Located near Taixue, this courtyard has a bamboo forest, a garden, a three-story main building, and two annexes. Li Kuan opened the spacious pale cyan wooden door and slowly pushed it open, revealing a lush garden.

"What are these plants?"

As Li Kuan walked into the garden, looking at the strange plants with different shapes and strengths around him, Zhang Sohao frowned, pointed to a huge purple flower and asked, "Why is this thing so ugly?" ”

"Don't look at it ugly, it has a lot of origins."

Li Kuan, who was on the side, laughed and hurriedly said:

"This flower is called Ackerman Flower, and it is a flower that Nataigaku's sacrificial wine purchased from Waiyi at a high price. This flower can catch mosquitoes, absorb poisonous gas, the old man spent five hundred taels of silver to buy seeds, day and night care, all kinds of reluctance. ”

As soon as he heard that although this thing was ugly, it was very expensive, and it was a foreign product, and the most important thing was that it could block others, Zhang Sohao's eyes when he looked at this giant flower suddenly softened, and he appreciated it very much.

"What about this?"

Walking to the vicinity of the swaying yellow flowers that seemed to have cute smiling faces, Zhang Sohao looked at these lovely flowers and asked with interest: "This flower is quite cute, if you can send a few to my sister, it should be good." ”

Hearing this, Li Kuan's waist was about to split, and his smile became even brighter: "This flower is called Sunflower, which can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, store sunlight, and exude spiritual qi." Back then, the old man spent five hundred taels of silver to buy seeds, and he cared for them day and night, and he was reluctant to give up. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Sohao, who originally liked these flowers, liked it even more. He was in a good mood and said, "When you go back, you will enter Beijing with these sunflowers with me, and your benefits will be indispensable." ”

"Order."

Li Kuan smiled, just like the bursting garlic and fiery peppers that were lying in ambush under the wide flowers of sunflowers, harmless to humans and animals.

After a while, the two of them walked through the entire garden. For this garden, Zhang Sohao can be said to be very satisfied. After all, it is full of all kinds of exotic grasses, such as trumpet buds, sunflowers, weird-looking peas, and large purple flowers, and most importantly...

These were snatched by him.

Oops, that's cool.

Wandering, Zhang Sohao and Li Kuan walked to the end of the garden. Push open the Muli Gate again, and you will see a verdant bamboo forest.

"Not bad, not bad."

This bamboo forest is refreshing at a glance, and although Zhang Sohao has no ink on his chest, he is still very happy. Li Kuan, who was on the side, saw that Zhang Sohao liked it, and a smile appeared on his face.

It's good to like it, it's good to like it.

It was not in vain that Zhou Gongzi filled these bamboos with gunpowder and lime overnight.

After passing through the bamboo forest, the two came to the main courtyard.

I saw the main building, the lights on both sides were bright, in front of it was a white wall built on the water, about two meters high, covered with black tiles, the wall head was built into undulating waves, the red lacquer door of the moon hole in the middle was hidden, there was the sound of the piano and the music faintly came, and there were two gilded characters on the black plaque on the door.

【Gotham】

"Li County Order, what does this Gotham mean?"

Looking at the two bronzing characters, Zhang Sohao was a little puzzled for a while. He had seen the person who named his yard "Maple Forest Villa", and he had also seen the "Scholarly Pavilion", but this Gotham was really the first time he had seen it.

"Master Zhang doesn't know anything."

Li Kuan on the side looked at the two words on the top and said meaningfully:

"Taixue's sacrificial wine often reads foreign literature, and his favorite is Zhou Ke, the general of the Gotham Kingdom. This week can be as brave as a tiger, wisdom is outstanding, everyone in Gotham knows, no one knows, so this sacrificial wine named the courtyard Gotham, which means that talented and virtuous people live here. ”

"Yesterday I learned that adults were coming to this courtyard, and this old thing even wanted to change its name. I stopped it immediately, and it was two slaps in the face, and the old thing left in a rage. I thought to myself, our Lord Zhang is the Zhou Ke of this Ming Dynasty, and this old thing wants to change its name? What a system! ”

Should I say it or not, those who have been in Beijing are different, Li Kuan's sycophants can be described as light and slow twisting, and every palm is slapped on Zhang Sohao's heart. Although Zhang Sohao is not obvious on the surface, he is already happy in his heart.

"You kid, clean up these sloppy things."

Zhang Sohao scolded with a smile, and then he walked into the main building, the furnishings inside looked carefully arranged, elegant, but there was no lack of luxury. After a while, Zhang Sohao sat on the rattan chair in the hall with satisfaction, looked at Li Xianling, who was humbling beside him, and asked with a chuckle:

"Li County Order, this courtyard has taken a lot of effort."

"No, no, no, it's all what villains should do."

Li Kuan shook his head again and again, but he knew that he couldn't take all the credit on himself, so he stepped forward, squinted his eyes, and whispered: "However, the villain did offend Taixue. This Beiliang is located in the middle of nowhere, and Taixue has always been above our government, you see..."

