Chapter 37: The golden cicada sheds its shell

Chen Yuankang will definitely not wait at the gate of the mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

is like Gao Cheng's henchman, when he comes to the house, if the lord Lang is not there, he will be taken to the study and wait. This is Gao Cheng's habit, and it has become a rule before he knows it.

In fact, Chen Yuankang also just came.

Gao Cheng put aside other things and walked to the house by himself.

Liu Taozhi followed him.

It was very quiet in the study. There was no one in the whole yard. A few privet trees grew taller and more luxuriant, hiding the small house in the shade of the trees.

There was no one in the room except Yuan Zhonghua.

Only the princess can enter and leave the study at will. Yuan Zhonghua stayed in this room for a long time, and there were traces of Gao Cheng everywhere. But it's just a scroll, and there are no special things such as clothing.

Yuan Zhonghua thought about it carefully, and found that Gao Cheng's time in Dongbaitang had decreased these days, and the number of days when he returned home had increased. In the past, he always used the excuse of discussing matters in Dongbaitang, but now henchmen like Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu often come to the mansion to discuss with him.

But she saw him less and less. I remember many times that the slave maid replied that Master Lang had returned to the house, but in the future, he still didn't feel his presence as if there was no such person in the house.

At a glance, he saw a small green glaze cup that looked warm in glaze, and knew that it was used by him on weekdays. The color is green in the green, and there is no decoration, but it is so elegant that it is difficult to ignore.

Yuan Zhonghua just wanted to pick up the cup and take a closer look, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside.

Auntie walked in.

"Your Highness, General Chen Changyou is here." Ah Jiao got the news from the outside and hurried back and forth.

Yuan Zhonghua stood up abruptly. She was reluctant to meet with a minister like Chen Yuankang here.

Gao Cheng hurriedly entered the courtyard, in fact, Chen Yuankang had just entered the house at this time. Yuan Zhonghua had just returned to the courtyard where he lived.

Gao Cheng entered the door and saw Chen Yuankang getting up to greet him.

"Brother Changyou, what's wrong?" Gao Cheng asked first without waiting for him to speak.

"General, don't you think it's strange? Hou Jing has been living in the depths for many days, and he has asked Hou He to come out to support everything. He is now a hot person in front of the emperor, why is the entire county mansion cold, and the door is closed all day long. Whoever asked said that the county was infected and it was not appropriate to see each other. Chen Yuankang's tone was slightly nervous, which was very rare for him.

Gao Cheng frowned and thought silently. Every time he entered the palace, Emperor Yuan Shanjian kept silent about Hou Jing, and he was no longer like before, when he always talked about Hou Jing's benefits in front of him, intentionally or unintentionally. He was really negligent.

"Let Uncle Cui go and ask Hou He." Gao Cheng felt bad in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it. He had already secretly ordered to pay close attention to Hou Jing, because he had already learned from Hou He's mouth that his father had the intention of leaving Yecheng.

Gao Cheng didn't believe that Cui Jishu couldn't even do this thing. Could he let Hou Jing go without knowing at all? Moreover, he himself is the governor of Gyeonggi, if Hou Jing takes people out of the city, how can no one return to him?

What a coincidence. Before he could go to find Cui Jishu, Cui Jishu came by himself.

The silence in Yuan Zhonghua's courtyard was also broken.

The slave maid who had heard the news walked through the courtyard, called her out, and whispered a few words to her under the porch. A's face suddenly became unsightly. The sun was shining in the thick blue of the courtyard, but Ah Jiao's face was pale and uncertain.

Back in the house, back to Yuan Zhonghua.

"Your Highness, the general is back, and so is the Yu Jiulu clan. It's like they're in the same car. Ah Jiao has replaced "Princess Gao" with "Yu Jiu Lu's family", and I always feel that it is a bit inappropriate to call "Princess Gao" at this time.

