After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

It was mid-September, with several torrential rains in succession, and the weather was obviously getting colder.

After one month, Han Mochu's Map of All Nations was finally completed.

Although it is not as clear as Mr. Yi Ji's, it is still very rare.

The map of all countries is different from the mountain maps and local maps that Gu Xiu has seen in the past. A huge spherical cross-section map is drawn on the six-foot-square parchment.

Looking at the picture, Gu Xiu just realized that Dazhou and the dozens of neighboring countries around it are just an area on the picture. There are countless countries that Gu Xiu has never heard of before.

The young man's eyes were instantly opened.

When he was young, he thought that the boundless Northern Wilderness was the biggest.

Later, the servants took him into the palace, and he passed through various places, only to realize that all he could see was the land of the Great Zhou, and he felt that the Great Zhou was the largest.

Now, he saw it again.Beyond the Great Zhou, there is a wider world.

Han Mo came out and took Gu Xiu's hand to caress the lands depicted with brush and ink one by one, and said softly: "Please look, Your Highness, this is the world."

"The world?" A strange word broke into Gu Xiu's mind.

"The word world originally comes from Sanskrit in the Buddhist scriptures, but when Mr. Yi taught his ministers in the past, he called the world you and I live in now the world."

"The world." Gu Xiu recalled the word again and again in his heart.In this way, a seed full of ambition sprouted in the heart of the young man.

"Your Highness, what kind of world do you want from now on?"

Gu Xiu fell into deep thought for a moment.

In this world, the land of the Great Zhou is not the largest, the products are not the most abundant, the national power is not the strongest, and young people have a strong desire to win.

He desperately wants to use his hands to build his Great Zhou Dynasty into the most victorious country on this map of all nations.

Gu Xiu's fingertips brushed every inch of the border of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and said eight words one by one: "Chang'an Yongning, prosperity and peace."

The eagerness in the young man's eyes made Han Mochu seem to see a wise monarch who would rule the world many years later.The corner of his mouth raised involuntarily: "Your Highness, one day, you will realize what you want in your heart."

Gu Xiu withdrew his eyes from the picture of ten thousand nations, and his eyes fell on Han Mochu: "Then what kind of world does Master want?"

"What the minister and His Highness want is the same world."

I don't know when, Han Mochu stayed by Gu Xiu's side, not only for the life-saving grace of the past.But Gu Xiu, a young man, really fits him too well.Guarding Gu Xiu, he hasn't had that nightmare that has been repeated since childhood for a long time.He also finally understood the meaning of what Mr. Yi Ji said at that time, the man with the sword only looks forward.

"No matter what the situation in the future is, I will always follow His Highness."

"That's for sure."

"It's a deal." Han Mochu chuckled warmly, stretched out his hand and rolled up the picture of the world: "But before that, Your Highness must first memorize the Zizhi Tongjian."

Gu Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then picked up the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" that he had been reading for several days, bowed his head at his desk, and began to study hard.

Han Mochu stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of Gu Xiu's hair: "Your Highness, it's not the right way to be lazy, lazy to work, and too ambitious. You have to walk the road in front of you before you can go further."

On a clear morning before winter, Gu Yan brought Bao Qing over.

This is Gu Yan's first visit to the palace in person since Gu Xiu entered the palace last year.

He had heard Bao Qing describe the location of Guiyun Palace to him, but when he came to the door today, he was still taken aback by the emptiness of the courtyard.

Ever since he could remember, the palace was full of colorful flowers everywhere, nowhere was there such a remote courtyard.

Seeing Gu Yan coming to the door, the little eunuch Baode led him to Gu Xiu's place and announced in a loud voice: "Your Highness the Seventh Prince, Your Highness the Fourth Prince has arrived."

Gu Yan stood in front of the main room door, and heard a faint tidying sound inside, and then Gu Xiu's voice came out: "Please come in, brother four."

Gu Yan pushed the door open and entered, and the scene in front of him made his pupils dilate instantly.

He had never seen such a messy inner room.

The half-person-high book wall filled the main room to the brim, and there were all kinds of unnamed utensils scattered on the ground.There is not even a place to stand, let alone a seat.

Gu Xiu knelt and wrote in front of a small table, while Han Mochu stood aside and saluted him with a smile: "I have met His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince."

"Master Han, you don't need to be too polite." Gu Yan quickly restrained the shock in his eyes, although he really couldn't understand how two people who were clearly upright like a mountain had the courage to sit in such a messy house.

