Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

As for Pang Ji, who took on this mission with Li Yi, because he was clean from top to bottom, he directly became Li Yi's background board. Those who didn't know thought that Pang Ji had been staying in the city all the time.

The strange thing is that Liu Ming knew that Pang Ji was the real "envoy" if he had to worry about this matter, but he just didn't look at Pang Ji, as if he had completely forgotten that he had asked Pang Ji to see Sun Ce.

Because Zhang Yun was seriously injured, although everyone was curious about how Li Yi brought him back, they didn't care to ask each other. They first called the doctor to take a look at Zhang Yun's condition, confirmed that his life should be safe, and then arranged for him to be taken away. Send it to the city for treatment.

It was getting late now, and Liu Biao was going to host a banquet for Li Yi today, so he simply asked everyone to go to the county government to attend the banquet.

Everyone readily agreed and walked to the county government office together. During this process, Liu Biao kept holding Li Yi's hand and let Li Yi walk on his left. The intimacy couldn't be more obvious.

As for Pang Ji, he didn't know where he was squeezed.

Cai Hao was a bit apprehensive watching from the sidelines, after all, this position should belong to him originally, but thinking about Li Yi's conspiracy against Liu Biao, he hehe in his heart and let go of that unhappiness.

Cai Mao thought for a long time, but couldn't make a choice between Li Yi and Liu Biao. Simply, he thought about watching the old and the young fight, and waited until one side was about to win before making a bet. Maybe doing so was not pleasing , but will never lose too badly.

After arriving at the county government office, Liu Biao asked everyone to sit down first, then took his own clothes and gave them to Li Yi, and asked the maid to serve Li Yi to replace the tattered bloody clothes, and even tied a belt for Li Yi himself, so considerate His actions, and Liu Biao's spring-like temperament, even Li Yi couldn't tell Liu Biao was wrong.

Then the banquet began, and while enjoying the singing and dancing, I asked Li Yi to tell how he rescued Zhang Yun. Li Yi basically told the truth, except that when he talked about the one-on-one fight with Sun Ce, he concealed some parts of his body that were indistinguishable. The truth is that he snatched Sun Ce's sword empty-handed, and even wounded Sun Ce back.

Li Yi talked eloquently, but it was not easy for everyone to listen. Most of them had seen Sun Ce charge into the battle. It was really a brave man, but Li Yi fought with Sun Ce. Although he looked a bit embarrassed when he came back, the one who was really injured was Sun Ce, doesn't it mean that Li Yi is better than Sun Ce?

After Li Yi finished speaking, everyone's eyes on Li Yi changed again.

Liu Biao couldn't help admiring: "The little Sun Ce said that I have no strong generals in Jingzhou. Now, my number one general in Jingzhou is here!"

Liu Biao’s words made Li Yi the No. [-] in Jingzhou, and others also echoed it repeatedly. Even the few generals present did not object to this praise. After all, they thought that they were definitely not as good as Sun Ce, and they couldn’t compare with Li Yi. .

Li Yi hastily declined and said: "Zhou Mu praised, although Yi is a bit brave, but he fought Sun Ce by dodging and using the geographical advantage. In fact, the victory is not military, and Jingzhou has a population of millions. Bravery is better than Yi. I don't know how many there are, this Jingzhou's number one fierce general really can't bear it."

Liu Biao didn't care about Li Yi's refusal, and feigned anger, "You old man didn't know that you lifted a thousand catties several times in Luoyang, attracting everyone's attention, saying that your strength is not weaker than Xiang Yu, why, when you arrive in Jingzhou, you become more humble? "

Li Yi felt that Liu Biao seemed to have something in his words, but it was difficult to distinguish carefully for a while, so he could only laugh and said, "I want Zhou Mu to know. The prosperity of Xiangxiang is much better than that of Luoyang in Chang'an. In addition, I have met the state shepherd and everyone present, so I know that Jingxiang is not an ordinary place. I don't know how many talents there are. I am only twenty this year. Insufficient virtue, be careful and be in awe."

