The night gradually enveloped the city of Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou City has a curfew, the danger of the night is too great, the existence of the curfew, is to minimize this danger, at this time the curfew has begun, except for the six doors with patrol duties, there is basically no one walking, there is silence.

Cai Yong's carriage returned to Cai's mansion under such seclusion, and the curfew was only for the object, as if people of Cai Yong's level were not within the scope of the curfew.

Jiangzhou Caifu, also known as Yizhou Right Changshi Mansion, the front yard is the official office of the right Changshi, and the backyard is the inner courtyard of Caifu.

Cai Yong is a clear stream among the scholars, although he is the great sage of Shilin, the great Confucian of the world, but he is not a wealthy family, Chen Liucai is not a family gatekeeper, at most it is just a local squire, Cai Yong is a self-reliant door, the only daughter under his knees, and has no heirs.

So no matter where Cai Fu is, it seems a little cold.

"Master, there is a guest who has been waiting in the side hall for a long time!" As soon as he got out of the carriage and walked in the door, the old butler greeted him, and reported in a low voice.

"Guest?"

Cai Yong squinted his eyes and glanced at the old housekeeper suspiciously.

"Guests from Chang'an!" The old butler whispered, "I have a secret letter from Wang Situ!" ”

As Cai Yong's housekeeper, he is naturally Cai Yong's most confidant servant, the old housekeeper has grown up with Cai Yong since he was a child, and he is loyal to him.

"Nope!"

When Cai Yong heard this, he was silent for a while, his fists suddenly clenched, and he said in a low voice: "Blasted out directly!" ”

The words between the Minghou Mansion and Mu Jing just now had a great impact on him, and even made him shake his determination a little, Mu Jing spread out the matter, and let him understand a little more, some things, they can't be confused between them, the position is always contradictory, but it must be clear, although he is a little pedantic, but the political wisdom is not weak, it is very clear that the political battle, even if it is as close as father and son, it is inevitable to fight for life and death.

At this time, he didn't want to see people from Chang'an, not that he chose to give up the imperial court and support Mu Jing, and the book reached his point, once the faith in his heart was established, it could not be destroyed at all.

He just wanted to quiet himself and sort things out in this matter.

Liu Zhang's participation in the rebellion between Guanghan and Shu County had already made him unhappy, but he still tried his best to calm things down.

But this time.

The Chang'an court intervened in the affairs of Guanghan, but it failed to inform him at all, which made him more and more unhappy.

The Chang'an Imperial Court, whether it is Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, or Situ Wang Yun, is already a little paranoid.

He didn't know if he could trust them.

The most important thing is that Cai Yong seems to have gradually realized something very terrible recently, his seemingly secret every move, but he has not escaped the eyes of his son-in-law at all, as if he is everywhere and knows everything.

He knew that he still underestimated this son-in-law's control over Yizhou.

Therefore, no matter whether you choose to help Chang'an or choose to support Liu Zhang in the future, you must be careful and careful, and you can't continue to be so careless in doing things, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve great things and you will suffer disasters.

He is not afraid of death, but he can't die in vain, even if one day, he is punished by his son-in-law under the sword, and he has to do things beautifully.

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After the banquet, Cai Yong left, but Mu Jing was stunned in the stone pavilion under his subordinates.

Today's words did not achieve what he wanted, but made things go a little out of control, he underestimated Cai Yong, and also underestimated the deep-rooted loyalty and patriotism of scholars in this era.

The 400 years of the Han Dynasty have already been imprinted in the hearts of many people.

"My lord, news from Jing Wusi!"

Zhuge Xuan was on duty in Zhaomingtang tonight, and when he got the news, he entered the back house as soon as possible to meet Mu Jing.

"Say!"

"The spies who have just been eyeing Cai's Mansion have come to report that Cai Changshi drove the envoy of Chang'an out of Cai's Mansion!"

"Tell them, don't keep an eye on it, remove all the spies around Cai's mansion!" Mu Jing pondered for a moment and said suddenly.

Whether it's a smoke bomb or Cai Yong really wants to break off the relationship.

As the lord of the Ming Marquis Mansion, he can't be gullible.

As Cai Yong's son-in-law, he must give Cai Yong a chance to choose again.

"No!"

Zhuge Xuan nodded.

"Zhuge , this time in the south, Huo Yu stayed in Zhaoming Pavilion, you went out with the army, and you were the master of the army!" Mu Jing glanced up at Zhuge Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "Go and prepare as soon as possible, we are going south!" ”

"No!"

Zhuge Xuan nodded.

