The master said not to judge people by their appearance

"Master, this way please!" The servant led the way ahead.

Shen Fan followed behind, twisting and turning along the way, feeling that he hadn't reached the place after walking for a long time, and would even get lost if no one took him with him, he sighed: "This house is so big."

Hearing this, the boy boasted: "Of course it's big, it's Xuanwuhou Mansion after all!"

"Marquis Xuanwu is very powerful?" Shen Fan asked.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that he is the most powerful! Even a three-year-old child knows the prestige of Master Hou, but you don't know?!" The boy was surprised.

Shen Fan said "hmm", "I just came to the world, so I haven't heard of it."

"So that's how it is." The servant interpreted it as Shen Fan who just came down from the mountain, alchemist, it's normal for an alchemist to hide from the world and practice in an old forest deep in the mountains.

"Speaking of Lord Hou's deeds, there are many." He briefly introduced Shen Fan, "In the winter of Jianwu 35, the Yuan Rong people raided Yazhou City. This time the attack was different from the previous looting. Yu Talgu, the Grand Chancellor of the Yuan Rong, personally led the troops to overthrow our Great Xia."

"This Talgu is also a well-known figure. It is said that he was born with supernatural power, as strong as a bear, and as brave as a tiger. He unified the six grasslands at the age of 19. Although the battle of Yazhou was also due to the lack of preparation of our army's generals, but It only took one day for Talgu to break through the city gate, which shows how powerful he is." The boy sighed, "At the same time, Talgu is as cruel as a wild beast, poor for the hundreds of thousands of people in Yazhou, who were caught off guard and didn't They had time to escape, but they were ordered by Na Talgu to slaughter the entire city, and Yazhou City has since become a deserted ghost city."

The Yuanrong people never regarded the Xia people as human beings, but generally they would not kill them all, but captured them back as slaves. Only Talgu was so cruel and celebrated his first victory with the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

"After Talgu captured Yazhou City, he then broke through three cities within half a month. Seeing that the next three cities were about to hit the capital, fortunately, the imperial court sent General Xie out to stop the attack of the Yuanrong people. offensive."

"Old General Xie is the father of Lord Hou. The martial arts and art of war of Lord Hou were taught by General Xie. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be afraid of Targu. Unfortunately, at that time, the court not only sent General Xie, but also the prince. Your Highness personally conscripted, this Prince His Royal Highness..."

The boy sighed again when he said this, and didn't continue, although because the prince rushed forward, he was tricked into the trap set by Yuan Rong, and the old general Xie was besieged and killed by the Yuan Rong people in order to save the prince. Know, but it is not something he can talk about.

He only said: "In short, the old general Xie was defeated and died. His Royal Highness fled back to the capital. The last three cities were not defended. The northern line of defense is no longer dangerous. The rest is a flat plain. Came to the capital."

"Several defeats in a row. At that time, the government and the public were in a panic. Master, you were not in the capital at that time. You don't know the scene in the capital at that time. Many people with their families and their families are planning to flee south!"

"Who knows that a good news came from the front line suddenly. When Talgu led the army to advance, a bold captain led 800 people under his command to turn around from the flank and attack the grain and grass camp behind Yuanrong, cutting off the frontline troops. Not to mention the supplies, he also killed a Yuan Rong general. This victory is of extraordinary significance, who do you think this captain is?" The little servant laughed, and the answer was written on his face.

"Xuanwuhou?" Shen Fan replied cooperatively.

"It wasn't Xuanwuhou at that time!" said the boy, "At that time, Lord Hou was only 17 years old. Although Lord Hou was the son of General Xie, he never took any shortcuts. He was promoted to a school lieutenant due to his military exploits, and he was named a general by His Majesty because of this battle. Later, in seven years, he recovered the seven cities in the border counties captured by Yuan Rong one by one, and even went deep into the desert, breaking through the imperial city of Yuan Rong and killing the great Shan Yutaer. ancient!"

"With such credit, I was awarded the title of Marquis Xuanwu when I came back from a great victory at the beginning of this year. How easy it is for ordinary people to confer titles as marquises and pay homage to the prime minister!" As a servant of the Marquis of Xuanwu, he is honored.

I thought Shen Fan would show admiration like ordinary people after hearing the deeds of Marquis Xuanwu, but Shen Fan just asked thoughtfully, "Is he good at fighting?"

"That's natural! Lord Hou is very skilled in martial arts!" said the boy, "Although Lord Hou won the battle with Targuna, he was also seriously injured. After returning to Beijing, he has been recovering from his injuries and has not used martial arts for a long time. Otherwise, why would such a powerful general as Hou Ye not lead troops? His Majesty thought of Hou Ye's health, and specially arranged for him to take a leisurely job to recuperate."

"Is he injured?" Shen Fan recalled it for a while, but he couldn't see Xie Yunlan's sickness at all.

"Internal injury, I don't understand." The boy said, "I really can't see it, but Master Hou takes medicine every day."

"Hey, we're here, Master, you'll stay here, and you can tell me anything." The servant didn't realize until now that he hadn't mentioned his name, so he hurriedly said, "My name is Qing Yu."

Shen Fan said "Mmm", he has something to tell him now: "The dim sum in your house is not good, go buy some new ones."

Qing Yu: "..."

Although he had already realized from the short-term communication before that Shen Fan was not as polite and courteous as ordinary guests, but he did not expect the other party to be so rude, and his tone of course seemed as if he was the master of the Hou Mansion.

"This..." Qing Yu showed hesitation, "All the things in the house are purchased together, master, wait a moment, I'll go ask Lord Hou for instructions!"

"Oh, let's go." Shen Fan walked into the house and sat down, observing the layout of the house.

