Liu Mingzhi looked at Liu Zhi'an in silence for a long time with a blank expression, and nodded silently.
"My young master, my young master seems to have understood."
Liu Zhi'an smiled lightly and refilled a glass of wine for Young Master Liu. After placing the wine bottle on the low table, he stretched his body a few times with a comfortable expression.
"Just understand, that's fine. Just understand.
In this way, the pressure in your heart should be relieved."
"Peace and prosperity, peace and prosperity."
Mr. Liu whispered these four words softly twice, picked up his wine glass with slightly trembling arms, and drank the wine in the glass with a slightly excited look.
"Old man."
Liu Zhi'an turned around and spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells, then glanced at Young Master Liu with a calm expression, who looked slightly excited.
"Why, do you have any other questions?"
Young Master Liu took a deep breath of alcohol, raised his hands and rubbed his hot cheeks several times after drinking the wine.
"Old man, are you telling the truth?
The so-called peaceful and prosperous age is not something you deliberately said to make me happy in order to relieve the pressure in my heart, right?"
Listening to the eldest son's somewhat excited and somewhat unconfident tone, Liu Zhi'an could not understand what was going on in Young Master Liu's mind.
He looked at Mr. Liu's complicated eyes that were filled with anticipation and nervousness, chuckled and shook his head, peeled off a melon seed with his hands, threw it into his mouth and chewed it a few times.
"I am your son's biological father. When I evaluate the achievements of you, the king of a country, I will be somewhat selfish.
As a result, my evaluation of you will inevitably be biased due to selfishness.
Therefore, whether it is true or false, what I say does not count.
Is it true or false, and what are the details.
When you are free, you can send people directly to the people to find out the news, wouldn't you know?"
Listening to Liu Zhi'an's plain words, Young Master Liu looked deeply at the sparkling water and was silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"Okay, I know this, young master. When I'm not too busy, I will send someone to find out."
Seeing the relaxed smile on his eldest son's face, Liu Zhi'an happily picked up his wine glass and gestured to Young Master Liu.
"Come, Your Majesty the Emperor, I offer you a drink."
Hearing his old man's joking tone, Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows, picked up his wine glass and returned the favor with a look of helplessness.
"Come on, old man, you should continue to call me a bastard or a bastard. I feel more at ease, young master.
When you shout the words "His Majesty the Emperor" from your mouth, I hear it harshly, young master, and feel uncomfortable all over."
Liu Zhi'an raised his eyebrows, pretending to be unhappy, chuckled and shook his head.
"A dog sitting on a sedan chair doesn't know how to lift it."
"Hehehe, I can't help it, my personality is like this, young master.
Old man, I would like to give you a toast."
"cheers."
"Do it first to show respect."
After finishing the glass of wine, Liu Zhian raised his hand and wiped the wine from his beard with a smile.
"Bastard, since the Year of Peace will be evaluated by the people of the world as the Age of Peace and Prosperity.
Then you can feel at ease.
It doesn't matter how you got the throne, whether it was through rebellion or regicide to seize the throne.
As long as the people want it, everyone in the world will praise it.
The reputation of your boy, Emperor Taiping, in the history books will not be too bad."
Young Master Liu took the melon seed shell with his fingers, laughed and nodded.
"Maybe."
"Oh, you bastard, how can there be so many perfect things in this world?
To put it bluntly, to put it more simply, everything is just a matter of life and death.
What was done by the predecessors will be commented upon by future generations.
Death is like a lamp going out, everything becomes nothing.
It is not easy for people of the present to live well in the present and do things well in the present.
From now on, just let nature take its course.
What is right and wrong, true and false, what is there to care about?
The left and right sides are nothing more than a handful of loess."
After hearing his old man's extremely open-minded words, Liu Mingzhi pondered for a moment and nodded happily.
"Yes, from now on, just let nature take its course.
What is right and wrong, true and false, what is there to care about?
The left and right sides are nothing more than a handful of loess.
Old man, maybe when I get to your age.
All the past, all the old events, will slowly be put aside."
Liu Zhi'an chuckled and shook his head, opened his mouth and gently took a puff of dry cigarette.
"This is wrong. If you figure out some things sooner, you will be happier sooner.
Why do you have to wait until I am my age to understand it?
