"Why are you here?"

A voice full of doubts, but with a deeply suppressed joy, sounded: "Today, Lord Gongsun is here, it doesn't matter if you don't accompany you, how can you have time to see the old man?" ”

"Humph!" Hu Zi snorted coldly, did not reply, but stepped into the small courtyard. But he was very uncalm in his heart, and he hesitated to say it.

Hu Yan didn't mind this, closed the courtyard door, and followed slowly behind. In the final analysis, he still owes Hu Zi a lot, otherwise he would not be where he is today.

Hu Yan was able to stay in Sigaima, thanks to Gongsun Du's order. Of course, Hu Zi can worship Gongsun Du as the master, and there is no reason why Hu Yan secretly exerts his strength. Similarly, Hu Yan also agreed to Gongsun Du's request to cultivate talents for him.

It's just that the relationship between the father and son has just eased, and Gongsun Du let him stay here in order to buy people's hearts. There is also nonsense among these "Han people", and if they have their help, it will be much easier to do the migration. Now it seems that Gongsun Du's move is the right one.

To get back to the point, Hu Zi entered the house and did not regard himself as an outsider at all, of course, it is indeed not an outsider. picked up the teapot sent by Gongsun Du on the table, shook it gently, felt that there was water in it, and poured a cup himself.

Hu Yan smiled at this in his heart, went to the opposite side of Hu Zi, and poured himself a cup of tea.

After taking a sip, Hu Yan said, "Say, are you encountering any problems?" ”

Hu Zi was suddenly a little unhappy, after all, he still had family affection for Hu Yan in his heart, but he was stubborn and refused to admit defeat easily, so he would only use excuses to come to see him every time he had something.

Boom~

Hu Zi put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said unhappily: "Old man Hu, what do you mean by this?" Isn't it just a sip of your tea! As for talking like that? ”

Nonsense, if it was according to his stubborn temper in the past, he would have started a fire and opened his mouth to scold, of course, the great Confucian scolding, it is extraordinary, really scolding people without dirty words, the kind that can anger people to death. It's just that after experiencing great changes, as well as Gongsun Du's persuasion, and after telling most of the depression in my heart, my mood naturally sublimated, and it is difficult to be angry anymore.

Shaking his head, Hu Yan scrubbed the teacup in his hand, and said, "Okay, okay, you are right whatever you say." ”

Then he pouted outside the house and continued: "If you have something, just talk about it quickly, it's getting late, old man, I'm not young, I can't have enough time to rest." ”

Hu Zi knew that he was a little late, and the moon was already hanging high, but when he heard Hu Yan's words, his heart was still shocked. opened his mouth to speak, and in the dim light, he saw the white hair with nonsense and sideburns, and his heart was shocked again: Old man, you are really old!

With trembling lips, Hu Zi wanted to shout "Dad", but he didn't know where to shout, as if the word had never appeared in his mind.

Hu Yan is an old man, seeing Hu Zi's expression, how can he not understand his thoughts, smile with relief, and don't care about the unspoken words. Now that there is a seed, it will take root sooner or later, and he still has some years to live, and I believe that he can wait until that day.

"Did Lord Gongsun have an arrangement for you?"

Hu Zi was taken aback and said, "How do you know?" ”

Hu Yan laughed lightly and did not explain.

Hu Zi didn't ask any more, and talked about the conversation between Gongsun Du and him in the afternoon. In the end, he said in distress: "It's just that I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I don't know how to choose?" Although I am happy to have chosen to become a craftsman, I am also worried that my people will be in danger if they lose my help. ”

"You're thinking wrong!" Hu Yan shook his head.

"Thinking wrong? What's wrong? Hu Zi said in surprise.

"The fault is that you don't have a choice at all, you can only choose to become a craftsman, and continue to be an official, it's just a pretext." Hu Yan said with certainty.

"Impossible!" Hu Zi frowned and said, "Since the lord asked me to choose, how could I actually have no choice?" ”

Hu Yan shook his head again, and said secretly: Sure enough, I still have less knowledge, and I don't understand the reason! Maybe...... It's a matter of the living environment.

