Devil’s Advent

Among the seven demon kings, the one who lived the most "heartless" life was definitely A Ming.

Especially after the establishment of the workshop system and stable output, A Ming basically entered the state of "free man";

wine tasting, blood tasting,

Living a life of wine cellar house that is repetitive but not boring and has always maintained an elegant style.

Everyone's life is connected by threads, or career lines, or emotional lines, or other fetters. In fact, other demon kings have this, but A Ming does not.

until now,

Ah Ming didn't even think it was a great crime for him not to kill Nian Yao immediately in the forest west of Zhennan Pass;

He didn't think it was a pity, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with keeping his hand in order to preserve the blood bag of "Cahill".

Even if a battle was involved in this, the Lord led the Hou Mansion to make this strategic adventure for his own dignity. For this reason, how many people have died before and how many people will die;

He doesn't care.

What he cared about were those wine jars.

Even if Nian Yao did something like that to anger Lord Zheng Hou, it had nothing to do with him, Ah Ming;

but,

you pissed me off,

Why should I empathize with you intentionally or unintentionally?

From the Lord's point of view, people and wine jars are extremely serious provocations to him, beyond the so-called fighting in the sense of the battlefield, even worse than killing prisoners and casting Beijing Guandu;

For A Ming, it is a kind of blasphemy.

A Ming went,

With a seriousness that belongs to the devil.

Zheng Fan looked at A Ming's figure disappearing in front of him with a calm expression. It wasn't that he wanted to use aggressive methods on purpose, but that there was such a tacit understanding between them.

Pixiu scratched its hooves a few times, it seemed that it wanted to catch up, but the one riding it didn't intend to do so.

Although the whole incident originated from General Nian's manipulation, but after the incident has developed to this level, the things that need to be faced and resolved are no longer that simple.

It doesn't mean that killing or arresting the king of the year means that everything is over, no matter what, life must continue.

"Do you want me to go too?" The Sword Master asked.

"No need." Zheng Fan raised his hand, "This is not Jianghu after all."

immediately,

Zheng Houye realized that what he said seemed to be ambiguous,

And said:

"I did not mean that."

The Juggernaut said indifferently, "I know."

This is not Jianghu, because Nian Yao is not some earth-shattering master.

In the past, Nian Yao was a great general of the Chu State, and the rivers and lakes were at his feet;

Now, Nian Yao, who lost the protection of the army and was defeated like a mountain, is actually not as good as a down-and-out master of the rivers and lakes.

At this time, in Fan City, a group of people came out.

Yes, after being killed, the cry of killing was very loud, the kind with a hoarse sound, which was more exaggerated than the duck in the yard of Juggernaut's house when it was bullied by the group of chickens.

In the end, it seemed that Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo couldn't hold back the "performance" of their opponents, they could only yell loudly, and then they calmed down a little.

This is also normal, Dayan Pingxi Hou Ye came to Fancheng, and came in the form of a savior, how can we not make them excited?

This is really not pretending, nor is it deliberately trying to perform something, it is purely from the inside.

However, when they came to the handsome flag and the man sitting on Pixiu's back under the leadership of their respective "leaders", everyone also fell silent.

The Juggernaut once commented that in the eyes of these people, Lord Zhenghou is almost worse than Zhitian Wujing, but in the eyes of the people below, the difference between the sun and the moon is far away.

In fact, it is true.

"The next official pays homage to Pingxi Houye, Houye Fukang!"

"The last general pays homage to Lord Pingxi, Lord Lord Fukang!"

Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo saluted respectfully, and everyone behind them also knelt down.

Lord Zheng Hou didn't get off the brave, nor did he help them get up to do something to win people's hearts, but said indifferently:

"Hard."

Fan Zhengwen was a slave in the end, and immediately answered:

"Serving the Lord Hou, I will never give up even if I die. Fortunately, I will stick to it until the day when the Lord Hou's magic soldiers descend from the sky. I am a bold slave, and in front of the Lord Hou, I am nothing more than a chicken and a dog!"

Qu Peiluo was not that eloquent, he just lowered his head and let Fan Zhengwen continue.

"The Marquis is tired, please trouble Prefect Fan to make arrangements."

