A moment of greed and joy, and it was dripping.

By the time Li Li and Ma Yunluo woke up from their deep sleep, the night was already deep and the valley was dark.

Soothing Ma Yunluo with a soft voice and continuing to rest, Li Li walked out of the tent in high spirits and stretched out for a long time.

Seeing that Li Xuan and the others on the west bank of the stream were talking softly around the bonfire, Li Li bypassed the stone cliff and slowly walked towards the bonfire along the bank of the stream.

"Whew--whew!"

The evening breeze blew across the valley, causing the bonfires to burn more and more vigorously, and the flames whistled in the wind, rising several feet high.

"What a brave man he is! It's a full hour and a half, and it didn't take so long for him to fight with Zilong a few days ago, which is really beyond my reach, and he is really a god! ”

The person who said this deliberately lowered his voice when he spoke, as if he was afraid of being heard. But he spoke with his throat tucked, and he spoke louder than ordinary people with his voice open, and he said this in front of Li Xuan, Guo Jia, Xu Chu, Chen Zhi and others, who would not hear it! Perhaps, in his opinion, as long as the lord Li Li can't hear these words, others don't have to shy away from it, because everyone thinks so, but they dare to think about it or not, only he dares to say it in public.

The identity of this person is self-evident, in the Xiliang Army, there are few people who dare to talk about the lord Li Li in private, and there are few people who count with their fingers, and Huan Fei by the bonfire happens to be one of them.

Hearing Huan Fei's words, Li Xuan, Guo Jia and the others looked at each other and smiled, and then turned their eyes to Huan Fei and shook their heads helplessly.

Li Xuan had an indifferent smile on his face, and whispered to Huan Fei: "Feihu is cautious, don't talk about the lord in private in the future, if you let the lord hear it one day, I'm afraid that you will be in a big disaster." Moreover, as our subordinates, we talk about the Lord in vain, and there are many rudenesses. It is not the duty of a subordinate, nor is it the way of a subordinate. Just say what you have just said, and don't discuss it again, otherwise I will ask the lord to punish you heavily! ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Huan Fei nodded slightly, and then pretended to be stupid and smirked: "Thank you Brother Yuanzhong for reminding me, I know." But I didn't say anything bad about the lord, it's just a matter of facts, it's not a criticism! ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "General Flying Tiger's words are wrong. Though thou hast not spoken ill of thy lord. However, what you have just said is related to the reputation of the lord and the private affairs of the lord and his wife, and this is something that our ministers cannot discuss. The lord has already confirmed the identity of Mrs. Yunluo, and this time I am waiting to travel, not in the barracks. It is also reasonable to share a room with your family. Moreover, the Lord is our Lord. All words and deeds are not something we can talk about. Therefore. But even if we hear or see the secret things of the Lord, we must not talk nonsense, but we should keep our mouths shut and remain silent. Do so. It is good for others and for oneself; On the contrary, it will cause trouble from the mouth and cause unnecessary trouble to yourself. ”

"In this way, the lord won't be so stingy. Don't even let people say a word? Huan Fei muttered in a low voice.

"Humph!" Before Huan Fei's words fell, he heard a cold snort behind him, which frightened him and almost fell on the fire.

"Well, the lord is here!" Huan Fei, who was crooked on his side, didn't need to turn his head to see who was coming behind him, just by listening to the voice, he knew that the lord Li Li was coming, and he must have heard what he said just now. So he got up and smirked honestly: "Lord, you got up so early, and the last general had beaten a few hares and pheasants in the evening, and they were burning in the fire." I wanted to send it to the lord after it was burned, but I didn't think you would come by yourself. Please sit down, my lord, this is what the last general has just wiped, clean! Hey, hey, hey??????"

