At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 61
On the way to catch up with the large army, Xu Chu asked curiously, "Could it be that the man just now followed Ziyi in the incident?"

Since Yang Qiu had already set the tone for this assassination, Xu Chu only said "to carry out an incident" rather than "to assassinate".

Even if everyone knows it well, they still have to do superficial work.

Zhou Qi nodded and sighed: "Wang Ji is so powerful that it would be difficult for Bird and I to accomplish this, so there are a few brothers helping us secretly."

Xu Chu nodded and said nothing.

Zhou Qi frowned at this time, hesitating how to treat Lieutenant Pei Guo.

Logically speaking, although Lieutenant Liu was not regarded as Wang Ji's minion before, he was also in cahoots with him, and it is not too much to be regarded as his henchman.

The most important thing is that after Zhou Qi killed Wang Ji and escaped, Lieutenant Liu not only sealed up the Zhou family's mansion and fields, but also injured Zhou Cheng, and even arrested Zhou Gu and tortured him.

Although the other party learned that after Zhou Qi was appointed as the official of Sili Xiaowei Mansion, everything he did showed goodwill.

However, the two have already formed a grudge after all, and there is no guarantee that they will not have a grudge against each other.

Although Zhou Qi could go to Luoyang with Yangqiu, his clan and friends still live in Xiangxian County. What if Lieutenant Liu retaliates afterward?
Of course, the probability of this happening is extremely small.

The most difficult thing for Zhou Qi is how to appease Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gu.

They belonged to Zhou Qi, and they were implicated in the assassination of Wang Ji.If Zhou Qi doesn't help them vent their anger, even if the two parties can understand Zhou Qi and are willing to expose the matter, what will others think?
If Zhou Qi couldn't even protect his own people, how could others dare to come and seek refuge?

Of course, what Lieutenant Liu did was actually within his duties, and Zhou Qi might have done the same thing himself.

But there is no way to make sense about many things, such as family, friendship, and love. If such matters do not touch your bottom line, you should basically support them unconditionally.

If you can't even protect your weaknesses at the very least, who is willing to follow you desperately?
Of course, this is only in the early stages of power accumulation, because at this time only the people closest to you will support you unconditionally.

When it develops and grows in the future, the laws and regulations that should be followed will naturally be in place, and the old people who follow them should also be given the honor they deserve, otherwise they will not be able to last long at all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qi couldn't help but let out a long breath.

This matter is a bit complicated.

If Lieutenant Pei Guo was to be dealt with, the matter would involve a wide range of issues. Not only would it delay what Yang Qiu had ordered, but it would also cause another bloodbath.

"I can't act arbitrarily on this matter, I should discuss it with Yang Zuoshi first."

With the calculation in his mind, Zhou Qi stopped thinking about it for the time being and led Xu Chu to speed up. It didn't take long for him to catch up with the large army.

Zhou Qi rode up to Yang Zuoshi. After deliberation for a long time, he stepped back and then asked tentatively: "Is the main task of your envoy asking me to return to Xiang County this time just to collect evidence of Wang Ji's crime?"

Yang Zuoshi gave Zhou Qi a strange look, and said, "Besides that, we must cut off his henchmen."

Zhou Qi said: "If someone was in collusion with him before and made connections with each other, and after learning of his loss of power, he deliberately distanced himself, should he be liquidated?"

When Yang Zuoshi heard this, he sneered and said, "Of course it should be liquidated."

"If everyone deliberately distanced themselves from Wang Ji after he lost power, wouldn't the previous crimes not be pursued?"

Zhou Qi probed again: "What if this person has a high position and power and holds military power?"

Yang Zuoshi's pupils shrank when he heard this, and he asked thoughtfully: "Did Zhou Zhizhi have any clues?"

Zhou Qi simply replied directly: "Yang Zuoshi is indeed as sharp as a torch."

"Lieutenant Pei Guo had an affair with Wang Ji, Prime Minister of Pei State, and the two of them worked together and did many illegal things. Later, when he heard that Yang Shijun was coming, Lieutenant Liu knew that Wang Ji had lost power, so he alienated him."

"Lieutenant Pei Guo's status is prominent. If he investigates rashly, it will inevitably take time, and I'm afraid it will delay the envoy's important affairs."

Seeing Yang Zuoshi frowning and saying nothing, Zhou Qi continued: "To be honest, because of my assassination of Wang Ji, Lieutenant Liu was implicated in many of my friends and family. However, I don't want to abandon public service for personal reasons, so do I want to investigate and deal with it?" Lieutenant Liu, we still need Yang Zuoshi to make a decision."

Yang Zuoshi continued to remain silent, and asked after a long time, "How long will it take for Zhou to investigate Lieutenant Liu?"

Zhou Qi's heart moved slightly and said: "Lieutenant Liu is no better than Wang Ji."

"Wang Ji is dead. No one is willing to harm himself to cover up the dead. Lieutenant Liu is quite different. He has been cultivating the country for many years and has brave fighters under his command. A lot of resistance."

"Even if this person is cornered and he mobilizes Pei's army, we may not be able to capture him with just the fifty cavalry we bring. Instead, his life may be in danger."

Unexpectedly, Yangzuo Shi heard the words but sneered and said: "We are ordered by the emperor to pick up all the officials. If he really dares to privately dispatch troops to fight with the knights under the command of Sili Xiaowei, the matter will be easy to handle."

"We don't even need to capture Lieutenant Liu personally, we just need to retreat to the imperial court, and the imperial court will punish his family with the law."

Speaking of this, Yang Zuoshi's eyes suddenly brightened, and he smiled at Zhou Qi: "Yes, just do it!"

Seeing the brighter and brighter smile on Yang Zuoshi's face, Zhou Qi had roughly guessed what the other party was going to do, but felt a chill down his spine.

Sure enough, Yang Zuoshi said coldly: "After entering the city, please comfort him first, don't conflict with him, after collecting Wang Ji's criminal evidence, start to make things difficult for this person, and investigate with great fanfare his collusion with Wang Ji to harm the people. "

"Lieutenant Liu must be frightened. If he has a weak character, we will arrest him and convict him directly."

"If he leads troops to resist, we can take Wang Ji's criminal evidence and leave Xiangxian County directly. After returning to Luoyang, we will show up to the emperor and sue him for treason."

"In this way, it won't waste too much time, and Wang Ji and Lieutenant Liu's rebellion can be related. In this way, Wang Fu will undoubtedly die."

After learning about Yang Zuoshi's plan, Zhou Qi couldn't help but secretly praise his clever methods, but he didn't feel that the plan was so sinister.

Zhou Qi is not a white lotus, since he is going to deal with the enemy, he must go all out.

No matter what method is used, there is only one ultimate goal, and that is to kill his enemy completely.

Wang Fu was able to falsely accuse Bohai King and the Song family of treason, causing their entire family to be wiped out. Zhou Qi then falsely accused Wang Ji and Liu Zhongwei of treason, and punished him in his own way. Why not?

After figuring this out, Zhou Qi immediately complimented him: "Yang Zuoshi is indeed a good planner, I am ashamed of myself."

Yang Zuo Shi raised his chin slightly proudly and said: "The officialdom is like a battlefield, especially when we serve as the subordinates and assistants of the Sili Xiaowei. We must be more cunning than these rogue officials, so that we can restore peace to the world."

Zhou Qi praised: "If all the officials in the world are as loyal to the country as Yang Zuoshi, how can there be treacherous ministers who bring trouble to the court?"

(End of this chapter)