Sima Tan was embarrassed and winked the child repeatedly, and at the same time gave a deep bow, apologizing: "Your Majesty, I... I am incompetent in discipline, and I will collide with Your Majesty.▲∴▲∴,"

When the child heard the word "Your Majesty", he was so scared that he covered his mouth with Shu Jian. His eyes widened. He looked at the emperor and carefully placed Shu Jian on the bookshelf. He returned to the emperor, tidied up his clothes, raised his hands high, and bowed to the end.

"The son of Sima Tan, the Grand Historian, is moved to see Your Majesty."

Although Sima Qian was young, his voice was trembling, but his salute posture was reasonable. When the emperor saw it, he couldn't help but smile. "Is this your son?"

Sima Tan nodded repeatedly, feeling embarrassed. "My minister likes to read and vows to read books all over the world. I heard that there are many books in the palace, so..."

The emperor laughed and looked at Sima Qian. The more he looked, the more he became happier. He turned around and said to Mei Gao and others, "You think you have a lot of books, but now you have an opponent." He turned around and walked towards the desk near the house and sat down on the table. "Come on, tell me about Emperor Mu's journey to the west. If you say it well, you will allow you to go in and out of the palace and come here to study."

Sima Qian was overjoyed, raised his head and looked at his father Sima Tan. Sima Tan also felt very grateful. He brought people into the palace privately, and the blame was quite serious. Fortunately, the emperor was in a good mood today, and he might have escaped. He gently pushed Sima Qian. Sima Qian understood and rushed forward in a small step, and bowed again. The emperor was even more happy when he saw his etiquette.

"Your Majesty, I heard that when King Mu was about to come, Zaofu, the ancestor of Zhao State, drove the eight horses for King Mu. He went to the west to hunt. When he saw the Queen Mother of the West, he traveled on the West Sea, and was happy and forgot to return. Later, King Xu Yan returned, and King Mu got a thousand-mile horse and returned in one day..."

Sima Qian's child voice was crisp. After saying a few words, his timidity gradually faded away, his voice was stable, and he felt a little more confident. After hearing this, the emperor nodded repeatedly and ordered people to give him a seat. "Will King Mu go west, have there any maps?"

Sima Qian tilted his little head, thought for a while, and shook his head. "I haven't seen any ancient books that record this matter, let alone a map."

Sima Tan suddenly said, "Your Majesty, King Mu has no maps when he travels west, but there are maps of mountains and seas."

The emperor was overjoyed and asked Sima Tan to take the map of mountains and seas. The map of mountains and seas was drawn on a yellow silk, and Sima Tan carefully spread it out. The emperor looked at the map and searched carefully, and his eyes finally fell on Kunlun Mountain.

"Liang Xiao said that there is a river flowing eastward here and also produces beautiful jade, which is similar to Kunlun Mountain. Could it be that the Nanshan south of Khotan is Kunlun Mountain?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one was sure. Han Yan blinked and smiled, "Your Majesty, it's better to be cautious. If you are wrong, you can lose your words and be despised."

Mei Gao frowned slightly, and a trace of sorrow flashed in his eyes. The emperor raised his eyebrows. "It's a pity that Liang Xiao has returned home, otherwise, he can come and have a look."

Han Yan smiled even happier. "Your Majesty, Liang Xiao did not go home."

"Didn't go home?" The emperor was overjoyed. "Where is he? Let him enter the palace and see if this Nanshan is Kunlun Mountain."

"That's not going to happen." Han Yan shook her head. "Although he didn't go home, he went to Li Guang's house."

The emperor's face suddenly became dark. Mei Gao saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, but he had no choice but to do anything. Yan Zhu felt relieved at this time and couldn't help but smile. Liang Xiao offended Han Yan. Life would probably be difficult for him to live in the future.

Huainan.

Liu Ling pushed open the door of Liu An's study room, stood at the door in a pretty way, and smiled sweetly.

"Father?"

Liu An raised his head and looked at Liu Ling, very surprised. "Ling'er, why are you here?"

Liu Ling smiled and asked back, "Why? Can't I come?"

Liu An laughed and waved her hand repeatedly. "Come in, come in, it's cold outside. It's not that my father doesn't let you come, it's that you don't want to come." He asked Liu Ling to sit down beside him and patted her face intimately without makeup. "How could he bear to leave your courtyard today and see her father?"

"Father, I heard that Liang Xiao is back."

Liu An was stunned for a moment, put away his smile, and frowned slightly. "Did you come for him?"

"I am for my father." Liu Ling smiled like a flower. "Father, the Empress Dowager, died, Xuchang, and Zhuang Qingzhai were dismissed. Now no one in the court can stop the emperor from abandoning Huang Lao and practicing Confucianism. Although Tian Fu served as the prime minister, he worshipped Confucianism and could not count on..."

Liu An was even more unhappy when he mentioned Tian Fen. He interrupted Liu Ling. "Can Liang Liang do something that Tian Fen can't do?"

"My daughter doesn't know if Liang Xiao can do it, but Liang Xiao doesn't like Confucianism, which is true. He made such a great contribution before he was young, which shows that he is a talent. If he had made a suggestion to the emperor, perhaps the emperor could listen."

"What if the emperor cannot listen?"

Liu Ling smiled even happier, his eyes curled like crescent moons. "Father, if the emperor doesn't listen, that's even better."

Liu An looked at Liu Ling hesitantly, not knowing what Liu Ling meant.

