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On the tenth day of April, the weather was sunny in early summer.

The large wheat fields on both sides of the Wei River are rolling and undulating, and countless farmers are working in them.

The riverbank is lined with greenery and flowers, and countless scribes in wide-sleeved robes gather in the grass and shade to play the harp and chat.

It just so happens that today is the day of the mid-month holiday, so there are many princes and officials wearing brocade clothes who also bring their families to call friends to play by the river and enjoy the scenery of the Wei River in early summer.

In the sparkling Wei River, there is also a group of children swimming and playing in it, and the scene is very lively

On the meadow of the river beach near the east gate of Xianyang City, an old man is holding a newspaper and shaking his head and reciting, surrounded by a large group of young students, and more tourists are also standing in the outer circle and listening to fascination.

"Look, who is that? How can there be so many forbidden guards guarding them? ”

There was a sudden exclamation in the crowd, causing many people to turn their heads and look in the direction of their fingers, only to see a group of black-armored forbidden troops riding out of the woods on the other side of the river.

Looking at the team that came straight to the Weihe Bridge, the crowd playing and chatting by the river suddenly became restless, and they all stood up and tiptoed to visit.

"See clearly, yes...... It's Qinghe Hou! A sharp-eyed student saw the handwriting on the flag, jumped up excitedly and shouted loudly.

"Qinghe Hou?!"

"Wow, it's Qinghehou, I'll go and greet you soon!"

Many people rushed directly to the bridge, and hundreds of people roared away with them, and in an instant only an old man stood with a newspaper in his hand, coarse linen clothes and gray-white hair floating in the wind.

Qinghe Hou has returned to Xianyang!

This news was like an explosion of Taiyi Divine Thunder, which instantly woke up the entire Xianyang, and countless people poured out of the streets and alleys, standing at the city gate and on the street to welcome the young Hou Ye who had returned from marrying.

Chen Xu sat in a luxurious carriage pulled by four horses, a monkey squatted on his shoulder, scratching his ears and cheeks, looking left and right, next to him sat a beautiful woman in a black skirt, dressed neatly, and a beautiful looking Shui Qing, and next to the two, there was also a girl of five or six years old, eight or nine years old, lying on the railing of the car, a pair of big eyes couldn't stop looking at this super huge city and the cheering crowd in the middle of the road, her face was full of infinite curiosity.

"Look, that little lady in black must be the bride of Master Hou!" Exclamations rang out from time to time in the crowd.

"Wow, the bride is so beautiful!"

"Yes, no wonder Lord Hou doesn't look down on the fifth princess, I didn't expect the bride to be so beautiful and dignified!"

"But the fifth princess is also very beautiful, and I can't find a few more beautiful ones in the whole Xianyang!"

"If I were the Hou Ye, I would definitely marry the fifth princess!"

"There is also the concubine of Lord Meng, I heard that she is only thirteen years old, she is the first in Xianyang in terms of intelligence and beauty, and Master Hou also personally asked Lord Meng for marriage!"

"I always thought that Hou Ye was a good man from the beginning, but I didn't expect that he was also a big reed, and the slave's heart hurts!"

"Hey, what do you ordinary people know, and ...... you?"

A man in his twenties dressed in scribe clothes pouted and looked at an ugly-looking woman with rough hands and feet, a big face, and a hosta and a golden hairpin on her head, and said with disdain: "It's better to go home and hide like you, just talk about Hou Ye, and dare to run out and appear in public!" ”

"What do you say? You dare to call me ugly? The woman was furious, and reached out to grab the young scribe's ear, and at the same time, several burly guards around the woman also squeezed up and pressed the young scribe to the ground, one of them drew his big sword and roared: "Ignorant people, you dare to humiliate the beloved daughter of Lord Lingyin of the Criminal Department, go, take to the prison of the Criminal Department!" ”

"Ah, spare your life!" The young scribe suddenly fell to the ground in fright, and cried for mercy.

"Did you just say that I was ugly and unworthy of Qinghehou?" The woman pulled the young scribe's ear and said? ”

"No, no!" The young scribe instantly shook his head as sharp as a rattle, the hero didn't eat the loss in front of him, he didn't expect this ugly woman to be the daughter of Ling Yin Wu of the Criminal Department, this is completely blind and incurable.

"And what do you mean by that?" The woman continued to hold the young scribe's ears unrelentingly.

