In Shouyang, a corner of the prefecture, officials were preparing for the ceremony to be held in the future. An old official looked at the tablets on the incense table and felt a little uncomfortable and sighed.

The little official who was following the side was surprised to see this, and followed the old official to carry the items to the next door. While there was no one around, he asked, "Why did Uncle sigh just now?"

The two were familiar with each other. The old official knew the little official's character, so he was not afraid of the other party's report, so he whispered: "I was thinking, if there was any knowledge in the spring of Xiahou Gong, I wouldn't know how to scold this unfilial son."

The little official looked around and confirmed that there was no one else, so he plucked up his courage to continue asking: "Unfilial son? Uncle said..."

"Yes, it's the Erlangjun of Duke Xiahou, alas... I have worked for the Xiahou family for so many years, but I didn't expect that Erlangjun actually... I only knew that he was fierce and stubborn before, but I didn't expect..."

The two of them mentioned "the second son of Duke Xiahou" is a guide to the chief of the Yuzhou prefecture, Xiahou Chua. Today, they should recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, remove the word "Xia", change the name "Hou Chua", and recognize Hou Jing, the Muslim in Yuzhou, as his uncle.

In other words, from today on, this Xiahou Erlang will be a descendant of the Hou family and will no longer have any connection with the Xiahou family of Qiao County.

Hou Jing, not long ago, announced that he would raise an army to "clean the king's side" and kill the "three evil spirits" that harmed the country and the people. In fact, it was a rebellion, so he was a rebel.

Then, Xiahou Ji's move was to support the rebellion and changed his name to please Hou Jing, without any integrity of the founding emperor.

As he spoke, the old official was heartbroken.

As for today's son, from the founding emperor of the country, there was Xiahou Xiang, who was born in the Xiahou clan of Qiao County. Xiahou Xiang died a few years after the establishment of the Liang Kingdom. His two sons, Xiahou Dan and Xiahou Kui, continued to serve the country.

Xiahou Dan and Xiahou Kui brothers served the country for many years and made many contributions. Xiahou Dan led his army to the north to attack, recovered Shouyang, served as the governor of Yuzhou, and guarded Shouyang.

After Xiahou Dan passed away, Xiahou Kui succeeded as the governor of Yuzhou and continued to guard Shouyang. Therefore, the children of the Xiahou family in Qiao County gathered in Shouyang, and most of them had land and other industries.

Xiahou Dan and Xiahou Kui brothers have been in charge of Shouyang for many years and have won the hearts of the people. Therefore, Xiahou's family has a good reputation and great strength in Shouyang. Most of the sons and nephews of Xiahou Dan and Xiahou Kui have become officials and become nobles. As a result, now...

Xiahou Kui's second son, Xiahou Huan, lived in Shouyang and led the Xiahou family's troops to assist the prefectures. Now he has become a gangster, becoming a disciple of Hou Jing, and has also changed his surname to become a child of the Hou family.

After working in the government office for many years, he served two old officials of Xiahou Gong, but now he feels sad and angry.

How would you feel if you have such unfaithful and unfilial sons and nephews?

The little official didn't think so, thinking that Xiahou Erlang dared to do this, was he confident?

The old official asked, "How can you be sure! Hou Jing is just a dog who is stranded. He was in charge of Henan and had more than 100,000 troops, but he could not cross the Huai south. Now that he only has this little army, he wants to rebel? That is delusion!"

"Uncle, it's useless to tell me. I heard that not only Xiahou's family joined Hou Jing, but many powerful people were also moved. They all followed Hou Jing to raise an army."

The minor official defended: "For example, Liu Shenmao, who led Hou Jing to steal Shouyang at the beginning of the year, also had some powerful people. Don't they follow Hou Jing now? They must have felt confident that they did this."

"Sharp? How sure?" the old official continued to ask, "When Hou Jing rebelled, the court would inevitably mobilize heavy troops to attack Shouyang. Hou Jing had no place to run away, so there was only a dead end."

"These people thought that following Hou Jing would make a big splash. At that time, there would be something they would regret!"

"I just have to suffer. At that time, Shouyang will be surrounded, and I don't know how many people will be unlucky."

......

Qiaozhou, governor and Fengcheng Hou Xiao Tai were reading the letter at Zhai Pavilion. The letter was written by the governor of Hezhou and King Xiao Fan of Poyang, who was Xiao Fan of Xiao Tai's brother.

