An autumn rain came suddenly, like smoke and fog, densely sprinkled in the open space outside the county office, drenching the earth, drenching the plantains, drenching the streets and alleys, and drenching Cai Mao's indignant heart.

At this moment, Cai Mao did not sit on the handsome chair that symbolized the military power in the county office, but squatted in front of the tent with a dangling pork leg.

Looking at the bluestone slab in front of the county office that was constantly washed by the rain, Cai Mao took a bite of the pork leg meat, and her mood was very cold, just like the bluestone slab shrouded in the cold or the pork leg in her hand that was no longer steaming.

At the beginning of August of the fourth year of Yong'an, Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, adopted Zhuge Liang's strategy, regardless of the hot wind that Mrs. Cai was blowing vigorously on the pillow, but instead used the excuse that as the son-in-law of the Cai family, he must support a beautiful man like him who can rule the land of Yizhou in the future, and resolutely transferred Cai Mao out of Xiangyang.

Since then, Cai Mao has become the leader of the entire Xinyang County, and also serves as Xiangyang. The role of the Governor of the Navy.

It stands to reason that this time Cai Mao was able to hold a heavy army in charge of a county, which was definitely the result of the green smoke coming from the ancestral tomb, and he should burn incense to worship his ancestors.

However, his brows at the moment were like leaves in the rain, shivering and wwishing together in the cold wind and cold rain, and the words that Kuai Yue had spoken to him in the study that night echoed in his ears again.

"That's the plan set by Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei to kill people with a knife, and you shouldn't think about who are stationed on Xinyang's side!"

"The sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to leap. Although the lord has not done anything to you and me over the years, he has long forgotten our best support for him at the beginning, and his heart is full of suspicion. Leaving Jingzhou's power may not be an opportunity for us to rise! ”

"Don't miss the opportunity, you won't miss it. If you have the opportunity, you can also quietly contact one or two on Xinyang's side! ”

"Scratch the card!"

Suddenly, there was a sudden thunderbolt, and a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and tore through the gray curtain, and the rain outside the county office became dense like a pumped wind, and huge droplets of water hit the ground with a bang, and the water splashed into mist.

A drop of water bounced off the ground and covered the pork leg with a little dirt.

Cai Mao frowned, and threw the pork leg in his hand hard, and the pork leg made a perfect arc in the rain and smashed into the muddy water outside the county office, and Cai Mao's mood seemed to be much better with the departure of the pork leg, and the two frowning brows were instantly smoothed by the iron.

It seems that it is time for me to make a decision! Although Liu Biao is his brother-in-law, he is separated from Cai's family after all, otherwise how could he always be suspicious of himself, and how could he exile himself from Xiangyang because of a few slanderous words from Zhuge Liang's villager?

Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! "Come!"

Cai Mao's eyes lit up, and he shouted angrily outside the door, and several guards walked through the rain curtain to his side in a hurried and neat step, and gave him a military salute: "General, I don't know what to order, but do you want to go to the red sleeves to visit a bewitching person to add fragrance to the red sleeves of the head of the family?" ”

Enchanting of course refers to the popular girls in the red sleeves, and the fragrance of the red sleeves is of course not a cake and sandalwood, but the fragrance of the lips and tongues of those girls.

Although the guard's words are elegant, it can't change the fact that when Cai Mao first arrived in Xinyang, because of his depressed mood, he often visited the famous local Red Sleeves or Moon Tower, and even often invited the girls to the county office to announce the day with him. Lewd.

However, this time Cai Mao's reaction surprised the guards.

Cai Mao shook his head, waved his hand at the guards, and left the person just now: "General Ben heard that you have a cousin who works on an errand under the former general's account, but is there such a thing?" ”

Hearing this, the guard's face turned as pale as paper, and he hurriedly explained, with a little more anxiety between his words: "The last general does not dare to hide it, and I implore the general to find out, the person the general said is the son of the last general's aunt."

Back then, the last general's family came to Jingzhou away from their homeland due to the war, and they never had contact with them again. It was only when he was inspecting Xinyang City a few days ago that he met a former neighbor and talked about the terroir of his hometown.

