Liu Xin, with quick eyesight and quick hands, covered Ma Yun's mouth and said, "Don't make any noise, I'm doing something good."
After saying that, Liu Xin pulled Ma Yun, who was still angry, and walked forward quickly. In a moment, she caught up with an old man in front of her, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Please stay here, sir. Are you okay?"
What did you drop?"
The old man was startled at first, and then when he touched it, he found that the package on his back was already empty. He couldn't help shouting: "Oh, my things are gone, what should I do?"
Liu Xin consoled her: "Don't worry, old man, please see if this is your thing."
When the old man saw the small bundle in Liu Xin's hand, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you so much, little brother. I didn't know it was dropped because you didn't pick it up. I'm so lucky!"
Ma Yun also understood. She was embarrassed and poked Liu Xin, and said softly: "I wrongly blamed you just now."
Before Liu Xin had time to speak, the yellow-faced man heard the noise behind him and had already reacted. He rushed over and shouted: "Where did the wild bird come from, dare to ruin the good things of your nugget rat!"
Liu Xin stretched out her hand to block Ma Yun and the old man behind her, looked at the yellow-faced man with disdain, and mocked: "What a nugget rat, he really looks like a rat. Haven't you heard that 'a rat crosses the street, a person
Do people shout 'beat'?"
Pedestrians on the road had already gathered around when they saw this, and burst out laughing when they heard Liu Xin's words. Liu Xin was sweating profusely. It turns out that the Chinese people's habit of watching the excitement started in the Eastern Han Dynasty!
Seeing this scene, Nugget Rat had the best reputation in the world. Seeing this, he pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and coldly snorted: "I want to see who beats whom today!"
After the Nugget Rat finished speaking, he took a step forward and stabbed Liu Xin's chest with the sharp knife. As soon as Liu Xin saw his posture, she knew that the Nugget Rat was just a little gangster with no real skills. As the saying goes, a person who is meeting is not busy, Liu Xin
With a slight flicker, he let the sharp knife pass. Without waiting for him to take it back, he gently stretched out his left hand and touched the right wrist of the Nugget Rat holding the knife. He heard a scream of "Ah", and the Nugget Rat held his right wrist with his left hand, feeling pain.
He broke out in a cold sweat, but the sharp knife was already in Liu Xin's hand. A breeze blew by, and the Nugget Rat's hair actually fell down. It turned out that in a flash of lightning, Liu Xin not only snatched his knife,
And cut off half of his hair. Liu Xin looked at the Nugget Rat coldly and shouted in a deep voice: "Get out of here!"
The Digging Rat ran away in despair amidst the cheers of the onlookers, without even daring to say a harsh word. The crowd of onlookers saw that the Digging Rat was gone and there was no excitement and excitement, so they all dispersed.
The old man walked up to Liu Xin, bowed deeply, and said, "Thank you for your help, little brother. Now that the Nugget Rat is gone, I'm afraid he will find someone to take revenge. Please leave as soon as possible."
Ma Yun didn't wait for Liu Xin to answer, and said first: "Don't worry, old man, I've seen these people a lot. They bully the weak and fear the strong. After seeing Brother Xin's... brother's kung fu, I don't dare to do it again."
Liu Xin's hair stood up when she called "Brother Xin" and whispered to her: "Pay attention to your image, you are a policeman."
Ma Yun leaned into his ear and exhaled like a blue breath: "I am even more of a woman."
The old man couldn't help feeling sick when he saw the affectation of this guy who was even more handsome than a woman - how could two men do this?
Liu Xin saw the disgusted look in the old man's eyes and hurriedly explained: "Dad, please don't get me wrong, we are brother and sister, she is a woman disguised as a man."
Ma Yun secretly pinched Liu Xin and said in his ear: "Who is your brother and sister? I don't want to be your sister."
The old man saw the two of them being affectionate and said with a smile: "Brother and sister? I don't think they look like one, hehe, they look a bit like a couple."
Liu Xin secretly thought that Hu Lai was an old and dishonest person. Just as he was about to speak, Ma Yun rushed to say: "To be honest with you, we are not brother and sister. We were childhood sweethearts since childhood, but our parents disliked him for being an orphan with low status and improper family.
If the household was wrong, I ran away with him."
"Elope! You're blind..." Liu Xin was almost not intimidated by her. She could make up such words. What era is it now? I'm afraid this old man is going to sue the government.
"Haha, that's what I guess. It's nothing. Who hasn't been young and frivolous?" The old man interrupted Liu Xin, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, this girl is good to you.
You can't betray others. You just don't have a good identity. How about I adopt you as my adopted son and give you an identity?"
"This... I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Liu Xin was upset. She had only been in the Eastern Han Dynasty for less than a day, and she had done good things and made trouble. Someone wanted to be my father! In fact, there were still many cases of adopted sons in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
For example, Lu Bu recognized Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo as his adopted father, Liu Feng recognized Liu Bei as his adopted father, and Guan Ping recognized Guan Yu as his adopted father, but Liu Xin came from modern times and was not quite used to this.
"Brother, I see that you are very skilled, but what you do is not what your mother-in-law and mother do. Come with me, and I will tell you a story. Then you will know that accepting me as your adoptive father will not be an insult to you." The old man saw that Liu Xin was hesitant.
He led them to his home without any explanation.
Along the way, the old man told Liu Xin and Ma Yun a story. It turned out that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty had a great-great-grandson named Liu Ban, who was granted the title of Chaohou. Liu Ban had two sons, the eldest son Liu Kai and the second son Liu Xian. Liu Ban loved it.
