Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, Guo Jia seduced the Tang family, the widow of King Hongnong!" ”

As soon as these words came out, even Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were taken aback, and asked in a loud voice: "Gongtai, what you said is true?" When did this happen? ”

Chen Gong's expression remained unchanged and continued: "This incident happened after Feng Xiao returned to Xiangyang from Nanzhong, and it was an important person who said it to Chen Mou. Chen still didn't believe it at first, but later sent someone to observe secretly, and saw that Fengxiao had often been in and out of the Empress Dowager's mansion recently, and he had come to report to the lord. ”

It was not a big deal for a woman to remarry in the Han Dynasty, if it was an ordinary woman, no one would care, but Tang Xian's identity was different. Tang Xian was the queen of Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and after Liu Bian was abolished by Dong Zhuo, he was renamed King Hongnong, and Tang Xian was also demoted to a princess. Also as embarrassing as Tang Xian's identity are He Lian and Fu Shou, both of whom have been the queens of the Han Dynasty, so naturally they can't remarry.

As a cabinet scholar, Guo Jia is very clear about the situation of these people, and it stands to reason that he will not provoke Tang Xian. Although Guo Jia was born poor, he was trusted by Liu Xin at a young age, and he can be regarded as a high and powerful position, and he is not thin, as long as he nods, who among the scholars in the Jingxiang area is not willing to marry his daughter to him?

But, my fair lady, gentleman. Liu Xin had seen Tang Xian and knew that she was born very beautiful, and Guo Jia had already passed the age of the weak crown, so it was not impossible to really fall in love with her.

Liu Xin couldn't help but groan: "How old is Tang this year?" ”

As the leader of the Phantom Spy, the files of these important people are all in the stomach of the depressed master, and when he heard Liu Xin ask, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, the Tang clan should have just reached the age of Jilu!" ”

In fact, Liu Xin knew Tang Xian's approximate age, and he had the intention to exonerate Guo Jia, so he deliberately inquired. After the frustration was finished, Liu Xin nodded and said, "It turns out that the Tang family is only fifteen years old, she is so young, she can't let her die alone." If Guo Jia intends to ......"

Chen Gong interrupted Liu Xin's words and said solemnly: "Please forgive your subordinates for being rude." The Tang family is lonely and old, and his subordinates don't want to see it, but the ancestral rules are like this, how can they be changed? If you want the Tang family to remarry, only one person can marry her! ”

After he said this, his two eyes stared at Liu Xin tightly, seeing that Liu Xin was terrified, his cold hair stood on end, and he waved his hand again and again, and said: "In this way, I will investigate Guo Jia's matter slowly, detain him for three months first, and then deal with it when the matter is clear." The public station said bluntly that Liu was very pleased, and ordered a commendation and a reward of 50 taels of gold, hoping that the public station would make persistent efforts to take care of this discipline for Liu. ”

Chen Gong did not retreat, and continued: "Fengxiao's family is poor, and he is a good drinker, and he spends a lot on weekdays, so I am afraid that there is no money left, and it would be very inappropriate to deduct his three months' salary. Fortunately, he has not made a big mistake now, and it is appropriate to ask the lord to replace it with a reprimand, please think twice! ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Gongtai, you are upright and can enforce the law, but with a benevolent heart, it is really the right person to let you do this imperial history." Okay, don't worry about the matter of Fengxiao, I will deal with it seriously. ”

Chen Gong is a person who is dedicated to his work, and when he saw that Liu Xin had already said this, he didn't say more, and he had many other things to deal with, so he bowed down and retired. Seeing that they were about to arrive in Dongcheng District, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng also said together: "Lord, the ladies must be waiting at home in a hurry, and their subordinates will also retire first." ”

"Not busy!" Liu Xin turned his head and shouted towards the carriage, "Rong'er, you go back to the house first, tell Mrs., I still have to deal with one more matter, and I will go back in a while." ”

The snacks prepared in the carriage had already been wiped out by Zhu Rong, and she was lying on the window looking at the scenery around her boringly, when she suddenly heard Liu Xin talking to her, and hurriedly raised the curtain and said, "Brother, I'll go with you!" ”

Liu Xin raised his face and said, "I have something to deal with, what are you talking about!" Hurry home, talk to Qian'er, let her prepare the ingredients, and when I come back, I will cook it myself! ”

Hearing the word "go home", Zhu Rong's heart was warm, and when he heard that Liu Xin was going to cook himself, he immediately hooked up the gluttonous worm and commanded the healthy woman repeatedly: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Come home! ”

Seeing Zhu Rong's childlike performance, even Tian Feng couldn't help but laugh a little, and said with a smile: "Hehe." Lord, only you can control a strange woman like Mrs. Rong. ”

Frustrated, he continued: "Hey, Yuan Hao, what you said is not right, the ladies of the lord, which one is not a strange woman?" ”

"You two are really disrespectful to the old, and you actually made a joke about Liu." Thinking of the beautiful wife and concubines at home and the lovely places, Liu Xin couldn't wait to fly back, but he had a big thing to do, so he had to put down his temperament and said, "Okay, let's talk about business." ”

