Chapter 774

Zhuang Yongsheng shook his head, "I don't know for the time being, but King Kurosawa and our King Yin have always been at odds, and it is very likely that he is behind his back."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Yongsheng stood up and hugged his fists at Pingxi Hou and said:

"Father-in-law, I'm going undercover among the homeless, so I won't waste time."

Zhuang frowned and nodded, "Be careful, if you encounter danger or need help, just come to the Hou Mansion to find me."

Zhuang Yongsheng nodded and strode away.

After a while, Zhuang Qiang and Zhuang Yunfei also left, and only the housekeeper Wu Yong was left in the courtyard, as well as Xiao Zhan, and Pingxi Hou.

Pingxi Hou looked at Xiao Zhan and said with a smile:

"What do you think of me?"

Xiao Zhan frowned, "Which righteous son is Master Hou talking about?"

Pingxi Hou smiled, "Which righteous son do you think I'm talking about?"

Xiao Zhan also smiled and said:

"Those who can be accepted as a righteous son by Lord Hou are naturally powerful."

"Amazing," Pingxi Hou repeated the word, and said with a smile, "I thought you would use any words to evaluate Zhuang Yongsheng and Zhuang Qiang, but you used such a word."

"Then I'm going to ask you, what kind of powerful method are they?"

Xiao Zhan shook his head, "I don't understand, so it's not good to evaluate, but the strength is not weak, it's very powerful."

Pingxi Hou smiled again, looked at the housekeeper Wu Yong, and said, "You go out first."

Wu Yong nodded, turned around and left the courtyard.

Only then did Pingxi Hou look at Xiao Zhan again and asked:

"Do you think I prefer Zhuang Yongsheng or Zhuang Qiang?"

Xiao Zhan frowned.

He found it difficult to answer the question.

Pingxi Hou waved his hand, "Don't worry and say it boldly, no matter what you say, I won't be angry."

Xiao Zhan knew that he wouldn't be able to pass this level if he didn't tell the truth today.

He said casually:

"Hou Ye naturally prefers Zhuang Yongsheng."

Pingxi Hou smiled and asked, "What is the reason?"

"Or am I acting too obviously?"

Xiao Zhan shook his head, "Hou Ye naturally didn't show it."

"I guessed it."

Pingxi Hou smiled and asked, "Then tell me how you guessed."

Xiao Zhan didn't hesitate and said:

"Only those in this world, whether they are ambitious or unambitious, who can do things, can be treated well."

"Zhuang Yongsheng is the deputy commander of the palace, and he has strength."

"I can still think of coming to visit the Hou Ye, this is to know gratitude."

"At a critical time, I can also pass some news to Hou Ye."

"It's called useful."

"People who have strength, know gratitude, and are useful, everyone will like it."

Pingxi Hou smiled, "Then according to what you mean, Zhuang Qiang has no strength, he doesn't know how to be grateful, and it's useless?"

Xiao Zhan shook his head, "I didn't say that."

"Master Hou can accept Zhuang Qiang Gongzi as his righteous son, then Zhuang Qiang Gongzi will naturally have his strengths and uses."

Speaking of this, Xiao Zhan didn't plan to continue.

There was a hint of appreciation in his eyes that solemnly looked at Xiao Zhan, and he nodded and said, "Among the young people now, there are very few people who see so thoroughly as you."

"Some people have exhausted their calculations and conspiracies, and in the end they have suffered a big loss, and they will know that strength is the most important thing in this world."

"It's like that mighty marquis, in the end, he didn't die in the hands of the marquis of Zhenyuan."

Speaking of this, Pingxi Hou's voice changed, "I heard that you have been staying in the room to practice, it seems that you understand this truth."

Xiao Zhan nodded and didn't say anything.

Pingxi Hou looked at Xiao Zhan, and after a long while, he suddenly spoke:

"Xiao Zhan, otherwise, I will accept you as my son, but I guess you will refuse."

Xiao Zhan smiled

"Thank you, Lord Hou."

Pingxihou chuckled, "Some people have struggled all their lives, and they are just birds in a cage."

"There are people who have no ambition, but they can never be locked up."

"My eyes can be regarded as reading countless people."

Seeing that Xiao Zhan didn't speak, Pingxi Hou continued:

"I know you'll leave my Pingxi Marquis Mansion sooner or later."

"You stay first, you need the Nether Pill to speak."

"When I need your help, I will let someone tell you that in normal times, you should stay in the Hou Mansion, I don't think you are interested in serving in the Fu Army."

Xiao Zhan smiled.

From this moment on, he can be regarded as a real recognition of Pingxi Hou.

