Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dawn of Light

When I came to the woods again, the thick fallen leaves were soft and soft when stepped on, and although the sun was shining, I couldn't get rid of the gloom of winter.

Walking to the front of the station wagon, I built a garage for it back in the mountain village, so as to prevent more people from seeing it. Use the key to open the rusty copper lock, and the cobwebs and dust are blowing in your face. Intense light shines through the cracks in the planks, and you can clearly see the dust floating in the air.

With anticipation and nervousness, I searched everywhere from the cab to the cabin, including the trash can and under the bed.

There was nothing I needed.

The second carpet search, no, the third, the fourth, still nothing.

I sat on the bed panting, if I really couldn't find the equipment for blood transfusion, I had to feed blood to Xiao Huo, I am not a doctor, but my intuition told me that injecting my blood into Xiao Huo's blood, if it works, will be the most direct and effective way.

I pressed my hand heavily on the edge of the bed, sighed, and suddenly felt some strange protrusions at hand, my heart moved, and I quickly lifted the mattress, it was a small bag of white powdery things, I picked it up and opened it and sniffed it, it was actually a drug!

The owner of this station wagon is an addict.

I immediately took action and dismantled the entire bed, and under the bed, there were several packets of drugs and a few unopened syringes. I was so happy that although I couldn't find the infusion tube, it was enough to have a syringe.

rushed back to Chang'an, immediately sterilized the syringe repeatedly, and then went to see Xiao Huo.

Seeing such a strange thing as a syringe, Fu Yong looked confused, tore off a piece of medicine cloth and handed it to him, rolled up his sleeves and measured his upper arm, I said, "Don't ask anything now, do as I say, help me tie it tight." ”

Fu Yong did as he said, I briefly explained the use of the syringe, and then pointed to the clearly visible blood vessels in my arm and said, "Stick the needle into this blood vessel, and then you can draw blood...... But you tap the needle. ”

The first female official is not afraid of heaven and earth, for fear that the most fearful is injection, if it is not for saving Xiao Huo this time, she will not be so brave and strong in the face of the syringe.

Seeing Fuyong, a Mongolian doctor who used modern medical equipment for the first time, holding the arm aimed at me and comparing it around, a chill rose from the bottom of my heart, and I quickly closed my eyes, and out of sight was clear.

The divine doctor didn't call in vain, although it was the first time, the feeling of the needle advancing into the blood vessels was very light and stable, and there was a slight pain, and it felt like the blood was slowly being pumped out, until Fu Yong said: "Okay." "I dared to open my eyes.

Fu Yong was about to transfuse Xiao Huo according to my guidance, but I suddenly remembered something and stopped him from asking: "When I was plotted that day, you said that the arrow was poisonous, there should be residual toxins in my blood, will it hurt Xiao Huo?"

Fu Yong smiled faintly and said: "Those poisons entered your blood, like mud cows into the sea, they have long disappeared and become invisible, I just used this as an excuse to get close to you." ”

I pursed my lips, thinking that this Fu Yong was far from being as immortal as his appearance, and he had no quarrel with the world, so he was still careful with such a person.

The next thing is to naturally inject my blood into Xiao Huo's body, everything is going well, and I just let God do.

Although I was sleepy, tired and tired, I didn't dare to sleep, so I stayed by Xiao Huo's bedside with Fuyong, quietly observing his reaction. Fu Yong finally couldn't help but ask me: "Who did you learn this method of blood transfusion, and where did you get this so-called syringe?"

I lay on my stomach at the head of the bed, my eyes were fixed on Xiao Huo's face, and I said vaguely: "Blood transfusion and infusion are the most common medical techniques in the Western Regions, and syringes are also invented by doctors over there, if you are really curious, I will take you with me when I go back, and I promise to satisfy your studiousness." ”

Fu Yong was stunned for a while, and muttered for a while: "Liu Dan, you are more and more amazing every time. ”

If you go back to ancient times inexplicably, and see Yao Shunyu soup, it must be a surprise in their eyes.

An hour passed, Xiao Huo did not move, my heart began to drum, two hours passed, my heart began to draw the soul, until the night fell, Xiao Huo still did not see a reaction, I couldn't bear it, asked Fu Yong to draw another tube of blood to him, and then draw another tube in the middle of the night, and so on several times, in the early hours of the morning, I really couldn't hold on, lying on the side of Xiao Huo's bed and fell asleep.

