Raised his left foot and stepped out of the high threshold, a gust of cold wind rushed in front of him, the dead branches on both sides of the gate swayed, and Hou Dagui, who was standing at the door, stretched his waist and scolded while laughing: "Thief, it's been a few months, and I can finally come out to breathe." As he spoke, he looked back and saw that the five big characters of "Unified Power Inspection Institute" on the hanging plaque were particularly eye-catching.

"You don't want any luggage?" Yan Licheng, the commander of the white scarf and white clothes, walked out, carrying a bulging large package in his hand, "Here are several achievements of your hard work in copying the red book in the past few months, hide them well, take them out to observe and observe, and remember the days you spent in the inspection yard." ”

Hou Dagui glanced at him and said, "Why, I said that Lao Yan, who has been dictating to me for a few months, I will see the light of day again today, and in turn will support you to find a balance a few times, is this not happy?" Your commander is amazing, and your commander is also very majestic! ”

Yan Licheng immediately smiled and said: "What are you talking about, how dare I be a little disrespectful to Mr. Hou." In addition to studying the Red Book, I cleaned the yard, swept the floor, weeded and repaired the tiles, and practiced it, but I was just ordered to supervise the things that the lord personally ordered. ”

"Hey, and he brought out the lord to press me. To tell you the damn truth, even if you made up the Red Book, you are not as familiar with the contents of the book as I am. If you don't believe me, you and I can find an opportunity to argue in front of the lord and see which is higher and which is lower. ”

"Mr. Hou is very talented, and I can see the progress of these days, so I don't have to argue, I am willing to bow down." Yan Licheng shook his hand again and again, "I'm just afraid that you will lose the important things in the package, if the lord asks in the future, you can take them out as a proof of diligent study, right?" ”

When Hou Dagui heard this, he squinted at him, frowned and nodded, "You are right." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, snatched the package into his hand and carried it on his shoulder, "This is all my old marquis's hard work, and it can't be lost." ”

Yan Licheng said: "Manager Hou has been reinstated...... Oh no, the study is successful, and the yamen should have set up a banquet to celebrate and practice, but the chief manager of Hou is in a hurry, this banquet is remembered first, and he will definitely make up for it next time. ”

Hou Dagui said: "That's it, you Qingshui Yamen of the Unified Inspection Institute, I can't bear to let you break the bank." Every day green vegetable tofu is more regular than the monk, I have eaten it for more than half a year, and I can't stand it if I eat it again. ”

Yan Licheng said helplessly: "I believe in Buddhism and eat fasting, and we don't dare to be extravagant." ”

There are a total of three divisions under the Unified Inspection Institute, namely the Inspection and Disposal Division, the External Propaganda and Internal Propaganda Division, and the Unified Power Envoy Division. There are not many officials in these three divisions, and all of them are arranged to work separately in the same compound, so the public food is also uniformly used on weekdays. As the top leader of the hospital, Liu Xiaohong is very self-disciplined and rarely touches meat.

Up and down, the inspector made Yang Shaoting a student of Liu Xiaohong, and naturally his duty was not exceeded. Propaganda made Mu Gongchun pretend to be high and have the ambition of becoming an immortal, and he is about to stop eating, of course, he disdains big fish and meat. Only Yan Licheng, who was born in the Shizhou Wei clan, is really unbearable to live without oil and water, and occasionally asks someone to bring some chickens, sheep and fish to sacrifice to the five internal organs, but he is also cautious and stops.

But what kind of person is Hou Dagui, who eats wine and meat in large chunks, and is arrogant and uninhibited. Eating a meal or two of clear soup with little water can also be used to scrape the intestinal oil to change the taste, and it has not changed for several months, how can he hold on. Therefore, after suffering so far, the original strong and even accumulated some autumn fat body was stunned to be a little smaller, and in the past, passing by the side hall where the Buddha statue was enshrined, the eyes could not help but bring sincere respect.

To tell the truth, after getting along with Hou Dagui day and night for a few months, Yan Licheng still admires him a lot.

At the beginning, Hou Dagui was sent to the government office for compulsory reflection and study due to negligence, and Zhao Dangshi clearly instructed that before his personal permission, Hou Dagui should eat and drink Lazar in the government office of the unified inspection institute, no matter what happened, he could not be discharged from the hospital for half a step, otherwise not only Hou Dagui and the personnel of all departments under the unified inspection institute would be sitting.

