Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 178 Liu Jingsheng and his son

December of the [-]th year of Jian'an.

In the depth of winter, it also snowed a little bit in Xiangyang.

"Pooh!"

Liu Biao pushed away the soup in front of him, coughed several times, and spit several times, his throat felt uncomfortable.

Liu Qi took a few steps back, quickly put down the bowl of soup in his hand, gently stroked Liu Biao's back, and asked quickly: "What's going on, father?"

Liu Biao calmed down and cursed grumpily: "Do you want to kill me?"

Liu Qi was very confused and said: "This is just a decoction, there is nothing spicy?"

As he spoke, Liu Qi seemed to come to his senses and took a sip of the decoction, filling his mouth with the bitter taste of dogwood.Liu Qi vomited directly into the bowl and coughed several times.

Before chili peppers were introduced to China, the ancients used dogwood to make chili peppers, which were pungent and bitter.However, due to the production problem of Cornus officinalis, it has been unable to be spread over a large area.

Liu Qi quickly explained: "Father, Qi didn't know there was dogwood in it. Qi had personally tasted the decoction before, but it was not spicy. When Qi just left, someone secretly changed the decoction."

Liu Mian looked displeased and said, "I drank this decoction. If someone changes the decoction, are they trying to kill me? This is the first time this has happened to me since I took the medicine stone for a year."

"This~"

When Liu Qi was about to argue, Cai came out with a bowl of hot soup and said with a smile: "Husband, please drink the soup. Cong'er will make it for you personally."

After speaking, Cai looked at Liu Qi with provocative eyes.

Liu Qi was furious, and he finally realized that the problem with the soup must be Cai's fault, otherwise how could something go wrong?

"What's going on?" Liu Biao pointed at Liu Qi's decoction and asked.

While Liu Qi was holding back his anger, Cai sat down next to Liu Biao and said softly: "Bo Wei was distracted. He thought he accidentally took the dogwood soup that my concubine had cooked in the winter as his husband's soup and brought it over."

After saying that, Mrs. Cai looked at Liu Qi with mocking eyes, and kindly warned: "Bo Wei, please don't be careless. It's okay to take the wrong soup mixed with dogwood today, and there will be no consequences. If you change it to something poisonous next time, I'm afraid it will Your father’s life is in danger.”

"And there is a saying that running a big country is like cooking a small dish. You are the governor and guard Jiangzuo, but you are so rough. How can you carry out great things?"

"Father, that's not the case!"

Liu Qi had never experienced such grievance, and explained again: "Father, I personally tasted the decoction that Qi took from Dr. Wang today, and there must be something fishy in it."

Hearing this, Liu Biao leaned on crutches and said dissatisfiedly: "Dr. Wang is on leave today, why is he still here?"

"Ok?"

Liu Qi stared at the innocent-looking Cai with wide eyes, furious.He already knew that he must have been deceived. It must be his filial behavior in front of his father in the past few days that poked Liu Cong's lung tube.Cai colluded with Dr. Wang to give him the normal decoction first, and then asked the maid to secretly replace the decoction without him being prepared, so as to achieve the purpose of giving himself eye drops.

Seeing that Liu Qi was dissatisfied, Liu Biao said with a sullen face: "I thought you could go to Jiangdong to temper yourself, manage politics and the army, and change your rough behavior. Today it seems that you have not made much progress, which is very disappointing to my father." "

In Liu Biao's view, Liu Qi's excessive explanation was to cover up his wrong behavior, especially the issue of Dr. Wang's discrepancies, which made Liu Biao doubt whether Liu Qi was lying.

Liu Qi, who had been warned many times by Lu Su and Liu Bei, restrained his temper and did not continue to argue. Instead, he handed over his hands and said: "Since there is a mother serving the soup, my son will step aside first."

"Ok!"

Liu Biao angrily asked Liu Qi to retreat.

"Husband, don't be angry!"

Mrs. Cai took the soup and said softly: "Cong'er knew that my husband was afraid of hardship, so he specially asked me to add sugar syrup to it. Let's try it now." Liu Biao said with emotion: "Cong'er is very benevolent and filial!"

Liu Qi's filial piety was put to use by Liu Cong. When Liu Biao fell ill, Liu Cong worked hard, carrying feces, urine, tea and medicine for Liu Biao, which moved Liu Biao very much.After all, when people are old and sick, isn't it the kind of filial son who touches them the most?

