Xu Shu came to Xiangyang and did not suffer any trouble. Of course, it's natural to have a cold reception.

Jingzhou is square, but there are many people who hate Liu Xie so much. And almost all the people who are willing to follow Liu Biao think that Liu Xie is a pseudo-emperor, even if Liu Xie is real, they can only treat him as a fake, who calls their lord to say that Liu Xie is fake!

In this case, Liu Xie, the puppet emperor, sent an envoy to Jingzhou, and if Jingzhou could have a good face for him, it would be a hell.

Fortunately, Xu Shu has lived in Jingzhou for many years and has met a lot of people, including Kuailiang's eldest son Kuaiqi (also said to be Kuailiang's brother, here he is the son of Kuailiang!) ）。 Kuai Qi is also Liu Xie's brother-in-law, because he is the eldest sister of Brother Zhu.

Speaking of which, Liu Xie and the Halo family can still have a little bit to do with each other. In addition, Xu Shu and Kuai Qi knew each other, and as soon as the relationship was pulled, they became closer.

And the one who received Xu Shu happened to be Kuai Qi. From this, it can be seen that Liu Biao's selection of this candidate can be described as 'painstaking'.

Speaking of which, Xu Shu is Liu Xie's envoy, and Liu Biao asked Kuai Qi, a person with a small official position, to come to receive him, which is somewhat contemptuous. But think about Kuai Qi's other identity, that is, Liu Xie's brother-in-law, then there is nothing wrong with it, anyway, it is to give Xu Shu face!

However, Xu Shu was not entangled in this way, and when he saw that it was Kuai Qi who came to receive him, he couldn't help but chuckle, until when there was no one, he hugged Kuai Qi. "Bo'an (Kuaiqi's word, apocryphal). Don't come unharmed! ”

"Yuan Zhi is getting more and more chic!" Kuai Qi laughed and said, "I heard that Yuan Zhi has become a naval commander in Yizhou!" ”

Xu Shu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Navy military advisor, to put it nicely, in fact, that's it." The only thing worth standing up for is that it's quite idle, and of course, there's not much pressure. Bo'an should also know, your lord. It won't really use troops against Yizhou. Isn't it? ”

Kuai Qi showed a wry smile and secretly thought: Sure enough, the lord's policy has already been guessed!

The geographical location of Jingzhou made it impossible for Liu Biao to use troops with foreign countries easily. Because Jiangdong is eyeing it! And. Liu Biao himself did not have that ambition. Otherwise, he would not have watched Xiaobawang conquer Jiangdong at the beginning, but took the opportunity to expand outward. In the name of his imperial uncle!

Now that Liu Xie, the 'crazy emperor', is in Yizhou, he will not easily fight abroad. When Zhang Xiu was beaten, it was also a last resort, who called Zhang Xiu's territory originally his! And now, although he has formed an alliance with Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao has already used troops against Zhang Xiu, and Jingzhou will naturally not provoke other enemies at this time. As for stopping Lu Bu, Liu Biao just wanted to disgust Liu Xie.

Of course, it would be even better if Lu Bu could die and defect to Liu Xie. Lu Bu didn't dare to use it, but he didn't want Liu Xie to use it. And he knew that that the little tyrant in Jiangdong also didn't dare to use Lu Bu easily. Liu Xie, the only one who dared to use it, tore his face with him again.

"Actually, my father doesn't approve of the lord's approach!" Kuai Qi shook his head and sighed lightly. As Liu Biao's courtier, in fact, Kuai Qi should not say this kind of thing, and if he says it, he is guilty and disrespectful. But Kuai Qi was not worried that Xu Shu would look down on him, because they both knew each other. "During this period, my Kuai family is absolutely in favor of forming an alliance with Your Majesty, and there are already many enemies in Jingzhou, if Your Majesty has another ......"

