Not long after the war, the streets of Suzhou gradually became lively.

Many shops have already opened. After all, they are Han regimes, so these merchants are relieved.

Although Hou Xuanyan is unknown, his father Hou Dong was once in the Jiangnan area and was very prestigious.

Through the curtain of the carriage and looking at the bustling streets, Hou Xuanyan was in a good mood. On his head, a small head lies and a pair of big black eyes, looking at everything outside the curtain curiously.

In order to ease the relationship between him and the Gu family and make up for the cracks caused by the events that night, Hou Xuanyan took his young wife to prepare a generous gift and was about to go to the Gu family.

Gu Ling'er was born in a wealthy family and had never been to the streets. She was full of curiosity when she saw everything.

Her body was petite, and she couldn't feel any heavyness when she lay on her body, and there was a faint fragrance. Hou Xuanyan carried her down and held her in her arms, hugged her like a pillow, and crossed her chin, looking out together.

Gu Ling'er twisted, not at all the same level of strength, so she had to give up. She snorted in a slight voice to protest. Soon her eyes were attracted by all kinds of gadgets on the street.

When passing by a small stall, Gu Ling'er could no longer help it, her eyes shining, and her little hand stretched out the curtain and pointed at a candy man.

"Brother Hou, I want this."

"Okay, Xiao Bajie." Hou Xuanyan smiled, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said, "Uncle Yang, stop."

Yang Shu skillfully stopped the carriage, Hou Xuanyan got out of the car with Gu Ling'er in his arms, and the guards drove the way to the stall.

The stall owner didn't think it was surprising that they had escorted them. Now Suzhou is a safe haven, and many noble people who are unwilling to shave their hair squeezed into Suzhou to seek shelter.

Gu Ling'er reached out to pull one, looked at the others, and inserted it reluctantly. After thinking about it, she chose the first one. Hou Xuanyan laughed in a daze, and pulled one and stuffed it into her hand.

"What kind of family do you have? You don't count yourself? You can choose a sugar man and you're not domineering at all."

Gu Ling'er rarely gave him a smile, her black eyelashes fluttered, which was particularly attractive.

The stall owner said with interest: "This young master is so likable to the daughter of the daughter."

Hou Xuanyan did not comment or explain.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the distance, and an aunt buying vegetables fucked the Wunong accent and howled.

"Kill, kill!"

The guards were as if they were facing a great enemy, and they protected Hou Xuanyan in the middle. Yang Shu also jumped out of the carriage and watched with caution.

Hou Xuanyan pulled away the guards and said, "I didn't come for us. Let's go and take a look."

The guards protected Hou Xuanyan and dispersed the crowd. They saw two groups fighting in the street. On the large side, there were about seven or eight burly men, who had the upper hand, and the move was fatal and extremely vicious. Another group of three servants in green clothes protected a young man dressed in scholars, constantly avoiding cover. A companion in green clothes on the ground, with several deep knife marks in his body, and he seemed to be unable to survive.

Hou Xuanyan was furious. This was really a matter of saying that Suzhou was a homeless land, and Langlang was going to kill people in the streets.

"Get it down!"

The guards rushed forward, and with Yang Shu's force, the eight murderers quickly couldn't stand it. Hou Xuanyan reached out to cover Gu Ling'er's eyes. Such a fight scene was bloody and cruel and unsuitable for her to see.

The man in the lead looked fierce, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and said in a deep voice: "Where did you come from? I advise you to meddle in other people's business."

The guards only heard Hou Xuan play the role alone, without any stagnation, and continued to approach a corner of the street.

The people from the yamen in the distance finally arrived. Yang Qingshan, the leader, saw Hou Xuanyan at a glance.

He felt nervous, thinking that the commander-in-chief was assassinated, his face suddenly turned bloody and he screamed: "Brothers, come on for me."

If Hou Xuanyan was assassinated and he, the captain, happened to be present, it would be a big deal.

After the constables joined the battle, the evil man was no longer able to resist and left a few companions to escape over the wall.

Yang Qingshan ignored others and protected Hou Xuanyan tightly.

Hou Xuanyan saw the thief escape and walked to the young man who was rescued. His face turned pale and had just recovered. Several servants were loyal and brave. Although his martial arts were not worth it and his body was covered in scars, he still protected him in the middle.

He walked to the servant on the ground, reached out and sniffed, shook his head and sighed with pain.

Then he stood up, went to Hou Xuanyan's side, bent down and said, "Thank you for saving your life."

Before Hou Xuanyan could speak, Yang Qingshan had already come over and said, "Mr. Governor, I'm late to come, and I deserve to die."

When the young scholar heard his name, his eyes lit up and he looked at Hou Xuanyan carefully. He had long heard that Suzhou was attacked by Hou Xuanyan's design, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was Hou Xuanyan. Since ancient times, heroes have been young, and seeing his appearance, he was in his early twenties, the scholar nodded secretly.

Hou Xuanyan pointed to the arrested accomplice and said, "Ask me carefully and you must find out who is so bold and arrogant and treats our Suzhou as his backyard?"

Yang Qingshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Governor did not hold him accountable and just wanted to severely punish the murderer.

After Hou Xuan finished speaking, he turned to the scholar and asked, "This victim, please go to the yamen to cooperate."

