"The second prince inherited the first qiē of the lord, and Cai Daquan is already the number one real power figure under the second prince, and even the lord has to listen to Cai Junshi's ideas, so the two of them are naturally the ones who benefited this time." Liu Xian listened to the boy's words, couldn't help but be stunned, and said casually.

"Isn't that the end of it? The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, the murder of Liu Jingzhou is not beneficial to the eldest prince and his wife or even the entire Kuai family, how can they have this idea? Uncle don't say that it is to seek power or something like that, in fact, this sentence has a big flaw, because the eldest prince is not in Xiangyang at all, at this time, poisoning Liu Jingzhou can only cheapen Liu Cong, not to mention that the prestige of the eldest prince is now comparable, even if it is comparable to Liu Jingzhou, it is the hope of the people, and the expectations of the people, Liu Jingzhou will never dare to risk the disapproval of the world and pass the throne to others, with the wisdom of the eldest prince and Mrs. Kuai, how can he not see this? Now that he can see it, how can he have the idea of poisoning Liu Jingzhou? ”

"Ah, I don't doubt that this is reasonable, but it's a pity that I have lived so many years in vain, and I can't see the truth in it, so that the matter must be as Lord Han said, the lord was killed by the conspiracy of Cai Mao and Liu Cong, but instead came to frame Mrs. Kuai, and in order to protect himself, the Kuai family and Mrs. Kuai were all sent out of the city." Liu Xian seemed to suddenly remember something, and then said: "It's just that since the master knows that the lord is in trouble, why don't you go and remind the lord?" On the contrary, he abandoned the lord and ignored it, but first thought of self-preservation. ”

But I heard the boy continue: "How confused is my uncle? If it were you, would you believe it if someone reported that it was your eldest brother and son who wanted to harm you? In this way, not only will it not help, but it will startle the snake, and even the family will not be able to save it at that time, so this is the cleverness of the master book, this person can have such a reaction, which makes me deeply admired. ”

Liu Xian smiled and said: "There is no doubt that your intelligence is not worse than that of Master Kuai, and you can see through his intentions, you are only ten years old, and you can be so good, it is really commendable." ”

Zhou Budo said with emotion: "I also thought of it after hearing my uncle's words, it is impossible for me to have the same reaction as the master of Kuai, I really admire the master of Kuai, and I can't wait to meet him and worship him as a teacher." ”

Liu Xianyi listened to Zhou Budo's words. Now that he has no idea, he asked Zhou Bu to ask: "By the way, since we have determined that the murderers of the lord are Liu Cong and Cai Mao, how should we deal with ourselves now?" Now that Cai Mao controls the entire Nanjun and Jiangxia, Nanyang has the general Guan Yu sent by Cao Cao to guard it, echoing him from north to south, even if the eldest prince leads the army back to Xiangyang, I am afraid it will not be able to break through at all, so, in order to protect ourselves, are we going to follow Cai Mao and Liu Cong from now on? ”

But listening to Zhou Budo smiled: "Uncle's words are bad, not to mention that the warriors under the command of the eldest prince are like clouds and strategists are like rain, and for more than a year, he has been fighting in the east and west, and he has won all the battles, but a small Jiangxia and Nanjun can't be difficult for him." What's more, Jingzhou is not uninhabited, and even I, a ten-year-old child, can see it, how can I hide it from the wise people of the world? Liu Cong exterminated humanity and murdered his father and sister-in-law, how could he win the hearts of the people? The gains and losses of the world lie in the hearts of the people, and if they do too much injustice, they will kill themselves, although Cai Mao and Liu Cong are proud for a while, they will definitely die at the hands of the eldest prince in the future. Therefore, it is better for the child to make a decision early for his uncle. ”

Liu Xian couldn't help but nod when he heard this, thought about it for a while, and then asked, "But now that Cai Mao controls the entire Xiangyang, how should we get out of the city?" ”

Zhou Budo smiled: "Why should we go out of the city? Going out of the city is dangerous, so it's better for us to be in the city, and wait until the eldest prince's soldiers come to the city and then secretly surrender the city, isn't it much better than going out of the city? ”

"Okay, then it's decided." Liu first patted the table case and said resolutely.

Since then, Liu Xian has brought the supernatural power Zhou Budo to his side, on the one hand, he expressed respect and loyalty to Cai Mao and Liu Cong on the surface, on the other hand, he secretly contacted the old department, bought the hearts of the army, and after Liu Qi came to the city, he secretly opened the city gate and surrendered to Liu Qi.

In fact, Liu Xian is not the only one who has similar ideas in Xiangyang City, Deng Xi and Fu Xun have the same thoughts, but they are literati, so they can only secretly connect with the scholars of Jingzhou and quietly refute Liu Qi and his wife.

Han Song and Song Zhen resigned from their positions and went home to retire. Liu Cong saw that these two old guys who thought highly of themselves had resigned from their positions, and it was too late to be happy in his heart, so he pretended to keep a few words to Han Song and let him go, but he didn't even keep Song Zhen.

And less than half a month later, Liu Cong and Cai Mao heard a shocking news, Cao Cao's appointed Nanyang Taishou Guan Yu announced his departure from Cao Cao a few days ago, Gong Du, Liu Pi and other people in Runan responded, all the south of Xuchang belonged to Liu Bei, Cao Cao sent the general Cai Yang to suppress it, but was killed by Guan Yu.

After that, Liu Bei led an army of 20,000 people, thinking that Liu Biao was avenging, and in the name of denouncing the thief Liu Cong who killed his father and Cai Mao, the thief who betrayed the master, he led the army south, and captured Xinye in just ten days, and the front of the army pointed directly at Deng County.

