After releasing Han Ji, Liu Qi returned to the Zhennan General Officer's Residence, looking at the former lively official residence now empty, Liu Qi's heart couldn't help but feel sad, after all, this is his first home after the crossing, although Liu Biao is not the real father for himself after the crossing, but this person has always treated himself very lovingly, so Liu Qi has already regarded him as his real father, so after hearing that his father was killed, he immediately led his troops back to punish the murderer.

"Cai Mao's old thief is dead, even if he is cheaper, Liu Cong and Fan, I will not let you go." Liu Qi clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth.

After paying homage to the tomb of his father Liu Biao, Liu Qi's heart felt empty, his father Liu Biao's life can also be regarded as extraordinary, he was well-known in the world when he was young, the name of "Eight Jun" is known all over the world, and later served as the general He Jin's Northern Army, and then was ordered to go to Jingzhou to take up the post of assassin, because the road was blocked by Yuan Shu, his father could not take office, so after being anonymous, he rode into Yicheng alone, and Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others set Jingxiang, subdued the seven counties of Jingzhou in addition to Nanyang, and created a great foundation. And from my father riding into Jingzhou alone to owning the seven counties, it took less than two years!

Although his enterprising spirit has faded a little in his later years, he has been working hard for so many years, making Jingzhou, which was previously "disturbed by human feelings, shocked by all directions, fans of thieves and thieves, and boiling everywhere", has become a paradise of "thousands of miles of purge" in the world. Moreover, because his father actively advocated "standing up in school and seeking Confucianism", he paid attention to Confucian education in Jingzhou, which attracted a large number of outstanding talents and made Jingzhou an academic center of the entire Han Dynasty. In this regard, the history books say: "There are more than 300 people who come from afar. ”

Whether it is the Yingchuan scholars who are famous in later generations, or the Confucianism of Guanxi and Xishu, they all went to Jingzhou to study diligently, and almost the vast majority of the scholars of the Jingzhou group that Liu Bei used to start a family were well educated in Jingzhou Confucianism.

Liu Biao and famous Confucian scholars co-wrote works that had a profound impact on later generations. Until the Tang Dynasty, one of the important reference books, this qiē made an important contribution to both culture and education, as well as to history.

In addition, Liu Biao is an honest official, he has been in office for nearly ten years, there is no surplus wealth at home, Liu Qi and Liu Cong don't even have some pocket money, although his money is rich, it can be used to help those scholars who come to Jingzhou, such ethics look at the entire Han Dynasty, and it is almost unmatched.

It's a pity that such a character actually died at the hands of Xiao Xiao, and it was the relatives around him who killed him, which is really unbearable, so Liu Qi decided that the two murderers must be severely punished.

At this moment, Liu Qi suddenly saw the two maids who had asked him to serve Cai's family to run in a panic, knelt down to him and said, "My lord, the old lady hanged herself. ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and sighed softly: "I didn't expect her to really take this road, forget it, this is also her sincere remorse." ”

So he ordered someone to gather it up and bury it next to his parents.

After that, Liu Qi came to the Zhennan General's Office and convened all the civil and military affairs.

The main problems facing Jingzhou now are: first, Wen Ping and Wang Wei are still resisting foreign enemies on the border, and they have not yet joined themselves; second, Liu Bei was still leading the army to attack Deng County; Third, how to quickly calm people's minds and restore and develop Jingzhou's economy?

These three issues are the main ones discussed today.

Discussing together were Deng Xi in Zhizhong, Liu Xian, Kuai Yue, the chief bookkeeper, Jia Xu, the general and military division of Zhennan, Han Song, who was engaged in Zhonglang, Song Zhen, who was engaged in literature, Sima Hui, who was engaged in persuasion, Huang Chengyan, who was engaged in Dazhongzheng, and Pang Degong, who was engaged in classics.

Although all the people present were resourceful, Kuai Yue was Liu Qi's father-in-law, Huang Chengyan was Liu Qi's quasi-father-in-law, Jia Xu generally didn't like to be presumptuous, and the others had just been attached and were worried in their hearts, so everyone turned their attention to Kuai Yue and Huang Chengyan.

I saw Kuai Yue said slowly: "Lord, in fact, the third matter can be handled by Deng Zhizhong and Liu Beijia, and the lower official will talk about the first and second questions first." Although Wen Ping has a close relationship with Cai Mao, this person has always been loyal and good, and the lord can surrender with just a letter, and although Wang Wei used to be Cai Mao's confidant, this person's nature is not bad, and now he is resisting Liu Bei in Deng County, if he is not handled properly and let him demote Liu Bei, I am afraid that things will not be good, so the lower official believes that in order to show sincerity, and at the same time in order to make Liu Bei lose his thoughts, the lord should personally go to Deng County to persuade him to surrender. ”

Liu Qi nodded when he heard this, and said: "What Master Kuai said is good, although Liu Bei is attacking my Jingzhou in the name of avenging his father, but he is now an ally that we can strive for, at least for now, so this trip to Deng County is still necessary, but before going to Deng County, I will first dispose of the pair of dog men and women who poisoned my father." ”

After that, Liu Qi ordered Deng Xi to govern Zhongzhong and Liu Xian to take full responsibility for stabilizing the people's hearts and maintaining public order, and appointed Kuai Zheng as the commander and general of Jiangling County.

