Liu Xin's heart tightened. Ma Yun's premonition was indeed correct. Their brothers must have come here because of Huang She's affairs, so she pretended to be surprised and asked: "You two gentlemen came to Liu so late. Could it be that something happened?"
What's the big deal?"
Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue said in unison: "Back to my lord, we are here for Huang She."
Liu Xin sneered in her heart, but as expected, she looked confused and asked: "Huang She? What is that?"
The Kuai brothers looked at each other, and Kuai Liang cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Huang She is not a thing. He is the son of Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia. He is the man who bumped into his wife this afternoon and was captured."
It turned out that there were several other wealthy children traveling with Huang She in Xiangyang City today. Huang She was fat and walked slowly, so he gradually fell behind. It was precisely because he fell behind that he happened to meet Ma Yun.
The group, temporarily obsessed with lust, ran to the opposite side of the avenue, whereupon the subsequent scene occurred.
Huang She also came to Xiangyang this time to buy new year's goods. In the morning, he bought all the things for use and gave them to a few servants to put in the inn. He himself came here at the invitation of a few young men he had good friends with.
Take a stroll around these "women's streets" as they call them, and see if you can have an affair. As the Spring Festival is approaching, these streets are indeed ablaze with colors, which makes them dizzy, waiting for the young men walking in front to notice.
When there was a commotion here, I realized that the fat man was lost. Those with sharp eyes had already seen that the women who were arguing with the fat man were actually the wives of Mr. Zhou Mu. They dared not come forward to help, so they had to go back in dismay.
Tell the news to the slaves brought by Huang She, and they are in trouble. Anyway, they can't help.
These slaves were all frightened. If something happened to the young master, they wouldn't have to live. One of them was old and prudent. He knew that the Huang family had some friendship with the Kuai family and the Cai family in Xiangyang, so he ran to Kuai Liang's gate to ask for help.
It happened that Kuai Yue came back from Nanjun to celebrate the New Year and was chatting at Kuai Liang's house. After learning about this, he also insisted on coming to see Liu Xin with Kuai Liang.
Liu Xin looked like she suddenly understood, and said bitterly: "It turns out to be that damn fat man! Humph! How dare he openly molest my wife and beat my daughter on Xiangyang Street. I have decided to take advantage of him tomorrow.
lamp!"
Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue said in unison: "Lord, you must not do this!"
"Oh?" Liu Xin looked at Kuai Liang with confusion and said, "Zirou, tell me, why don't you do it?"
Kuai's conscience murmured for a while, "What daughter? It's not your biological child. This Zhu family is really a disaster. It harmed Chen Jie's family in the first place. Now because of her daughter, I'm afraid Huang She is also in bad luck, but her face is..."
Calm as water, he cupped his hands and said: "Back to my lord, although Huang She has committed a crime, his crime is not worthy of death. According to my subordinate's opinion, considering his first offense, it is better to reprimand him severely, ask him to pay for his sins, and let him go home and think about his mistakes behind closed doors.
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Liu Xin snorted coldly, looked at Kuai Yue again, and asked: "So, in Mr. Yidu's view, how should this matter be handled?"
Kuai Yue cupped his hands and said calmly: "Back to my lord, my subordinates think that my brother's handling is not appropriate. Huang Zu of Jiangxia has always been unwilling to obey my lord's orders. Now his son has fallen into the hands of my lord. How can I do that?"
Put him back easily. My lord can use Huang She as a pledge to force Huang Zu to submit!"
Liu Xin was greatly surprised. I bet these two brothers were not of the same mind! In fact, he didn't know that the Kuai brothers often had different opinions on how to deal with things. Kuai Liang had always advocated benevolence and righteousness in governance. Of course, his benevolence and righteousness were more important.
He tended to belong to those noble families. But Kuai Yue was different. He pursued interests first and was decisive and merciless. Historically, clan thieves were rampant in Jingzhou, and he helped Liu Biao lure more than fifty clan thieves to surrender.
, but ignored Kuai Liang's persuasion and killed them all without any mercy. Kuai Yue saw clearly that Liu Xin had now established a firm foothold in Jingzhou and won the hearts of the people. The future of the Kuai family must be closely dependent on it.
Looking at the big tree of Liu Xin, he believed that what he did was not against his brother, but for the sake of the long-term prosperity of the Kuai family. What's more, Kuai Yue had no good impression of Huang Zu in the first place. In his eyes, Huang She was just
It's just a chess piece that can be used.
At this time, Jushou was also summoned. He figured out the whole story and said: "Come back to my lord, I think that since this yellow shot is in my lord's hands, things will be much easier to handle. My lord, you can
Huang Zu was given two choices, either to drag his son's body back, or to leave Jiangxia and move his family to Xiangyang. My lord can allow him to become a happy and wealthy man."
Kuai Yue immediately looked at Ju Sui with admiration. He didn't expect that this gentle and weak-looking Mr. Gong Yu was more ruthless than himself. He just wanted Huang Zu to bow his head, but he wanted to uproot Huang Zu!
Kuai Liang suddenly felt like he was alone, but he still refused to give up and said in a low voice: "Huang Zu is quite popular in Jiangxia. Applying pressure rashly may be counterproductive. Please think again, lord."
