In July in Suzhou City, the sun has just risen for a while, and it has already emitted unbearable heat. Xu Yuanbao walked around in the yamen, and the beads of sweat on his head fell like beans. Hou Xuanyan sat upright in a chair, his chest slightly open, shaking a bone fan. He looked at Xu Yuanbao walking around, and burst out laughing.

"Big brother, you're still smiling. Those old things are obviously going to sell us to the Qing soldiers, why did you let them all go? ”

Hou Xuanyan put away the fan, pointed at him with the handle of the fan, and said, "I only learned today what it means to be an ant on a hot pot." Then you say that you don't let them go, what should we do? ”

Xu Yuanbao came to the spirit, took three steps and made one step, walked to Hou Xuanyan's side, raised his palm and made a knife cut: "Then it goes without saying, of course, it is a knife and one by one, and then copy their home." ”

When he arrived in front of him, Hou Xuanyan felt that this little fat was simply a mobile heat source.

After putting a fan against Xu Yuanbao's head and pushing him out for a distance, Hou Xuanyan asked rhetorically: "Yuanbao, think about it, if someone in Jiading killed Wu Lao's whole family and forcibly took his money. Can this person still gain a foothold in Jiading? ”

Thinking of the stubborn old man who jumped into the water and drowned, Xu Yuanbao lowered his head gloomily and said: "That definitely can't, whoever dares to touch Wu Lao in Jiading, we will all fight with him." ”

"We are in Suzhou, and we have offended several families, and it is an end to deal with Wu Lao in Jiading, do you understand? These people are the head snakes of Suzhou, their relatives and old friends, and they control the large and small industries in Suzhou. At the end of the day, this is someone's home field, and we can't afford to dominate the crowd. ”

Xu Yuanbao was still not convinced, and said with a stalk around his neck: "Then let them go?" They are talking about surrendering and sacrificing us to the Qing soldiers. ”

"If you want to achieve great things, you must use practical actions to tell others that you have a future and hope with you. If you hope to press someone else's neck and make everyone surrender to you, that is the way to die. Cao Cao, you know, right? When Cao Cao beat Yuan Shao, half of his subordinates secretly wrote a letter of surrender, and they were later burned by Cao Cao. ”

Suzhou Mansion is the place where Hou Xuanyan wants to build his foundation, and these gentry are the cornerstone, if he rashly attacks them, it is equivalent to self-destruction of the cornerstone. Hou Xuanyan took them to see the fireworks all night, and let these people know that they could not only defend Suzhou, but also repel the Qing soldiers. Then he sent them back to their homes.

At that time, Gu Youde, supported by his eldest son, said to him with a smile: "Wen Yuan, I have time to take Ling'er back to her mother's house for tea." I have something to tell you, old bones. ”

The corners of Hou Xuanyan's mouth curled, and he was half determined in his heart, and bent down to the father and son and said, "The little son-in-law dares to disobey his fate." ”

"How did you collect the troops? How did you collect the troops? Where is the Governor, I want to see the Governor. ”

Xia Yunyi's iconic voice suddenly sounded. A penetrating voice came from the doorway. Hou Xuanyan slapped his head and gasped, how could he forget this person.

Pulling Xu Yuanbao's sleeve, he didn't look back and said, "Hurry up, I was caught by him." Xu Yuanbao thought so, nodded, broke away from Hou Xuanyan and disappeared without a trace.

"Mom1, fatty, you're the least righteous person." Hou Xuanyan fled while scolding, not daring to stay for a moment.

Last night's big victory made Xia Yunyi very excited, and he couldn't wait to take advantage of the victory to kill all the way to Liaodong. But Hou Xuanyan quickly withdrew his troops and let those Qing soldiers flee north. He took his son Xia Wanchun and the hundreds of people they recruited from his hometown, but half of them lost their allies, and they were beaten back by the Qing soldiers.

As soon as he came back, he didn't have time to take off his armor, so he went straight to Hou Xuanyan.

Hou Xuanyan has his own plans, and the situation is complicated during the late Ming Dynasty, especially when various forces are dormant in Jiangnan. These people have their own ghosts, if they rush to pursue, not to mention that their troops are not enough, they are easy to be counterattacked. As long as there is a person with enough prestige to stand up and collect the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even the remnants of the soldiers are too much better than the Suzhou soldiers. They could easily turn defeat into victory, or even retake Suzhou.

The truth is such a truth, but Hou Xuanyan doesn't want to argue with Xia Yunyi at all. He is the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is no need to explain his intentions to his subordinates, and besides, he doesn't want to be attacked by Xia Yunyi's spittle and face-washing Dafa. Although it doesn't bleed, it's disgusting enough.

Riding a horse from the backyard, with a retinue of guards, he went straight to his mansion through the back door.

After the war, he hadn't been back to this comfort zone for a few days. I basically haven't closed my eyes in the past few days, just thinking of the soft and big yellow rosewood bed at home, Hou Xuanyan is sleepy.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a familiar figure pounced over, knelt at Hou Xuanyan's feet and cried.

"Uncle Yang! What are you doing here? ”

The middle-aged man kneeling on the ground, his resolute face was slightly blackened. The thick and sturdy forearm is wrapped around Hou Xuanyan's legs, and Hou Xuanyan can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries.

