At the time, in the back house of the General's Mansion, the atmosphere was still a little tense.

The slaves and maids who came and went were all in a hurry, looking nervous, for fear that they would cause some trouble.

If you make a mistake on weekdays, you will be whipped at most, but today is different, and if you make a mistake, you may be beaten to death.

The reason is simple, the general is sick, and the general's wife is angry.

The back house of the entire General's Mansion is very large, and it is divided into many courtyards of large and small sizes by the sandwich wall.

Among them, the core location is naturally the courtyard where Huo Guang and Huo Xian lived, and Huo Chengjun also lived here.

Because this courtyard is located in the center of the entire back house, it is also called the middle house.

At this time, the middle mansion is the most tense place in the back house.

In this small courtyard, there were more than 20 people standing on both sides of the courtyard.

On the right is the retainers and slaves of the Huo family's back house, and on the left are the subordinate officials and subordinates of the General's Mansion.

Standing in the middle was Shi Chen Wannian, the head of the General's Mansion - yesterday afternoon, the General fainted in front of him.

They exchanged heads and ears, their faces full of worry, as if a catastrophe was on the horizon.

Yesterday, the general's fainting was a full two hours.

Although he later woke up, he has not been seen in front of anyone since.

The General's Mansion is different from the government offices elsewhere, and the military affairs of the whole country of the Han Dynasty in charge must not have any delay.

The subordinate officials in the mansion were all anxious at the moment, eager to know the general's current condition.

In addition, they have all heard of the turmoil in Chang'an City in the past few days.

It is even more rumored, and the grass and trees are soldiers.

They are all subordinate officers of the general, and they have a relationship with the Huo family that is both prosperous and lossy, how can they not be in a hurry?

However, in a hurry, they could only wait here.

Without the approval of the general's wife, Huo Xian, no one could and did not dare to enter the general's bedroom.

"Chen Yuanjun, can the general's illness improve today?" The general's palace military secretary asked without hindrance.

"I haven't seen the general today, and if you ask me, I can't tell why." Chen Wannian spread his hands and said with a sad face.

"How is this good, the general is sick, what should I do if I have urgent military affairs?" The chief bookkeeper Zhou An said.

"Didn't the general say yesterday that general military affairs are handled according to the system, and urgent military affairs will be submitted to it."

"Chen Yuanjun, the lower officials have something to play, and it is a matter of grain and grass supply......

"Chen Yuanjun, the lower officials also have something to play, and it is a matter of recruiting and transferring people's husbands......"

"Chen Yuanjun, Yuyang Taishou sent an envoy to report that the Wuhuan thieves attacked the three cities of Baitan, Huayan and Pinggu, and kidnapped thousands of Han people......"

"The Qiang people have also moved in recent days......

At this moment, the subordinate officials suddenly became chaotic, and they all rushed towards Chen Wannian, and they kept waving the documents in their hands.

Fortunately, these documents have been changed to paper, if it were simple, I am afraid that Chen Wannian would have been knocked out of the head.

The Han Dynasty was a great country and the most powerful empire.

But that doesn't mean there are no external problems.

On the contrary, the strong enemy is feeded, and those backward and barbaric aliens always want to gnaw off a piece of meat from the big man.

The henchman of the Han Dynasty is by no means just a Xiongnu.

That's why the military affairs of the General's Mansion are so busy.

Before the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the Han Dynasty relied on the feudal princes and kings to guard against foreign races outside the four realms.

However, with the complete reduction of the military power of the princes and kings, all military affairs had to be handled by the General's Mansion, which was not only easy to delay the fighters, but also caused the "dominance" of the General's Mansion.

Just like at this moment, Huo Guang suddenly fell ill, and many things couldn't be handled.

Originally, if there was such an accident, it should be represented by other generals in the court, but now as long as the general is still alive, then no one dares to raise this matter.

Isn't letting others act as agents for military affairs to "rebel"?

The subordinate officials were noisy, and their voices were wave after wave.

Under the double pressure of anxiety and panic, the shouting became more and more noisy.

Chen Wannian couldn't control the situation, and was forced to retreat vigorously.

Just when these subordinate officials were about to cross Chen Wannian and rush towards the bedroom where Huo Guang was, the door of the main room was pushed open with a "creak".

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and immediately fell silent.

Including those retainers and slaves, everyone's eyes turned away.

