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Chapter 198

Deng Yuan could feel the joy in her husband's heart, so why not her.

The recent loss of her parents and elder brother hit her hard, and her whole body fell into a state of grief that she couldn't extricate herself from. After learning that she was pregnant, she immediately diluted the sadness in her heart, and no longer indulged in the pain of bereavement for a long time.

Liu Jing looked into Deng Yuan's clear eyes, and said solemnly, "Young Master, thank you." Due to various reasons in his previous life, he was over thirty and still not married, let alone having children.After living a new life, he is finally going to be a father.

Nestling in Liu Jing's arms, Deng Yuan said softly, "Bringing offspring is a 'common way for women', why should Liu Lang thank you."

Liu Jing slowly shook his head and said: "No way. The young master gave birth to me, experienced the pain of ten months, and once gave birth, endured the pain of heart-breaking, and faced the danger of life, but I didn't have to pay anything. How can I not be grateful? ?”

In the Han Dynasty, when medicine was still very primitive, giving birth to a child was definitely a very dangerous thing.

Deng Yuan felt warm in her heart when she heard it, she was really glad to be able to marry Liu Jing as his wife, in her eyes, her husband is simply the most perfect person in the world, no matter how you look at it, you love her.

Liu Jing didn't realize that his wife in his arms was looking at him with a charming brilliance in his eyes, and said to himself: "Our first child, I don't know if it's a boy or a girl... Young Master, do you like boys or girls?"

"I hope it's a boy." Deng Yuan broke away from Liu Jing's embrace and said seriously.

There is a saying in "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Sigan": "It is the bed that bears the birth of a man. The clothes that carry the clothes are the clothes that carry the clothes."

"It is the place where a daughter is born, and where she sleeps. The sacks that carry clothes, and the tiles that carry lanes."

When you give birth to a boy, you sleep on the bed, wear beautiful clothes, and play with Yuzhang;

The difference between the two is heaven and earth. According to the meaning of "Spring and Autumn", a mother is more valuable than a child, so Deng Yuan naturally hoped to give birth to a male heir for Liu Jing as soon as possible.

For girls, the fourth and fifth babies are fine.Well, it is best for the first, second and third children to be male heirs.

Liu Jing didn't care much about this, he just became weaker this year, and Deng Yuan was even more so, the days to come are still long, there is no need to be entangled in male and female for the first child.

Liu Jing said with a smile: "Actually, it would be nice to have a daughter."

Deng Yuan glanced at her husband, although she didn't argue, she still thought it would be better to have a boy.

Deng Yuan's pregnancy has attracted most of her attention in the past few days, but she is not an ignorant woman who keeps her ears open. The sudden outbreak of the North-South War in Jingzhou made her very worried.

As a bedside person who accompanies him day and night, Deng Yuan knows that her husband is a person with great ambitions, and he has been working hard for it. While he is proud of him, he can't help but feel worried, especially in the current situation. If you are not careful, your family will be destroyed.

It was inconvenient for Deng Yuan to say more about this, so he could only express his concerns to Liu Jing cryptically.

Liu Jing smiled and comforted her, unwilling to get entangled in this matter, and changed the subject: "Why don't you see your mother and sister-in-law?"

Deng Yuan replied: "My aunt and sister-in-law came to visit me after hearing the news yesterday, and today they stayed with me in the dorm for half a day, and they left in the afternoon."

"So that's how it is." Liu Jing said, "After I came back, because I was concerned about the young master, I haven't visited my mother and sister-in-law yet. There are also a lot of business matters waiting for me to decide. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back to accompany you until later."

In my husband's heart, he puts himself first, why is Deng Yuan dissatisfied, and said: "Liu Lang, you can go."

Liu Jing gently stroked his wife's lower abdomen, and after a long time, he left contentedly.

Liu Jing returned home by car. As soon as he stepped into the house, he saw Liu He practicing sword in the courtyard.

"Brother..." 14-year-old Liu He's eyebrows gradually opened, and his stature has grown a lot.

Liu Jing frowned slightly and said: "Ah Ruo, every time I come back recently, I can almost see you practicing sword. Sword is just a technique of self-defense, so there is no need to specialize too much. Read more "Three History" "" Zuo Zhuan, Poetry, and Rites."

Liu He couldn't help scratching his head, and said, "Brother, although I love fencing, I haven't lost my studies." Speaking of fencing, he was still influenced by Liu Jing, just like Liu Jing was influenced by his elder brother Liu in the past. It can be said to be of the same origin as the distant influence.

"It's good that you know it in your heart." Liu Jing said again: "You are 14 years old this year, and next year you will be at the age where you will be able to study abroad. Then I will find a teacher for you."

Liu Jing has really thought about this matter seriously. Next year Changsha will be at a time when the war is fierce, and the roads in the north will be impassable, so it will be difficult to travel, so we can only consider the two counties of Ling and Gui in the south.In fact, Liu Jing has a candidate in his mind, and that is Huan Yi, who has good knowledge and rigorous personality, and can just manage Liu He who is growing up and becoming detached.

