Finding more than thirty powerful local women of different races, Feng Lie's task is not yet finished, because Liu Xin has a second request, and the four local women selected must have a particularly strong desire in that regard. Although these interracial women are usually open, no one will say this kind of thing in person. There was no way, Feng Lie had to arrange for his own soldiers to give it a try......

Since breaking up with Sima Hui and others, Liu Bei has been restless. Jingzhou is Liu Xin's foundation, and if Liu Bang can marry Huang Chengyan, it is equivalent to getting the support of the Cai and Huang families. The power of the Cai family is in full swing in Jingzhou, and although the Huang family is weak, it is also a big clan in Jingzhou, and with the support of these two families, it is equivalent to getting the support of most of Jingzhou.

Liu Xin is indeed very strong, but he also has his own weaknesses, that is, he likes to take risks himself. As long as Liu Bang sits in the position of the prince, and Liu Xin is far away from the center, his opportunity for Liu Bei will come.

Liu Bei waited left and right in the mansion, but there was no news of Huang Chengyan. Although Huang Chengyan finally agreed to go to the State Pastoral Mansion to try it at Sima Hui's house that day, everyone could see that his face was full of reluctance. To be honest, who doesn't want his daughter to marry a good man, Liu Bei won't want to be replaced by him. However, this is already the best way that Liu Bei can come up with at present, he doesn't want to give up, and secretly makes up his mind, if there is still no response from Huang Chengyan in two days, he will go out of the city again and ask Sima Hui to come forward to urge.

On this day, Liu Bei woke up early in the morning and felt that something was not right, and his eyelids kept jumping. It is said that the left eye jumps rich, and the right eye jumps disaster, but it is very strange, he is jumping with two eyelids today, and he doesn't know whether he wants to get rich or suffer a disaster.

In order to calm down his mood as soon as possible, Liu Bei sacrificed his housekeeping skills again, got a pile of straw, and began to weave straw shoes. Editing and compiling, Liu Bei's mood not only did not calm down, but became more irritable. Liu Bei, who has more than 20 years of weaving mat weaving skills, the straw sandals he knits today are actually crooked, far worse than a novice. Liu Bei sighed and said to himself, "Could it be that something big is going to happen today." ”

Before the words fell, I heard someone outside the door laugh and said, "Lord Liu, congratulations!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly threw away the half-knitted straw sandals in his hand, got up to take a look, and hurriedly saluted: "It turned out to be General Xu, I don't know what the subordinate is happy about?" ”

The person who came was Xu Chu, the commander of the Flying Tiger Guard. Xu Chu smiled and said: "By the order of my eldest brother, Liu Bei was appointed as the ambassador for the promotion of literature from the four products, and he will go to Rinan County, Jiaozhou to take office from now on. Lord Liu, Xu heard that the scenery in the south of Japan is beautiful, the folk customs are simple, and when the adults get there, they must be able to write a few good articles, and Xu is still waiting to read Lord Liu's masterpieces. ”

Xu Chu is a martial artist, if it weren't for Liu Xin forcing him to study, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to read a few baskets of Dou Da's words. Not to mention whether Liu Bei has the ability to write any masterpieces, just looking at Xu Chu's reckless appearance, how could he have the leisure and elegance to read Liu Bei's masterpieces, which is clearly ridiculing Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was already suspicious, but now he was even more shocked when he heard Xu Chuyan's insincere ridicule. The first thing he thought of was not how much money he would increase from the sixth rank to the fourth grade, but whether it would be some conspiracy of Liu Xin.

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Xu Chu say again: "Lord Liu, you went to Rinan this time not only to increase the official and enter the knighthood, but also to be a little envious." ”

A few days ago, the decree promulgated by Liu Xin had already spread in Xiangyang City. Although Liu Bei was a lonely man and had no eyes and ears, those subordinates in the mansion floated a few words in front of him intentionally or unintentionally. As soon as Liu Bei inquired, he knew the content of the decree. However, at that time, he didn't think that this decree would have anything to do with him, so he only heard it as a joke.

Now hearing Xu Chu say this, Liu Bei suddenly came to his senses. He is now a fourth-rank official in Ninan County, and his rank is half a level higher than that of Nichinan Taishou, but according to the provisions of the new decree, he must marry four local women from Nichinan. Of course, you really can't marry a woman from Rinan, and you can marry a few women from Jiaozhi or Jiuzhen. However, there is a strict stipulation in that decree that this task must be completed within the specified time limit, otherwise there will be no forgiveness!

Liu Bei counted with his fingers, and couldn't help but change his face greatly. From Xiangyang to Rinan County, if you go unhurriedly, it will be at least nearly a month, and Liu Xin's deadline stipulated in the decree is only a short ten days. In other words, Liu Bei had to rush to Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, or Rinan within ten days, and marry four local women.

Thinking about this, Liu Bei couldn't help but gasp. Liu Xin's trick is really vicious! Ten days, hurry up, maybe you can catch up. But it is not possible to get there and finish the job, and he must marry four local women, if there is no local woman willing to marry him, Liu Xin can justifiably take his life.

