In the study room of the Zhou Mu Mansion, Wang Wei was telling Liu Biao what happened last night. From the beginning to the end when Liu Qi and others returned to the mansion, he did not hide anything.
"Haha, it seems that everyone has underestimated Qi'er!" After listening to Wang Wei's words, Liu Biao smiled. He asked Wang Wei and Liu Qi to handle the matter together because he was afraid that Liu Qi would be impulsive and ruin things. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi
To be able to handle the matter so beautifully not only dealt a blow to the power of the Cai family, but also made the Cai family suffer a loss.
The Zhang family is a big family in Xiangyang, and even he did not dare to push too hard. However, Liu Qi took this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Zhang family, which was really unexpected. However, Liu Qi said that the losses of the Zhang family were caused by assassins, although no one would
I believe it, but this is a good excuse.
"The eldest son's decisiveness in killing and extraordinary resourcefulness really surprised everyone." Thinking of the surprised expressions of Xiangyang City officials when they heard this, Wang Wei sighed and praised, even though he was optimistic about Liu Qi, he did not expect Liu Qi to be so powerful.
"What's Zhang Yunke's reaction?" Liu Biao looked at Wang Wei and said.
"Zhang Yun rushed back as soon as he left the house and fainted when he saw the situation at home. He should have been in Cai's house by now." Wang Wei said, Liu Qi was indeed clever in using the Zhang family to drive a wedge between Zhang Yun and Cai Hao.
From then on, the Zhang family could no longer be as close as before, and Zhang Yun would no longer stand behind Cai Mao in everything and spare no effort to support Cai Mao as before.
"My lord, yesterday all the information collected by the Cai family for decades was stolen by the eldest son. Do you want to take it back, my lord?" Wang Wei looked at Liu Biao and asked.
"No, no matter how hard the Cai family works, their intelligence cannot be as good as that of the Flying Tiger Army and the Flying Dragon Army. Besides, Qi'er just took this opportunity to learn more about the structure of Xiangyang." Liu Biao waved his hand and said, he had already
Liu Qi was trained as the successor.
"My lord never told the eldest son about the death of his wife. What will happen if the eldest son finds out this time?" The lady in Wang Wei's mouth was Liu Qi's mother. There were many doubts about the sudden death of Liu Qi's mother. Although it was revealed by Liu Biao
It was suppressed, but many families noticed the abnormality.
"Hey, even if I don't tell him about this, he will know about it sooner or later. It's better to know now than in the future." Liu Biao sighed.
"Lord, what happened back then..." Seeing Liu Biao's depressed expression, Wang Wei stepped forward to persuade him.
"There is no need to mention this matter again." Wang Wei was interrupted by Liu Biao before he could finish speaking.
"How do you think Qi'er should be rewarded this time?" Liu Biao looked at Wang Wei and asked.
"Although the eldest son is the general who conquered the south, he does not have any official position in Xiangyang. My lord, the eldest son can concurrently hold some official positions in Xiangyang, so that the eldest son can stay in Xiangyang legitimately." Wang Wei looked at Liu Biao and said.
"Then what official position do you think Qi'er should take?" Liu Qi is his son, and ordinary official positions have no meaning at all to Liu Qi.
"When the eldest son is the general of the Southern Conquest, my lord might as well let the eldest son also serve as the deputy general of the Flying Tiger Army. In this case, no one dares to say anything." Wang Wei thought for a while and said.
"Oh." Liu Biao glanced at Wang Wei and knew that Wang Wei was expressing his feelings to him. Wang Wei had been the commander of the Flying Tiger Army for more than ten years, and Wang Wei was trying to avoid suspicion.
"Well, I will consider it. You don't have to worry about it." Liu Biao looked at Wang Weidao.
"It's been three days since Wang Yi returned to Xiangyang. I'm afraid you haven't seen him yet. Go and have a look today." Liu Biao waved his hand to Wang Wei to step back.
"Thank you, Lord." Wang Wei saluted Liu Biao and left the room.
After Wang Wei withdrew, Liu Biao sighed, suddenly coughed several times, and looked a little haggard.
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In Cai Mansion and Cai Mao's study, Zhang Yun and Cai Mao were silent to each other. They just sat quietly without anyone speaking first.
Zhang Yun knew something was going on at home yesterday and didn't sleep all night. At dawn, Liu Biao asked everyone to leave the mansion, and he hurried back to the mansion. When he saw the ruins of the mansion, Zhang Yun spat out a mouthful of blood. After that, he saw something like
Zhang Yun looked even more angry at his wife and two sons who were huddled in the corner like beggars. He stepped forward to help his wife up and asked carefully. When he heard that no one of the hundreds of people in the family survived except the three in front of him, he even looked murderous.
After hearing Ma Zhong's threats, Zhang Yun was so angry that he fainted.
When Zhang Yun's wife saw Zhang Yun coming back with someone, she took Zhang Yun to another courtyard of the Zhang family at dawn. After Zhang Yun woke up, she was stunned for a long time before she got up and went straight to the Cai Mansion.
"You must already know, right?" Cai Hao said awkwardly.
"I understand, not one of the hundreds of people in the mansion survived, and the decades of accumulation in the family were burned down." Even though he knew that Cai Mao knew what he was asking, Zhang Yun still twitched the corner of his mouth.
Cai Mao's sister is Zhang Yun's mother, and Cai Mao is Zhang Yun's uncle. Over the past few decades, the two families have supported each other regardless of you and I, but unexpectedly, a rift developed overnight.
