Seeing Cai Mao, Ma Xuan and other members of the family being gradually appointed by Liu Qi, I felt very uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, among the prominent families in Nanjun, the one who had the best relationship with Liu Qi was undoubtedly Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue now feels very regretful. If last year, he had stood firmly on Liu Qi's side and never turned around to help Cai Mao to check and balance him, wouldn't the result now have been different?

Perhaps now he has led the Kuai family out of Jingzhou and started to move towards the threshold of a famous family in the world.

But now...

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Finally, he decided to make a desperate move and went to Liu Qi to find out.

Only then did Kuai Yue ask Kuai Qi to kneel down to Liu Qi on the carriage.

Liu Qi looked at the miserable look of Kuai's uncle and nephew in front of him with cold eyes, but his expression was calm.

He leaned forward slightly and reached out to help Kuai Qi, but Kuai Qi turned to look at Kuai Yue, then lowered his head, refusing to get up no matter how Liu Qi pulled him.

Liu Qi frowned, looked up at Kuai Yue and said, "What are you doing? Are your uncles and nephews trying to trick me? Are you trying to threaten Liu?"

Kuai Yue hurriedly raised his hands and said: "How dare Kuai threaten the prince of the government? It's just that recently, the prince of the government first asked Cai Degui to send people to station in Jingzhou, and then asked Ma Bochang to serve as a staff officer with the army, but he did not use me, a member of the Kuai family... … Today Kuai wants to come here and ask the Lord Fu clearly why he treats us so poorly? Even if the Kuai clan dies, it will be a clear death."

After saying that, Kuai Yue lowered his head and glanced at Kuai Qi, who was kneeling on the carriage, and said: "This child is considered a handsome person among my Kuai family. I brought him to the Cai Mansion today just to recommend him to the mansion." , I hope that he can contribute some modest effort to the great cause of Fu Jun, but Fu Jun did not take this child seriously today, but instead praised Ma Bochang repeatedly... I wonder how I feel at ease as an uncle. Woolen cloth?"

When he said this, he saw Kuai Yue reaching out and wiping a tear from his eyes.

Liu Qi looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, and said: "You are really embarrassed to cry in front of me... Yidu, I am indifferent to your Kuai family today. Others don't know the reason. Don't you know it yourself?" "

Kuai Yue's face turned a little pale, and he was silent for a while before he said slowly: "The Lord treats my Kuai family like this, I guess it's just because of a certain person in Kuai. It's my fault that I stood up to support the battle of Nanyang." De Gui opposed the Lord Fu...but Ma Bochang was also a strong supporter of De Gui in the past, so why did the Lord Fu favor one over the other?"

Liu Qi raised his head and said: "Because Ma Bochang has been on Cai Degui's side from the beginning! And you are the person I rely on and trust the most since I arrived in Jingzhou! I regard you as a confidant and a confidant, and treat you with sincerity. You actually ran to Degui and stabbed me in the back at a critical moment!"

Kuai Yue's face turned pale after Liu Qi's repeated words.

Even Kuai Qi, who was kneeling in the car, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this.

It seemed that his uncle had done something unhuman.

But he saw Liu Qi raising his hand, and then slamming it down onto the side of the car, making a crisp sound.

He said coldly: "No matter how talented the people of Qin, Qin, Mu and Chu are, how can I trust you in the Kuai family in the future? Am I waiting for you to stab me in the heart a second time?"

Speaking of this, Liu Qi suddenly saw Liu Qi looking down at Kuai Qi and said angrily: "Who do you think you are? You're still licking your face and kneeling here! If you want to kneel down, it's your uncle's kneeling! You're just going to kneel here for the rest of your life, so what's the point?

Stand up!"

Kuai Qi was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously stood up straight, no longer kneeling, and quickly sat on the car board next to Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue took a deep breath, then suddenly flicked the front of his clothes and knelt down in front of Liu Qi instead of Kuai Qi.

"Uncle!" Kuai Qi exclaimed from the side.

As the second most powerful person in the Kuai family, Kuai Qi has never seen his uncle kneel down for anyone.

Especially with a background like that of Kuai Yue!

"Don't talk too much." Kuai Yue said calmly.

