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It took a day and a night to travel quickly to the country.Seeing that there are many hungry people along the way, and the barren land, which is very different from the rumored powerful country, Pei Yin is full of doubts.Yang Whip caught up with Luo An and asked, "Before I came to this country, I heard that the country is rich and the people are strong. Why is there such a big difference between what I see and what I hear? Let alone a strong man, even a young man I have never seen it before, and the people working in the fields are also women, children and the elderly, can Mr. Luo tell the reason, so as to solve my confusion."

Luo An couldn't help sighing when he heard this, "Outsiders only see that the soldiers of the gangster country are strong and strong, and there is no opponent to match them on the battlefield. Taxes, every three years to collect strong young men from all over the country to join the army, coupled with the fact that relatives of the royal family are entrusted with their own lands, and the important officials in the court are promiscuous, which leads to the situation of the whole country's people living in dire straits and collective migration of the people."

Pei Yin said, "If a country only pays more attention to military power than people's livelihood, then its decline is inevitable. Doesn't Shaojun have the slightest sense of self-danger?"

Luo An laughed loudly when he heard Pei Yin speak so bluntly, "Brother Pei Yin said that, it's a pity that Shao Jun has been living here all year round, and I'm afraid he doesn't know anything about the situation in various places..." After a pause, he continued Said, "Perhaps this is exactly what Shao Jun is thinking."

Pei Yin said with a smile, "Looks like I'm wasting my time in vain."

Luo An said, "It's what a man does if he has the world in his heart. Brother Pei Yin, how can he say that his care is in vain." Then he pointed to the inn in front of him, "There is still a long way to go from here, let's take a rest here today. Stay overnight."

Pei Yin nodded in agreement.

On the second day, he recovered enough energy and started on the road again.It took fifteen days to return.

The Yuhuan city wall was more than [-] feet high, and there were guards at the city gates on the top of the wall, and people entering and leaving had to be inspected before they could leave.Luo An and Pei Yin rode here, showed the sign to the guards and let them go.

Only after entering Yu Huancheng did he know the reason why Shao Jun ignored the poverty in various places.The city is prosperous, the population is so large that you have to pass by, and the passers-by are all dressed in brocade clothes, and the business of the theater archway is booming.Riding in the middle of the street, from the east of the city to the west of the city, I saw a mansion with flying eaves in the distance, which almost occupied the entire street. When I got closer, I found that there were colorful ribbons and big red lanterns hanging outside the gate of the mansion. There are two stone lions, and a long plaque hangs on the top of the gate, with two powerful gold characters "Dong's Mansion" written on it.Luo An did not enter through the main entrance, but led Pei Yin to the side entrance.A guard at the door saw them both from a distance, and immediately unbolted the door and opened it.

Just after entering the door, another family of slaves hurried over, and they were not surprised to see Pei Yin, so they just said, "Boss Luo, you are back, my uncle has been asking since the day before yesterday." Hand over the reins to Pei Yin.Before Luo An could give a few words, he was pushed and pulled away by him.

Looking at the two horses beside him, Pei Yin felt helpless, so he had to ask someone for the location of the stable.The doorman pointed him in the direction, and Pei Yin made two mistakes before arriving at the stable.There was no one in the stable, and no one came after waiting for a while, so Pei Yin had no choice but to tie the horse in the stable and was about to leave.The steward in charge came at this time, saw Pei Yin and thought he was a groom, so he told him to prepare the horse quickly.

"Hurry up, my uncle is going to court." He said and pulled out the horse that had just been returned.

Pei Yin wanted to explain the reason, but everyone looked in a hurry, and their openings were blocked several times, and finally he could only half-push and half-become a temporary groom.

The carriage stopped at the main entrance, and after waiting for a short time, I heard a bang, the gate was opened, and a group of maids and servants came out surrounded by a man.I saw the man with sword eyebrows and star eyes, slightly thin beard, striding with head held high, and his demeanor is extraordinary.When he got to the carriage, a servant behind him bent down, and the man stepped on the servant's back to get into the carriage.

Pei Yincai heard that my uncle was going to enter the court, so he decided in his heart that this was General Dong's good son-in-law, the prince of Yue Kingdom—— Shu Hui.

