The white horse passed through the gap, winter went to spring, and it was another year in the blink of an eye.

Liu Cun, who took his wife and children and Gongsun Pei and Huo Jian, two henchmen and staff, went to sweep the tomb outside Qiancheng City to return to the Taishou Mansion in Dongwu City, and immediately took off the seal ribbon on his waist that symbolized the dignity of Taishou, took off the cumbersome official uniform with fluttering sleeves, changed into a light and straight shirt blended with silk and linen, took off the crown hat and pulled the long black hair that was scattered on his shoulders into a ponytail, leaned over and picked up his sturdy son Liu Ze, who was almost two years old, kissed his son and giggled, and then sat down beside his wife, let go of the son in his arms, and caressed his wife's bulging belly again.

"Wan'er, marrying you is a blessing that I Liu Cun has cultivated for eight lifetimes!" After Liu Cun finished speaking, he kissed his wife's face, slowly reclined on the wide low couch, and his head habitually rested on his wife's plump and toned thighs.

Sun Wan embarrassedly waved away the maid and nurse in the house, stretched out her slender jade hand, and gently rubbed her husband's temples: "You are always so busy, you go out before dawn, and you come back after dark, if you don't go to Qiancheng City to worship the ancestors today, I don't know when you will have time to accompany me and the child, alas!" It made me dare not go back to Zhushan if I wanted to. ”

"I've only been here for a few days, why do you want to go back?" Liu Cun opened his eyes and held his wife's hand in the palm of his hand.

Sun Wan leaned down and gently touched her husband's forehead with a smooth forehead: "Grandma asked people to pass the word, saying that they couldn't see Ze'er for almost half a month, and they also sent a basket of freshly picked red plums from our yard." ”

Liu Cun remembered the kind smile of Taishi's mother when she hugged her son, sighed and sat up, and hugged his wife who was becoming more and more fair-skinned and delicate: "The stepmother must be thinking of Ze'er, and the little guy of Ziyi's family, who has been playing with Ze'er for more than a year, it is estimated that he will not see Ze'er for a long time, and the strong boy has a temper, haha!" You mothers-in-law are also strange, they would rather live under the Phoenix Gang in Zhushan than go to the prosperous Dongwu New Town, especially the sister-in-law of Shoushan, every time she goes to Kaiyang Imperial City to visit Brother Shoushan, she will live for a month at most and hurriedly run back to the countryside of Zhushan, no wonder Brother Shoushan can't hold back and wants to take a concubine. ”

"Why don't you take a concubine?" Sun Wan stared at her husband's eyes with disgust.

Liu Cun shook his head: "I'm not a saint either, but I don't have the heart and time." ”

Sun Wan held her husband's face, looked at it with admiration for a long time, and sighed again: "Husband's mind Wan'er understands, but there must be a caring person around Fujun to take care of him!" The husband of another family can't look down on the woman, but the sister of the big brother Mi is knowledgeable and courteous, and she is as beautiful as a fairy, why doesn't the husband see the last side? Don't you know that it's all spread outside? ”

Liu Cun was stunned: "Brother Mi drank too much and talked nonsense, no one mentioned it afterwards, it's been more than half a year, what other rumors can there be?" Don't think about it, I'll be content with you, there are so many beautiful women in the world, where there are beautiful women, there is gossip, if you believe in those short and long, let's not live. ”

Sun Wan was moved: "Husband, marry another sister and come back, the concubine doesn't want to hear others gossip, and she doesn't want to see a group of disciples serving her husband, and the concubine doesn't dare to monopolize the rain and dew of her husband!" ”

Liu Cun pinched his little Yao nose: "Okay, okay!" I'll tell you when I meet someone who pleases my eyes, I've never seen you so generous. ”

"Report to the Lord, Lord Mi and Lord Ziyang have come to visit." The voice of Qin Yi, the head of the guard, sounded outside the door.

"Got it! I'll be here after a while. ”

Liu Cun gently put his wife in his arms to his side, stood up and walked to the hanger, took a black gauze coat and put it on, and muttered suspiciously while tying the belt: "Didn't Brother Mi chant wine and poetry in Langya Academy?" We met yesterday, why did I come here with Ziyang again? Is there something wrong? ”

"Go quickly, just rest by yourself, husband, don't stay up too late."

