"Uncle Wen is very human."

Deng Yu really admired Liu Xiu, and when ordinary people heard that the person they wanted was going to be robbed, they must have been furious and went out with a sword; Or they are disheartened and feel sorry for themselves.

Only Liu Xiu, after only a little distraction, broke free of Deng Yu's hand, returned to the house without hurrying, and changed into clothes that could meet guests before coming out.

"Let's go!" Deng Yu invited him again.

"Where are you going?"

"Shinno!"

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Zhonghua, don't worry, sit down first, and explain the matter clearly, who is it, and when did you propose to the Yin family?" ”

Deng Yu, who was young and weak, scolded: "Who else can there be, naturally Uncle Wen's nephew and my nephew, Deng Feng, it's really not big or small." ”

Liu Xiu suddenly realized that his second brother-in-law was Deng Chen, and this Deng Feng was the son of Deng Chen's eldest brother, and he was also the eldest son of the Xinye Deng clan.

As for Deng Yu's family, it is already a side branch.

Liu Xiu's mind was deeply hidden, and he admired the Yin family's daughter, and he knew about it with Deng Yu, who got along with him in Chang'an, and even his brother-in-law Deng Chen never told him.

Unexpectedly, he was preempted by his own family, Deng Feng had already taken the wild goose to Najib a few days ago, Deng Yu just heard the news, and rushed south to inform Liu Xiu, which was very interesting.

According to Deng Yu's proposal, they should immediately rush to Xinye, find Liu Xiu's brother-in-law Deng Chen, explain the matter, and then Deng Chen will come forward and ask Deng Feng to cancel this plan as an elder.

As he spoke, Deng Yu found that the plan did not make sense, so he stopped.

Not to mention my fair lady, the gentleman is good, Liu Xiu can't stop others from taking a fancy to the Yin girl. Moreover, he is also a member of the Deng family, knowing that marriage is not child's play, how could Deng Feng's father and the patriarch of the Deng clan give up the marriage plan because of a Liu Xiu's obstruction?

Liu Xiu saw that Deng Yu was distressing for himself, and only relieved: "Zhonghua is busy all the way, he must be cold and hungry, eat first." ”

During the meal, Deng Yu was still absent-minded, but when he saw that Liu Xiu was still eating as before, he couldn't help but secretly say: "Isn't he the one who is determined to marry the Yin girl?" Why am I more anxious than him? ”

If Uncle Liu comes out, you will see that the dishes that Liu Xiu picked up when he ate today were only the plate that leaned most on him, and the dining speed was much faster than usual, and he was calm on the surface, but he was faintly anxious in his heart.

But Liu Xiu was able to stay unfazed, and made a bet with Deng Yu: "Deng Feng's Najib, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"Why?"

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "With all due respect, the Yin clan has thousands of servants, and its power is better than that of Bangjun, and it is the second-class Haoyou in Nanyang, so I am afraid that I can't look down on the Deng clan in the same county." ”

Deng Yu was unconvinced: "Uncle Wen, I don't like to listen to what you say, Deng Feng is the son of the great sect, his great-grandfather has been a history of Yangzhou and Jiaozhi for two generations, and his ancestor has been a lieutenant of Yuzhang, all of whom are big officials." ”

Liu Xiu waved his finger: "The official is not small, but if you look at the region where you serve, you are all in a barren land." ”

Deng Yu scolded: "You Uncle Liu Wen, didn't your great-ancestor also serve as the Taishou of Yulin in Jiaozhou?" ”

"But my grandfather returned to the Central Plains and became the captain of the giant deer." Liu Xiu said: "There is no need to mention the old valve reading in the past, if you really count it more than a hundred years ago, my family is still a prince!" ”

Don't show off the glory of the past, if you want to talk about this, the ancestors of the Yin family have never been an official, but maybe it is really the blessing of the god of the stove, this local tyrant has gone lucky, and the goods and crops have been harvested repeatedly, and the wealth is second only to the Li family in Wancheng for several generations.

There is no shortage of wealth and goods in the Yin family, and what is urgently needed now is to combine with power, so the Deng family, who is in the middle of the road, is afraid that he will be refused, Liu Xiu heard that the father of the lady of the Yin family has a high vision!

