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Chapter 129 Lovebirds and Beheading

"There will be the Ghost Festival next month, and the members of the Liu family who are outside will be coming back.

"My husband can no longer be as busy as he was a few days ago. He has to take the lead in doing the Liu family's ancestor worship. When the father-in-law and mother-in-law are still there, these things are done very well. The husband must not slack off."

It was night, in a flower hall of the Liu family mansion, the three brothers Liu Ziwen and his wife, Mrs. Xu, sat around for dinner, a routine family dinner.

In the middle of the meal, Mrs. Xu, who was almost forty years old but still in good health, lowered the bowl in her hand and gave Liu Ziwen a warning.

The latter pretended not to pick it up, frowned and reprimanded:

"Understood, I have a sense of proportion, this is a man's business, you are a woman, why do you care so much?"

Mrs. Xu flinched, with a timid expression on her face, and said, "I don't care, my concubine... I'm just talking about it."

She didn't dare to say any more, and turned her head to take care of a baby sleeping in a cradle beside the dining table. Next to the cradle, there were nurses and other servants to take care of her.

"Wow~"

As if sensing his father's cold reprimand to his mother, the baby boy in the cradle was crying.

"Don't cry, don't cry."

Mrs. Xu shook the cradle quickly, but still couldn't stop the baby from crying.

She sighed with some complaints, said goodbye to the two younger uncles Liu Zian and Liu Zilin, hugged the child and got up, took the nanny and other servants and left the flower hall.

As the baby's cries and the woman's comforting voices faded away, the dining table in the West Pavilion fell silent for a while.

Only the three brothers Liu Ziwen, Liu Zian and Liu Zilin remained.

The latter two both raised their heads and glanced at the calm face of the eldest brother.

The Liu clan in Longcheng County is quite a big family, not only the Liu family in Xi'an where the three Liu Ziwen brothers belong, but naturally they are the main line.

This has been the case since the time when the old master and the old lady of the Liu family were still alive. The Liu family on the west bank of Butterfly Creek can be regarded as the patriarch's house.

Liu Zilin couldn't help putting down the bowl and said:
"Brother, sister-in-law is also kind-hearted, and what she did, hey, good food, scared Chuanzhi's good nephew to tears."

This kind of persuasion comes from the mouth of the third young master of the Liu family who is bullying men and women outside and doing evil. Outsiders will most likely not be able to help but look at it, which is very disobedient.

Liu Zian was not surprised by this.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked away from the curved back of his departed eldest sister-in-law Xu, bowed his head to eat, and continued to remain silent.

Neither did he speak for Mrs. Xu like Liu Zilin.

He also didn't comment on the matter of worshiping the ancestors on the Zhongyuan Festival next month.

Liu Zi'an has always been like this, he is quiet, and never talks too much about things that have nothing to do with him.

Everyone knows that the Liu family has three sons.

But they didn't know that when the old master and the old lady of the Liu family were alive, the eldest Liu Ziwen was the most valued, and the third eldest Liu Zilin was the most beloved.

The second child, Liu Zian, who suffered from illness like a small medicine jar, was caught in the middle and was not taken seriously.

Later, when Liu Zian was young, he went out to the north for a while, and for unknown reasons, he returned to Dragon City after going out for a few years.

Speaking of which, there was one thing about the Liu family that always surprised people in Longcheng County.

That is, among the three brothers of the Liu family, except for the eldest Liu Zilin, Liu Ziwen and Liu Zian are both quite old, and the former is about to turn four.

However, after the death of the old master and the old lady of the Liu family, the three brothers have never intended to separate.

This was quite rare in the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially among the local clans in Jiangnan Road in the south.

It may be that the three brothers of the Liu family really have a deep relationship.

However, many outsiders speculated that this was due to Liu Ziwen, the young head of the Liu family, who took the lead in maintaining the connection, which made Liu Zian and Liu Zilin very peaceful.

Even in the eyes of Liu Fu and other servants of the Liu family, the Liu family is very harmonious.

As the eldest sister-in-law, Xu, although she has given birth to a boy, she treats the two younger uncles who may divide the son's family business very affectionately and considerately.

No, right now when the elder brother is arguing with the elder sister-in-law, Liu Zilin has stood up to speak for the elder sister-in-law.

Liu Ziwen glanced at his third brother, shook his head and remained silent.

After a while, he put down the bowl and turned his head to look around the hall.

Seeing this, Liu Fu who was standing on the side immediately retreated with his servants and guarded the door tightly.

Liu Ziwen's expression became serious:
"It's all over, let's talk about business."

He got up, took Liu Zian and Liu Zilin away from the dining table, and sat down at the host and guest seats in the side flower hall.

Before Liu Zilin's butt touched the stool, he took the lead and couldn't wait to ask:
"Brother, have you found Ouyang Lianghan's itinerary? When are we going to behead him!"

