"Brother, let me introduce someone to you." Liu Pan walked towards Liu Qi, followed by a young man who was similar to him. He was brave and capable, but a little more stable than Liu Pan.
"This is Lu Jie, a descendant of Lu Gong." Liu Pan introduced him without waiting for Liu Qi to speak.
"Lv Gong?" Liu Qi asked doubtfully.
"Brother, do you know General Wang Wei of the Flying Tiger Army? This Lu Gong was once the deputy commander-in-chief of General Wang Wei, but he was accidentally killed in a battle. Because Lu Gong has a high prestige in the army, second only to General Wang Wei and Wenpin
General, so everyone respectfully calls him Lu Gong." Liu Pan explained on the side.
Liu Qi looked at Lu Jie and asked Liu Pan: "How is his martial arts?"
"Lu Jie's martial arts skills are no worse than mine. We fought several times and I couldn't beat him," Liu Pan said.
Liu Qi felt relieved when he heard this. Liu Pan was the one who would compete with Tai Shici in the future. Lu Jie was similar in martial arts to him, so he was not far behind.
"In that case, then just stay with me. From today on, you will be my deputy commander of the guards. The guards in the mansion will be entrusted to you and Zhengping. My safety and the safety of the mansion will also be entrusted to you. I hope you will
Don't let me down." Liu Qi said to Lu Jie.
"Thank you for your kindness, eldest son. I will definitely live up to your expectations." Lu Jie was overjoyed.
"Brother, he is keeping you safe, what should I do?" Liu Pan was immediately unwilling. He introduced someone by himself and took away his job. Of course Liu Pan was unwilling. When Liu Pan saw Ma Zhong becoming the commander of the guards, he begged Liu Qi to do it himself.
became deputy commander.
"Don't worry, you have more important things to do in the future." Liu Qi comforted Liu Pan when he saw that he was unwilling.
After listening to Liu Qi's words, Liu Pan was no longer angry and sat down to chat with Liu Qi. Lu Jie stood behind Liu Qi, obviously taking on the responsibility of bodyguard.
"Brother, what are you chatting about?" Liu Xiu asked when he came back and saw Liu Qi and Liu Qi chatting happily. Liu Xiu was followed by two young men. Each of them was wearing a Confucian robe, exuding elegance, with a ruddy face, and was extremely handsome.
, but his eyebrows were all white, which seemed incompatible with his appearance. The other man was also dressed in Confucian robes, but his face was as sharp as a knife, revealing the slightest trace of righteousness and appearing to be upright and awe-inspiring.
"It's nothing, just chatting. How was your time, third brother?" Liu Qi asked.
"Brother, I'm very good. I'm recommending talents to you, these two." Liu Xiu pointed at the two people behind him and said.
Liu Qi was wondering, what happened to these two brothers? They came to recommend talents as if they had agreed upon it. Liu Qi didn't know that since Liu Qi gave them a lesson last time, although they knew little about it, they both knew that Liu Qi was in a pretty good situation now.
Oops. With the help of the two of them, Liu Qi's help was obviously limited, so they discussed recommending several talents for Liu Qi. The two of them did not dare to recommend casually, so they chose one or two reliable people from the people they usually met and recommended them to Liu Qi.
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"Ma Liang, Zhao Lei has met the eldest son." The two men behind Liu Xiu came forward and bowed.
"Ma Liang, 'Ma Liang is the best among the five constants of the Ma family', I'm talking about you, right?" Liu Qi took a long look at Ma Liang and asked.
"It's all just praise from others." Ma Liang said modestly.
"Hahaha, if you don't have talent, others won't praise you." Liu Qi said with a smile.
"Thank you for the compliment, eldest son." Ma Liang bowed again and said.
"Zhao Lei, well, although I have never heard of it, since the third brother recommended me, I think you have certain talents, otherwise the third brother would not be friends with you." Liu Qi looked at Zhao Lei. How could Liu Qi not have heard of Zhao Lei?
, that was the grain inspector of the Martial Saint Guan Yu, and he was killed together with Guan Yu in the end. If Guan Yu was not so arrogant and listened to Wang Fu and let Zhao Lei stay in Jingzhou, maybe Guan Yu would not die and Jingzhou would not be lost.
The Battle of Ling will not be defeated, and the Three Kingdoms may have another ending. This period of history will make many future generations feel sorry for Guan Yu.
"Thank you, eldest son." Zhao Lei bowed and said.
