Chapter 4: First Meeting of My Brother

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Huo Guang wanted to leave a good impression in Huo Quzhi's heart for the first time, but Huo Guang knew that according to the historical development of Huo Qubing at this time to return to Pingyang County, the time should be the historical Han Wu Emperor Yuanjia four years, and the main purpose of this trip Huo Qubing is to participate in the famous Battle of Mobei, in which the Han Empire won a complete victory, so that the Xiongnu no longer have the power to go south, so there was a situation of 'no royal court in Monan'.

At this moment, Huo Qu's illness appeared in Pingyang, in fact, he came by the way. Huo Guang knew that the 'Battle of Mobei' was actually the last large-scale war against the Xiongnu by the Han Empire, and if he could take this opportunity to follow Huo Qubing to gain military merits, then he would be able to ascend to the throne earlier and faster than the historical process.

Of course, the most important reason why Huo Guang made this plan was that he knew that Huo Quzhi actually had less than two years to live. If Huo Qubing can live a few more years, with the prestige and status of this brother, Huo Guang does not have to worry about his career. In history, although Huo Guang was also the power of the government and the opposition in the end, but in the first ten years, Huo Guang was cautious and walked on thin ice everywhere, although the evaluation in the history books was due to Huo Guang's character, but now Huo Guang knows in his heart that a very important factor in this must be his lack of a backer in the court.

"I'm only twelve or thirteen years old now, how can I get my brother to agree to go to Mobei with the army?" Although Huo Guang has a heart, he also knows that this matter is not something that can be facilitated by his wishful thinking, and everything depends on his brother who has never met.

Huo Guang locked himself in a small room, thinking about what he should say when he saw Huo Quai, but on the other hand, he was anxiously waiting. However, the more Huo Guang waited, the more wrong he felt, and when he thought of Huo Zhongru's expression in the past few days, Huo Guang suddenly remembered that Huo Zhongru had never dared to admit that Huo Quzhi was born of his fornication with Wei Shao'er, that is to say, Huo Zhongru was actually very worried that Huo Quzhi would retaliate against him, so when Huo Quzhi met Huo Zhongru for the first time, Huo Zhongru probably didn't take him with him in order to protect Huo Guang.

"No, I have to go to the county office. It seems that the father was summoned by the Pingyang Marquis Mansion in history, and the father happened to be in the Yamen at this time. Huo Guang didn't stay anymore when he understood this, and quickly ran towards the Pingyang County Ya, fortunately, Huo Guang had been to the county Ya yesterday afternoon, and he still remembered how to get to the county Ya from his home, and he ran outside the county Ya after a while.

Pingyang County still looks deserted outside, and it is impossible for Huo Guang, a half-grown child, to break in directly, even if his father works in the county office. At this time, Huo Guang was most worried that the people from the Pingyang Hou Mansion had come to the county government to pick up his father, but Huo Guang should not have calculated the time so quickly.

Because Zhen Youcai told Huo Guang that it was not less than half an hour for the army of the champion Hou to go to the Hou Mansion of Pingyang, although Huo Guang did not know where the Hou Mansion of Pingyang was, but if he wanted to go to the Hou Mansion of Pingyang when Huo Qu was sick, he had to be polite with the Hou of Pingyang first, and then the Hou Mansion of Pingyang would send someone to the county government to pick up his father, since the county government is still deserted now.

Huo Guang's mood was still a little anxious, and he kept walking back and forth in front of the county office. Now he has a lot of thoughts in his heart, not only is he curious about Huo Qu's disease, but he also wonders if his crossing will change the established development of history, and even whether a completely different Huo Guang will change the history of the entire Han Empire?

"Tick...... Tick ......" Huo Guang, who was pondering, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves and carriages turning from a distance. Huo Guang looked up and saw several tall horses appearing at one end of the street, and the people riding the horses were all dressed in brown armor, and there was a carriage after these horses, and a flag fluttered on the carriage, and the words 'Pingyang Hou' were written in Han Li.

"It's coming!" Huo Guang's spirits perked up, and the carriage of the 'Pingyang Hou' banner showed that this group of people was here to pick up his father.

Several guards from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion and the carriage stopped directly in front of the county yamen, and those guards didn't even look at Huo Guang, and one of the leading guards strode up the steps of the county ya.

"On the order of the Marquis of Pingyang, please ask Huo Zhongru, the county magistrate, to go to the Hou Mansion, and then go and call Huo Zhongru as soon as possible." The guard who was the leader relied on himself to be from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and he didn't have a good face for the county officials.

Of course, with the status of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, these guards do have such capital, you must know that the contemporary Pingyang Marquis Cao Xiang is not only a marquis of ten thousand households, but his biological mother is also the closest sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the famous 'Pingyang Princess' of the Western Han Dynasty, and Cao Xiang herself is also a general with real power. And Huo Guang also knew that it was the battle of Mobei that was about to break out, and Cao Xiang, the Marquis of Pingyang, was also named the rear general, and followed Huo Qu to attack the Xiongnu out of Daijun.

Huo Guang cautiously approached the yamen, and soon saw a person hurriedly running out of the yamen, it was none other than his father Huo Zhongru. At this moment, Huo Zhongru probably guessed the intention of the guards of the Pingyang Hou Mansion, and his face looked a little bad, but when the Pingyang Hou summoned him, he had to come out hard.

