The flowing rainwater gathers into shallow depressions on the ground.

The Han army stationed at the north gate of Chang'an City saw a group of troops from a distance, coming through the rain curtain and appearing outside the city.

After a little identification, the Han army at the city gate was in high spirits and unconsciously straightened their waists.

The group of soldiers who came from afar, a total of more than 200 people.

The soldiers in the team had three horses per capita, with spears and bows hanging on the sides of the horses, swords on their waists, bronze crossbows on their backs, and small copper shields on their arms.

The whole team gives the impression that they are armed to the teeth, and the atmosphere is solemn.

The warriors sat on their horses like a pine.

The team spread out in front and back, driving a wide car and holding it in the middle.

The car drove one on the left and one on the right, followed by two high-headed horses of the gods.

One of them is Jin'an, who became famous all over the world with Huo Qu's illness.

On the other side is a red horse with fur as red as a flame.

Jin'an took small steps in the rain, flicked his tail lightly, quite pleasantly, and sometimes trotted around the car for a while.

It is a sullen horse that can't be idle, likes to go out to surf, and doesn't like to go back to Chang'an.

But...... When I came back this time, Jin'an's mood was a little different.

It swept the little red horse on the other side, looking sideways at the horse's eye.

The little red horse lacked something underneath, and it was a mare.

Jin'an is more than two years old, and he has reached the age of curiosity about the opposite sex.

It ran around the carriage to show its strength and ...... Waves, belly and spirits.

However, the little red horse's eyes were proud, and he was not very willing to deal with Jin'an's appearance.

Suddenly, Jin'an approached the red horse, opened his mouth and bit the little red horse's neck.

The little red horse was bitten, but instead became submissive, and rubbed his head against Jin'an's neck.

Jin'an barked a little proudly, it turned out that the submission of the mare had to rely on fierceness, and it could only be done directly.

Jin'an's horse eyes swept the little red horse's beautiful coat color and fat horse buttocks.

The little red horse neighed lowly, as if a little shy.

In the frame, there are Huo Quzhi and Bai Nanyu, as well as Daozun.

Daozun is closing his eyes to recuperate, and Huo Qubing is also looking at the sea of knowledge.

Coming back this way, with the countries of the Western Regions, he submitted his credentials to the Han Dynasty and incorporated them into the Han Dynasty, and a wave of military luck came one after another as a reward for him to lead his troops to personally conquer the Western Regions.

The integration of luck promotes the improvement of cultivation, and the spirit yarrow talisman is successively obtained from the well.

And the current luck can only be regarded as a small part of the meritorious achievements obtained in the development of the Western Regions. When the emperor sealed the Zen sacrifice to heaven and earth, and the moment when the Western Regions were returned to the Han Dynasty came, it was the moment of the real harvest.

The development of the Western Regions is an unprecedented feat.

Bai Nanyu sat on the side of the car.

Raindrops fall on the walls of the car, making a faint and dense sound, and the atmosphere inside the car is peaceful.

Bai Nanyu turned to look at Huo Quzhi, who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

His long, thick black hair was tied in a bun on top of his head, and he wore a general's crown across it with a bronze hairpin.

Under the meticulous hair, there is a smooth and full forehead, a high nose bridge, and thin lips showing an indifferent arc.

When his dark eyes open, he will reveal a breathtaking majesty and edge.

Under the light armor of the military uniform, there is his strong, but not strong, body.

Bai Nanyu hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, and her charming peach blossom eyes were shining.

Just as she was looking, Huo Quzhi opened her eyes, Bai Nanyu was startled, and quickly looked away:

"Master Hou, I've entered the city, I'll get out of the car and go back to the house first."

Huo Quzhi smiled and said, "Let's go to my house together, don't you want to see Zhuo Qingke?" ”

Bai Nanyu pursed her eyes and nodded.

Daozun also opened his eyes: "Champion Hou, when we went to the Western Regions, you told me that I was looking for Dao Jian, and I remembered it from my old Dao, where is Dao Jian?"

Are you deceiving me again? ”

Huo Quzhi smiled: "It's definitely not a deception, there is indeed a simple message." Take Daozun to get it tomorrow! ”

Dao Zun was a little surprised: "Is there really a clue to Dao Jian?" ”

Huo Quzhi nodded: "I've been finding it for a while, but I didn't take it, I wanted to use it for fishing."

But after such a long time, the fish has never been hooked, and it seems that there is some alarm. There's no need to keep the bait, we'll take a look tomorrow. ”

Huo Qubing came back this time and did not inform Chang'an of the specific time in advance, but when the carriage and horse entered the city, there were still people waiting.

The emperor sent his chamberlain Dong Xu and Taichang Zhou Ping to greet him, and let Huo Qu be sick and enter the palace to see him.

The Emperor's Study.

The envoys from the Western Regions were also there, and when they saw Huo Qubing walking in, they got up at the same time and greeted them with the courtesy of the ministers.

