Fan Xiong grinned. From Hou Xuanyan's surprise expression, he knew that Hou Xuanyan, who had sheltered from the rain in the ancient temple, had not changed. He was still the Hou Xuanyan who sacrificed his life to the Lord to resist the pursuit of the army for them.

Hou Xuanyan rode his horse to him, punched him in the shoulder, and then laughed and scolded, "You rough man, your body is like his mother's stone."

Fan Xiong looked upright and clasped his fists and said, "I finally had the chance to meet again. We brothers never forget the kindness we had on the Qiantang River."

Hou Xuanyan looked at him with a slanted eyes and said disdainfully: "You are talking nonsense. You have to worry about your kindness in your heart, not your mouth. You will go through fire and water for me for a while, which is better than thanking me here."

Fan Xiong lowered his head and smiled, saying, "My little hou, my princess learned that the adults had come to Fuzhou and specially sent us to greet him."

Hou Xuanyan's face froze and said, "It's not good. It's late at night now, not the time to meet guests. If it is reported, it may be bad for the princess. So, I'll visit the princess tomorrow morning."

A hint of praise appeared in Fan Xiong's eyes. As a personal soldier of Duke Jingguo, he naturally did not want any rumors about the princess. However, Huang Ying'er insisted on asking him to come, and he did not dare to disobey his orders. Who knew that the emperor left Hou Xuan to have a meal, and it was already late at night when he came out.

The moon was rising, and there was no one on the streets of Fuzhou. When the yamen runners who were patrolling in the past saw Hou Xuanyan's personal guard, they knew they were high-ranking officials and did not dare to go forward to investigate.

Hou Xuanyan looked up at the moonlight and said, "It's getting late. Let's see you tomorrow. I'll take my brothers to Gong Zifang's house for a night's rest."

After Fan Xiong said goodbye, he turned around and returned to the princess's mansion. The main hall was brightly lit. Two little maids with exactly the same appearance chatted with her, one on the left and one on the right.

Huang Ying'er's absent-minded look was seen by the two of them. Shuang'er's eyes rolled and joked: "Do you think it's a bit strange? The autumn wind is cool, why do I feel like the spring season? Could it be that someone in our room is moved by the spring heart?"

The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. Shuang'er wanted to tease Huang Ying'er for a few words, but who knew that the other two people turned red together.

Shuang'er clapped her hands and exclaimed: "It's amazing, it's amazing. Is this a coincidence that the magpie bumped into the family bird?"

Miao'er said with a "Oh" and said, "Miss, look at this shameless little hoof, let's take us to have fun." After saying that, she started fighting with her shamelessly, Huang Ying'er looked at her with a suspicion, with a bad look.

Shuang'er was giggling and tears came out of her smile. She said from the side: "It's over, the jealous jar is overturned, hehe."

Fan Xiong returned to the mansion and just arrived at the door of the main hall, he heard the laughter and clamor inside. He did not dare to look up and lowered his head and said, "Prince, Your Majesty has left Lord Xiaohou for food, but no one received it."

The laughter came to an abrupt end, Huang Yinger's slender waist swayed, walked out and pinched her waist and asked angrily: "Why didn't you receive it?"

Fan Xiong lowered his head even more powerfully, hid his smile, and said, "When Xiao Hou saw that the night was getting deep, he was afraid that someone would gossip around in the crowd, so he had already gone to Gong Zifang's old house."

Huang Yinger was so angry that her cheeks bulged slightly, and she said with a pout, "Why are such a brave person so timid this time? Shuang'er Miao'er, go back to sleep, take the vegetables on the table to feed the dogs."

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In Zheng Zhilong's mansion, the three brothers of the Zheng family sat around the round table, and a small eunuch was kneeling on the ground.

After a closer look, the little eunuch was the young father-in-law serving the emperor in front of the palace. He was telling vividly the meeting and conversation between Hou Xuanyan and the emperor.

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong pondered for a moment and asked, "Didn't they mention our brothers?"

The little eunuch had a pair of thieves' eyes rolling around and said, "No, later His Majesty sent me away. I don't know what I had to talk to Lord Hou."

Zheng Zhilong's face changed and he asked, "Have you heard anything?"

The little eunuch bit his lip and raised his head and said, "The little one vaguely heard Lord Hou, and mentioned Lord He Tengjiao several times and repeatedly, and his tone was not good."

Zheng Hongkui was careless and smiled and said, "Brother, I don't think this kid has the courage to tease us brothers, so he wants to flip through He Tengjiao's plate. They help us to defend the Qing soldiers so that we can have a good time here. If they fight, wouldn't it be cheap for the Tartars?"

Zheng Zhilong's fingers were covered with calloused fingers, knocking on the table, and said to the eunuch: "Go back, and before you walk to the account office to find the housekeeper, get a thousand taels of silver."

The little eunuch was overjoyed, kowtowed three times, and retreated happily.

When Zheng Hongkui saw the eunuch going out, he leaned over and asked, "Brother, Hou Xuanyan is our biggest financial backer. He bought most of the shipbuilding workshops in Shijing, Nan'an. There are also artillery, guns, ammunition, and these things that buy foreign goods to sell foreign goods have to make money. If he doesn't manage his territory well, what will he do to provoke He Tengjiao?"

Zheng Zhilong has a dark face and doesn't look like a powerful minister who controls the government, but rather a Nanyang man.

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Since seven years ago, the Japanese country's land locked down the country and cut off its power on the sea. This entire sea area has become our territory. I heard that Hou Xuanyan was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and encouraged those rich merchants to enter the sea, and he was probably interested in this piece of fat. Fortunately, this kid knew the current affairs, so I liked him. His subordinate Gong Laosan earned 100 taels and wanted to honor us seventy taels. The sea was so big that our family would occupy it for a long time, it would definitely arouse public anger. Hou Xuanyan is a particular person, and I am going to get a share of him."

Zheng Hongkui frowned and said, "Brother, we finally drove everyone away. Why should we let him get involved in the sea area we have worked hard to capture?"

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "You don't know how much profit there is at sea. It's just that our Zheng family's manpower is wasted. And we have to spend a lot of money and raise troops to suppress those rich merchants who have no chance to go out to sea. This is why we have the advantage, and I will give Dongfan Island to Honghai Fan. A snake swallows an elephant and will kill myself. Hou Xuan has been obediently playing this kid. I have been obediently obediently. Every time I buy arms, I will delay it. This kid is obediently paying. Moreover, what he gives is higher than the market price. He knows that my surname is Zheng at sea is the emperor. Let such a person enter the game and make money for us. Why not share some soup with him?"

Zheng Hongkui's eyes lit up and said, "Brother is so smart. This is to let him work for us. We are the boss. He is the shopkeeper. No matter how great he is on the ground, when he arrives at the sea, he is like a chicken and an eagle, haha."
Chapter completed!