Liu Xiu's words made everyone present laugh, and the awkward atmosphere disappeared instantly.
In the hearts of everyone, Liu Xiu and the emperor have nothing to do with each other. If Cai Shaogong’s understanding is accurate, the person who will be the emperor in the future is indeed Liu Xiu, and then it must be the Grand Master Liu Xiu. No matter how the throne is rotated, it will not be possible.
On the head of Liu Xiu, who was born as a farmer in front of him.
Deng Chen looked at Liu Xiu, then at Cai Shaogong, clapped his hands and laughed, picked up the wine glass, and said cheerfully: "Come on, come on, let's have another drink! I won't go home until I'm drunk today!"
The banquet lasted until midnight before it came to an end.
Liu Xiu followed her brother-in-law Deng Chen to bid farewell to the guests one by one.
When the two of them were sending Mr. Cai out of the house, the latter suddenly stopped, turned to look at Yan Guang behind Liu Xiu, and asked, "I wonder where this little brother is from?"
During the banquet, Yan Guang sat behind Liu Xiu and hardly said a word. Unexpectedly, Cai Shaogong could still notice him. He bowed his hand to Cai Shaogong and said, "I will learn from Mr. Yuanyang."
Mr. Yuanyang? Mr. Cai Shaogong has never heard of such a person. He immediately said oh and said to Deng Chen and Liu Xiu: "Weiqing, Uncle Wen, please stay, there is no need to see you off again."
"Mr. Cai, walk slowly."
"Yes." Mr. Cai nodded and walked down the steps of the porch.
There was a carriage waiting for him outside. As soon as Cai Shaogong got on the carriage, before anyone entered the carriage shed, Deng Chen suddenly caught up with him and asked in a low voice: "Cai Gong, I have something to ask..." What Cai Gong said at the banquet
I mean Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu, the younger brother-in-law?
But before Deng Chen could say the second half of his sentence, Cai Shaogong had already interrupted: "Wei Qing, I have said enough. If I say more, I will reveal the secrets of heaven and I may be punished by heaven."
His words silenced Deng Chen's subsequent questions.
Deng Chen smiled bitterly, pondered for a moment, took two steps back, and bowed his hands respectfully to Mr. Cai in the car.
Cai Shaogong bowed and entered the carriage shed. Before the carriage left, he raised the door curtain again, stuck his head out slightly, and said lightly: "The road Wei Qing has chosen is not easy to walk.
, you may lose a lot, remember one sentence, sincerity leads to the opening of gold and stone, this is what I said, so Wei Qing can take care of himself."
After finishing speaking, Cai Shaogong lowered the curtain of the carriage, and as the copper bell rang, the carriage slowly left Deng's house.
Watching the carriage leave, Deng Chen bowed deeply again.
After Deng Chen returned to the porch, Liu Xiu asked curiously: "What did my brother-in-law say to Cai Gong just now?"
"It's nothing, just a few words of greeting." Deng Chen smiled at Liu Xiu. The latter was about to speak, Deng Zhu led Deng Feng, Deng Zhong, and Deng Zijun came over. Standing still in front of Deng Chen, Deng Zhu said to Deng
Feng Sansan said: "You guys go outside and wait for me."
Deng and Feng responded and walked out of the porch one after another. Seeing this, Deng Chen immediately understood that his eldest brother had something to say to him. He said to Liu Xiu who was standing aside: "Axiu, it's getting late, you should go back and rest early.
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Liu Xiu was very smart and could tell at once. He smiled at Deng Chen and Deng Zhu, turned around and left.
After Liu Xiu left, Deng Zhu asked in a low voice: "Ah Chen, the Liu brothers really want to..." As he spoke, he stretched out his palm flatly, and then turned it around.
Deng Chen nodded slightly and whispered: "Yes!"
Deng Zhu swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously: "Achen, you...you want to do it with them?"
"Brother, the thief is stupid and the court is unethical. If this continues, my Deng family may have no way of survival!" Deng Chen said with a solemn expression.
"But...but our Deng family is not without wealth, and we can still live a prosperous life."
Deng Chen smiled bitterly and asked: "The world is unpredictable. How long can our Deng family maintain their wealth today? Even if the eldest brother doesn't think about himself, shouldn't he also think about future generations?"
Deng Zhu was silent for a while, then he muttered: "Anyway, I don't think our Deng family has reached the point where we have to take risks!"
He just couldn't understand why he would take the risk of beheading to rebel when he could live a peaceful life. No matter how capable the Liu brothers were, they only had a few people under their command. With only such a small number of people, what would happen in the future? What big thing can it accomplish?
Deng Chen knew that his eldest brother had always been timid and afraid of getting into trouble. As long as someone's knife was not placed directly on his neck, it would be impossible for him to embark on the path of rebellion.
It was useless to talk more. He smiled at Deng Zhu and said, "It's too late. Brother, please go back early!"
"I don't trust you!" Deng Zhu said helplessly as he walked out.
After seeing off all the guests, Deng Chen returned to the living room. The servants had almost tidied up the living room, and most of the dining tables and seat cushions had been removed. Only Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, and Yan were left in the living room. Guang, Zhu You, Gai Yan and Long Yuan.
After Deng Chen came in, he sent all the servants out, closed the door, and asked eagerly: "Axiu, what do you think of the guests at the banquet today?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Deng Yu said: "I think Deng Yi and Deng Feng are both good. As for the others, we need to observe them carefully for a while!"
