To Hou Shigui's surprise, there was also an old man who was only sixty years old.

The old man was dressed plainly, and although his eyes were cloudy, he sat up straight in the hall.

Since he didn't know his name, Hou Shigui stepped forward and asked:

"Dare to ask the old gentleman's surname?"

The old man saw that Hou Shigui came to talk to him in person, neither humble nor arrogant, and hurriedly said politely:

"Don't dare to be, Hou Gongzi calls the old decrepit Lin Fan."

Hearing this, Hou Shigui was about to say something more, he didn't want a few more people to come in from outside the inn, the first one was still an acquaintance:

"Hou Gongzi, our family is in the palace, but I'm worried about you!"

"Zheng Neijian."

Hou Shigui and Lin Fan confessed their crimes, and after meeting Zheng Yang again, they asked:

"Eunuch Zheng is here to ask about perfume?"

Zheng Yang waved his hand:

"No, our family came to you yesterday, but you ...... after that accident"

Zheng Yang immediately told Hou Shigui about yesterday's situation, and as for why His Majesty was angry, he even added fuel and vinegar and said that he was crying in front of His Majesty, saying that he had lost a pillar, and His Majesty was angry.

For these words, although Hou Shigui said that he didn't believe it, he couldn't show it on his face, and immediately thanked and worshiped Zheng Yang, calling for the grace of saving his life and not daring to forget.

Zheng Yang and Hou Shigui were polite, and then they explained their intentions.

It turned out that after Hou Shigui was injured yesterday, although His Majesty was anxious, it was not good to summon Hou Shigui immediately.

But after sleeping for one night, Yang He still couldn't hold back his anxious character, and immediately asked Zheng Yang to recruit Hou Shigui into the palace.

"But my son-in-law is injured, and it is difficult to go down the stairs, how can I get to the palace?"

Xiang Xu immediately expressed everyone's doubts.

Although it is a good thing that His Majesty summoned Gongzi, they are still more concerned about Hou Shigui's health.

Even the five filial piety who stayed, seeing that His Majesty was so anxious to see Hou Shigui, sighed that Hou Shigui had won Long's grace, and at the same time, he was even more glad that he had bet on the right treasure.

As long as His Majesty still takes a fancy to Hou Shigui, then the county lord of Dongyang will not be able to threaten Hou Shigui.

Even if she injured her son, it would be a punishment of three glasses of wine at most.

As for his own people, after getting along with Hou Shigui these days, Zheng Dehuai and others have confirmed that Hou Shigui will never let his mistakes be implicated in others

So Zheng Dehuai suppressed his inner excitement and said to Hou Shigui:

"Why don't I find a sedan chair to send Brother Hou into the palace?"

Let the sedan chair carry you into the palace? Do you think your life is too hard?

As soon as Hou Shigui was about to refuse Zheng Dehuai's kindness, Zheng Yang said:

"Carrying a sedan chair into the palace is not in accordance with the rules, and the forbidden army that came with me is quite strong, and it should be able to carry Hou Gongzi.

Hou Gongzi, please, don't you dare to keep Your Majesty waiting. ”

Hou Shigui nodded and said:

"There is Lao Zheng in prison."

After finishing speaking, Hou Shigui turned his head and explained to Xiang Xu again, asking him to go to his father's branch and take Zheng Dehuai and others to eat with some money.

then sued Zheng Dehuai and others, and then followed Zheng Yang out of the inn.

"Mother! You have to be in charge of the children! That Hou Shigui has no king's law and lawlessness! I didn't take you seriously at all! ”

In the county lord's mansion, Zhou Xuan, who had just been picked up by the imperial doctor, seemed to be crying and fussing in front of Yang Wentong like a child.

After crying for a while, he found his mother unmoved and looked at him with a blank face.

Zhou Xuan's heart was cold, and then he stopped making noise, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and his voice was as low as a mosquito and a fly, almost inaudible:

"Mother, I used to give gifts to Hou Shigui completely according to your instructions, but instead of appreciating it, the barbarian man ridiculed your mother, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Wentong couldn't listen anymore, and said to the old servant on the side:

"Palm."

Han Shan answered, stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Xuan's collar, and then heard a sound:

"Smack!"

The crunch of the side courtyard.

It's strange to say that Zhou Xuan was still rampant before, but in the face of this old slave named Han Shan, he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

After being slapped, he only pressed his head to the ground, and didn't dare to say anything more.

Yang Wentong saw his appearance, and then said:

"Are you supposed to be a mother and punish you for lying?"

"Child...... The child doesn't know ......"

Zhou Xuan trembled, his tone was soft, and he didn't dare to speak loudly.

When Yang Wentong heard this, he became even more angry:

"I'm punishing you for your stupidity! You idiot, like your dead ghost father, you are a brainless person!

You know that your mother has already sent a lot of secret stakes to keep an eye on the inn, and your every move in the inn can really be concealed from your mother?!

Now you still want to take a chance and let your mother avenge you? How stupid! ”

The more Yang Wentong spoke, the more angry he became, and in the end, he was already angry, and directly picked up the incense pot on the case and threw it at Zhou Xuan.

"Mother, the child is wrong! Wrong! ”

Zhou Xuan's head was smashed with a small wound, and he didn't dare to cry out in pain, but knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Yang Wentong.

It was as if the man in front of him was not his mother, but a yaksha who demanded his life.

"Get out!"

After receiving this order, Zhou Xuan was pardoned, and immediately ran away, not daring to stay here for another moment.

However, after Yang Wentong saw his son leaving, the anger on his face disappeared, and he began to ponder instead:

"Not only refused my kindness, but also injured my son, then Hou Shigui is ......"

"Hou Gongzi, do you want to be Your Majesty's orphan?"

On the way to the palace, Zheng Yang heard that Hou Shigui had just ordered his subordinates to break Zhou Xuan's jaw, for fear that Hou Shigui would be troubled by the unreasonable Dongyang County Lord, so he persuaded him to hand over his subordinates to the Dongyang County Lord.

didn't think about it, but Hou Shigui said:

"Neijian Zheng doesn't need to worry too much, Hou's move has its own deep meaning, and His Majesty will definitely like it."

Your Majesty will like it?

He interrupted Zhou Xuan's jaw, how could His Majesty like it?

Zheng Yang was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he had some clues.

Since Hou Shigui entered Beijing, he first clashed with the county lord of Dongyang in the Hou Mansion, and then killed Gao Fei's son in the inn, and also directly attacked the household department and the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in front of the main hall, and then hated the Su family in Tingzhou, and now he has broken the jaw of the prince.

However, after half a month, Hou Gongzi offended half of the people with real power in Chu Jing.

This ability to cause trouble, the gentlemen of the past and present can only be seen behind Hou Gongzi.

But when he was in Xiling, Hou Gongzi was obviously not such a person, and when he came to Chujing, he should have been cautious and walked on thin ice, so why did he make trouble like this?

Zheng Yang thought all the way, and it wasn't until he walked to the gate of the palace that he asked the sentence just now.

When Hou Shigui heard this, he sighed and said:

"It's not me who wants to do it, His Majesty forced me to do it."

After that, he glanced at Zheng Yang with some concern:

"Lao Zheng, a companion is like a tiger, you have been in the deep palace for a long time, you should be attentive to these things."

Your Majesty forced Hou Gongzi to be a lonely minister?

But His Majesty and Hou Shigui have only met once before and after, and there is no news exchange on weekdays, how did Hou Gongzi know that His Majesty wanted to force him to be a lonely minister?