Chapter 4 First meeting with my brother
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Huo Guang wanted to leave a good impression in Huo Qubing's heart as soon as possible, but not only to follow his elder brother into the court as the historical development. But Huo Guang knew that according to the historical development, Huo Qubing returned to Pingyang County at this time, the time should be the fourth year of Yuanshou in Emperor Wu of Han in history. The main purpose of this trip to Huo Qubing was to participate in the famous Battle of Mobei. In this battle, the Han Empire won a complete victory, which made the Huns no longer have the power to go south, and thus the situation of "The Monkey Court without the Monan".
At this moment, Huo Qubing appeared in Pingyang, but in fact he was just taking the lead. Huo Guang knew that the "Battle of Mobei" was actually the last large-scale battle against the Huns in the Han Empire. If he could take this opportunity to follow Huo Qubing to obtain military merits, he would be able to take office earlier and faster than the historical process.
Of course, the most important reason why Huo Guang made this plan was that he knew that Huo Qubing had actually only less than two years to live. If Huo Qubing could live a few more years, with the prestige and status of this brother, Huo Guang would not have to worry about his career. Although Huo Guang was also powerful in the court in history, in the first ten years, Huo Guang was cautious and walking on thin ice everywhere. Although the evaluation in history books was due to Huo Guang's personality, Huo Guang now knew that one of the important factors was that he lacked a backer in the court.
"I am only twelve or thirteen years old now. How can I get my brother to agree to follow the army to the north of Mobei?" Although Huo Guang was determined, he knew that this matter was not something he could do with wishful thinking. Everything depends on his brother he had never met.
Huo Guang locked himself in a small room, thinking about what he should say when he saw Huo Qubing, but on the other side was waiting anxiously. However, the more he waited, Huo Guang felt the more something was wrong. When he thought of Huo Zhongru's expression these days, Huo Guang suddenly remembered that in history, Huo Zhongru had never dared to admit that Huo Qubing was caused by an affair with Wei Shaohan. In other words, Huo Zhongru was actually worried that Huo Qubing would take revenge on him. So when Huo Qubing met Huo Zhongru for the first time, Huo Zhongru might not bring him with him in order to protect Huo Guang.
"No, I have to go to the county government to see it. It seems that in history, my father was summoned by someone from the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion. At this time, my father happened to be in the yamen." Huo Guang thought about this and stopped stopping and ran towards the Pingyang County Government. Fortunately, Huo Guang had been there yesterday afternoon and still remembered how he left the county government. In a short while, he ran outside the county government.
The outside of Pingyang County Government still looked deserted, and Huo Guang could not break in directly, even if his father worked in the county government, he would not be able to do so. At this time, what Huo Guang was most worried about was that the people from the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion had already come to the county government to pick up his father, but Huo Guang calculated that the time should not be so fast.
Because Zhen Youcai told Huo Guang that the army of Guanjun Hou was not yet available for less than half an hour to go to Pingyang Hou Mansion. Although Huo Guang didn't know where the Pingyang Hou Mansion was, he thought that Huo Qubing had to go to Pingyang Hou Mansion, he had to be polite to Pingyang Hou first, and then Pingyang Hou Mansion sent someone to the county government to pick up his father. Since the county government is still deserted now, it is very likely that the people from Pingyang Hou Mansion have not arrived yet.
Huo Guang was still a little anxious and kept walking back and forth in front of the county government. Now he had many thoughts in his mind, both curious about Huo Qubing and doubting whether his time travel would change the established development of history, and even a completely different Huo Guang would change the history of the entire Han Empire?
"Tick...tick..." Huo Guang, who was thinking, suddenly heard a sound of horse hooves and carriage turning from a distance. Huo Guang looked up and saw several tall horses appearing on one end of the street. The horse riders were all wearing brown armor. After these riders, there was a carriage. A flag was fluttering on the carriage, and the three words "Pingyang Hou" were written in Han Li.
"Here you come!" Huo Guang was excited, and the carriage under the flag of the 'Pingyang Hou' showed that this group of people came to pick up their father.
Several guards from the Marquis of Pingyang and the carriage stopped directly in front of the county government. Without even looking at Huo Guang, one of the leading guards strode up the steps of the county government.
"According to the order of the Marquis of Pingyang, please ask Huo Zhongru of the county government to go to the Marquis' Mansion. You should go and call Huo Zhongru." The head guard, who relied on being a member of the Marquis of Pingyang, had no good expression on the officials of the county government.
Of course, with the status of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, these guards do have such capital. You should know that the contemporary Pingyang Marquis Cao Xiang was not only a Wanhu Marquis, but his biological mother was also the closest sister of Emperor Wu of Han. He was a famous "Princess Pingyang" in the Western Han Dynasty. Cao Xiang himself was also a general with real power. Moreover, Huo Guang also knew that even in the upcoming Battle of Mobei, the Pingyang Marquis Cao Xiang was also named the Later General and followed Huo Qubing out of Dai County to attack the Huns.
Huo Guang approached the yamen carefully and soon saw a person running out of the yamen. This was no one else but his father Huo Zhongru. At this moment, Huo Zhongru probably guessed the purpose of the guards of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion. His face looked a little bad, but when the Pingyang Marquis summoned him, he had to come out with a tough bullet.
"Dad!" Huo Guang jumped up the steps of the county government and ran to Huo Zhongru. Huo Guang's sudden appearance made Huo Zhongru frown and shouted in a low voice: "You are not staying at home, why are you here to do?"
