"Lang Zhongling!"
"The Champion..."
Huo Qubing came out of the palace gate and was about to board the car when several greetings came from behind him.
Dong Zhongshu, who was wearing a Confucian robe and silk scarf, and Li Guang and his son all followed from behind.
"Marquis Huo has returned home for the first time. I have many things I want to discuss with Marquis Huo in detail." Dong Zhongshu said this and saluted the carriage not far away, obviously knowing that Liu Qing was in the carriage.
His attitude changed. When discussing matters in the emperor's study just now, he clearly expressed his support for this plan to pacify the border and deal with the Wuhuan tribes.
Huo Qubing reciprocated the favor and agreed to talk at another time. Dong Zhongshu got on the carriage nearby and drove away.
Li Gan, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and Li Guang, who is tall and covered with clothes, are left.
When Huo Qubing was away in Chang'an, Li Ganhui took charge of the palace imperial army and Chang'an guard in place of Lang Zhongling.
He came to Huo Qubing to report on military affairs.
"Military information has been sent back from Xiguan and the Western Regions. The official is not in Chang'an, so I don't dare to be good at it." Li Gan said seriously.
He spoke respectfully and glanced at the immediate superior in front of him, the youngest doctor in the history of the Han Dynasty, with a look of reverence on his face.
Li Guang and his son have been in the army for many years, and their bravery has not faded, and they are not the kind of people who are good at calculations.
Since Huo Qubing was born, he has won every battle, especially the battle that defeated the Xiongnu army. Unless he doesn't understand military affairs, he will know what that means.
Li Guang and his son repeatedly deduced Huo Qubing's military deployment process. The more they deduced, the more certain they were that they could not do it. This is where their admiration came from.
"The journey to the Western Region is far away. The news sent back by Zhao Ponu said that he had met Roshna and got in touch with Zhang Jun, the governor of Xiguan, to cooperate with each other. Roshna agreed to come to Chang'an, and now the team has set off from Kucha.
After Yao Zhao rushed to Xiguan, he fought with the Qiang people outside Xiguan and won two consecutive battles. "Li Gan said with great interest.
"Well, both sides are in a normal situation. Just let them advance smoothly."
Huo Qubing turned to Li Guang: "What do you want, general?"
The general military system of the Han Dynasty starts from the captain, and goes up to the rank of zhonglang general, and only the highest one can be called a general.
Each level is divided into different grades. Taking general as an example, Wei Qing's general has the highest grade and is at the same level as Sangong.
After that, there is Huo Qubing's hussar general, the 18-year-old divine general who governs the country, and the second in command of a million Han army.
Then there are the Generals of Chariots and Cavalry and Generals of Guards, all of which are second only to the Three Dukes.
Further down there are the generals of the Fu army, the generals of the central army, the generals of the upper army, the generals of the town army, etc.
These are all second-grade generals, with the status of leading an army alone on an expedition. Li Guang can barely be considered a general at this level.
The four town generals under the Forbidden Army system are of Li Gan's rank, which is equivalent to a third-rank general.
"When I came out of the study just now, His Majesty sent a message to me saying that Huo Hou had obtained the Nightmare Bow and stretched it into a full moon?"
Li Guang's face looked a little strange, and he stared at Huo Qubing: "Can Huo Hou show me once, how to pull away the frightening night?"
Huo Qubing almost put one hand on his forehead.
He got the Nightmare Bow. When he entered the study, he naturally did not put the bow on the open surface, but received it in the magical weapon bag. Unexpectedly, when Liu Che got a little angry, he specifically told Li Guang to come out and ask questions.
Huo Qubing glanced at Weiyang Palace, as if he could see the emperor paying attention to this direction from a distance, waiting to see the excitement.
Is His Majesty too bored in the palace and starting to make fun of the ministers... Huo Qubing said seriously: "Your Majesty and the general are joking, but I can only half-open the Night Frightening Bow."
When Li Guang heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After Huo Qubing finished speaking, he turned around and left.
In the deep palace, Liu Che's eyes closed: Li Guang was a military strategist and was deceived so easily.
