Chapter 44: Fan's Ambition
Let's say that on this day, Liu Qi had just come to the Zhongjun tent, and he saw Xu Shu, Pang Tong and Wang Cangquan all standing up, and said with a smile: "General, great joy." ”
"Oh? Where does the joy come from? Liu Qi saw the joy on the faces of several people, and hurriedly asked.
"Hehe, it's about Jiang Wan, the captain of Pingnan, he ordered someone to send a battle report, it turns out that he has captured Zhenyang and captured Weipu Pass."
Xu Shu held the battle report in his hand and said happily to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, snatched the battle report, and slowly read it.
It turned out that after Jiang Wan received the order, he led the army to go out day and night, and surround Zhenyang by surprise, Zhang Huai was frightened and immediately ordered people to go to Weipu Pass for help.
Liu Gang, the guard of Weipu Pass, is Zhang Huai's cronies, and immediately led the elite of Guanzhong to Zhenyang for help after hearing the words, but encountered Jiang Wan's ambush on the way, and even Liu Gang himself was killed.
Zhang Huai was shocked to hear that the Weipu Pass was captured, the reinforcements were cut off, and he announced his surrender in desperation, but Jiang Wan did not accept it, and immediately ordered the siege of Zhang Huai, and announced that he would only kill Zhang Huai, and had nothing to do with the soldiers, Zhang Huai was shocked and prepared to lead his own soldiers to escape, but unexpectedly, the county officials had already been dissatisfied with his various evil deeds of bullying men and women, rushed into the house, killed him, and opened the city gate to let Jiang Wan enter the city.
After Jiang Wan entered the city, he immediately ordered someone to send Zhang Huai's head and the battle report to Chenxian County.
Liu Qi immediately ordered Wang Cang to hold his official documents and go to the county government to invite Cai Jing to come.
Not long after, Cai Jing came to the tent, and Liu Qi gave Zhang Huai's head to him.
Cai Jing recognized the enemy, and as soon as he saw the head, he was sure that the other party must be Zhang Huai, and immediately knelt down in front of Liu Qi with tears, and said gratefully: "Xiaguan thanks the general for avenging my family, slashing the enemy, the general's virtue is really heaven and earth, and the general is willing to serve the general, and he will not dare to go against each other for the rest of his life." In addition, if the general allows, Xia Guan also wants to return to Zhenyang to be the county commander, Xia Guan was born in Si and grew up in Si, and he is also slightly famous in the county, so he will be able to govern the county well for the general. ”
Liu Qi was overjoyed and comforted: "Since Wenwei (Cai Jing's character) is willing to order Cai Jing to be the commander of Zhenyang County, he will naturally be happy to become a jade, but the current Taishou is Lord Sima, and the general can only write a letter to him to recommend, as for whether he can be appointed, it is Lord Taishou who has the final say, and he will not be able to interfere at will." ”
After Liu Qi finished speaking, he wrote a letter to Sima Zhi, recommending Cai Jing to Sima Zhi as a candidate for the Zhenyang County Order, Cai Jing thanked Liu Qi and went to see Sima Zhi with the letter of recommendation.
Soon after, I saw Cai Jing coming to see Liu Qi with Sima Zhi's letter of appointment, with excitement and gratitude, and as soon as they met, they paid a big salute.
Liu Qi hurriedly helped Cai Jing up, and ordered him to take Zhang Huai's head to Zhenyang to pay tribute to the family, and then handed over the head to Jiang Wan after the work, and wrote a letter to Jiang Wan, asking him to act according to the plan after seeing the letter.
After Cai Jing thanked him, he rushed to Zhenyang with Sima Zhi's appointment letter and Liu Qi's letter to Jiang Wan, and rushed to Zhenyang in the starry night. After mourning his family, he personally sent the head and letter to Jiang Wan.
After reading the letter, Jiang Wan knew Liu Qi's intentions, and after returning Zhenyang to Cai Jing, he led his army back to Weipu Pass and sent someone to return Zhang Huai's head to Zhang Jin.
When Zhang Jin saw the head of his son, he was furious and immediately killed the envoy, and then regardless of the hard advice of the generals, he mobilized a large army, and personally led an army of 20,000 to attack Weipu Pass, vowing to kill Jiang Wan and avenge his son.
Let's say that after Liu Qi sent Cai Jing away, he was quite proud in his heart, and looked at Xu Shu and smiled: "As long as Jiang Wan acts according to the plan, I believe that Zhang Jin will be what I plan sooner or later." ”
Xu Shu also smiled when he heard this: "This is good, in fact, Hugh wants to say that it is Zhang Jin, who is it to pay it back, his son was killed, and the head was sent back, I am afraid I can't help the anger in my chest, but the danger of Weipu Pass is abnormal, and now three deep ditches are added to the periphery, Zhang Jin wants to conquer it, it is wishful thinking, and the general will sit and wait for the angry Zhang Jin to go to defeat step by step." ”
At this moment, suddenly Liu Shi walked in and said to Liu Qi with a strange expression: "General Qiqi, Mrs. Fan asks to see you." ”
Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned, his good mood was ruined like this, and he smiled bitterly at Xu Shu: "This Fan family is pestering every day, sir, please help with an idea, how should I deal with her?" ”
Xu Shu also looked helpless, shook his head with a wry smile, but saw Pang Tong smile and said: "The last general has an idea, the general might as well give it a try." Then he came up with his ear and said something to Liu Qi like this, which immediately made Liu Qi smile and admire.
"Haha, Shi Yuan's wisdom is really not ordinary, and he can think of such a bad idea." Liu Qi laughed and hurriedly gave a thumbs up and praised.
