On May 18th, on the day when Grand Master Chen and Xue Ao returned to Handan to meet the Emperor of Jin, they were far away in Lucheng, Jibei County, and Zhao Yu, accompanied by General Xue Ao of chariots and cavalry, prepared to go to Yecheng in Jiyin to visit the Hou's family in Yecheng.

Although Yecheng is three or four hundred miles away from Lucheng, since everyone accompanying him rode war horses, it didn't take much time on the way. In just four days, Zhao Yu and his party rushed from Lucheng to Yecheng.

At this time, outside Yecheng City, there were lush farmland everywhere. From time to time, you could see many farmers walking in the fields, weeding, or catching insects. Occasionally, you could see a few children playing in the fields, giving people a sense of peace and peace.

Compared with the tense atmosphere of the counties in the county when Zhao Yu led his army to Jiyin County, the number of tense atmospheres has improved too much.

Seeing this, Xue Ao couldn't help but tease Zhao Yu: "This is all the credit of your 'Tiger Commander', or, Lord Yinhu."

"Brother Xue, don't make fun of me anymore."

Zhao Yu smiled helplessly, causing everyone to laugh.

Whether it is the Hu Duwei or the Yinhu, they all praise Zhao Yu. It was originally the first to spread the people of Chengyang County, Jiyin County, and then it soon spread to Shanyang, Renjun, Dongping and other counties.

No wonder, who made those bandit troops choose to retreat without fighting in front of Zhao Yu? This made many uninformed people of the county misunderstanding, mistakenly thinking that the Yingchuan Commander of Zhou was a brave general of the "Five Tigers of Chenmen" level - more importantly, the Yingchuan Commander of Zhou was actually the brother of the Five Tigers of Chenmen. This made many people of the county who were misunderstood believe it more and more, and firmly believe that the Yingchuan Commander of Yingchuan was the "sixth tiger" among the Five Tigers of Chenmen, the hidden tiger.

A few days ago, when Xue Ao learned about this, he coughed repeatedly because of laughter. He didn't doubt Zhao Yu's ability, but just the "sixth tiger among the five tigers of Chen's family". This sounds a bit strange, let alone the praise of the "hidden tiger". He was so stupid.

After that, Xue Ao often used "Tiger Commander", "Tiger General" and "Mr. Yinhu" to tease Zhao Yu, which made Zhao Yu feel helpless - there is no way, who is the one who calls this General Xue, whose personality is the most reckless among the five tigers of the Chen family.

On May 22, Zhao Yu, Zou Zan and his group arrived outside Yecheng.

This time, Zhao Yu did not send someone to inform the Hou family of Yecheng in advance. After all, sending someone to inform him in advance is inevitably a bit suspicious of raising his own value. It is okay to subordinates, but for those who are going to visit, this is a bit rude.

As for whether the Yecheng Hou family could get the news in time, Zhao Yu and Xue Ao had no doubts. If the Yecheng Hou family could not get the news in time on the ground of Yecheng, it would be too unreasonable.

All Zhao Yu and Xue Ao need to do is just to enter the city normally, and they will meet people sent by the Hou's family in Yecheng on the way.

As for entering the city, it was even easier to be Zhao Yu and Xue Ao. When they showed their identities, the county soldiers on duty at the city gate were shocked and hurriedly saluted and greeted the two: "General Xue! General Zhou!"

One is the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, and the other is the General of the Huwei. Even if you are in the county town, you still need a distinguished guest to be greeted by a county magistrate, let alone in Yecheng?

Under the shocked gaze of several people entering and leaving the city gate, Xue Ao waved his hand casually to the county soldiers and said with a smile: "I can enter the city by myself, and you can guard it well."

"yes!"

The young county soldiers straightened their chests one after another, and the team leader who talked to Xue Ao had a look of flattery on his face.

No wonder, after all, this is one of the five tigers of the Chen family who are famous all over the world and is the object of the countless young men in the world.

The group rode into the city slowly on horseback. While looking at the city, Xue Ao chatted with Zhao Yu and casually talked about his feelings about Yecheng.

