Han Shizu

Chapter 193 Hou Yi
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In the southern city of Tokyo, an old horse pulled a carriage, swaying through the narrow streets and alleys, after going around several times, it stopped in front of a mansion.The gate of the house is not small, but it is in a mess.

The driver was a thick and strong man, armed with a weapon, he could tell at a glance that he was a battle-hardened soldier.He jumped out of the carriage and said respectfully to the carriage: "Master, we have arrived at the gate of the residence."

The curtain of the car was lifted, and an old man with gray beard poked his head out, bent his body, and landed on the ground with the support of the groom.The expression was full of exhaustion, and he sighed: "Tokyo's roads are still so crowded!"

"Call the door!"

"Yes!"

This old man is the former envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, Hou Yi.Ever since he was "escorted" to Beijing, Hou Yi has been left in the mansion, and no one cares about him. He voluntarily reported to ask for a face-to-face interview, but there was no reply.

The reaction of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court made the old man feel terrified, thinking about his actions at both ends of Fengxiang's first mouse, it was even more difficult to feel at ease.Afterwards, the news of the great victory at Jifeng Mountain made Hou Yi even more restless, feeling that his life was in danger.During this period of time, Hou Yi exhausted his family wealth, brought great gifts, and posted posts to visit the dignitaries of the big man, especially those ministers, hoping to speak to them, but unfortunately, it worked.

With a sigh, he entered the mansion under the welcome of the gatekeeper.Holding on to my waist, after all, I am more than 60 years old. After running around these days, even though my body has always been good, I can't bear it anymore. The most important thing is that I have a lot of psychological pressure.

There are a total of more than seventy people in Hou's mansion, apart from Hou Yi's relatives, there are dozens of followers who are all loyal.After calming down the soldiers who came up to him, Hou Yi asked the steward, "Where is Sanlang?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across the steward's face, he faltered and explained in a low voice.

"This pervert!"

Accompanied by an angry shout, Hou Yi showed his youthful vigor, carrying a wooden stick, and quickly broke into a courtyard in the back garden of the Hou Mansion.In the hall, a bearded man in his thirties was flirting with a maidservant, his face was drunk, he must have drunk a lot of wine.

Seeing Hou Yi barging in with a wooden stick in his hand, he shivered, pushed the maidservant away, and staggered to run away.

"Father, stop beating!" After a few screams, the man pleaded for mercy with his tongue out.

"You rebellious son, the old man is running around and bowing his knees. It's good for you to enjoy yourself in the mansion, huh?" Hou Yi blew his beard and stared, and angrily said: "You're playing with things and losing your ambition!"

The man's name is Hou Renbao, he is the third son of Hou Yi, and he has always had no ambitions and only wants to enjoy himself.But it's not the kind of arrogant and domineering second-generation ancestor. It belongs to the typical "salted fish life". He neither served in the army nor in politics. .

Seeing that the old father's expression softened, Hou Renbao rubbed the arm that was beaten, bravely, bared his teeth, stepped forward to support Hou Yi, threw the stick far away, and said, "Father, I want to accompany you too. If you go out, aren't you afraid of embarrassing you?"

"You still have the guts to say it?" Seeing Hou Renbao's salty expression, Hou Yi scolded immediately.

Smelling the smell of alcohol in his mouth, he became even more angry: "The Son of Heaven issued an order to prohibit alcohol, and the Hou family is already in danger, yet they dare to act recklessly in the mansion. Are you afraid that you will not be able to recruit people from the Kaifeng mansion and the inspection department?"

"Eh. The mansion is all from my own family, and no one will tell it to the outside world." Hou Renbao smiled coyly: "After entering Tokyo, my son has obeyed your orders and stayed in the mansion honestly. He has never left the house."

"Do you still want the old man to praise you?" Hou Yi asked back.

Hou Renbao lowered his head and pretended to be dead.Seeing his appearance, Hou Yi couldn't help but sigh, he also gave up on this son.Fortunately, the other sons are still progressing.

Seeing that Hou Yi's expression softened and he hiccupped, Hou Renbao stepped forward, with a serious expression on his face, and asked, "Father, it's useless to see those prime ministers, why don't you go directly to see the emperor?"

Hearing this, Hou Yi was almost out of breath and had a cerebral thrombosis, his eyes widened: "If I can see the emperor, how can I still ask them?"

"They are all perfunctory old men, especially Su Fengji, who accepted my gift and didn't speak for me, but he still wanted to ask me for another gift? This person is so thick-skinned, this kind of person can also be a prime minister ? I see, the Great Han Dynasty is not much better!" Hou Yi complained.

Hearing this, Hou Renbao seemed to be taken aback, and waved his hands: "Father, you can't talk nonsense about this, the Hou family is in danger, if it gets out, it will be even worse."

"Get out!" Hou Yi gave a concise response.

Hou Renbao didn't move his butt, but said with a shy face, "Father, if the son wants to come, the emperor will not kill our family."

"Why?"

"Feel."

I thought this son could say something insightful, but in the end, he was not "disappointed".

"roll!"

"Son leave!"

"If you dare to drink too much, I will break your legs! I will do what I say!" Hou Yi said coldly.

Hearing this, Hou Renbao shrank his neck, his legs trembled slightly, and hurriedly backed away.

Back in the study, Hou Yi was alone, thinking about the experience of bumping into walls during this period of time, he couldn't help feeling depressed.After a long time, he sighed: "Mistake!"

