Until the second watch of the night, the Xiangyang Wharf is still brightly lit, and the night market here is also a well-known scene in Xiangyang. And the Mizhen fleet, which had always been relatively quiet, suddenly began to load and unload goods at the beginning of the second watch, and it also became lively. It's just that Mi Zhen's fleet is still guarded by the surrounding parts, and although the shipwrights who load and unload the cargo are indispensable to chat while working, they are much more orderly than other shipwrights.

Although Cai Mao had told the people who monitored Mi Zhen's caravan, Mi Zhen had to let them do it if she wanted to load and unload the goods on the ship, but it was a little strange to suddenly load and unload at night. A few of the more daring colonels summed it up and decided to go to the front as patrol sergeants to investigate, so that they could deal with it when they were asked.

A team of soldiers slowly and leisurely swayed to the front, Mi Zhen's troops stopped at the right time, and the leader of the tribe said politely: "Ladies and gentlemen, our caravan is loading and unloading the goods in the ship, and if the soldiers go over, I am afraid that the shipwrights will not dare to do things, so please stop here." Here are some tea and wine money, and the small meaning is not a tribute. ”

The officer replied, "Where and where, where do we soldiers dare to offend your Mi caravan?" It's just that seeing that you didn't move at first, and suddenly started loading and unloading goods in the middle of the night, we were a little curious and came to ask. If you don't mind, can you tell us what's going on? I'll have to explain it to the above when I get back. After all, the money bag officer handed over by the leader of the trilogy was already in his arms.

The leader of the trilogy smiled: "It should be, it should be, it's not easy for everyone to eat." Master Jun, you don't know that there are some things in the goods brought this time that cannot be exposed to the sun, so they can only be unloaded at night. ”

"Oh, I see."

"It's not easy to find a good owner like the Mi family these days, so we are willing to listen to Miss Mi's words and work hard. Master Jun, don't embarrass a few of us, let Miss Mi see it in a while, and she will punish us for not doing our job well. If you don't think the tea is enough, can I give you my own salary? ”

"No, no, everyone has a number in their hearts, and we have to be talented. Well? ”

In the guest suite, a boatman who was moving goods may have tripped over something, his body was not stable, and the cargo bag on his shoulder also fell to the ground and broke, and white rice sprinkled from the broken opening.

The leader of the trilogy hurriedly complained to the officer, rushed to the shipwright's side and shouted, "How did you do this? Which foreman was under it? What's your name? Make a note of it and deduct your wages to compensate for the goods at the end of the month! ”

The boatman's face was as earth-colored, and he was just about to report his name when he trembled, and Mi Zhen's voice came: "That's it, don't embarrass him." A bag of rice is not worth much, and it has not been spilled much. ”

"Madame!"

The bright light of Yizhou's specialty opened the way, and Mi Zhen led four female guards to the front. Because of the relationship that Mi Zhen had "knew" about the great funeral in Xiangyang, Mi Zhen changed into a light Russell outfit and walked out fluttering out at night, vaguely like a mortal fairy, and everyone around her was dumbfounded. She glanced at the rice that was sprinkled on the ground, about two catties or more, and waved her hand: "Sweep away this bit of rice that leaked out and then sprinkle it into the river, and it should be a sacrifice to the god of water, and tell the god of water the sin of disturbing dreams at night." This bag will be sent to the room for everyone to serve as a supper, and it is not easy for everyone to work at night. ”

The boatman saluted Mi Zhen respectfully: "Thank you, Mrs. Don't remember the villain's mistakes." ”

"Well, be careful." Mi Zhen turned her head to the leader of the tribe and said, "Go back and send a message, let everyone be careful." This time I let him go, but again and again, I can't do it again and again, and if anyone makes a mistake again, I will definitely deduct the salary. ”

"Yes!"

Mi Zhen glanced around, thought about it and said: "There are people around and add some torches to illuminate, everyone can't see the road clearly in the dark, it's easy to have an accident, it's a big deal, I'll post more firewood." I remember to tell everyone that I'm good enough for everyone, and if something happens like this, don't blame me for not showing any mercy. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The leader of the trilogy took two people to run errands, and Mi Zhen walked in front of the officer. didn't give a single gift, Mi Zhen opened her mouth directly: "What advice do you have for a few military masters here?" Didn't my caravan do something illegal? ”

The officer hurriedly replied: "No, no, no! Mi's merchants have always been law-abiding, and Xiangyang City ...... No, no, no, it is well-known in Jingxiang, and I just asked a few words casually on the way through the routine inspection. It is really the villain's sin to nag Mrs. Mi to rest, and the villain will lead the team away. ”

"The military master is leaving, I will not send it far."

Mi Zhen turned around and glanced at one of the female guards. The female guard understood, took out a small money bag from her sleeve, took a few steps forward and stuffed it into the officer's hand, and said: "The military master is also very night patrol, so take this money and go back to buy some wine to relieve fatigue." It's just that I also ask the military master to bring a message to the people in the camp, if there is nothing important, please don't bother us again. ”

Saying that, the female guard lowered her voice and said: "Today, during the day, there was a naval general who didn't know what to do and angered my wife, so now my wife will be upset when she sees the officers and soldiers and don't want to deal with it, please be considerate of us who are subordinates." ”

The officer accepted the money and said a few more polite words, and hurriedly left the Mi caravan with the people. Hiding back in the shadows, the group began to share the spoils, and the officer smiled happily: "I don't know which guy is not enlightened in the navy, even the God of Wealth dares to offend, why don't you want to get mixed up?" Hey, tell me, our errand is really good, I thought it was a hard night to stay up late, but I didn't expect to be able to fish so much oil and water. ”

"Boss, do you want to keep staring?"

