Liu Xin was taken aback, this was so unexpected, he never thought that Song Qi would say such a thing. Liu Xin looked at Xu Chu and then at Song Qi. Judging from Song Qi's clothing and demeanor, even if he is not a lady, he should be from a scholarly family or grew up in a wealthy family, he can't understand when Xu Chu, the black charcoal head, became so attractive that he could make such a young and beautiful girl willing to make him small. Liu Xin couldn't help but sigh secretly, it's not that I don't understand, this world is changing fast!

But I heard Xu Chu say in a rough voice: "Big brother, don't help me to propose marriage, I can't let Miss Song down." ”

Liu Xin's face was solemn, staring at Xu Chu deadly, only to see that his cramped expression that was difficult to choose just now had already been swept away, and was replaced by a firm and resolute look, obviously he made a lot of determination to say this, leaving no way out for himself.

Song Qi saw Liu Xin's terrifying expression, became nervous, and sobbed and said, "My lord, you must not punish Brother Zhong Kang, if you want to blame me." ”

Liu Xin suddenly laughed, patted Xu Chu's shoulder and said, "Good job, this is my good brother!" Miss Song, you are not wrong! I'm here to say hello to you! ”

Xu Chu said blankly: "Big brother, what family business? ”

Tian Feng and Zhao Yun also laughed. Song Qi reacted quickly, he already understood, gently pulled Xu Chu's sleeve, and said shyly: "Don't say it, the adults are joking with you." ”

Xu Chu suddenly realized at this time, and said unhappily: "Big brother, are you fooling me?" ”

Liu Xin said: "Zhongkang, if I'm not like this, how can I try your true feelings?" Miss Song is willing to be small for you, and you can't forget this affection for you, and you can't let others live up to it in the future. ”

Xu Chu nodded embarrassedly and smiled, but heard Song Qi say: "My lord, if it weren't for Brother Zhongkang's rescue, the folk girl would not know where she was now." From that moment on, the folk girl secretly made up her mind that she would not marry him. ”

Liu Xin was quite surprised and said: "I didn't think that there was a story of a hero saving the beauty here." Zhongkang, let me hear it. ”

It turned out that Song Qi was the daughter of Song Gang, the head of the Song family in Changsha. The Song family is the second largest family in Changsha after the Su family, and there are many lands and industries in various counties in Changsha. Song Qi is not a young lady who stays in the boudoir all day long, and she begins to help her father take care of the family's property when she is very young. In the autumn harvest season this year, coinciding with Liu Xin's implementation of a new tax policy, Song Gang was worried that the rent rate would be low this year, and if the tenants were in arrears, the family's income would drop sharply, so he not only went to collect rent in person, but also sent several of his older children out, and Song Qi was naturally among them.

The tenants were busy harvesting crops, the nobles were busy collecting rents, and there was one kind of person who also began to get busy, and that was the bandits. Song Qi encountered a group of thieves in the process of collecting rent, if Xu Chu, who was leading troops to patrol around, arrived in time, she would have been brought to the cottage by the gang of thieves with rent. It was on that day that Zhu Qi saw Xu Chu's bravery, and the famous bandit leader in Changsha, Ou Xing, fled after only three rounds of fighting with Xu Chu.

Hearing this, Liu Xin suddenly interrupted them and asked, "What did you just say the name of the bandit leader?" ”

Xu Chu asked in surprise: "That thief chieftain is called Ou Xing, although his strength is not small, his martial arts are also average, has the eldest brother heard of this person?" ”

Liu Xin's memory suddenly became clear, he had never understood how Sun Jian became the Taishou of Changsha in the past, but now everything is clear, it was this district star who rebelled, occupied Changsha, and gave Sun Jian a chance. Later, Sun Jian further took advantage of the rebellion of the Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi to occupy the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang. These things were done beautifully, just like Liu Xin's control of Nanyang at the beginning. Liu Xin secretly thought to himself, it seems that after returning to Xiangyang, he will let Fu Zhi send additional forces to conduct a key investigation into the situation of these three people, and must not let history repeat itself.

Seeing that Liu Xin was silent, Tian Feng also asked, "Lord, is there anything special about this district star?" ”

Liu Xin came back to his senses, smiled, and said: "It's just a bandit, what can be special, but for the people of Changsha, these bandits are a big scourge. As long as they appear in Changsha, you should be severely punished and not given any respite. ”

Tian Feng and Xu Chu agreed together.

Liu Xin asked Xu Chu again: "Zhongkang, since you and Miss Song are in love, why do you keep this matter from us?" ”

Xu Chu smirked: "Big brother, I know that you hate those scholar families the most, and I'm not afraid that you won't agree." ”

Liu Xin's face became serious, and he said: "Nonsense, which ear have you heard me say that you hate the scholar family the most?" Isn't Jun Yi's wife the young lady of the Xiangyang Wang family? Aren't Mr. Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao also representatives of the Xiangyang Shi clan? And as a member of the Han family, I am the largest scholar family in the world, you don't make sense! ”

Hearing Liu Xin's rare foul language, Xu Chu said curtly: "Big brother, you have successively suppressed the Chen family in Xiangyang and many scholar families in Changsha and Nanjun, I thought it was ......."

