Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Subsequently, Li Ji did not disturb the group of strong, young laborers who were eating in the distance. Instead, he quietly watched them finish their meal. Seeing that no conflicts arose during the entire process, he turned and left.

Although Li Ji had mobilized a large number of Jinyi Si forces to secretly supervise, he was still somewhat uneasy about whether any corruption would occur during the "work-for-relief" process, which could lead to a large number of young laborers being starved to death or even rioting.

However, since the group of young laborers present did not seem to have any problems, Li Ji naturally would not make a special appearance.

Winning people's hearts and minds could be done gradually by Liu Bei, as the lord.

After resting for a while, Li Ji returned to his carriage and continued on his way to Wu County.

Due to the delay, it was already late at night when Li Ji's convoy arrived in Wu County.

Zhao Yun originally governed the Wu Commandery's soldiers, and his face alone was enough to prove his identity and open the city gate.

However, Li Ji did not return directly to his residence but went straight to the government office.

For Li Ji, no matter how luxurious the residence was, it was just a place to stay. Compared with the government office, it was only slightly more comfortable to sleep in, with no other difference.

Moreover, Li Ji still had a lot of official documents piled up that needed to be dealt with urgently, so he simply planned to finish them in the government office and then sleep in the side courtyard.

However, when Li Ji passed by the main hall of the government office, he noticed that there were still candlelight and movement in the hall, where all the officials had already left work, which made him feel a little surprised.

'Could it be that Yuan Tan has progressed to the point of consciously working overtime at night?'

Li Ji thought to himself and simply turned around and walked towards the main hall to take a look.

However, when Li Ji walked to the entrance of the main hall and looked inside, he saw that it was Zhang Fei sitting inside!

However, Zhang Fei, who had been recalled to Wu County after Li Ji left to guard the city and prevent any accidents from happening to the important government treasury and granary, was holding a wine jar in his magnetic hands and gulping down wine. The strong smell of alcohol could be clearly smelled even by Li Ji standing outside the door.

This caused Li Ji's face to darken almost instantly. He directly strode in with Zhao Yun and shouted angrily.

"Zhang Yide!"

Zhang Fei, who was drunk and his eyes blurred, barely raised his eyelids. Seeing what seemed to be two figures approaching, he subconsciously replied.

"Who? Who, who is so bold as to call me by my name?"

Li Ji, enraged, kicked over the table full of delicacies in front of Zhang Fei and said angrily.

"The head of the Qian Tang County Magistrate was only taken down from the city gate not long ago, yet you dare to disregard the law and get drunk? Zhang Yide, you have a lot of nerve!"

Faced with the overturned table, Zhang Fei was almost instantly furious. He stood up abruptly and wanted to tear this rude person apart.

However, as the familiar voice entered his ears again, Zhang Fei sobered up a lot in a flash.

Immediately, the dazed Zhang Fei slapped himself hard, forcibly dispersing a lot of his drunkenness, and then he saw clearly that the person in front of him was Li Ji and Zhao Yun.

"Mr. Zikun? Zilong?"

Zhang Fei was slightly stunned, and then he didn't dare to be angry because his table was kicked over. He quickly stepped forward and laughed carelessly.

"Mr. Zikun, you said in your letter that you expected to arrive in Wu County this afternoon, but you didn't return for a long time. I thought it was postponed. I didn't expect you to come back so late."

Li Ji still had a dark face and said coldly.

"I didn't expect Yide to dare to get so drunk, even inside the government office. Should I ask the lord to open a tavern in the government office specifically to serve Yide?"

"This, this..."

Zhang Fei realized that Li Ji was probably really angry, and a sense of fear rose in his heart for no reason. He quickly opened his mouth and said.

"Mr. Zikun, listen to my explanation. I can explain..."

Suddenly becoming anxious, Zhang Fei also instinctively hiccuped.

"I originally wanted to host a banquet to welcome Mr. Zikun back, but Mr. Zikun didn't return for a long time. I couldn't seal up the opened wine jar again, right? I thought that since the wine jar was already opened, I couldn't waste it, so I tasted a little bit, really, just a little bit."

Zhang Fei was afraid that Li Ji wouldn't believe him, so he stretched out his right hand and made a gesture with his index finger and thumb.

However, Li Ji glanced at the five or six wine jars placed around Zhang Fei, and he roughly guessed what the situation was.

Zhang Fei's first half of the sentence may not be false, but Zhang Fei's intention was definitely to take the opportunity of hosting a banquet to welcome Li Ji as an excuse to openly satisfy the glutton in his stomach after being banned from drinking for many days.

It was just that Li Ji had not returned for a long time, which instead made Zhang Fei unable to control himself and started drinking!

For a time, naturally, he had already drunk, so he drank enough at once, which led to the scene that Li Ji saw before him.

"Zhang Inspector, you shouldn't have forgotten the prohibition order, right?" Li Ji said coldly.

Hearing Li Ji call his position directly for the first time, and seeing Li Ji's gloomy appearance now, which was always calm and refined in the past, Zhang Fei's confidence weakened inexplicably, and he didn't dare to say anything.

"If bandits were to take advantage of your drunkenness to attack Wu County and burn down the government treasury and granary, do you know what the consequences would be?"

Li Ji asked with some disappointment.

Li Ji was naturally quite clear that Zhang Fei loved wine and also loved to get drunk.