No one is perfect when it comes to his deeds but not his heart!
I still say the same thing as before, no matter what happens.
But just ask and be clear in your heart.”
After listening to Liu Zhi'an's words, Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly and remained silent for a long time. He breathed out slowly, flexed his fingers and gently turned the jade ring on his thumb.
"I, the young master, try my best to be open-minded as soon as possible.
Old man, to be honest, after I ran into trouble with Mr. Xia Gongming several times about the Qingshi matter, I gradually started to think about it.
In fact, the main pressure in my heart, young master, is still on the matter of my future successor."
Liu Zhian raised his eyebrows, touched his nose angrily, and immediately cast his gaze to the float on the water without thinking.
"There is no use telling me about these things.
You kid, just watch it and it will be fine, you just watch it and it will be fine."
After Liu Dashan saw Liu Zhi'an's reaction, he looked slightly startled at first, and then he sighed helplessly after reacting.
"Oh, I knew this, young master, that the old man would definitely react like this."
Liu Zhi'an seemed not to have heard Mr. Liu's words, and clasped the crumbs of melon seeds at the corner of his mouth with his fingers, still staring at the float on the water.
Seeing his old man's deliberately deafening reaction, Young Master Liu naturally understood Liu Zhi'an's thoughts.
He shook his head gently, picked up the wine bottle on the low table, and began to pour himself a drink while sipping slowly.
While Mr. Liu was drinking one cup after another, Liu Yuan stood up suddenly, pointed at the water and shouted softly.
"Master, Master, come on, come on, there's a fish on the bait."
Young Master Liu's expression tightened, and he hurriedly put down the wine bottle and wine glass in his hand, grabbed his fishing rod, and looked happily towards the water in the distance.
Sure enough, the float on his fishing rod had already submerged into the water.
The water surface where the float was previously was now rippling in circles.
Mr. Liu suddenly stood up, holding the fishing rod tightly with both hands.
In the blink of an eye.
The water surface, which was originally rippled with layers of ripples, was now splashing with waves of water.
"Master, the big guy is a big guy, hurry up and don't let the big guy get away."
Mr. Liu looked excitedly at the splashing water and happily controlled the fishing rod to wander around.
"Hahaha, if you bite my hook, young master, it will not be that easy to escape."
Liu Zhi'an quickly took a look at his float, quickly picked up the net at his feet, and ran towards the river nimbly.
"You bastard, you have to hurry up and don't let the big guy get away."
Young Master Liu stared closely at the big fish that was still struggling in the water, and nodded vigorously without even looking at Liu Zhian.
"I know, I know, I'm not that stupid, young master. Just be prepared to catch fish."
Liu Zhi'an waved his hand without looking back, and followed the swing of the fishing rod in Young Master Liu's hand nervously, running back and forth non-stop.
"You bastard, slow down the fuck, slow down.
Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, you must control your strength.
Look at the water splash, this fish needs to be at least twenty pounds to start with. If it gets away, I won’t be done with you.”
As soon as Liu Zhi'an finished speaking, he quickly turned around and glared at Young Master Liu fiercely, and then looked towards the splashing river.
"Hey, old man, you have to figure it out. This big fish was caught by me, young master.
I caught a fish for you, young master, so why are you so nervous?"
"Damn it, you bastard, don't forget, I lent you this fishing rod.
I caught a big fish with my fishing rod, so of course I have to be nervous."
Young Master Liu's face froze, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.
"Oh, I'll go. According to what you said, after I catch this big fish, young master, it will be yours."
"Hehehe, if you want to give in to me, of course I have no objection."
"I'm going to... take off your wife's legs. You might as well grab them."
"You bastard, don't worry, hold on, be sure to hold on, the splash has subsided a little."
"This young master is not blind, I have already seen it.
Old man, please lean aside quickly to block my view of the young master."
"Which way to go?"
"You don't know how to see with your eyes. Didn't you see that Young Master moved to the left?"
When Liu Zhi'an heard Young Master Liu's rude words, he quickly moved to the side, with no intention of arguing with Young Master Liu.
The character of a fisherman is most vividly displayed in the two men at this moment.
"You bastard, slow down a little bit, don't get off the hook."
"I know, I know, I am in control!"
