In the Moon Tower, Hou Ye watched the hunting team gradually move away along Chang'an Avenue, so he went downstairs and personally carried a pot of hot wine that had just been warmed and went straight to the study.

Along the way, I greeted Dr. Zhang, who was enjoying the flowers, and Steward Zhou, who was arranging the New Year's reward.

Both of them have not been dismissed after starting with the Hou Ye, although not all of them have the bitterness of having to stay in the Hou Mansion. But each has its own obsessions.

Zhou Yu was the son of an official eunuch in the Dayuan period, and now although His Majesty often says that he misses Dayuan's kindness, but what is the actual situation, who knows, he stayed in the mansion, and he was more or less a crooked neck tree to rely on.

And Dr. Zhang, who should have been dismissed, was to go home to visit relatives when he had something to do, which coincided with the serious illness of Mrs. Hou, and after Mrs. Hou died, he blamed himself in his heart, no matter what Hou Ye said, he was unwilling to take dozens of acres of land back to his hometown to be a rich man.

Therefore, these two people stayed like this, and they stayed for more than ten years, clearly saying that they were subordinates, but the Hou Ye really regarded them as brothers in his heart.

Even if Jiang Baochan has a temper, he dares to make a statement at the old lady and the Hou Ye, but for these two, he can barely be called a respectful person, not to mention his temper, he has never said a word.

Later, the little Hou Ye had his own team, and gradually favored Song Zhong and others, and was a little alienated from the Hou Ye, but he still respected these two as before, and every New Year, he still had to go to congratulate him one by one and say auspicious words.

As soon as the three of them entered the study, Dr. Zhang brought a chair and sat directly opposite the warm table. Hou Ye and the slightly older Zhou Yu sat around the warm table.

On the table, there are the same dishes as in previous years, a plate of pork head meat, a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, a plate of Songhua eggs, and a pot of hot wine.

Hou Ye poured half a cup first and gently sprinkled it on the ground. and then beckoned the two to eat and drink.

The three of them ate silently for a while, but Doctor Zhang broke the silence: "I heard a few days ago that the youngest of the five poisonous scholars also went, and there is one less one on the ground, and one more companion on the ground. ”

Hou Ye put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine and sighed silently: "The five of them are too calculating, too poisonous, and they have lost their longevity, even if the fifth brother invites the monk to go to the house to chant and pray for blessings one at a time." It's good to be alive until now. ”

Zhou Yu also sighed when he thought of the five brothers' original high-spirited appearance. Back then, despite the dissuasion, they used those vicious tactics again and again, and only then did they get the name of a five-poison scholar, and when they reached middle age, they began to suffer from all kinds of diseases, which was a little more restrained. It's a pity that in the past ten years, they have passed away one after another, and it seems that it is really a loss of longevity. Alas, Zheyang Shou is not terrible, the most afraid is to damage Yin Virtue, such a wonderful character, if he is reincarnated as a pig and dog in the next life, the history books will be less colorful.

"By the way, I heard that you sent the Danshu Iron Scroll to the capital?" Dr. Zhang is a late entrant, and he doesn't have such deep feelings about the five poisonous scholar brothers, but he just heard about it, so he will say it here. Seeing that the eyes of the two were red, they hurriedly stopped the previous topic.

Hou Ye nodded: "If I don't send it, someone will force me to send it." ”

The chief housekeeper Zhou Yu put down his chopsticks, looked at the side face of Hou Ye, and said indifferently: "I really don't plan to use the Five Poisons Scholar to learn their strategies?"

Hou Ye smiled: "What kind of material I am, I know it myself." I didn't do it back then, and I won't do it in the future. ”

Zhou Yu twisted a piece of pig's head meat with his hand and put it in his mouth and chewed: "It's a pity that the five poisonous scholars have wanted to put you in that position all their lives." ”

Hou Ye was noncommittal about this.

Doctor Zhang also smiled: "A few of their brothers, if they had followed the one in the capital at the beginning, and now they have the protection of national fortune, maybe they don't have to be short-lived ghosts." ”

Zhou Yu sneered: "If you follow the one in the capital, I'm afraid ten years earlier, you will be able to go to their graves." ”

Dr. Zhang almost choked to death with a mouthful of pine eggs. Looking back, there are really very few people who followed the one who fought the world back then and are still alive today.

Zhou Yu continued: "It is not unreasonable for them to follow you with all their hearts and minds back then. ”

Hou Ye was surprised when he heard this: "Do I still have any outstanding ability?"

Dr. Zhang smiled: "Soft-hearted"

Zhou Yu nodded.

Hou Ye shook his head and walked to the window, and laughed at himself slightly: "If it weren't for soft-heartedness, it wouldn't have delayed my son for so many years." At the best of times, they were all deserted. ”

Outside the window, the snow began to flutter at some point.

For more than ten years, in order to protect his life, how many backhands have been arranged, step by step to protect him to grow up, originally thought that let him not learn literature and martial arts, and be a gentleman with peace of mind. even did not hesitate to defile his name and sing songs every night, in order to let him eat and wait for death to be safe and secure for the rest of his life.

But the one in the capital still can't rest assured.

It seems that I'm the stupidest of the people I don't have a few years to live. It's a pity that his own son has been infamous for so many years.

Now it's really incomprehensible, and he is gone, and he doesn't know what he lives on. But fortunately, I learned a longevity trick this year, so let's make a fortune. As for those things that learn literature and martial arts, it's good to make up for them slowly.

Zhou Yu saw that Hou Ye gradually smiled, and his heart was also warm: "The little Hou Ye is also kind-hearted, and the auspicious people have their own natural appearance, and the Hou Ye can rest assured." I heard that the little marquis got a copy of Taoist exercises from Xiao Guards a few days ago, and he was very obsessed. These ethereal things made him not have to pay attention. On the contrary, it is those books on culture and martial arts at home, you can read more. If you don't understand, you can ask Mr., Mr. can't hand it over, and we are old things. ”

"Listening to Jin Zhu, the first volume has been roughly penetrated. Whether it's learning or not, it's not a skill to kill people in battle, but it's like the health preservation exercise practiced by Lao Ming, so it should be auspicious. It's almost the New Year, and I don't want to scold him. ”

It's almost the New Year, a good sign.

It's just that it's another year of winter snow, and who pities the old people when they pass away.