Liu Heng said this in a free and easy manner, but the three people present could hear the bitterness in his words.
Liu Heng seemed to be aware of this, and said with a smile: "Whenever this person is in front of me, I always feel that he treats me badly, owes me something, and even resents him a little in my heart.
But as soon as I heard that he went to the battlefield, I couldn't help but worry about him. I was worried that he would be good or bad on the battlefield."
Liu Heng paused, glanced at Kou Ji and the others, and grinned, "Do you think I am cheap?"
Kou Ji and the other two didn't laugh, they all had solemn expressions on their faces.
Fan Zhongyan stroked the beard at the corner of his mouth and said quietly: "It is human nature for a son to worry about his father. After all, you are father and son. When he goes to the battlefield, you are worried about him. You should be like this. Why is it so mean?"
Cao Yi patted Liu Heng on the shoulder and said softly: "Don't worry. As your father, it is not his turn to charge into the battle. He has the vanguard of the front army and the captains under his command for him to drive.
Besides, whether it was against Xixia or Liao this time, there were two Zizhongs to help them.
Your dad will be fine."
As a disciple of a general, Cao Yi's words are naturally the most convincing.
Liu Heng's expression softened three points after hearing his words.
Kou Ji said from the side: "Your father has no soldiers and horses, and the war is not his turn at all. If my guess is correct, the reason why the imperial court dispatched your father to join the army was because it was your father, Imperial City Siti.
Li's identity.
The imperial court probably wants to use your father's help to send spies from the Imperial City Division to cooperate with the scouts in the army to spy on the military situation."
After hearing Kou Ji's words, Liu Heng finally let go of his worried heart.
A natural smile appeared on his face and he said: "Are you comforting me? Do I need your comfort?"
When Kou Ji and the other two heard this, they all rolled their eyes.
The three of them quarreled for a while, and then the servants brought food and wine.
The three of them were chatting, eating meat and drinking wine.
After drinking for a while, Fan Zhongyan proposed a drinking order, and Cao Yi and Liu Heng nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji was in trouble.
He was not a well-educated scholar. After arriving in the Song Dynasty, he never studied orthodoxly.
The only time he received education was when he was with Zhao Zhen in the palace and received instruction from the officials who taught Zhao Zhen.
But those people who gave lectures to Zhao Zhen mostly talked about the knowledge of saints, and rarely mentioned things like drinking orders.
So Kou Ji doesn't know how to drink alcohol.
Fan Zhongyan and the others seemed to notice Kou Ji's embarrassment, and they all smiled.
Seeing this, Kou Ji pretended to be profound and said: "The drinking order is too vulgar and too ordinary. How about we play dice?"
"Dice? What kind of poison?"
Fan Zhongyan asked.
He is not a corrupt person, and he is never rigid at the wine table.
Kou Ji briefly told Fan Zhongyan how to use dice to brag in future generations.
After hearing this, Fan Zhongyan's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Fighting wits, fighting bravery, daring, wonderful things... If I had known that Brother Kou Xian had such a wonderful method, I should have dragged you to drink."
In the eyes of some people, the bragging method of using dice in later generations is just a game played on the drinking table.
But in the eyes of some people, this game is just a game of wits, courage, and acting skills.
This game is of great benefit to hone your intelligence, courage, and acting skills.
Immediately.
Kou Ji summoned his servants and asked them to prepare the dice.
After preparing things, the four of them started playing.
The servants watched the four people show off their acting skills and found it interesting. They secretly watched from the sidelines. After watching for a long time, they also learned how to brag with dice.
After they go down, they inevitably have to get together with the other servants in the house and play with each other.
It won't be long before this game will spread throughout Bianjing City.
Little did Kou Ji know that the bragging game he came up with in order to save face would soon become a beautiful sight on the wine table.
The four of them played at the house late into the night.
Kou Ji asked someone to arrange three guest rooms for them to sleep in.
Kou Ji wandered back to his room and fell asleep.
He was also a little tipsy.
Although the alcohol in the Song Dynasty was lower in alcohol content than the alcohol in later generations, it was still wine.
His soul traveled to the Song Dynasty, but his body did not travel to the Song Dynasty.
This body is not enough to sustain him without getting drunk.
The next few days.
It has always been in the midst of the New Year.
Either someone came to visit Kou's house, or Kou Li and Kou Ji went out to visit others.
Kou Ji had been to Li's Mansion. When he went to Li's Mansion, Li Di was beating his son for unknown reasons.
When Kou Ji saw Li Di carrying the cane with a fierce look on his face, he decisively put down the gift and ran away.
But she didn't escape from Li Di's grasp. She was grabbed by Li Di and had two drinks with Li Di before leaving Li's house.
When I visited Xiang Mansion, the old man Xiang Minzhong and his five sons kept urging Kou Ji to drink.
