"He just went to sleep?" They were a step too late. If it weren't for the barbarian and Deng Tian's delay on the way, they might have made it in time. Liu Mang frowned. He did not have much time. After all, using his subordinates to disguise as him in Liu Biao's residence is very likely to be discovered. The longer he drags on, the more unfavorable it would be for him.
Seeing Liu Mang's frown, Kuai Ran smiled bitterly. "Uncle Chen, can I trouble you to report that Uncle has an old friend who wishes to see Uncle?" Kuai Ran was already very humble, but Uncle Chen shook his head. "Young Master Kuai Ran, you should know that once Master sleeps, no one is allowed to disturb him!" "This Kuai Liang is an old-fashioned person. He has his own stubborn principles. Once he has decided on something, he will definitely not change it.
"Uncle Chen, please help me report this matter!"
"Young Master Kuai Ran, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that Master hates it when he's asleep!"
"Uncle Chen, please make an exception for me! You watched me grow up and Brother Wang is my best friend. This time, he came to visit Uncle. What would happen if he was blocked outside the door? Just report it once, just report it once, alright?! " Uncle Chen had watched Kuai Ran grow up. Originally, the Kuai brothers lived together in the West Courtyard and the East Courtyard. However, Kuai Ran was the only male in the Kuai Family. Naturally, the Kuai Family placed him in their hearts. Uncle Chen was also such a person. He treated Kuai Ran as if he was placed in the palm of his hand and was afraid that he would fall.
Seeing Kuai Ran's pleading expression, Uncle Chen sighed. "Alright, alright. I'll help you report this matter once! However, I can't guarantee whether Master will see you or not! " Uncle Chen really doted on Kuai Ran. He didn't have any children, so seeing Kuai Ran was like seeing his own child. This time, Uncle Chen was very happy that Kuai Ran came to visit Kuai Liang.
"Thank you, Uncle Chen. Thank you!"
"Wait here, I'll be right back!" Before Chen Bo left, he couldn't help but look at Liu Mang. Kuai Ran didn't have many friends in Jingzhou. Those who had higher status than him were his elders. Those who had lower status than him were people of the same generation as him. Although the Kuai Family had a good relationship with the Cai Family, Kuai Ran and Cai He were not the same type of people. The Huang Family was also a political enemy. It was impossible for them to make friends with the Huang Family.
Originally, Kuai Ran still had Nanyang's Deng Family's Eldest Young Master to talk to. However, after the Deng Family was destroyed, Kuai Ran no longer had any friends. Now that Kuai Ran had a close friend, Uncle Chen couldn't help but take a second look at Liu Mang.
Liu Mang also nodded his head and saluted Uncle Chen. This had nothing to do with status, but age.
Uncle Chen entered the room and saw that Kuai Liang was already on the bed. Although he wasn't asleep immediately, he was in a state of feigning sleep. Kuai Liang's wife had been gone for many years, and Kuai Liang had never remarried. Age was one of the problems, and another problem was that Kuai Liang did not want to remarry. He wasn't like his lord, Liu Biao, and he didn't need to care about the marriage between the clans. His elder brother would take care of it.
Kuai Liang had a total of two daughters and both of them were married. Although they weren't very rich, the two sons-in-law could be considered talented people. The entire Kuai Manor was quite peaceful.
"Master, Master!" Uncle Chen walked outside and carefully knocked on Kuai Liang's door.
"Hmm?" Kuai Liang, who was in the room, frowned when he heard the sound of the door opening. "What is it?"
"Master, Young Master Kuai Ran is here. He wants to see you!" Uncle Chen whispered to Kuai Liang.
"Kuai Ran?" Kuai Liang was slightly taken aback. "Why is this kid here? It's already so late and he's looking for me?"
"I don't know!"
"It's already late. Arrange for him to stay in the residence. I'll meet him tomorrow morning!" Kuai Liang was very happy to hear that Kuai Ran was here. After all, this kid was his nephew and the only son of his elder brother. It was reasonable for him to visit an elder.
"Yes!" Uncle Chen nodded. He had already informed Kuai Ran, but Kuai Liang didn't want to see him immediately.
Uncle Chen left the room and went to the front hall.
"Uncle Chen, how is it? Is Uncle willing to see us? " Kuai Ran hurriedly asked when he saw Uncle Chen. Uncle Chen shook his head. "Young Master Kuai Ran, Master is already asleep. He wants you to rest. We'll discuss other matters tomorrow morning!" Since Kuai Liang had fallen asleep, he basically didn't need to deal with anything. Everything would be dealt with the next day because Kuai Liang had once said that one should sleep properly and not be disturbed by the next day's matters. In this case, not only would he be unable to sleep well because of the lack of rest or lack of rest, his work on the next day would also be delayed because of his lack of energy.