Hou Dagui's person, Yan Licheng, who once served as a counselor and overseer in the Wuqi Battalion, had clearly seen that such a demon king of the mixed world lived in the government office full of elegance and quietness, and he really wanted to set off a storm. Liu Xiaohong was only responsible for receiving Hou Dagui, and then became the shopkeeper, and specially appointed Yan Licheng to be responsible for his study and daily life. However, after a period of contact, Yan Licheng was surprised to find that Hou Dagui had changed his irritable temper in the past, and he was not rebellious and dissatisfied with being suppressed and controlled, but seemed quite calm. Whether it was reciting and transcribing the contents of the red book or cleaning up the courtyard and houses, those who came did not refuse, and did everything according to their words, and never complained. Basically, whatever he asks, he does it, without discounting. Such obedience is not surprising for others, but it is really unprecedented to fall on Hou Dagui, who was once the second in command of Zhao Dangshi and arrogant and domineering above 10,000 people under one person.

As his anxious heart gradually let go, Yan Licheng slowly felt that Hou Dagui was indeed remorseful, otherwise he could endure this kind of life for a while, which was like penance for him, and he would definitely not be able to endure it for several months. A person who has never left his wine and wealth can insist on being pure and have few desires for more than half a year, and this perseverance is enough to change Yan Licheng's opinion of Hou Dagui.

"Old Hou, it won't be long before the lord will look for you."

Once after listening to Hou Dagui's original original memorization of the tens of thousands of words of "Hengyan of the World" word for word, Yan Licheng couldn't help but say. After saying that, I also felt strange about the compassion that came from nowhere.

"You don't have to worry about it." Hou Dagui crooked his mouth and twisted his head to reply, but it was difficult to hide the trace of expectation in his eyes.

At the end of last year, the news of the large-scale transfer of Zhao Ying's troops and horses reached the government office, and Yan Licheng clearly saw Hou Dagui's loneliness.

"Old Yan, what are you taking today?"

Yan Licheng was still distracted, and Hou Dagui had already walked up to him and threw a copy of "Hengyan of the World" that had been turned over a long time ago on the desk in front of him.

"Hmm......" Yan Licheng came back to his senses and thought for a moment, "You have acquiesced out the passage of the third part of the strategy and the foreign barbarians. Pen and paper over there. ”

"That passage is counted as the eighteenth time that I have written silently today, although there are few silents, but the shape of those words, I have long remembered that the melons are ripe. If you can't finish writing half a stick of incense, count me as losing. Hou Dagui was about to practice his weapons, so he foamed at his hands and sat down after grinding his hands around the bookcase at the other end.

Yesterday, Kuaima sent a message from Zhao Dangshi of Hanzhong Mansion, asking Hou Dagui to leave Fanhe City and immediately go to Xiangyang City to hand over to Bai Wang and resume his position as military commander.

Yan Licheng was very excited, trotted all the way to find Hou Dagui, and gasped to tell him about the matter. Hou Dagui squatted there fiddling with the small shovel used for weeding in his hand, but he responded lightly. Yan Licheng was wondering to himself, and when he walked out of the other courtyard, he heard Hou Dagui roaring in the courtyard.

Now, the rising daylight on the horizon is still a little hazy, and Hou Dagui has already packed up and is ready to go. Yan Licheng knew that the small office of the unified inspection institute was not the place where Hou Dagui should be after all.

"The person who reported the news said that General Manager Hou had been in the army for a long time, and when he arrived in Xiangyang to see Bai Wang, everything was explained."

"The battles that Lao Tzu fought are compiled into a book, and you can't pile up all the places in the office of the Inspectorate and the Inspection Institute, so you can't worry about anything." Hou Dagui said coldly, turned his head and asked, "By the way, why is it so deserted in the government office today, looking at the sun, it's time to go to work." ”

Yan Licheng replied: "Mr. Liu and Mr. Yang, the inspector of the big inspection, took people to Xiangyang yesterday to inspect and evaluate military discipline as usual. Mr. Mu contracted the disease a few days ago, and you didn't notice. ”

"Let Mr. Mu wear more clothes, he gets sick every year when it's cold, and he hasn't frozen to death for a few years." Hou Dagui muttered twice, and then stretched out his hand, "When you first came out, didn't you say that there was a letter from the Chengxuan Governor's Yuan asking me to pass it on?" What about faith? ”

"Stuffed into the package." Yan Licheng said, "It's a letter from Mr. He, the internal affairs envoy, asking you to hand it over to Mr. Wu in Xiangyang." ”

"Mr. Wu? Which Mr. Wu? ”

"It's Mr. Wu who practices medicine. Don't you remember that someone from the Zheng family in the southeast fell ill and settled in the city before, and Mr. Wu just watched it and recuperated for a while. A few days ago, someone from Xiangyang sent to say that many soldiers were sick, and Mr. Niu from the medicine shop felt that the symptoms were similar to those of the Zheng family, so he invited Mr. Wu to go. ”

The medicine workshop is in charge of internal affairs such as businessmen, and Niu Shoutong, who is in charge, is very old in Zhao Ying, and has pulled arrows for Guo Ruke and participated in major events such as exposing Wu Liangjie's poisoning, and Hou Dagui also knows him. Wu Youxing traveled from Jiangnan to Huguang earlier, treated the late military attache Meng Ruhu in Chengtian Mansion and met Zhao Dangshi, and was brought to Fanhe City with the army.

