Chapter 262: Catching Up

"Prince, many people are spying on us." Chen Zuocai rode his horse and whispered beside Xu Zixian.

When Xu Zixian and others rode by, there were many people hiding in the dark, or standing on the corner tower to watch.

But no one made a strange noise, no one spoke, and no one dared to curse.

The last time Xu Zixian led people back to the Hou Mansion, there was an obvious scolding sound in the Jingyuan Hou Mansion, and later I learned that it was Chen Man's fierce wife who was scolding in the mansion, because Xu Zixian's refusal to marry made her lose face, and the woman had to rush to the street to scold, but fortunately, although Chen Man was afraid of the inside, this point was still there, otherwise, the last time it might be that the Jingyuan Hou Mansion was even more embarrassed, and it would not be a good thing for Xu Zixian.

This time, it was silent, not to mention scolding, even the generals and servants who were standing at the gatehouse were full of awe when they bowed down and looked at Xu Zixian.

Zhu Xuhou of the clan, when this name was still very loud and awe-inspiring, Xu Zixian slaughtered Chen Yutai in a blink of an eye.

He also killed more than 1,000 people by the way, the heads of the Qishan thieves were hung all over the city, dense, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the faces were hideous, these servants were nothing more than dogs fighting people and seeing people on the dishes, but deep down they were extremely cowardly, when they saw Xu Zi riding over first, they not only saw a tall and mighty prince or strong man in their eyes, but a butcher who had killed thousands of people.

Yes, butchers in the heart.

Now Xu Zixian's name as a butcher has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people have counted for him, starting from the killing of people in the first battle of Heqiao, the beheading of Jiangtan in one battle exceeded a thousand, and the first battle of Qizhou was beheaded nearly two thousand, plus the imperial court staff who was killed by the master in Beijing, what is this person not a butcher?

The rise of Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian is full of blood, almost every step of the way!

If it weren't for the warm weather and a gust of cold wind, I am afraid that these people will think that it is a murderous attack, and they are afraid that they will be shivering from the cold!

"Let them be." Xu Zixian's headache was the yellow paper full of incense candles in front of his mansion, and the people who stayed behind in the Hou Mansion cleaned it every day, but they couldn't stand it, and thousands of people ran over to burn incense every day.

For Xu Zixian, this is a huge amount of prestige, his prestige can already be on par with King Qi on Fujian Road, King Zhao and Lin Douyao and others are very far apart, ordinary princes, marquises, compared with him there is no comparison at all.

It can even be said that Xu Zixian raised his arms and shouted, and there were already 10,000 people with him, and he had the initial ability to rebel.

Of course, this is an optimistic idea, prestige is a thing, one's own strength is help, and oneself has no power to protect oneself, relying on prestige to achieve things, it has always been more likely to fail......

"I'll clean it up immediately."

A tooth general led the servants to hand over in front of the mansion, and most of the tooth generals left behind in the Hou Mansion were newly recruited in the past two months, with a loyal and old personality, and they were not good at leading soldiers, but they were strong in martial arts, and they were suitable for guarding the house and other courtyards, and they were also indispensable.

Xu Zixian bowed his head slightly, and these people cleaned up the mess outside the main gate of the Hou Mansion.

The little sister is not there, stay in the courtyard, Nan'an cannot be uninhabited, there is Xu Zixian's foundation, Li Yi and others also stay in Nan'an, although Xu Zixian is not permanent, but there are little sisters and Xiuniang in the courtyard, just like a foundation There is still a hostess in the foundation, which will make people feel at ease.

It is also possible that Xiaomei and Xiuniang will take turns living in Nan'an Courtyard and Dongfan in the next few years. After all, in the next few years, the Eastern Domain will become Xu Zixian's most important foundation.

But now that he is playing a sparse and bowing hair, Xu Zixian himself doesn't know what he will do in the near future...... Fujian Road Observer? Fuzhou Observer?

