Liu Mingzhi reached out and picked up the wine bag on the side, pulled out the cork and gestured to Song Qing.
"Good brother, it's all in the wine. I respect you, brother."
"Drink together."
The stove in the study was burning at full speed, and the temperature in the room was already warm.
Young Master Liu took several large gulps of strong liquor into his stomach, his body gradually became a little warm, and his face also turned rosy involuntarily.
“Compared to now, life in the past was more relaxed and enjoyable.
In the past, young master, I only had to lead my brothers to charge into battle, attack the city, and try every means to win a great victory.
All other matters are left to the court and the civil and military officials in the court to take care of.
How free and easy it is to put aside everything and do your best to compete with many opponents in a battle of wits and courage, attacking each other.
Looking back now.
Although brother, I am sitting on the chair that everyone in the world longs for, but I am also more tired from life.
Businesses, big and small, trivial matters, and all kinds of things, etc., cannot be settled in one day.
Work hard, work hard, work hard,
Over the years, I have been spinning like the pointer on a sundial every day.
If you want to truly relax physically and mentally, you have no chance to stop and take a rest. "
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and took a sip of wine, sighing with emotion.
"Alas! The past is like smoke, everything can't be undone."
Song Qing refilled the pot of tobacco, turned around and blew out a puff of smoke, holding up the wine bag in his hand and shaking it a few times with a sad expression.
"Alas, third brother, it will be seven years since you ascended the throne and proclaimed yourself emperor.
Time has passed so many years, let some past events fade away with the wind.
Come, big brother, I respect you. "
"Okay, drink."
Young Master Liu put away the wine bag and put it aside. He chuckled and picked up the letter on the desk.
Seeing this, Song Qing silently drank the drink in his hand without saying anything else.
Young Master Liu tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper, stood up and walked towards the window next to him.
Stopping slowly in front of the window, Liu Mingzhi gently shook off the letter in his hand and looked down at the content on it.
"I will obey your orders and live up to His Majesty's high expectations.
The old minister was arrogant, and the old minister Nangong Ye paused. "
There was only one sentence written on a piece of letter paper.
And in the lower corner of the letter, the names of Zhang Kuang and Nangong Ye.
Liu Mingzhi looked at that simple line of content, raised his neck with a smile on his face, stared at the desolate scenery in the courtyard outside the window and fell silent.
It took about half a stick of incense.
Young Master Liu took a long breath and gently folded the letter in his hand.
"Brother."
Song Qing stood up suddenly, holding the wine bag in his hand and looking towards Young Master Liu.
"Third brother, what's wrong?"
"Have you had breakfast before going to court?"
"I just ate a steamed bun and drank a bowl of gruel. What's wrong?"
Liu Mingzhi turned back to the desk, opened the middle drawer and put the letter in. He looked up at Song Qing with a smile.
"Come on, let's go have a drink, brothers."
Song Qing couldn't help but froze for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Ah? It's so early in the morning to start drinking. Isn't it a little early?"
Young Master Liu pushed up the drawer and picked up the wine bag beside him with a smile on his face.
"Brother, haven't we already drunk?"
"Hey, can this warm-up drink be the same as formal drinking?"
Young Master Liu picked up the cloak on the side and happily walked towards the stove not far away.
"We're all drinking, so why is it different?
In a word, to drink or not to drink? "
Song Qing took a puff of dry smoke and immediately walked over to help Mr. Liu clean up the items around the stove that might cause water leakage. .
"That's what I said. Third brother, please give me a drink. Do you dare to say you don't want to drink?"
"Go to hell."
After Mr. Liu blocked the ventilation plug of the stove, he gently patted the dust on his hands a few times.
"Okay, we can go drink with confidence."
After Young Master Liu walked out of the courtyard of the study, he looked at the oncoming maids with a faint smile.
"Someone is coming."
Several maids heard Mr. Liu's shouts and immediately ran up to meet him.
"Sisters, please see the young master."
"Everyone is free of charge."
"Thank you, Master."
"Linger."
"My slave is here."
"You sisters, please rush to find Yun'er immediately and ask her to notify the kitchen immediately and make some dishes to go with the wine as soon as possible."
"Sisters, slaves, obey your orders, slaves, please leave."
"Brother, let's go to the main hall first."
"good!"
