Chapter 156 Huang Chengyan Compromise

"Hmm?" Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi in surprise. He didn't expect Liu Qi to be so polite.

Although the Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, it was fundamentally still ruled the country with courtesy, loyalty and filial piety. The shame of etiquette has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, now the etiquette is broken, the princes are fighting, and the hearts of the people are not old. These vassals have not been obeyed for a long time. As the son of the princes, it is really rare for Liu Qi to abide by these etiquette.

However, thinking of Huang Zu, Huang Chengyan still turned his head and looked at Liu Qi and said in a low voice, "Are you Liu Qi?"

"Not bad." Liu Qi straightened up and stood indifferently. Hearing Huang Chengyan's inquiry, he nodded slightly.

"Do you know that Huang Zu came from the Huang family?" When Huang Chengyan saw Liu Qi like this, he looked at him even higher in his heart, but he still asked with a cold face.

"I know." Liu Qi said.

"Well, since you know that Huang Zu was born in the Huang family and still treats him like this, don't you pay attention to my Huang family?" Huang Chengyan shouted in a low voice.

As all the Confucian students around him retreated from his shouting, he stood up and did not dare to disagree at all.

Sima Hui, who was beside him, smiled and looked at Liu Qi and Huang Chengyan without saying anything. Song Zhongzi was a little worried. From time to time, he looked at Huang Chengyan and hesitated to speak, but he didn't know what to say, and his heart was secretly anxious. Wang Yi and Gan Ning behind Liu Qi glared at Huang Chengyan and were very dissatisfied with Huang Chengyan scolding Liu Qi so much.

"It is precisely because I know that Huang Zu came from the Huang family that I escorted him back to Xiangyang." Liu Qi didn't care about Huang Chengyan's scolding and said with a smile. Yi Ji once said that Huang Chengyan had a strange temper, and Liu Qi had been prepared for a long time.

"Haha, my Huang family has never been so despised, okay! OK! OK!" Huang Chengyan was stunned and smiled angrily, but this time he was really angry. He saw that Liu Qi knew that he should be a sensible person. He planned to expose the matter as long as Liu Qi apologized to him. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi hit the Huang family in the face in front of him.

Although Huang Zu was implicitly excluded by the people inside the Huang family, he was also a member of the Huang family in the final analysis. Liu Qi so much ridiculed the Huang family in front of Huang Zu and all the Confucian students. How could he not be angry?

At this time, Huang Chengyan had the impulse to agree with 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 whole Huang family, so he suppressed this idea, but he had decided to teach Liu Qi a lesson.

"This..." Pang Degong looked at each other and was a little surprised. They were good friends with Huang Chengyan. Naturally, they knew that Huang Chengyan usually didn't care about anything, but only cared about the Huang family. Although he was forced to be the patriarch of the Huang family, he valued the Huang family very much and did not allow anyone to offend. Previously, Liu Qi came out. Dealing with Huang Zu can still be explained as a personal grudge, and there is still room for manoeuvre, but at this time, Liu Qi hit Huang's face in public and there is no room for manoeuvre.

The two looked at Liu Qi and saw that Liu Qi just smiled and did not speak. Obviously, it didn't seem to be impulsive. Both of them couldn't figure out what Liu Qi planned.

Huang Chengyan's fierce shout was not deliberately suppressed, and everyone in the courtyard heard it clearly. However, when they saw Liu Qi in front of Huang Chengyan, everyone understood why and secretly paid attention to what Huang Chengyan would do.

"Idiot! At this time, you have to provoke him. Isn't it to ask for trouble? You can't blame others. Just wait for the anger of the Huang family.

"Huang Chengyan, I'm going to talk to you about dealing with Liu Qi. You actually refused it somehow. Now let Huang and Liu Qi fight to the death. At that time, they will clean up Liu Qi and annex Huang in one fell swoop." Cai Mao looked at Liu Qi and her eyes flashed, and she secretly planned for themselves.

"I don't know if you have heard of Huang Xiang?" Liu Qi asked with a smile as if he didn't see Huang Chengyan's anger.

"Liu Qi doesn't want to insult the ancestors of the Huang family, does he?" The people around looked at Liu Qi in surprise. Everyone knew that the first generation of the Huang family in Jingzhou was Huang Xiang. It was really unexpected for Liu Qi to mention Huang Xiang.

"Well, in this way, Liu Qi and the Huang family will become sworn enemies." Cai Mao vaguely guessed.

"Hmm." Huang Chengyan, who was angry, heard Liu Qi's words and put away the angry voice on his face and said, "Huang Xiang is the ancestor. I don't know what advice you have?" With that, Huang Chengyan stared at Liu Qi, as if he was going to fight with Liu Qi.

"Ha ha, Huang Xiangxia shakes the fan, and how benevolence is warm in winter. I didn't expect that today's Huang's people are fish people. They are greedy, which is really disappointing." Liu Qi shook his head and lamented.

Huang Xiang is Huang Chengyan's ancestor Liu Qi, who doesn't know, but Huang Xiang, as one of the 'Twenty-Four Filial Piety', has heard of it. Originally, he thought that Huang Xiang was also from the Han Dynasty. Maybe he had some origins of the Huang family in Jingzhou, but he didn't expect it to be the direct ancestor of the Huang family.

