After passing the township, it is smoother to walk from the township to Xizhou City. Day and night, and relying on the so-called "Lord Yuqing" in the mouth of Princess Yuqing, it was only five days and nights, and Hua Hate Liu rushed back to Xizhou City.

For his sudden departure and hurried back like this, except for Yang Jian, who was slightly happy in his heart because he misunderstood that Hua Hate Liu was worried about himself, the rest of the people saw how unusual it was.

After letting Hua Hate Liu have a good night's rest first, Yang Wu beckoned Hua Hate Liu to the City Lord's Mansion to discuss matters. What makes Hua Hate Liu feel a pity is that no one took the initiative to give him a hug this night.

In addition to the three people who must be in the city lord's mansion - Yang Duan, Yang Wu, and Yang Jiuguan, there are two other people in today's discussion, one is She Qing, who has not seen a little mellow in the half moon, and the other is Yang Rui, who has never met when Hua Hate Liu passed through the countryside.

Seeing Hua Hate Liu coming in, She Qing first stepped forward to say hello to his husband, and then Yang Rui, who was considered a peer with Hua Hate Liu, greeted him with a few words.

"When I came to Xizhou City that day, I knew that you had just set off for Xiyue on your front foot, and I thought that you would definitely pass through the township, and I also wrote to the strict steward to give special advice, but in the past few days, I learned that when he received my letter, you had already left the township......" Yang Rui hurriedly explained to Hua Hate Liu why he was not in the town that day, although the two are the same generation, but Hua Hate Liu also has the identity of "Mr. Sorrow", so in terms of words, Yang Rui still insists on using "you" instead of direct address.

"Hahaha, it's okay." Hua Hate Liu laughed and waved his hand to signal that Yang Rui didn't have to take things to heart, and said: "Strict management is very careful, so this line is very smooth." ”

According to Hua Hateliu's initial impression of Yan Huibin, the impression he left on Hua Hate Liu was not as good as the kindness of the Meng Dynasty Jun Meng Shopkeeper who met in the cyclamen building in Raozhou that day, and it was only because he knew that Yan Huibin's identity was "Purple Flower General" that Hua Hate Liu was a little relieved.

"I know this person who is in charge." Yang Jiuguan on the side heard Hua Hate Liu and others mention his former subordinates, and immediately said something. Of course, even for the people in the clan, if he feels that the other party is not qualified to know what identities are placed in the people around him, he will not directly pick out the words. He also said vaguely "I know" at this time, as for how he knew, whether he knew it before or recently, he didn't explain, and the implication seemed to be that he still wanted to continue to nail Yan Huibin in the township.

"Speaking of which......" Hua Hate Liu's heart suddenly understood Yang Jiuguan's actions, this time he remembered that he went to the countryside to be teased, and Yang Jiuguan deliberately did it, the so-called flower hate Liu portrait can be clearly pointed out by ordinary people: This portrait is not half similar to Hua Hate Liu!

"If the Great Elder has been working hard lately, I happen to have something I want to discuss with you."

"Oh? What's the matter? I have indeed had fewer things recently, if there is anything, I may be able to help......" Yang Jiuguan also said that Hua hated Liu and had important things to say to him, and immediately responded seriously.

"Yuqing is also considered to be rough Danqing, although it can't reach everyone's level, but it is more than enough to teach people to paint......"

"Hmm...... I suddenly forgot that the matter over there in Xiangzhou had to continue to deal with it...... Next time! Yang Jiuguan also said that he had time before, and when he heard Hua Hate Liu teasing him about the portrait at this time, he immediately asked Yang Wu on the side with a look of pity.

"You are responsible for what you are responsible for, and you can grasp the speed and difficulty of it." Although Yang Wu didn't laugh, he also made a lot of fun of Yang Jiuguan in his words.

Yang Jiuguan didn't care about his obvious words of hot and cold, all he needed was someone to answer him, and when Yang Wu finished speaking, he said to Hua Hate Liu with a sad face: "Look, there is really no time for the time being......"

