Although Cao Cao still went to the other courtyard, in order to take into account the feelings of Xiangyang Wenwu... Within the appropriate range, Cao Cao still gave Liu Cong some free space, at least not like the emperor in Xu Du's cage, the three layers of the inner and outer three layers of the sentinel and the dark son were closely monitored.

"Lord, there are people outside the door asking to see you!"

When I came out of Cai's room just now, I could vaguely perceive it. There were still a few tears in the corners of the eyes of the lord of Jingzhou.

Cai Mao played a good chess hand after all, not only regarded him as an outcast, but even Cai's... also became a victim of Cai Mao's ascendancy.

"Who is coming?"

Hearing this, Liu Cong slowed down... Looking at the only remaining guard commander in front of him.

At the time of today's court meeting, the civil and military officials in Xiangyang City all worshiped Cao Cao's high-ranking officials Houlu, and when he was ordered to be the assassin of Qingzhou, more than 100 people... There is not a single person, even one person... Stand up and speak for him.

"The lord is a member of the Zhang family in Hanzhong."

Looking around, after confirming that there was no one else around, the commander of the personal guard immediately came to Liu Cong's side and said in his ear.

"Hanzhong Zhang?"

Liu Cong was slightly stunned, and the scene of seeing Zhang Yong for the first time that day suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Do you know who commanded that man?"

"Listen to that, it was ordered by Zhang Yong, the son of Hanzhong!"

"It's really him!"

Hearing the reply of the commander of the guard, Liu Cong looked shocked and turned around... Walking back and forth in the corridor, the mood is difficult to calm down for a long time!

"Go, go and bring that man to my study!"

"No... There may be eyeliner at the front door, go through the back door, and don't let others find out. ”

After a while, Liu Cong slowly calmed down, walked quickly to the front of the commander of the guard, and carefully admonished.

Although it is not clear what kind of purpose Zhang Yonghuai has, but... For him, it may not be an opportunity to struggle for survival.

"No"

Seeing Liu Cong's solemn appearance, the commander of the personal guard naturally secretly cared, and after saluting Liu Cong again, he hurriedly walked outside the courtyard.

……

"Zhang Yong called you?"

Although the tiger has fallen to Pingyang now, Liu Cong still thinks that he is the master of Jingzhou in his bones, and when he talks... The style is indeed much higher than before.

"Little Zhao Si, it is indeed the prince who asked the little one to come to meet the state pastor."

As the eyeliner of the Hanzhong Zhang clan lurking in Xiangyang City, Zhao Si's ability to observe words and emotions is naturally extraordinary, and he immediately nodded and responded with a smile.

"I wonder what the prince sent you for? It's worth coming late at night. ”

"I'm here to save the life of the state pastor!"

Facing Liu Cong's inquiring gaze, Zhao Si said with an unchanged expression.

But... But I couldn't stop sighing in my heart, Liu Cong's qi cultivation kung fu... I'm afraid that even Liu Qi can't catch up, how can he win people's hearts, no wonder... will be played with by the Jingzhou family and will be regarded as an outcast.

"What do you say... What is the meaning! Could it be that Zhang Yong... Asked you to come just to see a certain joke? ”

Looking at Zhao Si, Liu Cong's gaze turned cold in an instant, if it weren't for the scruples of making a disturbance, he would have already called the left and right guards... hacked Zhao Si to death here.

"The state pastor has misunderstood! The small one doesn't mean to be humiliated, it's just to tell the truth. ”

Shaking his head, Zhao Si immediately explained:

"The state shepherd knows... Just this afternoon, the news spread throughout Xiangyang City that the state pastor went to Qingzhou to take up his post. ”

"It's just the history of Qingzhou thorns! Xiangyang City's civil and military officials are well known... It's not uncommon for it to spread to the community. ”

Seeing Zhao Si bow his head, Liu Cong couldn't help but snort coldly.

"That state pastor knows... Just an hour ago, the Governor's Mansion Night Banquet... Someone mentioned the state pastor at the feast. Say... Jingzhou Mu Liu Cong is the history of Qingzhou, and he should go to Qingzhou immediately to take up his post and stay in Xiangyang... It is incompatible with feelings and reason. ”

"Who is it... Who said that! And also... I don't know what just happened at the dinner party, how do you know? ”

Hearing Zhao Si's words, a trace of imperceptible panic flashed in Liu Cong's eyes.

What should come is to come... But who would have thought... Cao Cao couldn't wait.

"It doesn't matter who says it! It doesn't matter how the little one knows. ”

"The important thing is... How did Cao Cao reply! ”

"How can Cao Mengde reply! When it is... Accurate! ”

When Cao Cao was mentioned, Liu Cong unabashedly showed a look of disgust.

"That's right! Cao Cao immediately responded, and ordered the state pastor to go to Qingzhou two days later..."

Nodding, Zhao Si looked at Liu Cong slightly, although Liu Cong was unbearable... But there is still a little bit of self-knowledge.

"In two days!"

Looking at the dim candle flame in front of the case, Liu Cong lost his mind for a while... In two days, he and Cai will leave Xiangyang completely, and there will be no time to return.

If I knew this, this state pastor would not fight! Give it to Big Brother... Maybe the two of them can still save a foundation together.

It's a pity... It's late! It's too late!

"Speaking of which, there is a sentence that the little one doesn't know whether to ask or not!"

Looking at Liu Cong's gaffe appearance, Zhao Si asked in a condensed voice after being silent for a moment.

"Ask! What's the word... Let's talk about it together! ”

After learning that he was going to leave Jingzhou in two days, Liu Cong suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were a little redundant.

