What Liu Ji said in the hall of Dou Mansion made Zhao Ce, the Taishou of Geshan County, Anhui Prefecture, suddenly a little unable to get off the stage, Zhao Ce said to Liu Ji with a gloomy face: "Who assassinated my father, I guess General Liu knows very well in his heart, this official sees that General Liu has been leading troops to fight against foreign people, so he did not pursue it, but avenged his father, otherwise, hum-hum-"

Liu Ji sneered and said, "What should General Ben know?" Zhao Taishou, you'd better make it clear, if someone dares to frame General Ben, even if General Ben doesn't care, but millions of soldiers of the Broken Army will never agree! ”

At this time, Qin Gang, who was standing behind Zhao Ce, suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Ji, your two equal wives Zhou Lanqi and Zhou Lanxin are the murderers of the old lady, and I, Qin Gang, can testify!" ”

Liu Ji had already seen Qin Gang behind Zhao Ce, and learned through the scanning function of the system that in just over a year, the force value had soared from 88 points to 90 points, and he had stepped into the ranks of top generals, but for a top military general with a force value of only 90 points, Liu Ji didn't need to care too much.

"An ungrateful betrayal of the master, he wants to frame General Ben, he just doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, Liu Ren, take down this fanatic for General Ben!" Liu Ji said angrily.

As soon as Liu Ji's words fell, Liu Ren, who was standing behind Liu Ji, came to the wooden couch where Liu Ji was sitting, and rushed straight to the wooden couch of Zhao Ce opposite.

Seeing that Liu Ji was so bold and reckless to directly send his subordinates here to do it, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, suddenly changed his face, but he did not make a sound to stop it, and the face of Zhao Boran, the captain of the criminal department, was even more ugly.

Although Zhao Ce, the Taishou of Geshan County, Anhui Prefecture, is not a disciple of the Zhao family in Dazhou, where Zhao Boran is located, but now Zhao Ce has taken refuge in the name of the Zhao family in Dazhou, and he is a relatively strong local official in the control of the Zhao family in Dazhou.

Now that Liu Ji is so blatantly targeting Zhao Ce, Zhao Boran, the captain of the Criminal Department, immediately shouted angrily: "Liu Ji, hurry up and let your people go back!" ”

Liu Ji heard the shout of Zhao Boran, the captain of the Criminal Department, and only glanced at Zhao Boran, but did not open his mouth to summon Liu Ren back.

Zhao Ce saw that Liu Ji sent a guard wearing iron armor and an iron mask, and rushed over directly, wanting to take down Qin Gang, and immediately shouted angrily: "Qin Gang, take down this reckless man who dares to spread wild here to Ben Taishou!" ”

"Yes! Lord! Qin Gang immediately rushed towards Liu Ren.

Although the dinner was held in the mansion of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, the guards and generals of the counterinsurgency army from all walks of life brought a lot of their men to the banquet, that is, they entered the hall of the dinner, and they were accompanied by several heavily armed subordinates.

Liu Ren and Qin Gang's weapons are both a long-handled iron broadsword, originally after entering the hall, the long knife was carried behind them, but at this time the two of them had already held the long knife in their hands, and they exchanged hands in the open space in the center of the hall, fortunately, this hall is spacious enough, and the open space in the center is also large, after Liu Ren and Qin Gang fought each other, it did not affect others.

When Liu Ren and Qin Gang fought together, facing Liu Ren, who had the advantage of strength, Qin Gang quickly fell into a disadvantage, and after only a few rounds, Qin Gang was only left with the strength to parry.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, suddenly shouted to Liu Ji: "General Liu, can you give the old man a face, let this fierce general under your command stop, the old man doesn't want to see bloodshed happen tonight." ”

At this time, Jia Xu whispered something in Liu Ji's ear, which made Liu Ji's brows frown slightly, and then Liu Ji shouted loudly: "Liu Ren, go back!" ”

Liu Ren immediately forced Qin Gang back with a knife, then turned around and returned to Liu Ji's back, and like a wooden stake, he stood motionless behind Liu Ji.

Zhao Ce saw Qin Gang who was panting, and quickly called Qin Gang back, Zhao Ce didn't expect that a random guard next to Liu Ji could be even more powerful than Qin Gang, the second fierce general under him, which made Zhao Ce's fear of Liu Ji deepen.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said with a smile: "General Liu, everyone is a courtier of the imperial court, some personal contradictions, it is better not to care about them at this time, the traitor Zhang Mingqi is our main enemy." ”

Liu Ji looked at Zhao Ce and Qin Gang behind him, and said with a disdainful look on his face: "For the sake of Captain Dou's face today, spare some people first, and some people had better stay away from General Ben in the future, otherwise General Ben won't just snort twice!" ”

Zhao Ce glanced at Liu Ji hatefully, and finally didn't say anything, turned his head to the other side, and no longer looked at Liu Ji's annoying face.

