Early the next morning, under the leadership of Cai Yong, Ao Lie and his son-in-law went on a pilgrimage to see the Son of Heaven together.

The two came to the main hall of the palace, Deyang Palace, and Ao Lie saw that the Deyang Hall was three zhang high and His Majesty was one zhang high. The temple can accommodate 10,000 people. The hall is surrounded by pond water, jade steps and beams, the altar is made of grained stones, the walls are decorated with colorful paintings, and the golden pillars are carved with beautiful figures.

The whole palace is tall and majestic, and it is very magnificent. From a distance, the roof of the Deyang Hall and the Vermilion Bird Que next to it are connected, and the gloom is connected with the sky.

Walking on the steps of the Deyang Palace, Cai Yong whispered to Ao Lie: "The early dynasty will start in a while, I will go in first to participate in the early dynasty, you are waiting outside the hall, and the saint will definitely send you to see you as soon as possible." "Ao Lie, who is familiar with the laws of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knows that foreign ministers cannot return to Luoyang, the capital without authorization, let alone participate in the government without authorization, and only when the Son of Heaven summons them, can they enter the Deyang Palace.

So Ao Lie nodded and said he understood. When they were a hundred steps outside the Deyang Palace, a team of Imperial Forest Army was doing a similar job of security check to the civil and military ministers who entered, and the civil and military ministers untied their swords and other weapons one after another and handed them over to the Imperial Forest Army for safekeeping.

After passing the security check, Ao Lie followed the ministers to the outside of the Deyang Palace, and then stopped, waiting for Liu Hong's summons. Cai Yong glanced at it, and told Ao Lie with his eyes to abide by etiquette before entering the hall.

The officials who passed through the security check later, when they walked outside the Deyang Palace, they all cast curious eyes at Ao Lie, seeing that Ao Lie's age was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was wearing a three-grade official uniform, which couldn't help but make people curious, and they didn't know what Ao Lie's official position was, and they all talked in a low voice.

"Do you see that young man in a three-grade robe? Who is he? ”

"I don't know what to do, but it looks like a local county guard."

"It's not like, how can anyone be a county guard at the age of sixteen, it is estimated that some royal relatives and relatives have mixed up with a third-grade member by nepotism."

Ao Lie's official position is General Huwei, although the name of this general is only the position of Zhengwupin, but Ao Lie also has the title of Marquis of Zhongyi and the position of Taishou of Youbeiping. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a county Taishou was a member of the three grades, which was quite a powerful official position, not only in charge of the administrative and military power of a county, but also the power to appoint and dismiss county officials. Therefore, Ao Lie was able to canonize Zhang Liao, Xun Yu and others under his command.

A group of ministers walked into the hall with doubts and speculations, and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, was already sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the full hall of civil and military officials, Liu Hong slowly said: "Before entering the hall, all the ministers must have seen the young man outside the hall, right?" ”

Civil and military officials Qi claimed to be. Liu Hong said again: "So, presumably everyone is very confused about who that young man is, right?" ”

Everyone nodded again, indicating that Liu Hong was right.

"Pass him into the temple." Liu Hong didn't look back and ordered Zhang Rang behind him.

As the head of the ten permanent servants, Zhang Rang's ability to observe words and colors is naturally not bad, according to Liu Hong's temperament and temperament, he knew that the person standing outside the hall must be the imperial nephew Ao Lie who is loved by Liu Hong. But Zhang Rang is not stupid, since Liu Hong did not name Ao Lie's name, he will not take the initiative to expose Ao Lie's identity.

So Zhang Rang trotted all the way to the outside of the hall and made a gesture to Ao Lie to enter the hall.

Ao Lie saw Zhang Rang's gesture, straightened his clothes, and then walked towards the hall with his head held high.