"At the beginning, why did you lose your mind and be lured by that king Chuhui? There are so many people who accepted Khitan's false orders, except for Du Chongwei, the court also pardoned their sins. I regret it, I regret it."

Hou Yi murmured to himself: "However, what Nizi said is not bad, the emperor should not kill me, otherwise it would never be this kind of reaction. Besides, the old man did not rebel after all, and finally handed over his military power to help the court against the Shu army. It's done."

"Looking at the situation in Tokyo, these prime ministers have not controlled the court. Everything depends on the emperor's attitude."

Although Hou Yi was a poor farmer, he joined the army for more than [-] years, from Liang and Jin struggled for hegemony, until Tang and Jin perished successively.All the way from the bottom to the current position, relying on, in addition to the martial arts, is a fairly keen political sense.

Although this person has no culture, he is surprisingly knowledgeable, good at speaking, and has keen eyesight.During the decades of war, he always stood in the right team and sat upright.

This time, it was a surprise.At the beginning of the founding of the Great Han Dynasty, there was no sign of the prosperity of a new dynasty, just like the Later Tang Dynasty in Li Cunxu's era.Originally, Hou Yi did not really rebel, and he even wanted to coerce Meng Shu with self-respect.It's just that I didn't expect that the Han court was so determined, Wang Jun was so capable of fighting, and the new emperor was so hard to mess with.
Fortunately, at the last moment, Hou Yi resolutely sat on his butt again, making amends.

Of course, Liu Chengyou knows about Hou Yi's situation in Tokyo. He has been left out for so long, on the one hand to suppress him, and on the other hand, he has not yet figured out how to deal with him.

Kill, did not intend to kill.After Feng Dao paid homage to the Prime Minister, he introduced Hou Yi to Liu Chengyou. The sentence that impressed Liu Chengyou the most was: In terms of judging the situation and the situation, a minister is not as good as Hou Yi.

In this regard, it is obvious that Feng Dao is not a mortal who can make Feng Dao feel inferior.

After more than half a month, after Hou Yi's mentality was "calmed down", Liu Chengyou finally remembered this person and summoned him.

"The guilty ministers see Your Majesty!" As soon as they met, Hou Yi bowed down, his posture especially low.

Liu Chengyou looked at Hou Yi, giving him the impression that he was like an old farmer.

"Be flat!"

"The guilty minister dare not!" Hou Yi still fell on the ground.This person really can let go of his figure.This performance, it seems that Liu Chengyou is bullying the old man.

"You call yourself a criminal minister, what's the matter with the criminal?" Liu Chengyou glanced at him and asked.

"The great Han established the country, and the sinners have not come to Beijing for an audience, and have not had time to see the face of the first emperor!" Hou Yi replied loudly, acting very naturally.

Seeing that he avoided the important and ignored the trivial, Liu Chengyou also accompanied him to talk nonsense, and covered a memorial on the imperial case, and said in a cold voice: "Do you know how the late emperor evaluated you?"

Hou Yi was taken aback, turned his eyes around the floor of the hall twice, and asked, "I don't know, old minister."

"Looking like the court, with a heart in mind."

The eight heartbreaking words rang in his ears, even if it was an old fox, Hou Yi couldn't help but twitched his heart, and immediately kowtowed his head: "What does the late emperor mean by this, I really don't understand the sinful minister as a fool."

"Do you want me to explain it to you?" Liu Chengyou said lightly: "Have you forgotten the matter of secretly collaborating with the puppet Shu and the enemy's country so quickly?"

"I exchanged secret letters with the pseudo-Shu privy envoy Wang Chu, and sent military registration and food records to the enemy commander Zhang Qianzhao. Are these things groundless? Huh?" Liu Chengyou questioned.

Feeling Liu Chengyou's stern tone, Lao Hou Yi's body tensed up, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his mind spun rapidly, and after pondering for a while, he replied in a trembling voice: "I am not trying to lure him to go north to seek help from Shu." Annihilate it."

Bullshit!

"So, the victory at Jifeng Mountain was due to Hou Shijun's plan?" Liu Chengyou asked flatly.

"I dare not!"

"Hou Yi, you are tired of becoming a veteran, what do you think, how should I deal with you?"

After hearing this, Hou Yi became completely nervous.Secretly thinking about Liu Chengyou's state of mind, but his mind was a little confused for a while.Suddenly, Hou Yi straightened his body, cupped his hands to Liu Chengyou: "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!"

"speak!"

"When I was in Fengxiang, I received a secret letter from Li Shouzhen in Hezhong, inviting me to join him in rebellion. Your Majesty, Li Shouzhen has different ambitions, and the court needs to take precautions." Hou Yi decided to use Li Shouzhen as a shield. By the way, be a "tainted witness" in order to atone for the crime.

Hearing his words, Liu Chengyou was a little happy, and said in an inexplicable tone: "It seems that Li Shouzhen has quite a lot of contacts!"

Hou Yi was a little stunned when he said that, and couldn't help being surprised at Liu Chengyou's calmness.

"How did you reply to Li Shouzhen?" Liu Chengyou asked.

Hou Yi's face was serious, and he said solemnly: "The old minister categorically refuses!"

"Why didn't you report it earlier?"

"The matter is of great importance. In order to avoid leaking, the old minister wants to meet His Majesty in person."

(End of this chapter)