The second son once made a last wish to pass the title to Liu Xian. After Liu Ban's death, according to regulations, the eldest son Liu Kai should take the title. However, in order to satisfy his father's last wish, Liu Kai insisted on letting his younger brother Liu Xian take the title while he fled.
When he went to other places, the consuls petitioned for instructions to take back Liu Kai's feudal state. The then Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty praised Liu Kai's benevolence and granted permission not to take back the feudal state until he came back. However, Liu Kai never came back. More than ten years later, during the reign of Emperor He of Han Dynasty,
, the consul mentioned the matter again, and Emperor He of the Han Dynasty thought that he wanted to be a man of beauty, and agreed to Liu Xian's assumption of the title. When Liu Kai left, Liu Xian once divided a box into two, Liu Kai kept the lid, and Liu Xian kept the bottom.
When Liu Kai's descendants came with the lid of the box, they shared the country. Later Liu Xian died, and the current Marquis of Chao was his son Liu Chong. The old man's name was Liu Jian, the only son of Liu Kai who escaped that year.
, has been living in seclusion in a remote village to the east of the town.
Unknowingly, he had arrived at the door of Liu Jian's house and the story was finished. Liu Jian looked at Liu Xin with a smile and said: "Brother, your surname happens to be Liu, which means that we are still destined to be together.
My wife died young and left no one and a half girls. If you are willing to recognize me as your adoptive father, I will add your name to the family tree. From now on, you will be a member of the Han family, and you will not marry Miss Ma.
It’s considered a high climb.”
Liu Xin looked up at Liu Jian's home, but there were only three thatched houses. She couldn't help but smile and said: "I didn't expect you to be a member of the Han clan. It's a pity that you don't seem to be doing very well."
Hearing this, Liu Jian's face darkened and he said, "I just saw you looking chivalrous and chivalrous, but I never thought you turned out to be someone who dislikes the poor and loves the rich!"
"Old man, you misunderstood. Brother Xin doesn't dislike being poor and loves being rich. He just speaks carelessly and casually. Don't take it to heart." Ma Yun fully hopes that Liu Xin will recognize this adoptive father. Here,
It would be nice to have a place in the world, so that he would not have to be a thief again. Seeing that Liu Jian was angry, he quickly said, "Liu Xin, why don't you kneel down and salute your adoptive father."
Liu Xin was wondering when the old man's expression changed really quickly. Ma Yun pulled him hard from the side and knelt down first. Liu Xin was not firmly opposed to recognizing Liu Jian as her adoptive father, but she just couldn't adapt to it for a while.
, now seeing that Ma Yun was more anxious than him, he didn't find it funny, so he had to kneel down next to Ma Yun and said sarcastically: "My child pays homage to my foster father."
Liu Jian then turned from anger to joy, helped them both up, and said: "Okay, okay, get up quickly, let's go into the house and talk. I, Liu Jian, finally have a heir, and I will have the honor to meet my ancestors after my death."
"
Since Liu Xin had recognized him as her adoptive father, she did not show any pretense and said, "Father, I think you are in good health and will live a long life."
"Xin'er, I know my body myself, and it's only been in the past few days." Liu Jian said, taking the small baggage Liu Xin took back, and took out a square silk bag from it.
He opened it, but it was a box lid, "Look, this is the box lid I just talked about. I know I don't have much time, so I wanted to go to the town today to find a courier to deliver this box lid to my home.
The nest was almost stolen."
Liu Jian put the lid of the box on Liu Xin's hand and continued: "This box was handed down from the palace in the early years. Now I hand this lid to you. I know I won't survive tonight. I will wait until my funeral is taken care of."
, you go to Juchao to find Liu Zhong. He is your cousin. Your grandfather and his grandfather made an appointment in the early years. If the cover and box match, they will give you half of the family property. When the time comes, you will marry him as a Han clan relative.
, welcome Miss Ma into your home, I hope her parents won’t embarrass you."
Liu Xin was shocked and said: "Father, I think you are healthy and without disaster. Even if you live another two or thirty years, it is not impossible. Why do you say such depressing words?"
Liu Jian said calmly: "Xin'er, my father suffered a hidden injury while hunting in the mountains in his early years. This injury will occur every night. Now every day seems to be getting worse. I think my life is about to end today. I can't wait to have my grandson."
Yes. However, today I can take in a good son like you, which is my wish fulfilled."
In the middle of the night, Liu Jian was indeed suffering from a secret injury. Liu Xin and Ma Yun stayed at his bedside and left before dawn. Liu Xin never imagined that he had just recognized his adoptive father and hadn't even spent a night.
Yin and Yang were separated, and she couldn't help but feel sad. Ma Yun insisted on wearing linen and mourning with Liu Xin, keeping vigil for Liu Jian for three days, and buried him on the hillside behind the house.
"Liu Xin, what are your plans for the future?" Ma Yun asked carefully, looking at Liu Xin who was looking at the lid of the box.
"Ma Yun, look at this box lid. It should be a piece of lacquerware. It is painted with various patterns in black paint on a red lacquer ground. It is bright in color, has detailed and smooth patterns, and has exquisite workmanship. It is probably a box used by wealthy people to store jewelry.
"With this box lid and that genealogy book, Liu Zhong should recognize me as his nephew, so I want to go to Juchao." Liu Xin handed the box lid to Ma Yun, picked up the genealogy book and looked through it.