Zhao Boran, the captain of the Criminal Department, looked at Liu Ji's arrogant appearance, and the expression on his face was even more ugly, but Zhao Boran didn't say anything, after all, the imperial court and the thirteenth family still need Liu Ji to help suppress the rebellion of the rebel Zhang Mingqi, so it's better not to offend Liu Ji at this time.

Dou Bing, the general of the chariot and cavalry who took Liu Ji into Dou Mansion, looked at Liu Ren like a stake, but his eyes were full of shock, with the strength that Liu Ren showed just now, Dou Bing felt that the guard beside Liu Ji was likely to have reached the qualification of being on the list of peerless generals in the world's hero spectrum.

Seeing that Liu Ji did not continue to make a big deal about it, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, immediately ordered the servants to start serving wine and food to the guests, and at the same time, a team of dancers from Dou Mansion came to the open space in the center of the hall and began to dance with the accompaniment of more than a dozen musicians.

"General Liu, the old man toasts you, thank General Liu for opening up the territory and expanding the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty for me, and building the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate!" Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, picked up his wine glass and said to Liu Ji with a smile.

Liu Ji hurriedly raised his wine glass and said: "Don't dare to be a toast to Captain Dou, this glass of wine should be someone Liu to Captain Dou!" ”

Dou Yan held the wine glass and said: "In the Western Regions and the grassland, I can expand the land for thousands of miles respectively, this glass of wine The old man must respect General Liu, and the old man will do it first!" ”

After Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department, toasted Liu Ji, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Zhongyang, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Households, Zheng Kai, the secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers, Han Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers, Wu Ziyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Shunran, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Chen Sikai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Xiao Su, the hussar general, and Dou Bing, the general of the chariot cavalry, toasted Liu Ji one by one.

The nine leading generals and the twelve Taishou under the command of the state pastor, but without Liu Ji's treatment, they can make these bigwigs in the imperial court toast one by one.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, suddenly said to Liu Ji: "General Liu, the imperial court will increase troops to the southeastern states this time, if there is no accident, including General Liu's broken army, there will be a total of 36 soldiers and horses, with a total strength of more than 1 million, and this time the commander of the 36 routes of soldiers and horses, the imperial court is ready to let the chariot and cavalry general Dou Binglai serve, I don't know what General Liu thinks?" ”

Liu Ji, Jia Xu, and Fang Xuanling all thought that serving as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army was a thankless task, even if Liu Ji served as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army, it was likely that he would not be able to command the other 35th Route Counterinsurgency Army, so Liu Ji had no intention of serving as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army.

"General Dou Bing served as the commander of the 36th Route Soldiers and Horses, and Liu raised his hands in agreement." Liu Ji said very simply.

And Liu Ji's words, so that the military department captain Dou Yan, the general of the cavalry Dou Bing and other important ministers of the court, as well as the nine leading generals and twelve Taishou under the command of the state minister, are all relieved, Liu Ji with the many soldiers and horses under his command, if you have to serve as the commander of the 36th Route Suppression Rebel Army, in the end it is likely that everyone will have to grit their teeth and agree, but let Liu Ji serve as this commander, it is really not what many people want.

Zhao Ce, the Taishou of Geshan County, Anhui Prefecture, heard that Liu Ji agreed with General Dou Bing to serve as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army, the expression on his face was a lot easier, as long as it was not Liu Ji to serve as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army, if Liu Ji came to serve as the commander, Zhao Ce had to consider, should he take troops to the southeastern states to quell the rebellion?

When Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, heard that Liu Ji agreed to serve as the commander of the 36th Route Counterinsurgency Army, he immediately gave Liu Ji a grateful look.

"Haha, General Liu, come! The old man toasted another glass of wine, this time to exterminate the traitor Zhang Mingqi, it has to rely on General Liu's broken army to make more efforts! Captain Dou Yan's smile at this time was very bright.

