Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

"Hey, you caught a big fish again." Lei Ming stretched out his head and glanced to the side, and asked enviously, "Old Zhong, why did you catch a big fish so quickly?"

Boss Zhong handed the fishhook to his attendant with no expression on his face, and after he took the fish down and put it into the bucket, and then hung up the bait, he replied calmly, "Because I am calm, the fish will naturally not be afraid of me."

"So that's how it is." Lei Ming handed the fishing rod to his entourage, sat next to Mr. Zhong, stretched his legs and said, "Then I'll watch you fish and learn from your skill."

Elder Zhong snorted coldly, and said mockingly, "Your Majesty Lei is a majestic sheriff, why is he so free recently, that he has time to watch the old man go fishing?"

Lei Ming replied calmly: "The new Mr. Ji is young, smart and hardworking, and he does everything properly. I will naturally be free when I go up to the peak. I knew that there was such an experience with a capable county magistrate. I was a Definitely don’t need your own family.”

"Lord Lei, you can't be self-deprecating like this. Everyone can see your contribution to Nanyue. Now that a kid comes, you just abdicate and let the virtuous. It's not in line with your style."

"Looking at what you said, Nanyue belongs to King Shun. It's normal for him to use his own people. This official should be more aware of current affairs. Besides, the Lei family is not in ruins. Every young man is making progress. It's a good thing."

Elder Zhong sneered and said: "You are really relieved, the Lei family is going backwards from the gentry to the merchants, has Master Lei forgotten what price the Lei family paid to enter the officialdom? "

Lei Ming sighed, "You, don't irritate me anymore, the world is like this, and I can't change it, not to mention that the prince is willing to reuse the children of the Lei family. Those who went to the prince's side to experience, and those who can be reused in the future must be the prince's cronies."

"Lord Lei is making wishful thinking, but King Shun may not be able to do what you wish. He reused Lei's family today because he has no one to use. When his group of untouchables are cultivated in the future, you can see that he will reuse Lei's family." The family doesn't."

Lei Ming lowered his head, with deep thoughts hidden in his eyes, he did not answer his words, but said: "Master Zhong Shuiqing Zhong is also very important to the prince, the prince employs people, and he does not shy away from his background."

"This old man knows, but people are divided into different classes, and they are born with a distinction between high and low. Otherwise, what are we old guys working hard for all our lives, isn't it just for the children and grandchildren to have a good background? The prince broke the rules, this is Go against the clan."

"You think too much, the prince didn't mean that."

"Oh, although the old man is old, his eyes are not blind and his ears are not deaf. I can see clearly about King Shun. His ambition is not something a Nanyue can pretend to be."

Lei Ming laughed, "Wouldn't that be better, maybe the Lei family can go to a higher level."

"Foolish." Elder Zhong threw the fishing rod aside, closed his eyes and said, "We aristocratic families are just stepping stones on the road to Shun Wang's ambitions. The Zhong family is like this, the Lei family is like this, and the Kou family is like this. You What I saw was King Shun throwing large sums of gold and silver at him, but I didn't know that this was his way to buy people's hearts. After two or three years, you will look at the Kou family army and see which recruits still buy Kou Xiao's account. Still obey Kou Xiao's orders."

Lei Ming waved his hand and said in disapproval: "My Lei family has also invested money in Kou's army, but they didn't listen to me."

"Haha...that's you stupid." Mr. Zhong laughed a few times and then stopped, sneering: "You worry about everything for Kou Xiao, does he remember you? The prince seems to give him the right to give him money, Help the Kou family army to expand, but the Kou family army after the expansion is still surnamed Kou? Just wait, the next time the prince asks Kou Xiao to fight east, he will never dare to fight west."

Seeing that Lei Ming was thinking, Elder Zhong continued: "We old fellows are almost buried, and we can't worry about it for a few days, but before we leave, we have to do something for our descendants."

Lei Ming said helplessly: "You are sixty-eight years old this year, and you are already over seventy years old, so why worry about it, and your descendants will have their own blessings, you can't stop worrying about it."

"Does Lord Lei have to be so stubborn?" Elder Zhong asked calmly.

"Does Mr. Zhong have to be so stubborn?" Lei Ming pointed to the fish in the pool and said, "Look, these fish have no worries and live freely in the water. Death, but people are different, and they always seek shelter. I have led the Lei family up these years, and the more I walk, the more tired I am. Now I have relieved all the burdens, and I feel very relaxed. Although there are a few descendants of the Zhong family who are outstanding Yes, but they are not direct descendants, so why bother!"

Elder Zhong's face was full of anger, but he didn't get angry in the end. Instead, he said tiredly: "When the old man is here, at least he can hold them down. When I leave, it will be easy for the one who wants to clean up the Zhong family. So, I have no choice but to For that."

Lei Ming wanted to say something else, but the other party didn't listen, and picked up the hook again and threw it into the pool: "You go, don't come fishing if you are not calm, fish are not stupid."

Lei Ming packed up his things and left first. On the way, he analyzed with his confidant subordinates: "I used to think that one mountain could not accommodate two tigers, and this second tiger would be General Kou, but General Kou was as docile as a domestic cat, but it was the patriarchs of these big families. Stretch out your sharp claws, the combination of these old things is much more terrifying than General Kou."