Later, they saw Kuai Yue raising his hands above his head and clasping fists, and said to Liu Qi: "Kuai knows that what he did in the past is not worthy of the Lord. Today, I sincerely apologize to the Lord. I only ask that the Lord can remember the past friendship."

Please, only deal with Kuai Yue alone, and don’t involve other talented people in the Kuai family. If you can do this, Kuai will burst into tears with gratitude!"

Liu Qi frowned and looked at Kuai Yue quietly for a long time, and suddenly said: "Yidu, you and I first met in Xiangyang. Although we were strangers, we admired each other. I expected to be with you in this world.

We would never have thought of collaborating on something big..."

Speaking of this, Liu Qi shook his head and sighed: "You really chilled me. I thought you were different from other clan members, but in the end it still turned out like this."

Kuai Yue's eyes were filled with mist of tears unconsciously.

"Kuai is more and more ashamed of his new appointment as the Lord of the Palace, and feels that he has no face to stand between heaven and earth... Alas, it is right that the Lord of the Palace should no longer trust Kuai, and I should not ask for more."

At this moment, Shi Zhen's carriage slowly stopped, and Jing Wu soldiers under the carriage opened the curtain of the carriage. Liu Qi on the opposite side said: "Master Fu, Kuai Zhonglang's residence has arrived."

Kuai Yue stretched out his hand, and Kuai Qi hurried over to help him up.

Kuai Yue wiped his tears and said in a low voice: "Kuai felt ashamed and had no place, so he didn't dare to bother the Lord anymore, so he left."

After that, he bowed to Liu Qi and led Kuai Qi to turn around and get out of the car.

The two of them had just gotten off Liu Qi's car when they suddenly heard Liu Qi's voice slowly coming from the car: "Tomorrow, let your nephew come to my house to report and take orders."

Kuai Yue, who had just gotten out of the car, couldn't help but trembled.

He looked at the carriage in surprise, but heard Liu Qi say calmly: "When I go to Hanzhong this time, let Brother Kuai Xian accompany me on the expedition, but he can only be a retainer and has no substantial military position."

Kuai Yue was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed his head to Liu Qi, and then hurriedly urged Kuai Qi: "Thank you Mr. Liu Fu."

Kuai Qi had been tormented by Kuai Yue on this journey. Hearing this, he hurriedly saluted Liu Qi and thanked him.

Liu Qi waved his hand casually, greeted Kuai's uncle and nephew, and then urged Jing Wuzu to drive away.

The moment the car curtain was lowered, a smile appeared on Liu Qi's lips. He looked behind the curtain in the direction of Kuai Yue and muttered slowly: "Old fox."

When Shi Zhen got out of the car, as Liu Qi's car drove away, the smile on Kuai Yue's face gradually disappeared.

When I was young, I saw him let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "He is really getting more powerful. Compared with when I first met him two years ago, he is really a completely different person."

Kuai Qi didn't seem to understand what Kuai Yue meant, and asked curiously: "Uncle, could it be that the person you just spoke of is Mr. Liu Fu?"

"Other than him, who else can... Well, when you come under his command, you should be more careful. This kid is a bit more powerful than me."

Kuai Qi nodded as if he understood, and said: "It's just uncle, I don't understand. Liu Fujun was in the car just now. What he said was that he blamed you for betraying him in the first place and didn't want to use the power of my Kuai family."

How come people, in the end, still use it?"

Kuai Yue stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Silly boy, as a master, the most important thing is to master the art of balance. You must know how to balance the forces of the various factions under your command, so as to lure Cai Mao into Nanyang County.

, in order to balance the Nanyang clan, let Ma Xuan accompany the army as a staff officer, and also to win over the Ma family to divide the gentry power in Nanjun to respond to the Cai family. To truly curb the Cai family's development in Nanyang County, I have to use someone from the Kuai family.

No."

Kuai Qi nodded in understanding: "Since Mr. Liu insists on using my Kuai family, why did he deliberately treat my uncle coldly in the car just now?"

"That's just to remind me, to shock me, so that I won't betray him again in the future, and I must stand firmly on his side. After all, he is the superior one, so he accepted my betrayal so easily.

