The ancestral land of the Xiahou family is in the Imperial Capital of War God City, and although it is not the top family in the Tianqi Kingdom, it is also a large family with a good reputation.

In such a family that serves the country, most of the adults in the clan have held official positions in various places.

Seventeen years ago, Xiahou Lie was transferred to Tianhuo City, and because he had just come here with a lot of things, it was very inconvenient to take his two or three-year-old son with him. So, when he and his wife came to Tianhuo City, his son stayed in the Imperial Capital family, and it was not until he was promoted to the city lord of Tianhuo City that he took his son over five years ago.

In the twelve years before that, except for the opportunity to go home every year to worship his ancestors, he was usually tens of thousands of miles away from his son, and he had no chance to meet at all.

With the detailed inquiry, Qin Yan knew more about the situation.

Most of the men of the younger generation of the Xiahou family held official positions in various parts of the empire, which was a method deliberately used by the upper echelons of the empire to restrain large families, so as to prevent a certain family from having too much power in the imperial capital and posing some unpredictable threats to the imperial family.

In this way, the people left in the imperial capital by the Xiahou family were mainly a few old people in high positions and a group of underage children.

At the beginning, Xia Houying was one of these many children, which was a bit of a left-behind child.

A few old men in the empire were in high positions, and they had a lot of official business to deal with every day, and the care of the children was left to the stewards and servants.

The youngest of these children is still a baby, and the oldest is more than ten years old, and there are about a dozen children belonging to the Xiahou family.

Among them, there were relatively few boys, when Xia Houying was still very young, there were only four boys and nine girls among the dozen or so children in the family.

Why would Qin Yan deliberately pay attention to the ratio of boys to girls?

The reason soon emerged!

"How is the relationship between the virtuous nephew and the other children?" Qin Yan asked suddenly.

"This ......"

Xia Houlie seemed to recall the events of many years ago from the memories of his son who didn't know much about him, and after a while he said: "His three cousins are all good to him, especially the eldest brother, who has always been close to him like a compatriot...... You know, they were all children back then, and most of the boys and girls at that age didn't deal with each other, so his cousins often bullied him, but the three cousins sided with him. ”

"His cousin bullied him?" Qin Yan was stunned.

"It's nothing, it's all children's fighting." Xiahou Lie smiled indifferently.

"Have you heard him say how those cousins bullied him?"

"None of this should matter, right?"

"It's related!"

"That's right...... I am not in the imperial capital all the year round, and the specific situation is not clear, but I heard him say something in my early years. ”

Probably remembering something from the past, Xiahou Lie's face was gentle, and he said with a smile: "I remember that when he was about eight years old, when I went back to worship my ancestors, I just got home, and he ran to me crying, saying that his second cousin had injured his little JJ. I was startled and asked what was going on, and guess what? My second niece is just having fun, and she tied him up with a rope, but it was actually just a few flicks...... Alas, think about how innocent and cute it was back then, look at ...... now"

When Xia Houlie recalled the past with a happy face, not caring about the crux of the problem, Qin Yan's face was full of understanding.

The other young and strong elders were outside, and a few elderly people were too busy with official duties to take care of them, and only a group of children stayed at home all day.

At that time, a group of children were obviously in the stage of yin and yang, and girls had an absolute advantage.

On the one hand, at that time, he was young and weak, and he was always bullied by his cousins, which left a shadow in his heart that a woman was likely to be.

On the other hand, the three cousins helped him again and again, leaving in his young heart the idea that men are better than women.

The two reasons are combined, and he has been afraid of women since he was a child, or he is hostile and repulsive, but he is much closer to men.

This is the crux of the matter!

Through Xiahou Lie's telling, Qin Yan quickly found the crux of the problem, but the question is, how to untie this knot that has remained in Xiahou Ying's heart for many years?

At this moment, Xiahou Lie didn't pay attention to Qin Yan thinking at all, and was still talking to himself about all kinds of things when his son was a child.

"Brother Xiahou, do you believe me?" Qin Yan asked suddenly.

"Ugh!"

Xiahou Lie's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, he paused for a while, and then nodded: "The elder brother is a generation of junjie, and he naturally believes it very much as a brother!" ”

Qin Yan nodded and said, "I want to know Lu Dao, does Brother Xiahou have a woman who wants her to marry a virtuous nephew?" Of course, now is not the time to consider the other party's family background, this woman doesn't like to have much background, the key is to be really good to the virtuous nephew. ”

"Don't say this, there are really a lot of women who like that little beast, it's not for my brother's boasting, that little beast naturally grows a look that makes women like it."

This is really not Xiahou Lie's bragging, Qin Yan has seen Xiahou Ying more than once, that kid is a little more feminine, and he is indeed handsome and extraordinary.

Everyone has a love for beauty, just as men like beautiful women, why don't women like handsome and handsome men?

