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Liu Tong led his troops back to Japan. Before leaving, he made calculations with many people. In fact, Zhu Tong's ability was so great that no one else could suppress him. So he wanted to entrust all affairs of the Lu State to Zhu Tong. Zhu Tong waved his hands repeatedly: "No way. Wan Sheng
I am new here and cannot take on such an important responsibility. It would be better to ask the Major General to take charge."
Liu Tong looked up at him and thought: "He is a little younger."
Zhu Tong said: "You are born late and you are young. After all, the young general is the eldest son of the general, so he has a legitimate name."
Liu Tong thought for a long time and said: "It's okay, he doesn't care anyway." Then he handed over the affairs of Lu State to Liu Shu seriously, told him what Zhu Tong said, and told him to listen to Zhu Tong and Liu Qian's words.
Liu Shu's favorite word was the word "eldest son", and he was overjoyed: "Father, don't worry! I know that Mr. Zhu and Mr. Liu are both talented."
Liu Tong said again: "That Zhou Jiruo hasn't left yet, so keep in touch with him. He is a well-informed person. I'm afraid he has traveled to many places since he was a child." Liu Shu nodded repeatedly.
Liu Shu later told his mother about the matter, and Mrs. Liu was even more delighted: "Mr. Zhu and Mr. Liu are all on your side. It's not like you don't have mature and prudent people on your side, and they are both young.
Now that they are in charge, your position is secure." Liu Shu laughed.
Liu Tong then bid farewell to his young son and led the troops away. Liu Shu was in power for the first time and was running around in excitement. Zhou Ji looked amused and quietly said to Zhu Tong: "The old cat is not at home, and the mouse has come to the room."
Zhu Tong rolled his eyes.
As the saying goes, when you have nothing to do, you often think about something. The person in charge, Liu Shu, is just a publicist. When others have something to do, they go to Zhu Tong to ask. Even if Liu Shu is asked, he doesn't understand. After walking around for a few days and having nothing to do, he because
Remembering that his father had asked him to interact with Zhou Ji more often, Zhou Ji was an interesting person, so he went to talk to him. Zhou Ji also talked nonsense, and often ran around the earth with his tongue, which made Liu Shu stunned for a while.
Speaking of the kingdoms south of the Yangtze River, Zhou Ji said: "In the whole south, 60% of the strongest ones in the future will be the Lu Kingdom, and the remaining 40% will be the Wu Kingdom."
Liu Shu smiled and said: "Wu is just paying back the country. Lu is a small place and the king of Lu is young. What's going on?"
Zhou Jidao: "From the current point of view, it takes at least a hundred years for the feudal lords to be separated. There will be great changes in a hundred years. What is the most important in troubled times? Soldiers. How to get soldiers? Money. Now is the age of firearms. One person is useless.
With money, you can buy armor and firearms, train elite soldiers, and gradually annex territory. The country of Wu is rich, and the king of Wu is rich. Therefore, whoever can dominate the south of the Yangtze River in the future, Wu will have a 40% chance."
Liu Shu asked: "What about the country of Lu?"
Zhou Jidao: "Money can be made from people. These people are not 'population', but talents. Twenty years from now, the country with the greatest shortage of talents will be the country of Lu. With talents, anything can be done easily."
Liu Shu asked curiously: "Why don't they lack talents?"
Zhou Ji waved his fingers and said, "Because their talent pool is bigger than other countries." Then he talked about King Lu's universal compulsory education, and finally sighed, "As the saying goes, tigers are hidden in the mountains, and unicorns lie in the wilderness. Ordinary people
There are many smart children in the family, and they all try to select them and teach them well. When these people grow up, how can they not be grateful to the King of Lu? Even the girls are not spared. Princess Jian'an and several girls from the Zeng family are in charge of the female affairs of the Lu Kingdom.
School. You see, Mrs. Ma knows that women are also extremely intelligent. Although she does not follow the rules of women, the plan she came up with for General Liu is indeed a good one. The strategy of Lu State is very far-sighted. It doesn’t matter whether they are men or women, just use the talents.
