In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Wei was woken up by a quick knock on the door, he opened the door with a tired face, but saw Cai Fu standing anxiously at the door, he said: "Steward Cai, why do you come so early?" ”

Cai Fu hurriedly said: "Zhang Yingying, my master has something important to discuss with you, and he has been waiting for a morning!" ”

"Oh?" Zhang Wei said with a surprised face: "Doesn't General Cai have to go to the council hall every morning to discuss important matters?" Why do you have time to wait for the next morning? ”

Cai Fu grabbed Zhang Wei's arm and said, "The stakes are high, let's talk while we walk!" A servant beside him understood, and hurriedly draped the golden silk cloak in his hand on Zhang Wei's body. Cai Fu waited for Zhang Wei to get into the sedan car, and then said in a low voice: "It is said that today's state pastor is feeling cold, so he failed to discuss politics, this is a trivial matter, but the master has a big matter to discuss with the hero!" ”

Zhang Weiqi said: "Oh? Is there something more important than politics? Cai Fu said: "I don't know the details, when I see the master, you can understand it yourself!" ”

The group hurried to Cai Mao's study, Cai Fu connected to save the capital, directly let Zhang Wei into the house, exited the study by himself, and closed the door tightly.

In the study, Cai Mao's face was haggard, and she was pacing herself, when she saw Zhang Wei coming, she hurriedly stepped forward, held Zhang Wei's hands and said, "Brother Xian, you are here, let the foolish brother wait!" ”

Zhang Wei said: "I don't know what the eldest brother has to do, so he called the foolish brother here in such a hurry?" Seeing Cai Mao's solemn face, he said hesitantly: "If it is about the state pastor, I am afraid that the foolish brother has not yet made a choice!" ”

Cai Mao hurriedly said: "It is related to this matter!" Don't hide it from Brother Xian, the major matters you and I discussed are actually secretly planned by me and my cousin, she is an extremely important part of this plan, and now the maid found that her cousin was not in the room in the morning, and she had not even touched the bedding, I am afraid that she was plundered by gangsters last night, if it is the manpower of Liu Biao, then our plan is all over! Not only will you and Qin'er's good deeds not succeed, but I'm afraid that the foolish brother will also be wiped out! ”

Zhang Wei said with a frightened face: "How is this good?" Big brother has a good plan? ”

Cai Mao sighed, sat down on the chair and said: "Brother Fool is in turmoil now, what good plan can he have, this time to recruit Brother Xian, is to trouble Brother Xian to help investigate, if I can save my cousin, I would like to give it to you... Ten thousand taels of gold! ”

Zhang Wei hurriedly said: "The foolish brother of the golden ten thousand taels dare not accept it, it should be out of duty to do things for the eldest brother, how can he take the eldest brother's money!" Zhang Wei scratched his head, embarrassed: "It's just that the foolish brother has just come to Xiangyang, he is not familiar with the place, and he has trivial matters in his heart, this matter is really difficult!" ”

Cai Mao knew that the trivial matter in Zhang Wei's mouth was Qin'er's marriage, and hurriedly said: "I know that this matter is indeed not easy, so I specially ask Brother Xian to help, otherwise, if Brother Xian rescues his cousin, Brother Yu must try his best to promote the relationship between Brother Xian and Miss Qin'er, how about it?" ”

Zhang Weixi said: "It's so good, it's annoying that the eldest brother is bothered, and the foolish brother doesn't dare to ask for extravagance, so I just hope that I will be satisfied if I don't force Miss Qin'er to marry." If this is really the case, the foolish brother will definitely not dare to bear the eldest brother, and the foolish brother will make a note that even if he lives out, he will bring the eldest brother's cousin back before Qin'er's marriage! ”

Cai Mao saw that Zhang Wei was willing to set up a note, and said with great joy: "Brother Xian's shot, he will definitely succeed immediately, someone will take the paper inkstone, and I will swear with Brother Xian!" Brother Xian, forgive Brother Yu for being straightforward, if Brother Xian can't bring back his cousin within three days, would you like to help Brother Yu complete the big thing about the state pastor? ”

Zhang Wei said: "It must be so, there should be two copies of this note, and you and I should each hold one copy, so as not to lose and defile one party!" I don't know how old my eldest brother's cousin is, what is her appearance? ”

Cai Mao said: "Although she is a cousin, she is the elder of my clan, just because she is twenty, so I am commensurate with my cousin, as for the appearance, there is a portrait here, the virtuous brother may wish to take it for reference!" ”

Zhang Wei looked at this painting and said in his heart: "This painting is not clear to men and women, if this painting alone, I can't recognize it even in person!" ”

After Zhang Wei left, Cai Fu looked at the note and asked: "How can the master set up such a note, if that Zhang Wei has evil thoughts and dedicates this thing to the state pastor to invite merit, wouldn't it be a great disadvantage to Director Yu?" ”

Cai Mao said proudly: "What do you know, the last one above is not an agreement, if he can't save his cousin within three days, he will assassinate Liu Biao!" In this way, he tied me to him, and he didn't dare to expose me no matter what, not to mention that we still have Qin'er's bargaining chips in our hands, and we really only make money and don't lose money in this transaction! After that, he and Cai Fu laughed proudly, and the latter was naturally indispensable for a flattery.

