Liu Ji and his entourage went home, ten days later, they came to a three-way intersection in Anyang, because they were in a hurry, they were sweating profusely, everyone went into a small forest on the side of the road to rest, and many people untied their clothes to cool down. There was not much time, and suddenly they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and everyone looked up, only to see more than a dozen officers and soldiers on horseback also walking from behind, and a person wearing an official uniform was also among them. At this time, a stunned official who was running at the front came to Liu Ji's side, and asked with a whip: "Hey, hey, hey!" Which of these two roads leads to Shan Father County? Liu Ji saw that the sergeant had no etiquette, so he said angrily: "Boy, bring the horse over and let me ride, and I'll show you the way!" The sergeant sneered, "You bastard, dare to ask for the general's horses? Seeing that he was disrespectful, Xiahou Ying rushed forward and reprimanded: "Hey! What kind of immortal are you, so rude? The sergeant replied contemptuously: "General, I am a god in the sky!" Xiahou Ying said: "Boy, you dare to be so presumptuous, I will break your dog's legs!" When the sergeant saw Xiahou Ying scolding him, he was about to exert his might, and suddenly another person came behind him: "It seems that they are also military men, don't care, let's go over?" The man blew his beard and glared and walked away.

At this time, the weather suddenly became cold, and the escort workers were all wearing single clothes, and they were sweating, but now when the cold wind blew, Ji Xin suddenly had a fever all over his body, and his head was lightheaded. Liu Ji ordered everyone to light a fire to keep warm. Then they found that the gang had stopped not far away, and had gone around to find some dry wood, and had lit a fire to roast and eat it, and heard them say from afar, "Thanks to the food we have brought, otherwise we would have been hungry again." The man in the official uniform said: "Eat quickly, you have to hurry after eating." Liu Ji heard it clearly, so he said: "These guys don't know where to go to loot people's wealth, why don't you take a horse and give it to Brother Ji Xin to ride?" Xiahou Ying was young and vigorous, and when she heard this, she said excitedly: "Big brother, let me do this!" Everyone discussed it for a while. Xiahou Ying then quietly ran behind the gang, saw a strong white horse, quietly untied the reins, and then jumped on the horse's back. The horse was suddenly frightened, raised its front hooves and neighed.

The officers and soldiers were eating meat, and suddenly found that someone was stealing horses, so they hurriedly put down the meat and shouted: "Quick! Fast! Someone is going to steal an adult's horse and catch him! As he spoke, he rushed over. Liu Ji led the ordinary brothers to rush over and fight with the officers and soldiers. Suddenly, I heard a sound behind me, and saw Xiahou Ying pull out a tree and Pegasus came over. When the officers and soldiers saw that Xiahou Ying was fierce, they had no choice but to hug their heads and run away. The officer also ran away. When Xiahou Ying saw that the officers and soldiers had run away, he rode his horse over. Liu Ji saw that it was a good horse, so he took it to Lin Zi and let Ji Xin ride it. Ji Xin's whole body was weak at this time, and he didn't have any strength, but now that he has a horse, he can be regarded as a savior, and everyone continues to walk back with laughter.

A few days later, they arrived at Fengyi. Liu Ji and Xiahou Ying sent Ji Xin home first, and then came to Liu Ji's house in Zhongyang. At this time, the princess and his wife hurriedly prepared a meal for the two to eat. After the two of them ate, they told their families what they had seen and heard in Xianyang. When the prince heard that they had seen Qin Shi Huang's car, he said happily: "You guys are really amazing, I have never even seen a county lord in my life!" Taigong suddenly remembered something as he spoke, so he said: "Ji'er, yesterday Xiao County sent someone to send a post, saying that there was a distinguished guest in the county, and the officials would go to congratulate him tomorrow." The county lord also came to inform me, what do you think of this? Liu Ji pondered: The distinguished guests are the same people I met on the road a few days ago. So he asked his father, "Who are they?" The father replied, "I heard from the messenger that it was an old man." When Liu Ji heard that he was an old man, he was relieved, and said angrily: "Although I said that I was going to congratulate, I actually wanted everyone to give a considerable amount of money." I don't think it's better not to go, how can we have any money left over to make offerings? The father was silent for a while, and said, "What my son said makes sense, but I'm worried that all the officials have gone to give gifts, and if you don't go, I'm afraid you won't even be able to be a little pavilion chief." You better go, take less money, and make up the numbers. Liu Ji reluctantly agreed.