Young Master Liu had just walked into the courtyard of the main hall. He looked at the three people walking in front of him and stopped subconsciously.
"Huh? Third brother, why did you stop?"
"Now, see for yourself."
Song Qing looked stunned and instinctively turned around to look.
"Huh? When did my father come here?"
"Who knows?"
Young Master Liu tightened his cloak tightly, and faced Song Yu, Liu Zhi'an, Qi Run, and the three brothers with a strange look on his face.
"uncle."
When Song Yu saw Young Master Liu coming towards him, he habitually flicked his sleeves and bowed to salute.
"Old minister..."
Seeing this, Liu Dashu quickly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Hey, uncle, this is our own home, you must not be too polite."
Song Yu straightened up and laughed bitterly.
"Get used to it, get used to it."
"My nephew, Song Qing, pays homage to his second uncle. , pays homage to uncle Qi.
Liu Zhi'an looked at Song Qing who was greeting him, smiled lightly and held up his hands.
"Qing'er, please forgive me."
Qi Run nodded slightly, smiled lightly and raised his hand to indicate
"King Wuyi, no courtesy, no courtesy."
"Thank you, Uncle Second, thank you, Uncle Qi."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Liu Zhi'an with a strange look, looked at Song Yu and said with a chuckle: "Uncle, it's probably less than an hour since the end of the dynasty.
Did you finish processing the documents in the Ministry of War so quickly? "
Song Yu breathed out hot breath into his palms and put his hands inside his sleeves with a sad expression.
"Now the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Since the Second Army went out to fight, how many documents does the Ministry of War have to deal with? "
Liu Mingzhi nodded noncommittally and chuckled happily.
“Hehehe, that’s true.
The Ministry of War is not busy, which is a good thing for me, the court, and tens of millions of people in the world.
If your military department gets busy one day, my nephew will have a headache. "
As soon as Mr. Liu finished speaking, he turned sideways and looked at his old man.
"Old man, father-in-law, uncle, you three brothers were walking shoulder to shoulder, talking and laughing.
What are you planning to do? "
Song Yu's body trembled, he raised his hand and stroked his beard a few times, and looked to the side with wandering eyes.
Qi Run coughed twice with a strange look on his face, and looked away with the same evasive eyes.
"Uh-huh, cough, cough, cough."
Liu Zhi'an hurriedly looked back in the direction of the hall door behind him, put his hands in his sleeves and watched Young Master Liu cough softly a few times.
"Bastard, since I, your mother, and we returned to our hometown in Jiangnan to settle down, we haven't seen your uncle and I for a long time.
Now, I and your father-in-law, we three brothers have reunited after a long separation.
Therefore, I thought of going out with your uncle, father-in-law and me to have a few drinks together to keep in touch with each other as brothers.
What's going on? Isn't it possible? "
Young Master Liu turned his body and glanced at the hall door in the distance, and pressed the tip of his nose happily.
"Okay, of course.
Old man, you and your uncle are reunited after a long absence. You two brothers want to have a few drinks together and reminisce about the past. No one can find any fault with you. "
Old God Liu Zhi'an nodded thoughtfully, took out his right hand from his sleeve and pulled Young Master Liu aside.
"I, your father-in-law, uncle, and the three of us are going to have a drink first. If you and Qing'er have something to do, just go and get busy first."
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows and immediately stopped in front of Liu Zhi'an and Song Yu.
"Wait a minute."
Liu Zhi'an paused and glared at Young Master Liu angrily.
"You bastard, what the hell do you mean?"
In response to his old man's angry curse, Liu Dashao happily shrugged his shoulders.
"Old man, if you want to have a few drinks with your father-in-law and uncle, I naturally have no objection to that.
By the way, the old wines stored in the wine cellar in our backyard, hundreds of years old, are much better than those in the restaurants outside!
In this case, old man, father-in-law, uncle, you three, why should you choose to stay far away?
Let's do this. I will immediately notify Sister Ya and ask her to take the maids to the backyard to fetch several large jars of aged wine.
When the time comes, I guarantee that you, uncle, and the three of you will have a good time.
How about it? I am filial enough, young master. "
The corner of Liu Zhi'an's mouth twitched a few times, and he moved toward Young Master Liu with an extremely helpless expression.
"You bastard, stop pretending to me.
In one sentence, how many pictures? "
When Liu Dashan saw that Liu Zhi'an had already made his words clear, he rubbed his fingers with a smile.
