"Master, master, something is wrong." A servant hurried into the room, crouched in front of the middle-aged Confucian and screamed in fear.

"Why are you so flustered?"

Kuai Liang's face is like a mirror lake, his eyes are always lingering on the black and white chess game, holding a chess piece in his hand, and he is figuring out where to fall.

"I heard that the man named Liu Feng in Changsha took Cao Zhengnan as a threat, deceived the city gate, and killed Hu Tingshi, their cavalry is killing in the city, and there is already chaos outside."

Hearing this, Kuai Liang's calm face suddenly had a ripple, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and the chess piece he was holding in his hand never fell, and finally put it back into the basket.

"Go down and tell the people in the house not to leave the house without my permission these days."

"Yes, yes, the little one understands."

Kuai Liang stood up, he walked out of the door, stood in front of the stairs with his hands in his hands, looked out of the high-walled compound, and repeated two words over and over again: "Variables, variables......"

The shouts of killing continued until the evening, and although the battle was over, the flames could be seen in several places in the south of the city, and the fire burned all night until the next day.

At noon, the whole city of Xiangyang was calm, but the streets were still deserted, and no one dared to venture out the next day after the war.

"Zhennan General Liu Feng, on the orders of Liu Qi, the pastor of Jingzhou, led the army to recover Xiangyang and drive out the Cao thief ......"

I don't know when, the sound of shouting began to appear on the street, and the mystery in the hearts of the people who had taken refuge at home was gradually solved.

Liu Feng's name, they are not unfamiliar, in the early years when the two counties of Xiangdong rebelled, Liu Feng's name spread in Jingzhou.

As for Liu Qi's name, it is more familiar to the people of this city.

In that era, Jingzhou was like a paradise, with no heavy taxes, no heavy conscription, and the first state pastor was benevolent, and the people lived peacefully and prosperously.

At that time, as Liu Jingsheng's eldest son, Liu Qi's reputation for loyalty and benevolence was also quite well-known among the people.

The dream-like peace was broken by Cao Ying's southern invasion that year.

At that time, how many people have left their hometowns, and those who stayed behind not only worry about the clouds of war all day long, but also endure heavy taxes and forced labor, and the hardships of life make everyone deeply miss the beauty of Liu Jingsheng's era.

After many years, when they heard Liu Qi's name again, they naturally felt a kind of cordiality in their hearts.

In Kuailiang's heart, he also recalled that unforgettable era in a trance.

At that time, together with his younger brother Kuai Yue, he became Liu Biao's right-hand man, helping Liu Biao govern Jingzhou into a peaceful and quiet paradise.

However, for various reasons, his younger brother Kuai Yue became an important minister under Cao Ying, and he became an idle cloud and wild crane at home, all kinds of old things, I don't want to.

Kuai Liang sighed, and was about to turn around and go back to the room, but the servant suddenly came to report again: "Master, someone at the door of the mansion called the door, claiming to be Liu Feng, the general of Zhennan, and wants to visit the door." ”

"Liu Feng? What did he come to me for? Kuai Liang's brows condensed slightly, and a heavy doubt suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Master, do we want to open the door?" The servant asked anxiously.

Xiangyang changed hands, the military power is in the body, for the sake of his family name, Kuai Liang has no reason not to see the new master of Xiangyang City, not to mention, Kuai Liang still has a deep curiosity about this former Liu Bei's righteous son, and subconsciously wants to see what is so outstanding about this young man who turned Jingzhou upside down.

After thinking about it, Kuai Liang waved his hand and said, "Please let him in." ”

Kuai Liang did not go to the door of the mansion to greet him, but stood quietly in front of the hall, waiting with a pale face, as the second person of the Jingzhou Kuai family, this is a must.

After a while, I saw a young silver-robed general, followed by three or five personal soldiers, strolling forward.

Kuai Liang secretly took a breath, moved down the steps, and bowed his hand slightly: "I don't know that General Liu came to the cold house, and he missed the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Liu Feng hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "Feng Tang's sudden visit disturbed Mr. Qingjing, I should ask Mr. for forgiveness." ”

"General Liu's words are serious, please inside."

The Xiangyang Kuai clan fell to Cao Ying, and the theory made Liu Feng's enemy, but Kuai Liang saw Liu Feng coming with troops, but he had no fear at all, and he talked and acted decently, and this bearing couldn't help but make Liu Feng secretly praise.

The guest of honor has been seated, and Kuai Liang is not polite, and asked directly: "Liang is just a cloth cloth, I don't know what happened when the general came?" ”

Kuai Liang was straightforward, and Liu Feng did not beat around the bush, and said bluntly: "I can't hide it, in the name of Mr. Feng Jiuyang, Fang Jin is under the order of Brother Zide, to drive out the traitors and restore the old business of Jingsheng Xiangong, so I want to ask Mr. to go out of the mountain and serve as the governor of Jingzhou, I don't know what Mr. thinks." ”

Under the state pastor, it is engaged in and false. Among them, there are those engaged in governance, other driving, and Cao, and the most important subordinate officials of the state pastor.

Liu Feng asked Kuai Yue to take up the post of Zhizhong, that is, to ask him to serve as the head of the officials in Jingzhou.

