I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Xue Rengui froze for a moment, looked at the men with some suspicion in his eyes.

These people turned out to be the subordinates of Duke Zhengyang?
There was a slight suspicion in his eyes.

The man sitting and applying the medicine gasped, and snorted coldly: "Don't you believe it?"

Xue Rengui didn't speak, but nodded hesitantly.

The man sneered: "Although you are very good at fist and kick, you did beat us to the ground a few days ago, but... that's just because we wanted not to hurt others, so we didn't attack you."

"You should have heard of muskets?"

Xue Rengui shook his head. Although the court has never shy away from spreading news about this, but... that is, people in Chang'an City know that there is such a thing as a musket.

In other places, most of them have become nondescript rumors that the Tang army has mastered the method of sky thunder.

The man was taken aback, opened his mouth weakly, and wanted to show off in front of Xue Rengui, but Xue Rengui didn't know about it, so what else could he show off?
"Could it be that what the strong man wants to say is that Lord Zhengyang researched and used the method of sky thunder used by the Tang army?" Xue Rengui asked with a very alert mind.

The man nodded: "Yes, that's what it is."

As he spoke, he took out his gun, aimed at the bottle behind Xue Rengui, pulled the trigger, and with a bang, the bullet hit the bottle, blowing it to pieces.

"If we used this thing yesterday, do you think you can get it?" After firing a shot, the man looked at Xue Rengui with a half-smile.

Xue Rengui was so frightened that his pores flared, his pupils condensed into a small dot, and his body stiffened for a long while without turning around.

What is this?
Is it Hidden Arrow?But can the sleeve arrow be so fast?

And this power... isn't it a bit too much.

"Now do you believe that we are under Zhengyang Gong's command?" Another man asked.

Xue Rengui didn't dare to have the slightest doubt at this time, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, but after nodding, he began to hesitate again: "Just now you said, you told Zhengyang Gong about me."

"But Mr. Zhengyang hasn't replied yet, so he's not sure if he's willing to recruit me?"

A man laughed loudly: "What do you mean, do you want Lord Zhengyang to condescend and come over to pay you three visits to the thatched cottage in person?"

Xue Rengui shook his head quickly, and said with a wry smile: "I don't dare to have such an idea, I'm just afraid that my side is willing to go under the command of Lord Zhengyang, but Lord Zhengyang doesn't want me."

People who are capable are more or less arrogant.

For example, Xue Rengui, although he is young, has a strong heart. Although he has admiration for people such as Li Jing and Cheng Yaojin, he will not hold him too high in his heart.

That is to say, these people are older than me, and they encounter a troubled world. If I have these opportunities, I will never be worse than Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin and others. Worse than Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin and others.

He has such confidence in himself.

But...Only for Yin Xuan, Xue Rengui didn't care much about comparison.

When he first knew Yin Xuan, Xue Rengui also admired him, but at that time he also felt that although this person is powerful, when he gets older, he will definitely not be inferior to him.

As a result... this Duke Zhengyang is about the same age as himself?

It is even possible that Duke Zhengyang is a year or two younger than himself.

Xue Rengui didn't believe it at first, but word of mouth spread the same. The merchants who came back from Chang'an also said the same, and even the officials who came to build the road said the same.

How can a person who is about the same age as me have such extraordinary abilities?
This made Xue Rengui suffer a lot, and he no longer has the intention to compare with Yin Xuan, at least...he feels that he is not qualified to compare with Yin Xuan yet.

"Grandmaster Zhengyang makes good use of people. With your ability, it is not an exaggeration to ask for an errand from Mr. Zhengyang." A man shook his head and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about this."

Xue Rengui nodded, but if he wanted to say rest assured, that would be a lie. After talking to a few men, he left the thief behind and turned around to go home. He wanted to discuss this matter with his wife.

Xue Rengui is from the Xue family in Hedong.

But it is not a direct lineage, the relationship with the Xue family is roughly the same as the relationship between Li Shimin and the Li family of Longxi, only blood relationship, but no communication.

In the early years, Xue's family could not live a rich life, but at least a rich one.But with the death of Xue Rengui's father, who was an official in the former Sui Dynasty, the family became worse day by day.

Fortunately, Xue Rengui grew up, and now he has planted cotton again, and his life is barely easier.

"Go out to fight with others again?" When Xue Rengui came home, Mother Xue saw the ceramic fragments stuck to Xue Rengui's hair at a glance, frowned, and scolded coldly.

Xue Rengui shrunk his head and smiled, and replied softly: "Mother, I misunderstood a group of good men a few days ago and thought they were eating the king's meal."

"Today I caught the thief who stole their money."

Xue's mother's face relaxed a little, her son might as well go out and cause trouble.

Xue Rengui went on to say: "Baby knows today that they are rangers who work under Lord Zhengyang, and they think that Boyer should work for Lord Zhengyang."

Mother Xue was taken aback, and glanced at him: "What do you think?"

Xue Rengui lowered his head and said softly: "My child heard that working under Lord Zhengyang has a lot of money. If I can earn some copper coins, it would be good to bring my mother to Chang'an to take care of me."

With that said, Xue Rengui paused.

"Besides, the master's family also has a good impression of Lord Zhengyang. If we can get along with Lord Zhengyang because of this, we can be treated better by the master's family."

The Xue family in Hedong is also a family.

But he is different from the general family. He did not follow the path of literature, did not send people to the imperial examination, and almost never became a civil servant. Most of them took the path of military commanders.

Yin Xuan took out the firearm, and the entire military officer ate a large piece of fat.

This is enough to make aristocratic families like the Xue family in Hedong, who are mainly military generals, have a good impression of Yin Xuan.

"You have a good idea." Mother Xue nodded, sighed, and said softly, "But Mr. Zhengyang has no intention of official career, so you should think about it. If you defect to him, you might end up with official career in the future." Missed."

Xue Rengui cupped his hands: "The child is clear, but if he devotes himself to official career, he probably won't be able to take care of his mother at the same time."

The biggest reason why he has not made contributions at such an advanced age, but stays at home farming, is because he is reluctant to part with his elderly mother.

family or business.

This young man in his early twenties made it very clear that if he lost his family, no matter how good his career was, it would not be able to make up for the vacancy in the past few years.