Every year's Lantern Festival, for the people of Xizhou City is a joyful feast, this is not only a simple love for the festival, but more importantly, it inspires a sense of pride from the inside out - the best lanterns in Xizhou are built here, the most beautiful flower boats are parked here, the most charming girls gather everywhere, they send away a wave of benefactors on the front foot, and the back foot is replaced with another smile to meet the next wave of "son" and "master".

Every time there is a festival, Xizhou City is a sea of joy.

Early in the morning, Hua Yu came late to call Hua Hate Liu to get up and walk, he went to bed early yesterday, but vaguely heard his son come back late at night, and said this to himself, listening to the tone seemed to be very unhappy, so he was extra careful when shouting.

"Childe, today is the Lantern Festival, how about getting up and freshening up and going out for a walk?"

After a long time, I didn't see anyone in the house responding, so I immediately knocked on the door again and said, "Childe......"

"If you don't go out today, if you want to go out to play, don't worry!" Although Hua Hate Liu said this, Hua Yuchi also heard the irritability in his tone, and immediately stopped asking, and went to breakfast first.

At this time, Hua Hate Liu was sitting on the bed with a depressed face, holding a bronze mirror in one hand, and gently caressing half of the face that was clearly printed with five finger prints with the other, and whispered endlessly: "Dead Yang Jian, didn't I just say the wrong word, I still hold a grudge - haven't you heard of hitting people without slapping their faces?" ”

What made him depressed was what had happened in the council hall yesterday. At that time, he was reminded by the old man that he wanted to test whether he could have "momentum" as he wished, so he asked Yang Jian to try, Yang Jian was not slow to start, and before Hua Hate Liu was ready, he slapped half of his face - as a result, it is said that the situation at the scene was worse than at this time, not only did he swell half of his face up half an inch high, but also brought the tables and chairs smashed when he flew his body, and the broken porcelain, which made Yang Dayou, the housekeeper of the warehouse, feel distressed.

But Hua Hates Liu said that Yang Jian is insidious and doesn't stop there. She was precise in her strength, although the scene seemed to be much bigger, the direct damage was actually not much, at least she didn't make Hua Hate Liu bleed again, and finally gave an explanation to the others present.

Of course, after beating people, Yang Jian categorically wouldn't be unable to find a rhetoric that could make Hua Hate Liu hold her stomach, especially when she asked the angry Hua Hate Liu: "When the battle of life and death occurs, will others give you time to prepare?" Hua hated Liu was dumbfounded on the spot.

For Yang Jian, although he didn't make the marriage clear yesterday, he also breathed a bad breath, and his heart was still happy; As for Hua Hateliu, being beaten means that his ability is indeed unreliable, and he also wanted to clear up some marriage with Yang Jian, but in the end he couldn't speak at all because half of his face was swollen - in general, he was in a terrible mood.

"Sir, I'm in with Mr. Big!" She Qing's knock suddenly sounded outside the door, and Hua hated Liu before she could respond, She Qing was already afraid to push the door behind the sky.

"You ......" Hua Hate Liu looked at She Qing angrily, only to find that She Qing was also glaring at her in shock.

"Is it pretty?" He asked She Qing gloomily, She Qing just wanted to nod but suddenly noticed the two terrifying cold glints in Hua Hateliu's eyes, and immediately shook his head and said, "Chic!" This makeup is so chic! ”

As soon as Hua Yu Chi Fu returned to the backyard after breakfast, he heard Hua Hate Liu say that he was packing up his things and preparing to go out, although he had doubts in his heart and didn't understand why the attitude of a meal turned back and forth, but he still went to the treasury first to pay some pocket money according to the instructions, and took a few sets of new clothes and sent them to Hua Hate Liu's house.

"What are you ......" As soon as he entered the house, he almost screamed, and he couldn't understand why there were three more wicked people with colorful faces painted on their faces in the house for no reason, but his own son was nowhere to go.

"Don't be in a daze, come over quickly!" One of the people sitting at the table greeted him first, and he immediately heard that the speaker was Hua Hateliu.

"Childe, what are you ......" He approached Hua Hate Willow and leaned over to look at it with a puzzled expression, but his face was cold, and then a faint mint smell jumped into his nose.

"Ah......" he screamed, and pounced on the flower and hated the willow like crazy: "How can you do this! Childe, how can you do this? ”

Tian who was hiding next to him with a depressed face was not afraid and She Qing saw that Hua Yuchi had started a battle and was about to strangle Hua Hate Liu to death, so he immediately stepped forward and pulled it away, "Flower girl, it's okay, this pattern can be washed off after twelve hours......"

