When Hou Cong came back, it was dusk, and Ling Xiao and Cuizhu were in the courtyard, listening to Mo Chang talk about the flowers and plants that he had never seen in the north. The subordinates sent by the princess stood not far away, and when they saw Hou Cong, they all bowed their heads and stood solemnly. Mo Chang asked Cuizhu Lingxiao to watch the cats and dogs outside, and invited Hou Cong into the house. Before Hou Congren sat down, he asked about the money first.

"Speaking of food and clothing in the morning, Her Royal Highness the Princess said that she came out, and at present, has anyone sent it?"

Mo Chang shook his head, "Some daily utensils were sent over, and there was no money or other things. ”

Hou Cong groaned, "I'll ask Qingsong to send the silver over." ”

Mo Chang responded with a smile, "Thank you." Don't be too extravagant, even if those old ministers worship later, I don't dare to see it, there is basically no human affection, but it is just me and Cuizhu Lingxiao's food. ”

"I know. Now that we are discussing Mo Hui's matter, what does His Highness think? ”

said that they were not cooperative, but the two of them could only discuss with each other when they encountered things. Mo Chang knew that Hou Cong asked this question, so he thought about it again with himself, "Naturally, I hope that he will become the prince as soon as possible." On the one hand, Mo Rong himself will breathe a sigh of relief, and on the other hand, there are still the former emperors and my old ministers in his heart, and he will only be more stimulated. ”

Hou Cong said "um", "That's right." However, with your current status, you are not qualified to see Mo Rong before bathing in the Buddha and washing away the humiliation, even if you have, it is indeed inappropriate to arbitrarily discuss the establishment of the crown prince. If Mo Rong finds an excuse, he doesn't need to kill you with a black hand, just arrest him. ”

Because it was rare for Hou Cong to speak like this, Mo Chang actually thought it was funny, and laughed twice.

Hou Cong also smiled, because there was something in his heart, he felt his pulse and beat faster, "However, you must let the courtiers and people know about supporting Mo Hui as the prince." We have to plan for this. ”

"Before we become enemies, we have to cooperate again?"

"It's not a collaboration. It's the only way we can go. ”

After Hou Cong finished speaking, he got up and left. Looking at the time, he instructed Qingsong to send the silver to Mochang's house, and he looked at the account book and the correspondence again. Looking at the princess's mansion in the southern capital, bathed in the orange sunset, I lined up in my heart what I wanted to do and what I wanted to do.

And the thing he is most sure of is that there is no turning back from the bow.

Soon, Princess Yanyang sent the chief historian to reply in person: "Your Highness said, thank you for the invitation of General Xiaohou, meet on time tonight, admire the moon and drink." This location, it's arranged in the green cloud pavilion in the back garden, okay? ”

"Listen to me." Hou Cong replied. He only said these four words, his lips pursed, he didn't give up his seat, and watched the chief historian of the princess's mansion leave.

After a while, Changkong hurriedly came back from outside and whispered to Hou Cong that the appointment on the thin waist lake had been decided. Hou Cong changed into dark green clothes, let Qingsong and Changkong stay in the rot, and he had to go to the appointment alone.

In addition to the princess's mansion, after a few turns from the front street, Hou Cong hired an outside horse and walked along the canal towards the thin waist lake. After a quarter of an hour or so, his horse stepped on a wooden bridge and entered a bustling street, and after crossing the whole length of this long street, there was another bridge, but it was a stone bridge, and standing on the bridge, the surface of the lake in the shape of a gourd was stretched out in the shape of a slender gourd blocked by the street, and the light of the lanterns near or far was reflected on the lake, and the large or small stone bridges and wooden bridges were built on the small rivers and canals that flowed into or out of the lake, or the luxurious or beautiful pleasure boats floated on the lake.

Thinking of Mo Chang's agreement with himself, Hou Cong was a little guilty and sad. He forgot about the feeling and walked towards the lake.

It is not difficult to find the ship called "Awakening Alone".

It stopped under a bridge hole, and on the other side of the bridge hole, there was a small lake extending from the thin waist lake, full of green and green rivers, even on such a night, the huge fat fish still jumped out of the water when Hou Cong passed by. "Solo Awakening" is a three-story pleasure boat, painted with pale red paint, with simple lines, and a delicate balance between prosperity and elegance. Although the boat is not small, it is not too noisy, and the songs and swallows of the warblers are all from other boats, floating across the water, and passing over.

Hou Cong led the horse and walked around the neighborhood again, making sure that no one was following, returned to the boat again, tied the horse, reported to the store that it was Qin Xian's location, and was led to the third floor. Qin Xian had been waiting there for a long time, but at this time, he stood up, left the table, and walked a few steps quickly to greet him.

The two gave each other hands. Before he could speak, Qin Xian said to the shopkeeper, "Youlao", asked him to step down, and then invited Hou Cong to his seat. It was a small dining table, just big enough for two people to sit facing each other, and watch the window just over the lake. As soon as Hou Cong and Qin Xian sat down, they found that the boat had sailed, and two eight or nine-year-old children came up to pour wine and tea, serve the bathing hands, and ask about some food.

Qin Xian looked at Hou Cong, and Hou Cong looked at him, "Captain Qin, come on." I just don't eat shrimp. ”

Qin Xian smiled, he didn't expect Hou Cong's character to be so beautiful and a little cute. So he looked at Xiao Tong, said a dish name, said a dish name, looked at Hou Cong, just like that, ordered brown sugar cakes, braised carp, steamed pond fish, fish ball soup, and steamed pork ribs, and added a pot of osmanthus wine.

The little boy went down, Hou Cong was always silent, and after the dishes were all served, Qin Xian poured wine for Hou Cong.

Hou Cong didn't give in, drank the first glass of wine, and asked the first sentence of the day, "Who was Captain Qin looking for at that time?" ”

Qin Xian knew that this was Hou Cong examining himself, on the one hand, confirming that he was indeed the first person in the process of transmitting layers of information, and on the other hand, confirming that his motives were credible. Therefore, while eating, he talked about how to find the merchants of Liguo first, how to get in touch with Liguo's fine works, and then traced back how he obtained information, and finally talked about his father's relationship with the Bai family.

Hou Cong's face only let go at this time, because he had been listening carefully and scrutinizing every word of the man in front of him before, relying on experience to determine whether it was credible or not.

Hou Cong raised his glass, "Come." ”

There was no thanks, and there was no appeasement, because Qin Xian was loyal to the former emperor of his country, not to govern the country. They just sat in the same boat by mistake.

After the two of them finished drinking a cup, Hou Cong asked the second sentence of the day, "Captain Qin has been to the official post and seen the white clothes?" ”

Qin Xian didn't seem to think about why Hou Cong only mentioned this woman, "Yes." Miss Yuwen, the captain of the school. ”

"She's not Yuwen girl, she's a white girl."

Qin Xian never thought about this possibility.

Tears welled up in his eyes, and he froze. The empty glass clenched stiffly in his hand.

He knew that when his grandfather was framed, it was Bai Shen who rescued him, and he knew that when the Bai family was on death row, the whole family went bankrupt to give the money to his father in order to repay his kindness, and asked him to bring out a descendant of the Bai family. He also knew that his father must have been killed by the enemies of the Bai family if he never returned, and he also knew that the Bai family was subsequently executed and beheaded, and his family continued to suffer more persecution.

He didn't know that the father had rescued a child.

Hou Cong gently stretched out his hand, took down the wine glass in Qin Xian's hand, and poured wine for him himself, "Come, I thank you for this cup." Because Ling Zun saved my most beloved woman. ”