"Puff~"

Shang Qi knelt in front of Chen Xu and kowtowed respectfully three times and said gratefully: "Master Hou, Shang Qi's whole family was deceived by Zhao Gao, and he designed to frame Lord Hou that day, but Lord Hou rescued me from Zhao Hand regardless of his previous suspicions, and now he has let me wait for revenge with my own hands, this great kindness and great virtue Shang Qi will never forget!" ”

"Who said that I don't care about the past suspicions, when your father and Zhao Gao designed to frame me, you personally took action to get the iron-making furnace and killed seven or eight people, this account book Hou hasn't asked you to calculate, get out, get out of the farther the better, I don't want to see you again!" Chen Xu kicked Shang Qi to the ground.

"Master Hou, just let me follow you, you can be a cow and a horse!" Shang Qi got up and knelt down again and pleaded bitterly.

"Puff~" Ma Teng, who was standing next to him, also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Xu three times, and said with a sad face: "Master Hou, my Ma Teng was blind at the beginning, was colluded by Zhao Zhe to frame you, and also had a conflict with you in Wancheng, but today I have to help Lord Hou to kill Zhao Gao to avenge the second uncle, my Ma family is now only me and my two sisters left, and I am willing to follow Hou Ye before and after the saddle in the future, and I will never back down from the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and please fulfill Hou Ye!" ”

"Please also ask Master Hou to fulfill it!" Shang Qi slammed his head on the ground, and a stream of blood instantly stained the ground.

"Do you really want to follow me?" Chen Xu couldn't help frowning.

"Yes, the two of us have followed Master Hou so far, if you are willing to be thundered by the sky!"

"Since you are so insistent, I will agree to come down first, but if I find out that there is the slightest evil heart in the future, you will definitely die a miserable death, before that, I need to give each of you a test, if I am satisfied, you can follow me in the future!" After being silent for a long time, Chen Xu nodded and said.

"Thank you Master Hou for your success, please ask Master Hou to command!" Shang Qi and Ma Teng each kowtowed three more times before they got up with excitement on their faces.

"Shang Qi, there are a lot of people who know you in Xianyang, so you should not show up in Xianyang City in the future, go home first to settle your family, and then disguise yourself as a businessman to go to Huiji County, and find a young man named Xiang Ji, this person is about fifteen years old, is the grandson of Xiang Yan, the former general of Chu State, is very famous in Wuzhong, known as the little overlord of Wuzhong, and his subordinates have gathered a group of local evil boys, whether you go after you go, whether it is money or tricks, you must have a relationship with him and it is best to become a confidant, and I will go to Wuzhong to find you when I am free, But don't reveal any of my identities, can you? ”

"Hou Ye, rest assured, Shang Qi will definitely complete the task!" Shang Qi was very excited to give his hand.

As a second-generation official who was quite qualified in Xianyang City, although his ability to do things is not good, his ability to eat, drink, play, fight and brawl is still not small, and as long as he is willing to spend money, no matter how domineering Xiang Yu is in the future, he is just a troubled boy in the Wuzhong area, and his heart is not mature, so it should be easy to hook up.

"Okay, tomorrow I will have someone take you to meet a businessman, and he will arrange for you to go to Wuzhong, and you will be careful with other things!"

After Chen Xu finished speaking, he looked at Ma Teng: "You still have an official position now, so you will stay in Xianyang for the time being, and deploy the government to work normally, and I will notify you when I have a task!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Ma Teng hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Chen Xu entered the room for only ten minutes, and soon left with a group of guards.

Back in Qinghe, the sound of the curfew bamboo flute had already sounded on the street, and there was a faint sound of patrolling forbidden soldiers running in all directions.

"Brother wait for me~" Just when Chen Xu's carriage entered the Hou Mansion, and the doorman steward was about to order the guards to close the gate, there was a shout from behind him, Chen Xu turned around, and saw Han Xin running into the courtyard with the two guards on horseback.

Chen Xu's face twitched slightly, on the first day he arrived in Xianyang today, he didn't see Han Xin all afternoon, and he had forgotten him.

"Where did you go when you came back so late?" Chen Xu asked with a straight face.

"Hehe, Xianyang is really big and prosperous, I followed two guards to see the bridge and the waterwheel mill, took a bus in the city, and then went to a few gardens to ......play," Han Xin said with a dry smile.

"You're going to visit the garden?" Chen Xu's face instantly darkened.

"No, no, don't worry, brother, I'm just curious, I didn't drink or sleep with the little lady, I just listened to and watched a few songs and dances, and the guards can testify!" Han Xin blushed and quickly shook his head.

"Xianyang is different from remote towns, throwing a stone can hit a group of princes and princesses, it's okay to play on weekdays, don't cause trouble, otherwise I will send you back to Qinghe Town!"

"No, no, absolutely not!" Han Xin shrunk his neck and shook his head repeatedly.

"Well, have you had dinner?"

"After eating, I ate a bowl of beef noodles at a noodle restaurant on the street!" Han Xin nodded hurriedly.

"Don't run around these days, after I arrange it, you will go to Weihe Academy to study with Yuliang Gong!"

"Yes!"

"Let's go, follow me to the backyard to arrange a room to wash and sleep!"

Back in the backyard, Chen Xu asked a few servants to take Han Xin to clean up the room to wash and rest, and only returned to his room after finishing it, Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan were reading a book and the other was painting, seeing Chen Xu coming back, they quickly put down the pen and paper together to help sort out the clothes, and at the same time arranged for the maid to prepare hot water for washing and happy clothes.

