Chapter 35: Fighting Openly and Secretly (I)
Seeing that Kuai Shao was gone, Zhang Wei screamed in pain, this cowardice was in stark contrast to the resolute hero image just now. Steward Zhao said, "What's wrong with Brother Zhang?" Yo, the injury in the back is very serious, hurry, I have some self-made hemostatic powder here, which can heal the wound quickly, you can try it! ”
Zhang Wei said with a vigilant face: "This thing won't have any more side effects, right?" ”
Steward Zhao blushed and said, "This is a medicinal herb and not an elixir, where are there so many side effects, Miss Qin'er, please help hold it down here!" Zhang Wei then climbed down and let the two heal.
Qin'er pressed Zhang Wei's deep wound and said softly: "Zhang Gongzi, you and I met in Pingshui, why did you sacrifice your life three times to save each other?" Zhang Wei smiled and said: "I don't know why, but when I see you being bullied, I feel unhappy, especially that Kuai Shao!" Hmph, I'll kill him next time so you don't have to marry him, how about it? Is it a good idea? Qin'er silently lowered her head and did not speak. Steward Zhao frowned and said, "If you talk again, I won't be able to stop the bleeding, so I really can't do it, so I have to feed you a pill that I have newly refined!" Zhang Wei immediately closed his mouth obediently.
Happiness is always short-lived, but the separation is long-lasting, in the blink of an eye, Zhang Wei is strong, coupled with the healing elixir of Steward Zhao, the wound heals very quickly, and it is already half better, during which Qin'er is naturally indispensable to accompany him carefully.
In the early morning of this day, Cai Mao and Zhao Yudan came to the camp, and their behavior was more intimate than before. Zhao Yudan said: "Steward Zhao, you bring some capable assistants into the city with me, and bring some things that are handy, and the caravan will temporarily rest on the outskirts of the city!" Cai Mao saw Qin'er and Zhang Wei together, and said with a smile: "Miss Qin'er, we should also enter the city, Lord Liu Biao, the state pastor, is already waiting in front of the city gate, but you can't let your adults wait for a long time!" ”
Qin'er nodded, her eyes lingered on Zhang Wei for a moment, and then walked over silently.
Zhang Wei couldn't bear it, and was about to speak, but was pulled by the sleeve of Steward Zhao beside him and made a look. Cai Mao continued: "Steward Zhao, this Zhang Hero is brave, but he is a rare fierce general, you must remember to bring it, the future is definitely limitless!" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Wei and nodded with a smile. Steward Zhao saw that Zhang Wei's eyes were all on Qin'er, and coughed a few times in a low voice, and Zhang Wei came back to his senses and clasped his fists to salute.
Cai Mao smiled and said: "No need to be formal, tonight in the cold house, the contemptible people will hold a banquet to entertain you, and I hope to appreciate the light!" Especially Miss Zhao, the contemptible people have long heard of the amount of alcohol in Miss, and they asked themselves that there is no opponent in Xiangyang City, and we are fortunate today, we must not get drunk at night! Zhao Yudan hurriedly said: "That's natural, I have heard that the general is quite fluent, and there are also some bosom friends under the concubine, and the general needs to dial one or two at night!" After speaking, he gave Steward Zhao a look, and Steward Zhao nodded knowingly.
Cai Mao accompanied Qin'er to ride a horse in the forefront, Zhao Yudan's sedan chair walked in the middle, Zhao Steward brought a few yellow-clothed warriors, together with Zhang Wei to follow the sedan chair, the team traveled very fast, only half an hour to come to the gate of Xiangyang City. I saw that the city of Xiangyang City was solid, the colorful flags on the city wall were flying, and the people and horses were bright and bright, standing on the city wall, giving people a strong impression of being indestructible. There was already a convoy waiting there in the city, and the first general, riding a jujube red horse, wearing bright copper armor, handsome, burly, looking like he was in his thirties, saw Cai Mao and Qin'er coming, and hurriedly flew off the horse.
Cai Mao and Qin'er also hurriedly flew off the horse and bowed down: "I've seen Lord Zhoumu!" The last general, Cai Mao, fortunately did not disgrace his life, and has brought the Jiaozhou envoy safely! Qin'er also hurriedly said: "Jiaozhou envoy Shi Qin has seen Lord Zhoumu!" Liu Biao hurriedly ran over, helped the two of them up one by one and said: "General Cai has meritorious service in escorting the envoys, and I will definitely start the Son of Heaven to be crowned a general on the next day." Shiqin Laoshi has worked the hike, is Shizhou Mu in good health? ”
Qin'er said: "My father is in good health, this time I know that Liu Zhoumu is lonely, calming the chaos, he is really a hero among the people, and I specially let Qin'er come to convey my father's willingness to be friendly with the state pastor, and another five hundred refined swords are given to the state pastor!" ”
Liu Biaoxi smiled and said: "This is really a charcoal in the snow, Shizhou Mu is so gracious, he will accept it here, our two states are adjacent to each other, naturally they should be repaired forever, and the people will not suffer from the chaos of war!" ”
Qin'er said: "Liu Zhoumu has this love for the people, which is really a blessing for the people of Jingzhou!" ”
Liu Biao said: "I dare not be ashamed, now that I have just taken office, I am waiting to be revived, if you want to let the people of Jingzhou live a good life, you can't do without the efforts of everyone!" The second half of the sentence was naturally said to the officials behind him.
