The man in front of me was wearing a white gown with landscape scrolls embroidered on it, a jade pendant hanging from his waist, and holding a gold-inlaid paper fan. He had sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and was elegant.
He clearly looks like a handsome young man. If Hou Yu hadn't introduced him, everyone present would probably have thought that the person in front of him was a young man in his early twenties, not the famous Shanshui Hou of Yingshui County. It is even more unimaginable that he
Already the father of several children who are almost or already adults.
After Hou Wen said this, he stopped talking, sat there with a smile, and gently shook the fan blades.
Lu Ran, who was standing aside, reached out and grabbed Zhao Erbai's arm with such force that it even hurt Zhao Erbai's arm.
From the very beginning when Hou Wen walked into Dafeng Courtyard, Lu Ran, who was usually carefree, looked like this. His eyes were fixed on Hou Wen's body without moving for a moment, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
"Senior Sister Lu, can we be gentler..." Zhao Erbai couldn't bear the strength of Lu Ran's hand, and looked at Lu Ran with a bitter look on his face.
"Be patient, I won't catch you, I'm afraid I can't help it." Lu Ran said this, looking at Hou Wen with an increasingly obsessed look.
"I have long heard that Shan Shui Hou Hou Wen is a rare handsome man in this world. People in the world will not deceive me... He looks like an immortal descending to earth."
"No, I'm already in my forties, so you're too..." Zhao Erbai couldn't help but frowning as he listened to Lu Ran's muttering.
"So what? I heard that Shanshuihou's wife passed away more than ten years ago. Shanshuihou has not remarried for so many years, and I have never heard any rumors about looking for flowers and willows. Such dedicated men are rare. At this age,
If you know how to care for others, what's wrong with that?" Lu Ran said nonchalantly.
Zhao Erbai saw that Lu Ran looked like he was fascinated by the mountains and rivers, and secretly felt a little unable to resist.
I thought to myself, my senior sister is not like this on weekdays. It is true that Shanshui Hou is handsome, but she may not be much better than Xue Yun, not to mention she is so old...
"Hou Yu's two brothers are already about the same size as you, senior sister, don't be confused!" Zhao Erbai quickly added, fearing that Lu Ran would become obsessed with him.
"That's not good! You don't know how painful it is to give birth to a child. My mother said that it cost her half her life when she gave birth to me. Now that I got married, I immediately became a mother. She is also the mother of such a promising child. What a shame.
To save trouble? And since Xiao Yuer has no mother, she must be in need of such a caring girl to take good care of her and make up for her regrets." Lu Ran said this, turning to look at Hou Yu aside, his eyes shining brightly.
Hou Yu, who was getting mixed up with Yue Ningshuang and Liu Yanzhen and didn't know what to talk about, suddenly felt a chill down his spine and shuddered, but he didn't understand what happened. He looked around with a confused look, but found nothing strange, so he
He withdrew his gaze and continued chatting and joking with a few people.
…
Li Danqing, who was sitting opposite Hou Wen, looked livid. He looked at the handsome man with a smile in front of him, pondered for a while, and then asked again: "Master Hou, can you guarantee the accuracy of this news?"
"This matter was reported back by my son who is an official at Longxiang Mansion. Although my two sons are unfilial and do not inherit one-tenth of my appearance, they do not have the guts to deceive me.
." Hou Wen shook his fan and spoke slowly.
As soon as these words came out, Li Danqing's face became even more ugly.
Li Danqing only received the imperial edict yesterday, and he already felt something bad in his heart. Early this morning, Hou Wen, whom he had never met before, suddenly came to his door and told Li Danqing another bad news - the big road in the west.
The Liao Dynasty has been mobilizing troops and horses frequently recently. Wu Yang was frightened and had to dispatch troops and horses from various ministries to Longwuguan in front to guard against the Liao Dynasty.
When this news came out of Hou Wen's mouth, Li Danqing suddenly wanted to understand how the court's unexpected and even stupid moves were made.
Since the founding of Wuyang, Daliao in the west has been a major concern for Wuyang. The two sides have been at war for hundreds of years, with both sides winning and losing. In the past ten years, Li Mulin has suddenly emerged as an army. With the strength of his men
The White Wolf Army defeated Daliao in the west and frightened them, in exchange for a little peace of mind.