.If a woman is talented and learned, she can become a monk. Wouldn’t it be good to be a nun and a Taoist nun and work for her master? In the future, the talents of Lu Kingdom will be the most in the world, and they will be the most loyal."
Liu Shu thought about it and couldn't help but praise: "Who came up with this idea! I wonder where he came up with it."
Zhou Jidao: "I heard it's a Mr. Fan." After a pause, he said, "I want to go to Luzhou for inspection in a few days."
Liu Shu glanced at him: "Are you a Shangguan? You are still inspecting."
Zhou Ji stretched his waist and said, "What the hell. Anyway, I'm going to see how they did it and what it looks like."
Liu Shu glanced at him a few times and asked, "When are you going?"
"We'll go shopping in a few days before setting off. Ah Hei will probably go with me."
Liu Shu hurriedly said: "I'll go too."
Zhou Ji glanced at him and said, "You can go, but don't bring too many people with you. Not to mention the inconvenience on the way, and you'll attract people's attention when you get to Luzhou. You have to pretend to be an ordinary businessman, otherwise the people in Luzhou will know.
You are Liu Tong's eldest son, so there is no doubt that something will happen."
Liu Shu snorted: "I know this, why don't you tell me!"
"And!" Zhou Ji curled his lips and said, "I obviously don't know! Why are you talking so hard?" Liu Shu gave him a hammer.
Liu Shu heard that it was raining, so he immediately went back and told his mother to pack his bags. Mrs. Liu ordered him to bring more people, and Liu Shu agreed. Within three days, several people set off.
Pegasus galloped along the way, and that day they entered Luzhou City. Seeing the commotion on the streets, they sent someone to ask what was going on. Not long after, the boy came back and said: "There have been flower pickers in Luzhou in recent days.
He killed girls from two families, and almost succeeded in killing the third family. The girl struggled out of the house and screamed, and the culprits escaped."
Zhou Ji asked curiously: "Aren't all flower-picking thieves very skilled? Why did he run away when the girl called him?"
Ah Hei said: "There are three, six or nine levels of flower pickers."
The maid from the Zhou family stood up and asked, "Do you know which family's girl is in trouble?"
The inquiring boy said: "The first two are ordinary families, and the third family seems to be the daughter-in-law of an important family in Luzhou who has been engaged, and is currently breaking off the engagement."
Zhou Ji asked casually: "Whose family?"
"The young master of the teahouse, General Xiao Zhong."
Zhou Ji blurted out: "Impossible!"
Liu Shu said: "It's an ordinary tightness, how can it be impossible? Since she is the young owner of the teahouse, even if the woman did not suffer, she still suffered at the hands of the flower picker."
Zhou Jidao: "I know that Mr. Zhong's family is extremely loyal."
Liu Shu said inexplicably: "This is reputation, what does it have to do with loyalty."
Zhou Jidao: "In this day and age, women are all weak. Looking at how a person treats the weak, you can infer that this person values love, profit or righteousness, and that he values face or honour. Looking back, I know what kind of character Xiao Zhong is.
, is a person who values righteousness and respects integrity, so it can be inferred that he will not treat his unmarried wife badly. There is a misunderstanding here. Sister Qi. Dian will go to their teahouse to ask first, and we will find the inn and go there." Qi. Dian agreed.
After patting the horse and leaving, Liu Shu turned his head and looked at Zhou Ji for half a day.
Everyone then found an inn and rented a large courtyard. Zhou Ji asked Liu Shu to stay alone. Liu Shu refused and wanted to follow him to watch the fun. How could Zhou Ji and Ah Hei dare to take him with them? They used tricks to trick him.
Left behind. These two people were naturally Jia Cong and Shi Li, and hurried to Yuezhi Teahouse.
At this moment, Zhong Heng was still in the guard camp and had not returned. Chen Ruijin and Zhong Wei had been talking for half a day. When Zhong Wei saw Jia Cong, he sighed: "What kind of fate does my Heng'er have?"
