Xia Ya took all the actions of this beauty in her eyes, but she seemed to be indifferent on the surface.
This hunting activity was not very interesting. After all, for Xiaya, he was not born of a nobleman, so he would not treat this kind of activity as entertainment after a meal like those nobles. For him, hunting is simply a kind of Work, a skill to earn a living.
Although there are not many prey in this forest, several traps and traps made by Xia Ya still managed to catch a few rabbits, and luck seems to be on Xia again. In the animal cover, he actually caught a fat fox.
This is a fox with fiery red fur all over its body. The fur is obviously of high quality, and the tail is fluffy and soft. When Xiaya was caught, the beast was still struggling to bite the noose on its feet, and it had already bitten half of it.
Xia Ya smiled and caught the fox. With his eyes, he could see at a glance that it was a female fox, and the fat body was not because of fat, but because it was pregnant with a cub.
Just when Xia Ya hesitated, the gentle words of the governor's wife came from behind.
"Let it go..."
This woman's voice, at this moment, seems to be a bit tender and sad.
Xia Ya's heart moved, suddenly remembered something, smiled and untied the cover on the fox's feet, and then handed it to the governor's wife.
The Governor's wife took it over, with a bit of tenderness in her eyes, she held the fox in her arms and gently stroked it for a while. The fox was originally irritable and nervous, but after the Governor's wife gently stroked it a few times, Immediately it seemed a lot more docile.
The woman finally sighed faintly, bent down and placed the fox beside the grass. The beast raised his head and glanced at the Governor's wife before turning around and running into the grass and disappeared.
Xia Ya squinted her eyes and kept looking at the woman. When she turned around, Xia Ya quickly looked away.
"Do you think it's funny?" The Governor's wife looked at Xi Ya.
"… Uh, after all, it is also a life." Xia said lightly.
The Governor's wife shook her head: "You must not think so... You, you have heard about me, right?"
Xia: "…"
"Well, I've never been able to give birth to a baby, so when I saw this fox with a cub just now, my heart softened and I couldn't bear to kill it—you must have thought so in your heart, right? No need to deny it."
"I didn't deny it." Xia Ya touched his nose: "It's just unexpected that the famous legendary lady has such a soft-hearted side."
The Governor's wife seemed to smile, and her tone was a little unpredictable: "Everyone has the softest place in their hearts, but you just discovered my weakness today. Marshal Xia Ya... How about you? You are the battlefield. With the reputation that Shang Bo has made, with a general like you, you usually have a fierce temperament, so who is the soft place in your heart left to?"
As soon as he said this, Xi Ya's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but produce a picture: On the red wilderness of the vast wildfire, he has an axe and a shield in his hand, and a pretty girl with long legs is sitting on his shoulders...
Seeing the gentle look on Xia Ya's face, the Governor's wife smiled: "You must be thinking of your fiancee, right?"
"That's right." Xia Ya nodded, and didn't mean to hide.
Talking about this topic, the originally indifferent atmosphere suddenly became a lot milder, and both of them smiled lightly for it.
But at this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came from outside the forest, and then there was the sound of guards shouting loudly.
The Governor's wife frowned upon hearing this voice. Then a guard strode in, saluted the Governor's wife, and said in a low voice, "Madam... that..." Then he looked at Xi Ya again.
The Governor's wife smiled: "There's nothing to hide. Lord Xia Ya is my friend. If you have anything, just say it."
The guard was stunned for a while, then straightened his body and said loudly: "Your Excellency Lear is here... He is just outside the woods, saying yes..."
Hearing the name "Lear", the already wrinkled brows of the Governor's wife tightened a bit. Just as she was about to say something, she heard a burst of laughter coming from outside the forest. Accompanied by this laughter, a figure strode forward. He walked in, followed by a few guards who were trying to stop him.
