Chapter 2 Pingyang Banquet

Huo Qubing won a great victory on his first expedition. He accompanied Wei Qing to fight against the Xiongnu, led the 800 Yulin army into Monan, and captured 2,028 enemies, including the Xiongnu Xiangguo and the officials of the household, and also killed Shan Yu's grandfather Ruohou, and captured Shan Yu's uncle Luo Gubi.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty bravely crowned the whole army with Huo Quai, and was awarded the title of champion Hou with 1,600 households.

At the age of seventeen, he was made a marquis, and Huo Qubing reached a height that ordinary generals could hardly reach in their lifetime. But I know that his future glory will be far greater than that.

After returning from the expedition, Huo Quai's rare dinner in the mansion was rare, and since he came back from the expedition, he asked his posts to be sent into the mansion one by one. At first, he also went to various banquets with great interest, but after a long time, he was a little tired, and would rather go home early after the next court.

During the day, in addition to leading the troops to practice in the court, it is no wonder that he was made a marquis at a young age, relying on his outstanding military exploits, fighting with a knife and a gun. The person who used to say that he relied on nepotism was also dumbfounded for a while.

On this day, Huo Quai's illness really tried to shirk it, because the person who posted the post was Princess Pingyang. I know that he was born in Princess Pingyang's mansion and has a close relationship with Princess Pingyang, not to mention that his uncle Wei Qing still married Princess Pingyang.

He took me to the Pingyang Princess's Mansion to attend a banquet, saying that he was afraid that there would be no one in the carriage to prepare tea and sober wine when he came back, so I went out behind him.

At dusk, I followed Huo Qu to a bamboo forest. The royal style is really different, this princess mansion is much larger than Huo Mansion, classical and chic, and the shape is elegant.

At this time, it is just at sunset, the west sky is floating with red clouds, the warmth is melting, the more east the red is getting lighter, and under the cold blue sky, the bamboo forest in the sunset is a little red, and the halo is still lush green.

The banquet is set up along the lake in the bamboo forest, and the tables are set along the shore. The place where the flowers are arranged and the lights are bright should be the chairman, and at this time there is a noble lady sitting upright, and the surroundings are already full of people, talking and laughing with each other.

Everyone knelt down to salute the noblewoman, and I hurriedly looked at the noblewoman, and saw that she had a solemn face, dressed in an apricot-yellow robe, and the corners of her skirt were embroidered with bright peonies with gold thread.

Her beauty is generous and elegant, and under the backdrop of such an environment, it is even more atmospheric.

It seems that this lady is the owner here, Princess Pingyang.

Someone below said: "It is really an honor to be invited by the princess to come here for a banquet today. ”

The princess smiled lightly and said, "Mochizuki is really smiling", and waved slightly to everyone, signaling that he would not be polite.

I secretly looked at the real person Mochizuki, who had long crane hair and long beard, green clothes and robes, and looked like a fairy wind and bones. Mochizuki's eyes swept towards the crowd, and when he saw me, his eyes narrowed, and a strange look flashed in his pupils. When I saw Mochizuki looking at me, I immediately lowered my head.

As soon as everyone stood up to thank them, there was a sudden silence in the uproar. Before I could understand what was going on, I saw that all the people were already kneeling on the ground, and I fell to my knees again with the crowd.

The first two walked side by side, and before I could see clearly, the crowd was already shouting: "Your Majesty is a long and happy future!" The queen is happy forever! "I was busy kowtowing to the crowd.

After some turmoil, they took their seats. Emperor Wu of Han was obviously in good spirits and said, "Princess Pingyang's banquet today is really interesting, and I and the Empress can't help but come to bother!" ”

Princess Pingyang said: "Your Majesty the queen arrived, and the courtiers were very happy. ”

I raised my head slightly and saw the man sitting in the middle of the table, this is Emperor Wu of Han! He is about thirty-five years old, with a bit of domineering in his temperament, and he is exposed.

I looked at the Empress Wei Zifu beside him again. There was a shock in her heart, Yiren is like water, from her eyebrows to her posture, she is like water, the softness of water, the clarity of water, and the beauty of water are all gathered on her body.

