Chapter 100: Stand-ins
"The patrol made my lord Miao." Zhang Songwen wiped his sweat again and again, he knew what Lotus County was like, it couldn't be said to be good, it couldn't be said to be bad, and it was just like that, when he usually paid taxes, he was stuck at that point, and he couldn't go up or down.
If he enters the city and can't get into the eyes of this master, he will be miserable. Patrolling is not simply going out to take a look around, touring the mountains and rivers, as the future emperor, how can he have no rights at all.
What should I do if I encounter an inactive magistrate? Quite simply, the Inspector can be promoted to the position of magistrate at will, which is the privilege brought by the Inspector.
As for if the magistrate himself does not accept it, or even resists, then you will be dealt with directly for treason. If you yourself are beheaded, you will be punished by the nine tribes and the three tribes.
So Zhang Songwen is not afraid, not only Zhang Songwen is afraid, the officials of the county are afraid, there is a behemoth hanging above his head!
After entering the city, Hu Xiu looked left and right a few times, all kinds of shops. Although it doesn't look as atmospheric and good-looking as Ping'an City, it feels closer to people's livelihood and comfortable to watch.
On the streets, the people were watching, and the officers and soldiers blocked all the other exits of the streets, leaving an avenue, and it was not known where it would lead.
Hu Xiu and Zhang Songwen walked in the front, Hu Xiu talked with him about something to do, and looked around, if there was anything fun.
Through the crowd, I found that there were a lot of people setting up stalls on both sides, which I didn't know more than other places, but there were definitely more than Ping'an City.
It really has a different style, Lotus County is far from Ping'an City, but hundreds of miles away, this scenery seems to be different, and it is not Hu Xiu's own illusion.
Or is it really like this?
In front of a huge mansion, there is no plaque on it, and when you look at it, you feel magnificent.
"Lord Inspector, this is the mansion where you live, and everything in it has been arranged properly for you."
"That's good, Xiao Zhang, it's good." Hu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, this place is good, get the whole mansion for him to live in, think about it and feel a little more exciting.
"Yes, yes, thank you for the compliment." Zhang Songwen kept groveling and said, not suggesting that Hu Xiu be so much younger than him, and calling him Xiao Zhang.
"What kind of food do you have in Lotus County?" Not only Hu Xiu was hungry, but mainly the emperor and the army were also hungry, but they didn't have a carriage to sit on, and they have been riding horses until now.
"Naturally, there is, the lotus brew here is a must, the fragrance is mellow, it is brewed with a special method, do you want to taste it?"
Zhang Songwen said hurriedly, but he didn't know that Hu Xiu and the others were hungry instead of thirsty now, or they wanted to enjoy it.
"It's food." Hu Xiu frowned.
"That's also a lot, and there are famous chefs in Lotus County in the house."
"That's the case, thank you so much to Zhang Zhixian." Hu Xiu squinted his eyes, this kind of service is simply not too comfortable. There is food, the accommodation is comfortable, there is nothing more happy than this.
But he thanked him and shuddered a few times, not knowing how to answer. If he answers, then he is talented, and if he doesn't answer or even doesn't answer, he will be cold now.
"Zhang Zhixian, how about you look at my private army?"
"Hmm... Well? Zhang Songwen was stunned for a second.
"How about my private army." Hu Xiu repeated.
"Naturally, it is extremely powerful, if the patrol makes the adults not dislike it, it can be temporarily incorporated into the formation of the defense city."
Zhang Songwen is also a good person, Hu Xiu knows what Hu Xiu's needs are.
"Naturally, I don't dislike it, if I want to keep a hundred people as guards in the house, isn't it okay?"
"Naturally, you can."
Hu Xiu nodded, beckoned his hand to the back, and Luo Chenyi stepped forward.
"You will take the soldiers who went to Xiaoqiu Mountain last time, follow the magistrate first, and he will arrange a place for you to live. Also, the day after tomorrow afternoon, you come to the mansion, I have something to order. ”
It's not about arranging accommodation, even if this mansion is big, it's too much for a thousand to stay, and it's not so much that it can't be fed, it's just just too much, and there are people in and out.
It's better to find a stable place to live, eat well, and most of the defense troops are idle. and there is no war, and they are the most idle.
"Whoa."
"Go ahead."
The nine hundred soldiers left, Hu Xiu also lifted the curtains, the great grandmother Hu Suyun came down first, and the girls also came one by one.
Hu Xiu's arrogant behavior just now was actually made by her, saying that she wanted to see what kind of performance they had.
It's a pity to disappoint the great grandmother, they are terrible, no matter how provocative they are, they treat you with the most respect.
The remaining one hundred and one soldiers rode into the mansion through the side door, and that place was specially allowed to walk horses.
As for why there is one less Luo Chenyi, it should be ninety-nine, Luo Chenyi is not gone, but not a newcomer.
Look at Wang Mazi, he was happy to be ridden by Tang Guang on horseback this way.
As for the other person, I saw her riding a horse and wearing the armor of the Emperor and the Army, but it didn't seem to fit well, because the armor was much larger than her body, but fortunately, no one was attracted to attention, because she was now a man's face.
When they entered the mansion, they were naturally led by subordinates, and Hu Xiu and the others were led by more than a dozen girls and servants, and they walked around it, and they probably knew where it was.
The people were also hungry, so they all went to the dining room, and the grandmother sat on the main seat, and Hu Xiu ordered to go down, so that the cook could cook, and it was time to eat. I also asked to prepare an extra vegan meal, and my grandmother didn't eat meat, which I only learned on the road.
