Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 54
Chengyibo Mansion is located outside the gate of the imperial city of Xi'an, on a narrow bluestone street.

Although Liu Ji's title was unremarkable among the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, the people in the capital liked him the most, and they even renamed the bridge in front of his mansion "Liu Junshi Bridge".

Liu Bowen's Earl's Mansion is also a small courtyard, simple and tidy, it looks somewhat similar to Hu Weiyong's Prime Minister's Mansion.

At this time, in the bedroom in the backyard with strong smell of medicine, Zhou Yuan ordered Liu Bowen to visit and ask, packed up the medicine box, and followed Liu Bowen's eldest son Liu Lian to the outside to prescribe medicine.

In the bedroom, only Liu Bowen and Hu Weiyong sitting beside the bed were left.

Liu Bowen coughed from time to time and looked tired. Obviously, Hu Weiyong's arrival did not cheer him up.

"Does Mr. Liu think that it should not be the real person who came, but the Korean public?" Hu Weiyong said a little sourly.

However, he also knew that he was really not good enough in front of these two founding giants.

"Hu Xiang is thinking too much. The old man's house is already deserted. It would be nice if someone came to see him. Why would he be picky?" Liu Bowen said with a faint smile.

"It seems that Mr. Liu is still angry about the matter of the foreign inspection department." Hu Weiyong was not in a hurry to get to the point, he enjoyed the feeling of talking with Liu Bowen on an equal footing.

Never before, because he was not qualified.

"Shouldn't the old man be angry?" Liu Bowen coughed twice and said, "The enclave of Tanyang, which is neglected, has always been a den of bandits. The world has been set, but the people there are still being tortured by bandits. The old man begged hard at the door."

"The old man really couldn't bear it, so he made an exception and asked Liu Lian to come to Beijing to celebrate the emperor's birthday. By the way, he talked about foreign affairs, and suggested setting up an inspection department there to prevent robbers forever. Hu Xiang's wolfhound smelled it, and made up something. The old man sees that Tan Yang is a king, and will be the land of dragon prosperity in the future, so he wants to build ancestral graves there, so as to seize the opportunity!"

As he said that, he laughed angrily and said, "Can you be more nonsense? Hu Xiang?"

"It's really nonsense." Hu Weiyong smiled without changing his face, "So he didn't care about the truth. He knew that the superior would not believe it when he saw Wanli. But I didn't expect Mr. Liu to react so much, and he went to Beijing immediately to explain to the saint. I never dared to go back to my hometown again.”

"It's about the lives of the whole family, so we can't take any chances. Besides, you can tell the autumn by looking at a leaf. You can escape me once, but two or three times? Apart from returning to the emperor's nose, the old man has no other way to protect himself. "Liu Bowen coughed again.

"Liu Bowen, the great military strategist, has become so humble. It's really sympathetic." Hearing this, Hu Weiyong couldn't help but proudly said:
"I don't know if my husband will regret that I chose the wrong Yang Xian? If it weren't for the involvement of Yang Xian's case, with the contribution of the master's decision-making, as for only one earl, would he still be sincere? The superior is not clear about this. Tickle you?"

"Sincerely, sincerity is very good." Liu Bowen shook his head.

"If Mr. had been replaced by someone else, how could the Eastern Zhejiang Party be thriving and dying? Mister wouldn't have fallen to the point where no one cared about him?" Hu Weiyong continued to provoke him.

"The old man is not mistaken about Yang Xian." Liu Bowen said quietly:

"The emperor asked me if Yang Xian was suitable to be a prime minister? The old man said that he has the talent to be a prime minister, but he doesn't have the courage to be a prime minister. A person who is a prime minister must maintain a calm mood like water, and use justice as the standard to weigh things , but not to mix his own subjective opinions, Yang Xian couldn’t do it.”

He glanced at Hu Weiyong and said, "Of course, you can't do it. The prime minister is like a horse driving a cart. You will overturn the cart of Zhongshu Sheng."

"Only a gentleman in the world can do it?" Hu Weiyong sneered: "It's a pity that the superior has chosen a round, but he didn't choose you!"

"You're wrong again. When the emperor was thinking about replacing Han Gonggong, he was the first one who wanted to use me, but I was rejected by the old man." Liu Bowen was indifferent, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

"Why?" Hu Weiyong was taken aback for a moment, he didn't believe that someone would refuse the temptation of the position of prime minister.But he also knew that Liu Bowen would not lie.

"Because I don't want to die, and I don't want to hurt my descendants." Liu Bowen looked at Hu Weiyong with deep eyes, as if he was looking at a dead person.

"Mister, are you cursing the truth?!" Hu Weiyong burst into anger, if it wasn't for Liu Bowen, he would have scolded his mother directly.

"No, this old man is a kind reminder." Liu Bowen shook his head, and said very sincerely: "Mr. Hu, the Zhongshu stretches across the inside and outside, covering the sky and the sun, and has too much authority. It is hard for a saint to tolerate it."

But Hu Weiyong didn't listen to a word, and just retorted: "At least Mr. Liu, he can't see the truth about his death."

As he spoke, he straightened up, put on a business-like expression, and cupped his hands towards the east, saying: "I will send you an order to visit Uncle Chengyi with the imperial doctor, and ask questions!"

"Really...the emperor asked you to come?" Liu Bowen, who had been sleepy all this time, finally changed his expression.

"How dare I pass the imperial decree falsely?" Hu Weiyong twitched his lips, sizing up Liu Bowen like a cat playing with a mouse.

The smartest person in the world must know what this means.

Sure enough, Liu Bowen's energy and spirit seemed to have been completely taken away, his expression was haggard, and there was nothing worse than death.

"The emperor asked!" Hu Weiyong turned a blind eye, and his tone became more and more fierce.

"I respectfully listen to Shengxun." Liu Bowen struggled to get up, and knelt down on the bed.

"Liu Ji, did you instigate Yang Xian to force Liao Yongzhong to sink his boat?!"

"No." Liu Bowen became even more weary.

"Did you know beforehand?"

"I don't know."

"Did you contact Liao Yongzhong afterwards?"

"No." Liu Ji shook his head, and said cautiously: "However, after the old minister retired, and when he just returned to Beijing, he gave the old minister two tonics, but the old minister returned them."

"It's nothing to do with you, what did he give you?" Hu Weiyong asked coldly.

"If the old man ordered him to go all the way, why would he give me something before he hated the old man?" Liu Ji asked rhetorically.

If Hu Weiyong continued to ask, instead of hammering Liu Ji to death, he might lead himself into a ditch.Can't help but sigh secretly, after all, it is Liu Ji, no matter when, his thinking is extremely clear.

He stopped asking questions, and finally said: "Take the medicine on time, so that you can take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and said: "The emperor has finished asking, and the truth is also taking his leave."

"The last eight characters are also Shangyu?" Liu Ji raised his head.

"The truth has said that the imperial doctor was sent by the emperor, what does Mr. Liu think?" Hu Weiyong asked back, ended his visit, and left with the court judge.

Liu Lian sent the guest back to the bedroom, but saw that his father was already in tears, and he was still holding a "Tianwenshu" in his hand.

"Father, what is this?" Liu Lian suddenly felt ominous.

The second younger brother Liu Jing, who was kneeling beside the hospital bed, choked up and said, "Father said that he is going to die..."

"Ah?" Liu Lian was stunned on the spot.

"That's right." Liu Bowen nodded, handed the "Astronomy Book" to his son and said:
"After I die, you must present this book to the emperor immediately, without any delay; from now on, don't let the descendants of our Liu family touch this terrible thing..."

　Ask for a ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)