The afternoon sun pours in through the window lattice, and the weather at the end of March gradually adds a touch of warmth.

"You want to refuse the eldest son of King Huainan, even if I come forward, have you ever thought about what might happen to you?" Huo went to the sick road.

Zhuo Huai said solemnly: "Before I came to Huo Shizhong, I had thought about it repeatedly.

I just don't know what Huo Shi is referring to, what is it exactly? ”

Huo Quzhi said: "Even if I promise you, he can't accept your daughter, there must be other means to make you take the initiative to bow your head."

If you're not prepared, I've helped you, and eventually you may not be able to resist yourself.

Have you ever wondered how far you can handle? ”

Zhuo Huai's face changed slightly, he got up and bowed: "I definitely can't bear to let my daughter marry me, and I am afraid all day long, so I will do everything I have for this, and I will not hesitate to do it."

This Chang'an royal capital, he never dared to commit murder openly, after all, my Zhuo family is not an ordinary family, I can let him knead it quietly. ”

Huo Quzhi thought for a while: "You don't want your daughter to marry into the Huainan Palace, why can you trust me and take the initiative to come to the door?"

You and I have never been in contact before. ”

Zhuo Huai seized the opportunity to greet him and said: "My family has been a businessman for generations, and I am the most good at looking at people, and I believe that I will not be mistaken. Moreover, Huo Shizhong is a young man, full of talent, and aspires to be a leader, no one knows. ”

In fact, he asked people to inquire in many ways, so he had a relatively accurate judgment.

Knowing the rise of the Wei family, the original clan nobles were already dissatisfied with the Wei family's upstarts, and the two sides were faintly opposed, so they dared to come over for help.

What's more important is that in addition to this, he has no way out, not because he doesn't want to ask for others, but because most of the ways he can find are afraid of him.

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It was getting dark, and Zhuo Huai returned to his home.

When he came to the door of his daughter's room, his heart was filled with a little joy, and he finally lived up to his daughter's expectations.

He knew that his daughter was waiting for news, so he immediately pushed the door open.

There are not only their own daughters in the room, but also Bai Nanyu, a wife.

The two women sat on the couch and talked, Bai Nanyu was leaning sideways, with a willow waist and slender legs, leaning out of the couch with one foot, stepping on the upper of the shoe with her foot, and taking something from the low mat on the side.

The moment Zhuo Huai came in, he saw Bai Nanyu's round and delicate complexion on the end of his feet, and hurriedly turned his head, "It turns out that you are both here." ”

Bai Nanyu got down from the couch, bowed short, and lowered her watery peach blossom eyes.

Zhuo Qingke also came down from the couch and asked eagerly, "Has Huo Shizhong agreed?" ”

Zhuo Huai responded: "Huo Shizhong has already agreed to help us, but ...... He is not ready to marry yet. ”

Zhuo Qingke was first happy, and then his face darkened.

It turned out that he just promised to help, not to get married.

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Huo Qubing agreed to Zhuo Huai, not only because of Bai Qi's military book handscroll, but mainly because the person who wanted to forcibly marry Zhuo Qingke was Liu Qian.

His father is a famous Liu An in history, who compiled Huainanzi's Liu An and sister Liu Ling.

This family, after a series of recent events, the emperor should also want to try them.

After the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during the first emperor's period, Emperor Liu Che treated these imperial relatives with superficial courtesy, and even appropriately increased their usefulness, but Huo Quai, who was precautionary, knew very well.

He told Liu Che before that he was willing to be heavily punished, and what he wanted to do was also considered in this regard.

So when Zhuo Huai said that the other party was Liu Qian, Huo Qubing was very moved, this was really a coincidence, and he just took the opportunity to act.

Liu Qian's father, Liu An, the king of Huainan, is now far away in the feudal country, but his son Liu Qian and daughter Liu Ling are in Chang'an.

Liu Ling is the woman who got a report from Song Ran some time ago and had a private relationship with Zhang Ci, the newly promoted lieutenant of the Northern Army.

It was that time that Huo Quzhi had a thought in his heart.

Liu Ling's mannerisms...... Something seems unusual.

Liu Huai, a lieutenant in the Northern Army, died, and she had an affair with the new lieutenant Zhang Cigong of the Northern Army...... This made Huo Qubing unable to help but focus on this family.

After Zhuo Huai left, Huo Quzhi glanced at Xiong San behind him.

This big girl, as soon as the guest left, she quickly took a persimmon and hid it in her hand.

柰 is the name of the apple or sand fruit in the Han Dynasty. After Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions, it was only popular in Chang'an in the past two years, and it was planted indoors in the early days, so there are also off-seasons, but the quantity is scarce, the taste is sweet and crisp, and Xiong San likes to eat it very much.

