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

Chapter 88 Farewell (please subscribe)

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But it was already night after Zhou Qi woke up in the inn that day.

He ate something but was still preoccupied. He didn't look for Yuan Shao immediately, but was thinking about how to go next.

He thought about it like this, and it was late at night again, and then he slowly fell asleep.

In fact, Zhou Qi still has a little fantasy in his heart, that is, after Yang Qiu reads the letter he left, he can change his mind and come to find him.

In this way, things may have a turning point.

Never thought, until dawn, when it was time to go to court, Yang Qiu never sent anyone over.

Seeing this, Zhou Qi could only heave a long sigh, and decided not to have any illusions, and went straight to meet Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was very happy to see Zhou Qi, but seeing that he was a little depressed, he immediately asked: "Ziyi seems to have something on his mind, I wonder if I can tell my brother."

"No way, as a brother, I can still help one or two."

Zhou Qi took a sip of mulled wine and sighed: "I gave some suggestions to Mr. Yang, but I never thought that I would be jealous because of it, so that Bird was implicated and was actually arranged to pick up shit."

"I was not angry, so I left a book and left angrily."

"I came this time to bid farewell to my brother. Without the protection of the Weiwei Mansion, Bird and I may find it difficult to continue living in Luoyang."

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard the words, and said, "What happened to make Wei Wei suspicious of Zi Yi?"

Zhou Qi shook his head and remained silent.

When Yuan Shao saw this, he immediately understood in his heart that knowing this matter must be of great importance and cannot be known by outsiders, so he immediately stopped asking.

He comforted him with a voice: "Zi Yi has a strategy in his chest and a good plan in his belly. The Wei Wei Mansion can't tolerate Zi Yi. Could it be that my Yuan family can't tolerate you?"

"You don't want to leave Luoyang, just stay in my Yuan's family. Presumably no one in the court is willing to offend my Yuan family for you."

When he said this, Yuan Shao's face was full of confidence.

Zhou Qi was secretly happy in his heart, but on the surface he showed distress, and sighed deliberately: "Although I have admired Yuan for a long time, after all, I am a former student of Weiwei, how can I easily switch to others?"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he had a high opinion of Zhou Qi.

Like Yuan's and other wealthy families, their disciples and old officials are all over the world, there is no shortage of talented people to come and join them, what they need more is loyal people.

Compared with talent, loyalty should be ranked first.

Otherwise, the Yuan family spent a lot of money to train these former disciples, but they all turned into white-eyed wolves. Not only could they not repay the Yuan family, but instead opposed the Yuan family, how could the Yuan family be so prosperous?

If Zhou Qi has just left Yangqiu, he can't wait to switch to Yuan.

Although Yuan Shao would accept Zhou Qi, he wouldn't really reuse Zhou Qi, instead he might feel wary.

nowadays.

Although Zhou Qi escaped from Yangqiu, he was still able to stick to his heart in the face of the olive branch thrown by Yuan's, and categorically rejected the opportunity that countless people could only dream of. This is indeed a model of loyalty.

This move also made Yuan Shao love Zhou Qi even more.

Yuan Shao was about to persuade him again, when suddenly a servant rushed over and handed over a letter.

Yuan Shao opened the letter, and after reading the contents, his complexion changed drastically, and he said, "Cao Jie and Cheng Huang appealed to the emperor, saying that Weiwei Yangqiu, Situ Liuhe, Yongle Shaofu Chen Qiu, infantry captain Liu Na Internal and external collusion, intending to rebel."

"Your Majesty was furious and imprisoned all four of them, and even several family members were implicated!"

When Zhou Qi heard the news suddenly, he felt thunderous.

Although he had expected it a long time ago, after leaving the letter, he hoped that Yang Qiu could change his fate.

Never thought that Cao Jie's lore came so quickly and so violently.

Zhou Qi collapsed on the ground, crying loudly: "If you listen to me, why did you come to this!"

"I regret that I shouldn't have left the envoy. If I had known this earlier, even if I was jealous of the envoy, I would have risked my life to remonstrate!"

Yuan Shao's heart moved slightly when he heard this.

He stepped forward to help Zhou Qi who was crying, and asked, "What happened, can Ziyi tell me?"

Zhou Qi wiped away all the snot and tears, and then told Yuan Shao everything that happened recently.

Before Yuan Shao asked him, he didn't say anything, because the matter was so important, and if he said it, it was impossible to guarantee that the secret would not be leaked from Yuan Shao, so that Yang Qiu would be implicated.

Now that Yang Qiu has been imprisoned, there is no need for Zhou Qi to continue to hide.

After listening to Zhou Qi's detailed narration, Yuan Shao couldn't help but secretly startled.

He just felt that Zhou Qi was very talented before, but he didn't know that the other party had such a keen insight that he could predict the enemy first.

It's a pity, good words are hard to persuade, damn it.

Yang Qiu obviously had three chances to escape the death calamity, but he didn't listen to the advice every time, which led to this end.

Yuan Shao stood in God's vision at this time, but it was a bit of hindsight. If Yuan Shao was in the position of Yang Qiu, he might not be able to listen to other people's advice.

Otherwise, Tian Feng would not be imprisoned and Yuan Shao's defeat at Guandu would not happen in the future.

However, after this incident, Yuan Shao was more and more eager for Zhou Qi to take refuge in him. If he could get the help of such a talented person, it would definitely be of great benefit to Yuan Shao's plan.

Now that Yang Qiu has been imprisoned, he is almost certain to die.

As Yang Qiu's protégé and old official, Zhou Qi has become a rootless duckweed. Even if he switches to Yuan's sect, he will not be criticized by others.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao was not stupid, he knew that he should not mention Zhou Qi's solicitation at this time, he only needed to leave it in Yuan's house first.

