After Liu Chengzhi's back gradually faded away, brothers Liu Mingzhi and Song Qing also dropped their gazes.
Liu Mingzhi closed the folding fan in his hand, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the palace gate.
"Brother, my younger brother is in a hurry to go to Miao territory now, so we won't waste time here anymore. Let's talk as we go."
"Okay, brother, I will listen to you."
Song Qing responded, and set off directly to follow Young Master Liu, who had already taken the lead out of the corridor.
"Brother, although my younger brother has entrusted Chengzhi with the supervision of the follow-up matters of the military equipment awarded to the Japanese mission, this boy is still too young after all and lacks experience in some aspects.
Regarding the follow-up matters, if something goes wrong on his side, brother, you must remind him in time.
Furthermore, if there are any disagreements between the two of you, I hope that you will bear with me."
When Song Qing heard what Liu Mingzhi said, he nodded without hesitation.
"Third brother, just put your heart in your belly. As a brother, I will definitely do my best to help nephew Chengzhi."
"Hehehe, with your words, brother, I can rest assured."
"I will live up to my trust as a brother."
Liu Mingzhi nodded vigorously, raised his arm and put it on Song Qing's shoulder, shaking it heavily a few times.
"Good brother, when my younger brother returns from Miao territory, I will treat you to a drink. We brothers will not return until we are drunk."
"If you stick to your wish, you will never return until you are drunk."
"Then it's settled. I'll leave the palace first. You can go and do your own business."
"Yes, take the first step for my brother."
"Walk slowly."
After Liu Mingzhi and Song Qing parted ways, they quickened their pace and rushed towards the palace gate.
Liu Mingzhi rushed all the way outside the palace gate and looked around, but did not see Liu Song.
"Here comes someone."
"His Majesty."
"Have you seen Liu Song?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen and other brothers have never seen General Manager Liu leave the palace."
"Go to the palace immediately to find him and tell him that I am waiting for him outside the palace gate."
"Wei Chen obeys the order, Wei Chen resigns."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand and started walking towards the horse tied a dozen steps away.
Stopping in front of his horse's head, Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and stroked Feng Xing's flowing horse mane.
"Good brothers, we have been together for twenty years.
Back then, we fought together in the north and south, east and west for many years, during which time we traveled over thousands of miles of territory.
Now, I have to work hard for you to accompany me on this journey again."
Feng Xing sneezed a few times, lowered his horse's head and rubbed Liu Mingzhi's arm affectionately.
Liu Mingzhi grinned when he saw Feng Xing's intimate behavior, and gently combed Feng Xing's somewhat messy horse mane.
Fengxing sneezed again, sticking out his tongue to lick the wine bag on Liu Mingzhi's waist.
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows, took off the wine bag from his waist, pulled out the cork and poured the wine into the palm of his hand.
"I was negligent and almost forgot your habits, good brother.
We may never have the chance to go on an expedition together again in the future, but we still have to drink the wine we deserve during the expedition.
Come, drink it happily, this time I will go to the Miao border to visit my grandma.
Just think of us two brothers and go out to war again."
Looking at Fengxing who kept licking the wine in his hand, Liu Mingzhi raised his wine bag and took a sip.
"Good brother, I respect you."
It takes about a cup of tea.
Liu Mingzhi was happily talking to himself to Feng Xing, when suddenly there were rapid footsteps behind him.
Then came Liu Song's voice.
"Master, the little one is here."
"Well, get on your horse."
"yes."
"Liu Song, have you packed up your gifts?"
"Go back to the young master. They have been packed up a long time ago and are now placed behind the gate of our house."
"Okay, are you ready with the spare horse?"
"We are already ready. Xiaowu, Xiaoba and their brothers have brought two good horses outside the house and are waiting for us to pass."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, gently pulled the horse's rein and rushed forward slowly.
"Very good. Now go back and get your luggage. Let's meet outside the city gate."
Liu Song seemed to already know where Liu Mingzhi was going, and nodded without hesitation.
"Young one, I will take my leave first."
"Go ahead."
"drive."
"drive!"
On the long street outside the Honglu Temple Yamen Office, Liu Mingzhi gently reined the horse in his hand.
"Uu."
Liu Mingzhi got off his horse, tied the horse's reins to the hitching post, and hurried towards Honglu Temple.
"Boss, why don't we stop it? Those hitching posts are where you park your carriages and horses."
"Stop you big-headed devil, can't you see that that good horse is a bloody horse that travels thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles a night?
Can we, the government officials, stop the people who ride on the horses of sweat and blood in the capital?"
"What, this is a bloody BMW?"
"That's right, this is the bloody horse that all our Lords dream of getting."