Looking at the two busy girls, Chen Xu instantly remembered the water softness again, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

I don't know where she and Yu Wuya went, and whether they found Chi Songzi.

But at the moment, these worries are meaningless, I can only hope that Yu Wuya can come back sooner, of course, it is best for the two of them to come back together, so that they don't have to worry about it anymore.

"Is Husband still worried about Sister Shui?" After washing and lying on the bed, Chen Xu and Ying Shiyan hugged each other and lay down, Ying Shiyan lay in Chen Xu's arms and asked softly.

Chen Xu nodded slightly.

"Husband, for the time being, Sister Shui is already strong in martial arts, Brother Yu is also martial arts, there will be no incident, Husband Jun is tired from the journey, and he fell and injured himself today, so it is better to rest early, maybe Brother Yu will also come back in a few days!"

"The lady is right, let's rest in peace!" Chen Xu blew out the candle on the desk at the head of the bed, and the gentle fifth princess soon let out a slight snoring sound.

This short period of time is indeed tired, not only physically tired, but also mentally tired, and I haven't slept in the big bed for more than half a month.

……

Back in Xianyang, there was a mess of things one after another.

In the next few days, Chen Xu was too busy to rest.

First, he entrusted Shang Qi to the salt merchant Song Yan, and asked him to disguise himself as a steward of the salt merchant and follow the caravan to open a shop in Wuzhong to sell salt, so as to get close to Xiang Yu and prepare for better handling of this overlord of Western Chu in the future.

Then he sent Han Xin to Weihe College to study with An Yuliang.

Han Xin is thirteen years old now, and it will be too late if he doesn't study hard, because in the past few days, Han Xin has followed a few guards to wander in Xianyang every day, and he doesn't settle down at all, only Chen Xu can see people in the morning and evening, and send him to Weihe Academy to study, first study the convergence sexuality, and if he can, give him the volume of Taigong's Art of War to study well, and leave it for the future to conquer West Asia and Europe, an oriental military genius leads tens of thousands of Great Qin Iron Cavalry, which is estimated to be enough for those countries along the Mediterranean coast to drink a good pot.

Next, the newspaper, the printing house, the Academy of Sciences, the factory, the College of Letters, the College of Engineering, the Huaxia Qianzhuang, the Dongfang Road Engineering Headquarters and other offices under his control carefully inspected and listened to the report, during which he also took time to give a lesson to Ziying.

Seven or eight days passed in a flash.

The abrasions on Chen Xu's body have gradually improved, and the wounds have faded and scabbed, revealing new skin and flesh, just like this spring, becoming more and more bright day by day.

And in the daily busyness of not touching the ground, he gradually suppressed the soft thoughts of water to the deepest part of his heart, only in the dead of night, he would think of that gentle figure, and then work harder the next day.

The spring is thick, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, the whole Xianyang City is full of red and willow green, people have already changed into spring clothes, especially the women's dresses, and the spring color of this garden is generally all changed bright and bright.

Under the influence of the improved clothing sold at the Qinghe Hotel and the school uniforms of the women's college, many women from wealthy families have begun to boldly pursue the most cutting-edge fashion in Xianyang City this spring, wearing the latest mid-skirts and short skirts to swagger through the market.

The color of men's service has not changed much, it is still mainly blue, white and black, but it has also begun to gradually become more concise, and the two styles that are easy to put on and take off have become popular, and the Qinghe Marquis Mansion has begun to wear simpler clothes, tight tops with small stand-up collars, straight trousers, if not all have long hair, I suddenly saw it and thought that it was a certain period of the Republic of China.

After a few busy days, Chen Xu finally became idle, and the spring was bright and sunny, Chen Xu also decided to take a good rest with his family, so he rode a horse and took Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan and a group of guards to inspect his fiefdom.

The first is to enjoy the spring, and the second is to inspect the progress of the special planting and breeding areas such as melons, fruits, vegetables, grains, and fish ponds planned and arranged last year.

Chen Xu's arrangements for the housekeepers and stewards of the Hou Mansion were meticulously and strictly implemented, so after a winter, many places in the fiefdom had gradually become somewhat neat.

When I met Li Gui, the swamp has been cleared out of a pond of seven or eight acres, which is planted with lotus root and chicken heads, and some fish and shrimp are fished from the Wei River to raise in it, and a poultry house and several houses are built near the pond, and several farmers on the fiefdom and several students majoring in agriculture are arranged to raise a group of ducks and geese here, and now hundreds of ducklings and geese have hatched, like a group of fluffy little furballs, following the big ducks and geese to play and forage in the pond, and the spring flowers and aquatic plants are abundant all around. It looks very pleasing to the eye.

Looking at this group of fluffy ducklings and geese, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan and a group of little maids suddenly overflowed with love to the point that they couldn't help themselves, and they stood by the pond excitedly and chattered excitedly, and the steward in charge of this pond saw that the two concubines liked small animals so much, and specially asked people to catch a few for Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan to watch and play, and the two of them were suddenly even more excited, carefully holding these plush toys that had just come out of the shell and were reluctant to let go.

Ying Shiyan grew up in the palace since she was a child, it is impossible to come into contact with these common small animals in the countryside, Meng Wan is similar, since she was a child, she has been learning to sing and dance with her husband and teaching reading and literacy in the house, and she has never seen this kind of situation, plus the two of them are still teenage girls, and they have no resistance to this kind of fluffy and cute little animal, so they fell into it directly, and they were reluctant to leave.

Xing'er and Yu Ji grew up in the countryside and were also interested in ducklings and geese, but they quickly diverted their attention to chasing and frolicking around the pond and picking wildflowers of various colors.