Yuan Zhonghua asked in his heart, "The general went to see Chen Changyou, right?" She knew it was not a good time to bother. But I couldn't help but ask again, "Did Yu Jiulu go back to his house?" ”

"Yes," Ah Yan nodded, "I heard the slaves and maids say that Princess Rouran is full of faces. ”

Yuan Zhonghua knew in his heart that he couldn't help but wait until Gao Cheng finished seeing Chen Yuankang.

In fact, "Mrs. Li" is more lively there.

closed the door and discussed secretly, but there were a lot of people in the door. In addition to the bitter leaves, there are a few slaves and maids, and there is no one else. These slaves and maids saw that the master they served was very favored, so they gradually stammered.

The slave maid saw it with her own eyes, and the lord got out of the car first, and then hurried into the house and went to the study. Princess Gao...... No, Princess Rouran got out of the car and went back to the courtyard where she lived with a proud face. Isn't it true that Lord Lang and her came back in the same car? A slave spoke eloquently.

Li Changyi was so jealous that she was about to burst into flames. But on the surface, he still endured and said, "What's so strange about that?" Anyway, the generals have already done that kind of thing with her. ”

There was a sour tone in his words. She didn't expect that a princess would suddenly appear, and she unexpectedly won the favor of the special room. On the surface, she is still Princess Gao, but no one in the house knows that she has long been a good thing with Gao Cheng.

Li Changyi couldn't be more depressed in her heart. She hadn't seen Gao Cheng in days.

At this moment, the sound of the pipa, which had not been heard for a long time, sounded again.

"Let the rough woman who sells wine restrain herself!" Li Changyi suddenly became angry and pointed outside and shouted.

Seeing her sudden anger, the slaves and maids did not dare to speak. This lady has a great temper and is moody, which is what the slaves fear most about her. No one dared to disobey her.

"Don't be angry, little lady, go now. The lord listened to the little lady and said that she was not allowed to play the pipa, and the slave reprimanded her for the lady. It was still a bitter leaf, and he hurriedly comforted Li Changyi. She knows Li Changyi's mind best.

Even if he didn't dare to reprimand angrily, the sneering reprimand also made Kang Nanen's heart hurt very much.

When she first met Li Changyi, she couldn't believe her eyes. Once upon a time, this noble lady used to visit her winery and buy many extravagant and gorgeous novelties. She often smiled and gossiped with her.

It's just that I don't know why, but later it was this Lady Thorn who brought ruin to her uncle's liquor shop. Her fate changed.

What she didn't expect was that she met Gao Cheng by chance and strayed into Gaomen's eunuch's house as a concubine, and what she didn't expect the most was that Mrs. Thorn Shi was in the same situation as her and became Gao Cheng's concubine.

From Mrs. Gao Thorn Shi to the concubine of the tall general, Kang Naning didn't know what was going on. I only know that when I met each other as concubines in the mansion for the first time, "Mrs. Li's" face was really embarrassing. Kang Nanen could see the kind of hatred that was down-to-earth, though it was not easy to detect. After all, she has read countless people in Yecheng wine shop.

With her cleverness, it is not difficult to guess at this time that Li Changyi destroyed her family, but she felt that she had lost face. And now that she is actually the same identity as her, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?

Kang Naning's heart was already cold, and she was asking herself, should she continue to endure it?

Kang Ji's slave was surprised to find that her master was not very angry. He threw the lute in one place and said that he would never play it again.

Sure enough, the courtyard where Kang Niangzi lived was quiet from then on. Kang Niangzi concentrates on dancing skills. Some people secretly laughed that she wanted to learn from her grandmother, Princess Langya, and invited her to be favored with her dancing skills.

It's just that Kang Naning danced a sword dance, not a white dance. The knowledgeable slave secretly admired that Kang Ji knew how to cater to Lord Lang's mind.

The atmosphere in Gao Cheng's study suddenly became tense.

