There were footsteps outside the door, followed by the sound of the door slamming the door, and then Liu Qi's respectful voice came: "Father, did you call me?" ”

Liu Biao stood up, took a piece of cloth and covered the bronze bell, and then said, "Come in!" ”

Liu Qi gently pushed the door, walked to Liu Biao and saluted, and after serving Liu Biao a bowl of hot tea, he sat down on the side, waiting for Liu Biao to speak with some trepidation.

Liu Biao took a sip of hot tea and said, "If you drink hot tea in a hurry, it will burn your mouth." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Father, it's the child's fault, it's the child's failure to control the water temperature." ”

Liu Biao looked at Liu Qi's face and said secretly in his heart: Did this kid deliberately change the topic?

Liu Qi stopped talking when he saw Liu Biao glancing at him, and hurriedly said, "Father, the child will definitely pay attention next time." ”

Liu Biao snorted and asked, "Qi'er, what would you do if someone had a stiff relationship with you?" ”

Liu Qi thought seriously for a while, and said: "The child will try to communicate with that person to ease the relationship, if it really can't be eased, the child will no longer pay attention to that person." ”

Liu Biao smiled and said, "Do you know how my father did it? ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Liu Biao took another sip of hot tea, put down the tea bowl, and said slowly: "Those who have a lot of trouble with me and can't ease up, I will let them stiffen in the coffin." ”

Liu Qi's body trembled, and he thought to himself: My father is a very gentle person on weekdays, why did he suddenly say such things today, could it be that my father has an opinion on me?

Liu Biao looked at Liu Qi's reaction, and continued: "Six years ago, I entered Jingzhou single-handedly and set up a Hongmen banquet, which made many people stiffen in the coffin. DID YOU KNOW? ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "The child knows." ”

Liu Biao stroked his beard and said, "Well, it's good to know, you can step down!" ”

After Liu Qi got up and saluted Liu Biao, he retreated, and when he was about to close the door, he suddenly heard Liu Biao say: "The Cai family is the pillar of my rule in Jingzhou, and it can't be down." ”

When Liu Qi heard Liu Biao's words, he stood outside the door and looked at Liu Biao through the crack in the door, and found that Liu Biao was closing his eyes and recuperating, so he slowly closed the door and left.

When Liu Qi's footsteps disappeared, Liu Biao took away the cloth on the bronze bell, looked at the words on the bronze bell again, and then said slowly: "Is the twelfth year of Jian'an my death?" Then let's see if my end is in that year, if so, this bronze bell is really providential, and I will leave with Cai Mao when the time comes. ”

It was already close to evening when Liu Qi left the mansion, and he walked straight towards Xi's mansion. As soon as Ma Siyi, who was wandering around Liu's mansion, saw Liu Qi, he first looked to see if there was anyone around, and then walked towards Liu Qi, and when he passed by Liu Qi, he whispered: "Childe, you can't go to my young master now, you can go to visit Mr. Kuai Yue." ”

Although Liu Qi didn't know what Ma Hong meant, he still listened to Ma Hong's words and walked towards Kuaifu. Ma Hong would have already asked Liu Qi to discuss countermeasures with him after leaving the mansion, Cai Mao had already doubted Liu Qi, if Liu Qi was looking for him to discuss countermeasures at this moment, then Cai Mao would inevitably doubt himself. Then it is better to shift Cai Mao's attention to a heavyweight, in addition to Cai Mao in Jingzhou, another heavyweight is Kuai Yue, if Liu Qi is asked to find Kuai Yue, then it will inevitably make Cai Mao suspect Kuai Yue. This is a brilliant move, not only to divert Cai Mao's attention, but also to make Cai Mao suspicious of Kuai Yue, if Cai Mao is suspicious of Kuai Yue, then it will be good-looking.

There is a saying in Xiangyang, one city of Xiangyang and half of the city Cai, and the remaining five points belong to Fukuai. The Cai family's power in Jingzhou is the strongest, followed by the Kuai family. Ma Hong thinks that if he wants to pick up vegetables, he must use Kuai, and he must use the Kuai family to suppress the Cai family.

In order to prevent Liu Qi from finding him, Ma Hong specially left Xi's house and lived in Yang Yi's house. Because Yang Yi has a good relationship with Ma Hong, and wants to go to Shuijing Villa to worship Mr. Shuijing as a teacher, she is naturally very happy for Ma Hong to live in his home. In the few days that Ma Hong lived in his house, Yang Yi always had to stick with Ma Hong during the day, and even at night, he had to find ways to live with Ma Hong. There is a saying that if you eat the same case, you will sleep in the same bed, which Ma Hong did not expect. Ma Hong originally wanted to stay in Xiangyang for a while, but now he was afraid that if he stayed in Xiangyang for a few more days, he would smash Yang Yi's face, so he decided to leave Xiangyang as soon as possible and return to Shuijing Villa.

