Liu Mingzhi watched Qi Yun and his group gradually go away, and was about to turn around and return home.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of horse hooves galloping behind me.
The sound of horse hooves was far away, and gradually became clearer in my ears.
Liu Mingzhi already knew who the visitor was. As expected, it was most likely his eldest brother Song Qing and Liu Song.
Taking one last look at Qi Yun and his group who had disappeared on the street, Liu Mingzhi turned and looked behind him.
Sure enough, the two people who were rushing towards the door of Liu Mansion were none other than Song Qing and Liu Song.
"Uu."
"Uu."
More than ten steps away from Liu Mingzhi, Song and Qing immediately tightened their horses' reins.
The two powerful horses were chirping rhythmically and raising their hooves high.
After Song and Qing waited until their mounts came down and stopped, they immediately dismounted and walked quickly towards Liu Mingzhi to meet him.
"Your Majesty, Song Qing, wishes you long live, long live."
"Little Liusong, please see the young master."
"Everyone is free of charge."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Master."
"Willow Pine."
"Master?"
"You put the horses aside, the young master and the eldest brother will go in first."
"I obey, little one."
"Brother, let's talk after we get home."
"Yes, please, Your Majesty."
After a while, the two brothers Liu Mingzhi appeared in the inner courtyard of Liu Mansion.
"Brother, has Liu Song told you the reason why I came to see you so quickly?
By the way, we have already reached the inner courtyard. There are no servants present, so you don't need to continue calling me "Your Majesty."
Your Majesty said it from your mouth, my eldest brother, and it sounds awkward to my younger brother."
"Okay, Brother Wei knows.
Third brother, because time was too short, brother Liu Song didn't have time to explain the reason to brother Wei in detail.
He just roughly told his brother that something happened to Qinglian and his sister.
What's going on? Did Qinglian's sister-in-law encounter something difficult? "
"That's right."
Song Qing frowned and looked towards Liu Mingzhi with a puzzled expression.
"What does it mean to be right?"
Liu Mingzhi sighed with a complicated expression, turned around and walked towards the pavilion in the courtyard.
Seeing this, Song Qing had no choice but to follow him silently.
Liu Mingzhi sat on the stone bench, raised his hand to lift the teapot and poured two cups of tea, then pointed to the stone bench beside him and signaled to Song Qing.
"Brother, sit down."
"good."
Liu Mingzhi picked up the herbal tea and took a sip. He looked up at Song Qing with a slightly downcast look on his face.
"Nothing happened to Lian'er, it was her mother who did."
"What happened to the old man?"
“As the elderly get older, their health is not as good as it used to be.
Lian'er received a letter from her uncle in Miao territory and learned from her heart that her mother-in-law was seriously ill.
The situation her uncle mentioned in the letter was not too serious.
However, we are not in front of grandma, so we have no way of knowing whether the situation stated in the letter is true or false.
Therefore, we don’t know the specific physical condition of her old lady.
It is possible that he is just seriously ill and still has a chance to recover.
It's also possible that Lian'er's uncle was afraid that Lian'er wouldn't be able to bear the blow, so he deliberately reported good news but not bad news."
After listening to Liu Mingzhi's explanation, Song Qing sighed with a clear expression.
"Oh, that's it.
Now that the words have been spoken, how can this be called reporting good things rather than bad things!
Whether the old man is really seriously ill or something else, there is nothing to be happy about."
Liu Mingzhi saw Song Qing's complicated expression and nodded with a wry smile.
"Brother is right, whether it's the former or the latter, there's really nothing to be happy about.
It's helpless for me to think like this, no matter what, before the matter is determined.
I have to hold on to at least seven points of hope, right?"
Song Qing looked stunned. After a moment of confusion, he seemed to understand what Liu Mingzhi meant. He nodded and took off the tobacco bag from his waist.
"That's true. It's better to have hope than to have no hope."
After skillfully filling the tobacco pot with shredded tobacco, Song Qing handed the tobacco bag to Young Master Liu and signaled.
"Want some?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, reached out and untied his dry tobacco bag, picked up a handful of shredded tobacco in the tobacco bag and put it in the pot.
Smoking a pot of tobacco at this time can indeed relieve some of the depression in your heart.
"Well, fire."
When Liu Mingzhi saw Song Qing hand over the fire fold, he immediately leaned over and put the smoke pot up.
After Liu Mingzhi lit his tobacco, Song Qing lit his own tobacco with his backhand.
Song Qing took a strong puff of smoke and looked at Liu Mingzhi with a light cigarette in his mouth.
"Tell me, why did you ask Brother Wei to come over as soon as possible? Brother Wei, is there anything you can do to help?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, turned his head and blew out the smoke in his mouth, then took out three letters from his sleeves and placed them on the stone table.
"This is the decree that I have sent to the chief officials of the various states in the Shu region. When you return later, you will immediately use a golden eagle to pass the message to the chief officials of the various states in the Shu region.
After receiving the letter, they were ordered to immediately summon the famous doctors under their respective jurisdictions to rush to Miao territory to diagnose and treat the illness of the elderly mother.
If the younger brother passes the letter alone, the state officials might doubt the authenticity of the content of the letter.
After all, the chance of my brother, the king of a country, sending a message to them alone is really very small.
Therefore, we have to go through the imperial court once."
Song Qing nodded without hesitation, took a deep breath of smoke, picked up the three letters and carefully put them into his sleeves.
"Brother, I understand. Third brother, do you have any other instructions?"
"As soon as you return, you send someone to inform Chu Renxin, Imperial Physician Chu, and order him to rush to Miao territory with his right-hand assistant tomorrow morning.
By the way, let me tell him that all kinds of valuable and rare medicinal materials can be used as needed, without any need to report them."
"Yes, brother, I understand."
"I don't have anything else to do here. Brother, please go back and take care of things first."
Song Qing hurriedly knocked out the still burning tobacco from the pot, stood up and hugged Mr. Liu with a fist.
To be continued...