Liu Cong knelt below, and Liu Biao sat at the top. They didn't speak for a long time.
Suddenly Liu Biao threw the bamboo slips on the case at Liu Cong. He didn't stop until all the bamboo slips on the case were thrown away: "How dare you? Ah? I'm not dead yet, how dare you beat your elder brother."
Liu Cong did not explain. He knelt on the ground, straightened his body, and said bravely: "My child knows that he was wrong. Please punish me father."
Liu Biao was furious when he saw how stubborn he was. At this moment, Mrs. Cai, dressed in fine clothes, walked in with two maids serving tea.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with this? Cong'er, how did you make your father so angry?" Mrs. Cai walked to Liu Biao and sat down, gently stroking his chest that heaved with anger.
Then he waved his hand and said to the two maids: "You go down."
"No." The two maids put down the tea trays and left in response.
Mrs. Cai got Liu Biao a cup of hot tea and handed it to him: "Husband, Cong'er has just recovered, why did you hit him again?"
Liu Biao's former wife, Mrs. Chen, died of illness after giving birth to the three brothers Liu Cong and a daughter. Later, Mrs. Cai married Liu Biao.
(There is no record of the specific year when she married Liu Biao. I guess it was around 192, when she was 17, and she was 32 years old in 207.)
(The birth date of Liu Qi and Liu Cong is unknown, but Liu Qi was already weak when Dong Zhuo was in chaos. It is speculated that Liu Qi lived 38 years old. Liu Cong was born in about 191. By 207, Liu Qi was 36 years old, Liu Cong was 16 years old, and Liu Xiu
15 years old. Liu Biao’s daughter Liu Xi, named in this article, is the second eldest child and is 28 years old in 207.)
(After Mrs. Cai married Liu Biao, Chen died of illness not long after, leaving behind two children, Liu Cong and Liu Xiu, who were waiting for food. Mrs. Cai raised them. It is also possible that Liu Biao was old and Mrs. Cai had never given birth, so these two children were left behind.
The two brothers regarded Liu Cong as their own. In addition, Liu Cong had a marriage contract with the Cai family, so Mrs. Cai treated Liu Cong as her own son.)
Liu Biao took the tea handed over by Mrs. Cai, took a sip and said: "This beast dares to beat Qi'er. In front of me, it is simply lawless!"
"Ah?" Although Mrs. Cai didn't like Liu Qi, it was just because she regarded Liu Cong and Liu Xiu as her own, so Liu Cong and Liu Qi had always been at odds with each other, but she didn't expect that Liu Cong would dare to beat Liu Qi in front of Liu Biao.
.
"Cong'er, how could you be so reckless? How could you beat your elder brother in front of your father?" Mrs. Cai also scolded Liu Cong. It was better for her to speak than for Liu Biao to speak.
Liu Biao is an old man, so he can certainly see Mrs. Cai's intention: "Okay, okay, don't say anything. Don't think that I will let him go if you just reprimand him a few times this time. It's all because of you."
"
Liu Cong was also very moved. In his previous life, he was an orphan of a martyr. He grew up believing in red and became a policeman. He had always been a hard-blooded man. He had never enjoyed the affection of his parents. He immediately said: "It is none of the mother's business. The child is willing to be punished.
.”
Mrs. Cai sat next to Liu Biao and kept winking at him, but Liu Cong turned a blind eye.
Liu Biao looked at his young son and couldn't help but recall that when he rode into Jingzhou alone, he was confused about the way forward, but he was also stubborn at the time and never thought of backing down. In the end, he succeeded, and now he is sitting in Jingzhou.
Xiangjiu County, with 2 million people and 100,000 soldiers, dominated Nanzhou.
But as the years went by, Liu Biao discovered that Jingzhou was not all he wanted to do, especially since he relied on too many wealthy families. Some government orders and some things could not be implemented as he intended.
Think about Liu Qi. Although he is older, he has no opinion and is weak and incompetent. Liu Cong has always been stubborn, and Liu Xiu has devoted himself to literature, so there is no need to think about it. Liu Biao has always been worried that no one of his descendants will be able to hold a big position in a hundred years, and he is worried that in Jingzhou a hundred years from now
The foundation was burned to the ground.
Unexpectedly, Liu Cong's performance today gave him a great surprise. Liu Biao couldn't help but look at his son again: "Cong'er, what you said today are all from the bottom of your heart?"
Liu Cong said seriously: "Everything the boy said was from the bottom of his heart!"
Liu Biao looked at him and said in a stern tone: "Then you have been hiding your clumsiness in the past?"
Only then did Liu Cong realize that in the past, Liu Cong only knew how to eat, drink, play, and throw pots and perform various tricks. How could he be as good as he is today? Liu Cong now thought that he was deliberately hiding his clumsiness in the past.
