That night, Liu Cong told the Fan family of Cai Mao's plan and asked her to help him complete the task of murdering Liu Biao, the Fan family had long hated Liu Qi and his wife, and when he heard that he could now have the opportunity to frame Kuai Ruyu, he immediately agreed without hesitation.

At noon the next day, Fan earned a whole pot of meat buns, smeared poison on one of the buns, and ordered his henchmen to give it to Liu Biao, who was studying in the study, pretending to be the buns made by the eldest prince's wife, and asked the master to taste it.

Liu Biao's mind was all on the book at that time, so he took the bun handed over casually, and then put it in his mouth and tasted it.

An hour later, Liu Biao suddenly felt pain in his abdomen, like a knife twisting, screaming non-stop, Cai Shi, who did not know what was going on, was shocked when he saw this, and immediately ordered someone to ask for a doctor, but after the doctor came, he found that Liu Biao was too deeply poisoned and had no power to return to the sky.

"Doctor, what the hell is going on? Why did you suddenly get sick? Cai didn't know the conspiracy of Cai Mao and Liu Cong at this time, and when he saw Liu Biao with such a look, he also felt a little pain in his heart, and said to the doctor with tears.

I saw that the doctor carefully looked at Liu Biao's complexion and tongue coating, and saw that Liu's surface was blue, bleeding from the seven orifices, and his pulse was weak, so he knew that he was poisoned, and hurriedly said: "Mrs. Huiyu, Lord Zhou Mu is highly poisoned, and at present, due to the venom invading internal organs, the villain is really powerless to return to the sky." ”

"What? Poisoned? Who poisoned it? Cai's heart couldn't help but sink, and then he shouted.

At this time, her brother Cai Mao also "happened" to hear the news that Liu Biao was seriously ill at this time, and was guarding the door, hearing Cai's screaming, he hurriedly walked into the inner room and asked Cai, "What's going on?" ”

But seeing Cai's tears, he said: "The old man has been poisoned, and now he is powerless to return to the sky, who is so heartbroken?" How dare you poison the master! ”

Cai Mao immediately said: "Now is not the time to investigate the murderer, the lord can no longer be saved, the top priority is to block the news, fake the will, and let Cong'er take the throne, if Liu Qi is allowed to go in the future, I am afraid that you and my brothers and sisters will not have a good life." ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately asked his brother-in-law Huang Chengyan, his younger brother Cai Zhan, Cai Yan and his henchman Wang Wei to come immediately, and ordered Cai Zan and Cai Yan to immediately close the city gate and capture Xiangyang County Wei Kuaizheng, prohibiting a qiē person from entering and leaving. At the same time, Wang Wei was ordered to immediately lead his troops to surround the two mansions of the Kuai clan and imprison them all to wait for their fate.

At the same time, Cai Mao also immediately wrote to Huang Zu, telling Huang Zu the news of Liu Biao's death, as a Jingxiang clan, he naturally knew that Huang Zu was actually Huang Chengyan's brother, so he naturally regarded him as a confidant, so he told Huang Zu all his schemes, and asked Huang Zu to lead the Jiangxia army to intercept Liu Qi and prevent him from returning to Xiangyang.

said that Huang Chengyan suddenly received the news of Cai Mao, and couldn't help but be shocked, but he didn't come out, and immediately wrote his will in Liu Biao's handwriting, asking Liu Cong to take the throne, but no one knew that this great talent actually did something in his will. And Huang Zu's expression also changed greatly after getting the news, and he immediately sent the letter written by Cai Mao to his henchmen to Liu Qi's Yixian overnight, and then immediately mobilized troops and horses, ready to respond to Liu Qi's orders at any time and attack Xiangyang.

Let's say that Wang Wei was ordered to go to the two mansions of the Kuai clan to round up Kuai Yue, but found that there was no one in the entire Kuai two mansions except for some servants, and asked those servants, but said that the patriarch of the Kuai clan Kuai Yue had already led his family out an hour ago, and it was Wei Kuaizheng of Xiangyang County who was responsible for opening the city gate.

Wang Wei was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly found Cai Zan and Cai Yan, and when he asked, he really said that Kuai Zheng opened the north gate of Xiangyang an hour ago, and he didn't know where to flee. Those who escaped from the city with Kuai Zheng and Kuai Yue were also the families of important generals in Liu Qi's army, such as Wang Cang, Pei Qian, Sima Zhi and others, and even the eldest lady of the Kuai family and now Liu Qi's wife, Kuai Ruyu, had already been taken back to her parents' house by Kuai Zheng, and then fled with them.

Wang Wei sighed softly, and had no choice but to leave Cai Zhan, Cai Yan and others to continue to guard the city, while he returned to the Zhennan General's Mansion to report to Cai Mao.

At this time, Cai Mao had already gathered all the civil and military under Liu Biao's account together, and painfully passed Liu Biao's death and passed on the position of General Zhennan, Jingzhou Mu, Chengwu Marquis, Governor Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou to Liu Cong's inheritance on the spot.

But seeing that one person objected on the spot, he said loudly: "The second son just received the lord's cane in the first two days, and proposed to demote the second son to Cangwu, but I didn't expect the lord to die of a violent illness immediately, this matter must be fraudulent, it can't be that the second son has a grudge and plots to kill the lord, right?" What's more, now that the eldest prince is a corporal of Lixian, both civil and military, I Jingzhou is expected by everyone, and I should inherit the throne of the lord, why is there not a word mentioned in the posthumous life? Besides, it is rumored that Cai Junshi once colluded with Cao Cao, first appointed his relatives and trusted Gong as the assassin of Jiaozhou, and then ceded Qixian County, Anzhong and other places to Cao Cao. ”

Cai Mao looked up, but saw that he was engaged in Han Ji, he couldn't help frowning, and then said: "Han is also reasonable, why did the lord not order Liu Qi to inherit, but instead appointed the second son, this is mainly because Liu Qi rebelled." Can Han Zhi know why the lord died of a violent illness? In fact, it was just a helpless statement, in fact, the real reason for the death of the lord was that he was poisoned by Liu Qi's wife. ”

"What do you say? That's impossible? Han Ji suddenly turned around and said incredulously to Cai Mao.