"Master, you used to worry about the Kou family, but now you are busy with King Shun, is it worth it?"

Lei Ming sighed, "I'm here for the Lei family. When General Kou is here, my Lei family can take up official careers and cover the sky with one hand. When King Shun is here, my Lei family can dominate the business world. I am full, and the lord promised me that after five years, some outstanding people from among the descendants will be promoted to be officials, this road is more stable and farther than before, why don't I take it?"

"That's what I said, but you are not afraid of King Shun..."

"Oh, are you afraid after listening to Mr. Zhong? It's because he is incompetent, and the descendants of the Zhong family are worthless. Apart from the family's shelter, how many good descendants of their family are there. Incompetence is nothing, but courage Darling, if you dare to fight against the prince, isn't that just asking for your own death!"

"You said so."

"What kind of person do you think the prince is?"

"This... how did the villain know this, but people outside say that the prince is kind and kind, and has a big heart. No one has seen him get angry yet. The villain heard from the servants of the palace that the prince has a good temper. You can't get close to women, there was a beautiful maid who wanted to get close to him before, but he was shot to death in public."

This matter has already spread in the city, but Lei Ming doesn't think so: "The master of a big family, how can a humble maid get close at will, if that maid succeeds and gives birth to a concubine eldest son, what kind of face will there be for the royal family?" ? It’s not that the prince is not close to women, it’s just that his style is decent, as long as the backyard of the palace is safe, the prince doesn’t have to worry about the disaster of his children and grandchildren.”

"Didn't you still want to choose one of the girls from the Lei family to serve the prince?"

"That was before. I stopped thinking about it a long time ago. Look how smart Lei Yang is. The three boys have all invested in it. They are all very promising. It is more effective than any marriage."

When it comes to Lei Yang, who doesn't envy him in Minzhou City? The prince trusts him more than he trusts Lei Junshou, and the three sons are all the prince's confidantes, it's incredible.

"Hey! Master, look, General Kou has returned to the city." The confidant opened a corner of the curtain and pointed to the outside.

Lei Ming ordered the car to stop and got out of the carriage. What he saw was the scene of Kou Xiao riding his horse back. The young and handsome general was wearing a red cape, and the BMW under his crotch was also tall and sturdy.

When one person and one horse arrived in front of him, Lei Ming jumped off the carriage and saluted, "General Kou, hello."

"It's Mr. Lei, you also left the city today, why?"

"I just go out of the city for a walk when I have nothing to do. Before the cold winter comes, I go fishing in the suburbs to relax."

Kou Xiao nodded, and when he heard him talking about fishing, he became interested and asked, "Did you catch any big fish?"

"Hey, the level of the lower officials is limited, and all the fish they catch are small fish. Would you like to take them home and make some soup?"

Kou Xiao felt that both he and Li Xu lost a bit of energy last night, and they really should make up for it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then thank you, Mr. Lei."

Lei Ming laughed, "You are too polite, a few small fish are worthless."

Kou Xiao was still in a hurry to go back to have lunch, so he didn't say much to him, and asked his guards to carry the bucket and left. Lei Ming looked at his back as he went away, and whispered to his subordinates: "Look, General Kou is still so free and easy, They only see that the prince and General Kou are not close to the family, but they can't see how they are close to the people, which is also sad."

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Li Xu didn't expect Kou Xiao to come back at noon, the kitchen didn't prepare his meal, and it was impossible for Li Xu's candlelight dinner to be changed into a candlelight lunch, so he found an excuse to drive him back to Kou's mansion for lunch.

"You haven't been home for a long time, it's a wall, you can't justify not going back."

Kou Xiao did have something to go back, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I want to cook this bucket of fish, make some fish soup for you to replenish your body, and then go home."

When Li Xu saw that there were only seven or eight palm-sized fish in the bucket, he thought that Kou Xiao bought them and raised them, so he asked him in surprise, "You cook it? Can you?"

Kou Xiao also cooked food when he was away from home, regardless of the taste, at least he would, "Don't underestimate your man, this little thing won't bother me."

Li Xu rolled his eyes and didn't want to speak, let him go to the kitchen, and told him by the way: "If you can't figure it out, leave it to Aunt Xu, don't be brave."

Kou Xiao shrugged and calmly carried the fish to the kitchen. When he met Liu Shu outside the yard, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Is Manager Liu still busy?"

Seeing him in a complicated mood at first, Liu Shu didn't want to talk to him, but he didn't dare to disobey the etiquette, so he had to say hello to him and leave.

"By the way, Manager Liu, I forgot to ask the prince just now, does he like soup salty or light?"

Liu Shu also saw the bucket in his hand, and suddenly laughed, "Actually, my prince doesn't like to drink fish soup, he thinks it tastes too fishy."

"Really? How about changing it to something else, mutton soup?"

Liu Shu shook his head and said, "You are busy with military affairs, so why bother with such a trivial matter. The kitchen is in charge of the meals. You can just tell the servant what you want to eat."

