Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 554 Xiahou Taiwei Never Disappoints
"Stop!!!"

With a yell from the soldiers, the soldiers guarding the city gate came out in a single file, and the surrounding people exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly escaped. Soon, the soldiers surrounded the group of people, and the people in Chang'an were still relatively quiet. Bold, in the face of such a situation, he still has the mood to step forward and wait and see, asking what happened.

The group of people surrounded by the soldiers looked unkempt and ragged. There were more than a dozen of them, and they were all strong and strong men.

The leader was tall, muddy, and looked very much like a savage from Xiqiang. Facing the soldiers who suddenly surrounded him, this man raised the crossbow in his hand angrily, and cursed: "You surrounded Naigong to do nothing!" What? Naigong is only dressed in tatters, are you going to arrest Naigong?! When did this Chang’an become so snobbish? Is it my fault for being simple?!"

The soldiers stared at him coldly, all their weapons were unsheathed, and their crossbows were aimed at him.

"You put down the big crossbow in your hand before you speak!!"

Only then did the man notice the strong crossbow in his hand. The strong crossbow is the most strictly controlled equipment in the big man, because this thing is too powerful, and anyone can use it. You don't need the proficiency of bows and arrows. In the case of wearing heavy armor, I dare not get too close to this thing, because this thing can cause armor-piercing effects. If you hide the armor, you may still be alive, but if you hide the crossbow, it is basically impossible. What a way out.

But the man was not afraid, instead he shouted angrily: "Don't talk about strong crossbows, Naigong, no one dares to control me even if I wear armor and hold a crossbow! Go and call Lu Chan over here!! Go!!"

When the soldiers heard what he said, they didn't dare to do anything. People who dared to make such a mess outside Chang'an City were rare, and they were also very difficult to mess with. When the soldiers continued to confront him, Lu Chan came here in a hurry, Lu Chan's complexion was very ugly, just after the rest time, when he got home, he was about to greet his wife, when he was suddenly interrupted by the soldiers and brought here, Lu Chan's face was dark, Came here.

Seeing Lu Chan coming, the man immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Chan, let them let me go!"

Lu Chan looked suspiciously at the savage in front of him. The more he looked at the savage, the more familiar he became. After watching for a long time, he suddenly realized.

"Xiahou Stove???"

"Yeah! Why, you won't recognize me if I haven't been to Xiting Kingdom for a few years?"

Xiahouzao was very angry, Lu Chan looked him up and down, of course he knew Xiahouzao, Chang'an Qunxian, and young people in Chang'an knew each other, even if they were turned into ashes, they would know each other, but Xiahouzao looked like this. Lu Chan Hastily ordered the soldiers to retreat, and stepped forward hesitantly.

"I've heard that Xiting Kingdom is poor, but I didn't expect it to be so poor. You are a captain there, and you don't even have any clothes?"

Lu Chan's eyes were a little complicated.

Xia Houzao lowered his head and looked at his hands. He pursed his lips as he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. Lu Chan sighed, led him into the city, and said as he walked; I didn't expect that Xiting Kingdom is so poor, I can't just sit idly by, how about this, you can find my younger brother Lu later, his family is very rich."

Xiahou Zao faltered and hummed a few times, then led the people to rush towards the imperial palace. All the way, they were so eye-catching. If Lu Chan hadn't sent soldiers to follow them, the whole journey I don't know how many times I have been caught by the soldiers.

"kitchen???"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, looking at the disheveled savage in front of him, he was almost unrecognizable.

"Your Majesty~~~"

Xia Houzao let out a wail, rushed towards Liu Chang with tears and snot in his nose, hugged Liu Chang, and then cried, "It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine!!"

Liu Chang pushed him in disgust, but did not push him away, "Let go of Naigong, Naigong's new Chufu!"

Xia Houzao vented his emotions, and then sat in front of Liu Chang, wiping his nose mixed with tears. Liu Chang looked like this and shook his head, "Did you roll all the way from Xiting Kingdom? Robbed by thieves?"

