Chapter 515: A Strange Will
Hou Duwei's name is Hou Yong, a native of Lu'an, the ancestor is a soldier, it is said that the ancestor came from Pei County with Liu Bang, and later settled in Hengshan country. Hou Yong inherited the family's style, not to mention Zhang's five big and three rough, and his appearance was also rough. Just because Su Ren looked at him twice, in less than a month, his official position plummeted from a lieutenant to a horseman.
For most of the past six months, the horseman has been very aggrieved, the cynicism of his colleagues, the persuasion of the old lady, and the pointing and pointing of the neighbors have all bent the five-foot-tall man's back. Thinking about what a beautiful ancestor was back then, after destroying Huainan Wang Yingbu, the descendants of the old Liu family became the sky here, who saw that they were not bowing their heads and pleasing to their eyes, they always felt that they were the real masters here, and now they have returned to the original days overnight.
Pressing down the guillotine vigorously, he tried to crush the bale of straw, which was the ration of the horses. There are more than 600 horses in the entire horse army, and only 30 people are responsible for taking care of them, which means that each person has to take care of 20 war horses. From morning to night, no one said anything when it was done, and if you are not careful, you will squint at the team and whip people. This kid seems to have a grudge against Hou Yong, and he is the one who beats him the hardest every time.
The mountain-like haystack will never be finished in this life, Hou Yong looked left and right and saw that the team leader was not there, and stretched his waist and shook it vigorously. It was torture to let a big man do this kind of work, and his back hurt when he knelt for a while.
"Hou Yong, you kid are lazy again?" The team leader didn't know where to come out, holding a whip in his hand, and looking at Hou Yong with slanted eyes.
Hou Yong gritted his teeth and tightened the muscles in his back, so that it didn't hurt so much when he was beaten. After waiting for a long time and no response, Hou Yong felt strange, and slowly turned his head to look at the team leader.
The team leader sneered: "You kid is a cheap bone, don't you think it's strange if you don't get beaten, get up!" ”
Hou Yong didn't dare to move, and the voice of the team leader was a little louder: "Let you get up, get up, the general is looking for you, I don't know where you are going this time?" It stands to reason that this stable is already the worst, where else can I throw you? Cooks? Beauty kills you, that place has no worries about eating and drinking in this life. ”
Hou Yong gritted his teeth and slowly got up, staring at the team leader with a pair of eyes. He thought that this kid didn't know what bad things he had said about himself, otherwise how could Zhang Guangchang still grab his handle. Hou Yong was already disheartened in the stable, if it weren't for the fact that the old lady in the family hadn't settled down, he would have withdrawn a long time ago. The dignified man looks at people here, and he lives too aggrieved.
"Let's go! The Admiral is still waiting! The team leader waved his hand, shook his head and walked in front with his hands behind his back.
Zhang Guangchang's face was very dark, as black as the bottom of a pot. Just because Su Ren praised Hou Yong last time, Zhang Guangchang remembered in his heart that anyone who was praised by outsiders would not be honest soldiers, this is Zhang Guangchang's belief. He had to listen to him under him, and at that time, Hou Yong actually disobeyed his orders and made Zhang Guangchang lose face, which was also one of the reasons.
Under the leadership of the team, Hou Yong saluted Zhang Guangchang. Zhang Guangchang didn't speak, he kept staring at Hou Yong, Hou Yong's heart was furious, the first time he saw Zhang Guangchang's eyes, Hou Yong changed from a lieutenant to a captain, and the second time he changed from a lieutenant to a military candidate, back and forth four times, Hou Yong is now feeding the horses.
"Change your clothes and come with me!" Zhang Guangchang's voice was indifferent.
"Where are you going?"
Squinting at the team, he immediately turned around and raised the whip in his hand high: "Bold, no big or small, you actually talk to the general like this!" With a snap, the whip landed on Hou Yong's back.
Hou Yong didn't say anything, still staring at Zhang Guangchang. Zhang Guangchang glared at the team leader: "The king has an order, appoint you as General Yang Wei, as the escort officer of the mission, and give you a hundred people to protect the envoys of Hengshan Kingdom to Huainan Kingdom." ”
The team wanted to whip a second whip, but this time the arm was raised higher, but it couldn't fall again. In a blink of an eye, Hou Yong changed from a horseman to General Yang Wei and an embassy guard, with only a hundred people under him, he is also a military candidate, this is the rhythm of promotion.
"Don't go!" Hou Yong turned around and walked towards the stable.
Zhang Guangchang frowned, squinted at the team and hurriedly rushed out, pulling Hou Yong's arm: "Old Hou, you are crazy, you are not a general, but you want to be a groom?" ”
Zhang Guangchang sneered: "This is what Su Ren asked the king, if you don't want to go, you should stay in the stable forever." ”
Hou Yong stood on his feet and turned back suddenly: "Is it really Su Changshi?" ”
"Humph! People are no longer long history, now they are the Marquis of Guannei, the Guanglu Doctor, the Zhonglang General, and the King was named a confessor, whether in the court or in the Hengshan Kingdom, he is an official. ”
Hou Yong laughed, pouted and looked at Zhang Guangchang: "The annoying general went back and told the king, I will pack up and report to Mr. Su." ”
Zhang Guangchang gritted his teeth, eager to kill Hou Yong now, but after thinking about it, he gave up. This person was named by Su Ren, if he was really killed by himself, he couldn't explain to Su Ren, if he ruined King Hengshan's plan because of this reckless man, his sin would be great. Zhang Guangchang turned his horse's head: "Remember, you are a person from Hengshan Kingdom, if you dare to do something sorry for Hengshan Kingdom, I will never spare you!" ”
Hou Yong went home first, how could he not tell the old lady about such a good thing. No matter what the future holds, he is now a general, and he is an improvement compared to his ancestors. The old lady immediately ran to the ancestral tablet and kowtowed and incense. When the son has a chance, he naturally wants to tell the ancestors that their Hou family is finally going to be brilliant again, as long as the son does a good job this time, the dark clouds that have been pressing on the family for more than half a year may be able to disperse.
deliberately turned out the armor worn by his grandfather, which was still a gift from Taizu Liu Bang. When Liu Bang raised troops from Pei County to enter the pass, Hou Yong's grandfather was the first to climb the head of Hangu Pass and was rewarded by Liu Bang. After so many years, Hou Yong has never had the opportunity to wear his grandfather's armor, and today he finally got his wish.
