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Gonggong Li accompanied Liu Yingming to Donglin Liujiazhuang with the holy decree.

All the clansmen in the village knelt down in the ancestral hall of the Liu family to welcome the holy decree.

"The emperor has a decree, Liu Yingming is heroic and brave, loyal to the army to serve the country, and has meritorious service, and is specially awarded the position of commander of the Royal Forest Army, and the official is from the third grade, in order to show his commendation. In addition, the position of the patriarch of Liujiazhuang will be taken over by Lord Liu in the future, and the Kewang family will be prosperous! Gonggong Li recited loudly, "Please accept the order!" ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen! Hooray, hooray, hooray! Liu Yingming and everyone received the order to thank you.

After sending off Gonggong Li, everyone in the Liu family came back to their senses and congratulated Liu Yingming and his father Liu Xiucai, bluntly saying that the Liu family can be regarded as getting ahead, and the clansmen will have to rely on Lord Liu to carry the note in the future.

Liu Yingming was like stepping on a pile of cotton on this day, and it felt unreal when the spring breeze was proud. Rao is luck is too good, and he was born with a face very similar to Emperor Hui, so he had this opportunity to be created.

His father, Liu Xiucai, had a complicated complexion.

The villagers and neighbors drank Liu Yingming's roasted tail banquet lively, and everyone dispersed in the dead of night, Liu Xiucai sat in the inner room hall and waited for Liu Yingming to speak.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, it's time to call you 'Lord Liu'," Liu Xiucai watched Liu Yingming walk in and got up to salute.

"Dad, I'm broken." Liu Yingming hurriedly stepped forward to help his father up, "Yingming can have now, it's all because my father has taught me well!" ”

Liu Xiucai sighed and looked at Liu Yingming fixedly, "Have you never complained about me as a father in your heart?" ”

"Don't dare, whatever a father should do to his son."

"When you say that, you must have a grudge in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't have left Liujiazhuang."

Liu Ying was silent.

"Yingming, you are also old now, and you have been favored by the emperor to be the commander of the three products in front of the emperor, and we have not had a big official in Liujiazhuang in the past fifty years," Liu Xiucai said, "You are what I grew up watching, in fact, I should be happy for you--"

Liu Xiucai paused and continued: "Over the years, you have gone from being a drama to the boss of an opera troupe, and in the eyes of your father, it is not easy for you to know you, but, but, why did you get mixed up with that Liu Qingwei, don't you know how ugly the rumors outside are, right?" ”

Liu Yingming heard his father mention this past again, and his heart was unhappy, "Liu Qing helped me when my son was in the most difficult time, he is not a villain." ”

"Helped you? He has other plans, who doesn't know that he is very good at morality and good men?" Liu Xiucai said angrily, "My father persuaded you many times, let me cut off contact with him, marry a wife and have children, have you heard of me?" ”

"yes!" Liu Yingming replied lightly, "So father, you removed your son from the Liu family because of this, and I am not your son." ”

"But aren't you still the patriarch of this Liujiazhuang?"

"For as long as I can remember, you have always disliked me, father, obviously I have more talent for reading than my brothers and brothers, right?" Liu Yingming's words were bitter, "I always ask myself, what did I do wrong, and I never please you?" ”

"Alas!" Liu Xiucai sighed, his tone was much softer, "Ming'er, there are some things that should be told to you, I hope you don't blame me, I am also entrusted by others." ”

"Nineteen years ago, a noble lady came to me and asked me to take in a newborn baby, she said that this child was the widow of a criminal official of the court, and she had saved her life by hiding it from others, and specially instructed me not to let this child read and write to gain fame in the future, and not to be an official in the court, for fear of being found out and killed."

Liu Yingming was shocked, "Dad, could it be that this child is ······"

"That's you, Ming'er!" Liu Xiucai said, "That's why my father will prevent you from going to a private school to study, and it's also for your own good, why don't I know that you envy and desire your brother and brother to study, it's not that I'm biased, but I have to do it!" ”

"So do you know which son of a criminal I am?" Liu Yingming asked.

"The noble man didn't say it explicit back then, and I only saw her once, and later, her maid came to see you a few times, until you left the Liu family, and you haven't come back for all these years." Liu Xiucai replied, "However, there is something that should be a token left by your family, and I will take it to you." ”

Liu Xiucai took out a purse from the inner room and handed it to Liu Yingming.

"What is this?" Liu Yingming opened the purse and took out a palm-sized piece of dragon-patterned jade from it, half of it to be exact, and half of it should be elsewhere.