"No." On this kind of matter, Liu He has no right to speak at all.

"Brother..."

Seeing Liu Jing from a distance, Liu Rao was immediately overjoyed. She was forced by her mother to be a female celebrity for a day, and she was impatient for a long time. Now that her brother is back, she can finally escape.

Liu Jing knew his sister too well, how could he not know her psychology, and asked with a smile: "A Li, does being a female worker make you so painful?"

Liu Rao instantly withdrew the smile on his face, and snorted, "Second sister-in-law should know best whether it hurts or not. Brother, why don't you go home and ask?"

Liu Jing shook his head and laughed, the younger sister's eloquent appearance is really like his mother's.

But strange to say, he didn't feel bored at all, on the contrary, he liked it very much.Those who marry her in the future will definitely have a headache.

Liu Jing didn't take it seriously, but her stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, couldn't pretend she didn't see it, and reprimanded her, "Presumptuous! Brother and sister-in-law, how dare you talk about each other?"

Liu Rao had always been afraid of Mrs. Zhang, and when he heard his scolding, he immediately shrank behind Liu Jing.

Liu Heben was gloating at the sidelines, not wanting Mrs. Zhang to finish scolding Liu Rao, he was very angry, and then directed the fire on him, pointed to his nose and scolded: "And you! If you have your elder brother or second brother Knowledge and talent, if you want to practice swords, I won't stop you, but do you have it?!"

Liu He didn't expect that he would suffer from the fish pond, and his face turned ashen immediately.

Liu Jing patted the heads of Liu He and Liu Rao, and said: "Mother, please calm down, A Ruo and A Li Tong speak freely and are negligent in discipline. I am also responsible for this. I am too busy with official duties and have no time to teach them. .Next year, I will find a good teacher for Ah Ruo, and for Ah Li, I can also hire a female teacher."

The stepmother Zhang couldn't help sighing and said, "Zhongda, you have a heart." When her husband Liu Shang passed away, Liu He was only one year old, and Liu Rao was a posthumous child. Outsiders can hardly imagine the price Zhang paid for their brothers and sisters.Maybe she is not suitable for teaching children by nature, anyway Liu He and Liu Rao are not outstanding.Compared with brothers Liu Yuan and Liu Jing, they are far behind.

"My lord mother is too serious."

"My lord..." At this moment, Lai Ci led Liu Qun into the door, and Liu Qun broke away from his mother's hand and threw himself into Liu Jing's arms.

Liu Qun is eight years old this year, and he no longer has his hair down, but combs his hair like Liu He.

Liu Jing hugged Liu Qun and said to Lai Ci: "Sister-in-law is also at home."

Since Deng Yuan decided to be a filial piety for his father, he only went out occasionally, and the burden of managing the Salesian House fell on Lai Ci. Now she went to the Salesian House almost every day.

Lai Ci nodded and said: "In the past two days, Shaojun was diagnosed as pregnant, and you were not at home. You can't be alone with Shaojun, so I didn't go to the Mercy House, and I went to the official residence with Auntie to accompany Shaojun, and told her something. Internal affairs."

Liu Jing thanked: "Mother and sister-in-law have worked hard."

Lai Ci shook his head and said: "In addition to the tiger head, the Liu family will have another heir in the second generation. We are too happy, so why bother?"

Liu Qun clapped his little hands aside, and said happily: "I'm going to be a brother, I'm going to be a brother..."

Liu Jing touched his head and asked, "Would Tiger Head want a younger brother or a younger sister?"

Liu Qun said without hesitation, "I want my brother."

Liu Jingxiao asked, "Why?"

Liu Qun couldn't help squinting at his little aunt Liu Rao. He didn't say anything, but expressed his meaning with practical actions.

Liu Rao couldn't help but annoyed: "Tiger head, what do you think I'm doing?"

Liu Jing almost laughed out loud, when he was with Deng Yuan, because of the tragic misfortune of his family, even though he knew that he was going to be a father, he couldn't fully express the joy in his heart.And when he got home, he didn't have to hide it anymore, since he entered the door, the smile on his face hadn't stopped.

Liu Jing still had other important matters, so after sitting at home for a while, he rushed back to the county temple without stopping to meet with Zheng Zheng and the others.

The solemn and clumsy face was full of admiration: "The Ming court is really good at predicting things, Liu Biao really chose to raise troops on August [-]st."

Liu Jing asked, "How is the situation now?"

Seriously replied: "Mr. Zhang's warships are less than Liu Jingzhou's, so he dare not go to war. Fortunately, Mr. Zhang has managed Baqiu for a long time, and the camp is strong. Jingzhou soldiers came across the river several times by building boats, besieged the camp, and finally were all repulsed."

