The willow leaves of Xiangyang are about to fall, the annoying autumn mixed with the rain comes to the city, this is not a pleasant season, Liu Cong hates autumn the most, especially this autumn, in this season he has become a real loner, his brother died, his father also died, and he is still floating in the bitter sea of power.

Liu Cong began to miss the past, recalling his eldest brother Liu Qi and his father's kindness to him in the past, he didn't seem to hate Liu Qi anymore, a young man like him shouldn't miss the past.

The willow leaves in the yard were blown by the wind, twisted and floated to his bowl, the bowl was filled with water, clear water, and now he didn't dare to touch the wine at all, he was afraid that after taking a sip of wine, the head would fall off, and the wind and clouds in Xiangyang City were up and down, and there was no one who could trust him, and there was no one who could be used.

Liu Cong picked up the bowl of water, tears fell involuntarily and fell into the bowl, the water in the bowl reflected his pale face, and a white cloth was tied on his forehead.

My father is gone, my eldest brother is gone, I will keep filial piety for you, then I am dead, who will guard filial piety for me, I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter the loess! Liu Cong smiled bitterly and said that in order to eradicate the Cai family, he even killed Cai Mao's niece, who happened to be his wife.

Father, big brother, I avenge you. Will you forgive me? Forgive my ignorance, forgive me for my mistakes.

"My lord, Mr. Kuai is waiting in front of the palace, please come over."

A young man stood beside Liu Cong at some point, and there was no expression on the young man's face.

"Jiang Wan, what do you say Kuai Yue is looking for me?"

Liu Cong's voice seemed to be mixed with tears, which made people sound sour, but Jiang Wan didn't seem to be touched, he shook his head slightly and said: "Lord, my subordinates don't know, please move quickly to the palace, Mr. Kuai said that there is something important to tell the lord." ”

"Oh! I know. Liu Cong stood up, hid his trembling hand in his sleeve, picked up a bowl of water and drank it, and walked out.

Jiang Wan stood still and didn't move, looking at Liu Cong's back, the corners of his mouth opened slightly, and said, "Poor! ”

Kuai Yue and Kuai He stood in the hall waiting for Liu Cong, and when they saw Liu Cong, they first saluted him, and then Kuai He spoke: "My lord, Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia, and Huang Zu was forced to withdraw to Jiangxia to defend. ”

Liu Cong nodded and said, "I know, the one who should come will always come." ”

Kuai Yue said: "What should I do next?" Please make a decision, Cai Mao is still there, Huang Zu has withdrawn the army, we are afraid that it will be difficult to pacify Cai Mao. ”

Liu Cong pondered for a while, and said to Kuai Yue: "Sir, do you have a clever plan?" ”

Kuai Yue lowered his head and pondered for a while, when he raised his head again, his eyes were extremely firm, he looked at Liu Cong and said slowly: "Lord, at the moment, Cai Mao's military strength is strong, just because we and Liu Pan are not his opponents, and the four counties of Jingnan do not listen to the dispatch, and even I got the news that Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan and Lingling Taishou Liu Du colluded with Cai Mao to prepare to march to Xiangyang, and Xiangyang is in danger." ”

Liu Cong's heart trembled, how could he not know that Xiangyang was in danger.

"At the moment, if you want to hold Xiangyang, you can only bring in foreign aid, please ......"

When Liu Cong saw Kuai Yue and said the word please, he immediately interrupted Kuai Yue's words and said, "Mr. wants to ask Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang to help?" ”

Liu Cong naturally knew that the person Kuai Yue said was not Liu Bei, but Ma Hong, but he also wanted to interrupt Kuai Yue to see how far Kuai Yue had done, and sure enough, Kuai Yue was not as he expected, and said that he was not inviting Liu Bei, but inviting Ma Hong.

"Lord, in the final analysis, Liu Bei is just an outsider, guarding Wancheng for the lord, but Ma Hong is a real Jingzhou man and your brother's subordinate, so it is naturally reasonable to invite him to Xiangyang to suppress the rebellion." Kuai Yue said slowly, his tone soft but unquestionable.

