Since the charcoal fire was pulled away by Luo Quan, Hou Jun has been worried in his heart, like a friend who has just gotten together and has to go out separately.

Fortunately, it has been agreed that it will only be a temporary loan, and maybe the high pastor will come back in a day or two. Just as he was thinking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the village, Hou Jun looked out through the gap in the newly built barrier, and he saw two officials who had galloped past from outside the village not long ago, and a young man in a dark green official robe was riding on a charcoal fire behind him.

The charcoal fire is fiery red, the four black hooves reflect the white snow, and the green robe of the person on the horse has an indescribable heroic posture.

I saw that the charcoal fire ran to the entrance of the village, and "clicked" and turned around twice, as if he was extremely reluctant to go out of this far door.

The young man on the horse was a little impatient, and Hou Jun couldn't see his face clearly during the roundabout, only to see him wave the whip in his hand and whip it on the body of the charcoal fire. The charcoal fire neighed, spread its hooves, and in an instant caught up with the two horses in front of it, and after three of them rode down, the road fell silent.

Hou Jun thought in his heart that this senior deputy pastoral supervisor was indeed not very old, only about twenty years old, and he didn't expect that he was already a seventh-grade official. You must know that the parent official of a county manages a place within a radius of 100 miles, with more than 1,000 households and a population of more than 10,000, which is only a seven-grade product. And a head who raises horses has such a high salary, and the importance that the Tang Empire attaches to Ma Zheng can really be imagined.

Just thinking about it, two more people galloped out of the village, one was Luo Quan, riding a mule, and the other was not very good-looking, although he covered half of his face with a scarf, but Lei Gongzui's high cheekbones were still unobstructed, riding a horse.

This person is none other than Steward Luo. When the two arrived at the entrance of the village, Luo Quan pointed at the residence of Hou Jun and Liu, and pointed at the man, while Steward Luo was obviously not very interested in sitting on the horse.

The few whips that were whipped by Yue Mu Jian in the morning were originally separated by thick clothes and pants, and they didn't hurt, but the last time, the whip was slightly brought to the face, and he really dared not to be angry, and he didn't want the affected area to become more swollen and higher, like a purple snake crawling out of the neckline, stopping on his face, and being blown by the cold wind and painful.

After Gao Mujian woke up, he didn't know what Yue and Lu said to him, and when he went out, Steward Luo came up and asked if he wanted to follow, Gao Mujian looked at the bruises on his face, and scolded angrily, "What are you doing here, not going to a banquet!" Between the words, it seems that there is a great dissatisfaction with the other two colleagues who have retreated after the incident, but it is difficult to say it clearly, and he is angry with his minions.

Lord Yue Qinghe was unprecedentedly working in the horse farm, and Deputy Pastoral Supervisor Lu had planned to invite three or two friends to drink and enjoy the snow at home in the county seat, so it was not easy to put down his face and leave, so he had to stay in the field and make the heads of the herdsmen go around.

Steward Luo looked at himself here and it was redundant, a person who couldn't get it and then suffered the whip of Lord Yue, not to mention his own humiliation, the master had already gone to Xizhou, and it was better to put oil on the soles of his feet.

Steward Luo was quite satisfied with Luo Quan's eyes, and had the heart to take him to Liuzhong County for a walk, so that he could see what a prosperous world was, and he would be so determined to be on his own in the future. So the two hit it off, Luo Quan rode the mule with the help of his head, and the two went on the road.

When I went to Liuzhong County, I had to go southeast when I left the village, which was exactly the opposite to the direction of Xizhou. Liuzhong City is the traffic artery of the Central Plains to the Western Regions in ancient times, the land is fertile, the water and grass are abundant, and the Eastern Han Dynasty has the long history of the Western Regions to reside here.

Luo Quan and the housekeeper Luo Dedao chatted while walking, Steward Luo was for show, Luo Quan was for the sake of stammering, and at the same time tried to find out as much as possible about the details of the senior deputy pastoral supervisor who only sought one side. Unknowingly, the two had the intention of seeing each other late.

About an hour, with the sinking of the terrain in front, the yellow sand receded, a wide corridor to the northeast and southwest came into view, it was actually planted without soil, water did not raise waves, and a gray city wall appeared in the forest in the distance, shrouded by a dense mist, Luo Quan's mood was wavering, as if he had returned to his hometown in Yangzhou.

