Chapter 20 There is no good feast
On this day, Huo Fu received a post, which was sent by Gongsun Ao.
Gongsun Ao got lost in the desert during the Battle of Hexi, and the army could not find its way. Faced with a terrifying desert full of danger and quicksand everywhere, Gongsun Ao decisively withdrew to his original place, so that he could not rush to Juyanhai in time to join Huo Quai's army.
Later, Gongsun Ao finally found the way, but Huo Quai's side had already ended the battle. Gongsun Ao had no choice but to follow Huo Quai's illness back to Chang'an one after another.
After returning to Chang'an, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che sentenced him to death. Gongsun Ao hurriedly asked Wei Qing to help him intercede with Emperor Wu of Han, and under Wei Qing's intercession, Emperor Wu of Han agreed to pay a ransom to exempt him from the death penalty, but he was cut off from the throne and demoted to a commoner.
I took Gongsun Ao's post and handed it to Huo Quai, "Young master, Gongsun Ao is hosting a banquet for you!" ”
Huo Quzhi took the post, looked at it and said: "He mainly invited his uncle, since he also invited me, I'd better go." He sighed lightly, "Gongsun Ao is also a big ups and downs." ”
I became interested and pestered Huo Qubing to talk about it, and Huo Qubing told me about the deeds of this tragic general in the Western Han Dynasty.
Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing had a fateful friendship. It is said that Wei Zifu was brought into the palace by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because of a song in Princess Pingyang's Mansion, and he easily brought Wei Qing, who was a slave in Princess Pingyang's Mansion at that time, into the palace. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was favored, he threw Wei Zifu aside and left it behind.
More than a year later, Wei Zifu couldn't bear the loneliness of the deep palace and wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, expressing his hope that she could be released from the palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw Wei Zifu's resignation, so he summoned her to pamper her once, and fortunately she was pregnant.
All this was seen by Chen Ajiao, the first queen of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Chen Ajiao and Liu Che were married but never got pregnant.
The origin of the idiom "Golden House Hidden Jiao" is that Liu Che said that because Chen Ajiao was so beautiful, he wanted to build a golden house for her.
Out of jealousy of Wei Zifu, Chen Ajiao made a stupid move, and even sent someone to kidnap Wei Zifu's younger brother, Wei Qing, who was on an errand in Jianzhang Palace at the time.
After Gongsun Ao learned about this, he risked the consequences of offending Queen Chen and rescued Wei Qing from Chen Ajiao without hesitation, so Wei Qing always thought that he owed Gongsun Ao a life.
Later, Gongsun Ao followed Li Guang to fight the Xiongnu, and he and Li Guang each led 10,000 soldiers and horses. He lost 7,000 men and horses in the war with the Xiongnu, was sentenced to death, paid a ransom, and was exempted from the crime.
Later, Gongsun Ao followed Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu twice, and was named the Marquis of Heqi because of his military exploits. Unexpectedly, in this battle of Hexi, he actually got lost in the desert, resulting in not joining Huo Quai's army, and he was sentenced to death again.
Seeing this situation, Wei Qing pleaded with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty remembered that Gongsun Ao had sacrificed his life to save Wei Qing, so he let him go, agreed to pay a ransom, and cut the marquis for the people.
Therefore, Gongsun Ao has always been very grateful to Wei Qing in his heart, one is to follow him out of Lu to fight for meritorious service, and the other is to thank him for interceding with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for himself.
After listening to the story of Gongsun Ao, I can't help but feel tragic for this old general, to say that he has also fought all his life, but unfortunately he was made a marquis twice and sentenced to death twice. It can be seen that God does not always favor the lucky, but will always favor the able.
It's just that Huo Qubing and I didn't know what to do at that time, and Gongsun Ao was later sentenced to death twice, how tragic is this person? He was betrayed to death four times in his life, how much did Emperor Wu of Han want to kill him?
As a personal maid, I followed Huo to Gongsun Ao's mansion when I was sick, and after I went, I found that all the people I invited today were acquaintances.