After entering the main hall, Ao Lie did not squint, and walked straight towards Liu Hong with a lofty spirit, and every time he took three steps, he would stand still with his feet and bow to Liu Hong; After every three bows, he will kneel on the ground, kowtow to Liu Hong, and say loudly in the air: "General Huwei, the marquis of Zhongyi, lead the right Beiping Taishou Ao Lie, and knock to see the saint." ”

After saying it three times in a row, after completing the three bows and nine bows, Ao Lie had already come to the center of the main hall, thirty steps away from Liu Hong's dragon chair. You can already clearly see Liu Hong's appearance. He was about forty years old, but his face was tired, apparently because he had been overly drunk in the past, which had caused his body to be weak.

At the same time that Ao Lie looked at Liu Hong, Liu Hong was also observing Ao Lie, to be precise, since Ao Lie entered the main hall for the first time, Liu Hong had been looking at Ao Lie, and he had not looked away for a moment. Seeing Ao Lie's majestic spirit, handsome face, and walking with dragon and tiger steps, without squinting, Liu Hong gave Ao Lie a full first impression score in his heart.

After waiting for Ao Lie to meticulously bow three times and bow nine times, the smile on Liu Hong's face became even stronger.

In contrast to Liu Hong, there are a number of civil and military ministers, and hundreds of ministers except for Cai Yong and Ao Lie's own brother Liu He, the rest of the ministers are shocked! No one could have imagined that the mighty frontier, General Huwei and the Marquis of Zhongyi, who are known as the little overlords, would be so young. Even if there were rumors that Ao Lie was only a teenager, it was one thing to hear about it, and it was another thing to actually meet. Looking at Ao Lie's handsome face, everyone couldn't help but sigh at Ao Lie's youth from the bottom of their hearts, but whether this exclamation contained admiration or jealousy, or other ulterior thoughts, only each person's heart understands.

Liu Hong said loudly to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military: "Look at it, this is the Huwei general who shocked the northern frontier of my Han Dynasty and made the Huns and Wuhuan people fearful!" Look at what a young hero my imperial nephew is! ”

Liu Hong's words made a large number of ministers and ministers who were waiting for death to do nothing lower their arrogant heads.

With a smile on his face, Liu Hong said to Ao Lie: "Imperial nephew, speaking of which, today is the first time I have seen you, although Qing has changed his surname, but what flows in his body is still the blood of my ancestor. ”

Ao Lie knelt on the ground and didn't get up, and after hearing Liu Hong's words, he bowed his head and kowtowed: "The nephew deeply feels the emperor's grace, and he will definitely drain the last drop of blood on his body for my Han Sheji!" ”

"Listen, listen! This is my nephew! This is what the Great Han Nengchen should say! Liu Hong's wine-colored hollowed out body unexpectedly burst out with a little bit of blood.

After a pause, Liu Hong said again: "I am ready to preside over the wedding ceremony for the emperor's nephew in person ten days later, and hold a big ceremony in the palace of the relatives. ”

As soon as Liu Hong said this, the whole hall was shocked! Having a wedding in the palace? Or should the son of today personally officiate the marriage? What kind of treatment is this? Not to mention the emperor's nephew, even the prince rarely has such treatment! It seems that Emperor Ling really likes Ao Lie, the imperial nephew.

Ao Lie bowed again: "The nephew Xie Sheng's great grace!" ”

Liu Hongha smiled and said: "Get up, I am happy today, you can stand by my side, stay for a while, after the end of the early dynasty, I will go to the apse to talk about the friendship of uncles and nephews, and then Zhenjun will also come together." ”

Ao Lie and Liu He saluted at the same time and agreed.

The Manchu Dynasty was shocked again, this can no longer be described by favor, when Ao Lie's eldest brother Liu and Liu Zhenjun entered Beijing, there was no such treatment, could it be that this Ao Lie Ao Mohan is the illegitimate son of the saint? Many ministers with dirty minds secretly thought in their hearts.

Standing at the top of the ranks of military generals, the general He Jin is very unhappy in his heart, as a first-class general, he monopolizes the power of the soldiers and horses in the DPRK, and now there is an Ao Lie from the right Beiping, and he immediately compares himself, if he lets Ao Lie stay in Luoyang for a few more days, wouldn't there be no room for his own development?