On the other side, Liu Qi knocked on the door of Kuai's house, and Kuaiyue, who was eating rice, suddenly heard Liu Qi's visit, and all the food in his mouth was spit out and sprayed on the dining table.

This really made Kuai An, who was sitting on the side, see his father's reaction, and hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Kuai Yue: "Why is my father so panicked? ”

Kuai Yue took a cloth and wiped his mouth, and said, "Do you know that there is a sharp sword pointed at Cai Mao in recent days?" ”

Kuai An nodded and said, "The child knows that someone may be framing Cai Mao in secret. ”

Kuai Yue said: "I think Cai Mao has already suspected Liu Qi, and Liu Qi came to visit me at this juncture, which is not a good thing. ”

Kuai An immediately understood what his father meant, his father was afraid that Cai Mao would suspect his idea to Liu Qi, after all, six years ago, when Liu Xian rode into Jingzhou to set up a Hongmen banquet to kill many Jingzhou heroes, Kuai Yue also made a lot of efforts and offered a lot of poisonous schemes. If Cai Mao misunderstands that Kuai Yue came up with the idea of murdering Cai Mao for Liu Qi and killing Cai Mao's children, Cai Mao will inevitably regard the Kuai family as a mortal enemy.

"Then father, I'll get up and tell Liu Qi, just say that my father is unwell, let Liu Qi come to visit another day, okay?"

Kuang said.

Kuai Yue shook his head and said: "From the moment Liu Qi arrived at my door, Cai Mao was already suspicious of me, but I didn't expect Gongzi to have such a scheming to lead the sewage to me. ”

Kuai An sighed and said, "Then father, what should we do?" ”

Kuai Yue stood up and said to Kuai'an: "You and I get up with you to greet Gongzi, and then I told Gongzi that I want to visit the lord, and I will not take Gongzi into the mansion, but take him back to the mansion, I think Cai Mao will understand what I mean." ”

"Father is wise."

Although Kuai An didn't quite understand Kuai Yue's meaning, he still stood up and walked out with Kuai Yue.

Liu Qi heard Kuai Yue say that he was going to visit his father, and he was puzzled, obviously Ma Hong said that he wanted to let him come to visit Kuai Yue, why did Kuai Yue go to visit his father again. Although he didn't quite understand, he still went back with Kuaiyue.

When Ma Hong got the news that Kuai Yue and Liu Qi had returned home together in Yang's mansion, he was drinking rice wine, and Yang Yi had already fallen asleep on the bed, because Ma Hong had put some drugs in Yang Yi's water bowl.

Ma Hong glanced at Yang Yi who was sleeping on the bed, and then looked at Ma San who brought him the news, and finally couldn't help laughing, he clapped his hands while laughing, he learned this action from Liu Ye, because now the path taken by Kuai Yue and others is the path that Ma Hong calculated. Ma Hong didn't expect that he had guessed correctly, Kuai Yue was originally on the road of neutrality, neither helping Liu Qi nor assisting Liu Cong, so in order to clear up the relationship with Liu Qi, he would inevitably make some actions to show Cai Mao. Then, it happened to be on the road laid out by Ma Hong.

"Childe, what's next?"

Ma San asked.

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said, "Find three absolutely loyal brothers and let them assassinate Liu Qi and Kuai Yue." ”

Ma San was shocked, his body trembled, and he opened his mouth for a long time before he spit out a few words: "Childe, you ...... Why is this ...... to go...... Assassinate Liu Gongzi. ”

Ma Hong smiled and said: "Of course, this assassination is not a real assassination, it just made Liu Qi suffer a little injury, and also made Kuai Yue receive a small injury." Once the brothers attacked Kuai Yue and Liu Qi, Xi Zhen would lead his troops to rescue them. ”

Ma San nodded and said, "Does that son mean to launch an attack near the county office?" ”

Ma Hong shook his head and said: "No, although they are going to Liu's Mansion, after all, they will pass through the county government, but the county government attack is clearly making a show, it is easy to be seen through, and they will attack in the most inconspicuous place." ”

Ma San was surprised: "Then how can Gongzi be sure that Gongzi Xi will arrive with troops, if Gongzi Xi doesn't come, will it be difficult for the brothers to kill Liu Qi and Kuai Yue?" ”

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to worry about this, Xi Zhen will definitely arrive." ”