My country, you can pinch it

The Shang family's mansion is not difficult to inquire about. Liu Ke had enough sleep and food, and took Xiao Tuanzi for a stroll there when the sun was dying.

But unexpectedly, he was turned away.

"Your Highness Seventh Prince, I'm really sorry, my young master is seriously ill and cannot see guests."

sick?

This kind of good thing that should be celebrated with firecrackers is actually sick?

real or fake?

Liu Ke raised his eyebrows with a playful smile on his face.

He rubbed his chin, looked at the concierge and said, "Since he is seriously ill, forget it, but the master's bird is still with him, let's take it back to the head office."

"This..." The concierge hesitated a little, but he didn't dare to offend the seventh prince in front of him, so he said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment, the younger one will report it immediately."

It was rare for Liu Ke to speak easily, so he nodded, watched the porter rush in, and snorted, "Sure enough, there is a ghost."

Xiaotuanzi wondered, "How does Your Highness know?"

"It's so cold, even if I can't see you, I shouldn't let His Highness wait at the door. What do you mean?"

Xiaotuanzi asked softly, "What?"

There are only six words printed on Liu Ke's expression: Are you a pig's brain?

Xiaotuanzi shrank his neck.

"Explain that thanking guests is true, and being sick is false, idiot!"

While Liu Ke was proud, the concierge ran back, followed by Fang Jinling's servant, who repeatedly apologized: "I'm really sorry for keeping His Highness waiting, please."

The corner of Liu Ke's mouth twitched, look, isn't this what was said?

Unfortunately, when Liu Ke followed the sky and approached Fang Jinling's room, and heard the intermittent coughing sound from inside, the master and servant immediately looked at each other, Xiao Tuanzi pointed inside, and said softly, "Your Highness, the young master seems to be really sick? "

It shouldn't be!

Undeterred, Liu Ke walked inside and came to Fang Jinling's bed, staring at Fang Jinling's bed carefully, and finally said: "You are acting too much."

Fang Jinling was speechless immediately: "I am indeed sick."

"Oh? Could it be that you were so sad that you couldn't sleep at night thinking about your father, and finally the wind and cold entered your body, and you couldn't get sick?" Although Liu Ke said so, it was clearly written on his face: Are you this kind of person?

Fang Jinling smiled slightly, and said in a leisurely manner: "No, it's because I saw the sisters discussing each other, and I was so excited that I waved the flag and shouted, so that the wind and evil took advantage of it."

For this reason... Liu Ke twitched the corners of his mouth, and when he saw Fang Jinling looking at him jokingly, he slightly raised his eyebrows and said kindly: "Then Young Master Shang must take good care of his health, otherwise he will go to the northwest all the way, and go to other places." If you don’t arrive, kick your legs first.”

This remark made Fang Jinling a little unhappy. Since we both know each other's feelings, it would be hypocritical to continue being polite, so he said bluntly: "Don't curse me, this time I was careless, next time I will definitely not...cough cough..."

Suddenly, Fang Jinling's throat felt itchy, and Fang Jinling coughed uncontrollably, and Amethyst, who was waiting by her side, quickly poured water to calm her breath, but the cough was heartbreaking and she couldn't stop, which made Liu Ke feel uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but said: "Hey, can you take it easy, I feel like you're going to cough up your lung tubes, and I also have a little throat discomfort."

"Cough cough...cough cough..." Fang Jinling's cough suddenly became louder.

Liu Ke hastily jumped away, disgusted and said: "Isn't this too sick?"

Fang Jinling took a sip of water from Amethyst's hand, calmed down slowly, and said words from between his teeth: "Then please go back quickly, Your Highness, so as not to infect your body..."

But Liu Ke has such a thick skin, he never takes this kind of angry words seriously, instead he said wronged: "Let me come for a while, let me go for a while, why are you so changeable like a girl."

Fang Jinling looked at him with admiration, and reminded: "Your Highness, it seems that you came here uninvited to visit the humble house?"

"So what, it's just a bird. It's fine if you ask someone to bring it up. Why do you invite me in?" Liu Ke is not stupid, he knows Fang Jinling's little tricks, "Didn't you want to see me?"