Wei Qing sat in the most honorable chief, and Gongsun Ao accompanied him, and even invited Li Dang and Li Ziwei. Wei Qing nodded slightly when he saw Huo Quzhi, and Huo Quzhi also said hello back, so he sat down by himself.
After everyone took their seats, Gongsun Ao raised his glass and greeted Wei Qing and said, "Thanks to the general's intercession for me in front of His Majesty, I was saved from death." Thank you for saving your life, please drink this wine! ”
Wei Qing still had a gentle smile on his face, just like his person, like a warm spring breeze, and like a mild sun in the morning, "Brother Gongsun is serious!" With that, he raised his glass and drank it all.
Gongsun Ao put down his wine glass and sighed: "I always want to follow the general out of Lu to fight the Huns, but I didn't expect that there would always be such a fork." ”
Wei Qing comforted: "My Han is now in full swing, why don't Brother Gongsun have no chance to make contributions?" The lost candidate will be earned back in the future! ”
A dark-skinned man with thick eyebrows and big eyes next to him said: "Brother Gongsun doesn't have to mind, the matter of war is inaccurate!" ”
I stood behind Huo Quzhi and looked down at the person who spoke. Gongsun Ao also looked at him and said, "Zhang Qian, how can I compare with you!" You have not betrayed the Huns for ten years, and your loyalty to my Han and His Majesty can be shown to the sun and the moon. ”
My brain shook, Zhang Qian? Zhang Qian, who was captured by the Huns on an envoy to the Western Regions? After more than ten years of wandering, I returned to Dahan, but I didn't expect to see him here today.
I was looking at Zhang Qian, a famous person in history, and heard Li Dang say lukewarmly: "General Gongsun walks fast and slow, Huo Hussar will still win the battle!" ”
This is a blatant attempt to sow discord! Gongsun Ao was sentenced to death because he followed Li Guang to defeat the battle, and because he followed Wei Qing to make meritorious contributions, he naturally didn't have much affection for the people of the Li family in his heart.
But because today is a banquet to celebrate his exoneration, it is not good to invite only Wei Qing, it seems that the two of them are too close. Simply invited half of the battle of Hexi, Li Guang said that he was ill and did not come, and sent Li Kang and Li Ziwei brothers and sisters, but I didn't expect Li Kang to say such things during the banquet.
Huo Qu was silent, he couldn't see any expression on his face, and he didn't say a word, as if he could only see the wine cup in front of him.
Gongsun Ao's face was gloomy, and he said to Li Kang: "It was I who almost missed General Huo's big event, and I feel very sad in my heart. General Huo is a talented man, and he is naturally invincible in battle! ”
For a while, the atmosphere at the banquet became weird, Li Dang laughed three times, and said: "Huo Hussar is naturally invincible, and he has already seen it a few days ago under the plum blossom house. Mrs. Li's younger brother Li Guangli was almost beaten to death by Huo Huqi with a horse whip because he molested Huo Huqi's maid! ”
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion in the banquet. Huo Quzhi's body trembled slightly, obviously angry. I always knew his temper, and I was afraid that he would get mad on the spot, so I quickly and quietly reached out and gently pulled his clothes behind him. Huo Quzhi felt that I was comforting him, calmed down, and ignored Li Kang.
At this time, Wei Qing frowned and asked, "Go sick, what's going on?" ”
Huo Quzhi stood up and walked up to Wei Qing and said, "Uncle, it's nothing, it's just a child's little fight!" He said it very lightly, and that day he beat Li Guangli to the point that he lost his human form.
Wei Qing wanted to say something more, Huo Quzhi wrote lightly: "Everyone competed and competed, and they just missed for a while, if they were not convinced, they would fight again!" ”
There was another commotion during the banquet, everyone turned their heads and ears, who dared to compete with Huo Quai, the pride of the sky, wasn't that looking for death?
After Huo Quzhi finished speaking, he returned to the banquet and sat down, drinking to himself and no longer talking.
Wei Qing shook his head gently, I know what he thinks, this kid is too crazy, but he is qualified to be crazy!
