Liu Boji saluted Long Yuan and Li Tongfu with a smile and said: "I will take the third brother to thank Brother Long and Brother Li!"
Long Yuan quickly put down his tea cup, leaned forward and said, "Miss Bo Ji is too polite. Speaking of which, my lord takes great care of us two."
"Lord?" Hearing that Long Yuan called Liu Xiu his lord, Liu Boji and even Liu Liang were startled. They first looked at Liu Xiu and then at Long Yuan, wondering what was going on.
Long Yuan said with a smile: "My lord has saved my life from Uncle Zhong. Uncle Zhong has already made an oath to heaven to follow my lord to the death and never leave him!"
Liu Boji opened her mouth in surprise. After all, Liu Liang was a man who had seen the world. Although he was shocked, he did not show it.
He said meaningfully: "Uncle Zhong, you have seen the conditions of my family. If you become a disciple of Axiu, your life in the future will probably be very difficult!"
Long Yuan said seriously: "Uncle Zhong doesn't care about this."
Li Tong, who had been stunned for a long time, didn't know which nerve was wrong. He suddenly came to his senses and said urgently: "Chi Yuan doesn't care about this either." After saying this, he looked at Liu Boji specifically.
Liu Boji was so amused by his appearance that she burst into laughter. Seeing Liu Boji smiling, Li Tong also unconsciously followed suit and grinned widely.
Long Yuan poked him under the table. Only then did Li Tong realize that he was grinning widely, looking as stupid as possible. His face turned red and he quickly lowered his head.
Liu Liang had a good impression of Long Yuan and Li Tong and invited them to have lunch together. After the meal, Liu Liang took the opportunity to call Liu Xiu into the courtyard and asked softly: "Axiu, what do you know about Uncle Zhong and Ji Yuan?"
How many?"
Liu Xiu's face straightened and he said: "Uncle Zhong was originally a domestic slave. Later, when his master passed away, he became helpless. As for Jiyuan, he is the son of Li Shou of Wancheng."
"Li Shou?" The Li family is a famous family in Nanyang County. Liu Liang has naturally heard of Li Shou's name. He asked in disbelief: "The young master of the Li family also worships you?"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "I also have a life-saving grace for Ji Yuan, and Ji Yuan, like Uncle Zhong, is a person who values love and justice!"
Liu Liang looked at Liu Xiu and suddenly felt that his nephew seemed to have grown up all of a sudden. He was no longer the little baby who needed his protection. He already had a world of his own.
The old man felt a lot in his heart and murmured: "Axiu has grown up, my Axiu has grown up!"
Liu Xiu, Liu Boji, Long Yuan, and Li Tong chatted with Liu Liang until it got dark, and it was only then that Liu Yan finally took the time to come over.
Like Liu Xiu, Liu Yan also knelt down and kowtowed in ceremony after seeing Liu Liang.
This time Liu Liang was also good-tempered and did not blame Liu Yan too much. He just reminded him repeatedly that he would never take his brothers to do such dangerous things again in the future.
Seeing that his uncle was not angry with him for the rare occasion, Liu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded in agreement to Liu Liang's instructions, looking like he was willing to accept the instruction.
That night, Long Yuan and Li Tong, like Feng Yi, Gai Yan and others, all stayed at Liu Yan's house. There was really no extra place for them to live in Liu Liang's house.
The next day, not long after Liu Xiu had breakfast, Feng Yi, Gai Yan, Long Yuan, Li Tong, and Li Yi came to his place together. Liu Xiu led them to the backyard. After everyone sat down, he cooked a few more cups.
Tea, everyone drank tea and chatted.
Feng Yi said: "My lord, the general went to the county town early today and said he wanted to recruit some disciples."
Liu Yan has also recruited hangers-on before, such as Zhang Ping, Zhu Yun and others, but Liu Yan did not spend much money to recruit them. He kept them by his side purely out of friendship.
But now, Liu Yan has changed his strategy and is spending real money to recruit customers with great fanfare.
The reason why such a big change occurred was that the money snatched from the barbarian army played a decisive role.
Liu Yan originally planned to share the money with Liu Xiu equally, but Liu Xiu didn't ask for a penny and left it all to his eldest brother. Liu Yan was deeply moved by his actions.
After hearing what Feng Yi said, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "That's great! If you want to achieve great things, brother, you can't lack helpers around you."
Everyone looked at each other and smiled bitterly in unison.
They called Liu Yan general and Liu Xiu lord, which was not only a distinction between the two in terms of title, but more importantly, they were more willing to assist Liu Xiu and respect Liu Xiu as lord.
But at present, it seems that Liu Xiu has no intention of competing for power with his eldest brother. This makes some people happy and some disappointed.
What feels gratifying is that Feng Yi and Li Tong have not yet officially started to fight against each other. If there is a power struggle between the brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu at this time, and the brothers are feuding and fighting each other, I am afraid they will not be able to go very far in the future.
Li Yi was disappointed with Liu Xiu. He felt that compared with Liu Yan, Liu Xiu had neither ambition nor ambition. Assisting such a person would only accomplish nothing in the end.
In fact, there were differences between Li Yi and Li Tong from the beginning.
Both of them believed in the prophecy of "the Liu family will be revived, with the Li family as its assistant", and they were also willing to assist Liu Yan. The difference between Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu's descendants was that Li Yi was willing to follow Liu Yan, while Li Tong More willing to follow Liu Xiu.
