Just after Liu Qi sent Lu Su away, he returned to the Assassin Shi Courtyard that he had temporarily set up in the Taishou Mansion, and just came back to listen to the master book Fanqin reported a good news to him: "My lord, it's really a great joy, Chaisang junior general Lu Meng led an army of 5,000 people, using a discordant strategy to lure the sea dusk, and the thieves and thieves fought infighting, and won in one fell swoop, and then Lv Meng personally led his troops to attack the city, and the soldiers of the three armies fought bravely to be the first, and the enemy chieftain was killed, and the rest of the troops all surrendered, and tens of thousands of thieves in the two counties were pacified in just one month, and the land contact between Chaisang and Nanchang was opened. It's really a hero since ancient times, and this is also due to the vicious vision of adults, who actually recognized Lu Meng as a talent and boldly appointed him, otherwise Lu Meng has the ability, and I am afraid it will be difficult to show it. ”

Liu Qi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and immediately ordered Lu Meng to be promoted to the rank of general of Dangkou, so that he commanded 5,000 people, and selected 5,000 elite soldiers from the thieves who surrendered, and further swept away all the thieves in the entire Yuzhang County.

After arranging Lü Meng, Liu Qi ordered Gan Ning and Chen Zhen to lead the army to be stationed in Zongyang Port, select and train the naval army, and threaten Lingyang County from the water.

He also ordered Xu Shu to lead a large army to garrison Poyang to defend against the enemy in She County, and at the same time ordered Yu to ban Shu County, pacify the thieves in Linhu and Xiang'an, and at the same time guard against Sun Ce's army stationed in Spring Valley.

After deploying this qiē, Liu Qi transferred Huo Jun to Anhui County to meet him, and then took Huo Jun and Zhang Yun to Zhang Hu and assassinate himself with various evidence, and rushed to Xiangyang via Jiangxia.

Liu Qi took Liu Shi, Zhang Tong, Pang Tong, Wang Cang and a hundred personal soldiers under his command to leave Anhui County under the farewell of Liu Ye, Lu Lin, Fanqin and others, leaving Fanqin to temporarily garrison here and temporarily take charge of the daily affairs of the Assassin Shi Courtyard.

Liu Qi and his entourage all rode fast horses, and it was only a 500-mile journey from Anhui County to Xiling, and it was only two days to arrive.

Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia, heard the news of Liu Qi's return and led the crowd to greet him on the eastern border of Xiling.

Liu Qi saw that Huang Zu actually greeted him in person, hurriedly dismounted, and said, "Let the old general greet him in person, why should you be restrained?" ”

Huang Zu smiled and said: "On the position, you are the general of Pingdong, the history of Yangzhou Thorn, you are the peak, on the monarch and minister, the eldest prince is the heir of the lord, the future lord, it is right to welcome the eldest prince, the eldest prince, the sun is scorching, the heat is unbearable, please go to the government to talk about it." ”

After finishing speaking, Huang Zu ordered someone to take over the horses, asked them to take care of them carefully, and then led Liu Qi and the others to the Taishou Mansion.

Huang Zu arranged for Liu Qi's generals to go to eat and rest, and invited Liu Qi into the living room for a separate conversation.

"Hehe, congratulations to the eldest prince for his great martial arts, pacified the two counties of Chaisang and Lujiang, and defeated the arrogant Sun Ce, as far as the last general knows, Sun Ce was wounded by an arrow, and has not healed until now. As soon as the two sat down, Huang Zu was full of praise for Liu Qi and boasted of his exploits.

Liu Qi said embarrassedly: "The general has won the award, if there is no cooperation of the old general this time, I am afraid that Anhui County will have been won by Sun Ce, this is about to be said, and my son will thank the old general for his strong support all the time." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Qi stood up and arched his hand to Huang Zu.

"The eldest prince is polite, the eldest prince is the lord of the last general, and the last general is ordered to act, which is what should be done, how dare he be worthy of a thank you from the eldest prince? What's more, her niece is in the army of the eldest prince, and she is usually taken care of by the eldest prince, and the last general is very grateful for the grace of the eldest prince, even this old bone is handed over to the eldest prince without reservation, not to mention that it is just a trivial matter such as sending troops and not fighting? Huang Zu smiled and said to Liu Qi.

"Ling's niece? Who's that? There has never been a woman in this child's army. After listening to Huang Zu's words, Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and said suspiciously.

"Hehe, my niece is a lieutenant general in the eldest prince's army, and she is in charge of the Ordnance Division." Huang Zu smiled and said proudly.

"What? Huang Shuo? She's a woman? Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned and shouted.

"Isn't it? Her big name is Huang Shuo, and her little name is Yueying. Huang Zu stroked his long beard under his chin and said with a smile.

