Chapter Twenty: The General's Drunken Plan

  Yan Tian returned to the mansion, and upon hearing the news of Liu Yun's return, he hurriedly arrived at the martial arts arena. Looking at Liu Yun, whose demeanor had completely changed, and seeing Yan Tian with a head full of white hair, the gazes of the father-son duo converged for an instant before dispersing again.

  "Yun'er, these days have been hard on you." Yan Tian said softly.

  "Dad, you've worked hard too." A sour feeling surged up in Liuyun's heart again.

  "Is everything okay back home?" Yintian had heard some rumors about Liuyun's actions after returning to Kaidenburg. The occasional exchange of letters between Are and Liuyun also made him feel at ease with Liuyun.

  Liu Yun briefly told Yan Tian about his situation in Kaid Castle, omitting the new training and other content.

  "This time back, one is to visit my father and elder brother, younger sister reunion, also there is a matter to discuss with my father."

  "Oh? Tell me about it." Yan Tian's mood was quite good, after all, his son had finally started doing things. And that oath of blood made Yan Tian even more convinced that his son had changed.

  "I'm preparing to establish a private guard and I'd like to ask Father to handle the formalities for me."

  According to imperial regulations, nobles with titles can establish private guards, but they must be registered with the Imperial Military Department. During wartime, they also receive combat missions.

  "This thing is easy. But establishing a private guard requires spending quite a bit of money, how do you plan to solve it?"

  Because maintaining an army was too expensive, Yan Tian and Mu Feng, although having the title of guards, did not have a guard corps. This was also true for many nobles in the empire, except for a few who had fiefs or served in border cities.

  "As for this, the child has already thought of a way." Liú Yún said with a smile, but had no intention of revealing his own way of making a fortune.

  "That's good. After the formalities are completed, I'll send you another 200 men's equipment as a father." Yan Tian was overjoyed and said with a smile. As the Minister of Military Affairs, he still had this privilege.

  "Master Everson and Walker pay their respects to Your Excellency, the Duke." Just as Yan Tian and Liu Yun finished their father-son conversation, Everson and Walker stepped forward in a timely manner to pay their respects to Yan Tian.

  "Father, these two are my brothers. Since I arrived at Kai De Fortress, they have been by my side helping me." Liu Yun hastily introduced the two to Yan Tian.

  "Please don't be polite. The child is misbehaving, so I hope you two can help discipline him more."

  Yan Tian was also surprised by the appearance of two young swordsmen, after all, although there were many swordsmen on the mainland, young ones were rare.

  "The Duke is too kind," Iverson smiled. "It's our honor to follow Yun Shao."

  After some thought, Yan Tian said to the two of them: "Are you two willing to take a position in the army? I can guarantee it."

  There were two swordsmen by his son's side, which was a good thing, but thinking about the future of the two, Yan Tian still decided to invite them out.

  "Dad, you're digging at my wall corner." Although she understood her father's kindness, Liuyun still pretended to be unhappy.

  "We thank you for your kindness, Your Grace. However, we have made up our minds to follow Yun Zhongjun for life, so we decline your offer." said Iverson and Walker in unison.

  "You knew it would be like this, didn't you?" Yan Tian asked with interest as he sized up Liu Yun.

  "Hehe, they are my brothers, of course I'll be with them. Brothers don't abandon each other in a fight." After saying that, Liú Yún smiled and glanced at Jīng Léi.

  "My son, I'm getting more and more puzzled by you. But I still rejoice at the change in you." thought Yan Tian.

  "Tonight, I'll host a dinner to welcome you two." Yan Tian said to Iverson and Walker, then continued in a loud voice: "Tonight, our whole family will gather together too."

  Later, under the gentle persuasion of Liuyun and Are, Yan Tian also lifted the Thunder Shock Forbidden Foot Forbidden Martial Arts order.

  When the lanterns first came up, the back garden of the Cade Mansion was filled with joy and warmth. Mu Feng, Liu Yun, Jing Lei, and A'Re, three sons and one daughter, were all in front of him, making Yan Tian suddenly feel much younger. And Liu Yun's transformation, which had been followed by two swordsmen, made him overjoyed. At the banquet, Liu Yun took out a beautifully packaged bottle of grape wine from a gift box and presented it to his father.

  "Dad, this is a gift prepared by your child for you, hoping you will like it."

  Yan Tian took the gift box, and his eyes were immediately attracted to it. After a while, Yan Tian sighed: "It's not an extraordinary talent that can create such a shocking work! As a father who has been through the battlefield all his life, this painting is just a concentrated version of my own experience!"

  After finishing, he handed the gift box to the crowd that had already been curious for a long time, triggering bursts of exclamations. And in Liuyun's mind, the figure of Huajingyun suddenly appeared.

  Open the gift box, in front of everyone is a simple and classic ceramic wine jug with three big characters "Jiang Jun Lei".

  "General's tears, general's tears, let the general get drunk!" As he watched the crimson wine pour into his cup, Yan Tian suddenly thought of those young men who had died in battle by his side and said sorrowfully.

  "Good wine!" After finishing the wine in his cup, Yan Tian praised it after savoring it for a while. Everyone else also started to taste it, and even Are was exceptionally allowed by her father to have a cup.

  "Yun'er, how many bottles of wine did you bring?" Yantian suddenly asked.

  "Dad, there are only five bottles. If we drink one today, there will be four left." Liú Yún saw the happy look on his father's face and felt joyful in his heart as well.

  "These wines, I'll take them all. Haha, as long as His Majesty the Emperor permits it, from now on this wine will be the farewell wine for my Imperial Army! But Yun'er, where is this wine produced and how many bottles can be produced in a year?"

  A large-scale military procurement? For this unexpected surprise, Liú Yún also didn't think of it, he even forgot that his own father was the Minister of Military Affairs.

  "Father, from now on you can just send someone to find Miss Huajie of the Roman family to place an order. She is in charge of sales for this wine."

  After the dinner party, Liú Yún and ā Lěi sat in the garden talking about their parting. Every time they were together, Liú Yún felt especially happy and relaxed.

  "Second brother, has she forgiven you?" Are seemed curious about that "she", and began to discuss this issue.

  "No. The road is still long, such injuries, how can you say forget and forget?"

  "Then, will she be my sister-in-law later?"

  "This......" Faced with the little girl's sudden question, Liú Yún was completely unprepared and had never considered this issue before, so she was momentarily left speechless.

  "Second brother thinks that a happy marriage should be the combination of two people in love. If there is no lover, I would rather be alone." My heart already belongs to her, can I still have a happy marriage? Cloud thought to himself.

  "What is it like to be in love?" Are asked again.

  On the Blue Moon Continent, young men and women from noble families often become sacrifices to political marriages. Looking at his young sister, Liú Yún made a silent vow that he absolutely could not let her follow in the footsteps of those other noble girls.

  "Alright, Second Brother will tell you a story, and you can think deeply about it. In the future, when you get married, you should marry someone you like; otherwise, even if it's an imperial prince who wants to marry you, I won't agree."

  "I'm not getting married." Are's face suddenly turned red and she pulled Liuyun's arm, saying stubbornly.

  The night breeze was gentle, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. In the quiet garden of the Cade estate, a young girl leaned against her brother's side, listening to him tell that moving story.