Bishui City, the eastern border city of the Shang Kingdom, was classified as the boundary of the Ning Kingdom, and the original eastern border of the Shang Kingdom needed to retreat back another 500 miles, with Tianbai City as the eastern border city.

And at this moment, in Tianbai City, it is the time when the voices are boiling.

Because Tianbai City has become one of the most important cities in the east, all the people of Tianbai City are waiting for the arrival of the new city guard. The new city guard is the person of the Xiahou family of the Shang State, the Xiahou family is the largest noble family of the Shang State, and its branches are numerous, and the family wealth can even be said to be rich and rival the country, the head of the Xiahou family is the prime minister of the Shang State, as well as the existence of the Xiahou family in the three princes and nine secretaries and the military and the large and small official positions in the court.

This time, the city guard of Tianbai City, because it was a matter of urgency, transferred an adult from the Xiahou clan from the capital.

When the carriage ran over, there was a crowd of people, and the people's curiosity about this Xiahou clan was really not small.

"You see that the people of this Xiahou clan are magnificent, how many carriages of all sizes have passed!" Someone sighed and spoke.

The people around him immediately answered: "This gold and silver treasure is indispensable, hey, think about the Xiahou clan, which can be compared to our ordinary people?" ”

"Hey, look, look, that Lord Xiahou has got off the carriage!"

"Looks like another girl got out of the carriage with him?" Someone spoke in surprise.

"Yes, Lord Xiahou also helped her get out of the carriage. Who is that girl, is she also from the Xiahou family? ”

"Looking at her dress, it should be, maybe it's the wife of Lord Xiahou? But this lady is really beautiful. ”

Xiahou Yang helped the beautiful woman in front of him get out of the carriage, and then walked into the mansion side by side with the woman.

"The girl's skills are really powerful, and she asked the girl to discuss it like this, and she didn't even dare to make a move against me again when my uncle's people came over this way." As soon as Xiahou Yang entered the mansion, he said with some interest.

"Thank you Xiahou Gongzi for the compliment." The woman's expression was indifferent, and she replied with a chuckle.

"I think you look really different from other women, but I like it." Xiahou Yang touched his chin and smiled.

When the woman heard this, she said tepidly: "Thank you for your appreciation." ”

"Seriously, it's okay if you don't want to be my wife, but don't you really think about being my counselor? You may have recognized it yourself. Although I am only the eldest son of the Xiahou clan, and I am only the city guard of Tianbai City now, as long as I can gain a firm foothold in Tianbai City, I will definitely be able to find a high-class position when I return to the capital in the future. When the time comes, I can give you a good position, what do you think? Because the woman told Xiahou Yang that as long as he arrived safely in Tianbai City, the woman would leave, so Xiahou Yang still wanted to do his best to keep the woman.

Xiahou Yang is only the eldest son of a separate family, it should be said that he is the eldest son of Xiahou under his own family, that is to say, his uncle is Xiahou Yi, the prime minister of today's Shang State.

Originally, Xiahou Yang, as the eldest son of the split family, should not have received too much attention, because the split family and the original family were very different in status. But over the years, Shang Jun began to gradually reuse Xiahou Yang's father, Xiahou Li. Xiahou Li has now been promoted to the head of Jiuqing, specializing in the sacrifice of Gu Zongmiao, and it seems that Shang Jun still has the intention of continuing to promote Xiahou Li, and even began to hand over many things that were not within the scope of Xiahou Li's affairs that should be dealt with.

Shang Jun's special treatment made the originally calm Xiahou gradually come to the forefront. Therefore, when Xiahou Li's eldest son Xiahou Yang was sent to the critical Tianbai City as a city guard, he was opposed by Prime Minister Xiahou Yi.

However, Prime Minister Xiahou Yi naturally couldn't refute too much in front of Shang Jun, he didn't like Xiahou Li, and he didn't like Xiahou Li's children. Therefore, Xiahou Yang's tenure has become a spearhead trigger point. At the beginning of Xiahou Yang's journey from the capital to Tianbai City, he was besieged and killed three times, the first two times he escaped in danger, but when it came to the third time, Xiahou Yi's direct guards actually took the lead to kill him directly, he thought that he would not be able to escape, but at the critical moment of escaping, he saw a woman resting against a tree by the river.

It's just that Xiahou Yang didn't have time to take a closer look at the woman who seemed to be sleeping with her eyes closed, and when he swept over the woman's face, he was surprised to think that this woman was really beautiful.

"Young Master Yang, I advise you not to waste any more efforts, you can't escape." Xue Rui, the direct personal guard next to Prime Minister Xiahou Yi, stood not far from Xiahou Yang with a few black-clothed people behind him, and behind Xiahou Yang was a river, so Xue Rui thought that Xiahou Yang would definitely not be able to run.

