One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176 Hongmen Banquet?
"Xiao Ke's eldest son, County Chief Qiu Rui, pays his respects to County Magistrate Qin!"

The scribe walked into the room, looked at Qin Yi, Xu Huang, and Zhao Yun generously, then went straight forward a few steps, stood in the middle of the room, and saluted Qin Yi.

Qin Yi also didn't get up, sat down and cupped his hands towards Qiu Rui slightly, saying: "Master Qiu has been working hard from afar, let's sit down and talk."

"Thank you County Magistrate Qin!" Qiu Rui saluted again, walked to the back of the second seat in Xu Huang's row, lifted his robe with one hand, and knelt down on the seat.His sitting posture is very correct, his upper body is tall and straight, his eyes are looking straight ahead, his hands are on his knees, he is smiling, calm and calm.

Qin Yi sneaked a peek, and thought to himself: This person behaves generously and calmly, he seems to be well-educated, not like a treacherous person.

"I don't know if Chief Qiu is here, what advice can you give me?" Qin Yi looked at Qiu Rui and said.

Qiu Rui turned his head slightly, met Qin Yi's gaze, and once again raised his hand towards Qin Yi, saying: "I heard that Qin County Magistrate has taken office, and a certain eldest son of the county Qiu County Lord intends to come to visit, but he has no choice but to be tied up by the official affairs of the case, and it is difficult to escape. That’s why I sent someone to pay a visit. I’d like to express my gratitude to Qin County Magistrate Haihan for being disrespectful.”

Qin Yi smiled slightly: "Magistrate Qiu has a heart. Qin has been in Renlu County for ten days, but Master Qiu is the first person from another county to visit."

Qiu Ruidao: "Bingzhou is geographically mountainous and the transportation is inconvenient. People who want to come to other counties must not know that Lu County has changed the county magistrate. That's why no one comes to visit."

Qin Yi heard this and thought to himself: This man really knows how to talk. Is he trying to smooth things over for me?Haha, the reason for the inconvenience of transportation is obviously that no one in Shangdang County looks down upon me.

Qiu Rui paused for a moment, then continued: "Eldest Son County and Lu County are neighbors. Lu County was unfortunately occupied by the Huns before, and my family, Qiu Xianzun, was also deeply worried about the safety of the people in Lu County. Fortunately, the magistrate of Qin County expelled the Huns, and Lu County The county is back under the rule of my great Han. Qiu Xianzun admired the heroic deeds of County Magistrate Qin, so he sent someone here to pay a visit to County Magistrate Qin on his behalf, and invited County Magistrate Qin to go to Changzi County in his busy schedule. Qiu Xianzun The county magistrate wants to get drunk with the county magistrate of Qin and get to know each other well."

"Oh? Magistrate Qiu wants to invite me to a banquet in Zhangzi County?" Qin Yi asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Qiu Rui reached into his arms, took out a small rectangular wooden box, and stood up.The wooden box was dark red with patterns engraved on it, which looked very exquisite.

When Xu Huang saw it, he stood up suddenly, stared at Qiu Rui with vigilant eyes, and asked, "Master Qiu, what's in the box?"

Qin Yi was deeply moved when he saw Xu Huang acting like this.Xu Huang must be worried that there is a sharp weapon hidden in the box in Qiu Rui's hand, and he is afraid that Qiu Rui will be harmful to me.

Qiu Rui smiled slightly: "This is a greeting card from my family, Qiu Xianzun."

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and showed Xu Huang the contents inside.Qin Yi took a look, and sure enough, he saw a scroll in the box.

"Master Qiu, please give the greeting card to Xu." Xu Huang stretched out his hands to Qiu Rui.

"You must be Xu County Lieutenant, thank you!" Qiu Rui handed the wooden box to Xu Huang.

While looking down at the wooden box, Xu Huang walked to Qin Yi's seat and handed the wooden box to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi took out the scroll and read it carefully.

