Liu Xiuzheng and Dong Zhuo were depressed. Niu Fu came to report that the little Guo Jia that General Liu was looking for came. As Dong Zhuo said, Guo Jia was thin and small, standing with Tang Yingzi, who was about the same age as him. He was half a head smaller than Tang Yingzi, with a face full of dishes and patches on his clothes, but he was washed cleanly.

"How old are you?" Looking at this child with severe nutrition, Liu Xiu could not coincide with the genius I remember, except that he was as thin as a ghost.

Guo Jia glanced at it and knew that Liu Xiu was the protagonist today. He quickly bowed and replied seriously in his tender childish voice: "General Cheng asked, the boy was born in March of the third year of Jianning and was eleven years old this year."

In the third year of Jianning, Liu Xiu secretly broke up his fingers. It seemed that it was exactly ten years ago. According to the current year-old calculation, Guo Jia was indeed eleven years old.

"Who else is there in the family?"

"And my mother." Guo Jia's eyes turned red and he lowered his head.

"Where is you Ahon?" Tang Yingzi interrupted.

"My Old Man passed away when I was four years old." Guo Jia was silent for a moment, and then said calmly: "It was my mother who had been struggling to manage her family. She was really embarrassed. She was just vain and thought of finding a servant in the prefect's mansion. However, the mansion's eyes were as bright as a torch, and she felt weak in her body. She would let the boy come back in two years."

Tang Yingzi walked forward, hugged Guo Jia's shoulder like a little adult, stretched out his little hand to wipe the tears that were rolling in his eyes: "Don't cry, don't cry, sister is also a miserable person like you."

Guo Jia raised his head and looked at him in surprise. Tang Yingzi was wearing brocade clothes, with a white and fat face, and he could not see any miserable person.

"Really, I was abducted when I was four or five years old. It took only a few good days to meet the general's brother." Tang Yingzi pointed to Liu Xiu: "General's brother is a good person. If you follow him, you won't have to endure hardship in the future."

Guo Jia looked at Liu Xiu, hesitated for a moment, but shook his head: "I am from the Guo family in Yangdi, the Guo family in Yangdi... I have occupied the fief of the eldest princess, I..."

Liu Xiu was very surprised. He didn't expect that this poor boy had a family concept. "What is your relationship with Guo Xun?"

"He is my great-grandfather and uncle."

"Oh, it's quite far away." Liu Xiu waved his hand, "I understand, don't worry, your uncle was beaten by me, and our hatred has been erased. Although we are not very intimate now, we are not considered enemies. If you are willing, follow me, and then serve my pen and ink in the future, read and practice martial arts. As for your mother, if she is willing, she can go to Luoyang together and work in my mansion. If she doesn't want to leave home, she can stay in Yangdi. I will arrange her life."

Guo Jia then breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed. Liu Xiu had never met him. He could be so polite to him. Where can I find such a good thing? But he didn't know that Liu Xiu was beating a rabbit. No matter whether you are useful or not, I'll pull him over first.

"Thank you for your good intentions. Let's wait for the boy to discuss with his mother and then reply to the general."

"Very good, I like you so filial. Fujun, please arrange a car to go home with him. Maybe some things need to be installed."

Dong Zhuo quickly arranged for someone to follow Guo Jia home. Guo Jia's mother, Li, heard that the eldest princess and his wife of Yangdi were coming, and called Guo Jia away. She didn't know whether it was a blessing or a disaster. She was worried at home. When Guo Jia came home, she was overjoyed and said that the situation was unwilling to do so. She immediately nodded in agreement. Guo Jia's father died early and had no property at home. After packing up a few torn clothes, he might set off on the road as soon as the door was locked. After arriving at the prefect, Liu Xiu said to Li, "Although Guo Jia is young, he is very filial to his mother. I think he can call him "Fengfei". You mother and son will follow us in the future, and I will not treat you badly."

Guo Jia and his son thanked Liu Xiu for his great kindness.

Liu Xiu immediately asked someone to change their clothes. Li was temporarily with the eldest princess, and Guo Jia was a book boy next to him. Tang Yingzi was a little star in Luoyang, and there were a bunch of children following him wherever he went. This time he came to Yingchuan, he was quite lonely all the way. Now with Guo Jia, in her words, they were both people who were in the world and were both miserable. Tang Yingzi was cunning and was not inferior to Guo Jia, so he was naturally speculative and soon became inseparable good friends.