"Hahaha... What's the matter? I just came to see my dear aunt, can't I do it?" The man who walked in was tall and straight, dressed in hunting clothes, and outlined his strong body to be extraordinarily heroic and strode. When I came in, my laughter was also very hearty: "Dear aunt, hunting is such an interesting thing, why didn't you call me? You should know that when I was young, I liked to go hunting with my uncle the most. "
The man strode into the woods and stood in front of Xia Ya and the governor's wife. He first saluted the governor's wife, and then nodded to Xia Ya with a full smile: "This must be Your Excellency Xia Yaleiming. Yes, I heard that the esteemed Marshal came to Haske City, but I have not come to greet you until now. It really makes you laugh. It is something I have always dreamed of to meet the characters who defeated Hastings on the battlefield. Aunt, I'm going to complain to you about this, why didn't you tell me that such a heroic character as Mr. Xia Ya came to us?"
Xiaya narrowed his eyes and looked at the guy in front of him.
The man looked in his twenties, no more than thirty at the most. He is tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He is dressed in a hunting outfit and looks full of heroism. Brown hair, obviously well groomed. His chin was a bit too pointed for a man, but the long sideburns on both sides concealed this shortcoming well. The facial features are very correct, and even have a delicate taste, but the eyebrows of a pair of eyebrows are raised upwards, which looks a little more heroic. His eyes are bright, he looks like he is walking with big strides, and his voice is full of energy, showing a full of energy.
Judging from the respectful and vigilant looks of the guards of the Governor's wife behind him, this person's identity is obviously a bit special...
When this person walked in front of him, the Governor's wife's brows loosened immediately, and the original frown turned into a warm smile in an instant, she raised her hand to cover her mouth, and said with a smile: "Li Er, you are still so unruly... Last night, you went out to inspect the city, and I didn't have time to inform you, but I didn't expect your news to be very well-informed. Lord Xia Ya is our honored guest, but his visit this time It's confidential, I didn't expect you to get the news just after you came back."
Saying that, she looked at Xi Ya and said with a smile: "Mr. Xi Ya, this is my husband's nephew, General Lil Yuri, another outstanding young talent of the Yuri family, now in Besta The military region serves as the commander of the city defense of Haske."
The nephew of Governor Yuri
Xiaya's eyes suddenly lit up, and after thinking of something, a warm smile appeared on his face immediately. He walked up and looked at the hand that this guy stretched out to him, but he didn't reach out to shake hands with the other party. After hugging each other and giving a warm hug, Xia Ya let go of each other and said with a smile: "I'm not a hero, but it's just some luck on the battlefield. General Yuri, don't be so polite."
"Just call me Lear. General or something, but it really makes you laugh. In front of a famous general in the mainland like you, I am really ashamed." This Lear laughed: "Sir Xia really does It's the hearty character of a soldier, and I must conspire with you to get drunk tonight! Haha, my dear aunt, I'm borrowing your distinguished guest for one night, you won't object, right?"
The Governor's wife smiled wide-eyed: "Of course not, you men drink, how could I stop me? I'm worried that my woman's family can't entertain Mrs Xi Ya well."
"Then it's settled!" Lear grabbed Xia Ya's shoulders, deliberately used a look of "everyone is a man", lowered his voice and laughed: "Although Haske City is a military town, But there are some places in the city where you can find fun, hehe, Mr. Xiaya, my aunt can't accept you in these places. Let me show you the colorful night shows in Husk City tonight, ha Ha ha… "
This guy looked hearty and full of affinity, turned his head to look at the guard next to him, looked at the hunted rabbits and the like in the guard's hand, frowned on purpose and smiled: "It seems that I am here. It's over, you've already got so many prey, hehe... Auntie, next time there is such an interesting hunting activity, please remember to tell me, I also want to ask the world-famous Marshal Xia Ya for some tips on archery. ."
murderous look!
In the seemingly warm laughter, Xiaya clearly felt a murderous aura and hostility hidden in it.
