Hearing the sound behind him, Liu Qi suddenly turned around and saw a middle-aged man in white and Uncle Zhang standing not far behind Liu Qi. Both of them were looking at him with smiles on their faces.
Liu Qi was relieved when he saw the two of them. They were the only two people who could appear behind him silently.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. How are you doing, young master?" Seeing Liu Qi turn around, the middle-aged man cupped his hands towards Liu Qi and said with a smile.
"Senior Lao, I miss you." Liu Qi returned the gesture.
Liu Qi glanced at Uncle Zhang who was standing next to the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "Senior and Uncle Zhang are old friends?" Liu Qi did not have the slightest doubt about Uncle Zhang.
"Yes, we haven't seen each other for a long time." The middle-aged man sighed and said, "He has not been seen for more than ten years. If I hadn't happened to come to Xiangyang this time for something, I might never have seen him again in this life."
Uncle Zhang on the side shook his head and said: "It's not as mysterious as what you said. It's just more than ten years since I last saw you. Besides, even if you don't come to me, I will come to find you in two years."
"Haha, your affairs won't be finished within two years." The middle-aged man shook his head.
Looking at the tone and expression between the two, Liu Qi could already tell that the relationship between the two was definitely unusual.
"Young Master, I heard that the girl who came back with you was poisoned. He is proficient in medical skills, so why not let him take a look first." Zhang Bo pointed at the middle-aged man beside him and said to Liu Qi.
"Oh, then I'll trouble you, senior." Liu Qi looked at the middle-aged man with some surprise.
"It doesn't matter, you take me to have a look first. Maybe I can't cure the poison." The middle-aged man said calmly.
"Please." Liu Qi stretched out his hand and headed towards the backyard.
Not long after, Liu Qi led a few people into the room. At this time, only Wan'er and Xiao Qiao were left in the room to take care of Da Qiao. When they saw a few people coming in, the two women stood up and saluted.
"How is your sister now?" Liu Qi looked at Xiao Qiao and asked.
"Sister has just taken the medicine and has fallen asleep now." Xiao Qiao whispered, looking a little depressed.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to your sister." Seeing Xiao Qiao looking like this, Liu Qi stepped forward to comfort her.
"Yeah." Xiao Qiao nodded without saying anything.
"This senior is proficient in medical skills. Please pack some for senior to see." Liu Qi pointed at the middle-aged man and said.
Xiao Qiao glanced at the middle-aged man in surprise. She had naturally seen the middle-aged man before. She also knew that it was because of the middle-aged man that Liu Qi went back to Xiangyang a few days ago without taking a break. However, when she heard Liu Qi say that he was proficient in medical skills, Xiao Qiao
Qiao's eyes lit up, he glanced at the middle-aged man, stepped forward and lifted up the clothes on Da Qiao's arm to expose the wound.
Looking at the dark wound, the middle-aged man frowned tightly, and after a while he sighed and said: "This poison is extremely overbearing, and I am not sure of its cure, but I can stop the poison from spreading further in ten days."
Her arm will be fine within a few days, and there will be nothing I can do after ten days."
After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man looked at the cloth brocade on Da Qiao's arm and said: "Although this cloth brocade can prevent the spread of poison, it only has a temporary effect. Her arm will be very sensitive if it is tied up for a long time."
It may be scrapped.”
"Ah, the doctor just now said it could take more than ten days." Xiao Qiao exclaimed.
"This kind of poison is extremely overbearing. Its potency will become stronger and stronger as time goes by. Ordinary medicinal stones have no effect at all. Ordinary doctors can't see the power of this poison, so they say it can delay
More than ten days." The middle-aged man shook his head.
Liu Qi's face was also a little solemn. He turned his head and looked at Uncle Zhang on the side. Seeing Uncle Zhang nodding, Liu Qi breathed out and said, "Then please take care of me, senior."
"It's nothing, but are you sure you can find a way to treat her within these ten days?" the middle-aged man looked at Liu Qi and asked.
"I have some friendship with the miracle doctor Hua Tuo. I think he is already on the way. He will definitely come in more than ten days." Liu Qi nodded.
"Hua Tuo? I have heard of this person. If you can invite him to come, her poison will be solved." The middle-aged man said and picked up the pen on the table and started writing. After a while, the middle-aged man
Putting down the pen, he said: "Just take medicine from the house above. She will be fine within ten days. I will also live in the house during these ten days. Let me know if anything happens."
Liu Qi nodded and picked up the bamboo slips on the table, read it once and handed it to Wan'er, saying, "Wan'er, I'll leave this matter to you."
"Yes." Wan'er took the bamboo slips and walked out.
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"Trash." In the study, Cai Mao grabbed the bamboo slips on the table and threw them down, hitting the man in black kneeling in front of the desk with a bang.
"Lord, please calm down. This time, Liu Qi has been on guard for a long time, and it was an honest assassination. It is really difficult for the assassin. But now that Liu Qi has returned to Xiangyang, the Flying Tiger Guard is no longer under Liu Qi's command. At this time
There will definitely be nothing wrong if we go to assassinate Liu Qi again. Assassinating Liu Qi inside Xiangyang City is far more intimidating than outside Xiangyang City." The man in black let the bamboo slip hit his head and said with his head lowered.
