Hou Cong handed over the doll made according to the white clothes to the old man Huang, the grandfather, without looking back, and followed Qingsong to the place where his grandfather was entertaining in the front yard, and saw the big eunuch He Deputy Chief He in a dark blue Tuanhua palace robe. He is a celebrity who is the son of the emperor of the country. Hou Cong glanced at the board, bowed his hand, and said that "the internal minister is good", neither humble nor arrogant, the body is straight and straight, reflecting the rising autumn day, which is very good-looking. Deputy Chief He put down the teacup in his hand, stood up, saluted the 14-year-old general Wuwei in a proper manner, looked at Hou Chong again, and said, "Since the eldest prince is here, let's go first." ”

In this way, only Hou Cong was announced to the palace.

He looked at his grandfather, who looked back at him deeply. smiled at Deputy Chief He and said that he would send it to the door in person.

The children of everyone, just with this glance, can understand seven or eight points. In all dynasties, how many aristocratic families held a banquet last night, and the next morning there were family members who were announced to enter the palace, those who went in were cut down, those outside were arrested, hulala, and the building collapsed.

The Hou family is indeed relied on today. But the more you rely on it, the more it seems to dance on the tip of a knife, "accompanying you like a tiger", "your heart is unpredictable", this is the truth that people who eat this bowl of rice should understand when they are children. Hou Cong's father, Hou Chong, was an only son, and he died for five or six years, leaving Hou Cong as the only seedling. Although Hou Chong is one of the generals of the Eight Great Pillars of the Dynasty, there are more than a dozen descendants under his command who are loyal, and they also have fiefdoms, in-laws and military power, but as long as he is detained in the palace, he does not dare to move. It's not okay not to let your grandson enter the palace, isn't that a clear rebellion?

Therefore, when it comes to "being announced into the palace", as long as the emperor comes like this from time to time, it is enough to beat people.

Hou Cong glanced at his handsome and gorgeous head to the side in front of Deputy Chief He and coughed a few times.

"Yo, the eldest prince is not good?"

"I've had a cold for a few days, it's fine, I can't pass anyone, Qingsong, pass the sedan chair." Hou Cong gave an order, and the order was passed out layer by layer. By the time he and Eunuch He left the mansion, there were already two large sedan chairs waiting there. Hou Cong's identity, you need to ride a horse to enter the palace. But looking at his grandfather's eyes, only by sitting in a sedan chair can he know some news in advance, and he will not be caught off guard when he faces the saint.

Deputy General Manager He said "dip light" and sat in a four-seated sedan chair - he came on horseback, because the eldest son of the Hou family wanted to ride in a sedan chair, and he couldn't let an old eunuch blow the wind, so he had a sedan chair to sit on. His horse was led by two little apprentices who came with him on an errand and followed behind the sedan chair. The sedan chairmen of the Hou family are also well-trained, and gradually the distance between the two sedan chairs has been widened by more than 20 zhang.

Autumn is deep, on both sides of the royal street of Datong City, the grass is withered and yellow, a stone bottle of one hundred zhang marks the distance, all of them are a layer of warehouse, and the frost is white.

Qing Song opened the sedan curtain and came in, bent down to serve Hou Cong, and opened his mouth gently: "The old lady asked me to entertain those two little geldings to eat breakfast chaos, and I inquired." ”

More than 150 years ago, the world was just a family of the world. The surname of the emperor of the Ping Dynasty is Chen, and he has the people of the east, west, north and south, and all directions. That year, auspicious rui was reported everywhere, and what heard the dragon's cry, saw the dragon's scales, picked up the dragon's horns, stepped on the dragon's tail, and so on.

The Son of Heaven did not celebrate hastily, and the Quartet looked for people to interpret it. A warlock named Mr. Shuilong was introduced to the palace by someone and said a sensational sentence: "The so-called auspicious is actually an evil omen." The world is about to fall into flames, and then split in two. If you want to be unified again, you must wait until a certain day: the moon shines everywhere. ”

Although the Son of Heaven encouraged him to speak up, he didn't want to hear such words, and Mr. Shuilong was arrested and imprisoned, and his head fell off soon after. Unexpectedly, his prophecy came true: two relatives of the Ping Dynasty rebelled - the Hou family of the uncle of the Son of Heaven and the Mo family of the prince's uncle. The two families overthrew the Ping Dynasty, slaughtered the imperial family, and fought against each other, and finally divided the north and the south, and established the state of Li and Chengguo.

Hou Cong's ancestors, who followed his clan brother to raise troops, although he was a hero rather than a royal general in this dynasty, everything today is cause and effect with everything back then. Governing the country and the royal family, winning the country is not right, these things, the children of the aristocratic family were not allowed to listen to when they were young. So Hou Cong didn't know anything, but it was a green pine, fighting and falling in the streets and alleys, when the story was heard, he remembered it in his heart, but he just followed the advice of Old Man Huang, and didn't dare to say it to the eldest prince before.

The so-called "the dragon groans, the world is one" is the kind of "good thing" that "cannot be said or said".

