Chapter Seventy-Nine: Li Taichang and the Two Old Men
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Outside the city of Chang'an
From the east gate of Chang'an City to the wilderness twenty miles away, on both sides of the narrow official road in between, there were dense crowds of people, looking forward to the return of the triumphant army.
After receiving Liu Che's holy decree, the hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City all left their homes, walked out of the city gate, and formed a mighty long dragon twenty miles outside Chang'an City to welcome Huo Quai's triumphant army.
Thousands of soldiers of the Yulin Army stood in front of the people on both sides of the official road with long halberds in their hands, in case anyone made trouble.
At this moment, from the wilderness twenty miles away from Chang'an City to the east gate of Chang'an City, both sides of the mighty and long official road were full of people who came to welcome the return of Huo Quai's Wang Shi, densely packed, crowded, and noisy conversations.
Under the escort of the Yulin Army, the people stood on both sides of the official road, waving some colorful small flags issued by the Chang'an government in their hands, standing curiously in the middle of the team and looking into the distance, waiting for the arrival of the young hero.
The vast majority of the people here didn't know Huo Quai, but they heard that he had won the battle today, so His Majesty asked the people of Chang'an City to come out to greet him.
After receiving the order issued by the Chang'an government, the people were very obedient, and even a little excited to walk out of their homes to welcome Huo Quai's class back to the court.
These people, who only know how to work hard and support their families on weekdays, have not seen the victorious army returning from the border pass for a long time, and the last time was when Wei Qing collected the belly of Heshuo.
When they suddenly heard that their Han army had won a battle on the front line, or a big victory, everyone couldn't help but be curious in their hearts, and wanted to come to see this victorious division, and they heard that the general who commanded the army was still very young, only less than twenty years old, which aroused the curiosity in the hearts of the people of Chang'an.
In addition to those people who were curious, there were also some people who came from the bottom of their hearts to meet Huo Quai's triumphant army, because they were coming to greet ...... The son, husband, or father who returned victoriously from the border.......
Among the 10,000 horsemen who went out to Hexi with Huo Quai, many of them lived in Chang'an, or in the villages near Chang'an, and the families of these soldiers together were thousands of people!
For example, at this moment, two old men in a group of ordinary people standing behind Liu Che and other civil and military officials.
An old man in his sixties with gray hair, and a lady in his fifties with a frowning face, the old couple stood in the crowd behind Liu Che and other civil and military officials, waiting for the arrival of the army.
This old man's surname is Sun, and the eldest lady's surname is Zhao, and they opened a steamed bun shop in Chang'an Dongcheng, and their son's name is ....... Grandchild...... Sun Ming.
As soon as the old couple heard that the champion Hou led the army to return triumphantly from Hexi, the heart that had been hanging for a long time finally let go.
It's good to win the battle, and if they win the battle, their son will probably be able to rest for a while, and they will probably be able to ....... Married.
The eldest lady supported the old man, with happy smiles on the two old faces, and they hugged all the way from the bustling crowd to the East City Gate, and squeezed into the position behind the civil and military officials led by Liu Che twenty miles away.
Originally, it was impossible for the two old men to walk all the way without stopping for twenty miles in a row, but when they found a tun chief of the Yulin army and told the tun chief that his son was a member of the Han army who followed Huo Qu's illness to Hexi, the two old guys wanted to get closer to see their son's triumphant return.
The Han army commander did not hesitate, and he could not refuse the request of the two old men, and immediately ordered someone to ride a horse to send Sun Ming's parents to the front of the team to welcome Huo Quai's return to the division.
Standing behind the officials and His Majesty the Emperor, the old couple smiled even more, looking forward to the appearance of their son riding a high-headed horse in front of them in the near future.
It's good to be back, it's good to be back.
........
On the official road twenty miles away, Liu Che led all the civil and military officials in Chang'an, his prince and princess, and more than a dozen concubines in the harem to stand here, standing at the forefront, waiting for Huo Qubing to return with the army.
On both sides of the official road directly in front of Liu Che, there were also standing solemn and solemn soldiers of the Yulin Army holding halberds, and these soldiers of the Yulin Army lined up in hundreds of columns.
They clenched the halberds in their hands, straightened their waists, and wanted to show their most solemn side to the victorious divisions who returned from the front line.
