Ma Yun turned her head, looked at Liu Xin seriously, and said, "No matter how you pretend to be, this look can't hide from me."
Liu Xin laughed and said, "That's right. No matter how high the disguise is, there are two places that can't be disguised. One is the look in the eyes and the other is the temperament, which will reveal the truth inadvertently. Look at Ah Chou, Her eyes are full of self-confidence. This self-confidence is absolutely impossible to pretend. How can a little girl who looks so ugly be so confident without inferiority? That means she is not ugly at all."
Ma Yun also smiled and said, "What can you tell me, she is a four-year-old child, knows what beauty and ugliness is. If this is the case, how can Yuer play with her?"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "You don't understand. Yu'er is a boy and pays less attention to his appearance. But A Chou is different. A girl is beautiful, so why wouldn't she pay attention to her appearance? You look like you. At this age, does she like to look in the mirror? Does she like to wear floral clothes?"
Ma Yun closed her eyes and silently recalled the past of her childhood, with a chuckle at the corner of her mouth.
Liu Xin couldn't help but look at her appearance, and asked: "Do you remember how stinky when you were a child?"
Ma Yun said falsely: "You are so stinky! However, there seems to be something like that, but I don't remember it clearly. However, this doesn't mean that A Chou will be very confident in his appearance."
Liu Xin smiled and said, "You should still believe my eyes. If nothing else, the birthmark on her face was definitely glued on later. I also know that there is a plant sap that people put in when they take a bath. , The skin will turn black, and the hair will turn yellow. If you wash it again with clean water, it will return to its original state."
Ma Yun pondered: "So, Ah Chou should be very beautiful, so why did she deliberately make herself like this?"
Liu Xin said: "It's not easy to say that it's very beautiful, but it's definitely not much worse. As for why she wants to be like this, I can only ask her father."
Ma Yun suddenly turned her head, looked at Liu Xin, and said seriously: "Husband, you think A Chou and Yu'er can play together. If she is really beautiful, it would be nice to be a wife for Yu'er. "
Liu Xin was taken aback by what she said, and quickly said: "Don’t be fooling around, that’s Zhuge Liang’s wife. I heard that the wooden cow and Liuma were created by the two of them. I also want to see the legendary wooden cow and horse. What is it like."
Ma Yun said disapprovingly: "What's wrong with Zhuge Liang's wife, I don't believe that my son can't compare to him. Besides, you can't just allow your state official to set fire and not let the people light the lamp."
Liu Xin asked incomprehensibly: "What do you mean by the state official setting fire?"
Ma Yun snorted coldly: "I don't know. In the Song Dynasty, there was a state official named Tian Deng, because he was taboo from others to say his name, and'Deng' and'Deng' are homophonic, so it is stipulated that all people should use'Deng'. The place of the word is always changed to the word'fire'. On the Lantern Festival, the government has to light up the lights for three days as a rule, but the notice posted on the big book'Henzhou sets fire for three days according to the law'."
Liu Xin touched her head and said in doubt: "I also know this allusion, but what does it have to do with me?"
Ma Yun stared at Liu Xin and looked up and down, and suddenly "hummed": "You really don't know or you don't know if you are fake. Do you only allow you, the state official to rob Cao Cao's wife, and my son is not allowed to rob Zhuge Liang's wife?"
Liu Xin suddenly realized that he was speechless.
Early the next morning, Huang Chengyan's family bid farewell to Cai Hao. Cai Tao tried his best to stay, and said, "Sister, sister-in-law, it's rare for you to come to Xiangyang. You should stay a few more days before leaving."
Huang Chengyan said: "I can feel the changes in Jingzhou when I was at home. I didn't expect this time to come to Xiangyang, which surprised me even more. I have to go home quickly and put my mind on it. It seems that this Liuzhou Mu has returned. It's not easy. It's amazing to be able to do this at a young age!"
Cai Hao repeatedly echoed: "That is, that is."
Huang Chengyan added: "Moreover, this Jingzhou briefing produced by Liuzhou Mu is also very good. Reading the content on it often gives people a lot of inspiration."
Cai Hao echoed: "That is, that is."
Huang Chengyan continued: "Even the little son of the Liu family is not simple. After hearing A Chou came back and talked about the truths he said, I haven't figured it out yet. I really don't know how his head grows."
Cai Hao agreed as usual: "That is, that is."
Huang Chengyan looked at Cai Hao, and said earnestly: "Degui, you have to follow Master Zhoumu. I guess it won’t be long before Liu Zhoumu will re-arrange a position for you. If I guess right, I should let you Be a prefect."
Cai Hao nodded and said, "That is, that is. Ah! You said the lord will let me be a prefect! How is this possible? The prefect is much better than my Duwei."
