After Liu Qi returned to the camp with a gloomy expression, the three armies were all solemn, especially those pro-soldiers, who took it as a warning and no longer dared to neglect military law.

And those pro-soldiers did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with Liu Qi, they could completely see how sad the general was when he killed Liu Xi and Liu Yan with tears, and at the same time they really felt the affection and kindness of General Liu Qi to these two pro-soldier captains, so to speak, although the two pro-soldier captains were killed for violating military discipline, the grace they received was even more generous than when they were alive.

So even if they die this time, this life will be worth it.

And Liu Qi resolutely beheaded the two captains of the pro-soldiers this time, and completely won the hearts of the people for himself. The onlookers spread everywhere the righteous behavior of General Fenwu's iron-faced selflessness and resolute killing of the pro-soldier captain who harassed the people, and for a time the people of the entire Chenxian county were completely heartfelt, and even the people of other counties in Guiyang were amazed after hearing about Liu Qi's move, which made Liu Qi's reputation in Guiyang and even the entire four counties of Jingnan rise to an unprecedented level.

But Liu Qi's heart was not half happy, because his reputation was exchanged for the lives of two loyal and brave pro-soldier captains, and he even hoped that even if he didn't want such a reputation, he didn't want these two pro-soldier captains to die.

But he couldn't help it. As the chief general, he must be principled, and he cannot reward and punish at will based on his own likes and dislikes, otherwise he will inevitably lead to a lack of military discipline and bring an extremely bad impact to himself.

What's more, the crimes committed by these two pro-soldier captains are actions that they have to punish severely, if they violate their own moderation, or collide with their own majesty, these can be dealt with lightly, but the matter of robbing the people's women involves the problem of the people's hearts and minds, and there is no second way to go except to endure the pain and kill.

But now Liu Qi is also secretly glad, fortunately this time it was the two pro-soldier captains who violated the military order, if it was Liu Shi and Wei Yan, who were generals who made him rely on him more, then how should he deal with it? Wouldn't it lead to an even greater catastrophe? Although he is a strong man with a broken wrist now, he is much stronger than he will be terminally ill in the future, right?

Liu Qi was in a daze in the camp tent, and suddenly heard the guards come forward to report, saying that the bitter lord Mrs. Fan personally went to the camp gate to thank him and asked to see him.

Liu Qi had no choice but to fight his spirit and go to see Fan outside the camp.

Outside the gate, Liu Qi saw a beautiful woman dressed in a silver fox fur, with a face like a full moon, eyes like autumn waves, curved eyebrows, and a look of about twenty years old, standing in front of him.

The woman saluted to herself, "But General Fenwu? Concubine Fan's Qinglu to meet you. ”

Liu Qi arched his hand and said lightly: "The general is Liu Qi, and Mrs. is not polite." I wonder what Madame is doing here? ”

I saw Fan Qinglu and said: "The concubine is here, first, to thank the general for upholding justice, punishing the two pro-soldiers who robbed the people's daughters, and on behalf of the deceased second uncle Zhao Fan, thank the general for protecting my whole clan and the two mansions. The second is to apologize to the general, because of the concubine and the two loyal and brave captains of the army died, the concubine was uneasy, so he decided to take out half of the money and grain in my house to fund the army, to make up for the uneasiness of the concubine. ”

After Fan Qinglu finished speaking, he pointed back, and saw the family members carrying ox carts and loading more than ten carts of grain and cloth to the vicinity of the barracks.

Liu Qi naturally saw Fan Qinglu's intentions, it turned out that Fan Qinglu saw that he had killed Liu Xi and Liu Yan, the two captains of the personal soldiers, for fear that he would retaliate with hatred in the future, so he came here and offered to donate his family property to express his sincerity.

But how could Liu Qi accept her donation? First of all, if Liu Qi does this, he will definitely be considered by others to take the opportunity to blackmail the other party, so that his reputation will decline again. Secondly, Liu Qi reluctantly killed the two captains of his own soldiers, although he knew that Fan Qinglu was innocent, but he would not be a little angry with the other party in his heart, how could he make her feel so at ease?

So Liu Qi laughed dryly, and said lightly: "Madame is too polite to do this, this general is not only the son of the shepherd of Jingzhou, but also the commander of the Jingnan military at the order of his father, defending one side of Li Shu is the responsibility of the general, and the rectification of military discipline is for the reputation of my Jingzhou army and the general's father and son, how can I accept the family property of my wife?" This made the outside world comment, what kind of person am Liu Qi when I am? Mrs. was kind and understood, but it was difficult to donate family property, so she asked Mrs. to transport the food back. There are still things in the general's camp, so I will retire first. ”

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he no longer cared about Fan Qinglu, who was stunned on the spot, and arched his hand and returned to the camp.

"Madame, what shall we do?" A personal maid slowly came to Fan Qinglu's side and asked softly.

