"You kid, how can you meet your aunt? Now that your mother is gone, my aunt doesn't worry about your family, who cares about you? What's more, the first emperor, your second uncle, and your father, they are all gone, and our Han clan is the only one left. As the only male member of our Han clan, opening up branches for us and letting our royal family have a future, these are the important responsibilities of your child. Uncle has this power to urge you. This matter is decided, unless you don't recognize me as an uncle, otherwise, you have to obey your uncle's arrangement. ”

Ma Guiren has been in charge of the Plains Mansion for more than ten or twenty years, she is not just beautiful and charming, she actually has the temperament of a strong woman.

Seeing that Ma Guiren couldn't say anything, and his expression was a little stubborn, Liu Xian closed his mouth very simply. It seems that this so-called aunt really doesn't treat herself as an outsider.

But don't say it, as Ma Guiren said, there are only a few women in his Han royal family, from his grandfather down. There is only one man, if this Ma Guiren is really her own family, then it is really reasonable for her to worry about these things for herself.

"We'll talk about that later." Liu Xian didn't want to argue with Ma Guiren about these things, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "Let's discuss other things, that, my nephew recognizes you as my stepmother, there is no problem with this, right?" Can you really let the imperial court eliminate the possibility of verifying my identity? ”

"Who would doubt what Mrs. Ben said? You can rest assured, as long as such a name is implemented. This not only confirms your identity as a member of the Han family, but in the future, it is also justifiable for you to enter the Plains Palace. ”

Ma Guiren seemed to be a little anxious: "In this way, you call all your subordinates in, and my people also let them in." Then, in front of everyone, if you serve me a cup of tea, it will be considered that our mother and daughter recognize each other. When Mrs. Ben returns to the Plains Palace, she will bow down again and worship again, so that others will have nothing to say. ”

"It's okay......" Liu Xian didn't have any opinion. If you really want to talk about opinions, that is, Liu Xian is actually not very willing to seriously recognize her as his stepmother, if this matter is really formalized, then it will be tantamount to putting a shackle on himself in the future, at least many things must pay attention to the opinions of Ma Guiren, at least you have to serve her to filial piety.

The Han Dynasty takes the exam first, if Liu Xian can't respect and serve filial piety, then it means that Liu Xian's character is lacking.

However, unless Liu Xian doesn't recognize her as an uncle. Otherwise, as his elder, Liu Xian would have to listen to some words that would not embarrass him.

In addition, Liu Xian was actually not too worried about the imperial court sending someone to verify his identity. He has not alarmed the court yet, and the court has nothing to do with him, and there is no reason to send someone to find out his true identity. If it is something from the local government to check, this Liu Xian doesn't have to worry about it, just move out of Yang's County on behalf of the county order Wenshen to prove it for himself.

Anyway, if Liu Xian doesn't come up with the family tree, then no one can rob it.

Liu Xian also saw that this Ma nobleman seemed to be loyal to his Han royal family, and she also made Liu Xian feel some pity. A woman's family, who has been in charge of the Plains Palace for so many years, I am afraid that it is really not easy.

It is estimated that there are also some struggles with the imperial court, as well as the struggles of those who are openly and secretly staring at the property of the plain palace.

Since she is not worried that she dares to recognize her nephew after this rebellion, then Liu Xian has no reason not to recognize her.

After all, Ma Guiren is just a woman's family, limited to the understanding of the overall situation of this big man. She probably wanted Liu Xian to spread out for the Liu family, thinking about how to let Liu Xian continue the industry of the Han family, but she didn't expect that if there was a big chaos today, the so-called industry didn't know if it could be kept. Also, she certainly didn't think about how to develop her power.

Liu Xian will definitely not let her know too much about these things.

Liu Xian didn't say much, and after saying hello to Ma Guiren, he opened the door of the hall and called Huang Zhong and the others in, including the steward and guard commander of the Plains Mansion named Pan Xian, as well as Ma Guiren's personal maid, and several other guards.