Deng Chen nodded and said: "Rebellion is a matter of life and death. The people we need are more valuable than more valuable."
Liu Xiu and others all showed approval and believed that what Deng Chen said was reasonable.
Deng Chen has never been an impulsive person. He is very similar to Liu Xiu in his two points of making decisions and acting calmly.
After a pause, Deng Chen suddenly remembered something and said, "Axiu, I will take you out of the city tomorrow."
"Leave the city?" Liu Xiu looked at Deng Chen in confusion.
Deng Chen smiled and said, "What do we need most when we start an uprising?"
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Zhu You said first: "The first is soldiers and horses, the second is money and food, and the third is weapons!"
Deng Chen smiled and said: "As for the people, we can pick them slowly, and as for the food, we can also hoard them slowly. But weapons are not easy to collect."
Recruiting people can be said to be recruiting followers, and hoarding food can be said to be used for future sales. However, there is no suitable reason for making weapons.
Manufacturing weapons cannot be silent. If you manufacture weapons on a large scale, the noise will definitely be loud. But once the government notices it, the explanation will not be clear, and you will definitely be prosecuted.
Deng Chen continued: "I helped a blacksmith named Zhang before. This man opened a blacksmith shop in the suburbs. I plan to go to his place tomorrow."
Liu Xiu thought about it and asked: "Brother-in-law, what is the skill of this blacksmith Zhang?"
Deng Chen smiled, took off his sword, handed it to Liu Xiu, and said, "This sword of mine was made by Blacksmith Zhang!"
Liu Xiu took Deng Chen's sword and felt it was heavy. He held the hilt and drew it outward. In an instant, Liu Xiu felt a cold light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Zhu You, Gai Yan and others came over, Looking closely, this sword is completely silver-white, but the light it emits is cyan, giving people a cold and eerie feeling.
Zhu You, Gai Yan, Long Yuan and others are all experts. When they saw this sword, they couldn't help but admired: "It's a good sword!"
Deng Chen said: "Blacksmith Zhang has an eccentric temperament and is withdrawn. He rarely forges swords for others. Over the years, his blacksmith shop has not closed down, and he has relied on me to help him."
Liu Xiu slowly swung the sword in his hand. Although his movements were very slow, when the sword edge cut through the air, it still made a buzzing dragon roar.
He played with it for a while, then smiled at Deng Chen and said: "Brother-in-law, if everyone can use such a sword when we are in trouble, our combat power will be greatly improved!"
Deng Chen smiled bitterly and said: "I finally begged for this sword after all my efforts."
Liu Xiu thought for a moment and said seriously: "Brother-in-law, I will go with you to the countryside tomorrow."
"Okay!" Deng Chen responded in a brisk tone.
Blacksmith Zhang is different from ordinary blacksmiths. Ordinary blacksmiths make swords just to make money, swing a few hammers and smash out an iron sword and that's it. However, Blacksmith Zhang is very cautious about forging swords and would not cast swords easily, but All swords made by him are sharp tools for cutting gold and jade.
This time Deng Chen went to visit Blacksmith Zhang, not to ask him to help him forge swords, but to ask him to help him forge a batch of spearheads.
With the ready-made spearheads, they could easily make spears, and in this way, they would have the weapons needed for the rebellion.
The next day, morning.
Not long after Liu Xiu got up, there was a knock on the door. Liu Xiu opened the door, and standing outside was the second sister Liu Yuan. Liu Xiu was startled, turned sideways to open the door, and asked with a smile: "Second sister, what are you doing?" coming?"
"Can't I come and see you?" Liu Yuan rolled his eyes at Liu Xiu and walked into the house. Behind her, there was a nanny and a maid.
Maid maids, also known as maids, are also divided into levels, usually divided into three levels. The junior maid is the little maid, the one with the least status, the intermediate is the big maid, who already has a certain status in the house, and the senior is the old maid. Also commonly known as nanny, a maid who can act as a nanny is usually close to her master and is her master's confidant.
Liu Yuan entered the room, looked around and asked, "Axiu, are you used to living here?"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Second sister, I live quite well!"
Liu Yuan walked up to Liu Xiu, straightened his clothes, and said displeasedly: "Brother is really careless. He didn't tell you to prepare some new clothes for you when he went out."
As she spoke, she looked back at the maid behind her.
The maid came forward, saluted Liu Xiufu, and handed two new sets of clothes to Liu Xiu. Liu Yuan picked up one, handed it to Liu Xiu, and said, "Axiu, take a look at the style and see if you like it." "
There are two sets of clothes, one is cyan and the other is light blue, both are robes with straight trains.
At that time, most of the clothes worn by the people at the bottom were two-parted, with a short brown top, that is, a short jacket, and long trousers on the bottom. This made it easier to wear and work. Liu Xiu also wore two-parted clothes.
Looking at the robe handed over by the second sister, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Second sister, I just want to wear short clothes."
Liu Yuan glared at him with dissatisfaction and said: "Second sister, there is no work that you need to do at home. Please change your clothes quickly!"
Seeing that the second sister was insistent, Liu Xiu had no choice but to take the robe and measured it on himself a few times. He felt that the size was about the same, so he responded: "Second sister, I think it fits well."
Liu Yuan glared at him again. The grandma and maid on the side were also amused, and the grandma said: "Mr. Liu, whether the clothes fit you or not, you have to wear them on your body to tell."
"Okay, put on your clothes quickly, I'll wait for you outside." After saying that, Liu Yuan walked out of Liu Xiu's room.
