Xi Zhen and his subordinates had just come out of the tavern, and they still smelled of alcohol, and he casually made an excuse today that he wanted to invite his subordinates to eat and drink, and his subordinates were very happy. Next, Xi Zhen will act according to Ma Hong's arrangement, and "coincidentally" encounter the assassins who attacked Liu Qi and Kuai Yue, and then correct them on the spot.

Xi Zhen can also do not do this, or he can directly debunk Ma Hong, but he won't, because Ma Hong gave him hope. Originally, he was just the son of a dancing girl and came from a poor background, but now that he has become the lieutenant of Xiangyang County, if he gives up this opportunity, he will have to wait for many years if he wants to climb to the top. If you want to gain Liu Qi's trust and become Liu Qi's confidant, when Liu Qi takes charge of Jingzhou, he will be a hero at that time, and he will stand taller. As for Cai Mao, Xi Zhen doesn't like it very much, the Cai family and Xi Ma have always been at odds, and Cai Mao has suppressed the Xi family many times. If Cai Mao can be brought down, not only will he avenge the Xi family, but he will also be able to make a big difference, Xi Zhen naturally wants to give it a try, and young people should have enthusiasm and judgment. Xi Zhen thinks that his cousin Ma Hong is talented, and if he follows Ma Hong, he will definitely make a big difference in the future. Before Ma Hong discussed this matter with Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen's dream was only to become the head of the Xi family, but now it is not, he wants to climb higher and higher.

Liu Qi and Kuai Yue were walking on the street with two attendants of Kuai Mansion, Liu Qi wanted to talk to Kuai Yue, but Cai Mao walked with his head down and had no intention of talking to Liu Qi. Liu Qi could only walk awkwardly, taking a look at the night scene from time to time. Just as Liu Qi's eyes saw a pine tree, he suddenly heard a miserable scream, and when he came back to his senses, he had already found that Kuai Yue's two attendants had fallen to the ground, with two trembling feather arrows stuck in their necks. Liu Qi's eyes were good, and he could see blood flowing from the attendant's neck. Liu Qi was a little stunned, and Kuai Yue, who was standing on the side, was also stunned, things happened too fast, and he didn't have time to think, because Kuai Yue also had a feather arrow on his shoulder.

The three black-clothed men behind the tree rushed towards Kuai Yue and Liu Qi, their knives waved in the dark night, making a hoarse sound, Liu Qi watched a knife slash towards Kuai Yue, and rushed up without thinking much and dragged Kuai Yue, but the quick knife still cut off Liu Qi's sleeve and slashed Liu Qi's arm.

Kuai Yue touched his waist and found that he did not have a knife, so he shouted, "There are assassins, there are assassins." ”

However, the three assassins had already surrounded them in the middle, and one of the black-clothed assassins giggled and said, "Liu Qi, your time of death has come, and we are here to take your dog's life on the orders of the lord." ”

Kuai Yue shouted: "Wait, strong men, we can give you whatever you want, please be merciful to your subordinates." ”

The black-clad assassin giggled, "We only want your lives." ”

Liu Qi shouted: "Then you have to let me die to understand who is going to kill me." ”

The black-clothed assassin snorted and said, "Your father killed my lord's father, and my lord will let us kill you, and after we kill you, we will kill Liu Cong, so that your Liu family will be cut off." ”

Liu Qi was speechless for a while, Liu Biao had killed too many people, and he didn't know who the person who was going to kill him was. But Kuai Yue on the side covered his arms and shouted, "Who is your lord?" ”

The black-clothed assassin laughed and said, "Okay, let you understand that my lord is Sun Ce, and our old lord is Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong." ”

Kuai Yue chuckled in his heart, and said secretly: How is it possible!

"Whoever is fighting here with an arm, stop quickly."

Xi Zhen shouted loudly, drew his waist knife and rushed forward, and his subordinates also quickly drew their waist knives to follow Xi Zhen, although these soldiers all drank some wine, their hands touched the weapon and they all sobered up.

Liu Qi shouted: "I am the son of Liu Biao, Liu Qi, Liu Boyuan, come and save me." ”

Kuai Yue also called for help: "I am Kuai Yue, Kuai Xenodu, come and save us." ”

When the three black-clothed assassins heard that someone was coming to help, they all drew their knives and slashed at Liu Qi and Kuai Yue, they were both good at playing with knives, they tried not to cut Liu Qi, but they slashed a few times on Kuai Yue's body, among which Liu Qi also blocked a knife for Kuai Yue.

One by one, the black-clad assassins fell to the ground, but they were satisfied, after all, they had completed their mission, and their wives and children could live in peace.

