Liu Xin was shocked when she heard the fire alarm outside, and hurriedly said to Ma Yun: "Let's go! I'll pick up my son!"
Ma Yun said without hesitation: "I'll go with you!"
When they got to the outside, they found that Qiaoer had already carried Liu Yu out. Liu Xin took Ma Yun's hand and ran out of the room. There was already chaos outside.
Tian Feng and Jushu had also run out with their families, and Dian Wei was leading the Feihu Guards to put out the fire. When Xu Chu saw Liu Xin coming out, he quickly said: "Brother, Mr. Cai's room is on fire."
Liu Xin looked up and saw Cai Yong's family of three standing in the yard in front of the house in embarrassment. Cai Yan was still wearing a long-sleeved dress, and obviously hadn't had time to change out of it. Liu Xin hurried over and asked: "
Mr. Bozhe, are you okay?"
Cai Yong murmured with a dull expression: "I'm fine."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Oh! It's not good! My piano, my piano is still in there." After saying that, he rushed to the room.
The fire obviously started from behind. It was dry and the flames had already spread outside. The door was closed, whether because of the wind or some other reason. In this case, no one dared to let him go.
He went into the room to get the qin and grabbed him with all his might. Tian Feng advised, "Boss, just let him have the qin. Wait until you get to Xiangyang to buy a good one."
How could Cai Yong listen to his advice? He stamped his feet, beat his chest, and screamed at the sky and the earth. Cai Yan kept crying beside him, and suddenly rushed into the room like crazy. Everyone was trying to persuade Cai Yong.
, where did he notice her? When he found her, she was only seven or eight steps away from the door. When Mrs. Cai saw this, she screamed in pain: "Yan'er!"
At this moment, there was only a loud "bang" sound, and the door that had been closed just now suddenly flew up and landed not far from Cai Yan with a "plop". Sparks splashed on Cai Yan's body and immediately hit Cai Yan.
There were holes in the dress that Ma Yun envied. Then, a dark figure rushed out of the room. At this time, a soldier was carrying a bucket of water and poured it into the room. The dark figure reacted
Quickly, on one side of his body, the bucket of water was poured on his back from head to toe. The black shadow did not stop at all, and went straight towards Cai Yong and the others.
Cai Yan was so frightened by the sudden falling of the door that she stood there, unable to move a step. The courage she had just to rush into the fire was gone. The black shadow passed by her, grabbed her hand, and
Dragging her to Cai Yong's side.
Only then did everyone see clearly that the dark figure turned out to be Liu Xin. Her face was scorched black by smoke, her hair was burnt, and her clothes were burned with many holes. Just now, she was hit by a bucket of water.
He was soaked from head to toe and was in a very embarrassed state. Everyone was trying to persuade Cai Yong just now, but no one noticed when Liu Xin left or how she entered the room.
Liu Xin was also carrying a large package in his hand. Just now, he turned sideways and blocked the bucket of water thrown by the soldiers with his body, just to protect the package. Everyone was still in a daze, but Liu Xin had already handed the package to Cai Yong.
, asked: "Mr. Bozhe, take a look quickly, is this the one?"
However, Ma Yun couldn't help but threw herself into Liu Xin's arms and cried loudly: "Husband, how can you take such a risk! If you have two shortcomings, how will we, the two of us, get along!"
Liu Xin hugged her tightly, wiped the tears on her face with her hands, and comforted her softly: "Don't cry, don't cry, I'm doing well. Okay, okay, I promise you, I won't take risks in the future."
That's it. Pfft..." As she said that, Liu Xin suddenly laughed, "I'm sorry, I made you look so ugly."
It turned out that Liu Xin was helping Ma Yun wipe her tears, and the cigarette ash on her hand was all smeared on Ma Yun's face, and now both of them had a big black face. Ma Yun also burst into tears and laughed, and beat him hard on the chest with a pair of pink fists
Two times.
Cai Yan was standing beside them. When he saw their affectionate behavior, he felt pain in his heart. He turned around and saw his father holding the package. His hands trembled for a long time but could not open it. So he took the package and opened it gently.
It turned out to be a piano. Cai Yong and his daughter finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Xin's sharp eyes saw that one side of the piano was burnt black. He sighed and said to Cai Yong: "Oh, Mr. Bozhe, I was still a step too slow, and a piece of the piano was burned off."
Cai Yong had come to his senses and said to Liu Xin: "It's not burned, it's not burned. This is how the piano is."
It turned out that Cai Yong was exiled to the south. When he walked to Wu County, he heard a crisp popping sound coming from the next door in his room. He couldn't help being startled. He raised his head, pricked up his ears, listened carefully, and shouted "No."
"Okay." He jumped up and ran to the stove. It turned out that there was a man burning paulownia wood for cooking next door. Cai Yong heard the sound of the paulownia wood bursting in the fire and knew that it was a good piece of wood, so he asked someone to use it to make a meal.
I bought a piano, and sure enough it played wonderful music, but the end of the wood was burnt.
After hearing the story told by Cai Yong, Liu Xin and Ma Yun couldn't help but look at each other and said, "So this is Jiao Weiqin."