Liu Qi muttered when he heard this: "Yueying, Yueying." Then he remembered something, and said again: "You said she is Huang Yueying!" The niece of the order of Lord Taishou! This, how is this possible? ”

"Hehe, what's impossible? The last general is a member of the Huang clan in Jiangxia, the word Chengzong, Yueying's father Chengyan is my brother, although he moved to Xiangyang in the early years, but he still leads the position of the patriarch of my clan, everyone knows that my brother's name is Huang Chengyan, in fact, Chengyan is just his cousin, his name is actually Huang Jun, originally because my sister-in-law is Cai Mao's eldest sister, my Huang and Cai's are both prosperous and lossy, but Cai Mao actually violated the will of the people, conspired to abolish the elder and young, my brother repeatedly persuaded each other, how could Cai Mao not listen, my brother lived in seclusion in Xiangyang, no longer inter in political affairs, It wasn't until the eldest prince came to prominence at the Jingxiangwen meeting last year, and then defeated Cao Gong and quelled the Jingnan rebellion, plus Yueying invested in the eldest prince's account, and became more and more devoted to the eldest prince, and gradually turned against Cai Mao. ”

"I see, I didn't know that the old general and Old Master Huang were brothers, and I didn't know that Miss Yueying was in our army, so I'm really ashamed." Liu Qi's words are not too much, as a character from later generations, he should have guessed that the woman who lives in Huangjiawan, Xiangyang and is proficient in instrument manufacturing should be Huang Yueying, but he had a preconceived idea from the beginning that since the other party was a man, it was naturally impossible to be Huang Yueying.

And it was only at this time, thinking about Huang Yueying's strange personality in the past, that she was completely relieved now, because she was originally a woman, so she naturally looked like a pseudo-mother.

Huang Zu waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, my brother originally wanted to find him a young handsome man as his son-in-law, but after hearing about the legendary experience of the eldest son, this child ran away from home without saying goodbye, and for some reason he disguised himself as a man and came to the army of the eldest prince. ”

After hearing this, Liu Qi hurriedly humbled and said ashamedly: "To tell the truth, this son really doesn't know that Miss Yueying is a woman, otherwise she will definitely not be allowed to live in a military full of men. ”

Huang Zu hurriedly nodded and sighed: "This is also what my brother and the last general are worried about, fortunately, the eldest prince has already agreed to marry Yueying, it is better to marry her back to the mansion in the name of this, and specialize in studying ordnance manufacturing in the mansion, which is also like showing up and making people laugh." ”

"Huh? What the? My marriage to Miss Yueying? Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and said casually: "I didn't know until now that Miss Yueying was originally a daughter, when did you agree to marry her?" ”

Huang Zu's face couldn't help but sink, and said slowly: "The eldest prince can't do something without admitting it, according to Yueying, one night, the eldest prince went to her cabin to eat and drink with her, during which my niece once asked, if Huang Yueying is willing to marry you as a concubine, do you agree, the eldest prince agreed without hesitation, and said that he would not judge people by their appearance, how can he say that it has changed now?" What's more, the eldest son has slept in the same room with my niece, and my niece's innocence has been tarnished, how can I marry again in the future? According to my niece, she didn't want to sleep with you at that time, but it was your eldest son who drunk my niece and then took advantage of the situation to enter the ......."

Liu Qi suddenly remembered that he had indeed said such a sentence that night, and he couldn't help but regret it, he knew that this was the case, it was better not to show Huang Yueying a considerate and people-friendly attitude, let alone let go of his curiosity and enter other people's "boudoir" to eat with others, let alone sleep with others. At first, I was just a momentary curiosity, but I didn't expect to encounter such consequences.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi smiled bitterly, and then said: "Don't be angry with the old general, this son really didn't think about it for a while, after being reminded by the old general, this son does remember it now, but marriage is a major event, children can't make decisions, and this matter has to be asked to the father." ”

Huang Zu sneered when he heard this, and said to Liu Qi: "The prince is just taking a concubine, and there is no need to report to the lord at all, not to mention, the last general heard that the eldest prince has taken two concubines in Lujiang, and he has not reported to the lord, is it a deliberate shirk to say so now?" ”

"No, no, how can the old general think that? It's really because Miss Yueying is too involved, and the old general should also know that Cai Junshi has always been at odds with me, and Mr. Huang and Cai Junshi are related, in case Huang Laozhang is framed by something because of this, my son not only can't stand Miss Yueying, but also can't live in his own heart, so this matter must be agreed by his father, so Cai Junshi will not dare to mess around. ”

"Huh, how dare he?" Huang Zu's cloudy eyes suddenly flashed a gleam, and he shouted coldly: "Don't worry, the eldest prince is that although Cai Mao is strong, the last general is not afraid of him, my Jiangxia has tens of thousands of soldiers, the soldiers are full of food, and the elite of the water army is stronger than him Cai Mao, as long as he dares to be unfavorable to his brother, the last general will immediately lead the army into Xiangyang and chop off his head." ”

Next, Huang Zu said with a smile: "If the eldest prince is concerned about this trivial matter, the last general will persuade the prince not to hesitate, we will be a family in the future, and the last general will not let the prince drive this little Jiangxia?" As long as there is an end, Cai Mao's conspiracy will not succeed. ”

Liu Qi suddenly cried and laughed when he heard this: "The old general actually used the whole Jiangxia to be the dowry of the Yueying girl, it is really a big deal, I can't hide it, my son does have a good impression of the Yueying girl, and he really appreciates her talent, and he is really happy to marry her as a concubine, but I am afraid that I will wronged her, and I think that she is the daughter of the patriarch of the big family, and she actually marries someone as a concubine, which is a little unreasonable." ”

"Don't worry about these eldest princes, the first few days I will go to Yuzhang to ask Yueying about it, she said that she is willing to marry you as a concubine, even if there are more women around you, it doesn't matter, because she knows that you treat her sincerely. The words have already been said on this, the eldest prince won't still agree, right? Huang Zu looked at Liu Qi and said expectantly.