As the summer of the year draws to a close, there's a lot going on in the dark. Like the plum rain in Lingnan, the clouds are endless, infecting the jungle and trees, cultivating prosperity in it, and also breeding ambition and desire.

In this big game of chess in the world, twenty years of peace are finally about to be broken, and some people are beginning to think about it, planning how to hold the son first!

This year's chaos began first on the southeast border of the Han Empire, then where the southwest Zhuyi was located, then the northern border pass, and then the ...... of Chang'an Weiyang Palace! Beacon fire on three sides, slaying the dragon in Weiyang!

Of course, the current Chang'an is still prosperous like a dream, the turmoil has not yet begun, and those distant news have not yet come.

The young Son of Heaven is an unusually energetic person, and the government affairs of the DPRK and China cannot restrain his restless heart. Gorgeous costumes, food and musical instruments, asking for immortals, and hunting...... The habit of being a little prince has not been stripped from him, but in some ways it has become more profitable.

Although Weiyang Palace occupies a vast area, is majestic and majestic, and is extremely dignified as an emperor, he is still too small. Wen Rouxiang is also a little bored and needs some new stimulation, and now what he wants is to gallop in a bigger world.

So, on a certain whim, His Majesty the Emperor had a bold idea in his heart, he wanted to go outside the palace as a subject of the empire and see his thousands of miles of rivers and mountains from a different perspective.

When he whispered his plan to his most trusted Mrs. Wei, the woman who favored the harem grabbed the sleeve of his robe in surprise and said no.

Fish and dragon white clothes, micro out of the palace, if there is a little mistake, it will be a big disaster!

But the arrogant and arbitrary Liu Che decided something that no one could change, so after telling her not to divulge a little news, she took off her embroidered clothes, changed into civilian clothes, and summoned more than 50 horsemen who had been selected long ago to set off.

Of course, these guards are all skilled in riding and archery, and their martial arts are extraordinary, and they are mixed with the top masters of the "Xifengwei", and only Han Yan is the closest minister who accompanied them. And all the courtiers and palace people were kept in the dark, and the only people who knew the details were Mrs. Wei and General Li Kang, who was in charge of the guards.

The horse's hooves were fast, the frost was broken, and the group went out of Chang'an at night, and the horses galloped along the avenue, as if they had rushed out of the cage, and the emperor's mood was very refreshing! I ran for nearly 100 miles in one go, and by the time dawn, I had reached the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

This time he came out to relax, and he didn't go to Lin Yuan, there was no freshness in it for a long time, and besides, the ground was still too small, boring, and he was already planning to expand it big in the next step.

There are many mountains and forests near Zhongnan Mountain, and there are even more types of prey in them, unlike in the Upper Forest Garden, for the sake of safety, those large and ferocious beasts have long been killed by the guards. Even wolves are rare, just deer, rabbits, foxes or something, so every time Liu Che goes to Shanglin Yuan to hunt, he feels a little unpleasant.

Well, now there are soaring goshawks in the sky, and in the wild forests, there are not only fierce wild boars and bears, but even tigers and leopards are often haunted, which is really his fetish.

Liu Che has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, thirsting for heroism, and practicing a strong physique. Later, when he was the crown prince, he was accompanied by Li Dang, and consulted General Li Guang, a divine arrow, and carefully learned the archery skills of the Li family.

He naturally understood in his heart that since he had become an emperor, he didn't have to think about killing the enemy in person in this life, so he could only find a sense of existence in the hunting of horses. Of course, for his own heart, this is also helpless, and talking is better than nothing.

Liu Che gave himself a special title when he left the palace this time for the convenience of the guards~ Pingyang Hou, which was brought by his sister Princess Pingyang.

I came out like this to have fun, just to be free and happy! So he still spent a little bit of caution when choosing his entourage, and Dongfang Shuo, who likes to advise everywhere, don't follow! These fifty or so people are all the sons and daughters of some noble nobles who are arrogant and arrogant, plus Han Yan, the inner pet who can bend and flatter, when the interest is high, they beat horses and chase wild beasts, and the wild eagles are raised, which inevitably tramples on the farmland and crops, causing the villagers to scold and scold, but it seems to be a group of villains who came out of nowhere.

This is in the Lantian territory, someone has already reported to Lantian County to order Du Zhou, Du Zhou heard it and was furious, is it easy to keep this crop this year! In the spring, in order to fight the drought, the whole county was dispatched, and it took so much effort to dig the Longshou Canal and irrigate the acres of fields, so as to survive the crisis. Today, there are maniacs who dare to trample on it, and that's it!

It doesn't matter if he's a prince or a prince, take it down for me first!

Du Zhou brought all the people in the yazhong, and rushed over in a hurry, and when he stopped the gang of villains in the mouths of the villagers, Du Zhou looked carefully, and suddenly felt a little suspicious in his heart.

Although they seem to be dressed in ordinary clothes, the behavior of these people does not look like unscrupulous gangs running rampant in the township. Du Zhou was a cautious person, although he had never heard of such a person as the Marquis of Pingyang, but he did not act rudely as soon as he came up, but seriously pointed out the provisions of the laws and regulations they had violated, and wanted to take them back to the Lantian County Yazhong to listen to the fate.