"I see!" Kuai Ran was a little disappointed. He thought that his uncle, Kuai Liang, would get up on account of his nephew's visit. However, it seemed that Kuai Liang wasn't going to give him any face.
"Lord, what do you think?" Jia Xu walked to Liu Mang. It was better for them to meet Kuai Liang as soon as possible. However, Kuai Liang wasn't seeing any guests right now. They couldn't possibly rush into his room and wake him up.
"Brother Wang, I think we should arrange a place to rest first! Let's talk about the past with my uncle tomorrow! " Kuai Ran shook his head. "Uncle Chen, please arrange a few rooms for my friends to rest in!" Kuai Ran pointed at the people beside him. There were quite a lot of people. There were seven women. Six of them were bought by Liu Mang. There was also a barbarian princess that he picked up along the way. There were also Jia Xu and his four guards as well as the unconscious barbarian princess. Adding on Kuai Ran and Liu Mang, there were quite a lot of people. It would take some time to deal with all of them.
"Ai! Ai! " Uncle Chen nodded and led Kuai Ran and the others to arrange the rooms. "Everyone, please follow me!"
"Wait!" Liu Mang frowned. Time was precious and he couldn't delay any longer. He had already wasted a lot of time to get rid of the spies. If he delayed any longer, he didn't know when he would be able to complete his task. Therefore, it was better to meet Kuai Liang as soon as possible.
"What's wrong with this young master?" Uncle Chen asked the rogue. Kuai Ran had said that this young master was his best friend. Therefore, Uncle Chen had a good impression of Liu Mang.
"Elder, Kuai Ran and I are best friends! Since he called you Uncle Chen, I'll call you Uncle Chen too! "The rogue said to Uncle Chen.
"You can't do that!" Uncle Chen quickly waved his hand. Kuai Ran called him Uncle Chen because Uncle Chen had watched him grow up. Kuai Ran was happy to call him Uncle Chen. However, Liu Mang was different. Liu Mang was also a young master while Uncle Chen was just an old servant. Although it was said that the Prime Minister was a seventh-rank official, it still depended on who he was compared to.
"Uncle Chen!" Since Liu Mang had already called him, Uncle Chen could only accept it. Liu Mang directly climbed up the pole. "Uncle Chen, can you help me report again?"
"Young master, didn't I already say that the Prime Minister is resting now? He doesn't want to see anyone. If there's anything, we can only discuss it the next day! " If the rogue wasn't gentle and polite, and if Liu Mang wasn't a good friend of Kuai Ran, Uncle Chen wouldn't have spoken to Liu Mang so nicely. However, because of this, Uncle Chen still patiently spoke to the rogue.
"Yes, Brother Wang. Once my uncle falls asleep, it's really hard to wake him up!"
"No!" Liu Mang shook his head. "Uncle Chen, please help me report again. Just this once!"
"Young master, the Prime Minister didn't even wake up when Kuai Ran arrived. What about you?" Uncle Chen's meaning was clear. The Prime Minister didn't even care about his own nephew. Why would he care about an outsider? Even if he was Kuai Ran's friend, it was useless. As for Kuai Ran's words about Liu Mang and Kuai Liang's friendship, Uncle Chen automatically ignored it.
Uncle Chen knew all of Kuai Liang's friends. After all, the two of them had been companions for so many years. Uncle Chen had also served Kuai Liang for so many years. He really didn't know Liu Mang.
"Uncle Chen, help me this once! Just this once! " Liu Mang looked at Uncle Chen pleadingly. "Uncle Chen, this matter is very important. It might even affect the lives of millions of people!" Liu Mang wasn't lying. Liu Mang came to Jingzhou to borrow provisions not only because of the possibility of Yangzhou being overthrown without provisions, but also because of the millions of people. Without provisions, Yangzhou would be like a few years ago. There would be starving people everywhere, and there would be corpses everywhere.
"This!" Uncle Chen didn't know how to refuse. How could this matter affect the lives of millions of people? This was simply putting a big hat on Uncle Chen's head. Although Uncle Chen wasn't educated, he couldn't be scared like this. Uncle Chen looked at Liu Mang's anxious eyes. That expression didn't seem fake.
"Uncle Chen, help Brother Wang pass the message again!" Kuai Ran also pleaded. Although he didn't know how this matter would affect the lives of millions of people, he owed Liu Mang a huge favor. Liu Mang had helped him and Yan Ran get married. After that, he had saved Kuai Ran's life. He had almost died for Kuai Ran. This was a huge favor.
"I …" Uncle Chen was still hesitating. He didn't know if he should go in and pass the message.
"Uncle Chen, take this!" Liu Mang said as he took a wooden box from Jia Xu.
"Young Master, what is this?" Uncle Chen looked at the box suspiciously and was about to take it.