After being incorporated into the Han land, these people from the Western Regions really had to be counted as Huo Quai's subordinates.

"We welcome Huo Hou to triumph." Everyone said in unison.

Dong Zhongshu, Li Cai and other ministers were also present, and they also stood up to greet them.

Only the emperor sat in the center, standing still, looking at Huo Quzhi and said: "Go to the sick, I made the first word for you, see if you like it or not." ”

The emperor has always been a literary and artistic youth.

He is both civil and military, and likes to write lyrics to express his emotions when he is happy.

Later, Mr. Lu Xun once said in the book "Outline of the History of Chinese Literature": "Emperor Wu's words are really unique...... Although the word person can't pass it. ”

This evaluation shows that Emperor Wu is indeed the king of Nengwen.

"Embrace the general, sweat out of the border. The terrain of Cisse is dangerous, and the clouds are flat. In the middle of summer, in July and August, the iron rode into the territory...... Yumen reprimanded the barrage, and the first camp was ......"

The emperor was quite proud and personally recited this poem.

His Majesty gave a special inscription to his courtiers, which is a supreme honor, but ...... People are short, and Huo Quzhi doesn't have much resonance with the words.

"How's I doing with this song?" The emperor looked at Huo Qubing with slightly expectant eyes.

Dong Zhongshu licked it first and said: "Your Majesty's poem is extraordinary, with lofty intentions, and it is full of literary brilliance, and the ministers are not as good as it." ”

The ministers licked and followed: "What the master said was incisive, Your Majesty's words deserve to be called by everyone, and the ministers are indeed inferior." ”

The emperor's eyes were eager, and he paid attention to Huo Qu's illness.

"Your Majesty's literary talent must be higher than that of the minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty. Huo Qu said sickly.

The emperor laughed and said, "Okay, let's disperse." Lang Zhongling, Master Dong, Li Yushi stay for a while, I have something else to say. ”

The other ministers bowed down and retired, and Huo Qubing sat upright in the position of the emperor's head.

The emperor said: "The countries of the Western Regions have surrendered, and now only a few countries such as Dawan, Wuqin, and Wuqiang have not surrendered.

I decided not to wait any longer, and chose an auspicious day to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen, and tell heaven and earth and ancestors. I am the first Han Dynasty to open the ancient and modern times, expand the border of thousands of miles, and you and Wei Qing will accompany me to Mount Tai when the time comes. ”

When Huo Qubing returned from the Western Regions, Zhao Anji's soldiers and horses marched from west to east from the border of Wusun to Yanqi.

And in the days when Huo Qu was sick and waited for Wusun soldiers and horses to come south, Li Kangbu was also removed from the scripture seal in his body by Daozun with a Dao bell.

The two Han armies attacked Yanqi respectively.

Yesterday, there was also news from Yanqi.

At this time, the central part of the Western Regions was headed by Qiuzi, Gumo, and Wensu, and returned to the Han Dynasty.

In the northern part of the Western Regions, headed by Wusun, Yanqi, Wu greedy, the chariot division was accompanied by the former and former countries, and returned to the Han Dynasty.

In the south and east of the Western Regions, Loulan, Jingjue, and at the end, Xiaowan was defeated one after another and returned to the Han Dynasty.

In the southwest of the Western Regions, Shule, Shache, and donating poison will also return to Han after being broken down this time.

Of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, more than 25 have returned to the Han Dynasty.

There are only seven or eight countries left in the extreme south, such as Wulu and Ronglu.

There is also the green onion yuan in the southwest corner, and the Dawan in the extreme west. In the southeast corner, relying on the Qiang and other tribes, there is no attachment.

Among the Qiang and other tribes, the Qiang is divided into two major parts: east and west.

Before Li Kang, Yao Zhao and his troops defeated Dongwuqiang, close to the Great Han Xiguan.

Bordering the land of the Western Regions is the Western Qiang.

They established a state in the Western Regions, and they were one of the powerful countries in the Western Regions after Wusun, Yanqi and other countries.

Yao Zhao, Li Kang, Fulu Zhi and others stayed in the Western Regions just to deal with these countries that had not yet surrendered.

With Huo Qu's illness like a bamboo, the power to defeat Wusun is enough for the countries of the Western Regions to see the situation clearly.

Except for a few diehards, or a few or three countries that have something to rely on, the rest will be returned to Han one after another.

At this time, the monarch and a few others discussed in the study, and the atmosphere was pleasant.

Han is about to usher in a new period, and the country's borders have nearly doubled.

It's time for Huo Guang to come to Chang'an, let him train for a while, and the level of governance should be able to form a good auxiliary ...... Huo Quzhi was worried when he left the palace.

His idea was to lead the army to fight by himself, his uncle was responsible for defending the land, and Huo Guang was responsible for 'farming' to get rich.