"Damn big-eared thief, I have no grievances with you, why bother to occupy my territory?" Liu Cong couldn't help but be furious, scolded and scolded, and at the same time had no choice but to send the general Wang Wei to Deng County to guard the town, and appointed Cai Mao and his two younger brothers to guard Xiangyang.

After a few days, Liu Cong suddenly got another terrible news from Huang Zu, it turned out that Liu Qi led the army day and night, taking advantage of the confrontation between Huang Zu and the Ganning naval army, he actually crossed the river by land, and passed through Jiangxia in a few days, and then grabbed a lot of ships from Shaxian in Changsha, and then took a boat to the north of the Han River, and it is estimated that the army has arrived in Yicheng.

"What? It's really hateful, how could Liu Qi's waste come so quickly? Cai Mao, didn't you say that Xiangyang is solid? Didn't you say that Liu Qi would definitely not be able to come to Xiangyang City? Tell me, what are we going to do now? Liu Cong patted the desk and yelled at Cai Mao with a hideous face.

Cai Mao didn't expect Liu Qi to come so quickly, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the news from Huang Zu, but he didn't expect Liu Cong to dare to speak to him like this, so he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and said secretly: "If it weren't for me Cai Mao, where would you Liu Cong come from today?" Not only do you not know Entu, but you dare to do this to me, if it weren't for the tension in the current situation in front of you, I would still use your place, and I will kill you immediately in response to this sentence. ”

However, in front of all the civil and military personnel, Cai Mao couldn't do it, but said lightly: "Don't worry, Huang Zu wrote in the letter that he has already led the army to chase over, as long as we hold on for ten days and a half months, his army will be able to arrive, and when the time comes, our Xiangyang defenders plus Huang Zu's strength will definitely be able to worship Liu Qi." And what we have to do now, the most important thing is to worship Liu Qi, this waste, after Cao Gong defeats Liu Bei's army, we will form an alliance with Cao Gong, we can kill Liu Qi, and then annex the vast territory he occupies, and then the lord will sit on the entire Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, Yangzhou four counties, the strength is probably even Cao Gong will have to look sideways. ”

"But can our Xiangyang hold on for ten days and a half months? Liu Qi's waste will arrive in Yicheng soon. Liu Cong couldn't help but sigh and said slowly: "That waste has been fighting outside all the year round, and the soldiers under his command are extremely brave, and there are many intelligent people, so I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it." ”

Cai Mao immediately shouted when she heard this: "What did the lord say? How can we not have enough faith in the face of the great enemy? We have been operating in Yicheng for many years, and in order to guard against Zhao Wei, the dog Cai Ling repaired the city and dug trenches, accumulating grain and grass, not to mention the Jincheng soup pool, even if Liu Qi led an army of 100,000 people, it was impossible to capture it without ten days and a half months, and it would take so long for Liu Qi to attack Yicheng, let alone our Xiangyang? As long as we persist until Huang Zu comes, we will be able to completely defeat Liu Qi's waste by attacking inside and outside. ”

Liu Cong was a little relieved when he heard this, and after a while, he said: "Strategist, where did you say that this old guy Kuai Yue ran?" We haven't been looking for it for so long and haven't found it, didn't he go to Liu Qi? ”

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "It's impossible, because we have deployed a large number of spies south of Xiangyang. I haven't heard anything about Kuai's at all, according to my guess, Kuai Yue may have gone north, but where he went, the last general doesn't know, but the last general is stepping up the investigation, I believe that Kuai Yue's old thief will definitely not be able to escape, lord, you can rest assured. ”

"Since this is the case, then the official can rest assured, you can arrange the matter of defending Liu Qi, I will go to the city with my concubine Fan to distribute relief food, hehe, now the people in the city have received our benefits, they are very enthusiastic, and it is really good for us to win the hearts of the people."

After Liu Cong finished speaking, he got up and left the official office, and then led the Fan family to distribute relief food.

A flash of disdain flashed in Cai Mao's eyes, and he said secretly: "What's the use of spending a lot of grain and grass in the city to win the attachment of a few small people?" It's better to distribute these grains and grass to the soldiers, maybe they can defend the city more carefully, but presumably Liu Qi can't hit Xiangyang, so do whatever you want. Anyway, the power of Jingzhou is now in my hands, even if those ignorant people support you, it will be of little use to you, hehe, because soon, the entire Jingzhou will be Cao Gong's. ”

But at this moment, a sergeant suddenly broke in and said loudly: "Military division, the big thing is not good, according to reliable information, Liu Qi led the army to suddenly capture Jiangling, Jiangling County ordered Liu Hu to surrender directly without even fighting, so that Liu Qi had 10,000 troops for nothing, and now Liu Qi is leading an army of 30,000 and is killing Yicheng." ”

"What? Thirty thousand troops! Cai Mao couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard this, and said with a little panic: "If it is an army of 20,000, my son can hold on for a while, but now it is an army of 30,000, I am afraid that my son will definitely not be able to hold on to the arrival of Huang Zu." What can I do? ”

Thinking of this, Cai Mao couldn't help but be furious, and said hatefully: "This damn Liu Qi would take the opportunity to attack Jiangling, this is really incredible, isn't he in a hurry to avenge his father, isn't he a rapid march of thousands of miles?" Today, he finally arrived in Yicheng, and he even thought about fighting Jiangling again, did he have the old man who had died in his heart? Isn't he a filial son? How can you do such a shameless thing? ”

But anger returned to anger, and Cai Mao had no choice but to send Cai Zan to lead an army of 10,000 to aid Yicheng. He couldn't afford to let his son be in danger.