So, He Jin glanced at Wenchen's train, found a minister who secretly took refuge in him, and motioned to him with his eyes to embarrass Ao Lie.

The minister who was hinted at by He Jin was named Wang Ze, and his official position was Huangmen Ling. After Wang Ze saw He Jin's hint, he thought about it a little, and went out of the class to play: "Qi Shengshang, today I can see the tiger power of General Huwei, and the minister is also very happy in his heart, the minister has long heard that General Huwei is not only brave, but also outstanding in writing, and has done "Flying General Order", "From the Army" and "Dengyouzhou Taiwan Song" and other masterpieces, why don't you ask Ao Huwei to compose a poem by the saint today?" ”

He Jin secretly gave Wang Ze a thumbs up, to be honest, he didn't believe that Ao Lie, who was only sixteen years old, could make any good poems. In the past, those masterpieces that were recited by the world must have been written by others.

Not only He Jin thinks so, but most ministers also think so, just imagine, a young man who is just sixteen years old, not only has the name of a little overlord with outstanding martial arts, but also has outstanding strategy, and has repeatedly defeated the Huns and Wuhuan with tricks, and is even more brilliant, and has successively made masterpieces that the world can recite, how is this possible? A person's energy is limited, even if he is knowledgeable, there is always a focus, who can do this to Ao Lie, whether it is martial arts strategy or poetry, can reach the peak level?

Ao Lie looked at Wang Ze, smiled indifferently, and asked loudly: "Dare to ask this envoy, but do you suspect that a certain poem is a ghostwriting work?" ”

Unexpectedly, Ao Lie asked his question so bluntly in front of the saint and the civil and military officials, Wang Ze hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Xia Guan didn't mean this, he was just curious and curious for a while. ”

He Jin saw Ao Lie open his mouth to question Wang Ze, and even more decided in his heart that Ao Lie was just pretending to be someone else's masterpiece to swagger and deceive in exchange for fame, so he went out of the class and said: "This general is a martial artist and does not know poetry, but I also want to appreciate Ao Huwei's masterpieces to cultivate sentiment, and ask General Huwei to compose a poem." ”

Ao Lie had long noticed the small movements between He Jin and Wang Ze, and secretly classified Wang Ze into the ranks of He Jin's lackeys in his heart. Seeing He Jin helping Wang Ze break the siege and besieging himself together, he affirmed the thoughts in his heart.

A hint of a smile rose on Ao Lie's face, composing poetry? Hehe, if compared to others, Ao Lie may still have a little worry, but when it comes to poetry, will he, a time-traveler more than 2,000 years later, still be afraid? How many good poems have been accumulated in the 5,000-year-old cultural precipitation of China? Take out any song, it's enough for these people in front of you to revel in it.

With a light smile, Ao Lie said to Liu Hong: "Since this is the case, please ask the saint to make a proposition." ”

Liu Hong was originally dissatisfied with Wang Ze and He Jin's behavior, after all, he had just treated Ao Lie well, and these two had to work against him, in case Ao Lie couldn't make poems, or the poems he made were unsightly, wouldn't he embarrass himself? But when he saw Ao Lie's confident look, a trace of expectation rose in his heart, and he also wanted to weigh where the limit of Ao Lie's imperial nephew was.

So Liu Hong said: "The emperor's nephew has been guarding the border for a long time, and he has shocked the northern Xinjiang, so he will compose a poem on the theme of battlefield fighting." ”

Ao Lie lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and recited aloud: "The name of the word is full of Jianghong." Angry hair rushed to the crown by the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest, raised eyes, looked up to the sky and roared, strong and fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad"

He Jin and Wang Ze, who were originally looking like watching a good show, couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw Ao Lie's exit into chapters, and they were stunned on the spot. The rest of the ministers also put away their questioning expressions as Ao Lie recited, and instead showed a look of intoxication and appreciation.

