The amount is small, not a gentleman, non-toxic and not a husband. Liu Bei is not a loyal elder, and benevolence and righteousness are just a disguise in his daily life. Thinking that he Liu Bei is a broken family member of the Han family, and wants to get ahead, without this coat of benevolence and righteousness, what can he do to compete with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who have better lives than him?

If you are not willing to live under others, then you can only be a superior person. And a Ming master, the easiest thing to attract people to die to vote for is benevolence and righteousness. No one likes people who are mean and unkind, and no one likes to be abandoned as outcasts. The key reason why Liu Bei has been able to rise several times like Xiaoqiang, who can only be killed, is that Liu Bei has been painstakingly managing the word benevolence and righteousness.

But now there is not much time left for Liu Bei, and the benefits that benevolence and righteousness can bring to Liu Bei are getting less and less, and there are many people in the Jingzhou family who are very profitable, and many people take refuge in Liu Bei not because of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, but because Liu Bei can bring them benefits that Liu Biao can't bring them.

The stronger the court in Chang'an, the deeper the Jingzhou family's worries. The experience of Yizhou has made most people in the Jingzhou family very worried that Jingzhou will follow in its footsteps in the future. After all, Liu Biao was named King of Jing, and this Jingzhou is the final say of the Jingzhou family, but once the imperial court takes back the governance of Jingzhou, the Jingzhou family can only live by looking at the face of the imperial court in the future. The Cai family and the Kuai family were not too worried, because they had long been secretly connected with the imperial court, but the other families were half a step slower and couldn't squeeze in a free ride close to the imperial court.

Xiangyang

Liu Biao's funeral was held as scheduled, and Liu Bei followed the advice of his military advisor Zhuge Liang and led five hundred elite soldiers to the outside of Xiangyang City. However, Liu Bei refused Kuai Yue's invitation to let him enter the city to worship Liu Biao, and bluntly said that he would wait until the time of the funeral to worship in front of the grave. Inevitably startled the snake, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao were not too persecuted, so they could only follow him. Perhaps in the eyes of Kuai and Cai, since Liu Bei left Jingnan's lair and came to Xiangyang, it is tantamount to throwing himself into the net, and if he does not enter the city at this time, he must also enter the city in the future.

Kuai Yue, who did not invite Liu Bei, walked back in the carriage alone, and when he passed by the city gate, Kuai Yue inadvertently glanced out of the carriage, and at this glance, Kuai Yue couldn't help but be stunned, his son Kuai Qi was not honest at home, but had an argument with the young general guarding the city gate at the city gate.

"Stop." Kuai Yue commanded, the Kuai family is a Jingzhou family, as the son of the head of the Kuai family, he actually argued with the young general guarding the city gate in front of the public, and lost the face of the Kuai family.

After a while, Kuaiqi came to the carriage with her head down and whispered, "Father." ”

"What's going on?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that a few friends want to enter the city without identification, but the people who call the city gate are stopped, and the children can't show their identities." Kui Qi explained in a low voice.

"Just for this little thing, you will throw the people of my Kuai family at the gate of the city and show the face of my Kuai family? My Kuai family doesn't have a manor outside the city, so can't you house a few of your so-called friends? Kuai Yue asked angrily.

“…… The child knows what is wrong. Kuaiqi whispered.

"The situation in Xiangyang is tense right now, don't make trouble for your father anymore."

"Yes, the child will take someone to the manor to settle down."

"Go, you don't have to go back to the city when you get to the manor, stay in the manor for a while."

“…… Father, what is the child doing on the manor? ”

"Thought." Kuai Yue dropped the curtain after throwing down the next sentence, and no longer paid attention to Kuai Qi outside the car.

Kuai Yue didn't take the matter of meeting Kuai Qi outside the city gate seriously, and when he returned home, he saw his brother Kuai Liang, if it wasn't for Kuai Liang to ask, Kuai Yue didn't even bother to mention it. It's just that Kuai Liang frowned after hearing this, and after pondering for a while, he said to his brother: "Xeno, you come with me." ”

"Brother, where are you going?"

"Take you to meet someone, remember not to make a fuss."

Kuai Liang took Kuai Yue to the study and saw the people reading inside. Seeing Kuai Liang bring others in, the people in the room put down the book and asked Kuai Liang with a smile: "Brother Zirou, are you finally willing to introduce his brother to Li?" ”

"Dare to ask who Your Excellency is?" Kuai Yue asked.

"In Xia Li Ru, now he is working for today's son."

