Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Xu had a lot of things to communicate with the newly appointed Master Song, so he stayed in the Sheriff's Mansion. It was impossible for Kou Xiao to stay with him all day, and when he saw him start talking about business with Song Wang, he left first.

Song Wang had a toothache watching the reluctant scene of the two before parting. He never knew that two men could be so fond of each other. It can be seen that the relationship between these two is really good.

He couldn't help but joked: "General Kou can be so tender when he looks at a cold person, the prince and his husband are skilled."

Li Xu never felt that Kou Xiao had a cold side, at most he was a bit domineering occasionally, but as a young general, if Kou Xiao didn't wrap himself in cold armor, how could he be frightening?

He smiled and said, "It's not that the king's husband is skilled, but that when people have feelings, they want to treat each other well. Does Mr. Song have a wife?"

Song Wang's eyes were a little blank, as if he was recalling, Li Xu really didn't know about his family situation, but considering his age, Song Wang should be someone who could even have a grandson.

"Xiaguan was engaged at fifteen, got married at sixteen, and had a son at eighteen. The cheap wife gave birth to two sons and one daughter. Later... Xiaguan took a concubine when he was 25 years old. I don't know when the husband and wife started. There was nothing more to say between them. She would rather take her children to serve the elderly in her hometown than to be an official with me. After a long time, it seemed that she had no feelings for her. Until one day when I heard the news of her passing away, I Only then did I realize that I haven’t received a single word from her for many years, and I didn’t even see her last time before she died.”

Li Xu is noncommittal. At this time, it is normal for men to have three wives and four concubines, especially for wealthy families. If there are not many beautiful concubines, it is like going out and losing face. Of course, a beautiful wife is also good, but it is better after the first few years. How many can survive a lifetime?

Not to mention here, even in the 21st century, he has seen a lot of people who cheated and raised children. Some women can bear it while others can't. In modern times, women can get divorced and divide their family property. What can they do here? Where is the way out?

He asked Song Wang with a half-smile: "Master Song, do you really not know when she stopped talking to you?"

Song Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he sighed with his forehead, his face was a little ugly, but after all, it has been too long, even if he felt guilty, there was no limit to it, and Li Xu didn't want to take care of his housework, so he just said: "Your children are all here. , do you want to receive Nanyue together?"

When Song Wang came to South Vietnam, he just planned to see it. He didn’t expect that he would live here all the time. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “It’s not a trivial matter to move the family. Let’s ask the officials when I write a letter.”

Li Xu didn't say anything anymore, he just felt that a family should stay together, and living apart in two places for a long time, neither love nor family relationship will last long.

Kou Xiao was dressed in red and was riding a horse on the road. There were not many pedestrians on the road. As he said, what happened yesterday, everyone consciously stayed at home today, waiting for the government to come to verify their identities.

In the past two years, everyone has become accustomed to dealing with people from the government. Every street has a street leader, and they don't feel scared when they see the yamen servants coming to the door.

Everyone is not so scared when they see Kou Xiao now. During the war years, Kou Xiao did kill a lot of people. In the past two years, even if there was a war, he was isolated outside the city. The people are forgetful. If they don’t see it, they think It didn't happen, and Li Xu continued to give Kou Jiajun positive publicity, now Kou Xiao is a well-deserved hero in the eyes of the public.

Of course, his greater fame is that he married King Shun as a man. Although no one called him Princess to his face, passers-by would inevitably smile when they saw him.

"General Kou, congratulations on your happy wedding." A bold passer-by bowed to Kou Xiao to congratulate him.

Kou Xiao graciously bowed his hands to the other party. Seeing that he was so talkative, others knew that he was in a great mood, but it was true, who would be in a bad mood if he could tie the knot with his sweetheart?

Before yesterday, everyone was still sad for him. How dare they think that these two men will get married in public. Although the public announcement of the palace did not specify the identity of the princess, the people are not blind, and they know that this is impossible. Things to say to the outside world.

"Is General Kou going to the barracks?" Someone asked again.

"Correct."

"General Kou looks great in red, like a young man in high spirits."

Kou Xiao: "..." If it wasn't for the newlyweds, which man would wear bright red clothes all day long? Before meeting Li Xu, his clothes were very casual, with the main feature of being dirt-resistant and wear-resistant. After meeting Li Xu, he began to pay attention to dressing , maybe even he himself didn't realize that the four words that people depend on clothes are still very correct.

Kou Xiao speeded up the horse and let the horse run. He suspected that if he said a few more words, these people should be concerned about the relationship between him and the prince. I don't know where they got the courage to be really not afraid of him.