Under the dimming of the light, she is like the water of the heavenly pond under the bright moon, amazingly beautiful. Where is this flower that blooms and fails? There is a kind of beauty that will not fade with the passage of time, like the bright moonlight in the sky.

A burly man with a gentle face followed behind Emperor Wu of Han, and after Emperor Wu of Han and the empress sat down, he sat under Emperor Wu of Han, and Princess Pingyang sat side by side, this should be Wei Qing.

The general is just as I thought in my heart, his body is strong and masculine, but his temperament is gentle and restrained. This complements the image of his history.

Princess Pingyang was laughing with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Empress Wei were smiling and listening quietly, most of the time I hadn't seen them say a word, and the temperament of the two sisters and brothers was a little similar.

Princess Pingyang motioned to the dancing girl below to start.

The sound of strings sounded, first a few attacks, and then a series of urgent sounds, pouring out densely and densely, like a waterfall falling straight down for nine days, smashing people out of breath. The sound of the piano came in waves, and the waves were more urgent than the waves, forcing people to be so confused that they wanted to hide, but they were caught by the music and couldn't escape or break away.

After a series of glissandos, it suddenly slowed down, and a wisp of singing sounded against the sound of the piano, soft and clear, so that those whose hearts had already been forced to lose their square inches immediately turned to the beginning of the song.

The evening breeze is gentle, the moon is in the sky, and the waves are rippling. The moon shadow enters the water, and the lake is the same color as the sky.

Under the hazy moonlight, the skirt sleeves are fluttering, and the thin back has some proud independence beyond the red dust, and it is also charming and delicate with some soft dust. The posture of being weak and invincible makes people feel pity, but the noble state makes people dare not approach easily.

The singing woman threw out a long sleeve of dance, accompanied by the dancing girls, like a fairy in the crowd. Dancing on the moon, the belt flutters, the fairy posture is ethereal, and the moon shadow frolicks.

One song is over. The moon shadow is shattered and reunited, but the beauty is hard to find, only the afterglow of the moon shadow, and the day is lonely.

Everyone was stunned, Emperor Wu of Han slapped his palms twice, and then everyone clapped their hands, only to clap their hands until their hands were red, and everyone cheered.

Emperor Wu of Han said: "Who is this woman?" ”

Princess Pingyang smiled: "This is the world-famous Ruozhen."

Ruozhen stepped forward and bowed, kneeling on the ground, I don't know what to do, but I looked at it from a distance and felt that her face was a little unnaturally pale.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "Sure enough, it can withstand these world-famous four words!" ”

Empress Wei also smiled faintly, I wonder if she remembered herself many years ago? A similar scene was repeated many years later, the same song and dance, the same place, but the person had been replaced by someone else.

Tonight, this woman reenacted the legend of her year, and attracted the attention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with a song and dance. It's just that in the future, will this woman serve the king like her?

Halfway through the banquet, Huo Quzhi sneaked out of the lake with me, and when he walked to the lake, he winked at me: "Come out and breathe!" ”

I chuckled, and was about to say something, when suddenly someone came to report that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had passed Huo to be sick and spoke, but he looked at me helplessly and said, "You wait for me here, I'll go back." ”

I nodded in agreement.

At this time, the cool breeze of the night was blowing very comfortably on my face, and I was in a state of distraction when I suddenly heard the sound of someone talking.

I hurriedly flashed into the rockery and carefully discerned it, only to find that the sound was coming from the other side of the connected rockery.

"What do you say?" Isn't that the voice that just now?

I was puzzled, followed the sound, crept along the rockery in the shadows, and hid in the back of the rockery to eavesdrop.

"Princess Pingyang only asked me to invite you into the mansion to perform, and I didn't know that His Majesty would come today. Now that he has taken a fancy to you, he wants to summon you, and I can't help it. Who called you so outstanding! A man's voice came.

Ruozhen seemed to be crying, and said in a thick nasal voice: "Li Guangli, I am your person, and now you are willing to let me enter the palace to live that dark day?" ”

The man said softly: "If it is true, there is nothing wrong with entering the palace, you bear with it first." Don't resist it! ”

Ruozhen continued: "You called me here, why are you pushing me into the fire pit now? ”

It turns out that this person is Ruozhen's sweetheart! Could it be that she didn't enter the palace voluntarily? It sounds like he was calculated by Li Guangli.