Hua hated Liu and wanted to continue to entangle with him, but when he heard Yang Jiuguan mention "Xiangzhou", he immediately remembered that he heard the news from Jin Zhengyang a few days ago about Dou Jianzhang's killing of three clan elders.

Thinking of this, he turned to Yang Wu Zhengse and said: "I heard that something happened in Xiangzhou when I was reading Qingcheng, and I didn't know that this matter had anything to do with Xizhou and ...... here."

"Speaking of which, we were also surprised." Yang Wu didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he understood the meaning of Hua Hateliu's words, frowned and shook his head lightly and responded: "Yang Wei also knew in advance, it was a coincidence that he was in Xizhou at the time, but whoever followed Dou Jianzhang would never allow such a thing to happen." ”

"Yes, it does seem ...... to do such a thing for a woman Well, pretty? Yang Jiuguan was still serious when he first half a sentence, but when he said the end, his attitude was the same as Hua Hateliu's reaction when he first heard it, that is, even the words of praise were used as "beautiful".

Hua hated Liu was about to respond to him with a smile, but he heard the old man Yang who had not spoken on the side snorted coldly, and immediately remained silent and listened to the old man's words.

The rest of the people naturally heard this, and they were still at ease before, but after this cold snort, they all quieted down and waited for the old man to speak.

"Pretty?" As soon as the old man opened his mouth, he was targeting Yang Jiuguan, and Hua Hate Liu secretly prayed for him in his heart not to be criticized too much, and from a certain Cheng dù, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yang Jiuguan is relying on his own strength to bear the criticism that the two deserve.

"Yes." It was Yang Jiuguan who knew that what he just said was inappropriate, and when he was asked by the old man at this time, he had to honestly admit that he did say so, after all, the old man's subtext asked "yes", not "right".

"You're saying that...... Is the woman who is as black as a piece of charcoal beautiful, or is Dou Jianzhang, who killed the clansmen, beautiful? ”

"I ......" Yang Jiuguan heard the old man ask like this, and secretly said bad in his heart, and before the old man stepped forward, he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and didn't dare to gasp.

Hua hated Liu was originally weak-hearted, and at this time, Yang Jiuguan said to kneel, and his body involuntarily knelt down. It didn't matter if he knelt, the other people in the room, including Yang Wu, She Qing, and Yang Rui, all knelt down in no particular order.

This scene made the old man a little puzzled, he sneered, and asked Yang Rui at the farthest distance: "You think the same way?" ”

"Don't dare to ......" Yang Rui does not have many opportunities to contact the old man head-on, but almost every time he sees the old man, there is no good thing, from the original clan discussion to this time, it is only three or five times, except for the first time The matter is really related to himself, but the rest of the things are he as a spectator on the side, and the people who are trained and criticized are Yang Wu and Yang Jiuguan.

As soon as Yang Jiuguan was asked this time, he knew that today would be difficult to end, and when Yang Wu knelt down, he was even more convinced of this.

"If you don't dare, then it's not wrong, if it's right, where is the need to kneel?" The old man shook his head and said.

"The two uncles are kneeling, Rui is a junior, and it is the right thing to kneel down." Yang Rui answered honestly.

"Let's not talk about that, you stand up." After the old man finished talking to him, he turned to Yang Wu's side and asked, "You didn't make a mistake today, and I didn't mean to punish you, why did you kneel down too?" This...... It's not like yours! ”

When the old man said this, he was more curious than questioning, there have been many things to prove it before, if it was just a mistake made by him and Yang Jiuguan, the other would rather stand aside and watch the show, than make a noise to affect the old man's anger.

This time, Yang Wu actually knelt down, which was really abnormal.

"I didn't want to kneel." Yang Wu lowered his head and responded, "It's just that Mr. kneels, and the doorman naturally has to kneel ......."