After listening to Li Yi's answer, everyone present smiled. After all, most of them were born and raised in Jingzhou. Li Yi boasted about their hometown, so there was no reason to be unhappy.

Although Liu Biao was also laughing, he said it was a pity in his heart. He admired Li Yi more and more, just like Dong Zhuo before. Seeing such a brave and resourceful young man, of course he wanted to take it for himself. used.

As for Liu Biao's previous praise, he wanted Li Yi to be proud and complacent. After all, young people, once they are proud, they will inevitably offend the local people in Jingzhou. If it is even worse, it will be difficult, so Liu Biao will make it easy to start. Li Yi is like slippery Like a fish, it didn't get into his trap at all.

But this was just a casual remark, and Liu Biao didn't care if it didn't work out, he laughed and said, "You can take on the title of Jingzhou's number one general. If someone is not convinced, you can take it."

Li Yi smiled bitterly: "What if you can't take it?"

Liu Biao stroked his beard with a smile, and said, "The old man promised him to be a general."

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard the words, and fell silent for a while, but then laughed out loud one after another. Except for a few straight-minded guys who thought Liu Biao was joking to cheer up the atmosphere, everyone else noticed that the state shepherd The adults seem to be moved by Li Yi's words, and want to recruit talents on a large scale.

Li Yi couldn't refuse any more, and leaned over to thank Liu Biao. The title of Jingzhou's number one fierce general was accepted.

However, Li Yi made up his mind to pay attention. When he has the opportunity to meet Huang Zhong in the future, he must say, "The old general is so brave, and the number one fierce general in Jingzhou must be the old general." The number is given to Huang Zhong as an adult favor, but if you don't believe it, old Huang Zhong is not happy.

Li Yi was thinking about Huang Zhong, Liu Biao clapped his hands, and a maid brought in a tray with both hands, covered with red silk cloth, slightly raised, I don't know what was in it.

The maid put the tray in front of Li Yi, and Liu expressed his appreciation, "Yunlong, do you still like these?"

"Oh, what is this?"

As Li Yi said, he stretched out his hand to take off the silk cloth, only to feel the glaring light, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow his eyes. At the same time, everyone in the hall also looked at it, it's nothing more than someone from a big family like Cai Hao, but some people from ordinary backgrounds, For example, Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others already had their eyes shining, and they were almost drooling.

It turned out that what was in full bloom on the plate was a pair of jade biscuits of excellent quality, and ten pearls the size of pigeon eggs. Even if Li Yi was not good at such things, he knew it was worth a lot, and he was afraid that it would be worth a thousand gold. Panicked, he said, "What does Zhou Mu mean by this?"

Liu Biao waved his hand to signal Li Yi not to worry, and said, "Yunlong ventured deep into the enemy's camp and rescued Gongji and returned. This is a great contribution."

Li Yi declined and said: "The state herdsman is in charge of a state, and Yi Nai is the prefect of Nanyang. It is his duty to share the worries for the state herdsman, and he should not be rewarded."

But Liu Biao said: "I have other decisions in my heart for the rewards, but these property have nothing to do with official business."

Li Yi was taken aback, but now he really didn't understand.

Liu Biao smiled with a bit of embarrassment, and sighed: "Gongji is my nephew. His parents died early, and he stayed with me for many years. I treat him like my own son. He was captured by Sun Ce. Although I am the lord of a state, But unable to rescue him, it really hurts like a knife!"

As Liu Biao said, he shed two tears. It was not an act of pretending. Zhang Yun's appearance was so tragic that even Li Yi felt a little uncomfortable when he saw it.

Li Yi hurriedly said a few words of relief, Liu Biao wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "Fortunately, Yunlong was brave enough to rescue my poor nephew. Otherwise, how could I have the face to see my relatives again after a hundred years? Therefore, this ceremony is privately reserved by the old man." Gift, Yunlong don't want to refuse."