It turns out that the daughter of the family that Zhong Wei arranged for Zhong Heng was named Tian. I was a painter, and the girls were very good at craftsmanship. When they were eight or nine years old, they started selling embroidery work to earn money for the family. They had a gentle temperament, a decent appearance, and I heard that they were even good at sewing.
Zhong Wei was very satisfied with the delicious food, but Zhong Heng didn't take it very seriously. He trained his troops and horses every day and taught King Xiaolu. They had already planned to get married in the autumn, but suddenly something like this happened.
Mrs. Tian usually sleeps deeply, but that day she was uneasy for some reason and couldn't sleep well. She didn't expect a flower picker to break into her house in the middle of the night. She tried her best to escape and escaped, and now she sheds tears every day.
, as if he had lost his soul.
As soon as this incident came out, the matchmaker immediately broke down another threshold at the door of the Zhong family: everyone thought that the Zhong family would definitely not want this marriage. Zhong Wei was very hesitant, but Zhong Heng refused to break off the engagement; but the Tian family insisted on it.
He couldn't retreat, saying that the girl had no shame in entering their house.
Jia Cong frowned when he heard this: "Uncle Zhong, my nephew said something arrogant. This family cannot withdraw. Tian family, I will go back with Sister Chen to persuade you. Your family is determined not to withdraw."
Zhong Wei sighed: "I know that the Tian family suffered innocently, and they don't want to retreat. Now it's their family who wants to retreat."
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "You can't agree to that. If you agree to cancel the engagement, Zhong Heng and the girl will be ruined. The girl has got an excellent marriage, but I'm afraid the wedding dress will be ready by now.
.If you break off the engagement, you will not be able to marry a good family in the future, and your life will be over. Brother Zhong has experienced such catastrophes himself, and he knows what it feels like to have your innocent reputation ruined. If you break off the engagement, you will despise himself. He will
I'll be miserable for the rest of my life, and if I don't get enough protection, I'll have a heart attack."
Zhong Wei took a breath: "I vaguely thought of this section, but I didn't think so clearly."
Jia Cong said: "At this point, it is most important to find the murderer."
Zhong Wei said: "I have ordered my brothers to investigate, but I still don't know who the two families in front are. There are many and mixed rumors on the street. We have visited the families who have been rumored, but they are not the same."
Shi Li cupped his cheek and said, "It's so strange. In the market, good things never go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles away. Although every household wants to hide these things, how can they hide them? There is no airtight wall in the world."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "There is one more thing. Since it is the Tian family that wants to break off the engagement, why did it happen that when we inquired about it, it was reported on the street that the Zhong family was going to break off the engagement? I wonder if someone will take the opportunity to cause trouble." He glanced at Zhong.
With a powerful look, he said, "Boss Zhong, have you really become rusty after living comfortably for too long? You are always spying, spying, and spying!"
Zhong Wei smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not a spy, I'm a thug."
"You still have three or four spies with you, don't you?" Jia Cong muttered, "As a spied, someone splashed dirty water on you without even realizing it. Don't you feel ashamed of being the ancestor of spies?" Zhong Wei glared.
He glanced at it.
Chen Ruijin said: "Now we have to calm that woman's mood."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Without any further delay, let's set off now."
Shi Li said: "I'm going to the market, the tavern, and the Flower House."
Zhong Wei couldn't help but relax his eyebrows: "You guys are still smart. Zhong Heng is like an idiot."
Shi Li and others laughed. Jia Cong changed into a scholar's robe in the teahouse and went out with Chen Ruijin.
When they arrived at Tian's house, they saw people pointing from a distance, and children clapped their hands, laughed and cursed around the door of their house. Jia Cong got off his horse and asked, "Have you attended elementary school yet?"
Several children looked at each other and shook their heads: "Not yet." One of them puffed up his chest and said, "I'm going next year."
"Oh." Jia Cong nodded, "The weird thing is, it turns out it's because you are still young and haven't studied yet. If you still do such villainous behavior after studying in school, your teacher will be so angry that he vomits blood.
