Chinese New Year's Eve passed, and on the first day of the new year, although Wen Wu drank a lot last night, he still came to the Thorn Shi Mansion to congratulate, each with a lot of gifts, this is a tribute, of course, Yuan Xi also returned one by one, and gave more generously.

After the first day of the new year, there will be two days of vacation, which is a time for the ministers of civil and military affairs to gather with their families, Yuan Xi will also invite his relatives and friends, and when it comes to about the fifth day of the new year, basically all the places are too guarded, and the generals are ready to go back, after all, there are still many things waiting for them to deal with.

"Guorang, Yuyang is the most densely populated county in Youzhou except Guangyang, you have to work hard, especially Jiao Touch, if there is any rudeness, you bear with me, I will teach him a lesson when I go back" In the Assassin's Mansion, Yuan Xi looked at Tian Yu who was resigning and said with a smile.

"Hou Ye, don't worry, General Jiao is generous and generous, and being able to work with General Jiao is Yu's Rongxin," Tian Yu replied with a smile.

"That's good" Yuan Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "By the way, what do you think about the matter of Juxian Pavilion?" ”

"Yu thinks it is very good, although the scholars have many talents, but there are also many poor families, and they do not have so many selfishness, Hou Ye's move will inevitably be enthusiastic, making my Youzhou more prosperous" Tian Yu appreciated.

"Haha, okay, then after you go back, the first thing you will do is to implement this, and after the order of the Assassin Mansion is issued, it will immediately spread all over the territory under your command," Yuan Xi instructed.

"No, please rest assured"

After Tian Yu left, Li Ru walked in slowly and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, there is news in Yecheng"

"How?" Yuan Xi immediately became much more serious, he never believed that the sudden sense of crisis was just groundless, or that he was nervous.

"Master Tian said that everything is stable in Yecheng at the moment, and there is no intention," Li Ru said.

"What about the eldest brother and the third brother?" Yuan Xi asked.

"The eldest duke had already led troops to Qingzhou in the fourth year of junior high school, and the third prince praised the young prince at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, a deep brotherhood"

"Isn't there anything going on?" Yuan Xi was a little unwilling.

"After Lord Tian received the letter, he attached great importance to it, and he had asked Mao Xian to repeatedly investigate the mansions of the ministers, and he didn't find anything harmful to the prince, unless" Li Ru suddenly frowned.

"Unless what?" Yuan Xi immediately asked.

"Unless there are outside forces that want to deal with Hou Ye, so the black devil can't find it for a while, so it will be so calm," Li Ru said solemnly.

Yuan Xi suddenly stood up and nodded: "Yes, there is indeed this possibility, Xi has developed too fast during this time."

"Too fast, too slow, in fact, it doesn't matter, what Ru is most worried about now is Duke Yuan's attitude towards Hou Ye" Li Ru had a trace of worry on his face.

"Father" Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows.

"Master Hou, although you have brought more than 100,000 armor, but you are still suppressed by a shackle, that is Yuan Gong, once you have a heart, start from this aspect, with Yuan Gong's suspicious and guessing character, then the matter will be dangerous, my father's order is the great order of heaven, and Hou Ye has never reached the strength of Yuan Gong now" Li Ru said very seriously.

Yuan Xi clenched his fists and said, "Turn Uncle Tian immediately, let him pay attention, and notify me immediately if there is any change, or let Mao Xian act quickly to nip the danger in the bud."

"No!"

When it was about the seventh day of the first month, at the north gate of the tall Yecheng City, I saw a group of gorgeously dressed men riding high-headed horses and leading a group of subordinates out of the city gate.

The group headed straight to the north, and after about half a pillar of incense, a large and dense forest emerged, and several paths extended into the woods.

"Whoever hunts more prey today, Shang will give him the snow jade cabbage in the house" Yuan Shang announced loudly, and the whole person was very excited.

"Good!"

"Childe, be careful" I saw Yuan Shang's side, and the sturdy Guo Yuan said with concern.

"It's okay, the eldest brother has already left, who else in this Yecheng can threaten me" Yuan Shang proudly rode his horse and chose a way, and quickly rushed in.

"You guys keep up," Guo Yuan ordered to a few of the guards.

"No!"

