Hearing that Qu Yi did not participate in the reward of the widow Qing, Chen Shu felt that the heavens were on his side, although Ziyou was a special envoy, but after all, he was an outsider, and the matter of the reward could not bypass Qu Yi, the county guard. Ziyou bypassed Qu Yi, which means that Ziyou thinks that Qu Yi is not qualified to clear the reward for the widow, which is such a humiliation for Qu Yi, the county guard.

Chen Shu was still thinking about how to win over Qu Yi, before he saw that Ziyou had a lot of opinions about Qu Yi, and he didn't even participate in the wind banquet, so he thought about inviting Qu Yi to talk about it and see Qu Yi's attitude, but these days Qu Yi was invited to come, but he didn't expect Ziyou to provide him with an opportunity now.

"Send someone to send an invitation and invite Qu County Shou to come to the mansion to talk." Chen Shu said to the steward, he had shown favor to Qu Yi many times before, but Qu Yi did not accept it, but now it is different, Qu Yi has been humiliated like never before, and now it is full of anger, once people are angry, they will mess up their minds, and now is a good opportunity for him to win over.

The steward went to the county guard mansion with a luxurious invitation, and Qu Yi's face was gloomy and terrible at this time, and the government affairs chapter on the table was discarded at will.

"My lord, the steward of the Chen Mansion asks to see you." A small official said cautiously.

"Steward of the Chen Mansion? Missing. Qu Yi said coldly,

"No." The little official wanted to say something more, but when he saw Qu Yi's gloomy face like a deep pool, he immediately didn't dare to say anything.

Looking at the back of the little official preparing to leave, Qu Yi said in a deep voice

"Wait, let him come."

"No."

The steward looked at the little official who was wiping the sweat from his forehead and saluted

"My lord, what's going on?"

"Taishou promised to see you, but you should be careful when you speak, Taishou-sama is in a bad mood right now." The little official kindly reminded.

"Thank you, sir." The steward thanked him, and a gleam flashed in the steward's eyes, and he followed the little official into the county guard's mansion.

The little official led the steward to the place where Qu Yi was working, and after entering the room, the steward quickly observed the room, looked at Qu Yi with a gloomy face, and immediately said

"Villain, Chen Chang meets Lord Taishou."

"What is the matter with the Chen family master asking you to visit me?" Qu Yi put down the piece in his hand and said.

"Lord Qiqi, the head of the family asked me to give this invitation to the adult, and the head of the family said that the adult should not refuse, this time it is just a friend talk." The steward said.

The little official took the invitation and handed it to Qu Yi, who opened the invitation and looked at it and put it on the table.

"Okay, I promised the head of the Chen family to come to the house, you go back first, and I'll go over later." Qu Yi said in a deep voice.

"No, the villain will go back and reply to the good news of the head of the family." The steward said.

Qu Yi waved his hand, and the little official made a gesture of invitation to the steward, and after the steward left the county guard's mansion, he returned to the Chen Mansion without stopping for a moment, and found Chen Shu who was reading a book in the study.

"How?" Chen Shu saw the steward and asked.

"The head of the house, Taishou agreed, and said that he would come later." The steward said.

"How's the county guard's expression?" Chen Shu asked.

"When the subordinates went in, Taishou was working, but Taishou's face was gloomy and uncertain, the table was full of government affairs, very messy, it seemed to be working, but in fact, there were few things to deal with, there seemed to be traces of a fight in the room, and there was a little ink on the ground." The steward said.

Chen Shu's face showed relief, and sure enough, as he expected, Qu Yi only had boundless anger at the moment, trembling in Shu County for five years, but he was reprimanded and humiliated because of an unsolvable legacy problem, which would make anyone feel angry and ashamed.

"Tell your subordinates to prepare a feast, and let them take out the fine wine of Northland County collected in the wine cellar, and I will feast on the county guard tonight." Chen Shu said.

"Master, there's one more thing." The steward said.

"What's the matter?" Chen Shu asked.