Shu Hui whispered in the carriage, "Let's go." Pei Yin flicked his whip and was about to drive the horse, but he heard a commotion at the door, and after a while, a young man emerged from the crowd, jumped to the side of the carriage, and stopped the horse. The reins shouted, "I'll go too, I'll go too!" Pei Yin turned his head and saw the boy was wearing a white and blue uniform with narrow sleeves and a wide collar, a black gentleman's belt around his waist, and a piece of transparent jasper hanging on the side of his waist. His brows are slightly frowned, his eyes are bright and his teeth are bright, his red lips are full and moist like a woman's smeared with fat, and his whole body is soft and graceful, but also chic.

He only heard him call a few times, and the person in the car said, "Yin'er, stop messing around."

Shu Yin didn't care about anything, turned over and grabbed the car to climb up, a nurse in the mansion rushed over with a crimson cloak, seeing Shu Yin half-body hanging on the car, kicking his feet in the air, hurried forward to catch him Helped up.

Shu Yin got into the car, giggling, "I'm coming up, don't try to drive me down."

Seeing Youzi like this, Shu Hui had no choice but to sigh.

Pei Yin still remembers the discussion in the restaurant during the Three Han Dynasties about the confinement of juniper in the mansion, and now the general has not returned to the court, but he has left the mansion to enter the court, so it can be seen that this matter must have been ordered by Mr. Shao himself.But Pei Yin really doesn't understand why Shao Jun ordered an enemy prisoner of war to enter the court?

The carriage behind him was silent, and even the young man who was noisy at first became quiet at the moment.Pei Yin turned his head and saw a bamboo curtain hanging under the door, shaking with the bumps of the carriage.

Besides, Shu Hui, although calm on the surface, felt uneasy in his heart. Before he left, he confirmed with his confidants that he did not dare to enter the court until he knew that the King of Yue had not done anything.But he didn't know whether this trip was a blessing or a curse, and his expression became serious before he knew it.Seeing his father's expression, Shu didn't dare to make any more noise, so he held his breath and sat in the car, and slowly fell asleep.

Shu Hui went to the court and met with Shao Jun. He knew that there was nothing important, but recently the envoys of Qi State sent jewelry, silk and beautiful women as usual. Wei Lian also said that he was the son-in-law of the great general of this dynasty, and he had already regarded Shu Hui as his courtier in his heart, so he asked him to choose a few favorite things from the tribute items.

Hearing the words, Hui was naturally dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to express it, so he could only find an excuse to shirk when Shao Jun said that he would reward him.

In the end, Shao Jun revealed the matter. It turned out that Qi Kingdom not only paid tribute this time with gold and silver treasures, but they also sent their own country's prince Zhu Wenran.Hinoki was stunned, looking incredible, and immediately said, "It must be that Qi State is afraid of the power of the Mou State and Shao Jun's prestige, so he sent his prince here as a hostage, in order to obtain peace for a while."

Shao Jun stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Qi's loyalty to the country can be seen from this. The Qing family, that's the case. This king will put Prince Qi in the house, and you should take good care of it."

Although it's not a big deal, it's an unpleasant thing after all. Shao Jun's move is just to tell Shu Hui that although I don't take you as a prisoner of war, don't have any other thoughts, and take Zhu Wenran here as a hostage with peace of mind.

The little eunuch led the way to the courtyard where Prince Qi was. When passing the pavilion by the lake, he heard faint human voices behind the rockery, and the closer he got to those voices, the more obvious the scolding.Shu Hui signaled the eunuch to wait in place, and he went around the rockery to find the source of these reprimands.I saw the third prince standing behind the mountain with his chest folded, and standing in front of him were his two followers, one person was lying on the ground, and the two followers were drinking, "Find me more carefully! What are you dawdling about!" He kicked the man's buttocks from time to time, while the third prince squinted at him.Shu Hui stared intently at the person on the ground, disheveled hair, thin body, looks similar to Shu Yin's physique, he couldn't bear to see such a child being bullied by others, and immediately spoke to stop it.

The two attendants stopped their movements when they heard the sound, the third prince looked over and saw that it was Shu Hui, he sneered and said, "What auspicious day is today, the princes are all gathered together." Then he said, "How did you escape? Yes, did it knock the guard unconscious or the maid?"