As soon as these words came out, even Kuai Liang was taken aback, no matter whether he was a member of the Kuai clan, just with his current identity, as soon as Liu Fengfang won Xiangyang, he would recruit himself as the head of the officials, how could such a move not surprise him.

Liu Feng has his own plans.

Pang Tong said that if the four major families of Jingxiang, Cai, Huang, and Pang want to sit firmly in Jingzhou, they must have the support of these four families.

Pang Tong is an outstanding representative of the Pang family, and he is subordinate to Liu Feng, which naturally represents the Pang family's support for Liu Feng.

As for the Huang family, originally represented by Huang Zu, they supported Liu Biao, but after Huang Zu's death, the core of the Huang family shifted to Huang Chengyan, and the Huang family also changed to support Liu Bei. Although Jingzhou has succeeded, the Huang family has lost contact with Liu Bei, but it will take time to get the support of the Huang family.

The Pang and Huang families are both staunch anti-Cao factions, but unfortunately, the strength of these two families is not as good as that of Kuai Cai, so it cannot prevent Liu Cong from surrendering Cao with Jingzhou back then.

On the surface, these two clans, represented by Kuai Yue and Cai Mao, are out-and-out "Cao faction", and Liu Cong's Cao is also a decision made under the full encouragement of Kuai Cai.

However, Pang Tong told Liu Feng that among the two clans, the Kuai family was not a monolithic Cao faction.

"General Liu's promotion is grateful, but he is only a mountain and a wild villager, and I am afraid it will be difficult to bear this burden." Kuai Liang instinctively refused.

Kuai Liang's reaction was already expected by Liu Feng, but he knew that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou, the support of Liu Ba and Pang Tong alone was not enough, he had to get the support of this person, to be precise, it should be the support of the family behind this person.

"Mr. has been for Jingsheng Xianzhou Mu advice, the achievement of Jingzhou a foundation, now Zide brother took over the father's position, is trying to inherit the legacy of the Xianzhou pastor, with benevolence and righteousness to the people, but also hope that Mr. can read the grace of the former master of the Xianzhou pastor, and re-go out of the mountain to assist Brother Zide."

Scholars love their names and pay attention to the grace of the old master, Liu Feng reported Liu Biao, and he was so pressed that he couldn't refuse.

Kuai Liang retorted wordlessly, and pondered for a long time, but said curiously: "General Liu, there is something I have to ask, you should know very well that the position of our Kuai family has always been known to the world. ”

Kuai Liang's rhetorical question is also straightforward.

Liu Feng smiled faintly and said: "No matter what others think, I know very well that Mr. and Brother Ling are different." ”

The Ling brother that Liu Feng refers to is Kuai Liang's younger brother Kuai Yue.

At that time, Jingzhou thieves were widely spread, Liu Biao came to Jingzhou alone, and asked his two brothers how to make the people belong to them and exterminate the thieves.

Later, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao formed a good alliance, played with power, and was gradually cited by Liu Biao as a confidant, and although Liu Biao still reused Kuai Liang, his status was far less than Kuai Yue.

Later, when Cao Ying invaded the south, his younger brother Kuai Liang was the main force to surrender to Cao, and Kuai Liang thought that Cao Ying's rule of the country and the people was too harsh, so he opposed it with all his might, but unfortunately he was unable to return to the sky.

After Liu Cong decided to surrender to Cao, Kuai Liang had no choice but to resign and return home, and then Cao Ying got Jingzhou, and used Kuai Yue Da more heavily, but he was resentful of Kuai Liang, and the surname Suo was no longer activated.

Although Kuai Liang is not as beautiful as Kuai Yue, he has considerable influence within the Kuai family, and his attitude towards Cao Ying also represents the position of some people in the Kuai family to a large extent.

Such a crack within the Kuai family naturally can't escape Pang Tong's eyes, so when Liu Feng decided to attack Xiangyang, Pang Tong told him that after taking Xiangyang, he must ask Kuai Liang to come out of the mountain to help, only in this way can he quickly stabilize the hearts of the people in Xiangyang and even Jingbei in a short time.

And this is also the reason why Liu Feng personally came to visit Kuailiang the day after he captured Xiangyang.

Liu Feng did not directly pick out the relationship between the Kuai brothers, but the implication was already very white, that is, I, Liu Feng, knew everything about the internal strife of your Kuai family.

Kuai Liang's expression calmed down, as if he was caught in a choice.

Liu Feng knew that his mind had moved, so he further said: "I know that Mr. has the heart of benevolence and righteousness that is born in the upside-down, and I also have the ambition to help my relatives. ”

Liu Feng's words implied a bit of threat.

Now that Liu Feng has taken Xiangyang, Cao Ren was defeated and captured, no one in Jingzhou is his opponent, and it is a sure thing to take Jingxiang as a certainty, and the Kuai clan is rooted in Xiangyang, and in the case of Xiangyang changing masters, it is natural to consider the interests of the family.

Kuai Liang, as the number two person in the Kuai family, must work hard to protect the interests of the family no matter what.

After pondering for a long time, Kuai Liang stood up and said silently: "I am willing to serve General Liu as a dog and horse." ”

(To be continued)