"Huh...... This is also ......" The old man chuckled, and asked She Qing behind Hua Hate Liu: "Did the She family kid do this because your husband knelt down, so he knelt?" ”

"It's also because the city lord kneels first, whether it's the head of the gentleman or the head of the city lord, She Qing has no reason to stand." She Qing answered honestly, to be honest, he didn't understand why Yang Wu and Hua Hate Liu knelt down together like this, could it be that both of them were at fault? Or is this a plea for the Ninth Master? The point is that we haven't started punishing the ninth master yet!

"Then you said, you just came back from Nian Qingcheng, because you didn't say hello to my old man during the New Year, and you happened to remember it at this time, so you knelt down without saying hello?" When it was Hua Hateliu's turn, the old man was already in a good mood, and the words he said to Hua Hate Liu seemed a lot more casual.

Hua Hate Liu naturally will not admit to saying "Actually, I also think that Dou Jianzhang has done a beautiful job in my heart", he is worried that there is no excuse to explain, at this time, when he heard the old man ask him like this, he immediately responded: "Yes, this is exactly what it means, I didn't think about it for a while when I came before, so when I think about it, I don't care about any occasion, I want to immediately say hello to the old man, and wish the old man a long life!" ”

"Hmph, it's just in time." When the old man heard that Hua Hate Liu actually took ridicule as a serious matter, he couldn't help but chuckle and secretly praised, "This kid's cheekiness is still above himself", and he was in a surprisingly better mood, so he said: "Since that's the case, let's stay and eat later!" ”

After saying this, he didn't wait for Hua to hate Liu Ying or not, and asked Yang Wu again: "The little girl didn't go out today, right?" Let her come over too, as well as the princess of Dayue, as well as the She Qing family, come over! ”

"Yes." Yang Wu replied in a deep voice, as expected, at the same time as answering these words, Yang Wu looked at Hua Hate Liu's gaze with some strange feelings.

Hua Hate Liu knew what this kind of love was, he had eaten with Yang Wu and Yang Jiuguan with the old man before, not to mention the clear soup and little water, the key was that the amount was too small!

However, at this time, the old man's interest came, and he naturally couldn't refuse, so he could only pretend to be grateful and responded: "Thank you, old man!" ”

"Alright, get up!" The old man was also happy at this time, there were not many cases like today when he had to gather a group of people to accompany him to dinner, he didn't want his good mood to be affected because of Yang Jiuguan's matter, seeing that Yang Jiuguan was still kneeling, he snorted coldly and said, "You should get up too!" In the future, you must use your brain to speak, and don't forget your identity and the burden on your shoulders! ”

"Yes." Yang Jiuguan responded, and then stood up. Taking advantage of the time when the old man turned around, he quietly nodded to Hua Hate Liu and thanked him gently.

"Speaking of which, since we talked about the matter of Xiangzhou, then you can also come up with an idea and talk about how to deal with this matter." Sitting back in his chair, the old man closed his eyes and recuperated after putting down his words, this is very obvious, this is to let everyone discuss and give him a result directly, and he naturally does not want to participate in the process of making a decision.

"She Qing, let's talk about the recent information over there...... No, let's talk about the causes and consequences of this incident as well. Yang Wu motioned to She Qingdao.

His arrangement is not anything else, the people present can say that they know what is going on from the fact that the incident has happened, but Hua Hate Liu was not in Xizhou before, and the news is also a recent thing, and I think there are some things that I don't understand, so I let She Qingshun talk about it.

"Yes." She Qing responded, bowed lightly to Hua Hate Liu, and then began to talk about the specific things that happened in Xiangzhou, in addition to knowing that the "red face" that Dou Jianzhang was angry with was actually a slightly dark-looking girl named Hagi Ruo, he also knew that the Zhengrong Sword he sent also played a role in intensifying the conflict between Dou Jianzhang and the elders of the clan in this incident, and more importantly, he also knew that Dou Jianzhang's situation at this time was not very good.