"My dear, this is a sweaty horse. Apart from being stronger, this horse doesn't look any different from an ordinary mount.
Boss, after you change your shift, you can tell me about the bloody horse."
"Okay, let's go on duty first."
"yes."
After Liu Mingzhi entered Honglu Temple, he went straight to the quiet courtyard where Sakai Hoshino lived.
"Hoshino."
"Hoshino."
"Hoshino, are you there?"
After entering the quiet courtyard, Liu Mingzhi called the beauty's name several times to her boudoir.
"Liu Jun, why are you here?"
Liu Mingzhi was about to rush to the beauty's boudoir when he suddenly heard the surprised voice of Hoshino Sakai coming from the left.
Young Master Liu subconsciously turned around and saw Sakai Hoshino sitting next to the well in the courtyard, looking at him with a pretty face in surprise.
"Hoshino, what are you doing next to the well?"
Sakai Hoshino stood up with a smile and waved his wet hands towards the oncoming Young Master Liu.
"Mr. Liu, Hoshino, wash the clothes you changed yesterday."
Liu Mingzhi stopped next to Sakai Hoshino, looked down at the wooden tub with several pieces of clothing at the beauty's feet, and then turned to look at the side room next to him.
"Where's Sakuraori?"
"This stinky girl went out to play early in the morning and she hasn't come back yet. I don't know where she went."
Liu Mingzhi nodded gently and took the beauty into his arms.
Sakai Hoshino was startled for a moment, then when he realized what he was doing, he gave Young Master Liu a shy look.
"Liu Jun, what are you doing?
It would be bad if someone sees it in broad daylight, please let Hoshino go."
Liu Mingzhi felt the beauty's attempt to struggle. Instead of letting go of the beauty's waist, Liu Mingzhi actually used his arms a little harder.
Sakai Hoshino felt Liu Mingzhi's domineering behavior, and raised her jade neck to look at his face with tender eyes.
"Liu Jun, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Mingzhi took a long breath, gently let go of Sakai Hoshino's slim waist, held the beauty's beautiful wrist with his backhand, and rushed towards her boudoir.
"Mr. Liu?"
Liu Mingzhi led the beauty into the room and closed the door.
Sakai Hoshino looked at Liu Mingzhi's hurried appearance, and seemed to have thought of something, and his pretty face could not help but be stained with a layer of blush.
Liu Mingzhi hugged the beauty into his arms again, lowered his head and kissed the beauty's delicate red lips heavily.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi looked at the breathless beauty with a hazy face, a domineering look in his eyes.
"Hoshino."
Sakai Hoshino hugged Liu Mingzhi's waist tightly, his eyes were soft and he bit his lips tightly with his white teeth.
"Hmm? Mr. Liu?"
"Hoshino, I have something urgent and I have to leave the capital for a while. I won't be able to see you recently."
"What? Liu Jun, are you leaving the capital?"
Liu Mingzhi saw the shocked expression on the beauty's pretty face and nodded with a complicated expression.
"Yes, I want to leave the capital and hit the road today.
Hoshino, before I leave, I have something to tell you."
Sakai Hoshino looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly, with a clearly visible reluctance in his beautiful eyes.
"What, what words?"
"Hoshino, I have made arrangements for the military preparations. It won't take long for Sakai Ga to get what he wants."
"real."
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"Mr. Liu, Hoshino doesn't mean this."
"Hoshino, you don't need to explain, I know what you want to say."
"Well, thank you Mr. Liu."
"Hoshino, I leave the capital this time and I don't know how long it will take to come back.
Maybe even if your Japanese mission has received the weapons and equipment awarded by the imperial court, I may not be able to return to the capital."
"What, does it take so long?"
"Yes, it may be so, it may not be so.
Regarding the specific time when I can return to the capital, I'm sorry, but I really can't give you an accurate answer now."
Sakai Hoshino looked straight at Liu Mingzhi's complex expression, and silently put his head on his chest.
"Then, then, what do Mr. Liu want to tell Hoshino?"
Liu Mingzhi sighed melancholy, placed his chin on the beauty's forehead and rubbed it gently.
"Xingye, I, Liu Mingzhi, missed you once nineteen years ago.
Nineteen years later, I don’t want to miss you again.”
"Mr. Liu."
"Hoshino, I am leaving Beijing this time. I don't want to see the tragedy of leaving nineteen years ago repeated again.
Promise me to stay, okay?"
"Liu Jun, me."
"Hoshino, time is short, so I won't repeat what I said to you a few days ago.
Hoshino, you must wait for me to come back, and you must stay.
That’s it, I have to set off on my way.”