After hearing what he said about the princes, Shu Hui knew that this one was Prince Wen Ran, and after hearing how he escaped, he also understood that this Prince Wen Ran must have escaped secretly and was bumped into by the third prince.

Shu Hui was not annoyed by the other party's rudeness, but called the eunuch who was still standing not far away, "It seems that we don't have to go to the backyard, Prince Qi is here." Tell the third prince.

The third prince snorted coldly, "Even so, what if he knocked off the jade pendant on my body?"

When Shu Hui saw the prince hiding behind his back with one hand clenched while speaking, he knew something about it, and he said unhurriedly, "I don't know what kind of jade pendant it is?"

One of the entourage was clever, and immediately stood up to cover up the lie of the master, "It was the white jade that was paid to the capital. This dead man didn't open his eyes, and bumped his head, and knocked the white jade away."

"It's gone? But it's really gone." Shu Hui took a step closer and leaned in front of the third prince.

The third prince panicked, "Of course...Of course it's gone, if you don't believe me, ask him if he found it?"

"Well, since the third prince said it's gone, it must be gone, and if you look for it, you won't be able to find it."

"You..." The third prince gritted his teeth and pointed at Shu Hui but was speechless for a moment.

Shu Hui ordered the eunuch to help Wen Ran up.

"Since you can't find it, let Shu Hui send another piece of beautiful jade to the third prince."

"Hmph, what good things do you have?" The third prince and the two attendants exchanged glances, and immediately laughed.

Shu Hui sighed, "Just now Jun Shao asked me to choose my favorite among the many treasures presented by the Qi Kingdom. Given my humble status, I didn't dare to agree. Now that the third prince is so persistent, I have no choice but to ask Shao Jun again. It's time to return the reward, not to mention that since it is a treasure of the Qi country, it can be regarded as a heartfelt gift from Prince Qi to the third prince."

The third prince knew that he had reported this to Shao Jun, and Shao Jun would definitely search this place thoroughly. This place is only the size of a palm, and it would be even more unclear if he could not find it by then, so he shook his sleeves twice and said, "Who cares about him?" things." He left Shucypress with his followers.

Seeing the third prince leaving angrily, Shu Huifang remembered that the prince of Qi Kingdom was still there, so he prepared to say a few words of comfort.Turning around and looking at Wen Ran, she was slightly taken aback in her heart. Although the other party's clothes were dirty, her hair was disheveled, and her face was stained with mud, she looked embarrassed, but her face was stubborn, her eyes were clear, and her eyebrows were full of heroic spirit.His waist is straight, he is half a body shorter than Shu Hui, but he is not afraid.Shu Hui stared blankly for a while, and then said, "The man has already left, what are you doing still holding the stone in your hand?" As he spoke, he was about to reach out to hold his hand, but Wen Ran backed away.Shu Hui shook his head helplessly, and revealed his identity to him, "I am not a villain, if you will listen to me, you will know that we are in the same situation."

So he frankly told how he was defeated, how he was captured, and how he lived here stealing his life.

Yan Guan stretched out his hand again, and Wen Ran no longer avoided it.

Shu Yin wakes up and sees that she is the only one left in the carriage, knowing that her father has already entered the palace, she lifts the bamboo curtain and finds that there are people sitting on the shaft of the carriage, playing with the harness leisurely.

Seeing Shu Yin coming out of the carriage, Pei Yin said with a smile, "Young Master, what fun did you play last night?"

Shu Yin asked in amazement, "Why do you ask that, I didn't play?"

Pei Yin still smiled, "I think the young master slept so deeply all the way, so I thought he was tired from playing last night."

Shu Yinjue knew that the other party was joking with him, so he ignored it, and only asked, "Who are you?"

Pei Yin said, "Isn't he the one who drives your horses?"

Shu Yin frowned, with a look of suspicion, "It wasn't you before."

Pei Yin has met many people in the general's mansion since he came to the general's mansion, but no one has ever doubted his identity. He thought it was because there were many people in the general's mansion, so everyone didn't care about him.But now hearing Shu Yin asking himself this question, Pei Yin couldn't help being surprised at his carefulness.Although he is still a six-year-old child, his mind is much more careful than ordinary people.So Pei Yin said honestly, "Boss Luo brought me here today, and I haven't had time to meet the young master yet."

