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Liu Biao saw the embarrassment on Liu Qi's face, and felt sad in his heart. The eldest son Liu Qi was sharing his father's worries, but his father didn't send a single soldier. Facing thousands of powerful and savage bandits and sect thieves, he counted on Liu Qi for two hundred It's really not enough to see the soldiers and bandits.

Liu Biao sighed, knowing that the eldest son Liu Qi is not easy to fool, he thought of a perfect plan and said: "Qi'er don't worry, although two hundred soldiers are not enough, I will allow you to recruit troops yourself, don't force it Zheng. The matter is serious, and tomorrow I will convene my account to discuss the matter of the bandits. After the discussion is completed, you can choose a day to take your soldiers to Nanyang."

"Yes, I would like to listen to my father's teachings." Liu Qi was secretly delighted. Although he did not win a thousand officers and soldiers, he accidentally obtained the right to recruit troops by himself, which meant that he could have his own army in the future.

Liu Qi and Liu Biao negotiated the matter of leaving Xiangyang and stationing in Xinye. The housekeeper Liu Zhong came out and advised in time: "My lord, Zhong has something to report."

Liu Biao said kindly, "Please tell the butler if you have something to say."

Liu Biao granted Liu Qi the right to recruit soldiers. Seeing Liu Qi's happy face, he felt a little relieved. No matter from what point of view, Liu Biao felt very painful for Cai Mao's murder of his own son Liu Qi. Liu Biao could only bear the burden of humiliation, but luckily Liu Qi was lucky enough to turn bad luck into good luck. It seemed that Liu Qi had become Cai Mao's strong opponent now. Liu Biao had no idea what Cai Mao's attitude would be when discussing the affairs under the tent tomorrow.

"My lord, there have been many military encounters in front of the son's mansion recently. As the lord said, the mansion is too murderous to stay in. It should have been demolished and rebuilt long ago. It's just that I haven't found a suitable mansion and have been procrastinating. I will go to Nanyang to suppress the bandits. I thought about demolishing the son's mansion and building a temple to suppress evil spirits. I also moved the bones of the four Zhongyong guards Liu Yi, Liu Er, Liu Jiu, and Liu Shi to the temple for the protection of the dead. Your son is safe."

Liu Biao glanced at Liu Zhong appreciatively, and saw the courtyard in Liu Qi's mansion, which was like "looking at the sky from a well", and said, "Fortunately, the housekeeper has a heart, I don't know what Qi'er wants?"

Liu Qi said: "I should have listened to my father's words and demolished the mansion, so that there would be no more killings. My son should demolish the mansion before going to Nanyang Xinye, so as not to cause trouble in vain. Now, going to Nanyang, I am afraid it will be too late. It will take three to five years, and there is no need to build a new mansion in the city for the time being."

What Liu Qi said was not without reason. Liu Biao was very pleased to have a son who was smart but sensible, and said happily: "The suppression of bandits is very difficult and dangerous, so let's temporarily subdue Qi'er for three or two years. When Jingxiang is calmed down, We must record a great achievement for Qi'er."

Liu Qi got up and saluted Liu Biao, saying: "I dare not ask for credit. Suppressing bandits is my duty. It is my duty to solve my father's problems and make the people of Jingxiang live and work in peace. This is my life's wish."

Seeing Liu Qi's modesty and politeness, not a difficult person, and thinking that Liu Qi could avoid the dispute with Cai Mao by leaving Xiangyang, Liu Biao was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the messengers to inform Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Huang Zhong, Wang Can and others Important minister, tomorrow is time to discuss matters, and he ordered the housekeeper Liu Zhong to go to the governor's treasury to collect the fees for demolishing the mansion and building the temple.

Liu Qi paid a visit to Liu Biao, and after achieving the goal of demolishing the mansion, building a temple and stationing new soldiers in Xiangyang, he and the housekeeper boarded the carriage waiting in front of the governor's mansion, and returned to the prince's mansion full of satisfaction.

At about ten o'clock the next morning, Cai Mao, the Kuai brothers, Huang Zhong and other important officials under Liu Biao's account gathered in the council hall of the governor's mansion. Liu Qi participated.

At the governor's office meeting called by Liu Biao's general advisers, when Liu Biao offered to allow Liu Qi to recruit troops on his own and to send Liu Qi to Nanyang to suppress the bandits, everyone had a lawsuit in their stomachs, but it went smoothly unexpectedly, and Liu Qi's appointment was passed without any criticism. The decision of Xinye County Magistrate to go to Nanyang to suppress bandits.

The Kuai brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue thought it was Liu Biao's family affair, so naturally they didn't need to ask about it, and they didn't have any objections.

Huang Zhong has learned from his daughter Huang Wudie that Liu Qi has returned from Jiangling and has successfully stolen an extremely sharp sword, the Yuewang Goujian Sword. After apprentice Liu Qi obtained the Goujian Sword, he must become independent and develop his own army without being restrained by others, so Huang Zhong did not raise any objections.

Cai Mao was secretly delighted, thinking that Nanyang County has many mountains and sparsely populated areas, poor mountains and bad waters, and banditry rampant. In addition, Liu Qi lacked appeal in his weak years, so naturally he could not recruit soldiers, nor could he wipe out the bandits. I am afraid that Liu Qi will take the two hundred that Liu Biao gave him. When the soldiers arrived in Xinye, they were suppressed by thousands of bandits, so Cai Mao did not object to Liu Biao's proposal.

It is reasonable for Cai Mao to be happy. The failure to murder Liu Qi in Xiangyang City has somewhat taken into account the feelings of Liu Qi's father, Jingzhou Inspector Liu Biao, and Liu Qi lost Liu Biao's protection after leaving Xiangyang. There are two hundred soldiers.Obviously, if Liu Qi hadn't been wiped out by bandits, then Cai Mao would gather [-] elite soldiers from Nanjun to encircle Xinye with Liu Qi's ineffectiveness in suppressing the bandits, or accuse Liu Qi of collaborating with bandits. The son is also helpless.