Liu Bei is a person with great ambitions, and he finally found a way to turn over, but he didn't want to die like this. There are two paths ahead of him. The first was to take advantage of the opportunity to leave Jingzhou and quickly escape, and the second was to rush to Rinan County day and night, even if he spent money to buy four local women, so that Liu Xin had nothing to say.

Neither of these two paths is easy to choose. Escape, now Jingzhou is also surrounded by Liu Xin's territory, countless checkpoints are not decorations, no matter where he is found, he will not escape death. Hurry to Rinan County, this road is very hard, and it is all under Liu Xin's control, if Liu Xin has the intention to put him to death, it is very likely to set up all kinds of obstacles for him on the road, so that he cannot reach Jiaozhou safely. Liu Bei gritted his teeth, but decided to choose to go to Rinan County to take office.

After making this decision, Liu Bei calmed down a lot, arched his hand towards Xu Chu, and said: "Without further ado, the lower official is ready to go to the post, I don't know if the lord has any other orders?" ”

Xu Chu frowned and said, "I haven't heard anything about it, big brother. It's just that Lord Liu is promoted, and Xu is planning to set up a banquet for Lord Liu in the best restaurant in Xiangyang City. Why should Lord Liu leave in such a hurry, it is better to wait for a drink tonight, and it is not too late to set off tomorrow. ”

Liu Bei "chuckled" in his heart, this was obviously trying to delay time! Liu Bei was even more convinced of his judgment, waved his hand again and again, and said, "The general's kindness has been appreciated by the official." It's just that the lord gave an order, and the lower officials really didn't dare to delay. Xia Guan was alone, and there was nothing valuable in this mansion, so he didn't even have to clean it up. I also asked the general to tell the lord that the lower official would not resign, and he would set off. ”

Xu Chu saw that Liu Bei insisted on leaving, and he didn't keep it anymore, so he snorted and said, "Since this is the case, Xu will send a team of personal guards to escort Lord Liu on the road." ”

Liu Bei was secretly glad that he didn't choose the path of escape, otherwise he would have been in a different place long ago.

Although it is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, the road is not as difficult as Liu Bei imagined. Jing and Yi Erzhou have long been under Liu Xin's control, and these roads have been built wide and flat, extending in all directions. The team of guards who escorted Liu Bei south were all elite in a hundred battles, and any one of them could be regarded as a powerful general if they were put into the ordinary army. Liu Bei is not a weak scholar who is powerless, riding an inferior horse and pulling a hard bow. Although this road is far away, it is not a big deal for Liu Bei and those flying tiger guards.

In order to hurry, Liu Bei resolutely refused to live in the post stations along the way, and slept in the open along the way. However, to Liu Bei's surprise, these escorted Flying Tiger guards did not have the slightest complaint. Liu Bei said that he would do it, and he would live as soon as he said it, and he had never disobeyed Liu Bei's orders, as if he was like his own personal soldiers.

Liu Bei was not a very suspicious person, but after encountering Liu Xin, a strong opponent, he gradually became suspicious. After walking for five days in a row, we have approached the border of Cochin. In the past five days, Liu Bei has not slept well all night, no one takes off his armor, he does not remove his saddle, and a pair of double-strand swords are placed in his hand, ready to guard against the sneak attack that the team of flying tiger guards may carry out against him.

After a few days, Liu Bei was already slightly tired. He began to regret it a little, instead of being stubborn and insisting on sleeping in the wilderness for the sake of hurrying, he should have stayed in a post station. Liu Bei knew that Liu Xin was now the time to win people's hearts, even if he wanted to kill himself, he would find a suitable reason, or start in the wilderness and in a no-man's land. The post station is full of people, at least he doesn't have to worry about the Flying Tiger guards attacking him at night, so he can sleep peacefully and have more energy.

After entering the territory of Jiaozhi, Liu Bei really changed his strategy and lived in the post station of Shenlu instead. It's just that the situation of Jiaozhi is completely different from that of Jing and Yierzhou. The roads here are rugged and difficult, and the post stations have just been built, in poor condition, and are dilapidated. Under such conditions, Liu Bei not only didn't sleep well, but he couldn't even eat well, and his body was even more tired.

Fortunately, he had already arrived in Jiaozhi, and Liu Bei was not in a hurry to leave, but wanted to choose a few local women while walking. Liu Bei is not a person who is in a hurry, but in order to be able to complete the task of marrying four wives and concubines as soon as possible.

There are no strict rules about when he will take office, and there is no problem in arriving in Ninan-gun within a month. However, marrying four local women as wives and concubines is time-limited, and there are only four days left.

Originally, as Liu Bei's identity as an official of the fourth grade, it couldn't be easier to find four women from a poor local family. However, when Liu Bei inquired, he was greatly disappointed, and along the way, there was no unmarried woman of the right age at all.