Qiao Xuan and Liu Mang are both stubborn people, like two stubborn donkeys, staring at each other and disobeying each other.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu and Yang Hong were covering up and asked Liu Mang to go back to the backyard first, and Qiao Xuan calmed down. This is a big matter and there is no need to rush it. We can discuss it carefully, which prevented the two from continuing to fight.
Back in the inner courtyard, Liu Mang was so angry that he couldn't let it go, this old man Qiao was so angry
"My lord calm down, calm down!" Yang Hong comforted Liu Mang.
"Calm down, how to calm down, this old man Qiao Xuan, I knew he was a stubborn old man before, but who would have thought that he would be so stubborn, it's like the smelly and hard stones in the latrine." Liu Mang said angrily.
"My lord, you can't blame Qiao Xuan for this, the daughter's reputation is still very important!" Yang Hong helped Qiao Xuan with good words, knowing that it would be difficult to recover the rumors that spread, and now everyone in Yangzhou Pointing at Qiao Xuan.
Because Qiao Xuan's prestige was too high before, Qiao Xuan went home in seclusion, and even the yellow scarf bandits passed by Wancheng did not touch him at all. It can be seen that he has a high reputation among the people, and now such a highly respected person has spread out. Do you think the old man will not be angry with such rumors.
"Hmph!" Liu Mang snorted coldly.
"My lord, Qiao Xuande's high prestige is really making a fuss. It's not a good thing for me in Yangzhou!" Xu Shu also came over there, and Xu Shu naturally knew about such a big matter. Liu Mang just used Yangzhou's big exam to win over him The hearts of many students and talents, if they were disturbed by this Qiao Xuan, would really be in vain.
Why did Sun Ce and Zhou Yu marry the two sisters of the Qiao family? It's not just the two sisters who look like flowers and jade. love beauty. Just take it back and be a concubine. The real reason is Qiao Xuan's prestige. As long as Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the Qiao family become in-laws, the hearts of Jiangdong scholars will be subdued, and other students will continue to flow because of the Qiao family's relationship. Come, this is what Sun Ce wants.
Qiao Xuan's status in Jiangdong was comparable to Pang Degong's status in Jingzhou. Pang Degong was in Jingzhou, even Liu Biao had to be courteous. Call Pang Gong respectfully, when Liu Mang was able to escape from Jingzhou, Pang Degong was very capable.
And now Qiao Xuan is Jiangdong's stepping stone, if Liu Mang really drives Qiao Xuan to death, the fun will be great.
Jiangdong's students would rather go to Cao Cao or other princes to be an unknown official than come to Liu Mang's recruiting order.
"Then what can we do? Do you agree to him?" Liu Mang was also helpless, this old stick was simply a piece of shit.
"This!" Xu Shu still shook his head. This old man Qiao Xuan is difficult to deal with, and Liu Mang's other father-in-law is even more difficult to deal with. This old man Qiao can still be reasonable, even if he is unreasonable, he just commits suicide to force Liu Mang. reckless. But the other father-in-law is different, maybe he will kill him.
Just when Liu Mang was still in trouble. A servant over there came over and knelt down to Liu Mang, "His Royal Highness, the princess welcomes you!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Mang smiled wryly. After all, he couldn't hide it anymore. Liu Mang looked at Yang Hong and Xu Shu over there, hoping that they could go with him, but he didn't speak yet. One of Xu Shu and Yang Hong said goodbye to Liu Mang because they had something to do at home, and the other thought there were unfinished documents in the cabinet.
"A bunch of heartless people!" Liu Mang scolded through gritted teeth.
Having no choice but to face it alone, Liu Mang walked towards Miss Lu's yard in the backyard.
"Your Highness! The princess is waiting for you inside!" Walking to the door, she naturally saw Miss Lu's personal maid smiling at Liu Mang.
"En!" Liu Mang nodded. Normally, Liu Mang could stop to say hello, but today he couldn't do it anymore. He was not in the mood and walked into the room.
Liu Mang originally thought there was only one Miss Lu, but as soon as he walked in, Liu Mang subconsciously wanted to leave.
"Hey, our King Shu is here, where do you want to go! Come back!" Miss Lu sneered at Liu Mang in the room.
