Chapter 35: Beat drums to gather generals, ring bells to summon officials
Liu Mingzhi and the pretty woman stayed in the shack, looking at the heavy raindrops falling to the ground outside, and chatting comfortably all morning.
"Sister Tao, I'm a little hungry, why don't we go to a restaurant for a meal together, and we can continue chatting when we come back!"
Liu Mingzhi actually didn't know who was older, between himself and Pretty Lady, but Young Master Liu, who was pretending to be young, preemptively called her sister.
The sibling relationship between the two was thus established.
We usually call each other brother and sister.
The pretty girl smiled and shook her head: "No one loves me to begin with, and even more so when I get fat.
You go and eat by yourself. My sister is here waiting for you to come back. By the way, she will help you look at the stalls to see if there are any beautiful women who are as shameless as your sister and come to have a tryst with you despite the wind and rain.
It wouldn’t be a pity if you missed it!”
"As you can tell, you are the only beautiful woman who can tell that my younger brother is a wonderful person. Sister Tao, you are the only one.
Other beauties don't have such a sharp eye.
Well, since you don’t want to eat, I won’t be polite to you anymore, so I’ll lend you my oil-paper umbrella.”
The pretty woman reached out and picked up her oil-paper umbrella and handed it to Liu Mingzhi. She walked to Liu Mingzhi's reclining chair and reclined for a while, lazily stretching her graceful and delicate body, without being polite at all.
mean.
Liu Mingzhi smiled as he was used to it, and looked at the beautiful woman's plump mountains without hesitation for a while, then he smiled and raised his oil-paper umbrella and rushed towards Penglai Restaurant.
"Why are you settling the score again? Didn't I tell you to have a good rest? Didn't you know that you are pregnant?
Where is Lingyi? Don’t tell my husband that she went to the kitchen to slurp a large spoon again!"
"No, Lingyi went upstairs to rest. It's windy and rainy today. That girl Qingrui didn't go out with you, but she was busy taking care of Lingyi. This girl really doesn't know what to say to me!
I was idle by myself, finishing the accounts for the morning.
I have been sitting here and I am not tired.
Your stomach isn’t up yet, husband, don’t worry, I will take good care of your health!”
Liu Mingzhi helped Xue Bizhu sit on the stool and glanced at the sparse guests on the first floor: "You just don't know how to cherish your body.
There are so few guests, why can’t we just let Accountant Yang do the accounting? Why do we have to do everything by ourselves?”
Xue Bizhu sat on the stool, raised her head and looked pitifully at her husband's complaining eyes: "Good husband, I know I was wrong.
Just stop talking, okay? Don't worry, I will definitely have a good rest when I'm tired.
I finally became pregnant with my husband's flesh and blood, how could I not take it seriously?
Okay, I will take care of myself.
Have you been hungry all morning? If you want to eat anything, I will ask the cook to prepare it for you right away."
"Just make two random dishes to fill your stomach."
"Okay, I understand!"
"Brother Erniu, please ask the chef to prepare a stack of soy sauce beef and a stack of cold vegetables for my husband. By the way, bring me a pot of bamboo leaf greens."
"Okay, shopkeeper, please wait a moment with me!"
The younger brother ran towards the backyard with a smile. Xue Bizhu leaned forward and glanced outside the door, giving Young Master Liu a sweet and angry look.
"It's lightning and thunder, wind and rain, and your pretty sister comes to you for a tryst, rain or shine?
The same goes for you, why don't you call her over to have dinner with me so that I can get to know my future sisters' personalities and whether they can get along well with each other!"
Liu Mingzhi smiled and rubbed his nose: "Don't talk nonsense, my husband and Sister Tao just got along, nothing else happened.
Although the conversation was a bit private, it was still very affectionate and polite, as innocent as green onions mixed with tofu."
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he sighed faintly: "Not everyone can treat all women equally and take extra care of them, regardless of whether they are wives or concubines.
She is just a miserable person who deliberately hides her bitter life with an uninhibited smile."
"It's good that you know. If you don't know when you will attract someone's love, wouldn't your life be even more miserable?"
"Don't worry, even if my husband has that intention, Sister Tao is not that kind of person."
"Sister Tao, what you call is so kind!"
"Scene words, just scene words!"
"Uncle, your food and drinks are here!"
"You're tired, go get busy!"
"Yes, uncle, please use it slowly."
"Bizhu, do you want to eat more?"
"No, I still have some accounts to settle!"
“When you are tired, remember to rest!”
"As you command! My husband!"
Mr. Liu, who was full of wine and food, held up an oil-paper umbrella and walked out of the restaurant.
Seeing Liu Song sitting by the door with his legs crossed, cracking melon seeds and reading a book, he went up and kicked him.
"If you read less books like this, you won't die. Don't you even have lunch?"
Liu Song got up from the ground, raised the book in his hand with an aggrieved look and handed it to Young Master Liu.
"Master, I read "Spring and Autumn"!"
Mr. Liu leaned over and took a look, and opened a few more pages. Hey! It was really "Spring and Autumn".
Waving his hands in embarrassment, Mr. Liu held an umbrella and walked towards the shanty: "Look, look! Go eat by yourself if you're hungry!"
"knew!"
"Sister Tao, my little brother has come in!"
The pretty girl who was sleeping opened one eye and looked at the cheesy Young Master Liu standing outside and chuckled twice: "Come in, sister can't wait for a long time!"
Young Master Liu put away his oil-paper umbrella, sat on a stool nearby, poured a cup of herbal tea and began to taste it.
"Sister Tao, it's so windy and rainy today, you might get cold when you go back later.
I've eaten and drank enough. As the saying goes, what do you think about when you're full and warm? How about I find you a place to keep warm today?
