When Hou Junji came, Li Chengqian had already left, everyone was not stupid, Liu Xu's words were clear, and Li Chengqian could understand it, in fact, he had already understood, but he was unwilling, he always wanted to give it a try and surpass his father Li Er, but unfortunately, over the years, he found that the distance between himself and his father was getting bigger and bigger.

He didn't have the ability to control a courtier like Liu Xu because he didn't have that courage at all. Li Er is the real throne that was killed, how can he Li Chengqian compare? Li Jing's merits, in any dynasty, are the existence of the master, but in Li Er's eyes, he is a general under him, and the whole world is beaten down by him Li Er, what can you Li Jing do?

But Li Chengqian is different, he has no military merits, everything he has was given to him by his son Li Er, so how much prestige can he have? There will always be contradictions between the emperor and the courtiers, Liu Xu can't bet that Li Chengqian will always be like this, people will change, especially when he sits in that position, what he thinks about will not be as simple as now, and the trade-offs will not be so easy.

Therefore, if you quit early, you may still have a little affection, and if you hesitate, it may be a stiff diaphragm, which can make people upset and dry!

"The old man is different, if I retreat, I will be torn to pieces, since the last time I was defeated in Chang'an, I know that this world is a world of cannibalism, how many people are waiting for me Hou Junji to fall, how many people are waiting for me to retreat! In the past, they took the position of my Shangshu, but now they take the weaving of my East China Sea Master! Liu Xu, do you know that in the past few years, I have to go out with guards, because there are people guarding me at all times, they are holding dark arrows and short swords, they want my life! ”

Hou Junji gasped, Liu Xu laughed, and then ignored it, his hand gently scraping the tea foam.

He was in charge of the water division this time, and he was already under great pressure, so it was good to let people relieve it. In fact, Liu Xu didn't persuade him or anything, he didn't have time to sweep the snow in front of the door, where could he control the frost on the tiles of others.

"Actually, you don't have to explain anything to me."

After half a ring, Liu Xu exhaled and poured him tea with a smile.

"No, if it was someone else, the old man would ignore it, but you, the old man has to say it, Gaochang, the old man thanks you Liu Xu, if it weren't for you, the old man would have been in the coffin a long time ago, and my Hou family may only be able to suffer in the mountains of Lingnan now!"

Hou Junji drank the hot tea like drinking, and then squeezed his hands tightly.

"Liu Xu, Li'er, I am glad of you, otherwise, she would not have followed Princess Gaoyang to look for you!"

Well?

...

Liu Xu was stunned, and then shook his head helplessly. Hou Junji heaved and patted his thigh.

"What are you shaking your head, this is a fact, before you Liu Xu was born, no one could afford to be a concubine, the daughter of a rich family, who wants to be a concubine? Unless it is a bottomless guy like Xu Jingzong, for the sake of wealth, he does not hesitate to marry his daughter to Feng An's family, and don't be cheeky to learn from others! Phew! ”

"So, for women, no one in the world is used to you Liu Xu, but they also admire your patience! So, how many women in the world want to marry your Liu family and marry you Liu Xu, you don't know it, don't outsiders like the old man know? Just talk about one freedom, how many people in the whole world can catch up with your family? Li'er has been with you since she was a child, you married Princess Changle, married the county lord of Wenxi, and even married the daughter of Wei Zheng's stubborn family, at that time, Li'er took scissors to cut it, and the sachet taken out of your house was cut into pieces by her, and then put it back together! Hey, don't you know such a thing, I'm a father? ”

"But I can't let her go! She is the daughter of my Hou family, so she has to make the sacrifice she deserves for the Hou family! Make amends for the sins committed by her foolish father! Contributing to her brother and brother, this is the merit of Datang, the mission of Datang women, or rather, the fate arranged by God! ”

Hou Junji said excitedly, the tea was drunk quickly, Liu Xu nested his body, held the stove, and became a mud bodhisattva, maybe this is the purpose of Li Er sending himself to listen to the complaints of these people. Because the complaint is sent out, that person can continue to be used by his Li family, otherwise, the complaining thing will suffocate people into mental illness, and the mentally ill will generally not be afraid of heaven and earth, and they are not afraid of rebellion.