Fan Zhengwen immediately smiled and said: "Master Hou, don't worry, although the officials destroyed their homes to encourage the soldiers and civilians to defend the city, they kept the Daze tongue all the time. I know you like it, Lord Hou."

Zheng Houye is not a big fan of Daze Xiangtong, but he drinks tea on weekdays, and he is also a bull chewing peonies. Remember it, and keep talking about it after remembering it.

In essence, it is no different from the celebrity order;

But because the current status is high enough, no one will think in that direction.

"Okay, let's go to the city."

To the south of Fancheng, the Chu army is standing firm, fighting for the last few minutes of blood and courage, the Chu army is also retreating, keeping the fire of the Dugu family, and the Yan army is still fighting and attacking;

Even in the north of Fancheng, not only the pursuit of Nian Yao, but also those who broke up and surrendered, the scene was also very chaotic.

But these are not what Zheng Houye needs to pay attention to now.

The overall situation has been decided, and the rest is nothing more than a result.

Call the great general Nian the bastard,

Comparing Dugu Mu to another step in the collection of Pokémon,

is a contempt in itself;

In other words, they are no longer people of the same status. Even Zhu Guo's head is too lazy to look at the hot ones. The threshold has inevitably become higher.

Fancheng is very chaotic now, there are even stragglers fighting, the crying of the common people and the wailing of wounded soldiers in all directions.

Fan Zhengwen was a little embarrassed at first. After all, the house didn't have time to tidy up, and it was a bit impolite to entertain guests like this, but he turned his head to look at Qu Peiluo beside him, and found that he was always at ease. He is not a person of noble birth, so he should be familiar with such a scene.

Lord Zheng Hou did not go to condolences to the wounded soldiers lying on the street,

I'm also not interested in picking up a doll that's standing alone and crying,

He sat on the back of Pixiu and let Paixiu carry him silently, like a clay statue.

Finally, the team entered Fan Mansion.

The exterior and interior of the Fan Mansion have long since lost the exquisiteness they had when they were prosperous. The corpses have not been disposed of yet, and the appearance of the ruined family can be seen at a glance.

Among the knight guards around Lord Zheng Hou, there will always be a group of brocade-clothed personal guards. Although they are wearing armor now, the rules and finesse of the guards are all there. Once they enter the mansion, they quickly set up their defenses.

Subsequently,

Lord Zheng Hou, Siniang, Juggernaut, and accompanied by Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo, a total of five people entered the hall.

just walked in,

Zheng Houye saw a piece of rope hanging in the hall and white silk scattered on the ground.

"Ah."

Zheng Fan laughed.

Fan Zhengwen immediately leaned over to plead guilty and said: "Master Hou, it was the people in charge below who made their own decisions and wanted to keep these to show the Fan family's loyalty to Dayan and deliberately left this place."

Before going out to greet him, Fan Zhengwen gave an order for his family to tidy up the house.

"Let's change to another room."

"Yes, my lord."

Everyone passed through the hall and arrived at a neater room inside.

Master Zheng Hou sat in the first seat, and Si Niang stood beside Master Zheng Hou. The sword master followed the old rules, hugging Long Yuan, leaning against a pillar on one side, and began to close his eyes and meditate.

Qu Peiluo and Fan Zhengwen stood below, unconsciously taking their seats.

Shaoqing,

A servant brought tea.

Siniang went down, reached out to take it, and handed it to Zheng Fan.

Normally, when he was outside, Lord Zheng Hou had to go through this process when he ate.

Uncover the lid of the cup, scrape the tea surface, the familiar tea fragrance is refreshing.

He was not in a hurry to drink, but held it in his hand, looked around, and said:

"This time, the family background has been dispersed a lot, right?"

"If you go back to Lord Hou, there really isn't much left."

"Money is something outside of the body." Lord Zheng Hou seemed to be comforting.

After waiting for a while, I saw that Marquis Pingxi didn't say the following sentence "I'll save it later";

Fan Zhengwen knelt down, kowtowed and said:

"Master Hou, this lower official is guilty!"

The Fan family used to be a family of merchants, merchants valued profits, and the Fan family was still a relative of the state.

Furthermore, the family wealth is scattered, as long as the Fan family is still the master of Fan City, the wealth can be gathered again soon.

