After the winter, it rained several heavy snows in a row, and it slowly stopped at the time of the winter festival. Although there are palace people cleaning in Weiyang Palace, but the branches fall snow also has a few inches, fortunately, in the Jiaofang Palace, the wall is painted with peppercorns and mud, warm and fragrant, in such a cold winter, there is silver charcoal for heating, naturally warm and comfortable.

"Sister Yunniang, Mrs. Zhan Shi asks to see her outside the palace." The little palace maid held her hand and trotted into the hall to inform Yun Niang, Yun Niang was stunned, it was cold, why did Mrs. Zhan Shi come suddenly, Yun Niang didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly asked the little palace maid to lead the guard into the inner hall.

Wei Zifu, who was in the flower room, heard what Yun Niang said, and hurried to the main hall to greet him. As soon as he stepped into the main hall, he saw Wei Shao'er wearing a cloak and coming in from outside, "Sister! Wei Zifu couldn't help but step forward.

Wei Shao'er raised his eyes when he heard the sound and saw that it was Wei Zifu who was busy bowing and saluting, Wei Zifu stretched out his hand and said, "Sister came in such a hurry, but what is the matter?" ”

Wei Shao'er nodded, took off the cloak, Yun Niang hurriedly stepped forward to take it, and said, "Madame sit down for a while, the slave maid will go warm some wine, and Mrs. will go to the cold." ”

"Thank you." Wei Shao'er nodded in thanks, Wei Zifu pulled the child to sit down and asked, "Sister, what happened?" ”

Wei Shao'er frowned slightly, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Empress, I just came from the sick mansion..." What's wrong with going sick? ”

Wei Shao'er sighed lightly and said: "This matter has been going on for some time, and I am blamed for being too careless on weekdays. These days in the cold I let the housekeeper stew ginseng soup, while he was away from the past, when I saw him, I felt more and more wrong, the child has never been afraid of the cold, but today I inadvertently touched his hands, suddenly felt cold and biting, I asked him if he was in good health recently, but he found some excuses to be unknown, I was anxious, I wanted to come over and discuss with you. ”

"I see." Wei Zifu bowed slightly, and said, "Sister, have you ever asked if you have seen a doctor in the past?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Shao'er nodded and said, "I called the doctor to come to the house, but when he got sick, he said that he was in good health, so what is the use of a doctor?" I have been busy with military affairs recently, and my mind is tired, and the weather is cold, so I can rest assured. ”

"Queen, ma'am, the wine is warm, and go to the cold." Yun Niang brought warm wine, carefully poured it and put it on the table.

Wei Shao'er smiled gratefully at Yun Niang, took a drink from the wine bottle, and continued: "Although he said so, I am always not steady, although I am brave on the battlefield, I am not good at concealing it, not to mention the mother-son connection, I always feel that there is something to hide from me when I am sick." And in recent days, my eyes have been beating so hard that I always have a bad feeling that something is going to happen. Wei Shao'er clenched the empty wine bottle with both hands, and his face was full of sadness.

Wei Zifu patted Wei Shao'er's hand and said softly: "Sister, don't worry too much, Your Majesty's battle involves a lot, maybe it is caused by the heavy military affairs?" Moreover, in the past few years of fighting in the east and west, it is inevitable that there are some old diseases, and it is not surprising that the cold attacks. ”

"If an old disease occurs, don't take it lightly. This child has been fighting on the battlefield all these years, and he has not suffered less. Thinking of Huo Quai's bloody battle on the battlefield, Wei Shao'er couldn't help wiping her tears.

Wei Zifu was also moved, and comforted him in a good voice: "Sister, when I call the imperial doctor's order to accompany you, do you think it's okay?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Shao'er nodded hurriedly and said, "Very good!" Very good! So I'm relieved, thank you, Queen! ”

Wei Zifu shook his head in disgust, and said lightly with Wei Shao'er's hand: "Sister! Wei Shao'er nodded gratefully, clenched Wei Zifu's hand, and a worried heart finally slowly let go.

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On the way to Jiadi District, there is some scattered light snow from time to time, and due to the cold weather, the once lively Chang'an Street Market is also a lot deserted. After all, in such a cold day, it is also a very good choice to drink a cup of hot tea in the teahouse and gossip with the three or five neighbors.

Along the deep and shallow footprints, the sedan chair arrived at the door of the hussar general's mansion, the sedan chair just stopped, there were accompanying palace people to knock on the door, the porter saw that it was the palace people who did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to greet each other.

