Although the messenger was robbed once in Nanjun, he was still frightened, but since he had the eldest son Liu Qi and twenty guards accompanying him, he felt relieved to return to Xiangyang and resume his life.
Liu Qi and the messenger rode in a carriage together, talking and laughing. Wherever they passed, the people of Xinye County were filled with happy smiles. In the large fields, soldiers and people could be seen harvesting wheat together, and it was peaceful.
When they walked out of Nanyang and marched into Nanjun, suddenly a group of horsemen dressed as masked bandits rushed toward Liu Qi's carriage with murderous intent. The horsemen seemed to have as many as thirty-four people.
The messenger's face immediately changed, and he met the bandits who came again. He said in horror: "Sir, it's bad, the bandits are coming."
Liu Qi immediately stood up and drew out the Qiankun Sword, but saw a flash of cold light, and Yao's messenger couldn't open his eyes. Liu Qi shouted: "Protect the messenger." Then he pulled down the curtain on the carriage, jumped out of the carriage and prepared to come with him.
Hostile pairing.
When the curtain was drawn, the messenger was moved by the young master Liu Qi's self-sacrifice and secretly praised the young master for his noble character. The messenger in the carriage heard it clearly. Outside the carriage, there were people shouting and neighing, and the sound of clanging swords and swords was heard.
It's so lively.
The messenger opened the curtain nervously and took a peek. He saw that the four bodyguards, Chen Chun, Chen Xia, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong, who were originally the personal bodyguards of the young master Liu Qi, were guarding the carriage for the safety of the messenger. However, Liu Qi was holding a sword and a bodyguard.
They were in the middle of a fight with the masked bandits, and the messenger was suddenly moved to tears.
"Kill, kill..." Liu Qi led the guards to become more and more courageous as they fought, and the masked bandits were retreating steadily. One of them shouted "Zhahu", and the bandits could not beat him. The hero did not suffer the immediate loss, and actually fled. The scene
Nothing was left behind, just pools of blood, showing the brutality of the fighting at the scene.
The bandits were defeated. Liu Qi and Chen Wen looked at each other and smiled. The secret of this was unknown to the messenger. The pools of blood were not human blood, but fresh pig blood from a pig specially killed in the morning. Of course, the masked bandits were
It was Jiang Wan's arrangement and he was played by Zhang Ermazi, a former gangster from Guandong.
When Liu Qi saw the messenger coming out from behind the curtain, he hurriedly bowed with his fists and said, "Damn bandits disturbed the messenger. Qi deserves death for his crime."
The messenger glanced at the pools of blood on the ground, and without doubting the possibility of fraud, he stretched out his hand to help Liu Qi get into the carriage, and said, "If it weren't for the might of the young master, my life would be at stake. Hurry up and get on the carriage and drive on."
"Yes." Liu Qi boarded the carriage, sat side by side with the messenger, and ordered the guards to rush to Xiangyang to avoid another accident on the way.
A few days later, there was no danger along the way. As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang in the afternoon, the messenger hurriedly returned to the governor's office to report to Liu Biao and informed him of the rampant soldiers and bandits seen in Nanjun. Of course, he did not forget to speak kindly to Liu Qi in front of Liu Biao.
After hearing this, Liu Biao made a comprehensive analysis and already admired Liu Qi very much. After all, he was his biological son, but he became more and more disdainful of his brother-in-law Cai Mao.
Liu Biao was looking forward to seeing Liu Qi's wonderful report the next day, and had already asked the guards to go to the tent to inform them of the incident. Cai Hao's story about Liu Qi's rumors about the earthquake had been confirmed by the earthquake last night. Fortunately, the earthquake did not occur.
Jingzhou, but it also confirmed that the earthquake predicted by Liu Qi was not groundless. It is believed that Cai Mao will not use the earthquake as an excuse. Let’s see what ideas Cai Mao will come up with to make things difficult for the eldest son?
Because he returned to Xiangyang late, after entering the city gate to see off the messenger, Liu Qi did not return directly to the Gongzi Mansion, just in case, but took many twists and turns according to the military map of Xiangyang provided by the steward Liu Zhong in advance.
After going back and forth, I transferred to Gongzi Mansion.