"That...... I mean, the little lady, you look like a Xi Shi, the river fish look at it and sink, and you don't dare to look at it directly, describing the little lady's beauty...... Well, pretty......" said the young scribe, covering his mouth vigorously at the end.

"Really? You say I'm as pretty as Shih Tzu? The woman smiled brightly in an instant, and opened her mouth to reveal a few big yellow teeth.

"Really, really...... ...... "The young scribe couldn't help but bend down.

"Seeing that you are still thoughtful, you speak well, you are still a scholar, I like you very much, go back with me, I will let my father arrange three books and six ceremonies to marry you......, well, I will marry you!" The woman looked the young scribe up and down a few times, then let go of her hand, then grabbed his arm and leaned in.

"Little lady, spare your life~" The young scribe collapsed instantly.

"What are you talking about, go quickly, go back to the Yin Lord's Mansion with us!" A few burly guards pulled the young scribe out of the crowd.

"So-and-so is not going, so-and-so is a big husband, wealth and nobility can't be lewd and mighty can't be bent, let go of my ......" The young scribe couldn't stop struggling and wailing.

"What are you shouting, if you marry the second mother of our family, Lord Yin will definitely not treat you badly, and in a few days I will do an errand for you in the Criminal Department!" An older guard scolded.

"Really?" The young scribe stopped struggling in an instant.

"Of course it's true, my father is a criminal department order, a second-grade official, husband, how many officials do you want to be?" The woman put her arm around the young scribe and refused to let go.

"Second Grade...... Forget it, Sanpin, or forget it...... Five, six, seven, or eight grades are all fine! ”

"Then it's decided, but after marrying me, you can only spoil me, and you can't visit the garden on weekdays......"

"I'm going back, let go of me~" The young scribe struggled again, but as the saying goes, his arms can't twist his thighs, and he was soon dragged by a group of people and disappeared into the bustling flow of people on the street.

Chen Xu sat in the carriage, looked at the welcoming crowd, listened to the content of the conversation, and his face kept twitching.

"Husband~" Shui gently held his hand, smiled crooked and whispered: "It turns out that Husband has such a big reputation in Xianyang!" ”

"yes, it's famous!" Chen Xu sighed with a dark face.

"Hee-hee!" The delicate body of the water gently covered her mouth and smiled slightly.

As Chen Xu passed all the way, the prisoner cart behind Ran Feng and a group of mountain bandits also followed one after another, looking at the bandits imprisoned in the prison cart, the crowd stirred violently again.

"Why did Qinghe Hou arrest all these people?" One of them asked in surprise.

"I don't know, maybe the hole room is too powerful, which angered Master Hou!" A man next to him replied.

"You have such a clear mind, why don't you write a submission?" The other snorted disdainfully.

"Thank you brother Tai for reminding me, a certain reporter from the newspaper is racking his brains for this matter recently, this story of Qinghehou angrily hunting guests on his wedding night will definitely be very popular......"

"Brother Tai turned out to be a newspaper reporter, disrespectful and disrespectful!" The person who snorted coldly suddenly stretched his face instantly, grabbed the other party's hand and shook it vigorously, and then said with a stammering face, "It's noisy here, so please go to the teahouse to drink tea!" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey, please!"

"Please!"

"Let's go together, we have also written some articles but have nowhere to submit, I hope that Brother Tai can introduce the editor-in-chief of the newspaper on behalf of ......"

"Haha, it's easy to say......"

A group of people immediately hurled and left together.

"Report~, Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qinghe has returned to Xianyang, and he is heading to the Marquis of Qinghe's Mansion at this time!" A forbidden soldier rushed into the palace with a token in his hand and shouted outside the Zichen Palace.

"Ah, the Marquis of Qinghe is back, okay, okay, quickly summon into the palace!"

Qin Shi Huang, who was reviewing the recital in the room, was overjoyed, stood up and said a word, and then hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Wait, Qinghe Hou has been driving all the way, let's call it tomorrow!" ”

But not long after the forbidden army left, another palace person hurriedly rushed in to report: "Your Majesty, ask to see you outside the palace of the Marquis of Qinghe!" ”

Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a moment, put down the brush, and said while arranging his clothes: "Please come in quickly!" ”

"Huh~" The palace people retreated, and Qin Shi Huang took a few deep breaths to let his excitement slowly calm down.

For Chen Xu, it can be said that Qin Shi Huang's mood is extremely complicated.