Although the Governor's wife and this Lear both smiled brightly like the sun, when the eyes of the two made contact, Xia Ya clearly felt a series of sparks!
(It seems... the Besta Military Region is not a monolith.)
Xia Ya thought secretly in his heart, this was a very valuable discovery.
With the addition of this Lear, the following hunting will become very interesting. Xia smiled and watched this Lear and the governor's wife sing together. Both of them were very eloquent. The atmosphere looked very warm.
It wasn't until the sun was about to go down that the Governor's wife deliberately yawned, looked at the sky, and said with a smile, "Time flies so fast, Lear, do you still have the task of patrolling the city at night?"
Lear was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, military affairs can't be delayed, let alone in front of Lord Xia Ya, I can't be too embarrassed." After speaking, he deliberately winked at Xia Ya: "Just So it's settled, I'll go to the city tour first, and before dinner, I'll go to your residence to pick you up together... Hehe, then tonight we'll have a good night's drink!"
The three had already walked outside the forest, and the guards immediately brought their horses. This Lear took the lead in getting on his horse. Like a javelin, he held his head high and smiled and said, "Auntie, Lord Xia, I'm sorry... See you tonight!"
He turned his horse's head, swung his whip, and galloped all the way towards Haske City with his own guards.
When the raised dust gradually fell, the smile on the Governor's wife's face gradually disappeared, she turned her head and looked at the guards beside her with cold eyes, her tone instantly became cold: "How did the news reach him? of?"
The guard beside him suddenly looked like a great enemy, and all of them stood up and lowered their heads in trembling.
"Hmph, it seems that the news is spreading very quickly." The Governor's wife deliberately played with her slender fingers and said lightly, "It's only a day's time, Lear will know? He was still a hundred years away from here last night. The place inside and outside! Humph... It took a lot of hard work for him to run back a hundred miles, and he still had time to go back and change into a hunting outfit before he came to see me!"
Seeing that these guards were all bowing their heads and saying nothing, the Governor's wife took a deep breath and said lightly, "Okay, let's go back to the city."
After Char and the Governor's wife mounted their horses together, they slowly walked towards Husk City surrounded by the cavalry.
The horse team didn't walk very fast, and they walked a long way. The governor's wife was silent. She changed from her previous chattering and laughing appearance. She didn't speak, and Xia, who was riding with her, naturally kept silent.
It was not until the city wall of Haske City became clear in front of her eyes that the Governor's wife suddenly sneered, and then reined in the reins of the horses. As she stopped, the surrounding guards naturally stopped advancing.
"Lord Char." The Governor's wife looked at Char from behind.
Xiaya stopped the horse, turned the horse's head, and looked at the woman with a smile.
"You saw it just now, I think, you must be waiting for me to say something to you?"
Xia Ya smiled peacefully: "Yes, I was thinking just now, when will you talk to me about this matter, I didn't expect you to make up your mind to showdown with me so soon."
"You and I are both smart people, and I never like to go around when talking to smart people." The woman's eyes looked very straightforward: "Lord Char, this Lear just now is my husband's nephew, and, I have to say that he is also the only male in the younger generation of the Yuri family so far! You must know what I mean by that?"
Shaya nodded.
The Governor's wife glanced around, and the cavalry guards around her immediately understood, and immediately drove away, widening the warning circle a lot, standing far away and waiting.
The Governor's wife sat on the back of a horse and looked at the city wall not far from Haske City, and said lightly: "Hask City is an important military town, and it can directly maintain the deterrent to the north. Since we got this place, The troops of the two flag regiments are stationed here... and the general who leads the two flag regiments is Lear, my husband's only nephew."
Xiaya smiled deliberately, then looked at the Governor's wife with naked eyes, and smiled unabashedly: "Is this a compromise?"
The Governor's wife was stunned. She didn't seem to expect that Xiaya would pick up the words so clearly, but then the woman smiled and said, "Yes, this is indeed a compromise. There are many old officials who still support Lear, at least As things stand, he...is the only option in some people's minds. You know what I mean."
