In the afternoon, Huo Qubing entered the magnificent Weiyang Palace.
In the square-shaped study room facing north and south, he saw Emperor Liu Che and the purple national destiny dragon behind him.
Huo Qubing pushed his power and deliberately suppressed the perception of his spiritual consciousness.
Then the real dragon disappeared and everything was as usual.
There were also the old Prime Minister Gongsun Hong and the Acting Prime Minister Li Cai in the study. When they saw Huo Qubing, they both nodded slightly.
The emperor also looked up.
"Your Majesty, I have come to tell you that the military power of the surrounding counties in Huainan has been eliminated." Huo Qubing, dressed in military uniform, came to his seat and sat down on the Vajra.
"I am in Chang'an, and I can receive good news every day. I know that you have defeated the enemy's camp. I am very happy when I hear it."
After the emperor finished his opening remarks, he looked at Gongsun Hong and Li Cai: "You two should step aside without prior notice."
The two immediately stood up, performed the ceremony, and left.
"I ordered you to return to Chang'an, but you don't understand why I didn't order you to march directly into Huainan?"
"I have indeed thought about raising troops to go south."
Huo Qubing said calmly: "I was about to ask for an order, but His Majesty's order was sent over."
Liu Che looked far away and looked out the window with a look of reminiscence:
"I was established as the crown prince at the beginning of the year, when I was only seven years old. Someone once tried to harm me, and I fell into danger unintentionally. I was young and unable to resist at that time, but Emperor Liu An was by my side and he was very protective of me. Affection."
Since ancient times, the royal family has fought for the throne, and even the relationship between brothers and father and son can be sacrificed.
The danger may come from any unexpected place.
Liu Che was not a prince at first, but after he was established as a prince, it is not difficult to imagine the people who coveted him openly and covertly.
But Your Majesty, you are not an emperor who misses old friendships. At most, you are soft-hearted occasionally... A thought secretly flashed through Huo Qubing's mind.
After Liu Che finished speaking, he handed Huo Qubing a scroll of bamboo slips: "Look at this."
Huo Qubing opened it and saw that it was a letter of apology from Liu An, the king of Huainan. In the letter, he denounced that he had fallen into someone else's scheme and was temporarily lost in his mind. Now he has woken up and regretted it.
The time for Liu An to pass the blame was perfect.
It just so happened that the man in the dark was killed.
What he means is that he was deceived by others and did something wrong when his mind was lost.
Of course, his attitude was very upright and he said he was willing to die to apologize.
"The King of Huainan said that he is willing to kill himself and begs me to spare his son and heirs."
Liu Che: "Let's not talk about this anymore. You have made many meritorious achievements recently, and I want to give you the Food and Jade Garden north of Weiyang Palace."
Huo Qubing thought that it would be impossible not to say the famous saying throughout the ages, so he said: "The Xiongnu are not destroyed, and there is no way to make a living for the family!"
"My current residence is sufficient for my daily living. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
By the way, why has the emperor mentioned giving him a house several times recently?
The Cuisine Jade Garden is located to the north of Weiyang Palace. It not only occupies a large area, but is also magnificent, with lakes, mountains, rockeries and flowing water.
The courtyard was built later than Weiyang Palace, and no one has officially moved in yet.
"The Huns are not destroyed, and there is no home for them." This sentence is very good.
Liu Che pondered for a moment and then said happily: "Do you still remember what I told you about marriage before?"
"I remember."
Liu Che smiled half-heartedly: "I want to make my young sister Liu Qing your wife, do you think that's okay with me?"
Liu Qing.
That exquisitely beautiful face flashed through Huo Qubing's mind, vivid and clear.
Huo Qubing said, "Does Your Highness the Princess know about this?"
Liu Che responded skillfully: "Of course I know that it was Pingxian who came to me and said that you fell in love with Qu Bing at first sight and asked me to tell you about it."
Huo Qubing recalled Liu Qing's recent performance, and it confirmed what the emperor said.
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for the marriage." Huo Qubing agreed happily.
Liu Che smiled, affirmed his ability to marry, and felt a little self-appreciative.
The two talked for a while, and when they talked about the murder of the secret writer, Liu Che frowned slightly after asking for details, not sure whether he was dead or not.
"You have come back from the expedition. You have worked hard for many days. You should go back to your home to rest for a day. You don't have to come to court tomorrow."
Liu Che said: "My younger sister Liu Qing... left the palace when she was young. She only returned to Chang'an once in the year of the death of her father. She was only five years old at the time. After you are cured of illness, treat her better."
"I have taken note of it, Your Majesty, don't worry!"
Huo Qubing got up and left Weiyang Palace, turned to look in the direction of Changle Palace, and returned to Huo Mansion at the end of Shen Shi. He then sent people to his uncle's house to report that his aunt was safe, and then sent people to Prince Zhan Shichen's house to report to him. Mother Wei Shaoer also reported that she was safe.
At this time, Taoist Master Qingyangzi had moved over and stayed in Huo Mansion.