And in an open space behind Liu Che's right, there were hundreds of Han musicians standing safely, all dressed in dark red regular clothes, holding a variety of musical instruments in their hands, and they were also waiting, waiting for Huo Quzhi to lead the army to appear on the official road, they could play a triumphant sound, so that this happy day would be more celebrated.
Right now, Liu Che is standing at the front of the ministers with a smile on his face, on his left hand is a Han official in his fifties, on his right hand is Wei Zifu, who is excited with tears in his eyes, and behind him, Dong Zhongshu, Dongfang Shuo and other civil and military ministers.
Looking at the official road guarded by only the soldiers of the Yulin Army in the distance, Liu Che frowned slightly, and said a few words to the father-in-law of Xiaoshunzi behind him, and after listening to Liu Che's instructions clearly, the father-in-law of Xiaoshunzi immediately went to prepare.
Soon, hundreds of palace maids with baskets full of petals ran to both sides of the official road in front of them, and one by one stood behind the soldiers of the Yulin Army at the front, and not long after these palace maids stood, thousands of people rushed to stand behind the palace maids.
It turned out that Liu Che felt that it was too monotonous to say that there were only soldiers of the Royal Forest Army at the front, so he asked Xiao Shunzi's father-in-law to arrange for the palace maid to scatter flowers, and by the way, he was looking for some people to stand there and liven up the atmosphere.
In this way, Sun Ming's parents were also lucky to run to the forefront.
Everything was finally arranged, Liu Che looked at the people and palace maids standing in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and secretly guessed in his heart that when he came back from illness, he would be very happy if he could see this scene.
The corners of his mouth swelled up again, Liu Che turned his head slightly, looked at the fifty-year-old official beside him who was anxiously looking at the official road in front of him, and talked to him with a smile.
"Li Aiqing, this time your son, General Li Tian, also went to Hexi with the army, presumably he must have achieved a lot of results, rest assured, I will definitely reward you."
As expected, the old man in his fifties standing next to Liu Che was the head of the Jiuqing Dynasty, and Li Hongbin, who was too often, was also ....... Li Tian's biological father.
When Li Hongbin heard Liu Che praising Li Tian, his old face also smiled, and he bent over and said: "Your Majesty praises falsely, as long as my inferior son can not drag the back of the champion Hou this time, how dare you expect him to make meritorious contributions." ”
Liu Che waved his hand with a smile and said, "Lord Li's words are wrong, what kind of person General Li Tian is, you don't know, do I still know it?" Inside Dingxiang City, outside Shangjun City, I have seen all the military exploits that General Li Tian has made over the years, and to be honest, I sometimes envy Master Li that you have such an outstanding son. ”
Liu Che exhaled a breath and said quite abruptly: "I didn't rely on my father who was in a high position, that is, I fought with the Huns on the front line, and exchanged the Hun heads one after another for the official position of the lieutenant general of my Han Zhenjun, all this took only three years, Lord Li, I might as well tell you that General Li Tian must be reused, if it weren't for the fact that he has only been in the army for three years, and his military resources are too shallow, I would have promoted him to a third-grade general a long time ago." ”
When Li Hongbin heard this, he hurriedly shirked his hand, "Your Majesty must not, the dog has been in the army for three years, and he has been ranked among the four rank generals of my Han Dynasty, if he is promoted, I am afraid that it will cause others to be dissatisfied, even if it is ....... Even if you are talented, you can't improve so quickly. ”
Liu Che nodded, "What Aiqing said is also reasonable, so let's do it, I won't be promoted, but the position is ......" Liu Che looked at Li Hongbin and couldn't refuse: "But the Hou I must be sealed, according to General Li's military exploits, he can already be named the Hou, I wanted to train him in the experience before, and now is the time." ”
This time, Li Hongbin did not shirk and was very happy to substitute....... For the son who made him proud, he thanked Liu Che for his reward.
Three years ago, Li Tian was the son he didn't want to mention in his life, but three years later, Li Tian became the pride of his life.
And today, if it weren't for Li Tian's relationship, Li Hongbin really wouldn't have been able to stand beside Liu Che, because on Liu Che's left hand side stood Wei Zifu, and the nearly five-year-old, white and lovely prince Liu Ju.