Since ancient times, power and wealth, power and wealth, have not been separated.

If Pingxi Hou Ye added a sentence: Slowly save again.

It means that the future Fan City will still belong to the Fan family.

Since he didn't say this, it means that Marquis Pingxi doesn't want the Fan family to continue to be in charge of Fan City.

why?

Because you are guilty.

After reaching a certain level, whether you are guilty or not depends on the person above you.

Fan Zhengwen "destroyed the family and relieved the difficulties" and made great contributions to sticking to Fancheng;

But the problem is, a fortified city that should have been easily resisted for at least a few months, or even a year and a half, and last year Liang Cheng personally led troops to help him sort out the situation around him, actually actually faced a blow. , Only stayed for eight days.

On the basis of guilt or meritorious service, there is actually another one, that is, whether the Hou Mansion thinks that it can extend its hand into Fan City, and the Fan Family no longer needs to continue to use and support it.

"Fan Zhengwen."

"Slave... the officer is here."

"Benhou has always admired your ability in business and details, but Fancheng is too important, and I don't want to rush to help you in such a hurry again."

"Hou Ye Mingjian, Xiaguan himself has been clear for a long time. In fact, before this, Xiaguan has made a plan. If Fancheng can be defended, Xiaguan plans to take his clansmen to move to Yandi and go to Yandi. Yanjing.

His wife and children are all in Yanjing City, and the next official misses them too. "

Zheng Fan nodded and said, "It's not bad."

Immediately, Lord Zheng Hou said again:

"This time you have made meritorious service in defending Fancheng and attacking the Chu army together with Benhou, and Benhou will send you a copy of the meritorious service."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, sir, I am very grateful!"

Relatives of the royal family, to put it nicely;

But that was in other countries, and there were foreign relatives involved in politics, but in Yan State, the Min family, the orthodox new royal mother family, was exterminated early, and the Fan family was only a further layer of relationship. up.

At the same time, the Fan family was born in Chu after all, and people from other countries were in the country of Yan. It was often more difficult to get real reuse. In most cases, they would be sacrificed high and used as memorial archways.

Ping Xihou's request for credit this time,

Fan Zhengwen is confident in relying on his ability outside of military affairs,

Considering Xinjun's pattern and temper,

After I entered Yanjing, my road became much smoother.

After all, it was the former "Emperor of Earth", who entered Beijing, and did not want to start from scratch as a "grandson".

Subsequently,

Lord Zheng Hou's eyes fell on Qu Peiluo,

road:

"Before the expedition, Liqing became pregnant."

It's not about showing off.

nor sarcasm,

Not to mention which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted;

It's not that Qu Peiluo can't give up on the princess, but that his future life and development cannot be separated from that label.

On this point, Zheng Houye is also clear.

Qu Peiluo kowtowed and said:

"At the end of the day, I wish Lord Hou a precious son, and I wish the princess, mother and child are safe."

"Liqing and Benhou mentioned that after the child is born, they want the child to recognize you as godfather, and Benhou agreed."

This is bullshit;

Although Zheng Houye is a "godfather" everywhere, he will never give away the "godfather" position of his own children.

To be blunt,

It is the ability Qu Peiluo showed this time, which is really appreciated.

There are many top handsome talents around Lord Zhenghou,

Blind and Siniang and Sun Ying in politics, Liang Cheng and Gou Moli in military affairs.

In history, the founding emperor of the country was very happy if he had a standard configuration of one plus one, and Zheng Houye was several times happier here.

But at the next level, there are not many who can stand alone in the local area.

Now, only gold techniques can be counted as one, and the rest are either lack of ability or identity attributes, and they are still a little far from the real "family".

Qu Peiluo's various reverse coquettish operations coupled with the teasing of fate,

On the contrary, it made him muddleheadedly become...one of his own family that Lord Zheng Hou felt closer to.

This was something Zheng Houye hadn't expected in advance, and Qu Peiluo himself probably didn't expect it either.

"Thank you, Lord Hou."

Recognizing a child as a godfather has no other meaning;

If you want to go this way, then Benhou will help you define the matter.

In the future, if the Kingdom of Yan dominates Zhu Xia, your reputation will not be bad, because there are still battles to be fought in the future, after all, the king will lose the bandit.