Gongsun Ao originally asked Wei Qing to thank him for saving his life today, but he didn't expect to stage Li Dang's lawsuit against Huo Quai. Hurry up and play the round, "Happy today, don't talk about other things, just drink!" Everyone began to invite wine according to Gongsun Ao's wishes, and no longer discussed other things.
Halfway through the banquet, some people began to leave, Gongsun Ao kept for a while, and then sent the guests away one by one, and then invited Wei Qing to drink and talk in the small hall alone.
Before Wei Qing left, he explained that Huo Qu was sick, and he had something to say to him, telling him not to leave Gongsun Mansion. Huo Qu was sick, and then he felt bored and took me to wander around the garden of Gongsun Mansion.
The garden of Gongsun Mansion was not very large, but it was very quiet, and we sat in a pavilion in the middle of this garden and talked.
"Young master, I really didn't see that Li Dang was still a person who would report to the lord, and he actually made a statement to the lord."
Huo Quzhi said lightly: "I am not afraid of him and His Majesty suing me, I beat the person, and the husband dares to act!" ”
My heart warmed, he almost beat Li Guangli to death for me, and this friendship has long exceeded the distinction between master and servant. The longer I stay here, the more I wonder if everything was a dream or is it a dream now.
Zhuang Sheng dreams of butterflies, and he doesn't know who he is.
Huo Quzhi saw me in a daze, and said softly: "You don't have to pay attention to that Li Guangli, it's just that I am a little afraid when I think of what happened that day, if I come one step later..."
At this point, he couldn't help but reach out and take my hand. I was a little surprised and just wanted to withdraw my hand, but I met his gentle gaze, and I forgot to withdraw my hand for a while.
At this moment, there was a soft "Ahhhhhhh ”
I hurriedly withdrew my hand and turned my head to see that it was Li Kang's sister, Li Ziwei.
Li Ziwei was very surprised when she saw this scene, and a pair of beautiful eyes swept over me and Huo Quzhi, and said, "I'm here to find my sister." ”
Huo Quzhi ignored her, just as the Li family didn't like Wei Huo, Huo Quzhi also didn't have a good impression of the Li family.
I stood up and said to Li Ziwei, "What is Li Jun looking for me?" ”
Li Ziwei looked at Huo Quai, saw that he still looked cold, a little annoyed, turned his head to me and said, "In a few days, our poetry club is going to hold a poetry meeting in my family's courtyard, and I want to invite you to go with me." ”
The Han people are bold, and women are not like they can't show up after the Song Dynasty. Many of the eunuchs in Chang'an City have organized poetry clubs, often chanting poems together, and holding poetry meetings for fun. But why did she invite me?
I said lightly: "I'm just a maid in Huo Mansion, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to participate in Li Jun's poetry meeting!" ”
Li Ziwei looked at Huo Quai's illness meaningfully before saying to me: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can compose poems, you can come with high or low status!" ”
Huo Quzhi said: "She is not an ordinary maid!" ”
Li Zi blushed slightly and said, "Sister, I'll come to Huo Mansion to pick you up in a few days!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Hussar General Xiaochuan said in the twentieth sentence that Zhang Qian and Li Guang were ordered to respond to Huo Quai's army in the Battle of Hexi and attack King Zuoxian, so as to contain it, so as not to increase the Xiongnu troops in Hexi.
Li Guang led 4,000 elites in front, and Zhang Qian followed with 10,000 troops. Who knew that Li Guang ran too fast, and soon there was no shadow. Zhang Qian was arrested by the Huns and imprisoned for more than ten years, and he fought steadily and steadily, never greedy for merit.
Soon Li Guang was surrounded and beaten by the Huns, and 4,000 elites were lost. Fortunately, Zhang Qian arrived in time to save Li Guang's father and son. After coming back, Li Guang was whitewashed because of the water army of Sima Qian's studio to create public opinion, and this battle was considered fruitless. Zhang Qian was deducted from the hat of delaying the military situation.
Zhang Qian was angry, "Li Guang thinks he is a hussar general!" The hussar general ran fast, it was a big detour tactic, to run to the rear of the Huns. He ran so fast that I had to save him. It's useless to save him, and he's guilty. Your sister, you won't be killed with the surname Li in the future! ”