After talking to Li Hongbin, Liu Che took his son Liu Ju from Wei Zifu's arms, touched Liu Ju's little head, and rubbed Xiao Liu's fair face with his chin affectionately, Xiao Liu Ju was amused by his father.
Liu Che teased his son and said with a smile: "According to the son, your sick brother will come back soon, and when you have nothing to do in the future, you will play with your sick brother more, and when you ascend the throne in the future, he will be a big help for you, understand?" ”
Xiao Liu nodded his little head cutely, "Father, according to my son, I know." ”
Wei Zifu looked at this scene and smiled lightly, his heart was very sweet.
Judging from the scene just now, Liu Ju seems to be very pleasing to Liu Che.
This is inevitable, because if it weren't for his arrival, Wei Zifu wouldn't even be the queen!
Any idea why?
Liu Ju is Liu Che's eldest son!
That's right, Liu Ju is Liu Che's first son, that is to say, Liu Che only had a princess and no son before, and it was precisely because of Liu Ju's birth that Liu Che was overjoyed that he named Wei Zifu the Empress of the Han Dynasty.
Speaking of which, the Wei family should be grateful to Liu Ju, if it weren't for him, Wei Zifu might not be able to be the queen for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult for Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing to get ahead.
But....... Liu Che can't have only one son in his life, if Liu Che only has one son in his life, I'm afraid there won't be so many things happening.
After teasing Xiao Liu a few times, Liu Che set his eyes on the gentle and elegant Wei Zifu in front of him, stretched out his generous palm, Liu Che grabbed Wei Zifu's waist, and Wei Zifu hurriedly leaned on Liu Che's arms.
Holding Wei Zifu, Liu Che looked at the official road in front of him, took a deep breath, and spit it out gently.
"Thank you, son."
"If it weren't for the illness you brought for me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to destroy the Huns in this life."
Hearing Liu Che's thanks, Wei Zifu smiled softly, "Your Majesty is serious, these are what concubines should do." ”
Holding the beautiful woman in his arms, Liu Che smiled vigorously, and a momentum of guiding the world erupted from his body.
"Don't worry, this time I will reward him well, and I will never let him suffer any loss, and all the ministers who slandered him in the court before have been dismissed by me, and since then, I will be the first general of my Han Dynasty!"
Wei Zifu smiled even sweeter, leaned on Liu Che's arms and nodded his little head, and said with a charming eye: "Thank you, Your Majesty, concubine." ”
At this time, holding Wei Zifu and holding Xiao Liu, Liu Che suddenly turned around and looked at a girl with a flowery appearance, sweet appearance, gorgeous clothes, and cardamom years behind him.
Looking at the girl standing among the concubines and princesses, Liu Che put Xiao Liu Ju back into Wei Zifu's arms, beckoned to the girl behind him and smiled: "Yulan come here." ”
"No", hearing the call of her father, Liu Yulan, the princess of Pingyin, came to Liu Che's side with small steps, and bowed her head very obediently and said, "Father." ”
Liu Che gently stretched out his hand to help his daughter up, looking at Liu Yulan's beautiful face, Liu Che was proud, such a beautiful girl, who else but me could give birth.
Just as Liu Che said, Pingyin Princess Liu Yulan is beautiful, and she stood out from the crowd of concubines and princesses before.
There are many old ministers who are over sixty years old around, and they will be unconsciously stunned when they see Liu Yulan's beautiful face, let alone those young people, even if they stand there quietly and don't say anything, they have already attracted everyone's attention.
Princess Pingyin deserves the four words of red face and trouble, even if she is still underage, her appearance is only slightly inferior to Wei Zifu, in Liu Che's eyes, she and Huo Quzhi are a match made in heaven.
At that moment, Liu Che and Yan Yuese said: "Yulan, I will lead the army back soon after I get sick, and later, I will arrange for you to meet, let's say, you have met before, how about it, are you still satisfied with the illness?" ”
Hearing Liu Che mention Huo Qu's illness, the corners of Liu Yulan's mouth outlined a ** smile, but her white face was a lot redder, she lowered her head, and said very shyly.
"Everything is up to my father."
Liu Che smiled heartily when he heard this, "Okay, with your words, I can rest assured." ”
Just as Liu Che and Liu Yulan were talking, a loud shout suddenly came from the official road at the front.
"The champion is here!"