Liu Xin looked at Kuai Liang, who was sweating profusely, and said, "Zi Rou, do you know him?"
Kuailiang said with embarrassment: "Back to the lord, this person is called Chen Jie. He is the head of the Chen family, one of the four Xiangyang families that his subordinates once said. He has tens of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hectares in fertile fields. This Xiangyang city The southeast area is his family’s land."
Liu Xin understood. No wonder he knew Kuailiang. These aristocratic families are often inextricably linked. It can be said that they break the bones and connect the tendons. Is it to put him on the face of Kuailiang? This makes Liu Xin a little embarrassed.
Although Chen Jie was a little arrogant, he was not stupid. Hearing Kuailiang called Liu Xin his lord, he knew that the young man in front of him was really Jingzhou Mu. Seeing Liu Xin's face hesitated, he knelt and said, "The little man doesn't know. It’s Master State Shepherd, there are many collisions, please forgive me!"
It's okay for him not to speak. When he spoke, Liu Xin hesitated at first, and the fire of "teng" came up, and said to Kuailiang: "Zi Rou, you are now the prefect of Xiangyang, what is the crime of this robbing girl? "
The two families of Kuai and Chen had a lot of contacts, and Kuailiang had to bite the bullet and said to Liu Xin: "Going back to the lord, there have been more than 100,000 refugees living in Xiangyang from Nanyang and Yingchuan, and many of them are beautiful women. Xiangyang and Large gentry families in the nearby counties often come here, but when they see some pretty women, they pay to buy them as slaves. There is even a single woman who lives here, helpless, and willingly entrusts herself to the rich as slaves. I just want to be able to eat. I think Chen Jie can't do the job of robbing people's girls. Maybe this woman volunteered for it."
Liu Xin turned around and asked the woman: "This sister-in-law, where are you from? But voluntarily entrust the Chen family as a slave?"
The woman cried miserably, choked and said, "Going back to my lord, the slave family's surname is Zhu, married to Wancheng Zou's family. The Yellow Turban bandits occupied Wancheng, and the slave family took the little girl out of the city in chaos. I heard that a few days ago. Wancheng recovered and wanted to go home. Unexpectedly, her husband’s and her parents’ homes were all burned to nothing. The husband’s parents-in-law did not know their life or death, and they were unable to commit to relatives. They were living here with their little daughter. In desperation, he had to join the Chen family as a slave, indeed voluntary , It’s just that I never thought that member Chen would not accept the little girl, and the slave family was begging hard."
After hearing what Zhu said, Chen Jie felt confident and said, "My lord, you have also heard it. The villain dare not say a little lie. The villain will take their mother and daughter home and treat them well, please rest assured."
Liu Xin sneered: "Huh, take them home? Don't think about it!"
He knew that Chen Jie was just a stopgap measure. Who knew what would happen after he brought Zhu's mother and daughter home, so he said to Zhu's again: "Sister Zou, are you willing to go back with me, or are you willing to follow him? go back?"
Zhu knew that with his appearance, no matter who fell into the hands of him, it would be more difficult to keep his innocent body than to climb to the sky. Although she was born in a scholarly family and knows courtesy, justice and shame, she knows better that in this age when men are inferior to women, it is sorrow for women to be born in troubled times, and beautiful women are even more sorrowful. By this time, she was desperate for her daughter. Zhu did not hesitate at all, pulled the little girl towards Liu Xin and knelt to the ground, and said: "As long as the master is willing to take in my mother and daughter, the slave family is willing to be a cow and a horse for the rest of my life and serve the master."
Liu Xin helped her mother and daughter up, looked at Chen Jie and said, "What else do you have to say?"
"Yes, yes, yes, the villain is leaving now, now." Chen Jie turned and left in embarrassment, but muttered, "What an adult, it's not bullying."
Since Liu Xin came to the Han Dynasty, not only her kung fu has improved by leaps and bounds, but her hearing has also improved a lot. When Chen Jie said this, although his voice was small, it reached Liu Xin's ears but it was very clear. He suddenly remembered that Kuailiang had said just now that the southeast area outside Xiangyang City was the land of the Chen family. As soon as he rolled his eyes, he had an idea. , Said: "Want to go? It's not that easy!"
Chen Jie was about to leave with the support of the two patrons, but the gang of patrons was still lying on the ground and couldn't get up. After listening to Liu Xin's words, he couldn't help but stand still and couldn't move his steps.
Liu Xin turned to Jushou and asked, "Gongyou, this member of Chen said just now that I was the one who beat me Jingzhou Mu! If Dianwei came quickly, and seven or eight people beat me, where would I have my life? The Chen family is rich and powerful. Outside Xiangyang City is his home. I really don't know how to deal with this matter."
Jushou saw Liu Xin's wink, and said with a serious face: "Chen Jie is bold and reckless, attempting to assassinate the lord, it is no different from rebellion, according to the law, he should be copied and cut, and the nine clans of him will be punishable!"
Chen Jie slumped to the ground after hearing Ju's referee. Kuailiang was also shocked and hurriedly said, "Is the conviction of Gongyou too heavy? Please think twice."
Liu Xin's eyes flashed cruelly. He patted Kuailiang on the shoulder pretending to be understanding, and said: "Zi Rou, you are a local. It's a bit difficult to leave this to you. Let the public Go and do it, check him carefully, what other illegal things are there, as for the Jiu Clan, you don’t have to."