We slept soundly, until something crawled around on our faces, numb and itchy, caterpillars?

Xiao Huo?!Xiao Huo...... Xiao Huo woke up?

The unexpected ecstasy came like a tide, and he was so happy that he was stunned, and there was only one thought in his mind -- Xiao Huo woke up, and Xiao Huo would not die......

Xiao Huo stretched out his skinny little hand, brushed it on my face, and said in a tender and hoarse voice, "Master, you are so ugly." ”

I took his hand instead, unable to speak, tears falling down my eyes.

Xiao Huo's thin face is still bloodless, but his eyes are bright and abnormal, and there is a spirit in them, it is foreseeable that if he takes care of it for a while, he will gradually become stronger.

It turns out that my blood is really better than medicine.

The news of Xiao Huo's waking up reached the Chen Mansion as soon as possible, Chen Zhang came, Wei Shao'er also came, Wei Qing came, and even the emperor and Mrs. Wei came to visit the mansion in person that afternoon.

I slept for three days, and occasionally woke up to give Xiao Huo a blood transfusion, and then went back to sleep, and finally came back to sleep. Xiao Huo's face is getting more and more ruddy day by day, Wei Shao'er saw me, no longer put on a stinky face, smiled like a flower, praised Fuyong's superb medical skills, and thanked me for taking care of Xiao Huo. Naturally, she didn't know that it was not Fuyong who saved her son, but mine...... Strange blood.

With the emperor's permission, I don't have to work and stay at home to take care of Xiao Huo temporarily.

After four days, Xiao Huo can get out of bed, it is too cold outside, Fuyong and I are not allowed to go out, the little guy is bored all day long, I have another job, tell him stories every day, tell him many stories, from Snow White to Little Red Riding Hood, from mermaid to frog prince, until there is nothing to tell, simply tell him Jin Daxia's martial arts novels. This kid is addicted to listening, sticking to me all day long, and even more at night listening to stories before he sleeps, I found that I tell stories with colorful voices and emotions, and I actually have the potential to be the king of stories.

That day, when I talked about Tianlong Babu, I was talking about Duan Yu and Qiao Feng's swearing, Qiao Feng was falsely accused of murder by Mrs. Ma in the apricot forest and his subsequent experiences...... When Xiao Huo listened attentively, he suddenly said: "I don't like Duan Yu, this person has a mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and he drags mud and water when he does things, no wonder Miss Wang doesn't like him." This man named Qiao Feng is a bold and cheerful man, and his kung fu is powerful, Master, I must become a man like him in the future. ”

I was stunned, Qiao Feng was of course a hero I liked very much, but his ending was a little miserable. Thinking that Xiao Huo could only live to be twenty-four years old, his heart was depressed, and he suddenly became unhappy.

"Master, Master?" Xiao Huo called me a few times, although this kid knew that I was a woman, but he still kept calling me from Master Master, but he didn't forget his roots.

I raised my hand and touched his head, and whispered: "Xiao Huo, you have to remember that being a hero has to pay a price, the bigger the hero, the more he will pay and lose more than others." Master only wants you to live happily and happily, and it doesn't matter if you are a hero or not. ”

Xiao Huo's eyes lit up and said: "I must be a hero, not only a hero, but also a general to defeat the Huns, so that they will surrender to the divine power of the Celestial Empire, and never dare to invade my Han again!"

Really, three years old to see old!

My little Huo was destined to be born for that war.

I still have to give him a blood transfusion every day, my body is gradually weakening, and I have to eat a lot of supplements every day, Fu Yong is worried that I will not be able to stand it if it goes on like this, I naturally will not listen to him, as long as Xiaohuo is healthy, I am willing to pay any price, not to mention a little blood?

Half a month later, Xiao Huo's body finally recovered almost, and when spring came, he would be able to fly a kite with me.

When Liu Shuqing was green, I often took Xiao Huo shopping, bought him a lot of food to play, and when he was tired, he carried him on his back, and whenever he carried him, there was always a kind of ...... An almost maternal tenderness grows in the heart.