He touched his face, then suddenly turned around and asked the guard behind him: "What do you think of this general's face?"

The guards were stunned, and then replied in unison: "The general is handsome and handsome, and he is the best in South Vietnam."

Kou Xiao glanced at them suspiciously, could he answer so neatly, did he rehearse beforehand?Or is it true?

"Then tell me, did the prince just fall in love with this general's face?"

This question is not easy to answer, and everyone didn't want to answer it at all. One of the guards laughed and said: "General, you have to ask the prince! But the subordinates think that the prince should not be such a superficial person."

Kou Xiao said flatly: "Is it superficial to look at this general's face? This is clearly called insight."

The subordinates looked at each other and nodded again and again: "Yes, the general is right, it is the subordinates who are narrow-minded."

When he arrived at the barracks, Kou Xiao changed his previous casual expression, and beckoned the soldiers guarding the barracks gate, "Be careful, no one is allowed to enter or leave the barracks today without my general's order, and anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"

"As ordered!"

Kou Xiao got off his horse and strode into the barracks. Today's barracks was extremely deserted, there was no one to be seen on the road, and it was very quiet inside and out.

The personal guards thought that this group of people drank too much wine yesterday and were still in a coma, and that the secret channel was not good. General Kou came here today to definitely punish some people. If they are caught sleeping late at this time, can they not be punished twice?

Everyone secretly worried about their companions, and saw Kou Xiao striding towards the school grounds, without even entering the barracks to take a look.

Everyone hurriedly followed, and from a distance, they could see that the school field was full of people, standing in a military posture against the sun, and the field of tens of thousands of people did not make a sound.

When they got closer, they found that these people must have been standing for a long time, their faces were blue, and their faces were covered with sweat. Some of them were still wearing yesterday's new armor, and there were a few fainted lying beside them.

Kou Xiao finally slowed down, walked over lazily, and asked, "What is this for?"

Everyone was a little slow to react, but they quickly knelt down on the ground. Several people's legs were weak when they knelt down, and they almost fell to the ground.

Kou Xiao walked all the way to the high platform, and the deputy generals also knelt in a row, no one dared to look up, and no one dared to say anything.

Kou Xiao walked to the center and asked loudly: "The general remembers that on the day of the prince's wedding, all four gates were replaced by Kou's troops, right?"

A young general moved over and replied loudly: "General, it is true. It is the men under his command who are in charge of guarding the four city gates."

"Oh, then tell General Ben how the assassins got into the city?"

The young general knocked his head to the ground, he had nothing to say, for such a mistake, the Kou family army could hardly escape the blame, especially him, when we got to the bottom of it, he was the most responsible.

"Your subordinate is guilty, please punish him!" The young general dared not even say a word of excuse. At this time, any explanation is blank. I only hope that the general will give him a lighter punishment for the sake of his newlyweds.

"Then you definitely don't know how many assassins have sneaked into the city." Kou Xiao took two steps forward, stood in front of the young general, and looked down at him, "Did you see that assassin yesterday?"

"I've seen it." The young general was sweating profusely, half of it was out of fright.

"Have you asked all the soldiers on duty to see it?"

"Yes."

"Has anyone seen him?"

"He... should be Yi Rongjin's city." The young general didn't look up, but when he heard a cold snort from above, he knew that the general was not satisfied with the answer.

That's right, since you want to infiltrate the city as an assassin, of course you have to disguise yourself, but these people are from the mountains after all, and they are not proficient in the art of disguise. Yirong is not clever.

Such a person can sneak into the city from under their noses, this crime cannot be escaped no matter what.

"The general remembers that Minzhou City has entered a semi-martial law state since the prince announced his wedding. Anyone who enters or exits the city gate must have a household registration certificate. Where did he get this thing? Did you find anything useful from the assassin?"

The person who interrogated the assassin yesterday was a lieutenant named Chi Mingxu in the army. He was very young. He used to be Jiang Qiuming's deputy for a period of time. He was good at torture training. all cases.

He has a cold and beautiful face, masculine and feminine, but because he doesn't smile all the year round, it doesn't make people feel feminine.

He stood up and said: "The real age of the assassin is around 25, with broad palms, a person who uses bows and arrows all the year round, with strong limbs, and should have good force. The clothes he is wearing have already been found. They were taken from a drunk. After coming down, the drunk man stayed on the street overnight, woke up the next day and found that he was missing clothes and money, and went to the government to report the case. He still has a string of bone chains and tattoos on his body. Deep thoughts to hide, or unexpected, or poor skills, nothing else.”