The emperor immediately sent a message through the air and said to Li Guang: "The doctor lied to you. I saw him draw the Nightmare Bow with my own eyes."
Li Guang was startled, and when he turned around to look, Huo Qubing had boarded the princess's carriage and was gone far away.
Li Gan, who was standing next to him, asked his father: "Why did my father look so lucky when he heard that the doctor couldn't draw the Nightmare Bow?"
Li Guang glared and said: "Go away, you want to question me, wait until you have the same status as Lang Zhongling and are higher than me."
Li Gan was dumbfounded and didn't understand why his father suddenly got angry.
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Huo Qubing got on the chariot, and Jin'an trotted after him, walking beside the chariot and hissing slightly, meaning to ask Huo Qubing if he would ride it.
In the carriage, a big cat lay beside Liu Qing.
When the big cat heard the voice of its old enemy, it immediately jumped onto Huo Qubing and swept its furry tail twice. The intention of competing for favor was very obvious.
Huo Qubing said, "I won't be riding a horse anymore when I return to Chang'an. I'll replace him." He looked at the princess beside him.
Liu Qing tasted it before he realized what he was saying. He stretched out his hand and slapped him lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Let others hear you." His eyebrows were charming.
She is wearing a rose-colored embroidered brocade top and a moon-white Hanfu fairy skirt. Her long hair is combed into a bun. Her hair is decorated with thin silver beads and tassels. She wears a red jade on her small and crystal earrings. The pendant sways and shines as the frame moves forward.
Before she came to pick up Huo Qubing, she had obviously dressed up carefully. Even the shoes on her feet had gold and silver silk patterns of luan and bird facing phoenix, which were faintly visible under her skirt. The whole person is extremely delicate and beautiful, which makes her already unmatched appearance even more colorful.
Especially the body curve, plump and slender at the same time, with her hips flowing sideways, long legs and slim waist.
After she saw Huo Qubing getting into the car, she looked at herself carefully, with a surprised expression and a happy chuckle.
Huo Qubing winked at Da Mao.
The big cat looked at Liu Qing and got out of the frame unhappily.
Only the husband and wife were left in the sealed carriage.
Huo Qubing put his arms around his wife's waist and pushed her up, creating a sensation.
"Husband, we still need to go see my aunt..." Liu Qing narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly.
"Auntie is fine."
Huo Qubing felt as if a ball of nephrite was sitting next to him. His skin was like glaze on fine porcelain, slippery and full of life and fragrance.
Liu Qing snorted: "That prescription works, it was made into a pill, and my aunt woke up the next day after taking it.
We should thank the Zhuo family for the prescription... Two days before you came back, the Zhuo family's daughters Qingke and Bai Nanyu also came back from visiting relatives and visited their aunt and me. "
"As for Bai Family Medicine, the prescription they came up with saved my aunt this time. How should we go back and thank them?"
Huo Qubing was appreciating the delicateness of the glaze and casually said, "What do you think?"
Liu Qing's eyes overflowed: "Bai Nanyu, Zhuo Qingke and I have visited twice in the past few days... I learned about the current situation of the Zhuo family from them. There are two young masters in the Zhuo family running around outside, and the youngest daughter Qingke He lives in Chang'an with his father Zhuo Huai and Bai Nanyu and other family members."
"I see that every time Zhuo Qingke mentions her husband, her expression changes. She seems to treat her husband a little differently."
Huo Qubing smiled and said, "They asked Zhang Fangzi to wake up my aunt and pledge her body to her husband?"
Liu Qing smiled and said: "If you want to take a concubine, I won't object, so that you won't have to rest late at night."
It's a couple's joke.
The two chatted in the car and soon arrived at Wei Qing's house.
It's getting dark.
The bright moon rises into the sky.
The atmosphere in the back house of the General's Mansion was quite lively.
Knowing that Huo Qubing would definitely come to his house when he returned to Chang'an, a banquet was prepared in advance in the general's house.
When Huo Qubing came over, he saw that his aunt was slightly pale, and he and his uncle Wei Qing had been waiting in the inner house for a long time.
