Liu Qi sneered when he heard this, and said lightly: "Although I don't have Lu Bu's bravery, I have Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and Tai Shici and other brave generals in the world; Although I don't have the name of Yuan Shu IV and the Three Princes, but I am also a noble of the Han family, and I am also a corporal of Lixian, thirsty for talent, make the best use of talents, make the best use of things, and all the famous people from all over the world defect, if you talk about employing people, I have a lot of talents, military generals are like clouds, and ministers are like rain, even if it is Yuan Benchu who sits in the four states of Hebei, and Cao Mengde, who is proud of the Central Plains, is not necessarily better than me? What's more, Liu Xuande, who has difficult aspirations? And what do you have? Could it be that just by relying on these clever and vicious methods, Jingzhou can be kept? ”

When Liu Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be silent, sighed, and said no more.

Liu Qi ordered him to be taken down and put in prison pending trial.

Next, Liu Qi glanced at Fan who was leaning on the bed again, and said coldly: "Mrs. Fan, we met again, I really didn't expect you to change your name and turn my family upside down, today you were caught by me, what do you have to say?" ”

Fan Shi stared at Liu Qi tightly, and sneered: "I have nothing to say, I feel that I have taken revenge on you now, even if it is worth dying." ”

"Haha, you didn't think you'd have any results?" Liu Qi's face was cold and cold, and he said slowly.

"Hehe, you don't have evidence, what can you do with me? Now there are a lot of people in Xiangyang City who have been favored by me, and if you can't come up with strong evidence, you can only let me go obediently. I heard that Cao Cao likes women, and after I leave Xiangyang, I will go to Xuchang to find Cao Cao, and then persuade him to lead an army against you. Fan Shi had a sweet smile on his face, but the tone of his voice was so gloomy that people couldn't help but feel a chill all over their bodies after listening to it.

But how could Liu Qi be intimidated by the Fan family? Then he said to Fan: "In this case, then we will meet at the public trial meeting in three days, and I hope that you will be able to refute us so much that we are speechless." ”

After finishing speaking, with a wave of his hand, he made the pensive Fan Shi down.

After that, Liu Qi saw Cai Wan on the bed, glanced at the other party with a complicated face, and then withdrew with everyone in the room, and ordered a few maids to go in and help her get dressed, and then walked in again.

Looking at the other party's sluggish and numb expression, Liu Qi's heart was very uncomfortable, this is a poor woman, her father and aunt married her to a ** for the prosperity of the family, this ** poisoned his own father at the instigation of her father, and then he imprisoned her aunt, killed her father and the whole clan, and finally raped her, in fact, from beginning to end, she was just an innocent victim.

"Cousin, let's go, find a good family, and live your life well." Liu Qi didn't do anything to a poor weak woman, so he ordered someone to let her go.

But Cai Wan smiled bitterly and said, "Where do you let me go?" I have no home, no parents and brothers, where can I go in such a troubled world? Big cousin, you don't have to pity me, you still have to order someone to kill me, maybe this is the real relief. ”

Liu Qi sighed and said slowly: "Why are you so troubled? There is still a long way to go in life, forget the pain of the past and be an ordinary person again, isn't it? ”

"How did you make me forget? My father was a rebel because he had my whole people killed, and my future husband was a mad brute who killed his father, his brother, his mother, and his wife. When Cai Wan said this, tears flowed down her eyes.

But at this moment, a person suddenly broke in, knelt down in front of Liu Qi, and said with tears: "Big brother, you give her to me, I have liked her since the first time I saw her, I want to take her to live a good life, I must treat her like you did to my sister-in-law, love her, love her, pity her, and let her forget the pain." Happy life. ”

After finishing speaking, the woman slowly came to Cai Wan and said to her: "I really like you, I am willing to marry you with three books and six rites, I am willing to love you only one person in this life, I want to grow old with you, never give up, please believe me." ”

"Wan'er is grateful to Young Master Hu for his deep friendship, but this body is dirty and unworthy of serving a gentleman." Cai Wan glanced at Liu Hu in front of her, smiled sadly, and said with tears in her eyes.

"I don't care, I don't care about anything, really, I, Liu Hu, can give up my official position and live in seclusion with you, let's find a place where no one knows, smile proudly, and live in this life, please promise me, if you don't agree, I will always kneel here and not get up." Liu Hu grabbed Cai Wan's hand tightly and said firmly.