Liu Jing frowned and said, "It's not a long-term solution to stick to Baqiu. You need to know that Wuling County in the west may send troops to threaten Changsha at any time." Among the four counties in Jingnan, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang The three counties are all under Zhang Xian's order, but Wuling County is under Liu Biao's order.

Baqiu could only guard against the enemy north of the Yangtze River, but he couldn't defend Wuling County, which is also in the Jingnan area.Liu Rui, the prefect of Wuling, is a literati of the clan and has no military knowledge, but the geographical location of Wuling County is too important. Not only can he copy Baqiu, but he can also threaten Linxiang, the city of Changsha County.

What's more terrible is that the boundary between Wuling and Changsha counties is hundreds of miles long. If Zhang Xian wants to guard against the threat from Wuling, he must deploy a large number of troops in Yiyang, Luo County, and Dongting Lake.This will make Zhang Xian, who is already stretched in strength, even more powerless.

Liu Jing shook his head secretly, let's not mention whether there is an inner ghost, Zhang Xian has absolutely no strength to fight on two fronts, once Wuling County sends troops to threaten Changsha's flanks, Zhang Xian will definitely collapse.

As the saying goes, one must first settle down in order to fight against the outside world. Zhang Xian's only chance is to send troops to attack Wuling County before Liu Biao's army goes south, making Jingnan completely monolithic.

But Liu Jing was very skeptical whether Zhang Xian had this strength.

You must know that Zhang Xian did not become a prince who started his fortune by force. He served successively in Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha.

Although he had the record of pacifying the Su Dynasty of the Wu people, it was not his credit, but the strength of Wu clan, Qu clan and other powerful families in Changsha.

Liu Jing had been Zhang Xian's chief bookkeeper for several months, and he knew him quite well. He had no military talent, and he was more than conservative, but not aggressive.

This is also the case in history. When Zhang Xian was alive, Liu Biao's army besieged Changsha for several years, but they were unable to take Changsha.During this period, not only Changsha scholars and people united sincerely, but Lingling and Guiyang counties also vowed to live and die with him.

Even if Zhang Xian died of illness, Changsha was unwilling to surrender, so he re-appointed his son Zhang Yi and continued to resist.However, Lingling and Guiyang counties were not completely pacified by Liu Biao's army until the fall of Changsha.

Liu Jing has no ability to intervene in the north for the time being, and even if he could, he would not intervene.The only thing he cares about now is his clan brother Liu Zong, hoping that he will pay attention to his reminder at the beginning, and finally be able to escape from danger and return safely.

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Changsha County, Luo County.

Wu Ju, with a strong body and a black beard, was sitting on the toilet of the county temple, flipping through the secret letter in his hand with a playful expression.

This letter was personally written to him by General Zhennan and Jingzhou Mu Liubiao.

To tell the truth, Wu Ju was rather complacent in his heart. Liu Biao was one of the few powerful princes in the world under the rank of Jiuxi princes and kings. Even Cao Cao, who was coercing the emperor to win disobedience, was completely defeated in front of him and bowed his head to admit defeat.

It was such a big man who actually made such a compromise in order to recruit him.

Wu Ju admitted that he was tempted, although Zhang Xian regarded him as a confidant and treated him very kindly, entrusting him with the magistrate of Luo County, and also the captain of the northern part of Changsha. His status in Changsha was so high that he could not be promoted.

However, because of this, Wu Jucai had other thoughts. Under Zhang Xian, it is impossible for him to obtain a higher position than he is now.He asked himself that he could rely on civil and military skills, how could he stop at district magistrates and captains?And if he took refuge in Liu Biao, his prospects would undoubtedly become brighter, and he would have the opportunity to become the prefect of a county in the future.

This is by no means an idiot's dream, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Liu Biao raised [-] troops, thousands of buildings and ships, and besieged for more than ten days, while Baqiu was still as stable as Mount Tai. From this, it can be seen that Liu Biao wants to pacify Jingnan. thing.

In this critical period, who would be more helpful to Liu Biao than Wu Ju?

He is well-known in Changsha, and now he holds a heavy army, guarding the important area of ​​Luo County, and his family name is Changsha, if he strikes back, it can almost cause a devastating blow to Zhang Xian.

And once Zhang Xian perishes, there will be a huge power vacuum in Jingnan. At this time, Liu Biao is far away in the north, and it is difficult to control it effectively. People like him must be used to maintain the peace of the place.Wu Ju did not dare to expect to be like Huang Zu, who made Liu Biao ignore the "three mutual laws" and appointed Changsha prefect as a local, but the positions of Ling and Gui prefects were not impossible.

Thinking of this, Wu Ju couldn't help but feel a warm pillow in his heart. Although the Wu family is the descendant of Changsha King Wu Rui, and is known as the surname of Changsha, but for several generations, there have not been any high-ranking officials. He is already the person with the highest achievement in the family .

If there is a chance to become the prefect of Ling and Gui, there may be a chance to be the second Zhang Xian in the future, and even restore the foundation of the ancestors...

(End of this chapter)