"When I came back just now, the secret agent came with the news, the guests from the south have arrived, and they are now in the inn, do you need to take them to the house?" The steward asked.

"No need, an order has been issued on the mountain, take people up the mountain directly, if you take the lead at this time, it will inevitably attract suspicion, and the gains outweigh the losses." Chen Shu said, Chen Shu looked at Shushan outside the window, his eyes were full of disdain.

Chen Shu couldn't know more about the remnants of the Shu royal family on Shu Mountain, a group of wild wolves with ambition but no corresponding ability, if it weren't for the need for a person in front of the stage who occupied the name, he would have kicked them out of this layout a long time ago. Chen Shu is fully sure that people from the south will not hesitate to regard themselves as their first partner when they see the situation on Shushan.

For a while, the whole Chen Mansion became lively, a large number of maids and servants began to be busy, as the sky became late, Chen Shu took people to wait for Qu Yi's arrival at the door, and Qu Yi appeared leisurely at the corner on a horse.

Looking at Chen Shu who greeted him at the gate of the Chen Mansion, Qu Yi's face appeared a touch of surprise, and when Qu Yi came to the door of the Chen Mansion, the steward on the side stepped forward and took the horse.

"Taishou is here, and the house is really shining." Chen Shu saluted and said.

Qu Yi turned over and dismounted, and said to Chen Shu in return

"The head of the Chen family is polite, please forgive me for disturbing the house."

"How come, it is an honor for everyone in the Chen Mansion to come to the Chen Mansion, Lord Taishou, please." Chen Shu said.

"Then you're welcome." Qu Yi said with a smile.

The people around also laughed together, and under the support of the servants, Qu Yi and Chen Shu came to the hall of the banquet, the two sat down in front of the table, Chen Shu waved his hand, and the steward immediately ordered the maid to start serving, and then one after another exquisite delicacies were sent to the table, each dish was a precious dish, and ordinary people could not eat it.

"Lord Taishou, this is a decades-old wine that the Chen family's caravan unintentionally obtained in Northland County, can you taste it?" Chen Shu poured Qu Yi a full wine glass, this pot of wine was specially asked by him, Qu Yi has been in Shu County for five years, because of the long distance, Qu Yi did not have the opportunity to return to his hometown Beidi County.

Hearing that it was the wine of Beidi County, Qu Yi did not shirk and drank the wine in the wine glass directly, and then closed his eyes and slowly felt the taste of his hometown that he had missed for a long time, looking at the nostalgia on the face of the child Qu Yi, Chen Shu knew that half of the things were done tonight, and filled Qu Yi's wine glass.

"Don't just drink, I know that my lord has worked hard for Shu County for five years and has never returned to his hometown once, so this time the dishes are made by famous chefs from Beidi County, and the raw materials are also transported from Beidi County, so please try it." Chen Shu said.

As the two of them moved their chopsticks to eat, the gorgeous dancing girl began to dance in the hall, and the musicians also began to play music, Qu Yi and Chen Shu talked and laughed and pushed the cup to change the lamp, and after an hour, Qu Yi was already five points drunk, and took Chen Shu's hand and said

"Thank you Brother Chen for your hospitality this time, which made me, who have not been home for several years, feel my hometown again."

"Lord Taishou is polite," Chen Shu's words were interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"There is no county guard today, only friends, you don't dislike and call me Brother Qu." Qu Yi said with some annoyance.

"It's me who is not good, Brother Qu, you have contributed to Shu County, it is obvious to the people of Shu County, these years the great governance of Shu County is indispensable to your Taishou governance, and it is precisely for Shu County that you have not been able to go home to visit your hometown for several years, today is just me to thank Brother Qu on behalf of the father of Shu County." Chen Shu said with a natural look.

"Yes, I can't say that I have merit in the past five years, but there is also hard work, and in the end it is a humiliation in exchange for five years of conscientious work, the bandits in Shu County are not caused by me, after I took office, I have suppressed bandits many times, although I have not completely eliminated the bandits, but also ensured the safety of the business and the people." Qu Yi's face was resentful.