"These questions become more and more acute as Governor Yuri gets older, don't they?" Xia said with a faint smile: "The issue of heirs has always been a top priority in any family. I can fully understand your current difficulties."
The Governor's wife stared at Xia Ya with bright eyes, and Xia Ya also looked at her without hesitation.
After a while, the woman suddenly said something like this: "I'm a selfish person... Or, I also have some selfish thoughts."
"Everyone has it." Xi Ya nodded: "I never believed that there is a saint in this world who only knows how to dedicate and never thinks about himself - to put it mildly, even if such a person really exists, respect Mrs. Governor's wife, you are not like that kind of person, hehe."
"I wasn't originally." The woman admitted without hesitation.
Immediately, her tone became low.
"I'm only 26 years old this year. I married my husband at the age of 16. Two years after our wedding, his health began to deteriorate. I started to help him when he was doing official business. It has been a full two years. It can be said that after other women get married, they enjoy food, ride horses, learn flower art, tea ceremony, or drink afternoon tea with best friends and bask in the sun When I was not enjoying my leisure time, I was sitting in the study, looking at the mountains of official documents and various official and military documents. When other women were hesitating which spices to choose to decorate themselves, I was covered in ink. And the smell of parchment lacquer. While other women were thinking about how to cook delicious food to please their husbands, I was thinking about how to transport the salaries and supplies of a certain regiment, how to dismantle the east wall to make up for the year when the grain was not harvested. West Wall. While other women were chatting with my friends about secrets and anecdotes, I was deliberately intriguing with allies and enemies around me. Other women could sleep until the sun hit the balcony every day, but every day I I have to get up before the sun comes out... I donate almost everything I have to this military region, this family! Not because I am selfless, nor because I am a saint. So, after I put so much effort and energy... You may not know that I have had white hair since I was twenty-four years old! I am not a selfless person, let alone a saint. After I have paid so much, I will not pay so much for me in vain. I can give it to anyone! Even if this person is my husband's nephew! Even if this person is the 'heir' identified by those stubborn old ministers! I can say without modesty that the Besta Military Region can have what it is today , I single-handedly built it into what it is today, and I will not let others take it away from me casually!"
Xia Ya was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly: "You can consider having a child, and then inherit your career when your child grows up..."
"I've thought about this too." The Governor's wife's tone became much sadder: "I have imagined this scene countless times: give my husband a child who inherits our blood! Then I will continue to serve Besta 20 or 30 years later, when my children grow up, when I get old, when my eyesight starts to decline, when my thinking is no longer clear, when my ears start to go deaf When the time comes, I will give my hard work to my child and let him continue to carry it forward... But all of this, I will not give it to an outsider! Even this person is a member of the Yuri family, even if this person , is the only male of the Yuri family now!"
I have to say that this woman's words seem a little selfish, at least she puts her position above the family - but this kind of selfishness makes Xiaya have to admit that she is at least frank.
Maybe, for many old officials of the Besta family, they don't care how much this woman has paid for this cause. The only thing they care about is that this cause must be handed over to a man named "Yuri" to inherit. In the eyes of these people, no matter how well the Governor's wife did, she was nothing but a "temporary custodian".
Xia Ya smiled, he looked at the governor's wife, and whispered: "I think it won't take long for this General Lear to be the choice of those stubborn old guys. Oh, forgive me. , I think, it must have been in the past two years that you and Governor Yuri have not been able to raise offspring, this General Lear has become the object that some people choose to support. Then I believe, with you in Besta The military region has been operating for so many years, it should not be difficult to deal with such a new guy..."
The Governor's wife suddenly changed color, and she looked at Xi Ya coldly: "You mean... get rid of a potential threat?"
Xia Ya said lightly: "I believe that you are not the kind of person who is soft-hearted."
