In the spring of the eighth year of Jian'an, the King of Qin of the Han Dynasty and General Luo Yang, in order to quell the rebellion of the Southern Barbarians, raised their own troops and sent out the vanguard Zhou Cang with 3,000 soldiers and horses. Luo Yang himself led the generals and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City. The foreign sworn troops went out to fight. Fifty thousand troops and horses, plus the 10,000 soldiers who were taken away by Zhang Liao before, can be said to have exhausted all the troops in Chang'an City. Now Chang'an is simply an empty shell. Fortunately, the border of Western Qin There are heavy troops and strict control, and there is no need to worry about enemies attacking Chang'an City from outside.
Once Luo Yang left, the entire city of Chang'an was completely handed over to Luo Gan, the supervisor of the country. However, Luo Gan, who had received Luo Yang's elite education since childhood, did not panic because of this. As soon as Pu took over, he was able to handle all aspects. The clear explanation also made the Western Qin officials who were a little worried before temporarily feel relieved.
In the study room of the General's Mansion, after Luo Gan finished processing some approval documents that had just been sent today, he put down the pen and ink in his hand and stretched out. Because he had been at his desk for a long time, Luo Gan's back suddenly felt crackling. There was a sound. Luo Gan shook his neck and couldn't help but smile bitterly at the mountain of approval documents in front of him. He shook his head and said: "Father, even if you let me take over the government affairs, at least leave me a helper! Let Zhi Zhi It would be great if Uncle Cai stayed, but Uncle Fengxiao was left behind. This is great, because Uncle Fengxiao got so lazy that he threw all these official documents to me!"
He looked up at the sky outside the window and made sure it was still noon. Luo Gan touched his stomach, but he felt a little hungry. He stood up and walked directly to the door of the study and told the sergeant guarding the door: "Go to the kitchen and see if there's anything to eat, and bring it over too!"
After hearing Luo Gan's instructions, the sergeant was about to take the order. At this time, the sound of footsteps was heard, and a group of people were seen walking from the courtyard outside. The leader was a beautiful man wearing luxurious palace clothes. The beautiful woman was Luo Yang's wife, Liu Yingji, the eldest princess of the dynasty, and Luo Gan's biological mother. Seeing his mother coming, Luo Gan didn't even care about being hungry, and quickly walked up to Liu Yingji and said to Liu Yingji. He saluted and said, "Mother! Why are you here?"
Liu Yingji looked at her son with love on her face. Although she was almost forty years old, Liu Yingji was considered a natural beauty. At first glance, she looked no different from someone in her twenties. Time did not show on her face. What traces she left behind, on the contrary, added some mature charm to her. Liu Yingji smiled and said to Luo Gan: "My son has worked hard in handling government affairs. I have prepared some food for you specially for my mother. Come, let's go and sit over there." eat!"
"What a coincidence!" When Luo Gan heard this, he immediately laughed and said to Liu Yingji: "My child was just about to ask someone to get some food, and my mother brought it to me! Haha, my child thanked my mother first!"
As he spoke, the mother and son walked directly to the stone bench and table outside the study. Luo Yang had already set the rules in his early years. If it was not official business, no one was allowed to enter the study at will. Although Luo Gan was now in charge of government affairs, the mother and son Neither of them had any intention of breaking this rule.
When she arrived at the stone bench, Liu Yingji took a food box from the maid behind her, opened it for Luo Gan, and brought out a bowl of meat porridge, which was still steaming with a refreshing fragrance. Luo Gan smiled slightly. , hurriedly took the meat porridge from his mother's hand, smelled it first, and then smiled and said: "Haha, mother knows the child best, it is the lily meat porridge that the child likes to eat!" After saying that, Luo Gan was not polite and said directly. Pick up the spoon and eat it while it's hot.
Seeing Luo Gan eating happily, Liu Yingji also laughed, looking at Luo Gan with tenderness in her eyes. Over the years, Luo Gan has suffered a lot under Luo Yang's education, and Liu Yingji also felt distressed about this. But Liu Yingji But she didn't say anything to stop her, because she knew that her son would inherit everything from Luo Yang in the future. If he didn't endure hardship now and didn't learn skills well, he would not just endure hardship in the future. And, on the other hand, Luo Yang's special request to Luo Gan shows that Luo Gan will definitely become Luo Yang's heir in the future. This is why Luo Yang married Cai Yan later, and even Cai Yan gave birth to a son for Luo Yang, but Liu Yingji did not make a fuss. Now Liu Yingji , has valued his son’s future more than anything else.
Watching Luo Gan finish the meat porridge in three swipes, Liu Yingji was also happy. She quickly took the empty bowl and said to Luo Gan: "Gan'er, how are you? Do you want another bowl? Mom is coming soon. Just ask someone to get it from the kitchen!”
Luo Gan took the handkerchief from the maid's hand and wiped his mouth. He smiled and said to Liu Yingji: "No, mother! The child is full!"
