Li Mao sent the old servant away, and then looked at Liu Qi and coughed a few times left and right, Liu Qi understood and ordered Gao Teng and the others to exit the house.

Gao Teng is also very relieved, the two are a family, there is nothing to worry about, but unfortunately I can't listen to what they say to figure out what Liu Qi's identity is.

After the door was closed, Li Mao walked to Liu Qi and knelt on the ground and bowed, Liu Qi couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Mao: "Bo Sheng Gong, why is this, I don't dare to take this big gift in the next place, please get up quickly." ”

Li Mao refused to insist on the luggage and said: "The envoy is the personal disciple of Yuan Meigong, that is, the elder of Mao, today's family affairs Mao has a last resort to the bitterness of Mao did not dare to recognize, please make the gentleman forgive the sin." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, I'd like to hear about it."

The two sat opposite each other, Li Mao explained: "Although you carry a token today, Mao has believed in eight points in his heart, but the things said in the letter are really incredible, the stakes are significant, and one day the suspicion is not clear and one day I dare not recognize you, so, in private, you have needs, Mao can do everything to help you, but in the public, Mao is the head of a clan, and bears the heavy responsibility of the rise and fall of more than 3,000 mouths of the whole clan. ”

Liu Qi can fully understand Li Mao's hardships, if Liu Qi is the head of this clan, even if Yu Ji comes in person, he will not easily give up the foundation of decades, Li Mao is undoubtedly a qualified and responsible patriarch.

Liu Qi no longer had a prejudice against Li Mao, and explained his intentions with some reservations, and when he mentioned Yan's concern that he wanted to be unfavorable to Zhao Zhen, Li Mao smiled faintly and said unhurriedly: "Yan Zhan secretly collaborated with thieves and thieves to blackmail Zhou County, and he will play with fire and self-immolation, just a little trick can make Yan Zhan ruined and ruined the whole family, Liu Zhang does not dare to touch the idea of Yongning, so that you don't worry, Zhao Fengjie will not be in the slightest danger." ”

However, when asked about the details, Li Mao smiled and said nothing, it doesn't matter, it's good news anyway.

Liu Qi took the opportunity to unwillingly offer the theory of persuading Liu Hong, wanting to impress Li Mao, but unfortunately he dried up his saliva, and Li Mao was still indifferent to Liu Qi's grand ambition of "supporting the Han Dynasty" and the so-called "Yangzhou policy".

Liu Qi saw that Li Mao was silent in the end, knowing that his efforts were in vain, so he had to ask Li Mao to arrange his household registration identity for him.

Li Mao still had that absent-minded expression and didn't say anything, and the two of them didn't say anything for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly became depressed.

After a long time, Li Mao smiled meaningfully at Liu Qi, who was disappointed, and said slowly: "There are a hundred small villages in the west of the city, and they have not been attached to our clan for a long time. ”

Hey, finally some gains were not made in vain, so Liu Qi had no choice but to thank him.

Li Mao stood up: "The reason why you went to Jiangzhou here is also to persuade Zhao Fengjie to go east, right?" Mao Feng advised the envoy to dispel this thought, he stayed in Jiangzhou to make the king's benefit far greater than the east to Wuyue, Wangjun thought twice. Don't dare to disturb the envoy for a long time, so I will leave. He bowed deeply and exited the door.

What a person! Liu Qi understood Li Mao's intentions at this moment.

When Li Mao was in Li's house, he admitted Liu Qi's identity and wanted to listen to him as Yu Ji said in his letter, and try his best to help him gain a foothold in Jiangdong, but Li Mao was not willing to give up the Li family's business in Yizhou for many years and obey the orders of a yellow-mouthed young man to take risks just by Yu Ji's words, and concluded that such a big thing Yu Ji did not come in person, and it would definitely not appear in a short time, so he took the opportunity to find an excuse to refuse to admit Liu Qi.

However, although Li Mao didn't understand Ji's decision, he also knew that Yu Ji, who single-handedly created the miracle of the rise of the Li clan in Linjiang, would not do it for no reason, so forced by Yu Ji's prestige among the clan, Li Mao came here in person tonight, first, to appease Liu Qi to avoid Yu Ji's criticism in the future, and second, to ask why Yu Ji's move was.

When he heard Liu Qi's explanation, Li Mao felt incredible, but it seemed that Liu Qi and his party were really there, and Yu Ji's prestige still made Li Mao have some illusions, so he left a way back, and arranged Liu Qi to a small village of a few hundred people who had just been attached to the Li family, and used Zhao Zhen's matter to wake him up, if Zhao Zhen and the Li family moved to Jiangdong, they would have to start from scratch, and they could only provide Liu Qi with greater help in Yongning.

And with Li Mao's shrewdness, there will definitely be some arrangements, even if something happens to Liu Qi in the future, it will be up to this small village at most, and he will never set himself on fire.

Liu Qi secretly smiled bitterly, the wisdom of the ancients really can't be underestimated, a little-known small character can play with himself in the palm of his hand, and before the scientific and historical knowledge from the twenty-first century can play a role, he does not have much advantage over the ancients in this era.

But now I don't feel bad, Li Mao's idea is beneficial to both sides, and even more beneficial to Liu Qi, the Li family in Yizhou is far more important than going to Jiangdong, as for Jiangdong, there is the resourceful Liu Hong by his side, and Gao Hong is full of help, plus Zhao Zhen, it is not difficult to recruit a thousand people, why can't it be compared to Sun Ce?

As soon as he thought of Jiangdong, Liu Qi couldn't wait to immediately fly over to meet those famous heroes: Hmph, Bo Sheng Gong, I will definitely come back to laugh at your gift, don't scare you when the time comes......