However, after Li Mulin died in the battle, the Liao people gathered again, so the people buried in Wu
The fear of the Liao people in Yangchaotang was once again brought out.
It seemed that Ji Qi was planning to sacrifice his troops to protect his chariot and try his best to resist the Liao army.
Li Danqing, who understood what was going on, suddenly sighed.
Although he never thought that Ji Qi was a smart person, he also never found that he could be so stupid...
"So, what are you going to do when Prince Li comes down?" Hou Wen, who was sitting on the opposite side of the stall where Li Danqing lowered his head and pondered, suddenly asked.
Li Danqing was stunned for a moment, then he raised his head and met Hou Wen's smiling eyes.
He looked harmless, but Li Danqing felt that the Yingshui County man in front of him was just doing nothing all day long, enjoying listening to music and painting. He looked like a smiling tiger.
But no matter what kind of city the other party has, today's sudden visit brought Li Dan extremely important information.
At least this information made Li Danqing completely give up hope on the court and understand that the Wuyang court had made up its mind and did not intend to give Yingshui County any help.
Today, Yingshui County can only rely on itself.
Thinking of this, Li Danqing smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty's decision has His Majesty's deep meaning. As a minister, Li Danqing can only do his best..."
After saying this, Li Danqing glanced at Hou Yu and asked Hou Wen: "Master Hou, I'm afraid you have other things to do here today, right?"
Hou Wen did not deny it when he heard this, and nodded with a smile.
Although on the surface, both the Purple Sword Guards and the Qingyun Army are still facing off against Youyun's army at the front, but with the summer coming to an end and the autumn harvest coming, Youyun's shortage of food and grass will definitely be alleviated, and by then Youyun's army will also
There will definitely be another war. The tens of thousands of defenders of Yingshui County can never be the opponent of Youyun's army, whose reinforcements are still coming from all over the country. And the court's intentions should probably be clear to those with some vision.
, Hou Wen's two sons are both very popular figures in Longxiang Mansion. When they go to Wuyang City, their life will be no worse than in Yingshui County. Naturally, Li Danqing can't think of any reason for the other to stay here.
As for Hou Yu, whom he had always loved, he would never be able to leave her in this dangerous place.
Hou Yu, who was chatting happily with Liu Yanzhen and others, also noticed something strange. She looked at her father, stamped her feet, reached out and grabbed Liu Yanzhen's clothes tightly and said: "If you want to leave, you can go alone."
!This time I say I won’t leave.”
Hou Wen, who also had his eyes on Hou Yu at that time, smiled bitterly when he saw this.
"Actually, sometimes I'm really curious about what kind of ecstasy soup Prince Li poured into my daughter so that she can never forget you and your Dafeng Courtyard." Hou Wen asked.
Li Shizi shrugged his shoulders and patted his face: "This is probably because God rewards me with food. I, Li Danqing, was born with bad teeth. With this face, I was born for soft food."
Naturally, these words inevitably attracted a lot of eye-rolls, but Prince Li took it all in stride without blushing or heartbeat.
He probably didn't expect that Li Danqing could be so shameless. Hou Wen was also stunned when he heard this. After he came to his senses, he smiled, but stopped dwelling on the issue and asked instead: "The imperial court granted Li Shizi the title of
Tian Ce Hou also asked Li Shizi to recruit soldiers and horses, I wonder how it is progressing now?"
"This imperial edict only arrived yesterday. Even if Li Danqing is extremely capable, he wouldn't be able to conjure 30,000 people today, right?" Li Danqing said.
"I heard that Prince Li had engraved the picture of the dragon and elephant Hunyuan and the white elephant carrying the sky on the big wall outside Dafeng Court a long time ago. I think it was for the purpose of recruiting people with lofty ideals to buy horse bones for thousands of dollars. Until now,
After all, we only have half a month, so we can’t gain anything at all, right?” Hou Wen asked again.
"The harvest is quite a bit, but..." Li Danqing said this, pondering slightly, and then said: "We have recruited seven or eight hundred people, counting the Yangshan disciples who were willing to stay before, and now
There are also more than 2,000 people in Dafeng Academy, but Dragon Elephant Hunyuan is Yangshan's martial art. These entry-level disciples spend money on food and clothing, and they are also Dafeng Academy's money, so they are not from Li Danqing."
"I have no money and no power. I can't recruit even three people, let alone 30,000 people."
Li Danqing is not stupid.