Kuai Yue said disdainfully: "Brother, what you said is wrong! No matter how popular Huang Zu is in Jiangxia, can it be compared to the popularity of my lord in Jingzhou? I am afraid that the people of Jiangxia have long been looking forward to the implementation of my lord's benevolent government.
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What he said was quite right. Huang Zu's popularity probably could only remain among the noble families in Jiangxia. The common people had long hoped that the new tax policy would one day be implemented in Jiangxia.
At this time, the door curtain was raised and Zhang Ji hurried in. Liu Xin stopped talking to them and quickly stood up and asked: "Zhong Jing, how is the situation?"
Zhang Ji cleared his throat and said slowly: "Back to my lord, the eldest young master was just a little frightened. I just used a few injections, and now there is no serious problem."
Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "What about the madam and the young lady?"
Zhang Ji replied: "My lord, the eldest lady and the second lady are all fine. The eldest lady has been shocked to the core. I have already prescribed a prescription and needs to stay in bed for a while. But the third lady..."
Liu Xin concentrated her mind and asked sharply: "What's wrong with the third lady?"
Zhang Ji sighed, shook his head, and said: "Well, the third lady is already one month pregnant. This time she was frightened and had fetal gas. I have already used a prescription to soothe the nerves and protect the fetus, but can I
If it works, it depends on the luck of the third lady."
The expression on Liu Xin's face changed, and gradually it became full of anger, and she said fiercely: "Zirou, since you came to plead for that damn fat man, you must have some contacts with his family. You can send a letter to Huang Zu, and I can let him go.
His son goes back, but he can only bring back one of his son’s two heads!”
When Kuai Liang heard Zhang Ji's words, he felt cold in his heart. He knew who the third lady was. She was Cai Yong's daughter. If there was something wrong, let alone the master, Cai Yong alone would not be able to pass the test.
, it seems that this lobbyist has failed, so he can only say anxiously: "I obey the order. It's just that Huang She only has one head, where did he get two heads?"
Liu Xin said coldly: "He has a big head at the top and a small head at the bottom. If he wants to keep the big head at the top, cut off the small head at the bottom. If he wants to keep the small head at the bottom, chop off the small head at the bottom.
Got the big head on top."
Kuai Liang listened for a long time and finally understood the long series of tongue twisters Liu Xin said, which meant that Huang She would either die or become an eunuch. But he did not dare to say anything more in front of Liu Xin at this time.
There was no choice but to retreat. Ju Shou, Kuai Yue, and Zhang Ji also resigned one after another and prepared to go their own way.
Liu Xin didn't have time to say goodbye to them, so she hurried back to the back house and went straight to Cai Yan's room. She saw her lying on the bed, looking pale, with tears still on her face. Ma Yun was sitting on the edge of the bed, offering comfort.
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Ma Yun turned her head and saw Liu Xin coming in. She sighed secretly and said, "Husband, it's all my fault for not taking good care of you this time."
Liu Xin gently shook her hand and said, "No one can think everything through. Who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen in Xiangyang? How is Yan'er's situation?"
Cai Yan, who had just stopped crying, couldn't help but shed tears again when Liu Xin asked about it, and sobbed: "Husband, I'm afraid the child can't be saved."
Liu Xin gently wiped away the tears on her face and said softly: "It's okay. With Mr. Zhang's generation of miracle doctors here, there will be no problem. What you have to do now is to rest peacefully and remember to take your medicine on time."
After being comforted for a while, Cai Yan finally calmed down. The child in her belly meant a lot to her. She was finally able to marry into the Liu family, which was considered a mission. If there was an accident, how could she feel at ease?
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Liu Xin asked Ma Yun to take good care of Cai Yan, and hurried to Zhu Qian's room.
Liu Rui was sitting on the bed, facing a bowl of thick medicinal soup with a sad face. Zhu Qian, with tears in her eyes, patiently persuaded her.
Liu Xin took the medicine bowl from Zhu Qian's hand and said, "I'll do it."
Liu Rui blinked her big eyes, her brows knitted into a line, her little mouth pouted, and she sobbed: "Dad, it's too bitter, Rui'er doesn't want to drink it."
Liu Xin said seriously: "How can we do without taking medicine? If Rui'er doesn't hear about it, dad's story will be completely discontinued!"
Liu Rui then reluctantly swallowed a mouthful of medicinal soup, stuck out her little tongue, and shouted repeatedly, "Bitter, bitter, daddy, I want candy."
Liu Xin quickly continued to coax: "Be good, drink all the medicine, and I will make ten candy figures for you."
Good medicine tastes bitter. Not to mention Liu Rui, even Cai Yan was not willing to take the medicine obediently. He had to be persuaded by Liu Xin before he could swallow it. Liu Xin had no choice but to stay in the mansion for five or six days in a row, coaxing him.
Liu Rui coaxed Cai Yan, then coaxed Cai Yan and then coaxed Liu Rui, and finally managed to deal with the two of them.
Zhang Ji also came to the house on time every day for follow-up examinations for the two of them, and finally said to Liu Xin: "Congratulations, my lord, my wife and young lady are no longer seriously ill. There is no need to continue taking medicine. They just need to rest for a while."
A stone in Liu Xin's heart fell to the ground, but she saw Kuai Liang hurried in, holding a letter in his hand and shouting: "My lord, there is a letter from Jiang Xia!"