In the past two days, Huang Chengyan has watched several issues of Jingzhou briefings at Cai Hao’s home. He already knows that the powers and responsibilities of the prefects of Jingzhou counties have changed a lot compared with before. With Cai Hao’s level, it’s nothing to say to be a county magistrate. Such a prefect he is also competent, so there is such a guess. Huang Chengyan couldn't understand how such a powerful person as Liu Xin would let Cai Hao become the captain of the navy army. He would only "that is, that was" in the evening to follow him. Huang Chengyan is very clear about the abilities of his uncle's eldest brother, and his martial arts skills are mediocre, and he doesn't know much about strategy. Not to mention that he is not good at leading the navy, even the infantry. How did he know that Liu Xin's arrangement was entirely because of a sentence in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", saying that Cai Hao and Zhang Yun have lived in Jiangdong for a long time and are well versed in water warfare.
Seeing Cai Hao’s excited look, Huang Chengyan shook his head and said, “Degui, you don’t need to think too much about it now. Just think about it at home. If you did something wrong in the past, just wait for Liu Zhoumu’s appointment. In addition, after hearing your sister come back, Liu Zhoumu’s ladies are all beautiful, and there is little chance for the younger sister to stay in the Zhoumu Mansion. You should think of a way to get her back."
Cai Hao said bitterly: "My sister has already said that, the younger sister herself refuses to come back, what can I do."
Huang Chengyan looked up and said, "It's not too early. Let's say goodbye. You take care."
Cai Hao arched his hands and said: "Sister, sister-in-law, you have a good journey, remember to come back often."
Huang Chengyan smiled and said, "If you don't ask me in the future, I will come often too. At least I will borrow the Jingzhou newsletter every month."
A Chou said seriously, "Father, I want to come too, I want to see my aunt!"
Cai Yue smiled and said, "My A Chou doesn't want to see my aunt, but that little brother."
A Chou pursed his mouth and said with a face full of dissatisfaction: "Who said he is the older brother? It's almost the same as he is the younger brother."
Entering May, Jingzhou has a series of happy events. This year, the weather has been smooth and the summer grain harvest has been harvested again. This is the fourth consecutive year of bumper harvest. The two little sons of the State Shepherd's House have passed the week. Ma Yun learned to be good this time. When catching Zhou, she no longer carries things, but puts the plates in front of the children and lets them pick them by themselves. She also made her mind. The cover of the book that was played back on the plate was very colorful on the cover, which was very eye-catching. Sure enough, Ma Fan grabbed the thread-bound book in his hand, and Ma Yun suddenly smiled when he saw this situation. When Liu Pi caught Zhou, it was the same result, and Bian Yu naturally couldn't help it. Liu Xin knew the tricks in it a long time ago, but seeing them so happy, he didn't say anything.
In June, Liu Xin really announced the personnel changes. Appointed Han Opera as the director of Jingbei Road to fully supervise the government affairs of the five counties of Jingbei. Kuailiang was appointed as the general manager of Jingnan Road to fully supervise the government affairs of the four counties of Jingnan. Liu Xin’s appointment in this way was carefully considered. Now the prefects’ candidates are irrelevant. However, if the prefects, captains, and tax officials are directly managed by him, the workload is too large, and he needs to be between himself and these local officials. Set up a role similar to the governor, so there is the position of director. Jingbei is adjacent to Yingchuan. The Korean opera is from Yingchuan and was born in Yingchuan Academy. Many famous advisers in the Three Kingdoms came from Yingchuan Academy. Liu Xin now dare not openly recruit talents with great fanfare. Having a man from Yingchuan Academy like Han Opera as a high official in Jingzhou might attract his fellow mentors to come and take the initiative. Kuailiang has always advocated benevolent governance, and he did do the same. Jing Nan just recovered and let him be the manager of Jingnan Road, just to win people's hearts.
Cai Yuan was also appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang on this day. Although Huang Chengyan had predicted that he was very likely to be appointed prefect by Liu Xin, he was so excited that he didn't fall asleep all night when he got the news. Before dawn the next day, Cai Hao quickly got up and immediately sent someone to Baishui to confess her good wishes to Huang Chengyan. He already admired him in his heart, and his brother-in-law was as expected.
Also in June, Zhang Yun, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong, who were responsible for the suppression of the Jingnan bandits, sent a good news. The bandit Ou Xing, who had been rampant in Changsha for more than ten years, was finally completely defeated by this bandit. Ou Xing fled to the outer county with three or five entourages alone. The Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi, who had been entrenched in Lingling and Guiyang for many years, suffered repeated blows and were eventually surrounded and wiped out in the cottage. Both were captured alive.
These three people used to be Liu Xin's heart disease. It was because of them in history that Sun Jian occupied the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. The stone in Liu Xin's heart finally fell to the ground. With a stroke of his pen, he sentenced Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi to a decisive decision. The Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi had been a disaster in Lingling and Guiyang for many years, and the people suffered greatly. Now that they learned that these two bandits were captured alive, they all clapped their hands and cheered. The two men were executed in the open place in Lingling City. On the day of execution, the entire Lingling City was empty.
In the last few days, Cai Wei, who has taken office as a new official, has been extremely active. He didn’t know if he was bored at home for too long, or he wanted to behave well in front of Liu Xin. Now he has to visit Xiangyang city just after dawn every day After a round, I went back to the house for breakfast.
On this day, Cai Hao returned from patrolling the street as usual, but saw Huang Chengyan hurriedly stepping off the carriage, and asked in surprise: "Sister-in-law, why are you here at this time?"