"Regarding your life, there is only this half of jade. Now that you have entered the palace and become an official again, alas! Against all odds, I still haven't been able to complete what the noble person has entrusted me, Ming'er, remember, don't show this jade in front of people, for fear of disaster! ”

"It turns out that I'm not Liu Yingming, so who am I?" Liu Yingming asked herself inwardly, "I tried my best to prove myself in front of my father, but I didn't want me to be my father's son." ”

Liu Yingming suddenly felt that life was confused and didn't know where to go.

On this day, rest and bath.

Liu Yingming returned to his mansion, which was a big mansion with seven entrances and seven exits given by the emperor, and there were all kinds of maids and maids in it. Usually, Liu Yingming is generally on duty in the palace, and there are few people who come back.

As soon as the tea brewed by the maid was served, a little maid came in and said, "My lord, there is a young master surnamed Liu outside the door who asks to see him, saying that he is your old acquaintance." ”

Liu Yingming heard that the hand holding the cup was obviously stunned, it had only been a few months, and he seemed to have forgotten that he was the Boss Liu who sang the opera, and some people were gone, "Go back, say that the master is not there!" ”

The little maid was about to go to the front yard to send someone away, but he didn't want this person to break in, and a few house slaves couldn't stop him, so he shouted from his mouth, "Yingying, Yingying, it's me, it's me Liu Qing, you make me look for it." It caused a group of servants in the house to be dumbfounded and whispered.

Liu Yingming couldn't help but be a little annoyed when she heard it, and immediately walked out of the wing room to the front yard, only to see a man in a pine green brocade robe in front of her, with a white face and red lips, and a romantic flow.

Liu Yingming said coldly, "Who is my Dao?" It turned out to be Uncle Guo! Please come inside. So he led Liu Qing to sit in the inner hall.

Liu Qing didn't care about the ridicule in Liu Yingming's words, "Yingying, no, it's time to call you 'Lord Liu' now, do you know how long I've been looking for you Liu, I've been scared of you these days, I thought you were killed by gangsters, and today I finally saw that you were fine, I was so happy!" ”

Liu Yingming's heart moved when she heard this, and she still said coldly on her face, "Thank you for worrying, I'm fine, you can see it, I'm fine now, you can rest assured." ”

Liu Qing continued to say frankly: "My sister's position as queen was abolished, and my father was also implicated and demoted to an official position, but I didn't feel so sad. ”

It seems that Liu Qing's life is not easy during this time, and his family has suffered a sudden change, "Are you okay?" Liu Yingming still couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Liu Qing looked at Liu Yingming's eyes as if they were shining, with a little flattery, and asked tentatively: "I got the news a few days ago, saying that Lord Liu suddenly had a chance to save the driver, and now that the official is in the third grade, I want to buy you a few tables of banquets in the pear orchard, and congratulate you well, I don't know if Lord Liu can appreciate his face?"

Liu Yingming looked at Liu Qing with an expectant face, knowing his intentions for him, and said formally, "Liu Qing, you know, I am doing things for the emperor now, and my words and deeds are watched, and you are so famous, I am afraid that you and I will no longer be as close as before, for fear of being talked about and angering Shengyan." "Liu Yingming now has a future in sight, he doesn't want to mess with Liu Qing, the demon king of the mixed world, like before, he used to be an unpopular actor, but now it's different, he can be a man with his head held high, and he doesn't have to rely on people to live so humble.

"In short, thank you, you and I know each other, if there is a need for someone Liu in the future, I should help you!"

"Okay, okay, you're going to cut off relations with me!" Liu Qing was rejected, his heart was gloomy, and he said: "My Liu family is now down, and Lord Liu is now rising to the top, but I have no self-knowledge, and I am abrupt, Liu Qing said goodbye!" After speaking, he hurriedly got up and was about to brush his sleeves away.

Liu Yingming recalled that over the years, outsiders had rumored how sloppy and immodest Liu Qing was, and there were all kinds of rumors that did not catch his ears, but in addition to his admiration for his talent and demeanor, he had never really acted out of line, on the contrary, everything he once had depended on him, as for the outside world to be so dirty, Liu Yingming never took it to heart, so that in the end, Liu Xiucai had to refuse Liu Yingming's son because of his face.

Thinking of this, I couldn't bear it, so I shouted at Liu Qing's back, "Liu Qing, the pear orchard will be handed over to you to take care of in the future, if you are free, you can often come to the house for a cup of tea in the future." ”