Chapter 423 Old Things

Chapter 423 Old things

Of course, the story needs to be heard, and there also needs to be a suitable place.

For example, Xiahoudi's mansion.

This is one of the few roads in the huge capital that Xue Mu knows. He once visited with Xue Qingqiu. It was for negotiation and wanted Xiahoudi to let Weiye go. It was also the first time that Xue Mu racked his brains to gain a foothold in this world. A battle.

There is no problem in saying that Xiahou Di is the first hurdle Xue Mu faces in this life.

But now she is taking him home by herself, and the relationship between the two is ambiguous.

"This mansion is at the end of a dead end alley. It's cramped from side to side, but it occupies quite a large area at the back." Xia Houdi stood at the door and raised his head to introduce: "Your Majesty gave me a house. There are people who know Kanyu within six doors. After seeing it, they said this It was an ominous place for death, and he suggested that I leave it idle and find another place to live. Then he scolded me, saying that there is no life or death in the land, and there is no reason to leave a good place idle."

Xue Mu looked at it for a while and replied: "It's really not very good. If someone assassinates someone..."

"Your Xue Qingqiu doesn't dare to touch me easily even if he comes in person. If the time comes when the dignified Chief Constable of the Six Gates is really going to be assassinated, it won't be the reason why this place is dead, but because the imperial court is about to die."

"This is usually the case, but the situation is different now. Those who are disadvantageous to you may come from the imperial court. You'd better be more careful."

"Well..." Xia Houdi smiled and pushed the door open.

The old servant was sitting cross-legged in the hall, meditating. When he saw Xia Houdi coming back, he hurriedly came up to greet him: "The chief is back?"

Then his eyes paused on Xue Mu in surprise, and suddenly smiled: "It turns out to be Manager Xue."

Xue Mu smiled and said: "I have visited before, old man, do you remember?"

The old servant smiled: "I have served tea and water to many guests. Manager Xue is the only one who thanked me. It's hard not to remember."

The old servant... Xue Mu took a serious look at it, and sure enough he found that this was a father-in-law... He didn't start practicing at first, so he didn't understand anything. But now he found that he couldn't understand this old servant's practice at all. . Thinking about it, this was normal. He didn't think much about it and said casually: "I don't believe it. The chief catcher has a high and powerful position. The guests should respect me very much."

The old servant smiled slightly: "So they are paying tribute to the chief catcher, but you are the only one who is thanking me."

Xue Mu was stunned for a moment, and Xia Houdi smiled beside him: "Okay. I have something to say to Manager Xue, and Uncle Wang will help heat a pot of wine."

The old servant smiled ambiguously: "Yes."

Xia Houdi didn't care that he had a slightly out of character expression. He led Xue Mu towards the back hall and said with a smile: "The first time I entertained guests here was to build momentum for your Qin Fairy. I thought it would be fine to ask the restaurant to send a flowing table. But it was then that I realized that I really couldn’t entertain guests without anyone at home. Fortunately, King Qi sent a servant to help, otherwise it would be a shame."

Xue Mu smiled and said, "Thank you, Chief, for arresting the head for the first time."

Xia Houdi glared at him, and Xue Mu had a shy face as if nothing had happened.

Xia Houdi didn't bother to talk to him and strode into the backyard. There is a pavilion outside the corridor, with a few branches of plum blossoms decorating the edge of the pavilion. The pavilion is covered with thick snow, and the snowy plum trees contrast with each other, which is quite interesting. Xia Houdi entered the pavilion and looked at the plum blossoms with his hands behind his hands.

Xue Mu followed behind and looked at her appearance, finding it very interesting. Even a woman as grand and proud as Xue Qingqiu will inevitably show off her feminine side when admiring the flowers. But looking at Xia Houdi's back like this, she looks handsome and tall, with black and red under her hunting cloak. Wearing smart public clothes, being smart and free-spirited can only make people feel handsome.

Such a woman...she really doesn't think of herself as a woman. It must be quite painful to throw oneself into the extreme color.

Xia Houdi suddenly said: "You wrote a plum blossom poem for Xiao Qingwu? Outside the post station, beside the broken bridge, it blooms lonely and ownerless."

"Well, that's a word." Xue Muqi said, "How do you know?"

"After she treated His Majesty today, I went to look for her to ask about His Majesty's condition, and I happened to see her studying." Xia Houdi turned to look at him: "I love Mei too, why don't you write a poem to me?"

