Chapter Twenty-Seven: Shui Qing's Plea for Help
In a nutshell, it contains infinite cold. It seems that there are thousands of blades hidden in it, and if you are not careful, you will shoot yourself into a target sieve with thousands of arrows.
"Back... Back to the Hou Ye, the last will be... I heard Wen Zhao mention it before, and I guessed that you-"
"-Bastard!" The sudden thunderous anger only roared so that Xiaoyao fell on the couch with weak hands. He looked up, but it was the first time in his life that he saw Hou Ye with his eyebrows upside down, and his face was bruised, as if he wanted to eat the living person immediately. "What a traitor! Not to mention the origin of the general of my Hou Mansion, even the emperor's secret treasures are so well known, do you know how secret this thing is, except for the emperor and Ben Hou, I am afraid that no one in the world will know about it! Even though General Wen has been loyal to the government for many years, how could Ben Hou have ever mentioned a word to him! You have lied a lot, and now you will expose it, according to Ben Hou, you are the one who infiltrated the Hou Mansion and had ulterior motives! β
"Master Hou! Hou Ye Mingjian... Subordinates, subordinates don't dare to deceive Hou Ye! It's really..."Xiaoyao sweated and wore heavy clothes, only to feel that a heart was about to jump out of his throat. After thinking about it for a while, he still felt that it was inappropriate, and said in a trembling voice, "It's really that my subordinates forgot who they listened to for a while, and they didn't have time to think about it before they said the wrong thing!" It's just that... It's just that even if Wen Zhao didn't inform the last general about this matter, he also decided to know a lot of secrets of Hou Ye, Hou Ye, you left such a person in your mansion camp, and there were fine thieves in the inner garden, and the last general was really afraid that you would suffer their big losses at that timeββ"
"βHow dare you say anything!" Hou Ye slapped him, although he was old, he still had no strength, and he slapped Xiaoyao's face like a flame. "General Wen has entered my Hou Mansion innocently since he was a child, and he has made immortal contributions to the country! Although even the girl has internal strength, she has really lost her memory. On the first day she was in the house, the Marquis assigned an expert to take care of her walking, sitting, lying and her words and deeds, whether she was a sinister thief who was plotting or a girl from a good family who forgot her martial arts, for a long time, you have seen it more clearly than Ben Hou! β
"Impossible... This can't be, Hou Ye! As long as you know martial arts, no matter how high your internal strength is, your gait can't completely imitate ordinary people......" Xiao Yao stood up and trembled and grabbed the corner of Hou Ye's clothes, and said with a look of disbelief, "Hou Ye, whether the person you sent to monitor the Lian clan is credible, could it also be Wen Zhao and her-"
Before he finished speaking, he slapped his face again. Xiao Yao was unprepared and fell back into the couch. For a while, I only felt that Venus was in my eyes, and the sky was spinning, and I couldn't say a complete sentence.
"It's really crazy, as you said, there is no credible person around Ben Hou besides you!" Hou Ye dusted off his wrinkled clothes that were scratched by Xiao Yao, and laughed angrily, "Ben Hou is also an old fool, he has listened to your magic barrier nonsense for many days, and once became suspicious of General Wen, you should also be glad that he is lenient, if you change to Ben Hou, you will never spare you with just fifty rods!" β
"Hou Ye, Hou Ye! You can't help but believe in the last general! Xiaoyao was so frightened that she howled and cried. That Wen Zhao has been jealous of the last general since you became the deputy general of the Praetorian Guard, and he has been suppressed in every way! The last general has won your favor, and there is no one else in the family to support except for a young brother, how ambitious can you be, and what reason is there to frame others! β
"What more reason does a person need to do evil? You just taught Ben Hou the truth, why did you forget it so quickly? Hou Ye was no longer patient, turned around and walked straight to the door of the tent, stood still and did not reply, "The deputy general of the Praetorian Guard... You are narrow-minded and insidious, and you do not respect the main general, how can you afford to be a deputy general? From tomorrow, you will ask General Wen to resign, get out of the Lifu camp, and never let Ben Hou see your hateful face again! β
Lihou lifted the curtain and walked out of the tent and strode away. It took a long time to hear the mournful wail coming from the tent behind him, and he couldn't help but feel bored, and the wind was whirring more and more under his feet.
At this moment, his heart is not Wen Zhao, not Gui Ying, or even the sharp and distorted face of Xiaoyao in the Shicai tent. Dark clouds covered the moon, the night wind was cold, and his thoughts wandered, instantly drifting back to that same bleak moonlit night twelve years ago. That year, he was still him, but Karju was not the Karju it is today. This is not the capital of the Great Heart, but the imperial city of the First Kingdom, which was a small subordinate country of the Desert Country.
That night, he personally led his troops into the palace to kill the monarch of the first country, and presented the treasure of the first country "Summoning the Spirit Song" to the current saint. It is rumored that this is the treasure left by the ancient god Suzaku in the early Northern Dynasty, and it has the divine power to fulfill the wishes of the descendants of the first kingdom. However, the first kingdom has been bleak and unremarkable for thousands of years, and even the monarch died by his sword when he stepped into Kaju with iron hooves.
Back then, the emperor held the small gold box and pondered alone in the first palace where the blood rust had not dried for a day and a night. After all, he stepped out of the palace in the early morning of the next day, and handed over the so-called treasure of the gods to himself as the general of the beginning of the annihilation. The reason why I didn't throw away that ridiculous thing was just because I was afraid that it could fulfill the wish of the Wen clan in the first country.
