Just when Liu Yi, Yin Xiao, Zhang Ning, and Huang Wudie were "punishing" the Cai family, in Xiangyang City, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were secretly ready to flee from Xiangyang.

However, at this moment, Cai Mao was a little hesitant.

Because, he couldn't make up his mind whether to take Liu Cong away with him.

Originally, Liu Cong was named the new lord of Jingzhou who replaced Liu Biao, but in fact he was just a puppet. Cai Mao brought him to power, just by borrowing his mouth and using his name to submit to Cao Cao, so that it can be more justified, at least, he Cai Mao will not become the target of the public, with Liu Cong on his head, he Cai Mao will not be pointed at his back by the people of Jingzhou to scold him for betraying the lord and scolding him for betraying Jingzhou.

If Cao Cao can lead his army into Xiangyang and officially take over Jingzhou, then Liu Cong can withdraw from the stage, and what happens in the future is none of Liu Cong's business.

However, now Cao Cao has not been able to come to Xiangyang City, that is to say, Cao Cao has not officially obtained Jingzhou, even if it is nominally, he has not yet been able to get Jingzhou.

It stands to reason that Cai Mao is now going to take Liu Cong to see Cao Cao, even if Cao Cao is actually unlikely to get Jingzhou, at least, let this lord of Jingzhou officially hand over to Cao Cao, and let Cao Cao nominally get Jingzhou, I believe Cao Cao may have a good impression of him Cai Mao.

In this way, at least Cao Cao can keep the name of being able to launch an attack on Jingzhou at any time. As long as Liu Cong is in Cao Cao's hands, then Liu Cong can be pushed out at any time, even if it is to help Liu Cong recapture Jingzhou. Anyway, Liu Congruo is in Cao Cao's hands. So Cao Cao will fight Jingzhou whenever he wants.

However, Cai Mao is also a little faintly worried, a child like Liu Cong. What he can have is just a symbol of identity, and if he votes for Cao Cao, he will inevitably be accused by Cao Cao, and he can only be used by Cao Cao for the rest of his life, and in the future, even if he is Cai Mao. I'm afraid it's a little difficult to see Liu Cong.

In short, he fled from Xiangyang with Liu Cong and took refuge in Cao Cao. For him Cai Mao to serve under Cao Cao's account, it will have a certain positive effect. However, this is undoubtedly tantamount to cheating Liu Cong.

You must know that Liu Cong is his Cai Mao's nephew after all. I have been close to him since I was a child. He planned to kill Liu Biao, but he really didn't want to kill this nephew in his heart. If Liu Cong is taken to Cao Cao's account, Liu Cong's life may be between Cao Cao's joy and anger.

Although Cai Mao is greedy for wealth and power, he can't treat his family and people who are related to him by blood, and he can't do it to the point of breaking off his feelings.

So he struggled. I don't know if I want to take Liu Cong with me.

Ignorant child, with a slight panic in his eyes. During this time, Cai Mao single-handedly controlled the Jingzhou regime and deceived and frightened Liu Cong, which had already made this teenage child who barely knew a little bit of things aware of his uncle's uneasiness and kindness. For this uncle, he was a little alienated invisibly.

There was no one in the hall, but this nephew.

The maids have all been waved away by Cai Mao.

"Cong'er, now my uncle has an important decision, this time, my uncle will not force you, let you choose." Cai Mao struggled for a long time before deciding to let Liu Cong choose his own destiny once.

Liu Cong, who was sitting on the edge of the couch, was obviously a little at a loss, I don't know when, when he saw this uncle who had always been good to him, he would always feel scared from the bottom of his heart, his childish face, with a kind of panic, he shrunk his neck, and his body shrunk, only to look at this uncle timidly, and then whispered: "Uncle, Cong'er doesn't understand anything, if there is anything, you can make up your own mind." I...... I just want to ...... mother."

"Miss ......"

"Alas...... Well, I see. ”

Seeing Liu Cong's appearance, Cai Mao couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, he really couldn't hate to hurt this nephew. Anyway, he shook his head and said, "Xiangyang can't hold it, uncle...... Well, I'm afraid I'm leaving Xiangyang. ”

"Huh? Leaving Xiangyang? Do you want to go back to Gangneung? Is my mother waiting for me to come home in Gangneung? ”

"Gangneung?" Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, and said with a dumb smile: "Hehe, Jiangling is even more dangerous, my uncle is going to cross the river to join Cao Cao, are you willing to go with your uncle?" ”

Compared with Xiangyang, Jiangling is Liu Cong's home, he was born in Jiangling and grew up in Jiangling. Moving to Xiangyang is still a matter of recent years. Of course, he didn't know where his mother-in-law Cai was now, and Liu Biao naturally wouldn't tell him that his mother-in-law had already been involved with other men, and those subordinates couldn't say anything to Xiao'er who didn't understand anything. That's a head-off thing.

