The golden elephant did not answer directly, but sobbed for a moment before pulling Uncle Tiger back to the courtyard where he was temporarily staying. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are four caves in a row in the small courtyard, Jin Xiang knew that this was the residence of Mr. Qin's students, so he didn't dare to pick the spacious and comfortable two rooms, but instead lived in a small kiln on the very edge, which was originally Hu Kun's place, which was more simple than other people's caves. However, Jin Xiang brought his own bedding and clothes, as well as daily living utensils, as long as the kang burned, he actually lived quite warm and comfortable. His entourage did not occupy another room, but directly laid the floor in his kiln.

The golden elephant pulled Uncle Tiger back, took out the entourage who was originally roasting the fire in the house, and closed the door before he dared to talk to Uncle Tiger at ease.

"Good brother, I know you've been complaining about me all these years. In fact...... I also blamed myself. The golden elephant once again began with confession, "I also thought about following the third master back then, not to mention anything else, just the temper and temperament of the third master, I know that following him, I will never worry about being angry with others, nor will I be beaten and scolded." As long as the third master has a bite to eat, he will definitely give half a bite to you and me. However, I really can't do it! My family is the son of the Hou Mansion, when the Hou Mansion was raided, my family was sold, and one of my sisters was picked away first because of her good looks, and then I have never heard of her again, I am afraid that it will be long gone. The rest, including me, were sold to the same place, and at first I thought it was luck, but then ...... We were doing hard labor in that place, my grandfather, my father, my two brothers, and a younger brother all died one after another, and I dug a pit with my own hands and buried them all, and I had only half a life left. If it weren't for the early rehabilitation of the Hou Mansion, the government would have found us quickly, and maybe I wouldn't have been able to save my life!"

Speaking of sadness, Jin Xiang's tears kept falling: "The women and children of my family have also suffered countless hardships, and finally saved their lives, and when they return to the Hou Mansion, what if I leave and call them a group of women? Although I can also be an errand boy, but there is no man at home to support it, it is different." At that time, although many people were recovered, after several years of torture, could they still maintain their true nature? Moreover, many subordinates were also sent by the superiors, as well as those so-called relatives. There are so many subordinates, and there are only a few masters in the Hou Mansion? If you want to live well, it is impossible not to fight. I'm leaving, do you want to call my grandma, my mother, my sister-in-law, my sisters and sisters to fight with others?!"

The tears of the golden elephant did not stop, and Uncle Hu felt sour when he heard it, remembering that he had suffered a lot back then? It's just that he was stronger than the golden elephant, and he was sold into the Hou Mansion since he was a child, and he was not as good as the golden elephant was the son of a family, and there was a family to take care of behind him. So he could drop everything and follow his master away, but the golden elephant couldn't.

Uncle Tiger sighed: "Okay, I know your hardships. In fact, the master didn't really annoy you, if he did, you would still be able to enter the door smoothly? The master could still be so kind to you? He also asked you to go to the main room to have a small New Year's banquet? Mrs. may have some complaints about you, but isn't that distressing to the master? As for me, ......" he smiled self-deprecatingly, "After all, I am a brother who grew up together, can I really deal with you?"

The golden elephant was moved when he heard this, and hurriedly wiped the snot and tears on his face with his sleeve, and saw that Uncle Hu frowned: "Look at your embarrassed appearance! Come on, let these past events be scattered with the wind, and there is no need to mention them again! What did you mean by what you said when you pulled me over before? Hurry up and make it clear to me! Don't sell it again!"

Jin Xiang hurriedly took out a handkerchief, wiped away the tears, and pulled Uncle Hu to sit on the kang again, poured him a cup of hot tea with his own hands, and then continued: "Good brother, these words I said to you today, I can no longer recognize them when you go out of this door! When you tell the third master, you should also be careful, don't let people listen to it." ”

Uncle Tiger frowned: "What the hell is going on?"

"That's a long story. Do you know that after the Hou Ye who was still the prince of the world returned to Beijing, the emperor first posthumously crowned the old Hou Ye as the Duke of Cheng'en, and then lowered the title by one rank, so that the Hou Ye attacked, and the Yongjia Marquis Mansion became the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, but the plaque of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion was kept in the Internal Affairs Office and not returned? The Hou Ye still felt that the Marquis of Cheng'en was a first-class marquis, but the Marquis of Yongjia was a third-class marquis. The Yongjiahou Mansion has military power, but the Chengenhou is a real relative. There is nothing but wealth and glory!"

Uncle Hu was a little surprised: "How do you say this? Could it be that the old marquis left behind the people and horses back then, and the prince didn't get it back at all?!"

Jin Xiang's face was bitter: "Not only did he not take it back, but he also had a gap with the main general who temporarily led the Qin family's army, and somehow, after a few troubles, the Qin family's army was directly merged into Jingwei, and there was nothing to do with the Qin family at all! Obviously, the old Hou Ye was in trouble back then, and they all tried their best to defend it, but no one said a word for the Hou Ye. Hou Ye had bitter words in his heart, and wanted to complain to the emperor, but he didn't dare. ”

When Uncle Hu heard this, he sneered: "How dare he?

