"Da Da Da Da...", it was already the middle of summer, a horse outside Chang'an City flew with four hooves, and the man on the horseback tied a soap towel on his head, pedaled with long boots, and carried a blanket, galloping away in the dust raised by the horse's hooves.

Ganquan Palace, located in the northern suburbs of Chang'an City more than 200 miles, is rebuilt on the basis of Lin Guang Palace in the Qin Dynasty on the basis of imitating the Lin Yuan, there are many palaces in the palace, it is both a summer resort and a school hunting paddock, Liu Che will come to Ganquan Palace to escape the summer from May to August every year, and deal with government affairs here.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the border pass, the Huns invaded Daijun, Dingxiang, and Shangjun, killed and plundered thousands of people, and galloped back, and when our army rushed to the Huns, there was no shadow of them, so they had to retreat in vain." Shang Shuling first reported.

Liu Che's expression was solemn, he was speechless for a long time, and said, "Pass on Wei Qing." ”

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"Your Majesty's dictation, Xuanchang Pinghou Weiqing entered the Ganquan Palace to discuss matters." In the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, Xiaohuangmen brought Liu Che's message, Wei Qing did not dare to delay, and immediately went to the backyard to lead the horse to Ganquan Palace. Huo Quzhi had just fed the horse, and when he saw Wei Qing's hurried expression, he couldn't help asking: "Uncle, there is a will to go to see Your Majesty, but Uncle is going to see the driver?" ”

Wei Qing took the horse and nodded: "Exactly, Your Majesty is now in the Ganquan Palace for summer vacation, and I am about to go." ”

"Uncle!" Huo Quzhi said, "I heard that Ganquan Palace was built on Ganquan Mountain, and the forests in the palace cover the sky and cover the sun, and the mountain spring circulates around, even if it is very hot, it is extremely cool. ”

Wei Qing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay! ”

Huo Quzhi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, uncle!" Then he took out a horse and said, "Uncle, let's go!" ”

Out of Chang'an City to the north is to go to the official road of Ganquan Palace, the scorching sun is in the sky, there are few traces on the official road, galloping for half a day Wei Qing and Huo Qu are full of sweat, but into Ganquan Mountain galloping road to see the mountains are heavy and mountainous, the forest is thick, the green shade is everywhere, so that people look at it cold. Wei Qing raised the horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the palace pavilion that was far away in the middle of the mountain, and said to Huo Quai: "Go to the sick, the mountain is where the Ganquan Palace is located, if you are tired, let's rest for a while and then go up." ”

Huo Quzhi wiped the sweat on his face and said with a smile: "No need uncle, Ganquan Palace is close at hand, His Majesty is waiting for uncle, let's go quickly!" ”

Wei Qing nodded approvingly and said, "Okay!" ”

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"The slave maid is Mrs. Liu's attendant in Qutai Palace, and she sent mung bean soup to Her Majesty on the order of Mrs., please pass it on your behalf!" Outside the purple hall, a maid holding a food box was speaking to the little yellow door on duty.

Wei Qing took Huo Qubing and was walking towards this side, Xiao Huangmen saw that he was busy and said to the maidservant: "Your Majesty is waiting for Master Hou, you better come back later!" After saying that, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Master Hou, you are here, Your Majesty is losing his temper inside!" ”

Seeing this, the servant girl hurriedly lowered her head and was silent. Wei Qing arched his hand towards the little yellow door and said, "Please wait a while." Then he said to Huo Quai: "Go sick, you are waiting for your uncle here, and you can't move around at will." Then he followed the small yellow gate to the main hall.

As soon as he walked to the bottom of the corridor, he heard the sound of bamboo slips throwing to the ground in the hall, and Wei Qing said loudly outside the hall: "Minister Wei Qing is ordered to see the driver!" ”

"Come in!" The voice from the hall was not angry and self-threatening.

