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Chapter 3 Lies and try the five clans

When Liu Qi met the county magistrate of Yicheng, he informed the other party that Liu Biao was about to arrive in Yicheng, and asked him to clean up in Yicheng and prepare to welcome Liu Biao.

Li Zheng, the magistrate of Yicheng County, immediately agreed: "Don't worry, the official, the county will naturally arrange this matter properly. If the Liufujun arrives at Yicheng, the officials from Yicheng County to the county must do their best to make the official satisfied!"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "The county master is intent. In addition, he also asked the county master to send someone to Xiangyang to inform the Xiangyang Order, send Nanjun household registration book and military service lists of each county, including the recent official documents to Yicheng, and will be called upon when Liu Fujun arrives."

"Of course." Li Zheng agreed, hesitated for a moment and said, "But Li has something unknown, so please ask Shi for advice."

Liu Qi knew very well what County Magistrate Li wanted to ask.

"Li County Zun wanted to know why Liu Fujun came to Jingzhou to take office but did not enter Xiangyang, but wanted to settle in Yicheng?"

Li Zheng smiled awkwardly. The young man's guess was quite accurate.

"Please give me advice?"

Liu Qi looked around and saw that the county officials next to him were standing far away. He put his mouth close to County Magistrate Li's ear and whispered: "The reason why Liu Fujun took office and did not go to Xiangyang, he came to Yicheng's small county..."

"Yeah, yeah!" Li Zheng's expression was a little excited, his expression became more and more serious, and he was waiting for the next hearing.

"I'm not sure, either." Liu Qi finished the next sentence lightly.

Li Zheng's excited expression disappeared, replaced by a stiff and awkward smile.

Don't know what mystery you are doing here?

...

In this way, Liu Qi moved into Yicheng County Government as the governor and official.

From Shanyang County to Yi County, Liu Qi basically slept in the wilderness along the way. In addition, his riding skills were average, so he delayed a lot of itineraries along the way, and it was very hard to sleep in the open.

The flesh on the inner side of his thigh was worn out due to long-term riding, and even taking off his pants was shaved and painful.

Now that he finally saw the bed, Liu Qi was satisfied. He leaned his head and lay down on the bed, and said comfortably: "Comfortable."

Liu Pan is not as comfortable as Liu Qi. He was walking around in circles, looking uneasy.

How could my cousin be so generous? He just told a big lie, didn’t he know?

Liu Pan walked forward and pulled Liu Qi out of the bed.

"What are you doing?"

Liu Qi, who wanted to have a good sleep, frowned and looked at Liu Pan who was crazy.

Liu Pan stretched his strong body forward, and his dark face almost pressed against Liu Qi's face.

"Boyu, do you know what you said to Li County Zun just now?"

Liu Qi frowned and said, "I said a lot, what is my brother asking?"

"You said that your uncle will arrive in a few days..."

"Shh!"

Liu Qi used his index finger to block his lips, then winked at the outside of the door, and whispered: "Beware of ears in the partition wall."

Liu Pan immediately stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the door, gently opened a gap, looked carefully, and then came to the window to observe for a long time.

After a while, Fang Jian Liu Pan turned his head and replied, "No one outside eavesdropped."

Liu Qi felt relieved and said, "I'm just careful if I have something to say. Please ask me if my cousin has something to say."

"Boyu, you meet the county magistrate of Yicheng today and said that your uncle will arrive in Jingzhou in the past few days. But you and I know that your uncle is still in Luoyang and will not be able to arrive in Jingzhou for two or three months. Wouldn't your words today deceive the county magistrate?"

After a brief silence, Liu Qi said confidently: "It's him that I'm sorry!"

Liu Pan was surprised that he never thought that Liu Qi would answer like this.

"What did you swear to him?"

"I'm trying to see what position does the five major families in Jingzhou have regarding their father's rise to power."

"ah?"

Liaring about Liu Biao's itinerary and testing the attitudes of the five major clans... Liu Pan couldn't see any relationship between these two things.

"Cousin, aren't you joking about Yu?"

"What am I joking about when I have nothing to do?"

Looking at Liu Pan's puzzled expression, Liu Qi patiently explained: "Brother, this Yi County is the gateway of Xiangyang in the south. The two places are less than a hundred miles apart. The houses of the five major clans are all in Xiangyang. How can the five tribes not be controlled by the five tribes in such a close place?"

Liu Pan frowned, thought carefully for a while, and said in surprise: "Boyu means, is Li County Zun from the five major families?"

Liu Qi smiled faintly and said, "Maybe it is more appropriate to say that he is the dog of the five major families. He can be a county magistrate so close to Xiangyang. If he hadn't been involved in the five major families, he would have already taken effect. There would never be a third possibility!"

Liu Pan came back to his senses: "Cousin, you are lying, uncle is coming soon... Did you guess that County Magistrate Li will inform the five major clans immediately?"

Liu Qi said seriously: "That's true, and we only need to see how the five major families will deal with this fake news, and we can roughly calculate what their attitude towards their father being the governor of Jingzhou."

Liu Pan suddenly realized and slapped his hands heavily: "Cousin, I didn't expect you to have such a genius!"

