Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 77 Liu Wenjing's Evaluation
Under the night.

In Liu Wenjing's mansion in the west city of Jinyang.

"Now the whole Jinyang City is laughing at that Fenwu Wei from Dongcheng!"

Pei Ji knelt behind the wooden table, put down his wine glass, and spoke softly.

"I've heard a little about it these days!"

Liu Wenjing swallowed the wine in his throat, put down the glass, looked at the girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old beside him, poured himself a glass of wine, then looked at Pei Ji and smiled.

"But there is one thing that I think differently from others!"

Liu Wenjing said.

Pei Ji became curious when he heard this, and raised his hand, motioning Liu Wenjing to continue.

"Pan Changwen, Zhao Wenke, Zhang Pinggao and others, as well as the people from the famous families in West City, have never been to East City and don't know how powerful Fu Zihou is!"

Liu Wenjing smiled and stroked his long beard.

"Oh? What's so great about it?"

When Pei Ji heard Liu Wenjing's words, he became more curious and looked at her with a puzzled look.

"What's so great about Fu Zihou?"

Pei Ji asked, then looked at the wine glass filled by the maid, raised his hands, and drank with Liu Wenjing.

After drinking a glass of wine, Pei Ji put down the glass and looked at Liu Wenjing.

Liu Wenjing put down his wine glass, pondered for a moment, then looked at Pei Ji.

"I have been to East City and have seen with my own eyes that the soldiers of East City followed orders without complaint!"

As Liu Wenjing spoke, the scene he saw in Dongcheng emerged in his mind.

"I thought there was something! That Fenwu Lieutenant is the captain of the East City. Who among the soldiers under his command dares not to obey?"

Pei Ji couldn't help laughing and waving his hands, thinking it was something else, he never expected that Liu Wenjing was talking about this.

Fu Zihou was the Fenwu Wei conferred by the current emperor, and was ordered by Pan Changwen to guard the East City. Naturally, the soldiers in the East City dared not disobey Fu Zihou's orders. What's so strange about that?

"This is exactly the place that Pan Changwen and many people in West City cannot see!"

Liu Wenjing listened to Pei Ji's laughter and shook his head, which was uncharacteristic of him. After Pei Ji stopped laughing, he continued.

"In West City, the respect that the West City soldiers have for Pan Changwen is very different from the respect that the East City soldiers have for Fu Zihou!"

Liu Wenjing picked up the chopsticks on the seat, held them in both hands, put one down and placed it on the edge of the table, leaving half of it hanging in the air. He pressed it down with the wine glass, pointed at the wine glass and told Pei Ji that this was power, and put the other chopstick down on the wooden table and told Pei Ji that this was love.

"If Pan Changwen has no power..."

Liu Wenjing picked up the wine glass and it rolled to the ground along with the chopsticks.

"It is the abyss!"

After Liu Wenjing finished speaking, he watched the maid stand up and get a new pair of chopsticks, then looked at Pei Ji.

Pei Ji remained silent, his eyes fixed on another pair of wooden chopsticks placed steadily on the wooden table in front of Liu Wenjing.

The atmosphere gradually quieted down, and after a long time, Liu Wenjing's voice was heard.

"Everyone thinks that Fu Zihou's victory over Zhang Jincheng in Qinghe County was a stroke of luck, but my recent observations have convinced me that Fu Zihou's actions were definitely not just a matter of luck!"

Liu Wenjing looked at Pei Ji and said that this was the result he came to after personally going to Dongcheng and observing carefully.

However, Pan Changwen and other officials in Jinyang, seeing Fu Zihou's surrender and his actions, looked down on him. Therefore, they were prejudiced in their hearts and were naturally blinded. Instead, they did not go to see Dongcheng.

This is the biggest difference between Liu Wenjing and others. Liu Wenjing is good at observation.

"Then why did you sit back and watch what happened in Dongcheng without doing anything?" When Pei Ji heard Liu Wenjing's high evaluation of Fu Zihou, he couldn't help but frown and looked at Liu Wenjing with even more confusion.

Since Liu Wenjing could see that Fu Zihou was a talented person, why didn't he remind him and do him a favor, which would be beneficial in the future?

"Haha~!"

Seeing Pei Ji's confusion, Liu Wenjing raised his hand to stroke his long beard, watched the maid bring a brand new pair of chopsticks, and looked at Pei Ji meaningfully.

"What's the point of two chopsticks if they can't come together?"

Liu Wenjing asked back.

Pei Ji was stunned for a moment, but after he reacted, he couldn't help laughing. He shook his head and looked at Liu Wenjing, feeling that he was truly worthy of being Liu Wenjing.

Fu Zihou and Pan Changwen did not get along well, so even though Liu Wenjing knew that Fu Zihou had some talents, she would not show any closeness to Fu Zihou, and would not even remind him.

Pei Ji didn't know what to say about Liu Wenjing, whether he was shrewd and calculating, or too profit-seeking and risk-averse.

But what Liu Wenjing said was correct. Pan Changwen was the garrison commander of Jinyang. It was useless for Fu Zihou to just be talented. Pan Changwen was necessary. Moreover, at the moment...

"Even if you have the talent of a general, you will not be able to escape this disaster!"

Pei Ji shook his head slightly.

"Yes! There are too many talented generals in the world, but in the final analysis, having talent but no ability to win the court is like having a sword hanging around your neck!"

Liu Wenjing nodded. As for Fu Zihou's actions in Dongcheng, if he did not have the title of Fenwu Wei, if he had been in any other place other than Jinyang, he would be praised. Not only was he not wrong, but he was also meritorious.

such a pity! pity!

Thinking of Fu Zihou and seeing that the East City had fallen into disrepair over the years, Liu Wenjing simply made the judgment of a general without considering the court. He smiled and finally made his own evaluation to Pei Ji.

"This Fu Zihou doesn't have Han Xin's talent, but he has Han Xin's illness!"

After Liu Wenjing finished speaking, he immediately picked up the wine glass on the wooden table.

"This description is quite appropriate! Hahahaha!"

When Pei Ji heard Liu Wenjing's description of Fu Zihou, saying that he did not have Han Xin's talents but had Han Xin's problems, he could not help laughing.

Looking at Liu Wenjing who was also smiling, Pei Ji, with a little drunkenness, picked up the wine glass and drank with Liu Wenjing.

Late at night.

As the sky grew darker, Pei Ji said goodbye and left. Liu Wenjing, who was kneeling behind the wooden table, could not help but rest comfortably.

Li came to the main hall with her maid, cleared the leftovers on the wooden table, and looked at her husband.

"Husband, that young man from the past was quite good. Husband, why don't you help him!"

Li couldn't help but say.

Thinking of the young man he met that day, Li had a good impression of him. He didn't know why, but looking at the way the young man saluted him solemnly and the look in his eyes, Li always felt as if the young man had something to say to him, but didn't say it.

"What do you know, a woman?"

When Liu Wenjing heard his wife's words, he opened his eyes and said to Li with a frown.

"Don't even mention that Fu Zihou and Pan Changwen don't get along. Even with that young man's intelligence, we should try our best not to interact with him, so as not to bring ourselves into trouble!"

Liu Wenjing asked his wife to put her mind at ease and not mention the young man again.

Li looked at her husband, sighed softly, and said nothing more. Her husband's talent and ability were above others, but due to his profit-seeking and harm-avoiding personality, few people were willing to help him.

Li was afraid that one day, when her husband needed help from others, except Pei Ji, everyone else would be willing to help her husband, and treat him the same way as her husband.

(End of this chapter)