Cui Jishu insisted that he did not see Hou Jing leave the house. Since he can't say he is sick, he must be in the house. It doesn't matter how many days you don't show up, maybe you can't get sick. Since you haven't left, what are you afraid of?

Gao Cheng was reminded by Chen Yuankang, and he also felt strange that he couldn't bear it at this time, so he must find out about it.

In fact, it is very easy to figure out this matter, as long as you can enter the Puyang County Mansion, you can know everything.

Gao Cheng began to fidget at this time, walking around the house aimlessly, watching Cui Jishu and Chen Yuankang come in for a while, and go out to find someone to ask for news for a while.

Hou Jing's uneasiness was known to Gao Cheng for a long time. At this time, he hated that he had not acted for a long time, and he was always afraid of accidents, so he indulged Hou Jing, which is called raising tigers.

However, in the end, after a long day, there was no news at all. Gao Cheng was also shocked. It seems that he has all the power in the world, but even such a small county mansion in Yecheng can hide the news from him to death, and it will not leak.

Until Cui Jishu replied: I asked everything I should ask, but I just couldn't inquire about the affairs in the Puyang County Mansion. asked the general of Wuwei, Hou He, and Hou He actually learned to be vague. Speaking of him left and right, he avoided talking about his father, but everywhere hinted that his father was in the house, but he was just sick.

Gao Cheng couldn't hold back any longer, and rose up with anger on his face, wanting to visit the Puyang County Mansion in person. Today, he must see Hou Jing with his own eyes.

Gao Cheng went out, and Liu Taozhi followed. Knowing that he was going to Hou Jing's Mansion, he was even more anxious than Gao Cheng.

Chen Yuankang felt that this was also a solution. Although it was rash and abrupt, the general came in person, even if it was sudden, it was not a big deal.

Only Cui Jishu didn't know what he was talking about, and he still hadn't figured out why Gao Cheng was in such a hurry. Could it be that Hou Jing can still fly out of Yecheng out of thin air?

In the back house, Yuan Zhonghua, who was waiting for Gao Cheng wholeheartedly, heard a report that Lord Lang, General Chen, and Cui Shilang had gone out of the house again, and he was stunned, not knowing what had happened, only to be stunned.

It's moonlight, I don't care about everything, it's very open, and it's okay.

Li Changyi knew that he couldn't see Gao Cheng anyway, and it was better if he wasn't in the mansion. lest she know that he was with Princess Rouran, and she was even more angry in her heart. Anyway, she just taught Kang Ji a lesson, and the anger in her heart can be regarded as a little out.

Suddenly, there was a big battle at the gate of the Puyang County Mansion.

The county mansion is a quiet place in the middle of the noise. This is really a good place carefully picked out by Hou Jing. It's grand and not overly eye-catching.

Liu Taozhi led people up and smashed the door, unceremoniously. The thick wooden gate was slammed into the sky.

Even then, it took a long time for someone to come out and open the door. The slaves of the people seem to understand nothing, they are as stupid as oxen, and they only know how to giggle. Except for this low-ranking minion, no one came out.

Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu got out of the carriage one after another. Only Gao Cheng has been sitting in the car to see if he has appeared, secretly watching the movement outside. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, and not to attract discussions, so there was no group of people who came on horseback in a hurry.

But looking at this kind of scene, it is unlikely that Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu will surrender their identities to be too concerned with a little slave. This is where Liu Taozhi comes in.

Liu Taozhi hated Hou Jing in the first place, and when he saw that this stupid slave couldn't speak clearly, he simply kicked it away, and then broke in with someone.

Sure enough, it was deliberately arranged this way. As soon as Liu Taozhi entered, a shrewd person came out. looked at the servant who was only a servant with a slight status in the house, and asked with a smile who was coming and what he was doing.

Liu Taozhi couldn't bear it anymore, came up and grabbed the person with a smile on his face, and told him: The general is here in person, let the prince of Puyang County, Situ, come out to greet him.