"Oh, it's not going back to Jiangling...... Liu Cong lowered his head, looking a little sad.

"Where is my mother?" He asked abruptly again.

"Uh...... Your mother, she ......" Cai Mao didn't know how to say it.

"If I wait for my mother in Xiangyang, will my mother come back? Will you come and pick me up? ”

"This ...... I think it will come. ”

"Then, will I stay in Xiangyang City and wait for my mother?" Liu Cong plucked up his courage and looked up at Cai Maodao.

"Well, stay, it's your own choice." Cai Mao understood Liu Cong's choice and knew that in his heart, only his mother should be his real relative now, and the person he felt safe.

"You have to remember, from now on, you have to stay here, you must not leave this palace, no matter what happens outside, you must hide well until ...... Until your mother comes and calls you. Got it? ”

"Well, if my mother doesn't come, I won't pay attention to anyone." Liu Cong's eyes were a little firm.

Cai Mao glanced at Liu Cong deeply, gritted her teeth, and turned to leave.

If you want to escape from Xiangyang, you have to be fast, Cai Mao said to the people of his family, and the people of his family naturally agreed with Cai Mao's decision, because if they stayed in Xiangyang, they really didn't have a sense of security, and they would take refuge in Cao Cao, or it would be better.

However, the family is big and the business is big, and you have to prepare secretly, and you can't leave all at once.

It took two days for the Cai family to secretly dispose of their industrial wealth in Xiangyang and take away part of it. Part of it was disposed of on the spot.

Hundreds of people, under Cai Mao's arrangement, left Xiangyang unknowingly. At the same time, he left Xiangyang. There is also the Zhang family, as well as other families that have a close relationship with Cai Mao.

The people Cai Mao sent to contact Cao Cao also returned, and Cao Cao seemed to be very dissatisfied, even a little angry, about Cai Mao's preparation to flee Xiangyang. However, he still agreed to Cai Mao and sent Zhang He to lead the army to meet him on the other side of the river.

Cao Cao was dissatisfied and angry, and there was no way, because. He himself has no way to cross Xiangyang and wave his army to enter Xiangyang, not to mention that he has crossed the river with his army, even if he wants to meet the more than 300,000 troops in Jingzhou to cross the river. There's no way he can do it.

The navy of the New Han Army is like a big knife between him and Xiangyang, Jingzhou, making it difficult for him to break and cross.

If you can. Cao Cao hoped that Cai Mao could lead the more than 300,000 troops and horses in Jingzhou to cross the river. But that's just wishful thinking. Looking at the warships of the New Han Army on the Xiangjiang River, he knew that the general trend had gone. At this time, if Cai Mao can still lead 30,000 sailors to surrender, this can be regarded as a little comfort.

Just when Cai Mao was about to leave Xiangyang, his subordinates caught a person and brought him to take a look, but he was from Iraq.

It turned out that Cai Mao was preparing to flee from Xiangyang. Noticed by the Yi nationality, he planned to report the situation to the Xinhan army. But. accidentally exposed Xingzang, was caught by Cai Mao's people, and even the letters and newspapers on his body were searched.

Cai Mao and Yi have never dealt with each other very much, because Yi is one of the few close ministers who followed Liu Biao to Jingzhou to take office, and he has won Liu Biao's trust. If it had been a few days earlier, Cai Mao had caught the handle of the Yi nationality, I am afraid that the Yi nationality would really be unable to escape death.

Cai Mao took the letter and sneered at Yizhi: "Hehe, Mr. Jibo, I really can't imagine that you actually fornicated with Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty." It seems that it shouldn't have colluded with the New Han Dynasty recently, right? I really can't imagine that my brother-in-law values you so much, counting it, Jingzhou Wenwu, you and other people have followed my brother-in-law for the longest time, right? Say, what do you want me Cai to do with you? ”

Yi Ji also has a bit of a literati style, he was carelessly caught by Cai Mao's people, and he also asked himself that he would definitely die, so he was not afraid of Cai Mao at this moment.

