Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 60 Neighbors Across the Door

Liu Yu took all the debts of the Huangfu family on himself, but Zhou Fang and Cui Di didn't dare to go to his house to ask for debts, and they both took the initiative to say that they would never embarrass the Huangfu family again.

However, there were other onlookers around. How could Liu Yu's words be untrustworthy, and he actually had other intentions in calling these two people to the mansion, so he repeated what he said just now in public.

"I'll say it again, I have paid off the debts that General Huangfu owed to your two families. I just came back today and I'm a little tired. How about you two come to the mansion tomorrow to get the money!"

Liu Yu slapped his thigh and even set the time. Now Zhou Fang and Cui Di finally realized what it means to ride a tiger.

In front of Liu Yu, they are just little people, they dare not go to Liu's mansion to get money, let alone reject Liu Yu's invitation in public.

Cui Di was smarter, and replied on the spot that he would visit Liu's mansion on time as King Zhongshan asked.

It is also going to Liu's mansion, the meaning of going to visit and leaving to ask for debts is completely different.

Fatty Zhou Fang is also a shrewd person, and immediately followed suit.

I just thought that not only would he not be able to recover his debts, but he might even have to discount some visiting gifts.

The debtors were driven away, and the people watching slowly dispersed.

The middle-aged butler of Huangfu's family wanted to go forward to thank Liu Yu for his help, but maybe he felt that he was not qualified enough to come forward, so he bowed from a distance, and then returned to Huangfu's house.

The alley was finally much quieter now.

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"Sister Zhaoji, we're home!"

Cai Yan was bored in the car for most of the day and couldn't wait to get out of the car to do some activities.

Laifu didn't expect that there was a beautiful woman sitting in the car. Hearing Liu Yu's address so intimately, he asked excitedly, "Master... Who is this young lady?"

Seeing that there were still many onlookers around, Liu Yu pretended to introduce loudly: "This is my wife who has never been married, and she will be the mistress of this house from now on."

Looking at Cai Yanchang's dignity and beauty, the onlookers envied Liu Yu for finding a good wife.

Although Cai Yan used the name of Mrs. Liu Yuwei to avoid corresponding inspections along the way, she still lowered her head shyly after hearing Liu Yu say these words in front of everyone.

"Did he say that in order not to let others doubt my identity?"

Liu Yu's move really had the intention of deceiving the world, and seeing that his goal was achieved, he helped Cai Yan into the house.

Liu Yu's small courtyard is not that big, there are only two rows of small houses. He settled Cai Yan in the backyard but found that there is not a single servant here.

So Liu Yu left the backyard to find the butler Laifu.

"Before I left, I remembered that there were still a few servants in the family. Why is Uncle Fu alone now?"

"Hey, the family is running out of food, and the master is not at home, so the old man decides to send them away."

Liu Yu followed Lai Fu to check the warehouse at home, and found that it was really empty and there was nothing there.

Lai Fu said that after the siege of Luoyang by the princes, the price of grain in Luoyang City rose from one yuan per catty to several hundred yuan per catty, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and he could only live by digging wild vegetables.

Fortunately, when Liu Yu came here, he brought a lot of money and food from Hulao Pass. He ordered the soldiers to store all the supplies here, and the warehouse was filled to the brim soon.

"Master has brought so much food and money, our warehouse has never been full!" Seeing the food, Laifu's eyes lit up excitedly.

At this time Liu Yu ordered: "Uncle Fu will call all the former servants back when there is food, at least find a maid for Sister Zhaoji first."

"Master, don't worry, I'll go and call everyone back."

Laifu felt that he no longer had to worry about eating and drinking, but he didn't consider that the fifty soldiers who stayed in the yard would also have to eat every day. This inventory seemed quite a lot, but it was actually not enough for three days.

Before coming to Luoyang, Liu Yu was always thinking about how to overthrow Dong Zhuo's power, and he didn't think about these trivial matters at all.

But the price of food here has skyrocketed, and now it seems that food is the most urgent problem that needs to be solved.

