The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1118

Xiahouxiu's mansion is not too far away from Xiahouxian's home. Compared with Xiahouxian's poor and simple home, Xiahouxiu's mansion can be described as a mansion with high walls and deep courtyards.

Xia Houxian walked quickly to the gate, looked around, and found no one was there, so he tapped on the door lightly. Although it was the second watch, it was obvious that the family of Xiahou Mansion had not rested. There was a voice of inquiry: "Who is it? It's so late, can't you come back tomorrow morning if you have something to do?" A very impatient voice.

"Please send a message to Master Xiahou, and say that my nephew Xiahouxian is asking to see you." Xiahouxian lowered his voice.

"Xiahouxian?" In the silence of the night, the voice was heard far away, the greedy wolf lurking on the opposite roof saw Xiahou and reported his name, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.Xia Houxiu is a relatively important force in the Cao clan, and of course it is also the focus of Tanlang's surveillance. This night happened to be Tanlang's turn to lead people to watch near Xiahou's mansion. As long as anyone appeared in Xiahou's mansion, they would not will let go.

Tanlang has an impression of almost everyone in the Cao clan. This Xia Houxian has a good reputation, and he followed Zhong Hui to rebel in Xiangyang, which can be considered as a show. How could Tanlang not know.

After Zhonghui's rebellion, Sima Yan punished the three clans of the Zhong family to vent their anger. Originally, Sima Yan also intended to punish the three clans who followed Zhonghui, such as Xia Houxian, Wang Mai, and Hu Lie, but Jia Chong persuaded them Admonishment, killing the relatives of these people will inevitably make them follow Zhong Hui even more desperately, it is better to keep their family members behind, there may be a chance to instigate rebellion in the future, Sima Yan followed his words, and did not pursue these people any more relatives.

Tanlang also knew about Xia Houxian's return to Luoyang with Zhong Hui. Now that Xia Houxian is the general of the Shu Han army, he is also a fifth-rank rank, which is much higher than that of Tanlang's Zuofu captain.If Xia Houxian went home to visit relatives, there would be nothing strange about Tanlang, it was completely reasonable.

But the strange thing is that Xia Houxian did not go home in the bright and bright daytime. Returning home in brocade clothes is an honor in itself. Why should Xia Houxian hide it? Seeing Xia Houxiu, who is the uncle of the same family, immediately made the professionally sensitive Tanlang feel that it was extraordinary. There must be something ulterior.

Tanlang immediately ordered his subordinates in a very low voice: "Keep an eye on it, this might be a big fish, don't scare the snake by scaring it."

Over there, the door of Xia Houxiu's mansion creaked open, and a man in charge appeared at the door, and with the light of a lantern, the man in charge was sure that he saw Xia Houxian.

If we put it back in the past, the stewards of Xiahouxiu's mansion did not pay attention to the members of Xiahouxian's family. No matter in terms of family status or family status, Xiahouxian's family is far from Xiahouxiu's family. Xiu is the Minister of Zhongshu who is more than two thousand stones, and Xia Houxian is just a general of Yamen.

But now that the king's banner has changed on the top of Luoyang City, it is the turn of the Shuhan Dynasty to take power. The so-called one emperor and one courtier, Xia Houxiu is at home. The housekeeper Ding is very polite to Xia Houxian.

"It turned out to be the young master nephew, but I don't know why the young master nephew visited late at night?"

Of course, Xia Houxian couldn't say much to these servants, he just said: "Today I went home to visit my relatives, and I happened to have something to talk to Shibo, I wonder if Shibo ever took a rest?"

The steward said: "Never. The master heard that the young nephew is visiting, and he has already waited in the hall. Please come with me, young nephew." He said, making a gesture of invitation.

Xia Houxian nodded, he readily accepted the courtesy of these servants, in Xia Houxian's view, this is the benefit of status, if he is useless now, these snobbish servants will not be polite at all Angrily calling him nephew and young master, when the clock will be completed in the future, I will be the founding minister of the country. I guess these servants will not stand up and talk to him, and they will have to lie on the ground to greet him when they meet.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the middle hall, Xia Houxiu greeted him personally, and when he saw Xia Houxian's face, he laughed and said, "Nephew, I haven't seen you for many years, you really miss Uncle."

Xia Houxian saluted and said: "My uncle, please accept my nephew's bow."

Xia Houxiu laughed and said: "Nephew, you don't need to be too polite. I'm very happy that you can still think of your uncle first when you go home. Come, come, talk in the room, talk in the room."

The two entered the house together, Tan Lang and others who had been watching secretly on the opposite roof could not hear any sound, as for the content of their conversation in the house, Tan Lang naturally had no way of knowing.

"My lord, what should I do?" the subordinates asked Tanlang in a low voice.

It is impossible for Tanlang to infiltrate Xiahou Mansion at this time, if they are a little careless, their surveillance operations will be exposed, and it is very likely that they will startle the snake.

At the same time, Tanlang thinks that Xia Houxian's sudden visit to Xiahouxiu must not be due to the flood of family affection. There must be some conspiracy in it. Tanlang decided to report to Chen Ji as soon as possible. Before leaving, he He ordered his subordinates: "Everyone is staring at him to death. When Xiahouxian leaves Xiahouxiu's house, and Xiahouxiu makes any changes, they must be recorded for me. There must be no mistakes."

The subordinates obeyed the order, and Tanlang took another look at Xia Houxiu's mansion, then flew down and hurried back to the lieutenant's mansion.

Although it was already the middle of the night, Chen Ji did not rest. He was concentrating on reading the information submitted from various places. The information was complicated. If you don’t have a certain ability to discern, just looking at it is enough to cause headaches. But Chen Ji read it patiently, and occasionally took a pen to mark something on it.

Greedy Wolf met Chen Ji very quickly through the transmission, and reported the discovery of Xia Houxian in Xia Houxiu's mansion.

Chen Ji's face was solemn, and he said: "If something goes wrong, it must be a demon. Xia Houxian went home in the middle of the night and ghost Chongchong. There must be some conspiracy in it. It seems that the people of the Cao clan are really unwilling to be lonely, they have plans, and they have the heart of restoration. Not dead."

Greedy Wolf said: "I also think that this Xia Houxian is very problematic. I came here to ask your lord whether to capture Xia Houxian secretly after he leaves Xiahouxiu's mansion. The subordinate promises that as long as Xia Houxian is captured, It will definitely make it recruit everything."

Chen Ji shook his head and said: "Unless there is conclusive evidence, don't act rashly. After all, Xia Houxian is from Zhong Zhenxi. If you can't get real evidence by then, it will be difficult for Zhong Zhenxi to explain. Don't worry, everything is safe. It’s still under our control, you just need to monitor it carefully, don’t startle the snake if it’s not a last resort.”

(End of this chapter)