Chapter 390
Chapter 390
Wan County, Lujiang Prefecture.
As the largest household in the county, Qiao Xuan has not had a good time recently.
The county magistrate has sent people to matchmake for his son twice.
The whole county, and even people in nearby counties, know that the son of the county magistrate is a playboy.
Not only is he uneducated, but he also seeks pleasure every day.
How could Qiao Xuan marry his daughter to that boy?
What made him even more angry was that the county magistrate's son actually took the initiative to visit after the matchmaker failed twice.
He clamored to marry Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and said he would not let any of them go.
This made Qiao Xuan very embarrassed.
On the one hand, it was his daughter, and he didn't want the two of them to live such a bad life in the future.
On the other hand, it was the county magistrate who was not easy to offend.
Although the other party's official was not high, he controlled the local lifeline.
As the saying goes, the current official is not as good as the current manager.
To live on someone else's territory, you have to look at the face of the county magistrate.
Qiao Xuan tried to contact his former connections in Luoyang.
But he was shocked by the news sent back from Luoyang.
Luoyang has changed drastically!
He didn't know what to say about the various things that happened in the court.
Foreign general Dong Zhuo and the Yuan family, who had been three generations of officials for four generations, competed for power in Luoyang.
It is still unknown who will win.
The court was too busy to deal with the fights, and those ministers had no time to deal with such trivial matters as him.
Not to mention, he had been away from the court for many years.
Those connections might not be reliable anymore.
"What should I do?"
The elderly Qiao Xuan walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.
He was full of sorrow, and he doted on his two twelve-year-old daughters in his old age.
But he never thought he would meet such a difficult son of the county magistrate.
This made him unable to think of a better way.
It would be better to move the whole family.
An idea came into his mind.
If he couldn't stay here, he would sell his property and go somewhere else.
After thinking about it, Qiao Xuan felt that it was okay.
He began to tell the housekeeper to pack up.
In addition, he found a wealthy family in the city and sold land and real estate.
As long as this side was dealt with, he would pack up and leave immediately.
"Daddy!"
Qiao Xuan was thinking.
A delicate cry rang out.
He looked up and saw two beautiful figures walking into the hall.
They came to him with a worried look on their faces.
"Daddy, don't be so sad." Da Qiao said first.
"If the county magistrate comes again, let me marry him."
"Leave my sister here and find her a good family in the future."
"It will save us from moving our family."
"Daddy is already this old. If he catches a cold on the road, what will happen to us two women?"
"How can we control the servants at home?"
Da Qiao, whose voice became lower and lower, expressed the suffering of the Qiao family's lack of young men.
"Alas!"
Qiao Xuan sighed.
With his hands behind his back, he seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.
He had two daughters. It would have been great if he had a son!
Qiao Xuan felt very uncomfortable.
"My daughter!"
He looked at Da Qiao, who had grown into a stunning beauty.
"How can your father watch you marry into that tiger and wolf family?"
Xiao Qiao also said, "Yes, sister."
"If you really marry, your life will be over!"
"I don't want you to have a bad life because of me."
"Just follow what Dad told us before, and we'll pack up."
"At worst, we can give up some land and real estate and live somewhere else."
"It is said that Xia Pi City is well governed now."
"Why don't we go to Xuzhou with our whole family?"
Xiao Qiao's proposal aroused Qiao Xuan's interest. Just as he was about to speak, the old housekeeper ran into the hall in panic.
"Master, it's not good!"
Qiao Xuan's heart trembled, and he asked hurriedly: "What happened? Why are you so panicked?"
"Is the county magistrate's son here again?"
"My daughter, you hurry back."
"Don't let that kid see you."
"Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble!"
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao had no choice but to hide in the back hall.
"It's not the county magistrate's son who came, but cavalry from nowhere."
Before the old housekeeper finished speaking, a sound of horse hooves sounded outside the mansion.
The rumble shook Qiao Xuan's ears.
"This... How many cavalry are there?!"
"When did Lujiang County have so many cavalry?"
"From the noise, there must be a lot of people!"
Hua La La.
The metallic sound of armor knocking against each other sounded in the courtyard of the mansion.
A solid sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer.
"You can't enter at will, this is our Qiao Mansion..."
The voice of the servants in the courtyard stopped abruptly.
Qiao Xuan hurriedly ran out.
A young figure in armor came into view.Qiao Xuan's old legs paused while running.
How handsome he is!
Although he had seen many young people before.
He had even seen the famous Zhou Lang from Jiangdong.
But he felt that none of them were as good as the young man in front of him.
He was dignified and had an extraordinary demeanor.
The most important thing was that he had the aura of a superior.
That was the temperament that the young Zhou Yu had never possessed.
It gave people a sense of security.
"I am Qiao Xuan from Wan County. May I ask who you are, General?"
Qiao Xuan bowed respectfully, not daring to be negligent at all.
He had never seen the cavalry brought by the visitor in Luoyang before.
They were much more elite than the imperial guards.
Even those who did not understand military affairs knew how powerful the cavalry was.
"I am Liu Yu, the governor of Tanghai District, Liu Chengzhi."
Liu Yu bowed in return and said calmly.
In the lobby of the mansion, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, who were worried about the movement, hid in the crack of the door and peeked.
"Sister, our family is saved!"
Xiao Qiao winked and said excitedly.
She was always smart, and she saw a way out.
"Why did Tanghai District Mu Suo come?" Qiao Xuan asked after a careful look.
"To propose marriage." Liu Yu said simply.
Then he waved his hand.
A row of cavalrymen holding exquisite wooden boxes walked into the courtyard of the mansion.
Click, click.
The sound of wooden boxes opening was endless.
The flashing light in it almost blinded Qiao Xuan's eyes.
Under the sunlight, all kinds of sparkling gems shone brightly.
Qiao Xuan was also a worldly person.
But the scene in front of him still made him gasp.
In the exquisite wooden box, various colored glaze jewelry pendants and toys lay there.
It shocked his eyes.
Pop!
The last cavalryman opened a wine jar under Liu Yu's order.
"Oh!"
Qiao Xuan, who always liked wine, exclaimed, and his nose twitched like a dog.
"This, this, this..."
"What kind of wine is this?"
"Why have I never smelled it before?"
Liu Yu smiled and said, "This is the new wine brewed in the Tanghai District."
"Although the taste is not good, it's still okay."
"It's not as good as the wine that has been stored in the warehouse of Tanghai District for a year."
Qiao Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, "Is there anything better?"
"Wait."
He found the focus, "Lord District Mu said that Tanghai has a warehouse dedicated to wine?"
"Yes." Liu Yu nodded, "Wine like this..."
He pointed to the unsealed jar of wine and said, "There are only more than 100,000 jars."
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