From the few words that Guo Jia occasionally revealed, Liu Xiu knew that their family was also part of the Guo family of Yangdi clan. However, his father died early and had no chance to enter the officialdom, so the family was defeated. His mother, Li, came from the Li family in Xiangcheng, and was of the same clan as Li Ying. She was a widow at a young age. Seeing that Guo Jia was smart, she was unwilling to remarry and raised Guo Jia by herself. The orphan and widowed mother, and the Li family was still a little lonely and bullied a lot. Although she was a big clan, her life was very difficult.

This is not the first time Liu Xiu heard of this situation. Among the big clans, there were both generous and kind tribe members, as well as sarcastic and snobbish relatives, and there were often more of the latter. The Guo family in Yangdi was not passed down through Confucianism, and their family was proficient in the criminal name. The "Little Du Rule" of Guo Jia's Gaozu Guo Hong family was born in a prison official. He was in prison for 30 years, and from great-grandfather Guo Gong to the prison officer to the court wei. Although it cannot be said that the people who were in prison were mean and ruthless, the Guo family did this. Especially after several lifetimes, the gap between the rich and the poor in the clan became more serious, and mutual relief was basically impossible.

In comparison, Xun You was also a little orphan, and his situation was much better than Guo Jia.

After leaving Yangdi, Liu Xiu drove straight to Yancheng. Tang Mao had already received Tang Zhen's fast horse letter and left the city to greet him early. Tang Mao was over thirty years old, but he looked very melancholy and taciturn. Seeing Tang Yingzi, he just frowned slightly without showing too much expression.

Liu Xiu took out the painting, Tang Mao looked at it for a while, and roughly understood what it was, and took Liu Xiu to a small hillside. Just as he was about to stop on the hillside, Liu Xiu was stunned. The scene in front of him was exactly the same as the image left in the ring. It seemed that there had not changed in the past few years, and it was obviously here.

Tang Yingzi stood on the shaft of the car, looking at everything in front of her, and her face, which had never lacked a smile, became silent. She stood there for a moment, suddenly jumped out of the car, ran towards a small cliff, and shouted loudly while running: "Ah Mother...Ah Mother..."

Tang Mao, who had not spoken much, suddenly burst into tears and chased after him, hugged Tang Yingzi in his arms, and cried in tears: "Aying, Aying, you are finally back."

Tang Yingzi struggled to push him away and shouted: "Mother...Mother..."

Tang Mao was even more in pain: "Aying, your mother... your mother is gone."

"You're talking nonsense!" Tang Yingzi suddenly became angry and bit Tang Mao hard. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Tang Mao letting go, he pushed him away and ran away. In a blink of an eye, he passed by a mountain and disappeared. Liu Xiu was shocked and hurriedly chased him.

Turning a hillside, Tang Yingzi stood blankly in front of a dilapidated thatched hut, tears falling down. When she heard Liu Xiu's voice, she turned around, threw herself into Liu Xiu's arms, and burst into tears: "Big brother, my mother...my mother is gone!"

Liu Xiu was very sad, patted her back and looked at the thatched hut, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. The Tang family is also a big family in Yancheng. Although Tang Mao did not serve in the official position, it can be seen from his ornaments and the carriage he was riding that the Tang family's economic situation was good. How could Tang Yingzi and her mother live in this place? The lonely thatched hut here doesn't look like a place where people live.

Guo Jia also ran over, stretched out his hand hesitantly, and pulled the corner of Tang Yingzi's clothes: "Sister Yingzi, stop crying."

It would be fine if he didn't say it. Tang Yingzi was so shocked that he cried, and his tears and snot dripped Liu Xiu's chest apart. Tang Mao walked over and saw this scene, and couldn't help feeling ashamed and apologized repeatedly.

"It's okay, Yingzi and I are sympathetic to brothers and sisters. I feel so sad, and I feel uncomfortable. What's so great about a piece of clothing?" Liu Xiu said with red eyes: "I dare to ask Mr. Tang, what's going on?"

"Oh--" Tang Mao sighed and extended his hand to invite him: "Please follow me to the humble house to sit down, so that I can enjoy the friendship of the landlords, and I will say goodbye to the general one by one."