"There are a lot of people here, you were just summoned by your majesty, it's not good to be seen, I'm going back!"

Then I heard the sound of footsteps leaving.

I didn't dare to move, and after a while, I couldn't help but quietly stick my head out to peek. Seeing Ruozhen dressed in plain clothes, with a sad look on his face, his eyes were full of tears.

She looked at the back of Li Guangli leaving, leaving a string of tears. Then she stretched out her slender jade fingers and wiped away the tears on her face. With a soft face, he turned and left.

I dared to come out when I saw that Ruozhen was gone, and I stood by the lake, and a cool night breeze hit me, and my hair was blown up. I stroked my hair and looked out at the lake.

Suddenly, I turned my head suddenly, but I saw the fairy wind Dao bone on the table just now, and the real person who looked like a master of the Tao was standing by the lake.

How to describe it? He was obviously far away from me, but I felt a strong sense of oppression, and I couldn't help but panic a little.

Mochizuki slowly paced towards me, and I tried to walk, but found that my feet were like nails to the ground, unable to move. I'm horrified, isn't this person a demon? You won't catch me for alchemy, will you?

Mochizuki gradually approached me, and he looked at me and said in surprise, "You are not from this world. ”

Could it be that this old Taoist priest has already seen my origin?

"Can a real person see where I'm from?"

Mochizuki stroked his long silver-white beard and said, "You are from another world, and you have light on your body, which is not the same as the people of this world. ”

Do I have light in me? When I heard Mochizuki say this, I subconsciously looked around me, but I saw that everything was as usual, and I didn't see any light. I looked up at him suspiciously, and said, "Can the real person tell me how I can go back?" ”

Mochizuki pondered for a moment and said, "I can't send you back. But I give you a proverb, the Tao always does nothing but does nothing. ”

"What's the explanation?"

"Don't force everything to do, don't go against the sky, what has happened can't be changed, everything is natural for you, you can go back." After Mochizuki said this, he walked away with a song.

I thought blankly about what he said, "What has happened can't be changed", is he suggesting that I don't want to change the fate of Huo Quai's disease?

I was in a big mess, and just as I was in the middle of my fugue, I was grabbed from behind, and I was taken aback, and quickly tried to block it with my hand, but my hand was grabbed in mid-air. My heart is not good.

But I heard a familiar voice say, "Why are you in a daze!" ”

I turned my head to see Huo Quzhi grinning and grabbing my hand. He wore a golden crown in his hair and a black robe, and the moonlight sprinkled softly on his face, glowing with a faint light.

"You're back!" I was overjoyed.

Huo Quzhi put down my hand and said, "Let's go, go back!" ”

Huo Quzhi turned around and left, and I followed him obediently. Huo Quzhi was very familiar with the princess's mansion, and took me swaggering out of the gate of the princess's mansion, and the carriage of the Huo mansion was already waiting at the gate.

I followed him into the carriage, and the groom raised his whip and drove the horse to Huofu with a shout, and at this moment I let down my guard, and breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that the whole person had collapsed and softened.

I picked up the teacup that had been prepared on the carriage, poured a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and suppressed my shock.

Huo Quzhi said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

I thought about whether to tell him what happened just now, and after thinking about it, I felt that if there was a lot of trouble about Ruozhen's private affair with Li Guangli, it would be better not to say it. And the real person I saw just now, I don't know if the road is a demon or not, and I don't know how to say it.

only sighed and said, "It's nothing, it's just the first time I saw Your Majesty, and I was nervous." ”

Huo Quzhi smiled faintly and didn't ask any more.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ hussar general smiled and passed on the second word, Wei Qing entered the palace to find Liu Che, "Your Majesty, you are hairy, why do you get a beautiful woman into the palace again?" ”

Liu Che saw that Wei Qing was angry, and hurriedly said: "Zhongqing, don't get me wrong, I'm playing a big game of chess!" ”

Wei Qing snorted: "After all, it's not!" ”

Liu Che smiled evilly, "Zhong Qing, I'm not doing this for you!" You can rest assured that no matter how many beauties there are, I will always stand behind you, you know! ”

When Wei Qing heard the words "standing behind you", he couldn't help but tighten his whole body.