Chapter 819 Divine Decree

On the fifth day of returning to Sanyuan, Liu Yiyi and Zhang Chuchu went to Xia'er Village to take Zhang Porliang and Zhang Liu back to the house.

It is the middle of winter, and it is also a time of slack in the countryside, and the old couple is idle at home, and it is now the end of the year, so they naturally hope to spend the whole year with their children. Therefore, this time the old couple did not do like last time, after listening to Liu Yiyi's words, Zhang Porliang asked Zhang Liu to enter the house and simply cleaned up twice and left the village with the young couple.

The arrival of the in-laws really made Lao Liu and his wife happy for a while, Liu He didn't say anything, Lao Liu really found a playmate, and every day he had to pull Zhang Porliang to play two games of chess in the backyard pavilion, it was not easy to meet a chess player that was more stinky than him, and Lao Liu finally found some self-confidence and played chess more energetically.

As for Zhang Liu's family, naturally he will not be idle or bored, and the three old ladies in the family will also get together every day, talk and laugh, and occasionally tease Xiao Bao'er, and the life is also comfortable.

On this day, when Liu Yiyi accompanied the two old men to play chess, Liu Cheng came from the front yard in a hurry and invited their young master to the front hall to talk.

"What's the matter, what do you look like in such a hurry?" Bending his knees and sitting down on the main chair, Liu Yiyi looked up at Liu Cheng and said, "How can you say that you are also a 'drunk' shopkeeper, you have been wandering outside for so long, why can't you get rid of your frizziness?" ”

"Young master, it's not that the villain is too frizzy, but he is really a little anxious about this matter, so that the villain is really stable, so he came to report to you." After a few big breaths, Liu Cheng was still a little frightened and said: "Someone from the palace has come, with the emperor's will, I have designated you to take the decree of the young master."

"Divine decree?" Liu Yiyi was stunned, Liu Wuchen only went to Chang'an yesterday, right? Before the rest of the money and food could be fulfilled, the emperor's decree reached the family, and Di Zhixun's speed was also faster, right?

"Yes, the Holy Decree" Liu Cheng nodded affirmatively, this is the first time he has seen the Holy Decree in his life, it is something given by the emperor, but not everyone can be lucky enough to see it.

Stretching out his hand and gesturing back and forth, Liu Cheng said loudly and excitedly: "Beating gongs and drums, noisy all the way, all the way from Chang'an to Sanyuan, and then from Sanyuan Mansion all the way to our Liu Manor, so beautiful, so lively, now the whole Sanyuan knows that the holy decree is coming to our house." ”

Liu Cheng didn't see anyone take the holy decree, he didn't know what rules were in it, and he thought that the emperor issued the holy decree, which was so lively, so in addition to being excited, he didn't see the strangeness in it, but because this holy decree belonged to their Liu Mansion, he was so proud and beautiful in his heart.

"Banging gongs and drums?" Liu Yiyi chuckled, didn't he marry a daughter-in-law, so he needed to be so lively? It seems that Li Shimin is really poor and crazy this time, in order to raise money and food as soon as possible, such unseemly things can be done so openly.

"Where is the Decree now?" There is no sense of urgency, the holy decree of the Tang Dynasty is far less strict than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the person who receives the decree must take a bath and change clothes, bow three times and bow nine times and the like to show respect and solemnity, otherwise you will be punished for a great disrespect and other crimes.

In the Tang Dynasty, the edict was more focused on a kind of randomness, and the person who delivered the decree was more like a postman than a messenger, and was not very important, so as long as the surface was respectful when receiving the decree, there was no need to gather the whole family to be less than in person, and to do what three kneeling and nine knocking etiquette, as long as the person receiving the decree simply bent down and arched his hand at the holy decree, just like the etiquette that ordinary courtiers did when they saw the emperor, and they could take the holy decree after a light bow.

"Back to the young master, when the villain came back, I heard that he had entered Gutian Village, and now I am afraid that it is not far from our mansion." Seeing that their young master's expression didn't seem to have changed much, as usual, of course, Liu Cheng couldn't help but blush a little for his anxious and unstable performance, and his heart actually quieted down, and when he heard their young master ask, he asked softly: "Young master, do you think we are going out of the house to greet you?" ”

"Naturally, you have to welcome," Liu Yiyi said indifferently: "You can go out with me for a while, and the old man and lady in the backyard don't bother anymore." ”

"Yes, young master" responded, and seeing Liu Yiyi get up and go out dressed up, Liu Cheng also hurriedly followed.