Pang said with a aggrieved face: "Isn't the last general plotting for the general?" Now I have painstakingly come up with a plan, but I am so sarcastic. ”
When Liu Qi and Xu Shu heard this, they immediately laughed.
Let's say that Liu Qi came to the gate and said to Fan Qinglu: "I don't know what Mrs. is doing here?" Hehe, Madame has helped me many times, and I haven't had time to thank him. ”
After speaking, he arched his hand to Fan Qinglu again.
Fan Qinglu made a long bow to Liu Qi, and said with a smile: "Why should the general be polite? The general protects the people of my county, and the voice of merit makes my generation look up to the mountains, and this city is full of my villagers, fathers, and elders, and it is also within my duty to do something for them. Today, the concubine came to the general to discuss, but the matter of the concubine is not big, but it is not small, and it is inconvenient to talk here. ”
"Oh? Since Mrs. has something, then Ben will do his best to help, since this place is not a place to speak, then Ben will go to the Taishou Mansion with his wife to discuss in detail, hehe, Sima Taishou because of the huge and deserted mansion, specially dedicated the main house, and Ben will live, but Ben Jiang has been resting in the camp these days because of busy military affairs, and has never been there, and today he will go to the other place to discuss with his wife. ”
After Liu Qi finished speaking, he ordered Liu Shi to prepare a horse, but saw Fan Qinglu and said: "The general doesn't have to be so troublesome, why don't you go in the same carriage with the concubine?" ”
Liu Qi said lightly: "Thank you Madame for your kindness, I have not been active for many days, and today I am just taking this opportunity to ride a horse and exercise my physique, not to mention that I will be in the same car with my wife, which is inconvenient." ”
After Liu Shi led the horse, Liu Qi and Liu Shi and more than ten personal soldiers rode to the official residence of Taishou Mansion, leaving Fan Qinglu to walk slowly in a carriage.
When he was young, Liu Qi came to the outside of the Taishou Mansion, let Fan Qinglu into the main hall of the mansion, and after the maid served tea, he said slowly: "I don't know what is important to Mrs. Please, but it doesn't hurt. ”
But seeing Fan Qinglu sighing, he immediately wept and said: "The concubine is favored by the general, and there is no way to repay her broken bones, so she used the name of the general to help the people and dredge the canal to buy the general's reputation." Unexpectedly, rumors spread in the market, saying that the concubine had a personal affair with the general, and it was a trivial matter for the concubine to be ashamed to see people, and it was a sin to damage the general's reputation. ”
Liu Qi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "I didn't expect that Ben Jiang would actually involve his wife here, I am really ashamed, since the matter has come to this, Ben Jiang will definitely find a way to restore his reputation for his wife, and please rest assured that Madame is." ”
Fan Qinglu was overjoyed when she heard this, she was waiting for this sentence, but she still forcibly suppressed the excitement in her heart, and saluted: "Thank you for the general's answer, but I don't know when the general will come forward to clarify the reputation of the concubine, which is not only beneficial to the concubine, but also very beneficial to the general." ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "Little matter, tomorrow I will ask Sima Taishou to issue a proclamation to clarify the misunderstanding of others, and this matter will naturally be closed." ”
Fan Qinglu couldn't help frowning when she heard this, and said again: "The general's thinking about this matter is too simple, although the official came forward to refute the rumors, but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, but we can't stop them from speculating and discussing, so the concubine thinks that this plan is not good, when you come up with a long-term plan, so that others don't have to guess at all, for example, since there is a discussion about the concubine and the general, we might as well have a plan with him, and it will really be combined, then the concubine is willing to help the general achieve great things with the power of the clan, and the general can also protect the people of our clan, isn't it beautiful?" ”
Liu Qi couldn't help sneering in his heart when he heard this, and said secretly: "Sure enough, your fox tail was revealed, I didn't expect this woman to be so scheming, as I expected, I am afraid that even if Liu Xi and Liu Yan robbed her at the beginning, it was also out of her calculations, she must have found a way to get close to me first, and then find a way to make me want to stop, and then send someone to spread rumors to force me to comply, but this general is not a stupid person, how can you make your conspiracy succeed?" Hehe, although Ben will not be able to kill you to rehabilitate the two of them, Ben will definitely make you pay a terrible price. ”
But Liu Qi didn't show it on the surface, nodded and said: "Madame's plan can't be said to be a good strategy, but it just wronged Madame's youth." ”
Fan Qinglu thought that Liu Qi agreed, and said in surprise: "Where is the general?" It should be the concubine who has climbed high. I wonder when the general will do this to stop the rumors? ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "Let Ben think of another proper way, and I will definitely give Mrs. an explanation within three days." ”
Fan Qinglu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly stood up, arched her hand at Liu Qi again, and then took the maid to say goodbye to Liu Qi and returned to the Zhao Mansion.
Liu Qi looked at Fan Qinglu's back and snorted softly. I saw Liu Shi come forward and said respectfully: "Could it be that Gongzi really promised to marry that woman?" What should the brothers think about this? ”
Liu Qi smiled and said, "Liu Shi, don't you know this son?" Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman? Miss Kuai's family is much stronger than her, such a woman is scheming, even the general dares to calculate, how can the general not treat her well? What's more, because of her, I will kill two loyal and brave brothers, although this matter must be Liu Xi Liu Yan did not do it right, but it may not be that she deliberately lured them, but this qiē is not important, anyway, a slap does not make a sound, and it is okay to hit fifty boards each. But although Ben will spare her life, he will definitely make her life difficult. Make this ambitious woman pay. ”