After taking office, the guard battalion was quickly reorganized, with a number of 2,000 people, which has surpassed the Praetorian Guard co-led by Huang Quan and Liu Yin in terms of scale. In fact, Zhao Yun's guard battalion is the Praetorian Guard in the true sense, responsible for the safety of Liu Cong and many important officials in Jingzhou.

Liu Cong saw that Zhao Yun was very effective, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to show his martial arts again, so he took Zhao Yun and others to inspect the county towns and camps in Xiangyang and Xinye.

Needless to say, since Liu Cong became the owner of Jingzhou, he has adhered to Liu Biao's construction ideas, and Liu Biao built a small mountain village into an international metropolis in this era. Liu Cong must not let it decline in his own hands.

Although Huang Zu was not as energetic as Gan Ning, Wei Yan and others, he was experienced and trained freely. Not to mention the infantry battalion in Fancheng, Wen Ping personally presided over the training, and several generals such as Zhang Yun and Zhou Cang assisted. This is also the base for resisting the powerful Cao army in the north, and the soldiers naturally dare not slack off.

Along the way, Liu Cong was very proud, and said to Zhao Yun from time to time: "Zilong, how is my Jingzhou compared to Youzhou and Xuzhou in the past?" "In the past, Gongsun Chan was in Youzhou, Liu Bei once occupied Xuzhou, Zhao Yun first followed Gongsun Chan, and then transferred to Liu Bei, Liu Cong naturally compared himself with the two.

Zhao Yun also followed Liu Cong with a lot of understanding: "Youzhou is located on the border, and Xuzhou is the place of the four wars, so it is naturally inferior. ”

Along the way, the residential area was thriving, the military camp was meticulous, Liu Cong was in a good mood, and his other subordinates were also very relaxed.

Then there are always things that are not satisfactory, not long after Liu Cong and Zhao Yun entered Xinye City that day, they heard intermittent cries coming from a private house on the side of the road.

Under Liu Cong's rule, there has been no such thing for a long time, although Xinye is a place of four wars, Liu Cong ordered that subsidies be issued to every household that returned to Xinye. and mobilized the army to rectify the law and order in the city, and to rest the irrigation channels outside the city. Coupled with the appointment of Wenpin as the commander of Xinye County, it should be thriving.

Liu Cong dismounted, came to the front of the house and stopped to listen, inside was a mother and son.

"Mother, you want to ...... Why don't we get out of here. ”

"Silly boy, there are wars everywhere, where can you and I go?"

"But we're ...... Only...... Stay here and be deceived by them...... Hazing? ”

Liu Cong stood outside the door, not knowing how old the child was, but feeling that the child was stuttering, and the lady's voice was pale and weak.

"Mother......

The ......woman did not continue to speak, but continued to sob.

Although the dialogue was brief, it deeply stung Liu Cong. Liu Cong was thinking that Jingzhou would prosper and attract people from other places to move inward. On their own territory, orphans and widows actually want to move out, what happened to this family?

Zhao Yun had already dismounted and followed behind Liu Cong, and when he saw Liu Cong's serious face, he said, "Lord, either go in and have a look?" ”

"It's fine." Liu Cong said and stepped forward and knocked on the door. As soon as there was a knock on the door on this side, the mother and son in the house immediately lost their voices.

Maybe he was really scared, Liu Cong shook his head, took a few steps back, and motioned for Zhao Yun to continue to help knock on the door.

"Fellow, I know you are inside, open the door......" Zhao Yun also couldn't imagine that Liu Cong and the two of himself couldn't knock on the door of an ordinary person's house.

The soldiers who followed couldn't stand it anymore and were about to step forward and kick the door, but were stopped by Liu Cong. Everyone took a few steps back and waited at the door......

After a long time, the door finally rang, and then he showed a small head and looked out nervously, and when he saw Liu Cong and Zhao Yun, he immediately closed the door again and shouted loudly: "Mother, quickly...... Run, I'll block the door! ”

is really a brave and filial child, but he sees Liu Cong and others as bad people. Liu Cong was also very angry, what was the reason why the mother and son were so scared, he and Zhao Yun were dressed like this, and the blind could see that they were officers and soldiers, why did they still run?

No, you have to ask. Liu Cong immediately beckoned, and his guards immediately surrounded the house. There seemed to be no movement in the house.

