Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 19 The Bet Begins

"Then won't my lord make some arrangements?" Xiao Wu asked.

"What else are you going to do, those despicable people from the Wei family, I'm going to wrench their heads off tonight!" Dian Wei said fiercely.

Liu Qi shook his head and said: "No need, you don't need to deal with them like this. It's just some unsightly tricks. I want to see how they will react when they are defeated by a warrior like me three days later. And they did a good thing this time, if they don't make it public, if they collude with eunuchs secretly, Cai Daru will be in danger."

"Originally, I wanted to send someone to secretly guard the outside of Cai Daru, but now I save it, and to get Cai Daru cleared of the crime, I have to let Cai Daru appear in front of people, and now the front guard family has helped me solve it Now, I have to thank them properly!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Qi smiled.

"Why?" Xiao Wu was a little puzzled, why making these things public would be beneficial to Cai Yong, but being secret would be detrimental to Cai Yong.

"Nowadays the eunuchs are weak. Although Cai Daru has been away from Luoyang for a long time and has rarely appeared in front of people, there are many acquaintances in the court, such as Huangfusong, Ma Rike, Yang Xiu, Lu Zhi and other old people. They know Cai Yong is in Luoyang, so he will definitely come to visit and save Cai Yong; the eunuch will not go against the powerful gentry officials at this time because of past events!" Liu Qi explained, "And those people know that the Wei family released him. If there is any rumor, and it is still unfavorable to Cai Yong, I think the two brothers of the Wei family may be in trouble in Luoyang!"

"My lord is wise!" Xiao Wu said.

"Go ahead, make sure of where we are staying, and pay close attention to Cai Daru's situation. Although the analysis is that way, we still have to be just in case, and ignore other things!" Liu Qi said.

"promise!"

Not long after Xiao Wu came back, he walked out of the inn again.

Only the sound of Huang Zhong training the guards remained in the courtyard.

Time passed slowly, and the day of Liu Qi's competition with the Wei family has arrived.

The civilian area has also become more lively than usual today. People on the street came to the civilian area in sedan chairs, some on horseback, most of them were people who knew Cai Yong, and some came to see Liu Qi and The Wei family competed.

As Liu Qi said, these acquaintances of Cai Yong, knowing that Cai Yong was living in seclusion in Luoyang, came to visit one after another, and played together on the next day to clear Cai Yong of the crime, and the eunuch did not want to die with the nobles on it. Fight, but still get some benefits from it.

"General Huangfu, Lord Ma, Lord Yang, and Lord Lu are here!" Uncle Fu also yelled loudly when he saw the four people coming together outside the gate of the courtyard. You must know that there is a great deal to be done to open the gate openly this time. Part of the credit goes to these four.

Huangfusong and the other four did not show any pretense, and walked directly into the courtyard.

I saw that people had already arrived in the courtyard, and they were sitting everywhere, because Liu Qi and the Wei family had an appointment to compete here, and it would definitely not work in the hall, and they could only use this courtyard.

The space between the middle and the entrance is vacated, and there are many desks on the front and on the left and right sides. Fruit drinks are placed on the desks to entertain the people who come in. Those who can visit today are all people with status in Luoyang , it is impossible to let people stand and watch the show.

"Haha, General Huangfu, Lord Ma, Lord Yang, and Lord Lu, you are here, please take a seat!" Cai Yong smiled and greeted the four of them.

"Bo Jie, why are you being so polite to us, calling us adults, isn't that looking down on us!" Lu Zhi said with a straight face, but he didn't mean to be angry.

"That's right, after returning to Luoyang for so long, we haven't visited our group of old friends. If we didn't know about this matter, would we look down on us!" Ma Rixun also had a stern face.

Yang Biao and Huangfusong also nodded in agreement.

Cai Yong knew that this was just a joke among some of his old friends, and he said repeatedly: "That's right, that's good, I'll punish myself three times later and apologize!"

He made a gesture of invitation, and led the four of them to a row of desks in front of them. There happened to be five desks, and it seemed that they had already been budgeted.

"Bo Jie, I remember you said two days ago that you would give us a manuscript, don't forget!" Lu Zhi reminded.

Huangfusong, Yang Biao, and Ma Rizun nodded in the same way. When they came to visit two days ago, Cai Yong took out the solitary copy of "Shan Hai Jing" Liu Qi gave him to show off, and finally promised to give each of them a manuscript copy. .

"Of course, how can I forget what I promised? In these two days, I have already copied it. After it is over, I will take it away with you!"

"So good!"

The five people also walked to the five tables in front and sat down, of course Cai Yong was in the center, and the other four sat on the left and right sides.

Nowadays, there are many people coming, and the desks arranged on the left and right sides are basically full of people. The courtyard was originally not big, with dozens of people, it seemed even narrower.

But everyone didn't mind, they were all greeting and discussing things with familiar people, waiting for the arrival of the protagonist.

No one sat down on the first desk in the first row on the left and right. Everyone knew that those two seats were Liu Qi and the Wei family who were competing today.

The five of Cai Yong sat on the table in front of them, and they were also drinking and having fun, after all, no one had come yet.

"Wei's is here!" Uncle Fu shouted outside the door.

Everyone who was talking also stopped and looked towards the door.

I saw that Wei Ji walked in from the gate with Wei Zhongdao, and Wei Zhongdao's eyes were still looking around.

"I've met Lord Bojie, and all your lords!" Wei Jiao clasped his hands.

Wei Zhongdao bowed his hands respectfully in the back, if Cai Yong was the only one, they wouldn't be afraid, but many of the people here are something their Wei family can't mess with.

"Please take a seat!" Cai Yong said lightly.

No matter what, basic etiquette is still required, and this is not the time to settle accounts. It is someone else who will compete with the Wei family today.

The four of Huangfusong looked at the two brothers of the Wei family not very well. After all, they also learned a lot from Cai Yong. Everything was caused by the Wei family, and most of the rumors outside were spread by the Wei family. , This is to trap Cai Yong in injustice, they didn't use the power in their hands to suppress the Wei family, it's a good idea, so why would they have any good looks.

Wei Ji knew that it was impossible for the Wei family to marry Cai Yong's daughter again, so he didn't care about Cai Yong's tone, so he took Wei Zhongdao to the first table on the right and sat down.

However, many people were pointing fingers at the two brothers. Many of the people who could come here were related to Cai Yong, and they were also the ones who helped Cai Yong get rid of the charges. They were also very dissatisfied with the two brothers of the Wei family who wanted to frame Cai Yong. Hi.

In particular, some literati looked at the brothers of the Wei family with a slightly vicious look. They had no objection to the Wei family's desire to engage Liu Qi, but to engage a great Confucian would offend them.

(End of this chapter)