When Huo Guang returned home, most of the ministers of the DPRK and China also returned to their homes. Tomato △□.net ○ --'.'f'q- But today there are several other ministers in Lu Bode's mansion, including Zhu Maichen, He Yi and Yang Fu, as well as several Qianshi officials.

"Now it's inconvenient for Hou Ye to go there for the time being, Fu Lihou, you have an idea, what should we people do next?" Yang Servant was upright, so he was the first to speak.

Lu Bode motioned for everyone to sit down, and did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before saying: "With my understanding of Hou Ye, Hou Ye has always done things without leakage, and everyone can see things in the court today, although the results are somewhat unexpected, but I have always been calm when I watch Hou Ye." Although I don't understand why Hou Ye did this, I guess there must be a reason for Hou Ye. I think since Master Hou didn't ask us to do anything, everything is as usual, how it was before and how it will be in the future. ”

"Do we want to send someone to contact some Hou Ye privately?" Zhu Maichen was born as a civil official, and he didn't act like a military general, so he added.

"I don't think so, if there is a need, Master Hou will notify us. And on the way back, I carefully recalled everything that happened in the court today, and I still can't figure it out, why did His Majesty give Hou Ye a deadline of half a year not to go to court? This represents what happens in half a year? Or will something happen in half a year? "Lu Bode was relied on by Huo Quzhi and Huo Guang successively, and he naturally has outstanding features, and he can also quickly find some clues that are difficult for ordinary people to find.

"Now that the position of the third prince of the court is vacant, and there are many factions, how can we deal with ourselves in this day when the marquis is not there?" A Qianshi official asked.

Nowadays, in order to compete for the position of prime minister and imperial doctor, there have been more than ten forces of no less than one size, although most of these forces are short-term alliances. But in the days that followed, a lot of fighting between these forces would surely break out in the court. And these people will become the targets of co-optation or exclusion and suppression.

"This matter is simple, we stayed neutral when Hou Ye was in the past, but now Hou Ye is temporarily gone, let's do business as usual. Who is the prime minister, who is the imperial historian, what do we have to do? Besides, even if Hou Ye is not in the court for the time being, not everyone can handle it, don't forget that there is also a Jing Zhaoyin who is also our person! Lu Bode has been fighting for many years, and when he speaks, he has a momentum, and when he said this, not only Yang Fu and the others nodded slightly, but even the officials of the few thousand stones also thought it was true.

Although Huo Guang can't go to the court for the time being, Lu Bode is right, they are still a force to be reckoned with in the court, you must know that Lu Bode and Zhu Maichen are already ranked in Jiuqing, and Yang Servant He Yi is also an important minister of two thousand stones, and these two people may enter the Jiuqing at any time, plus a very powerful Jingzhao Yin Du Yannian, and a large number of middle and lower-level officials who are attached to Huo Guang's lineage, even if this force is used to compete for the position of prime minister, it has a few chances of winning, not to mention that it is just self-protection in the court?

Today's Chang'an City, not only the dignitaries of the Lu Bode Mansion gathered. Many other ministers' mansions were secretly discussed, among which Sang Hongyang's mansion also gathered more than ten courtiers, among which there was even a young prince Wang Yong, one of the nine kings in the same rank. Sang Hongyang didn't know when he formed an alliance with this Wang Yong, and the officials under his command formed a large force in the court.

"Although the Great Farmer Order made Huo Guang lose his official position today, he also completely tore his face with Huo Guang, although this person has temporarily lost power, but His Majesty's attitude is intriguing, I am afraid it will be a big disaster in the future!" Wang Yong said with some concern, he didn't have anything to do with Huo Guang, but now although Huo Guang has lost power, his power still exists, which makes Wang Yong have to worry.

"Haha, Shao Fuqing is too worried, how can this Huo Guang fall so easily. But it's okay, in fact, the official has already seen it in the court, and His Majesty doesn't really mean to punish Huo Guang. But how old is Huo Guang now? But in his early twenties, if he is allowed to win a few more battles, how will His Majesty seal him? Our Majesty has passed the age of no confusion, if Huo Guang is allowed to go down, how can Your Majesty feel at ease in the future? Today, I stood up and made a clear stand against Huo Guang, which is actually exactly what His Majesty wants to see. As long as Huo Guang doesn't die, the official will have no worries in the future. Sang Hongyang said with a look of wisdom beads in his hand.

Wang Yong's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood, and looked at Sang Hongyang with admiration and said: "The Great Agricultural Order means that although His Majesty has no intention of punishing Huo Guang, he needs an existence to balance Huo Guang, and that person is the Great Agricultural Order you?" Haha, so it seems that the day of the great farmer's ascension is not far away. ”

"Congratulations to the Great Farmer Order, congratulations to the Great Farmer Order." Some other officials have made peace. Sang Hongyang is also high-spirited, and he has not been so happy physically and mentally for many years.