Even if Zhuxia was not unified, the traitor's hat would not be so heavy, because it had already been dyed with other colors;

Historical reviews are still mainly based on idlers who like romance;

Otherwise, there would be no trend of dreaming of returning to the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Republic of China.

Therefore, Qu Peiluo is really smart, he actually found a way to "cleanse himself".

"Okay, Ben Hou is tired, you go down and do your work first."

Qu Peiluo and Fan Zhengwen resigned together.

Fan Zhengwen didn't propose to let the grown-up Fan family nobility come to wait on Lord Hou to rest, because Si Niang was standing there.

Lord Zheng Hou is really tired.

First, I suffocated this cup of "Daze Tongue", and then felt that it was a bit unsatisfactory, so I picked up the teapot and drank it fiercely at the teapot spout.

Beef chewing peony is a refreshing feeling in itself;

What you think is very precious, but others drink it like boiling water.

On top of this tea,

Immediately after finishing drinking, Lord Zheng Hou felt a deep sense of sleepiness.

He lay down on the bed, and Si Niang waited for him to remove the armor and clothes, and helped Zheng Fan cover the quilt.

During this period of time, I first came back from the capital, then went to the snowfield, and then rushed here again. Unlike the past where I could stay at home for half a year when I went out once, the frequency of going out has increased a bit in the past six months.

This time, Lord Zheng Hou slept very comfortably.

When she woke up, Si Niang was still by her side, and when she asked the time, she had already slept for a full five hours.

Getting up, sitting by the bed, Si Niang brought tea, and at the same time gave a brochure.

During the period, people kept reporting here, and Siniang intercepted the message first, so that no one would disturb Lord Hou, so she recorded it first.

"Isolation from China and foreign countries" and "harem meddling in politics" have always been taboos, but here in Pingxihou Mansion, it's not a problem at all.

If it hadn't been for being forced to lead the army in person in the early years, and being forced to put ducks on the shelves several times by Lao Tian, ​​so that Master Zheng Hou could fight, in truth, his laziness would be even worse than Wanli.

First of all, the military news,

The Chu army was defeated, which was expected.

However, it was a young general named Chen Xianba who beheaded Dugu Mu, the Great Chu Zhu Kingdom.

This man, Mr. Zheng Hou, has an impression that he is very good at archery and energetic. This time, he has made a great contribution.

Then came the development of the follow-up battle. Dugu Nian led the defeated army to retreat to the south. Liang Cheng originally planned to expand the results of the battle. After all, why not take the heads for nothing?

But it was soon discovered that there seemed to be a royal imperial army coming from the south. The number of people was unknown, neither too many nor too few. It should not be a trick of "waiting for rabbits", but purely because of the status of General Nian Yao. Most of the imperial guards were under the command of Nian Yao, so he would naturally dispatch one here in Fancheng.

However, just in time.

It was also because of this army that appeared in time that Dugu Nian was able to lead the defeated army of the Dugu family to get rid of the Yan army's pursuit, and it also made the military balance here so that it would not completely fall to the Yan army.

Chu State, after all, still has a foundation.

Otherwise, when Lao Tian broke Yingdu, why didn't he just take advantage of the situation and fight a battle to destroy the country?

But this is not a big deal. Since Fan Cheng is in his hands, although there are no elites in the family, relying on the foundation left behind, it is no problem to guard Zhennan Pass.

Therefore, the big iron gate of the house is closed, and Fan Cheng has taken it here again, and Mengshan Mountain is about to be reopened. If the Chu State Navy does not want to be directly intercepted by the Yan people on the waterway, they have to go down quickly. Therefore, Fan Cheng The connection between here and Jindi will be restored soon;

Try to get through to the west again, get through to Qishan, and get in touch with Liang Guo, which is Dayan's pure vassal state, and will also receive assistance from the south gate.

Therefore, judging from Master Zheng’s military quality, his family is now in a comfortable state of being able to advance, attack, retreat, and defend. The possibility of being smothered to death in Chu with closed doors and beating dogs as envisaged when entering Chu may not appear. .