At this time, outside the gate of Liufu, there were already many villagers watching, as if they had received the letter before, and knew that there was a holy decree coming, and they were all waiting at the door, wanting to see how miraculous the legendary holy decree was. Seeing their owner come out of the mansion, the villagers all bent down to salute, and then involuntarily retreated a few steps back, making a larger open space in front of the mansion.

"Here it is, here it is"

"The big man from Chang'an has entered Zhuangzi and holds a golden holy decree in his hand"

"I saw it" "I saw it too"

There are constantly people trotting here, shouting excitedly in their mouths, they who have never left Sanyuan, don't know that the big man they are talking about is just a small chamberlain in the palace, a eunuch, in their eyes, the holy decree is sacred, that is what the emperor has given them, and the person who can hold the holy decree in his hand will naturally become the so-called big man.

Liu Yiyi didn't mean to ridicule or look down on them, a group of people who have lived at the bottom of society for many years, at first glance when they saw something that can be said to be the most apex of this era, it is normal to be excited, just like some ordinary people in later generations, when they first met a star they had admired for a long time, they were excited and crazy, which is understandable.

Liu Yiyi stood quietly like this, always smiling on his face, and the tenant farmer next to him saw that their owner was so calm, as if they were all right, as usual, and admired their owner's profound cultivation in his heart, and at the same time, the original excitement and excitement calmed down a little. Learning from their hosts, they all stood quietly in place, quietly waiting for the arrival of the legendary decree and the great man.

It can be said that in the expectation of almost everyone, Li Ran and his entourage slowly approached the door of Liufu with the holy decree in their hands. When the carriage and horses approached the Liu Manor, Li Ran took the initiative to get out of the carriage, first, he knew the rules that no horses were allowed to march in the Liu Manor, and second, there were too many onlookers on the streets of the manor, and the carriages and horses could not travel at all.

Step by step from the manor gate to the front of Liufu, seeing the quiet and waveless situation in front of Liufu, Li Ran couldn't help but feel a little strange, from Chang'an, all the way here, Li Ran has become accustomed to the excitement of the people below. Now, including when he first entered the manor, the tenants of the manor were also very excited, and a few even trotted up.

But how did you get here, when it should be the busiest place, and suddenly it became so quiet?

Is it because of this young man standing in front of the main entrance? When he saw Liu Yiyi's calm and peaceful face, Li Ran couldn't help but have such a realization in his heart: the reason why these tenant farmers became quiet was completely influenced by their owner.

"Manager Li, it's been hard all the way" Seeing an acquaintance, Liu Yiyi's smile was even worse, and he bowed his hand to Li Ran, and said loudly: "Please ask Manager Li and several other chamberlains to enter the mansion to talk."

Eunuchs also have grades, although their official position is not high, but they are one level higher than his white body, so it is not an exaggeration for Liu Yiyi to call these chamberlains adults.

"Mr. Liu, let's meet again" Li Ran also bent down to return the salute, he would never feel how great he was just because Liu Yiyi called him the chief manager, in the final analysis, these servants are just a group of slaves, Li Ran, who has been living in the palace, but he does not dare to forget his identity for a moment.

After seeing the ceremony, Li Ran followed Liu Yiyi into the house, and before entering the living room, Li Ran stopped Liu Yiyi and said: "Mr. Liu, the emperor's order is in his body, and the villain has a holy decree on his body, so it is inconvenient to enter the hall. ”

"According to the intention of Manager Li" There was no objection, Liu Yiyi quietly turned around and confronted Li Ran.

"Uh-huh," Li Ran took a step back, separated from Liu Yiyi three steps away, coughed lightly and cleared his throat, and then shouted in his sharp and loud voice: "Sanyuan Liu Yiyi, take the order"

It is undeniable that because the eunuch's voice is special and the penetrating power is terrifying, Li Ran's voice directly made the villagers who had been surrounding the gate of the mansion boil again and again, scrambling to crowd in front of the door and look inside.

"Xiaomin Liuyi, receiving the decree" Although it is just a passing scene, it can't be too hasty, so Liu Yiyi still respectfully bowed to the holy decree, and then bent down and stretched out his hands to greet him.

