Liu Cong not only regarded Cai Mao as his father-in-law, but talked to Cai Mao with the reverence of the soldiers of later generations for General Jingxiang. In Liu Cong's eyes, Cai Mao followed Liu Biao to pacify Jingzhou, and the official worshiped the military division of General Zhennan, so he naturally had his advantages.

In Liu Cong's view, whether it is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the description of Cai Mao shows that Cai Mao is a pivotal person, following Liu Biao to pacify Jingzhou, successively serving as Jiangxia, Nanjun, Zhangling Taishou, and then as the general military division of Zhennan, after Cao Cao's southern expedition, he successively served as Zhonglang, Sima, and Changshui Lieutenant, and was knighted as the Marquis of Hanyang Pavilion.

In the romance, whether it is the two designs to murder Liu Bei, it shows his vision, during the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Lang tried his best to kill the people, except for Zhuge Liang, that is, Cai Mao. The Heroes Club had such a big pomp, and they did not hesitate to let Jiang Gan see the situation in the Jiangdong military camp, just to get rid of Cai Mao's trouble. After weighing it, the advantages of killing Cai Mao outweigh the disadvantages, which shows that Cai Mao's ability cannot be taken lightly even by Zhou Lang.

Aside from Cai Mao's talent, even the strength of the Cai family behind him is extraordinary, and Liu Cong is unwilling to offend Cai Mao until it is absolutely necessary. With this reverence, Liu Cong also felt surprisingly good for Cai Mao.

This son-in-law of mine suddenly knows how to advance and retreat and measure, and he is naturally happy as a father-in-law. After chatting for a while, Weng and his son-in-law naturally locked the topic on the candidate for Nanjun Taishou.

Liu Cong first told Cai Mao about Liu Biao's summoning of himself and Liu Cong in the study last night, and Cai Mao was overjoyed: "Cong'er, it seems that this Nanjun is too hopeless to guard Liu Qi, you have to behave well these days and don't let Ling Zun down." "Cai Mao is so smart, Liu Cong recommended Liu Qi, there are only three father and son in the study, but Liu Biao does not express his position, in fact, it is equivalent to expressing his position.

"Everything depends on my father-in-law!" Liu Cong was also unexpected, and his answer was decent.

"In fact, judging from your behavior of killing Wu Ju, the Taishou of Nanjun, many people know that you intend to be the Taishou of Nanjun. I'm just worried that you are still young and it will be difficult to suppress the generals, but now it seems that at least you are more stable than your eldest brother Liu Qi. Originally, I wanted to share the general's worries and serve as the Nanjun Taishou again, but Ling Zun still hesitated, and it seems that Ling Zun's hesitation is reasonable. In the coming days, when the ministers meet in the court, I will strongly recommend you as the Taishou of Nanjun. Presumably, Ling Zun will not object. ”

"Thank you father-in-law for your great help, don't hide it from your father-in-law, Nanjun Taishou Liu Cong is determined to win, but it is better that this recommendation is not proposed by my father-in-law. Although it is said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, there have long been criticisms between you and my son-in-law, and they can still give up without coming out. ”

"Why is that?" Cai Mao is not afraid of other people's criticism, what's wrong with the old man supporting his son-in-law?

"My father-in-law now has a very important position in Jingzhou, and my father-in-law's support for Cong'er Xiangyang City is well known to everyone, so even if my father-in-law doesn't say it, I believe you all understand. When Cong'er returned victorious, he would take this opportunity to expand his influence, and he wanted to get the support of more adults. ”

"It's good, but you're ...... in the old days It's hard to get more support. Cai Mao saw that Liu Cong had such a heart, so she wanted to remind Liu Cong that Liu Cong had a bad feeling before.

"It's man-made, and in the past, the eldest brother was no better, not to mention that there were not many candidates for this position." Liu Cong also understands at this moment that he can get Cai Mao's support entirely because of Cai Lin.

If Cai Mao has other better and more suitable candidates, according to the tense relationship between himself and Cai Lin before, Cai Mao may decisively abandon this kind of Weng son-in-law, from history, when Cao Cao went south, Cai Mao did not hesitate to coerce Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao in order to protect his Cai family's power in Xiangyang, and it could not be seen that compared to the interests of the family, Weng and his son-in-law's feelings were as light as a feather, not to mention that Cai Mao did not know that he and Cai Lin had reconciled and were intimate.

