When Zheng Fan returned to Hutou City with the team, it was already the afternoon of this day, the troops were disbanded at the city gate, and the original five centurions plus the slaves and servants from various families near Hutou City all went back to their respective homes and looked for their mothers;

To tell the truth, for Zheng Fan, who led troops for the first time, there was really an illusion of "the collapse of the dynasty".

Fortunately, Zheng Fan can also see that this is not his own army, his future army, and under the leadership of Ah Ming and Fan Li, it will take about four or five days to advance towards Hutou City.

There was a master bookkeeper at the gate of the city with a few documents, and there was no need for Zheng Fan to go to the yamen again, and the handover was done directly there.

Actually, it's just a formality.

Qianguo was very strict with military power and military personnel, and it could even be said that it was to the point of perversion, and even when fighting a war, it often asked civilian officials to serve as military attachés as auxiliaries.

However, in the Yan Kingdom, especially in Beifeng County, except for the Zhenbei Army, the rest are basically the private soldiers of various families;

No matter how many formalities you get, no matter how good the tiger charm is, you can't change the fact that people grew up eating from which family;

Of course, in fact, the Zhenbei Army is the largest one, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the 300,000 Zhenbei Army are the private army of the Li family.

Back at the house, Fangcao had already led the servants to prepare for the wind and dust, Zheng Fan was not in a hurry to eat, but went straight back to his backyard, the water in the soup pool had been placed, and after taking off his clothes, Zheng Fan took his son to smash it in.

Even in later generations, in China, most people can take a hot bath at home, but it is only a thing that has been achieved in the last ten or twenty years.

Many years ago, bathing, especially in winter, was a visit to the bathhouse.

In those days, going out to take a bath, or was it really just going to take a bath......

But from thrift to luxury is easy to thrift, can not be said to be clean, as a modern person, back to ancient times, the most looking forward to is also the most desired, or to be able to take a comfortable bath every day.

"Goo-goo............"

The stone continues to float on the pool,

Zheng Fan propped his arms on the edge of the soup pool and closed his eyes.

From the departure of Hutou City to the return of so many days, there is not much problem with eating, just wanting to take a bath so beautifully, it has become an extremely luxurious thing.

"Later, when I go to the south, I have to build a soup pond at home."

"Goo-goo............"

At this time, the voice of the grass sounded from outside:

"Master, someone from the yamen has sent a message."

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and touched his face and asked:

"What's the matter?"

"Summoning the envoy to invite the master to the feast."

"Recruiter?"

Zheng Fan was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Which one is the Solicitor?"

Zheng Fan clearly remembered that when Sha Tuo Que Shi knocked on the door, he smashed the carriage on the archway, and the carriage was smashed together with the horses in front of him.

The red snow wolf as a gift was also smashed into the original wolf meat sauce.

"Uh...... It should be the original envoy, the day before yesterday, the slave maid also saw the convoy of the envoy returning to the city after patrolling the border. ”

Xu Wenzu is not dead?

Zheng Fan frowned slightly, and shouted outside:

"I see."

"The slave and maid are gone."

Zheng Fan came out of the soup pool, and when he was changing clothes, Siniang pushed open the door and walked in, she was different from Fangcao, no matter whether Zheng Fan was taking a bath or not, she had no scruples.

After all, they are all their own family members and know the difference between the long and the short.

"Lord, Xu Wenzu is still alive."

Obviously, Siniang also deliberately went to investigate after receiving the report from the yamen, and then came back to give Zheng Fan an exact explanation.

"Tell Liang Cheng to get ready, it's really not good, let's retreat to Meijiawu."

"Yes, Lord."

Yes, Zheng Fan is not going to the banquet.

Hongmen banquet, going to a beautiful talk once, going every other day, then it is estimated that there will be no people.

Zheng Fan spared his life, and didn't want to throw away his little life just for a meal.