"Of course I'm not." The Governor's wife suddenly smiled, and under this smile, her eyes were sharp! Then she slowly said: "Lear can become the commander of this Haske City and control the strength of the two flag regiments, which is a bit of capital that those old guys tried their best to win for him. Hmm... But if there is no nod from me, he There is absolutely no way to stand where I am now. Unabashedly speaking... I can indeed make this threat 'disappear', completely disappear, and obliterate it. But doing so will affect me as well. After all, in the hearts of those old guys who are full of 'orthodox' ideas, no matter how hard this woman works, she is just a woman. In their hearts, a man surnamed 'Yuri' is more important than everything. Even if this person is a mediocre person, they will willingly put him in the position of governor rather than choose a woman!"
Xia Ya smiled, followed by the words of the Governor's wife, and continued: "... So, you also have concerns, after all, at this stage, the unity within the Besta Military Region must be maintained, at least this superficial unity, a coup or purge , I'm afraid the time has not come yet, you will continue to tolerate and even make some concessions to appease the hearts of some old guys."
The conversation ends here.
Although Char did not make any promises to the Governor's wife, such as "I promise to stand in your camp" or "Our army will only recognize that the Besta military region you lead is our only ally".
But at the end of the conversation, Char Ya just smiled at the governor's wife and ended the conversation.
After returning to the city, Xiaya returned to the residence, took a bath and changed clothes, and then quietly waited for the agreed meeting with the General Lear at night.
After pulling the servant away, Xiaya sat alone in the room to rest, and Dora's voice came from her mind: "You choose to form an alliance with this woman?"
"I chose to form an alliance with the Besta Military Region." Xia smiled: "And this woman is the leader of the Besta Military Region, so your words are literally correct."
"I think this woman is a little scary... Maybe that Lear will be easier to control then." Dora's voice was a little unintelligible.
Xiaya smiled: "Dora, are you testing me again? If I say something stupid, will you take the opportunity to mock and ridicule me? I said, we always play this kind of game, I'm tired of it. ."
Dora smiled, and the female dragon's tone was somewhat malicious: "It seems that you have shown a rare smart side this time."
"I'm not a fool in the first place, okay!" Char rubbed his chin: "This woman has reservations about what she said today. Obviously, although this Lear is her threat, she has never eliminated this threat. It's not just the reasons she said: to appease the old courtiers... Joke! She has been running the Besta Military Region for seven or eight years! With the wisdom and skills of this woman, she has been running it for seven or eight years, The foundation laid is enough to overwhelm some old officials inside. I think there must be other reasons for such a powerful person as her to keep such a blatant threat to her rule Lear by her side. I just I won't be foolish enough to form an alliance with that Lear."
"Oh? Your idea is... "
"It's very simple!" Xia Ya's eyes flickered at this moment, like a sly fox: "If I were a leader, I was worried that some people in my group might have two minds, and some people were dissatisfied with me, Or someone is rebellious... Under such circumstances, how should I clear the interior? Send someone to conduct a secret investigation? Invest a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the interior? Not to mention how much energy it takes to do such a move, the effect may not be good, and , This kind of internal investigation often arouses people's disgust, especially those who were very loyal to themselves, when they encounter this kind of investigation, they will feel resentment because of it. If I am very loyal to a person, but the other party behaves If I don’t trust me, if it’s me, I’ll also feel dissatisfaction in my heart! So…”
Having said this, Xi Ya paused deliberately, he touched his chin and continued to sneer: "So, doing an investigation is what the most stupid people do. Those fish hidden underwater, if you want to catch them, a It's too troublesome to go fishing for one! Why don't you just set up a target for yourself! Set up an opponent! There is such an opponent blatantly standing on the opposite side of yourself, and... At least on the surface, this guy seems to be quite a bit victorious I still have some advantages... Then, those big fish that were originally hidden underwater against me will come out of the water one by one and gather around this target to oppose me! Haha... This approach is really clever!"