Liu Xiu nodded and said yes, picked up Tang Yingzi, got into the car, and followed Tang Mao back to the Tang family. The Tang family was in Gaotang, and half of the entire mile were from the Tang brothers. Although Tang Heng had lost power for many years, the Tang family still cannot be underestimated.

Tang Mao wiped his tears while telling the story.

The Tang family was originally just an inconspicuous small clan. The real fortune was after Tang Heng entered the palace and became the Central Secretariat. Tang Heng was smart and courageous since childhood, brave, dared to take risks, and was scheming. In the second year of Yanxi, when the emperor hid in the toilet to ask for advice, he immediately seized the opportunity and helped the emperor overthrow the Liang family in one fell swoop. Liang Ji, the domineering general who was powerful and in power, did not even have the power to fight back in front of them. Tang Heng was therefore named Marquis of Ruyang, with a fief of 3,000 households and a reward of 1,300 million yuan.

After Tang Heng was appointed as a marquis, the Tang family began to develop rapidly, and the brothers were in a smooth career. Tang Mao was still young at that time, so he did not gain much. In the seventh year of Yanxi, Tang Heng died of illness and was given a general of chariots and cavalry. The soldiers of the fifth camp were sent to mourn and were about to be a master craftsman to build a tomb. Tang Mao inherited Tang Heng's Marquis Ruyang, and the limelight was still strong. Later, because the Sili School Captain Han Yan impeached the eunuchs' children and disrupted the government, he was demoted to the village marquis and paid three million a year.

In the seventh year of Yanxi, Tang Heng, who was in his prime, suddenly suffered from an emergency and soon became bedridden. Tang Mao kept serving his bedside. Before Tang Heng died, he gave Tang Mao a brocade box and told him that this thing is a treasure. I have not understood the tricks yet, so I failed to practice Taoism and suffered harm. Be careful to keep it. Wait until you meet an expert who can understand the secret talisman on the brocade box to take it out and ask for advice. Take care of it, and never be known by others.

Tang Mao collected the brocade box for several years. He secretly searched for the Taoist people, but he never met a master who could untie the secret talisman on the brocade box. Later, a middle-aged woman suddenly came. She said that she knew the secret talisman on it. This was an ancient divine object, and the brocade box should have a ring-shaped thing. Tang Mao was skeptical at the time because Tang Heng had taken care of him and was not allowed to open the brocade box before he met the master. He actually didn't know what was in it. Seeing that the woman was very sure of speaking, he opened the brocade box and found that it was indeed a ring inside.

"Is this?" Liu Xiu took off his ring and pushed it in front of Tang Mao. Tang Mao took the ring, looked at the runes inside and nodded repeatedly, "That's right." Then his eyes turned red again, and he pushed the ring back to Liu Xiu: "This is a disaster star. If it weren't for it, I wouldn't have suffered so many years."

Tang Mao continued to say that the woman was overjoyed when she saw the ring and demonstrated the magic of the ring to Tang Mao. When she saw the man wearing strange clothes appear out of thin air, Tang Mao no longer had any doubts. He thought that the woman was a god. He had no doubts about the woman's suggestion that she borrowed the ring to review for a period of time on the condition of betrothing her daughter to him.

After marriage, he had a very good relationship with his wife. He didn't care about the rings of his aunt (i.e., mother-in-law) who borrowed the rings. He waited for his aunt to understand the wonderful things so that he could practice Taoism together. This time, three years later, they had a daughter, Tang Yingzi, whose name was Tang Yingzi, and whose nickname was Yingzi. One day in the second year of Jianning, the aunt suddenly became furious and accused Tang Mao of retrieving the rings without her permission. Tang Mao was inexplicably dismissed, and his wife also helped him explain, but this angered the aunt even more. The aunt slapped his wife and left, and never showed up again.

His wife was severely injured and kept for several months. The trauma was healed, but when she saw an outsider, she shouted. Tang Mao had no choice but to build a thatched house for her on the mountain and let her live there alone. Yingzi was still young at that time and could not live without her mother, so Tang Mao would carry his daughter up the mountain every day. Only when he saw his daughter could his wife calm down.

Unfortunately, such days didn't last long. In the first year of Xiping, Yingzi suddenly disappeared. His wife went crazy and walked around the mountains with her hair disheveled and she finally never came back one day.

