"Uh... I came in a hurry this time. I won't have time to send the letter first."
Seeing that Liu Xiu seemed to have something to hide, Deng Chen was considerate and did not ask any more questions. He waved his hands to Zhu You and others and said with a smile: "You are welcome, sit down!"
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xiu and said with a smile: "Axiu will stay in Xinye for a short time this time."
Liu Xiu nodded and said sheepishly: "Brother-in-law, I'm going to cause you trouble this time."
"Hey, one family doesn't speak the same language as the other. I've sent someone to the backyard to inform your second sister. Your second sister will be here soon."
Liu Xiu smiled, turned to Zhu You, Gai Yan, and Long Yuan and nodded. The three of them understood, took off the packages they were carrying, opened them, and sent them to Deng Chen.
The latter was stunned and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion. Liu Xiu smiled and said: "These are gifts prepared for me by my eldest brother. Brother-in-law, please accept them."
Liu Xiu was honest. He didn't say that he had brought the gift by himself. He bluntly said that his elder brother had prepared it for him. Deng Chen laughed out loud. He liked Liu Xiu's honest and unpretentious personality.
He lowered his head and looked at the gifts in the three packages. They included gold and silver jewelry, jade articles, and some local specialties from Caiyang. This gift was not cheap.
After Deng Chen looked at it, he shook his head and said: "Brother is too polite, and you are too polite, Axiu. It is only natural that you come to live at your brother-in-law's house, so why should you bring any gifts?!"
Liu Xiu took the tea cup from the servant, made a slurp, and drank it all in one gulp. He took a breath comfortably, shrugged and said, "I told my eldest brother that I don't need to bring so many gifts, but my eldest brother didn't listen, and there was nothing I could do about it."
Deng Chen knew that Liu Yan was a straight-tempered person who didn't hide anything. If you didn't accept the things he gave you, it would be a loss of his face and would only make him unhappy. He said with a smile: "Okay, these gifts, My brother-in-law accepted it."
While they were talking, a series of footsteps came from the side door of the lobby. Then the door curtain was lifted and a group of people walked out. The beautiful young woman who came out first was none other than Liu Xiu's second sister, Liu Yuan.
Behind her, there were a group of little kids, the children of Deng Chen and Liu Yuan.
"Axiu!" Liu Yuan exclaimed when he saw Liu Xiu, and walked quickly with red eyes.
Liu Xiu quickly stood up from his seat, bowed to Liu Yuan and said, "Second sister."
The two siblings had not seen each other for a long time, so they were inevitably very emotional.
Liu Yuan took Liu Xiu's hand and looked him up and down carefully, feeling that Liu Xiu had changed a lot.
He has grown taller, he has become energetic, and his skin is much whiter than before, exuding wealth. After seeing it, Liu Yuan shed tears and sighed: "It seems that uncle did not treat Axiu badly!"
She didn't know that most of Liu Xiu's changes came from taking gold liquid, she just thought that he was raised well in Liu Liang's family.
Liu Xiu didn't explain much. He nodded to Liu Yuan with a smile and said, "Second sister, don't you think I'm doing well? Why are you crying?!"
"Second sister is happy..." Even so, Liu Yuan's tears kept falling like short-term pearls. Deng Chen looked on and felt heartbroken. He said to the children beside him: " Come and meet my uncle!"
The five children timidly came to Liu Xiu, lined up in a row, bowed and saluted, and said in unison: "Little uncle."
Liu Xiu looked at the two boys and smiled at the older one: "You are Fan'er!" Then he said to the younger one: "You are Tanger!"
The younger boy asked in confusion: "How do you know my name?"
Not only Liu Xiu burst out laughing, but Deng Chen and Liu Yuan were also amused. Liu Yuan touched Deng Tang's head and said, "When you were little, my uncle hugged you!"
Deng Tang is the youngest son of Deng Chen and Liu Yuan, and is also deeply loved by the couple.
Although Deng Tang is young, only three or four years old, he is very smart and knows how to catch snakes and follow the stick. He opened his two small arms and said to Liu Xiu crisply: "Little uncle, hug me! "
Liu Xiu laughed and picked up Deng Tang, lifting him up so high that the little guy shouted excitedly.
After Liu Xiu had played with the children for a while, Deng Chen asked his servants to take the children back to the backyard, and then sent all the servants present out.
At this time, only Liu Xiu, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Long Yuan, Deng Chen, and Liu Yuan were left in the hall.
Deng Chen was the first to get to the point and asked: "Axiu, I heard that you and your eldest brother joined the rebel army and went to Yizhou a while ago."
Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Yes, brother-in-law."
Liu Yuan sighed and said resentfully: "Brother always does things willfully. Why do you, Axiu, follow my eldest brother to fool around? Isn't fighting a child's play? You are such a big man, but it still doesn't make people worry."
Deng Chen said: "Ever since your second sister heard that you and your eldest brother were going to fight in Yizhou, you haven't been eating well and sleeping well these days. I was afraid that you and your eldest brother would make a mistake in Yizhou."
Liu Xiu's heart felt warm, and she bowed to Liu Yuan and Deng Chen and said, "Second sister Xiu, my brother-in-law is worried."
Deng Chen held Liu Yuan's hand, smiled at Liu Xiu, and said, "It's good to be back safely, and we are all relieved." After a pause, he asked, "Have you gained anything from coming back from Yizhou this time? "
They are all real relatives, and Liu Xiu has nothing to hide from Deng Chen and his second sister. He said: "When we were exterminating the barbarians, we seized a sum of property, about one million dollars."
When Deng Chen and Liu Yuan heard this, they were both secretly surprised. The latter couldn't help but exclaimed: "There is so much money..."