Man Jianghong continued to be read out of Ao Lie's mouth: "Driving a long car to break through, Helan Mountain is lacking!" Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. Stay from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky! ”

A song was made by Manjianghong, and the ministers of the palace were silent. He Jin's face was as ugly as it was, he wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate Ao Lie, but he didn't expect to lift a stone and hit his own feet, but it was Ao Lie! Look at the gods of civil and military affairs in the hall, even some people who secretly took refuge in themselves all showed intoxicated looks, shaking their heads and savoring the meaning of Ao Lie's poems.

"Good! The emperor's nephew is worthy of both civil and military affairs! Good words! Liu Hong was the first to shout.

Zhang Rang, who was standing behind Liu Hong, saw He Jin deflated, and his face sank. After fighting openly and secretly for so long, Zhang Rang and He Jin have already formed a personal feud, and Zhang Rang will be very happy about everything that makes He Jin lose face. But today is an exception, because it was not him Zhang Rang who made He Jin lose face, but Ao Lie, who was being watched by everyone at the moment!

After thinking for a while, Zhang Rang thought of a poisonous plan, so he walked to Liu Hong's side, and deliberately raised his voice a little and said: "Qi Shengshang, Ao Huwei is really a civil and military all-rounder. The saint is so happy today, why don't you let Ao Huwei make another masterpiece to help the saint be interested. ”

Liu Hong usually favors Zhang Rang very much, and when he saw Zhang Rang bring it up, it was not easy to refute it, so he asked with a smile: "The emperor's nephew is a great talent, all the secretaries can see it, how can it be difficult to get him to write poetry like this?" You don't have to do it again. ”

Taifu Yuan Kui came out of the class and said: "Playing the sage, the old minister has a proposal, it is better to let Ao Huwei take the scenery of Youzhou as the theme and make a poem praising the sage of the sage, but there should be no Youzhou scenery, sage and other bytes in the sentence. ”

After hearing Yuan Kui's words, a group of civil and military ministers scratched their heads, where is this poetry, this is obviously difficult, to make poems with two themes related to each other in a moment, and the proposition cannot be said in the sentence, even if it is a few years, it may not be able to do it, let alone in the blink of an eye?

Liu He couldn't listen anymore, and asked Yuan Kui out of class: "Dare to ask Taifu, can Taifu himself make such poems in a moment?" If not, why bother with it? ”

Yuan Kui smiled and said, "The old man really can't make such poems." But in the past, the old man once heard the words of Cui Jiqi, the Taishou of Zhuo County, that there is only one stone in the world, and Ao Huwei has eight fights! Judging by this statement, Ao Huwei must be able to do it. ”

It turns out that the problem is here, no wonder this Yuan Kui wants to embarrass himself, it's just because he doesn't accept his own evaluation that he is Gao Badou, this Yuan Kui is a Taifu, ranked as the third public, but he is so narrow-minded, it is really not worthy of the name, no wonder Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers are narrow-minded, it turns out to be Suigen!

Stopping the eldest brother Liu He, who was still arguing, Ao Lie said lightly: "Since it is Mrs. Yuan who makes the question, Lie Zi has nothing to do." Let someone meditate for a moment. After speaking, he slowly walked a few steps in the hall with his head down, thinking about which poem to use to deal with the problem in front of him.

Looking at Ao Lie's thoughtful look, there are people in the hall who gloat, there are people who secretly sweat for Ao Lie, and there are people who meditate hard to write a poem in response to the proposition, and there are all kinds of people, all the same.

After walking seven steps, a poem suddenly flashed in Ao Lie's mind, which was a song made by the great people of the founding of the country in later generations. After a slight modification, Ao Lie recited aloud: "The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice and snow. Looking at the inside and outside of the Great Wall, there is only recklessness, the river is suddenly surging, and the mountain dances the silver snake and the wax elephant, wanting to compete with the heavens! It must be a sunny day, and look at the red makeup, which is extraordinarily enchanting. **, leading countless heroes to bend their waists! Xiyao Shunyu soup, slightly lost literary style; Five tyrants and seven heroes, slightly less coquettish; A generation of Tianjiao Western Chu overlords, only know how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. When he recited the last sentence of the Tao, Ao Lie turned to face Liu Hong again, and then bowed to Liu Hong and saluted: "Go to the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present dynasty!" ”

Suddenly, the whole hall became audible. Everyone held their breath and looked at Ao Lie in their eyes, in addition to disbelief, it was still incredulous. Is this human? Is this a poem that humans can think of? This is pure rhythm against the sky!