Yuan Shao showed a look of grief on his face, and said: "The eunuch is in power, the traitor is in power, the loyal and good are robbed, and the country loses its pillar."

"Ziyi must not be overly sad, I will send someone to inquire about the situation in prison."

"Now that Yang Shijun is imprisoned, Ziyi and Bode should move into Yuan's mansion first, so as not to be harmed by Cao Jie and others."

Zhou Qi took a few deep breaths, tried to calm down the regret in his heart, then bowed deeply to Yuan Shao, and said: "Brother Lao Benchu ​​is so lucky, if you can find out about the current situation of the envoy, I hope you will let me know."

Inside the prison of Tingwei Mansion.

Cao Jie walked to the cell where Yang Qiu was held, and looked at the disheveled man in front of him, with a cruel smile on his old face.

He took out a letter from his arms, threw it into the cell, and said with a smile: "This is the letter I found from the steward of your family when I ransacked your home. It's really fitting that you should suffer this fate, as long as you can obey According to what is said in the letter, I may not be able to take you down so easily."

"It's a pity, it's hard to persuade you, damn it, you have to blame yourself for falling into this situation."

"Hahahaha!"

Having said that, Cao Jie laughed wildly, his tone full of complacency.

He deliberately took out the letter just to make Yang Qiu regret and annoy him. Only in this way can Cao Jie's hatred be relieved.

After watching Cao Jie leave, Yang Qiu picked up the letter, only to see the words on the envelope: Yours sincerely, Zhou Qi.

He opened the letter tremblingly, and after reading the contents inside, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

In the letter, Zhou Qi had made his conjecture very clear, believing that the Cheng family had most likely leaked the matter. Although Cheng Huang was Yang Qiu's uncle, he was a eunuch after all, and he was a person who was unjust for profit. , there is no guarantee that Yang Qiu will not be betrayed.

If Cao Jie finds out about the conspiracy of several people and brings the matter to the emperor, even if Yang Qiu and the others use the incident as a shield, it will not help the matter, and it may even backfire and arouse His Majesty's suspicion.

The only way to break the situation is to abandon the car and save the commander, tell His Majesty frankly, tell the whole story, and don't let Liu Xie and others recommend Yang Qiu as the captain of Sili. Situ Liu He and others.

Zhou Qi had already analyzed the matter very thoroughly in the letter, repeatedly telling Yang Qiu and Cheng's father and daughter not to be trusted, and his tone was full of sincerity.

If Yang Qiu could read this letter, with his personality, he might force Cheng to question him again. If he could not, he would find out the truth, make preparations early, and then break the deadlock.

Unexpectedly, the steward withdrew the letter privately, thus cutting off the last lifeline of Yang Qiu.

"When?"

"Fate!"

Yang Qiu cried bitterly.

Because the case was so involved, the emperor not only ordered Cao Jie to supervise the case, but also asked Tingwei to assist in handling the case. It was because of Tingwei's help that Cao Jie failed to convict several people of treason, but ordered the inner court The crime of adultery.

However, almost all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were running for Yang Qiu and others, so this matter dragged on until the winter and October, when Yang Qiu and others were thoroughly convicted and executed, and their family members were exiled.

During this period, Yuan Shao kept asking for news.

However, Cao Jie has already made people guard the prison like an iron bucket. Even with the prominent Yuan family, it is difficult to find out detailed information.

During this period, Luo Yang also gradually spread a saying.

That is, before Yang Qiu's accident, his aide Zhou Qi tried his best to advise Yang Qiu to be careful about his concubine Cheng and uncle Cheng Huang leaking secrets. However, Yang Qiu was so angry that Zhou Qi left a letter and left. .

The spread of this incident also made Zhou Qi famous.

His assassination of Wang Ji to avenge his grandfather in Xiang County was also picked up, and even "Xia Ke Xing" and "Qiu Mu Praise" were widely circulated in Luoyang.

However, since Cao Jie found the letter from the steward, he sent people everywhere to arrest Zhou Qi. If it wasn't for Yuan's protection, Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong would definitely not be spared.

As time passed, Cao Jie still failed to catch Zhou Qi, so he gradually faded away from this thought.

On this day, when Zhou Qi heard the news that Yang Qiu had been executed, he bowed in the direction of Ting Wei's mansion and couldn't get up for a long time.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao admired Zhou Qi more and more in his heart, stepped forward and stroked his shoulder gently, and persuaded him gently: "The deceased is dead, Ziyi please mourn."

When Yang Qiu died, the emperor, thinking about his past love, did not accept Cao Jie's suggestion of brutalizing the corpse, but ordered a normal burial.

Taking advantage of the night when there was no one around, Zhou Qi secretly went to pay respects with melons, fruits and wine, and stayed at Yangqiu's grave all night before returning to Yuan's mansion.

The next day, Zhou Qi came to Yuan Shao's side with red eyes, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he directly prostrated himself on the ground.

Yuan Shao was shocked, he hastily supported Zhou Qi, and said, "Why did Ziyi perform such a great gift?"

Zhou Qi said: "Brother's move is not only to thank my elder brother for taking care of me these days, but also because I have something to ask for."

Yuan Shao pretended to be angry and said: "I regard my son as a brother. If you ask for something to be a brother, how can you not accept it? How can you do this great gift?"

Zhou Qi said: "I want to say goodbye to my elder brother, but I also need to trouble my elder brother to handle the business qualifications and false identities for me and Bird to go to Liangzhou."

Yuan Shao frowned slightly upon hearing this.

He pondered for a while, and suddenly seemed to think of something, his eyes suddenly revealed a color of surprise, and then clasped Zhou Qi's hands tightly, and sighed: "From ancient times to the present, there is no more loyal person than this."

Zhou Qi bowed again, and said earnestly: "Please trouble brother."

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