In the front hall, Liu Yuzheng was discussing with Liu Bei and Zhang Da whether to let the fifty Yubayashi soldiers return to Hulao Pass first, so as to alleviate the food problem.

At this time, Lai Fu, who went out to look for servants, entered the house and heard that there was a visitor outside the door.

So Liu Yu suspended the conversation, and asked Liu Bei to lead the soldiers who had no houses to go to the front yard to set up tents.

Going out to welcome the guests, Liu Yu saw that they were actually a mother and daughter.

At this time, Laifu introduced that the mother and daughter were the wife and lady of General Huangfu's mansion opposite, and came to thank Liu Yufang for driving away the debt collectors for them.

"Thank you, King Zhongshan, for your kindness. Otherwise, our mother and daughter may be taken away by others. It's just that the family is too poor to give you anything valuable as a gift. Please accept our mother and daughter's favor." Let's worship!"

After the woman finished speaking, she pulled her daughter to accept her head and bowed. Liu Yu didn't want to receive such a big gift and hurried forward to help her.

Mrs. Huangfu didn't care too much about the intimacy between men and women, but her daughter Huangfuying was a big girl, she stood up and avoided Liu Yu when she saw Liu Yu approaching.

"Ying'er, don't be rude!"

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Huangfu's reprimand immediately aroused her daughter's rebellion.

"Why does mother insist on coming to thank him? It has long been rumored in the city that he wants to rely on Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo is our family's big enemy!"

Liu Yu didn't expect that this woman was quiet and beautiful, but her personality was so fierce, it would be a crime of beheading if she dared to call Dong Zhuo's name in public.

But when she thinks about her father being persecuted and imprisoned by Dong Zhuo, she does have a mortal hatred.

Mrs. Huangfu was also frightened to death by her daughter's nonsense at this time, and she was about to worship again when she was pulled, but was stopped by Liu Yu.

"Old General Huangfu Song has made great contributions to the great man. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely intercede in front of the Grand Master, but you mother and daughter also need to pay attention to your words and deeds. If you really want to tell the truth, it will harm General Huangfu."

Huangfu Ying seemed to have grasped the straw, walked up to Liu Yu excitedly, and asked, "Can you really save my father?"

"I will try my best!" Liu Yu didn't say too much, but his expression was very confident.

He remembered historical records that Huangfusong offended Dong Zhuo and was sent to prison, but was spared the death penalty after court ministers interceded.

And when Liu Yu was willing to help, the mother and daughter happily hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Since Huangfusong was imprisoned, relatives and friends were afraid of being implicated and deliberately alienated their wives, and even those wealthy households who had fawned on their family before began to make trouble.

They said that the money and food used to curry favor with Huangfusong were lent to Huangfu's family for a fee, but now they insist on repaying twice as much from their mother and daughter.

After learning these details, Liu Yu felt that their mother and daughter were pitiful, and said that he would definitely take care of the affairs of the Cui family and the Zhou family, and asked the housekeeper Laifu to bring some grain and rice from the warehouse to the mother and daughter. .

Huangfuying was straight-tempered, and she was very grateful to Liu Yu for agreeing to rescue her father and to give her mother food and rice, and she also treated Liu Yu a lot more kindly.

At this time, she saw the soldiers in the yard setting up tents, so she suggested to her mother that these soldiers who had no room to rest could stay in their homes temporarily.

Huangfu's mansion was bigger than Liu Yu's house, and there were not many servants in the mansion at this time, so there happened to be quite a few vacant rooms in the front yard.

Mrs. Huangfu couldn't find a way to thank Liu Yu, so she agreed on the spot when she heard her daughter's proposal was very good.

"Mrs. Huangfu and Miss really understand righteousness, so I will ask Zhang Da to bring 20 people to stay in your residence. I will ask the housekeeper to settle the expenses with you every day!"

"The lodging fee is fine, as long as you don't forget to rescue my father!"

Huangfuying is quick-tempered and even more capable, and after speaking, she will lead the soldiers to settle in their homes.

(End of this chapter)