Although it is a temporary residence, after all, Ye Zhao's identity is different now, even if it is a temporary residence, it is also spacious and bright by the craftsmen.

Under the thin window screen, the woman in the red palace dress stood at the foot of the steps, facing Ye Zhao slightly, at the age of twenty-four or five, her skin was as white as congealed fat, and the visual conflict brought to people was very strong.

Even if Ye Zhao is over forty years old now, and several of his wives and concubines are rare beauties in the world, but when he sees the woman in front of him, he still can't help but feel a little moved.

"This is Zhang Yan's 'gift'?" Ye Zhao looked at the woman, it was undeniable that the other party's appearance made him very excited, he had seen too many beauties, but the holy taste between his eyebrows added a few different charms to this woman.

Li Ru nodded: "Does the lord know the identity of this woman?" ”

"Look up." Ye Zhao was condescending, looking down at the woman, and there was a bit of majesty in his faint voice.

The woman raised her head slightly according to her words, meeting Ye Zhao's gaze, her eyes were very bright and clear, there are probably not many beauties of this level in the world.

Ye Zhao walked in front of the woman, dragged the other party's chin with ten fingers, let the woman look at him, and said with a smile: "Ordinary people can't raise this kind of temperament, it should be a rich family, but unfortunately, there is a bit of grace between the eyebrows, when she is already a woman, I heard that after Cao Cao broke through Yecheng, in order to take care of Yuan Shao's general's emotions, he did not move a single bit to the Yuan family, this woman, should be Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, say your name." ”

"Prisoner Zhen Mi, see Prime Minister." The woman wanted to salute, but her chin was dragged by Ye Zhao and she couldn't move.

"Lord, I don't know ...... this woman" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao with some concern, Ye Zhao so far, there are only four women, in terms of Ye Zhao's identity and status today, it is really not much, but although this woman is the best choice in appearance and temperament, but after all, she is no longer a child, although the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty does not take this thing very seriously, but Ye Zhao's four women are all committed to Ye Zhao as virgins, although this woman is good, but Li Ru is not sure whether Ye Zhao likes it or not.

"Stay." Ye Zhao let go of Zhen Mi's chin, sniffed the aroma between his fingers, and said with a smile: "But it's no more, he should rest assured." ”

"Whoa!" Li Ru bowed, didn't dare to look at Zhen Mi again, and bowed back.

In the hall, only Ye Zhao and Zhen Mi remained, Ye Zhao looked quietly for a moment, and said to Zhen Mi: "Go back to the back hall to rest." ”

"Whoa!" Zhen Mi bowed, seemed to have recognized her fate, did not resist, and went to the back hall under the leadership of the maid.

In the next few days, Luoyang's civil and military forces found that the probability of Ye Zhao's appearance was much less, but now Luoyang's work is on the right track, and not everything needs to be reported to Ye Zhao, so Ye Zhao's frequency of appearance is less, but the work is still in order, Ye Zhao's governance method is somewhat inactive, of course, when there are some important decisions, Ye Zhao will still appear on time and solve the problem.

In this way, the time passed unconsciously for half a year, from March to September, it was about to enter the cold winter again, the outline of Luoyang City has been initially presented, with 500,000 people being mobilized, but also made Luoyang recover a lot of popularity.

The early morning sun spilled into the room through the screen window, Zhen Mi silently helped Ye Zhao clean up the traces left after yesterday's madness, served Ye Zhao to change into new clothes, and didn't mind his body, so it was unreservedly presented in Ye Zhao's sight.

doesn't talk much, but she doesn't compete for favor, she is obedient, she is very caring in her work, and she doesn't care about political affairs, for Ye Zhao, who is over forty years old, such a woman is undoubtedly very comfortable.

"Pay more attention to your body, these things can actually be done by subordinates." Ye Zhao stretched out his hand, took off a gauze robe from the hanger, and helped Zhen Mi put it on, maybe it was not love, but in fact, at this level, Ye Zhao rarely thought about this kind of problem, the woman in front of him deserves pity.

"Whoa!" Zhen Mi bowed slightly and said, "Li Shizhong is still waiting outside the door, and Cheng is quite concerned about state affairs. ”

Ye Zhao nodded, and after getting dressed with the help of Zhen Mi, he went straight out.

Outside the door, Li Ru was already waiting anxiously there, and when he saw Ye Zhao coming out, he hurriedly greeted him and bowed.

"What happened? In such a hurry? Ye Zhao looked at Li Rudao suspiciously.

"Back to the lord, Liu Biao has passed away!" Li Ru bowed and said.

"Oh?" Ye Zhao paused when he heard this, and then continued to move forward, and asked at the same time, "When is it?" ”

"Six days ago!"

Liu Biao's body, since the fifth year of Tai'an, has not been very good, at the beginning of the year fell ill, and finally after entering September, he finally couldn't hold his life.

In fact, after six months, Ye Zhao rarely received news of Liu Biao's public appearances, and at that time, according to the information sent back from Jingzhou, Ye Zhao's subordinates speculated that Liu Biao might die soon.