"Brother Four, what's the matter today?" Gu Xiu raised his head from the low table.

"Seventh brother, the weather is good today, why not go to the hunting ground to loosen your muscles and bones?" Gu Yan stretched out his hand towards Gu Xiu, trying to pull Gu Xiu up from the table: "I remember I gave you a bow a few days ago, and I just happened to go try it out today. try."

Gu Xiu looked at Gu Yan's outstretched hand, and then looked up at Han Mochu.

Gu Yan understood, and turned to Han Mochu and said: "Young master Han, the ancients said that work should be combined with rest, today you will let my seventh brother go, if there is any homework left in the next day, I, the elder brother, will make it up for him."

What Gu Yan said was very beautiful, like a dear brother who loves his younger brother.

"Your Highness, you don't need to say that, I don't intend to stop you." Han Mochu nodded to Gu Xiu who was sitting in the middle: "Your Highness, do you want to go?"

Gu Xiu thought for a while and asked, "If I go, the young master might go with me?"

"Of course, as long as Master Han is willing, I happen to have some intellectual matters to ask Master Han." Gu Yan agreed without hesitation.

At the night banquet that day, he saw Han Mochu's skill and talent, and he became more determined to have a deep friendship with him. Half of the reason why he is getting close to Gu Xiu now is to make friends with Han Mochu.

When Gu Xiu asked just now, he was right in his arms.If Han Mochu can go with him today, he will have another chance to get close to Han Mochu.

"Since Your Highness sincerely invites you, then I will be disrespectful." Han Mochu said with a smile, "Please go ahead, Your Highness Fourth, and I will come after you and His Highness Seven have finished changing."

In order to facilitate the prince in the palace to learn riding and archery, Zi Tai!At the beginning of the ancestral dynasty, a five-acre school yard was built in the imperial city of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Later, it slowly evolved into a hunting ground for the princes in the palace and the teenagers of the clan and nobles to chase their birds and gallop their horses.

Gu Xiu has never been able to hang out with those noble children, so he has never been here since he entered the palace.

When Han Mochu and Gu Xiu arrived, Gu Yan had already changed his clothes and was waiting on the field.Seeing Gu Xiu coming, Gu Yan stepped forward to hold Gu Xiu's hand very affectionately, Gu Xiu raised his hand to support the short bow on his shoulder, and avoided it calmly.

"Seventh brother, Master Han, you came at a good time, we are competing for the prize." Gu Xiu's dodging did not change the friendly expression on Gu Yan's face, but changed his posture and walked side by side with Gu Xiu.

Gu Yan led Gu Xiu to the middle of the hunting ground. There were four or five other teenagers from clan families on the hunting ground today. Gu Yan led Gu Xiu to introduce them one by one.

Those teenagers were all fourteen or fifteen years old, and Gu Xiuli, who was under 13 years old, could not see much difference among these people.

"Look, Seventh Brother, that's the lottery head." Gu Yan pointed to a fine horse held by two grooms at the edge of the hunting ground not far away.

That steed was snow-white all over, with a strong figure, and unusually long curly hair hanging from its back, full of energy.For those children who are in their youth, it is more attractive than many rare treasures.

The same goes for Gu Xiu.

"Sure enough, it's a lucky start." Han Mochu stood aside and looked at the steed and praised it sincerely, and then asked, "I don't know how the competition system is?"

"Each person has ten feathered arrows, and there are numbered numbers on the tails of the arrows. Everyone chases the prey at the same time, and the one who hits the most targets will win the lottery." Gu Yan said with a smile: "Master Han, do you want to go on the field and have a try?"

"Thank you for the kindness of the fourth prince. I won't be on the stage. Your highnesses and young masters are all young people. Even if I win, I won't win with martial arts." Han Mochu squinted his eyes and chuckled, "I just need to see your highnesses' skills."

"Then seventh brother, let's try it out." Gu Yan looked at Gu Xiu beside him.

Gu Xiu stared at the white horse for a while, then turned around and replied, "Okay."

After saying that, Gu Yan ordered the horsemen to bring seven maroon horses from the stable. Although they were all good horses, they were not as good as the white horse with a green mane.

Everyone chose a horse and got on the horse, while Han Mochu retreated to the spectator seat next to the venue, looking at Gu Xiu on the horse.

In addition, several eunuchs from the school grounds were pushing two iron cages. In one cage were wild rabbits that were eager to come out, and in the other cage were gray wild pigeons with fluttering wings.