"No wonder the eldest brother went around recruiting customers after he returned to Chongling. Even many people from Xinye rushed to Chongling after hearing the news." Deng Chen was not too surprised by this.
Although Liu Yan loved making friends in the past, after all, his family was not rich and his financial resources were limited, so he could not recruit many customers. But since he returned to Chongling from Yizhou, there has been a great change from before. As long as someone comes He would not refuse anyone who came, and he would accept them all, so Deng Chen was sure that Liu Yan and Liu Xiu would gain a lot when they returned from Yizhou, but he did not expect that Liu Yan and Liu Xiu could bring them back from Yizhou. Millions of money.
Deng Chen cleared his throat and asked word by word: "What is the purpose of eldest brother recruiting customers in such a big way?"
The eyes of Zhu You, Gai Yan, Long Yuan, and Liu Yuan all fell on Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu only pondered for a moment and said: "Wait for the opportunity, and you will react rashly!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yuan's expression suddenly changed. Liu Yuan could more or less guess what his elder brother was thinking, but Liu Yuan was still shocked when he heard his younger brother say such words himself.
After all, this is not a trivial matter, it is about rising up and rebelling.
Deng Chen's eyes flickered for a moment and he said slowly: "Rebellion? Axiu, this is a big event, we can't laugh at it, let alone take it lightly."
Liu Xiu said: "Brother-in-law, I am not joking, and my eldest brother does not take things that are against Mang lightly! Wang Mang is ignorant, the people are in dire straits, the world is in chaos, and people are thinking about Han people. We, the descendants of the clan, have to shoulder the heavy responsibility.
Overthrow the reckless traitors, restore the Han Dynasty, and save the people of the world from water and fire."
Liu Yuan did not expect that his always honest and honest younger brother would say such a thing, and his face was full of surprise. Deng Chen and Liu Xiu looked at each other for a moment, and said quietly: "Success is good, but if you fail, you will be doomed."
Liu Xiu said: "Even if your body is broken into pieces, you will die without regrets!"
Hearing this, Deng Chen stood up without saying much, raised his hands to Liu Xiu, gave a deep salute, and said in a loud voice: "Wei Qing is not talented, but he also knows what is the right way! Now that Wang Mang has usurped the throne, all the people in the world will be saved."
, displaced, hungry and dying all over the country, in such troubled times, all people with insight should stand up and fight hard. Wei Qing is willing to follow the elder brother and A Xiu and do the hard work of dogs and horses!"
Speaking of which, Deng Chen had been dissatisfied with Wang Mang for more than a day or two.
After Wang Mang ascended the throne, he proposed many new policies, one of which was land reform and the implementation of the royal land system, which converted all land in the country into state-owned land and distributed it equally to individuals.
If there are no more than eight males in the family, the land they own must not exceed 900 acres.
It sounds like this policy is very good, and it has dealt a heavy blow to the landlord class, but when it is actually implemented, it is not the case at all.
Wang Mang's clan members and cronies, officials and relatives of the imperial court, and local officials and relatives took advantage of this opportunity to annex the land in the hands of farmers. The people in power could own thousands of hectares of fertile land, while the farmers at the bottom could not even get their own little bits.
The land on which they lived was lost.
The Deng family has also been greatly affected. Although the Deng family has ancestors who were officials, that was in the past. Now the Deng family only belongs to the ordinary wealthy family and the landlord class. A lot of land that originally belonged to them has been confiscated by the government.
Divided up by those in power, the entire family is heading towards decline.
The New Deal implemented by Wang Mang has a life-or-death conflict with the Deng family.
At that time, the Deng family was by no means an exception. Many big families like the Deng family had been deprived of their land. They hated Wang Mang with all their teeth. As long as the anti-Wang Mang forces gained some momentum, these families would immediately give him money.
Maximum support.
However, among the current anti-Wang Mang forces, the strongest is the peasant uprising army, such as the Red Eyebrow Army, Green Forest Army, Bronze Horse Army, etc., especially the Red Eyebrow Army, which has grown to more than 100,000 people, directly threatening Luoyang.
and Chang'an, the whole world was shocked.
However, there are fundamental conflicts between the landlord class like the Deng family and the peasant uprising army. It is impossible for Deng Chen to join the peasant uprising army to fight against Wang Mang. So when Deng Chen heard about Liu Yan, Liu Xiu
The brothers wanted to rebel against Wang Mang and regain the Han Dynasty. After confirming that the two brothers were not fooling around but had carefully considered it, he immediately expressed his support and was willing to join the Liu brothers in resisting Wang Mang.
In fact, Deng Chen's decision is not difficult to understand. It was the inevitable result of the conflict between the ruling class and the landlord class at that time intensifying to an irresolvable point. No one is right or wrong, but the fact is, either you die or I die.
Seeing Deng Chen's statement, Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. He stood up in a hurry, bowed his hand to Deng Chen in return, and said, "With the help of my brother-in-law, the Zhu Tiandu Department will be even more powerful!"
Deng Chen asked in confusion: "Zhu Tiandu Department?"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Eldest brother established the Zhutian Capital Division in Yizhou..." Then Liu Xiu told Deng Chen about recruiting Ma Wu, Yao Qi and other green forest troops in Yizhou.
Although I have no personal experience, just listening to Liu Xiu's narration, Deng Chen and Liu Yuan's hearts sometimes rose and sometimes fell, and their expressions sometimes frowned and worried, and sometimes showed joy.
After Liu Xiu finished speaking, Deng Chen excitedly clapped his hands and said: "Great, we have hidden these thousand cavalry in Yizhou. At the critical moment, we will definitely have a surprise victory!"
Looking at the excited husband, Liu Yuan gently took his hand. Deng Chen held Liu Yuan's hand and said meaningfully: "Madam, my husband wants to fight against the recklessness with his eldest brother, Axiu. I don't know that Madam