In the back house of the Marquis of Anyang, Huo Tang had already stood up, looked at Huo Guang in disbelief, and said in a trance: "Second brother is saying that you arranged for Du Zhou to find someone to impeach yourself?" ”

"Remember what I said to you when I was in South Vietnam? Sometimes taking a step back is not to admit defeat, but to exchange for more space and let yourself take the initiative. But this time it was cheaper than Sang Hongyang, and I'm afraid that he should be on the road in the next days. Huo Guang sat on the stool and said with a relaxed face, as if he had just confirmed that sentence at this moment, and he was unofficial and light.

"But the second brother can obviously give up on me to protect himself, and His Majesty doesn't intend to punish you. This position of the great general Sima Pingnan has more weight than the prime minister and the imperial doctor. Huo Tang was still very puzzled, in her opinion, even if Huo Guang arranged the scene of impeachment of himself, there was no reason to really hand over his power on his own initiative.

"Have you forgotten what Your Majesty's greatest scruple about me is?" Huo Guang looked at Huo Tang with a smile and asked.

"If you use the second brother again, you can't seal it? If you don't use the second brother, you will make it difficult for Your Majesty to sleep? Huo Tang remembered the situation that Huo Guang analyzed a few days ago.

Huo Guang nodded at Huo Tang, then poured a cup of tea and handed it to Huo Tang, and then continued: "I impeached myself to find a reason for Your Majesty to take back my rights, but I didn't expect Sang Hongyang to jump out at that time. And when Sang Hongyang planted a gap between me and His Majesty, and His Majesty didn't even plan to take back my rights, at that moment I knew that His Majesty was really wary of me. At that time, I can only calculate the plan, but you will have to bear a lot of criticism in the future! ”

Huo Guang's words explained the rapidly changing situation in the court at that time from another angle, but there were several key changes in it, neither Lu Bode nor Sang Hongyang found it, only Huo Guang and Emperor Wu of Han knew it in their hearts.

"Second brother, please forgive my little sister for being stupid, I still don't understand." Rao is based on Huo Tang's intelligence, and Huo Guang has already mentioned it, she still understands the three things.

"Hehe, then let me ask you, what is my weakness in your opinion, second brother?" Huo Guang did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically again.

Huo Tang looked at Huo Guang curiously, and thought about Huo Guang's shortcomings in his heart. Although no one is perfect, and Huo Guang is not a perfect person, it is really impossible to say that Huo Guang has any fatal flaws for a while. After thinking for a while, Huo Tang said: "There seem to be some, but these shouldn't affect the second brother or anything." Xiaomei really doesn't understand. ”

"Then you say, does Your Majesty want to use someone who even he can't control, or someone who has an Achilles' heel that is easier to control?" Huo Guang asked rhetorically again, this time the problem was already very obvious.

"Did the second brother deliberately make His Majesty think that the weakness and weakness of the second brother were his own family?" Huo Tang somewhat understood that Huo Guang did not hesitate to challenge the bottom line of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty above the court, which was exposing his Achilles' heel. And let Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty know Huo Guang's Achilles heel, even if Sang Hongyang planted the suspicion between Huo Guang's monarchs and ministers in the heart of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, under the condition of mastering Huo Guang's family, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can still use Huo Guang boldly and confidently.

"It's not deliberately exposed, and this is really my weakness, the most important thing in my eyes is not power or wealth, but this family! You are also a member of this family, if Your Majesty really wants to kill you, then you have to kill me first! Huo Guang shook his head and said affectionately.

"Second brother...... I'm sorry......." Seeing Huo Guang's true feelings revealed, without the slightest hint of hypocrisy, Huo Tang bowed his knees to Huo Guang, lowered his head and said regretfully.

Huo Guang hurriedly got up, took Huo Tang's hand and helped her up, then gently patted her shoulder, and said softly: "The family doesn't need to say I'm sorry." ”

Huo Tang's tears couldn't help flowing out again, but they were not the previous self-blame and grievances, but the tears of happiness and warmth.

"Silly girl, her face is crying, isn't this beautiful." Huo Guang stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Huo Tang's face, and said half-seriously, half-jokingly.

"Since Your Majesty has been wary of the second brother, do you want to send someone to inform Cong Anhou?" The knot in his heart was opened, Huo Tang regained his former wisdom again, and soon thought about Huo Guang. Now Shanglin Yuan is still stationed with more than 20,000 elites brought back by Huo Guang's southern expedition, these people are still under the command of Shangguan Ji, most of them are slaves into an army, and they can be said to be loyal to Huo Guang.

"No need, although Shangguan Ji seems to be reckless, he is actually a person who can hide things in his heart, if he messes up with this little thing, I will not hand over this elite to him in the first place." Huo Guang understood what Huo Tang meant, she was afraid that Shangguan Ji would do something impulsive when she knew the news of her debasement, but Huo Guang had already considered these things.

"There is another thing, the little sister is a little unclear, why did His Majesty set a six-month deadline for the second brother?" Huo Tang soon discovered that it was unusual for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to let Huo Guang be a guest doctor for half a year, and made it clear that Huo Guang did not need to go to court for half a year, which meant that Huo Guang could go to court after half a year.

Hearing this, Huo Guang just turned around slowly, and looked out through the window, as if he was seeing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in Weiyang Palace, Huo Guang pondered for a moment before he said leisurely: "Because after half a year....... Your Majesty wants to seal Mount Tai ......"