Seeing Huo Qubing, my aunt stood up with a smile and found that he was fine.
There is a lot of excitement when a family meets.
After the dinner, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went to the study to talk.
It was getting late, and he and Liu Qing took the car back home.
At this time, outside the gate of the Champion Hou Mansion, many people could still be seen lingering around after dark.
There were imperial guards on duty at the gate of the mansion, but no one dared to approach it at will. However, there were at least thirty or forty people lingering a little further away.
"Where did these people come from?" Huo Qubing asked.
Liu Qing said: "It has been a few days. People have come from all over the country, some of them want to be the disciples of the Hou Mansion, and some of them want to join the army and follow their husbands.
When you come back today, I don’t know who leaked the news. Someone has been waiting for it since early in the morning. "
When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, Huo Qubing got out of the carriage, and the crowd gathered outside the mansion suddenly became restless: "Huo Hou!"
"I've seen the champion!"
"Let's meet the general!"
Huo Qubing then recruited a pro-soldier and asked him to inform everyone that from tomorrow onwards, those who are interested in joining the army can try out at the school grounds on the outskirts of the city.
As for the retainers, the Champion House does not keep retainers.
When Huo Qubing and Liu Qing returned to the house, they saw a little guy who was staggering when running jumped out and whimpered affectionately to Liu Qing. It was a cub that looked like a little tiger.
It was the strange beast cub given by the emperor before.
It opened and closed its big eyes to look at Huo Qubing, a little alert.
Entering the dormitory, bathing and changing clothes, the dust of the days of battle is gone.
The moonlight is like silver.
This is a night where we meet again after a short separation, where beauty is as beautiful as jade, and we savor every detail of the glaze, trying to survive in the cracks.
Liu Qing performed less than half of the seventy-two moves in the secret scroll before he was defeated by Huo Qubing's beauty trick and shook his head in prayer.
After she fell asleep, Huo Qubing was full of energy and not tired, so he got up and went to the study to warm up his body and practice.
His practice has reached a critical point, and after some adjustments, he is preparing to break through and attack the three realms in the next few days.
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"Huo Qubing is back safely."
On the same night, from a mansion somewhere in Chang'an, a voice sounded disappointed.
"He is now a doctor, and even the emperor relies on him. Of course some things will not be that easy." It was Princess Longlu and his wife who were talking.
"The last time he left Chang'an, the whole city knew it. Didn't you also say that it was a good opportunity? This is the opportunity you said. He was safe and sound, and he made new achievements."
Princess Longli asked Hou Longli: "Have your people done anything?"
Marquis Longlu said in a deep voice: "If you want Huo Qubing to suffer defeat, if you are caught, you, the princess, cannot afford it.
My people had already made arrangements, but no one expected that he would leave Chang'an that night and march from outside Beiguan, so the news sent out was wrong and the route was wrong. "
"It doesn't matter if Huo Qubing is defeated. It's not like the border army has never been defeated. Even if they lose, it's just some losses to the border city. What does it matter? Can it be worth the hatred of my son's broken leg?"
Princess Longlu said bitterly: "It's a pity that Huo Qubing was not hurt at all."
They wanted to secretly send the traces of the Han troops out of the camp through certain channels controlled by Longluhou to lure the enemy into an ambush.
Using fake hands to help others, Huo Qubing was ambushed.
Because it involves the enemy and ourselves, it is difficult to find out anything afterwards, so the two did not act rashly, but felt that the opportunity was right, and they did it covertly enough to get themselves clean.
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After a long night, after going to court the next day, Huo Qubing came to the guard hall to handle military affairs. When noon was approaching, Ru Bohu, the embroidered clothes orderer, came to the door.
"Whose tail are you grabbing?"
"When you left Chang'an that night, some people really couldn't sit still. Look at this..." Ru Bohu handed a simple book to Huo Qubing.
Ps: Longluhou is the son of Princess Guantao and the younger brother of the former queen, so there is a motive, a reason, and involvement behind it, and it is not a stupid thing to be against.
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