

Seeing that Lu Zhizhen was drinking tea so slowly and methodically, and he was not in a hurry at all, he was full of anger and rushed towards Lu Zhizhen:

"Zhizhen, in such a situation, do you still have the heart to drink tea? You and I are courtiers of the Han Dynasty, in this situation, you ......"

Lu Zhizhen was not annoyed when he listened to his friend's question, and slowly put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Huo Zhongru in anger, and said:

"Zhong Ru, you are still so impetuous, easy to get angry, Holy Lord, this is the right thing to do."

Lu Zhizhen looked up at Huo Zhongru, who was still confused, shook his head and smiled:

"Zhong Ru, it's good to understand some things in your heart, but if you don't understand it, you have to figure it out yourself, and if you have to say it, it's not fun."

After that, he got up and walked out: "Xigu has been playing with his nephew for a long time, and he has to go back to see it." ”

walked to the door, looked back and saw Huo Zhongru still stunned in place, so he had no choice but to order again:

"Your brother-in-law, the Wei family heard that there is a daughter who is your son's aunt, who is as beautiful as a fairy, and it will be the draft season soon, so I guess I am ready." After saying that, he walked away, ignoring his friends who were still in the secret room.

Another year has passed, the atmosphere above the court is low-pressure and depressing, the Huns are becoming more and more rampant, Emperor Wu is angry these days, the soldiers are constantly sent to the border, but it is still in vain, can only defend, can not attack, the tug-of-war began. Large salaries began to empty the treasury, and the people, who had just lived a good life, began to worry about taxes again. For a while, rumors overflowed, and people were panicked.

The atmosphere outside is tense, but there is joy in Huofu.

"Yo, Young Master Lu is here again." The little guy in the corner gate greeted Lu Xigu warmly

"Why don't you open the door for the master, you delayed the master to send interesting things to Brother Huo, do you have to make amends?" Lu Xigu shouted

"Okay, don't delay you, you can go in." The janitor nodded

Since the end of Huo Quai's full moon wine, Lu Xigu has fallen in love with Huo Quai, as long as he is free, he will run to Huo's Mansion twice in three days, and from time to time bring some interesting gadgets to amuse Huo Quai. Everyone in Huo Mansion laughed, these two people were like brothers.

Seeing that Brother Lu is here, sometimes he doesn't even want his mother, Mrs. Huo will sometimes be jealous and pat Xiao Quai, scolding him for having no conscience, and with Brother Lu, he doesn't even want his mother, then Huo Qubing will stop and stare at him with black eyes like grapes, and look at Mrs. Huo ignorantly, making others laugh.

Lu Xigu often enters the Huo Mansion, and he is very familiar with everything in the Huo Mansion and does not need someone to lead the way, he dismissed the little guy who followed him and walked to the inner courtyard alone with gifts, and just walked to the door before he pushed the door, he heard a low voice inside, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his facial features are clear and he naturally hears what is being talked about in the inner room, as if another year's draft has arrived, and the Wei family decided to send the famous Wei Zifu to the palace to seek a high position.

After all, Lu Xigu was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father Lu Zhizhen was a famous old fox in the court. Seeing this, Lu Xigu turned his head and ran back a few steps, and when he saw that he was two feet away, he stopped, walked slowly inside, and shouted as he walked: "Master, I'm here, Ah Sick is not coming to pick me up soon!" ”

The shouting in the house stopped instantly, the door opened, and Mrs. Huo laughed and hugged Huo Quai, who came out and teased: "Ah Sick, who do you see coming?" ”

Lu Xigu looked at Huo Qu and smiled, and for a while Huo Fu laughed and laughed.

In 141 BC, Wei Zifu entered the palace as a dancer, and soon she was attracted to her by virtue of her beauty, so that the holy favor did not fade, and she was named a lady after a short time in the palace, second only to the queen.

Huo Quai's two uncles were also named servants. The Wei family began to ascend to the throne with this daughter, and the Wei family has since been rewritten in fate. It's just that no one thought that it was not only the fate of the two young masters of the Wei family that was rewritten, but also the centuries-old bond between Han and Hungary.

ps (try to challenge to see the wedge): The wedge in this article is a bit long, adapted from Dante's "Divine Comedy", it will be difficult to understand, if you don't like it, you can skip reading the text directly, and book friends with a high level can try to challenge the wedge

"The wind was howling, the snow was blowing, and the streets were deserted in a small town called Sakas on the mainland of Kyushu, and people were crowded in thick leather jackets to the house of Pikath, the richest man in the town. The people of the town knew that the wife of the great good man Pikas had given birth today, and that the petite cute and enthusiastic girl was finally going to be a mother after three years of marrying Picas, and the people of the town were sincerely happy for them.

The crowd on the street is pouring in one direction, and from time to time they meet acquaintances, and everyone will greet each other:

"Hey, man, are you going to Mr. Picas's house?"

"yes, are you going too?"

"Of course, Mrs. Pikas gave birth today, and I'm going to rush to help."

"Uncle Shalong, this is a decoction made by Aunt Jiusha, she said that she would have to go later if she had something, so I asked you to send this decoction to Mrs. first, and drink it while it was hot!"

"Haole, hand over the decoction to me, let Jiusha rest assured!"

Everyone knows that Mr. Pikas came to this town fourteen years ago, he gave everyone money, built houses, taught the villagers to hunt, gave the villagers the means to do business, and he led everyone to prosperity day by day, and the villagers of Sakas Town are sincerely grateful to him.

I didn't hear that Mr. Picas's wife had given birth today, and everyone was anxious to go to congratulate him, hoping that he could do something for Mr. Picas. After all, they had received a lot of favors from Mr. Picas, and now they wanted to do what they could. (To be continued.) )