Yan County, more than 100 miles away from Shaoxing, is a wealthy county, surrounded by mountains, the county seat is in the center of the broad basin, the Chengtan River, the Changle River, the Xinchang River roll through and merge into the Cao'e River, it is a beautiful scenery, the landscape is picturesque place, I don't know if Sun En sees the scenery here is so beautiful, can not bear to be miserable, or there is Zhang, the two clans are here, the war did not affect here, the people live and work in peace and contentment, in this desolate Jiangnan coastal land presents a thriving meaning.

After the county commander Zhang Cheng led the government officials and the captain of the city guard, Gu Qian, after receiving the notice, he went out of the city for five miles to greet him, and there were more people on the road, until noon, only to see the dust and smoke billowing from the north, and the black and oppressive army was overwhelming.

Putting on such a high-profile posture is to have this effect, as long as the goal is achieved, it will make Zhang and Gu dare not act rashly, this is the key to this operation, if you can't suppress the other party, then, you will lose everything, of course, this possibility is very small, more than 10,000 soldiers are not a joke.

Moreover, the great clans of the south have always despised the great clans of the north, and vice versa, at this time the southerners call the northerners the northerners the northern people (vulgar, cheap) and the northerners call the southerners the southern barbarians.

When Xie Yu approached, the officials came to salute.

"The county commander Zhang Cheng visited the county marquis."

"Gu Qian, the captain of the city guard, visited the county marquis."

"Prefectural Cheng"

Xie Yu sat down and raised his head and said: "Excuse me, excuse me, this marquis came to Yan County to have a look, tsk, it seems that the county commander is diligent and loves the people, and this place is so rich, it is really a great merit." ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he hurriedly said with a modest expression: "Master Hou praised it, this is the responsibility of the lower officials." ”

"Okay, enter the city~ Xie Ju, camp outside the city."

"Yes!" Xie Ju replied with a dark face, and the army immediately moved forward, leaving Zhou Tao and the eighteen teenagers by his side.

In fact, when he heard the other party's name just now, he secretly laughed in his heart, the county commander Zhang Cheng, the school captain Gu Qian, those who don't understand it passed like this, and those who understand know that this county is still the imperial court, it is clearly Zhang, and the Gu family is one and a half, and these people who welcome the people in the middle of the road, eight or nine are not far from ten, they are people of two ethnic groups, it looks grand, but in fact, people don't welcome you at all.

The county seat of Yanxian County is less than two zhang high, and the defenders in the city are only about 100 people, and the length and width of the east and west are only less than ten miles, but when they enter the city, they are orderly and orderly, and the scale of the step by step makes him secretly vigilant in his heart.

That is to say, if anyone wants to make trouble here, it will inevitably cause the entire county to revolt, there is no doubt about this, he still sits on his horse and walks forward, and those officials smile on the ground to introduce, looking kind and polite on both sides, but he understands that his posture has already been drawn in the hearts of these people I don't know how many circles.

There are three main streets in the city, an avenue runs through from south to north, although the shops and restaurants on both sides of the street are not very tall, but they are very lively, people come and go, because of their arrival, the catchers block the crowd on both sides of the road, go to the crossroads, walk 100 meters to the east and enter an alley, look up, the Gaomen Mansion is impressive, the huge plaque of the new book "Hou Ye's Mansion", the golden light, so not majestic.

Only then did he get off the horse, put his hands behind his back, and praised in an old-fashioned manner: "Good~good~"

There are many servants in front of the door, they have to bow down, enter the door, the ground paved with gravel is connected to the hospitality hall, through the hall, it is a delicate garden, the trees are luxuriant, all kinds of strange flowers and plants are competing for beauty, the most pleasing to the eye, is a small pond surrounded by flowers, lotus leaves bloom, green water is quiet, from time to time there are fish jumping out of the water, it is really refreshing to see, happy to think about it.

Zhang Cheng nodded and introduced: "Hou Ye, Xia Guan received a message from the imperial court a month ago, and quickly went around to investigate, where can you do your Hou Mansion, how can the city be small, and the time is urgent, if you open a new hospital, it will inevitably be a mistake, so Xia Guan has the courage to repair this house, I don't know if Hou Ye is satisfied?" ”

In fact, at this time, most people have never even been to the fief from the beginning to the old age, but they just collect the tax of the place every year, and the so-called feudal mansion is completely useless in some places.

"Master Hou, the journey is tiring, the wind and dust are servant, the lower officials have already set up a banquet, and the squires in the city are also looking forward to it, and I hope you can come." Zhang Cheng's face was full of admiration, looking at his shrunken, wrinkled, weather-beaten face, no one could bear to refuse.

"Okay~Good~ It's really Lord Lao County." Xie Yu said politely. "Don't dare, don't dare!"

Wangxian Tower

The most luxurious and atmospheric restaurant in the county, only one floor, not even a private room in the building is very lively at the moment, Xie Yu sat in the first place, was holding the wine glass and said with a smile: "You have to entertain everyone like this, Ben Hou went to Huiji this time to exterminate the anti-thieves, how did these thieves be afraid, fled overseas, and waited for more than a month and did not see a person, presumably the other party was afraid and did not dare to come, haha." “

"Hahahaha." Everyone in the room laughed.