Early the next morning, Liu Ji and Xiahou Ying rode together and galloped towards Peixian. When the two came to the county, Xiahou Ying said: "Please take the eldest brother first, and the younger brother will also go home to prepare a gift money." Liu Ji agreed and walked towards the yamen. When he was about to arrive at the door, he heard the courtyard of the county government, with gongs and drums noisy and crowds, so it was not lively. Liu Ji thought that he only brought three hundred money, and the formation inside seemed to be a bit big, so he was embarrassed to hide under a tree and linger. At this time, it happened that the county Cheng came over. This county ruler's name is Xiao He, and he is also from this county, he wears a black official uniform, medium stature, fair skin, trim eyebrows and long beard, and is elegant and elegant. Because he is familiar with Qin law, and he is full of poetry and books, he is especially proficient in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and he has never wronged a good person because of a wrong case, so he has a good reputation in Pei County. He also came here today to toast Zhang Luo, the distinguished guest of the county magistrate. Xiao He walked to the door and saw Liu Ji, so he took the initiative to come forward and say hello.

Liu Ji saw that Xiao He was coming, and he also hurried to greet him. Xiao He said: "When did Pavilion Chief Liu come back?" Liu Ji said: "Lord Xiao, I came home last night, and I heard from my father that I had your invitation, so I came to the toast today." But I don't know what kind of distinguished guest is from the county? Xiao He smiled: "You don't have to ask, just go in and know." As he spoke, he pulled Liu Ji and walked towards the courtyard gate. When Liu Ji came to the courtyard, he looked around, only to see that under the eaves of the corridor and in the corridor, there were lights everywhere, just like a festival. At this time, Cao Shen, Ren Ao, Zhao Ou, Zhou Ding, Peng Zu, Cao Wuxian and others all came over to meet Xiao He. Xiao He left first after meeting everyone, and Liu Ji met with them. Just as everyone was talking happily, Xiao He suddenly stood at the door of the lobby and greeted loudly: "Those who have a congratulatory gift of more than 1,000 yuan will sit in the hall, and those who are less than 1,000 will sit outside the hall!" When Liu Ji heard this, he thought to himself that he had brought a total of 300 yuan, and if he sat outside the hall, he wouldn't even be able to see the guests. turned around and walked to the eaves of the corridor, picked up the pen from the case, and wrote the words 'congratulatory gift 10,000' on his gift list, and then handed the gift list to Xiao He to watch. Xiao He saw that Liu Ji was so generous, so he handed over the gift list to an errand officer, paid him to go to the back hall to register, and then pulled Liu Ji into the lobby.

As soon as Liu Ji entered the door, he was taken aback, it turned out that it was none other than the official who had snatched the horse on his way back to Pei County from Xianyang. Liu Ji didn't expect that the distinguished guest would be him, so he turned around and wanted to come out, but he had already been seen by the official in the hall. The officer stood up and shouted, "Come on!" Take down the robbers at the door! The crowd was amazed and wondered what was going on. The official pointed to Liu Ji and said to everyone: "On the way to Pei County, we met a group of robbers, and it was this person who led the way!" I was about to look for him, but he came to the door himself! Another person also testified: "This is the same guy who instigated his accomplices to wound us and steal the mounts of the adults!" When the county commander heard this, he was furious and said, "Boldly Liu Ji, you dared to snatch the mount of Lord Yushi, and also injured the guards of the imperial court. Come! tied up Liu Ji and put him in prison to be disposed of! Three or five officials rushed forward, divided by two, and tied up Liu Ji. Only then did Liu Ji know that he and Xiahou Ying were in trouble. Zhang Yushi asked Liu Ji again, where are the people who snatched horses and beat people. Liu Ji didn't speak. As soon as Zhao Xianling heard the description, he knew that the person was Xiahou Ying, so he immediately issued an order to arrest Xiahou Ying. The officials answered. The heroes of Pei County were all dumbfounded.