However, what they saw was not the great general Huo Guang, but the general's wife Huo Xian.

In any other place in the Han Empire, if a woman comes out to show her face, she will definitely be scolded by these men in the courtyard.

But now, they all froze, and none of them dared to make a mistake.

This is not only because of Huo Xian's prominent status, but also because everyone knows how powerful Huo Xian is.

When a woman becomes a symbol and representative of male power, she can also have supreme power.

Now, Huo Xian relies on the power of the great general Huo Guang.

Huo Xian, whose face was like frost, looked around the courtyard, but did not speak immediately, but first gently closed the door of the bedroom before slowly walking under the eaves.

Huo Xian's petite figure, coupled with his delicate and beautiful appearance, is incompatible with the chaotic scene in the courtyard.

She didn't rush to look at the group of subordinates of the Great General's Mansion, but first shot her fierce gaze at those retainers and slaves.

"What time is it now, why are you still poking here, why don't you hurry up and take care of the things at hand, what kind of fun!?"

"It's all lazy stuff, don't think that if the general is sick, you can do anything wrong, dare to pretend, and kill you on the spot!"

"Why don't you go quickly, do you want to wait for a reward?"

Huo Xian's words were more mean than the last, and his pungent and capable tone immediately calmed the situation in the field.

Among these retainers, there are old slaves in their fifties and sixties, and young people in their twenties and thirties, but all of them have been rectified by Huo Xian without exception.

Now hearing her reprimand, one by one they finished their salutes in a panic and left in a hurry.

When all the retainers and slaves slipped away, Huo Xian finally looked at those subordinate officials leisurely.

"Let you make you smile, these evil slaves in the back house are pampered, usually show off their might, and they are lazy and lazy......"

"Now I panic when I encounter a little thing, it's just a bunch of waste!"

Huo Xian's words meant something, as long as the brains of these subordinate officials were not broken, then they must have heard the insinuation.

The subordinate officials have all seen Huo Xian's appearance, and they have seen him more than once.

Even if they are angry in their hearts, they can only hold back, pretending not to understand the meaning.

Chen Wannian saw the embarrassment of the current atmosphere, coughed lightly twice, loosening the solidified atmosphere slightly, and then hurriedly ran to Huo Xian.

He recounted what had just happened from beginning to end with some flattery.

"Mrs. General, the military affairs in the mansion are indeed busy, and it is impossible to preside over without the general, and now that the general is sick, how to deal with this military affairs, I hope to make it clear." Chen Wannian said.

"The general can't get out of bed these days, press the unimportant documents first, and bring the important documents here at noon every day and hand them to me, and I will transfer them to the general." Huo Xian said.

"After the general has disposed of it, the envoys can come and take it when the time comes." Huo Xian continued.

This process is simple, but this military event has to be passed through the hands of women, which seems to be out of order.

Although these subordinate officials in the courtyard are all cronies who Huo Guang cultivated and promoted, they are also sage books that they have read since childhood, and they inevitably feel that this move is a little inappropriate.

For a while, the atmosphere was once again deadlocked.

If you want to talk about cleverness and flattery, it has to be Chen Wannian, he immediately saw the current problem, and hurriedly took the initiative to ask Huo Xian for guilt.

"This matter is negligent on the part of the lower officials, as a long history, the lower officials should share the worries of the general, and I will pass on this document in the future, so as not to make the envoys waste their legs and feet, and will not disturb the general's rest."

Huo Xian nodded slightly, agreeing with this move.

Those subordinate officials also felt that this was in line with the etiquette system, and handed over the documents in their hands to Chen Wannian.

Just when the subordinate officials hurriedly saluted and prepared to leave.

A doorman stumbled in.

"Tell Madame and the envoys, the county magistrate has sent someone."

As soon as the unknown pavilion guard's voice fell, everyone, including Huo Xian, was shocked.

"How many people are coming?" Huo Xian asked with some trepidation, the arrogance and arrogance just now were gone.

"Just, just four or five."

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

"They said that the county magistrate had an edict to give to the general."

Everyone looked at Huo Xian, if the general didn't come forward in this matter, it would be up to her to decide.

"The General's Body ......"

Before Huo Xian could finish speaking, the door of the bedroom was pushed open again, and then a violent cough broke out.

The crowd hurriedly saluted.

"The lower officer asked the general An."