In the Ci'en Palace of the Canglong City Palace, Liu Heng, the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, said to the Empress Dowager Zhou with an angry face: "Queen Mother, tonight Dou Yan is in Dou Mansion, not only feasting the nine leading generals under the command of the state pastor and the twelve Taishou who led the troops, but also invited the captured general Liu Ji, what is he Dou Yan going to do?" The officials and generals from all walks of life who came in accordance with the imperial court documents have not yet entered the palace to meet the saints! ”

Empress Dowager Zhou sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the nine leading generals under the command of the state pastor and the twelve Taishou who led the troops should all be from the Thirteenth Family, and it seems that the Thirteenth Family already has a lot of power in various states of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Liu Heng said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, I don't care about the nine generals who led the troops under the command of the state pastor and the twelve Taishou who led the troops, but if the captured general Liu Ji was pulled over by the thirteenth family, it would be even more difficult for me to regain the power of the imperial court." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said calmly: "The mourning family has already agreed with Qingmei, this time Liu Ji enters the palace, the mourning family will give Liu Ji a marriage, as long as Qingmei becomes Liu Ji's wife, then Liu Ji will not be easily pulled by the thirteenth family, but will become the emperor's help." ”

Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and said: "Queen Mother, but Liu Ji already has a wife that Ming Media is marrying, and there are several equal wives, what about my sister's status?" ”

Xiangcheng princess Liu Qingmei is only eighteen years old this year, she is not the Empress Dowager Zhou's biological mother, Liu Qingmei's biological mother, is a concubine of Liu Heng's father, she died of illness shortly after giving birth to Liu Qingmei, and Liu Qingmei's biological mother had a good relationship with Queen Zhou at that time, so after Liu Qingmei's biological mother died, Queen Zhou, who is now the Empress Dowager Zhou, raised Liu Qingmei by her side, which can be said to be her own.

Liu Heng has always regarded Xiangcheng Princess Liu Qingmei as his own sister, although Liu Heng tried every possible way to win over Liu Ji, but in order to win over Liu Ji, he married his sister Liu Qingmei to Liu Ji, Liu Heng was unwilling to do this in his heart.

Empress Dowager Zhou said indifferently: "The mourning family will make a decree, and the wife of Qingmei and Liu Ji's family in the future will be equal in status, and they are all Liu Ji's wife!" ”

Liu Heng asked in surprise: "Queen Mother, can you do this?" Isn't there only one wife? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "There has been such a precedent in my dynasty before, and there is more than one, so there is no problem with Qingmei's status." ”

Liu Heng smiled bitterly, it seems that the matter of Sister Qingmei's marriage to Liu Ji cannot be changed, unless Liu Ji does not agree to this marriage.

But Xiangcheng princess Liu Qingmei has always been famous in the Great Jin Dynasty for her beauty and virtuousness, when the mother of Xiangcheng princess Liu Qingmei was ranked in the heavenly list in the world group of people nineteen years ago, and Liu Qingmei's beauty is even better than the blue, although Liu Ji is young, but the name of lust has spread among the high-level of the Great Jin, in the face of a stunning beauty like Xiangcheng Princess Liu Qingmei, how could Liu Ji refuse.

Empress Dowager Zhou then asked Liu Heng: "Has the emperor seen the three children of the clan, Liu Chong, the governor of Qianzhou, Liu Yuan, and Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou?" ”

Liu Heng nodded and said, "After returning to my mother, I have already seen it." ”

"The mourning family wants to persuade the emperor, don't be in a hurry, the three of them brought to the capital no more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and at this time, the army that the thirteenth family can control in the capital is definitely more than one million, and the most elite 400,000 forbidden troops are also controlled in the hands of the thirteenth family, and the emperor has to continue to endure."

Empress Dowager Zhou's words made Liu Heng's face instantly gloomy, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I won't take risks easily." ”

After Liu Ji attended the dinner in Dou Mansion, he didn't expect that Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, would give him four beauties, these four beauties are the top brand Qingqi of the four Qinglou in Qinhuai City, Suzhou, these four top brand Qingqi are not only beautiful as flowers, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, song and dance, which can be said to be the most prestigious top brand Qingqi in Qinhuai City.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, knew that Liu Ji was lustful again, so he spent a lot of money to buy the top brand clearers of these four green buildings, and was ready to use these four top brand clearers to befriend Liu Ji.

According to the value of these four top Qing Qiang, the Dou family's money is far less than one-fifth of the value of these four top Qing Qi, but the power of the Dou family is there, and the bosses of the four Qinglou and the forces behind the four Qinglou can only grit their teeth and admit it.

Of course, Dou Yan would not be naïve to think that Liu Ji could be bought with these four top brand clearers, but as long as he could use these four top brand clearers to make friends with Liu Ji, Dou Yan's goal would be achieved.