After a while, the banquet began, and the county commander saw that Zhang Cang was sullen, so he toasted him. The officials present all sweated for Liu Ji, thinking that the laws of the Qin State were very strict, and when the banquet was over, Liu Ji might be convicted. At this moment, a sixty-year-old man suddenly walked in from outside, and he said as he walked: "I'm late, so I've kept you waiting for a long time!" When Zhao Feng heard the voice, he hurriedly got up to greet him. It turned out that this person's surname was Lu Mingwen, the word Shuping, and he was an old friend of Zhao County Ling. Because he has two daughters, the eldest daughter is named Lu Pheasant, and the younger daughter is named Lu Xiao, both of whom are as beautiful as flowers. Their family was originally from a single father county, but because there was a bully in the county who wanted to occupy Lu Pheasant, Lu Gong was angry, so he burned the house and brought the whole family to Pei County to join his old friends. Zhao County Ling warmly received him, and also called on the officials of the county to congratulate Lu Wen, so there was today's toast.

And the imperial history of the imperial court, named Zhang Cang, was ordered to come to Pei County on business. Since he lost his horse in Anyang, he was very angry in his heart, and when he came to Pei County, he was just in time for the county order to hold a toast for Lu Gong. The county magistrate is another lord who likes to tie up with his boss, so he will hold a toast party for the two of them to catch the wind. Liu Ji didn't know that Zhang Cang would come to Pei County, so he hit a spot today, and ended up being imprisoned.

When Zhao Feng saw Lu Gong coming in, he hurriedly got up to greet him, and took the lead to toast Lord Zhang Cang with Lu Gong. Officials followed suit. After the toast, Lu Gong walked up to Xiao He and asked in a low voice, "Lord Xiao, which one is Liu Ji?" His gift list says 10,000 congratulatory gifts, but he hasn't seen a penny yet, somehow? Xiao He was taken aback again, thinking that this must be Liu Ji teasing Zhao County Lingli. Now that Liu Ji is about to add to his crime, how can he sit idly by and not save him? said: "Last night, Liu Ji delivered the gift money to my house, and today I forgot the gift money at home because I was in a hurry, so I will go and get it." Lu Gongdao: "That's the case, Lord Xiao is not in a hurry, not in a hurry." It's just that who is Liu Ji? Is he a rich man? I want to meet him? It's rare to see someone so generous! Xiao He was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly led Lu Gong out of the door, and then told him what had just happened. When Lu Gong heard that Liu Ji had been imprisoned, he said, "It's not fair that people have sent so many congratulatory gifts and locked them up, right?" Where is he? You lead me to meet me. Xiao He was afraid that he would leak out about the gift, so he said: "Liu Ji likes to talk big, but he has done very few things, so you still don't have to go to see him!" But Lu Gong didn't know what was going on, but he had to go and see Liu Ji. Xiao He couldn't be stubborn, so he led Lu Gong to see Liu Ji.

The two came to the cell, and when Lu Gong saw Liu Ji, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while. It turned out that Lu Gong was a master of face-to-face, and he was stunned when he saw Liu Ji's appearance. Xiao He didn't know what the situation was, and played straight on the side. Lu Gong happily asked Liu Ji: "Virtuous nephew, why do you want to take Lord Zhang's mount?" When Liu Ji saw Lu Gong and Yan Yuese, he told Lu Gong about Ji Xin's illness and wanting him to ride a horse. After listening to Liu Ji's explanation, Gong Lu nodded with satisfaction: "The virtuous nephew snatched Zhang Yushi's mount for his brother, what a loving and righteous person!" The old man looks at you dignified, you are a character! If you are aggrieved for the time being, I will go and ask Master Zhang for a favor, and then transfer all the gifts you gave me to him. If he doesn't care about his past suspicions, he will let his nephew out! Lu Gong took two steps, then turned back and asked, "Where is Lord Yushi's horse now?" Liu Ji said: "It's tied to the big locust tree outside the door." Lu Gong turned around and left. Xiao He is also a monk of Zhang's second brother, and he is confused.