In the letter, Xiao Fan urged his younger brother to take strict precautions and wait until the imperial army arrived in Shouyang, Hou Jing would be finished.

In August, Hou Jing was plotting against the rebellion in Shouyang, claiming to kill the three worries, but he remained silent. It has been nearly two months since Xiao Fan was in Hefei, keeping a close eye on Hou Jing's movements and just waiting for the imperial army to arrive before he could take him down.

However, the court's movements seemed a bit slow.

Although in mid-August, the emperor appointed the governors of the east, south, west and north, and asked the King of Shaoling to hold the rituals to govern the army to fight Hou Jing, now it is October, and the army to fight against rebellion has just crossed the river.

I don’t know if the court thought that Hou Jing, a stray dog, was not a problem, so he didn’t care, or if it took time to raise food and grass, so he acted slowly to suppress the rebels?

Anyway, Hou Jing could not return to the north, so he could only wait for death in Shouyang.

And those powerful men who depended on Hou Jing made the wrong bet this time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tai felt that Hou Jing would die, but what his brother said in the letter also made sense. Qiaozhou is southeast of Shouyang and west of Guangling, so he had to be careful of Hou Jing to avoid any accidents.

No accident, Xiao Tai spent a lot of money to clear the way before he was appointed as the governor of Qiaozhou. Now it is the time to "repay money". If something happens, wouldn't it be a big loss?

Just then, there was a hustle and bustle outside, as if someone was shouting loudly.

Xiao Tai felt strange. As soon as he left the pavilion, he saw the guards running in panic: "First! The enemy has entered the city! The rebels are here!"

"What?" Xiao Tai was shocked when he heard this: "How did they come in? I clearly..."

"It is to help Dong Xiaoxian! He opened the city gate and led the rebel cavalry into the city!" The guard almost shouted, "Now they have attacked the city, and they can't stop it!"

"Cabin? Cavalry!" Xiao Tai murmured, his face pale. It was four or five hundred miles away from Shouyang. He couldn't understand how Hou Jing's cavalry rushed here to avoid people's eyes and ears.

Once Qiaozhou gets it for the other party, then...

More than a hundred miles south is Liyang, Jiangbei, where you can take a boat to cross the river;

More than a hundred miles east is Guangling, Jiangbei, where you can also take a boat to cross the river.

So, could Hou Jing want to attack Jiankang?

Thinking of this, Xiao Tai felt a chill on his back and wanted to organize a counterattack, but he didn't know where to start.

He was fond of learning since childhood, and he was familiar with the classics and history. He could use his pen to dance and write, but he couldn't ride a horse and lead troops to fight. Moreover, he came here to make a fortune, not to fight.

Seeing Xiao Tai's appearance of being unruly, the guards thought it was not good. At this time, there were loud shouts outside. Many soldiers and guards ran over in panic and shouted: "The thieves are attacking, attacking in!"

Xiao Tai swallowed his saliva with difficulty and wanted to organize his subordinates to fight back, but he saw the fierce enemy soldiers rushing in, with blood stains on their bodies.

He held a head in his hand and threw it over here.

A bloody head fell in front of Xiao Tai, scaring his legs to tremble. The strong smell of blood made him feel his stomach churning and he wanted to vomit.

Dong Shaoxian, who opened the door and led his troops to attack the siege, looked at the weak young man in front of him and sneered.

When the other party’s new official takes office, he knows that he will plunder the wealth of the people, causing the officials and the people in Qiaozhou to complain. Now, no one will help you!

He waved his sword and pointed: "Marquis of Fengcheng, the matter is over, and you won't surrender quickly. The King of Hou will save your life!"

"Houwang" means the name of the thief leader Hou Jing. Xiao Tai, who is full of literary talent, has a blank mind at this moment, and can only say: "You, you, why do you want to be a thief!"

"Associated? Haha, I'm following God's will!"

Dong Shao swung his knife, rushed forward from side to side, chopped over several rebellious guards, and easily grabbed Xiao Tai.

Xiancheng made contributions and captured the governor Xiao Tai alive. Dong Shaoxian was happy and thought that he would do something big next.

In the Battle of Hanshan, the official army was defeated so badly that everyone found that the court was really ineffective. Why should those cowardly abolished royal family be on the heads of others to act as a mighty person?

The old emperor's country was stolen from others back then, but now there is a Hou Jing who can fight, so...

Xiahou Jian has already placed bets, so I have to place bets with him.
Chapter completed!