After leaving Liu Qi, Kuai Liang strongly expressed his dissatisfaction with Cai Mao.

"Degui, you just said too much to the eldest son. You have lost your etiquette and have no way of being a minister."

Cai Mao is now full of complacent and confident, and he has no original humility.

Even when facing Kuai Liang, whom he originally respected the most, was the same.

"Liu Qi is just a mere official. What kind of etiquette do you need to him?"

After hearing this, Kuai Liang was very angry: "Don't forget that he is both a clerk and a governor!"

Cai Mao stopped and looked at Kuai Liang: "So what about the young master? Can you act recklessly based on your identity? You and my family have made such great contributions to him. Now I still want to recruit Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng for him. He won't be able to seize Xiangyang without bloodshed. He is so reckless, if you don't teach a lesson, how can he be born in the future? How can he still take you and me seriously?"

Kuai Liang stared at Cai Mao calmly and asked, "What does it mean if you want to recruit Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng?"

Cai Mao was so uncomfortable when he was stared at by Kuai Liang, and said, "Of course, it was to help Liu Fujun seize Xiangyang City. Why did Mr. Zirou ask me like this?"

Kuai Liang looked at Cai Mao indifferently and said, "I'm afraid it's not the case."

Cai Mao's heart began to beat wildly.

"If that weren't the case, what could it be?"

Kuai Liang took a deep breath and said:

"Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng are bandits, and belong to the rootless Ping. Since the death of Xiangyang Order, the two of them have been sent by Zhang Fang and Bei Yu to control the defense of Xiangyang City. Now Bei Yu is dead, Zhang Fang is captured. Cai's family is prosperous. You strongly advocate Pang Ji's entry into the city to persuade the surrender, not to persuade the two thieves to surrender, but to recruit them yourself. If the two thieves Zhang and Chen know that you are surrendering them, you will be grateful and cry out. At that time, you can gather the troops and horses under the command of the two thieves, and use them to control the defense of Xiangyang City. Why not do it if you kill two birds?"

Cai Mao blushed.

He smiled awkwardly and said, "But nothing can be hidden from Mr. Zirou. But you and my family are both prosperous and prosperous. If the defense of Xiangyang City can be controlled by me, it will be like being controlled by the Kuai family. In the future, Liu Fujun will rely on your and my family when he arrives in Jingzhou."

Kuai Liang frowned and said, "Degui, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Zi Rou is both a teacher and a friend. What are you saying that we cannot say?"

Kuai Liang sighed and said, "The Cai family and my Kuai family are both Xiangyang clans and have good relationships for generations. Kuai is also happy to see the Cai family prosperous. However, if everything is too complete, the situation will be over soon. When you and I first joined the Liu family, some things should not be rushed to avoid being jealous of them. After all, the lord of Jingzhou is nominally Liu family."

Cai Mao laughed and bowed to Kuai Liang, "Zi Rou Gong is kind to persuade, Cai is in mind, I'll be careful in the future."

That's what he said, but Kuai Liang could see that Cai Mao was not actually interested.

No wonder, this kid is already very ambitious, and now he suddenly gains power, I am afraid that others will not be able to persuade him.

However, at least the eldest son is quite tolerant of Cai Mao when it comes to Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng. It is a blessing in disguise between us that we have not broken up with each other. Some things will be mediated slowly in the future.

As long as Liu Qi agrees to surrender and does not kill Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, today's incident will be considered over.

...

"Kill Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng?" Liu Pan shouted in surprise, with a loud voice and a deafening sound.

Liu Qi's head was buzzing.

Doesn't his throat hurt when he screams so loud?

"Cousin, whisper, but kill Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, so why are you so nervous?" Liu Qi covered his ears and said dissatisfiedly.

Liu Pan took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, and said, "You just agreed to Cai Mao's advice, asking Pang Ji and Kuai Yue to persuade Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng to surrender, and now he regrets his intention to kill them? Isn't this clearly going to tear apart Cai Mao?"

"So what if I tear it apart? Just now, he refuted me in public and made his own decisions, did he ever worry about each other's face tearing apart?"

Liu Pan didn't expect that Liu Qi, who was gentle and elegant on weekdays, would say such words.

He hurriedly persuaded: "Cousin, you are a broad-minded person. Don't be angry with Cai Mao because of such trivial matters!"

Huang Zhong also advised from the side: "Shaojun, Mr. Pan is right. Now there are only two of the five major clans left. The Kuai family has always been gentle in dealing with things and does not compete with others. However, the Cai family has grown a lot and is already the most prominent clan in Jingzhou. In the current situation, you must not get along with them because of some trivial matters, and the gain is not worth the loss."

Seeing Liu Pan and Huang Zhong both had serious expressions, Liu Qi couldn't help but feel happy.

"I know you are for my own good, and I also know that the current situation should not be too irritating with Cai, but I want to kill Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng not because I want to compete for face with Cai Mao, but for the future of Liu."

Liu Pan looked at him in confusion: "What's going on in the future?"

Liu Qi stood up, paced slowly in the hall, and said, "Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng have been robbed in Jiangxia for many years and plagued the people. Later, they killed the Xiangyang Order, causing trouble to Xiangyang, which caused the public to be resentful, which is even more hateful than the sect thieves. My Liu family is in charge of Jingzhou. If you don't kill such people, what do you think of Jingzhou and the gentry? Wouldn't the good people in the seven counties feel cold?"

Liu Pan muttered after hearing this: "The reason is that, but we can surrender them first, and it will not be too late to find an excuse to kill them after Xiangyang stabilizes in the future..."

Liu Qi looked at Liu Pan with a complicated expression, feeling quite distressed.

He can even say such a despicable method? Do you still need to add dough?

How did he become so dark-hearted after just a few days with me? Where did that innocent and upright man at the time go?

Liu Pan felt uncomfortable when he was staring at Liu Qi. He twisted his body and said, "Cousin, why do you look at me like this?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Look at you, it's because you have grown up."

Liu Pan immediately smiled happily: "Be serious about this?"

Of course it's fake...

"Talking about serious matters." Liu Qi turned his head and looked at Liu Pan and asked, "Have you ever thought about why Cai Mao refused to refute me in person and wanted to surrender Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng?"

Huang Zhong and Liu Pan were just considering it from their own perspective and did not think from Cai Mao's perspective. After hearing Liu Qi's words, both of them lowered their heads and thought carefully.

Liu Qi turned around and walked to the front of the frame, and took off his portable sword from the frame.

With a 'clang' sound, he pulled out the wide-handled sword. He stared at the carvings on the sword and said lightly: "Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng are in charge of Xiangyang's city defense. Cai Mao wants to take the opportunity to sell it, take the two of them for their own use, and control Xiangyang's defense in one fell swoop... By then, he will take charge of the city defense power of Xiangyang City, but let the Liu family bear the reputation of being surrendered to the thieves. How could there be such a good deal in the world?"

Huang Zhong suddenly realized when he heard this: "No wonder Young Master must kill Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng. It turns out that this is the key!"

Liu Qi slowly put the broad sword back into the sheath and said word by word: "My father is the governor of Jingzhou, and Xiangyang City is the city of the Han Dynasty. You should be the surname Liu! Those with the surname Cai want to grab the city defense, what's the matter?"

Liu Pan stood up and said, "So that's it! It seems that these two thieves should die together. Counselor, what should you do about this?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "I want to kill two great evils, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, in front of the people of Xiangyang, to increase the reputation and people's hearts for the Liu family, and to leave Cai Mao speechless!"

"How can that be done?"
Chapter completed!