"Qing'er, come here and rub my shoulders." Liu Qi said vaguely while eating fruit. After these few days of cultivation, the bruises on Liu Qi's chest have gradually subsided and swollen, but he can't do strenuous exercise yet.
It was still possible to move around. Because he felt tired of staying in the house, he went out to put fruits in the garden and ate them while having fun with Qing'er and Wan'er. Liu Qi also had tables, chairs and benches specially built according to his drawings, so in the garden
Playing around is not tiring at all.
"Master, didn't you rub it just now? Why do you want me to rub it again now?" Qing'er blushed and muttered.
"You were so preoccupied with fighting just now that you didn't have time to rub your shoulders!" Liu Qi said with a dark face.
"You also said, if it weren't for you and I, how would we do that? The bad young master knows how to bully others. Sister Wan'er, you see, the young master wants to bully others again." Qing'er took Wan'er's hand and pouted.
"I didn't see it." Wan'er said and turned her head to the side, deliberately not looking at her.
"Sister Wan'er, you..." Qing'er pointed at Wan'er and was speechless.
"Hahaha..." Liu Qi laughed.
"Hehehe..." Wan'er also covered her mouth and snickered.
"You...you actually joined forces to laugh at me. I will never pay attention to you two again." Qing'er muttered and turned her head away from looking at Liu Qi.
"Okay, okay...it's the young master's fault, don't blame Qing'er." Seeing that Qing'er was really angry, Liu Qi hurriedly stepped forward to coax him. Then he whispered a few words in Qing'er's ear.
Qing'er looked at Wan'er and then said to Liu Qi: "Then you are not allowed to lie to me again." "Of course, Master, what I say will definitely count." Liu Qi patted his chest and said.
"Ouch." Liu Qi was patting and patting, and suddenly he put a hand on his chest and shouted.
Qing'er hurriedly stepped forward to support Liu Qi and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Wan'er heard Liu Qi shouting and thought his chest condition was getting worse, so she quickly ran forward to check.
Qing'er glanced away and saw Wan'er running over. She walked to the other side of Liu Qi calmly and winked at Liu Qi.
Liu Qi turned around and took a step forward, but Wan'er, who was rushing over, couldn't avoid it and bumped into him.
"Ouch." Just as Wan'er was about to get up, Liu Qi took the opportunity to hug Wan'er.
Wan'er, who had a gentle personality, struggled for a while, and when it was no use, she let Liu Qi hold her, but her face could not be redder. Liu Qi looked down at Wan'er and couldn't help but want to kiss her.
"Hehehe... Brother is so lucky!" At this moment, Liu Pan and Liu Xiu walked in from outside.
Liu Qi secretly cursed that they came at the wrong time and was reluctant to let go of Wan'er. After Wan'er was released, she blushed and said, "I'll pour the tea." After saying that, she ran away with a blushing face.
"What are you two boys doing here again, disturbing my good things?" Liu Qi scolded with a smile. Then he asked the two of them to sit down.
"Hehehe... Don't be surprised, brother, we really have something to do here." Liu said with a smile.
"Tell me what's going on." Liu Qi stopped making things difficult for them when he saw that they were in trouble.
"Brother, I heard that Zhang Yue's brother Zhang Yi brought more than a dozen carts of property from Changsha to save his younger brother, and gave generous gifts to Xiangyang officials, big and small. I hope they can plead for Zhang Yue in front of his father. I don't know who.
Spread the news, and now the whole Xiangyang City is talking about it, and the people are expressing their dissatisfaction with this matter, and the public is now very excited. Let's see who can save Zhang Yue, this time Zhang Yi will steal the chicken but lose the rice."
Liu Xiu was obviously in a happy mood and was dancing with joy.
"Even so, that Zhang Yi is not a good person. His brother did something wrong and didn't come to apologize. He still wants to save his brother. It's simply a delusion." Liu Pan said fiercely.
"His brother was arrested because of me. His family has become enemies with me. It's already good enough not to blame me. There is no reason to apologize to the enemy." Liu Qi said with a gloomy face. After hearing what Liu Xiu said, Liu Qi said for the third time
One reaction was that 'someone framed him'. This was too coincidental. I didn't finish talking about it earlier, but waited until Zhang Yi had given away all the gifts. Who is most suspected of spreading this news is, of course, Zhang Yi.
Liu Qi is happy with his hatred. Didn’t this offend all the officials in Xiangyang, big and small? You said that Zhang Yi’s gift-giving was bribery, but wouldn’t these officials’ acceptance of gifts be bribe-taking? Who wants to be pointed at and said when they go out?
"Did you see that he accepted gifts from so-and-so and let so-and-so go?" However, the law does not punish the public. If there are more people, it will be safer. Even if word spreads, no one will care.
Liu Qi looked at Liu Pan and asked, "Have you read a book in the past two days?"
"Uh, no. Brother, you also know that I am not interested in books." Liu Pan said frustratedly.
"Is it possible that anyone is born to like reading? Armed force alone is just a man's courage and cannot lead good soldiers to fight a good war. I don't ask you to read many books every day. But you must read every day. Do you think Xiang Yu and Lu Bu are good at martial arts? But
In the end, they still had to die. Han Xin's martial arts skills were great, but he still commanded millions of troops. If you want to be a general, just read books honestly and fight some battles. Do you want to be Han Xin or do you want to be a general?
Xiang Yu, go back and think about it yourself." Liu Qi said with a gloomy face.