"If you accidentally lose everything, how good the ancients said. On the way back from Longyou, I was almost desperate, I was ready to apologize with death, but they didn't want me to die, so they wrote to His Majesty to save me, looking for you Liu Xu to save me, and finally succeeded, I was almost equivalent to the great crime of rebellion, and I just took the title and went to the official body? Then immediately, I was sent to the East China Sea, and from that time on, I, Hou Junji, knew that they were going to attack you, because you grew up so fast, so fast that they were afraid, so fast that they didn't have time to come up with any way to restrain you and restrain you! ”

"So one after another, your trouble has also arrived, they have been waiting, waiting for you Liu Xu can't stand it, waiting for you to rebel! Hehe, it's a pity, they all think wrong, no matter what you Liu Xu do, it will be revealed to the world, so that people can see and recognize it! Your Majesty trusts you, and you don't live up to Your Majesty, the world's monarchs and ministers can get you close to Your Majesty, there is no one before and no one after you! ”

"There are a lot of people who come to look for me Hou Junji, because I have the East China Sea Master under me. At first, it was a temptation, and then it was coercion, all to deal with you, and the Dongting Sailor! But I, Hou Junji, am a bastard, can I do this? I have thought about marrying you to repay your kindness, but in that case, I can't, I can only send her to the palace, because I want to stand in line, and I want to stand in line! ”

Liu Xu stretched out his hand and bowed, in fact, the words were quite simple, the reason why Liu Xu was able to withdraw easily this time was thanks to Hou Junji's standing in line, if he didn't get up, if the East China Sea Division didn't get up, it would definitely be Liu Xu who commanded the water division, at that time, there was no way to talk about retreat or not.

"Knowing that you are for my good, I have not misunderstood what credit you want to take from me. It's good for Li'er to go to the palace, and it's good for Chengqian, so she won't let Li'er be wronged for no reason. On the contrary, it is my family, you see, Changle Yunyan and them, since they followed me Liu Xu, they have not been worried about living for a few days, they are too tired. ”

Hou Junji put down the teacup and was about to speak, but Liu Xu stopped him.

"Uncle Hou, don't worry, this thing of the water master does not belong to me Liu Xu in the first place, as long as it is not the scourge of the water master like the eldest grandson Shunde, I don't care who I hand it over, I am even more relieved to hand it over to you. At the very least, you won't let the old subordinates of the kid suffer. ”

"I came to see you today, in fact, I just want to tell you this, on land, I have arranged it, Uncle Li Ji Li has already answered me, and now the sailor is looking for you."

"In the future, there will only be more and more work on the water, this big fat meat, and more and more people will only remember, the Dongting Sailor was founded by me, and I can't bear to divide them into pieces by interests, put them in your hands, this is the best, if you can trust the boy, you can help me, in this way, I can really feel at ease."

Liu Xu looked at Hou Junji fixedly, and after half a sound, Hou Junji sighed.

"It's really getting to this point."

"It's really here!"

Liu Xu nodded firmly, and Hou Junji shook his palm.

"Hehe, thank you Uncle Hou."

Liu Xu bowed deeply.

Whether it is what he wants to explain, or someone else asked him to come, Liu Xu no longer cares about it at this time, he has now really reached the level of being unofficial, oh, no, he is also acting on behalf of a Honglu Temple, but this official position is very easy to hand over, and now there are people who want it, after all, today's Tang Dynasty, the national strength is strong, this Honglu Temple, but it is a fat water yamen.

Hou Junji left, Liu Xu continued to nest in the chair, Xue Rengui walked a few times, Liu Xu ignored it, and then Lao Wu walked around again, Liu Xu glared at them a little speechlessly, turned around, and wanted to rest for a while.

People always use another way to achieve the means of the end, which makes Liu Xu a little bored and tired, and the division of interests always makes people feel a different kind of world.

