The maids in front heard Young Master Liu's shouts and immediately turned around to greet Young Master Liu.
"Sisters, slaves and maids, see the young master and wish him a happy new year."
"Hehehe, no gifts, no gifts for everyone."
"Thank you, Master."
"Qier."
"My slave is here."
"You go find Liu Song immediately and tell him, Master, that I'm waiting for him in the backyard."
"Yes, I understand. Master, do you have any other instructions?"
"No more, go quickly."
"Yes, I will take my leave first."
"You sisters, please go and do your own things together."
"Hey, slave sisters, please leave first."
Young Master Liu watched the maids hurried away, smiled lightly, lit a pot of dry smoke, and headed straight to the backyard of the Liu Mansion.
Arriving all the way outside the warehouse in the backyard, Young Master Liu glanced at the locked warehouse door, squatted on the snow and waited silently.
It took about half a cup of tea.
Liu Song carried a lantern in his hand and hurried into the backyard with a large group of Xiao Wu and his brothers.
Seeing Young Master Liu squatting on the ground and smoking a cigarette silently, Liu Song rushed up to him with a lantern.
"I'd like to see the young master and wish him a happy New Year."
"I'm waiting to see you, young master, and wish you a happy New Year."
Young Master Liu stood up and shook the snow off his body, smiled lightly and pointed to the door of the warehouse.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up to carry the fireworks to the garden."
"Yes, yes, I understand, little one."
Liu Song responded, quickly took out a bunch of keys from his sleeves, and opened the big lock on the warehouse with very smooth movements.
"Brothers, go in quickly and move the fireworks. Be sure to pay attention to the open flames in the lanterns."
"We know, Brother Song, don't worry."
"Brothers, get busy and don't delay the young master's fireworks."
"I'm coming."
"Fifth brother, seven of you, please open the door of the warehouse wider so that we can go in and out."
When Liu Song saw that all the brothers were already busy, he took out a wine bag from under his cloak and handed it to Young Master Liu with a smile.
"Master, after I got up, I saw that the wind and snow outside had not stopped yet, so I asked Sister Yu'er to warm up a pot of wine for you.
It's windy and snowy now, and the weather is so cold. Please drink some wine to keep warm."
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows, took a puff of his cigarette, and took the drink into his hand with a smile.
"Xiaosong, it has to be you!"
"Hehehe, this is what children should do."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu and the others who had already started carrying the fireworks. They raised their heads and took a sip of warm wine. After reaching out and patting Liu Song's arm, they took the lead and walked towards the far corner.
Upon seeing this, Liu Song quickly followed Young Master Liu.
"Little Five Brothers."
"Hey, Brother Song?"
"You can just carry the fireworks into the garden, and I will accompany the young master around."
"Okay, just leave these fireworks to the brothers. Brother Song, just go ahead and do your work."
Young Master Liu slowly walked to the corner of the wall and stopped. He turned around and looked at Liu Song who was walking towards him. He raised his wine bag and took a few sips.
"Master, do you have anything to tell me?"
Liu Mingzhi sipped the drink from the corner of his mouth and gestured towards Liu Song with the dry pipe in his hand.
"Xiaosong, do you want a pot?"
Liu Song immediately took out the dry pipe from his waist, and with a smile on his face, he pinched a handful of tobacco from Mr. Liu's pipe.
"Master, I won't be polite to you anymore."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand casually, holding up his dry tobacco bag and passing it over.
"Lead it on."
"Okay, okay, thank you young master."
Seeing that Liu Song had lit the tobacco, Young Master Liu took a puff of dry cigarette silently, his brows slightly furrowed in silence.
When Liu Song saw his young master's brows slightly furrowed, he smoked a cigarette and waited quietly.
After a long time, Young Master Liu looked at Liu Song, who was quietly puffing away his breath, and sighed with complicated eyes.
"Oh, Liu Song."
When Liu Song heard this, he immediately straightened his body and looked at Liu Da nervously.
"The young one is here, young master, please tell me."
Young Master Liu looked around at the situation around him and said in a faint tone: "Xiaosong, in the past few months, have the envoys of the Tsarist Russian mission living in Honglu Temple become honest?
"
Liu Song's expression tightened, and he looked at Liu Mingzhi's hesitant look and shook his head gently.
"Back to the young master, those envoys are still the same as before, making little moves.
Especially in the month or so towards the end of the year, their small actions in private have become more frequent."
Young Master Liu frowned and remained silent for a while. After opening his mouth and taking a few sips of wine, he breathed hot air into his slightly cold hands.
"Do you know what little tricks they do in private?"
"Back to Master, I followed your instructions and did not let the brothers pay too much attention to their every move in order to avoid alerting others.
Therefore, I am not sure what they said when they contacted those people in private.
However, don't worry, young master, the brothers have already drawn up a detailed list of those people they have contacted in private.
As long as you want to know what kind of activities they have with those people, young master, you can always send your brothers to bring those people over and interrogate them one by one."
Young Master Liu nodded silently, squinted his eyes slightly and took a sip of the drink.
"Well, you did a good job."
"Master, do you need to immediately dispatch people to arrest all those who have had contact with the Tsarist Russian envoys and interrogate them one by one?"
Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes and was silent for a moment, then gently shook his head.
"Being not."
"Yes, I understand, little one."
Chapter completed!