The letter of worship was written in Qiu Xi's tone, and its general idea is: first, it enumerates the deeds that Qin Yi has done in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, and praises Qin Yi as a hero who saved the country and the people; then, Qiu Rui expresses his admiration for Qin Yi .In the end, he tried his best to invite Qin Yi to the eldest son county for a banquet.

"Master Qiu, did your county magistrate ever mention when Qin should go to the banquet?" Qin Yi asked Qiu Rui after reading the invitation.

Qiu Ruidao: "Qiu Xianzun made it clear that as long as the county magistrate Qin has time, he can go to Zhangzi County any day. My county zun is waiting for you at any time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Didn't you say that County Magistrate Qiu is so busy with business that he can't come to Lu County to pay a visit to my Qin County Zun in person? Where does he have so much time? Waiting for my county lord?"

"This...hehe, don't delay, don't delay." The calm expression on Qiu Rui's face suddenly disappeared, and he said in embarrassment.

Then, he immediately changed the subject and said to Qin Yi: "Magistrate Qin, I wonder if you have time in the next few days? My family Qiu Xianzun is looking forward to you!"

Qin Yi thought for a while, and then said: "Qin first came to Lu County, and everything was complicated, and it was difficult to get away to Zhangzi County for a while. Please ask Master Qiu to bring a message to Qiu County Magistrate, and say that Qin will go there in person if he has time. Eldest Son County, thank County Magistrate Qiu for his kindness to Qin."

Qiu Ruidao: "In this case, Qiu has completed his mission and will return to Changzi County."

Qin Yi said: "Master Qiu has come a long way and it's hard, why not rest for a day at our county post and then return to Changzi County."

"Don't bother County Magistrate Qin, the eldest son county is busy with government affairs, and Qiu doesn't dare to leave for too long."

"Forget it, Master Qiu, go slowly." Qin Yi was a little polite, and ordered Jiang Kang to see off the guests for him.

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After Qiu Rui left, Qin Yi showed Qiu Xi's greeting card to Zhao Yun and Xu Huang.

"Take a look, County Magistrate Qiu really thinks highly of me, Mr. Qin. The specification of this greeting card is not low!" Qin Yi held the wooden box containing the greeting card in his palm and said, lifting it up and down.

"County Honor, from my point of view, Qiu Rui probably wants to hold a grand banquet for you." Zhao Yun said after reading the greeting card.He gave the greeting card to Xu Huang again.

"I don't know if it's Hongmen Banquet, but Qiu Rui definitely doesn't really want to make friends with me." Qin Yi sneered.

After reading the greeting post, Xu Huang asked Qin Yi: "Tian Yu, you don't really want to go to the eldest son county for a banquet, do you?"

Qin Yi said: "Of course I'm going! The County Magistrate Qiu has expressed his kindness. If I don't go, I won't be giving Qiu County Magistrate face."

After finishing speaking, the playful look on Qin Yi's face disappeared, and he said coldly, "But before going to Zhangzi County, you must first find out why Qiu Xi invited me to the banquet."

"Do you want to send someone to investigate?" Xu Huang asked.

Qin Yi nodded, suddenly worried: "I just don't know who to send. Zhou Cang is quite clever in this regard, but I have already sent him to Yuzhou."

"I'll go." Zhao Yun volunteered.

Qin Yi shook his head and said: "Zilong is not suitable, Qiu Rui has already met you, if you go to Zhangzi County, you will inevitably reveal your secrets."

"Brother Qin, let me go." Suddenly, Zhao Yu's voice came from behind the screen behind Qin Yi.

Qin Yi, Xu Huang and Zhao Yun were all shocked when they heard Zhao Yu speak.The three looked at the screen at the same time.

Zhao Yu walked out slowly with his hands behind his back, square steps, and his head held high.

"Yu'er, why are you hiding behind the screen?" Zhao Yun asked Zhao Yu with his eyes wide open.

Zhao Yu giggled: "You are all too busy since you came to Lu County, and no one will play with me. Today, I sneaked to the second hall and hid behind the screen. I want to hear what you are all busy with."

(End of this chapter)