Zhang Cheng, the county commander, raised his glass and said: "After the Hou Ye Xie is a famous family, these young people have long been frightened, how dare they anger the tiger beard, come, the next official respects the Hou Ye for a cup." ”

Xie Yu drank it boldly, and he didn't see a trace of sarcasm flashing in the other party's respectful expression.

The officials also toasted one after another, and Xie Yu did not refuse to come, and drank several glasses.

Zhang Cheng was even more elated and said: "Hou Ye, the squire in the city has long admired the prestige of the Xie clan, how can they be in the poor countryside for a long time, it is rare to see, today they came to meet in fear, and the officials were brave, thinking that this city is the fief of the Hou Ye, so they also brought them here, and the Hou Ye is not strange~"

Who doesn't like to hear this, the words are cleverly piled up, for fear of attracting these mud legs to make people laugh, please sin and bold, where is the fear of these things, it is clear that the main owner of this place will be introduced.

Xie Yu's face was flushed, his eyes were fighting up and down, and he hiccuped happily: "Okay~Good~"

Zhang Cheng got up, walked to the next old man in his fifties and introduced: "Master Hou, this is the patriarch of the Zhang family in the city, Zhang Yu. ”

Zhang Yu hurriedly got up, took the wine glass, came out, knelt on the ground and said, "Meet Master Hou." After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it all.

"Good~good~" Xie Yu also drank it.

"This is Gu Shoudao, the patriarch of the Gu family." Zhang Cheng walked up to an old man who was about the same age as Zhang Yu and stretched out his hand to introduce.

Gu Shoudao also hurriedly stepped out, knelt on the ground and toasted after saluting.

Xie Yu took it.

The county order was introduced one by one, and everyone saluted one after another, only Xie Yu drank a dizzy and drowsy drink, and his tongue was big and said in a loud voice: "Okay~Good~" After speaking, with a "bang", his head knocked on the desk, and his mouth muttered nonsense.

Xie Ju stepped forward and hurriedly raised the young master's right arm and said, "Master Zhang, Master Hou is drunk." ”

Zhang Cheng stepped forward to help him with a smile, but he didn't expect that this young Hou Ye would wrap his left arm around him, and said drunkenly: "Come, come, little lady, let's, let's go to sleep." ”

Zhang Cheng's old face suddenly blushed like a girl, but he couldn't break free of that arm, so he had to apologize to everyone in the building: "Drink slowly, this county will send the Hou Ye to rest." ”

"Hahahaha" Everyone laughed, making Zhang Cheng stunned, and instantly realized that the polite words were indeed sent by the Hou Ye, and he couldn't help but be full of annoyance in his heart, and secretly scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the Xie family.

Everyone saw that the drunken Hou Ye was escorted by his own soldiers, and the lively building fell silent in an instant.

Zhang Yu drank a glass of wine and sneered: "The children of the Xie family are just like that. ”

Gu Shoudao said with a smile: "With this ability, I am still ashamed to exterminate the anti-thief, I really don't know the height of the sky." ”

The rest of the people nodded their heads.

"Since we are here, we will entertain us, I just hope that this gentleman will leave as soon as possible, and the city can be born in peace." Zhang Yu said.

Gu Shoudao nodded and said: "It can only be like this, but the army of up to 10,000 people outside the city looks really bluffing, looking at the young and unchanging appearance of the Hou Ye, how can the soldier make people look scared." ”

Gu Qian, the captain of the clan guarding the city, mocked: "Which is trained by this Hou Ye, it is clearly his deputy general Xie Ju, look at him full of murderous energy, he must be a general under General Wei." ”

"Uh-huh." Everyone nodded again, and dealt with this Hou Ye, there are some things that the big guy can't be discussed here, although it is an alliance posture of the two big clans hugging tightly, but some people in the field still don't want to know well, so they dispersed, and the guys in the building quickly cleaned up, and the door of the building was open to welcome the arrival of guests

Zhang Cheng sent Hou Ye back to the house, and then said goodbye, Xie Yu, who was talking nonsense just now, sat up soberly and took a long breath, hinting to Xie Ju, only to see the family come to the door of the house with a tiger face and shouted: "Hou Ye wants to rest, and the idle people will leave as soon as possible." ”

A few maids who were standing at the door who were about to come to serve were suddenly frightened and ran away, and Zhao Ziwei and several other brothers stood at the door.

"These people are all cunning and cunning, and they want me to leave here immediately, and they are indeed disobedient to the yin and the yin, and they do their best to entertain, see? In the future, you should pay attention to your speech, the courtyard is full of shrewd servants arranged by the other party, from tomorrow, you will not come into the city, train soldiers outside, send people around to inspect the terrain, let them see, what is an elite soldier and a strong general. Xie Yu listened carefully and whispered.

"Yes, young master, today's incident is over, and it is expected that they will not doubt the purpose of our coming."

"Well, since you want to pretend, then let's pretend to the end, let them see how far this Marquis is."

One came hard, deterring the two clans, and the other came soft, paralyzing each other, after the two discussed, they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, the show was coming.