There is dependence, respect, expectation, and even a trace of fear and rejection.

Because Chen Xu's identity really made him feel entangled.

With a rush of footsteps, Chen Xu soon followed the palace people into the Zichen Palace, stood at the door a few zhang away and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is back!" ”

"It's good for Aiqing to come back, I'm looking forward to it day and night, but it's tiring all the way, don't be in such a hurry to enter the palace to see me!" Qin Shi Huang stood up with a smile on his face and said.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding, although the road is far away, but the weather is fine along the way, and it is not tired, this time the minister returned to Nanyang, a major event happened in Wancheng, and the story has been sent back by the post guard, I don't know if Your Majesty has seen it!" Chen Xu sat down and said.

Qin Shi Huang's face instantly became serious, and he nodded slightly and said: "I already know about Ran Feng's plan to burn down Nanyang Cang and kidnap the bride at the wedding, and I know that Aiqing is safe, I feel a lot more relaxed, this matter is my negligence, and I have been letting Ran Feng escape for several months, so I will cause this disaster!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, that Ran Feng has already built a nest in the depths of Funiu Mountain a few years ago, gathered hundreds of mountain bandits, last year's attack on His Majesty's Xingyuan was just an attempt by him, this time he heard that I was going back to Nanyang to get married, so he planned to burn Nanyang Cang to disturb Wancheng, and then took the opportunity to kidnap the Shui clan, all the purpose is to force the minister to hand over the recipe for the production of Taiyi Shenlei......"

"What? How daring a thief could be? Qin Shi Huang's face changed greatly, and he slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

Taiyi Divine Thunder is a terrifying weapon made by Chen Xu according to the three volumes of Heavenly Books, Qin Shi Huang naturally knows the power of Taiyi Divine Thunder, and now the seven big pits on the side of the Wei River are still placed there all day and night for tourists from the south to the north to worship, but in view of Chen Xu's identity, even if Qin Shi Huang thought about it, he has never made any requests, he is afraid that Chen Xu will not agree, I am afraid that the relationship between the monarch and the minister will not be so harmonious.

Once the monarch and the minister are suspicious, there will inevitably be a rift in the relationship, which Qin Shi Huang does not want to see.

"Your Majesty is angry, although the Taiyi Divine Thunder formula is not complicated, it is very difficult to successfully make it with enough power, and it is not easy to preserve, and the main thing is that it is not very stable, when it is made, it may explode due to the disorder of the five elements, and the maker can be blown to pieces if he is not careful, which is also the reason why the minister has not handed it over to His Majesty after successfully developing the Taiyi Divine Thunder, and there is also the great power of the divine thunder, which hurts the heavens and the peace, and please forgive Your Majesty for the minister's painstaking efforts! What's more, this time, the minister also took this opportunity to wipe out Ran Feng and the mountain bandits, and the divine thunder formula did not fall out! ”

"Whew~~ That's good!" Qin Shi Huang let out a long breath, and after his face was slightly pale, he sat down and waved his hand and said: "Taiyi Shenlei is taught by the Book of Heaven, and only the Qinghe Marquis knows about it in the whole world, I am naturally relieved, this Ran Feng stabbed me last time, and this time he burned the granary and burned hundreds of thousands of stone grains, and he also looked at the formula of the god thunder, which shows that his heart against my Great Qin is not dead, this time thanks to the Qinghe Marquis who is not chaotic in his design to capture it, it also makes me lose a big heart disease, Aiqing has made great contributions again, I must reward it well!" ”

Chen Xu hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty's reward has been enough, not to mention that the minister has just heard of the great victory in the battle of Henan, and General Li Xin successfully swept Henan in more than a month. ”

"Aiqing, don't use excuses, this time General Li Xin was able to sweep Henan so quickly, thanks to the new horse equipment and steel weapons, it is still Aiqing's credit! I know that Aiqing is not greedy for money, but I haven't congratulated Aiqing on her newlywed, so I should take it as a gift from me, and after a few days of leisure, Aiqing will take her wife into the palace, and I will hold a banquet with several imperial concubines to entertain her, and at the same time, let me see what a strange woman Aiqing has been thinking about is the couple! ”

Chen Xu had no choice but to agree with a wry smile.

The emperor's meaning was very clear, he wanted to see where Chen Xu's wife was stronger than his most beautiful daughter?