Since all the ministers under the account had no objections, Liu Biao quickly cut through the mess, and according to the resolution of the Governor's Committee, he immediately issued a letter of appointment, appointing Liu Qi as Bie Jia and the county magistrate of Xinye, saying that the bandit situation was urgent, and ordered Liu Qi to take office in three days. Let him be the leader of the bandits and recruit soldiers. Whether Liu Qi can become bigger in the suppression of bandits or be wiped out by the bandits depends on Liu Qi's fortune.

For the sake of stability in Jingzhou, Liu Biao wished that Liu Qi would leave Xiangyang immediately to avoid friction with Cai Mao.The reason Liu Biao can think of is that Cai Mao and Liu Qi are fighting against each other, and it is not good for Liu Biao to hurt anyone.

Relying on only two hundred soldiers, Liu Biao really made up his mind to go to Xinye, Nanyang to suppress thousands of bandits three days later. "We hereby appoint Jingzhou Biejia to work on Liu Qi and concurrently serve as Xinye County Magistrate to recruit soldiers and suppress bandits."

When Liu Qi received the letter of appointment as the county magistrate, he really couldn't figure it out. The appointment came too fast, and there was no time for Liu Qi to prepare for recruitment and training. It seems that Cai Mao wanted to see Liu Qi's tragic end when he was suppressed by the bandits. up.

Liu Biao had already been appointed, so Liu Qi naturally did not dare to be sloppy, and urgently summoned the butlers Liu Zhong, Wen Dai, Chen Wen, and Chen Wu to discuss the matter of going to Xinye. When Liu Qi presented the letter of appointment to everyone, everyone had different expressions, excited and resentful Excited is that the eldest son Liu Qi can finally develop himself independently, he can recruit soldiers and have his own army, brothers can follow Liu Qi to conquer the world and make contributions; what is resentful is that Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others just use a letter of appointment like this The eldest son Liu Qi was sent away, and Cai Mao was left alone in Xiangyang from then on.

Everyone circulated the letter of appointment, and Liu Qi shook the letter of appointment stamped with the governor's seal, and asked, "Brother Wen, what do you think?"

Chen Wen stroked his beard and said calmly: "Young Master, I will come sooner or later. I just read the letter of appointment carefully. The few lines of words seem to be plain, but they actually contain a mystery. I am afraid that the lord loves the young master to hide it from Cai Mao. .”

Liu Qi looked at Chen Wen, held the letter of appointment in his hand and read it again, but found nothing mysterious, passed it to Chen Wen, and asked, "Brother Wen, please advise."

Chen Wen took the letter of appointment, laid it flat on the desk, pointed to the Chinese characters on the letter, and said, "Please look, my lord, there is a word for 'cum' and a word for 'raise', which is very mysterious."

Liu Qi wondered: "What's the mystery? I hope to hear about it."

Chen Wendao: "The appointment of the young master as the magistrate of Xinye County focuses on the word 'cum', but it is to clarify the identity of the young master Biejia, and he is in the same position as the general Wenpin, the governor of Nanyang County who governs Xinye County. The generals borrow their strength from each other, and with General Wen's [-] elite soldiers as their backing, why worry about the mountain bandits not being wiped out? This is one of the secrets."

Wen Dai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he interjected: "Brother Wen's words are very true. When my father gave me two hundred sets of armor, I said something that made me follow my son. If I get a chance, I will tell you about it."

Liu Qi turned to Wen Dai and said: "General Wen is a man of loyalty and righteousness, and his father is completely sincere. I have already sensed it. I will go to Dexinye Dingdang to pay a visit in three days."

Liu Qi pointed to the letter of appointment, and said, "Brother Wen's words are very true, what is the second mystery?"

Chen Wendao: "Another mystery of this statement lies in the word 'recruitment'." Chen Wen habitually stroked his not-so-long beard as he spoke, and was not in a hurry to tell the whole story, but asked instead: "I don't know everyone. What do you think of the word 'recruitment'?"

Everyone was silent for a while, Chen Wu couldn't wait, and shouted: "Brother Wen, don't be a fool, recruiting soldiers is recruiting soldiers, is there anything else to pay attention to?"

Liu Qi silently read the original letter of appointment for the county magistrate again, focusing on the word "recruitment", and really couldn't think of anything special about the word "recruitment".

Butler Liu Zhong shook his head, expressing his incomprehension. When Liu Qi was thinking about it, the young man Wen Dai spoke up and said unhurriedly, "My lord, just as Brother Wen said, with the word 'recruitment' in the letter of appointment, it is The lord has endowed the young master with great military power. Judging from the six words "self-recruitment and suppression of bandits", there is no limit to the number of soldiers recruited. One thousand troops are recruited, ten thousand troops are recruited, one hundred thousand troops are still recruited, even if it is a million troops They are also among the recruits!"

Chen Wen nodded, and praised: "Brother Dai is right in his words, he is quick-witted."

Wen Dai arched his hands, and said calmly: "Brother Wen, thank you."

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, my lord is Shengming." Liu Zhong, the housekeeper, understood the good intentions of Liu's cousin in drafting the letter of appointment for the county magistrate from the analysis of the words "concurrent" and "raised" by Chen Wen and Wen Dai, and praised it as wonderful. , stood up suddenly, straightened his back, and cupped his hands to the north. There is no doubt that this mysterious letter of appointment for the county magistrate gave the eldest son Liu Qi such a huge room for development, no wonder Liu Zhong was not excited.