"Master, please eat more! You haven't had a good meal these days. This pine nut mandarin fish is your favorite." Seeing Liu Qing put the bowl and chopsticks, Mrs. Ai advised in a low voice.
"Madam, you eat! I have eaten for my husband." Liu Qing has no appetite. The bodies of the eldest brother and the second brother have not been found yet. The first seven will be the day after tomorrow.
If we can't find it tomorrow, we can only use the burial tomb, and hold a funeral first to bury him.
"Master, there is a funeral tomorrow, and I asked you to send someone to inform Ying'er. Why hasn't Ying'er arrived yet? Have you sent someone?" Mrs. Ai couldn't persuade her, so she asked about another thing that worried her. thing.
Why hasn't Liu Ying, my eldest daughter from another marriage, arrived yet? There will be a funeral tomorrow.
"I've already sent someone to inform me. There may have been some delay. I'll be there in the afternoon! Ying'er knows what's important, so you don't have to worry about it." The eldest daughter, Liu Ying, married the son of the chief arrester of Linxian County the year before last.
She would come here every year and festival to show her filial piety. She was very well-behaved and sensible. Liu Qing was not too worried about his daughter.
"Master, madam..." Liu Qing and his wife saw the old slave Yang Fa and shouted loudly while running inside. They were all surprised. Yang Fa had been a slave in the escort agency for decades, and he had always acted steadily, but he didn't know why he was so panicked.
"What's going on!" Liu Qing asked with a frown, thinking there was something wrong.
"Master, the second young master is back," Yang Fa said breathlessly, and handed the jade pendant in his hands to Liu Qing.
"What did you say?" Liu Qing didn't understand for a moment and was confused.
Mrs. Ai immediately stood up, hurriedly walked around the dining table, took the jade pendant from the old slave's hand, and looked at it carefully. When he saw the word "Liu Yu" engraved on the pure white jade pendant, he excitedly turned back to Liu Qing and said, "Master, it's Yu'er, Yu'er is back."
Liu Qing came to his senses, took the jade pendant and asked Yang Fa, "Where is Yu'er?"
"Master, at the gate..." Before Yang Fa could finish speaking, Liu Qing and his wife trotted out.
Liu Yu stood in front of the gate, trying hard to recall the blurry faces of his parents in his memory. He was both excited and a little panicked. At the same time, I was a little worried, wondering what happened to the escort agency.
"Yu'er!"
Liu Yu followed the call and a group of people poured out from the door. The first person walking was a middle-aged woman in white mourning clothes, with tears falling on her white and solemn face. Following closely behind was a middle-aged man in white Confucian attire, his majestic face now unbearably excited, and behind him were a group of servants in plain clothes.
"Yu'er! I'm my mother! Let me take a good look at you." After Mrs. Ai came closer, she grabbed Liu Yu's hand and put it in her palm, looking at Liu Yu carefully.
"Yu'er! You're back." Liu Qing was so happy that he didn't know where to start.
After not seeing each other for more than ten years, my children have grown up. And he is talented and majestic. I remember that Liu Yu was only seven years old when she left home. My wife cried for a long time.
"Father, mother, the child is unfilial." Liu Yu was surrounded by Liu Qing and his wife, feeling very cordial. He knelt down and saluted the two of them to show his unfilial piety for not being able to be with his parents for many years.
"Yu'er, get up quickly." Liu Qing and his wife quickly helped Liu Yu up.
"Third brother, is this Yu'er?" At this time, the eldest lady Wang and the second lady Song, who came over after hearing the news, asked Liu Qing.
The two of them hurried over when the servant came to report that the third uncle's child was back. Liu Yu went to Huangsheng Mountain to practice immortality. They were not outsiders and naturally knew about it.
"Sister-in-law, yes, that is my son Liu Yu." Mrs. Ai replied excitedly.
"Yu'er, this is the eldest aunt, and this is the second aunt." Liu Qing pointed at Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song and introduced.
