Liu Mingzhi, Du Yu and others got to know each other in the capital in the past because of some affairs between Zhou Yuhe, the wife of Zhu Run, the Marquis of Guannei, and Qi Ya.
It has been more than ten years in the blink of an eye.
Over the years, Du Yu and Sun Mingfeng have been following Liu Mingzhi through life and death as personal soldiers, making great achievements, and have already established a deep brotherhood and love.
Du Yu admired Liu Mingzhi from the bottom of his heart, who was a good brother and commander who was similar in age to them.
Hearing Liu Mingzhi ask himself whether he could believe him, Du Yu, who had just sat down, stood up and silently looked at Liu Mingzhi and said only one word.
"able!"
There are no gorgeous words or flattery, just this one word expresses Du Yu's attitude.
Perhaps many years of military career have already changed Du Yu's nature back then.
Although he was born into an official family and has been exposed to flattering words since he was a child, Du Yu now no longer looks like he did when he was in his early twenties.
He acts vigorously and resolutely, and his whole body reveals the style of a soldier from the inside out.
The word "able" made Liu Mingzhi's eyes gradually soften.
“Don’t be so nervous, sit down and talk.”
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi put away his careless attitude, sat upright on the chair and raised his hands to gently untie the bundle he took from Qi Ya's room.
A relatively delicate wooden box appeared in front of the two of them. Liu Mingzhi gently opened the wooden box, holding a piece of jade from inside and placed it in front of Du Yu.
“You give me Zhang Zhangyan, what do you think of this jade material?”
When Liu Mingzhi picked up the jade material, Du Yu's eyes straightened, staring intently at the jade material in Liu Mingzhi's hand, as if he was seeing a naked rare beauty.
Taking the jade carefully, Du Yu held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.
“Good material, absolutely first-class good material.
There are not many such perfect jade materials in the world.
Commander, when you call the last general back, do you intend to reward him?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Du Yu who couldn't put it down holding the jade material, and rolled his eyes lightly: "What the hell are you daydreaming about? You also said that this jade material is rare in the world, and I have too much money to burn it.
?"
Du Yu was stunned and smiled bitterly: "Yes, the general is just wishful thinking. So, Commander, what do you mean by letting me see this jade material?"
Liu Mingzhi tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "Are the crafts that you loved when you were a playboy in the capital still there?"
Du Yu thought for a moment and stared at Young Master Liu with wide eyes: "You mean that I will imitate the seal and the craftsmanship of the seal? You don't want me to use this jade material to imitate something, right?"
“Smart, yes, I have this intention. I just don’t know if your ingenious craftsmanship is still there. If your hand is raw, tell me as soon as possible, so as not to waste the materials I finally obtained.”
“The craftsmanship is there, but I don’t know what the commander-in-chief wants to imitate? A seal? A seal?”
Liu Mingzhi directly took out the dragon seal that had been returned to its original owner from Qi Ya and put it on the table.
“Copy this.”
cough cough cough cough cough.
Du Yu looked at the royal seal that Young Master Liu put in front of him and almost couldn't breathe.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm down his breathing, Du Yu looked at Liu Mingzhi tremblingly, then looked at the dragon seal in front of him and kept swallowing his saliva.
“Young handsome man, are you kidding me?”
“Do you think this portrait of the king is joking with you?”
Du Yu shook his head blankly and nodded again, not knowing whether it was yes or no.
“Commander, how dare I imitate your royal seal? If word spreads, it will not be as simple as losing my head. My old man, wife and children may also be implicated.
You should stop joking with the general, it’s not funny at all!”
Liu Mingzhi didn't say much, and gestured to his dragon seal: "Pick up my royal seal and look at it. Is there any difference between the jade material and the jade material you have?"
Du Yu hesitated for a moment, then slowly picked up the Wang Yin and held it in his hand to look at it. After a moment, Du Yu carefully put down the Wang Yin and shook his head slightly at Liu Dashao.
“The quality of the jade materials is similar, and there is basically no big difference. It should be produced in the same jade pit, or it may be just a coincidence.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you. Is three days enough? Or longer, please give me an approximate time.”
Du Yu looked blankly at Liu Mingzhi's thoughtful gaze: "Ah? What do you mean, Marshal?"
Liu Mingzhi shrugged calmly: "Isn't it obvious what I mean? Naturally, I want you to make a copy of my seal."
"Commander, don't make trouble. Just spare the general. Even if you give me ten thousand courages, I won't dare to imitate your royal seal. It will cause death."