When Yuan Shang came to a forest, he immediately found a snow-white rabbit in the grass, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he quickly took off the bow and arrow.

"Where to go" Yuan Shang chased after him again.

"Childe, slow down, slow down," the person behind shouted anxiously.

Yuan Shang was very fast, and disappeared all of a sudden, when in a clearing full of fallen leaves, after finding the rabbit again, Yuan Shang carefully took out the bow and arrow, and when he was about to shoot, a figure suddenly flashed out of the grass next to him, and then the horse was startled, raised the horse's hooves high, and the figure fell to the ground in fear, looking down, it was a middle-aged man with a long beard and a robe

"Who are you" Yuan Shang hurriedly reined in the horse, looked at the rabbit that had disappeared, and asked in a very unhappy tone.

However, after the man glanced at Yuan Shang, he suddenly rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and knelt on the ground, "Xiaodao to meet the Son of Heaven"

Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Bold, Shang Nai is the fourth and third dukes, a loyal minister of the Han family, how dare you talk nonsense"

"No, no, Xiaodao has learned some ways to watch fate, the clouds and mist above the child's head are shrouded, there is a golden sun, the bright moon is circling, it is obviously the spirit of the Son of Heaven!"

Hearing this, Yuan Shang's face couldn't help but flash a trace of joy, but he still said angrily: "I see that you still have a little knowledge, but don't talk nonsense like this, if he hears it one day, I will kill you, get out!" ”

The "Nuonuo" man hurriedly retreated, but as he walked, he shook his head and said: "It's strange, why are there two heavenly sons, one is in Youzhou and the other is in Yecheng."

Yuan Shang, who was already about to leave, suddenly stared at him and shouted, "You stop me"

"Childe, what's wrong?" The man was startled

"What did you just say?" Yuan Shang dismounted and walked over, his face was very serious.

"Xiaodao didn't say anything," the man quickly shook his head

Yuan Shang immediately pulled out the sword on horseback, and said coldly: "If you don't want to die, just say it quickly."

The man immediately knelt on the ground and said fearfully: "The little one is from Youzhou, and there is also a son of heaven in the Youzhou Thorn Mansion, although there is still a little gap compared to the son's, but it is indeed developing vigorously, so the small one is actually two sons of heaven."

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "Who are you to dare to provoke the feelings between our brothers?"

"No, no, Xiaodao doesn't know the two sons at all, how can he provoke it!" The Taoist priest said nervously.

"Then let me ask you, can the two of us coexist peacefully?" There was a hint of expectation in Yuan Shang's eyes.

"I don't know this little one, but the history books record that the genius you have will only live and die"

A cold light flashed in Yuan Shang's eyes, and he muttered, "Second brother, do you really want to go against me?" ”

"Childe, can I go? Don't worry, I'll never say it," the man prayed, a little frightened.

Yuan Shang glanced at it and waved his hand lightly, and the man immediately turned around and prepared to flee, but as soon as he took a step, a sharp sword had already pierced his chest.

"Only the dead can keep the secret," Yuan Shang said coldly.

After the man fell to the ground, he suddenly said with an angry face: "I tell you the truth, you kill me instead, I will curse you, you are definitely not the opponent of Youzhou Tianziqi, you will definitely lose"

"Bastard" Yuan Shang angrily drew his sword, and a suit of blood splattered on his embroidered robe, while the man struggled for a moment, completely unmoving.

Yuan Shang looked at the Taoist priest who had died, remembered his words before he died, and after taking a breath, a crisis suddenly arose in his heart, he put all his eyes on the eldest brother, and indeed ignored the second brother.

Yuan Shang held the hilt of the sword tightly, suddenly got on the horse, and said proudly: "The eldest brother is not my opponent, second brother, why are you fighting with me, I want to see how far you have developed."

"Drive!" Yuan Shang left the woods directly, and had no interest in hunting.

After a while, several men in black suddenly appeared next to the corpse.

"The first step was successful"

"It's a pity that a dead soldier was sacrificed, and each of these people was cultivated with great difficulty"

"Their existence is for this moment, or for that last sentence, the military advisor said, the details are the most important, everyone will believe the words of the dead, arrange it immediately, and implement the next step in two days"

"No!"