"Hehe, hehe! The weather is really nice today!" Liu Mang said haha, he felt very guilty, because there was no one in the room, only Miss Lu, it was like three trials.
Qiao Yu, Yuan Fang, Sun Shangxiang, and Qian Yu were all there, and Liu Mang was about to cry.
"I heard that His Highness the King of Shu wants to divorce his wife!" Miss Lu said with a sneer.
'No, absolutely not! Where did the rumors come from! "Liu Mang immediately jumped up, wanting to refute the rumors and put himself aside.
"You don't care where the rumors come from, I'll ask you if you are or not!" Miss Lu completely put on her big lady's posture today.
"Ma'am, even if you lend me ten guts, you won't dare! Don't talk about you, Ma'am, and the father-in-law... If you find out, don't kill me!" Liu Mang whispered about the matter of the father-in-law later, He didn't dare to be heard by Miss Lu, if he slipped up while talking to his father, Liu Mang would be waiting to be beaten by Hai.
"Hmph, I'm sorry you don't dare!" Ms. Lu was relieved. In fact, she was still very satisfied with her husband. The wife is still very good. In this era where men are superior to women, women are generally accessories of men, and it is impossible to serve on the table.
But Liu Mang was able to have such an attitude that made everyone very strange.
The reason why the Hedong Lion Roar is so famous is because people find it funny, how can a big man be afraid of his wife.
But Liu Mang came from modern times. In that era, men had to learn to cook and fear of their wives almost became the norm. How could there be more men and fewer women
"Husband, is my father?" Qiao Yu also spoke, but she was still worried about her father. She heard people say that her father was going to be killed in the mansion of King Shu. This one was her husband and the other was her father. She was very embarrassed.
"Your father is fine!" Liu Mang said angrily, that old man Qiao doesn't eat oil or salt. It's just embarrassing.
"Then my sister?" Qiao Yu panicked. She no longer has the aura she had before.
"Yue'er! Hey!" Liu Mang also sighed bitterly. If only the old man Qiao wanted to marry Qiao Yue, Liu Mang would have welcomed him with all his hands, but this old man Qiao wanted to marry Qiao Yue, and he was determined to be his wife.
"Husband, how about I give you a divorce!" Qiao Yu gritted her teeth, stood up and said to Liu Mang.
"Sister, how can this be so?" Several good sisters stood up. Divorce, it's not that Hyundai says divorce and divorce. If there is a divorce, Qiao Yu will really lose face.
"Yeah, sister, if we have something to discuss, we can just discuss it, how can we let my sister do this!" Yuan Fang, Qian Yu and others began to persuade.
"Absolutely not!" Liu Mang refused without even thinking about it, "Yu'er, if I divorce you, there is still a place for you in this world, besides. Yue'er is your father's daughter, aren't you? If I divorce you, your father will definitely be killed outside my mansion of the king of Shu." Divorcing a wife is also called Qi Chu, and Qi Qu (also known as Qi Qi) is an ancient Chinese law, etiquette and In the custom, there are seven conditions that a husband and wife must meet when they divorce. When a wife meets one of the conditions, the husband and his family can request divorce (that is, divorce). Judging from its content, it is mainly from the perspective of the husband and his family and considers his interests, so it can be said to be a kind of oppression for the wife.
Seven outs: Disobedience to parents means that the wife is not filial to her husband's parents. Liu Mang is considered a man without father and mother in this world, so there is no need for Qiao Yu to be filial.
No child, this is indeed one, but Liu Mang's several wives have no children, so this is still not counted, Liu Mang is a little aware that it is his own problem.
Jealous of his wife is so jealous. The reason is "chaotic family", that is, the fierce jealousy of the wife will cause family discord, and the chaos of the ideal husband and wife relationship such as "the husband guides the wife", and in many views, the wife's jealousy of the husband's concubine detrimental to the continuation of the family.
Although Qiao Yu and the others do get jealous sometimes, Liu Mang also knows that this is the reason why they love themselves, and if they don't love themselves, they don't care about it.
"Having a bad disease" talking too much, stealing, none of these have anything to do with Qiao Yu.
