Chapter 488: The Savior of Jingzhou
Liu Bei left the state pastoral mansion and went to the Fengyun Inn in the city under Chen Zhi's escort. As for why he wants to live here, it is an introduction from Iraq, otherwise he would still have to live in a post house.
"It's a good place!"
Liu Bei rented a small courtyard alone, looked outside, and was very satisfied. Although the courtyard is not big, it is good to live by yourself and others, and it looks quite chic from the outside.
When he got inside, Liu Bei felt even better, and he was even more grateful to his nationality.
After everyone was settled, Chen Zhi came to Liu Bei's house and said, "Lord, is there anything else going on today?" ”
"I'm going to the state governor's mansion for a banquet in the evening." Liu Bei hung the double-strand sword on the wall and said without looking back.
"Yes, my lord." Chen Zhi didn't think it was strange, he just responded.
In the evening, half of the pro-soldiers were summoned to escort Liu Bei to the state pastor's mansion, and a group of pro-soldiers were stopped outside the state pastor's mansion as always, and Chen Zhi was personally led away by the housekeeper shortly after entering the mansion, leaving Liu Bei alone to go to the lobby to meet Liu Biao. At this time, although Liu Bei felt that something was wrong, he couldn't leave when it came to the end, so he could only go.
During the banquet, Liu Biao was not abnormal, which made Liu Bei feel a little calmer. It's just that Liu Biao was sick after all, so he just stayed for a long time and went back to the backyard. At this moment, Yi came and glanced at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei didn't know what the problem was, but he believed in the Yi nationality, so he left the banquet under the pretext of going to the toilet. As soon as he left the lobby, Liu Bei was dragged to the side hall by Yi and said, "If the lady wants to murder the imperial uncle, it is advisable to leave as soon as possible to complete her own body!" ”
"I haven't resigned to Brother Jingsheng yet, so I'm afraid I'll be criticized if I leave!" Liu Bei frowned and said, "Besides, Bei and his wife have no grievances, why do you want to harm someone?" ”
Yi Ji didn't know the details, but when Cai sent Cai Mao out of the house in the afternoon, the two of them were so big that they were in a trance, and they thought that there was no one near the left, so they said a few more words at the door, and it happened that Yi Yi was worried about colliding with Cai, so he hid to the side first, not wanting to hear these words. It's just that the two of them have already discussed it before, and they only mentioned it slightly at this time.
Therefore, Yi Zhi just shook his head and said: "The inside story is not yet known, but when I was preparing for the banquet this afternoon, I happened to hear that Mrs. and General Cai Mao only said a few words. ”
At the end, he said: "If the imperial uncle wants to resign, he will definitely be discovered by his wife, and it will be difficult to escape Cai Mao's ambush army at that time." ”
"In this way, please also ask Uncle Ji to secretly inform Uncle Zhi and let him ......"
Yi Yuan shook his head and interrupted: "Uncle Huang doesn't smell the grass and startle the snake!" He understood Liu Bei's intentions again, and said: "Besides, if the emperor's uncle leaves safely, Cai Mao doesn't know the truth for a while, and General Chen will naturally be able to get out of danger safely!" It is to go with the emperor's uncle, and he will inform General Chen if he does not lose his tea. ”
"That'...... Okay, get ahead of the curve! ”
Liu Bei is not an indecisive person, otherwise he would not have repeatedly escaped from danger. Liu Bei immediately said goodbye to his nationality, and found Lu in the stable, deceived the guards under the pretext of going back to get something, and took out a lot of money. Out of the Texas Pastoral Mansion, Liu Bei did not dare to stop, rode his horse and galloped, but the guards at the city gate could not stop him, and he was able to get out of Xiangyang.
Cai Mao wanted to attack Liu Bei, and he made a lot of preparations, including the guards at the gate of the mansion, all of which were bought by him, and Liu Bei had not yet left the city, so he was told by him Cai Mao that this was still for the sake of Liu Bei who sent a lot of money.
Cai Mao was shocked, raised his sword to find Liu Bei, but he couldn't see it, and he was anxious to find Chen, but he couldn't see it, so he hurriedly led his troops to the post house, not wanting the owner of the hall to say that Liu Bei had never stayed here. didn't wait for Cai Mao to do more investigations, Ximen came to report.
Cai Mao knew that Liu Bei had escaped from the city, so he hurriedly ordered Cai Zhong and Cai Xun to search for Chen Zhi and others in the city, and led the army west to hunt down Liu Bei.
However, it was said that Cai Mao had laid an ambush at the three gates in the southeast and north before to prevent Liu Bei from escaping, leaving only the west gate without making much arrangements.