Steward Luo pointed with his hand, "That is the county seat of Liuzhong."

The two entered the city on horseback, and Luo Quan saw that although the streets in the city were not very wide, the shops on both sides were next to each other. There are many cloth shops, grain shops, silk villages, jade shops, restaurants, tea houses, and brothels. Further ahead, there are post houses, county offices, and behind is an official residence. Steward Luo took Luo Quan, went around and came to an alley, the two walked to a door, knocked on the door for a long time, and then an old mother came to open the door.

Steward Luo thought she opened the door late, and her mouth couldn't stop counting, and the old woman just asked, "Childe, why didn't you come back?" ”

Steward Luo also ignored her, the yard sat north and faced south, the main room was one, the left and right east and west wings were one each, there was a horse tether post behind the gate, the whole yard was deserted, it seemed that only the old mother was at home.

"Tall man's room, mine, hers," Steward Luo pointed to him briefly. Looking at Luo Quan, he seemed to have questions, and said, "Rented," Luo Quanxin said, this senior pastoral supervisor is only about twenty years old, judging from Steward Luo's attitude towards the old woman, she must not be the master. It's not very normal for this tall man to live here alone.

Steward Luo seemed to be in a hurry to do something, hurriedly returned to his room to change into clean clothes, took out a handful of silver and a few copper coins from a box under the bed, and put them in his arms, and said to Luo Quan, "Go, brother will take you to Lehe Lehe." ”

The two of them left their old mother and walked down the street, towards the most lively building not far away. From a distance, I saw a black plaque with gold characters in front of the door, "Huangcui Building".

Not to mention that Steward Luo took Luo Quan to the largest green building in Liuzhong City, at the entrance of the village, Hou Jun tilted his head to look at the fruits of his and Liu's busy labor for a morning, and felt that he was passable.

In the place where the barrier faced the village road, they built a small gatehouse, the small gatehouse is in the shape of an umbrella, top above the chai gate, Hou Jun added two iron rings on the side of the door, and borrowed an iron lock from the old man in the village, so that the Liu family and he can lock the door when they go out.

Liu boiled some water on the stove that had been rebuilt in the courtyard, intending to wash the clothes on the two of them. But Hou Jun said twice by Liu's family, he always didn't change his clothes, in fact, in the package in the shack, he had a change of clothes pants, but he didn't want Liu's to do these things, she was used to pampering, and she didn't do this rough work, Hou Jun felt that she was a little bullying her.

When the Liu family was in a hurry, Hou Jun first said no, he slipped back to the shack, hurriedly found the package, and wanted to take out clean clothes to change into.

Liu Shi also came in after him, and happened to see Hou Jun's body wearing only a pair of obscene pants.

Hou Jun's body is typical of martial arts practitioners, medium stature, not the tall and stout type, but strong, strong and flexible, with well-developed muscles in his limbs. Especially in the chest and abdomen, with his movements, the muscles seemed to break free from the skin and jump out.

When Liu Shi saw it, he was stunned for a while, neither advancing nor retreating, and there was a fever on his face. Speaking from the heart, since she entered the mansion of the Guogong Mansion, she has not looked at Hou Junzheng, and he was still young at that time, and he was only thirteen years old when he left the mansion.

Who knew that in this short period of four or five years, there would be such a big change. The strange feeling made her heart beat suddenly, and she felt that she was steady from then on, like duckweed in a wave, and that little fragile root system finally grasped the real soil.

Hou Jun didn't notice the expression on Liu's face, the weather was a little cold, he "hissed" in his mouth and inhaled the cold air, and quickly found out the clothes, which were also a set of burlap white clothes and pants.

Liu came back to his senses, reached for his dirty clothes, and said, "I'll wash it." But Hou Jun meant to wash it himself, and he didn't want to hand over the old clothes and pants to her. In a hurry, he didn't change his clothes, so he grabbed his old clothes and walked out, so by accident, the two of them bumped into each other.

Hou Jun's sturdy physique, how could the Liu family resist, he stumbled under his feet, lost his center of gravity all of a sudden, fell back with an "oops", and subconsciously reached out to grab Hou Jun in front of him.