"Ahem, I'm too worried about Your Majesty. After a long journey, I became like this."

"I've seen people who have traveled long distances. You are definitely not traveling long distances. You are fleeing for your life. Refugees don't look like you, to be honest!"

Xia Houzao was hesitant and unwilling to say clearly, but the lieutenant behind him couldn't help it, and took the initiative to confess: "Your Majesty, in fact, Xiahou Taiwei never lied. It looked like this. There were six cars and 28 of us. We had just set off from the mansion when Taiwei Xiahou crashed into the city gate. One car was scrapped, four people were injured, and then the Taiwei hit a tree on the road. .and wrecked another car and injured two people"

"By the time we arrived at Beiting Kingdom, we were already on foot."

Liu Chang nodded, "Then why don't you borrow a car from the local area?"

"I borrowed six cars from Beiting Kingdom, and they were all destroyed before we reached Longxi. We just borrowed all the way, crashed all the way, and paid compensation all the way. We almost died on the way."

The lieutenant general spoke with tears in his voice, which was miserable and heart-rending.

Liu Chang shook his head again, was the thing in front of him really Xia Houying's own?
"You came here from Xiting Kingdom in such a hurry, just to take a look at me??"

"I'm in Xiting Kingdom. I heard that His Majesty was hit on the head with a stone, so I rushed here non-stop. Originally, the king wanted to come here by himself, but he couldn't go abroad, so I was too anxious to let me come here instead of him, so I made a mistake. Several cars were destroyed."

"No, no, this is your normal level. I know it, you don't need to say more. However, I have already issued a newspaper for everyone to read. How do you return it?"

"newspaper?"

Xia Houzao looked bewildered, and then said angrily: "But no one brought me a newspaper!"

Liu Chang patted himself on the forehead, "Forget it, Dangzhen didn't say anything, come on, take this savage down to wash him and feed him something later. If General Xia Houying sees him later With his appearance, I am afraid that he will go to see my father directly if he is an old man."

Xia Houzao was taken down, and Liu Chang looked at Lu Lu who was beside him, and asked, "Isn't it too risky for him to be a captain?"

Lu Lu couldn't help laughing, "The only one who can make His Majesty doubt his employment is Xiahouzao. Xiahouzao is not very smart, but fortunately he is brave and easy to appease. He is a captain in Xiting Kingdom. It is also used to the best of its ability, if it is placed in the Central Plains, there may be some big troubles."

"I dare not let him go to war. I am afraid that if he gets lost, he will go to Rome with the army."

"Your Majesty, what do mules and horses mean?"

"Oh, there is a big country in the west. If there is no accident, you should be able to see it in the future. It is really not worthy of my merit to let the King of Mahan and the King of Fuyu play music. If the King of Rome and the King of Persia play for me A song, that is the state of etiquette."

Lu Lu found that His Majesty's words were getting more and more difficult to understand, but he was used to it. His Majesty has been like this since he was a child, always talking and mumbling to himself. He still remembers when he was young, Zhao Wang always said that the child had burned his head when he was young, so he couldn't take his words seriously.
"Xia Houzao has come all the way, after all, he has good intentions, why don't you reward him again?"

At this moment, Lu Lu couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Majesty, my salary this year is not enough for me to give you a reward. You are a reward, and you can't be like this!! People do things for you with salary, but I'm fine, I do things at a loss!"

"Hey, how can I make you lose money? I still have a lot of ideas here, each of which can help you make a lot of money! Shangfang is building some new things, and these things will be given to you in the future. Cement, do you want it?"

"What mud?"

"Cement can replace masonry and wood in construction in the future. Think about it, how much is the construction volume of the whole big man? If you can do this business, how much can you earn?"

"In addition to cement, there are also new bricks and stones that I have thought of recently. The quality of the fired bricks is very good. There will be more good things in the future. I will let you make them!"

Under Liu Chang's bewitchment, Lu Lu still succumbed.