As a last resort, Liu Cong continued to order people to knock on the door.

"I'm fighting with you!" When the door was opened again, I saw the child from before, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and rushed directly towards Liu Cong and Zhao Yun.

Seeing that he was only eleven or twelve years old, Liu Cong was very helpless. Zhao Yun stretched out his hand and grabbed the wooden stick: "You kid is so rude!" Why do you have to open the door without opening it? ”

"Hmph...... You bastards...... Bastard, I'm not going to let you go......"

"Little doll, you can see clearly, we are officers and soldiers in Jingzhou." Zhao Yun reminded.

"What about officers and soldiers? Not yet...... It is a bastard who acts for the tiger and aids the abuse...... Bastard! The child seemed to be unwilling, but he was Zhao Yun's opponent, Zhao Yun grabbed the wooden stick with one hand, and he couldn't move no matter how hard he tried.

Liu Cong waved his hand and motioned for Zhao Yun to let go of the wooden stick, such a young child, even if he let him hit a few sticks, it would not be in the way. He smiled and said, "Kid, is there any misunderstanding here?" Who has insulted you? ”

"Who are you?" The child went out of the door, and then looked at Liu Cong and Zhao Yun, both of them were heroic and upright, and Zhao Yun only grabbed his wooden stick with one hand and did not make any other moves, and Liu Cong was even more kind, I don't think it should be with those bad guys......"

"This is our ......" Zhao Yun was about to explain, but was interrupted by Liu Cong.

"We are officers and soldiers from Xiangyang, tell us, what happened?" Judging from the child's behavior, this is mostly related to the people of Xinye County, and Liu Cong can't report to the officers and soldiers of Xinye if he wants to win the trust of the child.

"Xiangyang? You...... Do you know General Zhengnan? "This kid still trusts Liu Cong, and when he heard that Liu Cong and others were from Xiangyang, he asked about Liu Cong.

"Know, not only know, we are also sent by General Zhengnan to be responsible for inspecting various places, if you have any grievances, tell us directly, and promise to help you avenge your grievances!" Liu Cong encouraged.

"When...... Seriously? Can you manage any big officials? ”

"Seriously! Except for General Zhengnan himself, we can manage everyone else. Liu Cong didn't lie to the child, and when he heard the child say this, he became more interested, so he simply squatted down and came to the child's side.

"What's your name? How old is it? Tell us what's going on? ”

"My name is Deng Fan, and I am twelve years old this year......" Seeing Liu Cong so kind, the child became much more relaxed, and the wooden stick in his hand also stood up, answering Liu Cong's question.

"Lin'er, what's going on outside?"

"Mother, these are officials from Xiangyang, not bad people." The stuttering phenomenon of relaxed children is also significantly better.

"Then don't invite the officials into the house to sit."

"Oh......" Deng Fan remembered the usual teachings of his teacher and mother, and it was indeed not a way of hospitality to let Liu Cong talk to himself in a half-squatting position like this, and said to Liu Cong with a red face: "Ladies and gentlemen, please ...... in the house."

As soon as Liu Cong heard the name Deng Fan, he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while, so he turned back to Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong will follow me in and have a look." ”

Entering the house, Liu Cong immediately felt the pressure, the room was dimly lit, except for some cooking utensils, there was basically no decent furniture. The child's mother was lying on the bed, and the dim light could still see the scars on her face, presumably on her body and legs.

After the child called Deng Fan entered the house, he got up, found two futons for Liu Cong and Zhao Yun, and poured two cups of tea.

The woman on the bed said apologetically: "Two adults, the slave family is injured, and the hospitality is not considerate......"

Liu Cong sat on the futon and observed the woman by himself, about thirty years old, except for a little external injury, but also very handsome.

Liu Cong was about to ask, but the woman spoke again: "Lin'er, my mother has told you many times, and your Uncle Miao has also told you, you can't be called Deng Fan, why are you talking nonsense today?"

Seeing that this woman was not in a hurry to avenge her grievances, but to correct her son's mistakes, Liu Cong felt even more strange. waved to the child and motioned for the child to come to his side, the child was not shy, and soon came to Liu Cong's side.

"What did your mother just say?"

"Oh, there are two sentences in the inscription of the late Taiqiu Chang Chen Yu...... For the world, the line ...... I would like to encourage myself with this motto......"