"In that case, you can stay in the mansion. I don't have an official position now, and I can't give you anything, but I feel wronged by you." Liu Qi said with a smile.
"Young master is joking, it is our honor to follow you," Ma Liang and the other two said.
Liu Qi also believed that the two would not betray. After all, the conduct of these two people in history was quite good. Liu Qi also confirmed this just now. The conduct of the two was indeed extraordinary.
When Liu Xiu saw Liu Qi accept the offer, he felt happy that he could finally help his elder brother.
Several people sat together and talked while drinking. Liu Pan and Liu Xiugang recommended talents. They were happy in their hearts. They were even more excited when they talked and drank happily.
At this time, a man wearing a guard uniform walked in quickly. He ran up to Liu Biao and said: "Your Majesty, Gan Ning is outside asking for a meeting, saying that he wants to pay homage to your Majesty's birthday. The general doesn't know whether to let you go, so I came here to report to your Majesty.
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"Gan Ning, but the Jinfan thief Gan Ning and Gan Xingba?" Liu Biao asked in surprise.
"It is Jinfan thief Gan Ning Gan Xingba." the guard replied.
Liu Biao was silent in thought, apparently considering whether to meet Gan Ning. But the people below were already upset.
"It's really Gan Ning, the thief of Jinfan. I heard that Gan Ning committed crimes by burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil. Why did he come here today? He didn't want to cause a big banquet, so he had better leave quickly, otherwise it would be bad for Chi Yu.
Already."
"Why did this murderous star come here? If it doesn't work, you have to leave quickly."
"I hope Lord Zhou Mu can suppress him."
When they heard Gan Ning's arrival, everyone in the courtyard planned to leave as if they were avoiding the plague god.
"Gan Ning." Liu Qi muttered silently. He was very happy for a long time. How could he let go of Gan Ning, who was known as Zhang Liao of Wu State? He must recruit him. Gan Ning, named Xingba, worked as a small boy in Shu County when he was young.
After becoming an official, he was dissatisfied with Liu Yan's plundering of the people's wealth and anointing, so he assassinated Liu Yan without success. He went to Liu Biao and was not reused, so he turned to Huang Zu, but was still not reused. Because he had an enmity with Huang Zu, he killed Huang Zu and went to Sun Quan, and was reused by Sun Quan.
After that, Huang Zu defeated the Chu Pass, attacked Cao Ren and captured Yiling, suppressed Yiyang and resisted Guan Yu, defended Xiling and captured Zhu Guang, and attacked Cao Ying with hundreds of cavalry. Sun Quan said: "Mengde has Zhang Liao, and Gan Xingba alone is the enemy of Zhang Liao."
"Later, more than a hundred cavalry attacked Cao's camp at night. It can be said that he was both wise and brave, and had great military exploits. How could Liu Qi miss such a fierce general.
"Father, this Gan Ning has been doing evil in Yizhou. He arrived suddenly today. His purpose is unknown and it is not appropriate to meet him." Liu Cong stood up and said.
"It's ridiculous. My father is the lord of a state. Just because he said something about his unknown purpose, he avoided seeing him. It would cost my father's face to spread the word. If you are afraid, just go back first." Liu Qi stood up and lectured. After that, he said again.
He looked at Liu Biao and said, "Father, why don't we invite him in first, and then deal with him after we find out his purpose? We only need to strengthen our defenses in secret. In this public view, I don't think he dares to play any tricks."
Liu Cong's nose was so angry that he was so angry that he thought to himself, "I bumped into evil today, why am I always being suppressed by him?"
Liu Biao looked at Liu Qi and felt relieved that his eldest son was still thinking about him.
"How many people are in Gan Ning's party?" Liu Biao asked.
"Just two people."
Liu Biao and the people in the courtyard breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at Cai Mao again and asked for his opinion. Everyone looked at Cai Mao.
"It should be received." Cai Mao said simply. Seeing that Cai Mao agreed with Liu Qi, Liu Cong's face became gloomy.
Liu Biao asked Kuai Yue again where he was from, and seeing the two men nodding, he said to the guards: "Bring him in."
After a while, two people walked in from the outside. The first one was dressed in brocade robes, wearing a purple crown on his head, a belt with silver threads around his waist, and gold shoes on his feet. They walked with sparkling light and noble appearance. The person behind them was also extraordinary.
"Gan Ning has met Liu Jingzhou and heard that Liu Jingzhou is celebrating his birthday today and came here to give him a birthday gift as a way of congratulations." Gan Ning bowed and saluted Liu Biao. After saying that, the people behind him had already delivered the gifts and handed over the gift list.