It's quite the way, indeed, if it was someone else, Fang Jinling would have dismissed him on the grounds that he was seriously ill, and Liu Ke...he really wanted to see him.

Liu Ke could look at him wholeheartedly, as if everyone was the same, so stop pretending.

So Fang Jinling smiled slightly and asked, "Then do you want to meet your bird?"

"Of course, did you take good care of it? Tell me in advance. If you get sick and die, I have to ask you."

Fang Jinling didn't say much, just ordered: "Zijing, bring Baimei here."

"Yes."

Liu Ke raised his eyebrows: "White eyebrows?

"I chose a name when I have nothing to do. If His Highness is not satisfied, you can change it...cough cough..."

At this time, Amethyst came in with an exquisite birdcage, which contained the pulsatilla. The little bird was standing on the crossbar and fluttering its wings, looking very energetic.

Bird seemed to still remember his savior, seeing Liu Ke open his mouth and scream.

"Hey, did you come back to life?" Liu Ke took the birdcage and whistled at the Pulsatilla, looking like a dandy.

He teased for a while, then paced to the window and opened it.

"Hey..." Zijing saw that she was about to remind her of the cold, when Liu Ke opened the birdcage, stretched out the window, and lifted it lightly: "Little thing, fly when you recover from your injury, the sky and the earth are big outside, Much better than being in a cage."

The Pulsatilla fluttered out of the cage and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Liu Ke put the empty birdcage on the table, closed the window, looked back at Fang Jinling, folded his arms and smiled, and said leisurely, "The name is for people to hear, this bird doesn't recognize it."

"Your bird, you decide." Fang Jinling held a glass of water to moisten his throat, "It's just freezing cold, its wings are still young, I don't know if it can survive this winter outside." His eyelashes drooped, and his voice after coughing slightly Dumb, but meaningful.

Liu Ke answered naturally: "Freedom is the most important thing."

"Really?" Fang Jinling looked at Liu Ke when he heard the words, raised his hand to make Zijing retreat, and then said calmly, "It seems that your highness has fulfilled his wish, away from the capital, and the sea and the sky are brighter."

"You know now?" Liu Ke approached Fang Jinling with interest and asked, "By the way, I haven't finished asking that day, how do you know I want to leave Beijing?"

Fang Jinling blinked, showing an innocent look.

As soon as Liu Ke saw this expression, he knew that this kid was going to fool him again, so he reminded: "Hey, don't fool me anymore, we both have this relationship, be good, you have to tell the truth."

Fang Jinling was puzzled and said, "May I ask Your Highness, what is the relationship between us?"

"Well..." Liu Ke scoured the ink in his stomach, and asked uncertainly, "A traitor?"

Fang Jinling choked on a mouthful of water, and suddenly coughed violently again.

Zijing, who was waiting at the door, was so frightened that she hurried in again, nervously relieving him.Even if there was a prince next to her, she still glared boldly, thinking that her young master was not in good health, but he couldn't stand the lord's torment.

Xiaotuanzi also ran in together, and his small eyes were also looking at Liu Ke, with disapproval on his face.Everyone is sick like this, Your Highness, please calm down.

Under the condemnation of the two pairs of eyes, Liu Ke had a rare conscience, touched his nose, and reflected: "Could it be that I said something wrong?"

Who taught you your knowledge? The master cried and fainted in the hut when he knew it?

Fang Jinling, who had paused, finally waved his hand to reassure Zijing. At the same time, for the sake of his own life, he decided to get straight to the point: "Your Highness, you are already in your twenties and you have not yet been conferred a royal residence. Don't be in a hurry, just keep messing around. Now that the marriage is ruined, the birthday banquet is messed up, and a lot of troubles have been caused, don't you just make it clear that the emperor doesn't want to see you again, so you just kick him out of the capital?"

Liu Ke was stunned when he heard the words: "That's it?"

Fang Jinling asked back, "What else could it be?"

Liu Ke said: "I thought you had to tell the truth and reason, and try to convince me with one, two, three."

