A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 715 Is Lord Hou Excited?
The Marquis of Shang rushed from Lang State to the capital of Yin State, originally a few days later than Yin Heng's departure time, but before he arrived at the capital of Yin State, he heard that the people of Yin State were spreading rumors, saying that King Wu of Yin had just done something. A lot of people were involved in this big case, among which the Xie family, a relative, was the most seriously injured this time.

The Marquis of Shang had asked A Shuo to send a message to the capital of Yin Guoguo a long time ago, asking people to take a good look at Li Guohuang, and not let Li Guohuang make any trouble before he arrived in Beijing.

Therefore, on the way, Ah Shuo would receive news every day, reporting the situation of Li Guohuang.

Fortunately, because of the ups and downs in Yin Guohuang's capital because of the case of private salt, it has diverted everyone's attention, so it is even more difficult to find Li Guohuang's movements.

The emperor of a country actually sneaked to the capital of another country, just thinking about it can make a cold sweat.

Even though he knew that Li Guohuang was safe now, the Marquis of Shang was still on his way day and night.

When they arrived at the next inn, the first thing A Shuo and his attendants did was to check the horses and feed them water and grass.

Horses that ran to death had to be replenished with new ones as soon as possible.

When Ah Shuo came back after completing these tasks, the food was set on the table in the room, and Shanghou asked him to come and sit down.

Shang Hou handed him a pair of chopsticks, and he said while chopping the rice: "Congratulations, Lord Hou, two more horses ran to death. Including the two that died today, we lost a total of eight horses."

Shanghou said: "Counting the time, King Yin Wu was on the road a few days faster than us. If we can be faster, this moment should have arrived."

A Shuo said: "King Yin Wu is in a hurry to go back to save his wife and children, but our lord has already settled down, and there is no danger for the time being. Can the situation be compared with that of King Yin Wu? Besides, Lord Hou is an old man, but King Yin Wu Young and vigorous, can Master Hou surpass him in physical strength?"

Marquis Shang: "...Even eating can't stop you from talking?"

A Shuo said again: "Although our situation is not as urgent as that of King Yin Wu, Lord Hou is still on his way without stopping. It can be seen that under the calm surface of Lord Hou, there is a restless heart. I will see Mrs. Xia soon, Hou Ye Are you excited?"

The Marquis of Shang ignored him.Otherwise, the more you talk to him, the more energetic you will be.

A Shuo said: "I know that Lord Hou will definitely come to Yin Country to meet Mrs. Xia after he finishes his business in Lang Country."

Shanghou didn't speak, but he could speak very vigorously on his own, saying: "When Lord Hou left for Lang from Li Country, I saw Lord Hou put Mrs. Xia's hairpin in his arms."

Shanghou: "..."

A Shuo glanced at him, "If it wasn't for the hairpin of the woman he loves, how could a man put it in his arms, and how could he travel across two countries to see her."

Marquis Shang pinched his forehead and said, "It's just because the hairpin is very important."

A Shuo: "Of course the hairpin of the woman I love is very important."

Shang Hou said: "If you are free to talk nonsense here, why not go out and feed the horses."

A Shuo said: "Master Hou forgot, the horse has already been fed."

Afterwards, the two ate for a while, and Ah Shuo said again: "Master Hou borrowed the hairpin from Mrs. Xia, and he will soon be able to see her again in a legitimate way. Thinking about it this way, it's quite a scheming plan."

Marquis Shang raised his head to look at him, A Shuo put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up, "I'll go see if Ma wants to add supper."

A Shuo walked out of the door, then turned back, looked at Marquis Shang from the crack of the door, and suggested sincerely: "If Master Hou really likes you, why don't you take this opportunity to ask him to see if he is willing to go with you."

Shang Hou said casually: "Which woman do you see who is willing to let go of her daughter, son-in-law and grandson, and go with another man?"

A Shuo looked at him strangely, and said, "It turns out that you have already thought about this problem in your heart."

Marquis Shang suddenly became angry and said, "I'm just refuting you with reason."

He felt that if A Shuo said another word of nonsense, he might directly throw A Shuo downstairs in the lobby.

Ah Shuo himself felt the same way, so he stopped talking and hurried to the backyard to give Ma Jia a supper.

At night, when Marquis Shang took off his clothes and went to sleep, the hairpin in his arms accidentally fell out, and hit the wooden floor with a ding-dong sound, giving off a cold and elegant glow in the lamplight.

He picked it up, leaned against the head of the bed, crossed his legs, looked at the hairpin in his hand for a while, then put it away, and lay down to sleep.

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Li Guohuang stayed in Yan Shouzhen's house like a thief for a while, he was really angry.

He couldn't wait for the Marquis of Shang to come to Beijing, so he sent a third letter to meet Xia Shi.

This time he had experience and pretended to be the Marquis of Shang.

Xia Shi is not familiar with him, but she must be familiar with Shang Xu, otherwise she would not easily give her hairpin to Shang Xu to take back to Li country.

When Li Guohuang asked his attendant to write a letter, Yan Shouzhen wiped his sweat and persuaded him: "My lord, why don't you wait any longer, the Marquis of Qin came to say that he has only been here for two days. .”

Li Guohuang said angrily: "If I hadn't waited for him, I guess I would have already finished my work and returned."

After writing the letter, of course Li Guohuang couldn't send his own people to deliver it blatantly, and Yan Shouzhen was also inconvenient to deliver it, so he found a stranger on the street and asked him to help deliver the letter with some money.

Strangers couldn't enter the gate of Prince Yin Wu's mansion, so they just handed over the letter to the mansion guard on duty in front of the gate, and left in a hurry.

The guard handed the letter to the butler again.

The housekeeper saw that the envelope was written with the words "Mrs. Xia's personal letter", so she personally delivered it to the inner courtyard and handed it over to Mrs. Xia.

Xia Shi had indeed received such a letter twice before.

The contents of the last two letters were the same, and I wanted to ask her to meet somewhere in Beijing.

But the other party did not clearly state her identity, not to mention that she would not go at all, and later encountered tension in the palace, so Xia Shi didn't mention this matter to Meng Yan, and she didn't have a chance to mention it later, so she threw it out of her mind later.

This time Xia family opened the letter and looked at it, his expression froze, and his heart was like ripples suddenly appearing on the calm water of a lake.

The letter invited her to have a talk in Jingyuan during the application period.

She went to Jingyuan once, and Shanghou took her there.

That place should be a very secret place, so besides the Marquis of Shang, Xia could not think of anyone else who would invite her to meet there.

Xia Shi saw that although Shanghou's name was not clearly written in the inscription, she browsed back and forth several times, and found the word "Shangxu" in the content of the letter.

Xia stared at those two words for a long time, then suddenly reached out and touched those two words lightly.

In this room, Li Guohuang changed his clothes very formally at Yan Shouzhen's place. Even though the Xia family didn't go to the appointment after delivering the letters the last two times, making him wait for half a day in vain, this time it didn't dampen his enthusiasm.

Yan Shouzhen received the latest news, and hurriedly tried to persuade him again: "Master, Qin Guohou will arrive today, why don't you wait?"

(End of this chapter)