After Tang Mao finished speaking, Liu Xiu sighed for a long time, but he didn't expect that there would be such a tortuous process here. Now Yingzi's mother does not know life and death, so it is hard to tell how this ring appeared in Yingzi's hands.

"What does that woman look like, her surname, her name, and where is she from?"

Tang Mao shook his head sadly: "I don't know, I only know that my wife's surname is Zhang. The accent seems to be from Bashu, but there are some Shandong accents in her accent. As for her mother, I only know that her surname is Rong and her name is. I don't know where she is from, I don't know. I only know that my wife is very afraid of her and is very nervous when she mentions her."

Liu Xiu was even more puzzled. This mother and daughter were very strange. But now he was sure that this ring was indeed a lost property in the palace and was stolen by Tang Heng. He might have also practiced Taoism, but he did not know the secret in the ring from beginning to end.

"I see your breath, you should be practicing the aisle technique, right?"

Tang Mao nodded: "I did practice some art of room arts at the beginning, which was taught to me by my wife, but later my wife went crazy and my daughter disappeared, so I never practiced it again." He paused and said, "My eldest sister also practices art of Taoism, and she is much better than me."

"Your eldest sister?"

"Well, it's the sister who married into the Xun family." Tang Mao was a little confused. "She once learned some breathing techniques from my wife's mother. She said it was very useful, and now it has been passed on to her son Xun Yu."

"Xun Yu?" Liu Xiu was stunned. It turned out that the Xun family and the Tang family were really relatives, but it was not Xun Yu, but his father married Tang Heng's sister. It was no wonder that the younger sister was just a spoken name in this era, and the written word was a female brother, probably because it was missed during the copying. Then he changed from "Tang Heng's daughter" to "Tang Heng's daughter", and then mixed from Xun Fu's head to Xun Yu's head.

"Well, among my sister and sons, only Xun Yu has the best practice, and he is the smartest. Although he is not yet weak, he is already quite famous. He Boqiu, a famous scholar in Nanyang, said that he is the talent of the king."

Liu Xiu laughed, saying that he should visit Wang Zuo.

When Tang Mao was furious when he learned that the one who kidnapped Yingzi was Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao, he was furious, but when he thought that Zhang Jiao was now the emperor's favorite minister, far more powerful than his Tang family, he was a little depressed. After betting for a long time, he cursed fiercely: "This thief Taoist priest must not die well."

Liu Xiu remembered that although Yan County belongs to Yingchuan, it is very close to Runan. He must not be clear about what Zhang Jiao did. So he asked a few questions when Tang Mao was angry with Zhang Jiao. Unexpectedly, Tang Mao turned a blind eye to the matter outside the window. He only knew that Zhang Jiao was the prefect in Runan, but he was not very clear about what he did. However, he reminded Liu Xiu: "Be careful of Zhang Jiao, he is not as simple as cheating on a few refugees."

"Where did this start?" Liu Xiu was a little surprised. Zhang Jiao gave him the impression that he would fool people, was very appealing among the refugees, hated the powerful family to the core, and had a very radical thought.

Tang Mao was a little hesitant, and after a while he said that Zhang Jiao had been active in Yingchuan and Runan for many years, with a deep foundation and had connections with many powerful families. He was not just a refugee, but even those famous scholars were no exception. He heard that Xun Shuang and Zhang Jiao had contact with each other and discussed the relationship between the Book of Changes and Taoist knowledge. In the book "Yi Zhuan" he wrote, there were some of Zhang Jiao's contributions. In order to understand the great way, he also learned Taoism such as breathing and guidance from Zhang Jiao.

Liu Xiu was very surprised. He knew that Xun Shuang was proficient in the Book of Changes, and he integrated various schools into his research, and formed his own one. He did not expect that Zhang Jiao had a shadow among his schools. From this, it can be seen that Zhang Jiao's influence was far from what he had expected before. When Zhang Ming was preaching in Luoyang, he believed it a little, but he couldn't understand that since Zhang Jiao had many contacts with these famous scholars, why did he still propose to stop the wealthy families? Wouldn't he offend his friends if he did this? Was he really selfless and willing to be enemies with everyone for the sake of the people of the world?