Then there is only the last obscene person left, if Qiao Yu is divorced, then this can only be used as an excuse, if this red apricot cheats on women, Qiao Yu will really be ruined.
So Liu Mang refused without even thinking about it.
"Then what should we do?" Qiao Yu said bitterly.
"I will find a way!" Liu Mang settled down, "Ling'er, Yu'er, Fang'er, Xiang'er, and Qian Yu, I just want to wrong you, and you will have another sister!" Liu Mang gave Let his wives get vaccinated in advance.
"As long as you can settle down that Mr. Qiao and help Sister Yu'er settle her worries, there will be more, anyway, you don't do it once or twice!" Miss Lu still felt a little uncomfortable, and coldly snorted at Liu Mang .
Liu Mang smiled awkwardly, indeed, he brought back a girl after going out for a trip, and now that she is all right, there is another one to deliver to her door.
"Thank you ma'am for your understanding, I'll find a solution now!" Liu Mang hurriedly fled the country of daughters.
Back in his study, Liu Mang frowned after thinking for a long time but couldn't come up with any solution.
"My lord, if you can't figure it out, you can ask Mr. Neixiang and other adults to discuss it together!" Guan Hai suggested to Liu Mang.
"That's right!" Liu Mang nodded, "Guan Hai, go to Xu Shu, Tian Feng, Lu Su and others and call me!" Liu Mang said to Guan Hai.
"My lord, where is Zhuge Shangshu?" Guan Hai asked suspiciously because Zhuge Liang was not in Liu Mang's name.
"That villager!" Liu Mang hesitated, if you tell this villager, it is true that this villager is very scheming, but you also need to know that this villager will definitely laugh at the beginning and use this to mock him this lord.
"Sooner or later, I will kill that villager!" Liu Mang said fiercely, but let Guan Hai bring Zhuge Liang along.
In 203 A.D., at this moment that can be recorded in history, Yangzhou's cabinet met for the first time. When nine members of the council entered the hall, the first proposal they had to make was how to deal with old man Qiao Xuan.
"Haha, haha!" Sure enough, Liu Mang's guess was right, Zhuge Liang smiled and pointed at Liu Mang, not paying attention to the lord at all.
"Damn the villager!" Liu Mang's black line wanted to kill Zhuge Liang more and more deeply.
But Liu Mang still resisted the urge to punch Zhuge Liang's handsome face.
"A meeting!" Liu Mang gritted his teeth.
Lu Su pulled Zhuge Liang by the side. This best friend is fine with everything else. But I don't know why I always like to fight against Liu Mang, who is the protagonist.
After being pulled by Lu Su, Zhuge Liang stopped laughing so presumptuously. But if you look closely, you will find that there is still a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Everyone should know how to deal with this Qiao Xuan!" Liu Mang asked with a headache.
"My lord, Qiao Xuande, is highly respected. You can't use a hard one!" Xu Shu, who was the inner minister over there, was the first to speak. Qiao Xuan was a former captain. With a hard one, Liu Mang could indeed kill Qiao Xuan. But what about after Qiao Xuan died? Liu Mang was the first person who couldn't get rid of the suspicion. Maybe it's the target of everyone's crusade. Liu Mang's Yangzhou Army has just been bleached. Liu Mang doesn't want to be hacked to pieces again, so not only can this old man Qiao Xuan not die, but Liu Mang also needs to ensure his safety. To keep one's reputation from becoming ugly.
"But this Qiao Xuan, he won't eat anything soft!" Liu Mang rubbed his head and said. If Qiao Xuan liked wealth, then it would be no problem for Liu Mang to give him tens of thousands of gold. He likes real estate. Then give him a big mansion in Shouchun, if he likes horses. Choose a good war horse for him, if you like beautiful women!
Cough cough, Liu Mang suddenly remembered that even if Qiao Xuan likes beautiful women, he is powerless now, if he sent them over by himself, the old man Qiao Xuan might really die of anger.
A person who doesn't eat anything soft or hard is the most difficult to deal with. There is a saying that goes without desire.
"So, it's better to have only one wife!" Villager Zhuge summed it up for Liu Mang.
