The moon and stars are scarce, the shadows of the trees are swaying under the bright moonlight, and occasionally a few starlights are missing, and the night is deep and quiet.

In such a lonely night, under the candlestick under the window, Huo Qu's sick figure became more and more lonely. He still couldn't understand why his uncle, who had been so kind to him in the past, was now so distant and indifferent to him. If it is said that his subordinates form a party, he never participates in it, and he cannot control others to enter the camp. If you say that your words and deeds are inappropriate, but the same is true in the past, except for being informal, there is nothing wrong with it. If he said that he acted recklessly and killed Li Kang with one arrow, but at that time, did the situation allow him to have other choices?

"The general said, the hussar general is reckless by nature, and it is advisable to introspect!" This sentence sounded in Huo Quzhi's ears again and again, "Reckless by nature, it is advisable to introspect!" Huo Qu gritted his teeth and punched down with hatred, and the case made a dull sound. Suddenly, with a "poof", a mouthful of black blood spit out from his mouth, and then another bloody breath surged up in his throat.

After a long time, his face improved slightly, Huo Quzhi took out a Biqing vial from his arms, and after pouring two pills into the palm of his hand, it was empty, Huo Quzhi frowned and threw the bottle casually, and ate the two pills.

Outside, the wind rustled through the treetops, and the moonlight shone into the thick clouds, and it seemed that there would be a rain to-night.

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The night was like ink, and a gust of wind blew in front of the window, blowing a few freshly copied scriptures to the ground, Wei Zifu hurriedly put down his pen and closed the window, and then bent down to pick up the paper on the ground. Suddenly, a pair of dragon pattern boots jumped into his eyes, Wei Zifu's heart moved, and he hurriedly raised his eyes, and sure enough, someone came slowly in a black dragon pattern brocade robe, Wei Zifu bowed down and asked for peace: "The concubine has seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Excuse me!"

"When did Your Majesty come to Jiaofang Palace, the concubines didn't know anything, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me for the rudeness!" Wei Zifu leaned aside and said respectfully.

"It was I who asked the palace people not to report it, and they approved the chapter, and I came to the Jiaofang Hall before I knew it." Liu Che approached and said, looking at the stack of copied scriptures on the desk, he couldn't help asking, "Who is the queen copying the scriptures?" ”

Wei Zifu said slowly: "The concubines are copying scriptures for General Li Guang's father and son, hoping that their father and son will ascend to Bliss as soon as possible." ”

"Oh? The queen copied the scriptures for them, but she was uneasy? Liu Che asked meaningfully.

Wei Zifu's eyes were as calm as water, and he said peacefully: "The concubine has no anxiety in her heart. General Li Guang is a famous general of a generation, but he chose to kill himself because he got lost in the desert, and the concubine only regretted in her heart. His son Li Dare did not reduce his father's demeanor, but he injured Wei Qing because of personal hatred, and finally died in the paddock, and the concubine only had regrets in her heart. The concubines sighed, only copied the scriptures by hand, and prayed for a wisp of cigarettes to send each other, hoping that they would not fall into obsession and become flying immortals. ”

Liu Che smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "The queen is so kind, and I also hope that the Li family's father and son will not be disappointed." It's just that I said that Li dared to die on the top of the elk antlers, does the queen believe it? ”

Wei Zifu smiled indifferently: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, what Your Majesty said, how can the concubines not believe it?" ”

"Then I say now that Li Dare was shot by the hussar general, what does the queen think?" Liu Che's eyes flashed, and there was a hint of meaning on his lips.

Wei Zifu said slowly: "Your Majesty asked, and the concubine didn't know how to answer. ”

"Just be honest." Liu Che leaned over and sat down, flipping through the scriptures casually, "I also want to hear the queen's thoughts." ”

Wei Zifu groaned slightly, and then said calmly: "If the hussar general really shot Li Kang in the paddock, although the behavior is inappropriate, the concubine should be helpless to come. ”

"Oh? Why is it a helpless move? Liu Che was quite interested.

"The enclosure belongs to the Ganquan Palace, and Your Majesty is close at hand, if it weren't for helplessness, who would shoot a Hou Ye under Your Majesty's nose?"

"Hmm." Liu Che bowed slightly, then changed his words and said, "No matter what reason the hussar general shot Li Kang, but killing people under my nose, is it too indifferent to me?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Zifu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, you have no intention of going to illness!" Go to the sick young and vigorous, act recklessly, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness! ”

"Hahaha! I also said it casually. Liu Che smiled, but with a little coldness in his expression, he said: "I am the lord of this world, don't say a small Guan Neihou, even if he is a powerful army and ranks as the third duke, but I said that he was killed by an elk, which is the theory of covering the coffin." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Zifu raised his hand to increase his forehead and said respectfully.

The rain finally fell, and the bean-sized raindrops beat against the window, making it more and more empty in the quiet night. A bolt of lightning swept across the sky, and with the louder sound of rain, the night became even more silent.