In the early dynasties, it was only a small country on the edge of the desert, and almost every family in the imperial city was surnamed Wen, even the young man who was almost starved to death on the streets of Kazhou and was saved by himself. This is also the reason why Wen Zhao has become an adult after so many years, and he is loyal, but he has never known that this treasure of the Wen family is in the Hou Mansion.
After all, his surname is Wen. After all, his body that has done his best for the Hou Mansion and for the Great Heart still has the blood of the former remnants in his body. This means that no matter how strong his ability is and how much he has made contributions in this life, he will not become a famous general of the Dachen Dynasty through the ages, and he will not make contributions to this land of Jiazhou, which is the most taboo surnamed Wen, and pay homage to the prime minister.
It's a pity, it's a pity.
However, in addition to regret, it is more of a fear and a fear. Even if he is a marquis, he will be afraid; It is precisely because he is a marquis that he will be more afraid. He was afraid that if the "Summoning Song" was really stolen by the female thief that night, the emperor's trust in him for many years would be kept; Whether Wen Zhao's life can be saved; Can the stability of this country, which has not been established long ago and has tasted the taste of prosperity and peace, be preserved?
A gust of wind made Lihou Se shrink his slightly thin body. I can't imagine it, I can't imagine it. Fortunately, I didn't succeed, but fortunately, there are still people in this house who are loyal to their own ability......
"Meet Master Hou!"
A neat and exaggerated shout behind Leng Buqi was really shocked. Lihou turned around, only to feel a thin layer of cold sweat roared by these two stunned soldiers, and couldn't help but become more and more irritable, and said impatiently: "What's the matter of shouting, I don't know that your generals have heavy rules, if you break the curfew, carefully dispose of the cane!" β
"Hou Ye forgives sins, Hou Ye forgives sins!" The two soldiers hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, as if they were terrified. "The little one is not a soldier in the big battalion, but he is just an errand boy at the gate of the Hou Mansion on weekdays. I don't know that there are rules in the camp, please forgive you! β
"Well, hurry up. Xiaoyao's patrol soldiers who cried and grabbed the ground without alarming him, I don't have to ask you to ask for it anymore..."Hou Ye never liked the words and deeds of the soldiers in his house, and he became more and more angry when he saw these two gatekeepers begging for mercy so softly. "Since you are a doorman, you can't guard the door well in the middle of the night, but what are you doing in this camp?"
"Back to the Hou Ye, Xiao Yuan also knew that he should not leave his post without permission. It's just that the is really difficult, and she blindly spills and cheats..."The gatekeeper has a bitter face, but he is not coherent. "It's really impossible, so I thought about asking General Wen to give me an idea!"
"What a, you say it carefully," Hou Ye said angrily, "I don't understand the words, I still want to ask for something!" β
"Yes... It's a beggar woman, uh... The smell of pickles all over his body, his face is so black that he can't see clearly, it's so annoying..."The gatekeeper was more and more panicked and stammered, "I was entangled in the gate of the house at night, and I couldn't hear the number of small words in my mouth, as if I was looking for someone, something... The ghost refuses to leave until now. β
"What the hell, a crazy woman, or looking for someone, or giving some food to pass away. This kind of trivial matter also needs General Wen to make an idea, I am afraid that it is not to tire people to death. Hou Ye frowned, and became more and more disgusted, "That crazy woman is shaking around outside the mansion, so you will come to the camp to shake around, and you will be stupid if you dare to love!" β
"Little ones aren't stupid! Not stupid! It's just that I haven't been to this outer garden camp, and I can't find anyone to ask for directions, so I turned here. The gatekeeper blushed and hurriedly argued, "Hey, what's the matter with the Hou Ye, he hasn't been settled at this hour, and he doesn't have anyone with him-"
"-There are no rules, do I have to tell you when, where, and what happens! Just do your own errands, don't ask more questions! Hou Ye reprimanded, "Can that crazy woman report her name, or do you have anything else?" β
"She speaks in a strange way, and she really can't hear anything else," said the gatekeeper, scratching his head, "Oh, little one remembers what she said, what is it called...... Pei Shuiqing's. β
"Pei... Haven't heard of it. Hou Ye groaned for a moment, and then continued, "You guys go back and send it away, you have nothing to do to disturb General Wen, and you should be smart!" β
"Yes, yes!" The gatekeeper said happily as if he was amnesty, "Master Hou, you should also be careful, the little one will go back!" β
"Also, keep your mouth shut, don't talk about the crazy woman tonight, and don't make a noise when you see Benhou." Hou Ye lowered his voice and bluffed, "There are many people in the Hou Mansion, and purity is the most important. If Ben Hou listens to any gossip outside the coming day, you can be careful! β
"Yes, yes, the little ones are the ones who guard the door, how can they not hold their mouths." The gatekeeper smiled and said, "You only put your heart in your stomach, and the little one goes first." β
Hou Ye watched the two figures go in a hurry, and only then sighed softly. He looked up again, but saw that the moon was still hidden, reflecting a circle of silver-white light and shadow of the black clouds. I don't know if I was upset by Xiao Yao's words, or if I think there was something strange about that crazy woman. He shook his head slightly, still feeling a little suffocated in his chest. I didn't want to think about it, so I continued to move forward and walked to the inner garden in the cool breeze of the autumn night.