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Chapter 110 Pei Gong is confused

On the way to Liu's house, Jiao Li also heard the magistrate of Pei County and other people talk about Liu Ji's situation. They all said that this man was a scoundrel, idle, doing nothing, and had no achievements.

If one person speaks ill of another person, it may be that he is slandering that person maliciously. If two people speak ill of him, they may be conspiring with another person to slander that person.

But so many people say this, even this person's father thinks so, so there must be something wrong.

Jiao Li also didn't understand why the king said to invite Liu Ji's family, and even specifically asked to invite Liu Ji to Xianyang. Maybe it was true as Liu Taigong said, that someone slandered the king and made the king misunderstand Liu Ji.

But why would this person spread rumors about Liu Ji? Liu Ji only had some fame in Pei County. In the whole world, he was just an unknown person. Who could he make enemies with?

While Liu Taigong and Jiao Li were meeting, Liu Jiao found his third brother Liu Ji at Fan Kuai's house.

Liu Ji was sitting in front of a table with a pot of deliciously cooked dog meat on it. Liu Ji held a dog leg in his right hand, and while eating the meat, he gestured with his left hand to brag to his younger brothers in the room.

The younger brothers in the room listened with great interest, their eyes shining. If their inner thoughts at this moment could be directly expressed in words, they would definitely be words like "Big brother is mighty!", "Big brother is awesome!", "I should live like big brother!"

Just then, the door curtain was hurriedly lifted. Liu Ji stopped bragging and took a look over.

Seeing that the person coming was his younger brother Liu Jiao, with a panic-stricken look on his face, Liu Ji frowned and said, "Jiao, why are you so panicked?"

The younger brothers who were listening to Liu Ji's bragging with great interest looked displeased when they were suddenly interrupted. However, when they heard that the person coming was their eldest brother and younger brother, their expressions relaxed and they all remained silent, but all showed concern.

If big brother has something to do, I should do the hard work for him!
Liu Jiao said solemnly, "Brother, a group of people came to our house. I heard that the county magistrate was with them. My father and elder brother have already returned home, so I came to look for you."

Liu Jiao did not tell Liu Yan that he had to find his third brother Liu Jihou and return home quickly.

He understood that Liu Yan didn't want him to come and go home with his third brother, but wanted to get him away so that his third brother could find a way to solve the problem or take him away.

Liu Ji also realized the seriousness of the problem, but he did not show any embarrassment. Instead, he comforted Liu Jiao. He bit his dog's leg and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal. Maybe they are here to tell us good news? There is great good news for us!"

Liu Jiao was also infected by Liu Ji's relaxed tone, and his originally heavy mood could not help but relax. He thought for a moment and said, "Zhuo Ye is the same as what my brother said, saying it is a good thing."

One of the younger brothers in the house said, "Brother, although it is a good thing, you should go home as soon as possible to see who it is. We are willing to go with you to see who it is!"

Fan Kuai also said: "Yes, brother, we should go home and take a look, just in case those people..."

Fan Kuai made a subtle killing gesture to Liu Ji.

The younger brothers in the house began to persuade Liu Ji to go home and take a look, and they were willing to go with Liu Ji.

Liu Jiao was quite surprised when he saw this scene. He had heard that his third brother Liu Ji had great prestige among these people, but he did not expect it to be so high. What they meant was: if the group of people who came to their house had bad intentions, then he and his third brother would kill that group of people.

But according to Zhuo, the officials of that group of people might be higher than the county magistrate. If they were killed, they would all become fugitives and be wanted.

At this moment, Liu Jiao felt that his third brother Liu Ji was not as useless, lazy and idle as his father and sister-in-law said.

"boom!"

Liu Ji slammed his dog leg heavily on the table, which scared Liu Jiao.

Liu Ji stood up, wiped the oil on his hands carelessly on his clothes, walked to Fan Kuai and other brothers, and bowed in front of their puzzled eyes. "I appreciate your kindness, but this is a matter of my family. I don't know whether it will be a blessing or a curse. How can I let you brothers go into the fire?"

Fan Kuai was immediately displeased and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? Brother is our brother, so he is our relative. If there is something wrong with your family, it means we are also wrong. If we just stand by and watch today, how will others look at us in the future?"

"Brother has helped us a lot on weekdays. Now that brother is in trouble, how can we retreat!"

If a younger brother couldn't afford to eat, Liu Ji would take him to his home for dinner; if a younger brother had no money to spend, Liu Ji would give him money, even if Liu Ji himself didn't have much money.

Many people here have eaten at Liu Ji's house before, and because they have gone there too many times, Liu Ji's sister-in-law is fed up with it.

Once when Liu Ji brought people to eat again, his sister-in-law kept scraping the bottom of the pot and pretended that the meal was finished. But after the people left, Liu Ji entered the kitchen and saw that there was still rice in the pot. He knew what was going on and developed resentment towards his sister-in-law.

The other brothers also spoke up, and Liu Ji sighed: "Brothers, I dare not refuse your kindness. In this case, then obey my orders."

The younger brother in the room instantly fell silent, and only heard Liu Ji say: "Those who have only one son in the family cannot go with you, and those who have young children cannot go with you..."

Liu Ji had just said two things when a younger brother hurriedly said, "Brother!"

As soon as I said the word "brother", Liu Ji interrupted me harshly: "I said you should listen to my orders. Either no one should go with you and go home by yourself, or listen to me."

"I know you have good intentions, but this is a matter for the Ji family. How can I implicate all the brothers?"

After hearing what Liu Ji said, I swallowed back what I was about to say and listened silently to Liu Ji's arrangements.

In such a short time, Liu Ji came up with a solution.

After finishing his orders, Liu Ji gave Fan Kuai a look and gestured to Liu Jiao.

Fan Kuai understood what he meant and hit Liu Jiao on the back of the head, making him unconscious.

Liu Ji supported Liu Jiao's body, handed him to a younger brother, and entrusted him, "Jiao, I'll leave him to you."

After saying this, he bowed to his younger brothers again. He wanted to go home to see what the situation was. If he could not come back, he would let the younger brothers who would not go with him take Liu Jiao away to preserve the incense for the Liu family.

Liu Ji brought his younger brother with him, found some weapons, and quickly returned to Liu's home. On the way, a fellow villager told him, "Liu Ji, why are you still here? Go home quickly. You are going to be rich! Don't forget us when you become wealthy."

Liu Ji and his younger brothers were confused. The situation seemed different from what they expected. What was going on?

The group of people who came to his house were not a curse, but a blessing? But why?

The highest-ranking official he knew was Zhang Er, and Zhang Er was only a county magistrate. But according to reports, the visitor also asked the county magistrate to accompany him, so he must be a higher-ranking official than the county magistrate. He had never known anyone who was such a high-ranking official.

This was also the reason why he immediately thought that the visitor had bad intentions.

How could it be possible that a high-ranking official whom he didn't know would come to his house to tell him the good news?
It's probably a disaster!
But now his fellow villagers actually told him that he was going to become rich, which meant that the visitors meant good things to him, which left Liu Ji confused for a moment.

Is it true that an unknown high-ranking official came to send him blessings?

(End of this chapter)