Hou Jun saw that he had bumped into Liu's family, hurriedly lost the clothes in his hand, and went to help her, thinking that he was dressed in inches, which was not very suitable, and he let go of his hand when he touched it. At this time, Liu only grabbed one of Hou Jun's fingers, Hou Jun was in pain, and the two of them rolled out of the shack at once.

Falling out like this, Hou Jun was bound to fall on Liu's body, and in a hurry, Hou Jun hugged Liu's body with both hands and made a hard effort, flipped her over, and the two of them fell to the cold snow at once.

The two of them only felt that the heaven and the earth were silent all of a sudden, Hou Jun hugged Liu's soft waist, felt her full body tremble slightly, and the hands that grabbed her back unconsciously let go.

He was a newborn calf, and he didn't know what it was like, and for a while there was a hot current under the dantian that was not under his control and was surging in conflict.

Liu Shi didn't expect that Hou Jun's body would react in such an instant, and he hurriedly got up and tidied up his messy hair.

Hou Jun said repeatedly, "This, it's all my fault." ”

At this moment, a woman's voice outside the chai gate laughed and said, "In broad daylight, do you cross the door and dig gold or silver in the ground?" ”

Liu Shi hurriedly opened the door, regardless of Hou Jun's nakedness, and said to the daughter-in-law of the village family, "It's not what you think at all", but his face was red.

"Isn't it? So what's your blushing about? I'm not an unmarried, can I still bluff you? At this time, Hou Jun had already rushed into the shack, and when he heard this, he slapped himself with two big mouths, as if he had done an unforgivable mistake.

He knew that the two of them were purely unintentional just now, but even an unintentional mistake would hurt people, and he made up his mind that no matter what happened in the future, he should take care of the Liu family.

The village girl said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, don't cry." It turned out that since she saw Liu's, she was attracted by her glamorous appearance and dignified and demure temperament, this village girl, grew up in a closed mountain village, has seen very little of the world, and there is no partner who can talk about women's thoughts, she feels that Liu's first arrival, it is an opportunity to make in-depth friends, if the two become good sisters, the future may not be as boring as before.

Therefore, she took advantage of the fact that the two men in the family would not come back for a while, and thought that the Liu family had been windy and snowy since they came here, and the house had fallen again, and she must not be refreshed. So he took it upon himself to take out the big wooden bucket he usually bathed in, boiled a pot full of hot water, and then ran over to ask Liu to come over and take a bath.

Liu knew her intention, and also felt that his body was a little greasy after not combing or washing for the past two days, but he felt that it was not appropriate to go to the other party's house after only knowing each other for two days and seeing only two sides, so he hesitated for a while.

But the village girl couldn't help but say, pulled the Liu family and left.

Liu's trip lasted for most of the day, and when he came back, his hair was still wet, revealing a faint fragrance that Hou Jun loved to smell. Liu seemed to remember what happened to the two of them just now, but his face was much calmer. She also brought back a bag of mutton-stuffed buns, saying that the snowstorm had frozen one of the village aunt's lambs to death. There is also a small pot of shochu.

It was getting late, the charcoal fire was not at home, the small wooden door was closed, and the two did not know what to say to fill the long night that was coming, there were more than a dozen buns, and the two sat in the shack, and the ground was covered with quilts. Hou Jun has never drunk alcohol since he was a child, Liu said that it was to keep out the cold, and said that he drank two sips first, so Hou Jun also drank it. As if attached, the wind really rose outside, and the chaimen whistled.

The conditions of the shacks are simple, and counting a set of bedding given by the village girl, they can only lay one on the ground and one for each person. When he slept until midnight, Hou Jun was woken up by freezing, and saw that Liu Xu had drunk wine and did not move at all, which was very different from the horizontal and vertical tremors on his body.

But listening to her breathing, it didn't seem to be very smooth, and secretly stretched out the back of his hand, and before he touched her forehead, he felt the hot heat. He thought about it, lifted the quilt on his body, and added it to Liu's body. Then he got into it himself, and Liu was wearing pajamas, and his body was hot.

Hou Jun rubbed his hands, put his body on Liu's back, and held her in his arms.

Liu just snorted lightly and leaned into his arms. This time he was no longer trembling, his heart was clear and unfazed. In the dream, both his father and his younger brother appeared, and he noticed that his father was no longer as tired of him as before, and the hatred for his father that had accumulated in his heart for more than ten years also disappeared little by little in his calm breathing.