When Li Hao left Shibao Village, it was in the afternoon, Anping County was in the north, and Cui's family was in the suburbs ten miles west of the county seat, which was very close to the county seat.

Li Hao walked north for more than forty minutes, and finally saw two large buildings from a distance, the most conspicuous is naturally Anping City, a city is located there, if you can't see this, it is blind, and in the west of Anping City, there is a building complex, a very large building complex, even if it is seven or eight miles away, you can also see, although it is not as high as Anping City, but these buildings are too many and too conspicuous, there is Boling Cui's house.

"What a illustrious family of gate valves." Li Hao lifted the carriage curtain, looked at the Cui family in the distance, and snorted coldly, "Even Anping City, compared to it, it is not as good as that, more than six hundred years, how many people's blood has this big leech sucked dry, and it has become such a prominent family." ”

Chen Song's voice outside the car suddenly came: "Master Hou, the official road in front has branched off, one leads to Anping City, and the other leads to Cui's family, which one to take?" ”

"Go to Cui's house." Li Hao replied without hesitation.

Choose the road on the left, and soon you will arrive at Cui's house, strictly speaking, this is no longer Cui's house, but Cui's town, even bigger than a town, and all the buildings here are very exquisite, those blue brick and black tile houses are not ordinary people can afford to live, but Li Hao knows that these houses are just the residences of the branch members of the Cui family, the real big dragon, is the super mansion in the middle, and the two big characters on the lintel of the high gate - "Cui Mansion".

When Li Hao and the others were still a few miles away, the Cui clan discovered them, and at this moment, hundreds of guards gathered at the door, all armed with sticks, waiting for the battle, as if facing a great enemy.

After Li Hao dismounted, he glanced at Chen Song, Chen Song took out the prayer post that had been prepared from his arms, jumped out of the carriage, ran forward and said loudly: "Lantian County Marquis, Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang handed Li Hao a worship post and visited Cui Chongzhi, the old lady of the Boling Cui family." ”

Li Hao had a detailed understanding of the important personnel of the Boling Cui clan before he came to Hebei, and those materials were given to him by Li Shimin, Li Shimin sat in the world, and he naturally kept a close eye on these gate lords, and the information of these important personnel of the clan was archived by Li Shimin.

At present, the highest seniority in the direct line of the Boling Cui family is the old lady and patriarch - Cui Chongzhi, who is seventy-three years old this year, followed by the second grandfather Cui Chongliang, seventy years old, followed by the current head of the family Cui Wentai, fifty years old, and the second master Cui Wensong, forty-eight years old, the third master Cui Wenhao, forty-three years old, and the fourth master Cui Wenjing, forty years old.

As soon as Li Hao came, he threatened to meet the old lady Cui Chongzhi, which made those nurses feel that the person in front of them was too arrogant, can the old lady of the Cui family be seen by anyone, the Marquis of Lantian County? Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang general? It sounds very bluffing, hehe, they Cui really didn't pay attention to it, if Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji came in person, the old lady would probably be able to see the light.

In fact, Li Hao also knew that he would definitely not see Cui Chongzhi, he did this to deliberately make himself look young and frivolous, show the enemy to be weak, attack to be strong, young is his best disguise.

After a long time, a person walked out of the courtyard, this person was wearing a round-necked silk shirt, a black gauze wingless hat, a thin face, a three-inch black beard, and looked quite elegant.

The middle-aged man in the silk shirt stopped after going out, took Chen Song's greetings, unfolded it, and then turned his head to look at Li Hao, and arched his hand: "This must be the famous Marquis of Lantian County." ”

Li Hao said indifferently: "It's Ben Hou." ”

"Under Cui Wenjing, Li County Hou is polite." Cui Wenjing bowed to Li Hao, and said very gracefully, "Li Xianhou, I may disappoint you, the old lady was caught with a cold a few days ago, and her body was sick, so she couldn't see guests, Li Xianhou, please go back." ”

"Oh?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "That's really unfortunate, since the old lady is sick, then Ben Hou will meet Cui Wentai." ”

Cui Wentai is the head of the Cui family, his status is extremely high, as long as the two Chongzi generations pass away, Cui Wentai will be the next patriarch, and when the time comes, he will be a god-like existence in the Cui family, but Li Hao calls him by his name, which makes Cui Wenjing secretly annoyed.

These gate lords are very strict in governing the family, everyone has been instilled with the concept of respect and inferiority since childhood, everything is centered on the interests of the family, in case there is intrigue in the family, and the family rules of these scholars are much stricter than the national law, which is a hundred times better than the royal family, which is why the scholars can stand tall for hundreds of years, because their hearts are very united and there is no internal friction.

Although Cui Wenjing was annoyed that Li Hao was rude, he couldn't make his own decisions about such a major matter, so he replied: "I will send your greeting post to the head of the family in the future, as for whether the head of the family is free or not, it depends on the luck of Li Xianhou." With that, he turned around and went through the door with the prayer slip in hand.

Looking at the heavily guarded gate of Cui's house, Li Hao suddenly sighed, when he was in Chang'an, how many princes he visited and how many greetings he sent, but this time, it was definitely the worst attitude he encountered, no way, people dragged it, to be honest, without Li Shimin's support, Li Hao is really not even a fart for a behemoth like Cui's.

There is a saying in the feudal era, the whole world is not the emperor's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, as long as the Cui family is still in the land of the Tang Dynasty, everything has to be decided by the Tang Emperor, although they are powerful, let Li Shimin scruples, but it does not mean that Li Shimin really can't get them, with Li Shimin's support, Li Hao is not afraid of these gate valve families.