"Does Skyfire City have it?"

"Yes!"

"How many?"

"It's a lot...... I can't tell for a moment. ”

"In that case, you can find all the women in Tianhuo City who like virtuous nephews. The more the merrier, regardless of appearance, strength, and family background. ”

"Ahh

Xiahou Lie felt that Qin Yan was not treating his son, but was going to hold a draft competition for his son, but since he had decided to let him help his son heal, although his heart was full of doubts, he still called his entourage to handle this matter, and the two drank and chatted in the flower hall.

About an hour later, the entourage reported that everyone had brought it.

After a while, a large group of women were ushered into the flower hall.

These women are beautiful and ugly, tall and short, some are dressed gracefully and luxuriously, they have a good family background at a glance, and some are dressed in plain clothes.

Finding that Qin Yan's gaze swept over all the women, Xiahou Lie walked up to him, lowered his voice and said, "There are most of the women here who have chosen to give up after knowing the problem of that little beast. ”

Qin Yan secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: Your son only likes men and doesn't like women, how many of these women will die after they know the Tao?

"If I said that I could make Xia Houying become like a normal man, would you choose to be with him?" Qin Yan asked with a smile.

"Can you really cure Xiahou Ying?"

"If he becomes normal, I'll definitely be with him!"

"When is your turn? I'm prettier than you! ”

"You are a good man, what qualifications do you have to marry into the Xiahou family?"

"Phew!"

When a group of women heard that Xiahou Ying could be cured, they immediately started a battle for their husbands in full swing - who doesn't want to marry a young and handsome son with an extraordinary net worth?

More than half of the women began to squeeze each other, Qin Yan smiled and didn't speak: "In addition, who else has no feelings for Xiahou Ying and doesn't want to have anything to do with him anymore?" If so, please stand on this side. ”

There were more than twenty women in all, and when they heard this, five of them stepped forward and stood aside.

"You...... You...... You ......"

Qin Yan pointed at the group of women, and then said, "You stay, the others can go." ”

Everyone was stunned.

The women who were scrambling to squeeze each other before were all named and asked to leave by Qin Yan - what the hell is he doing?

"Brother, what are you ......?" asked Xiahou Lie in a low voice.

"Because of what happened when he was a child, the virtuous nephew is very repulsive to women in his heart, especially vicious women...... Look at these women, one by one, they almost fight in order to grab men, this kind of woman is not suitable for virtuous nephews at all, once contacted, it will make him reject women even more. ”

"I see!"

Hearing his explanation, Xiahou Lie's eyes lit up, with his intelligence, he had faintly guessed something, and at the same time, he had a little more confidence in Qin Yan in his heart.

After two screenings of more than 20 women, only nine people remained, and Qin Yan conducted the third round of screening again, and this time the screening was divided into two types.

The first is looks.

Xia Houying himself is a handsome guy, and his requirements for appearance are definitely not low, and ordinary women can't get into his eyes at all, so it's definitely not good to be beautiful.

With this link alone, there are six fewer out of nine women.

In fact, the six that were eliminated were also very ugly, and three of them were at least middle-class, but even then they were still not enough.

The remaining three were all at the level of beauties, and Qin Yan began to separate them and ask different questions one by one.

It took more than an hour before and after, and the three women were gathered in the flower hall again, Qin Yan pointed to one of the women and asked Xiahou Lie, "Brother Xiahou, do you know her?" ”

"She? Emily? ”

Xiahou Lie hurriedly nodded and said, "She was the maid I personally selected for him five years ago, when that little beast was first brought to Tianhuo City, but it didn't take long for him to be replaced. He was not satisfied with what he was changing, and at that time I didn't know what he was ......."

"That's her!"

She ...... Brother, she's just a handmaiden, and she ...... from a background."

"In comparison, does Brother Xiahou care more about Xiaocui's identity, or does he care more about his nephew's illness?"

"Of course it's the little brute's problem!"

Speaking of this, Xiahou Lie was a little excited, and said angrily: "As long as he is like a normal person, even if he finds an old woman with no identity, he is much stronger than now!" ”

"Isn't that it?"

Qin Yan smiled and asked the guards to take the other two beauties away, leaving only Xiao Cui in the flower hall.

This girl looks less than twenty years old, and judging from her steps, martial arts cultivation should not be very good. Among the three beauties just now, she is not the most beautiful, nor is she the most adept at dressing, but she gives people a gentle and graceful feeling of a small jasper.

Especially in private inquiries, Qin Yan found that this girl was beautiful and wise, and she had a gentle personality, and she spoke slowly and softly.

In short, this is a very gentle and considerate girl who is very patient.

For what to do next, her character is the most suitable, Qin Yan then whispered next to Xia Hou Lie, and Xia Hou Lie's face became more and more strange......