Yes, I'm a woman, and if it weren't for this accident, I might have become a mother.

I happened to see a piece of jade pendant in the jade shop, the whole body was green, through the sunlight, you could see the pattern inside, it was like the shape of a maple leaf, very beautiful, Xiao Huo liked it very much, I secretly bought it and prepared to give it to him. That night, my eldest girl went to the sedan chair once, hid in the room and spent the night, sewing a small sachet and embroidering a maple leaf, feeling very satisfied, so she put the jade pendant in the sachet and gave it to Xiao Huo the next day.

"If Master is not there one day, seeing this sachet and seeing this jade pendant is like seeing Master, you know?" I solemnly instructed.

Xiao Huo looked at me in surprise: "Where is Master going?"

"Don't go anywhere, Master just said. This is called prevention before it happens. I smiled.

Xiao Huo put his mind at ease, lowered his head and played with the sachet and said, "Master, why are you embroidering maple leaves on the sachet as well?"

I smiled: "Because there is a maple character in Master's name, it is embroidered with maple leaves, and when you see this maple leaf, you must remember Master's earnest teachings to you, and you must not forget it." ”

"Yes. Xiao Huo nodded in agreement, and Hu Erqi said: "But there is no Feng in Master's name, isn't it Dan?"

I said nonsense: "Your uncle's surname is Wei Mingqing, Qingzi Zhongqing, and your master's surname is Liu Mingdan, you understand." ”

A question came to mind: "Xiao Huo, your name is to go to the disease, why don't you have words?"

Xiao Huo wrinkled his little face, thought for a long time and shook his head and said, "I'll call Huo Quai, this name is still taken by His Majesty, and there are no words." ”

I pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, why don't you give you a word from Master?"

Xiao Huo Hu glared at me suspiciously, and he was afraid that I would give him a strange name, so he shook his head again and again and said, "I'll tell Huo Qu to get better, and I don't need to be wordless." ”

I straightened up and reprimanded: "Master gave you words, do you dare to do it?"

Xiao Huo blinked his innocent eyes, and said reluctantly: "I don't dare, but the master has to think about it." ”

I tried to think about longevity, longevity, happiness, health, tsk, it sounds a bit like a dog's name. What sounds like longevity and blessing?

Xiao Huo suddenly shouted: "I thought of it, my word is called the champion, the meaning of the three armies!"

I was shocked: "What champion? What are you thinking about fighting every day?"

"I'm going to call the champion, Master......" Xiao Huo pulled at my sleeve with a pleading face, pulling and shaking.

I don't know his dim sum machine yet, isn't it just that I'm afraid that I'll give a strange name like a pig and a dog that will make people laugh, so I will start first...... However, seeing the smell of begging on his thin, small face after recovering from a serious illness, I had no choice but to give in.

Huo Champion? I don't see history, could it be that I was drowned by the light of Champion Hou?

Time is also fate, in vain?

In the spring twilight, Xiao Huo's body was completely healed and returned to Xiao Liu's Pavilion. I also put on the official uniform of a female official, known as the former imperial chief of Weiyang Palace, and began to serve the emperor in Weiyang Palace, the emperor did not mention anything about the rules of female officials, although I am a female official and imperial chief, I do not interfere in the affairs of the inner palace at all, and I am still the errand of the Son of Heaven, and I also take the first vase of the Son of Heaven, but the reputation of the first vase of Weiyang Palace can be spread, so that I have an extra nickname -- "Liu vase", which is actually catchy.

Cut, anyway, it's not really a vase, who loves to call it.

Xiao Huo's problem is solved, and there are two things that are bothering me now, one is naturally Hetian Yu, and the other is the ability that appeared out of thin air in my body. After discussing with Fuyong many times, I couldn't get the point, and then I remembered that after the Han Dynasty, I had an illness, if I had a strong resistance at that time, how could I still get sick?

But what about the future? What fate will this ability bring me? Will it be a blessing or a curse? Also, there is one thing that I am more worried about, but every time the thought turns, I immediately dismiss it, and I don't even dare to think about it.