The official behind him walked out, bowed down and said: "It is really fortunate for me that the lord has this ambition, and now that winter is about to fall, it is an excellent time to build the river embankment, otherwise I am afraid that there will be people displaced again during the flood next year!" When Liu Biao heard this person speak, he couldn't help frowning slightly. This change in expression was seen by Cai Mao, and he took a step forward and said: "Kuai Liang, now is not the time to discuss politics, now is the distant envoy who welcomes us to Jiaozhou, and it is also the daughter-in-law of your Kuai family in the future, why is it so regardless of the occasion, holding you all day long about building the embankment, is it not that you want to extract some benefits from it!" ”
Kuai Liang said: "Is it a political matter to welcome envoys?" Why can't I make proposals for political matters? Besides, marrying Qin'er is a family matter of our Kuai family, so no one else can interfere! Cai Mao was robbed by him, and she was speechless for a while.
Liu Biao smiled and said: "The protagonist this time is not me Liu Biao, but Miss Qin'er from afar, let's hurry up and welcome her into the city, if we stand in front of the city gate and talk endlessly, wouldn't it be rude?" In just one sentence, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang couldn't refute it, so they had to nod yes.
Cai Mao said: "My lord, this time I will also be accompanied by the Zhao family of Panxian County, and Rong Mo will introduce it on my behalf!" He saw Liu Biao nodding with a smile, so he walked to the sedan chair and invited Zhao Yudan out. The officials saw a fair-skinned young woman with a graceful figure, Yingying stepped out of the frame, and the most striking thing was the half-exposed breasts, which only provoked some officials to look at their eyes.
Zhao Yudan walked in front of Liu Mian and said with a slight salute: "Cheap concubine Zhao Yudan, I have seen Lord Zhou Mu!" The voice was so charming that people's bones were almost crispy, but Liu Biao just politely greeted a few words, and then led everyone into the city, without the slightest emotional outflow, which made Zhang Wei can't help but have a good impression of Liu Biao from the heart, and it is no wonder that he can be ordered in danger, a person with no background, can actually gain a firm foothold in Xiangyang, where there are many wealthy families, it is indeed not something that ordinary people can do.
Zhang Wei followed the team into the world-famous ancient city of Xiangyang, of course, it is not too old in this era. I saw that there are many high-rise buildings in the city, the widest main road can actually accommodate eight horses walking side by side, there are colorful banners and all kinds of shops in the city, there are rice shops, there are medicinal herb shops, there are calligraphy and painting shops, there are butcher shops, there are two or three floors of inns, restaurants, and of course, there are four floors of **...
As soon as Liu Biao entered the central street, the people on both sides who had been waiting for a long time immediately cheered and jumped, and many beautiful women threw flattering eyes at him, no matter what, Liu Biao smiled and occasionally waved his hand to the crowd, causing the crowd to boil, looking like a big star was facing his fanatical fans.
Zhang Wei whispered to Steward Zhao: "It seems that Liu Biao is very prestigious in Xiangyang, and he seems to be reasonable, if I tell him about the evil deeds of the Kuai family in Panshi Town, will Qin'er not have to marry Kuai Shao?" Isn't this family business going to be canceled? Steward Zhao thought for a while and said: "This matter is a private matter, I shouldn't tell you, but I and that Kuai Shao are also very disagreeable, you might as well reveal some information, although the people of Xiangyang support Liu Biao, but the big and small officials are all from the Kuai family, and more than half of the naval army and army in Xiangyang are in the hands of the Cai family, so Liu Biao is ostensibly the lord of Jingzhou, but in fact he is a puppet of the Cai family and the Kuai family to check and balance each other." In my opinion, if you want to cancel this family business, instead of talking to Liu Biao, it is better to talk to Cai Mao, Cai Mao has always been unable to get along with the Kuai family, and he will definitely not let go of such an opportunity! ”
Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Having said that, but Cai Mao wants money and power, and he has nothing to do, so why should I ask him to help me?" I don't have anything! ”
Steward Zhao said: "Who said you have nothing?" In the past, Cai's most taboo was Kuai Shao's martial arts, but now that you can compete with him, I'm afraid that if you don't have to go to Cai Mao, Cai Mao will take the initiative to envelop you! ”
As soon as the words fell, a steward of Cai's Mansion ran over excitedly and said, "This hero should be Zhang Wei Zhang Hero!" Zhang Wei nodded, and the steward smiled: "I came from the front, and among these many people, I saw Zhang Yingying, who was very impressive and extraordinary, this is an invitation from my master, please come to the house for a banquet tonight!" ”
Steward Zhao squeezed his eyes at Zhang Wei, as if to say, "Look, whatever you say, you will come!" ”