Although Yecheng is also a large county, it still has a certain gap compared with Xuchang, let alone Handan.

In contrast, Zhao Yu was curious about Taiyuan where Xue Ao was once located.

Xue Ao smiled and told Zhao Yu: "The customs of the counties south of the river are generally soft, while the people in Taiyuan are strong, and there are many people walking with their knives. If you have a slight stare, it may cause an armed battle..."

Zhao Yu said in surprise: "Wouldn't public security be very troublesome?"

Xue Ao laughed: "That's not true!...but I am not a Taiyuan County Captain."

Zhao Yu suddenly realized it and laughed at it.

Yes, Xue Ao was only stationed in Taiyuan, and was responsible for resisting foreign tribes in the west and controlling public security. It was not his responsibility, unless a rebellion broke out in Taiyuan County.

Just as the two were chatting casually, a group of people came towards us. The two people who were leading the horse were Li Feng and Li Qin brothers?

"General Xue, Zhou...General Zhou."

He greeted him from afar, Li Feng and Li Qin turned over and dismounted, and quickly walked towards Xue Ao and Zhao Yu.

Xue Ao and Zhao Yu also got off the horse one after another and stepped forward to meet the Li brothers. Just look at the order of dismounting the horse, you will know that Xue Ao is almost entirely due to Zhao Yu's face.

Otherwise, with Xue Ao's personality that looks very similar to Mr. Chen, even if he encounters the current Prince of the Eastern Palace, how he treats him depends on his mood.

"General Xue, General Zhou..."

Li Feng, the prince of the Yecheng Hou, took the lead in salute, and saw him subconsciously glance at Xue Ao. After all, he did not greet Zhao Yu with his "virtuous brother" as before. It was obvious that he was afraid of Xue Ao.

After seeing this, Zhao Yu did not expose it, and smiled and held his fists and greeted: "Brother Bo Cheng, Brother Zhong Mian, are you okay?"

Seeing that Zhao Yu still called him two brothers, a hint of joy flashed in Li Feng's eyes, and he smiled and said to Zhao Yu and Xue Ao: "I just received the news and learned that my brother was coming with General Xue, which was really shocked..."

"Scareless? Am I that scary?" Xue Ao said playfully.

Hearing this, Li Qin hurriedly said, "No, no, General Xue misunderstood... It is the honor of General Xue to come with me, father and son."

Xue Ao smiled and immediately said with some advice: "It was the old man who asked me to come... The old man learned that Ju Zheng had been invited by the mansion, so he asked me to come with him, too... look at it."

Seeing Li Feng and Li Qin's expressions were a little stiff, Zhao Yu helplessly pushed Xue Ao with his elbow: "Brother Xue..."

Actually, Xue Ao certainly understood what Zhao Yu meant, but pretended to be like a reckless man and said unconsciously: "What? I'm talking about the truth."

After looking at the embarrassing but polite smile on the half mask on Zhao Yu's face, the two brothers Li Feng and Li Qin looked at each other and understood a little: Xue Ao is warning them not to make any tricks.

Taking a breath, Li Feng said with a smile on his face: "First, go to the mansion first? My father and mother have also learned that they are waiting in the mansion..."

"please."

"please."

About a moment later, Li Feng, Li Qin and his group welcomed Zhao Yu, Xue Ao and others to the Yecheng Hou Mansion in the city.

It has to be said that just from the outside, the Yecheng Hou Mansion can be regarded as the largest and deepest mansion Zhao Yu has seen so far. Even Princess Xiangrui's residence in Dingtao County is inferior in comparison.

But this is not surprising. After all, the Marquis of Yecheng is also one of the sons of the current emperor of Jin. Although it seems that he was out early, the prince is the prince after all. It is not surprising that he can own this mansion of such a size in a county town outside Handan.

As the entourage behind the Li brothers stepped forward to call the door, the main gate of Jinbi's Marquis' Mansion opened, and immediately, the two teams of guards walked out of the mansion and were listed on the left and right respectively.

"Two, please."

Taking a step forward and standing on the stone steps in front of the mansion, Li Feng made a gesture to Zhao Yu and Xue Ao.