In case of passing to the court, Lao Tzu, the last general, had to be implicated.
Besides, you are King Bingjian, and your seal is the seal of King Bingjian. Your identity and seal are consistent. Why do you have to imitate your own seal?
Isn’t this unnecessary?”
Liu Mingzhi gently spit out the tea leaves in his mouth, stood up and walked to Du Yu. Looking at Du Yu's restless and helpless look, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder.
“If I say it’s because it’s fun, would you believe it?”
“Commander, do you believe it yourself?”
“Of course I don’t believe it!”
“Then it’s okay. If you don’t believe it yourself, you will be afraid.”
“What the hell are you afraid of? The seal is my seal, and the person who asked you to forge the seal is me, not an outsider. What are you afraid of? If I ask you to imitate it, can you still be cured of your sin?
Pig brain!”
Du Yu was startled and looked at Liu Mingzhi who was staring at him angrily: "That's right. Marshal, you asked me to copy your seal. What do I have to be afraid of?"
“It seems that you finally understand, then take it back and start working on it. This is the only jade material you have, so don’t ruin it for me.”
“Don’t worry, Commander, I will practice my skills with ordinary jade first.”
“Well, that’s very good. Then take the jade material and the seal back to the wing arranged for you, and get me an identical seal as soon as possible.
By the way, don’t forget to bring your seal, so that the king himself won’t be able to recognize which one is my real seal!”
“Don’t worry, Commander, I’ll have my heart set on this and I’ll retire!”
“Well, I’ll treat you to a drink when you’re done!”
“Thank you, Marshal!”
Du Yu packed the seal, the jade material in silk, and the wooden box respectively, and walked out the door in confusion.
The Marshal asked me to imitate his own seal. There is nothing wrong with it.
But I always feel like there’s something weird about it?
Liu Mingzhi looked at Du Yu's back and shook his head with a sneer. Du Yu, this kid, is just like his old man Du Chenghao. After so many years, how can he not understand who Du Yu is?
“Here comes someone!”
“The slave is here!”
“The general manager, Liu Song, came to the study to see me!”
“Yes, slave, please leave!”
Liu Mingzhi looked at the maid's retreating figure, and shouted to Song Qing, who was leaning on the pavilion pillar not far away and taking a nap: "Brother, I let you enjoy the scenery, not sleep. If you are bored, come to the study to chat!"
Song Qing opened his eyes and glanced at Young Master Liu, stretching and walking towards the study.
“It seems that the situation is not good when you come to Beijing this time.”
“How to see it?”
“It feels like, even though we’ve only seen each other for a few minutes, I still feel like you’re a completely different person before you went to Beijing and after you came back.
As for what has changed, I can’t tell, and I can’t rule out that it’s my misunderstanding.”
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Song Qing angrily and walked towards the study: "I am still me, a different kind of fireworks in the world.
This young master has never changed. To say that he has changed, it may be his state of mind!"
“What do you mean? What happened in the capital?”
“The little willow tree meets the young master.”
“Liu Song, please pass this king’s order to officials of the fourth rank and above from the twenty-seventh mansion in Northern Xinjiang. Come to the palace for a banquet in seven days.”
"yes!"
“Brother, please tell me about the recent situation of the Northern Expedition.”
Song Qing hurriedly took a stack of battle reports from the sand table and handed them to Liu Mingzhi.
“A mixed blessing.
The Northern Expeditionary Army had already broken through Jizhou City, one of the three most dangerous places in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, on the 13th day ago, and rushed to Kanzhou. On the way to the two cities in Jianzhou, they encountered an ambush, and the Northern Expeditionary Army's infantry suffered heavy casualties."
Liu Mingzhi frowned and quickly took the battle report and started reading it.
“Fire Bull Formation, it turns out that this was the idea behind the fire cattle formation that my junior brother has been grazing over there, but the cattle are getting wild but they can’t distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. How do they control the cattle?”
“Why is it gone? How did Mr. Yun and the others deal with this Fire Bull Formation?”
Song Qing shook his head silently: "I don't know. The latest battle report has not been received yet. We have no idea what the current situation on the frontline battlefield is."
Liu Mingzhi put down the battle report in his hand, turned around and walked towards the sand table.
“Where was the army ambushed by the Fire Bull Formation?”
“One line of sky!”
“There are too many places with a line of sky, where is the line of sky?”
“Kanzhou, a line of sky fifteen miles northwest of the junction of Jizhou!”