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Chapter 178

In Linxiang in the middle of March, it has entered the rainy season, with few sunny days and constant rain, just like Deng Yuan's mood at this moment.

Deng Yuan is sitting in the bedroom full of fragrance. He is combing an exquisite ponytail, wearing a colorful yellow embroidered silk brocade jacket, holding a letter in his hand, with a sad expression.

This letter was sent by her father Deng You. Two months ago, Cao Cao suddenly sent troops into Nanyang, and when he reached Feishui, Zhang Xiu, who was guarding Wan County, surrendered the city.

However, after realizing that Cao Cao intended to get rid of him, Zhang Xiu resolutely surrendered and rebelled. He led an army to attack Cao's army. It is said that Cao Cao himself was wounded, escaped in embarrassment, and barely recovered his life.

Cao Cao's original intention of attacking Nanyang was to eliminate the potential threats around Xu County. Now, stealing chickens is not enough to lose money. He suffered such a tragic defeat. Even his eldest son and nephew were killed in battle. Regardless of whether it is public or private, Cao Cao will Double the revenge and come back, otherwise, what face would he have to lead the court and conquer the Quartet?It is conceivable that there will be no peaceful days in Nanyang in the future.

Deng Yuan frowned, Xinye County was now incorporated into the newly established Zhangling County by Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. Compared with Wan County and other places with weak control, Liu Biao undoubtedly had stronger control over Xinye, with a large number of troops in the territory.But in such a situation, Xinye wants to be alone, how difficult it is, and sooner or later he will be involved.

In fact, as early as last year when Cao Cao welcomed the emperor in Luoyang and moved the capital to Xu County, the husband predicted that Cao Cao would plot against Nanyang in the future, and reminded his father to be more careful.

It's a pity that in the face of the mighty situation, what they can do is actually extremely limited.

"Emperor Heaven bless parents, brothers and nephews, peace and worry-free." Deng Yuan prayed silently, this is the only thing she can do for her family at present.

"Girl, girl... The master has sent someone to pick us up." The little girl Axi ran in, Yuanyuan's face was full of joy.

Hearing this, Deng Yuan's gloomy mood suddenly became much clearer, and he thought: "It seems that Liu Lang has returned to Ling County."

Liu Jing will write letters to her family every month, so she knows her husband's recent situation.

"Who is here?" Deng Yuan put down the letter and asked while getting up.

"Wang Zijian Wang Jun," Ah Xi's cheeks turned red suddenly, and he blinked his big eyes and stammered: "And, there is also Liu Ziming."

"Axi, why are you stuttering?" Deng Yuan secretly laughed, Axi was usually quite eloquent and courageous, even the world-famous Wang Can dared to make jokes, and only showed shyness when talking about Liu Liang.

If the husband intends to marry her as a maidservant, Deng Yuan will naturally stop the ambiguous relationship between Axi and Liu Liang, but after marriage, she finds that Liu Jing has no interest in her maidservant, so she is happy to see it happen. .

Ah Xi pinched the corner of his clothes, pretended to be calm and said, "Little servant girl, you don't stutter, little servant girl."

Deng Yuan smiled without saying a word, stopped teasing her, walked out of the dormitory and went to the hall.

When Wang Qiang and Liu Liang saw Deng Yuan, who was well-dressed and well-dressed, they all paid respects.

Liu Liang was in the hall, a little absent-minded, turned his head to look outside repeatedly, and winked at the little maid Axi who was waiting outside the door. The two hadn't seen each other for several months, and they both missed each other very much.

The stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, sat at the main seat, smiling and said: "Young Master, Zhong Da asked our whole family to go to Ling County to reunite with her."

Liu He and Liu Rao were so happy that they could hardly sit still. They were looking forward to the day when they could finally be reunited with brother again.

Deng Yuan nodded lightly when he heard the words, and said: "Before leaving, we still need to arrange the family affairs first. The land at home can be handed over directly to brothers Song Gu and Song Jin."

"Okay, just follow what Shaojun said." Stepmother Zhang nodded and said.Now that the family is not what it used to be, she doesn't care about the seventy shi and more than two hundred acres of paddy fields at all.The only thing that makes her feel a little unhappy is that Liu Jingming's family has a lot of money, but he doesn't own land.

Lai Ci, who had a beautiful appearance and a delicate sitting posture, said: "The family has a lot of money, and I'm afraid they have to move out this time."

Deng Yuan blushed when she heard the words, her dowry accounted for more than [-]% of the family's assets.

At the beginning, it took several hours just to carry the dowry. Almost all the empty rooms in the west chamber, east chamber, and even the main bedroom were used up to barely accommodate all the dowry.

The stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, hurriedly said: "There is no one to take care of the house. If you leave money at home, there will definitely be theft, so naturally you have to take it all away."

Deng Yuan also had no objection, the three of them discussed it carefully afterward, and decided that it was better to leave sooner rather than later, and set off tomorrow. In order not to delay the time, they will start moving home goods today, and Wang Qiang will be in charge of this matter.

Then, let Liu Liang replace them and visit the elders of the clan one by one to bid farewell to them.

At night, they recruited Song Gu and Song Jin brothers and entrusted them with their house and fields.The two brothers bowed their heads and obeyed orders without mentioning it.

At noon the next day, Liu's family, six members and eight servants, followed the last convoy of goods and trucks, left Longqiu Liu's Wharf, and rushed to Beijin.

Liu Liang's father was on the ship, so this time the father and son brought Liu's mother along, and the family was finally reunited.

Due to the fact that they carried too much goods, Liu Jing's family couldn't keep a low profile even if they wanted to. This incident even reached the ears of Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, and he couldn't help feeling again, Nanyang Deng's family is really extravagant.

Regarding their departure, he didn't say anything. The "officials" in the Han Dynasty had a tradition of bringing their family members to take office. Liu Jing took the whole family away. His behavior was a little out of line, but there was nothing to criticize.

However, what Liu Jing did in Ling County recently surprised Zhang Xian. Not long after he took office, he decisively killed Gong Ying and his brothers who were "deeply subdued by the Han barbarians". Thousands of Han barbarian rebels, he responded properly, with a few hundred county soldiers, he smashed them, killed the leader of the bandits, and captured all of them, which is comparable to the old story of Yu Shengqing.

What is even more exaggerated is that Liu Jing took advantage of the topic to exterminate more than a dozen wealthy families in Ling County, took their land property, and returned it to the small people, adding nearly 2 people to the household registration of Ling County.You must know that with so many new populations, it is not worth a million dollars every year just to change, calculate, pay, etc.

To do this, Liu Jing only spent two short months, and the word "capable official" alone is not enough to describe his ability.

Looking back now, look at his inaction in the position of master book...

For some reason, Zhang Xian suddenly remembered that in the past, when Liu Jing was recruiting him as the chief secretary, he once confessed his heart, saying that he did not want to spin between pens and inkstones, but only wished to govern one side and benefit the people.Looking at his actions now, it really does what he said.

Such a person should not be imprisoned by his side.

(End of this chapter)