After returning to Yangqu, Liu Kun gave the Tuoba tribe a large amount of grain and grass before sending the other party away, and then returned to the mansion with a tired face. His wife, Cui, welcomed him into the back house and took the initiative to pour him tea and water in person.

Looking at his busy wife, Liu Kun said with a tender face: "Madam, you don't have to be busy, your husband is not thirsty." ”

"My husband is busy with national affairs outside, and as a wife, I can only help you in life!" Cui Shi said softly.

Liu Kun took the tea cup handed over by his wife, took a sip, and then carefully tasted the aftertaste of the tea in his mouth, and sighed: "Laoshan fried tea is really refreshing, after drinking fried tea, it is completely impossible to taste the previous brewed tea." ”

With the passage of time, Laoshan roasted tea became as famous as green salt, and even as far north as Bingzhou, there was an influx of roasted tea. Since Liu Kun tasted roasted tea, he fell in love with the fragrance and nature of roasted tea.

Cui Shi looked at her tired husband, and couldn't help but persuade: "Since the husband likes it, then drink more, the concubine heard that drinking more tea is good for the body." In the past, Li Fujun was busy with official business all day long, and he didn't know how to pay attention to his body on weekdays, but now that the war is over, it is better to take a more rest. ”

"Alas, I want to rest more for my husband, but now that Shenzhou Lu Shen and Hu people are in turmoil, as a court official shepherding one side, how can I have the leisure to rest? Forget it, let's not talk about that, what about the group? ”

Liu Kun chatted with his wife for a while, and casually asked about his son Liu Qunlai.

"He? should be with Chen Er (Lu Chen) and Yue'er (Cui Yue), you also know that the three of them are cousins with Qiao'er, and their relationship is closer than ordinary people, and they move around a little more on weekdays. ”

Liu Kun bowed his head slightly when he heard this, he only had two sons in middle age, and the eldest son had been staying in the Tuoba tribe as a hostage, so he was very strict with his only sister-in-law Liu Qun by his side on weekdays.

But Liu Kun is very relieved that his son is interacting with several nephews and nephews, not to mention that Wen Qiao is already one of his most relied on staff, even the talents of Lu Chen and Cui Yue are also appreciated by Liu Kun.

In the next few days, it took Liu Kun a lot of energy just to deal with the problems left over from the war. In fact, Liu Kun doesn't like this kind of life at all, what he yearns for most is to recite poetry, drink and have fun with a few good confidants.

It's a pity that a riot forcibly pushed a person who aspired to become a great writer and musician to the position of a politician and military strategist, which shows how aggrieved Liu Kun's life is.

On this day, Liu Kun, who is rare to have leisure, is getting together with his two nephews Wen Qiao, Lu Chen, nephew Cui Yue, and son Liu Qun for a family banquet.

"Dongyi Captain Wei Shuo? Who is Wei Shuo? Hasn't the captain of Dongyi always been served by the old man who was released from the seal? When will a Wei Shuo pop up again? There are also hundreds of miles away from Liaodong, how could Wei Shuo send an envoy to me? ”

After listening to the servant's briefing, most of the people, including Liu Kun, looked at each other, and they didn't even know who Wei Shuo was. Only after Cui Yue heard this name, there was a hint of embarrassment on his face. Cui Yue is from the Cui family of Qinghe, and he is a brother of Cui Yu, so he is no stranger to Wei Shuo.

Liu Kun saw Cui Lin's face with a different color, so he asked, "What?" Do you have something to say? ”

Seeing his uncle asking, Cui Yue hurriedly stood up and replied, "Uncle Rongyu, I have heard of this nephew of the captain of the guard. ”

"What? Do you know Wei Shuo? Liu Kun and the others were stunned, they didn't expect Cui Yue to know Liaodong Weishuo.

"Well, my nephew only knew that there was such a person by chance, but this Lord Wei is not an ordinary person, I heard that he was born in a family of the Hanmen Shu clan, and by his own efforts, he finally climbed to the position of Dongyi Lieutenant and Liaodong County Guard. Even Xuzhou Assassin Shi Zu Shizhi and Zuo Prime Minister Liu Kui admired him very much, saying that he had the talents of Guan Zhong and Wei Huo. ”

"Really? Fake? If Wei Shuo really has a brother who says it so well, then why have we never heard of his name? ”

Liu Yan didn't believe Cui Yue's words at all, in his opinion, Wei Shuo was just a humble scholar, and he was fortunate to be appreciated by Zu Li, Liu Kui and others, and he climbed to his current position by chance.