"If you want to come, you also know the current situation in Liaodong!"

Hu Zi nodded, waiting for the next step of nonsense.

"Think about it, Liaodong is so dilapidated, but it has never moved, why?"

"It's not that someone has deceived the upper and lower levels and concealed the truth. What does this mean? ”

"It means that the imperial court has rotted to the roots, otherwise, why did Zhou Xian and you have the idea of becoming the king before?"

"That's not right!" Hu Zi suddenly interrupted Hu Yan's words and said, "Didn't the lord come by order of the imperial court?" Doesn't this mean that the imperial court knows? ”

Hu Yan glanced at Hu Zi meaningfully, and said: "You remember, Lord Gongsun is an ambitious person, and if you follow him, you must show loyalty and not be rebellious, understand?" ”

Although Hu Zi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart after being taught a lesson, he also knew that this was a good word, so he nodded.

"Let's not talk about these first, but let's talk about the choice that Lord Gongsun gave you." Hu Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "If you think about it carefully, is it a casual mention of letting you continue to serve as the county magistrate?" And for becoming a craftsman, it is emphasized that his role, and there are requirements? ”

When Hu Zi heard this, he recalled it carefully, and found that Gongsun Du really talked more about being a craftsman. Although this was actually an explanation, Hu Zi didn't understand, but felt that it was really important to explain as Hu Yan said, so he nodded and said, "That's right, that's exactly the case." ”

"So, Lord Gongsun wanted you to choose to become a craftsman, but he didn't want to force you, so he gave you other choices." Hu Yan chuckled, "But you have to remember that you are a vassal, and if you can't do what the Lord wants, you will be disliked by the Lord." It's like if someone doesn't do what you command, you're going to be furious. ”

This truth is really simple, and it is also very straightforward, and Hu Zi understood it at once. But it is clear that he grew up among the Goguryeo people, but he can't understand this practice, and he is even dissatisfied with Gongsun Du in his heart.

Seeing this, Hu Yan secretly said, "It's broken", and hurriedly comforted: "Don't think about it, in fact, Lord Gongsun is doing this for your good." You have to be clear, under Gongsun-sama, although Gongsun-sama may not care about your origin, but what about other people? ”

"Whether you admit it or not, and whether or not these people in Xigaima and Gaoxian will completely become Han people in the future, you will always have half of the blood of the Hu people in your body, and you will be regarded as half of the Hu people. As a county magistrate, there may be nothing, but if you want to become a county guard, or even a thorn, it is absolutely impossible, because your background limits these. Even because of this, you will be excluded and suppressed by others, and even worse, you will be implicated in people related to you, such as your wife and children, and such as the original clan. ”

Hu Zi didn't pay attention to anything wrong with the county guard or the assassin history, but he was really and completely suppressed by the nonsense words, and subconsciously said: "But the lord is ...... him"

Before he finished speaking, Hu Zi came back to his senses and stopped talking. But I was sad in my heart, and I had the urge to resign and go into hiding, and I was silent for a long time.

Hu Yan knew that Hu Zi didn't understand it for a while, shook his head and smiled, patted him on the shoulder, turned around and went into the back room, and went to rest. As mentioned earlier, when you get older, you get sleepy and need to sleep.

Hu Zi didn't know how long it took for him to come back to his senses in the dark room where the oil lamp had burned out. After that, he stumbled and knocked over several pieces of furniture before leaving the room and returning to the prefectural office.

The distance was not far, and soon Hu Zi returned to the room where he used to rest, but he couldn't sleep tonight, tossing and turning, and only fell asleep in a daze in the second half of the night.

The next day, Hu Zi, who was still confused, finally chose to become a craftsman according to his father's advice.

In this regard, Gongsun Du didn't say anything, since people chose it this way, then just do it. It's just that now you need to choose a new county commander to manage the Liao team.

Originally, after this migration, Gongsun Du would also go to Xiangping. Xiangping can be used as a county governor, and its own city defense, as well as the size of the city, are the best in Liaodong.

Gongsun Du believes that after entering Xiangping, his strength will increase again.