Deng Yu found that Liu Xiuyuan was in Caiyang, but he knew the temperament of the Yin family head very well: "Where did Uncle Wen know this?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled mysteriously: "The sister-in-law brother of the lady of the Yin family, Yin Zhi once talked to me. ”

Coincidentally, Yin Zhi is precisely Liu Bosheng's younger brother, he admires Bosheng's good righteousness, and often comes to Cai Yang to mingle, but now he is forced by his family to go to Chang'an to study too much.

As a result, the two didn't go to Xinye, Liu Xiu took Deng Yu to tour the surrounding mountains and rivers, but Deng Yu tossed and turned.

A few days later, they learned from Deng Chen's reply that Deng Feng's invitation to the matchmaker to come to Mennaji was politely refused, and the reason was that the Yin girl was too young......

"What kind of reason is this, sixteen years old, definitely not young, sure enough, as Uncle Wen expected, the Yin family, look down on my family!"

Deng Yu's elbow suddenly stopped turning out, and he became angry, and he almost shouted "Don't bully the poor young man".

At the same time, Deng Yu also admired Liu Xiu more and more: "Uncle Wen is the legend, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and did not change his color, and the elk was prosperous on the left and did not look at it for a moment!" ”

But since even the Deng family, which has a big family, has hit a wall, wouldn't the third son of the Liu family in Chungling, who is even more declining than his family, have no chance to kiss Fangze?

Liu Xiu can only deal with Yin Zhi at present, but he can't take down the Yin family master, with his current white body, it is impossible to take the lead and bring humiliation on himself.

Deng Yu couldn't help but worry: "The beauty of the Yin lady's reputation in Xinye and the surrounding counties, if there is another powerful person who proposes marriage, and the Yin family agrees, then what does Uncle Wen plan to do?" ”

Liu Xiu maintained his usual composure, and pointed to the hundreds of miles in the south, the pine and cypress Sensen Mountain, and said: "Zhonghua knows, what kind of mountain is that?" ”

"Green Forest Mountain." Of course, Deng Yu knows that this is the boundary mountain between Nanyang and Jiangxia and Nanjun, because the pines and cypresses are evergreen, and the harsh winter is not yellow, so it is called a green forest.

In recent years, the world has become more and more difficult, Jingzhou is famine, and the people have gathered in the wilderness, forming several bandits of all sizes, including Nanjun Zhang Ba and Jiangxia sheep herding, all of whom are tens of thousands of people.

And the most powerful is the "green forest thief" who has been entrenched in the green forest mountain for three years, and Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, who are from Xinshi, are reasonable and litigate, so they are promoted to Qu Shuai.

Originally, there were only seven or eight thousand people in the green forest, but last year, Wang Mang levied taxes on the counties twice, forcing a large number of people who could not survive to rebel. The power of the green forest swelled, coupled with the old and weak men and women, gathered 20,000 or 30,000 people, and recruited Nanyang Ma Wu, Yingchuan Wang Chang and other light heroes with cases, there were soldiers and generals, and they had become the head of the "thieves" in Jingzhou.

As a county in the south of Nanyang, Caiyang is separated from the green forest by hundreds of miles. Thanks to the heavy local concept of the Green Forest Army, they mainly attacked Jiangxia, Anlu and other counties to the south, but did not reach the northern foot of the mountains. However, Nanyang is also the third police in January, and the government has allowed the powerful to gather their own arms to prepare for thieves, which is a good opportunity for the Liu brothers to expand their arms.

Liu Xiu said secretly: "Poetry clouds, hundreds of rivers are boiling, and the mountains and mounds are collapsing. The high bank is the valley, and the deep valley is the mausoleum. Although I am now a white-clothed horseman, I can't even step into the gate of the Yin Clan, but who can say for sure in the future? ”

Faced with Deng Yu's naïve question, Liu Xiu only pointed to the green forest mountain, as if serious, and said jokingly: "If there is really such a day, it is a big deal, I will take the guests to rob the marriage privately, and go to the south to invest in the green forest!" ”

……

"I've been in the army for a whole year, but in fact, a whole third of my time has been spent on the road."