Fan Qinglu thought for a moment, and then praised: "What a good General Liu who values righteousness over profit, let's go back, since General Liu cares so much about reputation, why should we make it difficult for him?" It just so happened that because of the recent war, many people in the city were short of food and clothing, so we distributed these grains and cloths to these people in the name of General Liu. Although General Liu did not accept our donation of family property, we used these materials to enhance his reputation, which can be regarded as our return for the favor. ”

"Huh? Madame, you have to think clearly, this is half of our family property, should we just give it to those brown-clothed untouchables? If it is donated to the army, we can still gain the favor and protection of General Liu, but what is the use of giving it to those untouchables? The maid was stunned for a moment, and then asked suspiciously.

saw Fan Qinglu's face sank, and reprimanded: "Bold girl, dare to question Mrs. Ben's decision, why don't you go quickly?" Otherwise, Mrs. Ben would not have spared it. ”

The maid was shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly took the order, and ordered the coachman to transport the grain and cloth to the downtown area, and then distribute the grain to the people who lacked food and clothing in the name of Liu Qi, the general of Fenwu.

Fan Qinglu slowly followed behind and said secretly: "How can you, a little girl, know Mrs. Ben's intentions?" Liu Qi has a good name, so I will give food and cloth to those people in his name, which will definitely further enhance Liu Qi's fame, and who in the city doesn't know that the person who distributes food is actually a person from my Zhao Mansion? They will naturally think that my mansion has dealings with Liu Qi, so who would dare to bully my Zhao mansion at will? What's more, Liu Qi admits my affection, not only will he not be angry with my Zhao Mansion, but he will also be grateful to me, as long as I use a little more means, I will let Liu Qi bow down under my pomegranate skirt, so that the Zhao clan is as safe as a rock, and I will also fly to the high post to be a phoenix, isn't it beautiful? ”

Sure enough, on the second day, Liu Qi heard that there was a martial general Liu Qi in the city who ordered people to distribute food and cloth in the downtown area, and all the people were moved to immediately unite and present a letter to Liu Qi to express their gratitude, and even many people built a shrine for Liu Qi to show their gratitude.

Liu Qi happened to go to Sima Zhi's Taishou Mansion to discuss matters, but he was stopped by the people on the way, and he bowed and thanked him, which made him feel puzzled, until he asked the reason, he was very surprised, and hurriedly ordered Liu Shi to go to the downtown center to investigate the situation, only then did he know that it was Fan Qinglu who did it.

Liu Qi saw that the other party was willing to express his sincerity in this way, but he only sighed a few words, so he didn't care much, and secretly decided to wait until the future, if the Zhao Mansion had something to ask for, just give him some convenience.

Two days later, Fan wrote a letter to Liu Qi again, offering to hire a man to dredge the canal in the name of General Fenwu.

Before Liu Qi could reply, he saw that another notice had been posted in the downtown area, saying that Fan, the wife of the Zhao Mansion, had been ordered by General Fenwu to hire a man to dredge the canal, and the treatment was extremely generous.

Since it was the end of the year, and the people were relatively idle, countless villagers flocked to the city, carrying all kinds of tools to sign up, and tens of thousands of migrant workers reached for a while.

When Liu Qi heard this, he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and it seemed that he still underestimated this Fan Qinglu, because the other party obviously had a plan, and it was definitely not just as simple as expressing sincerity, so he ordered Liu Shi to send a few capable soldiers to pay close attention to Fan Qinglu's movements and see what the hell she was doing?

Sure enough, a few days later, there were some rumors circulating in the room, saying that it was love at first sight between Liu Qi, the general of Fenwu, and Fan, the wife of Zhaofu, outside the camp gate, and after a series of cooperation, there was an abnormal relationship.

These rumors have even spread to the army, which makes those soldiers who were originally loyal to Liu Qi have a trace of dissatisfaction in their hearts, especially Liu Xi and Liu Yan's former subordinates, they found that the woman that their captain snatched at the beginning fell into the hands of General Liu Qi again, so they expressed regret for the death of the two captains in vain.

Fortunately, Sima Liu Shi of the Chinese army discovered this sign in time, and clarified the truth for Liu Qi sternly: "Give Lao Tzu your ears one by one, don't listen to the rumors outside, this is completely a rumor made by others, the woman general has only seen her once, that is, the time outside the gate, and then everything was done by that woman on her own initiative and in the name of the general, you all stupid balls have followed the general for so long, when have you ever seen the general so stupid?" ”

Liu Shi's words were tantamount to a slap in the face, which directly made those pro-soldiers suddenly realize, and they deeply regretted that they had listened to the rumors in the market, and knelt on the ground to express their repentance.

Liu Shi did not punish them, but only told them not to believe the gossip of others, let alone doubt the general's integrity, and said that the general would definitely deal with this matter to the best of his ability, and that everyone would see the true colors of the general.