"Daddy!" Huo Guang jumped up the steps of the county government and ran in front of Huo Zhongru. Huo Guang's sudden appearance made Huo Zhongru frown, and he shouted in a low voice: "You are not staying at home, what are you doing here?" ”

"Huo Zhongru, who is this kid? My lord is still waiting for you! The chief of the guard asked a little impatiently, if it weren't for the fact that the Marquis of Pingyang should not snub Huo Zhongru before leaving, the chief of the guard planned to tie him up directly, and now Huo Guang suddenly ran out of the delay, although he didn't have a seizure, he was very unhappy in his heart.

"This is my uncompetitive child, the child is not sensible, I will let him go back, and please wait a while!" Huo Zhongru said with a smile on his face, because the imperial court had just issued an order to make Cao Xiang, the Marquis of Pingyang, the queen general, and his guards had also changed into serving under the tent, and now he also had a military position, so it was reasonable for Huo Zhongru to call him an adult.

"Is the father going to drive the child away? Even if there is a big thing, my father and son should bear it together, and if something happens to the father, where can the child go? Without waiting for Huo Zhongru to speak, Huo Guang said something first. As soon as these words came out, Huo Zhongru was slightly stunned, and together with the guards of Pingyang Hou standing next to him, they didn't know what the two fathers and sons were doing.

In Huo Zhongru's eyes, his child has always been ordinary, and there is nothing surprising about it, but although today's words are simple, they are not like what a twelve or thirteen-year-old child can say, the key is that Huo Guang's words just spoke to Huo Zhongru's heart. Indeed, if Huo Qubing really wants to embarrass his family, hiding at home will not have the slightest effect.

"How is it good to grind? You two hurry up and get in the car, Master Hou is busy with military affairs now, and he doesn't have much time to waste on you. Without waiting for Huo Zhongru to speak, the guard chief said first.

As soon as the guard's voice fell, Huo Guang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran to the carriage and said, "Father, please get in the car." ”

On the carriage, Huo Guang and Huo Zhongru, the father and son, looked at each other, this was the first time Huo Guang stared at his father seriously, but he wanted to see what was the difference between the father who gave birth to Huo Quzhi and Huo Guang, the two legends of the Han Dynasty. But Huo Zhongru felt as if he didn't know his child, and felt that Huo Guang's child had become strange all of a sudden, but fortunately, Huo Zhongru didn't have much suspicion, just thought that Huo Guang had suddenly grown up.

Most of the carriages in the Western Han Dynasty were still like the Warring States Period, and there were no carriages for later generations, and the carriages moved forward in the spring breeze, and the father and son were in different moods. Huo Zhongru is still worried, but Huo Guang feels that the future is infinite, even if he does not change history step by step, at least he will be prosperous, rich and powerful in his lifetime. Look at this father again, although he doesn't have the air of a king, but his face is really good!

Soon the carriage turned out of Pingyang County, because this was the first time out of the city, Huo Guang didn't know where the Pingyang Hou Mansion was, but looking at this situation, the Hou Mansion was definitely not in the county seat. Until the carriage out of the city, it has been traveling on a stone road, it seems that the Pingyang Hou Mansion is not too far from the county seat, and this road is likely to be specially built for the Pingyang Hou Mansion.

Sure enough, when the carriage traveled about five or six miles away, Huo Guang saw two stone Hanque towering on both sides of the stone road, and in the distance, a huge mansion was hidden behind the shade of the trees.

Huo Guang knew that although the Western Han Dynasty still retained the system of the Hou State, the so-called country was just a place where the princes gave food. Especially in the period of Emperor Wu, although there was a name for the country, the princes only had the right to govern the people, so except for the princes who received the actual position, the others were only rich and noble. This is also the reason why the fief of Pingyang Hou is in Pingyang County, and the Pingyang County Ya is subordinate to Hedong County.

Just looking at the grandeur of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, whether it is rich or powerful, a liehou, especially the Marquis of Wanhu, is worthy of being the top upper-class figure in this era.

Huo Guang didn't have time to appreciate the Pingyang Hou Mansion carefully, so he was sent directly into the Hou Mansion by carriage, and then under the leadership of the guards, the father and son were led directly to the Hou Mansion. Because the Hou of Pingyang, who has a county fief, his Hou Mansion is also an administrative body, and there is also a place for the office of the subordinate officials in the front yard of the Hou Mansion, not to mention that the Hou of Pingyang is still leading the post of general, and now there are a lot of military affairs that need to be taken care of by the Hou of Pingyang.

was not led to the front yard of the Hou Mansion, which means that it is indeed not a business matter, so it must be to meet Huo Quai. Huo Guang subconsciously tugged at the short brown on his body, took a deep breath and followed behind Huo Zhongru.

"Qi Hou Ye, the county official Huo Zhongru brought it." Outside a palatial hall, the guards bowed down and gave an in-house announcement.

"Come in, please." Soon a middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room, although the voice was majestic and always high, but the words were still very polite.

Hearing this, the guards pushed open the hall door and turned sideways to invite Huo Zhongru and Huo Guang in. Huo Guang estimated that the person who spoke out just now should be Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang, not his brother Huo Quai. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the hall, Huo Guang saw two people sitting side by side on the main seat, one was about thirty years old, and the other was about twenty years old, both of them were wearing satin deep clothes and long crowns. Needless to say, the older one is Pingyang Hou Caoxiang, and the younger one is the champion Hou Huo.

Huo Guang mainly focused on Huo Quzhi, Huo Guang found that this legendary figure in history, the young military god, really looked a little similar to himself, but Huo Quzhi's domineering and bloody body was something Huo Guang did not have, even if he was not wearing armor, sitting there made people feel iron-blooded!