Cai Wan's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of emotion, and she said with tears: "I really can't believe that there are honest gentlemen like the eldest cousin and you in this world, in fact, from the beginning I heard how the eldest cousin was so good to my sister-in-law, I couldn't believe it, but then I believed it, I just took pity on myself, and I actually met such a good person, and later in front of my house, that brute actually publicly bullied my sister-in-law, and then I knew that I was unladylike." I really want to put off the marriage with that beast, but I'm just a weak woman, in the face of my father and the family's arrangement, I can't resist at all, and then I had to let it go, until today I was insulted by that beast, I really want to die immediately, but I didn't know that I met you again. ”

Cai Wan pulled Liu Hu up and said softly: "As long as you don't dislike the concubine, the concubine is willing to serve you." ”

Liu Hu couldn't help but be ecstatic when he heard this, hugged Cai Wan tightly, and the two hugged each other and cried, silent for a long time.

When Liu Qi saw that scene, he had already quietly retreated, and ordered Liu Shi to take him to prison, and he wanted to release his imprisoned stepmother, Cai Juan and Han Ji.

Liu Qi first came to Cai Juan's prison, and went to his help on the celebrity street, and said, "Mother." ”

At this time, Cai Juan had already heard about the qiē at home, and couldn't help but return the courtesy: "Don't dare." The old body doesn't dare to be called this, I am ashamed to see the son, even if it is under the Nine Springs, I am sorry for your father......"

After finishing speaking, Cai Juan couldn't help but burst into tears, and said remorsefully: "I really shouldn't believe that brute, I shouldn't have picked up your father, I shouldn't have helped my wolf-hearted brother deal with you, and my poor daughter-in-law, alas, I have paid a huge price now to finally understand the merits, but now it's too late, and I have no shame to live in this world." Now that Jing Xiang has just decided, how many big things are waiting for you to do? Don't waste any effort on my wife. ”

Liu Qi didn't seem to have a good impression of this person, and although he now released her from prison out of righteousness, he didn't know what to do. Although she was very young at the time, that is, about thirty years old, but because of the face of her late father Liu Biao, it was not easy to marry her, if she served her for the elderly, even he couldn't accept it, not to mention that now that Xiangyang has just been pacified, there are indeed many things that need to be done, so Liu Qi thought about it, and decided to order the maid to help her back indoors to rest, and when everything was dealt with, he would discuss with Kuai Ruyu about the placement of Cai's family.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi retired to Cai's family, and asked the maid to take good care of the old lady, and then went to another prison to release Han Ji.

"Eldest prince, no, lord, you are finally here, the lower official has been waiting here for a long time." Han Ji, who looked a little weak because of malnutrition, couldn't help but smile when he saw Liu Qi, and said to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi hurriedly grabbed Han Ji and said emotionally: "Gongzhi, you have suffered these days. ”

"Hehe, no hard work, no hard work, Xia Guan is having good news to report to the lord, a few days ago the lord taught the lower official the steel filling method, the lower official has already studied it, as long as we test for a while, we can create a real Su iron knife, Xia Guan believes that when the time comes, we will be able to improve the combat effectiveness of our army to an incredible Cheng dù, Xia Guan believes that even if it is the tiger and leopard horse built by Cao Gongxin, we also have the strength to fight with them."

"Really?" Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately held Han Ji's hand and said, "I will appoint Gongzhi as the captain of Si Jin, and continue to be responsible for the development of the steel filling method." ”

"Thank you, my lord, it's just ......"

"Just what? The public has something to say. Liu Qi waved his hand and said disapprerovingly: "Even if there are any conditions, just mention it." ”

"Hehe, the lord is serious, the lower official has no requirements, the lower official just has a difficulty, I don't know if the lord has a solution?"

"Oh? What is the difficulty? Let's hear it. Liu Qi smiled and said lightly.

"The condition is that our furnace temperature is not up to it." Han Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said slowly: "It turned out that in the smelting process, Xiaguan found that it took a lot of manpower to increase the furnace temperature, and sometimes the air supply was insufficient, and it was difficult to increase the furnace temperature. ”

"That's a problem." Liu Qi pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "I don't know what Gongzhi uses as fuel?" ”

"Charcoal." Han Ji replied inexplicably, and then suddenly realized, and asked excitedly: "Yes, as long as we use fuel that can produce high temperatures, are we still worried that the furnace temperature can't be raised?" I just don't know if there is a better fuel in the world than charcoal? ”

"Hehe, this is naturally there, I don't know if Gong Zhi remembers a fuel called coal?"

"Coal?" Han Ji couldn't help but shake his head and pondered.

"Oh? I almost forgot that now its name should be graphite. Liu Qi patted his head and said suddenly.

"Graphite? The lord said it was graphite? yes, why didn't I think about it? Hehe, the lord really reminded me that this graphite is indeed a high-temperature fuel, and Xiaguan will find a way to find graphite, as long as it is found, hehe, Xiaguan believes that the complete version of the steel filling method will be developed as much as possible. Han Ji couldn't help clapping his hands and said happily.