Xia Houzao walked in again quickly, and finally looked human. He cast a glance at Lu Lu and asked curiously, "When did you start to have a beard?"

"Fart! Naigong has always had it!!"

Liu Chang signaled Xia Houzao to sit down, and then said very seriously: "Hurry up and take out the letter I wrote to you."

Xia Houzao's eyes widened, "How does Your Majesty know that he has a letter for you?"

As he spoke, he took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Chang. The letter was not very clean. Liu Chang wiped it, but did not answer Xia Houzao's question. He read it carefully for a long time. , Liu Changcai put the letter aside, looking a little serious.

"Among the princes, only Qi is the most reassuring one. Zao, don't rush to leave during this period of time. Xiting Kingdom is currently short of officials, and I will help you to deal with them. When the time comes, you will bring Go with those people."

"only."

"Your Majesty, I have been walking around all the time. I have walked back and forth between Chang'an and Xiting. Even if you don't tell me, I can't go. I have to rest for a while, right? I even brought a gift to His Majesty from Xiting Kingdom!"

As Xia Houzao spoke, he made people take bamboo slips, Liu Chang was taken aback, does anyone still use bamboo slips these days?

Sitting beside Liu Chang, Xia Houzao opened the bamboo slips with peace of mind, and took out a dagger from inside. At that moment, Lu Lu's eyes widened. If he didn't believe in Xia Houzao's character, he would draw his sword and chop him now. After going down, he couldn't help scolding: "Xiahouzao! What do you want to do?!"

Liu Chang didn't panic at all, snatched the dagger away, put it in his hand and started playing with it.

The dagger is extraordinarily exquisite, the handle is covered with precious stones, engraved with many words that Liu Chang does not know, and even decorated with gold, Liu Chang has never seen such an exquisite dagger in his life, it is really beautiful, shining The cold light was so extraordinary that Liu Chang was stunned.

"Good knife, this thing must be very good at cutting meat!"

"I'm very happy that you can give me such a precious knife, but I still want to ask, what do you mean by hiding the knife in the bamboo slips???"

Xia Houzao said confidently: "I have read the law! You cannot enter the imperial palace with daggers!"

Liu Chang was silent for a long time, "Oh well, this dagger is really extraordinary, Lu, look, this is Shendu's dagger, right? There is a word on it, is it from Shendu's side?"

Lu Lu also played with it, nodded his head, "It seems to be, I'm not sure, Zao, where did you get this dagger?"

"This is my trophy. I met a poisonous nobleman, subdued him directly, took this treasure from him, and dedicated it to His Majesty!!"

Xiahouzao was talking happily, and then proudly described his battle, talking about how he easily subdued the enemy, Xiahouzao's face was full of smiles, he was indescribably happy, dancing with his hands and feet, Liu Chang and Lu Lu were all watching Yes lol.

"That's right, you reckless man, you finally did a human thing, I'm worthy of your strength, yes, you will do such a thing in the future, you know? Don't do stupid things, look at you, your advantage is still in the battlefield Come on, this booty is good, I like it very much, the precious sword of a poisoned nobleman, hahaha, I just use it to cut meat!!"

"Lu Lu!! Reward him with a hundred gold!!"

This time, Lu Lu was not even unhappy at all. He was also very happy for his brother, and hurriedly agreed, with a gratified smile on his face. Xia Houzao was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him. Holding the treasured sword, the smile on his face froze quickly.

"Zao, this is not right."

"Your Majesty? What's wrong?"

"You didn't follow the Taiwei to fight for poison?"

"How did you get the booty?"

Xia Houzao smiled and said, "I am a poisonous person I met elsewhere."

"Elsewhere? Where? The Western Regions or the Peacock Kingdom?"

"In Lantian County."

At that moment, both Liu Chang and Lu Lu's expressions changed. Liu Chang looked at the dagger in his hand again, raised his head, looked at Xiahou Zao for a long time, then jumped up suddenly, and kicked Xiahou Zao over. Chasing and hitting, Xia Houzao kept dodging, "Your Majesty!! Your Majesty!! Don't do it! Don't do it! What's wrong with me?! This is a trophy!!"