Wei Shao'er got off the sedan chair with Wei Zifu and said to the porter beside him: "The queen has arrived!" Inform the general! ”

The porter hurriedly lowered his head and replied: "Madam, the general went to the barracks an hour ago, and he is not in the mansion. ”

Wei Shao'er was stunned for a moment and said, "I just left the mansion, why did the general suddenly go to the camp again?" ”

While he was talking, the steward of the palace also rushed over, and when he saw that it was the queen and his wife, he hurriedly saluted and replied: "Madam, the general rarely goes back to the mansion on weekdays, and this time he received the lady's message, so he specially rushed back, and as soon as the lady left, the general returned to the barracks." ”

"Alas..."Wei Shao'er sighed repeatedly, blaming his son for not caring for his body too much, "Queen, it's really... Is... Alas, you were asked to go to the house on such a cold day..."Wei Shao'er looked apologetic.

Wei Zifu smiled slightly: "Sister, you and I are a family, why do you need to see each other like this." Since I am not in the mansion when I am sick, my sister will go back to the house first, and when I will make this matter known to Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to summon the sick to the palace for consultation, do you think it is okay? ”

"Good! Good! Wei Shao'er nodded again and again, and said apologetically: "The weather is cold, the queen returned to the palace early, thank you to the queen!" ”

Wei Zifu bowed slightly, said a few more words, and then turned back to the sedan chair. A gust of wind blew, the snowflakes on the branches fell, and looking at the vermilion sedan chair going farther and farther, Wei Shao'er was both grateful and worried.

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After the heavy snowfall came the sun, the snow shone in the sun, the roads in the barracks had long been cleared, and on the school field, the army was neatly lined up, holding drills, and no one dared to take the upcoming big war lightly.

In the military tent, Huo Qu was dipped in ink, and Xiao Hao wrote quickly. Suddenly, another heart-burning pain struck, and there seemed to be thousands of small insects in the internal organs, which were bloodthirsty, and they were all over the body in an instant.

Recently, the number of Gu poison attacks has been increasing, and the pills of the Wusun people do not work at all, Huo Quzhi knows that it may not be long before the limit is approaching. If you say that there are no regrets, it is false, the big war is imminent, but you will never have a chance to kill the enemy again, and the pain in your heart is many times stronger than the pain in your body.

"General!" A loud voice came from outside the tent, "Your Majesty has a decree, and the general will go to the big tent of the Chinese army immediately!" ”

"Why is Your Majesty here?" Huo Quzhi said secretly in his heart, and when he heard this, he had to grit his teeth, forcibly suppressed all the pain that penetrated the bone marrow, and raised his voice to respond: "Okay! ”

With the sound of footsteps outside the tent leaving, Huo Quzhi had to stand up strongly, and with heavy steps, he went to the big tent of the Chinese army.

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"Longxi, Shangjun, Shuofang, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Juyan, connecting the sentinels..."Outside the tent of the Chinese army, Liu Che's voice came from the inside, Huo Quzhi hurriedly opened the curtain and walked in, bowing to the ground: "Chen Huo Qubing has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Chezheng pointed to a sheepskin map and talked to Wei Qing about military defense in detail, and when he saw Huo Qu coming in, he couldn't help but raise his hand and say, "Come!" I am talking to the general about this deployment, and the hussar general has come to see if there is anything missing? ”

Huo Quzhi respectfully agreed and forcibly stood up, Wei Qing saw that Huo Quzhi's face was sallow, and his actions were not as sharp as before, so he couldn't help but be concerned: "Go sick, are you sick?" Hearing Wei Qing say this, Liu Che couldn't help but raise his head, and sure enough, seeing that Huo Quai's illness had lost his former vigor, he also said with concern: "Your aunt just asked me a few days ago, saying that you are in poor health, and she is going to summon you to the palace for a detailed diagnosis by the imperial doctor." I thought it was a big fuss, but now it seems that your aunt's concerns are not unreasonable. ”

Huo Qu said hurriedly: "Thank you Your Majesty and Uncle for your concern, it snowed a while ago, and I was sick and suffered from some cold, but fortunately, the military doctor was timely in conditioning, and now there is no major problem, disturbing Your Majesty and Aunt to worry, they are all sick." ”

After saying that, Huo Qu was sick and endured the discomfort, hurriedly took a few steps forward, pointed to the sheepskin map and changed the topic: "Your Majesty, please see, now that the main force of Yizhi is concentrated in Mobei, our army has done a good job of deployment and grain and grass supply along the Hetao, first, to cut off the sudden attack of the Xiongnu's scattered forces, and second, to do a good job in the rear supply chain of the army's long-distance attack. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to concentrate troops to guard important passes, and set up sentry posts at other points, if there is an emergency, you can light the beacon fire, so as to save military supplies and flexibly deploy troops, what does Your Majesty think? ”

"Very good! Very good! Liu Che stroked his palms and smiled, "The hussar general is really good at mobile warfare, so I would like to hear if you have any suggestions for the strategy and tactics of this battle?" ”

As soon as Liu Che's words came out, Huo Qu's illness talked eloquently, without half of the patient's appearance, Liu Che and Wei Qing listened carefully, and they temporarily forgot about asking about the condition. The three of them sometimes talked freely, sometimes concentrated, and before they knew it, the sun had set westward, Liu Che smiled and said: "I am always worried about the military camp in the palace, worried about all kinds of battles, and now I have a detailed discussion with the two Aiqing, and I see that you and others have a gully in their chests, so I can lie down tonight!" ”

"The ministers must do their best!" Wei Huo and the others bowed their hands to their foreheads and bowed to speak.