Li Tong smiled and said: "If the lord is willing to take half of the money, the princess can now recruit followers and helpers."
Liu Xiu looked up and smiled, waved his hands and said, "There is no distinction between me and my eldest brother."
This is not the first time Liu Xiu has said this, and it is definitely not a false politeness. From the bottom of his heart, Liu Xiu really wants to assist his eldest brother and achieve a great cause. As long as the eldest brother succeeds, it means that he has succeeded. Already.
While they were talking, Liu Boji came over with a teapot and filled their tea cups with tea.
When she poured tea for others, they all bowed politely, said thank you, and left. Only when Li Tong arrived, the latter quickly stood up, bowed to Liu Boji, and bowed to the ground.
His appearance not only made everyone around him amused, but even Liu Boji couldn't help laughing. Li Tong's face turned red and he stammered: "Thank you so much, Miss Boji!"
Liu Boji smiled, put down the kettle, sat down not far or near from them, cupped her pink cheeks, and listened to their chat quietly.
Since she is Liu Yan and Liu Xiu's sister, no one will regard her as an outsider, and no one will object to her sitting here.
But Li Tong, who had been talking endlessly just now, suddenly became quiet, lowered his head, and the corner of his eye drifted towards Liu Boji from time to time.
Feng Yi said: "I still have many friends in Yingchuan. I plan to go back to Yingchuan in the next few days to see if I can win them over."
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "That's great!" Feng Yi was a handsome man and a strange person. In Liu Xiu's opinion, anyone who could become friends with Feng Yi must be an extraordinary person.
Li Yi answered: "Ci Yuan and I also plan to return to Wancheng in the near future to recruit troops in Wancheng!"
After Liu Xiu heard this, he turned to look at Li Tong and asked: "Ci Yuan, will your father support us?"
The head of the Li family is Li Shou, not Li Tong. If Li Shou is willing to support his side, with the strength of the Li family, he can form a strong team in Wancheng, which can play a major role in future uprisings of his side. crucial role.
Li Tong cleared his throat and said: "I... I believe that my father will also support... support the lord and the general..."
Li Yi looked at Li Tong strangely, not understanding what he was stuttering about. His uncle valued the prophecy the most, the prophecy "Liu family will be revived, Li family will be the assistant" came from his uncle's mouth. For this reason, his uncle did not even serve as a court official. , assisting Liu Yan, my uncle will definitely not object.
Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully. As they were talking, Liu Boji suddenly stood up and coughed heavily towards Liu Xiu and others. Liu Xiu and others turned around and saw Liu Liang walking toward the backyard. Come over here.
They have conspired to start a rebellion, but they cannot let Liu Liang know about it now. With Liu Liang's character, he will definitely object strongly when he knows the truth.
Liu Xiu reacted quickly. He immediately stood up, walked to the corner, picked up his hoe, shook his head at Feng Yi and others, and then shouted to Liu Liang who was walking over: "Uncle, we are going to farm."
As he spoke, Liu Xiu opened the back door and walked out first.
Feng Yi and Gai Yan followed closely behind, some carrying kettles and some holding tea bowls, and quickly walked out of the back door.
When Liu Liang walked to the backyard, Liu Xiu and others were gone. Liu Liang snorted dissatisfiedly, turned to look at Liu Boji, and asked: "Boji, your third brother and his friends were chatting just now. What?"
Liu Boji pretended to be stupid and said blankly: "We didn't talk about much, we just talked about trivial matters between the parents."
"Really?" Liu Liang didn't quite believe what she said.
"Anyway, that's all I heard." Liu Boji muttered and ran back to her room.
Liu Xiu and others actually went to work in the fields.
The land has not been cultivated for so long and has become overgrown with weeds.
Liu Xiu took the hoe and shoveled it a few times before Gai Yan took it over. He watched for a while and saw that Gai Yan was doing a good job in farm work, so he walked to the roadside with confidence and met Feng Yan. The different people were sitting on the ground.
Taking the tea bowl handed over by Li Tong, Liu Xiu took a big sip of tea, then wiped his mouth and said quietly: "I don't know Zi Zhang, how is their situation in Yizhou next time?"
What he is most worried about now is Ma Wu and Yao Qi. Compared with people like himself, Ma Wu and Yao Qi are naturally in a much more dangerous situation. Lian Dan and his capital army may find them at any time.
Feng Yi didn't care about this. He smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, my lord, my son Zhang Xiao is brave and good at fighting. He is brave enough to be invincible. Moreover, he is also resourceful and knowledgeable about military tactics. Together, they can be said to be generals." When faced with good talents, even if Lian Dan goes into battle himself, he will be unable to do anything to them."
Liu Xiu smiled, sighed, and said, "I hope so!" After a pause, he asked, "Brother Gongsun, when do you plan to return to Yingchuan?"
Feng Yi thought for a while and said: "There are red eyebrows in the north, bronze horses in the east, and green forests in the south. The rebel armies in various places are becoming more and more fierce. Instead of being wiped out, they are becoming more powerful and more numerous. Now
The Xinmang imperial court is already riddled with holes and is on the verge of collapse. Time waits for us not! My lord, I plan to go back to Yingchuan tomorrow!"
Liu Xiu thought for a moment, patted Feng Yi on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Brother Gongsun, please be more careful on the road!"