It's about time to eat.
The meal was very fast, according to the instructions, the dishes were lighter, they were all girls, and Hu Xiu was not good because he liked it personally, so he only ordered big meat.
But the greasy is less, it's all shredded meat or something, but half meat is also meat, and Hu Xiu is still very comfortable eating.
After eating, they all began to consume, but there was only one way to eliminate food, sitting on a chair and not moving, which was too suitable. Of course, Ba Shi is up, and small talk is indispensable.
"Xiu'er, this girl from the Gao family, didn't you say you wanted to send it back? When are you going to deliver it? ”
Hu Xiu's face changed, he did say that he would send it back, but that was before he met Tang Guang. Now you can't send her back, Tang Guangke will listen to her, if she goes back, the general under him will have to run away.
As for the Gao family in Ping'an City, whether they knew that Gao Chenghui was here or not, they naturally knew it a long time ago.
When Hu Xiu went to the post house to take a bath, he asked the people at the post station to call someone to send back the news that Gao Chenghui was following the convoy.
As for why she didn't send people back at that time, it wasn't for the sake of checking Xiaocui, otherwise she would have lifted the cover and gotten out.
"That, Grandmother Gao, I didn't say I was going to send Miss Gao away." Hu Xiu kept flashing his eyes, thinking that his grandmother would understand.
"Brother Hu Xiu, are your eyes in the sand?"
Hu Xiu turned his head and saw Gao Chenghui looking at him with a distressed face, and his mind went into the sand, where did the sand come from. But for this girl to be so sincere to him, she is a little helpless, the more she treats Hu Xiu like this, the more she feels indebted.
"No, Miss Gao, have you eaten enough today, if you are not full, I will let people do it."
"I've been full for a long time, thank you Brother Hu Xiu." Gao Chenghui looked at Hu Xiu shyly, and Hu Xiu's goosebumps rose again.
Grandmother Hu Suyun was stunned, what is the situation, it has only been one night, why did his good great-great-grandson's attitude towards Gao Chenghui suddenly change so much?
“……”
That night, Hu Xiu was lying on the bed, his eyes half-closed, as if waiting for something, and suddenly, he turned over and jumped up from the bed.
He deliberately asked to sleep alone, he had long been tired of the group of women, and always plotted against him, and now that he lived alone in such a large mansion, they had no reason to sleep with him again.
glanced at the Qingluan Sword beside the bed, hesitated, but still picked it up, opened the wooden door, looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, stepped over the door frame, turned around and gently closed the wooden door again.
He went straight to the outside of the mansion, and at this time, there was a person waiting for him outside the mansion.
"This is the armor of the Imperial Peace Army, thank you." Kikako Akai's voice came out.
But Hu Xiu took out the fire fold and blew it on, only then did he see that it was a "man" who was talking, and in his hand was a set of armor of the Emperor and the Army.
"You use a man's face to say a woman's voice, but it's a little unaccustomed." Hu Xiu said jokingly.
When the man heard this, he turned sideways and gently unveiled it on his face, it turned out to be a human skin 1 mask, and the face under the skin was Akai Kikako.
"Thank you so much this time, the Human Skin 1 Mask was returned to you."
Hu Xiu stretched out his hand and was about to catch it, probed back and forth a few times, and then retracted.
"Forget it, this human skin 1 mask was not mine in the first place, and I can be regarded as robbing you of your things, you need it more than I do now."
Quite painfully pushed it back, this human skin 1 mask, he hasn't worn it once yet.
"Hmm~"
The atmosphere was suddenly a little dull, "Don't you think you're panicking with wearing a human skin mask?" The scene where your face was cut off..."Hu Xiu wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but he only said half of it, but he felt that it was inappropriate for him to speak.
"As long as I can live."
Yesterday afternoon, Hu Xiu sneaked and knocked on the door of his grandmother's room, she had already said that she could go to her for anything.
I was thinking about discussing how to exonerate Kikako Akai so that she could get rid of the surveillance of the Celestial Empire.
But the great grandmother waved her hand, said wait, went out, and after a while, she came back wearing a "corpse".
Hu Xiu looked at that face, isn't this Akai Jikako, just about to say something, Grandmother Gao said, "This is a dummy, just act in a scene and make her real." ”
Then, he whispered in Hu Xiu's ear, this is knowing, and the method and routine seem to be somewhat familiar. It's very simple, uncover the face of the corpse, that is, cut off the face of the fake corpse.
This is actually one of the ways to get the human skin 1 mask, and then hand over the corpse and face to the people at the post station to throw it away.
The more people pay attention, the better, the more people who know the "cause of death" of Akai Kikako, the better, and then the real Akai Kikako, Hu Xiu reluctantly lent her the human skin 1 mask.
As for whose armor it is, it is naturally Wang Mazi, he was too seriously injured, lying on the small cart, he couldn't move at all, so Hu Xiu borrowed his armor with righteousness and awe-inspiring, and disguised Akai Kikako as an emperor and sergeant.
Fortunately, she knows some horsemanship, and the marching speed is not fast, so she doesn't show any horse feet. With the presence of the great grandmother, although the people of the Celestial Dynasty cannot secretly monitor them, it is not wrong to be cautious.
This method of using fake corpses is exactly the same as that used by his Yu'er mother, and Hu Xiu is about to wonder if the big Hu people will make corpses, and it is still the kind that is extremely realistic.
Hu Xiu touched it, and the feel of the corpse was no different from a real person.
Of course, it's the arm that is touched, don't think about it. [Funny]
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