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"Tell Your Majesty quickly, I want to see you urgently!" Zhuang Qingzhai, who was the prime minister at the time, was sweating profusely, and hurried to the Xuanshu Palace.

"Your Majesty..., Changshi Ren opened the envoy to the Huns, actually... It was actually slanted by Yi Zhi... Alone in the detention, Your Majesty... Huns... The ambition of the Hun wolf is undiminished! Zhuang Qingzhai is over sixty years old, and he came in a hurry, panting and anxious, and his words are inevitably a little intermittent.

"What? You said that Ren Chang was detained by Yi Zhi Xian Yu? Liu Che was shocked and hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, don't worry, talk to me slowly." ”

"No!" Zhuang Qingzhai eased down for a while, and finally calmed down a lot, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister has just been reported, and the long history Ren Chang obliquely said to Na Yizhi and will do the courtesy of foreign ministers to my Han in the future, and go to the border to worship my lord in spring and autumn every year, then Yizhi Xian suddenly became angry, and immediately detained Ren Chang, and threatened to regain the lost territory and compete with my Han. ”

"It's hateful!" Liu Che's eyebrows were furrowed, and he said hatefully, "Then Yizhi Xiangang sent an envoy to my Han to ask for peace, and as soon as he turned around, he detained my Han envoy in Hudi, what is his intention?" ”

"Your Majesty, the heart of the Huns to swallow my Han is not diminished!" Zhuang Qingzhai said hoarsely: "That Yi Zhixian just sent a messenger to ask me for friendship, and then turned his face ruthlessly, Your Majesty, this state of tigers and wolves must not be credulous in the future!" ”

"Humph! And in the future? Liu Che sneered, "If it weren't for the great consumption of the first battle in Mobei, I would have been able to destroy the Yizhi oblique tribe in a few days." Isn't he going to compete with my big man? Then I granted his wish. Tomorrow, the government will discuss this matter, and this time the troops will be sent to uproot the Huns, and there will be no further trouble! ”

"My lord is holy!" Zhuang Qingzhai bowed and sighed.

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The rain is continuous, the autumn wind is fluttering in the fallen leaves, the distant mountains are like daisies, the birds are still nesting, and the sparse world is deserted. The overall situation of the imperial court's war against the Xiongnu has been decided, the army is strong, and Huo Qubing has hardly slept in the past few days, busy with military affairs, if it is not for the poison on his body and the attack again, and the effectiveness of the pill is not as good as before, Huo Qubing does not have to rush back to Chang'an in such a hurry.

"Step, step, step...", the sound of horses' hooves was hurried, all the way from the suburban barracks to Chang'an, and Chang'an entered the city from Yongmen, and walked to the west market without stopping. The West Market is a gathering place for all Hu merchants, and Wusun, Loulan and even the Persians are resident merchants in this place, running back and forth to the countries of the Western Regions, selling some special products. Huo Qubing came here to find a Wusun pharmacist, and in a long and narrow crowded street, Huo Qubing walked to the end of the street, pushed a door and walked in.

The room was small and crowded, and the entrance was a half-man high counter, and the front of the counter was lined with a grid of drawers from west to east.

"Smack...", the barley cake was thrown by the candlestick with the moisture outside, "This medicine has to be reformulated again!" Huo Quzhi wore a black cloak, and the broad hood concealed most of Huo Quzhi's outline, revealing only a vague face in the light and shadow.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged Wusun man with a beard, and when he saw this, he walked out from behind the counter, holding a candlestick and saying to Huo Quzhi: "Stretch out your palm." ”

Huo Quzhi stretched out the palm of his right hand according to his words, only to see that a jet-black midline had penetrated into the palm, and the Wusun people looked at it and let Huo Quzhi expose his back, only to see a dark blue thick line on his back from the waist, and the branches and vines were like a branch extending to the back of the back.

"How's it going?" Huo Quzhi asked hurriedly.

Wusun put down the candlestick, pushed the golden cake in front of Huo Quai's eyes, and said, "There is no medicine for this poison." ”

Huo Quzhi was not panicked, and only asked calmly: "How long can it be delayed?" ”

"Now the poison has reached the middle of the body and Tianchi, and in a few months, when the poison reaches Tiantu and Yunmen, your life will be rested!"

Huo Quzhi pushed the golden cake to the Wusun people again, and said indifferently: "If you dispense medicine again, it can be delayed for a while." ”

The Wusun people were silent for a long time, put away the golden cake, and said, "Okay! ”

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From Chang'an West City back to the first district has been close to unitary, the sky is getting darker and darker, the rain is getting more and more dense, the door of the household has already been held with lights, the dim light shadow reflects the slippery road, in the bleak rain dusk with the illusion of truth and illusion, deducing the world's sorrow and joy overlap.

