Chapter 3 Reminiscences of the Past

On the second day, Yan Kunxing's crime of assassinating His Majesty was made public, and the nine clans of the Yan family, including his own corpse, a total of 473 people were pushed to the noon gate and beheaded one by one.

This incident spread to the whole world in a very short period of time. It also gave the Manchu ministers and ordinary people a new understanding of their Emperor Majesty. In the past, they thought that the little emperor should be more merciful than the first emperor, but this matter made them clearly understand that the creature "dragon" cannot be judged by common sense, and the little emperor is actually not much more benevolent than the first emperor? Because such a cruel criminal law as 'Zhu Jiu' only existed in history in the past, even during the period of Emperor Longshuo, who was known for his tyranny and perverseness, it was never really implemented.

Not long after this incident, Prime Minister Xiahou Wenyuan suddenly contracted a vicious illness and had no choice but to recuperate at home.

However, the little emperor resumed his previous attitude of sympathy for his subjects at this time, not only sending the imperial doctor in the palace to take care of Xiahou Wenyuan's illness, but even he himself would visit the prime minister's mansion from time to time. It is even rumored that Xiahou Wenyuan realized that his life was not long in coming, and he repeatedly proposed to the little emperor to resign as prime minister, but the little emperor always refused to allow it...... In this way, after more than a month, Xiahou Wenyuan's condition did not improve but became more serious, and the little emperor gradually reduced the number of visits to the Prime Minister's Mansion after many visits. For the sake of Xiahou Wenyuan's illness, the little emperor authorized him not to deal with political affairs, and the official documents that needed to be handled by the prime minister in the past were discussed by six ministries.

It is worth mentioning that although Xiahou Wenyuan's condition is so serious, Xiahou Xuanba, the general of Zhenguo, who is his brother, has never visited once.

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General's Palace.

It was rare that Xiahou Xuanba did not study in his extremely large study room as usual tonight, but restored his true colors as a military general, dancing with a horse lance in the courtyard. Although it was a cold winter, Xiahou Xuanba was still wearing a pair of thin pants and was barechested.

A huge six-foot-long horse lance was dancing in his hand, and his strong and powerful muscle lines were also perfectly displayed under the light.

After a set of lance dances, Xiahou Xuanba's forehead and chest were already covered with dense beads of sweat, and Xiahou Xuanba put down the horse lance and gasped heavily.

Seeing this, the old servant who had been waiting on the side hurriedly stepped forward to put on a cloak for Xiahou Xuanba and handed over a pot of hot wine.

Xiahou Xuanba took the wine jug and drank it all, smiled at the old servant who had served him for many years, and said, "It seems that people still can't accept old age." As early as two years ago, I danced this set of lance, I was out of breath and my heart was not beating, and today I am excited to dance again, and the lance is still the original lance, but I have lost the original strength......"

"What did the general say? According to the old slave, the general's bravery has not diminished back then......" The old servant praised with a smile.

Xiahou Xuanba smiled and joked at the old slave: "You! When I was young, I was upright all my life, but I didn't think that I would learn to slap the horse, if you were as sleek as you were at the beginning, why would you be as ...... as you are now? ”

The old servant smiled and said sincerely: "Being able to serve the general is already a blessing that the old servant has cultivated for three lifetimes, how dare he have any other luxury." ”

"Phew!" Xiahou Xuanba scolded with a smile: "Something that has no interest, the old brother who came out of the same military camp as you, but whoever can survive until now, which one is not a general with a heavy army, only you don't want to grow day by day, let you go out to lead the troops, and you won't go ......"

"Hehe...... the old servant said stupidly: "General, this is what you don't know, who doesn't envy me now because of the old brother who was with you at the beginning?" Some time ago, Cheng Blind also wrote to me that he wanted to change with me. And guess what? The old slave directly replied to him with two words: 'dreaming'. ”

"Two words? It's that simple? Xiahou Xuanba stared at the old slave fox and said suspiciously.