However, after a while, Du Zhou no longer dared to insist on his decision. Because he saw a young man with beautiful eyebrows, bowed his head in front of the man in the crowd, and listened to him whisper a few words, and then the young man walked up to him, and whispered a few words in his ear, and when he spread out his palm, a small golden seal appeared under his eyes.

Du Zhou broke out in a cold sweat on his head, and his heart was already terrified. Naturally, he didn't dare to say a word, and he didn't even have the courage to look at the figure right away from the corner of his eye. The secret path is lucky, fortunately, he didn't order his subordinates to come forward and take people just now, otherwise it would be rude and rude, and the crime will not be punished.

The group left calmly, and the man who claimed to be the Marquis of Pingyang walked to Du Zhou's side with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's done well, and he's a good official who is dedicated to the people. Well, keep up the good work! Hehe! ”

The guards who accompanied him offered a few ingots of gold, saying that the master had an order as compensation for the loss of crops. Then the horse's hooves splashed dust and continued off into the distance.

No matter what feelings or thoughts the county commander behind him had, these things were just a little episode of Emperor Liu Che's rash departure from the palace this time. For him, there was some mischievous pleasure. Next, he shouted to the guards, the target ahead, Changle Yuan! He wanted to see what that kid from Yuan Zhao was doing now.

Yuan Zhao is not idle now, it can be said that he has not been idle at all in the past few months.

Since the last time he came back, he had made a small plan. Some time ago, I have already done half of the things, the things I want to do but have not started, and some of the things that I have already had a preliminary idea of.

At this moment, the people sitting in the wooden hall with him were Master Father Yan and Sima Xiangru.

In summer, the weather is not too hot, and the wind in the field is very cool.

In this large wooden hall, during the time when Yuan Zhao went to the north, the master father Yan commanded people to carry out detailed renovation of the inside and outside, and painted it, which looked like a bit of a conference hall.

Of course, the name "Council Hall" was said by Yuan Zhao, and everyone thought it was very vivid, so they were accustomed to calling it so.

Although Sima Xiangru finally embarked on a career and was appointed by the emperor as Langzhong, he did not have any serious errands to do at the moment, and it was not much different from when he was waiting for the edict of Jinmamen, except that he occasionally wrote some resignations or something. Rather than being bored with his equally laid-back colleagues, it was better to sneak out and go to his friend's place, so he spent most of his time running to Changle Plateau.

When talking to Yuan Zhao about this, the man with a splendid chest was still a little distressed. At the beginning, I was full of hope that through this selection of talents and being appointed by the imperial court, I could use what I had learned in my life and get what I wanted. But now it seems that the emperor has only taken a fancy to his literary fame, and in his eyes, he is probably no different from those Hanlin scholars who dance and write.

Yuan Zhao listened to his whining words, but only with an inexplicable smile, persuading him to wait patiently, there is always a chance to display his talents, maybe tomorrow!

Compared with Sima Xiangru's impatience, the master father Yan is becoming more and more calm. Like a piece of ancient jade, it is wise and introverted, and its edge is invisible.

In his spare time, Yuan Zhao saw him dressed in a green cloth robe, making a pot of tea, with a comfortable expression, leaning in front of the window, looking at the scenery under his eyes. At this time, some strange thoughts will pass through my mind.

In the records of Han history, there are quite a few characters that make future generations sigh and sigh. Among them is the old scholar in front of him who has experienced all the ups and downs in the world and has been cynical all his life.

"I have been studying for more than 40 years, and I am unsuccessful, I don't think I am a son, I don't accept Kundi, the guests abandon me, and I am in distress for a long time! The husband is not born with five tripods, and when he dies, he cooks his ears! I am in the twilight of the day, so I do the opposite. ”

What kind of humiliation does a person have to suffer to utter such angry words! When this wise man in the world said these words, he must have no nostalgia for this world.

What is the so-called arrogance of the powerful princes, the so-called contempt for glory and wealth, compared with the things he has done?

The scholar with gray sideburns in front of him will turn the clouds and rain and play the world in the near future. With his own strength and the wisdom of one person, he has completed what Emperor Jing of Han has never done to cause chaos in the world twenty years ago.

Then, like the brightest meteor in the bright galaxy, the old gentleman pierced the deep firmament, leaving behind a scorching brilliance, burning into ashes, and returning to eternal silence!

It's just that now, he is bound by himself with the shackles of family affection on Changle Yuan, will those fierce ambitions in the future happen? Yuan Zhao sometimes seriously thought about the fact that he was trying to change the trajectory of other people's lives, and he wondered if it was right or wrong to do so......

"Why, seeing that you've been paying attention to the side newspapers in various places lately, do you have a premonition that there will be a war?"

After listening to the topic that Yuan Zhao and Sima Xiangru were talking about for a long time, the master father Yan put down a cup of tea in his hand and turned his head.

"If my hunch is not wrong, the war of the Han Empire is not about to happen, but has already begun to happen......!"

Yuan Zhao walked to the window, and saw the sound of horses' hooves faintly coming from the dust in the distance, and couldn't help but smile slightly at the corner of his mouth, he knew who was coming.