The back garden of Qiaofu is the same as the garden of Lujiang Taishou Mansion, which is also full of wild interest. In fact, the gardens of this era are probably like this, and there are very few gardens like those designed and built by Liu Xin in Xiangyang that vaguely carry the Jiangnan garden scenery of later generations. However, there is one less pond in the back garden of the bridge house than the garden of the Taishou Mansion. For the garden, the pond is equivalent to its eyes, and the lack of the pond is much less aura.

Seeing such a pattern of Qiaofu Garden, Liu Xin's brows frowned slightly, it seems that this Qiaoyuan can only be regarded as an ordinary scholar at most, no matter how elegant it is, he dared to argue with Yuan Shu at the beginning, maybe he just felt sorry for his money.

Suddenly, another crisp burst of laughter came, and the slightly dull garden was suddenly full of life. Liu Xin raised her eyes and saw a small red pavilion in front of it, with a swing between two big trees, and two girls about the same age as Lu Qiling were sitting on it swinging around, bursting with laughter from time to time, and the whole garden became smart, but it was more comfortable than no pond.

Liu Xin frowned, and walked towards the swing, but was pulled by Minchan, and pointed to the inside of the pavilion, only to notice that there were two people sitting in the pavilion, a man and a woman, with a smile on their faces, and their whole body and mind were on the two children. Liu Xin's footsteps paused, and then walked straight towards the red pavilion, Minchan hurriedly followed, while Lu Qiling jumped towards the swing like a happy deer.

A man and a woman sitting in the pavilion were none other than Mr. and Mrs. Qiaoyuan, drinking tea while watching their two daughters play happily, unaware of the movement outside. When they looked up inadvertently, they suddenly noticed that there were three more strangers in the garden. A tall and handsome young man, a veiled young woman, and a little girl with pigtails are clearly a family of three.

Qiao Yuan had already ordered that he would not see any guests in the past few days, and he was in troubled times, which was also a means of self-protection. It's just that in this way, the appearance of Liu Xin and the three of them is even more abrupt. Qiao Yuan was taken aback when he suddenly saw them, and quickly got up and asked, "You, who are you?" ”

Liu Xin didn't answer, looking the couple in the pavilion up and down. The woman was very beautiful and looked to be in her twenties. However, the beautiful women all look young, but they can't tell how old they are for a while. The man who asked him looked a little old, his face was full of traces left by the years, and it was obvious that it was not easy for him to earn this family business.

Qiao Yuan was furious by Liu Xin, and couldn't help but take a step back, and asked sharply, "Who are you?" How dare you trespass into a private house! There is still no royal law in my eyes, if I don't go out, I'm going to call someone! ”

"Shouting? You just scream and cut your throat, and no one outside dares to come in! Liu Xin's face sank, and he said coldly, "I am Liu Xin, the governor of Sizhou." I am an official, you are a citizen, even if I requisition your house and use all the people in your family as official slaves, you will not be able to let out a fart! ”

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and Qiao Yuan still understood this truth, but he just didn't accept this evil. When Yuan Shu captured Lujiang City a few years ago, he also made door-to-door apportionments to wealthy families like them. Everyone else was scared and obediently paid for safety, but he was far from afraid.

It is said that the soldiers and bandits are originally a family, and although Yuan Shu's soldiers also have the title of an official army, they are actually not much different from bandits. Knowing that he rejected Yuan Shu's blackmail, the Qiao family would inevitably be burned and looted. Since you want to be burned by Yuan Shu, it is better to burn it yourself! The tendon of the bridge immediately made the slave family pile up firewood and grass around their house. Sure enough, when Yuan Shu heard that Qiao Yuan refused to donate money, he angrily ordered all the way to pounce, and the torches crackled, but he found that the Qiao family was ready to set fire to himself.

Yuan Shu's big posture is to scare and scare the Qiao family, if he really puts a fire and burns it cleanly, he won't be able to catch anything, and it will greatly damage his reputation. Yuan Shu was actually frightened away by Qiao Yuan's trick of playing with his life, anyway, in Lujiang, the Qiao family is not a big family, and it will not hurt the overall situation if he is less apportioned, so he let him go.

But now seeing Liu Xin's fierce and domineering appearance, Qiao Yuan is a little helpless. He didn't know that Liu Xin broke in in advance, and he didn't prepare any firewood and grass that would end up together, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to perform the last play again. When Mrs. Qiao saw Liu Xin's foul mouth and aggressive eyes, she was so frightened that she hid behind Qiao Yuan.

But I heard Minchan say: "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Qiao, my lord is not a wicked person, and he came here this time to give a big future to the bridge staff." ”

Along the way, Minchan also tentatively asked Liu Xin about the purpose of coming to Qiao's house, and Liu Xin did not hide it, and revealed his intention to recruit Qiaoyuan. Minchan saw that Liu Xin was not looking for the "Second Bridge", but now that she saw that Mrs. Qiao was born with a beautiful appearance, Liu Xin's tone became fierce again, and the heart she had just put down became nervous again, worried that Liu Xin would do the evil act of "killing her husband and taking her wife". Of course, Minchan also believes that Liu Xin is not such a person, but she is obsessed with sex, and sometimes men's minds are really inaccurate. She said that it was false to appease Mrs. Qiao, and it was true to block Liu Xin's mouth.