"Last night, Xiangzhou came to the information, and talked about the situation within the Dou clan, in my opinion, if it is not handled properly, it is really critical for my Xizhou." Speaking of this, She Qing was already planning to start talking about the news he had just gotten.

"What's going on now?" Hua Hate Liu nodded lightly and asked She Qing.

"Because Dou Jianzhang has done such an radical thing, although there is no overt opposition in the elder group for the time being, in fact, there are voices of criticism in the elder group secretly and among the people, especially in the elder group, and even the evil consequences of everyone being in danger have been formed......

"That is to say, the current Dou Jianzhang is not treated by people in the clan?" Yang Wu asked with a slight frown.

He frowned and naturally said that even in his opinion, this matter has reached a very tricky point, to speak privately, Yang Wei treats Dou Jianzhang as his own flesh and blood, he is Yang Wei's eldest brother, and naturally has an inexplicable closeness to Dou Jianzhang, if Dou Jianzhang is in a predicament at this time, Yang Wei will inevitably ask for him; In the past year, Xizhou and Xiangzhou have indeed carried out in-depth cooperation in many aspects......

Therefore, if Dou Jianzhang is not treated by Xiangzhou people now, it will indeed be a very tricky thing for him.

However, what is the so-called fear of something, after She Qing heard his question, after a little hesitation, he still reported the information 1510: "Just last night, Dou Jianzhang was assassinated, although he was not injured, but the Hagi girl was frightened to ......"

"Assassination?" Hua hated Liu was slightly shocked, he didn't expect this thing to go too fast, if it continued according to the current trend, sooner or later Dou Jianzhang would fall to the point of being spurned by everyone! So as far as Xizhou is concerned, starting from the overall situation, he must also make his own choice between one person or one state.

And that choice is just around the corner.

This time, the old man asked him to discuss the result of the handling of this matter, which was to deliberately express his stance on this matter: if he supports Dou Jianzhang, then it is best to protect Dou Jianzhang, so that the offended person may be the Dou family; If it is a person who supports the Dou clan, then not to mention how the Xizhou side will be held accountable, it is the Xiangzhou side that it is good to determine the new support talents as soon as possible.

It was precisely because of this understanding that when She Qing finished speaking, everyone's reactions were unanimously silent, and only after a long time did they hear Yang Wu speak.

"What Dou Jianzhang has done is immature, although young people need to make mistakes to learn more lessons when they grow up, but if the price paid is too great, then there is also a contradiction to the original intention of hoping that he will grow......

Although he didn't say it directly, Hua Hate Liu had already heard the meaning of this, and according to the attitude expressed by Yang Wushuo, he was afraid that he would support the practice of replacing people as soon as possible.

Yang Rui stepped forward slightly and said: "Although I don't have much contact with Dou Jianzhang, I have an excellent impression of others, not to mention the gentleness of people, and my temperament is also very good...... I wonder if this time it will be because he is bewitched or bitter......"

"Although this possibility is very small, it still needs to be screened." Yang Jiuguan nodded and said, "But now we need to come up with an attitude first, as for whether Dou Jianzhang is what you said later, we still need to send someone to verify." ”

"That's exactly what I meant." Yang Rui responded: "If this is the case, you can also prepare first." ”

What to prepare? Naturally, they are prepared with both hands, if Dou Jianzhang is indeed as Yang Rui guessed, then at this time, not only can they not withdraw, but they must also do their best to help Dou Jianzhang; If it is all out of his original intention, then Xizhou will naturally not choose to lose a big one because of a small one, and the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, Xizhou has always been lacking.

When Hua hated Liu Zheng and didn't know what to say, he saw that Yang Wu, Yang Jiuguan, and Yang Rui all turned their eyes to him, and immediately remembered that he was also a member of the Yang clan's elder group, and his own opinion was equally important.

He smiled slightly embarrassed, and then said: "In my opinion, it is better to do the investigation and verification together with the expression of attitude, so as to avoid misjudgment, but also to express the importance that Xizhou attaches to this matter...... What do you think? ”