On the outskirts of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Liu Bei used two fingers to pull out a bamboo stick from the wooden fish tube, and the tip of this dark cyan bamboo stick was sharpened into a sharp sword shape, looking gloomy and solemn like a real sharp sword. He raised his elbow slightly and threw it out gently.

The bamboo stick drew an arc and fell to the ground covered with yellow sand. The executioner not far away let out a loud shout, and his broad-bladed broadsword was clenched in both hands and swung down. The blade easily sliced through the flesh, slicing the neck bone, and severing the entire head from a tall body. The head rolled on the ground a few times and rolled to Liu Bei's feet. The eyes of the deceased were still open, full of unwillingness and resentment, in stark contrast to Liu Bei's compassionate and indifferent eyes.

And this head is just the beginning. With the clean performance of the first executioner, the other executioners were not to be outdone. They all shouted loudly, and their hands rose and fell. For a while, the blood splashed on the yellow sand was drunk, and the heads that rolled off one by one were like a ball race, slashing at Liu Bei's feet.

It wasn't until the last head under his feet stopped rolling that Liu Bei looked at the dead bodies all over the ground before he sighed and looked away from the ground. Several sergeants next to him shouted loudly in unison: "The execution is over, and the leader of the anti-thieves has been ambushed!" The voice resounded throughout the schoolyard. However, in strong contrast to Liu Bei's compassionate eyes, after those soldiers shouted excitedly, they didn't know who it was, and shouted again: "Uncle Huang is mighty!" ”

"Uncle Huang is mighty!" The rest of the soldiers felt kindness in Liu Bei's stunned and then very kind smile, and they all shouted again.

Then, without being instructed, someone graciously brought a copper basin with water and a few peach leaves. Jingzhou customs, after seeing blood, you should wash your hands with water, the fragrance of peach leaves can cover the smell, otherwise you will be killed by the dead soul following the smell of blood. Liu Bei never believed in this, but he had no special reason to oppose it.

He smiled at the soldiers who brought the brass basin to show his gratitude, although these were not his soldiers, but because of this, he would not be stingy with his smile. Then he washed his hands and looked up at the sky. Today's sky in Xiangyang is hazy, and large clouds of leaden gray clouds are gathering at the head of the city, and there is not a trace of wind. It doesn't rain, but it can fog up easily. Once the fog is shrouded, the whole city will become white and blurry, and you can't see anything clearly, which makes people feel irritable.

"It's a great weather." Liu Bei secretly sighed.

Liu Bei has been in Jingzhou for almost a month, and nominally he has come to help Liu Biao in Jingzhou quell the rebellion. As a result, he couldn't help but do some superficial work this month. Thanks to Kuai Liang's energy in Jingzhou, Liu Bei received a large amount of money and military rations, and in exchange for 5,000 equipment and war horses from the Ma family. After the 20,000 Liu Bei army was fully equipped, the combat power directly increased by several grades, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as driving tigers and swallowing sheep against those bandits who occupy the mountains and rob houses.

After the first battle, Chen Zhi, the leader of the personal guards, once sighed in Liu Bei's ear: "With this elite battle armor, the last general dares to charge and kill 3,000 Jingzhou cavalry with 500 guards!" After Liu Bei heard this, his face was happy and worried. Happily, his military strength can already be fought in Jingzhou; The worry is that compared with Ma Chao's strength, he has long been different. You must know that the number of cavalry in Chang'an alone in the Ma family is 50,000. Moreover, his military equipment armor is still a defective product that the Ma family has eliminated for more than a year......

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Bei's eyebrows were even more worried, and he was not even in the mood to smile back at the soldiers who saw him back. Until he entered his mansion in Xiangyang, he was not fully opened, and then walked straight into a quiet room in the backyard.

"Why is the general frowning so deeply?" A young man turned around, he didn't even see Liu Bei's face, so he judged Liu Bei's worries: "Ruoliang guessed well, but because the bandits in Jingzhou have been pacified, the lord is worried that Liu Biao will ask the envoy to leave under the pretext of this?" ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, since this young man came to his command, Liu Bei felt that all his thoughts could not escape his eyes that were as bright as stars. However, Liu Bei never hated this, he didn't need to know how to hide his thoughts and be useless old people now, on the contrary, Zhuge Liang, an enterprising and vigorous young talent, was what Liu Bei needed the most.

For being able to get a young genius like Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei was a little more fortunate in his heart. He remembered that it was before he was about to enter Jingzhou, and suddenly got a letter from Pang Degong, Mr. Jingzhou Shuijing. The letter said that he was going to be moved to Chang'an by the Ma family, and that the son of an old friend was going to Xiangyang in the near future, and asked Liu Bei to take care of it. Liu Bei had a correspondence with Mr. Shui Jing, and although he had not met in person, he knew each other, so he naturally agreed and sent Chen to pick up Zhuge Liang.