"That's what I'm here for."

Zhang Suohao sat on the rattan chair, swayed his body slightly, and said leisurely: "Do you know what happened in the capital?" ”

"You're talking about..."

Li asked with three points of confusion, three points of doubt, and three points of timidity.

"Oh, pretend, pretend."

Glancing at Li Kuan, Zhang Sohao smiled disdainfully: "It's okay to have a heart, but don't do it to me." The thing about the magnificent building, you don't know? I don't believe it. ”

"Ah, my lord is talking about the magnificent building."

Li Kuan suddenly realized, and said again and again: "Then I understand, do you want to..."

made a movement to wipe his neck, a fierce light flashed in Li Kuan's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "The murderer is in Beiliang, you see..." ”

"No, don't act just yet."

Zhang Sohao stretched out his hand and stopped Li Kuan: "If I just want to take revenge on a small third-grade Lingqi master, do I need to go out in person?" ”

"What do you mean..."

Li Kuan hesitated.

"Xie Jia."

The two words made Li Kuan's heart feel a chill.

Zhang Sohao looked at Li Kuan, with a faint smile, and said softly: "Xie family, Zhou Li, connect the two of them into a line for me." Everyone online. ”

"None of them will be left."

Bad comers?

The good do not come.

Li Kuan's heart was cold, but his expression was still humble. But this time, he said with some trepidation: "My lord, this... It's too much to implement, I'm afraid the villain..."

"How many garrisons do you have?"

Zhang Sohao interrupted him impatiently.

"Two hundred and sixty."

Li Kuan said in panic.

"How many people can you order?"

"Less than sixty."

Frowning, Zhang Suhao continued to ask, "Who is in command of the other two hundred people?" ”

"A new headcatcher."

Li Kuan lowered his head and said, "The lower officials are at odds with him. ”

"What's this person's name?"

Hearing this, a hint of joy flashed in Li Kuan's eyes, and he said:

"Surname Hou..."

"Mingguo Yu."

"Full name, Hou Guoyu."

"Repeat again."

In the garrison barracks, Hou Jue held a long knife and said in a low voice: "My name is Hou Guoyu, a four-grade Lingqi master, and I use a big thunderbolt baton, which is said by people in the rivers and lakes." ”

"That's right."

Zhou Li nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Suohao will definitely find you in the past two days, Hou Guoyu is your new name during this time." ”

"No problem."

Hou Jue nodded, then he frowned and asked puzzledly, "So, why did I change my name?" ”

"I didn't have to change it."

Zhou Li sighed and said a little speechlessly: "Who would have thought that you insulted General Fei at a banquet of more than 300 people back then, and your name in the thirteen cities of the Northern Ring Road is known to everyone." If you say your real name, people will be able to react immediately. ”

"Yes."

Hou Jue nodded and argued: "But General Fei is really a blower, he is like the late stage of the third grade, he can't go up and down..."

"Stop."

Zhou Li knew why Hou Jue was degraded again and again, and finally pushed to the end. In this broken mouth, high EQ is said to be no taboo, and low EQ is a lump of swill. But what Zhou Li needs most now is this broken mouth.

"That's right."

Seeing that Zhou Li was leaving, Hou Jue hurriedly opened his mouth and asked, "Then if Zhang Sohao finds me, what should I do?" ”

"What is he here for?"

"Recruit me."

Hou Jue scratched his head and hesitated a little: "I have now taken the order of 200 people, and I should be able to recruit me..." Right? ”

"That's right, he'll recruit you."

Zhou Li looked at Hou Jue and said calmly: "He will entertain you, and when the time comes, you can just play normally." ”

"Normal play?"

Hou Jue was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly:

"How do you play normally?"

"It's simple."

Zhou Li looked at Hou Jue, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face. He whispered a word, and then, Hou Jue knew what to do.

"Hou Gongzi, don't come unharmed."

In the largest restaurant in Beiliang City, Zhang Suohao, who was wearing a bright red splendid robe, looked at Hou Jue who pushed the door in, and a bright smile appeared on his face: "What? This small place in Shangjing can't accommodate your big Buddha, so let the big thunderbolt change its name and come to Beiliang to break through? ”

Suddenly, Hou Jue was stunned.

Is this being discovered?

There's not that in the plan, is it?

"Are you sure Hou Jue can play clearly?"

In the classic log cabin of the old pedant, Zhou Li, Guo Lingyun, and the old pedant gathered together, and Zhou Shuang'er gently leaned on Zhou Li's body and told him what happened in the restaurant.

"Acting?"

Facing Guo Lingyun's worries, Zhou Li on the side glanced at him, and then said as a matter of course: "I didn't plan to let Hou Jue play Hou Guoyu." ”

"Huh?"

Guo Lingyun was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment: "No, this... What do you mean? Why don't I understand it? ”

"Zhang Sohao is not a fool, long before he came, he investigated this Beiliang everywhere clearly."