"Good!" Liu Che stretched out his hand to support the two courtiers, and said with satisfaction: "It's not too early for me to return to the palace, this battle is related to the country, and the secretary and others should not live up to my hopes!" ”

Huo Quai's body seemed to have thousands of insects biting, and the pain was unbearable, but the emperor was on his side, so he had to use all his true qi to protect a trace of his heart, and responded in a strong voice: "No! ”

After Gong sent Liu Che off, Huo Quzhi could no longer support it, the Gu poison attack was already a bone-eating pain, and forcibly suppressing it with luck would force all qi and blood to go down. At this time, the emperor's departure from the external force dissipated, just like opening the surging gate, causing the qi and blood retrograde to pour into the heart at once, and even went straight to the throat, Huo Qubing was no longer able to return to his camp, so he could only hold back his breath and go straight to the Chinese military tent next to him. Wei Qing saw that his heart was not good, so he hurriedly picked up the curtain and followed in, and sure enough, when he entered the tent, he saw Huo Qu falling ill on the ground, his chest was covered with blood, and there were also blood stains on the ground. Wei Qing was shocked, and hurriedly picked up Huo Quzhi and shouted, "Go sick!" Go sick! ”

Huo Quzhi's face turned pale, his eyes opened slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Uncle, I have written down all the methods of fighting in the past. On top of my case..."

"Don't say much when you're sick." Wei Qing blamed distressedly, and immediately shouted outside the tent: "Someone! ”

The soldiers outside the tent hurriedly entered when they heard this, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do, Wei Qing hurriedly said: "Quickly pass the military doctor!" The soldier was ordered to hurry away.

Huo Quzhi shook his head, his lips pursed slightly: "Uncle... I... I've been poisoned for a long time, and I've long since returned... Heaven is lacking..."

"What? Gu poison? Wei Qing's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it, and asked repeatedly, "When did you fall for the Gu poison?" I don't even know it? ”

Huo Quzhi said intermittently: "Surrendered in Hexi... At the time, I... Zeng Zhongxiu slaughtered the king... Wizard Hidden Arrows, all these years... Gu poison attacks from time to time, uncle, after I'm gone... Please..."Huo Quzhi slowly took out a piece of missing jade jue from his arms, put it in Wei Qing's hand and said, "Please put... This jade... Buried with me! ”

"Go to illness..."Wei Qing held the sorrow in Yu Jue's heart, held back the tears in his eyes, and said slowly: "Go to illness, you don't want to talk nonsense, your uncle will go on an expedition with you to sweep away the Huns together, how can you abandon your uncle and go?" ”

"General!" At this time, the military doctor in the camp came, he didn't care about saluting, and hurriedly squatted down to take the pulse for diagnosis, Huo Quzhi seemed to have tears in his eyes, and he clenched Wei Qing's hand and said with difficulty: "Uncle... To be sick never... Never had the heart of contention, shot Li Dang... It's going to be sick... Act recklessly, please uncle... Forgive... In the future, go to the sick... I can't accompany my uncle anymore..."Speaking of this, the whole body was full of Gu poison, and his chest and abdomen were swollen like urns, and he couldn't say a word anymore.

"I know! I know! Wei Qingqiang suppressed his grief, hugged Huo Quai, and hurriedly urged the military doctor: "How is the hussar general?" What's going on? ”

The military doctor shook his head gloomily and said in a low voice: "General, the subordinates are incompetent!" ”

Suddenly, Huo Quai's chest and abdomen rose and fell violently, and his hands and feet were at the same time, Wei Qing shouted again and again: "Go sick!" Go sick! I saw Huo Quai's eyes closed, and a golden-like insect that looked like a silkworm but not a silkworm slowly crawled out of his nose. When he looked at Huo Quai's illness again, he saw that he had nothing unusual except for his eyebrows were red, and the military doctor reached Huo Quai's mouth and nose, and was shocked to feel that his breathing was cold, and he hurriedly cried in his heart: "Hussar general, Xue!" ”

"Go sick! Go sick! Wei Qing mourned, hugged Huo Qu and cried bitterly. The movement in the tent alarmed the surroundings, and the sergeants who heard the sound hurried over, and all of them wept when they saw this situation.

In the chaos, Wei Qingqiang suppressed his grief, wiped away his tears, picked up Huo Qubing and placed him in the center of the tent, and said in a loud voice: "Soldiers, the hussar general has fought for many years, killed countless enemies, and made immortal contributions to my Han!" This time, he was killed by the Huns, and my Han and the Huns have such a deep blood feud, and we will repay each other! ”

"Blood feud! Double the face! The generals were indignant and their cries shook the sky.