Edict of the Son of Heaven!

In the lobby, not only Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Liu Qi and others, all had changed their expressions.

Although they are now under the banner of going to Luoyang to escort them, in fact, they don't know the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven, and they are just suspicious that Su Zhe is harboring the Son of Heaven.

Now, but suddenly a Fu Baolang Zubi appeared, and he appeared in Xiangyang with the edict of the Son of Heaven, how could they not be surprised.

Liu Biao was in a moment of surprise and hesitation, not knowing whether to see it or not.

At this time, Kuai Liang said: "Lord, no matter whether the edict of the Son of Heaven is true or not, the lord should go out of the city to greet him, in case it is true, when the lord refuses to accept the edict and spread it, will it not damage the reputation of the lord who is loyal to the Son of Heaven, as well as the identity of this Han clan." ”

Kuai Liang reminded Liu Biao with a word, he suddenly sobered up, hurriedly stood up, and led a group of Jingzhou civil officials and military generals to go straight to the outside of the mansion.

A group of people came to the gate of the mansion, and when they saw a civil official with a festival war, they waited there for a long time with a solemn face.

Liu Biao was also an official in the court back then, and he didn't know any of the courtiers, but he recognized at a glance that the civil official was indeed Fu Baolang Zubi, the Son of Heaven.

Zu Bi has the duty to protect the emperor's jade seal on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he will accompany the Son of Heaven, and now he appears here, which proves the identity of the Son of Heaven, as well as the authenticity of the edict he holds in his hand.

"It turned out to be Lord Zu, who made you wait for a long time, and it was rude." Liu Biao immediately put on a smiling face, and went down the stairs with a smile to greet him.

"Liu Jingzhou, goodbye to Luoyang, it's been a long time." Zu Bi arched his hand slightly, his expression was still solemn, but he raised the scroll of the edict in his hand, "The lower official is ordered by the Son of Heaven to announce the decree to Liu Jingzhou, Liu Jingzhou, let's go in quickly." ”

Liu Biao also wanted to ask where the Son of Heaven was now, but he was urged by Zu Bi like this, so he didn't want to ask too much, so he was busy with a group of civil and military generals, and he hugged Zu Bi and entered the state pastoral mansion.

Entering the main hall, Zu Bi didn't need Liu Biao's invitation, he went to the bottom of the high level, looked down at Liu Biao and the others, and asked Liu Biao to take the order.

Liu Biao glanced around at his subordinates left and right, so he had no choice but to bow down and proclaim the order.

Liu Qi and a group of courtiers, some knelt down very happily, and some were very reluctant, but finally knelt down.

Seeing that everyone knelt down, Zu Bi nodded with satisfaction, unfolded the scroll, and read the holy decree loudly.

The content of the holy decree is naturally that the Son of Heaven claimed to patrol Nanyang, and was pursued by the traitor Dong Zhuo, but fortunately Su Zhe, a loyal minister, had a meritorious escort, and decided to temporarily stay in the Wancheng Palace, and it was enough for Su Zhe to protect the holy car, and ordered Liu Biao not to mobilize the army to send troops north.

At the end of the holy decree, the Son of Heaven also said that although there was no need for Liu Biao to send troops to Wancheng to escort him, he could send more grain and grass, and the more the better.

Liu Biao listened to this holy decree, his face couldn't help but surge with angry flames, his fists were secretly clenched, and there was a kind of humiliation in his heart that he was teased.

Humiliated by Su Zhe!

The officials behind him were all in an uproar, obviously most people didn't expect that the Son of Heaven really came to Nanyang.

Even Liu Qi was surprised, he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven was in Wancheng, and he didn't even notice it when he ran to Wancheng.

"Hateful! Su Zhe actually deceived me, I'm really blind, it's just raising tigers for trouble~~" Liu Qi pressed his fist on the ground, and his heart was full of anger and remorse.

Only Kuai Yue and Cai Mao insisted that Su Zhe harbored the Son of Heaven, which proved their speculation, and their faces couldn't help but be a little proud.

