Chapter 197: Ming State Staff
Liu Lezhi knew that if he refused, he would only incur the disaster of killing, so he adopted a false strategy, pretending to be at ease to do things for the bandits, while looking for an opportunity to escape. Sure enough, through his work, he finally gained the trust of the bandits, and he was no longer free to be free, and he could walk around the cottage at will.
Receiving such treatment is the best time to escape. But at this time, Liu Le's lack of decisiveness in doing things hindered his decision-making again, resulting in repeated wasted opportunities to escape. To this day, when Masato broke into the cottage alone with three attendants and completely eliminated the bandits, he did not decisively join Masahiro's team, but hid in his house and waited for changes.
What makes Zhengliang even more amused is that after repeated encounters, Liu Le actually retreated from the purpose of this trip, looking for his fiancée, and planned to return home. But soon he was stumped by another thing, after he was robbed by the bandits, he had nothing, and the dozens of taels of silver he had saved from business were also robbed. Thinking of this, I was immediately disheartened.
At this time, Zhengliang picked up a fallen leaf on the wooden board and said, "Brother Liu, look. The leaves of the trees, falling with the wind in autumn and returning to the earth as dust, are accumulating energy in order to appear in this world in a new form when the spring flowers bloom in the coming year. And so on and so forth, year after year. This is the transformation between life and death, death is only the result of life, and life is the beginning of death. Brother Liu, why do you want to be a little daughter? Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat. Am we not even as good as a leaf? Come, let's drink three hundred more cups. ”
"Ha Lu, haha, well, it's hard to meet Brother Luo here, and it can be regarded as a thousand glasses of wine," Liu Le said with a smile.
"Come, drink first as a respect" After speaking, Zhengliang drank the soju he had just poured out, "You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and not returning." You don't see the sad white hair of Gao Tang Mingjing, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk. Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone. Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle is fun. You will have to drink 300 cups at a time. Zhengliang sang the poet immortal Li Bai's general wine.
"Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, will enter the wine. Don't stop. A song with you, please listen to it for me. The bells and drums are so expensive, I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk. The ancient sages were all lonely, and only the drinker left his name. King Chen used to feast peacefully. Ten thousand people laughed at the wine. What is the owner's words, he has to sell the right gentleman. Five-flowered horses, daughters and daughters, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you. Liu Le also sang to the beat of Zhengliang.
On that day, the two sang about wine. Drunk and asleep.
Day 2. The crisp sound of birds sounded in his ears, and Masarashi slowly opened his eyes. I suddenly felt my eyes full of anxiety, and my brain was a mess.
After "Oops" gradually regained consciousness, Masara suddenly realized that something was wrong and quickly turned over and sat up. Sure enough, it was a mistake to drink, and I was drunk.
When I looked up at my surroundings, I saw that I was in a small wooden hut with a wooden bed underneath me. Through the open window. You can see the outside yard. In the early morning sun. The weeds in the yard are vibrant. It looked like he was in a small room in the backyard of the bandit leader.
"Your Highness, are you awake?" At this time, Kinoshita's voice sounded outside the door.
"Well, come in," Masarashi said, knocking on his head, which still had a little headache.
With a "squeak", the wooden door opened, and Kinoshita Masanao walked in with a dark eye, and it seemed that he had been keeping watch outside the house all night.
"Your Highness" Kinoshita Masago made a retainer salute to Masayo.
"When was I sent here?" Masara asked. He only remembered drinking with Liu Le yesterday. While chatting all over the world, I was drunk before I knew it. …,
"Your Highness. You were sent here in the evening by Lord Liu Le himself," Kinoshita replied respectfully.
"Suffered" Masahiro suddenly exclaimed, "How is the convoy under the mountain now?" "To deal with bandits. Zhengliang asked Wang Hai's men to wait for them in the mountain road for the time being. As a result, there was a big fight with the bandits yesterday, and then he drank with Liu Le, and he forgot about them in the end.
"I have taken them up the mountain overnight according to the instructions of Lord Liu Le, and I am resting in the private house in the cottage at the moment," Kinoshita Masanao replied.
"Huh" Zhengliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and finally did not leave them behind. However, according to Lord Liu Le's orders? Masarashi suddenly noticed something wrong with Kinoshita's words. When did Liu Le become a person who could call the shots? Just as Masarashi was about to ask Kinoshita Masanao in detail what was going on, suddenly a hearty laugh came from outside.
"Huh. It seems that His Royal Highness is awake" When the sound arrived, Zhengliang looked up, and it was Liu Le, and behind him was Mingfeng Xiuzheng. Looking at Liu Le's expression, there seems to be no sign of drunkenness at all. Damn, it turned out to be a wine belly, it seems that you should pay attention to drinking with him in the future, otherwise it can only be yourself who will be drunk, Masahiro thought secretly.
"Your Majesty, Liu Le pays a visit to His Royal Highness" Just as Zhengliang was muttering to himself, Liu Le suddenly made a formal courtesy to Zhengliang.
"This ......" Zhengliang was stunned by Liu Le's retainer's gift. Retainers? When did he accept Liu Le as a retainer? No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't remember when he accepted Liu Le as a retainer.
Seeing Zhengliang's confused appearance, Liu Le couldn't help but laugh heartily, "Has Your Highness forgotten?" Last night, His Highness will eliminate the great ambition of the Japanese who are invading everywhere, and he said bluntly, which makes the music very emotional. Le has passed the year of his establishment, and he still has achieved nothing, but he didn't expect to meet His Highness here. Le Ye has witnessed the cruelty of the Wakos, and is inspired by His Highness's ambition, Le's intention to be able to make a difference in his lifetime, and Le's willingness to use the remaining remnants of his life to assist His Highness in achieving the ambition of eliminating the Wakos. ”
"Huh?" Zhengliang was taken aback, drunk and misunderstood, and even lost his words after drinking, not only confiding in his background, but also confiding in his ambitions.
"Your Highness, you have accepted the gift of Le's retainers last night, is Le already a staff member under His Highness's account at this moment?" Liu Le reminded.
"It's... Your fiancée? The political conscience said that he came this time to find his unmarried wife, and once he became his retainer, he would follow him to Japan, and what was he going to do with his unmarried wife.
"Your Highness, look at Le's identity at the moment, even if you can find a wife who has not passed through the door, will the other party be willing to commit to Le?" Liu Le said self-deprecatingly.
"Okay, I officially appoint you as the Ming State staff of my family, and enjoy the treatment of 25 stone per year," Zhengliang said later. Anyway, it's not an official retainer, so if you think other retainers won't object, wait until you make a contribution in the future, and then give another official position. As for the matter of his unmarried wife, let's see each step and go, in case the other party is willing to live with Liu Le, Zhengliang is also ready to be a generous head of the family, and Liu Le will be free.
"Your Highness, Your Highness came with Lord Xiuzheng this time, and I am going to report to you on the situation of the clean-up of materials, this is the account book this time, but before Your Highness checks the account book, please take a look at such a thing first" Since Zhengliang officially recognized his position as a retainer, Liu Le quickly entered the role and immediately began to report.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Zhengliang looked at Liu Le suspiciously.
"Lord Xiuzheng, please present the object to His Highness for inspection" Liu Le smiled slightly and said to Mingfeng Xiuzheng. (To be continued......) ……,