However, now that his cousin has become Wang Li's subordinate, and the last general is the general's cronies, how dare the last general contact with the thief army in private. Therefore, the last general has not contacted his cousin so far! ”

"General Ben doesn't blame you, so why talk about all that bullshit?"

Cai Mao waved his hand and said impatiently, "General Ben heard that you were raised by your aunt in the past, and he was quite kind to you. Now that you are stationed in Xinyang with General Ben, and the two families are not far apart, shouldn't you also go back and take a look and do your filial piety? ”

The guards were shocked, thinking that Cai Mao was talking the opposite, and almost scared to pee on the spot, and his legs shook like a sieve.

But I heard Cai Mao continue: "General Ben will give you a few days off, you go back to see your aunt, and by the way, ask your cousin to help General Ben do something, after the matter is completed, General Ben will have a heavy reward!" ”

As soon as he spoke, the guard felt a warm hand, and a silver nugget with residual warmth fell into his hand, and there was a sealed letterhead on the silver bar.

Immediately afterwards, Cai Mao patted the back of his hand heavily, whispered a few words in his ear, put his hands behind his back, and swaggered towards the back hall of the county office, like a rooster with a big victory.

……

"Marshal Qiqi, the spies in the army are coming to report!"

A call sounded outside the hall with hurried footsteps, and Guan Hai's mountain-like body appeared in front of Wang Li, holding a letter in his hand.

Wang Li nodded slightly, took the letter and hurriedly skimmed it, and threw it to Jia Xu and Lu Xun on the side: "It seems that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have already scared the generals, and they began to seize power as soon as they arrived in Jingzhou, and even squeezed Cai Mao, the head of the first family in Jingzhou, into Xinyang City." ”

"This is a good opportunity!"

Jia Xu stroked his beard lightly and bowed his chin, "Originally, this expedition to Yuzhou, the sons and daughters were already exhausted, and they were thinking about whether they needed to temporarily postpone for a few months before sending troops to Jingzhou, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary, and pacifying Jingzhou is just around the corner!" ”

Lu Xun also nodded and said: "Although Cai Mao is not a martial artist, he has a wide range of contacts in Jingzhou. Whether it is the Kuai family, the Huang family, or Liu Biao's nephews, they all have a deep relationship with them.

If it is really as stated in this letter, Cai Mao has the intention of serving the lord, and his subordinates also feel that this is a good opportunity. If the lord can take advantage of the situation to subdue Cai Mao, the battle of Jingzhou will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort! ”

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others were full of joy, but Lu Yuntao and Lu Yunshan on the side looked at each other and looked at everyone with doubts on their faces: "Bo Yan, isn't Cai Mao Liu Biao's brother-in-law?"

Although he and Liu Biao are not related by blood, they are also Liu Cong's uncle, how could he betray Liu Biao? Could it be that there is a mistake in this letter, or is it simply a deception drama performed by the two of them? ”

It turned out that Lu Kang insisted on choosing to return to Lao Shanlin and no longer serve as the Taishou of Lu'an or the Taichang of the Imperial Court, but he left Lu Yuntao, Lu Yunshan and others to Lu Xun, so that Lu Yuntao and others have now justifiably become the generals of the DPRK.

"The two generals are too worried, Cai Mao is not only Liu Biao's brother-in-law, but also Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law. However, when you saw Zhuge Liang pit Cai Mao, you didn't have a soft hand? What's more, Liu Biao's jealousy and suspicion of Cai Mao and others is not a matter of a day or two! ”

Jia Xu shook his head and laughed, the indescribable sarcasm on his face, but the gaze that swept towards Lu Yuntao and the others was extremely firm.

After all, there are many examples of the same family serving different forces in the world today, such as Xun Chen and Xun Yu at the beginning, and Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei's account and Zhuge Jin of the Jiangdong Army. Brothers are still fighting, let alone brothers-in-law who have no blood relationship?

Wang Li nodded, put the letterhead in his hand and another secret letter from Kuai Yue into his sleeve, and sighed slightly: "If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan." Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable!

The human heart is unpredictable, and the most difficult thing in this world is the human heart. Sun Bin and Pang Juan were both brothers under Guiguzi, but because of a moment of jealousy, it eventually led to Sun Bin being stripped of Zhu, and Pang Juan died in Ma Ling. And what about this seductive power? ”