"Old man, just give it to me as you watch. This young master is easy to dismiss."
"Hey, what a sin."
Liu Zhi'an sighed under his breath, fumbled inside his sleeves a few times, took out two five hundred taels of silver notes and stuffed them into Young Master Liu's hand.
"Old man, you are too stingy, it's only one thousand taels."
"Whether you want me to love you or not, at worst I will stay at home and drink today.
The days to come are still long, I will definitely take the next three to five days. "
Young Master Liu grabbed the banknote in his hand, with a spring-like smile on his face, and took a few steps back happily.
"Old man, uncle, you two haven't seen each other for so long. Have a nice meal and drink."
"Hmph! Boss, in-laws, let's go."
Liu Zhi'an snorted coldly, shook his sleeves vigorously, and walked out of the corridor with his hands behind his back.
Song Yu glanced at Young Master Liu helplessly and immediately followed Liu Zhi'an.
Qi Run chuckled, waved to Young Master Liu, and quickly followed.
As for what the three brothers Liu Zhi'an, Qi Run, and Song Yu were doing.
Naturally it goes without saying.
Everything is clear, no need to say anything else.
Song Qing watched his father and second uncle Liu Zhi'an, uncle Qi Run and the other two figures gradually disappear, looking at the two 500-tael silver notes in Young Master Liu's hand with a strange look on his face.
“Third brother, I have to say, it’s easier for you to make money.
At best, it only takes a cup of tea, and a thousand taels of silver notes are already in hand. "
With a smile on his face, Young Master Liu put the banknotes into his sleeves and hurried toward the main hall.
"I can't help it. Who told your second uncle to have so much money in his pocket!"
Song Qing raised his eyebrows, chuckled with a strange expression and shook his head.
As soon as Young Master Liu entered the main hall, Qi Ya, the Queen and all the beauties came forward to greet him and gave him a blessing.
"Sisters, please meet your husband."
"No gifts, no gifts at all."
"Thank you, husband."
After Qi Ya and the other beauties stood up, they immediately saluted Song Qingfu who was following Young Master Liu.
"The younger brothers, sisters, etc., have met the elder brother and are polite."
"Brothers and sisters, please forgive me, please forgive me."
"Thank you, brother."
"Sister Ya, has Yun'er gone to the kitchen?"
"Go back to my husband, my sister has already gone.
Sister, she learned that your husband, you, were going to drink with your eldest brother. As soon as she received the notice from the maids, she couldn't wait to rush to the kitchen. "
“That’s good, that’s good.
By the way, isn't it just past breakfast time? Where are my mother and mother-in-law? "
Hearing her husband's question, Qi Ya coughed a few times with a strange face.
"Ahem, cough, husband."
"Sister Ya, what's wrong?"
"Husband, if we count it based on time.
On the way to the hall, you and your eldest brother should have met our father, my father, and Uncle Song, right? "
Young Master Liu looked back and looked outside the hall, then glanced around the main hall with a strange expression.
"Sister Ya, what do you mean?"
Qi Ya raised her head and lightly covered her cherry lips, narrowed her beautiful eyes and smiled.
"Yeah, yeah, it's really unlucky that what uncle and the three of them were whispering happened to be overheard by my mother and our mother-in-law.
Then our mother and my concubine’s mother went back directly. "
Liu Mingzhi nodded playfully and scratched his brow with his fingers.
"My husband only knows Sister Ya, Sister Shan, Yan'er, Rongrong..."
Qi Ya, the third princess, Sister Gumo Rongrong and others immediately gave blessings.
"I'm here."
"You sisters have already experienced rebellion. When you should be busy with your own affairs, just go and do your own business."
"Hey, my sisters know it."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the eldest son Liu Chengfeng at the next table, intentionally or unintentionally, and gently tugged on Qinglian's silk cuffs with his fingers.
"Lian'er."
Qinglian saw her husband's abnormal expression and vaguely understood something.
She chuckled, straightened her clothes, and said as softly as a mosquito, "Husband, what's wrong?"
"Lian'er, girl Serena, are you here for breakfast today?"
"Here we go, we'll leave after we're full."
"How is the situation today? There is nothing wrong between this girl and Chengfeng, right?"
"No, no, not to mention how intimate it is between words and deeds."
(End of chapter)
