"Huh?" Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi in surprise. He didn't expect Liu Qi to know etiquette so well...
Although the Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, it still fundamentally governed the country with etiquette. Loyalty, filial piety, justice, etiquette and shame have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, now that etiquette has collapsed and the princes are fighting, people's hearts are no longer ancient, and the princes have long stopped observing these etiquette.
Well, it is really rare for Liu Qi, as the son of a prince, to be able to abide by these etiquette.
But thinking of Huang Zu, Huang Chengyan still snorted coldly, turned his head and looked at Liu Qi and said solemnly: "Are you Liu Qi?"
"Not bad." Liu Qi straightened up and stood calmly, nodding slightly when hearing Huang Chengyan's question.
"Did you know that Huang Zu came from the Huang clan?" Huang Chengyan looked up to Liu Qi even more highly when he saw him like this, but he still asked with a cold face.
"I know." Liu Qi said.
"Hmph, since you know that Huang Zu is from the Huang family and you still treat him like this, doesn't it mean that you don't take the Huang family in your eyes?" Huang Chengyan shouted in a deep voice.
Following his shout, all the Confucian scholars around him retreated and stood with their hands solemnly, daring not to have the slightest objection.
Sima Hui and the two people on the side looked at Liu Qi and Huang Chengyan with smiles and said nothing. Song Zhongzi was a little worried. He looked at Huang Chengyan from time to time and hesitated to speak, but he didn't know what to say. He was secretly anxious in his heart. And Wang Chengyan behind Liu Qi
Yi and Gan Ning glared at Huang Chengyan, and were very dissatisfied with Huang Chengyan's scolding of Liu Qi.
"It was precisely because I knew that Huang Zu was from the Huang clan that I escorted him back to Xiangyang." Liu Qi didn't care at all about Huang Chengyan's scolding and said with a smile. Yi Ji once said that Huang Chengyan had a weird temper, and Liu Qi had already been prepared.
"Haha, my Huang family has never been looked down upon like this, good! Good! Good!" Huang Chengyan was stunned and then laughed angrily, but this time he was really angry. He thought Liu Qi Zhili must be a sensible person,
He originally planned to expose the matter as long as Liu Qi apologized to him, but he didn't expect Liu Qi to slap the Huang family in the face in front of him.
Although Huang Zu was vaguely excluded by people within the Huang clan, he was still a member of the Huang clan after all. How could he not be angry when Liu Qi ridiculed the Huang clan like this in front of Huang Zu and other Confucian scholars.
At this time, Huang Chengyan had the urge to agree to Cai Mao and help the Cai family deal with Liu Qi. Fortunately, he knew that this matter was of great importance and related to the fate of the entire Huang family, so he suppressed this idea. However, he had already decided to give Liu Qi a
lesson.
"This..." Pang Degong and the two looked at each other in surprise. They were good friends with Huang Chengyan, so they naturally knew that Huang Chengyan usually didn't care about anything except the Huang family. Although he was forced to be the leader of the Huang family, he was
However, the Huang family takes it very seriously and does not allow anyone to offend. Before, Liu Qi's attack on Huang Zu could be explained as a personal grudge and there was still room for maneuver. But now Liu Qi slapped Huang in the face in public and there was no room for maneuver.
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The two looked at Liu Qi and saw that Liu Qi just smiled and did not speak. It was obviously not impulsive. Neither of them could figure out what Liu Qi's plan was.
Huang Chengyan's sharp shout was not suppressed deliberately, and everyone in the courtyard heard it clearly. However, seeing Liu Qi in front of Huang Chengyan, everyone understood why, and secretly paid attention to what Huang Chengyan would do.
"Idiot! If you want to provoke him at this time, you are asking for trouble. You can't blame others. Just wait for the anger of the Huang family."
"Huang Chengyan, I asked you to discuss dealing with Liu Qi, but you refused without mercy. Now let the Huang family and Liu Qi fight to the death. When the time comes, Liu Qi will be dealt with and the Huang family will be annexed in one fell swoop." Cai Hao looked at Liu Qi and the two men with twinkling eyes.
Secretly planning in my heart.
"I wonder if sir, have you ever heard of Huang Xiang?" Liu Qi seemed not to notice Huang Chengyan's anger and asked with a smile.
"Isn't this Liu Qi still trying to insult the ancestors of the Huang family?" Everyone around looked at Liu Qi in surprise. Everyone knew that the first generation of the Huang family in Jingzhou was Huang Xiang. Liu Qi mentioned it endlessly.
Coming to Huangxiang is really beyond people’s expectations.
"That's fine, then Liu Qi and the Huang family will become mortal enemies." Cai Mao guessed vaguely.
"Well." Huang Chengyan, who was looking angry when he heard Liu Qi's words, put away the angry look on his face and said coldly: "Huang Xiang is the ancestor, I wonder what you have to say?" As he said that, Huang Chengyan stared at Liu Qi, as if he didn't agree with what he said.
I have to fight Liu Qi desperately.
"Haha, Huang Xiang shakes a fan in the summer and warms the quilt in the winter. How benevolent it is. I didn't expect that the people of the Huang family today are just common people and greedy. It's really disappointing." Liu Qi shook his head and sighed.
Liu Qi didn't know that Huang Xiang was Huang Chengyan's ancestor, but Liu Qi had heard of Huang Xiang as one of the "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" in the Book of Filial Piety. He originally thought that Huang Xiang was also from the Han Dynasty, and might have some connection with the Huang family in Jingzhou, but he didn't expect it.
He is actually the direct ancestor of the Huang family.
The Classic of Filial Piety says that Huang Xiang knew how to be filial to her parents when she was nine years old. She would fan her parents to drive away mosquitoes when it was hot in summer, wait until the mat was cold before letting her parents sleep peacefully, warm her parents' quilt in winter, and wait until the quilt was hot before letting her parents go to bed to rest.
