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Chapter 20 Nanyang Visitor

Beijin is the most important ferry in Changsha, and it is the place where the waterway from Jiaozhou to the Central Plains must pass. The ferry is full of boats, boats and merchants, and it is very lively.

In the afternoon, a large flat-bottomed river boat nearly ten feet long and three to four feet wide slowly sailed into Tianjin from the north.

The river boat arrived at the shore, and the passengers disembarked one after another. Among them was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a blue scarf and a long jacket, followed by a guard with a knife behind him. With the color of dust and exhaustion.

Passing through the crowd, the two came to a narrow black-covered boat painted with black lacquer on bamboo strips. The middle-aged man raised his voice and asked the boatman, "Boater, we two want to go to Longqiu, Pingxiang. Do you know how to get to Longqiu in Pingxiang?"

As soon as the boatman heard the other party's foreign accent, he immediately knew that it was a good business. His dark face immediately filled with a smile, and he replied: "Of course I know. The two guests only need to take a small boat and transfer from Xiangjiang River to Liuyang River. Land at Qudu in Pingxiang, and then walk three or four li to the northeast, and you will arrive at Longqiu before sunset."

The middle-aged man nodded, and boarded the boat with the guards without even asking how much the boat cost.

The boatman rejoiced in his heart, and while pushing the boat away from the shore, he said: "Is the guest going to Longqiu to visit friends? The Liu family of Longqiu is the queen of Changsha Dingwang, a clan of the Han Dynasty. There have been many two thousand stone officials in the clan, and even more There have been two Sangongs of the current dynasty, and they can be the head of the Changsha Crown Clan."

The middle-aged man and the guard looked at each other and smiled. The Liu family in Longqiu was indeed a prestigious family, but compared with their master family, it was far from the same.

Their main family is the Nanyang Deng family, which is well-known all over the world. Since Emperor Guangwu rejuvenated the Han Dynasty, there have been 29 nobles, two males, and 13 generals and below.There are 14 people in the middle school, 22 in the school, 48 in the prefecture, and the rest are innumerable.

During the more than a hundred years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Nanyang Deng family had two peaks. The first time was naturally the head of the 28 Yuntai generals who assisted Guangwu Zhongxing Han Dynasty, Tai Fu Deng Yu.

The second time was Deng Sui, the empress of Hanhe Emperor. After the death of Emperor Hanhe, Deng Sui came to the court as the queen mother and made Emperor Han'an the puppet emperor for 16 years.Although after the death of Deng Sui, the Deng family in Nanyang was immediately liquidated by Emperor Han'an, but after the death of Emperor Han'an, Emperor Han Shun succeeded to the throne, and immediately rehabilitated the Deng family.The Deng family quickly recovered, and by the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, another empress, Deng Mengnv, was born.

The prosperity of the second queen of a family is like this.There are no more than a handful of wealthy families in this dynasty who can be compared with the Deng family.

The boatman thought of the recent rumors in the market and said: "Speaking of the Liu family in Longqiu, recently a gentleman named Liu Zhongda has been praised by the whole county, and was called 'Liujun of Virtue'. He is the son of the Liu family in Longqiu. ."

"But Liu Jing, Liu Zhongda, the son of Liu Yilang?" The middle-aged man showed surprise and asked hastily.

Liu Jing's father was the official Zhiyilang, so he was called as such.He came from a long distance this time, and the main purpose of which was Liu Jing.

The boatman said: "The villain only knows that he is the Queen of Situ Liu Gong."

The middle-aged man nodded, that's right, Liu Jing's great-grandfather Liu Shouguan to Situ.Then he asked curiously: "I wonder what this Liu Langjun did to get the reputation of the whole county of Changsha?"

The boatman then told the two about Liu Jing's "cultivation to support customers" and "rescue his neighbors" from the market. Such a virtuous gentleman."

The middle-aged man sounded absurd. The Liu Jing he knew was a mediocre teenager who only knew how to play and was not good at reading.Such a mortal changed his body after returning to his hometown and became "Liu Jun of Virtue". This is too absurd and unacceptable.

"Hearing is believing, but seeing is believing." Thinking of this, the middle-aged man closed his eyes lightly, and said no more.

Finding that the guests seemed to have lost their interest in talking all of a sudden, the boatman kept his mouth shut and shook his head.

Going ashore from Qudu, going around a hilly area, Liu Shiwu Fort is faintly in sight. At this time, the sun is setting in the west, just as the boatman said.

Before the two of them got close to Liu's Wubao, they were stopped by two Liu's tribal singers in short clothes and straw shoes, carrying swords.