"Village Zhuge!" Liu Mang gritted his teeth and waited for Zhuge Liang. He shouldn't have brought this villager here. Speaking of which, he, Zhuge Liang, had half of the credit for this matter. How could I be drunk? If I wasn't drunk, I wouldn't stay overnight in Zhou Yu's mansion.
"Zhuge Shangshu, why did the other wife come to my household department to ask about your salary last month? It was all given to you!" Mi Zhu over there started to speak kindly to Liu Mang. "Or Zhuge Shangshu, you didn't hand it back in time?"
"Mi Zifang! Brother Zifang, you didn't tell me everything!" Zhuge Liang's eyes widened suddenly. Last month's salary was indeed what Liu Mang said would be deducted from his money, but in the end it was not implemented, but Zhuge Liang used it. With this excuse, less salary was paid. As for where the money was spent, hehe, I heard that in the Liuxiang Pavilion in Shouchun, a man named Kong Gongzi spent a lot of money.
"Say it!" Mi Zhu said innocently to Zhuge Liang.
"It's over, it's over!" Zhuge Liang slumped onto the chair. Mrs. Huang of their family will kill him after he goes back.
Liu Mang felt very comfortable seeing Zhuge Liang being deflated, and seeing Mi Zhu winking at him over there, he couldn't help but understand, this Mi Zhu definitely didn't say anything, maybe he helped Zhuge Liang lie, but he didn't say it , who said that businessman's IQ is not good, at least Zhuge Villager panicked.
"Hehe!" Liu Mang's mood is much more comfortable, making you Zhuge Villager feel awkward, now that you know how powerful it is, it is a kind of happiness to let Zhuge Villager accompany you because of your unlucky luck.
"My lord, can you lend me some money!" Villager Zhuge said to Liu Mang with a mournful face.
"Borrow money, how much?" Liu Mang asked with a smile.
"Five hundred, no, one thousand gold, just one thousand gold!" Zhuge Liang's salary was very high, five thousand shi a year.
"Why do you want so much money?" Although a thousand pieces of gold is not much to Liu Mang, it is also a lot to Zhuge Liang. After all, this person is not the kind of person who likes corruption. To him, a gentleman loves money. The way.
"Don't worry about it!" Zhuge Liang declined, he wanted to pay back the money, part of it was to make up the holes in the house, and part of it was to make up the money for the Liuxiang Pavilion.
"When are you going to change?" Liu Mang asked.
"I am next month, no, next month, not next month!" Zhuge Liang suddenly discovered a problem, that is, his salary has become an endless loop. After retiring, Zhuge Liang was completely impoverished, and all salaries had to be handed over. Thus. Where does he have money to pay back
"No money to pay back. Who will lend you!" Liu Mang said angrily to Zhuge Liang.
"Everyone?" Zhuge Liang turned his attention to the other cabinet members nearby. I hope to borrow money from other members to plug my hole.
Xu Shu shook his head, "Kong Ming, you know, all my money is used to buy books except expenses." Xu Shu didn't just buy books for himself, but also bought them for those poor children who wanted to study. of. It can be said that Xu Shu really has a breeze in his sleeves. Except for the support for his old mother, everything else is spent on the construction of Yangzhou.
Tian Feng also stretched out his hand and shook his head, "I'm new here, I have no money!"
As for the rich, such as Mi Zhu and Lu Su, they know that the lord is going to play tricks on this Zhuge villager, so how can they borrow it. One said that her younger sister was going to get married and prepare a dowry, she had no money, and she had a salary to support the family, all of which was perfunctory.
Zhuge Liang had no choice but to turn his attention to Liu Mang.
"You can borrow money if you want!" Liu Mang gave Zhuge Liang a glimmer of hope. Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly brightened.
"But I have one condition!" Liu Mang put forward his condition.
"Don't say one condition, I will agree to ten conditions!" If those in Liu Mang's mansion are tigresses, then the one in Zhuge Liang's house is the Lion's Roar, because Liu Mang also learned martial arts, And Zhuge Liang's small body, coupled with the fact that Mrs. Huang in their family is said to be a female hero with an IQ not inferior to Zhuge Liang's. She has studied all kinds of swords and sticks, and is even interested in gunpowder. Liu Ye is ready to use it. The right servant of the Ministry of Industry of mine was given to Mrs. Huang.
