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Qin Gou got off his horse and squatted on the rock, counting the time in his mind.

It takes half an hour to go back.

The attendants found him in the past two quarters of an hour, and came to ask him to go back.

The old eunuch Cui Zhi comforted softly: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty? Let's go back?"

Cui Zhi was promoted by Qin Gou a few days ago.

Qin Gou didn't speak, sitting on the rock like a wolf, looking into the distance, without saying a word.

The attendants were all terrified, thinking that he had lost his voice, or that he was crazy, and his tone became more and more urgent: "Your Majesty? What's the matter?"

Qin Gou said "Get out" coldly, then lowered his head.

Fuyou still doesn't want him.

The war with Quanrong had long since ended, and Fuyou was originally unwilling to stay in the Northwest any longer.

After solving Qin Gou's affairs and packing up his things, he was ready to leave.

When he left, it was Yan Zhi who saw him off.

Yan Zhi asked him, "Will the New Year's Day come back?"

Fuyou held the bookcase in one hand and led the horse in the other, and shook his head: "I'm not coming back, I can't make it in time." He took out a wooden duckling from the suitcase: "I bought it when I went to Huaiyang, and I gave it to you." Brother as a New Year's gift."

Yan Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Where did elder brother ask you for a gift?"

"I insisted on giving it to my brother."

"Okay." Yan Zhi paused, and suddenly looked serious, "Fuyou, what did you think about what I told you last time?"

Fuyou also paused for a moment, then took out another duckling from the bookcase, handed it to him, and said frankly, "Give me another duckling."

The pure ancients did not speak as straightforwardly as Qin Gou.

It was originally a pair of woodcarvings, but Fuyou gave him a whole pair instead of giving him one and bringing one with him.

The meaning is already obvious.

Yan Zhi was obviously a little disappointed, but he still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor, and took the wood carving from him: "Okay, brother, you know, you don't have to worry about other things, just go and collect poems at ease."

Fuyou nodded with a smile: "Thank you brother."

The two of them said a few more insignificant words, Fuyou grabbed the reins, got on his horse, and rode off without looking back, let alone looking back at the "little dog" hiding behind the city gate.

Qin Gou watched him leave without daring to go out.

He didn't know anything about ancient people, he just saw that Fuyou gave Yan Zhi something, and he gave away two small things.

Why didn't he?

Could it be the little mandarin duck?

Could Fuyou make love with Yan Zhi?

Qin Gou felt that he was not well.

But he didn't dare to go out and have a look, let alone ask Fuyou.

He only dared to nest here and take a peek.

The attendant beside him persuaded: "Your Majesty, otherwise, send a few people to catch him back."

Qin Gou kicked the guard who said this: "Get out, whoever dares to touch him, I will kill him."

He didn't even dare to follow him anymore, so how dare he catch him back?

Fuyou left, and Qin Gou returned to the imperial court.

It just so happened that the New Year's Eve was approaching, and the princes followed him back to the imperial capital to celebrate the New Year.

When the army returned to the court, Empress Dowager Liu went out of the city to greet her personally. When she saw the emperor returning safely, she couldn't help being a little annoyed.

The brochures sent to her by her relatives said that the emperor had changed a lot after this war. She didn't believe it at first, but many things that followed made her believe it.

The emperor really seems to have changed.

Fuyou traveled all the way south, and arrived at Yanbei City in half a month.

In the evening when he arrived in Yanbei City, someone saw him in the queue entering the city at a glance.

"Fuyou!"

Huaiyu ran forward, hugged him into his arms, and put his chin on his shoulder: "Oh, why have you been away for so long? I miss you so much."

Fuyou couldn't move, and even struggled to breathe.

Huaiyu was a young lady, and was fed some messy medicine by the people in the flower building. Later, she grew up, her bones were shaped, and she ate meat every day, but she didn't grow taller or fatter.

He didn't grow much taller, but his strength has grown a lot, Fuyou can't compare to him.

He put his arms around Fuyou's shoulders, and asked him happily: "How is it? Is it fun on the battlefield? Did we win?"

Fuyou shook his head: "It's not fun, many people died, but we won."

"That's it." Seeing his expression, Huaiyu knew that he had said something wrong, and started another topic, "By the way, I heard that Yan Zhi set off fireworks for you, so you don't want to empathize Don't fall in love, do you?"

Fuyou felt a little helpless: "No, I am someone who intends to collect poetry for the rest of my life."

"really?"

"real."

Huaiyu pursed his lips, seeing that the team entering the city was about to find him, so he gave him a push: "It's your turn."