The officer said, "It doesn't matter if you stare at it or not!" Mrs. Mi is a serious businessman, and Lord Cai has sent a message not to mess with them, just know what they are doing. Besides, we all saw it just now, and all the rice they brought off the ship was white flowers, which means that they were actually unloading...... Okay, okay, don't mess with the trouble you don't dare to provoke! ”

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In the cabin, Mi Zhen said to Zhuge Liang: "Sir, just now the bureau that deliberately let the shipwright stumble to reveal the goods is laid out, but how many people are you going to send off the ship?" 4,000 soldiers is not a small number, where can it be placed? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I have seen Madame's shop in Xiangyang City, and if there is no goods inside, it can hide seven thousand people." When I came, I asked Mi Zhi again, and now there is no problem in hiding 4,000 people there. ”

Mi Zhen said dumbly: "Sir is really good, it was my merchant fleet at the beginning, and now even my Mi Clan's warehouse is counted." No, I will add another 30% of the money after the big thing is accomplished, otherwise I will not be reconciled. ”

“……”

The shipwrights were still carrying the goods, and the people who were spying on them had unwittingly relaxed their vigilance. It's just that those who are watching don't notice that there are fewer people who get off the ship every time they make a delivery than there are people who pick up the goods and return to the ship. This time, there may be 500 people who moved the goods from the ship, but the number of people who transported the goods back from the Mi warehouse to the ship may be only 400.

In fact, in the dark night, I can't see it very clearly, how many people will notice these small details? In this way, unconsciously, most of the 4,000 Liu Bei soldiers hidden in the merchant fleet had been transferred to Mi's warehouse. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the red sun had risen, and the temperature was gradually rising, Mi Zhen's caravan stopped loading and unloading goods, and calm returned to the dock again.

It was really calm, so calm that those who were spying on it all fell asleep. Cai Mao was originally very careful, knowing that the caravan that sent someone to monitor Mi Zhen was afraid of any accidents, but he didn't think of sending someone to monitor Mi Zhen's warehouse. As long as there is one more night in the current situation, all the 4,000 soldiers hidden in Mi Zhen's caravan can be transferred, and the people sent by Cai Mao to monitor are simply wasting manpower.

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The next day, in the middle of the day.

Liu Bei and Liu Qi's 3,000 funeral procession entered Xiangyang City with a wailing sound, and soon rushed Liu Bei and Liu Qi to Liu Biao's mourning hall, and Guan Yu and Guan Ping each accompanied them with swords.

In fact, if you want to assassinate Liu Bei, it is the best place to be in the mourning hall. But one is that Cai Mao didn't want to leave a tongue on people, so he didn't choose the mourning hall to do it, the second is that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Guan Ping are all quite powerful people, and the third is that many Jingzhou officials are biased towards Liu Bei for fear that Liu Bei will be killed, so they rush to the mourning hall to secretly protect Liu Bei, so the mourning hall is not dangerous to Liu Bei at all.

On the mourning hall, Liu Bei and Liu Qi cried to death. There is no hypocrisy here, because Liu Bei is really crying for the death of a good brother who has always taken care of him. The crying was sincere and tear-jerking, and even Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, who was originally pretending to cry, and Mrs. Cai on the side really cried.

In the midst of wailing and a rain of tears, Guan Yu stepped forward to persuade Liu Bei to stop crying. As soon as the power of this heavy tear gas canister passed, everyone next to them was finally able to stop the rain of tears. Mrs. Cai wiped her eyes and nodded to Cai Mao, Cai Mao understood, stepped forward and said to Liu Bei: "Uncle Liu Huang can come from Jiangxia to the funeral, and the lord should be able to smile Jiuquan!" At the time of the big funeral, the two sons are both young, and they are afraid of losing the number of funerals. The imperial uncle and the lord are brothers of the same clan, and they should ask the imperial uncle to preside over the funeral. ”

Liu Bei still had tears in the corners of his eyes, and he respectfully took the order: "Brother Bei Sumeng will take care of it, and now that my brother is gone, I will be a good brother and a master of the matter." It's just that I don't know what my brother's will be, which son should be appointed to take over as the lord of Jingzhou? ”

Cai Mao said: "The lord was infected and died violently at night, and he never left a will. And after the lord's burial, how about the imperial uncle and I discuss this matter with a good student? ”

Liu Bei said: "It's okay, my brother died violently, and I have no psychological trouble." When my brother is in the ground, it is indeed the best policy for me to wait for a little calmer state of mind before we discuss. Everyone, be prepared to take care of my brother's funeral, and I hope you can help you. Thank you for your great kindness! ”

After saying that, Liu Bei waved around the hall, and everyone returned the salute, and a major event was settled "calmly...... (To be continued.) )