"Alright, don't say it." Liu Xin waved his hand and stopped Xu Chu. His face became solemn, and he fell into deep thought, even Xu Chu felt that he was inseparable from the scholar family, so what would others think?

Indeed, the five counties of Jingxiang that he now controls, the scholar families of Nanyang and Nanxiang two counties were almost wiped out in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Xiangyang had no impact on other scholars except for the Chen family, so the market in Xiangyang was still very prosperous. After the rebellion of Bei Yu and Su Dai, in order to better control the two counties of Nanjun and Changsha, he brutally suppressed the scholar families in the two places. Judging from the current situation, the situation in these two counties is somewhat stable, but it still has a relatively large impact on the markets of the two counties.

Liu Xin knew very well that these scholar families were very powerful locally, and the Sima family relied on the strength of these families to usurp Cao Wei's world. It seems that the way he treated the scholar family in the past was indeed a little rough, Liu Xin secretly warned himself that if he wanted to plot a big thing, he must not push the scholar family in the world to the opposite side of himself. In order to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, I had to take some thunderous measures, but now that I have fought and fought, it is time to win over.

Song Qi saw the change in Liu Xin's face, and said worriedly: "My lord, my father heard that you came to Changsha and wanted to see you, I wonder if the adult can agree?" ”

Liu Xin became alert, looked at Xu Chu, and asked Song Qi: "Oh, I just arrived in Changsha for half an hour, how did your father know?" ”

Song Qi blushed and said: "Today I was near Beicheng, I heard that the Jinfan thief was coming, and then I saw Brother Zhong Kang rushing out of the city gate with people. I was worried about him, so I stayed at the gate of the city, so I learned the news that the adults had come to Changsha. ”

Liu Xin couldn't help laughing at herself, Xu Chu had absolutely no problem with his loyalty, and he was suspicious of him, it seemed that he was really too sensitive, so he smiled and said, "Your father wants to see me?" That's fine. I just don't know if there's anything important? I can't stay in Changsha for long, and I'll be back to Xiangyang early tomorrow morning. ”

Song Qi was overjoyed, pointed to the big mansion in front of him, and said, "My house is not far from the front, please wait a while, my lord, I will go and ask my father to come out." ”

Liu Xin saw that she was referring to the mansion that Xu Chu came out of just now, so she waved her hand and said, "No need, let's go with you." ”

Liu Xin already understood that Song Qi hurriedly found Xu Chu just now, and he must have called him home to see Song Gang, presumably for Song Gang to see him, it seems that Xu Chu did not agree, so Song Qi will ask for help directly.

Knowing that Liu Xin came to the door in person, he hurriedly greeted him. He was about forty years old, with a white face and a long beard, and a smile on his face, but Liu Xin could see from his eyes that this person was very shrewd. Entering the Song family, everyone sat down as guests and hosts.

Liu Xin said straight to the point: "Song Yuan wants to see this official, I don't know what is important?" ”

Song Gang smiled slightly and said, "The matter between the little girl and General Xu, I guess the adults have also heard about it. The grass people want to marry the two of them as soon as possible, but they don't know what the adults mean? ”

Liu Xin knew that he would definitely not see him for this matter, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and said: "Ling Ai's marriage, Song Yuanwai can naturally be the master, but my righteous brother can't let me be the master, so I have to ask his father." ”

Song Gang was quite surprised and said: "It turns out that General Xu's father is also in Changsha, so he must come to visit." ”

Liu Xin said lightly: "This matter is easy to do, I can ask Daddy Xu what he means, but I don't think he will have an opinion." ”

Song Gang arched his hand and said, "Then thank you, sir." ”

Liu Xin saw that he still refused to say what was going on, so he stood up, made a gesture to leave, and said, "Okay, this matter is settled." If there was nothing else, Liu would leave first. ”

Song Gang hurriedly said: "My lord, please stay, the grass people still have something to ask for." ”

Liu Xin took the step he had just taken back and asked, "Oh, what's the matter outside Song Yuan?" ”

Song Gang said respectfully: "If the little girl can tie the knot with General Xu, then the grass people will have to climb the relatives of the adult." If there is anything wrong with the grass people, please forgive me. ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Yes, as long as this family affair is settled, you are also a relative, you can say anything directly, I still have a lot to deal with." ”

Song Gang was ruthless and said: "The grass people know that the adults have always disliked us landlords, but they still dare to ask the adults to withdraw the new tax policy. ”

Everyone didn't expect Song Qi to make a request, and they were stunned for a while. Song Qi looked at Liu Xin even more nervously, worried that he would make any decisions that would be unfavorable to the Song family.

Liu Xin was also stunned, and then said: "Song Gang, do you know who I am implementing this tax policy for?" ”