Finally, Cui Wenjing came out, arched his hand towards Li Hao, and said coldly: "Li Xianhou, the head of the family is invited." ”

"Thank you." Li Hao didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly took Chen Song forward.

Cui Wenjing stretched out his hand to stop Li Hao, and said with a light smile: "Li Xianhou, I'm sorry, the head of the family said, I only saw you alone, and you can't bring anyone in." ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Hao raised his eyebrows, responded with a relaxed face, and then strode towards the door, took two steps and suddenly stopped, and turned around, "I bet with you, although it is the first time I have come to your house, I can easily find out where your family master is, believe it or not?" ”

Cui Wenjing shook his head when he heard this: "I don't believe it." ”

"If you don't believe it, don't you lead the way?" Li Hao frowned and raised his voice.

In fact, Li Hao's heart is very afraid, Cui's power is huge, black and white are all-in-one, if it is said that there is no knife and axe hand in Cui's family, he doesn't believe it when he kills Li Hao, let him go in alone, of course he is afraid, and it is not too much to roar two strong voices, besides, since he wants to show his youth and frivolity, then he will play it to the end, as for the knife and axe hand, he believes that he can last for a while with his own skills, if Cui's is really unfavorable to himself, he can only rely on himself to support it, and then find an opportunity to blow the whistle and ask Chen Song and five hundred Zuo Xiaowei outside the door for help, There shouldn't be any problem, take 10,000 steps back, he is an official of the imperial court, and the Cui family shouldn't be so bold to kill himself, after all, everyone has no grudges in the past and no hatred in the near future, right.

After Li Hao entered Cui's mansion, he was taken through the courtyard by Cui Wenjing, and walked for a long time, Li Hao became more and more frightened the more he walked, Nima, this Cui family is really big, go so far? If the axe man surrounds me, I will throw a bomb and I guess no one outside can hear it, what should I do, what should I do......

Finally, Cui Wenjing stopped in front of a courtyard gate, turned his head to look at Li Hao, and found that Li Hao's forehead was full of sweat, and asked suspiciously: "Li Xianhou, are you very hot?" ”

"It's not hot." Li Hao shook his head in embarrassment, knowing what he meant.

Cui Wenjing asked again: "Since it's not hot, why is Hou Ye sweating?" ”

Li Hao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a dry smile: "I'...... The kidneys are a little weak...... Man...... You know. ”

Cui Wenjing raised his eyebrows and smiled, smiling meaningfully, and after a while, he smiled, pointed to the courtyard, and said, "The head of the family is playing chess in the garden, Li Xianhou, please come in." ”

Li Hao didn't say much, he went in directly, Cui's garden is really big, and when he went in, he saw a big rockery blocking the front, and then the road was divided into two left and right, he first walked along the road to the left, and finally came to the end after walking for a long time, he didn't see half a figure, Li Hao was so angry, Cui's intended to give himself a horse, it's okay, let's endure it first, turn back, and go another way.

After walking along the other road for a while, there is a large artificial lake, yes, there is an artificial lake in the garden, it is awesome, it is simply the force of the palace.

There is a water pavilion promenade running through the artificial lake, and in the middle of the water pavilion, that is, in the middle of the lake, there is a small pavilion, and a person is sitting in the pavilion, playing chess.

Seeing this, Li Hao walked over quickly, and when he got closer, he saw that this was a half-hundred-year-old man with gray hair, about fifty years old, dressed simply, but very elegant, with a long beard, looking gentle and elegant, quite a masterful demeanor.

The old man was fiddling with the chessboard, and the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard were facing each other, but strangely enough, the old man was the only one who played chess.

Li Hao stood there and waited for a while, the old man didn't seem to notice him, and he still fell a black seed for a while, and a white child for a while.

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Li Hao, Hou of Lantian County, has seen Master Cui. "That's right, the person in front of you is Cui Wentai, the current head of the Cui family.

Cui Wentai still stared at the chessboard, did not raise his head, and said slowly: "The old man only has guests here, and there is no Hou Ye." As he spoke, he continued to fall.

Yes, it's another dismount.

Li Hao understood what he meant, and said again: "Senior Li Hao, I have seen Master Cui." ”

Cui Wentai finally stopped, turned his head to look at Li Hao, then pointed to the seat opposite, and said, "Sit down." ”

"Thank you." Li Hao sat down with a grin, young and frivolous, you have to behave ignorantly, don't you like to get off the horse, keep coming, it's okay, Lao Tzu is here to show weakness.

The Cui family has strict rules and is extremely polite, and Li Hao's behavior fell in Cui Wentai's eyes, making him frown.

However, Cui Wentai didn't dig deeper, and said coldly: "The old man is boring to play chess alone, why don't you play a game with the old man?" ”

Li Hao smiled and waved his hand: "The junior's chess skills stink better than shit, so don't take it out to tarnish the dignity of the senior." ”

Li Hao's crude words made Cui Wentai frown again, and Cui Wentai said coldly: "It seems that you have something to do this time." ”

Li Hao nodded: "It's just that there is something important to discuss with Master Cui." ”

"Ugh." Cui Wentai threw the chess pieces back into the jade bowl and said unhappily, "Good Yaxing, I will be corrupted by these mortal worlds again." ”

Li Hao sneered in his heart when he heard this: "Ouch, it seems that you don't eat fireworks in the world, you are elegant, you are so elegant and still encroach on the land of the people?" Cutting flesh and sucking blood on the people? I just want to make a watch and want to set up a torii, phew! Pretend! ”