Fuyou stepped forward, put the bookcase on the table, and accepted the interrogation.

After entering the city, Huaiyu led him back to the inn.

"Old Master Qiu took a few students to the south to give lectures a few days ago, and now it's just me and the old man here."

Huaiyu pushed open the door, and an old man was sitting on a cushion, grilling the stove, and was gnawing on dried meat—the Shuxiu brought up by the students below.

Seeing Fuyou came back, he raised his hand to wave at Fuyou, and grinned, revealing his few crumbling teeth.

It was the old man who Fuyou entered the imperial capital to present poems five years ago, took him to the post house, and guided him.

Fuyou later found out that he was a famous old master in the world, and had many students, including old master Qiu—the one Fuyou met when he went out to collect poems.

The control center arranged for him to act as the guide for Fu You to collect poems, which is really overkill.

The old master was not favored by the Empress Dowager Liu, and he was also discouraged by the government. He decided to be a petty official in this life and not to care about world affairs.

But within five years, the Liu family came to power, the situation changed drastically, and the feudal lords came together, and he suddenly saw a little hope again.

As long as there is a Hou Wang who is willing to reuse him, he can show his ambitions, so he regrouped the students and embarked on the journey again.

It's a pity that they only visited two princes, and the trip was interrupted by the war.

No way, they can only stay here temporarily.

Fuyou stepped forward, pulled a cushion over, sat down beside him, and broke off a piece of jerky to eat.

The old master asked him: "How is it? What did you write when you went out this time?"

Fuyou concentrated on eating the jerky, pushed the bookcase in front of him, and let him read it by himself.

The old master wiped his hands clean before going to fetch his bamboo slips.He picked up the bamboo slips, stood up, cleared his throat, and recited aloud: "Four years of winter, heavy snow, dog Rong was hungry, and summer was also hungry. At that time, the dog army sent envoys to call the queen mother and said—"

He changed his tone, held the bamboo slips, and made a bow to Fuyou: "'This year's severe winter, thousands of miles away, borrowing food for the summer, I would like to exchange slaves.'"

Fuyou sat cross-legged, held the jerky and slapped it on the table, the jerky was hardened by the sun, and there was a bang.

"The Empress Dowager said: 'Our dynasty is also hungry, and the people are not enough. Why do you care about the dog army? If people change food, the dog army can count them all. Where are the people of Great Xia?'"

Just because Empress Dowager Liu refused to borrow food, Quan Rong became furious. Since years ago, he has repeatedly invaded Daxia.

And so far in autumn, Daxia raised troops to fight back.

The old master held the bamboo slips, looked at them again and again, and couldn't put them down: "Okay, okay, it's much better than a short poem with only a few lines. This is how history books should be written. Only when the writing is eloquent, the rivers are pouring, and the sun and the moon are dark can we let the world go down. Future generations will understand."

Just as he was about to continue reading, Fuyou stood up, walked in front of him, took the bamboo slips from his hand, threw them all over the sky.

The small bamboo slips that hadn't been put on all fell to the ground with a clatter, and fell all over Fuyou's body.

"What are you doing? Why throw it away? It's so well written, don't worry you won't find it later."

The old master gave him a push, and when he was about to bend down to pick up the bamboo slips, Fuyou grabbed him.

Fuyou pointed to his heart, expressing that he clearly remembered what he had written, and then recited the words on the bamboo slips word for word.

He wandered around the room, full of emotion, and stood on the table.

But soon, this small room couldn't keep him anymore, so he walked out the door with bare feet.

Dusk fell, the wind was cold, and fine snowflakes floated in the sky.

Fuyou stood in the corridor, facing the vastness of the world, opened a pair of bright eyes, opened a pair of hands still stained with ink, and wrote sonorously: "Between Jiezhou, volunteers are the first to be launched. Fighting and looting, punishing crimes and punishing others." people!"

This is the last sentence of this article.

The cold wind blows head-on, Fuyou wants to take the sun, moon, mountains and rivers into his eyes, into his arms, and write them into the history books.

It was snowing in Yanbei City, and the weather turned cold, Fuyou locked himself in the room again, facing the bamboo slips, bored for a few days.

When he came out, the snow covered the ground up to his calf, but the snow didn't stop.

According to solar terms, last winter was a severe cold, and the next few years should be warmer, but this year's winter is exactly the same as last year.

The first snow is huge and the weather is extremely cold.

