Chapter 82: Lady Xian
As soon as this thought came out, Huo Guang himself was taken aback. If this is really the intention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, then this is more practical than what the feudal marquis, if Huo Guang is old enough to be Li Guang's age, maybe the temptation of the feudal marquis will be more than this talisman, but with Huo Guang's current age, this talisman is simply countless times better than the marquis.
You must know that there is an opportunity after the feudal marquis, but not everyone has a chance to take charge of the military power, even most of the princes are impossible. And in this way, Huo Guang doesn't have to be too dazzling at all, it is a shocking thing to be a teenager and become a marquis, but holding the Tiger Talisman of the Period Gate Army, in the words of later generations, is a low-key pretence, which is in line with Huo Guang's current situation.
Sometimes a question is figured out, and many doubts are naturally understood, when Huo Guang thought that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty might have intended to grant himself the Tiger Talisman of the Period Gate, another problem that had been bothering Huo Guang was solved, that is, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not revoke his official position in the Cao servants after sealing Huo Guang's Chang'an order?
At this time, Huo Guang also had to admire the foresight of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, of course, the premise of all this was that Huo Guang's guess was correct. If Huo Guang uses the identity of Chang'an Ling to mobilize the period gate army with the tiger talisman, it is the behavior of the magistrate, but if it is the identity transfer of the Cao servants, it can be understood as the instruction of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because the Cao servants are the inner court officials, and their words and deeds often represent the will of the emperor.
If all of Huo Guang's guesses are correct, then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has been protecting Huo Guang from the beginning, and it can be said that every step has laid the foundation for Huo Guang's future development, and even avoided many risks. There has never been such a moment as this, Huo Guang felt that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so cute, of course, this could also be Huo Guang's wishful thinking, but the tiger talisman is still in Huo Guang's arms, which is an undeniable fact.
And Huo Guang knew that it would only take a few days to completely print whether his guess was correct or not, and there was no need for Huo Guang to do anything during this period, just wait for him. Because if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty summons Huo Guang again in the next few days, then no matter what reason Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sees Huo Guang, then Huo Guang must take the initiative to hand over the Tiger Talisman, on the contrary, if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really intends to put the Tiger Talisman in Huo Guang's hands, then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will definitely not summon Huo Guang again in these few days, because it is impossible that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has not remembered it for a few days, and if he does not summon it, this is the accurate signal that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Huo Guang.
Anyway, it will take a few days to know if the tiger talisman is a hidden reward of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so there is no need for Huo Guang to think about anything at this time, there is no need to think about this thing too much. The tiger talisman is not something that anyone can get by finding a way, and the emperor must take the initiative to give it out.
Next, Huo Guang didn't know how he returned to the Hou Mansion, anyway, the first thing he did after returning to the mansion was to fall asleep. Huo Guang naturally didn't know that after he withdrew from the Yilan Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not leave immediately, and neither Mrs. Wang nor the palace maids went back immediately.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stood up, walked to the historian, and picked up the bamboo slips on the desk casually. At this moment, these bamboo slips are still one by one, and they have not yet had time to make a book with horn hemp rope. It stands to reason that the emperor should not ask about the things recorded by the historians, but if you just look at it, it doesn't hurt, of course, there are unwritten rules in later generations, and the emperor can't check the living notes, but the specific implementation is unknown!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty checked each piece of bamboo slips one by one, and finally he finished reading all the contents of the bamboo slips, but he was still dragging a piece in his hand. And there is only one sentence recorded on this bamboo slip, that is, the sentence that Huo Guang said about the prince Liu Ju. The historian's record is as follows: Emperor Yan and Prince Hong gained and lost, and Chang'an Ling replied, 'The prince is generous and benevolent, the old minister has a lot of reputation for the prince, and the people know that the prince is virtuous, and this society is blessed!' ’
The historian's record is not word for word, but the meaning is complete. This sentence is obviously Huo Guang's support for the prince's words, and if it is recorded, it can also be used as evidence for later generations to support Huo Guang's support for the prince, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty grabbed this bamboo slip, but did not mean to return it to the historian, and at the same time said: "Compile it into a book and forward it to Lantai." ”
"This ......" The historian hesitated a little, because the historian's duty is to accurately record historical facts, although now the historian still does not know which piece of bamboo slips Emperor Wu of Han took away, but each piece of bamboo slips is from him, and he naturally knows that the records on each piece are crucial.
"Still not going down?" Emperor Wu of Han said in a deep voice. There is obviously some unpleasant taste.
"The minister retired." The historian's exit from the Yilan Hall was no slower than Huo Guang just now, and between his life and professional ethics, the Han historian still chose to save his life.