This shows how terrifying this Mrs. Huang is. Liu Mang made the wives unhappy, at most he was tortured. And our Mr. Zhuge Liang might shoot out a gunpowder when he is sleeping.
"It's enough with your words!" Liu Mang laughed, "I'll fix this Qiao Xuan for me, if I can't figure it out, I'm out of luck, and you won't be able to explain it when you go back!" Liu Mang threatened Zhuge Liang.
"You are ruthless!" Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said, sitting there thinking hard.
Although everyone around felt sympathy for Zhuge Liang being punished by the lord, there was also a kind of envy, that Zhuge Liang was able to laugh and laugh like the lord.
"Yes!" Zhuge Liang screamed suddenly while everyone was still thinking.
"What's there?" Liu Mang looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.
"This Qiao Xuan doesn't take hard things, so let's be soft!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Mang.
Liu Mangkong was overjoyed and complained to Zhuge Liang, "If you can use soft, I still use you?" Qiao Xuan doesn't want money, houses, cars, and beautiful women.
"My lord, those soft things of yours are useful to us, but they are of course useless to that seventy-year-old Mr. Qiao!" Zhuge Liang shook his head and said to Liu Mang, such things as beauties and money are very useful to young people like Zhuge Liang. It's useful, but what's the use for Qiao Xuan, a seven-year-old and eighty-year-old? Can beautiful women just look at them or not? Powerless! Stop making the old man angry.
"Then what kind of soft one do you use?" Liu Mang frowned. This old man is not bad at anything.
"Master, why did this Qiao Xuan force his daughter to marry you?" Zhuge Liang asked Liu Mang.
"It's not the last time I got drunk and accidentally slept in his daughter's boudoir. After the disaster, the rumor came out from somewhere, so it became like this!" Liu Mang said helplessly.
"Then in the end, what Qiao Xuan wants is fame!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Mang.
"Fame?" Liu Mang's eyes lit up immediately, that's right, this Qiao Xuan is really concerned about his own reputation in the end, he doesn't want to be overturned in the gutter when he gets old, and his reputation will be completely ugly, you have to know that the son is not the godfather Well, if Qiao Yue spreads some rumors, it means that Qiao Xuan's family education is not strict. What would you make Qiao Xuan, a man who is famous all over the world, think? It is precisely because the old man cares too much about his own reputation that these troublesome things come out now.
"Since Qiao Xuan likes fame, you can just give it to him, my lord!" Zhuge Liang said indifferently to Liu Mang.
"It's easy to say, how to give him a reputation?" Liu Mang was also helpless, money, or beautiful women, these things are all material things, as long as you have money and power, you can get them naturally, even he Qiao Xuan thought If he wants to be an official, Liu Mang can even ask him for a position as a state pastor, but how can he get this reputation? Isn't this a joke!
"My lord, this matter is simple and easy to say, and difficult to say, but this matter is not difficult for you, my lord!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Mang with a smile.
"Oh?" Liu Mang looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously.
"If you want to be famous, you need to write books and talk about it, and be famous all over the world!" Zhuge Liang explained to Liu Mang.
"Write a book and talk about it?" Liu Mang frowned.
"My lord, this matter is very difficult for other princes, but for you, my lord, it is extremely simple!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Mang with a smile. He even pointed to Liu Mang's case table,
On Liu Mang's case table was a copy of Sima Qian's Historical Records. This thing was written on paper, not that kind of wooden slips, and it was not copied, but printed.
"That's right! Why didn't I think of it!" Liu Mang's eyes lit up suddenly. With this method, few people in the world can withstand his temptation.
"Master, the three thousand gold? Hehe!" Zhuge Liang's side changed into three thousand gold.
"Huh?" Liu Mang's eyes widened. You are raising the price on the spot and paying back the money on the spot. However, although three thousand gold is expensive, Liu Mang can still afford it, "Come on, give Zhuge Shangshu three thousand gold!"
Liu Mang didn't want to deal with this money-lovers villager Zhuge, so he prepared to deal with Qiao Xuan like this. (To be continued..)