Kou Ji felt that the old man's intentions were impure, and when he was slightly drunk, he excused himself and left.
Although Kou Ji ran away quickly, he never escaped the clutches of the old man Xiang Minzhong.
The old man didn't know when he stuffed a purse into his arms.
There are two colorful mandarin ducks embroidered on the purse.
Kou Ji wanted to throw this thing away, but finally thought about it and kept it.
It's not that he is greedy for the girl who embroidered the purse, he simply thinks that the purse is well made and can be used to hold the newly made gold and silver leaves in the house, which is very good.
After all, in this era when the number one scholar is parading through the streets and his wallets are flying everywhere, a wallet is not enough to decide Kou Ji's marriage.
Afterwards, Kou Ji went to Wang Zeng's house, Cao Wei's house, and Yang Wenguang's house.
When I arrived at Wang Zeng's house, I was taught by Wang Zeng for a long time.
He warned Kou Ji that Kou Ji had been a bit arrogant in his recent words and actions, and hoped that Kou Ji would be careful in his words and deeds to avoid offending others.
Wang Zengneng said this to Kou Ji, so he naturally treated Kou Ji as his nephew.
Kou Ji knew what Wang Zeng was thinking, so he nodded and agreed to whatever Wang Zeng said.
As for whether he will do what Wang Zeng said, that is another matter.
The Song Dynasty is now suffering from serious internal and external troubles. If Kou Ji wants to change the current decline of the Song Dynasty, he must take strong medicine.
The medicine administered to Da Song was too light and had no effect.
When he arrived at Cao Wei's house, Cao Wei didn't say much. Apart from leaving Kou Ji to have a meal at the house, he invited Kou Ji to study at Cao Wei's house.
On New Year's Eve in Yanfu Palace, Kou Ji fought with a red-bearded Liao man. Although he won, he was using tricks.
Cao Wei believes that people like Kou Ji who are not hard-hearted need to learn some martial arts to prepare for emergencies.
Kou Ji declined Cao Wei's invitation.
Regarding his own comfort, Kou Ji had his own plans and was not willing to endure hardships and learn martial arts.
Kou Ji didn't see Di Qing in Cao Mansion, so he asked Cao Wei.
Cao Wei said that he relied on connections and sent Di Qing out of Bianjing City to train in the army.
Kou Ji felt that it was a lie that Cao Wei sent Di Qing out to practice, and that it was true that he was hiding from the girls in Cao's house.
Cao Yi mentioned to Kou Ji more than once that Di Qing's stay in Cao's mansion would bring great harm to the girls in Cao's mansion.
The guy didn't do anything, he just liked to be shirtless when practicing martial arts.
The girls in the Cao Mansion would often become nymphomaniacs when they saw him practicing martial arts shirtless. Sometimes they would stay at the place where Di Qing practiced martial arts for a whole day, and would only leave when someone drove them away.
Every time Kou Ji encountered Cao Ji talking about this topic, he would shirk the conversation and refuse to answer.
Di Qing harmed your Cao girl, that was Di Qing's fault, what does it have to do with me, Kou Ji?
It's not me, Kou Ji, who harmed you, Miss Cao.
If I, Kou Ji, really harmed your Cao family girl, I would be extremely happy considering that your Cao family could be secretly happy behind your back.
Your Cao family is a martial artist and a relative of the emperor. If you are allowed to climb up to me, the grandson of the prime minister, then you will not be able to go to heaven?
After coming out of Cao Mansion, Kou Ji went to Yang Mansion.
He promised Yang Wenguang several times to visit his house.
But I never made it.
In order to make up for his mistake, Kou Ji went to the Yang Mansion with heavy gifts.
In the Yang Mansion, he met Yang Wenguang's aunts, and also met the old but still kind-hearted Prince Zhe.
Not many of the men in the Zhe family live long.
The girls of the Zhe family live a long life. Mr. Zhe is already eighty years old. He is not deaf or blind, and his voice is rich and full of energy.
Judging from his voice, his physical condition is much better than Kou Zhun's.
Kou Ji arrived at the Yang Mansion and accompanied Taijun Zhe to tease Menzi. He said many witty words and made Taijun Zhe laugh out loud.
Kou Ji left the Yang Mansion amidst Mr. Zhe's repeated invitations to come and play at his house.
After leaving Yang's Mansion, I looked at the somewhat dilapidated entrance of Yang's Mansion.
Kou Ji felt a little sad.
Kou Ji originally thought that the Yang family's life was not well-off, but after seeing the food and clothing of the Yang family's family members, he found that they lacked everything.
The Yang Mansion has never been repaired, and it is not because there is no money.
The reason is that Taijun refused to let it be repaired.