"You think of him too noble." Tang Mao scoffed, "Yingchuan has many people and few lands, and there are indeed many families who occupy a large number of land, but they can earn a lot of income by farming. The reason why they can make a fortune is not because there are many people who enter the government and get promoted and wealth. Which one does not make a fortune in one term? There are many workshops in Yuzhou, and relying on someone to be an official, you can not pay taxes or anything else. Once you become an official, you have the power in your hands, and the red envelopes you receive every year are worth hundreds of acres of land. The Chen Damingshi was originally a poor man, but later he became a pavilion chief and he was well-off. Otherwise, he would not be able to eat enough. How could a father and son be separated from his family and give free money to the gentleman on the Liang Dynasty?"

Tang Mao's words were filled with a strong sourness. He must have been dissatisfied with Chen Shi's famous scholars, but he was also very jealous. Although the Tang family had been popular for a while and their strength was not bad now, their reputation was too bad after all, and the famous scholars were unwilling to pay attention to them. Tang Zhengui was Sikong and tried his best to win over the scholars, but it was still far behind the Yuan family.

After talking with Tang Mao for a long time, he finally talked about Tang Yingzi. Tang Mao wanted Tang Yingzi to go home, but Tang Yingzi had no good feelings for his father. Since her mother was gone, she refused to go home. Tang Mao advised her for a long time, but she didn't touch her, so she had to entrust her to Liu Xiu. He was sad and ashamed, and then he pulled Tang Yingzi for a long time and asked her to come back to see her when she had time. Then he went reluctantly.

Liu Xiu stayed in Yancheng for two days, giving Tang Mao a chance to get close to his daughter. Tang Mao came early every morning, deliberately trying to please Tang Yingzi, accompanied her to visit the city, and bought her a lot of food and clothing. Before leaving, he gave her a lot of money, saying that he was thanking Liu Xiu for his care for Tang Yingzi over the years. He heard that Liu Xiu was interested in visiting Xun Yu, so he wrote a letter to his sister and handed it to Liu Xiu.

After Liu Xiu arrived in Yingyin, he lived in the post house and sent someone to send Tang Mao's letter. Although Xun You is his confidant, it does not mean that the Xun family can accept him. Xun Shuang has always been intimate with Yuan Wei. If he took the initiative to meet Xun Yu in Gaoyang, he might be rejected and would not be able to step down. Since Tang Mao wrote the letter, if Xun Yu was willing to see him, he would naturally come to the post house on the grounds of worship. If he didn't want to see him, he would come to the post house, so that everyone would not be too embarrassed.

To be honest, although Liu Xiu is also a young man, he has no choice but to do with these famous scholars. Although he doesn't want to be bless them, he doesn't have any tricks to him. He can't force others to come with a knife.

Having said that, he was still a little nervous when he thought that the person who was waiting for now was Xun Yu, who was known as the number one strategist of the Three Kingdoms.

The sender came back about half an hour later, and there was also a carriage. On the carriage was sitting an young man with beautiful eyebrows and red lips and white teeth, wearing a snow-white silk dress, with white silk threads embroidered a budding lotus flower on the edge of the green sleeves, and embroidered the outline of the lotus leaves with white silk threads. The carriage stopped, and he got off the car lightly, and smiled and nodded to Zhang Fei who was approaching him: "Xun Yu, Yingyin, is here to pay homage to the general by his mother's order."

Zhang Fei was stunned. Xun Yu said it twice before he came to his senses and quickly turned to his side, "General is in the house, please come with me. Oh, by the way, Zhang Fei, whose courtesy name is Yide, is from Zhuo County, is a disciple of the general. He is currently in charge of the guards and cavalry commander..." He was a little nervous and stuttering. After hearing this, Xun Yu smiled slightly and said casually: "It turns out that he is Governor Zhang. He has long admired Daming. It is a great honor to meet him today."

Zhang Fei was very excited. When Xun Yu entered the room, he hurriedly grabbed Guan Yu's sleeve and said in a trembling voice: "He...he actually knows me."

"What's wrong with you know?" Guan Yu looked at him in confusion and curled his lips: "Isn't it just a scholar dressed like a woman? What's so exciting about you?"

"How can you say that?" Zhang Fei was unhappy: "Why is he like a woman?"

"Don't you smell the fragrance on his body?" Guan Yu snorted and turned his head: "Guan dislikes these Confucian scholars who are both cosmetic and powdery, and they feel that they are dirty when they see them."!!!
Chapter completed!