Su Renzheng discussed with Wei Qing how to persuade the king of Huainan, and thought of several methods, but the results of the deduction were not good. Liu An was determined to rebel, and he would never go to Chang'an recklessly, whether it was reason or morality, there was no way to convince Liu An. The threat is even more unreliable, forced and abducted, I am afraid that they will not be able to leave Huainan Kingdom.
Su Ren took a deep breath: "There must be a way, everyone will have weaknesses, it's just that we haven't found it yet." ”
Wei Qing sighed: "It's hard to find, the first few times Liu An said he was sick, he hadn't seen him for a long time, he shrank in Huainan Kingdom, and he never left, Liu An was very cautious." ”
"If it doesn't work, you can only create opportunities, and if you can't convince you, you can find a way to force Liu An to enter Chang'an."
"It's better to let His Majesty summon it, maybe ......"
"What reason?"
"I didn't think about it!"
"Then think hard!" Su Ren said that he was thirsty, turned around and poured himself a glass of water, and said while drinking: "Isn't Liu An repairing books?" How about dedicating a book? ”
Wei Qing thought for a while: "You can try, but it's hard to say." ”
Su Ren shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, no matter how much we think about it now, I'm afraid that none of them will be able to be used when the time comes, take one step at a time, maybe there will be a chance to send it to us, will all the people you send enter Huainan Kingdom?" ”
Wei Qing nodded hurriedly: "Timely rain has already taken people to go, and they are arranging them, where did Mr. find these people, and they are very skilled in doing these things." ”
Su Ren smiled: "You don't care about this, they will listen to you from now on." ”
"Ahh
"Ah what? You can take care of it, and you have to rely on them for many things that cannot be said, and you are the Shadow Leader. ”
Lao Jia knocked on the door a few times outside, then pushed the door in: "Sir, there is a person outside the door, who calls himself General Yang Wei, and says he wants to see you." ”
"Who? You don't know? ”
Lao Jia shook his head: "I have never heard of General Yang Wei in Hengshan Country, by the way, that person said that he knew Mr., and said that his surname was Hou." ”
"Hahaha, it turned out to be him, called in!"
Hou Yong was draped all over his body, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and Long Xinghu stepped into Cuixiang Building. The armor made a rattling sound, which alarmed those diners, and they turned their heads to look at Hou Yong one by one and guessed who this person was? is still wearing such a burnt bag, looking at the armor on his body, he should have experienced bloody rain, and he has never heard of a war in Hengshan Country for so many years!
Lao Jia saw Su Ren laughing loudly, and knew that this person was Su Ren's guest, so he was extremely polite and respectfully sent him outside Su Ren's room. Su Ren and Wei Qing stood on the steps and recognized Hou Yong at a glance.
Su Ren said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, the original Lieutenant Hou turned out to be General Hou, it seems that I am not wrong, General Hou really has a bright future." ”
Hou Yong knelt down to salute, and Su Ren hurriedly stepped forward to help. Hou Yong sighed: "Mr. Su, don't be sarcastic about me, I was still a groom this morning, and this general has been doing it for less than three hours." ”
"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”
Hou Yong smiled: "That's it, don't say it, Mr. asked me to be this guard officer, I, Hou Yong, swear to the sky, with my Hou Yong, Mr. will never lose a single hair." ”
Leaving Hou Yong for a light meal, Wei Qing Hou Yong naturally recognized that the core members of the mission were gathered, and as soon as the imperial court's decree arrived, they would be ordered to send an envoy. There must be a reason for the envoy, Liu Ci thought about it for a long time before he found one. Last time, the Huainan delegation was served by Zhang Guangchang, and the name of this envoy was to apologize. Liu Ci prepared a lot of gifts, and packed five cars, among which there were three beauties.
On this day, Su Ren was still sleeping, Wei Qing hurriedly ran in and uncovered Su Ren's quilt: "Sir, quick, the imperial court has arrived." ”
In a daze, he was put on clothes, stuffed into a carriage in a daze, and taken to the Hengshan Palace in a daze. King Hengshan had already prepared an offering table incense case, and the three forbidden soldiers who came from thousands of miles invited the emperor's holy decree out. The people knelt down and began to read. In fact, the content is known, and it is nothing more than agreeing to the request of King Hengshan and sending Su Ren to Huainan as an envoy of Hengshan State.
Everything was in order, Liu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked people to take out gold and silver rewards. But the forbidden soldiers didn't answer, and took out a piece of silk from their arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Su Ren: "Doctor Su, this is a letter written by His Majesty, and we are specially instructed to burn it immediately after Dr. Su sees it." ”
Su Ren took the silk silk and unfolded it gently, and the others consciously flashed aside. Su Ren finished reading the content, put it on the candle and lit it, just waiting for the last point to burn into ashes, Su Ren said to the forbidden soldiers: "Go back and report to Your Majesty, Su Ren should do it!" ”