Chihu-eup, Dongye Imperial Palace, apse.

The lord of the country, Ling Che, was lying on his back on the lap of a concubine who still had charm. The palace clothes worn by the concubines are not gorgeous, and the gold and silver jewelry they wear are also very simple.

She leaned back on a large huanghuali chaise longue, her shallot-like fingers kneading her shoulders for the lap man.

Opposite the two, stood respectfully two servants.

"Rob, how many times has the little county lord been to Daxing Mountain?" Ling Che closed his eyes and asked in a slow voice.

Hu Bu, named Rob, bowed forward and replied with crossed hands: "Lord of the country, a total of ...... Not a few times. ”

"Oh?" Ling Che paused slightly, "Really? The little lord must have met the general, right? ”

"Uh...... Yes. Rob didn't dare to hide anything more and replied honestly.

Ling Che pressed his thick big hand on Concubine Ai's arm and wrist, and said with pity: "Lian Ji, take a break." ”

With that, he opened his eyes and sat up from his concubine's lap.

"Why is Tian'er so anxious?"

Lian Ji had already followed behind Ling Che and put on his robe for him with great care. She looked at the embarrassed servant, and said with a soft smile: "The lord of the country, you know the character of the little county lord best. Since the general of Beili is so famous, it is not surprising that she wants to go and see the style. ”

Ling Che stroked Lian Ji's back, then stood up, looking in the direction of the outside of the hall with a blank expression, "Actually, I also want to see it." ”

Lian Ji was puzzled, and just as she wanted to ask questions, she heard a hearty laugh from outside the hall.

"Then my father will go with his son!" Ling Tian'er stepped in from outside the hall.

She wore a high ponytail today, wearing a snow-blue riding suit, and her lambskin arm guards and waist seals were tightly tightened, giving people a sense of unruliness. Ling Che knew at a glance that she had just returned from training on the school grounds.

Ling Tian'er ignored the lotus ji behind Ling Che, and only saluted her father, saying, "What does my father want to know, just ask Erchen directly?" Why did you arrest Rob and them? ”

Ling Che raised his hand slightly, and Luo Bu and the other servant were relieved, and the two of them hurriedly retreated out of the hall.

Seeing this, Lian Ji followed closely behind, and left this unprovoked little county lord with special knowledge.

Ling Tian'er crossed her arms and looked at Lian Ji's back, and said sarcastically: "Father has been very fortunate to have been very fortunate to Lian Ji in the past two years?" It has been many years since his mother passed away, and Higashino's position has been vacant. Father, otherwise you would have straightened Lian Ji right, wouldn't you? ”

"As I said earlier, I will only have your mother as a queen in this life, and I will never set up another person." Ling Che's face was solemn, "Don't take this kind of thing out and joke about it in the future." ”

"My mother failed to give birth to my father, and my father only had three of our daughters under his knees, what should we do in the future of Higashino Country? Lian Ji is still old, maybe she can add a prince to her father! ”

Ling Che finally showed a gloomy color, and said with his hand: "Tian'er, you need to be in moderation." ”

"Lian Ji is not good, there is Shang Ji, Shang Ji is not good, and Min Ji ......"

"Tian'er!" Ling Che snorted.

Ling Tian'er saw that her father was really angry, and she didn't dare to continue to say it, anyway, she had already said everything she wanted to say. She just can't get used to the concubines in her father's harem.

"Have you seen Sui Yu?" Ling Che turned her head, no matter how she reprimanded, she was still her favorite little daughter.

Ling Tian'er hurriedly got off the pole and said with a smile: "Sui Yu is really paralyzed and has been sitting in a wheelchair. He was very handsome, and he didn't look like a general leading troops into battle until he spoke......"

Ling Tian'er remembered Sui Yu's smelly and hard appearance, and immediately learned to speak for her father.

Ling Che smiled negatively: "Is he really like this? It's a bad guy. ”

"Erchen thinks that he has guessed our identity, after all, he is the general of Beili, and it is inevitable that he will be hostile when he sees a foreigner."

Ling Che, like his youngest daughter, had a great interest in Sui Yu. He also wanted to see what kind of person he could beat such a strong army as Xi Qi to the ground.

Ling Che knew very well in his heart that in order to allow his subjects to recuperate and develop and strengthen the country's strength over the years, Dongye had been showing weakness to Beili.

Many years ago, Dongye and Beili fought for many years, and the people on the border suffered countless casualties and starvation. In the end, Dongye was defeated and forced to submit to Beili. Including a large area of land such as Jinxian County today, it originally belonged to the land of Dongye.

Cessing land and being a vassal, these terms have to endure even if they are humiliated, but they still need to pay tribute to Beili every year, which almost completely crushes Dongye.

Every year, nearly forty percent of the country's financial resources and materials should be handed over to Beili, and they may be able to barely survive in a bumper harvest year, but once they encounter a famine year, the people will be miserable.

What Ling Che took over was such a Dongye dynasty. In recent years, some of his subordinates instigated him to tear up the treaty with Beili, but they were all suppressed by Ling Che.

It's not that he doesn't dare not want to, but he can't.

Ling Che couldn't bet on the entire Dongye Society, he had to lie down and find the most suitable opportunity. Once you turn against Beili, you must be sure.

Obviously, this is not the time yet.

Ling Che, who was originally going to visit the Marquis of Jiansheng in the autumn, was once again pulled up to Daxing Mountain by his youngest daughter.

"Father, do you see clearly? What crops did they grow in their house? Ling Tian'er pointed to the small green rice field.