"Why didn't you stop Liu Qi last night?" Zhang Yun raised his head and stared at Cai Hao and asked. He had the answer in his heart, but he wanted Cai Hao to tell it himself.
"Yesterday, there were many Flying Tiger troops outside Cai's Mansion, and they were heavily guarded. If I sent people to stop them, it would not only be Zhang's Mansion that would be burned down. I'm afraid this place would also be in ruins, and you wouldn't be able to see me again.
"Cai Hao sighed and said, he did have selfish motives last night. He knew that his nephew was extremely smart, and he would know even if he didn't tell him, so Cai Hao didn't hide it.
"Haha." Zhang Yun smiled and said nothing, but his laughter was very cold. He knew that after today, the Zhang family and the Cai family would never be the same as before, and they might even become enemies. The Cai family in Zhang
If the Zhang family did not come to help when they suffered a disaster, the Zhang family would definitely hold a grudge in their hearts, and it might break out at any time even if Zhang Yun suppresses it.
"I will ask someone to send 100,000 jins over, so that the life of the Zhang family will be easier." Cai Hao thought for a while and said, 100,000 jins can be regarded as compensation for the Zhang family.
"If that's the case, thank you very much." Zhang Yun bowed his hand without refusing. At present, the Zhang family really needs these 100,000 gold. One hundred thousand gold is nothing to the Cai family, but it is life-saving money for the Zhang family.
"I have sent someone to contact Duke Cao. I don't know what the Zhang family's plans are in the future." Cai Hao thought for a while and looked at Zhang Yundao.
"Oh." Zhang Yun was a little surprised, thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it later, let's recover our strength first."
Seeing Zhang Yun's refusal, Cai Hao sighed. After all, good things have come to this point.
"It's nothing, I'll take my leave." Zhang Yun stood up, cupped his hands and walked out. Only when he was outside the Cai Mansion did Zhang Yun look back at the Cai Mansion, sighed, got on the carriage and left.
In Liu Qi's house, Liu Qi had just had breakfast. He didn't rest all night yesterday, and Liu Qi couldn't make any guarantees about the Cai family's reaction. If the Cai family really wanted to protect the Zhang family yesterday, Liu Qi could only give in. This is actually
In a battle of determination, Cai Mao felt somewhat uneasy when he sent someone to assassinate Liu Qi, but no one could guarantee what Liu Qi would do when he was so angry.
He was betting yesterday. He bet that Cai Mao would not be able to make this determination. As a result, he won the bet. Cai Mao chose to sit on the sidelines for the sake of the Cai family. After all, the Zhang family and the Cai family are not from the same family. Cai Mao did not dare to sacrifice for the Zhang family.
The Cai family didn't care, so he didn't dare to take the risk.
At this time, there was a brocade box in front of Liu Qi. Gan Ning solemnly handed this brocade box to him after seeing him yesterday, and said the importance of this brocade box. This brocade box is the most valuable among all the information.
of.
Liu Qi had ordered people to take care of the carts of bamboo slips brought back by the Feihu Army yesterday and hand them over to Xu Shu after Xu Shu came back. According to the schedule, Xu Shu should return to Xiangyang today.
"What exactly is it? Why is Gan Ning so solemn?" Liu Qi opened the brocade box and saw dozens of brocades made of fine silk and satin neatly placed inside.
Liu Qi reached out and pulled out a piece of brocade cloth, which read: "Xu Du Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and others have been active frequently, and there have been signs of killing Cao Cao recently. Dong Cheng's five thousand soldiers and horses have been prepared, and Fu Wan secretly and
The emperor has close contact."
Liu Qi was startled when he saw this sentence. Historically, in order to stabilize the rear on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao used the Yidai Zhao to kill all the officials loyal to the Han Dynasty in Xu Du. Now it seems that the Yidai Zhao is possible.
It has been sent out, and people like Dong Cheng may take action in the near future. Doesn't that mean that the Battle of Guandu is about to come?
In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and became the largest prince in the late Han Dynasty. Later, he had to fight against Jingzhou mercenaries. Liu Qi was weak at this time and was not strong enough to change the entire battle situation. What's more, since he was the son of a prince, neither Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao could
Since he is his enemy, he has to plan carefully to see how to get the maximum benefit.
Liu Qi put down the matter and pulled out another piece of brocade cloth, which read: "There are many doubts about Liu Bei's life experience. His ancestral home has ten rooms and nine empty spaces to confirm his identity. It is suspicious!"
"Liu Bei?" Liu Qi looked at this sentence carefully and finally shook his head.
Liu Bei's reputation was already well known at this time. Even if he was not a member of the Han family but the emperor had ordered him to be honored as the emperor's uncle, then no one would doubt his identity. Although the Cai family found out that his life experience was suspicious, there was no evidence.
There are many doubts as to whether Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han clan, but this has nothing to do with Liu Qi.
"Liu Bei, no matter whether you are a member of the Han family or not, it is impossible for us to coexist." Liu Qi sighed.
The Battle of Guandu is about to begin, and Liu Bei is about to arrive in Jingzhou. He comes to Jingzhou this time to capture Jingzhou, and Liu Qi will not surrender Jingzhou to others like Liu Qi in history, so they can only become enemies.
Then Liu Qi looked at the remaining brocade cloths one by one. When he saw the last one, Liu Qi's expression changed drastically.