This is the feeling of the fifth Lun after coming out of the lofty mountains and mountains of Longyou.

Like when he left Shu and entered Shu last year, this time he returned to the dynasty, and the fifth Lun did not take the same path as before. He took nearly 200 private guards on horseback and brought his own dry food, and after leaving Tewu County, he headed south to Anding County.

The capital of Anding County was called Gaoping (Ningxia Guyuan) in the former Han Dynasty, and now it is called Pumu.

"According to Wang Mang's habit, shouldn't it be the other way around, called 'Pinggao'?"

This place belongs to the traditional six counties, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved to the Qianghu is also mixed here, the road is quite restless, the fifth Lun with so many people fully armed, actually suffered three robberies, all of them retreated.

As soon as he inquired, he found out that this was not the remnants of Sanshui Lu Fang, but several other bandits, after all, under Wang Mang's policy, no matter Hua Rong, it was not easy, these problems were already there, and they could not be solved by killing a Lu Fang.

Leave Gaoping to the south, you will arrive at the famous Xiao Pass, two hundred years ago by the Huns burned down traces have disappeared, the pass is tall, but the fifth Lun knows, the reason why the Huns can not go deep into this place, not because Xiao Pass is narrow, but because, there is a new Qin in the north to block.

The south of Xiaoguan is the steep Longshan (Liupan Mountain), separated from Anding, Tianshui two counties, the fifth Lun with the people to the east, after arriving at the Jingshui Valley, the road is slightly better, as long as the frozen solid water flows to the southeast, you can go all the way to Changling.

And the map of the fifth Lun will also complete the corner of Liangzhou little by little.

But the distance is so far that you can feel the changes of the seasons along the way. When they left Tewu, the river had just been frozen in Lingxin, and when they returned to Guanzhong, when they saw the familiar plains, the water was about to thaw.

In January, the east wind thaws, the stinging insects begin to vibrate, the fish go on the ice, the otter sacrifices the fish, and the wild goose comes north.

The weather improved, and there was a lot of laughter among the ranks of the people of Lienwei County, after all, when they saw Ganquan Mountain on the other side of Jingshui, it meant that their hometown was coming.

For Zheng Tong and Zang Nu, they are no longer the eunuchs who lost their souls when they went and didn't know whether they would live or die tomorrow, but cronies and former officials who have official bodies and still hold the thigh of the fifth general.

But the other side of the river is not quiet, the sound of people is like a big construction site, Wu Lun can see that there are people or pulling, dragging or dragging, using all means to transport the huge beams and pillars from Ganquan Mountain to the bank of Jingshui, waiting for the ice to completely melt and the water to transport down.

As early as the Qin Dynasty, there were no big trees in Ganquan Mountain, and these beams and pillars were actually unloaded from Ganquan Palace!

A hundred years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was anxiously waiting for the news of the Great War between Wei and Huo Mobei in this palace, but in the new dynasty, the emperor rarely went out of Chang'an, so he was idle, few people visited, and even the soldiers and palace maids who guarded the palace were put back to the people.

"What did you do when the Ganquan Palace was demolished? It can't be sent to the palace to chop firewood, right? ”

Fifth Lun didn't understand the meaning of this scene, he only joked with everyone, it stands to reason that Chang'an is not short of fuel to this point.

He didn't know what the imperial court was doing, so he only took his soldiers to speed up and arrived outside Changling City two days later.

He asked his subordinates to stop outside the city, and he took a few people with him, wanting to go into the city to visit the county chief Yin Zhang Zhan, and inquire about the recent rumors in the court, so as to find out what Wang Mang's intention was to summon himself and Dou Rong back.

But just when the Fifth Blessing took out the voucher for entering the city, a large cloth yellow thousand yuan worth a thousand yuan, the city gate official who didn't know the fifth Lun arched his hand to him and kindly reminded: "General, it's not that the subordinates deliberately make things difficult, it's just that the big cloth Huangqian, and even all the big and small money, were abolished at the beginning of the month, and you are no longer allowed to hold this thing when you enter and leave the city!" ”

Hearing this, Wu Lun's tiger body was shocked, and he shouted in his heart: "What, Wang Mang is engaged in currency reform again!?" ”