Find a day to call Wei Qing, with a thank you gift to go to Pingyang Mansion to thank Princess Pingyang, the princess's mansion prepared a small banquet to entertain us, Pingyang Hou Cao Shou was frail and sick, sat down with him and left the table. Wei Qing and I had a very happy conversation with Princess Pingyang, and found that the princess was the same as ordinary women, and she had an inexplicable hero complex.

No wonder she likes Wei Qing, who is much younger than herself.

It is said that the reason why he married Cao Shou was because the princess's reputation was too good, the Xiongnu Shan Yu sent envoys to propose marriage repeatedly, Emperor Jing loved this eldest daughter the most, for fear that the Huns would name her, at that time only Cao Shou was young and handsome, temperamental and talented, so he hurriedly married the princess.

privately speculated that her relationship with Cao Shou was only limited to "respecting each other as guests".

During the banquet, when Wei Qing went out for "convenience", the princess suddenly asked me: "What does Lord Liu think of Zhong Qing?"

I naturally said good things about Wei Qing, said all the beautiful words, and directly said the conclusion, then Wei Qing is a chivalrous, heroic, heroic, unparalleled hero in the world.

The princess laughed when she heard this, and said meaningfully: "If Zhongqing is as Lord Liu said, why doesn't Lord Liu like him?"

I was stunned, and suddenly understood, alas, in the end, it is my daughter's heart, and you are not exempt from vulgarity as a princess.

Haha, I said: "Of course I like him, but this like is the same thing as the princess said to like, it is not the same thing, I like him, respect him, and I can be friends for the friendship of life and death, because I regard him as a good friend and a good brother in my heart, and I can't touch the love between men and women." ”

The princess smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Lord Liu doesn't even care about my emperor's younger brother, let alone a mere Taizhong husband?"

I was startled and said, "Princess, you want to be the head of the minister, I dare to swear, I absolutely take Your Majesty to heart, and also put Wei Qing in my heart, but I am loyal to Your Majesty and righteous to Wei Qing." ”

The princess smiled: "I know, Lord Liu doesn't need to be afraid, I'm just quite curious about Lord Liu." I don't know what kind of man can be worthy of Lord Liu?"

I smiled in a low voice, drank all the wine in Juezhong, thought of Xiao Jian, and didn't feel gloomy, I didn't know if I would have the opportunity to see him in this life. What should I do if we never see each other?

"Lord Liu has a sweetheart, right?" the princess suddenly said in surprise.

I have to deal with this carefully, if the emperor thinks that I refuse to enter the palace because of this, I don't know what to do with me. I have never told anyone about Xiao Jian, and even in order to prevent Xiao Jian's portrait from being discovered, my bedroom was also listed as a forbidden place.

"The minister also wants to ......" I deliberately showed a naughty appearance, "Your Majesty once commented on the minister, saying that the minister is talented but not affectionate, maybe the minister is not born to talk about love, so look at who is a brother and sister, I am afraid that the minister will have no chance with the wind and snow in this life." ”

Princess Pingyang smiled and said: "Silly child, since you are a woman, you will be amorous, you are not lacking in love, but you have not yet met the man you like, if he meets him, even if your heart is like ancient well water, it will cause ripples out of thin air." ”

I rolled my eyes, turned to her, and whispered with a strange expression, "Princess, you have met you." ”

Princess Pingyang was slightly stunned, and suddenly her face turned red, like a girl who had just opened her heart to be exposed, her appearance was very cute, and she said lightly and angrily: "Such a mouthful, beware of your mouth." ”

I grinned and said, "Isn't the minister right, princess, didn't you meet the Marquis of Pingyang?"

With a "phew", the princess glared at me angrily and funny, and said, "It's all nonsense." ”

Both of them had their own ideas, looked at each other and smiled.

Wei Qing came in from outside, saw us smiling happily, and asked, "What's so funny?

"Women talk and men interject less. "Pingyang and I are in unison.

A rare tacit understanding, hee ......

The next day, the court of the central court discussed, and the emperor issued an edict: "Today, I have obtained the Fengzong Temple, I have been dreaming of it, and I have been thinking about it at night. There are virtuous people who offer advice to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and they are written in the article, and I will read them in person. ”

This is the famous edict of repetition and virtuousness. Since then, it has been recorded in history: the words of the hundred schools of thought of the old criminals are not known, and there are hundreds of Confucian scholars.