"No, it's just that today is a special day. This general wants to cook soup for the prince himself."

Liu Shu's expression changed, and he could no longer maintain his composure. He almost gritted his teeth and asked him, "Why do you want to make up for the prince? The prince has always been healthy."

"Ah that..." Kou Xiao rubbed his nose and smiled like a simple and honest boy, "I won't tell you this, you don't understand."

Liu Shu doesn't understand anything. In the big dye vat in the palace, he understands everything, even more than Kou Xiao. Suddenly, the sky is sunny and the sky is thundering, and people are in trouble.

Numbly, he walked into Li Xu's yard, stood at the door of the study and basked in the sun for a while, before he summoned up the courage to knock on the door and enter.

"My lord, you..." Liu Shu hesitated and wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to ask. In fact, there is nothing to ask about this kind of thing, and it would be embarrassing for the lord to say it.

Hey, he just said, it's not good for the prince to see a martial artist like Kou Xiao. As a dignified prince, he actually wants...to...if the emperor finds out, he might not even be able to keep his throne.

After a long time, Kou Xiao's fish soup was brought along with lunch. Li Xu didn't have too much hope for the fish soup, but after all, it was Kou Xiao's first time cooking, so he still wanted to save face.

Kou Xiao put down the fish soup and left. Before he left, he said: "Please let the servant taste it first, if it doesn't taste good, don't drink it."

"Okay, let's go."

Li Xu picked up the bowl and looked at it, the fish soup was very thick, so many fish got this bowl of soup, the soup was white in color, it looked delicious, and there was no smell of fish at close range, Li Xu boldly tried it After taking a sip, it turned out that it was too salty and a little sweet, which tasted really weird.

Aunt Xu stood aside cautiously and explained: "Too much salt was put in at the beginning. General Kou found it too salty and added some sugar, saying it was to neutralize the salty taste. After drinking it, he thought it tasted good, so he brought it over. of."

Li Xu drank the fish soup in one gulp, and nodded with difficulty, "I know, you go down first, next time General Kou is going to cook, so you can give me more pointers."

"Yes, yes." Aunt Xu dared to point out General Kou indiscriminately, she didn't dare to approach him at all, but after this time, she found that General Kou was not as scary as the rumors outside, and he would wash his hands and make soup for the prince, which was not easy up.

Kou Xiao entered Kou's mansion, asked someone to bring a meal, and put it down after eating casually.

When there is no major event in the house, he usually eats alone in each courtyard. He has rarely eaten with his parents since he was a child. It is so enviable to be able to eat with his father like a little princess.

Kou Xiao's heart for Li Xu may have been based on his beauty at first, but later he was gradually attracted by his talent, and later, every bit of life could move him.

After dinner, Kou Xiao went to see the old man and the old lady, cared about the old man's health, and then asked straight to the point: "Is the matter that I talked to the two old men before settled?"

The old man snorted coldly, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"It's about letting Liu Niang find a wife. Liu Niang is not too young to get married."

"Heh, you're too lenient. You don't care about your age, but you have the leisure to meddle in other people's affairs."

The old lady also patiently persuaded: "Xiao'er, you were busy a few years ago, and the delay in the marriage is justified, but now that South Vietnam is stable, you should get married as soon as possible. Your grandfather and I have taken a fancy to a girl from a family, the daughter of a fairy. Good-looking, educated and reasonable, although the family background is lower, but our family doesn't like these, what do you think?"

Kou Xiao's face sank, "Did Ah Weng and Ah Mu forget what my grandson said last time? I like men, and I will never marry a wife in this life."

"You child, there is no conflict between the two. Just bring back whoever you like and settle it when the time comes. We won't interfere."

"No, it's impossible."

The old man smashed the teacup on the table and shouted aggressively: "If you can't do it, get out. Didn't you say that you would never enter the Kou family again? Then get out and start your own family. My Kou family doesn't care about a grandson like you!"

Kou Xiao knew that this would happen, "Grandson understands your feelings, but this matter is out of the question. If you want to sever ties with grandson, that's fine. I'll just move out."

"You, you..." The old man was so dizzy with anger that he couldn't speak.

"Don't be angry, your body won't be worth it if you are angry. The prince has decided to move on the eighth day of the lunar new year. You have received the post. If you are going to have a wedding drink, it is not suitable to quarrel that day. It is best to finish the quarrel today, so as not to break it." His Majesty's interest."

The old man supported the table and stood up, "Since we are going to move away, Xiyuan will also be taken back. Remember to ask the servants to tear down that wall. It will make you upset after seeing it." He neither said that he would go nor Say no, leave after finishing speaking.

Kou Xiao knew the temper of the second elder in the family, and when he saw this, he knew that there was room for discussion on this matter, so he went to visit his mother, and after a few words, he found an excuse to slip away.

Kou's mansion has never been a warm and cozy place, Kou Xiao doesn't have much nostalgia for this mansion, but as long as there is no falling out, this is still his home.

Walking out of the gate, Kou Xiao saw the stone lion at the gate that has experienced several generations of wind and frost, and patted its head, "Are you working hard? Anyway, I think it is quite hard."