One hundred unicorn troops led by Zhao Yun, disguised as ordinary people, had already closed the city gates at dusk and entered the city. They were scattered and hidden in several secret locations provided by Liu Zhong in the city to prevent Cai Mao from framing the young master for rebellion.
Liu Qi took Chen Wen, Chen Wu and other ten guards of the Chen family and ten bronze armored guards to avoid the imaginary ambush set by Cai Hao and quietly came to the Gongzi Mansion. To be precise, they came to a temple rebuilt on the original site of the Gongzi Mansion.
Liu Zhong had already received the news and was waiting anxiously in the temple. When Liu Qi and his entourage arrived, the old man, who had injured his foot, burst into tears. He threw away his crutch and was about to kneel down. His voice was choked with sobs and he said: "Master, you have lost weight."
Just such a simple sentence "You have lost weight" made Liu Qi extremely emotional. In less than a year since the rebirth of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Qi could stand out so quickly and gain the strength of tens of thousands of generals. With the loyalty of his steward Liu Zhong
Assistance is inseparable.
Feeling true to his feelings, Liu Qi quickly stepped forward to help Liu Zhong up. Full of affection, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Cousin, I've suffered so much for you."
Liu Zhong's heart was filled with excitement when he heard his uncle call him again, and he grinned: "Sir, please come inside, your sister-in-law is still in the temple."
Liu Qi moved into the temple, walked straight in without taking a closer look, and saw a slender figure under the green light. The woman with long hair and plain clothes was none other than her aunt Liu who had not left the palace.
"My nephew pays my respects to my aunt." Liu Qi came forward and paid his respects.
When Mrs. Liu saw Liu Qi's face blushing slightly, she looked at Chen Wen again, blushed even more, and said softly: "It's good to be here."
"Second brother, present the gift." Liu Qi said to Chen Wen.
Chen Wen responded and took out a dressing box from Chen Wu, which contained exquisite women's cosmetics that Liu Qi had found among the people in Xinye.
Mrs. Liu took the dressing box, calmed herself down, and said, "Thank you very much, sir, but my sister-in-law has been alone with the lamp all the time, so she doesn't need such precious things."
Chen Wen answered: "My aunt is still beautiful. My lord often talks about it in Xinye, and I will take my aunt to live in Xinye."
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Thanks for your concern, you two brothers. Well, it's so late. You have to meet the lord tomorrow, so you should rest early."
"Yes, I obey." It was indeed too late. I came to Xiangyang after a year, and I had plenty of time to greet my aunt and talk to her heart-to-heart in the past few days.
Liu Qi said goodbye to his sister-in-law and had time to take a brief look at the temple. The temple is not big, but it is solid and thick. It is estimated that it can withstand an eight-magnitude earthquake. Needless to say, Liu Qi also knows the reason, because there are six tunnels under the temple, so the temple is not strong.
How?
But what makes Liu Qi feel strange is that there are no Bodhisattvas or Buddhas enshrined in the temple. According to the housekeeper Liu Zhong, my sister-in-law insisted on not having a Buddha statue, saying that the young master Liu Qi is not superstitious. As long as there is a Buddha in his heart, there will be Buddhas everywhere.
Liu Qi remembered that when he designed the temple, he wanted to have several tombs in the temple, which were the four tombs of the four guards Liu Yi, Liu Er, Liu Jiu, and Liu Shi who died in the battle with Cai Mao in front of the prince's mansion.
Liu Zhong led Liu Qi to a tomb outside the temple. Liu Qi burned a few incense sticks at the guard's tomb. After kowtowing a few times, he walked around the temple and found that the layout of the temple was very simple. There was nothing special about it.
The unique thing is that except for the absence of the courtyard and the addition of a temple and several guards' tombs, the original courtyard and rooms of the Gongzi Mansion are basically untouched, and the six doors are cleverly hidden in the corridor leading from the temple to the guards' tombs.
Because there are no Buddha statues in the temple, outsiders have nowhere to offer sacrifices. Moreover, the temple is located in the residence of Liu Qi, the eldest son who dared to oppose Cai Mao. Naturally, the temple is deserted. This is also the result that Liu Zhong wants, leaving it to the residence of outsiders.
There is a sense of mystery. Not just anyone can break into the Young Master's Mansion.