In the final analysis, he, a traverser, is not God, not omnipotent, and not everything, even, so to speak, what he really knows, in fact, is very few, he is just a small person at the bottom of the society before, when he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, he just relied on his "prophet" to make a few strange things, as for political wisdom, he really lacks power, as for the means, let alone talk. Those twists and turns, I have studied for so long, but I still can't learn, of course, maybe this is also a person's character, and pursuit, Liu Xu likes a comfortable kennel life, everything he does is just to protect his kennel from being demolished. There is no pride in winning the world, and there is no ambition to tilt the power of the government and the opposition. The reason why he has done so many things, he now looks back, is only because he was chosen.

In the past, it was helpless to be chosen, but now that it is good, Liu Xu feels that he can struggle a little and let himself choose again.

Thinking of this, he suddenly found that he actually had one more thing that he hadn't explained, that is, Xiao Wu, who was far away in the South China Sea, the great female emperor in history, because of herself, missed her most glorious life, and he owed her too much, how to make up for it? What did she learn before, so that she could have the status of an emperor? Perhaps, she should think about it sooner, because she wrote that next year, she will come to Chang'an.

"Grandpa...."

Lao Wu finally couldn't help but call Liu Xu. After talking to Li Ji last time, Liu Xujunwei's banners were changed to two, one is Li and the other is Xue, okay, after talking with Hou Junji today, the flags on the Dongting Water Division were all replaced by Hou.

"What is my own, the military guard, it can only belong to the court forever, what do we want so many people in our family to do, to raise and eat dry food?"

Liu Xu snorted in his nostrils, then put away the fox fur, sat up straight, pointed to his shoulder, and Lao Wu immediately came up to massage Liu Xu's shoulder.

"No, grandpa, your worries, I know, but the soldiers are reluctant, the people in the sailor were originally retired veterans, in the past, grandpa you protected, a group of people got jobs, and now you have handed over all the power, those years are enough, naturally you don't want to continue to work hard, the family is not the same as before, not bad for those few dollars, as for the merits, hey, to be honest, our sailor brothers, there are few rare, how much is that thing worth? A lot of age, what about the nine meritorious deeds? You have been earning everything you should have earned over the years, so what's the use of earning it again? Official? We all know in our hearts that it's not that piece of material. So, grandpa, the brothers have all summed it up, you make arrangements, the older ones, the retired water masters, what do you think? ”

Liu Xu frowned, opened the military tent, and there were a few fools hiding outside with their hands crossed, which made people so angry that they wanted to kick it.

"Just a few of them?"

Old Wu nodded, and then quickly shook his head.

"There are a few other people, who didn't come up, and they are all on the boat. It's cold, the sea is covered with ice, and you have to watch the boat. ”

Liu Xu sighed, and then beckoned to those guys, and a few people came over with a smile, saw Liu Xu, saluted, and then stood aside, waiting for Liu Xu to speak.

"I have already handed over the talisman, so you can go directly to Manager Hou for your affairs."

A few people were anxious and hesitant, and finally settled down and stepped forward.

"Grandpa, you can accept us, you are now alone in Liaodong, there is no one around you who can do it, besides, the sailor is not our family, what kind of energy do you have. It's better to go back and pull a sail and go down to the sea to run the boat comfortably. ”

"That's it, grandpa, those people have no conscience, we don't care, let's take care of our own, anyway, I have already said hello to Liu Renliang and Vice General Liu, and I am not ready to go back."

"That's right, Grandpa. That Hou Junji didn't let us go at first, but he is a few oldest, why should we listen to him, and the Dongting Water Master does not belong to his East China Sea Master. ”

“....”

Liu Xu glared at them, and knew that it was this group of bastards who stirred it up, and he had a headache, so he swore to Hou Junji that he didn't want anything, and now this group of guys is here again, alas.

"If you want to go, you have to walk well, running around, when the water master is our vegetable garden? I will write a letter, and you will go and hand it over to the Judge Advocate General and Chief Hou, and he will naturally release you. Alas, a bunch of fools, won't you surrender at Quangaisuvin and come back? Stupid, shame! ”