How could Liu Qi be taken care of when he was fighting abroad?Moreover, Liu Qi had already taken his family members away when he returned to Yuzhang.When Liu Biao was seriously ill, Cai and Liu Cong took care of everything.When Liu Biao got better, he liked Liu Cong very much and praised him endlessly.

After leaving the lobby, Liu Qi saw Liu Cong, who was still plastered on his face, walking towards him.

Liu Cong smiled and said: "Brother, it is beyond your ability to serve your father. Now you are going back to the mansion to rest. Don't make your father angry again."

Liu Qi showed a disdainful expression and said sarcastically: "Do you think you can get the position of heir by doing such a despicable thing?"

Seeing that Liu Qi was depressed, Liu Cong smiled warmly and said, "Whether he succeeds or not depends not on his brother, but on his father."

"Humph!"

Liu Qi left the house in a resentful mood, braved the snow, and then got on the carriage back to the house.

Liu Qi shook off the snowflakes on his body, handed the cloak to the attendant, and said angrily: "Uncle, Qi was conspired by a villain to change his father's decoction and slander me. My father was blinded by the Cai family and refused to listen to my words. "

Liu Bei, who was sitting on the couch reading a book, put down what he was doing and asked, "What's going on?"

Facing the concerned Liu Bei, Liu Qi revealed what had happened, and complained about Cai's insidiousness and Liu Cong's despicable things.

Knowing what happened, Liu Bei was also angry and said: "This woman has a very poisonous heart. All the maids and servants in the house have been bribed by her. You must not serve her anymore."

Liu Qi looked sad and said: "Zijing, my father has not wanted to establish an heir for a long time, and Liu Cong used the false reputation of literature to win over Jingchu scholars and gradually increase his reputation. What should we do now?"

Liu Qi didn't know what to do at the moment. He thought that by virtue of his military exploits in winning Jiangzuo, he could firmly become the heir when he returned to Jingzhou.Unexpectedly, during Liu Biao's illness, Liu Cong relied on his behavior of serving decoctions and using the resources of the Cai family and the Kuai family to win over well-known Jingchu literati in order to compete for the position of heir.

With the help of the Cai family and the Kuai family, except for Shui Jing Sima Hui, all the literati had close contacts with Liu Cong.With the praise and support of these literati, Liu Biao saw Liu Cong's filial piety for a long time, and he also wavered in the idea of ​​making Liu Qi his heir.

Since Liu Bei entered Xiangyang, when Liu Bei vaguely mentioned the position of heir in his speech, he was either disturbed by Mrs. Cai or others.Moreover, Liu Biao's attitude was also vague, and he seemed to think that there was no need to establish an heir at the moment.

Lu Su frowned and said: "My lord, Cai has won the trust of the generals of chariots and cavalry. We must not compete with him on internal matters. My lord has made great achievements in war, which is eye-catching and cannot be taken away by anyone. Look at it solemnly." Wait for the opportunity, say hello to the general every day, and make friends with the talented people in Jingzhou."

"That's all!" Liu Qi sighed.

At the governor's house, after drinking the decoction, Liu Biao worried about his health and sighed: "It's hard to recover from a long-term illness, and I'm afraid I won't die soon!"

Mrs. Cai carefully wiped Liu Biao's body and said: "My husband is strong and strong, so why talk nonsense. Now Cao Cao is powerful in Hebei, and my husband has surrendered Jiangzuo. He should be regarded as the two heroes of China. If my husband is not here, who can resist Cao Cao? Liu Qi roughly , and I don’t have any great talent, I can’t stop it!”

Liu Biao looked at the beams on the roof and murmured in his heart: "If Bo Wei can't do it, can Zhong Huang do it?"

Liu Biao had difficulty deciding on the position of his heir. It was not that he did not want to choose, but that it was difficult for him to choose.Choosing Liu Qi as his heir, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were dissatisfied; choosing Liu Cong as his heir meant that Liu Bei and Huo Jun might turn their backs on Liu Cong.

Although he didn't know what the situation was like in Xiangyang City, he knew that the only person who could maintain the relationship between the two parties now was himself.Once he chooses one of them as his heir, it will inevitably cause a huge shock to the party.

Cao Cao unified the north and had hundreds of thousands of troops at his disposal. The world could resist Cao Cao. Who else could compete with Cao Cao except his Wu Chu.Before Cao Cao went south, it seemed not a wise choice to choose anyone as his heir.

"I want to live!"

Liu Biao sighed deeply, held Ms. Cai's hand, and said affectionately: "I can leave now, but I won't leave my beloved wife."

Mrs. Cai smiled softly, and then concentrated on wiping Liu Biao's body.

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