Or after Lu Wenxian was transferred, he was appointed as Zhiqizhou and concurrently served as a defense envoy?

Now everything is still confusing, and the only thing that can be determined is that no matter what, Xu Zixian's territory and real power in his hands will definitely expand because of this Qizhou war.

That's enough.

In front of the mansion, there are still dozens of potted flowers of all kinds, and seeing these, Xu Zixian also has a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

In addition to collecting a lot of flowers and trees in Zhejiang, Jiangling, Central Plains, and Beijing, in Fuzhou's Fucheng, Nan'an Courtyard, including the Eastern Domain, Xu Zixian planted a lot of flowers and trees.

The Hou Mansion in front of me has also begun to invest a lot of money in renovation, at least to look new on the outside.

In a few months, Chen Wenjun will marry into the Nan'an Hou Mansion, and Xu Zixian hopes that he can give Chen Wenjun everything he wants most.

The emotional entanglement between the two lives, although he is not married, Chen Wenjun is the most important part of Xu Zixian's emotional involvement, and he is also the most satisfied hostess of the Hou Mansion.

The relationship with the Changwen Marquis Mansion and the relationship with the civil officials in various places on Fujian Road all make this marriage full of interest exchange in the eyes of outsiders.

In Xu Zixian's own opinion, this marriage has nothing to do with anything else, it is completely to meet his emotional needs.

Xiuniang is also very good, gentle and lovely, and has good looks, Xu Zixian does not think that this woman has been married twice, but no matter what, there is only one Chen Wenjun who can make him unreservedly like and invest emotionally.

Maybe in the future, Xu Zixian will take a concubine, or maybe he only has this wife and a concubine, Xu Zixian has no cleanliness and is also very lustful, but he doesn't like to go down the wrong path that his ancestors have taken.

A carriage came from the darkness, and Xu Zi glanced at the emperor first, and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's really thoughtful, and the sky will feel it?"

Chen Zuocai, Chen Daojian and others on the side all laughed, and Gao Shilai, Jin Baoyi and others who were accompanying them spread far away, leading the footmen to clear the streets.

Although the people living in Zongmu Street are either the princes or the marquis, but the soldiers led by Xu Zixian want to clear the streets, except for Qi, the guards of the second king of Zhao, who else dares to collide?

"Mingda, isn't it you?"

The carriage stopped, and a pair of slender hands pushed the windows and looked out.

In the twilight, Xu Zixian and others stepped forward, looking out the window with a pair of wonderful eyes, but they couldn't see who was coming for a while.

"It's me, Wen Jun." Xu Zixian said softly: "What is your urgent matter?" ”

The marriage contract between the two has been decided, the Wei people do not pay much attention to the defense of men and women, and those ghosts made by rotten Confucians because of the decline of the country cannot do their way in the Great Wei, and the more low-level the relationship between men and women, the more direct and hot. It is normal for a widow to remarry, and it is quite common for a little girl to take a fancy to a young man from a certain family, and to go home and ask her parents to propose marriage.

It is the order of the parents, and it is also the first to ask the children to go on a blind date, and they will only get married when they fancy each other, and there must be forced to do so, depending on the actual situation of each family, which is not much.

But no matter what, if Chen Wenjun didn't have an emergency, he wouldn't have come to meet Xu Zixian at such a time and place, one of the two was a marquis, and the other was the daughter of a marquis, such a private meeting spread, the reputation of both families was not good, Chen Wenjun's upbringing and knowledge were outstanding, how could he act so rashly?

"I'm afraid someone will chase after me......" Chen Wenjun usually spoke very coldly and calmly, and it seemed that big things would not make this noble girl panic.

Xu Zixian remembered the past, only once when Chen Wenjun said that the Marquis of Changwen's Mansion had decided to marry Zhao Wangfu, she was a little flustered and reluctant.

At that time, the feelings were there, and it was a hazy good feeling between men and women, but how could this good feeling be the enemy of the coercion of reality.