The common people were in a bad mood, and hurriedly began to count the surplus food at home, and the imperial court also began to order the princes and kings to manage their lands, dredge the rivers, and rescue the snow disaster.

For a time there was chaos.

Fuyou also put down the bookcase, and followed the soldiers of Yanbei City to the official road to rescue the disaster.

In the imperial capital, Empress Dowager Liu sat behind the bead curtain, listening to the reports from various places, her brows were tightly furrowed.

Qin Gou sat in the front seat and gave her orders, but she didn't notice.

Qin Gou said: "Send a small amount of troops to the territories under the jurisdiction of the princes and kings to assist them in disaster relief. If the princes and kings are unable to do what they want, they will report immediately and the court will distribute food and send people to rescue the disaster. The rest will be handled according to the methods of disaster relief in previous years."

When Empress Dowager Liu came back to her senses, the emperor's oral instructions had already been passed down.

She thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she acquiesced.

She is also afraid that the princes and kings will become more and more powerful, so if she can take this opportunity to suppress them, that's fine.

only……

Empress Dowager Liu looked at Qin Gou, she didn't doubt that the emperor's brain could come up with such a way, she was just amazed at the emperor's courage.

She thought that after these five years, the emperor's courage was worn out by her.

Qin Gou seemed to have noticed her gaze, turned his head to look at her, and asked, "I saw that the queen mother has not spoken for a long time, and thought that the queen mother wanted me to speak, why? I seem to have said something wrong?"

Empress Dowager Liu smiled dignifiedly: "Your Majesty just joked, the world belongs to His Majesty, and His Majesty can speak whenever he wants, and he can say whatever he wants to say."

She waved her hand: "Just do as His Majesty said, Li'er, Yi'er, this matter is left to you two..."

Qin Gou interrupted her: "This matter is not good, and if it is not done well, the common people will talk about it. Why bother to assign it to her nephew?"

It turns out that the full names of "Li'er" and "Yi'er" in Empress Dowager Liu's mouth are "Liu Li" and "Liu Yi", and they are the sons of General Liu.

Empress Dowager Liu choked up a bit, but Qin Gou didn't expect Qin Gou to block her back directly.

Before the queen mother could react, Qin Gou raised his hand and ordered two subordinates who were used to it before, and asked them to handle this matter.

After the court, the Empress Dowager summoned her family in Changle Palace.

She sat on the couch and tapped her leg lightly with a jade hammer.

General Liu sat on the sedan chair and was carried all the way in.He had a serious illness for no reason two years ago, and he is still not fully recovered.

The two sons, Liu Li and Liu Yi, followed behind their father.

After closing the palace door, they began to speak their own words.

Empress Dowager Liu pondered: "After a battle, the emperor is really extraordinary."

Liu Lidao: "Auntie, I think what the emperor said is quite right. This job is not easy to do, and there is no money to be made. If it is not done well, it will lose the hearts of the people. It is better not to do it."

Liu Yi also echoed his elder brother: "Auntie, I think so too."

"Confused." Empress Dowager Liu scolded lightly, and the jade hammer in her hand hit the table with a crisp sound, "Could it be that you have only picked good jobs to do in your whole life?"

Seeing that his sister was angry, General Liu kicked his two sons as soon as he raised his foot: "What are you doing in a daze? Quickly apologize to my aunt."

The two of them knelt on the ground, their voices became quieter, and they were still a little unconvinced.

"With the blessing of my aunt, does anyone dare to send us a hard job?"

Empress Dowager Liu was almost pissed off by the two of them, and said, "What if I die?"

"……what?"

When General Liu heard this, he became anxious: "Sister, don't say that."

Empress Dowager Liu ignored him, and still said to her two nephews: "I intend to let you two practice and practice, even if you can't ascend the throne in the future, it will be enough to support the Liu family's lintel. "

But Liu Li and Liu Yi only heard the word "ascension", and their eyes lit up instantly.

Seeing them like this, Empress Dowager Liu knew that they didn't listen to what they said.She picked up the jade hammer and threw it in front of them with a bang.

"Idiot! Idiot!"

General Liu pressed his two sons: "Apologize to my aunt, I will pack my luggage and go to the disaster relief tomorrow." He looked at Empress Dowager Liu: "Okay, sister, I will teach them, don't be angry, calm down."

"If it weren't for my hard support, how could the Liu family have the glory it is today? The men in the family are all stupid." Empress Dowager Liu leaned on the table, looked at her younger brother, and finally added angrily, "Okay, except you. "

General Liu smiled, and the two sons kicked each of them: "Go back and pack your luggage!" He looked at Empress Dowager Liu: "Sister, don't worry."

