There were many slaves among the barbarian tribes, most of whom were captured in tribal conflicts, and some were sold into slavery. Regardless of the type of slave, not only did they have no personal freedom, but they also had no freedom to marry, and could only be matched by their masters. Hou Qinu was captured by hunters in the mountains and forests, sold to Mulu and became a slave. Although Mulu is good to him, it can't change his status as a slave. Hou Qinu is a bad man, he has long accepted his identity as a slave, so he naturally abides by the rules of slaves, waiting for his master to marry him.

Liu Xin didn't know that the barbarians still had such rules for treating slaves, and he didn't really treat Hou Qinu as slaves, otherwise, he would have helped him find a woman in Nanzhong last time. The reason why he asked Hou Qinu and Pang Zi now was just to humiliate Liu Fan, but he didn't expect Pang Shi to really agree to be Hou Qinu's woman in order to survive, so he couldn't help shaking his head and said: "Qinu, from now on, she belongs to you, you take her out." ”

In Hou Qinu's eyes, Liu Fan, Liu Zhang, Pang Zi and Fei Shuang, like him, are all slaves, and as a result, Liu Fan and Liu Zhang all have women, and he, as Liu Xin's most trusted slave, should be more qualified to have a woman than them. Fei Shuang was just a child, and Hou Qinu had no interest, so he kept staring at Pang Zi.

As a result, now that he has really gotten Liu Xin's match, Hou Qinu couldn't help but be overjoyed, stepped forward, copied Pang Zi from the ground, and carried it to his shoulders, and those rough big hands couldn't wait to catch Pang Zi's fat buttocks. Pang Zi's head hung on Hou Qinu's back, his face was red, and he looked strange, and he didn't know whether he was happy to be able to escape death, or he was ashamed of being treated with public contempt by Hou Qinu. Hou Qinu managed a lot, and happily carried Pang Zi out of the hall and went back to his room to be happy.

Seeing his wife being pointed out by Liu Xin to such a rough and ugly man, for Liu Fan, this is really a great shame, he struggled to straighten up, his eyes were split, and he yelled at Liu Xin: "Liu Xin, you ...... Wow......"

Liu Fan's vicious breath was held in his chest and couldn't dissipate, and finally he couldn't suppress the blood spurting wildly, and fell to the ground with a "plop".

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Forget it, pull it out and bury it!" ”

Xun and Xun Chen's faces changed greatly, this Liu Fan was obviously just angry, and he turned his back on him for a while, so he had to be pulled out and buried, isn't that buried alive? Liu Xin is too ruthless!

The two of them were hesitating, and Liu Xin had already said: "Two gentlemen, when you go back, tell your lord that Liu will not allow what they said in the letter!" ”

Before Xun came, he boasted to Cao Cao that he had come to Haikou, and he must have said that Liu Xin would be moved to release his previous suspicions, and at least let Liu Xin not use troops against Cao Cao for three years, so as to ensure that Cao Cao had enough energy to deal with Yuan Shao. Hearing Liu Xin's refusal, Xun Zi was taken aback, and hurriedly got up and said, "Xun Mou is brave, please think twice!" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said slowly: "Liu admires Mr. Wenruo's talent very much, but this matter is related to the future and fate of my Han Dynasty, and it is difficult for Liu to agree." The two gentlemen should know better than Liu that whether Cao Cao supported Liu Xie or Yuan Shao supported Liu Biao, they were just regarded as puppet emperors. As a relative of the Han family, Liu naturally has the mission of revitalizing the Han family, how can he recognize a puppet to be the emperor of the Han Dynasty? ”

Such a result is not only Xun Chen, in fact, even Yuan Shao himself has already guessed it. Yuan Shao's purpose in asking Xun Chen to send this letter was just to show Liu Xin his attitude, it would be better if Liu Xin was willing to stand on his side, otherwise he would not hesitate to turn his face with Liu Xin, after all, the territory of the two sides did not border, and he did not have to worry that Liu Xin would pose a direct threat to him. Besides, when he cleans up Cao Cao, sooner or later he will have to do it with Liu Xin. As for whether Liu Xin would help Cao Cao, Yuan Shao was even less worried. Because he has already gotten the news, not long ago, Cao Cao also took advantage of Liu Xin's crusade against Dong Zhuo to sneak attack Xiangyang, in this case, Liu Xin didn't put a knife in Cao Cao's back, how could he still help him?

Therefore, hearing that Liu Xin rejected Yuan Shao's proposal, Xun Chen was relaxed, he originally wanted to take the opportunity of sending a letter to take a detour to his hometown to have a look, whether Liu Xin refused or accepted, his task was completed, and he could go home early to see.

Xun is different.

As Xun himself said, although the two brothers have their own masters, they are both doing their best. Having said that, in fact, Xun didn't know if Xun Chen would do his best, but in any case, he himself must have done his best for Cao Cao. And Cao Cao is now facing the dual threat of Liu Xin and Yuan Shao, and he must try to resolve the grievances between Cao Cao and Liu Xin in order to reduce Cao Cao's pressure.

Another point, Xun also agrees with Liu Xie as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, after all, Liu Xie is Liu Hong's biological son, and in Xun's eyes, Liu Xie is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, he will stand on Cao Cao's side without hesitation.