"
The children were a little panicked and looked at each other. One of them had the courage to say: "This woman is a broken shoe, and no one is allowed to tell her?"
Jia Cong raised his hand and gave it to him. With a "boom" sound, the child had a bump on his head. He cried "Wow". Jia Cong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Come and see! This man has a bump on his head. Haha."
Hahaha, so ugly hahahaha..."
The child became anxious, pointed at him and cried, "He was the one who hit me!"
Jia Cong snorted: "So what if I hit you? You had a bump on your head and you were ugly. Aren't you allowed to say anything about it?"
The child cried louder and louder. Seeing that he could not defeat Jia Cong, he cried for a while and ran away. When he disappeared, another child showed off loudly: "His sister wants to marry General Xiao Zhong!"
Jia Cong nodded: "It turns out there are interests involved, but it's understandable." He then asked, "Do you have any sisters in your family who want to marry General Xiao Zhong?"
The children all shook their heads: "No!"
Jia Cong said coldly: "We don't even have any interests at all. At a young age, we just enjoy bullying others for no reason. Sooner or later, we will cause harm to one party. I killed all of you today, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people in advance." As he said that, he stretched out his hand.
He drew his sword. The children were so frightened that they all ran away with a few clatters.
Seeing that he had had enough fun, Chen Ruijin reached out and gently knocked on the door. After a while, the door creaked open, and there stood an old man in his fifties with gray beard and hair, a haggard face, and red and swollen eyes.
Both of them felt pity when they saw it. Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "May I ask, Mr. Tian?"
The old man nodded: "That's right, little old man."
Jia Cong said: "Wansheng has something to ask the old gentleman about. Could you please allow me to come in and talk?"
Seeing that he was dressed as a scholar, the old man hurriedly stepped aside and said: "Sir, please come in."
After entering the door, Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin took a look and saw that the small yard was neatly arranged and planted with many flowers and trees, all of which were lush and green. They felt good about it. When they arrived at the main room, Old Man Tian took out some tea and asked his old lady to boil water.
, the tea jar obviously belongs to Yuezhi Tea House.
Jia Cong waited for the old man to sit down, looked at him and said sincerely: "Mr. Tian, I am the junior of Mr. Zhong of Yuezhi Teahouse. I was ordered by Uncle Zhong to have a talk with the old man. I, Brother Zhong, really want to get married.
, I wonder if the Tian family has any unspeakable secrets. If it’s just because of some bad reputation, Wan Sheng can definitely wipe it out."
Old Man Tian was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't mention that matter."
Jia Cong smiled and pointed at the tea jar and said: "The old gentleman is definitely not angry with the Zhong family. If he is really angry, this jar will be smashed. Please tell the truth. Is there someone threatening your family and forcing you to break off the engagement?"
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Old Man Tian's face turned red when he heard him talking about the tea jar. Later, he shook his head and said, "No, no, we want to break off the engagement." He sighed, "My daughter has been sensible since she was a child, and now she has become pregnant.
How can I have the nerve to marry for such a big deal?" Tears fell down as he spoke.
Jia Cong asked curiously: "Why can't Wansheng understand what the old man said? Did Ling do something wrong? Why is he so shameless?"
Old Man Tian choked up more and more: "She was hugged by that thief..."
Jia Cong said: "Did she do it on purpose?"
Old Man Tian slapped the table and yelled: "Of course not!"
"But here you go again!" Jia Cong spread his hands, "She didn't mean it, and you always said she was a thief, so she is innocent. Since she is innocent, why is she so shameless? As the saying goes, face is given by others.
Yes, you have lost your face. I’m surprised, no real ** woman feels that she has no face. How come a good-natured woman from a good family feels that she has no face when she suffers for nothing?”
Old Man Tian was choked. He knew what was going on but couldn't tell him. It took him a long time to point to the door and say: "Those people outside..."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "The kid who was scolding people outside just now has a sister in his family who wants to marry Zhong Heng. If you cancel the engagement, it will help his sister." (..)