For some reason, although Liu Yingji was very pleased that Luo Gan was so sensible, Liu Yingji felt sour every time she heard Luo Gan speak cautiously to her, especially when she saw Luo Yue and Xiao Luo calling their mother sweetly. When they kissed, Liu Yingji felt envious in her heart! This is also a gain and a loss, right? Liu Yingji smiled and said to Luo Gan: "Gan'er, this official work is very heavy? Why don't you see Guo Fengxiao and others coming to help you? "
"Uh!" Hearing Liu Yingji's mention, Luo Gan immediately smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Forget it, mother, you don't know about Uncle Fengxiao, but I didn't expect him to help me! It's Cheng. Your Excellency has helped me handle a lot of official affairs, and the rest are all official documents that I must review. Although it is still a lot, it is already much better!" The Master Cheng in Luo Gan's mouth naturally refers to Cheng Yu, and finally Luo Yang Remember to leave such a capable official to your son, otherwise, no matter how capable Luo Gan is, he will not be able to handle all official affairs in a short period of time.
Although her son was so capable, Liu Yingji was very happy, but when she heard that Guo Jia was lazy and made her son work so hard, Liu Yingji's face immediately sank, and she snorted and said: "This Guo Fengxiao! He is getting more and more unreasonable. That's right! I'll go directly to the Guo Mansion later! I want to see what your father is up to when he uses him so highly!"
"Uh!" Hearing Liu Yingji's reaction, Luo Gan couldn't help but smile bitterly, and quickly advised: "Mom, don't be like this. I think Uncle Fengxiao is really busy with something now!" As he said that, Luo Gan couldn't help but think of the scene when he took over the seal of general from his father a few days ago. The weird behavior of his father and Guo Jia made Luo Gan confused.
In fact, Liu Yingji was just talking. She also understood the importance of Guo Jia to Luo Yang, so naturally she would not provoke him easily, so she followed Luo Gan's words and stepped down. Immediately she said to Luo Gan with a gentle look: "Gan'er, You have just taken over your father's job, so don't be too anxious about anything. If anything happens, just ask Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and the others to help! You must pay attention to your health!"
"Well!" Luo Gan suddenly seemed to remember something at this moment, and said to Liu Yingji with a strange face: "Mother, during this period, you'd better take your eldest sister, third brother, and several aunts to the palace. Let’s stay here for a while!”
Luo Gan suddenly said such a sentence, which made Liu Yingji a little confused. She looked at Luo Gan with confusion and asked: "Gan'er, why do you want us to move to the palace?"
Liu Yingji asked this, but Luo Gan couldn't explain it. He just inferred from the abnormal behavior of Luo Yang and Guo Jia that something might happen to Chang'an. If there is any place in the entire Chang'an city that is better than the general If the palace is more secure, it is undoubtedly the imperial palace. Even though the palace is the residence of the emperor Liu Xie, nearly 80% of the people in the palace are Luo Yang's subordinates, and many of them are masters sent by the Jin Yiwei! Moreover, with the emperor as a cover, Liu Yingji and the others would obviously be safer in the palace. However, Luo Gan definitely couldn't tell Liu Yingji just like that, so he just made an excuse: "Well, didn't the third brother say last time that he hadn't played with the eleventh prince and the others for a long time? Okay? It just so happens that you, mother, can go to the palace to relax, it’s much better than being bored in the General’s Mansion every day.”
Liu Yingji did not continue to ask. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! We will go to the palace tomorrow! It just so happens that Concubine Dong and I haven't seen each other for a long time, so we can talk more this time." In fact, Liu Yingji didn't know anything, at least she wouldn't believe Luo Gan's simple excuse. However, Liu Yingji believed that her son would never harm her. Since he refused to tell, why should she bother to ask and embarrass him? What? As the saying goes, parents’ hearts are rare in the world. Parents will only consider their own children, and Liu Yingji is no exception.
Now that he has persuaded Liu Yingji, Luo Gan feels more relieved. In fact, there is a reason why he did this. After thinking about it for the past few days, Luo Gan feels more and more strange about Luo Yang's weird arrangement. Especially since Luo Yang actually took the entire Chang'an. All the soldiers and horses in the city were mobilized, and Luo Gan suddenly felt very uneasy. Although it was absolutely impossible for the Guandong princes to attack Chang'an through layer upon layer of blockade, this inexplicable feeling of uneasiness gave Luo Gan a premonition that a storm was about to come. .
Putting these feelings aside for the time being, the mother and son chatted for a while, but soon, several sergeants held a lot of official documents and announced that Luo Gan's short rest period was over. Liu Yingji did not delay Luo Gan's business, but just continued After expressing a few words of concern, he left directly, and Luo Gan could only continue to immerse himself in these boring official documents.
At the same time, in an unknown corner of Chang'an City, a conspiracy is secretly unfolding!