When Qingyu returned to the main hall, Xie Yunlan had just decided on the name he would make up for Shen Fan. Hearing this, he thought for a while and said, "Go buy it, pick the expensive one."

Qing Yu opened his mouth wide in surprise, Hou Ye suddenly brought back an alchemist and the servants were already shocked, but now Hou Ye's attitude towards Shen Fan shocked him even more.

Xie Yunlan is actually not a good-tempered person. If this is an ordinary customer who picks and chooses like this when he first comes to the door, Xie Yunlan may have already kicked the other party out personally. dim sum to buy.

Lord Hou attached so much importance to Shen Fan, Qing Yu didn't dare to neglect him, and trotted out to buy some snacks.

Xie Yunlan gave some more instructions to Wei Chengzhi and Wang Tai, and then went to the study room. Just like what Qing Yu said, although he is of high rank, he is in an idle position with no real power and naturally no official duties, so he is not like others In that case, you need to go to the government office to handle official duties, and you will have nothing to do after you go to court.

He used to practice martial arts in his spare time, but now he usually only writes and reads in the study. After all, he is an injured patient who cannot lead the army and needs to recuperate.

While studying ink, a maid brought the medicine, Xie Yunlan said casually, "Put it on the table."

The servant girl responded, put down the medicine bowl and retreated.

Xie Yunlan didn't drink it, and poured the medicine into the flower pot in the house.He rolled his sleeves, picked up a pen and wrote on the rice paper. He is a military general, but his literary talent is not bad. His handwriting is not as elegant as that of a literati, but his handwriting is strong and powerful. The killing spirit of gold and iron horses.

What he wrote was the word "Shen", which was chosen for him by his father. When he was young, he was frivolous and didn't know how to restrain himself. When he encountered a trickster, he kicked and broke the opponent's ribs in a moment of anger. Because of this, his father was involved in several books, and he himself was given a solid punishment. After this incident, Xie Guodong took this word for him, be cautious, and hope that he will act cautiously.

Nine years have passed now, the death of his father, the battlefield where his life is hanging by a thread, or the current political situation with turbulent undercurrents, one by one, one by one, gradually smoothed his exposed edge, taught him to be different from the outside. , Learn to think twice before acting.

In the past, it was almost impossible to be so respectful to a magic stick and let the other party pick and choose in the mansion, but now he is not even very angry. When writing, he is thinking about the next step of this plan. How to advance.

The more respect he showed to Shen Fan, the more reliable Master Shen Fan's identity would be if it spread to outsiders' ears, but seeing it is not as good as hearing it, and he has to find an opportunity for Shen Fan to show his hand in public to convince the public...

Xie Yunlan thought of several plans, but rejected them for some reasons. Just as he was thinking about them, Qing Yu came again.

"Master Hou, I bought the dim sum. The master said that the dim sum this time is not bad, but..." Qing Yu said with a bitter face, "He also said that the chairs in the guest room are too hard, and he wants to change them to soft ones. He doesn't know the color of the curtains." I like it, I want to change it to the one I like, and the screen in the room..."

He said several things in a row, and Xie Yunlan frowned when he heard it. He originally thought that Shen Fan looked a little silly, and he should be more able to deal with it, but he didn't expect the other party to have so many things. After going out, he said: "I changed it for him. Whatever he wants, you can satisfy him as much as you can. Don't ask any more."

Qing Yu took orders and went.

Xie Yunlan wrote a few more words of "cautious", and slowly calmed down a little bit of boredom, and continued to think about it earlier.

Near noon, Wang Tai, who was out of the house on business, came back. He asked with a curious look: "Master, are we going to move? Why are we moving things? The warehouse is almost emptied!"

Xie Yunlan's eyebrows trembled slightly: "Empty?"

"Yes." Wang Tai said, "I think they even moved the priceless purple coral that His Majesty rewarded to the backyard!"

Xie Yunlan threw the pen away, unable to sit still, he went to the guest room in the backyard with Wang Tai.

Looking at the place, Xie Yunlan could no longer recognize that it was his own guest room. Gold, silver, jade, and rare treasures were all placed on the ground, and there were people standing around, most of the servants of the Hou Mansion gathered here.

Shen Fan moved a chair and sat in the courtyard. The chair was an expensive golden lacquer wood carved chair, and the cushion was the most expensive and softest brocade cushion in Xie Yunlanhou's mansion. There were four servant girls standing beside him, one holding an umbrella and the other holding an umbrella. Fan, the other two took off the hard shells of the frozen lychees one by one, and put them in a small jade porcelain bowl with their slender fingers for Shen Fan to enjoy.

The rest of the servants moved the treasures from the warehouse into the courtyard one by one for Shen Fan to choose, while Qing Yu stood aside to report and introduce them. The whole process was like an emperor choosing a concubine.

It was inconvenient to talk while eating lychees in his mouth, so Shen Fan expressed with gestures, nodding means satisfaction, you can leave it in the room, shaking your head means dissatisfaction, carry it away and throw it in the courtyard.

He has a good eye, gold, silver and jade wares, silk and satin, almost all of them are the most expensive and the best, and the workmanship is also the most delicate. Went half way.

Wang Tai was stunned by Shen Fan's exquisite posture, and said in shock: "My dear, this is not inviting a master back, this is inviting a princess!"

The author has something to say:

The little princess is starting to make fun~

Teacher Chai will share with you Shen Fanfan's logic:

Xie Yunlan: "Master, have some tea and pastries first."

Shen Fan: "Okay."

Started with pastries and tea.

Qing Yu: "If you need anything, just tell me."

Shen Fan: "Okay."

Start making messy requests.

Um?What princess disease?Didn't you let me eat snacks and order something?

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