"Hmph! More than 300 people failed to assassinate one person, and nearly a hundred people were lost. Is it because the strength of the black guards has declined, or is it that your three leaders made a mistake in their leadership?" Cai Hao looked at the men in black and asked coldly.
"This..." The men in black didn't know how to answer for a moment. If the strength of the men in black declined, it would be their dereliction of duty. But if they answered their mistakes, Cai Mao would definitely get rid of them as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, my lord, the guards in black will definitely take Liu Qi's head within three days. Moreover, Liu Qi invited a doctor after returning to the mansion. The people in the mansion must have been seriously injured. My subordinates have already asked. Although Liu Qi was not killed in this assassination,
He was beheaded, but the man in the carriage was hit by an arrow. The crossbow arrows of the black-clothed guards were all poisonous, so this man would definitely not survive more than three days." The man in black hesitated and said.
"Who is in the carriage?" Cai Hao asked after a moment of silence.
"There are women in the carriage. According to the intelligence, they should be Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao that Liu Qi robbed from Jiangdong. But now these two women should be Liu Qi's women." The man in black said.
"It's just a woman. If Liu Qi's name cannot be revealed within three days, the leader of the black guards should be replaced." After Cai Hao said this, he waved the man in black to retreat. He decided to assassinate Liu Qi because Liu Biao did not respond.
He didn't say anything about this matter. In his opinion, as long as Liu Biao didn't say anything, he would assassinate Liu Qi unscrupulously. What he worried about was that he couldn't fall out with Liu Biao. As for the future, he had decided to defect to Cao Cao, and there would be no need to fall out with Liu Biao.
It’s related.
The man in black left the study, walked around the house a few times and came to a courtyard. People in black came and went from time to time in the courtyard. The man in black entered the courtyard and went directly to the main hall. There were two people above the main hall.
The man in black was already waiting here. When the man in black came in, they both stood up to greet him.
"Brother." These two are the second and third leaders of the Black Guards.
"Huh, it's all the fault of you two." The man in black snorted and pointed at the two of them.
"Brother, don't be angry. Please tell us what your lord wants to say first." The second leader asked the man in black to sit down and personally brought him a glass of water.
"What else can I say? My lord said that if Liu Qi cannot be killed within three days, then there is no need for us to stay." The man in black said gloomily.
Hearing the words of the man in black, both of them were shocked. After a while, they finally came to their senses and said, "Brother, it will be extremely difficult to assassinate Liu Qi in these three days. If Liu Qi can't get out of the house, how can we
Do you want to kill him in his house?"
"No matter what, I must kill Liu Qi this time, even if it costs the entire black guard. And I will personally assassinate Liu Qi this time," said the man in black.
"Ah." Both of them were shocked. As the leader of the black guards, the man in black had not personally assassinated anyone in more than 20 years.
Seeing that there was no way out, the two men's expressions became gloomy. They sat under the man in black and said nothing.
"Second brother, you usually have many ideas. It's up to you to decide when to assassinate." The man in black looked at the second leader and said.
"Brother, Liu Qi is going to attend Liu Biao's banquet tomorrow. We might as well assassinate him at the banquet. Liu Qi won't have too many people around him at the banquet, and his defenses will be much looser. I'll wait for a sudden attack at that time.
The killer, maybe he can be effective with one strike." The second leader said after being silent for a while.
"This..." The man in black hesitated. If he assassinated Liu Qi at Liu Biao's banquet, wouldn't it be like breaking up with Liu Biao and Cai Hao? Cai Hao would definitely not agree if he knew about it.
"Brother, we have no retreat. If we succeed, we can continue to stay here. If we fail, the three of us will fly away. With the martial arts of the three of us, it is not difficult to survive." Seeing Liu Biao, the second leader hesitated and stepped forward to persuade him.
road.
"Yes, we have done so many things for the Cai family over the years without any credit or hard work. Over the years, Cai Mao's attitude towards us has become worse and worse. Maybe one day he will let us die. It is better to leave." The three leaders
He also advised from the side.
"Leave? Where can we go? It's not like you don't know the strength of the Cai family. The entire Jingzhou is within the scope of the Cai family's strength. Only in Jingzhou can the Cai family eliminate us at any time." The man in black shook his head.
"Brother, don't worry. Although the Cai family is powerful in Jingzhou, it has little power in other places. As long as we leave Jingzhou, even the Cai family will have nothing to do. Besides, it is too early to discuss this matter now. If
If Liu Qi is really killed, we won't have to run away, now we are just giving brother a warning." said the second leader.
"Okay, we'll talk about this later. Now let's discuss the matter of assassinating Liu Qi. Tomorrow, the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion will be heavily guarded, and it will not be easy to assassinate Liu Qi." The man in black nodded.
"Brother is right. Tomorrow the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion will be heavily guarded. If you want to assassinate Liu Qi, you can either use poison or send someone to sneak into the manor. There is no other way." The second leader said.
"In this case, we must use a two-pronged approach to kill Liu Qi." The man in black said, clasping his hands.