Cao Hui sighed, presented the jade hairpin to Diao Chan with both hands, and said, "If Madam likes it, I will give this hairpin to Madam."
Diao Chan took the jade hairpin and looked at it carefully under the light. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she muttered: "Mrs. Guan, these hairpins are supposed to be a pair, but where is the other one?"
Cao Hui said with a confused look: "Back to Madam, I have only seen this one hosta, but I didn't know it was a pair. I really don't know where the other one is."
Diao Chan said "Oh", stuffed the jade hairpin back into Cao Hui's hand, and said with a smile: "A gentleman will not take away someone's love. Although Diao Chan is just a prostitute, she cannot take away Mrs. Guan's beloved thing. Guan
Madam, you better keep it safe. It's getting late, so Madam Guan should rest early, so I won't disturb you."
Hearing the word "rest", Cao Hui suddenly became nervous, blushed and asked, "Dare I ask, madam, no, I don't know how Mr. Liu will deal with the slave family?"
"Disposal?" Diao Chan frowned slightly, shook her head and said, "My master only asked me to come and see you, and did not say that he would deal with Mrs. Guan. Please relax, Mrs. Guan. I believe that my master will not do anything for Mrs. Guan.
of."
When Liu Xin asked Diao Chan to come, he just asked her to take good care of Cao Hui and didn't say much. However, in Diao Chan's opinion, Liu Xin would not do anything to Cao Hui. However, after seeing this hosta
From now on, Diao Chan was a little uncertain.
When Cao Hui heard Diao Chan's ambiguous words, she became nervous and her face became even paler. She suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, leaned over and retched repeatedly.
Diao Chan was already preparing to leave, but when she saw this, she hurriedly asked: "Mrs. Guan, what's wrong? Do you want someone to come and take a look?"
Cao Hui frowned and said, "Thank you, madam. I have been feeling like vomiting for the past two days, but I will be fine after a while."
Yan Rui's heart moved, and she whispered a few words into Diao Chan's ear. Diao Chan turned around and said, "Lannier, go and fetch the medical officer quickly."
The side hall of the Prefect's Mansion has been renovated. The low couches and tables have all been removed and replaced with tables and chairs that come with the ship. Liu Xin has never been used to sitting on the floor, and now even Diao Chan and the others like to sit on chairs.
, and the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is humid, so it is obviously more suitable to use chairs as seating materials. This became Liu Xin's temporary residence in Guangling, and Liu Xin never stepped into the back house of the prefecture.
This side hall is also divided into two entrances, the front hall is where Liu Xin handles official business, and the back hall is where Liu Xin, Diao Chan and the others live in daily life.
Diao Chan returned to the back hall, but Liu Xin was not there. So Diao Chan raised her feet and came to the front hall. She saw Liu Xin holding some files in her hands and looking through them carefully. Diao Chan said crisply: "Master, I am back.
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Liu Xin looked up and saw that Diao Chan seemed a little unhappy. She couldn't help but wonder: "Chan'er, what's wrong with you? Could it be that Mr. Cao said something bad to you?"
Diao Chan had been thinking about it just now, but she didn't want Liu Xin to notice it. She hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, it's nothing."
Liu Xin put down the file in her hand, grabbed Diao Chan's slender waist, made her sit on his lap, and said very seriously: "No, you must be hiding something from me."
There was a trace of shame on Diao Chan's face. After twisting twice and failing to break free, she stopped struggling and leaned on Liu Xin's shoulder, saying quietly: "That Mrs. Guan has a jade hairpin in her hand. Where is the slave family?"
Saw it."
Liu Xin pinched Diaochan's waist gently, smiled, and said: "I asked you to pick it at the beginning. If you don't pick it yourself, you can't blame others."
It turned out that after Liu Xin defeated Dong Zhuo, she brought back a large amount of jewelry from Chang'an, which were copied from the Taishi Mansion and Yinwu in Chang'an. Many of the jewelry came from the palace. Liu Xin gave them to the women in the palace
Some were given as gifts, and some were left for them to choose. Due to Diao Chan's awkward status, although she liked the pair of hostas, she did not dare to take them. She only took a few gold and silver ornaments, so she was particularly impressed.
Thinking that the hosta was now in Cao Hui's hands, Diao Chan looked at Liu Xin with wide eyes and said with some sadness: "It turns out that the slave family was not mistaken. It was really the hosta. The slave family remembered that they were a pair.
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Liu Xin didn't wait for her to finish speaking, then she laughed and said, "Okay, don't worry about that pair of hairpins. When you go back, I will choose a better pair for you to ensure your satisfaction."
In fact, Liu Xin carried these pair of hostas with him, not because he had the foresight to predict that these two hostas would come in handy, but because he had "bad intentions". Although Liu Xin's secret search for Er Qiao was revealed by Ma
Yun knows,
He also suffered a lot of runs because of this, but he still persisted in his evil intentions. Liu Xin thought that if he came to Jiangnan this time, he might have a chance to meet Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and the most rare thing about these pair of hostas is that they are exactly the same, so they can be used
Come as a meeting gift.
Diao Chan didn't know about the twists and turns in Liu Xin's belly. Suddenly she remembered something, pushed Liu Xin and said, "Master, don't have any ideas about Mrs. Guan. She is pregnant, and her husband
His life and death are unknown, and he is also a pitiful man."