Fang Jinling smiled and said: "That's so troublesome. Anyway, the imperial court will soon fall into the chaos of the New Deal. It is indeed a wise choice for you to choose to leave Beijing at this time. When Yang Shenxing's New Deal fails, King Jing's family will lose their favor even if they win. Naturally, the emperor will remember you, and it will be great to come back at that time."

Liu Ke was leaning against the window with his arms crossed, but when he heard these casual words, he couldn't help but sat down in front of Fang Jinling's bed, with a rare serious look on his face, and asked, "I've been fooled into this by you, do you think Yang Shenxing can still do it?" stand up?"

Fang Jinling asked back, "Is the emperor dismissed from office?"

"No."

"Did King Duan plead for mercy?"

"I beg."

Fang Jinling spread his hands: "So."

Liu Ke looked at this pale face carefully: "You don't seem to be angry at all."

"What are you angry about? I expected it earlier. I just care about whether the Yang family can pay back such a huge sum of money." Fang Jinling asked calmly, "Do you think His Highness Duan Wang is willing to be such a good person?"

Obviously looking young, Fang Jinling looked even younger due to his frailty, but that appearance always gave people the illusion that he was in control, which was amazing.

Liu Ke said: "He is very willing, and he is actively taking care of the aftermath. Soon, your Shang family will be able to receive 10 taels. Oh, with my brother Duan Wang, it is more than that."

Fang Jinling immediately laughed contentedly, but rolled his eyes, as if he didn't mean to say: "Although His Highness is not in the court, he has a clear picture of what's going on in the court."

Liu Ke: "..." Started talking again?

Sure enough, he was not just a peaceful rabbit, so Liu Ke decided not to care about it, but instead asked, "Have you seen Yang Shenxing's New Deal?"

Fang Jinling gave him a blank look: "Of course not, I was raised in a deep boudoir, so where can I look?"

"How do you know the New Deal will fail?"

Fang Jin bent his lips, coughed twice, and squinted at him: "Want to know?"

"Stop trying to trick my brother."

"Okay." Fang Jinling handed over the cup in his hand.

Liu Ke looked at it, but didn't move.

Fang Jinling raised his chin, let him take it, then shifted his gaze to the kettle on the table, and said confidently, "I'm thirsty."

Liu Ke felt baffled: "I'm thirsty and find someone to pour it out, what's the matter, I still have to let the master serve you?"

"Just now you said you were a brother, but now you're a master again, why are you so changeable like a girl?" Fang Jinling said aggrievedly.

These words hit Liu Ke's face with a slap, and he immediately smiled angrily: "Well, you are a rabbit, did you kick your nose in the face, haven't you, as long as I can remember, I have never served anyone before."

It's too late to start now.

"Ahem... ah, my head is a little dizzy, my thoughts are a little confused, and my body is uncomfortable..." Fang Jinling lay sick on the bed, "I talk too much, I can't open my mouth...cough cough..."

you win.

Liu Ke gritted his teeth, took the cup, walked to the table, picked up the teapot on it, and was about to pour it.

Just when the cup was half full, a faint voice came from behind: "Your Highness, please drink moderately hot or cold ones. It's too hot to drink."

It was still so difficult to drink water, so Liu Ke picked up a teapot next to it, and there was cold water in it. The two were mixed together, and then sent to Fang Jinling: "If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, just look at it. manage."

Fang Jinling raised his eyebrows, Shi Shiran took it, and sipped it lightly: "Although I have never seen the New Deal, I heard that scholars in the scholarly community highly recommend it. It must be a good policy that benefits the country and the people."

In all fairness, Liu Ke had to agree: "That's right."

Liu Ke's answer made Fang Jinling understand. It seems that this person is indeed a master who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger. Don't look at outsiders as a crazy guy who jumps around wherever he goes, but in fact he even studies the New Deal secretly. After that, who would believe that there is no "aggressiveness"?

Looking at it this way... Fang Jinling couldn't help but curled his lips, and looked at Liu Ke with satisfaction, as if he saw a peerless stock that had already bought the bottom.