The old servant's dark cheeks were a little more red, and he explained in a low voice: "The main reason is that the old slave can't write other words...... They are all old brothers who know the roots, and the old slave doesn't want to fake his hands when he writes letters. ”

"Hahahaha......" Xiahou Xuanba couldn't help laughing when he heard this, pointed to the old servant's nose, and said with a smile: "You have finally regained your original uprightness, in this case, I will also tell you a secret, do you know, why did I keep you by my side in the first place?" ”

Looking at the confused old servant, Xiahou Xuanba smiled and said: "Actually, the reason why I kept you by my side is very simple, I just value you, in fact, I also can't read a basket of words, at that time, I thought that I can't let people say that I am not as literate as an old servant, right?" So, in the ...... between you and Cheng Blind, Li Xiaodao, and Zhang Yehu Among his group, I chose you to be the head of the personal army. ”

"Haha...... It seems that the old servant is a blessing in disguise? The old servant also laughed very happily when he heard this.

"Or what do you think? Are you still beautiful?" Xiahou Xuanba said with a smile.

After laughing for a while, Xiahou Xuanba's expression immediately became gloomy, and he said to himself: "Now our group of old brothers are getting bigger and bigger, but it is getting more and more difficult to meet. You know, I have dreamed many times of returning to the battlefield, remembering the days when I once led you to charge......"

"If the general thinks about them, he might as well summon them to Beijing to get together, although they don't dare to write to the general, but the old slave knows that they have actually been thinking about the general in their hearts." The old servant said.

"Summoned to Beijing? It's easy to say, but it's easier said than done! ”

Xiahou Xuanba took a long breath, and explained helplessly: "Not to mention that they are now in high positions and busy with things, just Your Majesty is very jealous and suspicious of me now...... If I had called them to him, it would have been very bad for them. ”

"General." The old servant looked at Xiahou Xuanba, and said excitedly: "The old servant is a Qiu Ba, and he can't say anything big, but the old servant knows that Cheng is blind and they are the same as the old servant, we don't know what loyalty to the country is, we only know that on the battlefield, the general has blocked swords and guns for us...... But whenever the general has an order, our group of people are willing to die for the general. ”

"I believe it." Xiahou Xuanba stepped forward and patted the old servant on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "The most proud thing in my life Xiahou Xuanba has never been to have my current status, but because I have a group of old brothers like you who can drag each other with their lives. ”

"General......" The old servant's heart suddenly became excited.

"Sit." Xiahou Xuanba sat on the ground.

The old servant didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly sat on the open space beside Xiahou Xuanba.

Xiahou Xuanba stretched out his hand and took out a flat iron wine jug from the old servant's arms, checked it in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Xu Laojiu, why is this wine jug still full today?" ”

With that, he opened the stopper, picked up the flask, and prepared to pour it into his mouth.

Seeing this, the old servant hurriedly stopped Xiahou Xuanba, stood up and explained, "If the general wants to drink? The old servant will go and get it now. ”

"You don't have to take it, when you take it, maybe I won't be interested, what's wrong with drinking some of your wine? Look at your stingy ......" Xiahou Xuanba joked with a smile, pulling the old servant back to the ground with one hand, and raising the wine jug with the other hand and pouring it into his mouth.

"Ahem...... Xiahou Xuanba's face couldn't help but flush a little, looked at the old servant, smacked his lips and said, "Feng Lie? It's been a long time! Or look at your stingy appearance? I thought you had some kind of precious wine, so I was reluctant to let me drink it! I can't imagine that this is just the kind of 'wind spirit' that the big head soldier drank when he was the first time, what are you reluctant to do with this wine? ”

The old servant's dark cheeks flushed with a hint of embarrassment, and he explained: "The old servant just knows that this wine is too bad, so he doesn't let you drink it, ...... general."