"Be careful!" Jia Xu reminded him.
When Uncle Chen took it, he realized that it was really heavy. It was a little difficult for him to hold it with both hands. "What's inside?"
"It's just a token! Uncle Chen, if Mister Kuai Liang doesn't want to see us, you just have to pass this token to him and he will know! "Liu Mang said to Uncle Chen.
"Alright! I got it! " Uncle Chen nodded. He was a very easy-going person. "You all can sit here for a while. I will get the servants to clean up your rooms! I will be back in a while! " Uncle Chen didn't delay either of these matters. He immediately went to Kuai Liang's room and got the servants to clean up their rooms. A few servants obeyed and left. Uncle Chen carried the heavy wooden box with both hands and walked towards Kuai Liang's courtyard.
"Old Master!" Uncle Chen shouted respectfully outside Kuai Liang's room.
"Hm?" This time, Kuai Liang wasn't pretending to sleep. He was already sleepy and was about to fall asleep. How could he not be angry when someone interrupted him at this time? Everyone would be angry when they woke up. It was just a matter of how much.
"Old Master, there is a close friend of Young Master Kuai Ran outside who wants to see you. He said that it's an urgent matter!" Uncle Chen said carefully to the window.
"Haha!" Kuai Liang, who was in the inner room, suddenly laughed.
Uncle Chen didn't relax when he heard this laughter. Instead, his originally nervous expression became even more restrained. This was because he knew that his old master was angry.
"Chen Kang, how long have you been following me?" Kuai Liang suddenly asked a question that was not relevant to the topic at all.
"Master, I have been following you for 30 years ever since I joined the Kuai Family!" Although Kuai Liang's question was strange, Uncle Chen still answered carefully.
"It's already been thirty years!" Kuai Liang sighed. "How many thirty years does a person have?" When Uncle Chen entered the Kuai Family, the Kuai Family wasn't as big as it was now. It was just a second-rate noble family. Thirty years had passed and the Kuai Family had changed. It had grown from a small noble family to a colossus. It could be said that Jingzhou didn't have Liu Biao, but it couldn't do without the Kuai Family. In the past thirty years, they had all aged. Thirty years had passed, and the once high-spirited person had now become old and feeble.
"Yes, Old Master!" Uncle Chen's mood sank when he heard Kuai Liang's words. Too many things had happened in the past thirty years. Madam had left and the two young ladies had married. Now, only he and his old master were left in the family.
"Since you know that it's been thirty years, why do you still ask me?" Kuai Liang changed the topic and questioned Uncle Chen.
"It's been thirty years. Don't you understand me?" Kuai Liang raised his voice. His words were filled with anger.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Uncle Chen's forehead was covered in cold sweat. His old master was usually easy to talk to. However, once his principles were violated, it was natural for him to be afraid.
Uncle Chen wanted to leave but when he felt the weight in his hand, he gritted his teeth. "Old Master, Young Master Kuai Ran's friend gave you a wooden box. He said that it was a token and wanted you to take a look at it!" “
There are some things that I don't want to say a second time! "
"Old Master, I'll leave now. I'll leave now!" In his panic, Uncle Chen lost his grip on the heavy wooden box in his hand and it fell to the ground.
The loud sound made Kuai Liang's dissatisfied expression even more serious.
"Ah!" Uncle Chen opened his mouth wide in disbelief as he looked at the thing that fell out of the wooden box. In order to catch the thing that fell out of the wooden box, he directly pushed open the door and entered Kuai Liang's room.
The moonlight shone through the door and into the room.
"Chen Kang, that's enough!" Kuai Liang was really angry this time.
"Old Master, I was wrong. I was wrong!" Uncle Chen immediately knelt on the ground. Although his Master was usually a very kind person, Uncle Chen knew that his Master was also a very decisive person. When he was young, there were a lot of people who died in the hands of his Master. Uncle Chen was really regretting it now. Why did he have to help someone to report? Now, he had even barged into Master's house. This time, he was going to suffer. Uncle Chen was waiting for his old master's punishment.
"Hm?" Kuai Liang frowned as he looked at the square object that fell out of his room. "This thing?"
"I'll take this out right away!" Uncle Chen wanted to take the item and leave as soon as possible.
"Wait!" Just as Uncle Chen was about to put away the items on the ground, Kuai Liang spoke up.
"Eh?"
"Where is the owner of this token?"
"In the hall!"
"Okay, quickly go and greet him. I'll change my clothes and come over immediately!"
"Ahhhhh!" Uncle Chen was stunned. His old master had been like this for many years. Once he fell asleep, he wouldn't care about anything. Even if the First Master came, he would still scold him. However, this thing on the ground was enough to make his old master change his clothes and get up. Uncle Chen couldn't help but be stunned.
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