After Zhuge Xuan left, Mu Jing walked out of the stone pavilion and stood next to a small lake, his hands behind his back, his robe raised in the breeze, his eyes were vivid, staring at the bright moon reflected in the lake, and whispered to himself: "Old man, you must not take this step, otherwise you will ......"

In fact, he didn't know what he would do.

The Emperor, ruthless.

He is now also a prince, but the emperor of Yizhou, for the momentum of Yizhou, even if he has affection, he has to become ruthless, because he has too much on his shoulders, so the interests are eternal.

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In Yizhou County in May, there is a sultry atmosphere that is suppressed.

In the early summer season, it would not have been boring, but the current situation in Yizhou has made everyone in Yizhou County breathless.

The new head is in charge of Yizhou.

The first target was in the south.

Several counties in the south of Yizhou, since the establishment of the county, in fact, the imperial court does not have much control, the emperor is far away, the emperor's majesty has not been able to blow here, there are Han people, there are barbarians, many people who have been assigned will be here, countless thieves will come here if they can't survive under the imperial court, there are deep mountains and forests everywhere, and there are many in the big forest, and no one can help it.

Gradually, the situation in the south of Yizhou was formed.

The local wealthy clan controls the general trend, and it is the barbarian clan of the 100,000 mountains united to resist the pressure from the Yizhou Prefecture Pastoral Government.

Yizhou County, Yongchang County, has always been the position of the county guard, the state pastor said that it doesn't matter, even if someone is sent, he will die halfway, and the local forces are so fierce and unscrupulous.

Because of the different roads, even if Yizhou raises troops to attack, it is difficult to be effective.

For example, Liu Yan was also a southern expedition, although he finally got a nominal surrender, but the result was not the same, the forces in the south of Yizhou, he was always unable to participate.

At the beginning, the new lord of Yizhou, Ming Hou Mujing, issued an edict to ask for it, but they didn't take it seriously.

But it was really a large-scale mobilization of the pastoral army.

They panicked.

In the county guard of Yizhou County, more than ten people gathered in the hall, and everyone seemed to be a little worried and worried.

At the top is a man in his thirties, dressed in a brocade robe and wearing a jade crown, elegant and elegant, but with his own majesty.

He Yonghong, the patriarch of the Yong clan.

The Yong clan is the leader of the local wealthy clan in Yizhou, sitting on Yizhou County, nominally the Taishou of Yongchang County, the power of the two counties is used by him, and the soldiers under his command are the elite of the two counties.

Outside, there is also the support of Meng Shu, the barbarian king of the 100,000 mountains.

In the south of Yizhou, he is the emperor of the soil.

Under him, there are more than ten people in the left and right rows, and these people are either the county magistrates of Yizhou County and Yongchang County, or the wealthy families in the two counties, all of whom are his supporters.

"You all already know that the pastoral army has entered Yizhou County, two battles successively, I have been defeated, the world is a fierce soldier, it is worthy of the name, Mu Longtu intends to plot against me in the south of Yizhou, and now it is menacing, what do you think, how to deal with it?"

Yonghong raised his head, his gaze swept over, and watched a person's reaction.

"Patriarch Yong, although the Minghou Mansion has seized Yizhou, his foundation is not stable, and he still needs to move Liu Zhang, the son of the first envoy Liu Yan, out as a shield in order to stabilize the situation of the Minghou Mansion in Yizhou, they chose to plot against our southern Yizhou at this time, is it a little too anxious!"

A middle-aged man stood up and asked: "It is rumored that although the Marquis of Ming is young, he is eloquent and strategic, he is so anxious, isn't he afraid that we will fight them to the end, what is he plotting?" ”

His name is Xu Min, the head of the Xu family in Yizhou.

The ancestor of the Xu clan failed in the game of the imperial court more than 200 years ago, and was exiled to the southwest with a guilty body, never returning to the Central Plains.

The Xu family is also a wealthy family second only to the Yong family, not only has a great influence among the people, but also holds part of the military power of the Yizhou county soldiers, even if Yonghong does not dare to despise the Xu family.

"Master Xu, you also said that that guy is young, and young people are easy to be impulsive, thinking that if they are in charge of the power of Bashu, they will be able to control our southern Yizhou!"

Another bald man spoke up, and said with some contempt: "Even if it was Liu Yan's personal expedition at the beginning, we were not afraid, could it be that this time, the head of the Xu family was afraid!" ”

"It can't be said that the pastoral army under the command of the Marquis of Ming is a famous soldier in the Central Plains, although we did not participate in the Jingzhou Campaign, but we can be regarded as understanding from beginning to end!" Another old man opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Liu Yan can't break Jingzhou, but he Mujing has done it, not to be underestimated!" ”

"Whoever he is, if he dares to come, we will dare to fight, this is our territory, what are we afraid of!"