This time, hearing Chen Wenjun speak in such a flustered tone, Xu Zixian couldn't help but stretch out his hand, holding the slender hand, feeling a burst of coldness, he said: "Don't worry, the big thing is that the Son of Heaven is coming, and I can block it for you." ”

This is not pure bragging, Xu Zixian was Lang Wei who blocked the Son of Heaven in Beijing, and what about the White Tiger Banner, he was also blocked by Nan'an Hou outside the wall.

So if someone else speaks, Chen Wenjun only treats it as a joke, but at this time, she is at ease, her hand is twitched, but she can't pull it out, so she lets Xu Zi hold it first.

A moment later, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and there were about twenty or thirty horsemen, and when they approached the Hou Mansion, they were blocked by Jin Baoyi and Gao Shilai.

"Lao Tzu, no matter what kind of tooth general you are in Huangzi Zhao Wangfu, you are the tooth general of the Son of Heaven, Lao Tzu has also blocked it, and if you don't accept it, you will step on Lao Tzu's chest."

Jin Baoyi's tone was very horizontal, but he was like a general, and he really took out the words that blocked Tianzi Lang Wei and bragged about it.

Chen Wenjun couldn't help but chuckle twice in the carriage, this time he was really at ease.

Xu Zixian didn't like to have too many people around him, and the most followed by Fang Shaoqun, Chen Zuocai, and Chen Daojian among the staff. Fang Shaoqun always advises, and there is no specific function, Xu Zi values his wisdom first, but the position awarded must be recognized by everyone in the group.

Fortunately, after the passage of time, Fang Shaoqun's intelligence has been recognized by everyone, and he has made suggestions and speeches on several major events, Xu Zixian has already considered finding a suitable position for this person.

Now Fang Shaoqun didn't come with him, he stayed in Qizhou to settle down with Li Yi and the others, and he was still busy over there.

Chen Zuocai is in charge of the secretary's affairs, and the chores and clerical announcements around Xu Zixian are all handled by this person and Chen Daojian.

Chen Daojian has outstanding literary talent and strong memory, and Xu Zi ordered him to read more laws and regulations in addition to Confucian classics, and he will also be a good helper in the future.

In addition to a few staff, there are a few servants such as Xu Ming, and there are also guards who have a sentry at any time.

For Xu Zixian's status, there are not many sentry guards, and compared to the things he does, there are too few sentry soldiers and horses.

Sometimes the king of Qi goes out, but he just brings a dozen generals, his old man has ignored the specific government affairs for a long time, and the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion do not have too much to offend people, the king of Qi often wears gray robes and goes out with a dozen or so guards.

As for King Zhao going out, the Qingke staff officials and servants were at least a few dozen, and then brought a general to escort them, sounded the gong to open the way, and the prince's honor guard was only one rank below the prime minister, except for the lack of a cool umbrella, other honor guards were actually beyond the prime minister.

After all, the prime minister does not have the prince's family background, except for Yu Lu, King Zhao has more than 10,000 official households, which means more than dozens of income a year in Fujian, plus a large number of shops and commercial houses, and the court has a large number of rewards from time to time, and the prime minister is not as extravagant as the prince.

Xu Zixian didn't have many guards, and a sentry was inconspicuous on the long street, but more than 100 people came over from Zhao Wang's Mansion one after another, but they couldn't break through this thin defense.

Jin hugged a hand in the middle, the two wings spread out the knife card, and then there was a hand, and when he was high, he came to lead people to hold the array.

This was followed by a formation of archers and crossbowmen, their glittering arrows standing out in the shadows.

Of course, the people of Zhao Wangfu also carried bows and crossbows, and the number of people was three times more than that of this side, but in terms of momentum, it was obvious that the people of Zhao Wangfu were at a disadvantage.

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I forgot to update it yesterday.,Two chapters are made up today.