The Xiao family's business and various activities of the Xiao family became the most discussed topic in the capital that day.
There are few similar topics among the public anymore.
At a time when most of the thoughts of the people are used to speculate on the various struggles within the imperial court, the emergence of some arguments without much conspiracy among the people is a very good thing for the entire world.
Dusk has not yet arrived, and the Xiao family's rouge, which they originally planned to sell for a month, was sold out in less than a day.
The Xiao family's clerks were currently enjoying themselves, looking forward to a bright future, and finally put aside the fear and uneasiness of entering the capital for the first time.
"Miss, our goods have been sold out. According to your wishes, we have to negotiate with other rouge shops now. I don't know how much cheaper we can get a batch of goods from other rouge shops?"
"We'll talk about the purchase tomorrow." Xiao Kouer happily grabbed Xia Shang, "You can't leave now. In order to thank you for those ideas yesterday, I should be your host and treat you to a meal.
Ready."
Xia Shang stayed here for a whole day and asked Xiao Kouer to treat him to a meal. It was a matter of course.
It was rare that his mood was relatively relaxed today. Xia Shang smiled: "That's natural."
"Close the store." Xiao Kouer said to the previous clerk.
The guys were all cleaning up. Seeing that the shop was almost cleaned, one of them was about to close the door.
Just when the store door was about to close, a person stopped outside.
The waiter was slightly startled when he saw a man under thirty coming in front of him. He was wearing simple casual clothes. There was nothing unusual about it, but it gave people a sense of calmness and self-importance.
For an ordinary citizen who suddenly encounters an imposing figure, he subconsciously feels guilty and his tone becomes much weaker: "This customer, the shop has closed."
The other party ignored him at all and took a step forward in silence.
He didn't make any move towards the man, but when the other person took a step, the man felt a force that seemed to be there or not, and couldn't help but take a step back, and took the initiative to make way for the man.
"Hey... the shop is already..." The waiter wanted to stop him, but the other party had already spoken.
"I came here to find him."
As he said that, the other party took out the sword from his waist. Although he did not unsheath the sword, when the man saw this object, he knew that the other party was not someone to be trifled with, and he instantly stopped.
Mouth.
The person the other party refers to is Xia Shang.
As the other party finished speaking, the point of the sword hilt quickly attracted Xia Shang's attention.
Xia Shang reacted for half a beat, looking at the opponent's sword first, and then at the opponent's person.
Xia Shang secretly thought that he had never seen this person before, but for some reason, this person looked at Xia Shang with a very strange look, with a hint of hatred, but also some unwillingness and disdain.
"Who are you?" Xia Shang asked casually.
"Hou Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Palace Guards, is responsible for the safety of the Queen."
"Jun Hou? I don't know you..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know me, as long as I know you."
"Since you are responsible for the Queen's safety, you should be considered one of our own."
"Who is your friend?"
"Um...then tell me, what do you want from me?"
"duel!"
The two words are sonorous and powerful and cannot be questioned at all.
"Duel?" These words confused Xia Shang.
"What grudges do you and I have? I don't even know you, so why should I duel with you? Besides, I'm just a helpless scholar. You are the commander of the imperial army. A commander and a scholar decide, so you
Can you tell?"
Having said this, Xia Shang's image of Hou Jun appeared in his mind.
"Oh, I remembered. You were the one who was beaten so hard in the palace that day that his intestines almost fell out, right? Why? You recovered so quickly? Young man, you have a good physical condition!"
"You!" Hou Jun was furious, recalling the situation in the palace that day, which was the shame of his life.
"Hou Jun, what are you doing here?" Chunjiao, who was resting in the backyard, heard the commotion and came out, looking at Hou Jun coldly.
Xia Shang and Hou Jun had no intersection, but Chunjiao had met the Queen many times, so naturally she had some interactions with Hou Jun, and knew that this person was the most trusted new master of the Queen.
Just because she was a new grandmaster, Chunjiao wasn't too worried.
Although this man's potential is good, his current foundation is still insufficient. Chunjiao is 100% sure that he will be able to defeat him soon.
"The first seat of Chun..." When Hou Jun saw Chunjiao, his brows gradually furrowed, and he pointed at Xia Shang's sword hilt and slowly retracted it.
"Do you know her?" Xia Shang looked back at Chunjiao.
Chunjiao nodded: "I know you."
"Then is there something wrong with this guy? I don't even know him, but he suddenly told me that he wants to duel with me?"
Chunjiao was a little surprised when she heard this and looked at Hou Jun.
Xia Shang continued: "Let's do this, or you have a duel with her."
Xia Shang pointed at Chunjiao and said to Hou Jun.
"My target is you." Hou Jun whispered.
"Give me a reason first."
"There's no reason."
Xia Shang smiled: "A grown man wants to come to a duel, but he can't explain his reason. I think the reason should be for a certain woman? Is it for you, Chunjiao?"
Xia Shang had a flash of idea, thought he had thought of something, and looked back at Chunjiao.
Chunjiao raised her eyebrows: "Sir, what are you talking about? As long as this person dares to nod, if it is really for such a ridiculous thing, I will kill him now."
Hou Jun also said angrily: "That's nonsense."
"If it wasn't for Chunjiao..." Xia Shang stood up, walked to Hou Jun with a mysterious smile, and lowered his voice, "Could it be for the Queen?"
Hou Jun did not show any expression, but because Xia Shang was very close to him, he could clearly see that the hand holding the sword suddenly tightened.
Xia Shang smiled: "Okay, don't play with these boring things anymore. I don't think the guard commander around the queen will give up the queen's safety and run outside the palace to find a man to fight... Tell me, what's going on?
matter."
Hou Jun was a little surprised and thought to himself: How could this boy realize his true intentions so quickly?
Hou Jun just wanted to scare Xia Shang before. He really had a lot of resentment in his heart. He wanted to see how scared this boy would be when faced with the challenge of the grandmaster.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not take the grandmaster seriously at all, and remained motionless in the face of the challenge.
After all, Hou Jun thought of Xia Shang too simply. He didn't see Xia Shang's behavior or hear what Xia Shang said that day in the palace, otherwise he wouldn't have acted like a child standing in front of Xia Shang.
things.
The queen asked Xia Shang to go to the palace?
Things were a bit sudden.
Based on Xia Shang's understanding of the queen, that woman, like Xia Shang, would try to avoid meeting each other unless it was unavoidable. Although the woman kept saying that she wanted Xia Shang to go to the palace to find her, her true heart did not
I don't want to see Xia Shang often.
Today I came specifically to see Xia Shang, indicating that something really happened.