Cui Yue smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Xian doesn't know, this Lord Wei has always only been active in remote counties, if you are from Youzhou or Liaodong, then you will definitely have heard of his name." Not long ago, that Wei Shuo broke the alliance of nearly 100,000 Hu people such as Goguryeo and Xianbei people in Liaodong, and then unified the entire Liaodong County. ”

Listening to Wei Shuo's achievements, Wen Qiao and Lu Chen were speechless. Even Liu Kun's face showed a hint of solemnity, if he defeated the Goguryeo people alone, it would be nothing, but there were nearly 50,000 Xianbei cavalry among them, so Liu Kun couldn't help but ignore Wei Shuo's strength.

What is Liu Kun lacking most at the moment? Isn't it a powerful ally? As soon as he thought of this, Liu Kun couldn't wait to invite Wei Shuo's envoy into the mansion immediately, but before that, he had to learn about Wei Shuo's situation first.

"Daoru, tell your uncle the details of that Wei Shuo!"

Cui Yue glanced at Liu Kun with an anxious look on his face, and said in his heart: If my uncle knew how unruly that Wei Shuo was, I am afraid I don't know what kind of mood he would have. Immediately, Cui Yue told Liu Kun and everyone how Wei Shuo fell out with Wang Jun and how he forcibly drove him away.

Boom! After Liu Qun, Wen Qiao, and Lu Chen led Wei Shuo's demeanor, they all swallowed and foamed. They didn't expect Wei Shuo to be so unruly and act without a trace of the demeanor of a child of a family, and of course Wei Shuo was not from a family.

"Hehe, this ...... This Master Wei behaves very ...... It's special! Liu Kun smiled bitterly, and finally only said such a helpless sentence.

It's not just special, it's crazy! Wen Qiao and several juniors secretly discussed it in their hearts. Fortunately, the world is in turmoil right now, and the imperial court can't restrain him, otherwise Wei Shuo's crimes alone are enough to punish his nine clans.

"Father, since this man is so unruly, why don't you let the child go out and drive his messenger away?" Liu Qun didn't have much affection for Wei Shuo, but now that he heard about his glorious deeds, he didn't want to have any contact with him.

"Wait, brothers, wait, uncle, nephew has something to say!" Just as Liu Qun got up to go out, he was stopped by Wen Qiao, only to see Wen Qiao stand up and say to Liu Kun: "Uncle, no matter how arrogant Wei Shuo is in Liaodong, but now that people have come to the door, we have no reason to turn them away." ”

"Besides, this person is still an old friend of the ancestral assassin, and the relationship between the uncle and the ancestral assassin is really not suitable to shirk, otherwise it will be difficult to explain it when I see the ancestral assassin in person in the future!"

"Well, that's true!" Liu Kun considered Zu Ti's feelings, and also felt that it was a bit inappropriate to directly bombard the people away, he pondered for a moment and ordered: "Taizhen, you go and invite people here, be careful not to be rude." ”

"No!" Wen Qiao got up and walked out of the house.

At this time, in front of the Bingzhou Assassin's Mansion, Gao Zhan was looking at the surrounding environment with interest. Starting from Liaodong, all the way through Changli, Liaoxi counties, through Dai County and into Yanmen, and finally came to Yangqu City, Taiyuan County.

After careful observation, he found that several counties under Liu Kun's jurisdiction were basically sparsely populated, people's livelihood was withered, and many of them were displaced refugees. It can be seen that after years of war, Liu Kun's strength has weakened to what extent, Gao Zhan waited for a long time in front of the Assassin's Mansion, and he was relieved until Wen Qiao came out.

"May I ask if Your Excellency is an envoy from Liaodong?" Wen Qiao came to Gao Zhan, who had an extraordinary bearing, and asked respectfully.

Wen Qiao has a gentle and elegant temperament, Gao Zhan had a good impression of him when he saw Wen Qiao at first sight, and replied with a smile: "In front of the Bohai Sea Gao Zhan, in front of the word scene, I came to visit Liu Bingzhou on the order of Liaodong Taishou and Dongyi Captain Wei Shuo. ”

Wen Qiao was shocked in his heart, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him was from the Bohai Gao clan, and hurriedly replied: "Mr. Gao, Lord Thorn Shi, please talk to you in the mansion!" ”