Out of the back house, Zheng Fan walked into the front hall, a table full of dishes.

Zheng Fan sat down alone, poured himself a drink, and then picked up chopsticks to eat the food.

It didn't take long for

Fangcao came to the front hall again, and before she could say anything, there was a hearty laugh behind her:

"Captain Zheng has worked hard all the way, all the way!"

This is the voice of the comrades of the deep sea.

Zheng Fan got up immediately, no matter what he was doing, he still walked to the entrance of the hall and bowed to Xu Wenzu, who was striding here from the gate:

"Humble to your lordship!"

"Hey, don't don't, don't be polite, don't be polite."

Xu Wenzu lost weight,

And it's much thinner,

But because the foundation is thick,

So it's still fat.

Xu Wenzu's hand grabbed Zheng Fan's hand, and his eyes wandered around, just when Zheng Fan thought that the big fat man was going to take out the dagger and die with him,

Xu Wenzu said:

"Is it convenient to talk here?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the house is all my own people."

"Okay, that's it."

Xu Wenzu walked straight to the table, sat down, poured himself wine, drank three glasses in a row, and after drinking, he hid his face with some gaffes, and there was a sound of "crying".

Maybe it's because he's too fat, his crying, his sobbing, sounds like normal snoring.

"Captain Zheng, old man, old man almost thought that he would never see you in his life."

"Why do you say that?" Zheng Fan also sat back at the table, and wanted to reach out to hold Xu Wenzu's hand, but seeing that his hands were full of tears and snot, he hesitated for a moment, but still didn't take it.

"My lord, I really didn't expect that after I came back, I would be able to see my lord, and I always thought that I was ............ Thought ............"

Zheng Fan was forcibly brewing emotions, intending to urge some tears to come out, but because Xu had just drunk a little wine, he forcibly urged out:

"Hiccup!"

The wine burp started, and Zheng Fan immediately lowered his head.

has been blowing sand in the desert for so many days, and his acting skills have regressed too much.

Fortunately, Xu Wenzu didn't care about this detail, but took the initiative to reach out and wanted to grab Zheng Fan's hand, but Zheng Fan's hand retracted, and instead caught a roast chicken that Zheng Fan took the initiative to hand over.

Xu Wenzu, who was holding the roast chicken, was stunned for a moment,

Zheng Fan said emotionally:

"My lord, you've lost weight."

"It's not a drop, it's not a drop!"

Xu Wenzu was poked in the sad place, lowered his head, and took a bite of the roast chicken in his hand, chewing vigorously while shouting:

"Three days, this official was in the desert, lost for three days, and one of the two horses was tired to death, so he finally came back!"

Zheng Fan's mind was running quickly, and at the same time, he saw that there were several silk threads wound in the beam above the hall.

This means that Siniang and Liang Cheng are already on guard outside, which means that Zheng Fan does not have to worry.

"My lord, how did you survive? Later, in front of the wreckage of the carriage, I cried for days and nights.

At that time, when the lowly saw that the carriage in which the lord was hiding was lifted by the thief, the lowly was almost mad;

Seeing that the barbarian thief actually smashed the carriage on the archway, the lowly duty was completely crazy, and he was ready to fight the barbarian thief with a knife!

Adults are as kind as a mountain to humble duties, and in this life, in addition to the county lord, they are the most generous and benevolent adults to humble duties!

At that time, Centurion Yang Wenzhi was also loyal and courageous, and he even drew a sword and was willing to accompany the lowly to go together.

Lu Yao knows that horsepower has been popular for a long time, and Yang Wenzhi's centurion's character makes the humble position admired tightly when he thinks about it now.

Who would have thought that the barbarian thief would want to assassinate the prince of the dynasty after knowing that there was no way to live.