Liu Ziwen took out a small roll of paper from his bosom, handed it to Liu Zian and Liu Zilin, and said lightly:

"New News, our magistrate, on the morning of the [-]th ribbon-cutting ceremony, that is, tomorrow, at the invitation of the host of Donglin Temple, he will go to Donglin Temple to inspect the newly built Beitian Jiyangyuan.

"After the shopping, he will take people back to Longcheng, and stop by to receive the officials from Jiangzhou. After cleaning up the dust, we will take a boat to Yuenv Gorge in the afternoon to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Digong Gate."

Liu Zilin sneered:
"Hey, a shitty beggar's poor house needs to be newly repaired? Xiu Xiuxiu, I know how to do it every day, and all the money is wasted to the poor. Your Longcheng county government is really free and rich."

Liu Zian folded his hands and lowered his eyes, staring at the floor ahead, sighed:
"The county magistrate's schedule is really appropriate. Those who don't know think he has heard about the best plan of the elder brother, so he cooperates with us."

He looked a little emotional, raised his eyes and said:

"Brother, it's a god-given opportunity. The right time, place and people are all in place. It's time to make a move. Just before they go down the mountain, we can change positions."

"Extremely extreme." Liu Zilin nodded with a sinister smile.

Liu Ziwen put his hands on the armrests of the wooden chair, staring at the empty rows of seats in the hall.

He was quiet for a while.

Nod slowly.

Liu Ziwen supported the armrest with his elbow, rubbed his stiff face with his right hand and said:
"Then let the swordsman of Chang'an and the fairy Yucheng go there tomorrow."

Liu Ziwen called Liu Fu, and ordered a few words from Tan Rong, who then retreated respectfully.

After watching Liu Fu leave, Liu Ziwen thought for a while in silence, then asked with a sideways look:
"Second brother, what happened to the thing I asked you to prepare?"

"Ah."

Liu Zilin looked around suspiciously at the two elder brothers who were playing charades.

Afterwards, he saw Liu Zian silently taking out two white porcelain bottles from his bosom.

The white porcelain bottle is small and exquisite, lying quietly in the palm of your hand.

A bottle mouth is wrapped with red cloth.

A bottle mouth is wrapped with blue cloth.

Liu Zian arranged the two porcelain bottles in sequence on the table in front of Liu Ziwen's body.

He stared at them and sighed:
"Boss Li really has some supernatural powers, he can get all these things for us."

Liu Ziwen also looked down, picked up one of the porcelain vases wrapped in green cloth, looked at it, and asked:
"Is this poison really as miraculous as the second brother said before?"

"This strange poison is called Lovebird."

Liu Zian nodded with a rather serious face, his eyes looked north through the night in the courtyard outside the door, and there was some reminiscence in his eyes:
"Accompanied by a good friend ten years ago, I traveled Hebei Road. I saw a woman using this poison pit to kill a difficult Qi practitioner. I was deeply impressed."

"Isn't this girl the Jade Goddess?"

Liu Zian shook his head:

"No, it's a Kun Dao, and it belongs to a special Taoist sect. I met Fairy Yuxi and I later in a seaside city. There are many warlocks who went to sea and returned there. This is another matter."

"Lovebirds? What poison?"

Liu Zilin, who was listening to the conversation between the two elder brothers, couldn't help but feel a little itchy. He has stayed in Longcheng County almost from birth to now.

Liu Zilin stretched out his hand curiously, and touched the small bottle wrapped in red cloth left on the table, but was stared back by Liu Ziwen.

Liu Zian squinted at Liu Zilin who shrank his head and said coldly:

"If you want my brothers to send you funeral papers during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can do whatever you want."

Liu Zilin smiled and shook his head.

Liu Zian didn't bother to look at him, and continued to explain:

"Brother, the reason why this poison is called lovebird is because it is collected from a kind of exotic bird from overseas that has male and female, and it is made from the strange and colorful wings on their tails.

"Among them, the tail feathers of the male birds are red, and the tail feathers of the female birds are blue. So two bottles of poison, one yang and one yin, were made respectively.

"The yang poison and the yin poison, if you just take one of them alone, it will not be harmful. The poison is latent and will pass away slowly. It will not cause any impact on the body, and it will not hinder the movement of the spiritual energy of the Qi trainer. It is very concealed.

"In other words, if you pick one out and look at it alone, it is not poisonous at all. However, once it is contaminated with the two poisons of yin and yang in a short period of time, it will be like a few sticks meeting a raging fire.

"Even a qi trainer with great supernatural powers, if he doesn't use a large amount of aura to detoxify for a few breaths, his seven orifices will bleed immediately, and it is hard for gods to save him, let alone a mortal without aura.

"So this lovebird is really wonderful. It can make people get poisoned unconsciously without knowing it. It delays the poisoning. As long as it is used properly, the poisoned person will react and it will be impossible to recover.

"Looking at the strange poisons in the world, lovebirds can also be ranked among the top."

Liu Zian looked away, "That's what my friend told me back then."

"Oh? It's really so amazing."

Liu Ziwen looked interested, and looked down at the two ordinary white porcelain vials in his hands.