"please."

Under the leadership of the Li brothers, Zhao Yu and Xue Ao and his group slowly walked into the mansion.

When you enter the Yecheng Hou Mansion, wherever you look, there is an extremely wide open space, with thick bluestone paving the ground and tightly tucked into the seams. There is a big tree at each corner of the courtyard, and the gatehouse on both sides.

Zhao Yu originally thought that what he saw was the front yard of the mansion, until they walked through the courtyard corridor and came to the real front yard.

At this time, looking into the distance, it is not difficult to see many servants coming and going, as if they are busy carrying something, perhaps preparing for today's banquet.

Further inside the front yard is a large pool with rockery and rockery, water pavilions and towers in the pool, and a small group of white birds are also parked, floating leisurely in the pool.

On both sides of the pool are wooden corridors for people to walk on.

"Please do this."

With Li Feng's greeting, the group slowly walked along the corridor east of the pool and walked into the depths of the inner palace.

As we walked, a circular door appeared on the wall on the right side of the corridor. Looking inside were many lush trees, with a winding path leading to the depths.

Seeing Zhao Yu curiously glanced into the round gate, Li Feng explained with a smile: "From this forward, there is a small garden, and there are several small buildings in the garden. My sister and Ning Niang and others live here now... Do you want to see her?"

Hearing this, Xue Ao asked with a smile: "How can the princess's residence be free to enter and exit?"

Li Qin replied: "Of course not, but Brother Zhou is different. General Xue may not know that Brother Zhou is the savior of his sister. Apart from our family, the one she trusts the most is Brother Zhou..."

As he said that, he turned to look at Zhao Yu and said with a smile: "During this time, during the rebellion, Xiangrui ordered people to inquire about the news many times. Xiangrui was also very happy to learn that his brother was advancing all the way."

"It should be Ning Niang's relationship." Zhao Yu smiled lightly and said, "The princess and Ning Niang have a good relationship..."

As he said that, he explained Xue Ao's identity to Ning Niang and exposed Li Qin's intentional interruption just now.

Just now, Li Qin deliberately interrupted, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was intentional to talk back on purpose - it was obvious that the second son of the Marquis of Yecheng had some opinions about Xue Ao's warning just now.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu smoothed out the situation and avoided the awkward atmosphere. Although Xue Ao's character was not going to be knocked down just because Li Qin pushed her.

After a while, the group walked to the end of the corridor. After passing through the round door that was blocked by the two people, everyone came to the inner courtyard and saw many beautiful figures back and forth.

Judging from the clothes, most of these are maids in the mansion. Zhao Yu roughly counted that there were more than a dozen people he saw, and from his figure, they were all young women in their teens and twenties, which made several black tigers behind him look straight.

Including the guards brought by Xue Ao.

At this time, Li Feng raised his hand again and asked, "My father and mother are waiting in the main house in front... Please."

"please."

Under the leadership of Li Feng, everyone continued to walk in.

During this period, the bells and swallows in the inner courtyard paused and watched, looking at Zhao Yu, Xue Ao and his group with curious and surprised eyes, privately discussing the identity of the group.

Of course, they also knew that this group of people had a noble status, otherwise how could they let their eldest son and the second son come out to greet them at the same time?

Soon, the group came to the main house.

During this period, Li Qin took the lead and quickly walked into the house, and then his voice came from the house: "Father, mother, General Zhou and General Xue have arrived."

Soon, a middle-aged man in bright clothes and jade crown appeared in the main house, followed by a woman in the same gorgeous clothes.

Obviously, these two are the Marquis of Yecheng.

"Marquis of Yecheng." Xue Ao stepped forward and hugged the middle-aged man and clapped his fists.

"General Xue."

The Marquis of Yecheng stepped out through the door, bowed and said with a smile: "General Xue has visited the humble house, but the Marquis of Yecheng has not yet met him. I hope to forgive him."

"Hehe." Xue Ao sneered.

He doesn't like this false politeness very much - he hasn't been welcomed yet? What have you been doing long ago?!
To be continued...