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Outside the west city of Changping City, there is a defeated alley called Shimen Lane, where dragons and snakes are mixed, and everyone has it.

In addition to ordinary people, there are down-and-out scholars, foot merchants running around, traveling doctors walking the streets and alleys, and some people who live incognito and live in seclusion.

The Liu family's house is located in this hodgepodge-like lot.

Liu Ji looked anxious, and he had already come and gone to the courtyard and the gate no less than three times. There was a tree with a crooked neck in the courtyard, and under the tree sat a man in coarse cloth.

The man is very good-looking, with a straight nose, good features, and a pair of eyes that are very bright, the only fly in the ointment is that his complexion is a little sallow, and he seems to be malnourished. But even so, it's still very beautiful.

When Liu Ji passed through the courtyard for the fourth time, the man under the tree finally couldn't help but say, "Second brother, you can relax." The third brother has long said that the eldest brother is a blessing or a curse, don't you even believe him? ”

Liu Ji is a rough man with five big and three thick, with copper bell eyes on his red face, thick eyebrows almost connected, and a very burly figure. It's hard to imagine that he and the handsome man under the tree are his own brothers.

"Ah Xian, my brother told you to see a joke again. On weekdays, Awen's brother will definitely believe it, but this time it's different, the eldest brother went to the palace to see the emperor. ”

Liu Ji rubbed his hands anxiously and stood in front of the man with a sad face.

This handsome man turned out to be the fourth child of the Liu family, Liu Xian, who had disabled legs. I have to sigh that God has no eyes, and such a good appearance turned out to be a cripple who can't walk.

Liu Xian looked at the tower-like second brother in front of him, helpless like a child, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

He was just about to speak, when a series of heavy coughs came from the dilapidated room, and at the same time as the coughing, there was a man's voice: "Don't worry, big brother will definitely be fine." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xian glared at Liu Ji disapprovingly, if it weren't for his loud voice, how could he alarm the seriously ill old lady?

Liu Ji sneered and scratched his scalp twice: "The old lady is awake, Awen is blind and can't take care of it, so my brother went in to serve." ”

After finishing speaking, he scurried into the room.

Liu Xian looked at Liu Ji, who seemed to be fleeing, and sighed helplessly, this second brother is good, but he lacks heart and eyes, and he has only grown his strength and brain at such an old age.

After a while, a thin man walked out of the room with a wooden stick, "tuk tuk".

He has a clear face, and his eyebrows are somewhat similar to Liu Xian, but he looks a little sick because he is too thin.

"Third brother, this way." Liu Xian greeted the man.

Liu Wen, the third elder of the Liu family, had no focus at all, looked ahead blankly, moved his ears after hearing Liu Xian's voice, and turned his head slightly sideways.

He cautiously walked over while probing the ground with a wooden stick.

"It's windy outside, why doesn't the third brother stay in the house?" Liu Xianwen said.

Liu Wen shook his head: "The old lady is worried about the eldest brother, and I am also worried about it." ”

"Oh? Isn't the third brother quite sure that this trip is a good thing? Liu Xian frowned.

"Ah Xian, do you know our eldest princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Shining?" Liu Wen did not answer the rhetorical question.

Liu Xian was just about to answer, when suddenly, there was a sound of a latch at the door.

Both turned to the gate at the same time.

The door opened, and it was Liu Dian, the boss of the Liu family, who came in.

"Big brother." Liu Xian shouted happily.

As usual, Liu Dian would usually be accompanied by hearty laughter when he entered the house, and no matter how he was outside, he must have been happy when he came home.

But today is different, Liu Dian walked into the courtyard with heavy steps, frowned, and didn't even hear Liu Xian's shout.

"Big brother?" Liu Wen also shouted.

"Huh?"

Liu Dian came to his senses at this time, and saw that his two younger brothers were sitting in the courtyard, cheered up and walked over quickly, and said with a slight reproach: "It's windy outside, you two are not in good health, what if you get a cold?" ”

"Big brother, you're back."

Liu Ji, who was five big and three thick, heard the movement and quickly ran out of the room. It's just that this time he didn't babble, but lowered his voice, probably for fear of disturbing the old lady.

"Well, I'm back." Liu Dian nodded, "The old lady is resting?" ”

"Uh-huh." Liu Ji nodded like pounding garlic.

"Just fell asleep. Big brother, why did the boss ask you to enter the palace? Did you see the Emperor? What does the Emperor want to do with you? Is there a problem for you? Liu Ji asked like a cannonball.

Before, Liu Dian led Liu Ji to order Mao in the yamen and was about to parade through the streets, but suddenly a eunuch came, and Xuan Liu Dian immediately entered the palace to face the saint.

Liu Dian followed into the palace, leaving Liu Ji alone to choke in shock.

He couldn't sit still, so he simply went straight home, and told his two clever brothers about it, trying to get them to come up with ideas.

After hearing this, Liu Wen asserted that this trip should be a blessing rather than a curse, although this third brother has always been like a god, but as the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and the face of the saint is not a trivial matter, what if Liu Dian accidentally said the wrong thing and annoyed the emperor and was beheaded?

That's why Liu Ji was so anxious.

Liu Dian heard Liu Ji's question, and then looked at the caring look on Liu Wen and Liu Xian's faces, and the warm current in his heart passed.

What about poverty? What if you don't have a daughter-in-law? With these three brothers, this life is sufficient.

Knowing that his mother finally fell asleep, Liu Dian simply sat cross-legged in the place, patted the position next to him and said to Liu Ji: "Sit down and say." ”

Liu Ji sat down anxiously: "Big brother, tell me quickly, I'm dying in a hurry." ”

Liu Dian's face was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "The sky of the Espionage Division has changed. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Ji didn't react, but Liu Xian's eyes lit up.

Liu Wen curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Brother, congratulations to the eldest brother." ”

Liu Ji's face was full of question marks: "What does Ah Wen mean by this?" Where does the joy come from? ”

Liu Wen didn't answer him, but continued: "My brother said before that the Espionage Department is the most suitable place for the eldest brother to go, and it is also a springboard for the eldest brother to shine on the lintel, which is not a lie. was so depressed before because of the wrong person, if my brother didn't guess wrong, the spy department was handed over to Princess Shining by the saint? ”

Hearing this, it was not Liu Dian's intention to enter the spy department at the beginning, but the idea of the blind Liu Wen?

Liu Dian raised his eyebrows: "Ah Wen guessed wrong this time, Princess Shining is just assisting from the side, the Espionage Department is now subordinate to the Yushi Terrace, and the top boss is the Imperial Historian Li Qiao Li Dafu." ”

Liu Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard the first half of the sentence, and then smiled again after hearing Li Qiao's name: "It's the same, it's the same to give it to Dr. Li or to Princess Shining, they are all the way." ”

The other three brothers didn't feel anything, but if Zuo Di heard this person's words, he would definitely be shocked.

Everyone in the world said that Li Qiao was a staunch royalist and the most impartial, and no one knew that Li Qiao originally supported Xiao Zhen.

But this Liu Wen is just a blind man who can't go out of the door, and he can break the relationship between the two in one word?

"Oh? Listening to what Awen meant, how much will the spy department change after it is handed over to Princess Shining? Liu Dian asked suspiciously.

Liu Wen smiled confidently, and even those unfocused eyes seemed to become brighter: "Big brother, have you forgotten?" It was Princess Shining who proposed the creation of the Espionage Division at the beginning. ”

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