Liu Qi stood up and walked to the window, confirmed again that there was no one outside the window, and whispered: "Now they just know that you and I will ride alone into Yicheng, but they don't know that we are in the dense forest outside the city, and there are also our three hundred tribes. These soldiers and strong men were all trained by your brother, so how are their qualities?"

When he talked about the soldiers he brought out, Liu Pan's face showed complacency.

He patted his chest hard and said confidently: "Boyu, I'm not boasting! Although you are far better than someone, when it comes to training, if you are brothers in our clan, no one will be the first!"

Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction.

Liu Pan is not such a foolish person. If he dares to say this, it means that these three hundred soldiers are strong.

"Cousin, please come out of the city later and select some capable people from our people, let them go to Xiangyang to find out the trends of the five major clans and repay them at any time."

Liu Pan stood up and said, "For brother, let's do it."

"Be careful, don't be followed by the people of County Magistrate Li."

"Haha, don't worry, cousin, I am the number one master in our clan, and some yamen runners in Yicheng County can't keep up with someone!"

After saying that, Liu Pan quickly opened the door and left.

Looking at Liu Pan's back, Liu Qi sighed in emotion.

Liu Pan has certain military abilities. If he is well trained, he will definitely be a general in the future, but his temperament is a bit too straightforward.

It’s not that being a bad person is a good thing, but from now on, the Liu family in Shanyang will face all kinds of storms in Jingzhou. Being more careful will still help survive in troubled times.

Liu Panque's mind can only rely on Liu Qi to grow up for him.

...

Liu Pan lurked out of Yicheng and went to the mountains and forests north of the city to find the powerful soldiers of the Shanyang Liu family under his command.

At the same time, Li Zheng, the magistrate of Yicheng County, also quickly wrote a letter and ordered people to go to Xiangyang with bamboo slips to meet his secretly tycoon Zhang Fang, the chief of the Zhang clan, one of the five major clans in Jingzhou.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Fang did not dare to neglect and immediately asked the other three clan leaders Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and Bei Yu to gather at his residence.

As for Su Dai, the leader of the Su clan, he is currently serving as the county magistrate in Changsha, and his younger brother Su Huan attended the event.

The patriarchs of the five major clans met and after each greeting each other, Zhang Fang immediately brought the matter to the point.

"Donalds, the new governor, the official of the Shishi, has arrived in Yicheng and has informed Li Zheng, the magistrate of Yicheng County, that Liu Biao is coming to Jingzhou and still living in Yicheng. What do you think about this?"

When Zhang Fang finished speaking, he saw the other four clan leaders bowing their heads and pondering.

Not long after, he heard Bei Yu, the chief of the Bei clan, say: "When the former governor Wang Rui was in office, he was quite friendly to us. The transactions of salt, iron, lacquerware in various counties in Jingzhou were also the same as those in the government. We know the current affairs... I just don't know if this Liu Biao could also be as wise as Wang Rui."

Su Huan, the younger brother of Su Dai, the leader of the Su clan, said: "If you are the one who is inferior, you may not be able to do so."

Several people looked at him together.

"Why did Mr. Su say this?"

Su Huan said slowly: "Then Liu Biao is not as weak as Wang Rui. This man served as the Marquis of the Northern Army in the capital, in charge of the five battalions of the Northern Army, such an important position is something that a mediocre person can do? If this man Lai Jingchu, he would not let us be controlled."

Kuai Liang, the head of the Kuai clan, said: "Mr. Su's words are too arbitrary."

Su Huan said: "It was not a deliberate guess, but Liu Biao was a relative of the Han Dynasty, and was ranked as the Ba Jun and was also a Ba Gu. He had experienced the changes in the Party and the Fouls and had participated in the Tai Students' discussions in his early years. It can be said that he has experienced many storms. How could he be easily with him? According to my opinion, it would be better to make a decision early and not let such people come to Jingzhou."

After hearing this, Zhang Fang and Bei Yu nodded in agreement.

Kuai Liang asked, "I wonder who told Mr. Su about Liu Biao?"

Su Huan said: "I am ignorant, but my brother is the governor of Changsha County after all, and he is quite familiar with everything in the court."

Kuai Liang's expression was gone: "What will Su plan to deal with this matter?"

Su Huan looked at Cai Mao and said, "The uncle of Degui's brother is the Grand Marshal of the current dynasty. It would be better for Degui's brother to advise Zhang Taiwei and ask the court to change another governor and come to Jingzhou for his post in Jingzhou, how about it?"

Among the five major clans, Cai Mao was the youngest head of the family, but because of his youth and a strong enterprising spirit, Cai Mao also has a deep background. As Su Huan said, his uncle was the Grand Marshal Zhang Wen, who was nominally the commander-in-chief of the entire army of the Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty.

Being enterprising is being enterprising, but Cai Mao can still grasp what should be done and what should not be done.

"I am grateful to all the officials, but Cai and his uncle rarely interact with each other on weekdays. Moreover, it is related to the local governor. How could the uncle speak to the court at will based on the words of Cai's descendants? Moreover, Dong Zhuo is now in control of all matters in Luoyang... This method is not advisable."

Su Huan sighed and said, "There is only one way."
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