In the Weiyang Palace, Ting Wei Zhang Tang hurriedly walked to the Xuanshu Palace, followed by a small yellow door holding a wooden tree in his hand, "Your Majesty can be in the palace?" Zhang Tang asked the palace people on duty outside the palace, and the palace people said: "Zhang Tingwei waits, Shicai Shangshu Ling has brought a messenger to meet His Majesty, and he is still discussing matters in the palace." ”

"Okay." Zhang Tang responded, standing on one side with his hands down and waiting.

The messenger in the temple said aloud, "... Our army went out of the fortress for more than 700 miles, surrounded the Xiongnu right Xian King at night, the king fled in fright, took hundreds of strong horsemen, and broke through to the north. More than 10 people were captured by the king of the right sage, more than 15,000 people remained, and millions of livestock were brought back. Our army has won a complete victory, and hereby it is hereby played, Your Majesty will be happy for a long time! Chen Weiqing kowtows! ”

"Good! Good! Liu Che couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "This battle is very comforting!" Sure enough, I will raise the prestige of my Han country, and I will see who else in this Hun will dare to show off his might in the land of my Han Dynasty in the future! ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Shang Shu ordered, "This battle is very high-spirited! ”

"Hahaha! Wei Qing is really my great Han Fu general, I have Wei Qing, and the border can be determined! Reward! Liu Che summoned left and right and said, "Spread the message!" Give Wei Qing ten thousand taels of gold! Ten pearls in the South China Sea, ten pieces of lake silk, immediately sent to the Marquis of Changping! ”

"No!" The attendant received the will and was staying, when he suddenly heard Liu Che say: "Slow! ”

The attendant hurriedly stopped and asked, "What else does Your Majesty want?" ”

Liu Che pondered for a moment and said: "Bring my great general seal, hand it over to the messenger and bring it back to the army, and from now on, Changping Hou Weiqing will be promoted to the general, and all the generals will be controlled by it!" ”

At the suggestion, Shang Shuling and the messenger both congratulated, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations to the General! ”

After Shang Shuling and the others withdrew, Zhang Tang took the little yellow door into the door to greet him, "Your Majesty! The minister has brought Dr. Dong back, please Your Majesty! With that, Xiao Huangmen bowed forward and presented the wooden tree in his hand.

The waiters on the left and right opened the wooden tablet, took out a roll of wooden tablets in the wooden coffin and presented it to Liu Che, Liu Che took the wooden tablet and slowly unfolded it, and slowly looked at it.

Dr. Dong in Zhang Tang's mouth is Dong Zhongshu, who answered the "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" in the Chang'an Policy Question during the Jianyuan Dynasty, when he was driven to the vassal states by the Empress Dowager Dou, and has been preaching Confucianism as a doctor during this period. To the old Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Che wanted to recall him back to Chang'an, but Dong Zhongshu thanked him politely, and for many years he had been writing books and preaching the idea of great unification of Confucianism, which was deeply valued by Liu Che, so this time the imperial court wanted to set up Taixue, Liu Che sent Zhang Tang to ask Dong Zhongshu's suggestion.

The name of Taixue began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is the highest institution of learning in the country, and is related to the cultivation and continuation of national talents. The south and rule the world, do not take education as the main task, establish Taixue to teach the country, set up the itch order to transform in the city, gradually the people to benevolence, Mo people to friendship, festival people to courtesy. May Your Majesty Xingtai learn and place the Master to support the people of the world! ”

"Good! Dong Zhongshu is really insightful! After Liu Che finished reading the praise, he saw that Zhang Tang was still bowing to his side, and couldn't help asking, "How is Dr. Dong in Jiaoxi Kingdom?" ”

Zhang Tang said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, although Dr. Dong is not in the court, he is famous, and there is an endless stream of people who come to study. Dr. Dong set up a wide range of teaching altars, recited under the curtain, and had many disciples, and the reputation of the people was growing day by day. ”

"Hmm..."Liu Che nodded, and said: "Dong Zhongshu is full of economy, which can be of great use, although there is no ribbon of the imperial court, but his achievements are far above the temple!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Zhang Tang's head correspondingly.

"Wait a minute!" Liu Che stopped, and suddenly said again: "I gave Dong Zhongshu the house in Chang'an, has he ever moved in?" ”

Zhang Tang thought about it carefully and replied, "No." ”

"Then find a house in Guangchuan and give it to him." Liu Che thought for a moment and then said.

"No!" Zhang Tang respectfully responded and quietly retreated.

