Liu's mother's residence is naturally in the deep mansion of the palace, and Liu Chengyou's bedroom is separated by several courtyards. Greeting Liu's mother, this is a daily compulsory subject for Liu Chengyou since he crossed, twice in the morning and evening, rain or shine. Although it is inevitably a show, but after a long time, it is inevitable to add a bit of truth, after all, Liu's mother is very kind to Liu Chengyou, and the love of licking calves is both true and tangible, and Liu Chengyou can feel it.

"Jiro." Liu's mother was outside the bedroom, and a call brought Liu Chengyou back to his senses. In the mansion, only the closest people dare to call Liu Chengyou like this.

When I looked up, I saw a young man in brocade walking with a smile, dignified and graceful, like the image of a jade son. The warm smile gives people a feeling like a spring breeze, which makes people feel good. This is Liu Chengyou's eldest brother Chengxun, the elder Liu Chengyou is eight years old, with a gentle personality, extremely filial piety, and a good reputation in Jinyang, which is very loved by his parents.

"Big brother!" Without blinking his eyes, Liu Chengyou hugged his fist and saluted, a little cold.

Probably also accustomed to Liu Chengyou's style, Liu Chengxun didn't care about it, his eyes stayed on him for a while, opened his mouth, and turned into a sigh. approached, patted Liu Chengyou on the shoulder: "Let's go, you and I should go and ask Mother An first." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chengyou nodded, calmly turned sideways, made way for him, and added three words: "Big brother, please." ”

The two brothers entered together and bowed to each other, and Liu's mother had already prepared some breakfast in the hall. The layout of the house is also very ordinary, and there is no extravagance at all. Eating is also very simple, vegetarian porridge, dough cake mixed with side dishes.

Liu's mother, Li, is a middle-aged woman, phoenix-eyed, generous, quite dignified, this is a virtuous helper who can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen.

The marriage between Li and Liu Zhiyuan is a bit "legendary", that is, it is very pure robbery. At the beginning, when Liang and Jin were fighting for hegemony, Liu Zhiyuan was a soldier in Hedong, herding horses in Jinyang, and asked the Li family to marry but could not, so he gathered a group of brothers and sneaked into his house at night to rob him. Yuanren Liu Tangqing also exaggerated the adaptation of "Liu Zhiyuan's White Rabbit", and Li is the prototype of the classic opera image "Li Sanniang".

Of course, Lee's experience will not be as bumpy and difficult as depicted in the opera. He and Liu Zhiyuan are also regarded as Qin Se and Ming, Liu Zhiyuan is outside the main house, deeply cultivates the army, gallops on the battlefield, earns fame, and establishes meritorious deeds; The Li family is in charge, giving birth to children for Liu Zhiyuan, taking care of Liu's mansion in an orderly manner, and never bothering Liu Zhiyuan about the affairs of the house.

Although Li was born in a peasant family, he was virtuous and reasonable, and he was always loved by others. With the rise of Liu Zhiyuan, she was also named Mrs. Wei and her status was respected.

"Da Lang, the times are turbulent, the changes are unpredictable, everything is complicated, it is the father who is struggling, and he is working hard. You are waiting by the side, and you need to help him a lot and share his worries. Glancing lovingly over the two sons, Li turned his attention to the eldest son and admonished.

From what she said, it can be seen that Li is definitely not an ordinary woman, and she is obviously very knowledgeable. Liu Chengxun didn't seem to realize the deep meaning, but nodded respectfully: "The child understands." ”

turned his head and looked at Liu Chengyou, who was silently drinking porridge and chewing slowly with a cake, and couldn't help but show a little melancholy between his foreheads. After the accident happened last year, this son became sensible and polite. This is a good thing, but her personality has become as cold as a rock, and it is rare to see a little smile on her face, which really makes her feel distressed.

For the Li family, Liu Chengyou still has more respect in his heart, but for personality reasons, it is difficult to speak. Feeling his caring gaze, Liu Chengyou's drooping eyelids finally lifted, looked at Li's graceful and loving face, opened his mouth, and finally burst out of a sentence: "The spring cold is steep, and the night is cold, invading people's muscles and bones." Mother is still there, take care of your body......"

Hearing his words, Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a slight smile still appeared on his kind face, no matter what, at least Liu Chengyou in the past couldn't say anything like that.

For the brothers, Li didn't talk too much about the face-to-face nagging, at most he told Liu Chengyou to be more cautious and not act recklessly between the military.

As the son of Liu Zhiyuan, the king of Beiping, Liu Chengyou naturally has an official position, and he was previously the envoy of the festival and the right servant of the school book. Although the envoy of the festival court is in charge of the weight of the festival system, he no longer has the status of the Tang Dynasty, and although the name of the scholar and servant is loud, it has long become a fictitious position to place the nobles.

Liu Chengyou was unwilling to do this, and when his eldest brother Liu Chengxun joined the overlord early and assisted in the military and politics, in the late autumn of last year, Liu Chengyou invited himself to join the army. Faced with Liu Chengyou's invitation, although Liu Zhiyuan was surprised, after thinking about it, perhaps with the psychology of training his second son, he actually agreed. As a result, Liu Chengyou suddenly became the commander of the Longqi Army in Beijing, and the affairs of the First Army.

Bidding farewell to the Li family, the brothers went to the main hall of the palace together. Not surprisingly, Liu Chengyou's expression became serious again.

