Bao Ji, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly squeezed into the crowd and responded:

"What do you command?"

Hou Shigui waved his hand:

"Go and buy some good wine and food, and today I will feast on you!"

Bao Ji hurriedly put on a bitter expression:

"But Childe...... In the past few days, you have been feasting every day, and our whole family is only ten taels of silver, how can we afford to invite so many people? ”

When everyone around heard it, this Hou Shigui didn't have any money?!

Those who just came to visit didn't know the inside story, so they wouldn't believe it, and thought that Hou Shigui was crying poor and unwilling to invite.

I couldn't help but scold this stingy guy in my heart.

But Zheng Dehuai and the other ten people knew about Hou Shigui's situation, and last time Hou Shigui was generous and invited everyone to a banquet, and all his belongings had already been spent.

This time, when I saw Hou Shigui, I had to invite him again, and I knew that he was shy in his pocket, and then I saw that the faces of those newcomers were strange.

I can't help but admire Hou Shigui's heroic atmosphere again, and I feel indignant at these newcomers who don't know what to do.

Hou Shigui didn't care what these people thought, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and was about to speak.

I don't want to suddenly hear a resentful voice outside the door:

"Out of money? This son has it. ”

Everyone looked back and saw that Zhou Xuan, the son of the county lord of Dongyang, led a group of domestic servants to walk in like a dead father.

"I've seen the son."

When the prince came, everyone hurriedly saluted.

Especially those newcomers, they came here to please Hou Shigui, and they are all flattering villains.

When Hou Shigui said that he had no money, they already looked down on Hou Shigui in their hearts.

happened to be at this time, and there was another person whose status was much higher than Hou Shigui, and they naturally rushed forward to stammer.

After all, although Hou Shigui was favored by His Majesty, he was separated by such a layer after all.

And the identity of this prince is already there, whether His Majesty is favored or not, he is a real prince of Chu.

As soon as Zhou Xuan entered the house, he saw a room full of people surrounding him to greet him, while Hou Shigui was left out in the cold, with only a few people around him.

Seeing that Hou Shigui was deflated, Zhou Xuan only felt unhappy, and returned the salute with everyone:

"Today, I heard that there is a gathering of filial piety here, I want to take a look, I don't want to encounter such a grand occasion, you are all local heroes with both ability and political integrity, and they are also the pillars of my great Chu in the future.

Gathered together today, such a grand occasion, this son deserves to be treated! ”

That day, in Hou Puru's mansion, Zhou Xuan was frightened by Hou Shigui, and he was angry, so he hated Hou Shigui.

Now seeing Hou Shigui deflated, he was extremely happy in his heart, and at the same time, he didn't mention that he had come to visit Hou Shigui on the order of his mother.

For fear of losing face in front of everyone, he will have a long face for Hou Shigui.

As soon as he entered the inn, he grabbed the guest and robbed Hou Shigui of the idea of a treat.

For a while, when everyone in the hall heard that the prince was going to entertain him, they were all overjoyed, and they all refused politely:

"We haven't been assessed yet, but it's still a cloth cloth, how dare you break the bank?"

Although they refused politely, they all looked red and excited, as if they were eager to leave the inn with the prince immediately.

As for Hou Shigui...... Who's that coming? What do you have to do with me?

These people behaved like this when they saw the prince, but Hou Shigui didn't say anything, but Bao Ji was very angry:

"Childe, how can these filial piety be so shameless?!"

Hou Shigui was unmoved, and only chuckled:

"If they don't have a thick skin, how can they give up their skin to slap my wicked Xiling evil young man?"

As he spoke, Hou Shigui paused, glanced at Zheng Dehuai and the others, who were angry at the same time, and said:

"Besides, my son's efforts these days are not all useless."

Zheng Dehuai and the others were close to Hou Shigui before, but they came with the idea of finding a big tree to enjoy the shade.

However, after understanding Hou Shigui's personality, these ten people also had the idea of really wanting to make friends with him.

No, seeing that Hou Shigui was snubbed by those newcomers, Sun Zhizhuan was still afraid that Hou Shigui would be sad, so he stepped forward and said to Hou Shigui:

"Such flatterers, but Er'er, Brother Hou must not remember."

That Xing Min also nodded and said:

"With Brother Hou's talent, as long as Brother Hou passes the assessment tomorrow, he will rise to the top, and he doesn't need to care about these passing clouds."

Zheng Dehuai also said:

"That is, after tomorrow, Brother Hou Shi, you will pass the assessment and become a big official, and it will be too late for these people to rush to slap you!"

The other seven people also spoke out to persuade Hou Shigui.

Hou Shigui can see it:

"You don't need to persuade me anymore, Hou is not the one who loves vanity, they please me, Hou will not get any benefit, if you don't please me, Hou will not do any harm.

But since they don't want to eat and drink with Hou, then we will eat our own. ”

"Brother Hou is really bold!"

Everyone praised it and was about to go out to buy some food.

But was stopped by Zhou Xuan's servant, Zhou Xuan deliberately looked at Hou Shigui with a puzzled face, and asked knowingly:

"Huh? How did this man look familiar? ”

After he came to this inn, he didn't look at Hou Shigui directly, and directly regarded Hou Shigui as air.

At this time, he also pretended not to know Hou Shigui, and wanted to embarrass him.

Zhou Xuan asked, and the people standing around him hurriedly replied:

"Shizi, this is Hou Shigui, Your Majesty ...... yesterday"

Before the words fell, Zhou Xuan patted his head and interrupted the person's voice to make a sudden realization:

"It turned out to be Brother Xiling! I heard that Brother Hou has been smart and talented since he was a child, and he is expected to revitalize the hope of the Hou family. ”

This......

As soon as Zhou Xuan's words came out, most of the people around him were stunned.

That talented and intelligent person since childhood, isn't Hou Shigui's second brother Hou Wenbo?

How did the son of the world misremember?

But there are also wise people who see the son of the world like this, and they immediately understand.

It seems that Shizi and Hou Shigui have some dislikes.

What is a mistake in memory? It's clearly deliberate!

Hou Shigui has not learned since he was a child, and he has achieved nothing, compared with his second brother, he is completely a heaven and a world.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know what shit he had taken and won His Majesty's favor, who would have bothered him?

Zhou Xuan's words were deliberately moved out of Hou Wenbo to embarrass Hou Shigui!

The gods fight, and the imps suffer.

Although they are a little stumbling with Zhou Xuan, but in any case, Hou Shigui is also a person who has won the favor of today, and he will not be stupid enough to offend Hou Shigui for Zhou Xuan.

So I had to stand aside and laugh a few times, and I didn't say anything.

It was Zhou Xuan's servants who asked Zhou Xuan with a puzzled expression:

"Shizi, no, shouldn't it be Hou Shigui who entered Beijing for the assessment this time? How could it be Hou Wenbo? I remember that Hou Wenbo had already been here last year. ”

Zhou Xuan immediately became angry when he heard this, and scolded:

"Wait until you know! Hou Shigui didn't know a single big word since he was a child, even if he relied on his family relationship to get a place of filial piety, but now the assessment of this level is easy for you filial piety.

For that idiot, but it's hard to climb to the sky, if you don't let his second brother take the exam on his behalf, he can't give that stupid person to die in the ministry? ”

After that, he said to Hou Shigui:

"Brother Hou, it's really hard for you to have that kind of stupid and waste brother."