Liu Qi just wanted to use Huang Xiang's incident to silence the Huang family.
"Huh?" Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi with some confusion, his voice was no longer as cold as before, and asked: "What do you mean?"
"Haha, don't you know what Huang Zu did in Jiangxia?" Liu Qi looked at Huang Chengyan in surprise.
"Say." Huang Chengyan said. He also knew a little about what Huang Zu was doing, but he didn't care. When Liu Qi mentioned it, Huang Chengyan was no longer as aggressive as before.
"I originally thought Jingzhou was the richest place in the world today, but I didn't expect that when I passed through Jiangxia, I saw that the people in Jiangxia had fields but couldn't farm, had homes that they couldn't return to, and had money but didn't dare to buy anything." Liu Qi shook his head with emotion.
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"Oh, please give me some more details, eldest son." Song Zhongzi, who was on the side, wanted to help Liu Qi out of the siege and asked Huang Chengyan before he could speak.
"When I passed through Jiangxia, most of the land in Jiangxia was already deserted, and there were less than 10,000 people in a county, and all of these 10,000 people were old people and children. Those who could leave had already left Jiangxia, and the remaining people only
If you can barely survive, every day is precarious, even if you are a county lieutenant in a county." Liu Qi thought of Jiangxia's situation and smiled bitterly.
"Ah." People who were close to Liu Qi were surprised when they heard what Liu Qi said. Jingzhou has always been immobile and the people are rich. They have seen such a situation there. When they heard Liu Qi's words, the people around them couldn't help but think of Jingzhou before Liu Biao came.
During the melee, even Pang Degong and others looked in disbelief.
"The eldest son already knows the reason after thinking about it. You might as well tell him." Pang Degong took a deep breath and said solemnly. Even Sima Hui, who had never been angry before, had a gloomy look on his face at this time. With their intelligence, they naturally knew what Liu Qi said.
But several people still wanted Liu Qi to confirm again.
"Haha, Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, has been preparing for war since he took office. He has not built any ships. He has concentrated all his troops in the three cities of Jiangxia, Xiakou and Jiangling. He has ignored other places and allowed the soldiers and horses from Jiangdong to be in Jiangxia.
Traveling within the territory, one county can only accommodate a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people at most, and the dilapidated city can block Jiangdong's army. How can the people dare to stay in such a place."
"As the governor of a county, I allowed the soldiers and horses from Jiangdong to gallop back and forth, killing the people of Jingzhou and plundering the property of Jingzhou. Once the people planted food, they were burned and killed. The remaining food could only barely survive.
To survive, how can the people dare to farm in a place like this? They hide in the city all day waiting to die and dare not go to the fields to farm."
"As a prefect of a county, he is greedy, plunders other people's property, annexes land, and is murderous. His officials kill people and seize property whenever they disagree. The taxes are complicated, and the people of Jiangxia dare not buy anything at will, because they might one day
They will be killed and their wealth will be taken away, and taxes will be increased."
"Shouldn't such officials be punished?" Liu Qi looked directly at Huang Chengyan and shouted sternly.
"Deserves to be killed!" Pang Degong had an angry look on his face. He did not expect that such a situation would happen in Jingzhou. The Confucian scholars around him had angry faces, and they all nodded in agreement after hearing Pang Degong's words.
"It is true that he should be killed. The appearance of such a person in our Huang family is really a shame to our Huang family. From now on, whether Huang Zu is dead or alive has nothing to do with our Huang family." Huang Chengyan looked at the angry Confucian scholars around him and said in a deep voice.
road.
After Huang Chengyan finished speaking, he looked at Liu Qi and said: "This matter is my Huang family's fault, but I will send people to Jiangxia to check. If you make any false claims, my Huang family will definitely not give up."
"Don't worry, sir, there is nothing secret at this time. Sir, you can send someone to check. If there are any lies, I am willing to publicly shave my head and apologize for this matter." Liu Qi said without hesitation, Huang Zu's misdeeds are in Jiangxia.
He said that there were countless things, but he was only talking about a small part, and he was not afraid that the Huang family would send people to check.
Seeing what Liu Qi said, Huang Chengyan already believed Liu Qi's words. If he really went to the hospital to have his hair shaved, Liu Qi would have no chance of turning around in this life. Originally, he wanted to protect Huang Zu, but he didn't expect Huang Zu to do such a thing. Even Huang Chengyan
He couldn't help but want to kill him. He was sure that if the news returned to the clan at this time, Huang Zu's family would be expelled from the Huang family, or directly executed. Family rules are greater than heaven, and family reputation is related to the face of the family. Anyone
Anyone who does something wrong will be punished, let alone Huang Zu, who has always been unpopular.
Taking a deep breath, Huang Chengyan's gaze towards Liu Qi had changed. He originally wanted to find trouble with Liu Qi, but unexpectedly, he was silenced by Liu Qi. At this time, when he recalled Liu Qi's behavior just now, he realized that Liu Qi was deliberately irritating him.
, sighed and thought of the young man wearing a Confucian robe standing tall in Wollongong, Huang Chengyan laughed.
Seeing Huang Chengyan no longer pestering Liu Qi, he was relieved. It took Liu Qi a lot of effort to deal with the Huang family so easily this time. Huang Chengyan didn't know anything about Liu Qi. At most, he had heard of Liu Qi, but Liu Qi was not interested in Huang Chengyan.
He knew it very well. Before he came here, he specially ordered someone to find out about Huang Chengyan's taboos and temper. After that, he talked with Yiji for a long time. Today's conversation was completely arranged by Liu Qi.