Kou Xiao recalled the short meeting yesterday, frowned and said: "He can speak official language, although the accent is very heavy, but the people in South Vietnam speak official language with a strong accent, so when he ran out at that time, no one doubted his identity. "

Logically speaking, the tribes who have lived on the mountain for a long time can hardly speak the official language, not even their Minzhou dialect. From Zhao Gang leading troops out to suppress bandits to today, it is impossible for him to fight for a full month. Learn to speak official Chinese, unless he finds someone to learn a few words on purpose.

If this is the case, he must have come into contact with ordinary people. What Kou Xiao is worried about now is that his accomplices are still there, and there are still people hidden behind him.It is not ruled out that someone found such a person and deliberately sent him to Li Xu. On the way to the wedding, it is the best opportunity to strike, but if someone really arranged for this assassination, it would be too simple and casual.

Kou Xiao ruled out the second possibility for the time being, and asked people to continue to investigate along the way. As long as someone has seen this assassin, he can know whether he is alone or has a companion.

"Did he say anything else?"

Chi Mingxu shook his head, "The mouth is very hard, because the injury is too serious, and the time to wake up is not long, so there is no punishment."

Kou Xiao's kick was aimed at killing someone, if it weren't for the fact that it is not suitable to kill people because of a big marriage, that person would not have kept his breath until today.

"Send him to the city gate, and post the portrait, so that everyone in the city can recognize him. With his level of disguise, someone should be able to recognize him."

Chi Mingxu paused, raised his head slightly, and asked hesitantly, "Shall we do it today?"

Kou Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is his corpse still kept for the New Year? In this weather, the corpse will rot in a few days, right?"

Chi Mingxu said "oh", it's all right, he was just worried that this is the new marriage between the prince and the general, and hanging a dead body at the city gate must be a bit of an eyesore.

"Also, send a messenger to deliver a message to Zhao Gang, asking him to come back within three days, otherwise there is no need to come back."

If it wasn't for this special scene, the people below would have laughed like pigs. Zhao Gang was miserable too. He thought he had perfectly avoided General Kou's embarrassing wedding, but in the end he avoided General Kou's wedding. Will you vomit blood after this news?

Kou Xiao stood on the high platform and looked down at the more than [-] soldiers on the school field. Thinking about three years ago, there were only a few thousand people standing here, but he didn't feel that it was too small at all, and he dared to lead thousands of soldiers to fight the enemy. Those who can survive to this day are all fighters who have experienced a narrow escape.

But now that the number of the Kou family army has increased by more than five times, he feels that it is far from enough. First, the situation has changed. Their enemy has changed from banditry to pirates to the whole world. Second, these recruits are still too immature, not that they The level is not enough. They have practiced so far, regardless of whether they have good individual combat ability or teamwork ability. What they lack in actual combat, they have not experienced life-and-death struggles, and they have not passed through the gate of hell. They will always be short of breath.

"I think you are living a very comfortable life." Kou Xiao said suddenly.

Today he is wearing a red brocade jacket, with a crown in his hair, a brocade belt around his waist, and new boots on his feet. From head to toe, he looks like a son of a wealthy family. He is out of tune with this military camp.

If it is comfortable, Kou Xiao's life in the past two years is also comfortable. He has a rich partner and boss who thinks of every aspect for him. All he can do is train troops and fight against the enemy. It seems that he has forgotten how he got here in the first place. of.

He tore off the brocade clothes on his body, threw away the jade crown on his head, and put on the old armor he wore during training in front of all the soldiers. With his spear in his hand, he pointed to the sky, "Listen, all soldiers!"

"Roar!" The morale was overwhelming.

"Bring three days of dry food and go out with this general!"

Everyone didn't know where they were going to fight, and no one asked. What happened yesterday was like a slap in the face. Their faces were flushed. They didn't even drink the wedding wine to their heart's content, and they came here spontaneously when they returned to the barracks.

They stood all night and thought about it all night. They didn't flinch even when they saw someone standing around them fainted. This is the punishment they deserved, even if each of them bears dozens of military sticks.

As long as you think about the dagger that was only an inch away from King Shun yesterday, if the person the prince married yesterday was not General Kou, if General Kou hadn't been riding a horse and walking side by side with the prince, he would definitely not be able to dodge the dagger, The consequences were simply unimaginable.

Kou Xiao made this decision suddenly, he didn't even think about the target when he left the barracks with his people, he only had time to send someone to inform Li Xu, and left.

And the departure this time was not the so-called three days, but a full two months. During this period, no one knew where they went or what they did. Even Li Xu didn't receive a single word from Kou Xiao. Phrase, this newly married man is like a scumbag who abandoned his wife and daughter, and there is no news when he is gone.