Fu Zhu said: "Lord, the matter of filial piety is not in a hurry, it is still important to reunite with the ladies, you should go back to the house first." ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Fengxiao's matter is still a little strange, and there are still some things that need to be investigated. As the public station said just now, it was an important person who told him the news. Who is that important person? And why do you want to tell the public station this? They all need to be figured out. ”

Tian Feng was a little puzzled, and blurted out: "It's not easy to figure out this, just ask the public station to know." ”

Liu Xin said: "Otherwise! This important person is equivalent to an informant on the public platform, if the informant is betrayed casually, who else will be willing to provide him with information in the future? If Liu went to ask the public station, he naturally had to say, but who knows if he promised that important person to keep a secret? If this is the case, it will make it difficult for the public station to be a person, so it is better for Liu not to ask. ”

Tian Feng slowly stroked the three long strands of beard under his chin, silently thinking about what this "informant" meant. It was clear to him that he was in charge of the Phantom Spy, and those who provided information to the spy could be called "informants". However, he didn't understand, did Liu Xin still need to investigate these things personally? So, he couldn't help but say: "In this case, the lord doesn't have to be busy for a while." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Gonghe, of course I'm not in a hurry about this matter, you can arrange someone to investigate slowly." Now I would like to ask you to take me to meet someone. ”

Fu Zhu and Tian Feng glanced at each other and asked in unison, "I don't know who the lord wants to see?" ”

Liu Xin smiled and said two words: "Ma Teng! ”

Ma Teng, who was looking at the sky in a daze in the yard boredly, sneezed loudly for no reason. It has been more than ten days since he came to Xiangyang from Liangzhou, although he has no worries about food and clothing, but no one has arranged a job for him, it is inevitable that he will be a little panicked, and the only relief is that Liu Xin has not come back yet, and others dare not call the shots.

Ma Teng is not as loyal to the Han family as you described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he also has his own ambitions, however, his ambitions have not yet reached the point of dominating the world, and he just wants to divide one side. When Fan Chou went to lobby, Ma Teng, like Han Sui and others, neither expressed his stance nor openly resisted, his purpose was to maintain the status quo of his monopoly in Liangzhou. If Liu Xin was just sitting in Chang'an and had not made further moves, Ma Teng also planned to send an envoy to Chang'an to meet and seek a position to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement. Who knew that Jia Xu was killed halfway through, and Liu Xin's plan was changed, and Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong killed Liangzhou together.

To Ma Teng's surprise, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong did not adopt the strategy of first being weak and then strong, but directly took Han Sui, the most powerful in the entire Liangzhou. Although Han Sui killed Fan Chou and gave Liu Xin a reason to use force, Ma Teng was sure that Liu Xin's goal was the entire Liangzhou, which was contrary to common sense.

Although Ma Teng and Han Sui are named sworn brothers, they don't know how many times they have been separated and combined, and the two have fought many times, Ma Teng's wife and child are in the hands of Han Sui, so Ma Teng sees Han Sui's strength most clearly, and knows that he is not Han Sui's opponent at present.

However, under the blows of Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong, Han Sui had no power to fight back and retreated. Judging from the news reported by Tanma, all the battles between Liu and Han's armies were above board and hard-fought battles, without the slightest conspiracy, which shows that the combat effectiveness of Liu Xin's army was much higher than that of Han Sui.

Ma Teng knows very well that the strength of the heroes in Liangzhou, Han Sui will count him later, Liu Xin wants to solve the entire Liangzhou and eliminate Han Sui, the next target must be him. Ma Teng also wanted to protect himself, so he sent people to ask the Qiang tribe for help. Ma Teng has half Qiang blood, and his relationship with the Qiang people has always been good, but he didn't expect the news brought back by the people sent to surprise him, and the Qiang tribes actually stood on Liu Xin's side.

This news caused Ma Teng's attitude to take a 180-degree turn. It has been five or six years since he rebelled, during which he has suffered many defeats, all of which have relied on the Qiang people's great support to save the day, and now the Qiang people will not continue to help themselves, and may even turn against each other. And there was even more shocking news that Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong actually rejected Han Sui's surrender, making it clear that they wanted to kill them all. In this case, Ma Teng was forced to send Pang De to Xiao Guan to hand over the surrender table to Liu Xin.

Ma Teng knew that he was not Liu Xin's opponent, so he surrendered very thoroughly this time, not only handed over the seal letter, but also handed over the territory and military power, and moved his family to Xiangyang to wait for Liu Xin's summons. This wait is more than ten days, Ma Teng is also a little impatient, every time he sends someone to ask, the answer is that the lord is still in Nanzhong, please calm him down. However, Ma Teng staked his net worth and his life, and he didn't know what Liu Xin's attitude was, how he could settle down, stay in this courtyard all day long, and even bustle the bustling Xiangyang City to take a look.

Just because he's not willing to go out doesn't mean that others aren't willing to go out. His three sons and one nephew were all teenagers, and they felt that their eyes were not enough for so many novelties in Xiangyang City, and they went out into the street early in the morning.

Suddenly, the door "banged", and someone slammed it open, only to see a handsome young man striding in, and said angrily: "Dad, Liu Xin is too deceitful!" ”