In her words, she was afraid that after Yang Ye's body was brought back, she would not be able to recognize the main door of Yang's house.
Through this, Kou Ji also roughly understood the secret of Taijun Zhe's longevity.
She is enduring and waiting.
After Yang Ye's body was brought back, he was buried in the same cave as Yang Ye.
In ancient times, when husbands and wives got along, they paid attention to sleeping together when they were alive, and sleeping in the same acupoint when they died.
She was afraid that she would not be able to sleep well if she was lying alone on Song soil, and she was also afraid that Yang Ye would not be able to sleep well if he was lying on Liao soil.
After coming out of Yang Mansion, Kou Ji felt heavy in his heart.
In the Yang Mansion, he did not see the legendary loyal family, nor did he see the majestic Twelve Widows.
I only saw an old man, an eighty-year-old woman, looking forward to her husband's return home.
Kou Ji's thoughts were heavy until he reached Zhu's Mansion, and then he let go.
Zhu Neng saw Kou Ji and came to give him New Year greetings, which was quite enthusiastic.
Not only did he call his children and grandchildren to come over and call Kou Ji brother and uncle, but he also called all the female relatives in the house to let them know Kou Ji.
Moreover, a large table of delicious food was prepared for Kou Ji.
Hearing that Kou Ji liked to eat bear paws, he specially prepared a bear paw feast for Kou Ji.
Although he is now guarding the palace and cannot hunt those bears and tigers, he has served as military governor for many military compartments and has a lot of subordinates under him.
He needs to eat those rare delicacies from the mountains, and he doesn't need to go hunting himself. His subordinates will prepare them for him.
Had a wonderful meal at Zhufu.
Before leaving, Zhu Neng also loaded him with many rare treasures from the mountains, pulled three carriages, and sent him to the Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji stayed like this, eating and drinking among various mansions until the eighth day of the lunar month.
The morning of the eighth day of the lunar month.
The weather is slightly cooler.
The cold wind is biting.
After the weather cleared up, there were not many pedestrians on the street.
Except for those small businessmen and hawkers from poor families who were forced to carry burdens and go out to sell sesame paste, wontons, soup cakes and the like, there were very few people walking on the streets.
The streets were deserted.
A bone-chilling cold wind blew through.
The vendors did not dare to hawk their goods anymore. They held their single clothes tight and hid at the entrance of the alley and under the eaves, using the walls to protect themselves from the cold wind.
"Da da da~"
The rapid sound of horse hooves was very harsh on the quiet street.
The small merchants and hawkers stuck their heads out from the entrance of the alley and under the eaves, and saw three fast horses galloping along the Royal Street and into Bianjing City.
There are soldiers sitting on the horses. The soldiers carry command flags and mailboxes on their backs, and hang three waist badges on their waists.
Seeing people sticking their heads out from the alley, they shouted urgently: "Urgent military situation, the Liao army is advancing westward and is approaching Xixia!"
The reason why they shouted was not only to announce the military information they carried to the people, but more importantly, to remind the people not to appear in front of their horses when they were galloping.
What they received were military orders, and what they followed were also military orders.
The military order cannot be delayed at that moment, and it is not just a joke.
If someone really blocks their progress, whether they are hit or killed, their death will be in vain.
Even if they got into trouble in front of Zhao Zhen, no one would cry out for them.
The soldiers galloped past on horseback.
In the alley, small traders and hawkers under the eaves poked their heads out one after another.
They ignored the biting cold wind and gathered together one by one to discuss what the soldiers had just shouted.
"The Liao people went to fight the Xixia people?"
"That's what the express delivery company called 800 miles away. It can't be wrong."
"The Liao Emperor is really powerful. He just finished attacking Goryeo and then turned around to attack Xixia! Where did they get so much money and food?"
"Where else could it come from, just rob it! The Liao people are barbaric, and they go south to rob our Song Dynasty every year."
"..."
One of them, a knowledgeable person, interjected a word at this time.
"After the Liao people defeated Goryeo, they went to attack Xixia. Once they captured Xixia, the next step was to attack the Song Dynasty."
"Really or not?"
"Of course it is true. The Liao people are obviously trying to drive away their neighbors. Once they capture Xixia, we will be the only ones left in the Song Dynasty among the four neighbors."
"That's not good."
"..."
The discussion among the small traders and vendors has not yet spread.
The bell hanging on the imperial city was rung.
Kou Ji immediately crawled out of the warm bed. After getting dressed, he ran to Kou Zhun's room.
When I ran to Kou Zhun's room, I saw that Kou Zhun had already changed into his official uniform and was about to leave the house.
Kou Zhun saw Kou Ji and ordered: "Quickly change into official uniform and follow me to the court."
Kou Ji wondered: "What happened? Why did the palace ring the bell again and worry the officials?"