Although Liu Zhi'an and Young Master Liu kept bickering, their eyes never left the big fish that was struggling in the water and splashing water one after another.
Liu Yuan glanced at the two men with a faint smile, and happily waited beside him with the fish basket in his hand.
After about two cups of tea, the water in the river gradually became smaller.
Liu Zhi'an nervously grabbed the net in his hand and quickly looked back at Mr. Liu who was holding the fishing rod tightly.
"Bastard, it's almost done, it's time to lift the pole."
"Okay, okay, get ready to copy the net."
Young Master Liu immediately responded to Liu Zhian, looking at the big fish that had lost much strength in the water, he lifted the fishing rod in his hand with both hands.
In an instant.
In the excited eyes of Young Master Liu, Liu Zhi'an, and Liu Yuan, a big fish was dragged to the river by Young Master Liu.
Liu Zhi'an completely ignored the valuable boots under his feet, rushed directly to the wet river, and fished the big fish into the net with excitement.
"Old brother, fish basket, fish basket."
"I'm coming."
With the joint efforts of the master and the servant, a huge carp fell steadily into the fish basket.
Liu Da, who had never seen such a situation, dropped the fishing rod in his hand, shook his aching wrist, and trotted towards Liu Zhi'an, Liu Yuan's master and servant.
"Quick, quick, let me take a look at this big product."
"Master, it's a big carp."
"Uncle Yuan, how about the weight?"
Liu Yuan lifted up the fish basket in front of him, weighed it happily for a few times, and then handed the fish basket to Young Master Liu with a smile on his face.
"Master, this big thing starts at thirty pounds, so it's just a little more."
Hearing Liu Yuan's answer, Young Master Liu looked happy. He looked down at the big carp that was still shaking in the fish basket, and looked towards Liu Zhi'an laughing.
"Hahahaha, old man, what do you think? Let me just tell you. I am too impatient to eat hot tofu.
Now you see, my young master’s hot tofu, it should be okay, right?”
Liu Zhi'an saw Mr. Liu laughing loudly with a sullen expression on his face. Looking at the large carp weighing several dozen kilograms in the fish basket, a flash of jealousy quickly flashed in his eyes.
Immediately, Liu Zhi'an flicked his sleeves casually, glanced at his float, turned around and walked towards his small bamboo chair.
"Hehehe, what are you talking about? The fact that you can catch such a big fish is not because of my fishing rod.
Otherwise, let alone catching such a big fish, it’s hard to say whether you can even see a single fish scale.”
Listening to Liu Zhian's unhappy tone, Young Master Liu smiled and glanced at the big carp in the fish basket again, and immediately walked towards the fishing rod he threw on the ground.
"Hey, old man, just make excuses.
The fact that I was able to catch such a big fish is only due to my ability and luck.
If it were someone else's fishing rod, I can still catch big fish."
Hearing Young Master Liu's sullen tone, Liu Zhi'an's face became increasingly unhappy.
"Virtue."
Just as Liu Zhi'an was about to turn around and sit on his small bamboo chair, Liu Yuan shouted softly.
"Master, your fishing rod has been hooked by another fish."
The unhappy look on Liu Zhian's face was instantly wiped away, and he quickly grabbed his fishing rod.
"Quick, quick, prepare to copy the net, prepare to copy the net."
"Hey, I know this."
Young Master Liu turned his head and looked at the splashing water on the water to make sure that the hooked fish was not a big fish, and continued to hang the bait on the hook.
“Old man, look at the splash, the fish you caught is not very good!
You have to keep working hard, otherwise, let alone your good grandchildren, good granddaughters, their brothers and sisters will have a fish feast.
Don’t let it happen afterwards that you can’t even share a bowl of fish soup.”
"Fuck you, it's still early, why are you in a hurry!"
"Okay, I'm just waiting to read that Young Master."
Half a day later.
The sun sets in the west.
Young Master Liu looked at the figure of Liu Zhi'an in front of him who was angrily walking away with a fishing rod in hand, and looked happily at Liu Yuan who was packing up the fish basket.
"Uncle Yuan, are you ready?"
"Okay, okay, you can go."
Young Master Liu smiled lightly and nodded, and immediately chased after Liu Zhi'an.
"Old man, why are you so anxious? Just wait for me!"