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The general's seal was soon brought back to the army by the messenger, and Wei Qing led the generals to kowtow in the direction of Chang'an, thanking the emperor for his great grace. A few days later, the army returned to the dynasty, and Liu Che and the hundred officials greeted the triumphant division in the Weiyang Palace.

"Chen Weiqing does not disgrace his mission, and he leads the army to return to the court!" On the top of the main hall, Wei Qing was calm and heroic, and the smoke of the war over the years had already forged him into a hundred years of steel.

In front of the civil and military officials, Liu Che's appreciation was beyond words, and he raised his voice: "There are ministers like this, I am very relieved!" In this battle, our army was unscathed, and the total annihilation of the Xiongnu Right Xianwang really made me raise my eyebrows! The general was crowned with 8,700 households, and his sons were all liehous, and each had 1,300 households. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I don't dare to be ashamed!" Hearing about the gift, Wei Qing hurriedly knelt down and said goodbye: "Your Majesty's blue eyes can be in the army, and you can rely on Your Majesty's Shengming, so that our army will win a great victory, and this is the merit of the soldiers working together!" Your Majesty is fortunate to have benefited Wei Qing, the young son is still young, and he has not done an inch, how dare he list the land as a marquis? Please take back your order! ”

Seeing that Wei Qing was so humble, Liu Che became more and more appreciative, and said loudly: "The general doesn't have to shirk!" This is the great general's deserved, and if my generals are as brave and good at fighting as the great generals, I can rest easy! ”

As soon as Liu Che said this, Wei Qing would be disrespectful if he shirked again, so he said: "No! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Chao Wei Qing was worried about his wife and children at home, and was about to leave the palace and return home, but unexpectedly, as soon as he came out of the Xuanshu Palace, a small yellow door stepped forward and said: "General, the queen has a will, please go to the Jiaofang Palace!" ”

Wei Qing knew that her sister had been thinking about herself, but she didn't think about it deeply, and hurriedly said: "If there is a waiter, Wei Qing will go immediately!" ”

Wei Zifu in the Jiaofang Palace was still thinking about it, thinking about how to talk about the affairs of the house to Wei Qing, and when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a voice "Sister!" When he looked up, Wei Qing had already walked in in a military uniform.

"Qing'er!" Wei Zifu was pleasantly surprised, "Let my sister take a look at you!" I haven't seen him for a few months, although Wei Qing's face has been thinner, but he is heroic and upright, and his spirit is vigorous, and Wei Zifu can't help but feel half distracted.

"Sister, Tianlan should have been born, right?" Wei Qing said with a smile, "I still wanted to come back early and catch up with Tianlan to give birth, but now I have more than a month of children." ”

"Sister, did Tianlan give me a boy or a daughter?" Wei Qing asked with a smile.

Wei Zifu's heart ached when he heard this, he squeezed out a half-minute smile and nodded, and said, "Tianlan gave birth to two sons for you!" ”

"Twins?" Wei Qing's face was full of brilliance, and he said happily: "I didn't expect that this time I would have two sons at once, it's really good!" ”

"Thank you, sister!" Wei Qing said, "Wei Qing is not in Beijing during this time, I want to come to everything is my sister's work, I will bring Tianlan over to thank my sister when I go back..."

"Qing'er..."Before Wei Qing could finish speaking, Wei Zifu grabbed Wei Qing's hand, with tears in his eyes, and choked up: "Tianlan, Tianlan... She..."Wei Zifu couldn't say any more after all, and couldn't help but hide his face and cry.

"Tianlan... What's wrong with her? Seeing this, Wei Qing was very flustered for no reason, looked at Wei Zifu and asked tightly, "Sister, what's wrong with Tianlan?" ”

"Tianlan... Tianlan, she..."Wei Zifu looked at Wei Qing with a restless expression, and finally said the words that had been coiled in his heart countless times, and said with difficulty, "That night, there was a strong wind and sand, and after Tianlan gave birth to a child, she gave birth to a second child due to lack of qi and blood. And he left..."

"What? My sister is saying that Tianlan just gave birth to a child... And gone? Wei Qing's face was pale at this time, and his lips were purple, Wei Zifu saw this and hurriedly asked Yun Niang to ask for a doctor, Wei Qing stopped and said, "No need." ”

Wei Zifu stroked Wei Qing and cried: "Qing'er, my sister knows that you feel uncomfortable, and you blame your sister for why she didn't tell you the truth in the first place, it's all my sister's fault, it's my sister who didn't take care of Tianlan for you!" ”

Wei Qing closed his eyes and said: "It has nothing to do with my sister, Wei Qing has the emperor's order, how dare he make a mistake?" Everything is fate, and nothing is up to anyone! ”

Wei Qing said this, which made Wei Zifu even more uncomfortable, she knew this younger brother too well, he has always been thinking about others everywhere and always denying himself. When he met Xiao Tianlan, the two of them were in harmony, she washed away the pain of the war for him, and gave birth to children for him, I wanted the two to stay together safely for a lifetime, but unexpectedly, the person who joined hands suffered this disaster, leaving the child dead, how can this not make people break down?