If the prince was killed within the scope of the Hou Mansion, wouldn't it just give the court an excuse for those people to slander my Hou Mansion, plus the humble position was already crazy because of the adult's 'death' at that time, so he rushed up with a knife to fight the barbarian thieves without hesitation. ”

Speaking of which,

Zheng Fan took the initiative to open the wound on his abdomen to show Xu Wenzu,

"Fortunately, the sky has eyes, the barbarian thieves are ambushed, and the prince is not dead, and he is also lucky to be rescued.

Only Centurion Yang Wenzhi was shattered by a punch from a barbarian thief, and he couldn't even find his entire corpse, alas. ”

Xu Wenzu listened to Zheng Fan's words, saw Zheng Fan's wound again, combined with the news from the Hou Mansion that he received after he came back before, and immediately said:

"Captain Zheng, I'm sorry for you."

"Half of this life of the lowly position is given by the county lord, and half of it is given by the adult, which is what the lowly position should do.

Like, my lord, you haven't told me how you survived? ”

"Alas...... It was also lucky, the official happened to have a stomach illness at that time, and got out of the car to find a place to go out. ”

"............" Zheng Fan!

Your uncle,

How can your life be so good!

Lao Tzu deliberately let Sha Tuo Que Shi throw you to death,

As a result, you said you were going to WC?

If it was for other reasons, it would be fine, after hearing this reason, Zheng Fan really wanted to pick up a knife and chop up the fat man in front of him!

"My lord, Hong Fu Qitian!"

Zheng Fan bit out these words one by one.

Followed by

Zheng Fan immediately calmed down and continued to ask:

"My lord, since you are fine, why don't you come to the lowly position?"

In fact, Zheng Fan clearly knew why Xu Wenzu didn't come to him.

He was in the Hou Mansion at that time, and Xu Wenzu would not be able to enter the Hou Mansion at all unless he revealed his identity.

In the team, Yang Wenzhi, who has always been in charge of being Xu Wenzu's inner line, was cut into many pieces by Siniang, and there was no way to take care of him.

The most important thing is that Xu Wenzu's own identity as a solicitor cannot see the light of day in the Hou Mansion!

"Ugh."

Xu Wenzu sighed.

Zheng Fan immediately mended the knife and said:

"The humble post once told the old lady about the adult's affairs, and talked about the adult's loyalty to the Hou Mansion, and the humble post thought at the time that the adult had already sacrificed his life for the Hou Mansion, so naturally the Hou Mansion could not let the Hou Mansion forget the deeds of the adult;

It's just ............"

"Just what?" Xu Wenzu immediately asked.

"It's just that the old lady only replied with three words of humility."

"What three words?"

"Got it."

"Got it? Got it...... Got it. ”

Xu Wenzu's face showed a look of enlightenment,

immediately threw away the roast chicken that had been eaten in half in his hand,

Kneeling down from the table to the north,

solemnly kowtowed three times,

was so frightened that Zheng Fan immediately stood up.

"Old lady End, old lady End!"

"My lord, what the hell is going on?"

Zheng Fan asked while going to support Xu Wenzu.

Damn, I can't make it up, you can help me make up for it!

"Captain Zheng, it was the old lady who protected me, it was the old lady who protected me, the old lady knew that I had come, and she knew that I was coming, so she protected me and arranged for me to leave, so I had those three words to you."

When Zheng Fan heard this, his horse showed a solemn look,

Road:

"The old lady is clever."

"yes."

Xu Wenzu sat down at the table again.

Suddenly, he lowered his voice again and said to Zheng Fan:

"Captain Zheng, when you come back this time, can you have a message from the Hou Mansion?"

This line,

It's really like it,

Is there any indication from my hometown?

Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "My lord, it's not that you don't trust your lord, but ............ It's ............"

"And what?"

"It's that the lowly position has been assigned a new task by the county lord."

"New mission?"

"Yes, the county lord let the lowly post go to the south, if nothing else, after a while, the order of the military department should come.