Jin Xiang smiled, acquiesced, and said: "This matter is also strange, our queen mother went early, but before she died, she didn't say a word about this matter, only asking for the wealth and safety of the emperor's mansion." The emperor has done it, for so many years, whether it is reward or decency, except for the clan, there is no one in Beijing who can compare to our Hou Ye. Even the ordinary prince of the clan has to be polite when he sees our lord. No one dares to mess with our Hou Mansion. But...... Except for wealth and decency, there is nothing else. ”

Uncle Hu frowned, and the last sentence of the golden elephant seemed to have been said more than once: "What do you call this? Isn't it enough to be rich and decent? What more do you want?"

"Good brother, you don't understand!" Jin Xiang sighed, "I said that there is nothing but wealth and dignity, this is true! Because the Hou Ye has nothing but a knighthood, and has never been an official! When he was the prince of Yongjia Hou, he also had a five-rank martial arts position on his body." But as the Marquis of Chengen, the emperor never used him again. ”

Uncle Hu was stunned, he didn't expect this: "I haven't been an official at all, I don't even have a false title? What about the rest of the family?"

Jin Xiang smiled bitterly: "In addition to the title, the marquis has not even put on an official position without real power, and he has no share in the affairs of the court, and he doesn't even need to go to the court! This is a privilege from the emperor, it is a grace, but everyone knows in their hearts that this is both a grace and a will." The marquis once relied on a knighthood, and the emperor was lenient to him, deliberately pretending to be confused, and ran to stand on duty during the court meeting, but no one paid attention to him at all. He couldn't think of any folds to go up, and after going down to the court, the people sent by the emperor announced that he didn't know what to say in the study, and after returning to the house, he stopped thinking about participating in politics and politics, and just enjoyed happiness in the house. As for the masters, the uncle is in the second room, that is, the widow left by the second master, he has an official position of grace, and he is a small master in the six departments. But he was in this position when he entered at the age of eighteen, and he is still in this position, and he has never been promoted! The two masters from Mrs. Changfang Hou, the second master is a lifter, and he was born in the country, and the third master is a martial artist, and they have all been arranged to official positions, but none of them have exceeded the fifth grade, the sixth grade, and the fifth grade, and they can no longer rise, and they have no real power. Now he can rely on the reputation of the Hou Mansion to barely block the mouths of outsiders. In two years, I'm afraid that everyone in the capital will know that the Qin family in the Cheng'en Hou Mansion, the emperor is just willing to raise it, and the real power is not to be counted on. ”

Uncle Hu was surprised, if it weren't for Jin Xiang, he still thought that the emperor would definitely reuse his wife and uncle. Back then, the Qin family sacrificed a lot for him. How can you look at it, you are not as good as ordinary courtiers? This is no longer a question of honor, but rather a deliberate suppression.

Uncle Hu asked, "Why is this? Could it be that several masters are mediocre people?"

Jin Xiang sighed: "The uncle of the second room can still be called mediocre in talent, but the two masters of the long room are both descendants of Mrs. Hou, and they have been carefully taught since childhood, and they dare not say that they are amazing, but they are by no means the sons of gentlemen." Not to mention anything else, the second master's literary and martial arts fame, but they all relied on their own examinations, and they didn't have any real skills, is it possible? Mrs. Hou's tutor, can't you still believe it? Back then, the old lady took a very fancy to her!"

Uncle Hu coughed twice, and didn't want to mention that person again, so he said: "It stands to reason that this shouldn't be? Our lord is not in the capital, and your lord is the only brother of the queen's mother, or the brother of the same mother's womb, could the emperor have any complaints about him? Otherwise, he would not have treated him like this." Even if he deliberately suppressed his relatives, there was no reason to deliberately suppress the talented juniors. The emperor doesn't care about the dignity of the queen's mother, but doesn't he even care about the face of the prince of the East Palace? Several masters are the prince's cousins, if they are powerful, they can also help the prince, right?"

"Who's to say it's not?" the golden elephant patted his thigh, "In short, among the people below us, the discerning people can see it, but they can't figure it out, and there are the foolish people who can't even see it." The Chengenhou Mansion seems to be full of flowers and cooking oil, but in fact, it is all empty, and it all depends on the emperor's favor. Now the prince is not in good health, 360 days a year, but 300 days are sick, it is not easy for our Hou Ye to see each other. If the prince has a case, I don't know who will cheapen that chair in the future, and when the time comes, our Hou Mansion will have no holy family, no official position, no real power, only money. What will happen then, you say?"

Uncle Tiger listened solemnly. Although he doesn't look down on the current Chengen Hou Qin Song, but the Hou Mansion is Mr. Qin's own family in the end, and he never wants anything to happen to the Hou Mansion.

He asked Jin Xiang: "You said that your Hou Ye couldn't hide it anymore, so he asked you to come to find our master." How can we interpret this? Could it be because our uncle went to Beijing and showed his face in front of the emperor? But if it weren't for the fact that your lord and uncle knew each other, who would have known that he was the eldest son of our lord? Not to mention that our uncle was born after the events of that year, and he didn't know anything about that at all. Could it be that there are still others who know about that? Your Hou Ye must ask you to come to find our master, is it possible that you want to ask the master to lie for him?"