He said gently: "No matter how good a policy is, there must be an unswerving, impartial and upright presiding person, a group of strong executors under his command, and a patient and meticulous heart. It is said that one is indispensable, but this time the New Deal seems to have none of the three.”

Liu Ke's eyes flickered, looked at Fang Jinling and asked, "What do you say?"

Fang Jinling smirked, and no longer kept it: "Don't think that the person in charge can only be Yang Shenxing, and in the future, most of the executors will be the subordinates of King Duan, as well as the officials who have recently attached themselves. I heard that the household department has a serious deficit, and King Duan has nothing to do. Since Yang Shenxing was recommended, then he must hope to make some meritorious deeds as soon as possible to solve the urgent need, and impress the emperor. Therefore, the four characters of Xu Xutu are definitely not what King Duan wants."

Liu Ke nodded: "Inevitably, Brother Jing is watching, dare he take his time?"

"So haste makes waste. In order to accomplish King Duan's goal, the officials under him can only take shortcuts. Money cannot come out of thin air. No matter what the new policy is, it will only end up oppressing the people if it is not tested by time. A heavy weapon for the people."

These words are almost the same as what the dumb uncle analyzed with him, and they are more sharp.

Liu Ke was a little excited in his heart, but his face became calmer and he said: "Although I don't like Yang Shenxing, he did implement the new policy for the sake of the common people and the future of Dashun. I believe he will not let Brother Duan mess around."

"It's a pity that he can't stop it." Fang Jinling shook his head and said, "Having been helped by my daughter for more than ten years, and I let her stir up wind and rain in the Yunyang Hou Mansion with guilt, this person has lost the qualification to be an upright person. Kidnapped by family, naturally bound by other emotions and desires."

This time the Marquis of Yunyang and his wife reconciled, and Yang Shenxing was sick in bed, ashamed to see others, which is the best proof.

"Moreover, after more than ten years of exile, the like-minded people who used to be like-minded have disappeared. Knowing that King Duan has selfish intentions, he still cooperates with him. The only people who surround him are speculators chasing fame and profit. , not to mention the debt of 10 taels of favor, does he dare to refuse King Duan's unreasonable request?"

It must be impossible, such a big handle, if he is disobedient, King Duan can tear him down at any time and beat him back to his original shape.

Seeing the recognition and deep thought on Liu Ke's face, Fang Jinling's smile was strong, "The last is the gentry class represented by King Jing. The poverty of Dashun does not lie in the court, but in the people of Li. Carry out their position, but this will inevitably hurt the interests of the family. So whether it is to curb King Duan's power or protect itself, the family can only stop it with all its strength. The right time and place are the same as not taking advantage of people. The failure of the New Deal is doomed. In the end, the very popular chief minister of the cabinet can only become a scapegoat for Duan Wang to shirk his responsibility."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ke: "Is your Highness satisfied with this explanation?"

Can you imagine?A sick young man who didn't even step out of the gate, but at the age of fifteen, he could see this from the poor news from the outside world. Liu Ke was really amazed by this foresight.

You must know that Uncle Dumb also read and read the new political strategy book that Yang Shenxing and Gao Zixiu had released earlier, and combined with all kinds of information he secretly collected, he was able to come to this similar conclusion!

Liu Ke's eyes were fixed on Fang Jinling. He felt that the meddling that day was really worth it, and he actually found a treasure that hadn't been discovered yet!

Thinking of this, Liu Ke felt hot inside, "Is this what you thought of?"

Fang Jinling gave a more humble answer: "Not necessarily, after all, standing on the shoulders of giants always sees farther."

But no matter how humble he was, the self-confidence he displayed was still dazzling. Liu Ke was obviously happy in his heart, but he felt that he couldn't let this kid get too complacent. "It's interesting to say, but it's too complicated. In fact, a little is enough."

"Oh?" Fang Jinling smiled, "I would like to hear more about it."

"The emperor is stupid, everything is useless."

Fang Jinling: "..." He blinked, leaned on the soft backrest, closed his eyes and said weakly, "Ah? I didn't seem to hear clearly what you just said."

