Liu Qi was overjoyed, and hurriedly took Zhuge Liang to a quiet teahouse in Xiangyang City.

This is where the two have met a lot in recent times.

Liu Qi asked the store to close its doors today.

Naturally, the store did not dare to slack off.

No matter what happens now, the eldest prince is not something that he can provoke as a common person.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Qi actually asked the store to drive away other guests, and hurriedly said to Liu Qi: "Eldest son, I remember, I still have some things today, I can't help it today!" ”

After saying that, he bowed and was about to leave.

Liu Qi knew that Zhuge Liang had already guessed his intentions, and he was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

He and Zhuge Liang have known each other for a long time, but they have only seen each other more recently recently.

He knows Zhuge Liang's hobbies very well.

Zhuge Liang is not interested in anything else, but in reading.

Liu Qi grabbed Zhuge Liang's sleeve and said with a smile: "I said, it's just a family chat, why are you in such a hurry?" What, are you sure you're leaving? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, and said with a serious face: "I really have something." ”

Only then did Liu Qi let go of Zhuge Liang's sleeves, climbed up to the second floor along the ladder, and said, "Then you go!" ”

"I recently got a strange book, I was thinking about it, I was upset, and today I asked someone who understands me to read it together."

"What's the name of that book? Oops, it seems to be Guiguzi, about the conspiracy. ”

Zhuge Liang: "."

Looking at Liu Qi's contrived appearance, Zhuge Liang secretly sighed.

Eldest son, how can you hide this little trick from me?

Today, I'm sorry.

For the sake of the world, for the sake of my brother-in-law, and for the sake of Jingzhou, I can only be a villain once.

Zhuge Liang followed, climbed the ladder and said, "Guiguzi? Conspiracy? I've seen everything I can see. ”

As soon as he climbed up, Liu Qi glanced at the clerk downstairs.

The clerical ministry meeting directly took away the ladder.

Zhuge Liang watched as Wen Ping carried the ladder and left: "."

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Kong Ming, save me!" My father met with an accident, and the four wealthy families wanted to harm me, but no one dared to make a move. Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others refused to listen to me, they only obeyed their father's orders. ”

"If this continues, I will be killed sooner or later!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Eldest son, take the ladder back!" If you really think of me as a friend, don't hurt me. ”

"I, Zhuge Liang, am isolated in Jingzhou and talk nonsense, maybe the Ming Dynasty will be in the wilderness."

As he spoke, he said to the clerk who walked outside with the ladder: "Take the ladder back, I'm leaving." ”

Liu Qi looked at Zhuge Liang and didn't want to help, and said sadly: "Even Kong Ming, do you want to watch me being killed?" ”

Zhuge Liang frowned.

Liu Qi burst into tears, and said with a crying voice: "What do you say about being afraid, what do you say about friends, but they are all a group of ungrateful people." ”

"This can't reach the sky, can't go down to the earth, who knows what you told me?"

"After all, you're just like those villains."

"That's it, you can go too!"

"When I Liu Qi meets you, it's all fate!"

After speaking, he beckoned the Wenpin to carry the ladder back.

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Qi with tears streaming down his face, and his heart was extremely complicated.

If I don't help you, you will be persecuted by the four wealthy families.

But if I help you, I will also harm you.

But after all—

Zhuge Liang made a decision.

The four wealthy clans persecuted him, and he couldn't even do it alive.

If you hurt him, you can at least save his life.

Once his brother-in-law takes Jingzhou, he will save his life no matter what, which can be regarded as a reward for his kindness.

Pulling out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handing it to Liu Qi, Zhuge Liang said softly: "Doesn't the eldest son hear that 'heavy ears are outside and An Shen is born and dies'?" ”

"In today's situation, the eldest son and the general have lost the opportunity."

"No matter how it changes, the four wealthy families all occupy Xiangyang and cannot be changed."

"What the four wealthy families want is nothing more than to control the second son, so as to achieve the goal of controlling Jingzhou."

"This is an irreconcilable contradiction between the four wealthy families and the general."

"The general's life can no longer be saved, just one step earlier, one step later."

"The eldest son is still staying in Xiangyang, in addition to wasting time, it is killing himself."

"Once the general is killed, the four wealthy families take risks, how does the eldest son think he can save his life?"

"In this case, it is better to immediately flee to Jingbei and take refuge in General Wenpin."

"It is a fact that the general is in such a situation, and General Wenpin, as the most loyal person of the general, will definitely turn against the four wealthy families."

"A big war is inevitable."

"When there is a great war, it is the day when the general dies."