After everyone came in, Ma Guiren sat on the main seat and said to everyone: "Everyone, you are all from the Liu Mansion of Liulin Village, as well as the people of the Plains Mansion of Mrs. Ben. Mrs. Ben has something to announce to you. ”

"Mrs. Ben saw Liu Xian, the young master of Liu's Mansion in Liulin Village, and liked it very much. And Mrs. Ben has seen Liu Xian's genealogy, and he is indeed a relative of the Han family. The people of Liulin Village's Liu Mansion don't talk about it, and the people in Mrs. Ben's Pingyuan Mansion all know that Mrs. Ben has nothing to do, and she has always wanted to adopt a child, but because of many scruples, she didn't really proceed. Now, Mrs. Ben has decided to accept Liu Xian as her righteous son, from now on, you people in the Plains Mansion must also regard Liu Xian as the master, he is not only the young master of the Liu Mansion in Liulin Village, but also the young master of our Plains Palace. Now I just want to explain to you first, and when Mrs. Ben returns to the Plains Palace, a formal ceremony will be held, and some relatives and friends will be invited to witness it. ”

Ma Guiren's face was dignified, and his tone was unquestionable.

The people who entered the hall were a little stunned, but the people from Liulin Village's Liu Mansion immediately looked happy. Because they all know that the identity of this Ma nobleman is not simple, Liu Xian worships her as his mother-in-law, which is beneficial to Liu Xian.

But for the people of the Plains Palace, this seemed a bit unexpected, and their people had mixed reactions.

Liu Xian was beside him, naturally secretly observing the people in the Plains Palace.

Ma Guiren's personal maid, her reaction was first surprised, and then joyful. She should know some of Ma Guiren's thoughts. Therefore, I will be happy that Ma Guiren has received Liu Xian's righteous son.

The other guards, they were only Ma Guiren's guards, but their performance was relatively normal, and there were not too many behaviors that made Liu Xian feel suspicious.

Only that Pan Xian, after he was surprised, the change in his expression was a little intriguing, and Liu Xian even felt a flash of evil aura from his body for a moment.

This Pan Xian......

Liu Xian felt that there was something wrong with him.

Seeing that he is only about forty years old, he is the same age as Ma Guiren. He is not only the steward of the Plains Palace, but also the commander of the guards, and the power in his hands is a little too great, so it is no wonder that there is no problem.

In this world, how many people are loyal servants like Zheng Feng and Zheng Bo? Protect your mother and relatives without regrets all your life?

This Pan Xian, Liu Xian felt that he must have some intentions, and it was definitely not as Ma Guiren said, these people were loyal to her.

But just a little change in people's expressions and breath can't be regarded as evidence, and it can't explain anything. Liu Xian only secretly remembered that if he tried to figure out his intentions, at least, he had to be wary of him.

"Ma'am, is this—Is this true? Do you really want to take him in and take him as your son? ”

Pan Xian couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, Mrs. Ben has decided. So...... Don't you want to meet the young master? Ma Guiren didn't suspect anything, but just reiterated his decision and asked them to meet Liu Xian again.

"This ...... Pan first meet the young master! ”

"Wan'er meets the young master!"

……

After getting the affirmation of Ma Guiren, Pan Xian hesitated for a moment, and then he met Liu Xian, and then knelt down with the little maid.

"Heh, get up, we will be a family from now on." Liu Xian waved them up, then walked over, poured a cup of tea, knelt in front of Ma Guiren solemnly, and said with both hands: "The righteous mother is above, please accept the son's worship, please use tea." ”

"Good...... Mrs. Ben...... Well, I'm finally a mother, and I finally have a son, okay! You get up first, this time you came in a hurry, you didn't bring anything good, stay for a while, and your mother will officially give you a big gift. ”

"Mother-in-law, it's all your own people, don't worry about this." Liu Xian is asking for money, money, food, and even people, and he really doesn't covet her or anything to recognize Ma Guiren as his stepmother.

Liu Xian stood up and said, "The righteous mother is tired of traveling and driving, I think it is better to eat first, and then rest early." ”

"Okay, that's going to be troublesome." Ma Guiren looked at Liu Xian, as if the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

……

The matter was settled, and nothing was said all night.

As for the matter of going to the plain palace to confess, this cannot be sloppy, and you must choose a good time and auspicious day. Liu Xian will do these by Ma Guiren.

Next, Liu Xian accompanied Ma Guiren to stay in Liulin Village for two or three days, and also accompanied her to Yangshi County for a walk.

Liu Xian didn't tell Ma Guiren many things, especially the real situation of Liulin Village, and Liu Xian didn't let her see it, mainly because there were too many unstable factors around her.

