Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 567 Master
The next day was the New Year's Eve, and from noon onwards, there were sporadic firecrackers in Nanjing City.

As night fell, the sound of firecrackers gradually became denser, and the sound continued continuously.Colorful fireworks are also blooming all over the city, which immediately raises the atmosphere of New Year's Eve.

Liu Junshiqiao's sincerity uncle's mansion is incompatible with the festive atmosphere of this family's family reunion.There are no Spring Festival couplets pasted on the closed door, only two pieces of yellowed and crispy white paper trembling in the cold wind...

The house is also deserted, Liu Jing's family and Liu Li are all in their hometown in Qingtian.

According to the customs of the hometown, the first year of the burial of relatives is the same as the Chinese New Year, and grand sacrifices are required.Therefore, Liu Xiang, as the only male descendant of the Liu family, had to go back to participate in the ceremony.

In the end, there were only a few old servants left to accompany Liu Bowen to celebrate the New Year.

Such a bleak New Year's Eve dinner, the more I ate, the more sad I became, and some people began to secretly wipe their tears.

Liu Bowen sighed, just about to put down the chopsticks, let them clean up, and celebrate the new year on their own later, without having to worry about themselves.

But there was a sound of footsteps in front, and the joyful shout of the door: "Master, let's see who is coming."

Before the words were finished, the hall door was pushed open, and a huge figure covered the desolate night in the courtyard.

"Master." Zhu Zhen called out with a smile.

The servants in the room quickly knelt down, but Liu Bowen stood there in a daze.

"What are you doing here?"

"Celebrate the New Year with you, old man." Zhu Zhen took off his cloak, and Hu Quan hurriedly took it.

"Nonsense, thirty nights, not in the palace to accompany the empress and emperor, come to me, are you itchy again?" Liu Bowen's nose was sour, and his face was busy.

"I took two bites with them and offered a round of wine, so I asked for leave." Zhu Zhen said, walked to Liu Bowen and sat down, took out a wine jug from his arms, and said with a smile:
"This is the jug of New Year's wine on my old man's table, and I brought it along for you."

"How old are you, you're making nonsense." Liu Bowen's voice trembled slightly: "Is Master still short of this pot of wine?"

"Yes, Master is not short of wine, what is missing is people who will accompany you during the New Year," Zhu Zhen poured two glasses of wine with a smile. "Aren't I here?"

As he said that, he took a glass of wine, handed it to Liu Bowen, and raised a glass himself: "Come on, drink this glass of farewell wine first, and keep all the bad things in this year."

"..." Liu Bowen took the wine glass, took a deep look at his closed disciple, and sighed, "Okay."

As soon as the master and apprentice clinked glasses, they drank it all in one gulp.

At this time, the servants hurriedly removed the remaining seats, and put on the New Year's Eve dinner brought by His Highness.There are special food boxes in the palace for storing hot food. When the dishes are taken out, they are still steaming hot.

The king of Chu rewarded the banknotes again and asked them to go down to eat, drink and play money by themselves.I accompany the master to watch the old age.

When all the servants retreated, Liu Bowen smiled and said, "I thought you would give them food coupons."

"No one will recognize my stuff when it comes out of Jiangnan." Zhu Zhen said with a smile, "It's a reward, isn't it a scolding?"

"That's because they are ignorant." Liu Bowen said indifferently: "In a few years, they will be scrambling for food stamps, abandoning treasure money like shoes."

"Haha, then my old man is going to be so angry that he's cursing." Zhu Zhen filled another glass of wine for Master and said, "To be honest, I'm quite pleasantly surprised to see Master's condition."

"Why, do you think the old man will lie on the hospital bed stiff and haggard, and the time to die is not far away?" Liu Bowen asked back.

"Of course I hope Master gets better." Zhu Zhen said with a wry smile, "However, before leaving Beijing, how can you not be worrying?"

"Don't worry, this man has a breath, and the old man will be fine until the breath is held in his chest." Liu Bowen picked up the wine glass, toasted Zhu Zhen and said, "Thank you for clearing Liu Lian's reputation, revenge."

"This is what disciples should do." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "Although the direct murderer has been stripped of the skin, the culprit behind the scenes is still at large. Let's drink this glass of wine in the future."

"Drink this cup first," Liu Bowen said slowly, "Let's figure out the next thing together."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen then raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass, then looked at Liu Bowen in surprise and said, "Master, you want to meet Hu Weiyong and his gang in person?"

"Yes." Liu Bowen nodded and said, "When Liu Xiang and the others left Beijing, they wanted me to go back to my hometown together. But I didn't agree, because at my age, once I leave Beijing, I will never come back."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen took it for granted. With Liu Bowen's status, he couldn't return to Beijing unless he was called.With his body and age, the old man will definitely not recruit him back.

"I just want to stay and fight with them." Liu Bowen also slapped the wine cup on the table, and said in a deep voice: "They fouled first, so I can't blame the old man for being unruly and killing their whole family. Stayed!"

"Okay! What is Master going to do?" Zhu Zhen asked eagerly.

"I'm going to spend a year to get rid of Hu Weiyong!" Liu Bowen said in a very firm tone: "The struggle in the imperial court next year will be fierce, so you will stay in Beijing and don't go anywhere. There are many things that the teacher can't do. You do it."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen nodded without hesitation: "I have long wanted to deal with Hu Weiyong, but the old man has been protecting him and won't let the elder brother check him."

"His ass is full of shit, how can he stand the investigation?" Liu Bowen said slowly: "If your eldest brother finds out the hard evidence, will the emperor punish him or not?"

"So what if we do him?" Zhu Zhen said angrily.

"I told you before that it's easy for the emperor to kill Hu Weiyong. One decree is enough, just like crushing an ant to death." Liu Bowen said in a deep voice:
"So in the eyes of the emperor, Hu Weiyong has never been a threat. The real threat comes from the forces around him-the Zhongshu Province led by him, the honorable generals who obeyed him, and the officials of the provinces, House of grandeur."

After a pause, he continued: "Without Hu Weiyong as the handle, the forces will be dispersed. If you want to deal with them one by one, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and there will be many difficulties."

"Together is a lump of flying, and scattered is a sky full of stars?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

"Uh..." Liu Bowen was taken aback, and said with a wry smile: "It's so interesting. So the emperor has always adopted a tolerant and even laissez-faire attitude towards Hu Weiyong, just wanting him to continue to grow bigger and stronger. When he gathers enough forces, The participation of all parties is deep enough, and then they will finish their work in one battle, and they will all be wiped out."

"It makes sense." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "I think so too."

"It's wrong if you can't think of it." Liu Bowen smiled and sighed: "But now there is a problem. The incident at the beginning of the year scared us Hu Xiang. Although the rumors passed, he came back as if nothing had happened. When looking at things, he became cautious, obedient to the emperor, and very polite to the prince.

"Under such circumstances, it's hard to sit and wait for him to make a mistake." He fixedly looked at Zhu Zhen and said, "Your Highness has to stimulate him to make a move."

"Master's meaning is," Zhu Zhen said with a sly smile, "we're going to be like an army, and scare him into a panic."

"That's what it means." Liu Bowen nodded approvingly. The growth of this disciple gave him great comfort.

This is also one of the reasons why he was able to get out of the pain of losing his son.

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