Shu Yin nodded slightly, and asked again, "How long has my father been in?"

Pei Yin was afraid that he would get out of the car impatiently, so he said, "It's been a long time, it's time to come out now."

Shu Yin sneered, "You don't know why your father entered the palace, how would you know it's time to come out now?"

Pei Yin didn't expect a child of his age to be so eloquent, and he couldn't answer right now.Fortunately, the palace gate happened to open at this time, and Shu Hui came out from inside.

When Shu Hui walked to the front of the car, Shu Yin said angrily, "Father, why didn't you wake Yin'er up?" Just as he finished speaking, he saw Shu Hui pulling out a child who was about the same size as him from behind.Pei Yin didn't want to be trampled on the ground like the boy just now, so he took the initiative to hug Wen Ran into the car.Shu Hui glanced at him, and stepped into the carriage himself.

Shu introduced that the person sitting beside him had a dirty face and torn clothes, and saw that he had long hair, so he asked Shu Hui, "Father, who is this younger sister?"

Wen Ran heard Shu Yin call herself her younger sister, and then raised her head that had been lowered to look at him.Shu Yin was taken aback by his look, and she only wondered in her heart whether the girl's eyes are so pretty.

Shu Hui said, "This is Zhu Wenran, the crown prince of the Qi Kingdom. He will live with you in the mansion from now on. Yin'er can't bully him."

When Shu Yin heard that he was a prince, he was startled, he couldn't believe that such a man with clear eyes like lake water was actually a boy like him, he couldn't help feeling disappointed, but when he heard his father said that he would live in the general's mansion, he immediately Happy again.It turned out that Shu Yin was also grounded with his father on weekdays. Although the general's mansion is large, he has already played in every corner these years, and he was bored. Unexpectedly, his father found a partner for him.

Seeing Shu Yin staring at her, Wen Ran's face showed half disappointment and half joy, she only knew that this person was weird, and didn't know how many thoughts had passed in Shu Yin's mind.

Then I heard Shu lead me back, "That is, why do boys have long hair?"

Shu Hui said, "Men in other places have long hair." Then he looked at Wen Ran, "Now that you are in the Mang Kingdom, you probably won't be able to keep this hair. Go back to the mansion and teach someone to cut it."

Wen Ran was not sad, so she nodded.

Hearing what they said outside the car, Pei Yin was thinking about whether to keep his long hair in his turban or cut it off. He was hesitating but he didn't notice two vicious dogs rushing out of the narrow alley next to him, chasing the carriage he was driving. There was a bark.The horse was frightened, and went mad for a while, stood up and neighed, and rushed along the street.Pei Yin had never trained a horse in his life, and at this moment he had no idea. He pulled the rein tightly with both hands and wanted to stop the horse, but the horse was still obedient, and it went on a rampage all the way, overturning several stalls.Shu Hui didn't know what happened, so he could only protect the two children with both hands, preventing them from falling out of the car.

Pei Yin couldn't train the horse, and saw that the drying shed built by the dyeing workshop was in front of him. If the horse rushed in like this, although he could jump out of the car, Shu Hui and his party might not be able to escape.Seeing that he was getting closer to the drying and dyeing shed, Pei Yin slapped the saddle with one hand, and while leaning back, he drew a dagger from his boots, slashed twice on the carriage frame, and cut off the cable. He also fell off his horse.

Even though the carriage left Marco due to inertia, it still slammed into the nearby pharmacy. The handyman in the pharmacy was so frightened that he forgot to hide, and stood stupidly at the door of the store.Pei Yin flew up, caught up with the carriage lightly on tiptoe, stretched out one hand to grab the wooden board behind the carriage, straightened his waist and spread his legs apart, kicked the ground hard with one hand, and pulled the carriage to a stop after being dragged for a certain distance down.Looking at the waiter in the store again, staring at the carriage in front of him, he was already scared to death.

Yin and Ran were still in shock, they pulled Shu Hui's clothes and refused to let go.Shu cypress comforted them for a long time before they let go.Shu Hui got out of the carriage, and was about to question Pei Yin, seeing him panting tiredly with his hips on his hips, and seeing the distance between the carriage and Xiaoer, he was suddenly surprised and surprised, and hurriedly got rid of his anger and stepped forward to ask carefully.