"Excuse me, sit by yourself!" Li Li walked slowly to the bonfire, signaled that Guo Jia and the others did not have to get up, and sat down directly beside Li Xuan. Then he stared at the restless Huan Fei with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "Feihu, you kid is getting more and more bold, dare to make up bad things about you and me behind your back, and say that I am stingy and narrow-minded. Do you want to be stingy now and punish you for not eating at night? ”

"This 、、、 wronged!" Huan Fei looked at Li Li in astonishment, and hurriedly defended: "Lord, the conscience of heaven and earth, when will the last general say bad things about you!" Just now, the last general was still saying that the lord is wise and martial, talented, and has the spirit of Ryoma, which is really the descendation of the gods, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary people such as us. Isn't that also a bad thing? ”

Before the words fell, Huan Fei added: "What the last general said is all from his heart, and he worships the lord in a mess, like a surging river!" ”

Li Li snorted coldly with a displeased expression: "Hmph! It's all true, I don't think so, right? Forget it, my lord doesn't care about you a lot, and I won't punish you for not eating tonight. However, at night, you have to take over Zicheng's vigil, and you will guard the valley alone, take care of the war horses, and remember to add some forage to the war horses in the middle of the night. ”

"This 、、、 promise, the last general commands!" After a moment's hesitation, Huan Fei immediately bowed down and answered.

Then he cautiously whispered, "My lord, if we don't leave tonight, will we camp here?" ”

"Well, don't go, I'll leave again tomorrow, bypass the Yuan army camp, and take the road down the mountain to enter Zhongshan Kingdom." Li Li said with a slight bow.

After Li Xuan heard this, he nodded and said, "That's fine." Just now, Zhong Kang and Shu Zhi came back from exploring the road, and found that Yuan Jun's guards at night were far tighter than during the day, and it was obviously not feasible to take the official road, so they could only bypass the official road and sneak into Zhongshan by small road. In this way, after all, we are not familiar with the terrain in this area, and it is extremely inconvenient to rush at night, it is easy to take a fork in the road, and the speed is not fast, so it is better to start early tomorrow morning. ”

Guo Jia echoed: "What Brother Yuan Zhong said is reasonable. This time, we have no time limit to go to Zhongshan country, and it doesn't matter if it's early or late, so we don't have to rush to the road. ”

After listening to Li Xuan and Guo Jia's words, Huan Fei was dumbfounded.

When the sun went down in the evening, Li and Guo were still urging them to go, why did they all change their words now, and the speed of change was too fast! It was only at this time that Huan Fei knew that his skills in slapping horses were really too bad, far inferior to the two scribes in front of him.

In addition to secretly slandering Li Xuan and Guo Jia in his heart, Huan Fei suddenly had a hint of enlightenment, knowing why the two of them agreed to stay here at night one after another. Before this, he knew that although Ma Yunluo was named the concubine of the lord, she was actually in name only. But this afternoon, it is obvious that there has been intimate contact between the lord and Ma Yunluo, which means that Ma Yunluo has just broken down, so naturally he can't rush overnight.

After figuring out the reason, Huan Fei suddenly felt that he was too stupid. I should have thought of it a long time ago, but I realized it later, which is really stupid.

Stupidity comes at a price, and the night vigil is the punishment he deserves.

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On the morning of the third day, Li Li and his entourage of eight people sneaked into Wuji County, Zhongshan Kingdom, and got in touch with Duan Xuan, He Man and others, who had been waiting for a long time, and successfully entered Zhen's mansion.

Knowing that Li Li was finally here, Zhen took his five daughters and two sons out of the house to greet him, showing great courtesy to Li Li and his party.

After settling down, the Zhen family held a feast. A grand banquet was held for Li Li and his entourage of more than ten people, and during the banquet, he once again expressed his gratitude to Li Li for his previous rescue.

The banquet was not withdrawn until the evening, and the generals such as Huan Fei, Xu Chu, Duan Xuan, He Man and Chen Zhi were so drunk that they withdrew from the banquet one after another, and were carried into the wing room by the servants to rest.

After the feast. Under the guidance of Zhen and the fake son Zhen Yan, Li Li, Li Xuan and Guo Jia walked into the second hall to serve tea and rest. And Ma Yunluo was accompanied by the five daughters of the Zhen family. The six girls left early. Walk into the backyard intimately and talk privately.