I can eat two catties a day.

The housekeeper Yan Qi said that she had no rules, and she responded with a heartfelt voice, saying that Huo Quzhi was always not at home, and it was a pity that no one would eat it and throw it away.

At this time, Yan Qi came up and handed Huo Qubing a greeting post, which was sent by Liu Qian, and the wording on it was quite polite, but the meaning was straightforward, indicating that he wanted Zhuo Qingke to be his concubine, and let Huo Qubing consider the severity by himself, whether to offend him as the eldest son of King Huainan for the sake of Zhuo Qingke.

Huo Quzhi smiled, and someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy.

He said to Yan Qi: "I have heard some rumors before, saying that I rely on His Majesty's favor and trust, and I have always been domineering, and I don't take anyone seriously.

It just so happened that you also sent a post back to the eldest son of King Huainan, saying that Zhuo Qingke had worshiped me as his brother, and asked him to put out the idea of marrying Zhuo Qingke. ”

Yan Qi wanted to speak and stopped, but finally bowed down and retreated.

If the judgment is correct, Liu Qian's marriage to Zhuo Qingke may not be as simple as it seems, neither wanting to treat it as a plaything, nor simply coveting her beauty, but considering other things, such as the huge amount of money in Zhuo's family and the iron ore industry he operates, he just needs it......

Huo Quai's thoughts fluctuated, and he immediately gave a few instructions to Yao Zhao, who was following the whole process.

After Yao Zhao heard this, he hurriedly asked: "I follow the instructions of the servant, if I do a good job, can I pass on my magic power that is the best in the world?" ”

The world's first supernatural power?

Huo Quzhi was stunned: "Get out of the way!" ”

After Yao recruited, he came to the study alone, took out a roll of bamboo slips on the shelf, and read it silently.

This brief book is something that the Han inherited from Qin after the decline of the previous dynasty, and it talks about some things about the first emperor's reign.

In the Western Han Dynasty, this was a forbidden book, but Huo Qubing was allowed by Liu Che to borrow all kinds of classics collected in the palace.

The First Emperor was also the first person in history to establish the imperial regime of China in this world.

And there is another reason why Huo Quzhi reads books about Emperor Qin.

In this world, it was the First Emperor who united with the miscellaneous family Lü Buwei, the Yin and Yang family Zou Yan, the soldier Wei Zhenzi, the general Wang Qian, the Legalist Han Fei, Li Si, the Confucian Xunzi and others to jointly formulate the current three religions and nine streams and other categories of cultivation levels.

The changes brought by Emperor Qin are not only these, from governing the country and setting grades for cultivators in the world, to people's livelihood and food, all because of him, there are more or less deviations that are different from the historical trajectory.

Judging from these signs, Huo Quzhi's origin of the First Emperor is very debatable.

It's just that I don't know if it's really like speculation, why Qin still died after the second generation, and the tyranny in the late period directly led to the collapse of a dynasty.

Could there be any special internal causes, or changes?

After Huo Quzhi read the Jianshu, he put it aside, and took a map of the Xiongnu to study.

This has become his habit, and over the years, he has often checked the terrain of the Xiongnu and the surrounding Siyi.

The light outside the window gradually dimmed, Huo Quzhi put away the map, and took out another ancient simple book and a white jade board.

These two items were scavenged from the vertical and horizontal passages.

The book records some techniques and techniques of the vertical and horizontal arts, and Huo Qubing has seen them roughly in the past few days.

The white jade plate is engraved with many incantations and marks, which are very complex and the purpose is unknown.

The surface of the jade plate has been groped and played with for a long time, and it looks extremely moist and smooth.

Huo Qu's disease is preliminarily estimated to be something from the Spring and Autumn Period, and it may be an antiquity inherited from the vertical and horizontal road.

He still remembered that in the consciousness of Ji Ran, Tang Maoshan and others, he had seen a woman's figure.

That is the ghost mother of the deputy sect master of the vertical and horizontal road, and she may be hiding in Chang'an right now.

Through Ji Ran and Tang Maoshan, Huo Quzhi also learned about the seven techniques of the Yin Fu of this scripture, which was regarded as a book of heaven by their vein, and it was rumored that it contained the secret of passing immortals.

And they themselves have only practiced the Yin Fu, and the changes in the Yuan Shen of the Seven Techniques of this Sutra have long been lost, so the power of the sect has seriously declined.

Huo Quzhi studied the two things in his hand for a while, and then put them away.

It was getting late, and after he had eaten his dinner, he began to practice.

With the deepening of his own strength, he knew that the ancient well in the sea that had not moved for a long time had recently undergone some wonderful changes.