Without waiting for Ling Che to respond, Ling Tian'er had already explained to her father: "During this time, Erchen has already learned from the side that this Marquis of Jiansheng is quite poor in his mansion. There are six or seven servants in such a large mansion, and they have to come to Daxing Mountain every once in a while to dig wild vegetables and hunt. ”

"The Beili Imperial Court is going to unload the mill and kill the donkey?" Ling Che wondered in his stomach, what did this famous general commit?

"Who knows what the Beili Imperial Court means." Ling Tian'er crossed her arms and smiled, "Father, do you want to replace a batch of dark piles back?" What's going on over there is going on in the capital, we always know too late. ”

"It really should be changed, that batch has been comfortable for too long, and it has to be replaced with some sharp minions."

Ling Che walked to the foot of Daxing Mountain by himself, only leading his youngest daughter and a few servants as usual, and the rest of the people stayed at the foot of the mountain to wait.

"Sui Yu must be in the mansion today, and Erchen has come to observe a few times. They hardly go out to the streets, but at most they go to the fields to do farm work. ”

"Isn't there anyone else coming?"

"Not really." Ling Tian'er shrugged her shoulders, "Father, Erchen always feels that this Sui Imperial Court should have committed something big, so he was sent to the border by the Beili Imperial Court. ”

"His credit is so great, no matter what he does, he should be underestimated." Ling Che chuckled, "When we meet him, we may be able to find out the answer." ”

"Definitely." Ling Tian'er shook her head meaningfully, "Father, how can you let the Beili people be hostile to us?" It's like the sons and daughters who look down on them. ”

"Then why is Tian'er so interested in Sui Yu alone?"

"He is the god of war, although he is ruined now, but he must have been brilliant in the past. There are so many good sons and daughters in our Dongye, I just want to compare and see if there is anything better than him. ”

The father and daughter talked back and forth, and after a while, they came to the head of the Jiansheng Marquis Mansion.

Rob stepped forward and knocked on the door of the Hou Mansion, but no one answered after a few knocks.

"Rob, you keep knocking." Ling Tian'er had expected this to be the case, "Father, let's wait." ”

In the mansion of the Marquis of Jiansheng, the first person to hear a knock on the door was Sui Qi. He was playing with the kitten under the porch of Baxiazhou. Hearing this, he paused, and hurriedly ran back to the east room to call someone.

Feng Ran blinked his eyes and asked Sui Yu with a smile: "Master Hou, could it be that the good friend you raised in the capital came to the door?" In that case, the concubine would not let her in. ”

"Feng Ran!" Sui Yu said angrily, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense. ”

Feng Ran had already dusted off his clothes, cut his hair in a bun, and threw a wink at Sui Yu, "I'm going to open the door!" ”

"Don't go, Feng Ran, you come back for me!"

Sui Yu's brain was buzzing and aching, and since Feng Ran had cured the snake venom for him, she "deserved" to harden herself in front of him. And he can only be forced to accept it unconditionally, and he is worried that she will "turn over old accounts" at any time.

That scene was a nightmare in his life, more thrilling than a war horse falling off a cliff.

Seeing that he ordered Feng Ran not to move, Sui Yu immediately asked Yizi to follow, "Daqi, go and protect your mother." ”

Sui Qi nodded, and chased after Feng Ran upside down.

Wearing hanging flowers, stepping on the instrument door, and surrounding the shadow wall, Feng Ran has come to the main gate of the Hou Mansion. The knocking continued, and another layer of cobwebs were formed on the latch that stuck across the door.

"Who's out the door?" Feng Ran asked softly.

"Oh, we are from Li Yuanwai's family in Jinxian County." Rob looked back at the father and daughter of the lord, "We have been to the mansion before, and the lord and the lady were not at home that time. My lord said that he would come to your mansion again at a later date. ”

Feng Ran thought about it for a while, and Sui Yu had told her very clearly last time that the so-called "Li Yuanwai" father and daughter must be from Dongye. Sui Yu has no intersection with the Dongye people, and he will never have anything to do with these people.

But Feng Ran understood that if these people had been eyeing Sui Yu for a long time, they would not be able to solve the problem by avoiding them like this. It's better to let them in and see what they're up to.

The Hou Mansion is now poor, and Sui Yu has no use value, who can still ask him for his crippled life?

Thinking of this, Feng Ran raised his hand to remove the latch and opened the door of the Hou Mansion.

Ling Che looked at the big and small in front of him, not sure who they were? It's not like a mother and son, it's like a brother and sister. This beautiful little lady in plain clothes is the lady of Sui Yu? What about this kid......

Ling Tian'er quickly leaned into her father's ear and said a few words, then stepped forward generously, bowed and said, "I've seen Mrs. Hou." He looked at Sui Qi again, "Little boy." ”

"Miss Li." Feng Ran led the Sui ware to return the salute.

"This is my father, eh...... Li Che, Li Yuanwai. Ling Tian'er said with a smile, and then turned her head to introduce Feng Ran to Ling Che.

Feng Ran responded with a face that already believed what Sui Yu said in his heart. This "Li Yuanwai" has an extraordinary bearing, tall and round-shouldered. The few servants behind the father and daughter are even more tense at all times.

This kind of aura can only be encountered when you are in the capital. They have been in Jinxian for more than half a year, and they have never met such people. Feng Ran thought about it while inviting people into Baxia Continent.

As soon as Ling Che and his party entered the Hou Mansion, they began to observe everything in the mansion.

Sui Yu looked through the window and saw Feng Ran bringing people in, and he couldn't help but feel resentment in his heart. Who gave her so much audacity to dare to bring enemy people into the mansion? But at this point, he can only see the move.