Some ministers loyal to the Han family looked at Ao Lie's gaze, and gradually turned from disbelief to amazement, and then from amazement to ardent expectation! They seem to see a prodigy on the rise. In the future, this prodigy will definitely be able to reorganize the rivers and mountains!

They also firmly believe that from this moment on, it will not be long before Ao Lie's name will definitely be famous in Jingshi!

After the court meeting, Liu Hong took Ao Lie and Liu He to the back hall to talk. After Liu Hong sat down, Ao Lie and Liu He knelt down together and said, "Nephew Liu He (Ao Lie), meet the saint." ”

Liu Hongxi smiled and said: "Excuse me, under the court, I and the two imperial nephews are uncles and nephews, so there is no need to make a big salute." ”

Liu He and Ao Lie stood up and stood in front of Liu Hong.

After taking a sip of tea, Liu Hong looked at the two brothers and said: "I called you here today, not only for the gift of my uncle and nephew, in fact, there are some things that I really want to find someone to talk to, but looking around at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there is no one who can talk to me about my heart." After a pause, Liu Hong sighed again, sighed and said: "I was originally just an inconspicuous desecration of the imperial family, when the first emperor died, the general Dou Wu dictatorship, his daughter Empress Dowager Dou listened to the government in the court, and put me on the throne of the Son of Heaven, in the early years of my succession, I was like a puppet, I had no real power at all, so I had to indulge in wine. Later, Dou Wu died, and I returned to the government, but in the first half of my life, I was addicted to lust and couldn't extricate myself, which led to the struggle between my relatives and eunuchs for power, and now most of the power in my hands is divided between the two parties, so although I repented and wanted to revive the dynasty, I was really powerless. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Hong's voice was a little choked, Ao Lie and Liu He glanced at each other, their brother didn't expect Liu Hong's mind to be so delicate to this extent, and he grasped the flow of the dark tide in the DPRK so accurately. It's not at all something that a genius who indulges in wine every day can do.

Seeing the subtle changes on Liu He's brothers' faces, Liu Hong smiled bitterly and continued: "I know in my heart how people in the world, even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty evaluate me in their hearts, I have indeed done all kinds of ridiculous things before, but I have felt that my body has become heavier and heavier in recent years, so I secretly ordered the imperial doctor to diagnose me, after the diagnosis, those imperial doctors refused to tell the truth, and I knew that my life would not be long, but I couldn't just leave like this, otherwise I would not be able to explain to my ancestors and ancestors." ”

The gaze turned to Ao Lie, and Liu Hong said in a low voice: "The sentence I asked Wu Xu to bring you is my edict, after I die, you and Xie'er will govern my Han Dynasty together, and in the future, I will also order Xie'er to treat you like a brother." Before Xie'er grows up, I can only pretend to continue to indulge in alcohol and continue to destroy my body in order to confuse the eyes and ears of both parties. ”

Liu He and Ao Lie listened to Liu Hong's words, and felt that Liu Hong was no longer a dignified man at the moment, but had become an ordinary middle-aged man, who was making the most difficult efforts for his son and for the family business left by his ancestors.

The two brothers knelt on the ground, and said at the same time: "I, the two brothers, will definitely do our best, do our best to support the prince's association, and will not regret it until death!" ”

Liu Hong's face finally showed a heartfelt smile, looking at the two nephews kneeling in front of him, his heart finally settled down, stood up and pulled Liu and his brother one by one, pulled them up separately, and said earnestly: "In the future, the Jiangshan Sheji of the Han Dynasty will be handed over to you." ”