In a large mansion with the aconite gate removed and the door halberd taken back, Hou Junji was shooting arrows with his upper body bare.
The target was placed sixty steps away. The eye-catching red dot on the bullseye was like a mocking red eye. Hou Junji held his breath and drew his eucalyptus bow, aiming for a long time.
The arrow leaves the string.
With a whoosh, the arrow missed the target.
Hou Junji's breathing became rapid, and the red bull's-eye was taunting silently.
The target was empty, and not a single arrow was hit. Instead, many arrows fell crookedly to the left and right of the target.
Shot two pots of arrows,
Sixty arrows, but not one hit the target,
I shot sixty paces at a fixed target, but not a single shot hit.
This is simply magical,
The servants of the Hou Mansion standing nearby lowered their heads and gritted their teeth, for fear of accidentally laughing out loud.
Even if any of the servants in Hou Junji's house were to come out and have two pots of sixty arrows, it would be impossible for one arrow to miss the sixty-step target.
The master's shooting skills are really amazing,
Everyone was holding it in very hard.
Hou Junji's face turned red, he was so ashamed.
He tried very hard to practice his shooting skills, so that people would always tease him about it, but he kept practicing without making any progress.
The silent courtyard is more like a silent mockery.
"Ah~ah~"
Hou Junji roared angrily and drew the bow. The bow made by a master was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. It also had ivory, rhinoceros skin, etc. on it.
Hou Junji is not good at shooting, but he has brute strength.
The bowstring is drawn tighter and tighter,
Snapped,
The bow is broken,
Hou Junji blushed and threw the broken bow at his feet, angrily returned to sit under the verandah.
"Alang, Langzi is here,"
Hou Junji's son-in-law was his prospective son-in-law Helan Chushi. This guy used to serve in the East Palace, but later the emperor cleaned up the East Palace and demoted him.
Now I don't know why I got along with the King of Wei, became an official of the King of Wei, and got along well with the Chai Lingwu brothers, Fang Yiai, Du Wen, Wei Beipi, Cen Wenzhao and others.
"My son-in-law pays homage to Alang."
Helan Chushi came in and greeted him politely,
"The good son-in-law is here, sit down."
Helan Chushi is a talented and handsome man. He is not only good-looking, but also very polite. He treats people very well and his family background is also very good.
The Helan family is from Xianbei. His grandfather was the official secretary of the Sui Dynasty. His uncle Helan Shiren is now the head of the Helan family. His official title is Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Yingshan County Duke, and Sanqi Changshi.
Helan Shiren's son, Helan Anshi, is also engaged to the eldest daughter of Zhou Guogong's warrior Xun.
No matter how you look at it, Helan Chushi can be regarded as a handsome young man.
However, only a few people know that the two brothers Helan Chushi and Helan Yueshi are actually both good and beautiful on the outside. On the surface, these young men are good in all aspects, but in fact, they are really bad-tempered and bad-tempered in their hearts. They are the kind of real dudes.
Hou Junji also knew about this son-in-law, but he liked his would-be son-in-law quite a lot. Firstly, the Helan family was also a famous aristocratic family in Guanlong, and secondly, Helan Chushi was already quite famous at such a young age.
Although he was cleared out of the East Palace before, now things are getting better and better in the Wei Palace.
Hou Junji is also a bit unlucky now. He can't climb the East Palace, and he can't defeat Wu Huaiyu for the time being. His son-in-law came to win over him on behalf of the King of Wei. After thinking about it, Hou Junji felt that this was not entirely a bad thing.
Now the first thing he needs is to come back,
Nowadays, he is just a commoner without an official or a title, and he cannot stand such a life.
"Alang, I just got the news that Wu Huaiyu has resigned."
Helan Chushi said with some excitement that he hated Wu Huaiyu as much as his father-in-law. When he was in the East Palace a few years ago, Wu Huaiyu was the prince's horse washer, and Wu Huaiyu embarrassed him. He always remembered it, but it was a pity that he couldn't defeat Wu Huaiyu, and he was killed in the end.
After being kicked out of the East Palace, he is still just a seventh-grade official.
And Wu Huaiyu has been very proud and prosperous these years.
Fortunately, now he has finally received his comeuppance.
Hou Junji picked up a jar of wine, smashed the mud seal, picked up two bowls, and poured a full bowl of wine for himself and his son-in-law.
The amber-like old wine exudes a rich aroma.
"Tell me more details."
Helan Chushi proudly talked about the news he had learned from the Wei Palace. Wu Huaiyu would return to Lingnan in a few days and continue to be his Lingnan Observation and Replacement Envoy.
"Is Wu Huaiyu really over?"
"real,"
Hou Junji picked up the wine bowl, took a big gulp of the wine, and drank it all in one gulp, "Happy!"