As the cages open, the prey pour out.Everyone clamped their horses' bellies and chased after them.

Gu Xiu was riding on the horseback, and the steed galloped like flying. Gu Xiu didn't hold the rein with both hands, so he bent his bow and set an arrow while the horse was running, and hit a hare with one arrow.

"Okay! Seventh brother is good at archery!" At that time, Gu Yan was reining in his horse and stopped at the spot to aim at a hare that was being chased wildly. Seeing Gu Xiu's ability to shoot arrows on his horse, he couldn't help shouting "Hello".

Gu Xiu still didn't rein in his horse to stop, but turned around and shot another arrow at the flying and circling pigeon in the sky, and the pigeon fell in response, almost hitting the head of a prince who was chasing a rabbit.

Gu Xiu's riding and shooting was done by his mother Yunyao in an almost harsh way in the northern wasteland. Since he could walk, Yunyao has carried him on the horseback, and has been on the horseback for half a day. on the bumps.

He also has a pony born in the same year as him. When he can walk steadily, he will climb on the horse's back every day.

The focus of Gu Xiuxing's hunting is also different from that of the others. Those noble sons like to chase when hunting, and stop to shoot when they have chased enough.

The northern land where Gu Xiu was born was desolate, and there were almost no crops and food to fill his stomach. Most of the time he had to rely on hunting to fill his stomach.

The prey in the wild is not as stupid as the prey in the palace. If you want to hunt it, you need to be decisive with one blow.

And how could this kid in the palace play house like hunting?The rabbit would not run if the horses did not chase after it, and the pigeon would only hover at a low altitude when it left the cage, as if it was afraid that people would miss it.

A real hunt requires not only seeing all directions and listening to all directions, but also not being able to stop easily. It is necessary to keep moving at high speed on horseback and keep vigilant.

Because if you stop, you risk falling prey to other equally hungry beasts.

After a fierce battle, Gu Xiu didn't stop, and even got off his horse, he couldn't catch his breath.

Gu Yan's cheeks were flushed from running, and he walked up to Gu Xiu and said with a smile: "Seventh brother's arrow skills are really good, today must be the first prize, and next year's spring hunting ceremony will definitely win the first prize."

"Brother Four Huang won the prize."

Han Mochu walked over from the spectators with the water bag, and handed the water bag to Gu Xiu: "Your Highness, drink slowly."

Gu Xiu took the water bag and took a sip with his head up, then walked with everyone to the side bystander to rest, the little eunuch piled up the prey that everyone had hunted in front of everyone, Gu Xiu looked like a hill in front of him.

After counting, Gu Xiu's ten arrows hit him, and he was the well-deserved leader.

"Seventh brother is really good at skills, this green mane horse belongs to seventh brother." Gu Yan patted Gu Xiu's shoulder, raised his hand and ordered the horseman beside him to bring today's winner over.

Gu Xiu got up and walked to the horse boy, took the reins of the horse, stroked the horse's back hair skillfully, and then led the horse to Gu Yan: "Brother Si Huang, this horse is given to you. "

Hearing this, an unbelievable surprise appeared on Gu Yan's face instantly, he waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Seventh brother, this is your prize, how can I accept it so easily."

"I entered the palace alone and had no possessions. That day the emperor gave me a good bow. I was really happy in my heart. I always wanted to give something in return. Today can be regarded as a return gift for the bow given by the emperor." After finishing speaking, Gu Xiu Handing the rein in Gu Yan's hand, he took two steps back and bowed lightly: "Brother Emperor, please don't refuse."

Gu Yan held the reins of the horse in his hand, and he was so happy that there was nothing to do. He originally thought that he would miss this steed today, but he didn't want to get it again after losing it.

"Brother Huang, I would like to thank the seventh brother for his kindness." Gu Yan's joy was already on the surface, and he couldn't suppress it: "I will order people to send all the prey to the seventh brother's residence today."

"Then there will be Brother Lao Sihuang."

On the way back to the palace, only Gu Xiu and Han Mochu walked side by side. Han Mochu patted Gu Xiu's shoulder: "Your Highness, have you learned how to win people's hearts?"

"So this is to win people's hearts?" Gu Xiu asked knowingly.

"That's right, but that green-maned horse is in excellent condition. Don't you think it's a pity that His Highness gave it up to others so easily?"

Gu Xiu raised his head, and said solemnly: "Except for Master Han, everyone can let go."