Ma Hong deliberately asked his subordinates to shout Sun Ce's name, not Cai Mao's, because he knew that if his subordinates shouted Cai Mao's name, Kuai Yue would definitely not believe it, if he didn't call Cai Mao's name, Kuai Yue might still suspect Cai Mao, and now what Ma Hong needs is for Cai Mao to doubt Cai Mao. Skepticism is what Ma Hong wants.

Sun Ce went to assassinate Liu Qi, how likely is it? It's so pitiful, now that Sun Ce is busy fighting in Jiangdong, how can he have the heart to take care of Liu Qi. Ma Hong made a flag with Sun Ce's name, the purpose of which was to make this thing seem a little reasonable, and anyone who was a little smarter could understand the unreasonableness of this matter. It doesn't matter whether it's reasonable or not, what matters is the judgment made by Liu Biao. Now someone wants to make the ship of Xiangyang shake, but Liu Biao, the captain, will firmly grasp the rudder.

When a chess piece takes the first step, it has to take the second move, and a smart chess player will make the opponent unable to figure out his own move, and a skilled chess player will let the opponent know his own move, or force the opponent into a dead end. Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are both smart chess players, but they don't know who the chess player is hidden in the shadows, and they don't even know who the chess player is, so how to guess the opponent's chess move, because it is difficult to judge whether the opponent will move the next move and when the next move will be made.

Ma Hong knows that he is not qualified to sit opposite Cai Mao to play chess now, because he has very few chess pieces, and a person who does not even have many chess pieces, if he has a little IQ, will not sit in front of the Go board and play against others, especially in front of a chess veteran. Now that Ma Hong can't kill Cai Mao, then he has to make the water even more muddy and bring Kuai Yue into the muddy water, he not only wants Cai Mao to know that someone wants to kill him, but he also wants to let someone in Kuai Yue want to kill him. When Kuai Yue and Cai Mao both feel the danger, then the really interesting thing is coming, and if Liu Biao doesn't track it down at this time, then what will they think? They will wonder if Liu Biao is the hand in the shadows to reduce their local wealthy families in Jingzhou. After all, when Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he set up a Hongmen banquet to kill a lot of local heroes, and now Jingzhou seems to be the boss on the surface, but half of Jingzhou is in the hands of the wealthy family, and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are the leaders of this wealthy family. If Liu Biao wants to centralize power, then it is also possible to get rid of these Jingzhou wealthy families.

Kuai Yue was stabbed a few times, but Liu Qi was only slightly injured, although those assassins shouted to kill Liu Qi, but basically the knife beckoned towards Kuai Yue. These Kuai Yue knew very well in their hearts, after Kuai Yue escaped, after thinking about it carefully, his heart began to chill.

Cai Mao heard that after Kuai Yue and Liu Qi were assassinated last night, she heard that Kuai Yue was injured and sent to the hospital, and Liu Qi only suffered some minor injuries and began to sit still. Cai Mao now has the same thoughts in his heart as Kuai Yue, originally he only doubted Liu Qi, but now he no longer doubts Liu Qi, but begins to doubt his brother-in-law Liu Biao.

Ma Hong smiled and drank the red date soup cooked by Yang Yi, and smiled and played with Yang Yi with the black chess pieces, but the black chess pieces refused to land on the chessboard, which made Yang Yi and others a little impatient.

"Ma Laosan, do you want to play this chess? I've been waiting for half a cup of tea. ”

Yang Yi pouted and said impatiently.

Ma Hong squinted at the chess pieces on the chessboard, rubbed his head again, stretched out his hand and stuffed the chess pieces into Xi Zhen, who was sitting on the side watching the chess, and said with a smile: "Don't play, let someone else play for me." ”

After Ma Hong finished speaking, he stood up, took the bowl and continued to drink the red date soup, Xi Zhen smiled at Yang Yi and sat down.

"It's strange, Ma Laosan obviously has the advantage, but he suddenly stops playing chess with me, this is not like his style!"

Yang Yi said to Xi Zhen.

Xi Zhen smiled slightly and didn't speak, just put the black chess pieces that Ma Hong gave him in the position he thought was appropriate.

Ma Hong drank the red date soup in the bowl, buckled the bowl on the table, raised his head and squinted to see the sun, the corners of his mouth trembled, he didn't make a sound, but he spoke in his heart. If Yang Yi understands lip language, then he must be able to see what Ma Hong is saying, but unfortunately he doesn't understand.

Ma Hong said in his heart: "Liu Jingsheng, now you can take this game of chess!" I'll see how you go! ”