Evening.

The drizzle didn't stop.

Liu Qing came out of the main hall of Liang Yuan, and then saw Huo Qubing holding an umbrella to pick her up, and immediately came to the umbrella with joy: "Husband." ”

Huo Quai's trip didn't bring a team of embroidered clothes, so Her Royal Highness the princess knew that he was coming back, but she was not sure of the specific time, and suddenly saw it, full of joy.

"It's not raining much, let's walk back from the street?"

Liu Qing nodded happily.

The road from the north gate of the Yanggong to the Hou Mansion is an area of martial law, and there are no pedestrians.

Her Royal Highness the princess boldly reached out and grabbed Huo Quai's arm.

She was dressed in a pale apricot dress, with an overlapping neckline that exposed a graceful neck and a slightly fair and delicate collarbone, and a light skirt. The waist is tied around the seal, just the right way to set off the splendid towering mountains, and the small lotus feet with white embroidered shoes loom under the skirt.

After Liu Qing and Huo Qu got married, Her Royal Highness the princess, who quickly changed from being angry with fireworks, to becoming familiar and graceful.

At this time, Huo Qu's illness is wonderful.

The rain is like beads, and the long street is silent.

"Do you have time lately?"

"Husband asked, of course there is time."

Liu Qing looked up with a pretty face, his eyes were bright like a spring breeze: "Husband, something?" ”

"Well, let's take a trip to Pingyang County."

"Pingyang County?" Liu Qing was slightly surprised.

Pingyang County is in the northeast of Chang'an, which is the western part of the mountain in later generations, and the distance is not far.

Huo Quai: "My biological father, let's go and meet, and by the way, bring my younger brother back to Chang'an, and let him talk to Dong Zhongshu and others for a while, which will be a good help in the future." ”

Liu Qing sighed and nodded in agreement.

When you return home, you will take a shower and change your clothes...... Soon it was the dead of night.

In the dormitory of the Hou Mansion, the greatest mission of mankind is to reproduce and continue.

After the clouds and rain dissipated, Liu Qingyi was on the couch and said lazily: "Listen to the movement in the backyard, is Jin'an demolishing the horse shed?" ”

The husband and wife are deaf and clear-sighted, and they both hear Jin'an in the backyard, and they are also contributing to the reproduction of the horse clan, and the goal is the little red horse.

The little red horse is sending out a desperate sorrow, and the sound is shaking in the backyard.

Huo Quzhi teased: "You weren't much better than that little red horse just now, fortunately, the dormitory is big enough." ”

Liu Qing pinched him lightly: "Am I a mare?" ”

Huo Quzhi spread his hand.

The two laughed for a while, and Liu Qing couldn't open his eyes and fell asleep.

Huo Qu got up sickly, swayed the heavy hammer, came to the study connected by the inner corridor of the dormitory, closed his eyes and entered the state of cultivation.

He was going to unlock the fifth talisman first.

Knowing the sea, because of the breaking of the countries of the Western Regions, there are as many as seven symbols written by the Lingyong Soldier from the ancient well.

This time, there was no golden symbol, but a star-like pale silver symbol, shining brightly.

Each symbol corresponds to the number of soldiers.

When Huo Qu's illness closed his eyes and began to practice.

In his consciousness, there were two star-like symbols one after another, falling into the fifth talisman.

The aura on the surface of the talisman was all transformed into a crimson flame, and the mist that shrouded the talisman completely disappeared, completely revealing its true face.

"The one who scatters the power is also the messenger of the gods. Use it, it must be used intermittently. The prestige is prosperous, and if you push it around, it will be scattered......"

The Seven Techniques of Yin Fu in this Sutra, "Scattering Momentum Method Bird Bird" - "Bird Bird" is a bird that is both fierce and quick to attack.

There is no specific reference, it can be any mighty bird.

The fifth talisman that Huo Qu turned into was a giant bird with a red body and an incomparably divine horse.

This is the sacred bird Suzaku, which corresponds to the four elephant soldiers.

After it was born, it actually came to crouch on the branches and leaves of the yarrow talisman and used it as a nest.

"Scattering potential" means to spread power and take advantage of the favorable situation to take action, which means to imitate the ferocity and speed of hunting, and use the true qi in the body to spread out of the body.

Used in the art of war, it corresponds to aggression like fire and strength like the wind.

The main offensive of the Vermilion Bird Fu has its blessing strength, which can be perfectly matched with Huo Quai's tactics.

And at the moment when the fifth soldier talisman was born, another wonderful change appeared in Huo Quai's sea of consciousness.

When the flame of the Vermilion Bird Talisman fell on the Yarrow Talisman, the Yarrow Talisman seemed to be ignited, and it also ignited a raging flame!

The spells on the spirit yarrow talisman fell off and intertwined, turning into a simple book of divine reading, which appeared in Huo Quai's consciousness.

(End of chapter)