Liu Zian watched his elder brother's expression, and after thinking about it for a while, he suggested:

"Brother, there are differences in the way of taking the yang poison and the yin poison of lovebirds.

"The insidious poison in the green bottle is colorless, odorless, and very concealed. It needs to be taken orally into the body, or infected through a wound.

"And the yang poison in the red bottle is a kind of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, which is suitable for sniffing and drinking. Just open the bottle, wait for a while, and it will spread throughout half the hall.

"And those who have been infected with insidious poison before, smelling this fragrance, can send out the internal poison in ten breaths...

"Brother, it's better not to try to open it now, but don't let us get poisoned, it's quite troublesome to disperse naturally."

Liu Ziwen nodded and chuckled, "Interesting."

Liu Zi'an pondered: "I haven't asked yet, why does big brother want this poison for?"

Liu Ziwen glanced at his second and third younger brothers, and said concisely:

"in case."

Liu Zian looked thoughtfully at the two white porcelain vials that Liu Ziwen gently and carefully put into his arms.

Seemingly aware that it might have something to do with what will happen tomorrow, Liu Zian and Liu Zilin tacitly agreed not to ask further questions.

Liu Ziwen put away this little gadget for the plan to check for leaks and make up for vacancies, and looked at the obedient second brother beside him with satisfaction, and patted his thin shoulder:

"Second brother, it's been really difficult for you for so many years. I gave up my future on the Hebei Road and returned to the small place of Longcheng to help my brother. I have stayed for so many years. I am really aggrieved."

Liu Zian raised his hand, covered the back of his elder brother's hand, and shook his head seriously:
"It's all for Liu Shi."

"That's right, it's all for the family left by the fathers."

Liu Ziwen's usually serious and calm face softened a little, and softly said:

"Brother Wei is very gratified that you can always think like this. Brother Wei said it at the beginning, and I still remember that sentence now... As long as Big Brother has it, you will never be missing.

"You haven't been married all these years, and I asked you what kind of woman you want, but you didn't say...

"When the big thing is done, and you will be promoted to the ranks of the new nobles in the two capitals, the eldest brother will find a good marriage for you. You can go to the prince and ask you for a distinguished daughter of the Wei family."

Liu Zian immediately shook his head, "No need, don't bother big brother."

"Second brother doesn't like Wei's daughter, and thinks it's not honorable enough, so... it's not impossible for a noble daughter of the fifth surname."

Speaking of this, Liu Ziwen saw his younger brother's sick face that seemed to be lacking in interest, and his eyes were a little curious:

"Second brother never said, which one do you like?"

Liu Zian looked at his elder brother, smiled, but didn't speak.

Liu Zilin interrupted, "Brother, what about me, little brother?"

Liu Ziwen hated iron but said: "You fix the problem first."

Liu Zilin scratched his head, jokingly said, "My younger brother's requirements are not high, sister-in-law's like that is fine."

Liu Ziwen snorted softly, and Liu Zian glanced at his third brother.

Immediately, it seemed that Liu Ziwen was in a good mood, so Liu Zian suddenly asked:

"Brother, why did you ask Mrs. Wei to take the sword that we worked so hard to forge, what if... I mean what if Mrs. Wei wants to keep the bow and the birds?
"Actually, big brother, you said... let our family become the master of that sword, without delaying the continued alliance with the Wei family, maybe we can use the bargaining chip to jump to a more important position. Wouldn't it be better for the family to change from a vassal to an ally? .”

"Second brother!"

Liu Ziwen interrupted suddenly, his face was as deep as water, staring at him seriously and said:
"Don't say these words again in the future, don't even think about them... Not to mention, it's unrealistic for a man to conceive a jade.

"Wei Shi devoted so much resources and waited for such a long time, the boss Li who was sent here promised us everything... But all of this is not without price.

"If it wasn't for the absolute certainty that they could control everything, how could they rest assured that everything would be handed over to us?

"Second brother, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, so you must check."

Liu Zian lowered his eyes and agreed: "Yes, brother, I'm just talking, I'm giving you an immature suggestion."

"It's not an example."

"Yes."

Liu Zian raised his head and smiled.

Liu Ziwen took another look at him, tapped the armrest twice, and stood up abruptly:

"Walk."

"Where are you going, brother?"

"Toast the swordsman of Chang'an and the fairy Yuyu to see him off, and also to see off Ouyang Lianghan."

　(It's a bit short, stay up early in the morning and write another chapter! Brothers, go to bed early, and watch it tomorrow...)
　　PS: Taking advantage of the recommendation position, I recommend two books. The first one is "Women's Slow" by Brother Guan Guan. There are many heroines in martial arts. Brother Guan Guan is a good book, updated and updated, and the fighting is also written well. , making Xiao Rong feel ashamed and look up...

　　The second book is "After listening to persuasion, I became a top artist" by an old friend. The seedlings of urban entertainment are taking off~ Friends who are interested can go to Kangkang~
　　


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