Knowing that the person in front of him was Li Ru, Kuai Yue couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly looked at Kuai Liang. The Kuai family is different from the Cai family, the Cai family borrowed Huang Chengyan to get in touch with Chang'an, while the Kuai family has its own way. Kuai Yue also asked his brother before, but Kuai Liang didn't tell him, but he didn't expect Kuai Liang to have a way to get on the line with Li Ru.

"Kuai Yue has met Mr. Li." Kuai Yue hurriedly said.

"There is no need to be polite, I am commensurate with your brother and brother, if you don't mind, how old are you for my brother, how about you and my brother?" Li Ru hurriedly replied and proposed.

"So little brother has climbed high."

"Huh...... Don't climb high, I don't know anything about the different degrees, and now the saint attaches great importance to your two brothers, and I have mentioned it many times in the past. Li Ru said with a smile.

Regardless of whether what Li Ru said was true or not, what he said was indeed quite useful. After the guest and host greeted each other, Kuai Liang got down to business, and Li Ru frowned after hearing this, because before he was ordered to come to Jingzhou, Li Ru ordered to activate the intelligence departments hidden in various parts of Jingzhou to collect intelligence for them to analyze the situation. It is precisely because of the activation of the intelligence department that Li Ru got a message from Jiangling not long ago, saying that Ma Liang, a strategist under Liu Bei, secretly visited Liu Pan who stayed in Jiangling, and the content of the conversation is not yet known, but soon after Ma Liang left, Liu Pan ordered Jiangling to enter a state of combat readiness on the grounds of guarding against Jingnanbei.

In addition, Li Ru also found that there were several times more rangers in and out of Xiangyang City in the past few days than on weekdays, which was undoubtedly a signal to Li Ru that someone wanted to make trouble in Xiangyang. Cai and Kuai are unlikely, both of them are interested in the imperial court, and it is impossible to choose to make trouble at this time, but if it weren't for his two families, although the remaining Jingzhou families are also famous, they will not choose to jump out to make trouble when Liu Biao is mourning.

If it weren't for the local family in Jingzhou planning to make trouble, then the only suspect would be Liu Bei in Jingnan. Liu Bei wants people to have people, and he has motives and motives. Originally, Li Ru entrusted Kuai Liang to ask Kuai Yue what abnormality he found when he went out of the city today, but after Kuai Liang heard Kuai Yue mention Kuai Qi, he instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he brought Kuai Yue to meet Li Ru.

"Xeno, it's best to immediately order someone to ask Ling Gongzi to come back." Li Ru thought about it and suggested to Kuai Yue.

"Does Brother Li think there is something wrong with my son?"

"I'm just afraid that Linggongzi will be taken advantage of." Li Ru said in a deep voice.

"Xeno, don't say it, quickly send someone to pick up Qi'er back, you and I will ask in person." Kuai Liang stopped Kuai Yue from asking again, and said directly.

Kuai Yue thought about it, if you have any questions, you can directly call your son back and ask him face to face, there is no need to be suspicious here and scare yourself.

At night, the gates of the city are to be closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. But this rule is useless for the Kuai family, and the housekeeper of the Kuai family went out of the city with the Kuai family's token in his hand, and brought back to the Kuai family who was drinking and having fun with people in the manor outside the city.

"Father, is there anything wrong with looking for a child so late?" Kuai Qi asked Kuai Yue a little drunk.

"Qi'er, are those so-called friends you want to bring into the city today Liu Bei's people?" Kuai Yue asked bluntly.

“…… No. Kuaiqi was stunned and denied it.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Kuai Yue is Kuaiqi's father, just looking at Kuaiqi's eyes when he answered, he knew that his son didn't tell the truth, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Evil obstacles, don't recruit from the truth!" ”

The education policy implemented by the Kuai family is strict father and mother, Kuai Qi was afraid of his father when he was a child, and when he saw Kuai Yue was angry, Kuai Qi couldn't help but be afraid, but he still had a hard mouth and insisted on answering: "Father, the child is not lying, those people are really my friends." ”

"Hmph, you ...... evil"

"Xeno, don't be angry, I'm afraid that my nephew Guanxian is still in the dark at the moment, so I want to cover up for my accomplices." Li Ru spoke out to dissuade Kuai Yuedao.