"Haha...... For a long time, you are really going back more and more, although this wine is inferior, but it is also strong enough, besides, this kind of wine was decades ago, don't we all drink the same? ”

Xiahou Xuanba took a few more sips, threw the wine jug to the old servant, smacked his lips, and said, "I haven't drunk this kind of wine for more than ten years, and I thought this kind of wine was long gone." As soon as I drank this wine today, I remembered the days when we used to be the head soldiers, and I thought that back then, you were the only one in our group who was the most addicted to alcohol, and when it came to the ringing season, Cheng Blind and they all took the ringing silver to visit the kiln, and you were the only one who used all the ringing silver to buy wine, and was reluctant to buy good ones, so I just bought the cheapest 'Fenglie'......"

The old servant took the wine jug and poured it several times, wiped his black and red cheeks, handed the wine jug to Xiahou Xuanba, took his words, and said with a smile: "The general has not forgotten, what was the old slave's name before?" ”

"How can this be forgotten? You were called Xu Laojiu before, but that Xu Laojiu was the wine of this 'wine' water, and later, I changed it to this long-term 'long' ...... for you" Xiahou Xuanba laughed.

"The old slave remembers, too."

The old servant showed a happy smile on his cheeks and said: "The general said that the word 'wine' in the old slave's name is not good, and it is easy to drink and die suddenly, so he changed this last word for the old slave, just hoping that the old slave can live a long time...... However, thanks to the general, you met the old slave and changed the word for the old slave, so the old slave can live until now. ”

"Haha......" After Xiahou Xuanba took a sip of wine, he threw the wine jug back to him, and said with a smile: "Actually, where will I meet!" At that time, it was just to deceive you about drinking, Zhang Yehu scolded me shamelessly for this......"

"Haha......" The old servant raised the flask in his hand and said, "Whether it's true or not?" Anyway, the old slave believes it, whether the drunkard's 'wine' word is good, or the long-term 'long' word, the old slave's life is probably inseparable from this 'wine/long' word. I remember that when our team was suppressing bandits in Mawei Mountain, a crossbow arrow shot straight at the old slave's chest, if it weren't for this wine pot to block this fatal blow for the old slave? I'm afraid that the old slave was pierced at that time, but the old slave was glad that he was not dead, a little distracted, and then was shot by several crossbow arrows from the other side, if it weren't for the general, you finally carried the old slave to the death, I'm afraid the old slave would not be able to escape that time, so the old slave swore at the beginning, the old slave swore that the life of the old slave is the general you. ”

"What do you mean?" Xiahou Xuanba reprimanded: "You have that scar on your back, and it's still itchy in rainy weather, right?" That's what you did for me on the battlefield...... There are also Cheng Blind, Li Xiaodao, Zhang Yehu, although I have blocked the knife for you, but each of you has also blocked the knife for me, between our group of old brothers, if you care about these words, where can you really calculate clearly. ”

"It's the old slave who said it wrong, and the old slave should be punished."

The old servant raised the wine jug to drink as he spoke, but was snatched away by Xiahou Xuanba, and after drinking it all, he gestured the mouth of the wine jug downward, and said proudly: "Come to this trick, the wine is just like this, do you still want to drink more?" ”

"The general is wise, and you have seen through all the tricks of the old slave." The old servant said with a smile.

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After the two recalled the past for a while, Xiahou Xuanba stood up, patted his buttocks, and said to the old servant: "Sing "General Order" with me!" ”

"Good!" The old servant also stood up and sang loudly with Xiahou Xuanba: "The withered leaves are falling, the sorrow is difficult to expand, how can the cold sorrow be the enemy of the brocade?" Hu is not broken, people are separated, sideburns are not confused, the years are faltering, Mo, Mo, Mo.

In the middle of the night, the flags are chaotic, how many people are still fighting on the battlefield? The beautiful woman is looking forward to it, leaning on the gan, fighting the sword with a horizontal sword, standing forward with a horse, fighting! War! War! ”

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