In the scriptures of filial piety, Huang Xiang knows how to filial his parents. When it is hot in summer, he shakes the fan for his parents to drive away mosquitoes. When the mat is cold, he lets his parents sleep. In winter, he warms the quilt for his parents. When the quilt is hot, he lets his parents go to bed. Liu Qi just wants to use Huang Xiang to block the mouth of the Huang family.

"Hmm?" Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi with some doubt. His voice was not as cold as the one just now. He asked, "What do you mean?"

"Ha ha, don't you know what Huang Zu did in Jiangxia?" Liu Qi looked at Huang Chengyan in surprise.

"You said." Huang Chengyan said that he knew something about what Huang Zu had done, but he didn't care. At this time, when he heard Liu Qi mention it, Huang Chengyan was no longer as aggressive as before.

"I thought that 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 that they could not grow, some families could not return, and they had money but they did not dare to buy anything." Liu Qi shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, please tell me more about it." Song Zhongzi, who was beside him, deliberately relieved Liu Qi and asked without waiting for Huang Chengyan to speak.

"When I passed Jiangxia, most of Jiangxia's land was desolate, and there were less than 10,000 people in a county, and these ten thousand people were all old people and children. Those who could leave had already left Jiangxia, and the rest of them could only barely live every day. Even the county lieutenant of a county was no exception." Liu Qi smiled bitterly when he thought of Jiang Xia's situation.

"Ah." People close to Liu Qi were surprised to hear Liu Qi's words. Jingzhou has been unmoving for a long time, and the people have seen such a situation. Hearing Liu Qi's words, people around him can't help thinking of the time when Jingzhou was in a melee before Liu Biao came, even Pang Degong and others looked unbelievable.

"The eldest son already knows the reason when he thinks about it. You might as well talk about it." Pang Degong took a deep breath and said in a low voice. Even Sima Hui, who had never been angry, looked gloomy at this time. With their intelligence, they naturally knew who Liu Qi was talking about, but they still wanted Liu Qi to confirm it again.

"Ha ha, Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, has been preparing for war since he took office. He has gathered all the soldiers and horses in the three cities of Jiangxia, Xiakou and Jiangling. He doesn't care about other places and let Jiangdong's soldiers and horses come and go in Jiangxia. At most, the land of a county can only gather hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled, and the dilapidated city can be blocked. Jiangdong army, how dare the people in such a place dare to stay.

"A county magistrate actually allowed the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong to gallop back and forth, killing the people of Jingzhou, and robbing the property of Jingzhou. Once the people planted grain, they were burned once and killed once. The remaining grain could only barely survive. How dare the people of farming in such a place? They did not dare to farm in the city all day long and die. "

"He is a county magistrate, but he is greedy. He plunders other people's property and annexes land. The officials who are good at killing him kill people and things when they don't agree. The taxes are complicated. The people of Jiangxia dare not buy things at will, because maybe one day they will be killed and robbed of money and increase taxes."

"Shouldn't such an official be punished?" Liu Qi looked directly at Huang Chengyan and shouted harshly.

"It's time to kill!" Pang Degong looked angry. He didn't expect such a situation to happen in Jingzhou. The Confucian students around him looked angry. Hearing Pang Degong's words, they all nodded and agreed.

"It's really time to kill. The appearance of such a person in my Huang family is really a shame for my Huang family. Since then, whether Huang Zu is dead or alive has nothing to do with my Huang family." Huang Chengyan looked at the angry Confucian students around him and said in a low voice.

After saying that, Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi and said, "This is my Huang's fault, but I will send someone to Jiangxia to check. If you have any false words, my Huang family will definitely not give up."

"Sir, don't worry, it's not a secret at this time. You can send someone to check. If there is a lie, I would like to shave my hair in public to make amends for this matter." Liu Qi said without hesitation that Huang Zu's bad deeds were countless in Jiangxia. He said only a small part, and he was not afraid that the Huang family would send people to check it.

Seeing Liu Qi say this, Huang Chengyan has believed Liu Qi's words. If she really goes to shave her hair, Liu Qi will no longer have the possibility of turning over in her life. Originally, he still wanted to protect Huang Zu. He didn't expect Huang Zu to do this. Even Huang Chengyan couldn't help killing him. He was sure that if it was passed back to the clan at this time, Huang Zu's family would be expelled from the Huang family, and if it was directly executed. The family rules were greater than the sky. Family reputation is related to the face of the family. Anyone who did something wrong would be punished. What's more, Huang Zu, who has been unpopular.

After taking a deep breath, Huang Chengyan looked at Liu Qi and his eyes had changed. He wanted to trouble Liu Qi, but he didn't expect to be speechless by Liu Qi. At this time, when he recalled Liu Qi's performance just now, he knew that Liu Qi deliberately angered him. He sighed and thought of the young man in a Confucian robe and stood upright on Wolonggang, Huang Chengyan. I laughed.

I was relieved to see that Huang Chengyan no longer pestered Liu Qi. The reason why I was able to deal with the Huang family so easily this time took Liu Qi a lot of effort. Huang Chengyan knew nothing about Liu Qi. At most, he had heard of Liu Qi, but Liu Qi knew Huang Chengyan very well. Before he came, he specially ordered someone to inquire about Huang Chengyan's taboos and temper. After that, he talked with Yi Ji for a long time. Today's words were completely arranged by Liu Qi.