Pingxi Hou waved his hand, "You go back to practice first."

Xiao Zhan nodded, and turned to leave this courtyard.

"That's right," Pingxi Hou suddenly said, "The batch of Netherworld Pills in your hand will be used up as soon as possible, there are special marks on it, if someone sees it, you will be in great trouble."

Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Pingxi Hou suddenly.

Pingxi Hou looked at Xiao Zhan with a smile:

"Isn't it surprising that I know you robbed those Nether Pills?"

Xiao Zhan nodded, indicating that he was indeed surprised.

Pingxi Hou smiled even more happily:

"I guessed too, after all, it's too coincidental that you appeared at this time."

"And last time the government army was in a big competition, the Marquis of Zhenyuan told me that you have a lot of advantages, but you consume the Netherworld Pill too quickly."

"But don't worry, no one else will know about this."

Xiao Zhan's eyes suddenly froze, "Those twenty royal palace soldiers ......"

"I made people kill," Pingxi Hou Yun waved his hand lightly, "There are still people who want to do something to those twenty palace soldiers and send a peak of the Youhu Realm, but they don't know that one of the twenty palace soldiers is a master in the early stage of the Youhe Realm."

Although Pingxi Hou's voice was flat, it also carried a hint of mockery, as if to say that the person was still too tender.

As for who that person was, Xiao Zhan had some guesses, but there was no evidence.

Yes, from the first day Xiao Zhan came to the Pingxi Hou Mansion, it was clear that there was a secret between Zhuang Qiang and the housekeeper Wu Yong.

So Xiao Zhan guessed that Zhuang Qiang asked Wu Yong to take someone to grab the Netherworld Pill.

However, these words could not come out of Xiao Zhan's mouth.

A moment later, Xiao Zhan returned to the courtyard where he temporarily lived.

As a result, after a while, Wu Yong really walked into the courtyard with a wooden box.

Originally, Wu Yong's eyes were very unkind every time he looked at Xiao Zhan, but this time he had a smile on his face, put the box at the door of Xiao Zhan's room, and said with a smile:

"Young Master Xiao, Master Hou asked me to send you 50,000 Nether Pills."

"I have to say, Xiao Gongzi, you are amazing, I have been in the Hou Mansion for so many years, and I have never seen the Hou Ye give so many rewards to anyone."

Xiao Zhan walked out of the room, picked up the wooden box and walked back to the room, and closed the door, completely ignoring Wu Yong's appearance.

Wu Yong's face suddenly became ugly, and a chill flashed in his eyes.

For a period of time after that, the Hou Mansion was unusually quiet.

It's just that I heard that within the territory of each marquis, they are making every effort to clear out the homeless people.

There is also news that the government army of a certain Hou Mansion was attacked by a large group of homeless people, and in the end they actually lost the battle, and they were completely wiped out by that group of homeless people, not to mention that even the Hou Ye of that Hou Mansion was seriously injured.

If the matter comes to this place, it is basically certain that there must be some big force behind this matter.

Then one day, Zhuang Yongsheng, who said that he was going to go undercover among the homeless, came back.

He was covered in blood and seriously injured, saying that he was discovered by someone who was an undercover agent, and finally escaped from the pursuit.

But at the same time, he also investigated some information, and

told these news to Pingxi Hou without reservation.

Xiao Zhan was summoned by the Marquis of Pingxi again, this time, in a secret room deep underground in the Hou Mansion.

Zhuang Yongsheng was recuperating in the secret room next to him.

Xiao Zhan passed by the door and glanced at Zhuang Yongsheng, who was sitting cross-legged in the stone house, with a broken arm and a dense body full of wounds.

Walking to the stone room next to him, Xiao Zhan hugged his fist at Pingxi Hou and shouted "Hou Ye".

Pingxi Hou beckoned and motioned for Xiao Zhan to step forward.

Only then did Xiao Zhan see that a map was suddenly hanging on the stone wall.

Pingxi Hou pointed to a place on the map and said:

"This is the location of my Pingxi Marquis Mansion, on the edge of the jurisdiction of King Yin's Mansion."

"Further north, less than 10,000 li, is the territory of the Northern Desert Marquis, the Northern Desert Marquis, who is the person of King Kurosawa."

Xiao Zhan frowned and looked at it, and asked the question he had always wanted to ask:

"Lord Hou, King Yin, King Kurosawa, including the Skeleton King of Bone City, whose orders are they obey?!"

Pingxi Hou shook his head, "Those who can be kings are all powerhouses in the Nethersky Realm, and they don't need to listen to other people's orders."