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In the General's Mansion in Zhennan, Liu Biao had just finished his meal and was reading in the study. As one of the "Eight Horses", Liu Biao never put down his books even when he became the shepherd of a state, and took a certain amount of time to read every day. Before going to bed at night, Liu Biao
One of the time slots he took out. Today he is reading The Analects of Confucius. Although he has read it countless times, he has different insights every time.
"Deng, Deng, Deng" rapid footsteps sounded from outside the door, which ruined Liu Biao's mood, because there was probably something important happening, otherwise no one would dare to disturb him at this time.
"Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Flying Tiger Army, Wang Wei, has something urgent to ask for." The voice coming from outside the door was panting, obviously because he was walking fast.
"Sure enough." Liu Biao thought to himself, and at the same time he felt a little heavy in his heart. Wang Wei was eighty-eight in his forties this year. He was already considered a veteran. He was cautious and had the style of a general. He and Wenpin were rare generals in Xiangyang, so
Liu Biao left the security of Xiangyang to him, but he couldn't handle it well, which shows the seriousness of the matter.
"Let him come in." Liu Biao put down his book and shouted outside.
After a while, a veteran in his late fifties pushed open the door and walked in. His thick armor was like a mountain, and he made a thumping sound when he walked. The whole person looked as steady as a mountain.
"I will see you at the end, sir." Wang Wei bowed and saluted, his voice like a loud bell.
"Get up, why did the general come to see me so late?" Liu Biao asked.
"Your Excellency, there are rumors in the city today that Zhang Yue's brother Zhang Yi has brought more than a dozen carts of property from Changsha, and has given generous gifts to officials of all sizes in Xiangyang City, in the hope of rescuing his brother Zhang Yue. The people are afraid of Zhang Yue.
After being released, they ran around telling each other. Now the streets and alleys of Xiangyang City are discussing this matter. The general is afraid of causing trouble, so he came to report and asked your lord to make a decision." Wang Wei said.
Liu Biao did not speak, but looked down at the open book on the desk. The sentence in the middle of the book was "It is better to defend the people's mouth than to defend the river." Liu Biao just saw this sentence and was disturbed. He would not I thought it was that simple, otherwise I wouldn't have the ability to become the shepherd of this state.
It was not that Liu Biao had not considered the issue of heirship, but had been thinking about it. He had three sons, and he knew their characters very well. Liu Xiu was too young to think about it. His eldest son Liu Qi looked like him, and he had liked him very much since he was a child, but He is just too cowardly. He knows his character, but he is getting old and doesn't want to fight anymore, but he doesn't want his son to be like him. Jingzhou seems to be calm, but it is actually turbulent. If Liu Qi is passed on, let alone him Whether we can hold on to this territory or whether we can secure this position is a question.
He sat in this position with the help of aristocratic families. The four major aristocratic families in Jingzhou, the Cai family, the Zhang family, the Huang family, and the Pang family, have deep-rooted influence in Jingzhou and are married to each other. Without the support of the Cai family, he would not have been able to successfully pacify Jingzhou. Now, Although the Zhang family only has one Zhang Yun, which seems weak, the Kuai family has developed. His support of the Kuai family over the years is to check and balance the Jingzhou family, but it is also a check and balance. It can be said that the family controls half of Jingzhou.
If Liu Qi were to succeed to the throne based on his cowardly character, Jingzhou would still not be carved up by aristocratic families. That's why he alienated Liu Qi because he planned to let Liu Cong succeed to the throne so that there would be no fratricide between brothers.
Liu Cong has been smart since he was a child, and knows everything about everything. His mother is from the Cai family. After he succeeds to the throne, he will have the support of the Cai family, so he will be safe. And other aristocratic families will not just sit back and watch the Cai family dominate, and will definitely unite to fight against the Cai family. This leaves Liu Cong with room for buffering. At least he can secure this position, but Liu Cong is not as open-minded as Liu Qi in character. He is narrow-minded, close to the aristocratic family, and treats the people as if they are nothing. He will easily do some disasters in the future. Therefore. Liu Biao has yet to express his position.
This news from Wang Wei undoubtedly told him that Liu Qi wanted to kill Zhang Yue. This news was easily reminiscent of Liu Qi. Who would have spread this news at this time if Liu Qi had not spoken?
Cai Mao has no reason to put Zhang Yue to death, and the forces attached to him will not disrupt the situation at this time. Others will not get involved in this muddy water, because it will offend not only Cai Mao but also Liu Biao. The only one left is Liu Qi, because Even if Liu Qi did this, no one would say anything. Liu Biao took a deep breath and felt that if Liu Qi's injury was not in vain, it would be a blessing in disguise for him to have a better understanding.
"In the name of the Zhennan General's Mansion, you issue a notice saying that Zhang Yue is lawless and daring. He is sentenced to death and will be executed in three days." Liu Biao was in a good mood and decided Zhang Yue's fate with one sentence.
Wang Wei was shocked. After this notice was issued, Zhang Yue's fate was over. He had room for redemption before, but now no one can save him. But this has nothing to do with him. He and Zhang Xian have no friendship. He had also heard of Yue, but he could only say that he deserved his death. But it involved another matter, and he had to remind him.
"Sir, your birthday is in three days, should you postpone it a little longer?" Wang Wei reminded.
"Oh, is it my birthday again? In that case, let's change it to ten days later." After Liu Biao finished speaking, he was a little uninterested.
Seeing that Liu Biao was not very interested, Wang Wei left silently.
Liu Biao was the only one left in the study. Looking at the books on the table, Liu Biao was no longer in the mood to read. It was his birthday in three days. He was one year older. He was already sixty-one and already old. He had been dealing with affairs recently.
They were all a little overwhelmed. "Hey..." Liu Biao sighed and left the study.