"Well, let the people sent by the county magistrate come in, and the old man will receive the edict here."

"No!"

In the courtyard of the middle hall, the servants had already arranged a couch, Huo Guang sat in it, and Huo Xian followed him. Chen Wannian and a group of subordinate officials lined up in the courtyard.

The yard used to be full of trees, but now the leaves have fallen off, giving it a bleak look.

Huo Guang sat upright and tried his best to put on a majestic appearance.

But when you look closely, your face is dark, your lips are white, and you are weak.

As for Huo Xian on the side, it was in stark contrast to Huo Guang - the heavy resentful look on his face seemed to be about to flow down at any time.

Yesterday, Huo Guang suddenly fainted, which frightened Huo Xian and scattered - if something happened to Huo Guang, the Huo family would immediately fall into a catastrophe.

Fortunately, Ji people have their own natural appearance.

Huo Guang was in a coma for several hours, and finally woke up.

Huo Xian looked down at the messy hair on his husband's head.

I found that there were a lot of white ones in it.

The husband has made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but the Son of Heaven is so suspicious of the husband, it is really stupid!

Huo Xian, who thought that the Huo family was loyal, felt extremely resentful and cold.

However, Huo Xian only dared to complain about the Son of Heaven, but did not dare to hate the Son of Heaven, she hated Cai Yi and Zhang Anshi's traitorous ministers.

Although she knew that the county official was jealous of the Huo family, she still stubbornly believed that if it was not instigated by others, the county official would not be so ruthless.

The more Huo Xian thought about it, the more annoyed she felt, she gritted her teeth tightly, and made a terrible "creaking" sound, and even the beautiful lines of her cheeks were distorted.

The people in the courtyard looked sideways and looked at Huo Xian with fear on their faces.

Of course, Huo Guang, who was sitting on the couch, also heard this voice, he turned around, slowly raised his head, and glanced at Huo Xian with some dissatisfaction.

The latter realized his gaffe, and after smiling nervously, he restrained the expression on his face that he wanted to "eat people".

Huo Guang shook his head silently in his heart, and suddenly there was a strangeness in his heart, something he couldn't understand for a long time, it seemed that he had figured it out.

It's too bad for me to get sick.

If the good news from the front line comes now, it is what he looks like now, how can he go up to the court to "fight in the ring" with the Son of Heaven?

But sickness is the most unreasonable thing in the world.

In Huo Guang's feeling, there was only a moment between closing his eyes and opening his eyes yesterday.

But when he woke up, he realized that there had been an interval of two and a half hours.

At that time, Huo Guang, who was lying on the bed, felt scared for a while.

Naturally, the old prime minister Yang Chang, who died not long ago, appeared in front of him.

Crooked eyes, slanted stools, smelly body, bedridden......

Even if Huo Guang died, he didn't want to live with this appearance and be insulted.

Isn't he too ruthless, he should have given Yang Chang's second son a marquis at that time, at least let Yang Chang die happily.

But fortunately, although Huo Guang fell ill suddenly, it was not so embarrassing.

After resting for a night, he poured down several large bowls of black and stinky decoction sent by Huo Xian, and he was actually five or six points better.

But although I can walk a few steps, I still feel that my legs are weak, I have double vision when I look at everything, and my right body is a little sore......

I don't know how long this disease will have to be recuperated.

However, compared with the physical pain, the pain in Huo Guang's heart was even more tormenting.

What the Son of Heaven did really made Huo Guang feel cold.

In the past few months, Huo Guang has really taught the Son of Heaven as his own heir, and he doesn't dare to say that he has worked hard, but he can also say that he has a clear conscience.

But why did the attitude of the Son of Heaven suddenly become so bad?

Huo Guang has been puzzled by this question for the past two days.

However, just when he saw Huo Xian's "cannibalistic" expression, Huo Guang suddenly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that the evil deeds done by the vertical son of his own family were known by the Son of Heaven? Why didn't you think of this possibility before?

A layer of cold sweat slowly formed behind Huo Guang.

When I was stirred by a sudden gust of wind, I felt even more cold and biting.

This coolness was transmitted to the whole body at once, and then turned into a piercing pain.

Huo Guang's mind was a little unstable, and the whole person shook a little, and he almost fell down.