Yu Guang couldn't help glancing at the silent face, there was only the sound of the footsteps of the two of them on the road, and after a while, Liu Chengxun was a little nervous, and his elegant face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he took the initiative to find a word: "Erlang, I heard that the arrogant soldiers in the army are difficult to govern, and I am quite dissatisfied with you, and I am embarrassed by you many times." If you have any difficulties, you can tell your eldest brother, and I will tell my father to ...... for you."

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou glanced at his brother, and then turned his head to look straight ahead, his tone seemed to be softer, but he still behaved indifferently: "This is not a matter of worrying about my brother, I am a warrior in the army, I am self-tame." Hmm, thank you brother for your kindness. It depends on the elder brothers, for the military supplies, for the food and wages......"

"Don't worry! You will not be short! Liu Chengxun waved his hand and said quite magnificently.

During the march, Liu Chengxun sighed and began to muttered in Liu Chengyou's ear: "The military is hard, and the anger is full of night, with your pampered body, where can you endure such suffering, and it will make my mother feel distressed." Why don't you say that your father will go back to the palace to seek a send? ”

Hearing Liu Chengxun say this, Liu Chengyou passed a little subtle change on his cold face, turned his head to observe Liu Chengxun's expression, but saw that his eyes were caring and natural.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and Liu Chengyou replied softly: "At my age, my father was already holding his sword and fighting on the bloody battlefield. Overcoming obstacles and going through hardships and dangers, we have today. Compared with the hardships of his father's entrepreneurship, what is the pain in the army? ”

Hearing this, he looked at Liu Chengyou in surprise, Liu Chengxun raised his eyebrows, took a breath of relief, and said with emotion: "Erlang, you have indeed grown up." On the contrary, it is me, as an elder brother, who is easy and difficult. That's it, let's not talk about it. ”

While Liu Chengxun sighed, Liu Chengyou quietly judged Liu Chengxun, but he couldn't see anything abnormal from Liu Chengyou's face. Retracting his gaze, Liu Chengyou thought to himself, according to his observation, this big brother does not seem to be a scheming person. But why did he make that suggestion, is it really just to show concern for his younger brother?

A noise interrupted Liu Chengyou's slightly gloomy thoughts, and a young man came laughing, with a mist on his body and spring mud on his trouser legs, and walked around nowhere. This is Liu Zhiyuan's third son, Liu Chengxun.

The young man, his eyebrows fluttering, when he saw Liu Chengxun's second brother, his expression immediately became solemn, and he stepped forward to salute. Liu Chengxun scolded with a smile: "Such a playful and frivolous, you were bumped into by your father, you will be punished again!" ”

Sticking out his tongue, Liu Chengxun smiled, and when he saw Liu Chengyou, his little face suddenly became bitter. Compared with the kindness of the eldest brother, these two brothers have become really strange and terrifying, and the face of the king of Hades makes the young man very afraid.

"I'm going to find my mother......" With a sentence, Liu Chengxun avoided Liu Chengyou's gaze and hurriedly went.

"You scared Saburo!" Seeing this, Liu Chengxun shook his head with a wry smile and said to Liu Chengyou.

It's a pity that Liu Chengyou didn't react, retracted his gaze, continued to walk, and muttered for a while, before Fang took the initiative to ask: "I heard that my father sent someone to bring a famous horse to Bianjing to meet the Khitan lord?" ”

"yes!" It was rare to see Liu Chengyou take the initiative to ask about things, Liu Chengxun immediately poured beans and vomited, and a gloomy expression appeared in his expression: "Father sent Bai Gong to go in person." The Khitan was strong, and there were 100,000 soldiers as auxiliaries, occupying the Central Plains, and Zhujie towns were vying for allegiance. Although my father sent troops and horses to guard the checkpoints, he didn't dare not show his loyalty. Otherwise, the Khitan soldiers came, with the power of Hedong, they were afraid that it would be difficult. ”

In the face of Liu Chengxun's worries, Liu Chengyou didn't give much reaction, just nodded, and then stopped talking. Before the crossing, Liu Chengyou was not familiar with the history since the end of the Tang Dynasty, but he was also involved. I have the bottom in my heart, Liu Chengxun's worries are not a problem at all, the Khitan army is strong, but it is difficult to deal with the people's war in Hebei and the Central Plains.

Seeing that he failed to arouse Liu Chengyou's interest after all, Liu Chengxun also felt bored, and went to the main hall of the palace with him helplessly.

The main hall of the Beiping Palace's cultivation is majestic and majestic, and an old man in brocade clothes with a stern face, magnificence, and majesty is sitting in the main seat, talking eloquently. This old man is Liu Zhiyuan, who stayed in Beijing, was the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, the commander of the camp in the north, the captain of Shoutai, and the king of Beiping.

In the hall, there were several other subordinate officials, envoys, and Confucian officials under Hedong Jiedu, all of whom were Liu Zhiyuan's henchmen. It can be seen that the people in power in Hedong have been really busy recently, and they have gathered early in the morning to discuss matters.

The brothers walked in one after another, and all the subordinates were very face-saving and stood up and saluted. Liu Zhiyuan looked at the two brothers, his eyes softened slightly, he stayed on Liu Chengyou for a while, waved his hand and ordered directly: "Today's spring ploughing festival, you two and lonely people go to hoe and plough, and persuade the class to farm!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Chengxun habitually should be.

While Liu Chengyou responded, speculation began to spin in his head, thinking that this was going to show off again.