Although Qiao Yuan couldn't see Diao Chan's face clearly, but listening to the pleasant voice and slender figure, he knew that she must be a great beauty, and she must be very favored in front of Liu Xin, and the words that came out of her mouth should be credible. However, if you agree to be out of office, it will not be Qiaoyuan's style.

At this time, Qiao Yuan already knew that although Liu Xin said it powerfully, he actually had no malicious intentions, so his courage grew, and he straightened his chest to block Mrs. Qiao behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you Lord Liu for your kindness, but Qiao has no intention of becoming a leader." ”

I only heard Liu Xin laugh and said: "Okay, in addition to the bridge staff, Liu also knows that you are not an official, if you don't want to be an official, you won't be out of office." However, there is something to be done for you, and you cannot shirk it. ”

Mink Chanhu glanced at Liu Xin suspiciously, this is not the same as what he said on the road. She didn't know that Liu Xin was quite knowledgeable, although it was only a short contact, she had already seen that Qiao Yuan could only be regarded as a shrewd businessman at best, and if he served in the government, he could only be a small official, and he couldn't be a chief official.

Although Qiao Yuan was stubborn, he maintained the shrewdness of a businessman, and despite the forced situation, he still did not agree, and asked vigilantly, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Xin said lightly: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you to come out as a civilian supervisor, specializing in supervising officials and the army at all levels, if they have anything illegal, you can report it to me directly." Of course, this is obligation, and I will not send you a penny. ”

Originally, Liu Xin really wanted to appoint Qiao Yuan to an official position, but after seeing him himself, he was disappointed. However, Liu Xin soon came up with a new idea to make him a civil supervisor, similar to the style supervisor of later generations. Qiao Yuan is upright by nature, stubborn and stubborn, and refuses to bow his head, that is, he can still do some business in this era, if he is placed in the future generations, he will have lost his money a long time ago. However, this character is quite competent as a "style supervisor".

Qiao Yuan was stunned and shook his head resolutely. He had fought with Yuan Shu in the past, and that was because he was reluctant to let the furniture he had worked so hard to save be swallowed by others. But after all, he is just a small landlord and a small businessman, although he has a few acres of thin fields and a few shops, he can't fight with officials for a long time! What kind of civil supervisor, but also specifically supervise officials and the army, that's not the old birthday star hanging, living impatiently!

At this moment, a small figure suddenly ran over, grabbed Liu Xin's hand and said, "Dad, let's go home." ”

Liu Xin looked back, but it was Lu Qiling. I saw that her face was depressed, but it was not like her usual style, and I couldn't help but wonder: "Ling'er, what's wrong?" Don't you seem to be happy? ”

When Mrs. Qiao heard this, her heart "chuckled". Just now she saw that the little girl who came in with Liu Xin went straight to the swing, because of Liu Xin's aggressive attitude, she didn't care about it for a while. Now I see that this little girl is called Liu Xin "Dad", obviously Liu Xin's daughter.

This little girl named "Ling'er" ran over dejectedly, and wanted to go home as soon as she opened her mouth, obviously not having a good time, could it be that her two daughters bullied her? Mrs. Qiao's face turned white, and she quickly turned her head to look at the swing, and shouted loudly: "Liang'er, Wan'er, come here!" ”

The little girls who were playing on the swings were very obedient, Mrs. Qiao only shouted, and rushed over, but Lu Qiling subconsciously hid behind Liu Xin. Seeing this scene, Mink Chan didn't feel a little strange, with Lu Qiling's temperament, there would be people she was afraid of?

Minchan couldn't help but look at the two sisters, and suddenly her eyes lit up, what a handsome two female dolls! She took another look at Lu Qiling, who was hiding behind Liu Xin, and finally understood why she was unhappy, it turned out that she was compared to the two sisters of the Qiao family. Immediately, Minchan's heart tightened, and she carefully looked at the little sisters of the Qiao family, if these two little girls grow up, they will definitely be "disaster" level characters, and their appearance may not be worse than their own.

Look at Liu Xin, and then think about Ma Yun's instructions, Diao Chan finally knows that these two little girls are the "big bridge" and "small bridge" that Ma Yun said in her mouth!

Minchan couldn't help laughing, stepped forward, hugged the Qiao sisters one by one in her arms, and said to Qiao Yuan and his wife: "Master Qiao, Mrs. Qiao, these two are Ling Qianjin, the concubine looks very fond of them, and wants to recognize them as goddaughters, I don't know what the two of them think?" ”

Liu Xin heard that Minchan wanted to recognize her daughter, and she also patted Lu Qiling gently, turned her head to look, and sure enough, they were a beautiful pair of little sisters. Suddenly, Liu Xin also understood that this was the Jiangdong Erqiao he couldn't find!

Looking at the current situation, Liu Xin's mouth couldn't help but have a strange smile, his dream was destined to be unrealizable, and now it was Minchan who was sitting on Erqiao!