Chapter 168 Shock

In the study in the state pastoral mansion, Wang Wei was talking to Liu Biao about the situation last night. From the beginning to the end, Liu Qi and others returned home without any concealment.

"Ha ha, it seems that everyone underestimates Qier!" After listening to Wang Wei's words, Liu Biao smiled. He asked Wang Wei and Liu Qi to deal with this matter together for fear that Liu Qi would be impulsive and ruin the matter. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi handled the matter so beautifully, which not only hit the power of the Cai family, but also made the Cai family suffer a dumb loss.

The Zhang family is a Xiangyang family, and even he does not dare to force too much. However, it is really unexpected that Liu Qi took this opportunity to give Zhang a heavy damage to the Zhang family. However, Liu Qi said that the loss of the Zhang family was the work of an assassin. Although no one will believe it, this is a good excuse.

"The great prince's decisive killing and extraordinary scheming really surprised everyone." Thinking of the surprised expression of the officials of Xiangyang City when they heard this, Wang Wei sighed and praised. Even if he was optimistic about Liu Qi, he did not expect Liu Qi to be so powerful.

"What's Zhang Yun's reaction?" Liubiao looked at Wang Weidao.

"Zhang Yun rushed back as soon as he left the house and fainted as soon as he saw the situation at home. It should be already in Cai's house at this time. Wang Weidao said that it was indeed wise for Liu Qi to use the Zhang family to provoke the relationship between Zhang Yun and Cai Mao.

Since then, the Zhang family can no longer be as intimate as before, and Zhang Yun will no longer stand behind Cai Mao as before, spareting no effort to support Cai Mao.

"Lord, the information collected by the Cai family for decades yesterday was all robbed by the eldest son. Will the master take it back?" Wang Wei looked at Liu Biao and asked.

"No, no matter how hard the Cai family tries, their intelligence cannot be comparable to that of the Flying Tiger Army and the Flying Dragon Army. Besides, Qier happened to take this opportunity to learn more about the pattern of Xiangyang. Liu Biao waved his hand. At this time, he had already cultivated Liu Qi as his heir.

"In the death of his wife, the lord never told the eldest son that if the eldest son knew this time, would something happen?" The wife mentioned by Wang Wei was Liu Qi's mother. There were many suspicions about the sudden death of Liu Qi's mother. Although she was suppressed by Liu Biao, many families were aware of the abnormality.

"Well, even if I don't say anything about this, he will know it sooner or later. It's better to know it now than to know it in the future." Liu said with a sigh.

"Lord, what happened in those years..." Seeing that Liu Biao's expression was low, Wang Wei would step forward to persuade him.

"There is no need to mention this matter." Wang Wei was interrupted by Liu Biao before he finished speaking.

"How do you think you should reward Qier this time?" Liu Watch looked at Wang Wei and asked.

"Although the eldest son is a general of Zhengnan, he has no official position in Xiangyang. The master can let the eldest son hold some official positions in Xiangyang, so that the eldest son can stay in Xiangyang in a just way." Wang Wei looked at Liu Biao.

"Then what official position do you think Qier should take?" Liu Qi is his son, and the general official position has no meaning to Liu Qi at all.

"The eldest son is the general of the Southern General. The lord might as well let the eldest son also serve as the deputy general of the Flying Tiger Army. In this way, no one dares to say anything." Wang Wei thought for a moment.

"Oh." Liu Watch glanced at Wang Wei and knew that Wang Wei was showing his heart to him. Wang Wei had been the commander of the Flying Tiger Army for more than ten years, and Wang Wei was avoiding suspicion.

"Well, I'll think about it. You don't have to worry about it." Liu Watch looked at Wang Weidao.

"It has 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 Watch waved his hand to let Wang Wei retreat.

"Thank you, Lord." Wang Wei saluted Liu Biao and withdrew from the room.

After Wang Wei retreated, Liu Biao sighed and suddenly coughed a few times, and his face was a little haggard.

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In Cai Fu, Zhang Yun and Cai Mao were relatively speechless in Cai Mao's study. They sat so quietly and no one spoke first.

Zhang Yun knew yesterday that there was an accident at home and he didn't sleep all night. At dawn, Liu Biao asked everyone to leave the house, so he hurried back to the house in a hurry. As soon as he saw the mansion that had become a ruin, Zhang Yun spewed out blood. Later, he saw his wife and two sons curled up in the corner of the wall like a beggar. Zhang Yun was even more angry. After helping his wife and asking carefully, he heard that there were hundreds of people in the family except None of the three people in front of him survived, and they looked murderous. After hearing Ma Zhong's threats, Zhang Yun suddenly 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. Zhang Yun woke up for a long time before getting up and going straight to Cai's house.

"You must already know it, right?" Cai Mao said with some embarrassment.

"I know, none of the hundreds of people in the house have survived, and decades of accumulation in the family have been burned down." Although he knew that Cai Mao was asking, Zhang Yun still twitched the corners of his mouth.