Chen Jie had already fainted. He couldn't think of it anyway. He just picked a woman, how could he be like this.
Liu Xin watched Chen Jie and the gang being dragged down by the soldiers, thinking that if Zhu Clan was taken home by Chen Jie, the little girl in front of him would be an orphan, and he couldn’t help but think of the brother and sister he saw just now. When I looked back, they were long gone. Liu Xin turned to Kuailiang again and said, "Mr. Zirou, the burden on your shoulders is very heavy. Among these refugees, there are many children without parents. You can find a way to build an orphanage and take them in properly. Take care. In addition, the Nanyang area has gradually calmed down. You must hurry up to organize the local refugees to return to their hometown, so that you must not miss the summer broadcast and affect the autumn harvest."
Kuailiang didn't expect that Liu Xin would use these thunderbolt methods to deal with Chen Jie. He was unavoidably sad in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the subordinates will do their best."
Liu Xin looked at Kuailiang’s lonely back, and said to Jushou: "Gongyou, Zirou is probably scared by your words, go and enlighten him. However, you still have to check Chen Jie, and his home is still going to Copy, the land outside Xiangyang City will also be reclaimed, isn't the land for the expansion all available? As for the full copy, I don't think it is necessary."
Jushou smiled and agreed, and chased in the direction where Kuai Liang had left. Liu Xin said to Zhu's mother and daughter: "You also tidy up and come back to the house with me."
The mother and daughter were impoverished, and there was really nothing to clean up, but a broken bowl was also shattered in the pull just now, and it was easy to follow Liu Xin on the road. Liu Xin saw that the little girl was young, her eyes were red from crying, and she was leaning against her mother timidly. She couldn't help but stretched out her hands to the little girl: "Little sister, come, let the uncle hold her."
The little girl fluttered with a pair of big eyes, staring at Liu Xin, but she didn't speak, and she shrank back. It was obvious that she was shocked by the scene just now.
Liu Xin walked forward, touched the little girl's head with a smile, and asked: "Little sister, don't be afraid, uncle is a good person. Come, tell uncle, what's your name?"
The little girl said softly: "My name is Ruier."
Liu Xin continued to coax the little girl: "Ruier, um, what a nice name! How old are you this year?"
The little girl's mood has relaxed a little, and she replied softly: "I am seven years old this year."
"Oh, seven years old, she will be a big girl soon." Liu Xin took the little girl carelessly, hugged him, and said, "However, you walk very slowly like this, let the uncle hug and walk faster , We can get home sooner."
The little girl struggled desperately on Liu Xin's hands and burst into tears: "Wow... Mom, I want mom."
Liu Xin patted the little girl on the back and coaxed: "Rui'er is good, go to the uncle's house with mother, and there will be food to eat, and Rui'er will not cry." The little girl is probably very hungry these days. I heard that there is food. After eating, there was no trouble, and the saliva flowed on Liu Xin's shoulder.
Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief now. With him holding the little girl, everyone can walk faster, so he said to Zhu, "Sister Zou, let's go quickly, we won't be able to catch up with lunch when it's too late."
At first, Zhao didn't understand what Liu Xin meant to hug her daughter. He only thought that he had different opinions, and like Chen Jie, he wanted to throw her daughter far away. Now he finally relaxes and says, "Thank you, sir."
Liu Xin and Dianwei brought the Zhu family into the city. Zou Rui became restless in Liu Xin's arms. These days, she stayed outside the city and mixed with the refugees. Xiangyang city was more expensive than Wancheng. It has become more prosperous. The child is curious about everything. He can’t help but look around, twisting around Liu Xin’s hand. Liu Xin’s arm gradually aches and he can’t help sighing, “This child is really troublesome. Seeing that there are no two or two flesh, this hand is quite sour after holding it for a while."
Seeing Liu Xin's funny appearance of holding her daughter, Zhu's obviously hadn't held the child much before, so he couldn't help but say. "Master, let me hug you."
Liu Xin looked at her thin body and said, "Forget it, it will be here soon. You have not eaten enough for a few days. Let me come. By the way, you tell me what relatives are there at home. Once settled down, I will send someone to find it."
Zhu showed a sad expression and said sadly: "Going back to the master, I am afraid that no one is alive in the slave family's family and her family's family. But Ruier once agreed to a private house, and that person went to Kansai. I don't know what is going on now."
Liu Xin looked at Zou Rui strangely, and asked in a puzzled way: "It stands to reason that your husband's family is in a good family situation. Rui'er is only seven years old, so she shouldn't be married to someone so early."
Zhu said: "This is all set by my husband. A year ago, my husband went to visit friends and met a robber. He was rescued by a young man. The young man called himself Zhang Ji and went to join the army in Guanxi. My husband saw him. Having a martial arts skill, and saving his life, he betrothed Ruier to him. Eight years later, the young man came to Wancheng to marry Ruier."
Liu Xin heard that the boy was called "Zhang Ji", and she was in a hurry. It wouldn't be so coincidental. The Zhu family married to the Zou family. Could it be that the little girl she was holding was Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou? Liu Xin couldn't help but look back at Dian Wei. He died because of the Zou family in history! Dian Wei didn't realize it. He didn't say much, but silently followed Liu Xin and Zhu's. Liu Xin couldn't help but stretched out a finger, frivolously raised the chin of the little girl in his hand, and looked at it carefully.