The old scholar on the side shook the teacup and said slowly: "Hou Jue, you, Qianhu, and Zhou Li, Zhang Suohao already knows what you have done, when you came to Beiliang, and when you did it. ”

"So, he already knew Hou Jue's identity, this Hou Guoyu was just what I used to deceive Hou Jue."

Zhou Li took the teacup, shook it, took a sip, and then said to Guo Lingyun, who was dazed: "Do you think I want Hou Jue to pretend to cling to Zhang Sohao at the banquet and ambush him?" ”

"Ah, what else?"

Guo Lingyun looked at Zhou Li suspiciously, still not understanding what he was going to do.

"That doesn't make sense."

The old scholar leaned back in his chair and said leisurely:

"The garrison is not as strong as you think, and those who enter the garrison are generally first-rank Lingqi masters, and the weakest ones in the Royal Forest Army also have second-rank ones. Zhang Sohao wanted these 200 soldiers, because he didn't want to make a big deal and let the news spread. In short, what Zhang Sohao needed was for these 200 guards to stand still, nothing more. ”

"Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Hou Jue, who controls the military talisman, returns or not."

Zhou Li looked at everything that happened in the restaurant through Shuang'er's gaze, and a look of expectation appeared on his face.

"Whether he can speak or not is the most important thing."

"You know me?!"

Hou Jue looked at the feminine man in front of him vigilantly, and bowed slightly.

"Of course."

With a smile on his face, Zhang Sohao spoke: "At that banquet back then, Brother Hou angrily scolded General Fei for blowing a few handfuls of remarks, but it was like thunder. And Brother Hou's style, I remember it vividly. ”

Hou Jue was stunned at first, and then his heart sank. He knew that his plan to disguise itself was over before it could begin.

"So, what are you looking for me for?"

Frowning, Hou Jue asked in a deep voice.

"Simple."

Zhang Sohao smiled, he looked at Hou Jue, with a hint of arrogance in his tone: "After offending General Fei, you hid your identity, sneaked into Beiliang and mixed up with a hundred garrisons, wanting to regain your strength and make a comeback, right?" ”

Hou Jue didn't say anything, but still looked at Zhang Sohao vigilantly.

"Brother Hou, don't you think this world is unfair?"

Looking at Hou Jue, who was very wary of himself in front of him, Zhang Suohao just smiled and said nonchalantly:

"You are a big thunderbolt baton, a fourth-grade Lingqi master, and a five-grade dragon and tiger when you are in Jinyiwei. With both qi in his body, he has cracked countless cases in Beijing, but why until you were stripped of your official body, you were just a small captain, do you know why? ”

Walking to Hou Jue's side, Zhang Sohao said softly with a plain but confident smile:

"The case you solved made me very unhappy. Therefore, a waste who doesn't study or practice martial arts, eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, because my sister's surname is Zhang, so I can let you get out of Jinyiwei, that's all. ”

Hearing this, Hou Jue's blood suddenly surged, and he understood why he suddenly spoke wildly after just drinking two taels of yellow wine at that time. He had always thought that he had not kept his mouth open, but now it seems that someone is harming him.

"Don't look at me like that."

Looking at Hou Jue, who was panting like a cow and had Ling Ran in his eyes, Zhang Sohao took a step back and said a little depressedly:

"I didn't expect you to scold General Fei, I was also scared by you at the time. If I really want to remove you from Jinyiwei, just find a reason, and still need to be so troublesome? ”

Hou Jue calmed down, and then he remembered that he had to brag at that time and replaced the yellow one with the white one.

"However, it is a fact that you have the strength, and now you want to live in such a remote and wild place as a small hundred. You said, if you're like Guo Lingyun, it's okay if you're a brocade guard, but..."

Spreading out his hand, Zhang Sohao said to Hou Jue with mockery: "Don't you feel a little ashamed that you have two hundred guards?" ”

Approaching Hou Jue's side, Zhang Sohao squinted his eyes and asked softly: "Brother Hou, you don't want to waste your life here, right?" ”

Facing Zhang Sohao, who seemed to be in control of everything, Hou Jue suddenly had a nameless fire, he put on a smiling face, and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Zhang Sohao on the other side.

"Alas, Brother Hou, eat and eat, this table of good food can't wait for it to get cold, come on."

At this time, Hou Jue realized that in this dining hall, a group of royal forest soldiers who appeared at some unknown time were quietly looking at him. Hou Jue was not stunned, snorted coldly, flicked his long sleeves, and sat opposite Zhang Suohao.

Trying to me off, huh?

Looking at Zhang Suohao, who raised his wine glass in front of him and invited him to drink immortal brew together, a trace of madness flashed in Hou Jue's eyes.

Then don't play at all.

"yes, that's it."

Through Zhou Shuang'er's eyes, Zhou Li looked at Hou Jue, who had joined the good realm, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

That's what I want, Hou Jue.

(End of chapter)