With a shriveled imperial edict, Ji Qi sealed him a prestigious title, and then refused to give him money or people, so he wanted Li Danqing to recruit troops and horses for Wuyang Dynasty. Such a loss-making deal for Li Danqing
How to do it.
Even if he recruited people, it would be in the name of Dafeng Yuan. Otherwise, the people he had trained so hard would be taken away by the court for various reasons. How could Li Danqing endure it?
Li Mulin suffered a loss back then, but Li Danqing will not suffer again.
Hou Wen was also a smart man, and he quickly picked up on Li Danqing's words. He laughed loudly: "Prince Li is really a wonderful man."
"Speaking of which, Hou Mou has made two to three hundred friends over the years. Their cultivation levels are not high, and they are all in the Star Luo realm. But they like to learn martial arts and train battle formations together on weekdays. They have a tacit understanding of each other. They have always
I admire the reputation of Prince Li, and I heard that I am coming to visit today, so I wanted to ask if our Dafeng Academy is still recruiting disciples. They all want to join the sect of Dafeng Academy and listen to Prince Li every day.
Teaching.”
It was Li Danqing's turn to be stunned when he said these words. He blinked--Have you made two or three hundred friends? Are you even in the Star Luo realm? Do you like two to three hundred people gathering together to compete in martial arts?
How could this fucking friend be a friend? He was clearly his retainer!
Not every title in the Wuyang Dynasty could support private soldiers, and those who held the title of nobility were sinecures, and only those with public titles could have this qualification.
This is why Li Danqing was worried that the imperial court would cross the river and burn down the bridge.
He was granted the title of marquis, but was also ordered to raise private soldiers. When the matter was over, the court could take back the military power on the grounds of exigency and leniency.
Hou Wen, as the Shanshui Marquis, also had no such right, so it was only natural that he would send his own private soldiers to Li Danqing's sect on this pretext.
But Li Danqing couldn't figure out why Hou Wen wanted to take a trip into this muddy water.
"Last time I took Yu'er away, this little girl burned all the calligraphy and paintings collected in my home, and smashed all the porcelain and antiques I bought. If I take her away again this time, I guess
I am almost going to sever the father-daughter relationship with me." Seemingly sensing Li Danqing's doubts, Hou Wen shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "What's more, my Hou family has seven or eight generations above.
The ancestors who live in Yingshui County are buried here. It makes no sense that when Youyun's people come, I have to give up the ancestral land of my Hou family to them, right?"
"So, Prince Li... no, Lord Li, please try your best and don't let Hou go underground a hundred years later and be unable to explain to his ancestors why there are barbarians from Youyun living next to them."
Hou Wen's words were beyond Li Danqing's expectations, and even beyond Hou Yu's expectations. She looked at her father in astonishment, with some emotions surging in her eyes.
Hou Wen stood up at this moment and turned to look at his daughter.
At this moment, Hou Yu threw herself into Hou Wen's arms and said softly: "Thank you, dad."
She still understood to some extent in her heart that if she hadn't insisted on not leaving, Hou Wen might not have been able to make such a decision.
Hou Wen stretched out his hand and gently touched Hou Yu's head and said with a smile: "There is no sense of gratitude between father and daughter."
"Whatever you want to do, as long as it's right, my father has no reason to hold you back. Aren't you just a barbarian from Youyun? I believe that with Mr. Li's ability, it's not a big deal to deal with them, but you can wait until the triumphant return.
That day, when you wrote the letter of challenge, don't forget to add Hou Wen's name. As a father, I can't rely solely on my children to honor my ancestors. It would be shameful to spread the word, wouldn't it?"
Hou Wen said with a smile. Upon seeing this, Li Danqing bowed to Hou Wen and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, I'm sure."
After hearing this, Hou Wen nodded with satisfaction again. He looked at his daughter and said dotingly: "Stop hugging her. With so many people watching, doesn't it mean she's not a child? Do you want me to give it to you tonight?"
Tell me a bedtime story, you haven’t told it for several years, right?”
After hearing this, Hou Yu stamped his feet, blushed and said, "I don't want it."
This appearance made Hou Wen burst into laughter, and then he walked out of the hospital: "You guys have a lot of things to do, so I won't bother you."
"I see there are still many vacant rooms in Dafeng Courtyard, so Hou will shamelessly choose one and stay there for a while."