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Liu Qingyuan arranged for his servants to clean every corner of the mansion, and wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets himself, which was pasted in front of the mansion. There are many family members in the mansion, and it was full of New Year's flavor in a short while, with New Year pictures, statues, and Spring Festival couplets. .

Even though the Liu Mansion looked brand new and festive and auspicious, the father and son in the mansion were not happy at all. This was the first New Year's Eve in history when no one in the family was reunited.

Liu Qingyuan had been whispering in Liu Wenchao's ear all morning, explaining Xiao and Ling Ran, Liu Wenchao was so impatient with his nagging, he simply shut himself in the study.If he knew that Liu Mingxiao was trapped in Shaozhou, he might not be able to survive this year.

I've been really tired recently, and they all went to the battlefield. I don't know if they ate and drank well today, or they were still fighting hard. Liu Wenchao was suffering psychologically and couldn't catch his breath for a long time.

Just when he was mourning the spring and autumn in the study, Ji Rufeng outside the door told him that Tang Weizhen and Tang Yiqing had come.

Liu Wenchao went to the hall to greet them. The arrival of the two of them added a bit of joy and popularity to the mansion, and made up for Liu Qingyuan's longing.

Tang Yiqing was like a walking pistachio, laughing and laughing everywhere he went, no, Liu Qingyuan, who was still resentful just now, was amused by Tang Yiqing to laugh out loud.

Liu Wenchao was deeply touched by the scene in front of him, and Tang Weizhen who was on the side asked, "What's the matter, Qingchuan, are you unhappy?"

"No," Liu Wenchao's eyes were a little sour. In order not to let others see the strangeness, he had to take the orange on the side and lower his head to pretend to peel it: "Why are you here?"

"Accompany you and Uncle to celebrate the New Year." Tang Weizhen couldn't hide this small gesture from his eyes. He said calmly, "Yiqing and I are strangely deserted during the New Year, so we decided to come to you. You won't dislike my two brothers and sisters for disturbing you, will you?"

Liu Wenchao handed the peeled orange to Tang Weizhen, and said with a smile, "How could that be?"

Here, Tang Yiqing pinched Liu Qingyuan's shoulders attentively. At this time, Liu Qingyuan broke the harmonious atmosphere with a single sentence. Liu Qingyuan said: "Girl, when will you and the prince get married?"

The hand pinching Liu Qingyuan's shoulder paused, and soon Tang Yiqing said, "Next year's Qixi Festival."

Liu Wenchao and Tang Weizhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that Tang Yiqing would say something inappropriate.

Liu Qingyuan said: "It's still a blessing for you girl, unlike those two brats, neither of which makes people worry." Liu Qingyuan gave Liu Wenchao a fierce look.

Liu Wenchao ate the orange in his hand with relish, and said, "Father, you like Yiqing so much, why don't you let her call you father."

"Nonsense," Liu Qingyuan said: "This is the future princess, how dare I let her call me daddy."

Liu Wenchao said angrily, "You still asked her to massage your shoulders."

"Stinky boy," Liu Qingyuan picked up the oranges on the table and smashed them hard: "Go, go to the study with Yu Zhi, it's really annoying."

Tang Weizhen caught the oranges precisely at the same time they were smashed, peeled them up in his hands, and said to Liu Wenchao, "Let's go to the study."

Liu Wenchao led Tang Weizhen to the study, teasingly said: "You catch the orange well, Yuzhi, if you miss it, you will hit me in the face the next moment."

Tang Weizhen handed him the peeled orange in his hand, and said with a smile, "Did you make uncle angry on purpose?"

Liu Wenchao put an orange into his mouth, chewed and said, "My father has been nagging me all morning, all about Xiao and Ling Ran. I think he really misses him so much, so he pretended to be Ming Xiao. Arguing with him is also a good solution to his longing."

Snowflakes were falling in the courtyard. Both of them were dressed in moon-white robes, walking side by side in the corridor. Everything seemed to be the most beautiful at the beginning, as if the two had never had any quarrels.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, Li Chengyun and his party finally arrived in Jeju. Lu Xiu and a group of people waited at the gate of the city early. From a distance, he saw Li Chengyun walking in the front with a small group of cavalry. Come and go.

Tan Qing and Mu Yu followed closely behind Li Chengyun, one left and one right. Lu Xiu stepped forward a few steps and bowed slightly to Li Chengyun, saying, "This must be the governor appointed by the emperor. He really is a good-looking person, majestic and majestic." .”

Li Chengyun had never been out of the capital before he went to the fief, so naturally no one in Jeju had seen Li Chengyun, so no one knew his identity.

Li Chengyun didn't care about Lu Xiu's flattery at all. People who flattered him since he was a child can spare the whole capital. He looked around and asked, "Why are you here?"

At this time, a middle-aged man about 40 to [-] years old stood out from behind. He had a hooked nose and sunken cheekbones. He looked like a sinister and cunning person.

Li Chengyun glanced at him, and said unceremoniously: "You are preparing for the battle fast enough, comparable to a thousand-year-old bastard."

This is not scolding why it must be a millennium bastard, no wonder others said that the new official took office three times, Lu Xiu hurried forward to rescue the siege and said: "The governor came to Jeju all the way, he must be tired, first follow the official into the city to take a bath After a while, the lower officials have already prepared the banquet, just waiting for the governor to come and talk."

