Just when the people were carnivaling in the city, Liu Qi quietly left the venue, and solemnly explained to Kuai Zheng that he must send more people to ensure the security of the city, and there must be no problems, otherwise I am afraid that not only will it not achieve the purpose of having fun with the people, but it will become a joke.

Kuai Zhengyan nodded and said: "Please rest assured, the lord, we have sent a large number of guard sergeants, and even the lord's Xiao guards and the Praetorian Guards have also lined up shifts, divided into three shifts to take turns on duty, and the guards of each shift are divided into two ways: fixed posts and rotational inspections, which will definitely not leave any dead ends in the inspection of the city, and this kind of inspection will persist until tomorrow after the completion of the lord's enthronement ceremony, and the last general believes that they are there, and there will be no mistakes this time." ”

"That being the case, then the king will rest assured, and this qiē is entrusted to you." Liu Qi arched his hand to his eldest brother, and then under the command of more than a dozen personal soldiers, he carried several food boxes and came to a large mansion in Xiangyang City.

There are dozens of Bingding guarding day and night, because the king of Chu has personally confessed that there is an important prisoner in this courtyard, and he must be strictly guarded, and no prisoner can escape.

When Liu Qi walked outside the house, the sergeant Li Ke, who was waiting there, held a knife and a gun, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is here?" ”

Seeing that his relatives took out Liu Qi's token, he said slowly: "The king of Chu is here, will you not retreat?" ”

Only then did those soldiers see that it was the lord Liu Qi who had come here, and hurriedly let them in.

Liu Qi said a few words to the soldiers guarding the house, such as "hard work" and "congratulations on the New Year", and then walked into the house.

In the hall of the courtyard, there lived an unkempt man, this man looked lonely, and sighed softly: "It's time for the New Year again, I didn't expect that my Lejin would spend the New Year here." ”

This man is naturally the Cao Wei general Le Jin, who was captured by Zhou Yu in Hexi.

He and Xu Huang were captured by Zhou Yu's army. Immediately refused Zhou Yu and later Liu Qi's surrender without hesitation, thinking that he would die, but he didn't expect Liu Qi not to order him to be killed, but to separate him and Xu Huang, and now Xu Huang's life and death are unknown, but he himself was escorted to Xiangyang from Hexi.

After nearly a month of consumption. Le Jin's original sharpness dissipated a lot, he didn't think about surrendering to Liu Qi, but the will to die was not so strong, now he eats as long as someone sends food and drinks, but he ignores the words of trying to recruit himself.

Of course, since Liu Qi personally recruited him, no one has come to persuade him to surrender, which makes him calm at the same time. There was still a faint uneasiness in his heart, because he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Liu Qi's gourd?

Now that he heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, Le Jin couldn't help but move in his heart, and calculated that it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and after three more was the New Year, it was usually this time. His days are always lively, starting with a dinner party with his family. After that, he entered the palace on the second day to see the lord Cao Cao, and celebrated the New Year with all the generals.

But this year is different, his life as a prisoner is destined to be cold, and his family will certainly not be happy. Whenever he thinks of his family crying for the New Year and the whole family lamenting, he doesn't feel like a knife.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of the door shaft turning, and then I saw a man walking over. With the help of the lanterns brought by the entourage, Le Jin was surprised to find that the person who came turned out to be Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu!

"I don't know if Duke Chu didn't accompany his family on this New Year's night, but came to see me, what advice do you have? Could it be that you invited me to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together? Le Jin's expression was a little indifferent, and he said lightly.

But I didn't expect Liu Qi to laugh and say: "Wen Qian is really like a god, that's right, this time I came here, the main thing is to invite you to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, I think Wen Qian came to Xiangyang alone for the New Year, maybe a little unaccustomed, hehe, this is a few exquisite dishes made in my house, and a pot of fine wine, if you don't dislike it, it's better to enjoy this food and wine, how?" ”

With that, Liu Qi put the wine and food away, poured a few glasses of water and wine, and drank it with Le Jin.

When Le Jin heard this, there was a touch of emotion in his heart, he naturally knew that Liu Qi was usually very busy, now that the New Year was approaching, it was rare to reunite with his family, and he abandoned his family and came to the place where he was imprisoned to share the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with himself, even if he was in prison because of Liu Qi, but he had to admit that Liu Qi's move did touch his heart like ice.

After three rounds of drinking, Le Jin sighed lightly, and said slowly with the power of wine: "Jin is just a prisoner, how can he be so concerned about Chu Gong?" ”

I saw Liu Qi say sincerely: "Wen Qian is not an ordinary prisoner, but a famous general in the world, a talent like you should support the Han family and serve the frontier, and should not end up here, I don't feel sorry for anything else, just for the general's talent." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Qi personally poured a glass of wine and handed it to Le Jin's hand.