Earlier, the two little eunuchs ate vegetables and meat mixed with "selling the fragrance of the mother", and were talked about by Qingsong. "Selling Niangxiang" is a kind of spice from the Western Regions, which makes people evacuate pores and let down their guard when used in small amounts. It is not effective for those who have been on guard for a long time, but it is extremely effective for those who are a little younger. After eating, I felt in a good mood, asked what to say, and sold my mother and counted the money. The medicine is very expensive, more than 20 taels of silver a penny. And there was no trace, the effect of the drug only lasted for a quarter of an hour, and no one could find out after that.

The two little eunuchs were naturally unconscious, and told Qingsong everything they knew: "Someone told the emperor that a few days ago, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a family banquet in your mansion, and there was a little girl from the south, called what was in white, and your eldest son had a fight, and everyone here heard the sound of the dragon's groan, your son's sword was given by the prince, called Chopping the Moon, and the little girl used the sword of General Yuwenxing, called Feihua. Didn't it fulfill the prophecy? ”

"So what?"

"So the emperor naturally wants to ask."

Qingsong finished reporting to Hou Cong. Hou Cong was like a needle in the sea, motionless, but when he heard the word "white clothes", his eyelashes trembled, like a butterfly shaking its wings, like a flower leaving a branch in late spring.

It's good that the master is steady. Qing Song looked at Hou Cong's performance and put his mind at ease. He suddenly felt a tightness behind his back, and hurriedly lifted the sedan curtain, and bumped into the little eunuch who was about to eavesdrop. The little eunuch is actually not a vegetarian, with a smiling face and a sweet mouth, "Grandpa He, let me ask Master Hou, is the cough better?" ”

Hou Cong personally revealed his noble face to the little eunuch, and nodded slightly, "It's okay." ”

"Okay, okay!" The little eunuch rode his horse and ran to another sedan chair to report.

Hou Cong entered the palace, behaved properly, did not squint, and was personally led to the imperial study by Deputy Chief He of the way, knelt and saluted, and with the holy will, he said a few words of gossip about reading, practicing martial arts, and even visiting relatives during the festival. I only heard that the pages in the emperor's hand were completely covered, and the majesty in the voice was several layers stronger.

"Cong'er, I heard that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you competed with the girls of the Yuwen family, and you heard the dragon chanting?"

"Back to the emperor's words, the last general has never heard it."

"Oh, what about the girl? Unknown origins? Her identity can't enter the palace, and I'm thinking about who to let out of the palace to ask questions. ”

Although Hou Cong lowered his head, he knew that his face was reflected on the floor of the palace, and through various reflections, the emperor could see clearly through the paperweight at hand. Whoever the emperor wants to check, he can already check whom, there is no need to report the news first. Your Majesty, I don't really want to check the white clothes yet. At least not yet.

The current situation is obvious, there is no "dragon chanting" at all, what "corresponding prophecy", I don't know who wants to use this inconspicuous thing to arch the fire in front of the emperor. Because Baiyi came from Chengguo, because Baiyi's adoptive father was a member of the Hou family. Pulling and pulling, he can always give Hou Chong's family some eye medicine and find some trouble.

Therefore, the emperor naturally has to try the attitude of the Hou family before spending manpower and material resources to conduct a real investigation.

Hou Cong's eyelashes fluttered again, and he replied softly: "If you go back to the emperor, Bai Yi is a subordinate nominal slave." I also begged the emperor for mercy. As he spoke, Hou Cong coughed and hurriedly held back.

"Nominal slave" is a custom in the north. Because it is difficult to raise children, the rich family has come up with some solutions: every time Miss Childe encounters some disaster or illness, they will find one or more children, write the name and eight characters of Miss Childe, and hang them on those children. Demons and demons come to ask for their lives and make trouble, it's like falling into a maze array, and I don't know who to look for.

If it is the relationship between the Yuwen family and the Hou family, it is a great honor to let the child be a nominal slave to the son of the master's family. And if Hou Cong's body is not strong recently, asking someone to name a slave is equivalent to asking for someone's life.

The emperor moved his index finger aimlessly, wiped the paperweight, and said, "That's it, you can keep it well." ”

Hou Cong didn't accept it, and even kowtowed: "Your Majesty, but this auspicious dragon is related to the national system, since there are rumors, my subordinates volunteered, I must find out and give Your Majesty an explanation." ”

The emperor smiled, this summons is over.

Qing Song held the emperor's newly given rice cake, trotted all the way, and followed the master out of the palace. When Deputy Chief He heard that the fifty satins from the Hou Mansion had just arrived, he smiled more sincerely, and when he saw them off, he took a few more steps, and now he retreated in the frost together with the carved beams and paintings in the palace.

"Eldest son, you are clearly protecting the girl of the Yuwen family? Don't you hate her? ”

"Hate, of course hate. I wanted to kill her. But she can only be killed by me, and she must not be used by others to bring disaster to the Hou family. Do you understand? ”

"Shall we go home now?"

"Nope. Tell the sedan chair man to go to Huaping Lane, Yuwen's house. ”