Only then did Kui Qi notice that there was a stranger in the room, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”

"Huh...... You don't have to ask who I am, I might as well guess the plan of the conspiracy with others. Kuai Gongzi's plan is not difficult to guess, it is nothing more than to take advantage of Liu Jingsheng's funeral to send people to seize the city gate and capture the heads of various families in Jingzhou who came to Xiangyang to see Liu Jingsheng off, so as to force those people to change Liu Bei to be the lord of Jingzhou. Even if those people refused to give in, with them as hostages, it would be much easier for Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou than to rob them. Kuai Gongzi deliberately had a dispute with the city gate guards today, not to fight for the breath of the so-called children of the family, but to facilitate your friends to take the opportunity to check the guards of the city gate, so as to facilitate the seizure of the city in the near future. If I guessed correctly, at this time, there are already one or even several ambush troops hidden in this Xiangyang City, and they will start to act as soon as the hour comes. And Kuai Gongzi can also take this opportunity to prove to the world that the Kuai family has a future and will be worry-free for a hundred years. Boy, I don't know if I'm right? ”

Kuai Qi looked at Li Ru like a ghost, and when she heard Li Ru's last question, she was silent for a long time before asking, "You, how do you know so clearly?" ”

"Alas~ Kuai Gongzi, why did your father give birth to such a stupid son as you? I ask you, have you been left in the city when something goes wrong, while your friends are hiding outside the city? ”

"Uh...... Be. That's because the Kuai family is quite influential in Xiangyang City, so it is more appropriate for me to stay in the city. Kui Qi didn't know whether to explain or cheer herself up.

"Hmph, it turns out that this is what Mr. Kuai thinks. Xeno, you're still going to handle your own family affairs. Li Ru snorted coldly, turned his head and said to Kuai Yue, who was already angry and pale.

"Thank you, Brother Li, for your concession." Kuai Yue thanked Li Ru first, and then saw that Kuai Qi still looked unconvinced, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Evil obstacles, once there is a military disaster in the city, Xiangyang will become the most dangerous place, you have been pushed into the fire pit without knowing it, and you think those people are thinking about you?" ”

"Father, no, my Kuai family is a prominent family in Jingzhou, who dares to harm ...... at will"

"Huh...... No one dares to do harm? Who told you that? Qi'er, don't be obsessed anymore, things like identity and status are useless in the face of rebellious soldiers, and are you really Liu Lingjun dead? Seeing that Kuaiqi was unrepentant, Kuai Liang had to reveal a secret to him.

Kuai Qi was dumbfounded after hearing this, Liu Biao is not dead? Then once he and his friends get into trouble, as long as Liu Biao appears in person, Xiangyang will become their burial place. Dragons have no leader to fish in troubled waters, but if the dragon head is still there, those who want to take the opportunity to fish are afraid that they will be unlucky.

"Evil obstacles, don't recruit them from the truth!" Kuai Yue angrily asked Kuaiqi, who was already stupid.

According to Kuai Qi's confession, this matter is indeed not much different from what Li Ru guessed, he met Zhuge Liang's younger brother Zhuge Jun a few days ago. Kuaiqi married Zhuge Liang's sister, and Zhuge Jun is also Kuaiqi's brother-in-law. This brother-in-law came to see his brother-in-law, and as a brother-in-law, he naturally had to entertain him. At the wine table, Zhuge Jun told Kuai Qi about the future of Jingzhou.

The Kuai family may be confirming the tradition of one generation being strong and one generation being weak, and Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue have taken up the luck of the Kuai family for decades, so that Kuai Qi's generation is always different in terms of wisdom. Kuai Qi was deceived by Zhuge Jun's enthusiasm, thinking that Jingzhou was the Jingzhou of Jingzhou people, and would never allow others to get involved. Under the recommendation of Zhuge Jun, Kuai Qi met with Meng Jian and Ma Jian again. The four of them conspired, with Kuai Qi leading people into the city, and Meng Jian and Ma Jian were responsible for finding people. In the name of the Kuai family, Kuai Qi brought nearly 2,000 people into the city from outsiders who were not local to Xiangyang.

"Wicked, where are those people now?" Kuai Yue asked in surprise and anger.

"The child doesn't know, the child is only responsible for bringing it into the city, and it doesn't matter after handing it over to Zhuge Jun."

“…… Confused! ”

Kuai Liang persuaded Kuai Yue and asked Kuai Qi: "Xeno, don't dwell on this matter." Qi'er, where are Meng Jian, Ma Yan, and Zhuge Jun now? ”

"Meng Jian and Ma Jian are still in the manor outside the city, and Zhuge Jun left Xiangyang two days ago." Kui Qi replied honestly.