There were a few arrogant people who shouted directly.

Yonghong looked at them, with a slightly wry smile on his face, he was not as careless as these people, these people have been crisscrossing the two counties of Yongchang and Yizhou all these years, and the people sent by the imperial court have killed and are lawless, but even if they are in Heng, they are just frogs at the bottom of the well.

Yonghong's heart is very clear, he is not afraid of conquest, he is afraid that someone is more serious, fighting is not only the terrain can defeat the enemy, the land of Bashu, the territory is vast, there are many people, the economy is prosperous, they are going to die, and the two counties of Yizhou and Yongchang are not able to hold it at all.

Let's put it this way, even if the population of Yizhou and Yongchang combined, it may not be as good as the population of one Jiangzhou City, even if the population of the barbarians is added, it is estimated to be insignificant.

The big war is together, one dies, one is less, can people in Bashu afford it, can they afford it?

"Master Xu, what do you think Mu Longtu is plotting?" Yonghong's last gaze still fell on Xu Min's body, in his opinion, if there are still some self-aware people in Yizhou County, then Xu Min is one: "If we surrender, will he give up?" ”

"I don't know!"

Xu Min smiled bitterly: "I know one thing, he is not Liu Yan!" ”

At the beginning, they dealt with Liu Yan, first fought and then surrendered, showing the unyielding arrogance of southern Yizhou, and even showed a spirit of dying together, which means that if Liu Yan really competes, they will be killed.

Then they surrendered to Liu Yan and gave Liu Yan enough face, but the power in the south of Yizhou did not change at all.

However, this method may not be useful for pastoral scenes.

This young hero, now in his early twenties, is young, but he started from scratch, from the Central Plains and other places where heroes have come out, he has fought a surging bloody road and laid down the Yizhou country.

These kinds of characters are not intimidating.

"So you mean he's going to kill us?" Yonghong squinted, his eyes hunting, and his coldness flashed: "Is he really not afraid that I will gather the power of the two counties and fight him to the death?" ”

Although the strength of Yizhou County is not strong, with the terrain of Yizhou County and Yongchang County, it is really consumed, and he is not afraid of the herdsman.

"Master Yong, I'm afraid this matter is not only our business, only internal unity can be consistent externally, at this time, we have to reach the closest alliance with the 100,000 Great Mountains in order to deal with the development of the situation!"

Xu Min said: "Once the fight starts, it will be a bloody battle!" ”

Although the local wealthy clans in the south of Yizhou and the barbarians of the 100,000 mountains are united in the general trend and are united with the outside world, there are also internal contradictions, which are the contradictions between the Han and the alien races, and sometimes they are more intense.

"You're right!"

Yonghong nodded: "I have already made an appointment with Meng Huo, and in three days, I will meet in Longpan Mountain, and at that time, you will go with me!" ”

"Yes!"

Xu Min nodded.

"Everyone, this is a matter of our life and death, we have the best and worst plan, now please go back, mobilize the young and strong, gather the soldiers, if you can, I am willing to hope that the way of negotiation can be used to let the herdsmen withdraw, but once the negotiations fail, we can only fight to the death!"

Yonghong said to everyone: "For ourselves, and for our family to prosper forever in this place, I hope that you can all show your best strength and fight together!" ”

"No!"

Everyone nodded one after another, whether it was for power or for the sake of the family, it was impossible for them to retreat, at this time, the pastoral army was a foreign enemy, a foreign enemy of Yizhou County, so they could only resist the enemy together.

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At night, thousands of homes are lit up.

Inside a courtyard in Dianchi City.

"Three days later, Yonghong is going to make an alliance with Meng Huo?" In less than two hours, the news had already reached Yue Shu's ears, and the corners of Yue Shu's mouth raised a wicked smile slightly: "It seems that we have work to do!" ”

"What do we need to do?"

A flag envoy asked.

"What for?"

Yue Shu said indifferently: "Naturally, it's the old business!" ”

He asked, "Is Lord Shi here here?" ”

"I only know that he has entered Dianchi City, but I haven't contacted him yet, he doesn't seem to believe us, and he has lost any whereabouts when he enters Dianchi Lake!"

"Normal, he was originally a big expert in this area!"

Yue Shu said: "Lord Shi Ah doesn't trust anyone except for the commander, but he has to do this in person, you use our Jingwu Division's code to send him a message, I want to see him!" ”

"No!"