The middle-aged man said unhurriedly: "The master of the family is the Nanyang Deng family, a taboo, an official to the servant, and once served as a minister with the late Yilang Liu Shang and Liu Zigao of the noble family. Recently, the master heard that Liu Yilang's eldest son, Liu Yuan and Liu Boming, passed away due to illness, and I am specially dispatched to attend the funeral."

In view of the dilapidation of Nanyang County, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao spun off several counties in the southeast of Nanyang County soon after taking office, and established Zhangling County. Deng's ancestral home Xinye County is now Zhangling County.However, the Deng family is a century-old wealthy family in Nanyang, and Zhangling County is a joke in their eyes.

Liu's music guest did not let down his vigilance because of the other party's words, and said cautiously: "In that case, let the two of us lead the way for you."

The middle-aged man nodded and said "OK", the big family has its own rules, if it is the Deng family, the interrogation will only be stricter.

Walking into Liushiwubao, the surrounding scene gradually coincides with memory. Liu Shang died of illness ten years ago. He went to the funeral with his master Deng You and stayed for more than ten days, so he is no stranger to Liushiwubao.

Deng You and Liu Shang have a deep relationship. As a close official beside Deng You, he knows best that even Liu Shang's funeral was jointly organized by Deng You and the patriarch of the Liu clan. Only Liu Jing was left.

In addition to his funeral, he has a more important task, which is to inspect Liu Jing. If Liu Jing can't pass his inspection, it will be difficult for the two to meet again in the future.

Mrs. Zhang was very surprised by the arrival of Mrs. Deng from Nanyang. The two families hadn't seen each other for almost ten years. Some time ago Liu Yuan passed away, and no one from Mrs. Deng came to pay his respects. She thought that the friendship between the two families was broken.It must have been the delay in the news, so it was too late.

"Little man Zheng Dang, meet Mrs. Liu." The middle-aged man bowed respectfully.

"Jun Zheng, please get up." Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to ask him.Ten years ago, Zheng Dang was already Deng You's prison slave, and the prison slave Dian was responsible for the family affairs.

Zheng Dang greeted Lai Ci again, and then said: "When the master heard the news of Liu Jun's death, it was too late, and he felt deeply disturbed, so he ordered the villain to apologize in person."

After speaking, he took out a box from his cloth bag and presented it to Zhang's case.Mrs. Zhang opened it and saw that there were five gold cakes neatly placed inside, all of which weighed a catty, and were worth at least [-] yuan, which was worth the three-year savings of the Liu family. This is evident.

Mr. Zhang was almost blinded by the bright golden cake in front of him, and said, "Zhong Da is entirely blamed for this matter. He heard the bad news of his brother, and he was confused for a while, so he forgot to notify Deng Jun."

Lai Ci, however, was not moved by money, her eyebrows furrowed slightly. Today, people give away money, which is generally between a hundred to a thousand dollars. Although Deng's family is rich, but the specifications should not exceed this much, I am afraid It's a bad visitor.

Zheng Dang asked: "Why don't you see Liu Langjun? On the way when the villain came, I heard that Liu Langjun's farming and raising guests. Is it possible that he is still working in the field at this moment?"

Mrs. Zhang said awkwardly: "I made Supervisor Zheng laugh. The Huan family in Changsha got married today, and Zhong Da attended the wedding with his clan brother Liu Yuanlong. But he will be back soon."

"So it is." Zheng Dang nodded.

Mrs. Zhang saw that the two were covered in travel dust and looked tired, and seeing that it was getting late, she said: "Zheng Jianyuan has been working hard, so I will ask someone to clean up the guest room."

After all, let Song's wife, Zhou, tidy up the east wing of the vestibule for the two of them.

Zheng Dang and his wife thanked each other and left with Song's wife Zhou.

Holding the golden cake, Mrs Zhang couldn't help but said to Lai Ci, "It's really rude for Zhong Da not to inform Mrs Deng." I'm afraid she is more concerned about the chance of losing the golden cake.

Lai Ci guessed: "After Zhongda came back, he never mentioned Mrs. Deng. There must be something that happened that we don't know about."

In fact, it is not difficult to guess, the Deng family is one of the most wealthy families in the world, and the Liu family has already declined. If Liu Jing visits the Deng family, even if he does not receive cold eyes, he will definitely feel a huge psychological gap.

When Liu Yuan married her, there were many twists and turns. It was so difficult to marry the woman of the Lai family in Lingling, let alone the daughter of the Deng family in Nanyang.

When Zheng came here, I am afraid it is not just as simple as mourning.

But Lai Ci was not too worried. Uncle Ji was excellent in everything, regardless of his family background, character, talent, and appearance. For such a talented young man, even if his family was in decline for a while, it didn't matter.

Lai Ci firmly believes that Uncle Ji's future is limitless.

(End of this chapter)