He still can't forget what he experienced in the past two years.
He was driven out of Chang'an and went to the Western Regions to take up his post in despair. As a result, he was demoted to Lingnan halfway through. After arriving in Guangzhou, he was not long appointed as the Sima of the Governor's Office. Wu Huaiyu drove him to Yongzhou as the Governor. He wanted to give it a good try, but Wu Huaiyu again
He led his troops to Yongzhou, handed over his seal directly in public, and dismissed his official position.
Not to mention, the bastard surnamed Wu didn't even show any mercy, put shackles on him and escorted him back to Chang'an.
He was beaten to the end and became a commoner.
He was even fined and confiscated a lot of land and money.
This resentment I hold in my heart,
I was finally able to stretch a little today.
The happy Hou Junji didn't care that he had just fired sixty arrows in a row, but none of them hit the target.
If you are happy, then drink happily. Hou Junji and his son-in-law drank a jar of fine wine and became very drunk.
By the time Hou Junji woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.
After rubbing his face, Hou Junji was about to pull the beautiful maid over to have some fun, but the steward came to retaliate.
"I have something important to report."
Hou Junji was in a good mood and was not angry. He let the frightened and trembling maid go, changed clothes and went to the front hall.
"Alang, I have some important news."
"Is Wu Huaiyu's dismissal from the prime minister announced?"
The housekeeper whispered, "Wu Huaiyu was not dismissed as prime minister, he resigned from the prime minister himself."
"Isn't that the same thing?"
"Alang, there is something different. Although the emperor accepted Wu Huaiyu's resignation, Wu Huaiyu was promoted to the first rank of the Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and added the crown prince Taibao. He still led the Lingnan Road Observation Office and deposed the ambassador, but also added the Lingnan Economic Envoy
He was awarded the title of Tuan Lian Envoy and the Protector of Anton,"
Hou Junji's smile solidified,
Here he resigned as prime minister, and over there the emperor promoted him to a higher rank. The third division of Kaifu Yitong was the highest rank among casual officials, and the prince's Taibao was also an official of the first rank.
After the deposed envoy of Lingnan Observation, he added an economic envoy, a military regiment training envoy, and even an Andong Protector. These were all real dispatches, representing real power, which meant that even if Wu Huaiyu stayed
Lingnan, but it is indeed the civil, military, military and political affairs of Lingnan that shoulder the responsibility.
It's different from what I imagined.
"Alang, also, the warrior Xun Baima has been announced as the prime minister. He will be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and join the political affairs hall."
Hou Junji's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face.
What does this mean.
Wu Huaiyu resigned as prime minister, and then the warrior Xun entered the political hall.
Putting it this way, not only did the Wu family not lose power at all, but it actually gained more power?
There is no one to care about it.
Is the political hall specially designed for his Wu family? How can he resign one person and immediately worship another one?
Hou Jun was breathing heavily, his eyes were red.
"Alang, there is some news. The King of Wei no longer holds the post of Governor of Yangzhou, Governor of Qingzhou, and Governor of Beining. Only the Governor of Yanzhou and the General of Zuo Wuhou are left."
"In addition, Cen Wenwen, the minister of Zhongshu, said that the material rewards received by the Wei Prince's Palace exceeded those of the East Palace, which was not in accordance with the etiquette system. The sage decreed that in the future, the materials donated to the East Palace will still be increased to 50,000 pieces per year, while the material rewards given to the Wei Prince's Palace will be reduced.
To 30,000 paragraphs.”
"Alang, it turns out that the annual material reward from the East Palace is 40,000 pieces, which is equivalent to 11,000 guans, while the rewards from the Wei Palace are equivalent to 16,000 guans. Now the East Palace has increased by about 2,700 guans a year, and the rewards from the Wei Palace
Then 7,750 strings were reduced, leaving only 8,250 strings.
The King of Wei bid farewell and granted him a title, which is equivalent to cutting him in half."
"There are also rumors that the sage plans to enfeoff King Wei to the barbaric Zhuzi tribe in the upper reaches of Zuoxi River in Lingnan to establish a kingdom,"
One message after another, but it’s not over yet.
"Alang, there is another news. The Wu Huaiyu Palace recommended Alang to inspect the Jingzhou Sima and accompany Li Zihe to Jingzhou to conquer the rebellious Shan Qiang."
"Wu Laoer bullies people too much, how dare you do this!" Hou Junji cursed loudly and punched several cases in front of him in half.
Hou Junji's eyes turned red.
His face was extremely black and purple, Sima Jingzhou, he also inspected the school, and he was also served as Li Zihe's subordinate. His mother, I was the most important figure in the Xuanwu Sect, the emperor's childhood friend, and the emperor's true confidant.