Xue Mu blinked: "Is this jealous?"

"No." Xia Houdi said expressionlessly, "This is asking for a bribe."

Xue Mu laughed dumbly. Looking left and right, the pavilion pillars are completely blank. There is really no custom of writing poems in this world. He thought for a while, took out the folding fan, and carved one sentence on the left and right pillars:

“Don’t let people praise you for your beautiful colors.”

"Leave only pure energy to fill the universe"

Xiahou Di watched intently, his eyes becoming misty again. I don't know how long I looked at him, but I finally let out a long sigh: "Xiahou doesn't dare to accept these words."

"I think you deserve it."

The old servant brought the hot wine, and Xia Houdi stopped talking, then smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, go and have a rest. I will do it here by myself."

The old servant responded with a smile. When he turned to leave, he stopped to look at Xue Mu's poem and sighed thoughtfully.

"Take a seat." Xiahoudi waved his cloak, took the seat first, poured the wine with his own hands, and said calmly: "Do you know why my surname is always Xiahou and not Ji?"

Once the atmosphere of talking is reached, she immediately gets straight to the point without any nonsense. Xue Mu really appreciates her capable appearance: "I would like to hear the details."

"Xiahou is my mother's surname. She was a fisherman by the river. His Majesty was still the prince at that time, and she often went out hunting. One time when I was traveling, I saw my mother who was quite pretty, so I raped her directly in the grassland. After ten months, There is Xia Houdi in the world." Xia Houdi said lightly, as if he was talking about a completely unrelated case: "Your Majesty returned home satisfied, and never thought about what to do with the fisher girl. My mother gave birth to me and raised me by herself. After more than three years, he passed away due to poverty and illness."

Xue Mu was silent.

"It had been a year since His Majesty took the throne. Perhaps on a whim that day, he thought of the game that year and ran out to take a look. It happened to be that he saw his mother for the last time." Xiahoudi smiled sarcastically: "Your Majesty did a blood test. , and from then on there was a little maid named Xia Houdi in the palace."

"Palace Maid..."

"Of course it can only be a palace maid. This is a royal scandal. There is no such wild princess. Not only can't she be given a title, but she must be strictly prohibited from spreading rumors. You see, after more than 20 years, I have become an important minister, and I have a very casual relationship with my brothers. , but the so-called identity of the princess can still only be conjecture by outsiders without evidence."

"..." Xue Mu didn't say anything. Basically, the beginning of the story did not exceed his expectations.

Xia Houdi took a sip of his wine and said: "Your Majesty is very kind to me, maybe because he gave birth to nine sons and no daughters... He has been caring for me for many years and is called a palace maid. She actually lives in the inner palace. The enshrinement hall taught me how to read and practice martial arts, and sent princes and princes to take care of my daily life. I didn’t know the rules and ran around in the palace, but no one taught me anything... In fact, I was treated like a princess."

"This is called princess treatment? What kind of princess is taken care of by an old eunuch...and you are taught by the worship hall, the royal family's own martial arts? Besides, I'm afraid you haven't even touched the Qiankun Cauldron."

Xia Houdi was surprised: "How do you know that I have never touched the Qiankun Cauldron?"

If you have touched me, can you still get a breakthrough after being kissed and touched by me? Obviously I have never touched a tripod.

Xue Mu didn't say it directly, but just said: "Anyway, you are too easy to satisfy. There is obviously a big gap in treatment."

"Satisfied." Xia Houdi didn't get to the bottom of it, and smiled and said, "Having someone to take care of someone and someone to teach you is something that many people can't get. Are you still not satisfied?"

Xue Mu could only nod: "Yes."

Xia Houdi said: "The few princes who were in the palace at that time, such as King Qi and King Tang, were not much older than me. The wild girls were running around the palace, but they were quite familiar with them. They were still young at the time and did not understand. Why are there such little maids in the palace, who can run around? It’s quite novel. One or two of them with runny noses and crotchless pants were a great sign that they would accept me as their concubine when they grow up. Think about how they looked at that time. Fun."

"Hey, you sound very proud of yourself?"

"Tong Yan Wuji, are you jealous too?" Xia Houdi smiled: "It's really boring."

Xue Mu snorted and poured his own wine. Suddenly something occurred to him and he laughed and said, "So I'm jealous, do you think it's normal?"