"What is the situation in Jingzhou?" Ye Zhao walked into the hall, but saw that Guo Jia, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Guan Hai, Guan Ping, Lu Bu and others had all gathered here, and he was not polite, and after sitting down, he asked directly.

"Back to the lord, Liu Jingsheng over the years, Wenzhi Jingxiang, but also resistant to the spread of folk books, in the world of states and counties, the promotion of papermaking and printing, to Jingxiang land resistance is the most serious, and therefore, Jingxiang land family is extremely strong, now Jingxiang land, Cai, Kuai, Huang, Zhang four families are the most prosperous, Jingxiang 280,000 land and water army, almost all in the hands of the four masters, of which, only 50,000 in the hands of Wen Ping, Liu Pan two generals, these two people, Liu Biao's confidant generals." The official in charge of intelligence collection explained the current situation in Jingzhou: "However, since the third year of Tai'an, the situation has been somewhat different. ”

"Oh? What's the difference? Ye Zhao thought about it, in the third year of Tai'an, Ye Zhao had just started a war with Cao Cao, and there was no major event in Jingzhou at that time, except for a raid on Xinye and the beheading of Lu Bu's general Hou Cheng.

"Does the lord remember Liu Bei?" Guo Jia on the side asked with a smile.

Ye Zhao nodded, glanced at Guan Yu, who had an unnatural complexion, and said, "Naturally remember." ”

After Liu Bei's defeat, his wife didn't have time to bring it, and was captured by Cao Cao, I heard that Mrs. Gan was accepted by Cao Cao, and her son was imprisoned in Jizhou.

"After Liu Bei was defeated in Youzhou, with the help of the wealthy merchants in Xuzhou, he fled to Jiangdong by sea, and then turned to Jingzhou from the Yangtze River, defected to Liu Biao, and was taken in by Liu Biao." Guo Jia said with a smile: "Although it is not accepted by Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, in the past two years, Liu Bei has also won the support of many wealthy families such as the Ma family and the Kou family in Jingzhou, and now he is guarding Deng County, which is quite popular with the people." ”

This person really has a bit of the meaning of the son of luck, no matter how he fights, Ye Zhao nodded and said: "That is to say, although the four great families now hold great power, Liu Bei also has the power to compete?" ”

"Not bad!" Guo Jia nodded and said: "Liu Biao's eldest son is quite close to Liu Bei, now although Liu Biao is dead, he did not specify who will take over Jingxiang before his death, although Cai's intention to push Liu Cong to take over, but many people resisted, in addition, that Wei Qi has been quite close to Liu Bei since he fled into Jingxiang, Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi is now guarding Jiangxia, and there are some soldiers and horses in his hands, plus some of Liu Biao's old Shanyang department is also friendly to Liu Bei, the two sons have become a game of contention, and in a hurry, it may be difficult to distinguish the winner and loser, and the civil strife in Jingzhou will be inevitable. ”

"Lord, this is a God-given opportunity, the last general is willing to lead the vanguard, break through Xiangyang for the lord, and capture the Liu Cong brothers!" Hua Xiong stood up excitedly.

Ye Zhao didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Lu Budao: "Fengxian, you have lived in Nanyang for a long time, and you have had a lot of confrontations with Liu Biao, what do you think?" ”

After Lu Bu was silent for a moment, he shook his head and said: "North of the Han River, the Jingzhou army is vulnerable, but if the Han River is crossed, our army will not have a water army, and from the beginning of this place, it will be a waterway that is vertical and horizontal, not suitable for cavalry galloping. ”

When a group of generals heard this, they looked at Lu Bu in surprise, how can they be abolished, and their words have become a lot calmer, is this still the Wen Hou who was brave in the world in the past?

Ye Zhao nodded, noncommittal, turned his head to look at Guo Jia and Li Ru and said, "What do the two military advisors think?" ”

Guo Jia and Li Ru glanced at each other, Li Ru bowed and said: "Although Jingzhou is chaotic, but the minister thinks that this is not the time to send troops, if our army sends troops to Jingzhou, then Cao Sun will inevitably take advantage of the weakness to attack, the minister thinks, it is better to pretend to attack Jingzhou, in fact, gather the elite, when Cao Cao and Sun Ce come to attack, face the head attack, first level the Central Plains, if you can fight the Central Plains, then take Jingzhou, such as probing and taking things!" ”

Guo Jia didn't speak, but looking at his expression, he knew that Guo Jia was quite in agreement with Li Ru's statement.

Ye Zhao's advantage now is in the army, there are cavalry that are strong in the world, and the strength of the infantry is enough to sweep the world, but the navy is Ye Zhao's weakness, and attacking Jingxiang at this moment is obviously not as easy as the original attack.

Ye Zhao obviously knew his current advantages and disadvantages, so after discussing with everyone, he decided to use Guo Jia and Li Ru's strategy to level the Central Plains first, and then take Jingxiang!