Empress Dowager Liu waved her hand and let them go down.

The Liu family left, and the attendant presented a new jade hammer with both hands. Empress Dowager Liu frowned, tapped her leg, and finally said: "Take Xiao Envoy Yue here."

"Yes."

The attendant immediately ordered people to put on the carriage and go to another courtyard outside the palace to pick him up.

When the carriage returned, a young and beautiful young man sat in it. He was dressed as an eunuch, quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage, and looked around curiously.

It happened that at this time, after passing the martial field, Qin Gou was shooting arrows in the martial field.

Qin Gou glanced lightly, then asked Cui Zhi, "What is that?"

Cui Zhi pondered for a while: "Go back to Your Majesty, that is the carriage in the Queen Mother's palace."

"I know, I asked you what's in the carriage?"

"...Return to Your Majesty, that is nothing, it is the empress dowager's male favorite... an attendant."

Cui Zhi was afraid that he would get angry, so he knelt down quickly while speaking.

Qin Gou just blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and finally asked, "Does Fuyou need a male pet?"

"Ah..." Cui Zhi froze on the spot, suddenly felt that His Majesty might as well be angry.

Three days later, the imperial court sent a small number of troops to assist the princes in disaster relief.

Of course, there are only a small number of troops, and they only work hard, and their rations still need to be solved by the princes.

If the imperial court needs to allocate grain, the imperial court can sell it to them at a price of [-] yuan lower than the market price.

If the court needs to send more people, the court can also send troops to do hard work.

But to collect money, it is calculated on a head-by-head basis, five dollars per head per day, and food is also taken care of.

As soon as Fuyou heard the order, he knew it was Qin Gou's intention.

Qin Gou would never do anything that was not beneficial to him.

Not long after, people sent by the court also arrived in Yanbei City.

The leaders are two brothers, one named Liu Li and the other named Liu Yi.

Fuyou recognized them, they were Empress Dowager Liu's nephews.

Empress Dowager Liu valued them very much, and usually let them do any good errands.

The two are not intelligent enough, but fortunately they are more than filial, with the Empress Dowager Liu constantly pointing them out, they follow the steps and will not make mistakes.

In the early morning of this day, the two brothers were outside to provide disaster relief as usual. Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance.

The messenger rode his horse and galloped, and shouted: "Your Majesty cares about the people, and led the army to patrol the snow disaster places!"

He didn't stop in Yanbei City, but just rode his horse through the streets of this small city, from the south gate to the north gate, to spread the news.

"Your Majesty cares about the people, and led the army to patrol the snow disasters! We share weal and woe with the people!"

At this time Fuyou was cooking porridge in the porridge shed at the gate of the city, hearing this, he twitched the corners of his mouth.

Why did Qin Gou come out to inspect for no reason, probably because he wanted to come out to find out the situation of the princes, and win the hearts of the people by the way.

Hearing this news, the two brothers of the Liu family were also a little nervous.

They couldn't help but think that the emperor was here to target them, right?

They really wanted to ask their aunt for help!

In fact, no one guessed right, Qin Gou just wanted to see Fuyou.

But Fuyou didn't like him pestering him, so Qin Gou had to find an excuse of "inspecting the snow disaster" and came out to look for him.

In order to show that he didn't do it on purpose, Qin Gou didn't go straight to Fuyou, but walked around outside before turning to Yanbei City pretending to be careless.

Shouldn't it be obvious?

When Sheng Jia arrived, it was still early in the morning, and Fuyou was cooking porridge in the porridge shed with a big iron spoon.

The brothers from the Liu family picked up the driver, Qin Gou said "flat body", got off the horse, walked around, and looked around.

Pretend that you haven't seen Fuyou yet.

He "inadvertently" walked outside the porridge shed, "inadvertently" looked up, and saw Fuyou.

"Fuyou, what a coincidence."

Fuyou put down the iron spoon and bowed: "Your Majesty."

Qin Gou leaned forward: "What are you doing?"

He could clearly see it, Fuyou paused: "Go back to Your Majesty, I'm cooking porridge."

Qin Gou was wearing a black cloak with a furry collar, leaning beside him, he looked like a big dog, Fuyou always felt that he had changed his original shape.

The hand holding the iron spoon trembled slightly.

Seeing him glance at his cloak from time to time, Qin Gou quickly unbuttoned the cloak.

"Fuyou, are you cold?"

"……not cold."

Before Fuyou could speak, he was surrounded by a warm cloak.