In fact, after the last battle against Chu, the blind man said that Yan Chu... no, it is the pattern of Jindong and Chu, just like a copy of Jin at the end of Ming Dynasty;

Compared with the state of Chu in terms of foundation, population, and military strength, the eastern Jin family is still far behind, but it is "poor and poor", or it can be said to be "capable".

It is true that the Ming Dynasty fell to Li Zicheng, but before that, soldiers and horses of the Houjin Dynasty entered the Great Wall many times to plunder, and beat horses under the capital more than once.

It is nothing more than the lack of background and accumulation to launch any war of annihilation, but in small-scale battlefields, it is enough to gain an advantage, such as right now.

If my uncle wanted to destroy himself, he had to mobilize the various Chu armies in advance to form an absolute advantage in strength before he dared to attack, otherwise he would be defeated one by one by himself;

And after he exhausted all his efforts to mobilize the army, he could stop fighting and go back home, leaving his uncle lonely.

At the bottom of the notebook, there is a message.

It was two wounded knights who came back to report. They were the group that chased and killed Nian Yao. They caught up with Nian Yao. After a short fight, they were injured and were asked by A Ming to report back.

"If Nian Yao is caught up, the problem won't be a big deal," Zheng Fan said.

After all, Ah Ming is serious this time.

"The slave family has to congratulate the master." Si Niang said with a smile.

"If Nian Yao is gone, my uncle will really have no one to use. The only worry in the overall situation at the moment is that after cutting Chu again this time, he will be completely transformed into a grandson and Liu between Qian and Chu. The alliance, because they all know each other, if they are alone, there is no chance at all."

Speaking of which,

Zheng Fan shook his head again,

road:

"Nevermind him, this matter, it's the little six who have a headache."

At this moment, Si Niang remembered something and said, "My lord, that eighth prince of the Chu Kingdom has been clamoring to see you."

"Where is the person?"

"Being locked up in Fan's residence is considered a relative's house after all."

"Oh, okay, you make me some fried rice with eggs, and I'll take him to dinner."

"Yes, my lord."

Lord Zheng Hou washed up and went into the front hall. Si Niang also brought up fried rice with eggs. The side dish was pickled vegetables. Now it is difficult for Fan Mansion to provide exquisite dishes.

Lord Zheng Hou sat down at the table, and the young eighth prince was captured by Jin Yiwei.

This kid is also very bachelor,

Before the guard kicked his knee, he knelt down consciously and shouted;

"Brother-in-law, I'm hungry, they only give me water, not food."

"hehe."

This time also amused Lord Zheng Hou, picked up a pickle bowl next to him, took out some fried rice from himself, and said, "Let's eat together."

"Thank you brother-in-law, thank you brother-in-law, brother-in-law still loves me."

The Eighth Prince immediately got up and sat across from Zheng Fan. He stopped holding the chopsticks and just stretched out his hands to grab them and put them in his mouth. It seemed that he was really hungry.

Siniang brought some more and handed over the chopsticks at the same time.

Zheng Houye stopped after eating two bowls. Although it was dark after a full sleep, it was more like breakfast to him. Two bowls of fried rice with eggs were enough.

And the Eighth Prince was there desperately cooking,

It may be really hungry at the beginning, and then the anxiety of the crisis and discomfort of one's own situation is filled into the feeling of eating.

in the end,

Finished,

He burped.

"I am full?"

"Brother-in-law, I'm full."

"Go down first when you're full." Zheng Houye added, "I'll call you next time I eat."

"Thank you brother-in-law, by the way, did you catch brother-in-law Nian Yao?"

"Soon."

"Brother-in-law is martial, my sister really has vision."

"Go down."

"Hey, brother-in-law, don't worry. Before Nian Yao fled, there was something I wanted me to convey to brother-in-law. Shall I tell brother-in-law?"

"Is it suitable?"

"Aren't we a family? Since we are a family, how can we distinguish what is suitable or not?"

"Okay, tell me."

"Nian Yao said that the reason why my brother-in-law was able to drive straight in this time is because the emperor's brother has been too aggressive in trying to weaken the power of the nobles in the past few years, which has caused a serious emptiness in our Chu family..."

Here, the words are only half spoken;

A guard ran in from outside to report:

"My Lord, Mr. A Ming is back!"

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And at night.