The scholar nodded and said, "To be honest, these people are my old servants, who have been chasing me from Kunshan to this place."

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "Oh? Kunshan belongs to Suzhou Prefecture and is under the control of our official. Although he is trapped in the hands of Qinggou at this time, he must also remember this account. Why did your old servant kill you? Let's talk about it in detail."

Before the scholar could speak, his servant said hatefully: "My young master has been out for a long time and he has left his home to Lu En to take care of him. Who knew that this traitor not only did not know how to repay his kindness, but actually had a strange intention and colluded with Ye Fangheng, a domineering Kunshan. The two of them colluded and went to the Manchu yamen to sue our young master for "opening the sea", invading the Gu family's property, and also causing our lives."

After listening to this, Hou Xuanyan thought that this was a very Lu Junyi, but unfortunately this scholar did not have the military power of Hebei Yuqilin. Tonghai was related to the Southern Ming court. The Qing Dynasty had such a crime to specifically persecute Ming people who were in love with their homeland. It seemed that this scholar was also a righteous man in the anti-Qing Dynasty. When Hou Xuanyan thought of this, his vision was soft, and those who dared to fight against the Qing Dynasty at this time were worthy of respect.

Ji'er and Xiaoxiao saw something wrong and worried about Gu Ling'er, so she got off the carriage and rushed over. Hou Xuanyan handed the candy man in his arms, who was not scared at all, to Ji'er's arms.

"Since you have made the so-called "Tonghai" move, it seems that you are your own person, what's your name?"

"I'm going down to Kunshan Gu Jiang."

Before Hou Xuanyan could speak, Yang Qingshan beside him screamed strangely and said, "You are Gu Jiang, Mr. Gu?"

Hou Xuanyan glanced at him and thought to himself, I have never heard of this name before, is it necessary to be so excited?

Yang Qingshan continued: "I heard that Nandu fell. Because he admired Wen Tianxiang's student and Wang Yanwu's character, he has now changed his name to Gu Yanwu?"

Gu Jiang nodded with a smile, which was considered a default.

Hou Xuanyan glared at him and looked at him again. Gu Yanwu? "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." He shouted slogans every day, and he said it. This time he saw it alive.

"It turns out to be Brother Gu, haha, come on, I'm about to visit the Gu family. The Gu family in Suzhou said that it's your family with you, so you might as well go with you."

Gu Yanwu was not polite. He was determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty and actively contacted all the anti-Qing forces in Jiangnan, hoping to achieve something.

Although Hou Xuanyan of Suzhou has a shallow foundation, he occupies Suzhou City and has unlimited potential. Moreover, since he just sent it to the Qing Dynasty, he suffered the first defeat, breaking the myth of the invincible Qing soldiers. Boluo, who was killed this time, was also the most noble Beile, who died of the Qing Dynasty.

"Speaking of this, Suzhou Gu family and I have some relatives, so I will go and visit."

Hou Xuanyan was in a good mood. When he went out today, he met a Gu Yanwu. There were only a few people under his command. This time he must keep him by his side.

Although I luckily defeated Boluo and Liu Liangzuo, because of the small troops, the results of the battle were snatched away by Wu Yi and others from Taihu Lake. The small counties around Suzhou Prefecture were all captured by Wu Yi, and he still had only one Suzhou.

Because there was his own female relative in the carriage before, and he was not far from the Gu family at this time. Hou Xuanyan walked with Gu Yanwu all the way, talking while walking. Only then did he realize that Gu Yanwu and Gu Youde really had relatives. Speaking of his cheap father-in-law Gu Shouye, he was Gu Yanwu's uncle's generation in terms of seniority.

Although the Gu family in Suzhou is rich, the Gu family in Kunshan is a prominent family in Jiangdong and a family of officials. Their status is higher than that of Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu was killed by his servants. Not only was he occupied by his house in Kunshan, the thatched cottage he lived in temporarily was burned by Ye Shuheng. Moreover, his uncle and others also colluded with outsiders to kill him and seek the Gu family's property.

Hou Xuanyan comforted him: "Brother Gu, don't worry, the Ye family in Kunshan is so oppressing the righteous men, and they are in love with Qinggou. I will deal with them sooner or later."

But Gu Yanwu didn't care much about this. Hearing this, he stopped and asked, "Does the Governor intend to attack?"

"I thought about it day and night, but I was just regaining my hometown. It's a pity that I had no soldiers in my hands."

Gu Yanwu raised his eyebrows and whispered: "There are millions of people in Suzhou Prefecture, the city is high and the pond is deep, the food and grass are sufficient, and there is no shortage of weapons production workshops. Why don't you say that there are no soldiers?"

This person doesn't care about his family's personal grudges. Although he almost died, he still cares about the affairs of the country.

In Gu Yanwu's heart, the country was destroyed and the Qing Dynasty entered the pass was a great hatred. He placed his hope for revenge on the Hongguang small court, and was full of enthusiasm to write "On Military System", "On Situation", "On Tian Gong" and "On Qian Law" at home, which was the famous "Four Theories of Yixi", and gave advice to Emperor Hongguang, and proposed a series of suggestions on the abolition of military and political affairs of the Nanjing regime and the various drawbacks of the late Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!