Okay, now the "dog skin" has been transferred to Fuyou.

The porridge was ready soon, and the common people came to line up to get the porridge with earthen jars. Qin Gou also took an iron spoon and set the meal with Fuyou.

The Liu family brothers stood by and watched, heaving a sigh of relief, as long as they don't embarrass them.

And these two people are also very good.

"Come here, change the place where His Majesty is staying to a place closer to this poetry picker."

In this way, the emperor has no time to take care of them.

In the evening, Fuyou packed up his things and returned to the inn.

Huaiyu and the old master were warming up to the fire, and the food was still hot on the stove.

"Are you back? Are you tired today? Your complexion is not very good." Huaiyu got up, stood on tiptoe, and patted the broken snow on his hair and shoulders.

Fuyou responded casually: "Yes."

There are more and more victims, and the official roads are blocked again. Everything is very difficult.

After serving the porridge with him, Qin Gou stopped pestering him, as if he came here to observe the people's sentiments.

Suddenly, Fuyou was called back to God by Huaiyu's voice: "Whose clothes are you wearing? Fuyou? Let me ask you, whose clothes are you wearing?"

Fuyou looked down, only to realize that he had put Qin Gou's cloak back on.

"I'll go back." He tugged on the collar of his cloak, turned around and was about to leave.

Before he could walk out the door, he bumped into someone head-on.

Qin Gou stood in front of the door and smiled at him: "Fuyou, what a coincidence."

Fuyou wanted to tear off the tie of the cloak, but Qin Gou held down his hand.

"I have something to ask you, can I go in and talk?"

Fuyou saw that he was holding the silk in his hand, which was written on, like some kind of official document.

It should be something serious, so he took a step sideways: "Come in and talk about it."

"it is good."

Qin Gou followed Fuyou into the room. Before Fuyou had eaten, Huaiyu brought all the food in and added a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

Fuyou took a big mouthful of rice first, and stuffed his stomach.Qin Gou picked up some food for him: "It's not a big deal, you can listen to me while eating."

"En." Fuyou nodded, "Is it about disaster relief?"

"No, I will arrange for disaster relief, you don't have to worry."

His handling ability is still believable, Fuyou picked up the bowl and took another mouthful of rice.

Huaiyu withdrew, and there were only the two of them left in the room. Finally, Qin Gou couldn't help it, let out his tail, and shook it vigorously like the wind blowing a flag.

Fuyou frowned: "Is it because you turned into a wolf?"

"No, I just couldn't help seeing you." Qin Gou smiled at him, showing his sharp canine teeth, and deliberately lowered his voice, "Fuyou, I'm here this time mainly to ask you if you want one. Male pet?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Fuyou made a "poof", almost spouting.

He was choking and coughing, his cheeks were flushed.

Qin Gou patted him on the back quickly: "Fuyou..."

Fuyou coughed, tears came out, and pushed him: "Are you crazy?"

"No, I'm not crazy. You don't want to reconcile with me, but I don't ask for fame, I can be your male favorite."

"Where did you learn it?"

"The Empress Dowager." Qin Gou said seriously, "She has several male favorites, all of whom are kept in a courtyard outside the palace, which is very convenient. You can also raise me in the palace without giving me money. If you have If you need it, just send me a letter, and I will come to accompany you right away. If you don’t give an order, I will never disturb you.”

He seemed to be really trying to convince Fuyou: "Only you and I know about the control center, I can talk with you. And I know you best in this world, only I know how to make you comfortable, you will be an adult soon, you Need a male pet to relieve..."

Fuyou was extremely confused: "Thank you, but there is no need..."

"Needed." Qin Gou unfolded the silk he brought, "Look, this is the medical examination report prescribed by the imperial physician. I am the most suitable candidate."

He looked at Fuyou sincerely: "I just want to be with you, anything is fine."

No one can figure out what the puppy is thinking.

He still thought it was perfect.

Qin Gou unfolded another silk letter: "Look, I have already drawn up the contract."

Fuyou hugged the bowls and chopsticks, and silently moved them away: "Stay away from me."

Help.

Qin Gou said seriously, "Fuyou, I am the most suitable candidate, am I not?"

Fu You frowned, with a look of disgust: "You are not."

"why?"

"Because...the male junior is a poodle. The male senior is a Shar Pei." Fuyou tried to defeat him in his logic, "The queen mother's male pets are all young and beautiful, you...you are too old."

As if struck by a bolt from the blue, Qin Gou tried to save him: "I am a wolf..."