Le Jin did not hesitate, took the wine and drank it all, and then said slowly: "There are many talents under the command of the public, which is not inferior to the volume of the enters, why do you have to try so hard to recruit them?" ”

Liu Qi looked at Le Jin solemnly, and said slowly: "Wen Qian is too humble, although I do have cultural relics under my command that are not inferior to Wen Qian, but for the country to choose talents, naturally the more the better, such as the people are in dire straits today, we can only accept more talents, choose more elite soldiers, in order to stabilize the society, calm the world, and return the people to a real peaceful and prosperous world." What's more, Wen Qian has the talent of a general, enough to stabilize the party, and abandon a talent like you without using it, isn't it burning the piano and boiling the crane, and destroying the heavens? ”

Le Jin sneered: "If the Duke of Chu wants to be peaceful in the world, it is actually not difficult, now the Duke is the strongest prince in the world, as long as you don't send troops to offend, how can the King of Wei be bored with himself?" As long as the two sides are peaceful, won't the world be peaceful? ”

Liu Qi said with a straight face: "Wen Qian's words are wrong, my Huaxia has been unified since ancient times, and I am the same descendants of Yan and Huang, so naturally I can't separate the two countries, otherwise, thousands of years later, who will remember that we have the same ancestors, the same writing, and the same etiquette?" It is precisely because of this that the Qin Emperor has the great merits of the Qin Emperor's unification of the six countries, the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, and the four hundred years of my Han Dynasty, not to mention, although the Han family is declining, but it has not died, people think of the Han, loyal ministers and righteous people abound, because of this, we collect medicine to conform to the will of the people, aiming to unify the Han, even if we pay some price, we must be thorough, so that the world can truly achieve peace, so that my Han is strong, and the Quartet barbarians will never dare to peep. ”

Liu Qi said it impassionedly, and even Le Jin was infected, but Le Jin still said: "Although Duke Chu said it very high-soundingly, don't you have your own private plans in your heart?" When you have pacified the world, are you willing to return all the military and political power to the Son of Heaven? ”

Liu Qi nodded and sighed: "I didn't expect Le Wenqian to be so loyal." Don't tell lies in front of real people, don't hide the truth, when today's son is smart and benevolent, but he doesn't have enough prestige to suppress the separatist forces in the world, and I will calm the world in the future, even if the military and political power is returned to the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven convince the civil and military forces? When the first emperor was the son of heaven, why didn't Emperor Shizu return the power? It's the same thing. After this turbulent era, doesn't Wen Qian know that the consolidation of the throne and the stability of the world really rely on virtue? ”

Looking at Le Jin with a contemplative face, Liu Qi said lightly: "The so-called situation creates heroes, heroes must adapt to the times, to put it mildly, the general trend of the world is already so clear, if I don't conform to the will of the people, I am afraid that half of the stability of the country will eventually collapse, just as I will take the throne of the king of Chu tomorrow, this is what the Son of Heaven wants, what the clan thinks, and the Chinese of the country is wholeheartedly supported by the warriors, if I resolutely refuse, I can only disappoint everyone, just like the original Song Xianggong, Being ridiculed for being pedantic, the general is not a pedantic person, so you should know what I mean. ”

Le Jin listened to Liu Qi's words, sighed slowly, and then said to himself: "I am lonely and unheard, I don't know that the prince will be on the throne tomorrow, even so, presumably the prince should be very busy tonight, right?" But the husband still thinks about me Lejin, which shows the hospitality. In this case, he wished to drive the remnants for the king to send. After finishing speaking, Le Jin bowed to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi smiled, helped Le Jin up, and then took his hand and said, "To tell the truth, this king is indeed very busy tonight, but if I can persuade Wen Qian to serve me, this king is worth it." Come, Wen Qian can follow this king to the street to take a look, how prosperous are the people and the generals under my rule are? ”

After that, Liu Qi took Le Jin's hand and came to the street, watching the people sing and dance happily in the city.

Looking at the heartfelt laughter of the people on the street, looking at the heartfelt satisfaction on the faces of these people that can only appear in the prosperous times, and looking at the heartfelt support of all the soldiers and officials for Liu Qi, Le Jin was truly impressed.

Although he is only a military general, but there is also a strong enthusiasm for serving the country in his chest, he also hopes to use his blood to create a peaceful and prosperous era, leaving a name in history, sealing his wife and son is still secondary, and the most important thing is that as a big man, he has struggled for his villagers and the people of the world, shed blood, and sweat, which is the greatest value of a military general.

It was with this purpose in mind that he threw himself into Cao Cao's camp without hesitation, but now, he found that the Liu Qi he had always looked down on was more like a hero who could stabilize the world than Cao Cao.

Therefore, just like when he defected to Cao Cao without hesitation, Lejin once again defected to Liu Qi without hesitation. (To be continued......)