"I am the eldest son of the Xiahou family, and it is really chilling for my uncle to do this." Xiahou Yang knew that he had no way out, so he frowned and spoke.

"It's only to blame that you and your father can't get along with the adult's wishes, and I just do what I am told." Xue Rui drew his long sword and said in a cold voice.

Xiahou Yang said loudly in confusion: "What does uncle want?" ”

"Yang Gongzi still doesn't know it, so I can't help you. Originally, the adults also said that if Yang Gongzi could take care of himself, he would be able to spare Yang Gongzi's life. But now it seems that I am afraid that I can only personally send Yang Gongzi on the road. Xue Rui sneered, and a pair of eagle eyes revealed a compelling anger.

Xiahou Yang's body involuntarily retreated, his back hit the trunk of the tree, and his heart suddenly became a dead ash.

Can't escape......

That's what he thought.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, a voice fell clearly and brightly in his ears, and also in the ears of Xue Rui on the other side.

"If the Prime Minister is willing to let go of Prince Xiahou, then Prince Xiahou must do his best to consider the great cause of the Prime Minister. Is this adult satisfied with this answer? ”

Xiahou Yang turned around suddenly, and found that there was a person standing beside him, who was talking.

It's the woman who fell asleep by the tree just now!

Only then did Xiahou Yang suddenly remember the existence of the woman, "Hey, what are you talking about at this time?" ”

"If you don't want to lose your life, Prince Xiahou had better keep his mouth shut." The woman whispered in Xiahou Yang's ear.

"Oh? Dare to ask who this girl is? Xue Rui was also quite surprised by this woman who suddenly appeared, not to mention what the woman said.

The woman chuckled lightly, "I am a strategist in the mansion of Prince Xiahou, and what I say now naturally also represents what my son says." Prince Xiahou actually understood what the Prime Minister meant, but because of his identity, he has not been able to express his mind to the Prime Minister. It is precisely because he has not made it clear to the Prime Minister that this misunderstanding is a big one. So my lord, can we stop the situation in front of us for a while, and then sit down and talk about it carefully, I think we will definitely be able to give the prime minister a satisfactory explanation, and we will definitely not disappoint the adults, what do you think? ”

Later, Xiahou Yang watched the woman successfully persuade people in a few words, and then his uncle also gave him enough opportunities.

In the carriage, when Xiahou Yang asked who the woman was and why she said this to Xue Rui, the woman just replied with a smile: "It doesn't matter who I am, I just can't watch a person being killed next to me, besides, you are too close to me, maybe in the end they find me, I will also be implicated, and I still want to save my life." As for other him, you are also a son of the Xiahou family, and you should understand the stakes. Your uncle is a man who puts the interests and power first, so if you want to save your life, you have to give the corresponding benefits. Although you should now help your uncle get started as I told him to do it, but after all, this seems to me to be a stopgap measure, and it depends on what you think. ”

Along the way, Xiahou Yang has been curious more than once about where the woman came from and who she is, but the woman has never opened her mouth to explain. But after all, the woman is his savior, so as long as the woman doesn't say it, he should respect it.

So this time, when they came to Tianbai City smoothly, he would once again ask the woman if she was willing to stay.

However, the woman looked at Xiahou Yang, just smiled quietly, and then opened her lips and said, "It sounds quite confusing, but unfortunately, I don't think I'm suitable to be your advisor." ”

"Why?" Xiahou Yang asked suspiciously.

"If one day you're hurt by what you're best at, you'll be able to understand how I'm feeling right now." The woman tilted her head and said very gently.

Xiahou Yang looked at the woman deeply a few times, and finally just asked, "Then when are you going to leave?" ”

"I'll leave right away." The woman said with a smile.

"Really not staying any longer?" Xiahou Yang asked again seriously, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Nope." The woman shook her head.

"Then you better tell me your name, right?" Xiahou Yang stared at the woman and said.

The woman thought about this question for a long time, "I don't really know what my name should be. ”

"If you say that, do you have to ask me to call you the nameless girl when we see you again in the future?" Xiahou Yang couldn't cry or laugh.

"Sounds good, too." The woman grinned, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

"Okay then, nameless girl, I won't send it, I hope there will be a date later." Xiahou Yang raised his eyebrows and said.

"There will be a meeting in the future, so I'm looking forward to it. After all, Prince Xiahou owes me a great favor. The woman replied with a smile as she turned around.

Xiahou Yang didn't deny it, he nodded, chuckled at the woman's back the moment she turned to leave, and muttered, "Human affection...... It's always time to pay it back, and I won't forget it. ”