In addition, the county lord also equipped the lowly post with a group of men and horses and ordnance that had nothing to do with the Zhenbei Army through other channels, and asked the lowly post to take it to the south. ”

Zheng Fan now has a feeling that he can launder as much black money as he can take advantage of this opportunity.

"South? This is...... Is this the county lord planning for the future? ”

"The lowly position is not clear, the lowly position said that he wanted to stay with the county lord, but the county lord did not allow it, the county lord said that the soldiers of the Li family only knew one thing: the military order is like a mountain!"

"Alas, it seems that this is really being laid out."

Xu Wenzu shook his head, sighed, and said:

"Captain Zheng, don't worry, when you go to the south to take up a post, this official will provide you with all convenience, anyway, the fertilizer and water will not flow into the fields of outsiders."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

"Captain Zheng, it stands to reason that this official should not come to your mansion in person so abruptly, but this official really can't sit still, you see, this is a guilty edict issued by His Majesty yesterday......"

Xu Wenzu said, reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms, this must not be a court document, but a transcription.

Zheng Fan took the edict and read it.

At the beginning, it is to go through the basic etiquette, how difficult it is for me to build a country and praise the merits of the previous emperors;

In the middle, it is to talk about how to work hard, how to work hard, and how it is not easy after he succeeds to the throne;

At last

That's what I'm talking about,

The northern Xiaoxiao is becoming more and more presumptuous, more and more unscrupulous, and it is already about to become the henchman of Yan Kingdom! This is his dereliction of duty as an emperor, and it is his bad job that will lead to this fang!

This northern Xiaoxiao, according to the official explanation, must refer to the barbarians.

But the barbarians have been beaten by the Yan people so much that they don't know their own mothers, where can they be regarded as any henchmen?

Clear-eyed people can see at a glance that the northern Xiaoxiao in this is talking about the Zhenbei Hou Mansion!

Zheng Fan took the piece of paper and took a deep breath,

Excited:

"Where is this guilty edict, this is clear, it is ......"

"War Book!"

"War Book!"

Xu Wenzu and Zheng Fan said in unison.

Court

Your Majesty

YAN Huang,

It's time to do something to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei!

"Therefore, this official said that the county lord asked Captain Zheng to go to the south, it should be for the sake of saving a little incense for the Li family, Captain Zheng, this time you go to the south, you have to be more careful, and you will ............ in the future."

Speaking of this, Xu Wenzu gritted his teeth,

Continued:

"Hou Mansion, it's impossible to lose!"

"This south, I can't go to my humble position, this Yan Emperor, I deceive people too much!!"

Zheng Fan stood up, tore up the "guilty edict" directly, and threw it on the ground.

"Captain Zheng, I can't do it, I can't do it!"

Xu Wenzu immediately got up and put his hands on Zheng Fan's shoulders.

Snot, tears, greasy ............

Zheng Fan takes a deep breath, takes a deep breath, doesn't breathe, doesn't breathe, doesn't breathe!

"Captain Zheng, this is the county lord's arrangement for the future, Captain Zheng, you must not live up to the county lord's expectations."

"Lord, old lady......"

Zheng Fan knelt on the ground,

Knee slammed on the floor tiles,

Tears flowed in his eyes,

My knees hurt so much!

"Captain Zheng, the official knows that you are difficult, and the official knows that you are difficult......"

………

On the roof of the hall,

Siniang and Liang Cheng were both sitting on the tiles.

Liang Cheng was a little curious:

"Who did you learn the Lord's acting skills from?"

Siniang smiled,

Road:

"Learn from you old actors."

"What's wrong with us?"

"You lick people against your will every day, and people are still not happy to learn acting skills from you?"

"What about you?"

Siniang glanced at Liang Cheng,

Spread out his soft wattles and shine on the afternoon sun,

Road:

"Presumptuous."

"What's wrong?"

"You have to call me Mistress."

"Hehe, doesn't that magic pill have to call you ......"

"Shut up!"