The weather is getting hotter and hotter. In the backyard of the General's Mansion, cicadas are chirping more and more, and louder. A group of servants are holding stickers and net bags every day to catch cicadas in the yard.

Liu He, Xun Yu and Cui Jun both got up early one morning and gathered in the study to discuss government affairs before the court meeting.

However, it was surprisingly hot that morning. The rising sun was very hot, and there was no cool breeze. The leaves outside the window did not move at all. Every time, the three of them began to feel a little heat surging.

Among the three, Liu He had the fastest approval of the memorial. Before he knew it, sweat began to emerge on his forehead. He did not pay attention until a drop of sweat fell on the bamboo slips. Then he took the towel, wiped it, and continued to work hard.

Seeing this, Xun Yu frowned slightly, waved to a maid, and said softly: "Go, bring a bowl of iced mung bean soup to the general."

It was originally an ordinary thing. Ice-cold mung bean soup, not to mention the royal family, is even ordinary middle-class families and even merchants with a little property. It is also a summer heat relief item, but the maid looked embarrassed.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Why don't you go?"

The maid looked at Liu He and replied carefully to Xun Yu: "Return to the Chief Secretary, the General had given instructions when he first came to Luoyang that except for the three elders in the mansion and the general's wife, others should not easily use ice in summer..."

Xun Yu was a little surprised: "Oh? There is still this matter?"

After all, it was a little late for him to surrender to Liu He, so he didn't know much about it.

At this time, Liu He also noticed the movement here and looked up.

"Wen Ruo has something to do?"

Xun Yu hurriedly stood up.

"When I returned to the lord, Yu saw that the lord was sweating continuously, so he wanted to order someone to send him a bowl of iced mung bean soup to cool down the lord. However, the maid said that the lord had ordered that except for the elders and wives, others should not use ice to cool down the lord at will, so Yu was just a little surprised."

"It turned out to be because of this matter. Wen Ruo came last year and it was normal that he didn't know about this matter."

Liu He put down his pen and looked at Xun Yu with a smile.

"Chunting ice in winter and storing it to this day is too exhausting for people and financial resources. If you are not absolutely necessary, you should just endure it."

He turned his head and ordered to the maid, "Go, get three towels and let someone dig three buckets of well water."

The maid was desperately retreated.

"Zhou Ping, Wen Ruo, let's both of you accompany me to suffer a little."

Cui Jun walked out and smiled and said, "Wen Ruo, the well water is very cool. My lord, as well as generals such as Yun Chang, can rely on this thing to cool down over the years, so you can try it too."

After a while, the servant brought three towels and three buckets of well water.

Xun Yu reached into one of the well water, and suddenly felt a cool feeling spreading along his arms, making him feel indescribable.

"The water of the well is cool, which is indeed a thing to relieve heat. When Yu was at home, he often used well water to wash his face and bathe in summer, and also refreshed his spirits. But he didn't expect that the lord was a general and was so frugal. Yu felt guilty when he remembered his past extravagance."

After Liu He wet it with a towel, he wrung out the water and put it on his forehead. He felt so comfortable that he almost moaned out.

"Wenruo doesn't have to blame himself for some trivial matters. By the way, I should come back if I count the days."

Liu He received a report from Zhang Yong's war more than ten days ago. He had already returned to the court after winning Xiliang. The roads of Xiliang were far away, and the official roads were mostly damaged due to war and disrepair. In addition, his army was dominated by infantry, so he naturally marched much slower, but it was time to arrive in Luoyang in the past two days.

"Well, the lord is pretty good, it's logical..."

Cui Jun was about to speak when suddenly someone ran in outside.

"Report to the general, the two generals Zhang Yong and Zhu Ye have led their troops back to the city in triumph. Now they are meeting the marquis outside the mansion."

Liu He was overjoyed.

"Oh? That's great. It must be the two of them who traveled together at night, so they could only return to Luoyang so early today."

He said to Xun Yu and Cui Jun: "Go out and welcome him."

Xun Yu looked at the sundial outside.

"The time is almost the same. In the opinion of subordinates, the lord might as well take the two generals to the court after going out. When the court meeting is over, we will go back to the house to discuss it."

Liu He looked at the time and nodded.

"Yeah, that's fine."

Liu He quickly changed into court robes, then made great strides out of the house, and indeed saw Zhang Yong and Zhu Ye standing outside the house.

All three of them were overjoyed.

"Brother, I'm going to Xiliang here..."

Zhang Yong was about to report something, but Liu He interrupted him.

"Hey, the two brothers are not in a hurry. Let me tell you about the matters going to the war again. It's time to go to court. The two brothers will join the palace with their elder brother, and they will just call for the rewards for this battle."

Zhu Ye seemed extremely excited.

"Okay, okay, after we entered Luoyang, my brothers and I were training and patrolling outside. We had a rare opportunity to go to court. Today is the only thing we can do is to see it."

"Haha, since that's the case, let's go together."

The three of them stepped onto the war horses and ran towards the palace together.

As soon as he arrived at the palace gate of the court meeting, Zhu Ye suddenly covered his stomach and screamed.

"Oh, brother, I have a stomachache, I have to go and make some more convenient."

Liu He looked at him in anger: "You, you are so lazy, you have a lot of shit and urine. Go and go back quickly."

"Oh, OK."

Zhu Ye ran away quickly, but he had just run across a corner and ran into a man full of heart. Zhu Ye was not doing anything, and the man opposite was hit and fell to the ground.