"Father, Liang Xiao refused my recruitment because he wanted to go to Chang'an and serve the emperor. If the emperor didn't need him, or if he did not reward him like Li Guang, could he still stay in Chang'an?" Liu Ling blinked with a cunning look. "Father, don't you want to extend such a genius to the mansion?"

Liu comforted his beard, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "I think I want to, but it's a bit worth it to be at the cost of my daughter."

Liu Ling blushed, leaned on Liu An's shoulder, and shook Liu An's shoulder coquettishly. "Father, you make fun of your daughter again. If this is the case, then you will make a fortune. Think about it, although your daughter is married, she is still by your side. You have a genius in vain to expand your territory for you, why not do it? Do you have to marry your daughter to Chang'an and not see her for several years before you can see her?"

Liu An woke up as if he was in a dream and nodded repeatedly.

Liang Xiao, Li Guang and Wei Qing stayed in the wild overnight. After chatting for most of the night, they fell asleep at the farmer's house. After dawn, Wei Qing took Huo Qubing to the palace on duty. Li Guang went home to take a break. He and Tu Niuer passed by the city and headed straight to Maoling.

When he arrived at Maoling, it was already noon. Liang Xiao walked into the house and heard the sound of arrow feathers whizzing in the east courtyard. He looked at it and saw Paris and others practicing shooting. Huan Yuan was sitting in the hall with a majestic look on his face. Zhong Liqi stood behind him with his hands behind his back. Liang Xiao laughed and did not go in, and went straight to the backyard.

Mama Liang sat in the corridor, holding Xiao Ping'an in her arms, while talking, chewing soft cakes, and then used her fingers to cut out some chewed paste and smeared it on Xiao Ping'an's mouth. Li Rongqing, Yueliang sat aside, Li Rongqing was doing work, but Moon was holding the stove and holding her cheek, listening to Mama Liang's story. Hearing Liang Xiao's footsteps, she quickly stood up, her face turned slightly red.

"Mother, my husband is back."

Mama Liang glanced at Liang Xiao, her face was not very good-looking. "Where did you go yesterday? I went out of the wild as soon as I came back, and I didn't know how to go home to see it first. Old, young, are you so uneasy?"

Liang Xiaoda Nan. "Mother, I'm going to see General Li. Didn't Dahu tell you?"

Mama Liang was stunned. "Li Guang?"

Liang Xiao nodded repeatedly. Yueliang walked over, stuffed the hand stove into Liang Xiao's arms, and took Liang Xiao's cloak, as well as a little wife. Liang Xiao was embarrassed. Although Yueliang had given birth to a daughter for him, they met only a limited number of times. That time he had sex was the only time after he got drunk, and he was not used to treating her as a family member.

Liang Mama's face relaxed a little. "What is General Li's situation?"

"Not very good." Liang Xiao sat on the moon's mat, reached out to take the little moon that was rushing towards him with his arms wide open, and was a little frigid. "The family is barely bare, and there is not even a servant, so he can only hunt on his own when eating meat. I am going to send some money to help him spend the holiday in the name of Li Danghu."

"This is what it should be." Mama Liang nodded with satisfaction, and was a little worried. "A Xiao, will you... be like General Li, and you can't reward merits?"

"This is something unsure." Liang Xiao stood up and raised his daughter high. Xiao Ping'an waved his arms, laughing with joy, and saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth. Liang Xiao threw her up in the air and reached out to catch it. Xiao Ping'an was even happier and giggled out.

Mama Liang was a little worried. "If you still cannot reward yourself after making such a great contribution, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"

"How can you say it's a waste of hard work?" Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Have you planted the seeds that I asked Guo Wenbin to bring back?"

After hearing Liang Xiao's words, Liang Mama was even more worried. "Xiao'er, you are hopeless in a marquis. Are you going to ask the land for a house and ask the house, and you will get rid of your armor and return to the land?"

Liang Xiao looked at my mother in surprise and couldn't help laughing out loud. "Mother, whether to be granted a marquis is the court's business. I am not the first or the last person who has made merits and cannot be granted a marquis. But no matter whether you are granted a marquis or not, you have to live a life. Is there any problem with making yourself feel more comfortable, right?"

"Silly children, wealth and honor are the foundation of wealth. What's the use of wealth but not expensive? A single official can make you lose all your money. Without a title, you cannot be exempted from labor and taxes. Even if you have hundreds of acres of fertile land now, you will sooner or later be occupied. Besides, how many people can be raised by these hundred acres of fertile land? Now it's not you, my mother and son. Not to mention the division you just brought back, there are still several people in the family to support."

Liang Xiao glanced at my mother and was amused and crying. However, he also knew that my mother's worries made sense. In this era, whether she could enter the ruling class and whether she had enough social status was more important than whether she had money. Rich but not expensive, she was eventually the target of being meat from mermaids.

"My mother, don't worry, even if you can't be a marquis, rewards and promotions are always indispensable. I am a cavalry captain before I was twenty years old and a close minister of the emperor. Who else dares to bully me? If it really doesn't work, I will take you to the Western Regions and live a happy life, and no one dares to bully us."

Mama Liang gave Liang Xiao a blank look and said angrily: "I have been out for traveling so much, but I still can't be a good person. No matter how good the Western Regions are, how good can it be better than my hometown? Even if I am a king in the Western Regions, it is better to be a marquis in the Han Dynasty. If you want to go to the Western Regions, I won't go. My old bones still want to be buried in my ancestral tomb."—

(To be continued.)
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