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he thanked Li Yi, and Li Yi hurriedly turned to return the gift. At first, he thought that Liu Biao would accept the gift and it was no big deal, but when he saw Liu Biao thanking him, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "That's what Zhou Mu said. Where did you say that, Sun Ce regards me as killing my father and enemy, and General Zhang suffered because of me. Although I brought General Zhang back, I can’t alleviate the guilt in my heart. If I accept this heavy gift again, it will shame me gone?"

Li Yi was also dazzled by Mingzhu just now, and he almost accepted it. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and tasted it.

Because of Sun Ce's previous quid pro quo, many people thought that Zhang Yun's suffering was on behalf of Li Yi, but because Li Yi personally committed a risk and rescued Zhang Yun, it was so-so and clear.

But if Li Yi was thanked by Liu Biao for this, it would be different. Even though no one dared to say clearly that Li Yi was not, there were definitely not a few people who criticized his character in their hearts.

Therefore, Li Yi absolutely could not accept this thank you gift.

At the same time, Li Yi couldn't help complaining secretly that everything Liu Biao said was a scam.

But Liu Biao persisted, saying: "Gongji was defeated and captured because of his own carelessness, and it has nothing to do with Yunlong. If you don't accept this gift, wouldn't it make people laugh at the old man for being mean and ungrateful?"

The corner of Li Yi's mouth twitched, and Liu Biao's words really made him feel a little bit unacceptable.

But who is Li Yi? With a movement of his eyes, he saw Pang Ji, who was in the middle row.

Since sending Zhang Yun back, Pang Ji's sense of existence has been infinitely lowered. Even Li Yi, a newcomer, can see that Liu Biao did it on purpose. Li Yi couldn't help but think of something.

After Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he visited celebrities and sought talents, but he worked very hard. Like Liu Bei's three visits to invite Zhuge, he repeatedly visited Mr. Pang De to be an official.

Li Yi thinks differently. If he is repeatedly rejected by others, he will definitely have a lump in his heart. If the other party has only ordinary talents, it's fine. If it is someone like Zhuge Liang, he will probably kill him secretly.

Therefore, Li Yi guessed that Liu Biao might have lost face with Lord Pang De again, so he wanted to vent his anger on Pang Ji.

Li Yi muttered to himself, then stretched out his hand to lead Pang Ji, and said, "Although I had a fight with Sun Ce, I didn't have the guts to enter his camp. Fortunately, Zi Shang was so courageous that he went to see Sun Ce. Get him out, otherwise General Zhang will definitely not be invited back, so I want to discuss this gift with Zi Shang, I wonder if it is possible?"

Liu Biao's beard trembled. He was indeed targeting Pang Ji, or the Pang family.

The reason is similar to what Li Yi thought. The Pang family was unwilling to work for him, so Pang Ji, who was eager for fame and fortune, became an official early, and Pang Ji's character was not liked by him.

This situation is fine for a short time, but after a long time, Liu Biao thought, if your Pang family is not willing to become an official, then none of you should be an official. If a family has not done anything in the officialdom for several years, or even several years, Duke Pang De can still sit. Can you live?

Therefore, Liu Biao wanted to use Pang Ji to send a signal to the Pang family, and the ultimate goal was to get the Pang family to come out and support him.

As for Pang Ji, he was just an unlucky guy who was accidentally injured by the bosses on both sides.

Although Liu Biao intended to attack Pang Ji, but Li Yi spoke up, and there were reasons, so Liu Biao could only nod and let Li Yi go to discuss with Pang Ji.

Besides, Pang Ji, he is a smart man, he can guess that Liu Biao is dissatisfied with Mr. Pang De in his heart, but he doesn't care, after all, he has made a lot of contributions when Liu Biao entered the main Jingzhou.

As for Liu Biao's neglect in the past few days, Pang Ji also believed that Zhang Yun was captured and he could not rescue him, which made Liu Biao unhappy.