This time when she went to Jiangnan, because she was accompanied by her female relatives, Liu Xin brought two gynecological officers with her from the medical school to prevent any unexpected events. Just now, Cao Hui retched repeatedly, and the female medical officer checked her pulse and knew that she was unhappy.
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Liu Xin said with surprise on her face: "Chan'er, what did you say? Mrs. Cao is pregnant? That's great! God is helping me!"
Seeing the strange look in Diao Chan's eyes, Liu Xin hurriedly explained: "Don't think blindly. When did I ever have an idea for her? Come on, let's go to the back and create a human."
"Creating humans?" Diao Chan looked puzzled.
Liu Xin whispered in her ear: "Just like Mrs. Cao, make a little person out of your belly."
Only then did Diao Chan realize it, and she said with a shy face: "Master, you are so bad."
Guan Yu has been trapped in that small highland for two days and two nights. He has neither waited for reinforcements from Xuzhou nor seen any sign of the surrounding water retreating. He has not slept for two consecutive days and nights, let alone that.
With dozens of soldiers, Guan Yu, who was revered as the Martial Saint by later generations, found it difficult to support himself.
Just when Guan Yu was about to despair, he suddenly heard his own soldiers shouting: "General, look!"
Guan Yu cheered up and looked along the direction of the soldiers' fingers. He saw more than a dozen small boats speeding towards this side. He suddenly lost all fatigue. He grabbed the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted loudly: "Get ready to greet us."
enemy!"
They had been besieged on the high ground these days, with no boats or food. Even if they tried desperately, they could not reach the enemy. They were about to be trapped here alive. Suddenly seeing the enemy coming forward, everyone's spirits were lifted.
.But Guan Yu knew in his heart that they had not eaten a grain of rice for two days in a row. In this state, it was impossible to fight the enemy. They were just struggling to death.
Those small boats stopped far away, and only one boat continued to paddle forward slowly. Guan Yu understood that this was the lobbyist sent by the other party to persuade him to surrender. He couldn't help but tighten the sword in his hand. With Guan Yu's arrogant character
, he is absolutely unwilling to surrender to the enemy. He has secretly made up his mind that as soon as the opponent's lobbyist gets off the boat, he will cut him into two pieces to show his feelings!
As the boat approached, a voice from the bow shouted: "General Guan, I'm sorry for you."
Guan Yu took a closer look and saw that the man on the bow of the boat was Shopkeeper Song. The knife in Guan Yu's hand could not help but slowly lowered.
There was no one else in the boat except Shopkeeper Song. The boat was rowed by Shopkeeper Song himself, so it was so slow. Shopkeeper Song got on the shore, and with a "plop", he knelt down in front of Guan Yu, tears streaming down his face, and cried.
Said: "General Guan, the common people are guilty! The common people really can't survive the punishment, so they will do anything."
Guan Yu had long noticed the scars on Shopkeeper Song's body. They were all whip wounds, from the chest to the back, the skin was torn and the flesh was torn. It was shocking to see. In Guan Yu's eyes, Shopkeeper Song was just an ordinary businessman. After being tortured like this, what happened?
able to support
If he goes down, he will naturally reveal where the disaster relief grains he got are transported. Guan Yu sighed, helped shopkeeper Song up, and said: "Mr. Song, they asked you to come, they didn't ask you to accompany Guan.
Are we trapped here together?"
Shopkeeper Song reached into his arms, took out a few pieces of paper, handed them to Guan Yu, and said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of General Guan's jokes. The common people didn't dare to come, but they just couldn't bear it, so I had to
Send them two letters."
Guan Yu let out a "hum" and took the two letters from Shopkeeper Song without saying a word. The letters were speckled with blood from the wound on Shopkeeper Song's chest, which showed that Shopkeeper Song's wounds had not been bandaged neatly.
, and were driven over by those people.
The first letter, written in Juanxiu handwriting, was written by Cao Hui himself, describing his longing for Guan Yu and his affection. Guan Yu originally didn't have much emotion for Cao Hui, and regarded her more as a substitute for Du Xiuniang.
It was just a fetus, so no matter how sincerely Cao Hui spoke, Guan Yu was not moved.
Suddenly, the expression on Guan Yu's face changed, and there were two lines at the end of the letter that caught his eyes deeply. Cao Hui wrote there that she was already pregnant with Guan Yu's flesh and blood, and she hoped that Guan Yu could return safely.
She didn't want her child to lose his father before he was born.
Guan Yu couldn't help but think of his first wife, Mrs. Hu, and the young Guan Ping. Back then, Guan Yu had to leave his beloved wife and young son and flee because of a life-threatening lawsuit. Later, he followed Liu Bei and wandered all the way, and gradually lost his mind.
News about the mother and son. Now, Cao Hui is pregnant with his flesh and blood again, and he has to be the mother again.
But what's even worse is that Cao Hui fell into the hands of the enemy. Even if Cao Hui is lucky enough to remain innocent and not be insulted, she will inevitably be destined to be a slave, and Guan Yu's child will also be born
He became someone else's slave from the day he came down. He could not accept such a result under any circumstances!