Pushing open the door of the hall, there was a mess in front of him, several rolls of bamboo slips were thrown on the ground, Liu Che stood with his hands behind his back, and he must have been extremely angry at this moment. "Wei Qing, come and see, the ambition of these Hu people and wolves is really hateful!"

"No!" Wei Qing picked up the bamboo slips on the ground and looked at ten lines, all of which he read were the killing and plundering of the Huns, the land of war, and the words were shocking.

"This time, the Hu people invaded our Dai County, Dingxiang, and Shang County, and under the Hu cavalry, there was no grass on the border of our Han Dynasty, the people were displaced, and the families were ruined and the dead abounded." Liu Che turned around as he spoke, "But every time the army gathers to fight back, the Huns have long since disappeared, and the army has to return in vain, which really makes me helpless!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Wei Qing picked up the bamboo slips on the ground and put them on the desk, and said: "The Xiongnu live in a bitter cold land, living in pursuit of water and grass, every time they raid the border just to rob property, plunder the border people as slaves, and never love war, if it is advantageous, it will fight, and if it is not profitable, it will retreat." Therefore, when the smoke in the Feng Tunnel was a warning and the army was assembled, the Xiongnu had already won their war benefits, and naturally quickly withdrew from the Great Wall. ”

"According to what Qing said, am I helpless?" Liu Che frowned even tighter when he heard this.

Wei Qing pondered for a moment and said: "To fight against the Huns, it is absolutely impossible to rely on defense alone, if you want to completely cut off the trouble of the Xiongnu disturbing the border, Your Majesty can only send out an attack, and only by making the Xiongnu afraid of our dynasty can we reduce the occurrence of border troubles." ”

"I agree with what Qing said!" Liu Che said, "Come and see!" ”

Liu Che pointed to the map and talked to Wei Qing, Wei Qing nodded sometimes, sometimes stepped forward to point out the terrain, and the two talked very devotedly.

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Outside the purple hall, Huo goes to the sick pole and looks around, there are 12 halls in this Ganquan Palace, 11 Taiwans, the palace is gorgeous and majestic, and the mountains are surrounded by water. This purple hall is built in the middle of the mountain, the view is excellent, the hall leads the sweet spring in the mountain as the water flow, along the temple to build pavilions and pavilions, the murmuring water flows, everywhere to repair the bamboo, although the summer is in full swing now, it is cool and comfortable here, Huo Qu can not help but be surprised again and again.

"Huo Gongzi, don't come unharmed!" A servant girl stepped forward and bowed her head.

Huo Quzhi was very surprised when he saw this, and hurriedly said, "Do you know me?" ”

The woman still bowed her head and replied: "We met in front of the Hou Mansion a few months ago, and the slave maid once sent a letter to the girl and the son, did the son forget it so quickly?" ”

Hearing what the woman said, Huo Quzhi remembered that Liu Jue had sent someone to deliver the letter, and hurriedly apologized: "In the next eye, don't be surprised by the girl." ”

The woman lowered her head and smiled, and said, "Huo Gongzi is serious, the eldest princess knows that Gongzi is coming, so she specially sent a slave and maid over and invited Gongzi to go and talk about it." ”

Huo Qu was stunned for a moment, and said, "The eldest princess summoned you?" ”

The woman nodded and said, "Exactly, the eldest princess is waiting for her son in the Lanchi Palace." ”

"This..."Huo Quzhi looked at the Purple Palace, and was embarrassed: "Uncle is still discussing state affairs with His Majesty inside, if he can't find me when he comes out, he must be anxious." ”

The woman said: "It's okay, after I took Gongzi to Lanchi Palace, I waited here for Weihou and informed Weihou of Gongzi's whereabouts." ”

Huo Quzhi looked into the purple hall again, thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay, my uncle will be afraid that he won't be able to come out for a while, I'll go to the eldest princess with you first." ”