"Sister, I'll go back." Wei Qing got up to salute and walked out of the hall with a heavy head, Wei Zifu was anxious, and hurriedly helped: "I'll send you back together." The words did not fall, only heard the sound of "dong", and Wei Qing fell to the ground.

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When I opened my eyes, it was almost dusk, and there were lights in all parts of the house, "Qing'er, are you awake?" Wei Zifu on the side kept looking at his sleeping brother.

"Sister." Wei Qing responded, sat up, Wei Zifu helped him up, and said, "Your Majesty just left, and the imperial doctor ordered you to prescribe medicine, saying that you were extremely sad and attacked, so you would suddenly faint." ”

"Qing'er!" Wei Junru and Wei Shao'er hugged their two children, and walked in with Wei Yan and Huo Quai, "I heard that you are awake, take a look at your children!" ”

"Father!" Wei Yan pounced over, whining and crying, although the little man is not very old, he also knows that his mother has passed away, and his father has not seen him for a long time, and he will not endure it like an adult when he is sad, crying with tears on his cheeks, and his eyes are red.

"Sir!" Although Wei Qing is a very forbearant person, the pain of losing his wife is like an arrow in his heart, how can he not be sad? In addition, the young son cried, and the two sons passed away when they were still in infancy, and their hearts were even more painful, and tears rolled down in their hearts.

Wei Zifu saw that Wei Qing finally cried, but his heart was much calmer, when Wei Qing fainted in the Jiaofang Palace, the imperial doctor ordered that this kind of extreme injury should not be covered in the chest, if it is not sent out early, it will hurt the body. At present, Wei Qing's sadness erupted, and everyone just accompanied them to wipe their tears, and they did not dissuade them.

After a long time, Wei Qing finally retracted and said, "You have to take care of the mansion for Wei Qing and take care of the children!" ”

Wei Junru said: "Qing'er, we are all a family, Tianlan is gone, we are all very sad." But no matter how sad you are, everyone has to look forward, Tianlan left three children to accompany you, just like she is still by your side, you are good, the children are good, Tianlan will go at ease. ”

Everyone also had good words to persuade him, but Wei Zifu knew that this kind of pain could not be alleviated in a few words, looking at his younger brother, Wei Zifu could only hope for time to slowly heal the wound in Wei Qing's heart.

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Time passes day by day, from spring to summer, from summer to autumn. Although the weather is still a little hot and dry, an autumn rain and a cold one, and the fallen leaves bring autumn gloom. Outside the city of Chang'an, at the foot of the north mountain, a new grave is burned in front of the sacrificial millet stalks, and the stalks of millet that have been burned to ashes drift around with the autumn wind.

Twilight, autumn dusk is even more sad in the bitter wind and rain, a candlelit tavern on the way back to the city is so amiable in the twilight rain, Wei Qing couldn't help patting the rain on his body, pushing the door in.

Unexpectedly, there are not many people, some are passing merchants, some are village farmers, all of them are a pot of wine with three or two small dishes, comforting the loneliness of the cold dusk. Only a woman in the corner is dressed plainly, but her bearing is graceful, Wei Qing can't help but look familiar when she looks at the silhouette, just at this time, the person raised his eyes, Wei Qing couldn't help but be stunned at the moment, "Pingyang..." The words came to his mouth, Wei Qing hurriedly swallowed, only to see Princess Pingyang smile at him, Wei Qing bowed his head in return, and walked over.

"Sit!" Princess Pingyang raised her hand and motioned for Wei Qing to sit down on her side.

Wei Qing bowed slightly, sat down, and said, "It's so cold here, how did the main family come here?" ”

Princess Pingyang poured a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Aren't you here too?" ”

Wei Qing replied with a smile and said, "Yes." After that, he beckoned the store to bring a pot of wine and two catties of beef.

"It's better to meet by chance, come, Wei Qing will do it first as a respect!" Wei Qing poured a cup and drank it all.

"It's better to meet by chance, come!" Princess Pingyang also poured a full drink.

The rain outside the tavern was sometimes like jade beads falling on the plate, sometimes dripping, and the two did not add much words, both poured themselves drinks, sometimes invited each other, and sometimes heard the merchants talk about their experiences along the way, vividly and unconsciously. Rain dripped down the eaves, and the night was deep and peaceful.