After Liu Mingzhi confided what was in his heart to the beauty, he gently patted her back a few times.
"Good Hoshino, see you when we come back."
After the words fell, Liu Mingzhi reluctantly let go of the beauty's waist and walked straight towards the door.
By the time Sakai Hoshino came to his senses, Liu Mingzhi had long disappeared from the room.
After Sakai Hoshino reacted, he hurriedly ran towards the door and chased him.
"Mr. Liu."
But when the beauty chased him out of the room, Liu Mingzhi was no longer in the courtyard.
Sakai Hoshino stared blankly at the arch of the courtyard for a moment, sighed melancholy with a pretty face, walked to the steps outside the room and squatted down with a pair of beautiful eyes.
Sakai Hoshino hugged his slender figure with his arms, rested his chin gently on his knees, stared at the flower bed in the courtyard in confusion, and fell into a daze in silence.
Hoshino, I, Liu Mingzhi, missed you once nineteen years ago.
Nineteen years later, I don’t want to miss you again.
Hoshino, you must wait for me to come back, and you must stay.
I don't know how much time passed, but Sakai Hoshino, who was in a daze, moved slightly, and behind his back touched the jasper hairpin inserted in his bun.
Then she lightly parted her lips and murmured: "I, maybe."
"Oh, nineteen years ago, what a distant time!
Mr. Liu, if possible, Hoshino doesn’t want to miss you again.”
At the south gate of the capital, after Liu Mingzhi rode out of the city gate, he was just about to search for Liu Song's figure in the surroundings when his shouts came from not far away.
"Master, the younger one is here."
Liu Mingzhi looked around and saw Liu Song standing on the east side of the official road, waving to him.
"drive."
"Uu."
"Liu Song, are everything packed?"
"Young Master, everything is ready."
"Let's set off."
"yes."
Liu Mingzhi waited for Liu Song to get on his horse, then raised his whip and gave him a gentle whip.
"drive!"
"drive!"
Amidst the shouts of Liu Mingzhi's master and servant, four good horses led the two men and galloped away.
When the master and the servant galloped for about two or three miles, Liu Mingzhi seemed to think of something again and suddenly pulled the horse's rein lightly.
"Uu."
Fengxing neighed several times, and the good horse beside him also raised its hooves.
"Uu."
"Master, what's wrong?"
Liu Mingzhi breathed out softly and turned his head to look in the direction of the capital.
He suddenly remembered something that the old man told him back then.
This trip to Sichuan is just the right thing to do together.
Liu Mingzhi directly threw the reins of another good horse in his hand towards Liu Song, turned the horse's head and ran towards the capital gate.
"Liu Song, I suddenly remembered something else. You are waiting for me here now."
"Yes, I understand, little one."
After about half a stick of incense had passed, a man and a horse appeared outside the gate of Liu Mansion.
"Master? You, why are you back again?"
"Xiaoliu, where is Zhengming?"
"Back to the young master, the young master is at Mr. Fang's place right now."
"I know, keep an eye on Fengxing."
"Yes, I understand, little one."
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly walked into the mansion and rushed directly towards the front courtyard where many children were studying and learning.
"Confucius said, learning without thinking will lead to failure; thinking without learning will lead to peril."
"Text, young master, please answer what this sentence means?"
"Mr. Huifang, this sentence..."
Liu Mingzhi listened to his son Liu Zhengwen's childish voice and walked directly into the room.
"Mr. Fang."
"Huh? Yes, Xiao Ke can see the young master."
"No gifts."
"Thank you, Master."
"father."
"Daddy."
"Daddy."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the children who put down the books in their hands and swarmed toward him like a swarm of swarms. He hurriedly squatted down and spread his arms.
"Ouch, slow down, slow down, watch your step."
"Dad, when will mother come back?"
"Dad, Yun Xi misses her mother so much. When will she come back?"
"Daddy..."
Liu Mingzhi watched lovingly as he looked at his children who kept asking questions, and slapped them on the forehead one by one.
"Be good, be good, and be obedient. Your mother will be back soon."
"Really? Dad, you can't lie to others."
"Dad, how fast is soon?"
"Come on, come on, if you don't go back to study obediently now, your mother-in-law will be unhappy.
If they are unhappy, they will come back late."
A group of little guys were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and ran towards their positions.
"prove."
Liu Zhengming, who had heard Yun Shu coming out, stopped suddenly and looked at his father with a puzzled face.
"Daddy?"
"Come with daddy, daddy has something to do with you."
"good."
"Dad, where are we going?"
"You'll know then."
"Oh fine."
Soon after, the master and servant Liu Mingzhi reunited.