"Old Taoist Master was reading Han Xin's military book in the small courtyard of the mansion. When he saw Huo Qubing, he looked him up and down for a moment and said with a smile: 4 I saw Huo Hou go to the palace, and the red star was moving on his body, but there is a marriage? "
Huo Qubing almost turned around to see where Hong Luan was. This Taoist priest could go out to set up a stall and tell fortunes.
Hongluan is one of the stars in Ziwei Dou, and is a lucky star in Han culture.
In Yishu fortune-telling, the Red Luan star indicates a person's marital status.
"Is Dao Zun proficient in Yi Shu?"
Qingyang Taoist Master was inscrutable: "I understand a little bit."
"To practice in my Taoist sect, one needs to know the numbers of the Dayan to be able to deduce good and bad fortunes. Marriage and other matters are even more common."
"Then the Taoist Master must have also deduced the direction of the Taoist Ancestor's hand scroll. No results?" Huo Qubing said casually.
"Well, the Taozu hand scroll exceeds the number of days and is easy to understand. How can we deduce it?"
Dao Zun thought about it and I almost missed it, so he changed the topic:
"I can smell the aroma of grains in your house. I have been fasting for half a month, but today I am a little hungry. I don't know what to eat in your house. Why does it smell like this?"
Huo Qubing took a sniff and immediately smelled the smell of chicken, sauce, salt, black soybean, sugar, honey, black noodle man's hooves stewed with soybeans, and corn rice.
Well, the chicken is also seasoned with dogwood.
His current nose is able to smell the ingredients clearly through the taste, without any mistakes or omissions.
When he smelled the smell, the image of the kitchen appeared in his mind. Xiong San had already moved the small wooden pillars, and the big cat was on the beam, waiting for the meal.
You even know how long it will take for the food in the pot to be simmered to the optimal temperature.
"The chef in my house is very good at cooking. Please give it a try, Taoist Master."
The Taoist Master nodded slowly: "The old Taoist has never been greedy for food, but when I encounter it, I want to eat some."
The meal was served soon, and the maid brought the things one by one.
Two side dishes, including stewed chicken nuggets from the Han Dynasty and stewed pork knuckles with beans.
Xiong San carried a small wooden basin that was slightly larger than her face, moved the wooden pillars, and sat at the door of the garden. She poured the thick soup cooked with pig's trotters and chicken over the rice, taking a big bite at a time, and a bowl at a time. Four big bowls for one meal.
Huo Qubing looked at Tao Zun, who moved his chopsticks like flying after the food was served. He seemed to be a man who was not greedy for food.
"how is the taste?"
"It's acceptable, it's a little less bland than the one in my mountain gate, it's a little more fishy, it's acceptable, it's acceptable."
While saying "Shang Ke", the Taoist Master went to fill up another bowl of rice. He stretched out his chopsticks and picked up half a piece of pig's trotters with crispy skin and rotten meat. He swung it with his mouth and separated the bones and skin, and took a big bite meal.
After dinner, he and Xiong San, like father and daughter who had been separated for many years, were picking their teeth in the yard in unison, holding the stalk of grass in one hand, reaching into their mouths, and picking it carefully.
Huo Qubing went to the back house to take a bath after dinner.
He took off his outer shirt, revealing a body with smooth lines and a sense of strength, but not a strong one. His whole body was filled with a healthy aura after sufficient exercise.
Then he walked into the small pool connected to the inner corridor at the back of the dormitory. In the hot air, the fatigue from the days of fighting disappeared.
After taking a bath, Huo Qubing changed into his underwear. When night fell, he went to the study room and closed his eyes to warm his body's Qi.
As the night got darker, everything became quiet, and he took out the bronze scroll again.
Then take out the two round jade plates.
One of these two jade slabs was originally obtained when clearing the vertical and horizontal road. Not long ago, when they teamed up with Qin Qingyu and others to raid the house, they found one from two prisoners.
The texture and shape of the two jade slabs are the same, with only some differences in texture. Huo Qubing never understood their purpose.
He immediately reached out and made a move, and the body of the writer appeared out of thin air.
During this time, he has been studying Han Xin's art of war, and has some understanding of the second stage of the heavenly and human realm of this military immortal and commander, the cultivation of the Yin Body Soldier Soul.
Huo Qubing himself has reached the peak of the first stage of heaven and human beings, and can make some preparations for the next stage.
He planned to try Han Xin's method of combining the Yin body with the magical power of military strategy to sacrifice the Yin body.
However, before practicing the Yin body, you need to see the body of the author first.
Then according to the method described in the Seven Yin Talisman Techniques in this book, using the guidance of spiritual consciousness, countless mantras on Yuanshen Teng Snake's body flashed, and then differentiated, forming a spiritual imprint intertwined with mantras.
This brand overflows from the eyebrows, falls on the writer's eyebrows, and enters his silent consciousness.
Huo Qubing then used the magical power of borrowing corpses to revive the military strategy in the sea of consciousness, and also penetrated the writer's eyebrows.