It's okay if he doesn't say this, but after he finished speaking, Hua Yuchi was startled at first, and said, "Can't you wipe it off?" Seeing She Qing nodding, he turned around and pounced on Hua Hate Willow again, and his slender nails narrowly crossed Hua Hate Liu's eyes several times.

"Oops, it's useless to be in a hurry...... It's not to disrupt your face, just go out with a few of us! Hua Hate Liu easily got out from under Hua Yuchi's claws, and comforted: "You see that it is too dangerous for a few of us to go out like this, in case someone calculates, their lives do not matter, if I die, His Royal Highness the King of Lanling...... Right? You too, everyone knows that you want to protect me, isn't recognizing you tantamount to putting me under the attack of everyone? Come on, come on, one side is not good-looking, and a few more strokes on both sides, symmetry is good! ”

It's easy to say, Hua Yuchi finally accepted Hua Hate Liu's set of rhetoric, and then changed into a man's dress under the persuasion of Hua Hate Liu.

"Alright, let's go!" After this trouble, Hua Hate Liu was in a good mood, and with the three people behind him who couldn't keep up the slightest spirit, they quietly walked out of the gate of Shefu.

As soon as they arrived on the street where there were more and more people, the strange dress of the four people naturally attracted a lot of passers-by, but slowly everyone laughed - you can wear a mask, why can't you draw a few colored markings on your face?

And as the surrounding shouting is getting louder and louder, and there are more and more shops selling fun ornaments, Tian is not afraid of the two of them, and the two of them must urge everyone to buy when they see the sweets, and they must also pull everyone to make up when they see the spices and fat powders.

The most unhappy is She Qing.

In less than half an hour after going out, he had already been recognized by many people one after another, including the maid who was responsible for the procurement of the City Lord's Mansion, and his former comrades-in-arms in the army, and even Liu Yueying, the wife who thought he had returned to Bei Wa Mansion to accompany his father-in-law, actually recognized him when he was shopping!

Of course, the most difficult thing for him to ignore was his father-in-law Liu Cong, who was angry when he saw him like this, and listened to the angry sentence "I didn't follow Mr. well, but I came here to mess around", he sent the two away with kind words, and returned to Hua Hate Liu with a wry smile.

"It seems that I painted too little for you, I should have painted a few more for you at that time!" Hua hated Liu thoughtfully.

"Sir, don't you think that if you look at the entire Xizhou City, I'm afraid you can't find someone like me with a bandage and a crooked neck?" She Qing couldn't help but remind—where is this worrying that others will recognize it, the only effect of drawing a few lines on his face is to cover the five clear, bright red fingerprints on Hua Hateliu's face! For others, there is nothing else.

"Oh!" Hua Hate Liu pretended to suddenly realize, and then patted She Qing's shoulder and comforted: "It's because the teacher is not thoughtful, don't worry, you can wash it off after twelve hours!" After saying that, he turned around and chased after Tian Tian, who was running crazy and shouting to buy sugar gourds, and was not afraid to go.

"Mr. Flower stays!"

When She Qing was about to move to catch up, he heard someone shouting behind him, and sure enough, Hua Hate Liu, who had not taken two steps out, immediately stopped, turned around and saw Yang Jiuguan, who had already walked to She Qing's side.

"Nine...... No, it's supposed to be the Great Elder now! Hua Hate Liu took two steps and returned to She Qing's side to face Yang Jiuguan, who only had discomfort on his face.

"Mr. Hua is here to make fun of me!" Yang Jiuguan smiled, and glanced at the few people behind him, and some of them rushed in the direction of the sky and were not afraid to go, and some of them scattered into the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"How about giving me a few faces, a drink or two?"

Hua Hate Liu knew that Yang Jiuguan had arranged it like this, and he didn't have to worry about his safety, as for whether Yang Jiuguan would have any disadvantage to him, he hadn't thought about it at all - with the vision of the old man and Yang Wu, Yang Jiuguan was absolutely trustworthy.

"The Great Elder invited, so naturally he didn't dare to refuse!" As he spoke, he followed Yang Jiuguan's lead and entered an inconspicuous-looking wine shop on the side of the road.

"Ninth Master!" As soon as he entered the store, the old man, who was both the boss and the runner, immediately greeted Yang Jiuguan, and it seemed that the two sides had known each other for a long time.