This was not a big problem, as long as he didn't drink while on official duty. In the past, Li Ji often knocked on Zhang Fei on this point, which made Zhang Fei's daily performance a lot more restrained.

However, what Li Ji never expected was that Li Ji, who originally had more expectations for Zhang Fei, had no choice but to transfer Zhang Fei back to Wu County to guard the city and prevent any accidents from happening due to the fact that there was no one else available.

Moreover, Li Ji repeatedly reminded Zhang Fei not to get drunk, and Zhang Fei patted his chest to guarantee it.

But now this scene has appeared, how can Li Ji not be annoyed?

"Once the government treasury or granary is attacked and burned, not only will the lord's great ambitions and grand plans be reduced to ashes, but the livelihood of the millions of people in Wu Commandery will become a problem next year!"

"Zhang Inspector, do you know what a heavy price you may pay for this one drink?"

Li Ji repeatedly rebuked Zhang Fei. Knowing that he was in the wrong, Zhang Fei did not dare to refute and had to grin with his big mouth and repeatedly apologize, saying.

"It won't happen next time, it won't happen next time?"

"You still want to have a next time?"

Li Ji said angrily.

"It seems that the 'Prohibition Order' is not enough to awaken the officials in Wu Commandery with just the head of the Qian Tang County Magistrate. Then, let's borrow Zhang Inspector's head!"

"Zilong!"

"Here," Zhao Yun replied.

Immediately, in Zhang Fei's unbelievable eyes, Li Ji pointed at Zhang Fei and shouted. "Take Zhang Inspector down and put him in jail. Behead him in ten days!"

Zhang Fei said in shock. "Mr. Zikun, you want to kill me?"

"Take him away."

Li Ji didn't say much, glanced at the food and wine jars all over the ground, flicked his sleeves and left.

Zhao Yun then walked to Zhang Fei's front and cupped his hands. "General Zhang, I'm sorry, this is Mr. Zikun's order. I hope you don't disobey."

Zhang Fei was momentarily furious, his face changing constantly, and his chest was obviously heaving.

Zhao Yun was also wary, preparing to forcefully suppress Zhang Fei if he resisted.

If it were normal circumstances, it would undoubtedly be quite difficult for Zhao Yun to take down Zhang Fei, but now Zhang Fei was drunk and unarmed. Zhao Yun, who was wearing a sword, asked himself that even if Zhang Fei resisted, it would not be difficult to subdue Zhang Fei within ten moves.

However, to Zhao Yun's surprise, Zhang Fei seemed to have no intention of resisting at all. He surrendered and seemed a little sad, saying.

"Mr. Zikun actually wants to kill me to offer sacrifices to the flag. I used to protect Mr. Zikun like that on the battlefield, for fear that he would suffer the slightest damage on the battlefield..."

This made Zhao Yun open his mouth and was stunned, not knowing what to say.

As someone who often followed Li Ji, Zhao Yun understood that Li Ji seemed refined and gentle, but in fact, his methods could be completely described as decisive.

If Li Ji really wanted to kill Zhang Fei, then Zhang Fei's head would definitely have to be moved now, and he would definitely not be left until noon tomorrow, even if someone wanted to rob the prison, he would definitely not leave a chance.

The disposal of Zhang Fei was to first put him in jail and then behead him in ten days, which was clearly giving others a chance to persuade Li Ji to save Zhang Fei, and this was also a choice that Li Ji had to make.

The "Prohibition Order" was a ban jointly issued by Liu Bei and Li Ji, during which all officials in Wu Commandery, large and small, were not allowed to drink alcohol, so as not to delay matters, and violators would be severely punished.

However, Zhang Fei was entrusted with an important task and openly got drunk in the government office. Once this matter spread, it would have a great impact on both Liu Bei and Li Ji, and the so-called "Prohibition Order" would not become a joke.

Therefore, Zhang Fei must be dealt with!

Zhao Yun was helpless and could not understand why Zhang Fei dared to get drunk when he was entrusted with an important task. He had to remind him. "Yide, you are drunk, go to the prison to sober up."

Immediately, Zhao Yun personally escorted Zhang Fei into the prison.

Considering that Li Ji might not be suitable to take the initiative to contact Liu Bei in order to show his attitude towards dealing with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun sent a fast horse with a letter overnight to the refugee camp to report to Liu Bei.

No matter what, Zhang Fei was Liu Bei's sworn brother, and also the No. 003 shareholder of Liu Bei's group, and Zhang Fei was drunk but had not yet delayed matters, so he did not deserve to die!

However, in the situation where a sufficiently fair attitude was required, undoubtedly only Liu Bei's swift return could persuade Li Ji to let it go lightly.

The messenger took Zhao Yun's letter and rushed to the refugee camp overnight, arriving before dawn.

At this moment, Liu Bei had not yet gotten up. Originally, Liu Bei's personal guards were unwilling to disturb Liu Bei, but Liu Bei had ordered that in the event of an urgent letter, no matter what Liu Bei was doing, he must be reported in a timely manner.

Therefore, the guard could only hold the letter and shout outside the camp.

"Lord, an urgent letter has arrived from Wu County!"

Instantly, Liu Bei, who had been sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened. The four words "letter from Wu County" seemed to instantly touch Liu Bei's nerves.

Immediately, Liu Bei didn't even have time to put on his shoes, rushing out to take the letter and read it.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Liu Bei's expression changed for a moment, and then he said urgently.

"Prepare the horses, quickly!" (End of this chapter)