Yang Shu stood up and looked at Hou Xuanyan, a high-spirited man with tears on his face. The eldest young master has lost a lot of weight, and the originally white scholar is also tanned with a bronzed color. Yang Shu's tears rubbed down, but it was a light that could not be stopped, full of pride and relief.

"The old man has knowledge under the spring, and he will definitely be proud of the eldest young master."

Hou Xuanyan is also very happy, there is a lack of a housekeeper by his side, otherwise this Hou Mansion is all Gu family's people, it would be terrible to think about it. Especially knowing that Gu Youde once thought about betraying himself, he felt even more like a fish in his throat.

"Uncle Yang, who are you here with?"

Yang Shu turned his head and pointed to the outer courtyard, and said: "There are still Fan Xian and their thirty-six descendants, all of whom are from our Jiading, we came from the sea, and passed through Songjiang Mansion all the way to Suzhou cautiously, who knows that there is no officer and soldier in Songjiang Mansion now." When we arrived in Suzhou, just in time for the eldest young master to win the battle, we entered the city. As soon as he inquired, the eldest young master settled here, so he hurried over. ”

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said, "They were all transferred to fight Suzhou, and you caught up with the good time." Now it is estimated that they have all been withdrawn, and Li Chengdong, the dog thief, and Taicang's Qinggou should be among them. "In the Jiading tragedy, Li Chengdong was the main culprit, and Taicang Qingbing was his thug. These two people are the enemies of the whole Jiading.

Hearing Hou Xuan's speech about Li Chengdong, Yang Shu gritted his teeth and looked hideous. Hou Xuanyan asked them some more things, and learned that after they arrived in Fuzhou, they had already established themselves under the leadership of Gong Laosan.

Gong Laosan, who was born in a scholarly family, is an alternative in the family. The rest of the clan is a reading material, and they are quite famous in the local area. Only Gong Laosan let him read like chewing wax. In addition to reading, Gong Laosan is proficient in everything, and there is nothing he can't do. Especially in business, I am even more self-taught, and I don't know how much money I make for my family. At the beginning, a lot of the salary of Master Jia was from the Gong family, and Gong Laosan contributed a lot.

Under his leadership, the remnants of Jiading, coupled with the care of Emperor Longwu, and the care of the newly sealed county lord, gradually had their own power in Fuzhou. These people have special identities, and they did not dare to risk the condemnation of the world, and they couldn't get along with a group of loyal martyrs. And they are few in number, and they are not afraid of threatening a few people in power, so they are happy to turn a blind eye.

Hearing this, Hou Xuanyan was overjoyed, and finally had good news.

Yang Shu is the old housekeeper of the Hou Mansion and the most trusted person of Hou Xuanyan, he stuffed the horsewhip into Yang Shu's hand and directly ordered: "Uncle Yang, it's good that you are here, I dare to sleep soundly." In this way, you go to Xu Yuanbao, take some silver, and recruit a few people. Then buy some expensive gifts that you will use in a moment. I haven't rested for the past few days, so I'll go to sleep first and wake up for other things. ”

When I came to the inner courtyard, I stepped into the bedroom that I had been thinking about. There is a large bucket inside, the water surface is cyanide, there are pedals on the side of the bucket, and there are hangers and stools on the side. There are bath beans, soap horns, almond powder, peach blossom mud and other bathing things on the board. It's all women's toiletries, and it seems that someone in the family is about to take a bath.

Hou Xuanyan took advantage of the situation to untie his robe, stripped naked, and got into the bathtub along the pedal.

"Whew... Comfortable. ”

The water temperature was just right, and Hou Xuanyan soaked in the water, squinting slightly, and relaxed. The fatigue accumulated these days is pouring in, and the eyelids are like being poured into golden soup, and it is difficult to open them anymore.

After a burst of rustling footsteps, Ji'er hummed a small tune and walked in in a thin shirt. At a glance, he saw the firm chest in the tub, and his small mouth suddenly opened into an O-shape, and he was about to scream. After seeing that it was her own uncle, Xiao Nizi's pretty face suddenly turned into a big red cloth, she stood quietly at the door for a long time, then gritted her teeth, tiptoed to the bathtub, took the towel from the shelf, bit her thin lip and scrubbed his body.

Hou Xuanyan's eyes were difficult to open, so he took a towel and dipped it in water to cover his forehead, covering his eyes.

Ji'er's shame decreased slightly, and a trace of annoyance surged into her heart, she straightened her towering breasts, and scolded secretly: "A fool who doesn't know the goods and has no eyesight!" ”

Hou Xuanyan felt that the back of his head fell into a soft greasy, stretched out his hand and pinched it, and heard a mosquito groan in his ear. He mingled with the two maids all day long, and hugging and hugging was commonplace, although the sword was not in time, and he didn't know how much he had taken advantage of. With a pinch of the hand, it has been judged by the feel that it is Ji'er.

Ji'er's body was weak, and she almost collapsed on the ground, wanting to reach out and slap Lushan's claws, but she didn't dare to do it.

"Ji'er, I'll clean up for Ling'er in a while, I'll wake up and take her back to her parents' house. With my father-in-law, meet with a smile and grudge. ”

As soon as Ji'er wanted to answer, she heard Hou Xuanyan in the bathtub already snoring slightly.