At the luncheon, Li Li met Zhen's two sons, Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao; And during the conversation, he learned that Zhen had three sons under his name, and the eldest son Zhen Yu died early, and now there are only two fake sons born to the late concubine. The Zhen family is a famous family with a head and a face in Jizhou, and a real big family. Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao's biological mother died early, coupled with the fact that the Zhen family was not prosperous, and Zhen's first husband Zhen Yi also died young, leaving several daughters and sons to serve Zhen as their mothers. In this way, they are the descendants of the Zhen family.

After all, the Zhen family is now the head of the Zhen family, and her children can be regarded as the main family heirs, and the rest are all side relatives. It is precisely because she is the head of the Zhen family that her maiden surname is Zhang, but now she is regarded by outsiders as the "backbone" of the Zhen family, and everyone before and after is called "Zhen".

This kind of thing of respecting the main room as the mother can only occur in large families, and ordinary people's families don't need to be so troublesome, and they don't have these exquisiteness. However, the son of the eunuch family, the background is undoubtedly very important, which is directly related to his future destiny, but also related to his status in the family, and is closely linked to the family property.

Zhen Yan is now 20 years old, only eight years younger than Zhen, and looks like a well-mannered scribe, with a slightly thin body, a thoughtful appearance, and a graceful demeanor. At the age of his prime, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and a circle of dark blue appeared around his eye sockets, walking lightly, and his spine was slightly rickety. Two months ago, when he had just turned 20 years old, he was filial piety and honesty, and now he is serving in the county government.

Zhen Yao is only fourteen years old, and he is still a half-grown child, as old as Emperor Liu Xie; He looks white and tender, very delicate, and people know at a glance that he is a child of a rich family. Fortunately, he is still young after all, not like Zhen Yan, who is sick and sick, prematurely decrepit, and does not know moderation.

After seeing Zhen Yan's listless appearance, Li Li deliberately paid close attention to the observation, and found that Zhen's mansion was full of young maids of Yingying Yanyan, and the figure of the maid could be seen in any courtyard in the mansion, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least a thousand young maids. Moreover, most of these maids are good-looking, graceful, wearing colorful and bright skirts, and their words and deeds are orderly and decent, and they are obviously strictly trained maidservants and slaves. Except for the maids, it is rare to see the men in the courtyard, presumably the main courtyard of the Zhen family prohibits the family from entering; After all, there are Zhen's mother and daughter living in the main courtyard, both of whom are female dependents, and it is not suitable for the family to come and go at will.

After some observation, Li Lifang knew that the Zhen family was really a family with yin and yang, no wonder the male in the family did not live forever for many years and died young. Being surrounded by so many flower-like young girls all day long, and being a man with strong blood and strength can't sit still and be self-disciplined. After a long time, the iron-beaten man can't bear it, and sooner or later he will be greatly injured and die.

In fact, Li Li also knew why the Zhen family wanted to recruit so many beautiful maids and maids, precisely because the Zhen family was not prosperous with men, so the mansion recruited a large number of girls, hoping that these women could import for the Zhen family and prosper their heirs. It has to be said that the wish is haode, but if it is too much, things often backfire. The current situation of the Zhen family's thin male body is a living example.

In addition, according to He Man and Duan Xuan's report, the Zhen family's mansion covers a huge area, with a total of 12 courtyards, six front yards, three middle courtyards, three back yards, six large gardens, four pools, more than 20 large and small pavilions, and the east and west wings stretch for miles, and there are thousands of wings alone. A Zhen Mansion occupies almost one-third of the area of Wuji County, and if you add other courtyards, most of the huge city belongs to the Zhen family.

At the same time, more than seventy percent of the shops in the city were also opened by the Zhen family, which extended to the entire Zhongshan country, and even the counties and counties of Youzhou and Jizhou, and the Zhen family's shops occupied about thirty percent of the shops in almost every state and county. It can be seen from this that the Zhen family's financial resources, money and food, and wide connections are really immeasurable, at least Li Li can hardly imagine how rich the Zhen family is at this time.

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