"I have also heard about this matter, Master Wang has quite an objection to the matter of banditry, that is, he does not understand the situation of Shu County and the precipitousness of Shu Mountain, Brother Qu don't worry, if Master Wang wants to embarrass Brother Qu, I and other big clans and people will definitely not agree." Chen Shu continued.

"Brother Chen doesn't know, this Wang Shi has a lot of objections to me, this time the reward should be with Master Wang according to the regulations, but Wang Shi directly bypassed me and went alone, without even bringing a guard, hehe, it seems that my position as a county guard is coming to an end." Qu Yi smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Brother Qu, don't say that, the abolition of the county guard is not the final say of the king, but the king, how can the king not see the credit of Brother Qu?" Chen Shu said.

"That's it, that's it, Brother Qu still doesn't know, our king can be said to be obedient to Master Wang, and it's not for nothing that I was humiliated like this. At the beginning, the former Changxin Hou Changyu's family was demoted to Shu County, and I thought it was pitiful, and sent someone to help one or two, so I was hated. Wang Shi was personally eradicated by Chang Yu, and even advised the king to eradicate the roots, but the king had a benevolent heart and did not agree, and I happened to help these people, so Wang Shi was so hostile to me. It's ridiculous that the king's guards have been probing around the city lately, trying to find out my problems and get revenge on me. Qu Yi said with a tear on his face, looking like a meritorious man who had been wronged.

"Brother Qu is serious, I believe that the king is wise and will definitely not let you be wronged."

Chen Shu knew that the matter had been done, and then he needed to wait for time for this seed to gradually take root and sprout, Chen Shu filled Qu Yi's wine glass again, Qu Yi fell asleep after drinking, and Chen Shu looked at Qu Yi who was drunk.

"Send Qu Junshou to the wing, let him rest, and then let these two dancing girls go to bed." Chen Shu pointed to the two most gorgeous dancing girls and said.

"No." The steward said to Chen Shu.

Looking at the back of the steward leaving with Qu Yi, Chen Shu touched his beard, and his face showed a touch of pleasure in success, although the Qin law is strict, and the officials dare not violate it, it does not mean that they can't corrupt these officials, after all, officials are also people, and if they are people, they have weaknesses, and they only need to slowly corrupt along this weakness.

At this time, in a remote inn in Chengdu, three people in black robes were waiting for something, and suddenly a person dressed as a Yu Yuan guard and wearing a mask came to the room of the inn.

The masked man was held up by a sharp sword the moment he entered the room.

"I'm Chief Yu, I'm here to pick you up, which of you is Mr. Zhang Liang?" The masked man whispered, and after speaking, he took out a piece of jade pendant.

When Zhang Liang saw the jade pendant, he took off the black robe and took out an identical jade pendant from his arms.

"Please forgive me, we are sensitive and have to be careful." Zhang Liang saluted and said.

"Mr. Zhang Liang is polite, we are all the same people, it is natural to be careful, please pack your belongings and follow me up the mountain, there are other changes in Shu County, there may be danger." Yu Chang said.

"What happened in Shu County?" Zhang Liang asked.

"King Qin's envoy Ziyou came to reward the widow Qing, because he was robbed by mountain bandits on the road, so he wanted to exterminate the bandits on Shu Mountain." Yu Chang said.

"Mr. Ziyou!?" Zhang Liang's eyes were full of surprise and jealousy.

"So it's very dangerous here, please follow me up the mountain, Shu Mountain is dangerous, Qin State can't reach it, it's absolutely safe, all our men and horses are on Shu Mountain." Yu Chang said.

"Without further ado, we'll leave at once." Zhang Liang said that he was not only afraid of Ziyou, but even a little afraid, and he had an intuition that if he stayed here, he would definitely be discovered.

Zhang Liang put on the hood again and followed Yu Chang out of the inn overnight.

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