Liu Qi, who was aroused by Li Mao's ambition, slept very sweetly, until he was woken up by the flying knife and Gao Teng again in the early morning of the next day, and as soon as he walked out of the house, he heard an old voice shouting: "Is it really Ziyuan back?!" ”

Liu Qiwang looked at the gate of the courtyard, and an old man with gray temples pointed to him and shouted his name excitedly, and then understood that it was the person arranged by Li Mao.

Before Liu Qi could react, the old man stepped forward and grabbed Liu Qi's arm: "Ziyuan, do you still recognize your uncle?" You have been away from home for more than ten years, and it has really hurt you! After saying that, the old tears flowed down people's hearts.

Where did you find this old man with such strong acting skills? Liu Qi admired Li Mao more and more, and after some cooperation, this "uncle" insisted on pulling him home to visit, Liu Qi had no choice but to obey, it was not good to leave Gao Teng and the others behind, and was about to call them along, Gao Teng preemptively said: "Wen Changyang begged the villain to ask Mr. to allow me to wait for a day of leisure and have fun, so as to relieve the pain of homesickness." ”

Cheng Guan almost vomited blood when he heard this, and was about to defend himself, but Liu Qi had already waved his hand and said, "It's right." He forced a smile and got into the carriage.

"Sir, sir......" Cheng Guan's tears of grievance almost fell as he looked at the carriage that had gone away, and glared at Gao Teng fiercely: Gao Teng thief, you have caused everyone to lose a good meal and drink, not to mention, but also let Lao Tzu carry this lazy black pot of fun, this wants Gao Hong to know that he will not pick up my old Cheng's skin!

Gao Teng's demonstrative stroke Guan Yi arched his hand: "There is Lao Wenchang to take care of the horses, I'm going to eat flowers and wine, haha......" After speaking, the three of them walked away.

"I was the one who lost last time, and this time I paid it off, so I don't care about you, hum!" Cheng Guan found a step by himself, and returned to the house depressed to sleep with his head covered.

Li Mao said that the small village is called Lanling, very close to Chichuan, but the road is difficult to travel and it takes a lot of time to arrive, from a high place, this village is located is a long and narrow valley about five miles long, no more than two miles wide, many people on the surrounding hillsides drive cattle and sheep to plow the land and graze, there are many houses in the village are being built, walking through the simple path in the village, from time to time running around the frolicking children, like the feeling of vacationing by the grandfather's side, Liu Qi looked up at the towering tree that is almost exactly the same as the grandfather's door, His nose was sour, and tears blurred his eyes.

Liu Qi's "uncle" looked at him strangely and secretly, as if muttering in his heart: There are no outsiders around, so there is no need to act like this, right? And that expression and that look completely portrayed the excitement of a wanderer who had been away from home for many years to return to his hometown, it was really someone outside the world, admire, admire! No wonder it is so valued by the head of the family......

He followed the "uncle" to meet the three elders in the village, wrote his name into the obviously newly made household registration register in front of him in the secret room, took him to worship the "ancestral tomb", and then set up a wine banquet in a newly renovated mansion assigned to him, and gave wine and food to the whole village to celebrate his "recognition of his ancestors and return to his ancestors".

Liu Qiqiang cooperated with a smile on his face, and the expressions of everyone around him were either kind, or awe-inspiring, or flattering, but there were intrigues and intrigues of interest struggles, and he felt extremely disgusted with this "home" in his heart, and after the banquet was over, he refused to stay, and immediately rode back to Chichuan and Gao Teng and the four of them set off for Jiangzhou.

Hurriedly on the road without looking for a guide who was familiar with the road, Gao Teng and the others saw that Liu Qi was in a very bad mood and did not say much, only to prepare more food and make careful arrangements for the night.

The largest restaurant in Jiangzhou City, "Xian Brewing Pavilion", stopped a carriage outside the door, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes got off the car under the escort of two stout sergeants and entered the lobby of the restaurant, the guy saw the carriage and recognized it as a regular customer, this person is the grain officer under the account of Sima Yan Yan of Jiangzhou Department, and Yan Yan's wife and brother, surnamed Deng Ming Fu Shuyou, this Deng Fu likes luxury, there must be a carriage and horse guard when going out on weekdays, the pomp is very large, and it is a lot of money when drinking and having fun.

The God of Wealth came to the door, and the restaurant guy hurriedly stepped forward and nodded and invited Deng Fu to the second floor, there was already a person waiting, hearing Deng Fu come out to greet him, the two entered the private room after seeing the salute, and the two guards were waiting at the staircase.

Deng Fu came here to drink and had to charter the entire second floor in advance, so as not to disturb his interest with the noise of others, this Xianzhuo Pavilion was not a place for ordinary people to come from, and the private room on the second floor was extremely expensive, and there were very few people at ordinary times, so it would naturally cost a lot of money to charter the entire second floor, but Deng Fu didn't care, and he was also extremely generous in rewarding his buddy Kabuki, and he was a favorite guest of Xianzhuo Pavilion.

Of course, it is impossible for a small grain official to be so squandered by Deng Fu, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court almost completely lost control over the states and counties, each county is recruiting troops and horses, while resisting bandits, while expanding its strength to attack and annex each other, Yizhou seems to be far more stable than the Central Plains, but the situation under the surface is extremely chaotic, Liu Zhang in order to get the support of the local forces under his rule to let the big clans around the country raise private soldiers, the population of these big clans is almost all military status, not only do not have to pay taxes, Liu Zhang also had to contribute money and food from his own pocket to support more and more "troops".