After seeing off Zhang Huangyan, Hou Xuanyan fell asleep. Outside the small bed in the study, the breeze swayed the tender branches.

The branches swinging in the wind and the shadows swaying in the sunlight, through the thin window screen, shone on Hou Xuanyan's face. This mottled sunlight sprinkled on his face, adding to his sleepiness, and he fell asleep in a short while.

With a creaking sound, the door was pushed open, and the bust was covered with a thin blue gauze. Xiaoxiao, wearing a pair of snow-white home flared pants, held a lunch box in her hand and tiptoed in.

Hearing Hou Xuanyan's faint snoring, she gently put down the lunch box and placed the four plates of exquisite side dishes on the table. She picked up a small bone fan and sat on the head of the bed and slapped it gently.

The reflection of the branches kept shaking in front of his eyes, and thousands of troops were changing through his eyelids. After less than half a stick of incense, Hou Xuanyan suddenly woke up and asked, "Has the Tartars come? Is Changzhou lost?"

Xiaoxiao was frightened by his sudden throat and stroked her chest and comforted her: "Don't worry, son-in-law, there are no Tartars, no Tartars."

Hou Xuanyan reached out and rubbed his eyelids, shook his head and cursed: "The dog Tartars have not come for a long time, which makes me worried and I can't sleep well."

Xiaoxiao's pretty cheeks were pink, and the frightened flush that had just been gone, she followed him and said, "They must have been frightened by the reputation of their son-in-law and dared not come."

Hou Xuanyan burst into laughter and was about to laugh at her for saying that she had a big breast and no brain, but suddenly she sniffed and asked, "Why is it so fragrant?"

Xiaoxiao's pretty face turned red again, pinching the tassel tied around her waist, and whispered: "My son-in-law's nose is so good. This is the rouge brought by someone from the most expensive "Daughter Country" in the east of the city. It's so precious..." Her red face suddenly seemed to be full of charming femininity.

Hou Xuan played a carp thrust, sat up, and came to the front desk according to the taste: "I said it was so fragrant, where did the braised pork come from?" After saying that, he grabbed two bites, stuffed them into his mouth, and smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity that there is a pot of good wine."

Xiaoxiao was swaying behind him, and he measured his hands viciously, with a pair of small pink fists wishing to hit his chest.

Hou Xuan finished eating like a wind and a remnant cloud. He looked back and said in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Xiaoxiao was so scared that she stuck out her tongue, and immediately changed her face to be gentle, saying, "Son-in-law, I'm leaving."

Hou Xuanyan said oh, pushed the dishes on the table, stared at the map of Yingtian Mansion, and had already flown into the mountains and rivers of Changzhou.

Xiaoxiao was disappointed and pouted her mouth and picked up the lunch box and left. Unfortunately, Hou Xuanyan, who was unfamiliar with the charm, was too involved and did not feel her little moves.

Xiaoxiao was just overjoyed, and she had just broken her body and had not yet enjoyed the pleasure of eating the marrow-like things between men and women. She wanted more to be favored by her son-in-law. Since she came to Hou Mansion, the lady was still a girl, and the two maids were like mistresses. The sudden happiness made her worry and only wanted to get Hou Xuanyan's favor.

Unfortunately, Hou Xuanyan’s current thoughts are full of Changzhou, and it is Hong Chengchou’s counterattack.

Hong Chengchou, who was far away in Jinling, was not having a good time at this moment. He was originally planning to consume the strength of the Qing Han soldiers in the south, but who knew that he used too much force and an entire army was wiped out.

Now that he has returned from defeat and has lost his city and territory, he has not only been scolded by Luke Dehun, who is left in Jinling, but also received a public reprimand from Dorgon.

Luke Dehun is Daishan's grandson and the fourth generation of Nurhaci's descendant. He is only twenty-six years old and is the ambitious Beller, who does not care about Hong Chengchou's qualifications and prestige at all.

In his eyes, Han people are all slaves, and a few words of scolding casually is no different from scolding the dogs raised at home. Today, he suddenly received a secret decree from Dorgon, accusing him of being named General Pingnan, and he had not made any contribution to his size, and had first discarded half of Jiangning Prefecture.

Lukedehn followed his father to fight at the age of ten, and made great achievements in military affairs. He never suffered such humiliation. He sent someone to call Hong Chengchou and scolded him again.

Hong Chengchou's life was full of glorious years. Even Emperor Chongzhen respected him when he saw him. The pillars of the country who looked up to him in the entire Ming Dynasty, once he became a traitor, he was pointed at the nose and scolded by a young man, and he did not dare to have a disrespectful expression.

Listening to Lekode's clumsy Chinese, mixed with Manchu insults, Hong Chengchou's thoughts suddenly floated to Songshan in the past. At that time, Hong Chengchou was still the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He led the nine borders of Shaanxi and Gansu and Datong, and a total of 130,000 elite troops to gather in Ningyuan and fight with the Qing soldiers. At that time, his original intention was to slowly approach Jinzhou, step by step, and not to fight in a vain. However, Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, was a sour civil servant who did not know about military affairs, and kept promoting war. The army easily advanced, and the food route and retreat route were cut off by Huang Taiji. The 130,000 people collapsed and collapsed without fighting.

Hong Chengchou led the remaining troops and hid in Songshan Mansion and waited for rescue. However, the elites of the Ming Dynasty had already died and fled, so there were reinforcements that could reach Songshan.

Half a year later, the city was completely ammunition and food, and finally couldn't defend it. General Cao Bianjiao did not embarrass his uncle Cao Wenzhao and died in the city with a silver gun. In Songshan that year, the wind was strong and the snow was too fast, so cold people couldn't feel their hands and feet. Seeing Cao Bianjiao being cut to death by the Tartars, the knife in Hong Chengchou's hand dropped to the ground with a clang. He still told himself that it was because it was cold.

When Hong Chengchou was defeated, he regarded him as a god and was in a state of dismay.

Zu Dashou walked out of the inner city and led the crowd to surrender.

"Talk! Nanman pig, useless Han dog!"

This roar brought Hong Chengchou from outside the ice and snowy pass to the unbearable Jinling. He bent down and said slowly: "Master Beile, I am responsible for the miscommand of the slave. But now Prince Yu leads his troops south and the war is about to come. We need to raise food and grass to prepare Prince Yu to conquer Suzhou. This is a big event. It will not be too late to dismiss the post and investigate it when the servant completes his loyalty for the Qing Dynasty."

Luke Dehun's tone slowed down and asked, "There is no food left in Jiangning's treasury? You threw it into Suzhou City. Hou Xuan's performance is cheaper."

Hong Chengchou bent his waist and said, "Chuzhou west of Jiangning is a famous land of fish and rice. Although it is a small people, there is also food in their homes. We can spend money to buy rice from the people and serve as military rations."
Chapter completed!