After Lu Gong left, Liu Ji asked Xiao He why Lu Gong wanted to save him. Xiao He said deliberately: "Probably because you have too many congratulatory gifts!" Liu Ji was embarrassed for a while, and said: "You also know, I'm just a small pavilion chief, how can I have extra money to give away?" Xiao He reproached: "Since you have no money, why do you want to pretend to be a rich man?" Liu Ji said with a smile: "It's all because you shouldn't say in front of the public, 'Those who have a congratulatory gift of less than 1,000 sit outside the hall'!" Xiao He said: "Those who have a lot of money should sit in the hall, this is the custom, why are you dissatisfied?" Liu Ji was unconvinced: "The difference between the poor and the rich in the world is too big? Xiao He said: "The world is originally rich and poor, what dynasty is not like this?" What is the amount of money we give to the prefectural magistrate? Today, the emperor repairs his palace and builds a mausoleum, and there are 700,000 craftsmen alone, can you imagine the amount of money spent? But you, Liu Ji, are so poor that you can't even get a thousand congratulatory gifts, the world is unfair! Liu Ji said in a deep voice: "I hate the difference between the rich and the poor, the inequality between the rich and the poor, and I really want to change this world!" Xiao He was puzzled and said: "Although you have great ambitions, you often despise your bosses, slack off officials, and tease the squire, this is the way to get into trouble!" Right now, you are panicking and saying that the congratulatory gift is 10,000, where is the congratulatory gift? If he angers Lord Yushi, he will punish both crimes, and I don't know what crime he wants to condemn you? Liu Ji was a little nervous at this time, and hurriedly said: "If it wasn't for Lord Xiao's order, how could my elm head be enlightened?" This has come to this, and I hope you will save me. Xiao He saw that Liu Ji had already realized his mistake, so he said: "I have to hurry up and prepare the gift money to go to Duke Lu, and then ask Duke Lu to present the congratulatory gift to Zhang Yushi, whether Lord Yushi can forgive you depends on your luck." Liu Ji said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Xiao for saving me, I will definitely return your money to you in the future, and I will definitely pay it back!" Xiao He left in a hurry.

Lu Gong came out, first led Zhang Cang's horse into the county office, and then went to the lobby to meet Zhang Cang, and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!" Zhang Cang asked what the happy event was. Lu Gong said: "I heard that Liu Ji offended the adult, and I regret it a lot, he came here today to make amends to the adult." But as soon as he entered the door, before he could explain to you, the officials took him down, and I privately thought that this was a little inappropriate. Your Excellency, if you are not a sage, who can be without fault? If you know that you can change your mistakes, you are a gentleman. Liu Jiping was cautious and righteous, and that day it was only because one of his brothers was sick that he took the adult's mount in a moment of confusion, so he offended Zunyan. Today's visit to the county is a good day for the county to gather and celebrate! I, Lu Laohan, have the courage to ask you to raise your noble hand, open a golden mouth, and release Liu Ji, so that the heroes of Pei County can drink to their heart's content? At this time, everyone also said in unison: "Please raise your noble hand and release Pavilion Chief Liu!" As soon as the words fell, Xiao He also walked in, and he had already taken the prepared 10,000 yuan and presented it to Lu Gong. Lu Gong transferred the gift money to Zhang Cang again, and said, "This is a congratulatory gift specially dedicated to you by Liu Ji, please accept it, right?" Zhang Cang didn't know what to do at this time.

At this time, the official messenger of Pei County had already brought Xiahou Ying here. Xiahou Ying came to the lobby, knelt down and said, "Please let Lord Yushi calm his anger!" Wounding your guards and taking your mount was all done by me, regardless of Pavilion Chief Liu's affairs. The villain is willing to be punished! Zhang Cang thought to himself: The officials of Pei County have interceded for Liu Ji, and now there are still people who are punished for him, if you don't give everyone a step down, people will say that I am too mean, so he smiled and said: "Okay, since you all say that Liu Ji is good, I will pardon him." However, according to Daqin's law, your Xiahou infant crime is unforgivable, and you must be sentenced to flogging at the lightest, and you will be sentenced to two years in prison! Are you willing to accept your sin? Xiahou Ying said: "Willing to be punished!" "He was punished with thirty lashes in the lobby. After Xiahou Ying received the punishment, he was carried down to the court. After a while, the official sent Liu Ji out of prison.