At this time, even if you can win over the Zhang family in Hanzhong, what is the use.

Two days! It's only two days!

"The little one dared to ask! The state pastor is rarely promising... Are you really willing to go to Qingzhou and embark on a road of no return like this? ”

It seems that he is afraid that Liu Cong will suddenly burst out, Zhao Si's voice... It's a lot lower.

"The Road of No Return?"

"What do you mean by that? Could it be that Cao Cao still dares to kill me? ”

His eyes stared, revealing a bit of the momentum of the superior... Liu Cong smiled disdainfully.

Although he couldn't do anything and lost the authority of Jingzhou, but... After all, his father has been in charge of Jingzhou for more than ten years and is deeply loved by the people, if he is killed... The seven counties of Jingxiang must be full of smoke, and besides... If he Liu Cong dies in Qingzhou, the princes of the world... Who would dare to surrender to the Cao family?

"If it's someone else... Naturally I don't dare! But he... It's Cao Cao after all! Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes..."

There is a folk saying that the phoenix that falls into the grass is not as good as the chicken, what is the difference between Liu Cong's current situation and the phoenix that falls into the grass?

Looking up at Liu Cong's proud look, Zhao Si's eyes narrowed slightly.

Above, Liu Cong heard Zhao Si's voice, his laughter suddenly stagnated, and his whole body collapsed and sat in his seat.

Zhao Si is right!

The man... It's Cao Cao after all!

It is precisely because Cao Cao dared to do nothing for the people of the world that there is today's Cao Cheng, who commands hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves and has the power of the world.

Maybe... When he went to Qingzhou, it was the day when he and Cai's heads landed.

"I want to come to the state pastor and have the answer in my heart"

Arching his hand, Zhao Si stood quietly aside, leaving Liu Cong enough space to think.

"Brother Zhang asked you to come... I don't just want you to tell me that! What's the word... You don't have to cover it. ”

I don't know how long it took, Liu Cong sighed and looked at Zhao Si with a decadent face.

"If the state pastor has the intention of survival, my family is willing to help!"

At this moment, Zhao Si's words were no less than thunder in Liu Cong's ears.

Zhang Yong actually wanted to help him? … Why?

Now he's... With all the real power gone, what is there worth Zhang Yong to risk turning his face with the Cao family... Plotted?

"Why?"

For a while, Liu Cong's blood circulation accelerated, and he only felt that his mouth was dry.

"Why?"

"I don't know this little one, if the state pastor wants to know... You might as well wait until he sees the son of the world to ask. ”

Zhang Yong's thoughts are not something that Zhao Si can speculate... Although he was as curious as Liu Cong.

"Brother Zhang... How are you going to save me! ”

Anyone who sees the straw that saves their lives can't help but struggle, and at this moment they see the hope of being alive... Liu Cong naturally put his mind on Zhang Yong, eager to know all of Zhang Yong's arrangements.

"This... The little ones still don't know!

However, the prince asked the little one to tell the state pastor, if the state pastor nodded... You can rest assured that you can go north, at the critical moment... The prince will definitely appear, save the state pastor and Mrs. Cai and water and fire. ”

Shaking his head, the corners of Zhao Si's mouth flashed with a wry smile, where can he know this level of arrangement with a small detail...

"Well... I know! Please go back and tell Brother Zhang, and I hope Brother Zhang will help. ”

Seeing that he could no longer dig out effective information from Zhao Si's mouth, Liu Cong... The restless heart slowly cooled down.

No matter what Zhang Yong is planning?

It's not something he needs to think about now, because he's going to live... Chua also wants to live.

Cao Cao wanted to pick them cleanly, but he Liu Cong was not as good as he wanted.

Looking at Zhao Si's departing figure, Liu Cong did not arrange for someone to follow him, because... After today, there will never be any more Zhao Si in this Xiangyang City.

Maybe we'll see each other somewhere later, but then... The other party must have changed his identity.

……

Two days later, on the bank of the Chushui River, Cao Cao brought his generals Tieqi and hundreds of civil and military officials of Xiangyang City to see Liu Cong off.

Unexpectedly, there are hundreds of civil officials up and down in Xiangyang City, and none of them are willing to follow Liu Cong to Qingzhou to take up his post, even in front of Cao Cao... Say a word of relief

Unexpectedly, in the convoy of twenty or thirty people before and after Liu Cong, there was a brave figure... It is Liu Biao's former general: Wang Wei.

Perhaps because of his loyalty, Wang Wei finally lost the high-ranking official Houlu given by Cao Cao, and after settling down with his family, he planned to go north with Liu Cong alone.

After Liu Cong left, the civil and military forces in Xiangyang City turned back to the city, for fear of staying here for too long and being targeted by Cao Cao. Looking at the turbulent water, Cao Cao stood with his hands in his hands, and there was a little more coldness in his eyes.

"Rules"

"The last general!"

Hearing Cao Cao's call, Yu Ban looked straight and walked over quickly.

"What does the prime minister command?"

With his head down, Yu Ban stood honestly in front of Cao Cao.

"Two hours later, you personally crossed the river with two hundred elite horsemen and chased Liu Cong, do you understand what I mean?"

Turning his head to look at Yu Ban, Cao Cao's gaze gradually returned to normal.

Since it has lost its effect, there is no need to exist, keep it... On the contrary, it is necessary to be vigilant from time to time, and it is better to get rid of future troubles once and for all.

"Prime Minister rest assured! After today... There will never be such a person as Liu Cong in this world. ”

The deep voice is following the river breeze... Gradually dissipated.