Li Chengyun followed Lu Xiu to the place where he stayed, it was Lu Xiu's own courtyard, Li Chengyun had a room alone, Mu Yu had to share a room with Tan Qing.

Lu Xiu arranged for Li Chengyun to have two maids, all of whom had top-notch faces and willow-like figures, Li Chengyun didn't even look at them, he casually called Mu Yu to serve him in the bath.

Li Chengyun took off his clothes and soaked in the barrel, thinking of Liu Wenchao very much.Looking at the weather outside the window, Liu Wenchao must be having dinner at this time. I don't know if Liu Wenchao will be happy to see the lucky money and New Year's gifts prepared by Li Chengyun.

Li Chengyun imagined Liu Wenchao opening the gift, he would definitely say 'childish', and then looked at the gift carefully, his beautiful peach eyes would be extra gentle, and the corners of his mouth would rise unconsciously, maybe he wouldn't notice it himself.

As he thought about it, his taste changed. As soon as Li Chengyun grasped the trend of slowly lifting his lower body, the room was filled with a charming atmosphere.

Lu Xiu originally intended to entertain Li Chengyun and his group in the restaurant, but today is New Year's Eve, not to mention that the restaurant is not open, and the street is even more empty, the whole of Jeju is like an empty city.

It's cold and snowy all over the sky, everyone makes dumplings at home to worship their ancestors, and eats New Year's Eve dinner to keep the year old.

Lu Xiu had no choice but to set up a few banquets in his courtyard to receive Li Chengyun. Li Chengyun, Tan Qing, Mu Yu and Ling Ran were taken to a warm pavilion by the maids, while the rest of the soldiers were brought to the courtyard.

Seeing Li Chengyun and the others coming, Lu Xiu quickly greeted them and asked Li Chengyun to sit down.

Lu Xiu laughed and said, "Governor, you can only wrong your brothers to eat in the courtyard. It's Chinese New Year, and the restaurant has not opened yet. These dishes are home-cooked dishes prepared by the old chef at home."

"It doesn't matter," Li Chengyun casually glanced at the dishes on the table, and there was one dish that caught his attention deeply, which was Liu Wenchao's favorite Dongpo pork.

Li Chengyun raised his chopsticks and put a piece of meat into his mouth, the taste was surprisingly good.Seeing that Li Chengyun didn't show any dissatisfaction, Lu Xiu said, "This dish is a special dish in our south, and it's best paired with this small bottle of wine."

Lu Xiu winked at He Bi who was standing aside, why bother stood up and filled Li Chengyun's glass, and then filled his own glass with wine, holding the wine glass in both hands and said to Li Chengyun: "I don't know where I offended the Governor, I hope the Governor Reminder one or two."

Li Chengyun didn't get up, but sat down and said, "Do you know how many days Shaozhou has been besieged?"

"About ten days."

Li Chengyun said: "Have you received an order from Liu Mingxiao to lead troops to support you?"

Why bother glanced at Ling Ran who was at the side, and nodded.

Li Chengyun said: "Since you have received Liu Mingxiao's military order and you know how many days Shaozhou has been besieged, why are you still here?"

Why bother to panic and said: "It will take some time to prepare the military rations before the war, and it coincides with the Spring Festival, and the soldiers have no intention of fighting. As a defense, I can't force them to go to the battlefield. They also have to finish this Spring Festival before going to the battlefield."

Li Chengyun snorted and said, "Really? Ling Ran, tell me about the current situation in Shaozhou."

Ling Ran said: "Cai Jinzhen led 5 people to attack Shaozhou. At first we went out of the city to welcome them, but when we got out of the city gate, we found that they were carrying firecrackers. There was nothing we could do. They were outnumbered, and we soon became weak When I was sent out by the governor Liu Mingxiao desperately, I saw Cai Jinzhen ordering people to dig a flood ditch, planning to flood Shaozhou. The situation in Shaozhou is critical now. If we go later, I am afraid that there will be no life in Shaozhou. Also, they were all drowned."

"Did you hear that?" Li Chengyun said: "Shaozhou's soldiers are approaching the city, and you are still in the mood to celebrate the Spring Festival. No matter what method you use, whether you rob it or kill it, I will see enough rations and all the soldiers at Mao tomorrow. It’s in place, otherwise I’ll have to borrow your money and use it up.”

Lu Xiudao: "Is this a bit of a rush? Anyway, let the soldiers set off after the first day of the new year."

Li Chengyun poured his wine and said: "I've already left the words here. If you don't see what I want tomorrow morning, you'd better come and see me. Don't ask me to personally send you to hell. I'm not afraid of getting a few more lives on my hands, since I'm a child, I'm not afraid of ghosts and gods."

Having said all this, Lu Xiu and Why Bi had no choice but to swallow their anger. Although they were very dissatisfied in their hearts, they still didn't dare to take any action of resistance.

Li Chengyun drank on his own, glanced at Lu Xiu who was beside him and said, "The wine and food are good, I am very satisfied, please invite your cook to my room."

Lu Xiu: "..."

A moment ago he was full of murderous intent, but in a blink of an eye he looked like a dandy, Lu Xiu thought in his heart, he was indeed a little tender.