As soon as Zhuge Liang arrived in Liu Bei's army, he showed incomparable intelligence and resourcefulness. After a few times, Liu Bei became more and more important to Zhuge Liang, and gradually developed to the point where he would come to Zhuge Liang's residence whenever he had something on his mind.

"I'm not worried about this matter, since Liu Jingzhou invited me to Jingzhou, naturally I won't really do it for those thieves." Liu Bei sat in front of the main house, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all: "Those who are worried are afraid that the Han family was bullied by Cao thieves, the Son of Heaven was angry and drew his sword, and the thieves dared to force each other with spears, forcing the Son of Heaven to crown Cao Thief as the king of Wei." The majesty of the Han family, being trampled on the soles of his feet like this, is really painful! ”

Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard this, he sat opposite Liu Bei, shook the feather fan before saying, "The general thinks that the Han family still has prestige?" Back then, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others broke through Chang'an, so wasn't the position of the general and the third prince like rotten vegetables in the vegetable field to be taken by Li Dao and Guo Yan? Speaking of this, Liu Bei was already slightly excited, and before he opened his mouth to speak, he was stopped by Zhuge Liang with a fan: "General, don't think that the Son of Heaven named Cao Cao as the king of Wei is forced, and it is an honor for one person to be the king." If two people claim to be kings, it is a provocation. Does the general think that this title of King of Wei really wants Cao Cao? ”

Liu Bei frowned again and was silent, yes, he could also see that in the short term, this was a sign of humiliation that the Han family was completely defeated by the Cao family and forced to bow their heads. But in the long run, the title of this 'king' is really not good, as Zhuge Liang said, one person is the king, that is the supreme glory, but if there are many kings, it is not worth much. The Ma family in Chang'an is recuperating and recuperating, and it doesn't seem to be showing its teeth outward, but who can say for sure, Ma Chao won't be annoyed by Cao Cao's title of King of Wei? Even if he didn't care, but the entire group under his command could allow that guy Cao Cao to be so provocative?

"As Mr. said, this is a ploy by His Majesty to capture the past?" Liu Bei tentatively spoke, but was sneered at by Zhuge Liang: "Does the Han family still have this qualification?" The Son of Heaven has endured for many years, thinking that he has the pearl of wisdom in his hands, and always regards the Chang'an Ma family as the enemy of life. Finally made a bad move on Cao Cao's matter and lost all the games, perhaps, he thought that Cao Cao was still Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately, he was a little too confident. ”

Zhuge Liang did not say anything more. After all, the dust has settled on the matter in Xuchang, and there is no point in discussing it. And Liu Bei has always lived as the emperor of the Han family, so he naturally doesn't want to listen to the words that belittle the Son of Heaven. Zhuge Liang's eyes rolled, and then suddenly lit up again, and he asked Liu Bei a little mysteriously: "General, could it be that you just saw these things with the incident of Emperor Liang's mausoleum?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Bei was really a little surprised at this time, his body suddenly leaned slightly, and he said, "Could it be that there is an inside story in it?" ”

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei's eyes didn't seem to be fake, and he was a little confident in his heart, and then still asked: "General, can you imagine that the Han family and the Cao family break up, who is the most beneficial to break with the Cao family?" ”

"The Ma family?" Liu Bei said this sentence almost reflexively, but then thought about it before adding: "Maybe there is also the Jiangdong Sun family?" ......" The voice of the latter sentence is almost negligible, for no other reason, it is really that the behemoth of the Ma family is blocked in the hearts of the princes of the Han family, which is too heavy.

"Yes, the Sun family may indeed benefit, but if it weren't for Sun Ce's fate, he would have been shot to death by Cao's Jing'an Cao, and how much ability do you have to direct such a good show?"

"What Mr. Zhuge means is that this is related to the Liang Huangling incident, and it is even related to the Ma family in Chang'an?"

"I don't know if it's related, but Ryo knows that anything that is clearly beneficial to people can't be just a coincidence." Zhuge Liang's words were a little too difficult to understand, but the next sentence was plain and straightforward: "Does the general know that there is a person in the shadow of the Ma family, named Mu Yang?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head, but at the same time, he suddenly felt in his heart: After the espionage work presided over by Chen Deng in Xuzhou was interrupted, it seemed that he should establish a complete spy system again. And the person who presides over this spy system...... Far away, close at hand!