Seeing that Kuai Qi finally confessed honestly, Kuai Liang didn't want to continue to blame this nephew, so he patted Kuai Yue's shoulder comfortingly, and said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, then Liu Bei will definitely do it when Liu Jingsheng is mourning, and when there is chaos in the city, he can take the opportunity to make trouble." Xenodu, you and Wang Wei have always been friends, go to see him quickly, and ask him to strengthen the city defenses and draw elite soldiers to prevent chaos in the city. ”

"Little brother will go now, brother, then Cai Mao will bother my brother."

"Well, I'm self-conscious." Kuai Liang nodded, and said to Li Ru: "Brother Li, please live in peace of mind in the Kuai family, this Xiangyang sky will not change." ”

"Huh...... Zirou just went to get busy. Li Ru said with a smile.

……

People are not as good as heaven! Just when the Kuai brothers acted separately and planned to deal with the mutiny that Liu Bei might launch, Liu Bei actually launched it in advance. This was something that many people did not expect, and even Li Ru did not expect Liu Bei to have such courage.

Soon after Kui Qi was called back to the city, Meng Jian and Ma Jian met Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang immediately realized that their plan might have attracted the attention of others after learning that Kui Qi had been called away for no reason. Kuai Qi is not a person who can keep secrets, although Zhuge Liang is usually cautious, he will still fight when it is time to fight.

At this time, it was still night, and once Kuaiqi couldn't resist the pressure and confessed the truth, all the efforts made by everyone before would be in vain. Although Meng Jian and Ma Jian felt that Kuaiqi's departure had nothing to do with the overall situation, Zhuge Liang still insisted on launching it immediately and was unprepared to attack the enemy.

During the day, Kuaiqi had already taken someone to inspect the reality of the city gate guards, and before getting the warning from the Kuai family, the city defense of Xiangyang was not tight. In the name of the Kuai family, Zhang Fei, who was responsible for seizing the city gate, easily deceived the city gate, and with Zhang Fei's bravery, it was not difficult to control the city gate.

As soon as the city gates opened, most of the people who were still asleep became Liu Beijun's captives before they could understand what was happening. Kuai Qi didn't know where Liu Beijun, who he brought into the city, arranged Zhuge Jun, but Zhuge Liang was very clear. As soon as the city gate opened, Zhuge Liang ordered someone to notify those people to do it. By the time Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others reacted, the heads of the families who had been seeing off Liu Biao for the past few days and temporarily living in the city had become Liu Beijun's prisoners.

Kuai Yue wanted people to go to Cai Mao, but was told that Cai Mao's mansion was being attacked, and he was too busy to take care of himself. I wanted to ask Liu Biao to come forward again, but it was no longer the time to continue to cheat death, but I found that the palace was on fire and was obviously under attack.

"Brother Li, what's going on now?" Kuai Yue was a little flustered and asked Li Rudao on the side.

"Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood. Xeno, retreat out of the city first and then think about anything else. Li Ru replied helplessly.

"Let's go?" Kuai Yue somewhat disagreed.

Li Ru was about to find a way to persuade Kuai Yue, when he suddenly saw a group of people hurrying towards his side, and waited until Li Ru asked people to repel the pursuers of this group, only to find that this group of people was protecting Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong.

"Gongzi Cong, why are you here?" Kuai Yue couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Mr. Kuai......" Liu Cong is not very old, but now that he finally met a familiar person, he couldn't help crying. Fortunately, the military general who protected Liu Cong on this way explained to Kuai Yue for Liu Cong at this time: "Mr. Kuai, the junior general Wei Yan, on the order of my general, protects the second son out of the city. ”

"Who is your general? Where is he now? Kuai Yue asked.

"My general Wang Wei. When the young general protected the second son and left, General Wang was leading people to fight with the thieves who entered the palace. ”

"Is the lord okay now?"

"Huh?" Wei Yan was stunned when he heard this, only a few people knew about Liu Biao's fraudulent death, Wei Yan was in a lowly position, so it was naturally impossible to know the inside story.

"I'm asking if the palace where you put your lord Liu Jingzhou is okay?" Li Ru explained for Kuai Yue on the side.

“…… He has already told the thieves to set fire to it. ”

"Ahh Kuai Yue was shocked when he heard this, it's over! Now Liu Biao is a blam to death.

"What about your eldest son?" Li Ru asked again.

"I don't know."

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything anymore, Li Ru turned his head and said to Kuai Yue: "Alien, calm down, now Liu Jingzhou's bloodline, only Gongzi Cong is left." ”

"That's what Brother Li said." Kuai Yue nodded calmly, and instructed Wei Yandao: "Captain Wei, please bring someone to escort me out of the city." ”

"The last will obey." Wei Yan clenched his fists and saluted.