Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 618: Pulling the Ladder Up the Roof
Seeing Zhuge Liang's reaction, Liu Qi seemed to have prepared for it, and said hurriedly: "Kong Ming, I just found a lost ancient book and wanted to share it with you!"

"It's the Lu Ban Book."

"My father gave it to me on my twenty-first birthday."

After hearing what Liu Qi said, Zhuge Liang turned around suspiciously.

In fact, although he wanted the "Lu Ban Book", there were others who wanted it more.

That is Huang Chengyan.

To be precise, it is Huang Chengyan's daughter, whom the current Mrs. Huang wants.

Mrs. Huang has always wanted to find the complete version.

However, there was not even a study room for Cai Mao.

Once, when he was reading a book, Huang Chengyan and he occasionally talked about this.

He always kept it in mind.

Although he and Huang Chengyan were not master and apprentice in the strict sense, Huang Chengyan taught him a lot about astronomy and geography.

Huang Chengyan was a member of the Huang family, one of the five great clans, and his family was wealthy. He wanted to repay Huang Chengyan, but he had no idea where to start.

So he deliberately sent people to spread the news everywhere: as long as someone could find the complete version of "Lu Ban Book", he could promise the other party a promise that would not violate morality.

Unfortunately, not many people took his promise to heart.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son Liu Qi not only remembered it, but also found it.

Zhuge Liang turned around and frowned, saying, "Sir, you should know my character."

"If you lie just to keep me, we will lose the last bit of friendship."

Liu Qi stood at the second floor stairs, looking down at Zhuge Liang, and said with a smile: "Of course I know."

"Besides, as the eldest son, why should I lie?"

“I can’t bear to part with this book myself!”

"After Mr. Shui Jing found out, he asked me for it, but I refused because I wanted to wait for you to come back."

"I haven't seen you in the past six months."

"If you don't come back, I'll really give you away."

With that said, he turned and left.

After a while, he held up a pair of bamboo slips and was about to throw them down, saying, "Verify it yourself."

Zhuge Liang then said anxiously: "Sir, don't panic! This is an ancient book, don't damage it!"

Liu Qi laughed, shook the bamboo slips in his hand and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I'm just trying to scare you! Come up quickly and verify it carefully."

Zhuge Liang looked up at Liu Qi, sighed, and then climbed up the stairs.

Liu Qi stepped aside.

Zhuge Liang went up to the second floor, took the bamboo slips from Liu Qi and looked at them carefully.

His eyes and eyebrows were full of joy.

It really is "Lu Ban Book"!
The content of this pair of bamboo slips is a small section from the middle of "Lu Ban Book".

Some of the content has been passed down.

However, there was more content that he had not seen before.

However, based on the context, he could tell at a glance that it was a complete book.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked Liu Qi: "Sir, what else?"

Liu Qi smiled and asked Zhuge Liang to follow him.

The two of them went deep into the living room on the second floor.

There, a stack of bamboo slips was placed on the table.

There was also a paper book on top of the bamboo slips.

There are rows of beautiful calligraphy on the books.

Liu Qi handed the paper book to Zhuge Liang and said sincerely, "I don't know where you have been in the past six months, but with your talent, you should have been favored by a wise master, right?"

"I'm so envious."

"My father didn't have that chance."

"When my father asked you to be the captain of agriculture, I told him that Kong Ming's talent is rare in the world and can be compared with Guan Zhong and Yue Yi. Since you are going to recruit him, you must be given the position of Xiangyang magistrate."

"Unfortunately, my father didn't listen to me."

"He said that you, Kong Ming, are too young, have not achieved anything, and are the nephew of Mr. Zhuge."

"If I let you be the Xiangyang magistrate, others will definitely not accept it."

"In recent years, my father has recruited many young talents, such as Huo Jun, the younger brother of Huo Du." "For example, the captain Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang."

"They are all about the same age as you, Kong Ming."

"My father thought highly of them and did not give them high positions."

"Father doesn't want to be criticized by others because of you, Kong Ming."

Liu Qi shook his head and said with emotion: "No matter how I explain that you are different from them, they don't believe it."

"A month ago, my father gave me this book on my birthday. When I mentioned that you have the talent of Guan Zhong and Yue Yi, others mocked me and said that I was nepotism."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Qi, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Liu Qi talked for a while, and when he saw Zhuge Liang didn't say a word, he could only smile and said, "I like to talk like a woman, sorry to make you laugh."

Handing the paper book in his hand to Zhuge Liang, Liu Qi said: "Take this, I copied it myself."

"Are you going on a long trip again?"

"Once you leave this time, you won't come back again, right?"

"This time when you came back, you visited many people, as if you were saying goodbye."

"Unfortunately, I am not your close friend."

When Liu Qi said this, he looked at Zhuge Liang with hope.

Zhuge Liang did not respond.

Liu Qi felt a little disappointed.

However, he immediately cheered up, stuffed the paper book into Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "Take this gift."

"The bamboo slips are too heavy to carry with them."

Zhuge Liang lowered his head, looking gloomy.

Taking the paper book, Zhuge Liang quickly flipped through it.

Liu Qi watched Zhuge Liang reading the book seriously, and then he said tentatively: "Kong Ming, I am no longer the eldest son of the past."

"Although my father still treated me the same, Cai Mao and Cai Shi colluded with my second brother."

"My father came to me privately and said that in order to deal with the five major clans in Jingzhou, he had to compromise and asked me to pay attention to my own safety in the future. He wanted to do this for others to see and it was impossible for him to protect me everywhere."

Zhuge Liang stopped flipping through the book for a moment.

Liu Qi forced a laugh, tears welling up in his eyes as he said, "Although I understand what my father did, everyone saw that my father began to distance himself from me, and Cai Mao and Cai Shi supported my second brother, so they all began to distance themselves from me."

"The day before yesterday, I was assassinated."

Liu Qi rolled up the sleeve of his left hand, revealing his snow-white and thin arm.

There was a strip of cloth tied on his arm.

Liu Qi said: "Three guards died, and I happened to meet the chief clerk Chen Zhen passing by, and he saved my life."

"I know these people must be Cai Mao and my second brother's men."

"They want to kill me so that my second brother can take that position completely."

"Kong Ming, I really have no other choice."

"I can only look for you."

"Save me."

"Otherwise, I will really die here!"

Having said that, Liu Qi knelt down straight.

Zhuge Liang looked down at Liu Qi, who was crying like rain, and felt extremely sad.

However, he still stuffed the paper book into Liu Qi's hands, turned around and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I can't do anything."

Because all of this was controlled by his lord who was far away in Hebei.

The current situation in Jingzhou is a fatal one for Liu Qi.

However, for the lord, it is a very good situation.

The lord was willing to be loyal to him and even asked Zhao Yun, the governor of Yangzhou, to treat him as a brother.

How could I betray him?
Liu Qi hurriedly knelt down and chased after him, saying, "Kong Ming, I beg you, save me!"

Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth, dared not say a word, put the book back on the desk, and then quickly walked towards the stairs.

With just a few steps left, Zhuge Liang's face suddenly changed.

I saw that the ladder at the entrance of the stairs was gone!
Zhuge Liang turned back angrily and said angrily: "Sir, why do you have to do this? Everyone has their own difficulties!"

(End of this chapter)