Therefore, when he learned of Liu Xin's resolute attitude, Xun's heart suddenly cooled down, but he still wanted to make a final effort, so he arched his hand and said: "Lord Liu, my lord did do something to take advantage of people's danger, but there was indeed an edict from the emperor at that time, and my lord did not dare to disobey it. Now that the matter has been done, there is no way to regret it. Therefore, my father-in-law wants Xun to ask, what conditions do adults need to be willing to shake hands with my father-in-law? ”

Liu Xin snorted coldly: "Liu's conditions? When Cao Cao attacked Xiangyang, the city of Xiangyang was extremely empty, and Liu's wife and children were all in the city, and they were almost poisoned by him! Liu can't wait to take Cao Apu's dog head now! However, for the sake of Mr. Wen Ruo, Liu will not care about him, as long as he hands over the culprit who proposed a sneak attack on Xiangyang, Liu will not meet him for the time being. ”

Xun breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it is better to have conditions than no conditions, and it is not easy to want the culprit, there is nothing else in these years, but there are many scapegoats. Although Xun had already accepted Liu Xin's conditions in his heart, he didn't intend to agree easily, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Liu, Xun heard that this sneak attack on Xiangyang, and Yuan Shu of Runan also had a share, but Lord Liu didn't agree to make a peace treaty with him, and he didn't hear about any conditions, but why did he treat my lord with favoritism?" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Wen Ruo, haven't you heard of other people's evaluation of Cao Apu, he is 'a capable minister who rules the world, a traitor in troubled times', how can he compare with Yuan Shu's straw bag?" You also know that if there is chaos today, Cao Cao's ambition as a traitor will not be small, how can Liu sit back and watch him develop a climate! ”

Xun Qingzhi couldn't move Liu Xin, gritted his teeth and said: "If the culprit comes out of my family's master's bus, I don't know what the time limit for Lord Liu to promise not to meet each other for the time being?" ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and said, "Two years!" Liu is a man of his word, and he will never take the initiative to use force with Cao Cao within two years, but if Cao Cao provokes first, don't blame Liu for not keeping his promises. Also, within a month from today, I have to see the culprit, otherwise everything will not be discussed! ”

The two-year period Liu Xin has been carefully considered, and this winter, the strength of the major legions can be replenished in place, and after a year and a half of intensive training, he can be completely proud of the princes of the world.

And these two years are not necessarily enough for Cao Cao. First of all, if he wants to defeat Yuan Shao within two years, he still has to retain enough strength to deal with Liu Xin, which is quite difficult. Of course, Xun hoped to be able to buy a longer time, but from Liu Xin's resolute tone, he could already hear that Liu Xin would not give him any room to maneuver.

Xun said without hesitation: "Okay, then it's a word!" Xun will say goodbye, and within a month, the culprit will be sent to Xiangyang! ”

He is a smart man, since Liu Xin said it so resolutely, there is no need for him to dwell on it anymore, after all, being able to win two years is already a good result, and he needs to spend more energy on how to deal with Yuan Shao. Moreover, he did not dare to delay, he had to rush back to Puyang as soon as possible and find a scapegoat to send him over.

In fact, what Xun didn't know was that Liu Xin himself didn't want to start with Cao Cao in the short term. Because Liu Xin knows that the continuous war will overwhelm the people, and then they will lose the support of the people, and the people's will is the foundation that can finally sit on the foundation of the world.

Moreover, Liu Xin was not worried at all, because he knew very well that at that time, whether Cao Cao ate Yuan Shao or Yuan Shao ate Cao Cao, they would all become the end of the crossbow, how could they be able to defeat their own Yi Yi and wait for work?

Hearing that Xun wanted to leave, Liu Xin smiled and said: "Two gentlemen, Liu's reply has been made, you can send someone to send a letter back, and you don't have to leave in a hurry." ”

Xun's face changed color, and he shouted sharply: "The two countries have not yet exchanged troops, does Lord Liu still want to forcibly detain my two brothers?" ”

"Wen Ruo, although you and I don't have deep friendships, we are also old acquaintances, is Liu as unbearable as you say?" Anyone who was wronged couldn't be happy, Liu Xin's face was also slightly unhappy, and he said in a deep voice, "Liu Mou just wants to keep you in Xiangyang for a few days because it is not easy for your brothers to meet." Besides, there are Wen Ruo's old friends here, don't you want to see them? If you really can't trust Liu, then please take care of yourself! ”

Xun Chen hurriedly said: "Lord Liu is angry, if Wen is just unintentional, how dare he not believe your lord?" ”

Although they belong to different camps, they are brothers in the end, and they still came out to help say a few words at the critical moment. As soon as Xun Chen said this, Xun also took the opportunity to say: "Since Lord Liu is kind to stay, it would be a bit hypocritical for Xun to say that he would leave." As soon as I heard Lord Liu say just now, Xun really wanted to meet Mr. Cai. ”

Back then, because of Wei Zhongdao's incident, the Wei family spread rumors everywhere and said that Liu Xin was worthless, how could Xun not know that Cai Yong was in Xiangyang? So without waiting for Liu Xin to speak, Xun had already continued: "Xun has heard the name of Xiangyang Academy for a long time, I wonder if Lord Liu can take my two brothers to have a look?" ”