"The holy decree has been read, Liu Zhoumu, take it." Zu Bi closed the scroll and handed it to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao hesitated for a moment, but still respectfully accepted the holy decree with both hands, and said "thank you for the decree", when he stood up and raised his head, there was no trace of anger on his face.

"Lord Zu, if the Son of Heaven wants to patrol my Jingzhou, why don't you branch the official in advance, and the official should lead the army to Nanyang to escort the car earlier, and save the Son of Heaven from being pursued by the Xiliang Army and being frightened?"

Liu Biao questioned, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction tactfully, why don't you believe me, a member of the Han family, but believe that I am a mere guard from a poor family.

Zu Bi's face was always tense, but he said with a gentle tone: "Liu Zhoumu should be careful, Your Majesty still trusts Liu Zhoumu very much, but the change in Chang'an happened suddenly, and the Son of Heaven also temporarily decided to tour the south, and it was too late to send someone to summon Liu Zhoumu to escort him." ”

"I see." Liu Biao nodded, and said without thinking: "When Nanyang was fighting four wars, Su Zhe had few soldiers and horses, which was not enough to protect the Son of Heaven, so it was better to ......."

"Ahem, cough, cough—" A coughing sound sounded behind him, interrupting Liu Biao's words.

Liu Biao looked back, but saw Kuai Yue secretly glaring at him.

Liu Biao understood, and said with a smile before he finished speaking: "Lord Zu has also worked hard along the way, it is better to go and rest for a while, and then the official will set up a banquet for Lord Zu to pick up the wind and wash the dust, what does Lord Zu think." ”

"The guest is as he pleases, and everything is arranged by Liu Zhoumu." Zu Bi said lightly.

At that moment, Liu Biao sent Zu Bi out of the lobby and ordered the relevant officials to be hospitable and not to be neglected.

As soon as Zu Bi walked on the front foot, there was an uproar in the lobby.

Cai Mao said indignantly: "Lord, what his subordinates said is really right, then Su Zhe is indeed harboring evil intentions, obviously hiding the Son of Heaven but not reporting it, obviously he wants to follow Dong Zhuo, be a traitor who holds the Son of Heaven hostage and monopolizes the court, his wolf ambition is no more obvious!" ”

"What Cai Beijia said is extremely true, this Su Zhe relied on hypocritical disguise to deceive our trust, and became the Nanyang Taishou with a humble background, and now he has finally revealed his true colors, which is really treacherous." Liu Qi also echoed indignantly.

What he said was as if Su Zhe was not what he strongly recommended at the beginning.

If it had been placed before, Cai Mao would have stood up, exposed Liu Qi's shortcomings, and took the opportunity to fall into the ground, but now that the two have been repaired in private and are on the same front, Cai Mao has not stood up again to expose Liu Qi and embarrass him in public.

In the lobby, the crowd was furious for a while, and everyone jumped out and denounced Su Zhe's "treacherousness".

At this time, Kuai Liang, who originally had a positive evaluation of Su Zhe, also stood up and arched his hand: "Lord, I didn't expect Su Zhe to be this kind of person, he must have seen through the lord's strategy of destroying Yu with a false way, and he was afraid that the lord's army would enter Nanyang, so he had to disclose the identity of the Son of Heaven, and wanted to borrow the edict of the Son of Heaven to prevent us from sending troops north to destroy him." ”

"Liang thinks that the lord should resolutely send troops to the north, destroy the traitor, and welcome the Son of Heaven, if he can hold the banner of righteousness of the Son of Heaven, the lord will become the Son of Heaven to please the minister, and achieve the great cause of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty!"

The great cause of the Zhongxing Han Chamber!

The moment he heard these words, Liu Biao's heart was indeed stirred, and he felt a trace of blood boiling that he had never felt before.

At this moment, Kuai Yue suddenly said loudly: "The lord must not go to greet the Son of Heaven!" ”