After hearing this, Cai Yong suddenly muttered: "Jiaowei Qin, Jiaowei Qin. This is a good name. I have always wanted to give this Qin a good name, and today I finally got it." Liu Xin was speechless. It turned out that "Jiaowei Qin"
"The name was not chosen by Cai Yong, and he was ahead of his time.
At this time, the county magistrate Kuai Liang also rushed over after hearing the news, and the fire had been put out. Liu Xin said to Kuai Liang: "County Magistrate Kuai came just in time. Send someone to check quickly. Who set this fire?"
At this time, a voice came: "Lord, there is no need to check, I set the fire."
Liu Xin turned her head at the sound and saw Cai Yong with a dejected look on his face. He asked strangely: "Mr. Bo Zhe, why did you set the fire? Oh..." Liu Xin said and sneezed loudly. Everyone
Only then did they realize that the bucket of water that had been poured on Liu Xin had turned into ice. Everyone hurriedly brought Liu Xin to the front office and randomly found some clothes for him to change into. Liu Xin sat in front of the brazier, while
While drinking the ginger soup Ma Yun made for him, he listened to Cai Yong explain why he wanted to burn down the county government office.
It turned out that after Cai Yan performed the hairpin ceremony, Cai Yong saw that his beautiful daughter had grown up, and said with unfinished content: "Yan'er, when you get to Xiangyang and settle down, my father will let you marry into the Wei family in glory.
"
Cai Yan was only fifteen years old, and at the age of a flower, she was just in the rebellious period of youth. Originally, women of this era, especially those born in wealthy literati families like Cai Yong, would have received many orthodox educations since they were young. In their hearts, marriage
Major events, parents' orders, matchmaker's words, this is a matter of course. But ever since she heard Ma Yun's words, "A woman's happiness must be achieved by herself," her heart began to become confused. She was still immersed in the dream of just adulthood.
In the joy, when I heard my father mention the Wei family, I felt troubled again and blurted out: "Dad, I don't want to marry into the Wei family."
Cai Yong valued integrity most in his life. He had already agreed to the Wei family's marriage proposal. How could he allow her to go back on her word? He immediately became furious: "What are you talking about! How can you make the decision on these things! If you don't want to marry, I won't have a daughter like you!"
"The more Cai Yong spoke, the more excited he became. He raised his hand and just knocked the tea cup brought by Mrs. Cai to the ground. The lid of the cup hit the candle next to it. The candle fell down and lit the curtain.
The flames jumped up to Lao Gao with a roar. As a result, most of Kuai Liang's county government office was burned down.
Liu Xin was dumbfounded. Knowing that Cai Yong was an old scholar, it was really difficult to persuade him about this matter, so he had to say to Kuai Liang: "Magistrate Kuai, I'm sorry, Bo Zhe also made an unintentional mistake. Look at how much he burned."
I'll pay for the things."
Kuai Liang said with a smile: "Master, why do you say this? I have a lot of money, so I will burn it. Why should I pay for it?"
Along the way, from Chu Gong, the prefect of Nanyang, to the county magistrates below, they still called Liu Xin Lord, but refused to call him lord. But now Kuai Liang suddenly changed his words, apparently recognizing Liu Xin, all because of seeing him.
To the extent that he could risk his own life for a subordinate's piano.
When Liu Xin heard what he said, it was difficult to insist on compensation, so she had to ask again: "Does Magistrate Kuai have any other requirements?"
Kuai Liang said: "Returning to my lord, I have nothing to ask for. I only hope that my lord can treat the people of Jingzhou kindly."
Liu Xin thought for a moment and said: "Serving as an official and benefiting the country has always been my purpose as an official. It is my duty to treat the people well. It's just that I have just arrived in Jingzhou and am not familiar with the local situation. What should I do?
If you want to do it, please ask Magistrate Kuai to teach me."
Kuai Liang was not modest either. He stood up and replied: "My lord, if you want to conquer Jingzhou, you must win the hearts of the people. If you want to win the hearts of the people, you must do something benevolent and righteous. If benevolence is not enough, the people will not follow. If righteousness is not enough, the people will follow and not prosper."
If the way of benevolence and righteousness is practiced, people will come from all directions, so why worry about Jingzhou not being governed? Although Kuai Liang is in Jingzhou, he has heard of his lord's virtuous name. Today he saw his lord risking his life to save Qin, and he is willing to take his younger brother Kuai Yue with him.
, to do the work of dogs and horses for the lord."
Liu Xin had no impression of Kuai Liang. When he heard him mention Kuai Yue, she remembered that these two brothers were Liu Biao's two great advisers. She was overjoyed and said, "If Liu can get help from your husband, why worry about the death of Jingzhou? I think."
Sir, please come with me to Xiangyang tomorrow, what do you think?"
Kuai Liang said: "Although I am from Zhonglu, Nanjun, my family has already settled in Xiangyang. I am naturally willing to go with my lord. However, this new field is the gateway to the north of Xiangyang, so we need to arrange for a reliable person to guard it."
When Liu Xin heard this, it was indeed true. Zhangjiao would have rebelled in half a month. Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang, did not take what he said seriously. If the Yingchuan Yellow Turban went south, this new field would be a barrier, so he said
"I have six brothers, all of whom are braver than any man, so I left one to guard Xinye. Sir, you can rest assured to follow me to Xiangyang."
At this time, a big event also happened in the capital city of Luoyang.