Liu Ke chuckled: "Isn't it too late to pretend to be innocent?"

Fang Jinling was a little reluctant: "You are not being kind, you have to drag me into a pirate ship?"

"It's so strange, obviously you were the one who took your fancy to His Highness Nakamoto first." Liu Ke looked Fang Jinling up and down, his gaze was like an emperor's draft pick, then bent down to his ear, and said happily in a low voice, "Don't worry, You're so good, I've taken a fancy to you too."

Hearing this, Fang Jinling opened his eyes, only to see that this person was still giving him an "evil smile", he couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead, feeling no joy in his heart, only speechless.

He looks so handsome, but his behavior is so greasy, it's really a bit violent.

Suddenly he regretted choosing Liu Ke.

Fang Jinling pulled up the quilt covering his waist, and asked feebly: "Come back to business, I suddenly thought of coming to visit me, what is the reason, it can't be really for the birds, right?"

Liu Ke flatly denied it: "Of course not."

Fang Jinling signaled to continue with his eyes.

"My marriage."

Fang Jinling was taken aback for a moment: "Didn't you already have a falling out?" Could it be that the Wang family still insisted on marrying over regardless of their face? It's impossible!

"It's not the Wang family, there are also girls from other families. I have received dozens of portraits." His tone was distressed and his expression was irritated, which showed that he was quite unwilling.

Immediately, Fang Jinling teased: "Then choose the one that is pleasing to the eye."

Liu Ke remained expressionless: "You are quite pleasing to the eye."

Fang Jinling coughed twice and decided not to joke around.

However, if Liu Ke's grandfather really had something that King Jing coveted, the latter was indeed unwilling to let it go, which would be a problem.

Liu Ke saw that Fang Jinling was thinking, so he rubbed his hands together and reminded, "Time is running out. If you really want to say that the wedding will be at the Spring Festival family banquet, how about it, you can find a way for your brother, and you have to go out in the cold weather." Is it easy for my Highness to come to you and stand here at the risk of getting sick?"

It's not easy, but is it easy for him to carry a sick body?

"Why didn't you ask your staff?" After talking to Fang Jinling just now, he couldn't believe that Liu Ke didn't have his own forces behind him.

Liu Ke said confidently: "They didn't recruit."

Fang Jinling was stunned, and stared, "Could it be that I already have it?"

"If you can make your mother reconcile, it shouldn't be a problem to ruin my marriage."

Is it the same thing?Brother, what's your logic?

Fang Jinling was finally shocked, he was speechless for a while.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Liu Ke walked around the room, turned around and said, "Don't try to dismiss me casually, don't forget, you still owe me a favor."

Fang Jinling: "..." As soon as you give it away, do you take it seriously?

Digging too many holes, Fang Jinling experienced for the first time what it meant to shoot himself in the foot.

He suddenly regretted his hard work just now, wondering if it's too late to invite this person out now?

"Lingling, hurry up, use your brain to help brother find a good solution once and for all, I can count on you." After finishing speaking, Liu Ke took the teacup from Fang Jinling's hand without a teacher, and warmed it up cold and hot. As soon as the water was mixed, it was sent back again, which was very attentive.

The glass of water is a bit heavy, Fang Jinling looked at Liu Ke's expectant expression, "Once and for all?"

"Yes, I don't want any woman, and don't bother me with any of them."

Fang Jinling coughed lightly twice, thought for a while, and said slowly, "Actually... there is one." It's just a little rotten and a little bit damaged.

However, Liu Ke's eyes lit up instantly, and he raised his fist and hit his palm: "Say it!"

Fang Jinling's gaze shifted to the side, and he said in an erratic tone, "It's just that the effect is a bit strong, and the side effects are obvious."

"Ok?"

"Let's talk about it in advance. Once you use it, when you want to get married in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a good marriage."

"That's it?"

"Ah."

Liu Ke smiled, wondering what was going on, "What does it matter, a man who is indomitable, don't be afraid." Instantly he was full of pride.

Fang Jinling looked at him deeply: "Just think about it."