To the ceremonial officer.
The etiquette officer noticed that the expression in Li Shan's eyes had changed a bit, and after he calmed down, the etiquette officer read loudly: "Today I heard that it was Liu Jingzhou's birthday, and Gan Xingbat presented him with four gold bowls, four pairs of gold chopsticks, and four gold basins.
, ten strings of pearls, a hundred night-light pearls, a hundred Kunlun Mountain jade.”
The whole hall fell into silence after the etiquette officer finished reading. After a while, everyone came to their senses and started talking about it.
"This Jinfan thief really committed all kinds of crimes by burning, killing, looting, and collecting so much treasure without knowing how many people he had to kill? What a crime!"
"Yes, yes, you were so rampant in Yizhou, and now you come to our Jingzhou, you are not interested in Jingzhou, right?"
"It's possible. Otherwise, why would you send so many treasures to Master Zhou Mu? You must want to build a good relationship with Master Zhou Mu in advance so that Master Zhou Mu will ignore his misdeeds in Jingzhou in the future."
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"Cough, cough..." Seeing that Liu Biao's words became more and more unpleasant, and finally even him scolded him, he coughed a few times to stop people's discussion.
"Zhuangshi Gan, I wonder what you mean by sending so many gifts?" Liu Biao asked.
"I used to be young and carefree, and did many wrong things. Recently, I have come to regret that I have no place to go. I heard that Corporal Liu Jingzhou Lixian, Xingba came to like me. These gifts are considered my sincerity, and I hope Liu Jingzhou can accept me and me."
All brothers, Xingba is extremely grateful." Gan Ning bowed and said.
"Father, don't listen to him. Who knows what he is thinking? If my father accepts him today and does something in the future, wouldn't it stain his father's reputation?" Liu Cong said like a cat painting a tiger.
"Father, I think we should accept them. Confucius said: Nothing can be improved if you know your mistakes. Today, the strong man Gan knows his mistakes and can correct them. My father should give him a chance. I heard that he is highly skilled in martial arts and is very loyal. If my father can reuse him
He will definitely break up the territory for his father. We have many great generals in Jingzhou, so we have a greater chance of winning against Sun Ce in the future." Liu Qi immediately retorted when he saw Liu Cong disrupting the situation.
"I don't believe that a dog can change its habit of eating shit. If it's not ten thousand, it's just what might happen. Who can guarantee that he doesn't have evil intentions? Who can bear the responsibility if something goes wrong in the future?" Liu Cong said tit for tat.
"Then how can you guarantee that he has not really repented? Then wouldn't Jingzhou miss another great general?" Liu Qi said to Liu Biao after finishing speaking, "Father, although the strong man Gan burned, killed and looted before, he only killed corrupt officials.
Rob those profiteers who are ruthless to get rich. From this, we can see that Gan Zhuangshi is a man with a chivalrous heart. It is not impossible for him to recognize his mistakes and correct them today. I also ask my father to believe in him once and give him a chance. If he can do it in the future,
If he still doesn't repent, the child will definitely kill him with his own hands. If he sincerely repented, it might be a good story in the future. This also shows his father's broad mind and thirst for talents. People with lofty ideals in the world will definitely rush to Jingzhou first. In that case, I
Jingzhou will surely be filled with talented people, so that the princes of the world will not dare to commit any minor offenses."
The young man who came in with Yi Ji, named Liu Qi, has been observing Liu Qi since he composed "Shui Tiao Ge Tou". Now when he heard Liu Qi say this, a smile appeared on his face.
"Father..." Liu Cong stepped forward and said.
"Okay, I'll make my own decision on this matter. What do you think, Degui, Uncle Ji, and Xiandu?" Liu Biao asked. Liu Qi, a tall hat, was very happy with Liu Biao. Now even a fool can see that Liu Biao has agreed to accept Gan.
Ning, asking them is just a formality, who dares to object.
"We all think it's acceptable." The three of them bowed and replied.
"Okay, since Mr. Gan knows his mistakes and can correct them, this state will give you a chance, but if you regret it in the future..." Liu Biao didn't say anything else, but everyone knew what Liu Biao was going to say.
"Don't dare, Xing Ba will go through fire and water without hesitation." Gan Ning stepped forward and said.
"Well, in that case, let's take a seat." Liu Biao nodded.
ps: I wish me good luck in my exam tomorrow, hahaha...