Soldiers come to the world

At night, Liu Jing was playing with his son in the back hall. The little guy was almost four months old and was sleepy, but tonight he was very excited, mischievous and lively, and was amused by Liu Jing. At this time, Tao Zhan came in with a bowl of ginseng tea, and she was very pleased to see her son and her husband having fun.

But at this moment, there was a trace of worry in her heart. Just now, the sister-in-law came to her and told her brother Tao Zheng was suspended, and implicitly begged her to help intercede. Tao Zhan was a little surprised. It was the elder brother who was charged with being a prostitute, which was indecent. If this counted as a crime, then most officials in Jingzhou should be suspended.

But it was because of the strangeness that Tao Zhan felt that something was wrong, so she decided to find an opportunity to ask her husband in private.

Tao Zhan put down the tea bowl, patted his son's little butt, and picked him up, "Little Huer, it's time to sleep!"

Liu Zhi was crying and fussing all of a sudden, and wanted to continue playing with his father, but Tao Zhan ignored him and handed him directly to the nanny, maybe he was really tired, Liu Zhi only cried twice, then fell into the nanny's arms Asleep, the nanny carried him out.

Liu Jing leaned on the side of the couch and played with his son for half an hour. He was also a little tired. Tao Zhan touched his forehead and said softly, "Big Huer should go to bed too!"

Liu Jing held his wife's tender and delicate hand, and said with a smile, "It's time to go to bed, and go to sleep with my wife."

Tao Zhan blushed slightly, broke free from his hand, and brought him the ginseng tea, "Drink it first!"

Liu Jing drank the ginseng tea in one gulp, and Tao Zhan was so happy that he took her husband's hand and walked out of the study quickly.

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In the dormitory, the two embraced and lay down. Tao Zhan curled up in her husband's arms like a cat, breathing lowly. Liu Jing gently stroked his wife's hair. He also wanted to use this opportunity to tell his wife about Tao Zhan's love. Family matters, but I don't know how to speak.

"What does husband want to say?" Tao Zhan felt that her husband had something to say, so she couldn't help but look up into his eyes.

Liu Jing kissed his wife's smooth forehead and said with a smile, "Did someone from the Tao family look for you today?"

"That's right, I still have to ask you!"

Tao Zhan pushed Liu Jing with a smile, and said coquettishly, "Why did you dismiss my brother? What is sex with prostitutes? It's not proper. Don't you officials go to brothels to drink?"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "It's just a temporary suspension, not dismissal, so don't worry, lady."

"I didn't blow the pillow, I just thought it was a little strange. My father said that Jingzhou has never been dismissed because of this problem. Why did my brother meet him?"

"Master Yuezhang is here today?"

"No, it was my sister-in-law who came to see me. She said that the family has been messed up, and my father is very worried."

"What about grandfather? What's his attitude?" Liu Jing asked again with a smile.

Tao Zhan thought for a while and said, "I guess he doesn't know about it at all."

"If you have time, go back and have a talk with your grandfather. The people in Wuchang now have a lot of opinions on the Tao family. They want to give others a way to survive."

Tao Zhan didn't expect the problem to be so serious, his eyes were full of surprise, "Could it be that the Tao family has reached the point where they won't let others survive?"

"I'm not too clear about the specific situation. Someone has already complained to me directly today."

Liu Jing told Tao Zhan about the small boat owner's complaint. Tao Zhan felt a little heavy. She didn't expect the Tao family to be so short-sighted. She wanted to talk to the Tao family.

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Early the next morning, Liu Jing went out to the military camp outside the city early. Tao Zhan tidied up a little and went back to her natal home.

The Tao Mansion’s old house is located in Chaisang. At first, only part of the business was transferred from Wuchang. However, as Chaisang’s status has been gradually marginalized in recent years, the center of gravity of the Tao family has gradually moved to Wuchang.

A mansion covering an area of ​​[-] mu was built in the northeast corner of Wuchang County, and there was also a manor covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu outside the east city of Wuchang. Today Tao Zhan is going to the manor outside the city.

Half an hour later, dozens of personal guards guarding Tao Zhan's carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the manor. Someone had already reported that dozens of female family members of the Tao family came to greet him outside the gate. The carriage stopped, and the maid took Tao Zhan out of the gate. Helped out from the car, followed by the nurse, holding Liu Zhi in her arms.

The female relatives rushed up together, Yingying and Yanyan, booing and asking for warmth around Tao Zhan. Tao Zhan's aunt had already carried the child over, and all the female relatives turned their attention to the child again, amused around the child.

At this time, Tao Zheng's wife, Yu Shi, stepped forward and pulled Tao Zhan aside, and said in a low voice, "My sister came at an unfortunate time, my father-in-law went to the city early in the morning, but your elder brother is here, do you want to see him?"

Tao Zhan pondered for a while and said, "I want to see my grandfather first, why don't I bother my sister-in-law to invite my elder brother to come and see my grandfather together!"

Mrs. Yu nodded, and hurried back to the manor. Tao Zhan joked with everyone again, and then carried the child into the manor.

In the past two years, Tao Lie's health has been deteriorating, and he basically doesn't care about the affairs of the Tao family. He spends most of his time in his yard every day, likes to sit alone, recalling his life, and quietly waiting for the last moment to come .