My little brother is not only proficient in astronomy, geography, Yin and Yang Bagua, but also other things!
Do you want to see something?"
The little pretty woman rolled her eyes softly: "How warm can it make my sister so horny that she feels like dying?"
If you can't, forget it. My sister doesn't like a man who says he can turn the world upside down, but when it comes to real swordsmanship, it's useless.
Can you do that? Don’t end up doing it without even taking off your clothes!”
Young Master Liu chuckled: "Hehe! As the saying goes, what you see on paper will only make you realize it is shallow, but you must know how to do it.
There is another saying before that the kung fu will only be perfected when you are young. Although I am not old, I have almost mastered this kung fu.
Whether it works or not, you have to try it..."
The sound of steady and powerful footsteps interrupted Liu Mingzhi's words, and a generous and burly figure stood outside the shed despite the wind and rain.
"The third child!"
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and looked up: "Brother! Why are you here?
Come on, come on, I am talking to Sister Tao about the wonderful things, you also..."
"It's business!"
Liu Mingzhi finally noticed that Song Qing's expression was a little heavy, and stood up suddenly: "What's wrong?"
Song Qing glanced at the pretty woman reclining on the recliner, but said nothing.
The pretty lady was very discerning. She stood up and picked up the oil-paper umbrella beside her and smiled lightly at Liu Mingzhi and nodded.
"Sister, go and wait under the roof of the restaurant first. If you're really busy, you can leave. It's not a big deal. Sister, I'll come back later."
"Okay! Sister Tao, please go and enjoy the rainy scenery of the capital for a while!"
After the pretty lady held an umbrella and left, Liu Mingzhi motioned to Song Qing to sit down and talk.
"What's wrong? Your face is so heavy. What happened?"
"Brother received a message from Ganzhou. Dai, Lu, Zhong, Fu... 18 caravans totaling 3,743 people were in Tianzhu with a so-called big man in black.
The two countries suffered looting and massacre!"
Liu Mingzhi was about to open the jade fan and paused, frowning as he looked at Song Qing.
"The caravan was looted and massacred? When did the news come?"
"I received the letter half an hour ago, and I couldn't wait to come find you!"
"How many people came back after escaping death?"
Song Qing's expression was heavy and he looked at Liu Mingzhi hesitantly. He pursed his lips for a long time before stretching out a finger.
When Liu Mingzhi saw this, he frowned and narrowed his eyes.
"Only a thousand people came back?"
Song Qing shook his head silently, his lips trembling and unable to speak.
Liu Mingzhi stood up stiffly, looking down at Song Qing with his eyes gradually becoming sharper.
"Don't tell me that only a hundred people came back."
Song Qing shook his head with red eyes and clenched his fists.
"One person, one dragon flag!
The remaining 3,742 people were all slaughtered in a foreign country and will never come back!"
With a crisp sound, the jade fan in Liu Mingzhi's hand slipped quietly onto the table, rolled twice, and stopped at the edge.
Liu Mingzhi fell down on the stool weakly, staring blankly at Song Qing's sad expression, his eyes becoming heavy.
"One...only one person came back?"
"Yes, only Lu Fengshuang, the second son of the Lu family, came back, and he hurried back over mountains and rivers carrying our big dragon flag.
I started returning to my Dalong territory around October last year, and finally returned to Ganzhou City a few days ago!"
With trembling arms, Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea on the side and moved it towards the corner of his mouth, but the amount he drank was not as much as it dripped on his clothes.
“More than three thousand people! More than three thousand people!
It has been more than two years since I established the new dynasty. Even in the past two years, various state capitals have suffered from natural and man-made disasters, and more than 3,000 people have been killed or injured in one fell swoop!
Now, more than 3,000 people are gone like this?
It is not clear whether it was the local court who took action? Or the local bandits and robbers.
According to the letter, people from the two imperial courts coveted the money and goods of the caravan and joined together to kill and loot!
The specific situation has yet to be determined.”
There was a muffled sound, and the teacup in Liu Mingzhi's hand broke into pieces.
"Tianzhu! Dashi in black!"
Liu Mingzhi stood up with evil eyes. He didn't even pick up the oil-paper umbrella. With his joints turning white, he picked up the jade fan and held it tightly in his hands. He walked out of the shack and faced the oncoming storm towards the palace gate.
go in the direction.
Song Qing, who was closely behind, instinctively raised his hand to catch it, holding the gold medal thrown by Liu Mingzhi in his hand.
"His Majesty?"
"Jin Diao passed the letter, General of the Six Guards of the New Army, General of the Six Guards of the Northern Xinjiang, Marshal Wanyan Chizha of the Northern Prefecture's Acting Troops, Marshal Yeluha of the New Prefecture, Hu Yanyu, Marshal of the New Prefecture's Troops and Horses, Bahanna, the Warlord, ten
There are 12 generals including Ashimu, the general of each battalion of the second division.
I rushed to Beijing for eight hundred miles to have an audience, and those who disobey the order will be punished on the spot."
"Got the order!"
"Willow Pine!"
Liu Song, who was cracking melon seeds under the eaves of the restaurant, hurriedly ran out: "Master?
Where is your umbrella? If you don’t open it, you might get caught in the wind..."
"Enter the palace immediately and deliver my oral instructions.
Beat the generals' drums and ring the official bells."
"Yes! Resign, little one!"
The pretty lady standing under the eaves of Penglai Restaurant looked at Mr. Liu who was walking away against the wind and rain, and was stunned for a while.
Is that domineering figure from the back really the dirty-talking little brother that I am familiar with?
She shook her head in confusion, and when Liu Mingzhi's back disappeared into the wind and rain, Pretty Woman also held up an oil paper umbrella and disappeared into the wind and rain.