Liu Cong thought for a while and explained: "Father, my child was really clumsy in the past."
Liu Biao raised his eyebrows and asked calmly: "Why?"
Liu Cong looked at Mrs. Cai and hesitated to speak.
Liu Biao saw his scruples, but although he and Mrs. Cai had no children, they still had deep feelings for each other, so he said: "You can speak frankly, and there is no need to scruple. What you say today will be known to heaven and earth. As a father, your mother and you."
If you know it, no one else will know it."
Liu Cong thought for a while, rubbed his knees that were sore from kneeling, and said: "The child thinks that Jing Xiang is not just Jing Xiang from his father. The power of various aristocratic families is complicated and involves too much energy from his father. Because of this, Jingzhou Shou
Because of excess, there is not enough development. The reason why children hide their clumsiness is..." Liu Cong paused here and looked up at Liu Biao's expression.
Liu Biao waved his hand: "Sit down and talk. Don't kneel down. Keep talking. Whatever you say today, my father will not blame you."
Liu Cong put his hands on the ground, stood up and moved his stiff legs, cupped his hands to Liu Biao and said, "Thank you, father." Then he sat on the floor again, looked at Liu Biao and asked, "Then the kid can speak out?"
Liu Biao was surprised. He really wanted to see how much this son had hidden, so he nodded.
Liu Cong was still a little hesitant to speak out. He said in a drawling tone: "My child... my child, my child wants to imitate King Zhuang of Chu. He has been silent for three years and then became a blockbuster!"
"Presumptuous!" After Liu Cong said this, Liu Biao didn't say anything. Mrs. Cai next to her was so angry that her hand holding the tea shook and the tea cup almost fell to the ground.
Mrs. Cai looked at Liu Mian beside her, who looked normal. She breathed a sigh of relief and scolded Liu Cong again: "Cong'er, you are so brave. Your father is just a state shepherd. How dare you say that you imitate Chu Zhizhuang?"
King, you, you, how could you say such rebellious words?"
Mrs. Cai is also a woman from a wealthy family. She has read books and knows the allusions of King Zhuang of Chu.
Liu Biao took the tea cup and took another sip. He stopped Mrs. Cai from scolding Liu Cong and said to Liu Cong, "Since when did you have such an ambition?"
Seeing that Liu Biao was not angry because of these words, Liu Cong relaxed all over and continued to speak: "Although I was naughty before, I also read hundreds of classics and loved Qu Zi's "Li Sao". I was especially moved by the sentence "Sorrow" in it.
People's livelihood is very difficult. Fortunately, the child has not seen the cruelty of the chaos under the protection of his father, but since he was a child, he has been used to seeing the scenes where aristocratic families control the place and the people's lives are difficult."
Seeing that Liu Biao had no intention of speaking, Liu Cong continued: "My child has also read Cao Mengde's "Hao Li Xing". The sentence "White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no chickens crowing for thousands of miles" also moved the child. Think about our ancestors, the great ancestor punished the Qin Dynasty.
Conquer the world, Wen Jing pioneers and governs the world, Emperor Wu shines in the world, Guangwu continues the Han Dynasty!"
"Haier is deeply honored and proud that he is a Han and a descendant of the Queen of the Han Dynasty! He feels that the Han Dynasty should not have declined so far since Zuo. Even if it is not for himself, he should work hard to rise for the sake of the people in the world who care about the Han Dynasty."
"Today, the only clan members of the Han Dynasty are his father, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and Liu Bei in Xinye. The leader of Liu Zhang's defense, Liu Bei, is weak. So the child thinks that only his father, and only me in Jingzhou, can save Li Shu and help the Han Dynasty!"
Liu Biao narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Cong: "You have never taken your eldest brother seriously, right? Have you never even taken your father seriously?"
Liu Cong hurriedly knelt down again, kowtowing like he was pounding garlic: "My child doesn't dare, my child doesn't dare..."
Liu Cong did not stop, but he heard Liu Biao's questioning voice in his ear: "If I take you as my heir, how will you treat your elder brother a hundred years from now?"
Liu Cong put his head on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. He gritted his teeth and said: "My child, I will definitely make my eldest brother rich and prosperous throughout his life!"
There was deathly silence in the lobby. Mrs. Cai did not expect that her son, who usually seemed naughty, would have such ambitions and say such treasonous words.
Liu Biao did not expect that his son would hide so deeply and cover up so perfectly. However, at this moment, he knew that Liu Qi would never be able to defeat this seemingly young brother.
He is also losing weight day by day, and has been suffering from minor illnesses recently. He originally thought that he would have no successor, but he didn't want to have such a surprise.
Liu Biao looked at his young son again and said, "You can go ahead."