"The spoils!! Your mother's is robbery!!"

"You dare to rob, I won't kill you today!!"

"Your Majesty, those people made the first move. I walked well. They insisted on reprimanding me and asking me to salute them. They also seized the houses of the local people. How can I, the Han, be bullied by them?! "

Hearing this sentence, Liu Chang withdrew his hand again, and looked at Lu Lu suspiciously.

"Why are there poisonous people in Dahan territory??"

Lu Lu hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Could it be... come to meet His Majesty's Crown Prince of Baicheng Kingdom?"

"Didn't Baicheng Kingdom, the rival of Peacock Kingdom to the south of Shendu, say that they want their prince to come to Chang'an to study as a proton?"

Liu Chang's face darkened, "It's probably him. Then this guy is unlucky too. He met a bandit like Xia Houzao. However, if he really acts recklessly in the territory of the Han family and bullies the people of our Han family, he deserves it."

Xia Houzao nodded hastily, and said, "You insulted me, he definitely insulted you!"

"Shut up for me!!!"

Liu Chang cursed, and then asked: "Where are those people? You won't cut off their heads, will you?"

"I cut off a man with a whip, and that fellow whipped a farmer on the road, and I killed him and robbed the rest. The others begged for mercy, but I didn't kill them. I took off their clothes and took their money, It is still very righteous for me to let them go.”

"You idiot, bring people to find them now, if the prince of Baicheng Kingdom dies, I will kill you!!"

"I know. The worst thing is to pay for his life."

Xiahou Zao turned around angrily and left here.

Liu Chang rubbed his forehead, "I've heard of proton killers, but I haven't heard of proton snatchers. How can I save the face of a big man? You should also go to Chengyang King, mobilize everyone, and find those people as soon as possible. It is the crown prince, please bring him to Chang'an as soon as possible, and comfort him."

"What if he dies?"

"No, he has so many followers around him."

Chang'an then dispatched a large number of troops to Longxi. Xia Houzao was the first to set off. He led a group of cavalry and started to return the same way. This time, he did not drive any more. I have done nothing wrong, do I still want to let the poisonous man show off his power in the land of the big man?So what if you kill him, but why does a barbarian prince value him so much?

Although he scolded fiercely, Xia Houzao took great pains to find him.

After all, he has seen how angry His Majesty is. He is not afraid of death, but he is very afraid of pain. Waddled.

After a full twelve days of searching, finally, on an official road, Xia Houzao saw the group of people from a distance.

Those are the group of people I used to do. They are extremely embarrassed at the moment, and their shabby clothes are not enough to describe them. They are even more savages than Xia Houzao's savage image. They look extremely miserable. The rushing Xiahou Zao.

Someone shouted: "Prince! The robbers are coming again!"

A young man with a very dark complexion and a thin body looked at the charging cavalry in the distance at this moment, almost jumped up in fright, turned around and ran away.

"Don't run! If you run again, I'm going to shoot an arrow!!"

"Still running, right?! Naigong is going to shoot you guys to death!!"

"You are a poisonous person!! How dare you look down on Naigong!!"

"General! General! They are poisonous people! They can't understand your words! Their translator has been hacked to death by you!!"

Soon, Xiahouzao caught up with these people, and these people begged for mercy again. Xiahouzao waved his hand, and everyone arrested them, regardless of their roars, and set off towards Chang'an.At this moment, the prince of Baicheng Kingdom felt unspeakable remorse in his heart. After the Peacock Kingdom surrendered to the big man, he had strong support and was eager to try to recover the original land. Baicheng Kingdom was separated from the Peacock Empire. their goals.

In order to protect himself, King Baicheng decided to follow their example and sent his son to the Han Dynasty to express his desire to surrender.

But the crown prince never expected that he would be robbed by bandits while eating big man steamed cakes and singing all the way!
(End of this chapter)