Liu Ji came to the lobby, and Lu Gong and Xiao He were already at the door to greet him. Lu Gong took Liu Ji's hand and entered the lobby with Xiao He. Liu Ji first went to Zhang Cang to apologize. Zhang Cang said: "Someone has received thirty whips for you, and you will be imprisoned for two years, but this is all Mr. Lu's mercy for you, you should go and thank him!" Liu Ji thanked Lu Gong. Gong Lu took care of Liu Ji and sat back on the seat. Liu Ji was not humble, and after sitting down, he ate and drank a lot, as if there was no one around. And the people began to drink bitterly.

The banquet was about to end, and Lu Gong motioned to Liu Ji not to leave. Liu Ji stayed. Waiting for everyone to leave, Lu Gong took Liu Ji's hand and said, "Virtuous nephew, the moonlight is very good tonight, the old man wants to invite you to drink and admire the moon in the back garden, I don't know if there is Yaxing?" Liu Ji was quite surprised: "Uncle Lu, Brother Xiahou confessed for me, I am very uneasy, I want to visit him first." Gong Lu immediately called over an errand boy and ordered: "The old man and Liu Tingchang will go to visit Xiahou Ying first, you go to my wife, ask her to prepare some wine and food, and then bring my treasured painkiller ointment." The errand man agreed and left. Lu Gong and Liu Ji walked towards the cell.

When Xiahou Ying saw the two, she hurriedly greeted them, but she couldn't salute because of her physical injuries. Liu Jidao: "Good brother, you are punished for me, brother, I am uneasy!" Xiahou Ying reluctantly straightened up and said, "Brother, don't be like this, we will share weal and woe, even if we go to the soup and fire, we will not give up!" What is this little injury? Liu Ji was very moved, so he helped Xiahou Ying to climb up. At this time, the official had already brought medicine. Lu Gong personally applied ointment to Xiahou Ying. Liu Ji fed Xiahou Ying again.

After Xiahou Ying finished eating, the two of them came out of the cell and walked towards the back garden of the county government. This garden is not big, surrounded by some laurel trees and sycamores, and some beautiful chrysanthemums. There is a pentagonal pavilion in the middle of the garden, and some people have already prepared some wine and food in it. The two of them sat down and poured their wine. At this time, the moon had risen to the old height, and it was bright everywhere. Lu Gong was relaxed and happy at this time, so he said to Liu Ji: "Virtuous nephew, I liked to give people faces when I was young, and today I saw a virtuous nephew, and I saw that you looked strange, and there seemed to be signs of great wealth, so you must be good for yourself in the future!" Liu Ji said disapprerovingly: "Uncle, I'm just a pavilion chief, so can I be very expensive?" Don't make fun of me, do you? Lu Gong said seriously: "Are princes and generals born?" Aren't Yi Yin and Baili Xi all ordinary people when they haven't met? But then they all came and went, and they became the people of the hour! Liu Ji was quite surprised and said: "If it is really like what you always said, I will not forget the grace of today's face!" Although Liu Ji said words of gratitude, he didn't take Lu Gong's words to heart at all.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Gong asked Liu Ji about the situation of his family and insiders. Liu Ji immediately said very ashamedly: "It's really embarrassing to mention this!" Don't look at your old age, the younger generation's wife Cao died after giving birth to a son for me, and I am still alone! Lu Gong was pleasantly surprised: "The virtuous nephew's wife has died?" Liu Ji said yes. Lu Gong said: "Then why don't you remarry?" Liu Ji sighed and said: "In the past, my father often advised me to farm with peace of mind and earn more family business, but since my wife passed away, the younger generation has become disheartened and has not bothered to deal with anything, so I still live alone." Lu Gong threw bricks and said: "If the virtuous nephew meets the right one, can he marry again?" Liu Ji replied: "How can there be any reason not to marry?" However, the conditions are good, and the conditions are poor, and they feel that they have wronged themselves, so they can't be high, low, ashamed, ashamed! Lu Gong was overjoyed, and said bluntly: "The old man's eldest daughter Lu Pheasant, although she does not have the appearance of a country and a city, but it can be regarded as one in a hundred, this woman also has a little bit of a man's style, the old man is willing to marry her to a virtuous nephew as a wife, I don't know if the virtuous nephew is willing to accept it?" When Liu Ji heard this, he was really surprised, so he got up and said, "I, Liu Ji, the pavilion chief, how can I get your love?" Presumably she is everyone's best girl, how can you be willing to marry? This is absolutely unacceptable, unacceptable! Lu Gong said with interest: "Hey, this is what the old man meant, the old man has quite a family property, I am willing to take out half of it as your dowry, what do you think?" When Liu Ji heard this, he couldn't believe his ears, so he said, "Aren't you always drunk and joking?" Lu Gong laughed and said, "How can you joke about marriage?" I'm serious. Liu Ji hurriedly knelt down and said, "How can the younger generation, how can you make you so old?" If I can marry your daughter, I will undoubtedly pick the stars in the sky, how can I be unhappy? But it's not easy to repay your great kindness, right? When Lu Gong saw Liu Ji say this, he happily helped him up and said: "Life is precious in knowing each other, how can you repay each other?" Liu Ji was overjoyed.