"You don't have to be surprised," Yang Jiuguan nodded with a smile at the old man, and while moving out of the chair to let Hua Haoliu sit down first, he brought a pot of tea and poured it for the three of them one by one: "This is just one of the hundreds of intelligence stations of the Yang family in Xizhou City, you see the rich businessmen and nobles on the street, beggars and prostitutes, maybe they are mixed in." Most people will still find a shop to rent like Lao Huang, and do small business while collecting and sorting out the news they get everywhere - so to speak, whatever information you want at this time, I promise they won't disappoint you without a cup of tea. ”

The shopkeeper named Lao Huang heard this, and his wrinkled face was embarrassed for a while, and he bowed down and said, "The ninth master is too famous!" We just have longer ears, a better memory, and a more accurate look at people's eyes, and the biggest thing is that we are just faster when we run, not as good as the front-line soldiers in front of us. ”

As he spoke, he didn't even pretentious, and sat down on one side of the table like the three of them, and touched a teacup to drink tea.

"You don't underestimate Lao Huang," Yang Jiuguan lifted the pot to serve tea for Lao Huang, and said to Hua Hate Liu Zhengse: "Dashu has besieged Xizhou City for several months, and it is indispensable for the front-line soldiers to fight desperately, but I think the most remarkable thing is Lao Huang's group of people - six of the seven sneak attacks were Lao Huang who brought the news to us in advance, so we were fully prepared to deal with it." ”

"Really?" Hua Hate Liu was shocked when he heard this, in the past, he was just afraid to say how strong Xizhou City was and how powerful Yang Wu was, but no one had ever told him about such a thing. And when he looked at She Qing, the other party also looked shocked, which made it clear that it was a secret!

"It's a shame to say that I even fell behind once...... Lao Huang focused on the time that he couldn't find out: "Young people are so impulsive to do things, and they are easy to do bad things when they are critical!" After speaking, he drank half a cup of tea and stood up and said, "Or are they the same as the original, two side dishes and three taels of wine?" ”

"Yes, excuse me!" Yang Jiuguan smiled slightly, and watched Lao Huang walk to the back kitchen.

"The young man he just said was talking about his youngest son." He sighed, and saw that Hua hated Liu and was puzzled, so he said: "That time Lao Huang was infected with a sudden illness and couldn't go out, so he sent his younger son to inquire about the news - he originally had three sons, one was disabled in the army a few years ago, and the other was also in this business, and it was rare to see him in a year far away, and the younger son was going to raise him to send him to his death, but he was unexpectedly identified during the investigation, and he was directly cut beyond recognition......

"Of course, the loss of a son is heartbroken, but because the information was not sent back in advance, Xizhou City was almost breached that time, and the number of casualties was more than double that before, Lao Huang has always been haunted by this matter...... By the way, don't mention Dashu in front of him in the future, especially don't mention Song Jixu! Finally, Yang Jiuguan especially advised.

"Uh...... I understand, I just don't know what the Great Elder's intention is to tell me this? Hua Hate Liu didn't understand the reason of Yang Jiuguan's "dying entrustment" at all, although it was good that he was now the supervising elder of the Yang clan, but shouldn't the intelligence work be done by Yang Yanshuo and Yang Xingquan? Besides, shouldn't the Inspector Elder be in charge of the affairs of the clan? This is what the old man said himself!

"Hehe......" Yang Jiuguan smiled slightly, as if he had seen Hua Hating Liu's question, and said: "If before, the clan and the outside of the clan were naturally separated, but in the future, the family will be peaceful, and the general trend of the world can be determined by me; On the other hand, if the world is peaceful, my Yang clan will also be able to prosper day and moon-The Great Elder said that at that time, he was afraid that you would be troublesome and delayed, but now that you have agreed, I don't have to hide it from you anymore. When he talked about the old man, he still called him "Great Elder", which showed his respect for the old man.

"What?" Hua hated Liu was horrified in her heart: Could it be that he was calculated by the old man again? Thinking of this, he sadly found that it seemed that he had been calculated by others all along, and he had not succeeded in calculating this group of old oilmen!

"You see, in the future, this force will be in your hands, don't say that it is to prevent it from being calculated by others, and it is easy to set up a trap for others to drill into." If he hadn't known that Yang Jiuguan would never have been able to read what he was thinking, Hua Hate Liu would have called a ghost on the spot.

"Now that my sincerity has been shown, has your sincerity also been shown to me?" Saying this, Yang Jiuguan put down the half of the tea he was holding, looked at Hua Hate Liu and said word by word:

"How much can you sell me your life?"