"At that time, it was also the time when the eldest son took over the lord of Jingzhou."

"General Wenpin is a capable minister, who has guarded Jingbei for several years and has never made a mistake."

"With him assisting the eldest son, even if the eldest son can't take Jingzhou, he can hold Jingbei and stand on his own."

"Moreover, the eldest son and General Wenpin are sitting in Jingbei, as long as they don't open their mouths, the four wealthy families are also caged birds."

"There are Gongzi and General Wenpin in the north."

"Liu Zhang, Xiyizhou."

"There is Jiangdong in the east."

"There are Zhang Xian and Jiangdong in the south."

"Compared with Jingzhou, Yizhou is a barbarian land, and there are many tribes, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The four wealthy families are still commendable in Jingzhou, and wanting to win Yizhou is tantamount to a pipe dream. ”

"As for Zhang Xian, when the general was in his heyday, he couldn't take him down, let alone the current situation."

Liu Qi wiped his tears with Zhuge Liang's handkerchief, calmed down, and said, "But in this way, once Jiangdong and Zhang Xian take the opportunity-"

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Eldest son, then do you have a way to keep the entire Jingzhou?" ”

"Since you can't keep it anyway, it's better to keep what you have now."

"Otherwise, lose it all—"

Liu Qi fell silent.

After a while, he looked at Zhuge Liang, saluted Zhuge Liang respectfully, and said, "In such a situation, only Kong Ming is willing to help me." If I can get away with it this time, he will be rewarded one day! ”

Zhuge Liang picked up Liu Qi and said, "Eldest son, if you really want to leave, it should be sooner rather than later." While they still think that you are reluctant to leave, you are not willing to leave, and now you immediately go to Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others. ”

"Even if they won't listen to you, the eldest son, they won't embarrass you."

"Tell them that you are leaving to join General Wenpin, and let them take advantage of the night to cover your departure."

Liu Qi nodded emphatically.

The clerk then took the ladder.

Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang went down the ladder.

Zhuge Liang stood at the door of the teahouse, watching Liu Qi leave quickly with a few parts, and sighed while fanning the feather fan.

I hope to meet again, eldest son, you won't be jealous of me.

After staying at the door of the teahouse for a while, Zhuge Liang immediately found Lu Shisan, Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and others: "Find a way to contact your brother-in-law immediately and let him get ready." The eldest son will leave the city tonight and go to Jingbei to join Wenpin. The four wealthy clans may make a move at night, so that he is ready to evacuate at any time. ”

"We're getting ready to get out of here, too."

Lu 13 said: "Then I'll find someone over now." ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "The matter of the evacuation of the convoy-"

Lu Shisan smiled: "It's already ready, you can rest assured." I've been sharing the responsibility of doing business in Jingzhou all these years, and no one knows how to escape here better than I do. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded.

Besides, Lu Yi was cooking dinner for Liu Cong at Liu Cong's residence in the General's Mansion.

That's right, cooking!

The other subordinates in Liu Cong's residence have all been cleaned up, and only him and Liu Cong are currently there.

He is the only one who can make food.

was cooking, but saw a skinny monkey appear strangely at the door of the room.

Lu Yi: "."

Monkey?

How could there be a monkey in the General's Mansion all of a sudden?

Moreover, the monkey was tilting his head, his eyes dripping, and looking at him blankly.

Lu Yi walked over.

The monkey turned around and took a few steps back.

Lu Yi walked over again, and the monkey took a few steps back, and its mouth squeaked.

It was as if urging him to follow.

Lu Yi kept following the monkey and finally came to the rockery in the courtyard.

The monkey burrowed into the rockery and disappeared.

Lu Yi was about to go ahead and take a look.

Outside, the soldiers patrolling passed by the door, and Lu Yi hurriedly walked away.

After the patrol soldiers left, Lu Yi continued to walk over.

I saw that in the middle of the rockery, a passage was opened!

In the passageway, a head was sticking out and smiling at him.

Lu Yi: "."

It was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy with a somewhat long face.

Lu Yi asked, "Who are you?" How did it get here? ”

The young man scratched his head, handed a note to Lu Yi, and without saying a word, retracted his head again, and then moved a rockery to cover the entrance of the cave.

Lu Yi: "."

Although he was still puzzled, Lu Yi still took the note and left quickly and walked to the room.

When I opened the note, I saw that it read: "The eldest son has left the city to go to Jingbei to join Wenpin, and the four wealthy families should do it tonight." The brother-in-law can follow the monkey out of the passage, which is the pet of the thirteen subordinates, so don't risk fighting. ”

(End of chapter)