Huo Qubing dismounted at the gate of the house, handed over the horse to the porter, and walked straight inside, through the atrium, along the verandah into the main room, with a sound of not heavy closing, the cold and wet were blocked out of the door.

Huo Quzhi took off the damp robe on his body, turned the fire on, and the dim room suddenly lit up. The rain was still pouring outside the house, and Huo Qu was sick and lay down on the bed, his eyes slowly closed.

Time goes back to the Battle of Hexi three years ago.

At that time, he was young and heroic, crossed Helan Mountain, waded through Tengger, detoured to Juyanhai, passed through Xiaoyue, penetrated more than 2,000 miles into the territory of the Xiongnu, and launched a fierce attack on the side of the evil king and the king of Hutu between Qilian Mountain and Heli Mountain.

The battle was brave and fierce, the evil king of Hun and the king of Hutu could not resist in the end, and fled with the remnants, and the Xiongnu Yizhi was very angry with the defeat of the evil king and the king of Hun Tu, and the two kings were afraid of being punished by the single, so they sent envoys to Han to beg for surrender. At this time, the two kings had more than 40,000 troops in their hands, Liu Che ordered him to lead 10,000 cavalry to surrender, but the Han army did not arrive in Hexi, but the king of Hutu suddenly changed his hexagram, and the evil king had to attack and kill the king of Hugh Tu, and incorporated his department, the situation was critical and people's minds changed.

In the face of sudden changes, he was not afraid of danger, and only led an elite army into the Hun camp, met the evil king, and quickly controlled the mutiny. Unexpectedly, during this period, he was hit by a hidden arrow of the wizard of the King of Hugh, although the wizard was killed on the spot, but the situation was urgent at that time, and he did not clean up the Gu poison in time, so he buried a hidden danger for himself.

When he returned to Chang'an, the Gu poison had penetrated deep into his body, although he had privately searched for countless pharmacists, and even wizards from other departments, but due to the death of the person under the Gu, the Gu poison could not be completely removed. This Wusun pharmacist in Xishi is a master of solving this kind of Gu poison, and he has relied on the pills he concocted to suppress the Gu poison in the past few years, if it weren't for the Battle of Mobei a year ago, maybe the situation wouldn't have been so bad.

Huo Quai's thoughts drifted to the depths of the dusty desert again.

The desert is full of wind and sand all the year round, everywhere you look is the same, and water and food are very scarce, in this case, Huo Qubing chose to use the Xiongnu generals as the guide of the army, and the water and food needed are taken from the local area. In this way, the army only carried a small amount of baggage, which was convenient for light travel and rapid attack, which greatly improved the survivability and combat effectiveness, but the problem caused by eating the Xiongnu was that his Gu poison was caused again.

But at that time, the obsession with the success or failure of this battle has far exceeded the worry about Gu poison, at that time, he was full of spirit, sealed the wolf Juxu, and wore a blood-red robe like the sunset in the desert, with incomparable brilliance and grandeur! At that time, he was the god of war in the desert, the legend of the Han Dynasty, and the totem of god-like existence!

However, it was only three years. In the past, he was as powerful as him, but today he is devoured by Gu poison and his body is too sick to support. If a year ago, he could pacify the Xiongnu and uproot the Yizhi oblique department, and since then there has been no external trouble for the Han Dynasty, then now for him, leaving is only a matter of time or time, and there is no regret. However, now that the war is about to break out, the flames of war will be ignited, and he doesn't know if he can go to the battlefield again.

Every time he thinks of this, his heart seems to be slashed out by life, and the great cause is not finished, but he goes away because of illness and hatred.

The wind was thick at night, and the rain outside was much heavier, and even through the doors and windows, you could still hear the sound of the rain hitting the eaves. The night was silent, the candle flame on the desk was swaying, Huo Quzhi felt a burning sensation in his heart, and his mouth became drier and drier, so he got up and walked to the desk and poured a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp, only then did he feel more comfortable.

The sound of beating in the market came from afar, and it was already the second watch at night, but Huo Qubing had no sleep. At this hour, uncle... Maybe I haven't slept either, military affairs are complicated, and the burden may be heavier in the future... Thinking of Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi's nose suddenly became sore, and the kindness of his youth was still in front of him, but now it is gradually drifting away. In fact, for him, the wealth in the world is only like floating clouds, and family affection is a mark in the bones, but it is a pity that the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, in the last time of his life, but he can only face reluctance and unwillingness alone, every time he thinks of this, Huo Quai's heart will always give birth to infinite sadness.

and Jue'er, fortunately, it wasn't him who she married at the beginning, otherwise, today, what would you let her do? Huo Quzhi took out the warm jade jue from his arms, put it in the palm of his hand and gently stroked it, Jue'er, I hope you can be happy! Huo Quzhi muttered to himself.

The night rain is still the same, the thoughts are endless, with thoughts and heavy thoughts, Huo Qu is sick and falls asleep.