At noon, in the study of the state pastor's mansion, a handsome middle-aged man sat in front of the desk, his eyes were full of anger, shame, and confusion. There were several people kneeling below, namely the state pastoral steward, the head of the nursing home, and the chief of the guard.

The steward fell to the ground and trembled and said, "My lord... The lord is angry, the old servant really hasn't talked about this matter with outsiders, and the lord often stays up late to approve the document, and he accidentally rested early yesterday, who will have an uncertain prophet? One of the reasons... Old servant... The old servant really couldn't figure it out. ”

The chief manager and the chief of the guard bowed their heads and were silent - the steward was knocked unconscious in the mansion, and he asked people to go to see Liu Biao in an impostor, how could he save face when the matter was rumored? I didn't even know that such a big thing happened, and I was already ashamed of myself, how dare I defend myself.

Liu Biao sighed and said: "Get up, now is not the time to hold accountable, the matter has come to this point, how to remedy it?" But someone knows that... Kindness... Woman? When Liu Biao spoke, he couldn't help but feel moved when he thought of his pretty appearance.

The steward replied: "The old servant didn't dare to take a closer look, but he felt that the silhouette was quite similar to that of the Cai family, and he had a relationship with each other during the temple fair during the Midyear Festival. She is higher in the Cai family than General Cai Mao, and General Cai calls her cousin. ”

"People from the Cai family?" Liu Biao gasped and said, "Could it be that there is any trickery in this?" He then thought of Cai Mao using this woman as an introduction, and then deliberately sent someone to hit him, so he used this as an excuse to send troops to surround the state pastor's mansion, so far not only did his life not be guaranteed, but his reputation behind him would also be greatly damaged, such a vicious plan is really indefensible!

The more Liu Biao thought about it, the more panicked he became, only to feel that Cai Mao was now transferring troops and sending generals, and the troops had already arrived outside the mansion.

"Report!" A soldier hurriedly ran in from outside the door, kowtowed, and said, "My lord, there are people outside the mansion who ask to see him, saying that he has something important to report!" Liu Biao was taken aback and hurriedly said: "How many people have come from outside the house, and there is General Cai among them?" ”

The herald said: "Back to the lord, there is only one person outside the door, not General Cai!" ”

Liu Biao let out a sigh of relief and said, "If you don't see it, you can say that I haven't healed from the cold, and I'm bedridden, so it's inconvenient to see guests!" As soon as the words fell, I saw a strong man, wearing a golden silk cloak and a broad-edged sword at his waist, rushing in unstoppably, standing at the door, and a momentum of not being angry and arrogant spread. After a while, the guards outside the door followed breathlessly, showing their blades and surrounding the big man.

Liu Biao was taken aback, and pretended to be calm: "Who is here, who dares to trespass on the state pastor's mansion?" The herald whispered, "He's the one who said he had something important to see outside the house!" ”

I saw that although the man was only one person, there were more than a dozen guards on Liu Biao's side, but he had an overwhelming advantage in momentum, which made people feel as if there were thousands of troops on the other side, and they didn't dare to move.

I saw that the man smiled faintly and said, "In Xia Zhang Wei, I have seen Lord Zhoumu!" ”

When Liu Biao heard this name, he was stunned for a moment, only to feel very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it, and looked Zhang Wei up and down with a pair of eyes. The steward hurriedly leaned into his ear and said to Liu Biao: "Lord, this person is the city guard recommended by General Cai at the banquet the day before yesterday!" Liu Biao suddenly waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, and the chief of the guard said hurriedly: "Lord, this person is not good, we should be careful!" Liu Biao said calmly: "If General Zhang wanted to be unfavorable to me, he would have done it before your guards arrived, so do you have to wait until this time?" Don't hurry up and retreat, don't embarrass the Jingzhou soldiers! Only then did the chief of the guard take his men and retreat stupidly.

Liu Biao smiled and said, "I don't know what General Zhang has to tell you about this time?" He called Zhang Wei a general, implying that he was the only one to defend the city, and his words were quite co-opting.

Zhang Wei said: "I don't dare to take the title of general in the next place, the grass people are here to save the life of the state pastor!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.