Hou Shigui climbed into the house through the window, and a carp rolled and stood up and patted the dust on his body:

"Isn't this afraid of being seen by your servants? The child had seen his father, but he had not seen him for many years, but his father had lost some weight. ”

Seeing that this kid saluted himself in a good manner, Hou Puru waved his sleeves and turned his head:

"Humph! Count you kid acquaintance! ”

Hou Shigui smiled lightly:

"No matter how stupid the child is, it is impossible not to see that the servants in the house are the eyes and ears of the county lord.

My father is teaching me today, but in fact, he is saving me. ”

Hou Shigui's words were just to dissipate his father's anger, but Hou Puru was even more annoyed when he heard it:

"You're not stupid? Today, if you let your husband press your subordinates to Jingzhao Mansion, and you honestly apologize to that crazy woman, your father can help you a thing or two, but you are so stupid, don't you know the reason for losing a big thing because of a small thing?! ”

Seeing what his father said solemnly, Hou Shigui also cheered up a little:

"Father, what the hell is going on? How can a mere county lord bully the minister's family so lawlessly? ”

Hou Puru sighed and said:

"Speaking of which, it's also the husband's fault...... Alas...... Have you ever heard of King Chen? ”

After Hou Puru told him, Hou Shigui learned that the county lord turned out to be Jinshang's own brother, Yang Wentong, the eldest daughter of King Chen of Dachu, and was named Dongyang.

Since she was a child, she has been used to flying and trekking lawlessly, and when she grows up, she has become a famous and evil girl who everyone in Beijing is afraid of.

This county lord didn't like His Majesty's husband who was married to her, so he poisoned her husband to death, and he also prostituted himself during the day, raising countless faces.

As for how his father hooked up with her, according to his father's account: he went to a friend's house for a banquet that day, and stayed at his friend's house after getting drunk.

As a result, as soon as I woke up in the morning, I found that the Dongyang County Lord was lying beside him.

Seeing Hou Shigui's disbelieving face, Hou Puru only felt that his old face was swollen and red, and his words changed:

"In short, this county lord is extremely loved by His Majesty, you don't need to know all kinds of reasons, you just need to know, don't say that she poisoned her husband, she will kill her father, and Your Majesty will only punish her for a few months of retreat at most.

Since that day, she has been making a fuss about asking her father to divorce your mother and marry her, and when she saw that her father was unwilling, she threatened to get rid of you.

When your brother came, my father didn't dare to let him enter the house.

In short, this crazy woman must not be provoked, today's matter, my father will find a way to calm it for you, but in the future, you must not provoke her again. ”

Can the county lord live in Beijing for a long time? And she is also the only daughter of the one-word king since the founding of Great Chu.

This is unusual.

Hou Shigui nodded and replied:

"The child remembers his father's teachings."

Although he said this, he thought other things in his heart.

Hou Puru saw that this kid was finally obedient for a while, and nodded with a look of relief:

"That's good, the matter of filial piety has been arranged for you by my father, and after the assessment, I will go to the county to serve as the lord, and I will stay up for a few years for my father and then find some good way out for you."

For him, the most worrying thing is this little son.

Although he has an idle position as a scholar in Beijing, he can still plan for the future of his children.

As soon as he said this, Hou Shigui shook his head and said:

"Fathers don't need to worry, filial piety and honesty have already been decided."

Hearing this, Hou Puru was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react until Hou Shigui mentioned another matter:

"You said Liu Lao, this incident is not sudden, the war in the south has lasted for more than a year, the Great Chu has complete armor, sufficient food, and the number of soldiers is more than five times that of those barbarian countries.

But today, although there are small victories, there are no big victories at all.

His Majesty has long been suspicious of the generals of the Southern Expedition, but he cannot change the commander on the spot, because he has also sent two supervisors before, but the first one was bitten to death by poisonous insects, and the second one did not send back any useful information.

At this juncture, His Majesty will send his most trusted person to go, Liu Lao was the emperor's teacher, and he should not let it go. ”

After saying this, Hou Shigui was ready to get up and capsize and leave because Hou Puru said something about his mother and second brother.

Hou Puru followed him and did not forget to explain:

"Then the county lord of Dongyang is jealous, and you remember not to get too close to your father, lest she go crazy and do something stupid."

"Save the child."

Hou Shigui replied, got up and jumped, and jumped out of the window.

Early the next morning, as soon as Hou Shigui got up, Lu Xingan came to report that there was an internal supervisor asking to see him.

Hou Shigui went down to the inn to take a look, only to see Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang covering their faces with cloth, standing in the lobby of the inn with a sneaky look.

Fortunately, the entire inn was covered by themselves, otherwise they would be too much like thieves.

Hou Shigui hurriedly went downstairs to greet him:

"Wang Neijian, Zheng Neijian, I haven't seen you for more than a year, I want to annoy me! How are you two dressed up? ”

Wang Zhen saw that there were no outsiders in the inn, so he took off the face towel.

Zheng Yang looked like he was looking at the ground, and he also took off his face towel.

"Hou Gongzi is getting more and more handsome! Although the son doesn't mind having a personal relationship with us, but the filial piety assessment of the son is imminent, but our family is not good for people to see and interact with the son, which delays the future of the son. ”

A few people talked and laughed, sitting on the tables and chairs in the lobby and talking about the old days, Hou Shigui said:

"To tell you the truth, I don't plan to leave this time."

When Wang and Zheng heard this, they exclaimed:

"Oh? Does Childe want to become a Beijing official in one step? ”

After speaking, the two of them looked embarrassed:

"If it was in the past, our family could also operate one or two for the son, but yesterday the son you contradicted the queen...... And so it hangs. ”

Over the past year, Hou Shigui also knew that Wang Zhen's power in the palace had swelled more and more.

Because his perfume was only sold by him, those palace eunuchs and maids had to get his nod if they wanted to get this perfume.

Wang Zhen took advantage of this advantage to develop his power and suppress dissidents, but he also became prosperous.

Eighty percent of the eunuchs who can serve by the nobles' side in the palace are people who have applied their own perfume, that is, Wang Zhen's people.

It was really not difficult for him to get a job as a Beijing official for himself.

But as he said, he hated the county lord of Dongyang, and this simple thing became a difficult thing:

"On the side of the Dongyang County Lord, I have my own way to deal with it, and the royal eunuch only needs to operate for me."

Hearing this, Wang Zhen nodded and said:

"Since Childe has a way to deal with that one, everything is easy to say over there."

After speaking, he changed his words and asked again:

"Yes, Childe's letter says that a perfume has been developed for nobles?"

This perfume Hou Shigui has been developing for a whole year, although there are a lot of good fruits in his mind in the past year, but he is still reluctant to use the good fruits to exchange for perfume, which is of little use.

I only instructed the craftsmen in the house to follow their own ideas and carefully develop it, and it took a whole year to develop it successfully:

"Exactly, the inner supervisor opened his eyes."

As he spoke, Hou Shigui took out a bottle of perfume from his pocket and put it on the table.