For the time being, Liu Xian will not move the people around Ma Guiren, because if he moves, he may alarm too many people and things.

But Liu Xian still deliberately singled out twenty people, called Liu Fu over, and asked Liu Fu to take those twenty people to protect Ma Guiren.

Ma Guiren said that he didn't need it, but Liu Xian insisted, secretly confessed to Liu Fu, and told him that letting him take people back to the Plains Mansion with Ma Guiren was internal, not external, and let him secretly pay attention to the people around Ma Guiren, and secretly investigate what was suspicious about them, especially Pan Xian, who was the target of key attention.

Liu Fu has been following Liu Xian for a while, although it is impossible to improve much at once, but he can barely be qualified for such a thing.

Three days later, Liu Xian sent Ma Guiren away.

Ma Guiren's sudden appearance to recognize himself was just an episode, and it would not affect Liu Xian's plan.

How should Liulin Village develop, and what should I do next, still continue.

Not long after, Huangfu Song really did not break his promise, and sent someone to send two million catties of grain to Liulin Village.

However, Huangfu Song had a lot of affairs and did not say anything else to Liu Xian. As for other matters, let Liu Xian negotiate with Guo Dian by himself.

Now, Guo Dian has returned to Julu County.

However, Liu Xian did not visit Guo Dian, and planned to visit Guo Dian, the Taishou of a county, after the year.

With Yangshi County as the center, the surrounding counties are Liu Xian's development goals, Liu Xian not only wants to make his reputation in Yangshi County, but also let the people in the nearby counties know about him. When the time comes, as soon as they raise their arms and shout, they will respond to the clouds.

Therefore, not only Julu, but also other places, Liu Xian has to operate.

Liu Xian originally wanted to take advantage of the time before the year to visit the official county orders of the nearby counties one by one.

However, there was no need for Liu Xian to visit, and the government of the nearby county town had already sent officials to Yangshi County to ask to see Liu Xian.

Even, even Guo Dian sent a confidant, his county guard Bo, to ask to see Liu Xian.

This, Guo Dian is the same as Huangfu Song, he is just bent on defeating the Yellow Turban Army, and he does not have a personal and in-depth understanding of the real situation under their rule. This time, after the war was over and they began to formally govern the locality, they found that the situation in the local area was much more serious than what Liu Xian had told them in the military camp outside Quyang City.

The most serious and serious problem is the shortage of food.

Huangfu Song has food on hand, but he can't withstand the consumption of various counties. Almost every county and county urgently applied to him for the allocation of relief grain. The three million grains that Huangfu Song had on hand could be said to have been distributed in the blink of an eye. But this is only an emergency, not a long-term solution. The food gap is still huge.

On the other hand, Huangfu Song's urgent application to the imperial court for the allocation of relief grain was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news at all. It is certain that there will definitely be no relief grain transferred to Jizhou a year ago.

The earlier batch was only used as military rations, and the military rations were exchanged for winter clothing. Now that the war is over, it will be difficult to ask the court for any more supplies.

After all, the power of the court is in the hands of those eunuchs and ministers, and when the Yellow Turban Army is so powerful that they feel in crisis, they will be in a hurry to quell the rebellion, and they will be willing to pay for food. Now that they don't have that sense of crisis, it's impossible to get them to spit out their established interests again.

Huangfu Song also knew the difficulties of governing the locality.

Guo Dian applied to Huangfu Song for food, but Huangfu Song had no food to send.

This makes it seem that there is only Liu Xian in Liulin Village who has food.

There was no way, Guo Dian had to send someone to discuss with Liu Xian, and wanted Liu Xian to come up with a batch of food for him first.

Such a situation is actually expected by Liu Xian.

Liu Xian's original intention was not just for a Yang County. He didn't just want to get this batch of food. Liu Xian will continue to find ways to get more food.

These grains will all become the best materials for Liu Xian's fame.

Of course, Liu Xian will definitely not take it out in vain, in addition to gaining fame, Liu Xian also needs to get some tangible benefits.

The most important thing is to build a good relationship with the local government from these things, and even, if possible, Liu Xian wants to install people in the local government offices, or directly subdue those officials, so that they can worship themselves as the master and obey their own orders.