"Actually, even the general doesn't believe it, but this is the truth, the concubine of the second son, Fan, can testify, at that time, the Kuai family made a pot of novel food for the lord, called meat buns, the lord ate one casually, and then died of poison, the symptoms of the lord's poisoning Mrs. can testify, and the doctor who diagnosed the disease for the lord is now also staying in the house, they can naturally prove it." Although Cai Mao had already hated Han Ji to death in his heart, he still patiently explained: "If it weren't for this reason, what a big deal would it be for the lord to die?" Why don't you see Palax? ”

Han Ji sneered and said, "Hehe, Lord Cai is really good at talking, Mrs. Kuai is deeply regarded by the lord, and Kuai is deeply trusted by the lord, how can the two of them assassinate the lord?" What's more, Mrs. Kuai is the wife of the eldest prince and the father-in-law of the eldest son, how could they do something to murder the lord and trap the eldest prince in injustice? On the contrary, it is the two of you, Cai Mao, you have repeatedly colluded with foreign enemies, and the second son has been severely punished by the lord, and it is easiest to go together to assassinate the lord, and now that the lord is dead, the two of you have taken power, which is proof. ”

At this moment, Cai Mao saw Wang Wei suddenly come in and whispered beside him for a while. Cai Mao's face changed suddenly, and then he said loudly: "I just got the news that Kuai Yue took Kuai Zheng and Liu Qi's wife Kuai Shi and left Xiangyang an hour ago, if there is no ghost in his heart, how can he escape like this?" ”

Han Ji's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "The second prince robbed the eldest prince's wife in front of your mansion, and the whole city knows it, and you are the only one who treats you as if you are nothing, even if you are a shallow and ugly official, you can guess that this qiē is all from your conspiracy, how smart is the master of the book?" Where would it be necessary to bully you in a promising way? Naturally, I had to find a place to avoid trouble. On the contrary, it's you, and now there is a second son, but you can't help but be arrogant here, you want to monopolize power, your ambition can be said to be known to passers-by, and it is no different from Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. ”

Cai Mao was furious when he heard this, pointed at Han Ji and said: "Han Ji Pifu, don't you think that Ben Jiang doesn't know, when Liu Qi got married, you couldn't help but go to flatter him, and he was already impatient to cast it under his account, and now he stays here, naturally to defend the thief, today is the day when the lord is newly enthroned, it is ominous to kill you, but don't think that Ben Jiang will have no way to deal with you." ”

He ordered Wang Wei: "Put this old man in prison, and wait until Liu Qi confesses his guilt in the future, and then he will be dealt with together." ”

Wang Wei waved his hand, and two personal soldiers came over and dragged Han Ji, who had been scolding all the way, down.

After taking Han Ji down, Cai Mao said to the Zhongwenwu: "Now that Liu Qi's assassination of the lord is unmistakable, I have human and material evidence here, plus the murderer Kuai has fled, which can confirm this matter, everyone's top priority is to assist the lord to succeed to the throne first, everyone works together to guard against the thief Liu Qi's counterattack, I have ordered Jiangxia to guard Huang Zu on the river to intercept Liu Qi's army, and then ordered Wen Ping to lead the people to guard Jiangling, in order to prevent the thieves from crossing the river in the four counties of Jingnan, with these two generals, my Jingzhou will be as safe as a rock." But I, Cai Mao, have said ugly things in front, and now that the lord is newly established, all those who support it will naturally have merit, and if they collude with the thief, they will be severely punished, Han Ji This is still light, and if there is another case, he will be beheaded immediately to show the public, and his family will be reduced to slavery. ”

After listening to Cai Mao's words, all the civil and military forces had different thoughts, and they all dispersed for a while.

But he said that he didn't drive Liu Xianzai to leave the Zhennan General's Mansion and return to his own mansion, and a lady had already greeted him, and when he saw Liu Xian's melancholy face, he hurriedly asked the reason.

Liu Xian sighed softly and said the argument between Han Ji and Cai Mao, and said that now the two of them have their own opinions, and the civil and military generals are also suspicious, and they don't know who to trust, now that Han Ji has been arrested and the Kuai clan has fled, I am afraid that all the people in the city believe that Liu Biao's death was done by the Kuai clan, and now Cai Mao is powerful and controls the entire Nanjun and Jiangxia, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Liu Qi to return to Xiangyang this time.

In the end, Liu Xian couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Alas, I originally thought that the eldest son, Corporal Lixian, and his eloquent talent, were my hope for the rise of Jingzhou, but I really didn't expect that I couldn't fight Cai Mao in the end." ”

At this time, I suddenly saw a ten-year-old child walking over, and after listening to Liu Xian's words, he couldn't help but open his mouth and said, "What's the difficulty in this matter?" Must be what Lord Han said to be true? The person who poisoned Liu Jingzhou must have been plotted by Cai Mao and instructed by Liu Cong. ”

Liu Xian couldn't help laughing and said, "How old are you?" Can you even tell if it's true or false? ”

But I heard the boy laugh and said, "This matter is actually not difficult. Uncle and think about it, in the murder of Liu Jingzhou, which one benefited the most? ”