He also looked at Cai Mao with a mocking expression, and sneered: "Hehe, each other, you Cai Mao, you Cai Mao are not just joining Cao Cao now, right?" Well, I'm from Iraq to admit that Yi has been admiring the New Han Dynasty for a long time, and he has already secretly come to the New Han Dynasty. However, I dare to say that I have a clear conscience, at least, Yi has not harmed Liu Biao, and usually, he has some contact with the New Han Dynasty, and it is just some dispensable information that has little impact on the overall situation. It's you Cai Mao, who keeps claiming that Liu Biao is a brother-in-law? Hehe, ridiculous! Are you worthy of your brother-in-law? How long has the young lord succeeded to the throne? But in just a few days, you are good, you sold Jingzhou to Cao Cao at once, haha, fortunately, the new Han military chess is high, and you control Xiangjiang, this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to sell Jingzhou, right? ”

"Humph! Do you dare to be hard when you are dying? Cai Mao said angrily.

"Don't dare, Yi is just telling the truth." Yi Ji said with an indifferent face: "If it falls into your hands, if you want to kill or scrape, it's up to you, but if Yi doesn't connect with the people of the New Han Army within two hours, it proves that something happened to me Yi." When the time comes, the people of the New Han Army will find my people, and they will know your current plans, and I would like to see if you can still cross the river to join Cao Cao when the New Han Army and the Navy's navy are on guard. ”

"How dare you threaten me?"

"It's a fact." Dead pigs in Iraq are not afraid of boiling water.

"Uh...... You! "Cai Mao is really a bit of a bogeyman.

This is related to his Cai family and Zhang family and other families, as well as the only 30,000 remaining Jingzhou sailors, these are the capital that he can still mix under Cao Cao's account after he votes for Cao Cao in the future. Cai Mao really didn't dare to let herself escape hopelessly because of an Iraqi nationality.

Cai Mao's heart was like lightning, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly pulled out his long sword, and it was a sword aimed at Yi Yuan.

However, instead of killing I, he cut the rope on I's body with a sword.

With a choking sound, the long sword was gone.

Cai Mao changed his face, and said to Yi: "Mr. Yi, it's my Cai Mao who is rude, haha, speaking of which, let's not laugh at anyone, you and Liu Yi secretly communicated with each other early, and we also voted for Cao Cao as a last resort, we are fifty steps and one hundred steps, no one should laugh at anyone." Come, please sit down with Mr. Jibo, and how about we talk? ”

"Humph!" Yi Yuan shook his sleeves, and he didn't want to pay much attention to Cai Mao, but he still walked to the side and sat on the cushion.

"Come on, serve tea!" Cai Mao greeted his subordinates, and then said to Yi Yuan with a sincere face: "Mr. Yi, let's open the skylight and say something." Now Xiangyang City has become a mess, and it is impossible to defend it anymore, not to mention our city, even if it is our Jingzhou army, now the army is disheartened, and it may be defeated at any time, and Xiangyang is no longer defensible. I, Cai Mao, don't have too many thoughts now, I just want to save my family's life and leave Xiangyang. Please also ask Mr. Yi to fulfill it. ”

"Humph!" Yi turned his head away and ignored Cai Mao.

"Of course, I won't lose my husband." Seeing this, Cai Mao had no choice but to laugh and say: "Hehe, Mr. may look down on me Cai Mao, but this life is just a few decades in the world, and if people are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." Cai Mao voted for Cao Cao, and he also had to suffer......"

Cai Mao knew that if the news of his current plan to cross the river and flee was spread, not to mention whether the New Han Army wanted to stop him, even Jingzhou Wenwu would probably not let him go. The current Jingzhou army, he seems to be unable to command anymore, at the critical moment, those Jingzhou civil and military forces, used their own strength to split the Jingzhou army, and the generals in the army obeyed their family's orders.

Therefore, he knew that if he wanted to escape this time, he would have to let Yi let him go. Of course, now, he can indeed slash Yi to death. I don't believe the words of the Ichi. But what if? Cai Mao didn't dare to gamble with her family.

Therefore, Cai Mao took refuge in Cao Cao and told him the truth.

After listening to it, Yi Ji was also a little surprised, he was not by Liu Yi's side after all, and he would not believe all the rumors, but after listening to Cai Mao's words, he knew that Cai was really on good terms with Liu Yi.

This, Yi is really a little speechless, this future lord, is really too romantic.

"You say, Liu Cong, you don't plan to take it away?"

"Yes, this, Cai Mao arranged it herself, and now it is just right, you can hand it over to Mr. Yi and let you protect Liu Cong, as long as you hand over Liu Cong to Liu Yi, this will definitely be a great achievement, which should play a decisive role in your status by Liu Yi's side in the future."

"Hmm......" Yi Yuan nodded slightly, feeling that what Cai Mao said was not without a little truth. (To be continued......)