On the other hand, Liu Bei crashed out of the west gate, and after a few miles, he saw a large stream several feet wide blocking the road, and the waves on it were very urgent, and he couldn't pass, so he couldn't help but be anxious, and immediately turned the horse's head to find another way to go. Then he walked back for a mile or two, but he didn't see the bypass, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and knew that this was Cai Mao chasing him, so he had to look back again and look at Tanxi and leave.
When he went to Tanxi again, Liu Bei was desperate: "There is no way out today~"
When he turned around and saw the smoke and dust rolling in, he knew that the pursuers were approaching, and in his eagerness, he bit the crown of his teeth and went down the river. Halfway through the road, the horse's hooves suddenly sank, and most of his clothes were wet.
Hearing the sound of cheering again, Liu Bei Nai whipped and shouted: "Lu, Lu!" me today! After speaking, Lu suddenly got up from the water, jumped three feet, and flew onto the west bank.
Cai Mao led the troops to chase after him, just to see this scene in his eyes, like looking at the heavens, but he did not forget the purpose of this trip, and shouted: "The state pastor set up a banquet for Xuande, why didn't Xuande say goodbye?" ”
Liu Bei was stunned when he heard Cai Mao's words, and he suddenly came back to his senses, but he didn't answer, and walked west.
Cai Mao was in a hurry and wanted to pursue, but when he saw that there was nothing to pass up and down Tanxi, he remembered that it was he who had ordered his subordinates to destroy the only bridge to cross the river near the left to prevent Liu Bei from escaping, and he didn't want to be Liu Bei's help now, so he couldn't help but hate, but shouted-
"Why did Xuande run away? Could it be that it harmed the state pastor? ”
After shouting, Cai Mao didn't stop, and hurriedly returned to the city, but now there was an accident and other arrangements were needed.
When he returned to the city, he met Cai Zhong, and learned that Liu Bei's entourage Chen Zhi and others were also able to escape from the city, and the remorse in his heart became even worse. Fortunately, he learned where Liu Bei had stayed in the city before, and hurried to the Fengyun Inn.
As for the small courtyard, there is no gain. When he was about to leave, Cai Mao had a plan, wrote a poem on the wall, and then went to the state to see Liu Biao, and said: "Liu Bei has long had the intention of rebellion, not only did not live in the post house, but also wrote anti-poems on the wall in the place where he stayed, and left without resignation at the banquet. ”
Liu Biao didn't believe it, and when he saw him, he had four verses of poetry.
"Years of streak-out, empty to the old mountains and rivers. The dragon is in the pool, ride the wind in the sky! ”
Liu Biao was furious, drew his sword and said angrily: "Swear to kill this bureaucracy!" ”
When Fang Zi returned home, Liu Biao suddenly thought: Although he has not been with Xuande for a long time, he has never heard of composing poetry, which must be a plan for outsiders to discord.
Thinking of this, Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao's eyes a little wrong, and went back to the small courtyard to cut off the poems and abandon the sword.
Cai Mao didn't notice anything wrong with Liu Biao's eyes, but when he saw this move, he was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and reported in his mouth: "The sergeants have been ordered, you can go to Xinye to capture and kill Liu Bei!" ”
Liu Biao felt that Cai Mao and the others had already planned at this time, otherwise they would have ordered the sergeants so quickly, and he was furious in his heart, but he could only force himself to press it and said, "You can't make a time, and you can figure it out slowly." ”
Cai Mao saw that the governor could no longer do this, so he said goodbye and left, but secretly returned to the backyard of the state pastor's mansion from the side door, went to see Cai's family, and said: "The state pastor is already suspicious of Mao, and he will definitely know about it after a long time, and now he can only act according to the second plan." ”
"It's been like this for a long time, how can there be so many things. Now the old man is suspicious, even the second plan is not so easy. Cai said in distress.
Cai Mao's face was full of fierceness, and said: "It's really not good, you invite him to have a meal together, as long as you stun him, it's not too late to poison him at that time." ”
"This ......," Cai only hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "Act according to the original plan first, and if it is not possible, then follow this plan." ”
"That's very good."
Liu Biao realized that something was wrong, so he raised his vigilance, and because of his anger, his body that was about to heal was damaged by two points, and his vigilance became even worse, and finally he avoided the poison, so he also killed the decoction of several people, but he never found out who poisoned it. Only be vigilant again!
However, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, just the next day, in the face of Cai's request for a meal, although Liu Biao was a little hesitant, but thinking that the husband and wife have been married for many years and the relationship is quite deep, he still agreed, so he stepped into the abyss.
Soon, the news of Liu Biao's death came out of the state governor's office, and indicated that it was probably Liu Bei's hand. Who asked Liu Bei to say goodbye without saying goodbye before! This gives the other person a voice.
So the first thing Liu Cong did when he took over as the state pastor was to order Liu Bei to be deprived of his identity as the county commander of Xinye County, and to order Liu Bei to be arrested.