"Hello, eldest aunt, hello, second aunt." Liu Yu quickly bowed to salute the two aunts.
"Okay, okay, okay" Madam Wang and Madam Song approached and patted Liu Yu, smiling. They had heard bad news these days, and both of them burst into tears. Finally, there was something happy, and my dull heart felt a little more relaxed.
Then Liu Qing began to introduce other relatives present to Liu Yu. There are several daughters of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song, who are Liu Yu's cousins. There are also two ladies’ wives, that is, Liu Yu’s sisters-in-law.
The family started talking, and the passers-by gathered around to watch the fun, and the servants in the mansion who came after hearing the news also started talking about it.
"Mother." Suddenly a cry came from far away. Three fast horses are galloping towards them.
The one at the front was a gorgeous woman wearing a scarlet brocade robe and holding a cyan sword. Following closely behind were two men, an old man and a young man, both holding long knives in their hands. The older man is wearing a gray robe, his temples are slightly white, but his face is rosy and he does not look old. The young man was dressed in a blue suit, had a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and was tall and mighty.
"It's Ying'er, sir." When Mrs. Ai saw the gorgeous woman, she knew it was her daughter at a glance.
In the front is Liu Qing's daughter Liu Ying, and in the back are Liu Ying's husband Diao Ren and Diao Ren's father Diao Yitian.
Diao Yitian appears as the chief arrester of Asahara County, with an official rank of six. The wind-breaking knife in his hand has long been spread in the world. In his early years, he once wiped out a group of thieves by himself. They were still old acquaintances with the Liu Qing brothers. Later, after Liu Ying married Diao Ren, the two became in-laws and their friendship became even deeper.
This time Diao Yitian postponed his official duties and came together because he knew that Liuyun Escort Agency was short of manpower and came to help. This is why Liu Ying didn't come to Liuyun Escort Agency for a long time after receiving the notice.
The three of them arrived soon, tightened the rope in their hands and asked the horse to stop. Seeing that the handsome horse had not yet stopped, Liu Ying jumped up and ran towards Mrs. Ai after landing.
Liu Qing came forward, hugged his hands and said, "Brother Diao, you're all right. I'm very grateful that you came." When Liu Qing called for notification, he only asked Liu Ying to go home and didn't want her in-laws to come too. This muddy water.
"Brother Xian, you are out of sight now." Diao Yitian dismounted and approached Liu Qing and said with a smile.
"Father-in-law, please accept my respects from my son-in-law." Diao Ren, who had a slightly darker complexion, saluted and said.
"Ren'er, no need to be polite, I'll go over and introduce you to Ying'er's younger brother, my son Liu Yu." Liu Qing helped Diao Ren up and said.
"Brother Xian, you are saying that your child who went to study abroad has come back." Diao Yitian knew that Liu Qing had a son for a long time, but he had never met him in person. He said that he was sent to study abroad when he was very young.
"Mom, what are you doing here? Are you here to welcome me?" Liu Ying asked, holding Mrs. Ai's hand and shaking it.
"You! You're not ashamed." Mrs. Ai was helpless against her daughter, a naughty girl.
This girl has been active since she was a child. Unlike other women, she is not interested in music, chess, calligraphy and painting at all. He spent the whole day wielding swords and guns, and was often beaten by Liu Qing, but he did not repent and later became unable to control himself.
"Yu'er, this is your sister, do you still remember?" Mrs. Ai pointed at Liu Ying with a smile and said
"Sister!" Liu Yu bent down and saluted her sister with clasped fists.
Liu Yu has some memories of this eldest sister in her family, as if she was bullied a lot when she was a child.
"Little nerd?" Liu Ying was stunned after hearing her mother's words.
She was so happy after seeing her mother that she didn't even notice that there was a strange man standing next to her mother. She never expected that this young and handsome man could be her younger brother who had been away from home for many years. I think of my little brother who never left the door every day when he was a child, reading and practicing calligraphy in the study. This made me very unhappy, so I gave him a nickname.