That night, when Duke Lu returned home, he told his wife about his daughter. Mrs. Lu asked Liu Ji what he was doing, how old he was, and whether he was as good as her daughter. Lu Gong gave a detailed introduction to Liu Ji's situation. Who knew that when Mrs. Lu heard this, she was furious and said, "You foolish old man, don't you often say that your daughter is rich and noble? Why did he promise her to a pavilion chief who didn't go into the stream in a daze? Lu Gongdao: "Madame doesn't know, I observed carefully today and found that Liu Ji looked strange and unspeakably expensive, so I married my daughter to him." Please rest assured, Madame, our Lu family will be noble from now on! I've been giving people faces since I was young, but I've never seen a noble face like Liu Ji! Mrs. Lu said: "Liu Ji is already not confused, and the age difference is so huge, this is resolutely not good!" I think Zhao Xianling's son is young and suave, so it is better to marry his daughter to him. Lu Gongdao: "I have already decided the matter, how can I take it back?" But Madame resolutely objected: "No! Liu Ji has the appearance of an emperor, so I can agree! Lu Gong smiled: "Madam is right, Liu Ji is indeed an emperor!" Madame was surprised for a long time, but she repented and said, "Even if he can be the emperor, he will not be confused, and I don't agree!" Lu Gong said: "Madam, you can be quiet, don't harm your future son-in-law!" Mrs. Lu lowered her voice. Lu Gong said again: "What is the year of not being confused, didn't Duke Wen of Jin also ascend the throne at the age of sixty-two?" What's more, Liu Ji is in the prime of life, and it is the time to start a business. Although the son of the county commander is said to be well-dressed and well-behaved, his character and appearance are not bad, but I observe that he is a short-lived appearance, and he will definitely die in a few years, how can we marry our daughter to him? Madame sneered: "You are really old and confused, listening to you say this, Liu Ji can really become the emperor?" It's just laughing to death! Lu Gong was speechless, so he had to say: "This matter is not known to you ladies in the first place!" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked into the back hall.

In the early morning of the next day, in the lobby of Pei County, Zhang Cang and the county magistrate were talking about things. Zhang Cang said: "I came this time to do a very important thing. Zhao County Ling asked what was the matter. Zhang Yushi said: "The imperial court wants to build a high platform in Fengyi City, the emperor will come here for sightseeing when he goes out on patrol in the future, please gather the skilled craftsmen of the county as soon as possible, and also purchase bricks and tiles, I will go there tomorrow to survey the terrain." After the site is chosen, the station will be built immediately. Zhao Xianling asked: "My lord, in such a remote place, how could the emperor come here for sightseeing?" Zhang Yushi said: "It is estimated that it is all the meaning of the feng shui masters, as for whether His Majesty the Emperor can come here in the future, this is his business, you and I have no right to ask?" Zhao County's order repeatedly said yes, and then executed it according to Zhang Cang's instructions.