At the same time, he also personally came forward, so that Liu Xian's nephew Shentong Zhou did not doubt worship Sima Hui as a teacher, and in view of his contributions in the process of recovering Xiangyang, he was named the Marquis of Guannei at the age of ten.

And because Liu Hu resigned and went into hiding, Liu Qi knew his intentions and did not stop him, so he appointed Kuai Yue to concurrently serve as the Taishou of Nanjun and the general of Zhaowen, so that he had the right to command the army.

In this way, the Kuai family finally completely replaced the Cai family and became the first clan in Jingxiang, and all the big and small families deeply admired Kuai Yue's vicious eyes, and they were able to choose Liu Qi as their son-in-law, and at the same time secretly laughed at Cai Mao's short-sightedness, and actually led the clan to exterminate. Since then, Kuai Yue has been talked about as the image of Jingxiang Wise Man.

In addition, Liu Qi still appointed Han Ji as the mayor of Yicheng and the captain of Si Jin, responsible for the research and development of smelting and casting weapons, and ordered Huang Yueying to move the military weapons department to Yicheng and hand it over to Han Ji to be responsible, while Huang Yueying and Zhen Luo set up another scientific research institute to be responsible for the research and development of equipment, and no longer managed specific production.

In addition to the above people, the other civilians, soldiers and soldiers of the three armies also have their own rewards.

After that, Liu Qi ordered people to post notices on the streets, saying that the case of murdering the ancestor Liu Biao would be openly tried the next day.

Early the next morning, the entire Zhennan General's Office was crowded with people who were here to watch the trial, and some of them were ordinary people who had received the favor of the Fan family, hoping to see their benefactors get a fair verdict.

In fact, the case this time is not complicated, the main reason is that Kuai Ruyu sued Liu Cong and Fan for poisoning his father-in-law, Liu Cong and Fan flatly denied it, and falsely accused Kuai Ruyu of being the real murderer, the purpose was just to seize power in Liu Biao's hands.

Liu Cong knew that he was going to die today, and he hated the Fan family, so he didn't say a word after he came, and he didn't admit his crime, nor did he deny it.

While Fan's rhetoric was full of rhetoric and refused to admit it, Kuai Ruyu argued on the basis of reason, logically and rationally pointed out that it was impossible for them to murder their father-in-law, because this could only benefit Liu Cong and Cai, and at the same time explained that the reason why he escaped from Xiangyang in the first place was just to prevent Cai Mao and Liu Cong from blackmailing Liu Qi with themselves.

Kuai Ruyu also took out the most important evidence to prove her innocence, that is, she was not in the house at that time, but was taken back to her home by her uncle Kuai Yue, because Kuai Yue had already had a premonition, I was afraid that Cai Mao and Liu Cong would be unfavorable to themselves, but I didn't expect them to poison their father-in-law this time.

Immediately afterwards, Kuai Ruyu found many people to testify for herself, because she deliberately went to the restaurant in the city on the way home, and the people along the street saw it.

After that, many people echoed outside the lobby, saying that they had indeed seen Kuai Ruyu return home, and these people were willing to sign and draw a pledge to testify for Kuai Ruyu.

After that, Kuai Ruyu also deliberately compared his steamed buns with Fan's, because his steamed buns are dough, so they look white, and fluffy and soft, while Fan's is dead bread, which looks darker and tastes very different.

After Kuai Ruyu finished speaking, he took out the steamed buns he had just steamed yesterday and the buns found in Fan's room for everyone to compare, and everyone really found that the leftover buns eaten by Liu Biao on the case of Nanjun Taishou Kuai Yue were exactly the same as those steamed by Fan's, so they all believed what Kuai Ruyu said.

Fortunately, it is winter, and it has only been a few days since Liu Biao was killed, and the bun that Fan poisoned Liu Biao at the beginning can still be preserved, otherwise, this most important piece of evidence will be gone, even if the Fan family is sentenced, I am afraid she will not be convinced.

And after listening to Kuai Ruyu's words, Fan finally understood why the buns he made were not as good-looking and delicious as hers, and couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that you have to make noodles to make it, Kuai, you can hide it from me." Now, I don't have to hide it, it was I who poisoned my uncle, and the reason why I did this was because of Liu Cong's order, and I am someone else's concubine,"

At this moment, I heard Liu Qi say loudly to everyone: "You people may not know, this person's original name is Fan Qinglu, but the widow sister-in-law of Zhao Fan of the old Guiyang, in order to show her husband and widowhood, he invited the court to set up a chastity archway for her, clinker This person did not respect the system, changed his name and came to Xiangyang, married Liu Cong as a concubine, and provoked conflicts in my family many times, and finally poisoned my father, this person in order to establish favor, deliberately gave military food to the people, the purpose is to make our army have no food, Once the enemy invades, how can I protect Xiangyang? Therefore, this person's scheming is deep and his temperament is vicious, which is simply the anger of God and man. ”

Then Liu Qi stopped the discussion of the Chinese people, and shouted: "Next, I declare that the rebel son Liu Cong, who murdered his father, is a heinous crime, and he will be sentenced to the punishment of abandoning the city, and he will not be allowed to enter the ancestral house after death; The poisonous woman Fan, poisoned her father-in-law, and harmed my people, the impact was extremely bad, and she was sentenced to claustrophobia, sent back to the Zhao Mansion in Guiyang, and was not allowed to leave the mansion for half a step for life. ”