When Emperor Wu of Han was the only one left in the hall, he spread out his palm and took out the bamboo slip that recorded the conversation between him and Huo Guang. Then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty walked to the corner of the wall, pulled out a long sword from a shelf, and the blade of the long sword fell against the bamboo slips, and then scraped it, and all the words on the bamboo slips were erased. Then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty put his long sword into the sheath, and then threw away the blank bamboo slips.
For a whole afternoon, Huo Guang slept unconscious, and he didn't know that Li Yan had come to the Hou Mansion to look for him shortly after he fell asleep. Because of the scene of Chang'an Weiyang made by more than 1,000 Kong Ming lanterns last night, soon the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were witnessed under the deliberate arrangement of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in fact, even the ordinary people of Chang'an, and even the civilians outside Chang'an City also saw it, and Li Yan naturally also witnessed this scene of Chang'an Weiyang, which is known as a vision from the sky.
However, unlike others, Li Yan somewhat guessed that this might be made by Huo Guang, and then thought that Huo Guang had not been seen for more than ten days, which made her even more sure that Huo Guang had made this matter. In the past few days, Li Yan has also come to the Hou Mansion and the county government to look for Huo Guang a few times, after all, the relationship between the two has been clarified, so there is no need to be afraid of any gossip, and even the people in the Hou Mansion have regarded Li Yan as Huo Guang's quasi-wife, but it is unfortunate that Huo Guang has not been able to meet Li Yan in the only two times he returned to the city.
Li Yan heard that Huo Guang was sleeping, and she was very understanding and didn't bother, but because she hadn't seen Huo Guang for too long, she inevitably missed a little, so she didn't plan to leave, but waited for Huo Guang to wake up. Originally, Li Yan was just chatting with Xian'er Lan'er, but then Huo Yan, the little guy, somehow ran to the master of Huo Guang Courtyard, and the three girls played with Huo Huan, the little guy.
Playing with Huo Yan was still very lively and cheerful at first, but later because of Huo Yan's words, Li Yan was always embarrassed. No one remembered what happened, Huo Yan suddenly shouted "second aunt" to Li Yan, which made the young girl stunned at first, and then Xian'er and Lan'er looked at Li Yan and laughed secretly, which made Li Yan extremely embarrassed.
"You little guy has learned to talk nonsense, I think your uncle and nephew are really a virtue!" Li Yan pretended to be slightly angry and said to Huo Yan.
The noise in the courtyard made Huo Guang slowly wake up, but Huo Guang didn't know what was said outside, he only heard the girl's laughter and Huo Huan's cute child's voice.
"Ahh Hou Ye...... The slave maid has seen the Hou Ye. Just when a few people were playing, Huo Quzhi suddenly walked into the yard. Lan'er was the first to find out about Huo Quai's illness, and hurriedly stood in place to salute.
"Li Yan has seen Master Hou!"
"Well, no need to be polite! Is Ah Guang up? Huo Quzhi and Li Yan are no strangers, and even Huo Quzhi knows her relationship with Huo Guang, since the last time Huo Guang was assassinated, Huo Quzhi did not treat Li Yan as an outsider, and even regarded her as his brother-in-law.
Last night, Weiyang Palace's sacrifice to the moon Huo Qu was also present, and he also vaguely felt that this matter was related to Huo Guang at that time. However, Huo Guang didn't return last night, and today Huo Guang didn't come back until the afternoon, and I heard that he went to sleep directly when he came back, and Huo Qu's illness didn't bother, and now he estimated that Huo Guang should have woken up, so he came to talk to Huo Guang.
"Brother, please wait a moment, I'm already awake, I'll come out!" Huo Guang heard Huo Quai's voice outside, and hurriedly said out loud, there was a question he also wanted to discuss with Huo Quai, that is, why Emperor Wu of Han suddenly said that he wanted to be Qi Xiang.
"Daddy, Daddy. The second aunt scolded me just now! Huo Yan trotted a few steps, ran to Huo Quai's body to protect Huo Quai's thigh, and then pointed at Li Yan and said, this is obviously a complaint.
"Oh? Why did she scold you? Huo Quzhi knew that this was just a trick of Huo Yan's child, and it was impossible to think that Li Yan really scolded Huo Yan because of this, but this time it made Li Yan a little dazed.
"Second aunt, she scolded me and my second uncle for being virtuous!" Huo Yan said seriously, after a long time, this little guy didn't know what scolding was, and just now Li Yan pretended to be slightly angry, he thought that Li Yan was scolding him.
"Hahahaha, this isn't your second aunt...... Uh, it's not that she's scolding you, it's praising you for being as smart as your second uncle! Huo Quzhi touched Huo Yan's head, laughed and said, at first he also casually told Li Yan about Huo Yan's second aunt, but then reacted again.