"Oh, it hurts..."

Zhu Ye listened to the man's voice, and looked carefully. He turned out to be a small yellow door. He looked at it at most in his twenties, with a pale face and thin skin. No wonder he didn't feel much strength when he bumped into him just now.

Although the little yellow sect did not recognize Zhu Ye, Zhu Ye's military uniform and burly figure were the court uniforms and burly figure. In addition, this time was the time to go to court. No matter how stupid a person was, he could guess that Zhu Ye was a military general of a high level who was about to come to court. This immediately scared the little eunuch's yellow face.

"I should die, I should die..."

He is a small yellow gate, with no power or power. For such a big man, it is not much different from the ants at his feet. Every now and then, a little eunuch will be beaten to death for offending some big man.

The little yellow gate was kowtowing, waiting for his hair to fall in fear, but suddenly felt that he was being lifted up by something.

"Haha, you little yellow door, you are rash and you almost knocked out all the dirty things in my belly. Then I'm going to be ugly in front of my elder brother. I'm standing up, what should I do?"

The little yellow gate looked at Zhu Ye who was smiling carelessly and felt confused.

"This general... general, don't you... punish me?"

"Hey, you didn't make any mistakes. I rushed to the cottage and ran away in a hurry. I knocked you down. I should be the one who apologized. What are you punishing you? You are so interesting, what are you calling me? You have been in the palace for a few years, why are you still so stupid?"

When the little yellow gate saw that the general did not kill him, he was as happy as if he had saved his life.

"Return to General, I am Gong Saner, who is eighteen years old this year. Half a year ago, my family was hit by disaster and my parents were gone. Only a nine-year-old younger brother is left, and my elder brother is like a father. I have no choice but to come to the palace. Although I have worked hard, I can always support my two brothers."

When he said this, Zhu Ye looked at him with admiration.

"I can't tell you, you are quite loyal. My elder brother often says that in life, you are filial piety, loyalty, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness, integrity, and shame. You are good at filial piety and brotherhood. I like it, come, this is to reward you, buy some delicious food for your brother."

Zhu Ye took out a purse from his arms and threw it to Gong Saner.

This wallet was very pleasing to him, but when it came to Gong Saner's hands, it was so heavy that it directly brought him to a staggering position.

"Ah...so much money..."

He looked at the at least one hundred dollars in his purse, and was surprised and happy, and was also grateful to Zhu Ye.

"I thank you for your kindness, General, and I kowtowed to you."

"Hi, what a big deal, it's worth... Oh... I won't talk about it anymore, I'm going to pull it off..."

Zhu Ye left him, jumped and ran towards the cottage.

Gong Saner looked at his back, held the purse, knelt down and kowtowed nine times, then got up and trotted away.

At the court meeting, civil and military officials were on both sides of the battle line.

The three dukes and nine ministers, the commander Jinwu, Henan Yin, Jingzhao Yin, the left Fengyi, the right Fufeng, the middle-aged general and above military officers were all in the palace.

The Luoyang Order, as well as the officials of the Nine Ministers, military officers of the rank of the lieutenant, and some officials of different ranks in Luoyang City could only stand outside the palace to serve.

In addition to the left General, Guan Yu also served as the Sili lieutenant. However, he was sent to Liu He in the past few days and stayed in Shangdang, so he did not appear at the court meeting. Ye Xiang and Gao Shun were both lieutenants and should have been guarding outside the hall, but Gao Shun was still on the way back to Beidi County, and Ye Xiang went to Hulao Pass to inspect and did not return.

Therefore, behind Liu He's hall are the Grand Marshal Yang Biao, the left cavalry general Lu Zhi, the right cavalry general Zhu Ye, and Huangfu Song, who was recalled by Liu He from his hometown not long ago, and then Zhang Yong, the right general of the Central Army. As for Zhu Ye, he is now the Huben Captain and can only kneel outside the palace.

"Report early if you have something to do, and leave the court for nothing to do..."

"I have something to report."

Liu He walked out with a fluorene plate in his hand.

"This time, I led all the generals to fight, successfully repel the Qiang people, wiped out the main force of the Xianbei Kebineng tribe, and killed the Zuoxian King of the Xiongnu. I plan a list of those who have made meritorious people. I will present them to your Majesty for the imperial examination. Please give them rewards as appropriate."

Emperor Xian was very impatient and seemed to want to have an attack at any time, but Chen Ji below secretly used his color, and Emperor Xian could only barely hold back his temper.

"Come on."

The eunuch around him walked down and took over the list from Liu He.

After Emperor Xian opened it, he almost took a look and said, "So many people? Just a few waves of Hu people have caused rebellion. Can we create more than a hundred meritorious people?"

When Liu He heard this, his brows frowned. Emperor Xian's attitude was a little strange. He would never have asked about these things in the past.

"Your Majesty, this time the thief is so powerful that it depends on the lives of the soldiers. Everyone is brave enough to achieve such a great victory. Why did Your Majesty say this?"

Emperor Xian was a little reluctant, but he did not continue to refute and approved the list of rewards requested by Liu He.

"I thank Your Majesty for your behalf. In addition..."

Liu He was about to report the Ming Dynasty that Yuan Shao colluded with the Heishan Army and the Hu people, and was about to ask for an edict. Then he sent all troops to capture Jizhou, but Wei Ji suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial."

His words attracted almost all the gazes in the court.

When Liu He saw that he was going to write a book, he felt something was wrong in his heart.
Chapter completed!