The woman bowed her head and led the way in front, bypassing the layers of pavilions and green screens, and saw a large palace built in an open place, the woman stopped and said: "Childe, this is the Lanchi Palace, the son is going to go, and the slave maid will go to wait for the guard outside the purple hall." ”

Huo Quzhi bowed his head and said, "Thank you, girl!" Then he walked up the stairs. Lanchi hall heavy eaves bucket arch, carved beams and painted buildings, along the north of the mountains to build, the forest wind blows suddenly feel cold all over the body, Huo Qubing walked forward and arched his hand to the palace people: "In the next Huo to get sick, ask to see the eldest princess!" ”

Seeing that Huo Qubing was dressed ordinarily, the palace people couldn't help asking, "Are you?" ”

Huo Qu's illness saluted: "In Xia Huo Qu's illness, the queen is in Xia's aunt." ”

The palace people didn't dare to slack off when they heard this, and hurriedly said: "Son, wait a while, and the slave and maid will go to report immediately!" Then he turned around and entered the hall, and soon came out and said to Huo Quai: "Son, please come with the slave!" ”

The palace people led the way in front, along the verandah, through a flower hall is the main hall, the palace is richly decorated, the purple gold incense burner is curling smoke, Huo Qubing is looking around, then he saw Liu Jue coming over, and said: "Huo Quai, why did you come?" ”

Huo Quzhi was surprised, and hurriedly said, "I've seen the eldest princess!" Didn't the eldest princess send someone over and invite each other? ”

"What?" Liu Jue was confused, "When will I send someone to invite?" I don't even know when you entered the Ganquan Palace. ”

Huo Qu was stunned for a moment, and was about to say that it was the girl who sent the letter last time to invite him, but when he saw that there were palace people beside him, he said: "Eldest princess, my uncle and I are in a hurry to enter the palace all the way, and we are hungry, can we eat something first?" ”

Liu Jue smiled and said to the left and right palaces: "Go to the kitchen and bring some snacks." ”

When the palace people retreated, Liu Jue pursed his lips and said, "You have an eldest princess on your left and another eldest princess, but you don't even know who invited you here." ”

Huo Qu hurriedly said: "Eldest princess, the girl who invited me here today is the girl you asked her to send me a letter that day!" ”

The more Liu Jue listened, the more confused he became, and hurriedly said, "Wait! What is the girl who invited you here today, the girl I asked her to deliver the letter that day? ”

Huo Quzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Then let's listen to me from the beginning!" ”

When Huo Qu's illness came one by one, Liu Jue was puzzled: "The girl who delivered the letter that day was my personal maidservant, named Xiaoyu, a few days ago I was caught by the mountain breeze and got cold, and only took leave and rest with me in the morning, how could I take a message to invite you?" ”

"But the woman clearly said that she was the girl who delivered the letter that day!" Huo Quzhi's brows were tightly locked, puzzled.

"What do you see she looks like?" Liu Jue asked.

"I really can't remember what you said, she kept her head down, only saying that she was the one who delivered the letter that day, and blamed me for forgetting her so quickly..."

"That's weird!" Liu Jue frowned and said, "I didn't know that you entered the palace today, how could you send someone to invite you, I'm afraid that the maid found the wrong person." ”

Huo Quzhi shook his head, and when he saw the palace people serving pastries, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't think about it, wait for me to eat some snacks." ”

Liu Jue smiled: "It's okay." ”

Watching Huo Qu's illness and eating snacks, Liu Jue's eyes were full of smiles, maybe this is the taste of happiness, even if they can't stay together, but as long as they can see him, it is a kind of satisfaction.

After eating a plate of pastries, Huo Quzhi looked up and met Liu Jue's smiling eyes, and suddenly blushed for no reason, and said, "That... Eldest princess, I'll leave if it's okay, my uncle is still waiting for me. ”

Without waiting for Liu Jue to reply, he suddenly heard a long voice from outside the hall, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”