Liu Cong was helpless in his heart, even if he didn't agree with Ma Hong's entry into Jingzhou now, I'm afraid it wouldn't work, this Kuai Yue made it clear that he wanted to invite Ma Hong to Jingzhou, and now it doesn't matter if he Liu Cong agrees or not. The military power is all in Kuai Yue's hands, as long as Kuai Yue gives an order, his Liu Cong's head will be taken off and thrown into the latrine.

"Sir, you also know that I didn't have a good relationship with my eldest brother before."

"I know this, my virtuous son-in-law is a reasonable person, and I think you also know it."

"Sir, I would like to ask you a question, please tell me the truth."

"My lord, please speak."

"If Ma Hong enters Jingzhou, I will be the lord of Jingzhou, but I still can't deserve it."

"The lord will always be the lord."

"Huh, huh?"

"Yes."

Jiang Wan outside the door quietly listened to the conversation between Kuai Yue and Liu Cong, heard half of it, and walked out, Ma San not far from the door of Liu's mansion stood and looked at Jiang Wan.

"How's it going?" Ma San asked.

Jiang Wan nodded and said, "It's already okay, please tell the lord, let him count the soldiers and horses, wait for the news, the city gate of Xiangyang will be opened for him." ”

"Okay."

When Kuai Yue retreated, the doorman came to report that Zhuge Liang had come to visit Liu Cong.

The relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Cong is not related by blood, but in a sense, they still have some relationship. Liu Biao married Mrs. Cai, Mrs. Cai is Cai Mao's second sister, and Huang Chengyan married Cai Mao's eldest sister, so Zhuge Liang and Liu Cong usually have to call Cai Mao their uncle, and Liu Cong has to call Huang Yueying his cousin, of course, Liu Cong is not Mrs. Cai's son, and he killed the Cai family, and now he has nothing to do with Zhuge Liang.

"At this time, you should help Cai Mao, but you came to me, do you want me to ask Liu Bei for help?"

Liu Cong asked with a light snort.

Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan in his hand, and said without the slightest displeasure: "My lord wants to come to help General Liu." ”

"Do you think I need your lord's help?"

Liu Cong sneered.

"I feel that I need it, and I need it very much." Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said word by word, and after finishing speaking, seeing that Liu Cong did not react, he continued: "Please General Liu listen to the words of the general, if the general finishes speaking, General Liu will definitely agree." ”

"I didn't stop you from talking, you can keep talking." Liu Cong still said coldly.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and didn't care about Liu Cong's attitude towards him, and said slowly: "General Liu, Xiangyang is in danger right now, if General Liu wants to hold Xiangyang, he must need help, and now there are two foreign aids, one is my father-in-law, and the other is my senior brother Ma Hong." Liang suggested that if General Liu wants to ask for help, he might as well ask both, so that the Jingzhou Rebellion can be quickly resolved, and secondly, my lord has already expressed his support for General Liu, and he will definitely stand on General Liu's side when the time comes. ”

What Liu Cong wanted to hear was Zhuge Liang's last sentence, and of course Zhuge Liang also knew that Liu Cong wanted to hear that sentence, so he put that sentence at the end and said it.

"Does Uncle Liu Huang really support me?" Liu Cong asked.

"How dare you lie below." Zhuge Liang replied.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Cong took out a piece of paper, quickly wrote a letter, then stamped it with a seal, handed it to Zhuge Liang and said: "I gave you the letter, whether you can bring him back to see your lord is your ability, Xiangyang has many eyes and ears, you have to be careful." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, put away the letter, retreated, and left through the back door of Liu's mansion, but Jiang Wan waited for Zhuge Liang at the back door of Liu's mansion.

As soon as Jiang Wan saw Zhuge Liang, he saluted him and said, "Mr. Zhuge , I have been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Oh? Who are you? Zhuge Liang shook the folding fan and asked.

"Under Jiang Wan."

"Is your master Senior Brother Ma?"

Jiang Wan didn't shake his head, and said, "My lord wants to ask Mr. Zhuge to talk about it, and there are people waiting in the north of the city." ”

(To be continued.) )