Then virtuous people from all over the world came to Chang'an, and Dong Zhongshu offered "three strategies for heaven and man......

First, establish a system of etiquette in the Ming Hall and strictly restrain the behavior of princes and nobles

Second, establish schools, select virtuous people from the people, and open up a path for civilian intellectuals;

Third: put forward the doctrine of celestial and human induction to restrain the police emperor. (The doctrine of heaven and man induction is not inherent in Confucian Confucianism, but is derived from Mozi's theory of heaven and ghosts.) );

Fourth: restricting the people's land and inhibiting land annexation;

Fifth, the turning point of Chinese culture: the unification of political thought with Confucianism.

The gray-haired Dong Zhongshu and the emperor discussed in the Xuan Room from noon until dawn, and I served as a witness to this historical fact.

Since then, Confucianism has occupied the chief throne of Chinese thought and culture for more than 2,000 years, dissolved into the blood of the Chinese nation, and forged the backbone of the Chinese. As for the success of this backbone casting, it is up to everyone.

In May, the emperor issued an edict to establish a military academy, built together with the official school, specializing in cultivating military talents, (this section is purely apocryphal) The address is really tentatively Xiao Liu Pavilion, Xiao Liu Pavilion's disciples inexplicably became the first military cadet, and those who had no intention of joining the army or joining the army left here, and most of them stayed. 

The generals of the DPRK and China who had a certain level of seniority all became teachers of the Military Academy, and I was appointed to take charge of the Military Academy as the imperial commander. During this period, the emperor gave me a gold medal and allowed me to freely enter and leave the palace, arsenal, examination room and other places to develop weapons in preparation for the war against the Xiongnu.

At the same time, Takahashi's saddles and stirrups were brought into control in large numbers, and the military service system and military training system were also adopted in accordance with my suggestion.

The Ming Hall and the school were built at the same time, the land system was innovated, the military system was innovated, and suddenly the court and the emperor were busy with the military generals, and the busiest one was me. The palace, the military academy department, the arsenal, and the examination room ran together, and they were so tired that they didn't even have time to breathe.

The emperor smiled and said: "The first vase of Weiyang in my dynasty is pleasing to the eye, sweet and dripping with it, and very comforting to my heart." ”

I...... I had to look up to the sky and be speechless.

That night, I changed into a black night suit and sneaked into Weiyang Palace again......

It's not that I'm going back to my old business and being a rat thief again, it's purely an expedient act out of desperation, taking advantage of my position during the day, and pretending to be a snitch at night, turning Weiyang Palace inside and out, for the sake of Hetian Yu, although Wei Qing has found it and checked it, if I don't work hard again, I won't be willing to say anything, so ...... I'm really tired.

Give yourself a time limit, and if you don't find anything in two months, turn around and find another way.

It was the night when the moon was dark and the wind was high and the night of killing people and overstepping goods, I came to the Qilin Palace, the ancient palace, don't look at the name of the palace, it seems to be just a big house, in fact, there are countless facilities and rooms, such as this Qilin Palace, even the main hall with all the rooms of the partial hall combined, there are more than a dozen rooms, only half of it was carried out last night, and I will work overtime again tonight.

Taking out a miniature flashlight, I carefully searched the eighth room in a carpet search, on the desk, on the couch, under the seat, on the ceiling and even on the wall, all the places were missing, sighed and was about to leave, when I suddenly heard a faint voice outside.

I was startled, so I hurriedly turned off my flashlight and hid behind the curtain.

The door was opened, and the maid of the palace was in charge of holding the lamp, and then two people walked in, one of whom commanded: "You have the right to step down, and you are not allowed to trespass without an edict!"

This is none other than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che.

What was he doing here in the middle of the night? Even if he wanted to stay overnight in the Qilin Palace, he should be in the main hall, not in the relatively small side hall.

I held my breath and carefully hid myself.

The emperor seemed to sit down at the back of the desk, and the sound of flipping through the books came, and the hall was silent, and the emperor did not speak again, and there was no way to know who the other person was.

About half an hour later, when I was standing with a sore back and legs, there was a knock at the door, and someone came again. A strange and deep voice (it should be the one who came with the emperor) said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the seventh is here." ”

Who is the seventh?