"Okay, got it." Hou Dagui raised his hand and carried the package firmly, and at this time, the soap official of the government office brought the official horse, and he climbed on the horse, and his movements were still agile and neat.

The streets of Fanhecheng in the early morning were lonely and deserted, and the faint morning light was sprinkled down, except for the two soap officials who were yawning with sleepy eyes, and Hou Dagui and Yan Licheng, there was no one else.

"There are so few people here, and it's frustrating." Hou Dagui shook his head, "Quietly, it's really uncomfortable." ”

"I've been here for more than half a year, why are you saying this now?" Yan Licheng smiled.

"I don't know, I don't feel anything when I'm in the yard and in the house, but I feel it when I go out." Hou Dagui tugged at the reins, "I, Hou Dagui, still like places with a lot of people." ”

The official horse seemed to feel that it was an old hand sitting on his back, and he shook his spirits and stepped on the spot restlessly. Yan Licheng looked at this scene that was ready to go, and arched his hand and said: "Manager Hou, take care all the way!" ”

As soon as the words fell, only a rapid neighing was heard, and Hou Dagui, who couldn't bear it, had already urged the official horse to gallop out like an arrow off the string. What Yan Licheng's ears heard, all that reverberated in the alley was the short shout-

"Take care!"

Out of Fanhe City, Hou Dagui was unscrupulous and indulged in wild galloping. Without stopping, he went straight west along the Rolling River for more than ten miles, and soon entered the boundary of Xiangyang. There are imprints on the official horses, and the local archers in Fanhe City and Zaoyang County have sharp eyes, and when they see it, they don't want to stop it, but the army stationed in the east of Xiangyang Mansion doesn't care about this. Hou Dagui, who was traveling unhindered all the way, was immediately stopped by a team of soldiers.

Although the Changhong Front Battalion where these soldiers were located belonged to the Bai Wang Army, Hou Dagui had not yet officially taken office, and they would never recognize Hou Dagui as the commander of the army, and they would immediately arrest Hou Dagui for the crime of harassing the army and the people with too fast horses.

Before Xiangyang City arrived, he was about to be imprisoned, Hou Dagui secretly exhaled and was arguing, and came to ride on the side of the road, and the leader saw Hou Dagui and exclaimed on the horse: "Hou ...... Mr. Hou, you, you came out? ”

Hou Dagui looked at it angrily, and recognized it as Chen Weifu, the son of Chen Hongfan's family and the commander of the Changhong front camp, and said angrily: "It's out, but I can't help but send it back to your good sons." ”

Where did Chen Weifu dare to offend Hou Dagui, asked the reason, and knew that Hou Dagui was used again, and became his top boss, and he did not slack off, leading everyone to dismount and brush around Hou Dagui's horse to salute. Seeing this, the soldiers who were arguing with Hou Dagui were at a loss, and Chen Weifu said: "These people are rude, and your subordinates please use whipping as the general manager to relieve their anger." ”

"No." Unexpectedly, Hou Dagui started to stop, "Those who don't know are not guilty, forget it." ”

When Chen Weifu heard this, he was shocked, and peeked to make sure that he was indeed facing Hou Dagui himself, and was secretly surprised.

Hou Dagui asked: "Look at your gray face, have you traveled a long way?" ”

"The chief steward is like a god." Chen Weifu raised his head and said, "I just sent my father and the eldest young master and his party back." ”

"Send your dad and ...... Zhao Yuanheng? Hou Dagui wondered, "Is there anyone else?" ”

"There are a few more people, not many people."

Zhao Yuanheng is Li Laiheng, the righteous son that Zhao Dangshi received from Li Zicheng, how did Chen Hongfan and him get together?

"Your dad is a lot old, where are you going?"

Chen Weifu replied: "The subordinates don't know, I heard my father say that he was sent out by the lord's assignment, and the same is true for the young master." As for where he went, his father was secretive, and his subordinates were not easy to ask. ”

"I haven't come out to see the world for a few months, and I can't guess or figure out many things."

Hou Dagui heard that it was Zhao Dangshi's assignment, and he didn't ask, but muttered to himself. Suddenly, he raised his horsewhip and said loudly: "You all perform your duties, I will go first!" "After that, the people and horses are like shadows, swift as lightning, and they disappear in the blink of an eye, where do you still take the little episodes that are blocked to heart.