Cai Mao's sister is Zhang Yun's mother, and Cai Mao is Zhang Yun's uncle. In the past few decades, the two families have supported each other regardless of each other, but they didn't expect that there was a rift overnight.

"Why didn't you stop Liu Qi last night?" Zhang Yun raised his head and stared at Cai Mao and asked. He has an answer in his heart, but he wants Cai Mao to say it himself.

"Yesterday, there were a lot of flying tiger troops outside Cai's house, which were heavily guarded. If I sent someone to stop it, it was not only Zhang's house that burned at this time. I'm afraid it has also become a ruin here, and you can't see me again." Cai Mao sighed and said that he did have selfishness last night. He knew that his nephew was extremely smart. Even if he didn't say that he would know, Cai Mao did not hide it.

"Ha ha." Zhang Yun smiled and didn't say anything, but the laughter was very cold. He knew that after today, the Zhang family and the Cai family could no longer be the same as before, and may even become enemies. The Cai family did not help when the Zhang family suffered the disaster. The Zhang family will definitely hold a grudge. Even if Zhang Yun suppresses it, it may break out at any time.

"I will ask someone to send 100,000 yuan, so that the life of the Zhang family will be better." Cai Mao thought for a while and said that 100,000 catties was a compensation for the Zhang family.

"In that case, thank you very much." Zhang Yun arched his hand and did not refuse. At present, the Zhang family does need this 100,000 gold. 100,000 gold is nothing to the Cai family, but it is life-saving money for the Zhang family.

"I have sent someone to contact Cao Gong. I don't know what the Zhang family plans for the future." Cai Mao thought about it and said to Zhang Yun.

"Oh." Zhang Yun was a little surprised and thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it later. Let's recover first."

Seeing Zhang Yun's refusal, Cai Mao sighed. After all, good things have come to this point.

"It's okay. I'll say goodbye." Zhang Yun got up and arched his hand and walked out. It was not until Zhang Yun looked back at Cai Fu and sighed and boarded the carriage and left.

In Liu Qi's house, Liu Qi has just had breakfast. Yesterday, he also didn't rest all night, and Liu Qi didn't dare to guarantee the reaction of the Cai family. If the Cai family really wanted to protect the Zhang family yesterday, Liu Qi could only make concessions. This is actually a contest of determination. Cai Mao sent someone to assassinate Liu Qi, and no one could guarantee what he would do in Liu Qi's anger.

He was gambling yesterday. He bet that Cai Mao could not make this decision. As a result, he won the bet. Cai Mao chose to watch for the Cai family. After all, the Zhang family and the Cai family were not the same family. Cai Mao did not dare to ignore the Cai family for the Zhang family. He did not dare to take the risk.

At this time, there was a brocade box in front of Liu Qi. After seeing him yesterday, Gan Ning solemnly handed him the brocade box and said the importance of the brocade box. This brocade box is the most valuable of all intelligence.

Liu Qi has ordered someone to take care of Xu Shu after Xu Shu came back. According to the schedule, Xu Shu should return to Xiangyang today.

"What the hell is it? Why is Gan Ning so solemn? Liu Qi opened the brocade box and saw dozens of brocade cloth made of fine satin in the brocade box neatly placed in it.

Liu Qi stretched out his hand and pulled out a brocade cloth from it, and it was written: "Xu Du Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and others have frequent activities, and there are signs of killing Cao Cao recently. Dong Cheng's five thousand soldiers and horses are ready. After paying, they secretly have close contact with the emperor.

Seeing this sentence, Liu Qi was shocked. On the eve of the battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao killed all the officials loyal to the Han Dynasty in order to stabilize the rear. Now it seems that the clothing edict may have been issued, and Dong Cheng and others may take action in the near future. Isn't the Battle of Guandu coming?

In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and became the largest prince at the end of the Han Dynasty. After that, he had to fight against Jingzhou mercenaries. At this time, Liu Qi was not strong enough to change the whole war situation. What's more, since he is the son of the princes, both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are his enemies. He also needs to carefully plan how to get the greatest benefits.

Liu Qi put down this matter and pulled out another brocade cloth. It was written: "Liu Bei's life is very suspicious. Ten rooms and nine empty rooms of his ancestral home can't confirm his identity. It's suspicious!"

"Liu Bei?" Liu Qi looked at this sentence carefully before finally shaking his head.

Liu Bei's reputation is already outside at this time. Even if he is not a Han clan, but the emperor has ordered him to be respected as an uncle, then no one will doubt his identity. Although the Cai family has inquired about his background, there is no evidence. As for whether Liu Bei is a Han clan, there are many doubts about the descendants, but this It has nothing to do with Liu Qi.

"Liu Bei, whether you are a Han clan or not, we can't coexist." Liu Qi sighed.

The battle of Guandu is about to begin, and Liu Bei is about to reach Jingzhou. He came to Jingzhou this time to seize Jingzhou, and Liu Qi will not hand over Jingzhou to others like Liu Qi in history, so they can only become enemies.

Then Liu Qi checked the remaining brocade cloth one by one. When he saw the last one, Liu Qi's face changed greatly.