Thanks to Huo Xianyan, he quickly supported Huo Guang, and hurriedly asked anxiously, "Husband, do you want to go in and rest?" ”

Huo Guang looked at Huo Xian's delicate face again, and then thought that she taught Huo Yu to be that virtuous, and even almost ruined her own reputation, and immediately became angry.

He pushed Huo Xian away vigorously and said in a deep voice: "Stand down!" ”

Huo Xian, who was surprised, didn't know why Huo Guang was suddenly angry, so he had to take a few steps back with some grievances.

And those subordinate officials didn't know what was going on, but where they dared to snoop on the general's private affairs, they all looked away, as if they hadn't seen anything.

A wave of guilt mixed with fear grew wildly in Huo Guang's heart, and he was so confused that he didn't know where his head was.

Fortunately, at this time, the person who passed on the edict of the Son of Heaven came to the courtyard, giving everyone's attention a chance to divert their attention.

Huo Guang restrained his emotions for a moment, and looked at the few people who walked into the courtyard casually.

The leader is the pedestrian order beside the Son of Heaven, followed by the imperial doctor under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

"The pedestrian of the temple under the door ordered Dai Zong to ask the general An." Dai Zong saluted in a regular manner, and the imperial physicians also saluted.

Between the mannerisms, there is not much abnormality, as if nothing has happened.

"You are a close minister next to the county official, so you don't have to be polite."

Huo Guang said lightly, but his heart was still fluctuating, and he had not yet calmed down from the sudden conjecture just now.

"Your Majesty said that the general is the first hero of the Han Dynasty and should be admired by the world, so he should be well-mannered." Dai Zong said respectfully.

Huo Guang couldn't tell if it was true or not, but he didn't poke it, just nodded slightly.

"I heard that you came to announce the edict of the Son of Heaven, and the old man is going to bow down to receive the edict now?"

Huo Guang said with some pretense, it seemed to be very tough, but it was precisely because he had some weakness at the moment that he wanted to use this toughness to cover up.

"When the lower official came, the county official specially explained that the general was in poor health and did not need to bow down to receive the edict." Dai Zong said.

Huo Guang didn't answer, he had some doubts in his heart, and he wanted to know more and more about the content of the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Dai Zong didn't let Huo Guang wait too long, so he took out the edict given to him by the Son of Heaven.

"Emperor's Edict!"

Among the people present, except for Huo Guang, who sat up a little straighter, the rest of the people all knelt down.

"I suddenly heard that my middle father was sick and had trouble sleeping and eating, so I hereby issued an edict that before my middle father recovered, all the big and small court discussions would be stopped, and I would fast and bathe, pray to heaven, and pray for my middle father."

"All parties are guilty, the sin lies with me, and the middle father has worked hard and made great achievements, and he will not suffer from this illness."

After hearing this, everyone was stunned all of a sudden, and Huo Xian was even more surprised.

What is the Son of Heaven going to do?

In the past few days, the Son of Heaven has made so many moves in Chang'an City, which has already made the entire Huo Party panic.

And now this edict not only reveals a sense of consolation, but also expresses a kind of respect and understanding.

Especially the last few sentences, which have already given General Ashika face.

"The county official also said that let the general recuperate well, as for the other government offices, everything is normal now, and the general doesn't have to worry."

"However, Your Majesty also said that the military affairs in the General's Mansion can only be handled by the general, and the general must be managed, so as not to make any mistakes, and the Han cannot do without the general."

Dai Zong didn't care about everyone's surprise, and said the words of the Son of Heaven as he was.

Subsequently, he invited those imperial physicians over and told Huo Guang that these imperial physicians were specially sent by the Son of Heaven to treat his illness.

After saying this, Dai Zong had nothing to do, and after he saluted again, he resigned and left.

Only Huo Guang and the others were left, thinking nonsense in the cold wind.

Others may feel that the Son of Heaven has released kindness, but Huo Guang looked at the edict in front of him, and felt more and more empty-hearted.

Especially the last sentence, "All parties are guilty, the sin is in me alone, and the middle father has worked hard and made great achievements, and he will not suffer from this illness."

"Sin", what sin, where does it come from?

The guess that Huo Guang just gave birth to from the bottom of his heart became more and more certain - the Son of Heaven must know about the evil things that Huo Yu had done.

The cold wind was very cold, but Huo Guang's ears and neck were a little hot.

Huo Guang, who has never been ashamed, actually gave birth to a trace of guilt.

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