"Huo Zhongru, who is this child? My marquis is still waiting for you!" The chief guard asked impatiently. If it weren't for the explanation of Pingyang Marquis' advice before leaving, the chief guard would have planned to tie him up and go. Now Huo Guang suddenly ran away to waste time. Although he did not have an attack, he was very unhappy.
"This is my unsatisfactory child. The child is ignorant. I will let him go back and ask the adults to wait!" Huo Zhongru said with a pity. Because the court had just issued an order to grant Pingyang Marquis Cao Xiang the Hou as the Later General, these guards have transformed into serving under the tent. Now they have military positions, so it is reasonable for Huo Zhongru to call him "Old".
"Is my father trying to drive the child away? Even if there is something big, my father and son should bear it. Besides, if something happens to my father, where can the child go?" Before Huo Zhongru could speak, Huo Guang said something first. As soon as he said this, Huo Zhongru was slightly stunned. Even the guards of Pingyang Hou standing next to him didn't know what the father and son were doing.
In Huo Zhongru's eyes, his child has always been ordinary and nothing surprising. But although today's words are simple, they are not like what a twelve or thirteen-year-old child can say. The key is that Huo Guang's words just touched Huo Zhongru's heart. It is true. If Huo Qubing really wants to make things difficult for his family, hiding at home will not have any effect.
"What should I do if I'm slow? You two get on the bus quickly. The Marquis is busy with military affairs now, but there is not much time to waste on you." Before Huo Zhongru could speak, the guard said first.
As soon as the guard finished speaking, Huo Guang breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly ran to the carriage and said, "Father, please get in the car."
On the carriage, Huo Guang and Huo Zhongru looked at each other. This was the first time Huo Guang stared at his father seriously. He looked at the difference between the father who gave birth to Huo Qubing and Huo Guang, two legendary figures. However, Huo Zhongru seemed to have no idea of his child, and felt that Huo Guang suddenly became unfamiliar. Fortunately, Huo Zhongru was not suspicious, and just thought that Huo Guang had suddenly grown up.
Most of the carriages in the Western Han Dynasty were like the Warring States Period, and there were no carriages from later generations. The carriages were moving forward in the spring breeze, and the father and son were in different moods. Huo Zhongru was still worried, but Huo Guang felt that the future was endless. Even if he followed the steps and did not change history, at least he would be prosperous and powerful in his lifetime. Look at this father, although he did not have the aura of domineering power, he did have a good face!
Soon the carriage turned out of Pingyang County. This was the first time he left the city. Huo Guang didn't know where the Pingyang Hou Mansion was, but the situation was definitely not in the county. The carriage was still on a stone road until he left the city. It seemed that Pingyang Hou Mansion was not too far from the county town. This road was probably built specifically for Pingyang Hou Mansion.
Sure enough, after the carriage had been traveling about five or six miles, Huo Guang saw two stone Hanques standing on both sides of the stone road. When he looked into the distance, a huge mansion was hidden behind the shade of the trees.
Huo Guang knew that although the Western Han Dynasty still retained the system of marquis, the so-called country was just a place of fiefs granted by marquis. Especially during the reign of Emperor Wu, although it was named a country, marquis had only vestiges but had no right to govern the people. Therefore, except for the marquis who were in real positions, the rest were just wealth and honor. This is also why the marquis of Pingyang were in Pingyang County and the Pingyang County Yai was under Hedong County.
Just looking at the grandeur of Pingyang Hou Mansion, whether it is wealth or power, a marquis, especially the marquis of Wanhu Hou, is worthy of being the top upper-class figure of this era.
Before Huo Guang could appreciate the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, he was sent directly into the Marquis Mansion by a carriage. Then, under the leadership of the guards, the father and son were directly led to the inner house of the Marquis Mansion. Because Pingyang Hou had a fiefdom of a county, the Marquis Mansion was also an administrative agency, and there was also an office space for officials in the front yard of the Marquis Mansion. What's more, Pingyang Hou is still in charge of the post of the Hou General, and now there are many military information that need to be managed by Pingyang Hou.
Not being taken to the front yard of the Marquis' Mansion shows that it is indeed not a business, so it must be a meeting with Huo Qubing. Huo Guang subconsciously pulled the short brown on his body, took a deep breath and followed Huo Zhongru.
"Report to the Marquis, the county official Huo Zhongru brought it." Outside a magnificent hall, the guard bowed to the hall and informed him.
"Come in quickly." Soon the voice of a middle-aged man came from the house. Although his voice was majestic and always aloof, his words were very polite.
Upon hearing this, the guard pushed open the door of the hall and asked Huo Zhongru and Huo Guang to enter. Huo Guang probably said that the man just now should be Cao Xiang, the Marquis of Pingyang, not his brother Huo Qubing. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the hall, Huo Guang saw two people sitting in the main seat, one in his thirties, and the other in his twenty years old. Both of them were wearing silk clothes and long crowns. Needless to say, the elderly were Cao Xiang, the Marquis of Pingyang, and the young were the champion Hou Huo Qubing.
Huo Guang focused his attention on Huo Qubing. Huo Guang discovered that this legendary figure in history, the young military god, looked a bit similar to him, but Huo Qubing's domineering and bloody body was not something that Huo Guang did not have. Even if he was not wearing armor, sitting there made people feel iron-blooded!
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Chapter completed!