Therefore, Liu Cong also made up his mind that he didn't want Cai Mao to contribute until the last moment, if Cai Mao didn't come forward, Liu Cong would be able to take down Nanjun Taishou, and to some extent, he could really win Cai Mao's respect. Cai Mao didn't know Liu Cong's thoughts, but he was a young man who was competitive, so he smiled at the moment, "If the virtuous son-in-law wants to be self-reliant and self-reliant, I will naturally not stop it, but if there is a need, just open my mouth." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!" got Cai Mao's promise, the two chatted for a while, and soon it was lunch time, and after lunch, Liu Cong got up to say goodbye, leaving Cai Lin at her parents' house.

After Liu Cong left, Cai Mao asked his wife why she was smiling in the morning, and Mrs. Cai Mao told her daughter and son-in-law about the reunion. Although Cai Mao was overjoyed when she heard this, she couldn't help muttering in her heart, what does this bastard want to do? Trying to please Lin'er, but turning away my support?

Liu Cong didn't have the heart to stay at Cai Mao's house to continue to contact the relationship, with Cai Lin here, Liu Cong believed that Cai Mao and his wife would have a great change in their opinion of themselves, and the most important thing at the moment was to contact the ministers of civil and military affairs in Xiangyang. Liu Cong's next goal is to be hired!

Liu Cong naturally knows the talent of literary recruitment.

In history, Wen Ping first guarded Nanyang for Liu Biao, rejected Cao Cao, and then surrendered to Cao Cao, stationed in Jiangxia, and repeatedly led troops to stop Guan Yu's division, attacked his baggage, burned his warships, and made great contributions, becoming one of the generals who relied on Cao Gong as a barrier, and his prestige spread far and wide. Later, he was more from the conquest, and he was awarded the title of General Hou, Marquis of Xinye. During Cao Rui's accession to the throne, Wen Ping repelled the invading Sun Quan in Jiangxia.

A general who made Cao Cao, Guan Yu, and Sun Quan helpless, there are really not many places in Jingzhou, and it can be said that among the generals, except for Cai Mao, he is a civil servant. The important thing is that Wen Ping was only twenty-seven years old, he was a native of Nanyang County, and after Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao. Wen Ping did not see Cao Cao at the beginning, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet and asked him why he was late, Wen Ping said that he could not protect the soil and was ashamed to see people.

Talented and loyal, such generals are rare in the entire Three Kingdoms era. More importantly, Wenpin is also an important force to balance Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. Therefore, Liu Congwan is unwilling to miss the opportunity to make friends with Wenpin.

After returning to the house to make some preparations, he took Huang Quan and the others straight to the Wenpin Mansion.

Coming out of Cai's Mansion, Liu Cong and Huang Quan, who were waiting outside, rode horses in parallel on Xiangyang Street, which was also deliberately arranged by Liu Cong to change the perception of the people of Xiangyang about themselves, so that the people of Xiangyang knew that the second son, Liu Cong, was a talent, not only inherited Liu Biaowen, but also was good at martial arts. It's just that the two of them didn't run a few steps before they encountered something. From a distance, I saw a group of onlookers on the street in front of me, and the horse couldn't pass.

As a last resort, Liu Cong dismounted, and together with Huang Quan, tried to lead the horse and squeeze over.

"Little girl, look at your appearance, if you serve this son well, Lin Luo silk ...... indispensable"

"Yes, let's go, go home with my son-in-law, live in a big house, and eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day......"

"Rascal, let go!"

"Let go of my young lady!"

Liu Cong, who was separated by several people, understood that this was a little hooligan who was molesting the daughter of a good family, and couldn't help sighing, what kind of world is this, this is still Liu Biao's Jingzhou Governing Office Xiangyang City, if you change to another county, isn't it rape on the street?

"Childe doesn't have to worry about these people, that Kuai Jian specializes in this kind of thing on weekdays, Childe, you later, I'll go and drive them away."

"Kuai Jian?" Liu Cong tried hard to recall this name, isn't that the son of Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue's own nephew? The two great Confucians in Xiangyang City actually cultivated such a bastard, it seems that Liu Biao is not the most cowardly, Liu Qi and Liu Cong are at least stronger than this guy.

"Huang Quan, you don't meddle with things, you can't eat and walk around if you spoil my son-in-law's good deeds!" A house slave shouted loudly, apparently rejecting Huang Quan's persuasion. Huang Quan was helpless and returned to Liu Cong's side stupidly.

"Huang Quan, you lead the horse and wait for me to go in person!"

"Forget it, Gongzi, there are many of them, ......" In Huang Quan's opinion, this kind of thing of molesting women from good families is too common, and Liu Cong has done it before.

"No, this is Xiangyang City, it's my father's place of governance, molesting women from good families in broad daylight, if I see it and don't care, wouldn't it ruin my father's reputation and condone these bastards!