Although his body is weak and his eyes are not very good, Tao Lie still thinks clearly, and he can hear the sound of footsteps outside his room. At this time, there was the sound of running footsteps outside his room, and a maid reported out of breath at the door: "Old Master, Zhou Mrs. Mu is here."

Tao Lie was startled for a moment, but immediately laughed. It was his precious granddaughter Zhan'er who came, and he hurriedly said, "Please sit down for a while, I'll come out right away."

He struggled to stand up, the servant girl quickly stepped forward to help him up, and then Tao Lie walked slowly towards the outer hall leaning on his crutches.

In the outer hall, Tao Zhan had already met his elder brother Tao Zheng. Tao Zheng was quite depressed, he lowered his head and said nothing. , Security maintenance, he is busy from morning to night every day, even dreaming at night is also busy with official duties.

Even if there is no credit, there is hard work, but he never expected that he would be suspended from his post with a paper of impeachment, and he would be charged with prostitution and indecent charges, which baffled him.

Tao Zhan sat opposite, looking at her brother quietly. She hadn't seen him for almost a year. Seeing that he had become dark and thin, it could be seen that he had worked so hard. In fact, her husband was also the same. All brought great pressure.

But she doesn't want her brother to become so depressed, even if he encounters setbacks, she also hopes that he can face it positively.

"This is actually just a trivial matter, why is brother so sad?"

"Small thing!"

Tao Zheng sneered and said, "Of course it's a trivial matter to you, but to me, it's a major event. In the past few decades in Jingzhou, which official has never been to a brothel to drink, but he has become a crime when he comes to me? I am Dissatisfied!"

Tao Zhan sighed, "My brother is almost 30 years old, why is he still acting like a child? Doesn't my brother really have any excuses, such as using power for the family's personal gain, really?"

Tao Zheng bowed his head and said nothing, he also understood in his heart, how could there be no such thing, could it be. ． ．Is my real crime of using power for personal gain?

Tao Zhan stared at him, and said again: "You can't deny it, right! Don't think about it, why don't you use other charges, but this insignificant charge, why don't you just dismiss your officer, but just suspend it temporarily? ?”

The so-called fan of the authorities, Tao Zheng just didn't think about it because he was angry. Now that his sister reminded him, he finally came back to it a little bit.

More importantly, my younger sister is Mrs. Zhou Mu. Since she said this, there must be some inside information. After contacting her younger sister who came to Tao's house today, Tao Zheng felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart. It's getting better.

Just as Tao Zheng was about to ask again, at this moment, two maidservants helped the old man Tao Lie into the inner hall, "Is my precious granddaughter here?" Tao Lie asked with a smile.

Tao Zhan stood up quickly, took the child from the aunt next to him, and said with a smile, "Not only is your granddaughter here, but your little great-grandson is also here."

Tao Lie narrowed his eyes with a smile, stepped forward and squeezed Liu Zheng's tender little hand, "This is the first time I've seen this little guy, hehe! Just ignore me."

Liu Zhi was bowing his head and focusing on playing with his little feet, and he didn't care about the oldest elder. Tao Lie lovingly touched his head, wiped a string of bracelets from his wrist, and wanted to put it on for the child.

Tao Zhan was startled, and hurriedly pushed back, "Grandfather, no! No!"

Tao Zheng next to him was also a little stunned. He knew that his grandfather's bracelet was extremely precious. It was once a favorite of Emperor Guangwu and had been hidden in the imperial palace. It was composed of nine diamonds of four colors, each like a pigeon's egg. In the first year of Chuping, the Tao family spent 3 taels of gold to buy it from Dong Zhuo.

This string of bracelets can be said to be the family heirloom of the Tao family, and it is only worn by the head of the family, but he did not expect his grandfather to give this string of bracelets to his great-grandson. out of shock.

Tao Lie's face sank, and he stuffed it to Tao Zhan, "This is my meeting gift for my great-grandson, what's wrong?"

Of course Tao Zhan would not want the Tao family's heirloom, but she couldn't refuse, so she could only secretly think that she would return it to her father when she had a chance.

She had no choice but to accept it first, "Thank you, grandfather!"

"That's right!"

Tao Lie waved his hand and asked his granddaughter to sit down, but Tao Zheng didn't dare to sit down, and stood beside him. Tao Lie smiled and said to Tao Zhan gently: "I know you didn't come here just to see me. What's the matter? You go ahead and speak first! While I’m still sober.”

Tao Zhan also smiled and said, "Of course my granddaughter is here to visit my grandfather, and there is indeed a small matter that I want my grandfather to know."

Tao Lie didn't speak. He listened intently to his granddaughter. Although he was old, his thoughts were clear. He knew that there must be a reason for Tao Zhan to come here at this time.

Tao Zhan glanced at Tao Zheng again and said, "Brother, let's talk first! What happened yesterday?"

Tao Lie was taken aback, is this related to Zheng'er?Although Tao Zheng is Tao Sheng's second son, but because the eldest son died of illness when he was a child, Tao Zheng is actually the eldest grandson, and he is the only member of the Tao family who is currently in politics. Tao Lie thinks highly of him.

Tao Zheng had no choice but to talk about the fact that he was suspended yesterday. He was about to explain that his relationship with the famous prostitute had ended, but Tao Lie interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and asked, "Is the Tao family right now?" What did you do wrong?"