The man's consternation was simply comical, and then he said that the lord of Lang, Hou Jungong, was sick on the bed, and he was really too weak to do it, so he couldn't come out to see the general, but the eldest prince and general Hou were unharmed. Not to mention Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu, who were looking from the outside of the mansion, even Liu Taozhi couldn't bear it.

Gao Cheng, who was sitting in the carriage, was also really impatient, and called Cui Jishu to bring Hou He, the general of Wuwei, over. Then tell Chen Yuankang that the rest of the things will be done.

I want to find Hou He, but I am very happy. When the servant of the Hou Mansion heard that the general wanted to see the eldest prince, he immediately came and went and brought the eldest prince like the wind.

As soon as Hou He came out of the mansion and saw Gao Cheng's carriage, he was immediately grabbed by Cui Jishu, who came forward, and said with a smile, "Brother Zihe, the general has been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

Hou He saw that Chen Yuankang had already walked into the mansion when he passed by him, and turned around to see that Liu Taozhi's entourage and servants of the great generals were also inside. The courtyard was already full of Gao Cheng's people, and he was stunned for a moment.

The encounter was clearly unexpected. Hou He's assured demeanor before was gone.

But before Hou He could react, Cui Jishu had already dragged him to the front of the carriage again.

At this time, Gao Cheng had already gotten out of the carriage.

Hou He saw Gao Cheng's cold face and high look, and his heart was raised. This is not at all the pretense of the day outside the gate and later on the Tongque Terrace.

"Is the General here for me?" Hou Heman thought that he was already a character in front of Gao Cheng.

Cui Jishu said with a smile, "Brother Zihe, I haven't seen you these days, and I don't come to see the general." I heard that the prince of Lingzun has been sick on the bed, I don't know if it's better? Can you come out and meet the general? Cui Jishu's words were polite enough, but they were actually well-intentioned. Because he looked at Hou He and was confused, he was afraid that Gao Cheng would be provoked by him, and his temper would be on him. After all, at the gate of the county mansion, it is not good in broad daylight, and it is detrimental to the virtue of the general. He directly pulled the topic to Hou Jing.

Gao Cheng didn't say anything and stared at Hou He.

Hou He said with a smile, "General, Jiajun has indeed been sick recently, sometimes good and sometimes bad. It's not that if you don't come out to see the general, it's really difficult to stay. If the general has anything to order, Zihe is willing to do it for him. ”

Not to mention Gao Cheng, even Cui Jishu doesn't believe it, can Hou Jing really be so sick that he can't live?

Hou He was eager to try, very eager, and looked like he wanted to fight for a place in front of Gao Cheng.

Hou He has always been an idiot, can he still tell lies and say so unchangeably?

Gao Cheng didn't jump like thunder, but seemed to believe it, he looked at Hou He calmly with a pair of green eyes and asked, "Is it really inconvenient?" He asked, closing in on him step by step.

Hou He felt that Gao Cheng looked like a bloodthirsty beast, facing the weak prey he had caught that was about to be bitten. Those green eyes were terrifyingly calm.

"General......" Hou He smiled reluctantly, his face was pale, he didn't know what to say.

"Can you really do it for him?" Gao Cheng asked as he approached him.

Hou He felt as if he had smelled blood. He hesitated even more.

"General!" Suddenly, a loud cry came from the door of the house. Then Liu Taozhi had already jumped out. "Hou Jingpifu is not in the house! Xiao Nu and General Chen searched all over and didn't find it! ”

Liu Taozhi's voice was anxious and angry, calling Hou Jing's name and scolding the puppet, not to mention a cangtou slave, even Gao Cheng himself had never scolded Hou Jing so openly.

His voice was so penetrating that it was so loud that everyone heard it.

Hou He looked back, and then remembered that he was only talking to Gao Cheng just now, but he didn't expect Chen Yuankang to take Liu Taozhi to search the mansion. He actually had the audacity, and as a result, his lies were exposed.

"General Rongyu!" The tone of Hou He's voice has changed.