That night, Liu Qi returned to the base camp of the valley through the six doors, met his master Huang Zhong, and talked about some current affairs. Because it was late at night, he did not have the time to talk for a long time. Finally, Liu Qi asked the housekeeper Liu Zhong and the people who were hiding in the valley to wait for things to happen.
Master Huang Zhong distributed gifts, which were two brocade robes and cloaks that Liu Qi asked Huang Wudie to carefully sew.
The next day, after Liu Qi said good morning to his aunt Liu and his master Huang Zhong, he took Chen Wen, Chen Wu, the steward Liu Zhong and Chen Chun and other four guards to go to Liu Biao's Governor's Mansion to report on their work.
When they arrived at the Governor's Mansion, the four guards, Chen Wen, Chen Wu and Chen Chun, would stay outside the Governor's Mansion and wait. Liu Qi supported the housekeeper Liu Zhong and led Liu Biao's guards into the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion.
The Kuai brothers Kuai Peng, Kuai Yue and several other officials were already present in the hall. Liu Qi and Liu Zhong found their seats and greeted the Kuai brothers and everyone present in a friendly manner. Everyone dealt with it calmly, knowing that today the Lord
The governor's office meeting convened by Liu Biao will once again be Liu Qi's special event. It is specifically for listening to Liu Qi's work report on his year in Xinye. When Cai Mao comes, there will be another good show.
Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son. It stands to reason that everyone will be respectful to Liu Qi, but with Cai Hao standing in the way, no one dares to offend Cai Hao and show favor to Liu Qi. After all, Liu Qi is still in his prime and has only just fledged. Who can handle this situation?
Can't understand it?
After sitting for a while, only Liu Biao and Cai Hao hadn't arrived yet. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering what kind of medicine Liu Biao was selling in the gourd. How could Cai Hao not come when he heard that Liu Qi was coming? Could it be that Cai Hao was also afraid?
Can Liu Qi not succeed?
When everyone was hesitating, they saw Liu Biao and Cai Mao coming in from outside the hall at the same time, and everyone stood up to show their respect.
Liu Biao walked straight to the governor's throne without squinting and angrily, and sat down on the Grand Master's chair. He was as green as iron. Cai Mao was not a good person either. After sitting back in his seat, he glanced at everyone proudly, and then he set his eyes on Liu Qi, and said viciously.
After glaring at Liu Qi, everyone present had no idea what was going on, but they vaguely felt that something was unusual.
Liu Qi faced Cai Mao's glare, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled at it, which gave people a sense of detachment. Such a arrogant demeanor could not be faked by ordinary people unless he had super strength.
Cai Mao was shocked when he saw that Liu Qi showed no fear, and everyone was shocked.
What surprised Cai Mao even more was that swordsmen were arranged on several roads that must pass from the city gate to Liu Qi's residence to monitor him 24 hours a day. As soon as Liu Qi, who came to Xiangyang to report his work, appeared, he would attack the unsuspecting Liu Qi.
He was killed, but he didn't expect Liu Qi to appear in the governor's mansion unharmed. How strange? Could it be that Liu Qi calculated that he would be ambushed and deliberately avoided the disaster?
When Liu Qi saw Liu Biao coming in, he didn't bother to look at him, so he knew that Liu Biao and Cai Hao were carrying him again. Liu Qi didn't know what happened between Liu Biao and Cai Hao, and he didn't want to know. Since everyone didn't say anything,
Liu Qi also pretended to be stupid and didn't speak first. Who wouldn't? In terms of strength, if we really wanted to fight, Liu Qi's 10,000 elite soldiers in Xinye would be worth tens of thousands of troops. It was not something that ordinary princes could compete with.
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The scene calmed down for a moment, and Liu Biao spoke with a gloomy face: "My dear generals, we have an urgent matter to discuss. Yuan Shu is coming from the north. We have obtained news from the border. Yuan Shu's subordinate Sun Jian 'Sun Polu' led 20,000 elite troops to attack Jingzhou.
Who can lead the army to resist the enemy?"
Liu Qi understood Liu Biao's words as soon as he heard it. No wonder Liu Biao was indignant and Cai Mao laughed sinisterly. Most likely, it was Cai Mao who couldn't control his troops and Liu Biao couldn't mobilize Cai Mao's troops.