"Really? The second aunt really thinks that Xi'er is smart? Huo Yan became excited all of a sudden, ran away from Huo Quai's side, ran to Li Yan again, raised his head and asked.
"Well, Xi'er is very smart!" Li Yan blushed helplessly and said, he really couldn't tell anything at this time.
"You guys! Who taught him this? How will Yan'er see people in the future? Huo Guang also walked out of the house at this time, and he naturally heard Huo Yan call Li Yan's second aunt.
Huo Guang said that Li Yan was even more embarrassed, but at this time, Huo Quzhi suddenly said a word, which made several people present a surprise.
"What's so embarrassing about this, it's a matter of time anyway, I don't think there's any need to delay this matter any longer, choose a day to do the business of the two of you. Ben Hou will give Lan'er and Xian'er Huo surnames today, from now on you are Li Yan's people, and then you will go back to the house as a wedding maid! No one expected Huo Quzhi to say this at this time, the two have been hanging unresolved, and the marriage seems to have been settled at this moment because of Huo Quzhi's casual words.
"Slave and maid Xie Hou Ye, we must reprimand the second master and the second lady with our hearts." When Lan'er and Xian'er heard Huo Qu'er's words, they were excited in their hearts, and hurriedly knelt down to thank them. You must know that slaves and maids like them are just the property of the master's family all their lives, but once they are given the master's surname, their identity is very different, and they are equivalent to half a master in front of other slaves, not to mention that now the Huo family is the top clan of the Han Dynasty.
Compared with the reactions of these two maidservants, Huo Guang and Li Yan seemed a little sluggish, Li Yan was stunned by this sudden happiness, because once Huo Quzhi spoke, then this matter was really decided, and the meaning of the family affair set by Huo Quzhi was very different, not to mention that the people of Li Yan's family couldn't say anything, even if Princess Pingyang had intended to make Li Yan have to dispel her thoughts.
Huo Guang didn't react for a long time, but it wasn't because he was thinking about Princess Pingyang, because he had already had a bold and grand plan to deal with Princess Pingyang. He is not speechless because he wants to marry Li Yan, after all, Li Yan is what Huo Guangtie wants to marry, and this will not change. At this time, Huo Guang's target unexpectedly fell on Xian'er, to be precise, she should be called Huo Xian now.
Huo Xian...... Why didn't I think Xian'er was Huo Xian? In this way, she is the step-family lady of Huo Guang in history, that is, she buried the once prominent Huo family. I didn't expect her to be by my side all the time, but in the end, she became Huo Xian as Yan'er's wedding maid! ”
When Huo Guang thought that Xian'er suddenly became Huo Xian, his heart could be described as mixed, and Huo Guang himself couldn't say how he felt at the moment. Knowing his identity since he crossed over, Huo Guang has always paid attention to whether there is a woman named Huo Xian, but Huo Guang didn't expect that Huo Xian was the maid Xian'er who had been serving him.
Huo Guang's strange expression fell in the eyes of Li Yan, Huo Quzhi and others, and everyone's thoughts were also different. Li Yan felt a little unhappy in her heart, she thought that Huo Guang thought that Huo Xian would be Li Yan's dowry maid, so she would definitely be admitted to the house by herself in the future, and she was thinking about it at the moment. But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, in fact, Xian'er and Lan'er were destined to be Huo Guang's women at the beginning, but fortunately, in the Western Han Dynasty, it was not only a habit to have multiple wives, but also to be respected by the whole society.
And Huo Xian was a little shy, but she was a little happy and longing in her heart, as early as when Huo Guang entered the mansion, she and Lan'er were ready to dedicate themselves to Huo Guang, because in this way they could at least get rid of the status of slaves. Now Huo Guang's performance makes her faint expectation in her heart, maybe Huo Xian was born a woman who is not willing to be lonely, when this moment suddenly came, she realized that if she really became Huo Guang's woman, then with the power of the Huo family, Huo Guang will definitely be a marquis in the future, then she will also become a human being.
From slave to master, this change came too suddenly, as if a seed had been planted in Huo Xian's heart. Even Huo Xian herself didn't know about the planting of this seed, but the subtle changes in her eyes still didn't escape Huo Guang, who was observing her. And the only one who is a little lost among several people is Lan'er, of course, he should be called Huo Lan now, because she also saw Huo Guang's gaze, Li Yan is Huo Guang's wife, there is no doubt about it, but Huo Guang's eyes fell on Huo Xian, but he didn't look at Huo Lan, which made her feel lost!
"Good...... Good...... That's great! Huo Guang said with a strange expression, at this time, only Huo Quzhi vaguely noticed that the so-called good in Huo Guang's words did not seem to refer to marrying Li Yan.