The "Emperor's Message" did not directly hand over the holy decree, Li Ran straightened up, and said with a respectful expression: "The righteousness of the Liu family, I am very relieved, your request, I have already promised, Wang'er Liu clan, do not act obediently because of this promise, if you violate my Tang criminal law because of this, I will not be spared."

"Your Majesty Longen Xiaomin remember" Liu Yiyi took the holy decree in his hand, then straightened up and asked Li Ran: "Manager Li has worked hard all the way, please go into the hall to rest for a while and drink a cup of tea." ”

"There is no need to rest, the villain has to go back to the palace to resume his life, it is not easy to stay here for a long time, so I won't trouble Mr. Liu." Li Ran shook his head and refused, and at the same time said goodbye to Liu Yiyi.

"In this way, then Liu sent Manager Li out." If there was no result, Liu Yiyi had to let him go, and at the same time motioned to Liu Cheng to give some silver money and gifts prepared in advance.

"Two million pieces of silver, plus 300,000 quintals of rice grain, in exchange for such a yellow silk with a weight of less than half a catty, I don't know if I can use it in the future......" Seeing Li Ran and his party go away, Liu Yiyi looked at the holy decree in his hand and sighed softly, then turned around and returned to the house.

On the northwest border, in the big tent of the Liu family's cotton collection, Liu Bing was still crackling with calculations that others couldn't understand, and he was looking at the accounts one after another.

"Six hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and sixty hundred and fifty words." For the last account, Liu Bing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, looked at the money spent on the account, and sighed softly: "It's only been less than ten days, and half of the money has been spent, it seems that in less than a month, we will be able to go home." ”

"Steward Liu is right," Ma Lianggong, the entourage in charge of Liu Bing's daily life, handed over a cup of hot tea and said softly: "It's only been ten days, and we have easily received nearly half of Gaochang's white stacks. ”

"Well, this is all the young master's clever calculation, and he has caught the weakness of Gaochang Fanren," taking the tea bowl, Liu Bing glanced up at Ma Liang, and said softly: "Otherwise, let's go into Gaochang to collect it loosely, even if Hou Junji can't be ruthless, we don't want to receive so many goods in such a short time." ”

Thinking about this period of time, the Gaochang people were like crazy, and they had been transporting to the border day and night, Liu Bing couldn't help but sigh again at the foresight of their young master, and directly picked up Gao Mao's neck, and compressed the normal things of a year and a half into just one month.

Thinking about the prime ministers and generals of Gaochang every day, they have to seek to trade with them in a low voice, and even in order not to disturb their rest and not delay the trading time, they would rather send the goods at night and wait until the day to contact the Liu family.

At the same time, Liu Bing did not have any pity in his heart, thinking that if they hadn't obstructed it in every way, the heavy boat steward would not have been seriously injured and went home, and they Gaochang would not have suffered the situation they are in today.

"How's it going out there?" Drinking tea, his body couldn't help but feel a little warmer, Liu Bing listened to some noisy sounds outside, and asked Ma Liang in a loud voice.

"It seems that another batch of white stacks has arrived in Gaochang, and it is now being unloaded." Ma Liang replied softly, looked at the faces of their stewards, bent over and said, "If the steward thinks it is noisy, the villain will go and give a few instructions and let them all be quiet." ”

Because they are asking for help, Qu Yifu and Chu Yi and his party are extremely polite to the people of the Liu family, especially to Liu Bing and the people close to him. Therefore, Ma Liang's identity has also risen because of this, and he has spoken louder than before.

"Well, that's not necessary. They worked overnight, and it was for us to benefit from them, so we didn't have to go and disturb them. Holding the tea bowl in his hand, Liu Bing thought for a moment, and then instructed Ma Liang: "Go and tell the martial lieutenant in charge of guarding, let him be careful during this time, and strictly prevent Gaochang from marching and attacking the camp." ”

According to Gao Chang's current attitude of being so eager and even rushing to transport goods overnight, it shows that they are short of money, and it also indirectly proves that they attach great importance to this transaction, and it is almost impossible to break off diplomatic relations with the camp.

However, they can't be paralyzed by this, Liu Bing will not forget that in Gaochang, their Liu clan still has Hou Junji, a sworn enemy, by their side