Sun Wan gently tidied up Liu Cun's clothes, originally she wanted to ask her husband about the origin of the ancestors of the Liu family in the several ordinary tombs that she went to worship at the end of last year and today, and wanted to find out where she spent the whole ten years after her husband, who lost his parents at the age of fourteen? And follow which master of the world to learn the ability of a body? Unfortunately, the unexpected arrival of the guests messed up her plans, and she had to bury her doubts in her heart again.

Liu Cun strode to the living room, and at a glance he saw Huang Wan, Bing Yuan and Huo Jian, and immediately stepped forward and apologized in a low voice: "I didn't know that Lord Assassin Shi and Master Bing were here, Liu Cun was disheveled and disheveled, and it was rude!" ”

Huang Wan's rather rich face showed a generous smile, Bing Yuan just glanced at Liu Cun, then drank tea leisurely, and Mi Zhu on the side laughed: "Zijian is so reckless, don't worry about him, I heard that he practices martial arts with his disciples, and he will shout loudly with his bare arms if he drinks too much." ”

Everyone laughed, Liu Cun moved the cushions on your seats slightly to the side, to show respect for Shangguan Huang Wan and Bing Yuan, and slowly knelt down and bowed to Huang Wan and Bing Yuan: "My lord and Master Bing are coming together, there must be something important, please show me." ”

Everyone looked at Huang Wan, and Huang Wan looked at Liu Cun with a slight smile: "Zijian, everyone wants to know, why all the cities in Chengyang County, including the remote Mengyin City, have been renovated, but the Qianqian County (now Puji Town in the southwest of Jiaozhou), which is adjacent to Donglai County, has not moved?" Within 30 miles around the collapsed old city of Qianqian, Zijian has resettled more than 70,000 displaced people and reclaimed millions of acres of land for more than a year. However, why is it that in such a vibrant place, the officials at all levels who manage it are still crowded into crumbling and dilapidated dilapidated houses and toiling day and night, does Zijian have no intention of repairing the old city? ”

"No money!"

Liu Cun's answer surprised everyone, but Liu Cun didn't care, and said honestly without scruples: "My lord, Master Bing, everyone, as of the end of last year, in addition to the normal taxes, Chengyang County has paid 500,000 stone of grain to the imperial court, in the name of repaying the holy Hong, in fact, to make up for the deficit of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and then, Langya County, which is famous for its manufacturing, once again bears heavy taxes, and twice pays tribute to the imperial court's utensils, carriages, wine, etc., with a total price of more than 8,000 gold; In the past February and March, 50,000 yellow turbans rioted in Xingyang County, Zhongmu ordered Luohao and the chief secretary Pan Ye and his whole family to die, Henan Yin He Gong led troops to suppress, and the grain and grass were asked to be assisted by my Chengyang County. ”

"Since the end of February this year, Yanzhou County has driven more than 100,000 hungry people into the three counties west of Chengyang County, and they are about to starve all over the wilderness, and thieves are rampant. My lord, the lower officials did not want to complain, there was indeed no way, in order to avoid the demands of the creditors and the county officials, the lower officials did not dare to go out so far, so they could only hide in the barracks to teach. ”

Everyone sighed, and Huang Wan was even more guilty, always feeling sorry for Liu Cun, who had always supported him and understood him.

Huang Wan served as the history of Qingzhou for a year, many times to Chengyang County to inspect, many times to Langya Academy, to visit the contemporary Confucianism and many old friends, at first heard the old friends say "I go to do this Taishou, definitely not as good as Liu Zijian" words, Huang Wan was very surprised, and later saw the peaceful and prosperous Xiahe City, the clean and orderly Dongwu City, and the Qianmo herd of cattle and sheep after the city, Huang Wan finally believed.

In the first half of the year, Huang Wan walked through five of the eleven counties of Chengyang County, personally entered the newly cultivated fields, listened to the people's heartfelt gratitude and love for Liu Cun, personally visited the major workshops that paid the most taxes, and saw the dazzling production scene, Huang Wan, who was full of talent and conceit, was finally convinced, after that, even if Liu Cun had such and such shortcomings, even if a small group of people sued Liu Cun in front of him. Huang Wan turned a blind eye, in his eyes, Liu Cun's shortcomings and mistakes added up to nothing compared to his great contribution to the country and the people.

Therefore, every time Huang Wan, who is an upright person, writes a recital to the imperial court, he highly praises Liu Cun's achievements in governing the locality, and highly respects Liu Cun's ability to govern and lead troops.

At that time, whether it was Huang Wan, the assassin who accompanied the imperial envoy to announce the decree, or Liu Cun, who accepted the award, there was only one reaction - it was ridiculous!

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