, If all the clans in Jingchu follow my example in the future, how will Liu Fujun control everyone?"

Kuai Qi suddenly realized what he said.

"In a short period of time, uncle, I'm afraid I won't be able to be reused by the Liu family. After all, I have done some bad things. Even if you want to scare the monkeys, you have to keep me cool for a while. However, by letting you join the army today, he has given me some points."

Bo Mian, when you go here this time, you don’t want to make any great achievements, but you just want to make no mistakes, you know?”

Kuai Qi said respectfully: "No!"

…

The next day, Kuai Qi followed Liu Qi's instructions and came to Liu Qi's residence to report. Liu Qi was very polite to him and asked him to accompany the army to Hanzhong.

At the same time, Cai Xun of the Cai family also came to meet Liu Qi, saying that he had been ordered to settle in Nanyang County on behalf of Cai Mao.

For Cai Hao, although Nanyang County was a piece of fat, after all, Nanyang County was still his base camp. Naturally, Cai Hao could not leave easily, so he sent his clan brother Cai Xun to represent him.

Before Cai Xun settled in Nanyang County, he must first come to Liu Qi for advice.

"Unexpectedly, Bogui actually sent Brother Cai to Nanyang County. When he went north to protect the king, Liu had seen that Brother Cai was a humble and polite man with a lot of wit. Now Brother Cai is going to represent the Cai family.

Nanyang County will definitely be a big help to me." Liu Qi said to Cai Xun full of goodwill.

Cai Xun once represented the Cai family and accompanied Liu Qi to the north to protect the emperor. Since he was not from the royal family and was a concubine, he developed a humble temper in his daily life, which was very different from Cai Hao's arrogant and domineering character.

During his journey north, Cai Xun was highly appreciated by Liu Qi.

"Xun is stationed in Nanyang County to help the Lord at the command of my brother. If I have acted improperly, please forgive me."

Liu Qi waved his hand and said: "You and I are a family, why do we need to be so open to outsiders? Besides, there are no outsiders at the moment, so what do you call me Lord of the House? You should call me sister-in-law."

Cai Xun seemed a little hesitant after hearing this, but finally called out: "Sister-in-law..."

"That's right." Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now I am about to go north to Hanzhong and cannot go to Nanyang County with you. After you go back to Nanyang County with your tribe, you first go to Xinye to see your sister. Let me

She will help mediate and see how your Cai family can gain a foothold in Nanyang County."

Cai Xun said hurriedly: "Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law... I would like to ask my brother-in-law, how should our people establish themselves first when they go to Nanyang County?"

Liu Qi said seriously: "Right now, half of Nanyang County is in the hands of the Xiliang Army. The Xiliang Army raids and plunders every day. All the tribes in Nanyang County are suffering from it. When you get to Nanyang County, remember not to build a dock rashly."

Fortress, annex the land, otherwise I might be making a wedding dress for the Xiliang army."

Cai Xun thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the truth, and then said: "Then I dare to ask my sister-in-law, what will I do when I get to Nanyang County?"

"Business!" Liu Qi said to Cai Xun seriously: "Your Cai family has a great business in Nanjun. Even Jiangxia County and Yangzhou have your business contacts. Nanyang County is located in the middle of the world, and it is a well-connected goods distribution place.

, you can only get a place for your people in Nanyang County first by doing business, laying a foundation in Nanyang County, and taking over the transportation of goods from all directions. Moreover, you don’t need a solid foundation to do business, you only need to set up a few shops.

Well, even if it is plundered by the Xiliang army in the future, the loss will not be serious."

Cai Xun nodded if he had some understanding, but then he showed a wry smile and said: "The matter of setting up a shop is easy to talk about, but Xun is not good at this. Even the second sister rarely dabbles in this, but if

Let me go to the clan to find someone... Well, it's somewhat inconvenient."

Liu Qi naturally understood the inconvenience Cai Xun mentioned.

He is the bastard of the family, so naturally he cannot use resources from his family to support his actions in Nanyang County like Cai Mao. Even if he can mobilize, he cannot do it easily. After all, it will easily arouse the suspicion of the patriarch Cai Mao.
To be continued...