Hearing this, Xu Shu laughed, and the heart that had been slightly mentioned before was also relieved a lot. From these words, Xu Shu can conclude that Liu Biao's current enemy is unfair to Cao Cao, and there may be a little overlord in Jiangdong. Even Cao Cao will join forces with the Jiangdong Xiaobawang and the two to put pressure on Jingzhou, so that he can concentrate on solving Zhang Xiu's diehards first. And the Kuai family's faction is also worried about this, so they disagree with Liu Biao offending Liu Xie at this time.

Since Lu Bu is so unbearable, wouldn't it be better to let Lu Bu harm Liu Xie? Many people think so, but Liu Biao doesn't think so. Because Lu Bu still has a lot of people around him who he wants to mention! For example, that Chen Gong, such as that Zhang Liao......

Liu Biao's idea is good, but his approach is simply undaring to look at it directly.

At the same time, Xu Shu also heard one thing from Kuai Qi's title for Liu Xie, that is, the Kuai family still recognized Liu Xie's orthodox status. Regardless of whether Kuai Qi intended to call it this way or deliberately called it like this, it can be seen that the Kuai family does not want to turn against Liu Xie.

In fact, this is also easy to understand, although the Kuai family is Liu Biao's courtier, but which family gate valve doesn't want to put eggs in different baskets? In this way, as long as one of them can come out, their family will not be severed because of this.

is like the strategist Xun Yu and Xun You's uncle and nephew next to Lao Cao, and Xun Zhan next to Yuan Benchu is like Zhuge Xuan, the uncle of Zhuge Xuan......

Xu Shu smiled and said: "This is exactly the purpose of Shu coming here, when can Bo'an arrange it and let Shu see your father-in-law!" ”

Kuai Qi smiled helplessly: "I will discuss this matter with my father to arrange, but Yuan Zhi must be mentally prepared, this matter cannot be so simple." Yuan Zhi is an understanding person, and the lord is actually not confused, but he is just being held up by the Cai family, and he has no choice but to do it! ”

Xu Shu laughed and said, "This Shu understands!" Please try your best to arrange it! ”

The procrastination trick commonly used by Chinese officials when doing things is a clever trick handed down by the ancestors. At this time, Liu Biao used this trick on Xu Shu.

One is to cool Xu Shu, because Xu Shu went out from Jingzhou, which made Liu Biao feel a little unhappy. Of course, the real reason is not and cannot be because of this. The second is to continue to drag Lu Bu, so that Lu Bu's side will die to Liu Xie, so that Lu Bu will inevitably be shaken internally, and at that time, his opportunity will come. This is the real reason for Liu Biao.

It's just that Liu Biao obviously miscalculated, because at this time, Lu Bu was still stupidly happy! For his kingdom's dreams!

…………

"Minister Deng Zhi, knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Deng Zhi, the Taishou of Badong County, went directly to Linjiang County to greet Liu Xie's group.

"Deng Aiqing, please get up, all the secretaries are flat!" Liu Xie dismounted, stretched out his hand to help him, and then chatted with Deng Zhi. The things we talked about were naturally the big and small things in Patong County, as well as the movements between the major powers. Putting Liu Bei in such an important place as Ba County, Liu Xie naturally needed to arrange more people to monitor him. And this Taishou Deng Zhi of Padang County is also one of them. Liu Bei would never have imagined that Deng Zhi was also tasked with monitoring him.

However, Deng Zhi didn't find anything special about Liu Bei, and he cooperated with their actions very much, such as when there was a small group of barbarians making trouble, or when there was a small group of water thieves in the river, Gan Ning said a word, and Liu Bei cooperated very face-savingly.

I usually don't hear that Liu Bei is particularly close to which Haoqiang, but he often picks some time to visit remote mountain villages.

Hearing this, Liu Xie's brows frowned slightly, and he returned to normal. It is conceivable that Liu Bei is implementing his 'benevolent government' and buying people's hearts!

Seeing Liu Xie's frowns, Deng Zhi suddenly whispered: "There is something, Weichen doesn't know whether to say it or not!" ”

Liu Xie glanced at him and smiled lightly, so Deng Zhi lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I heard that many people in Ba County are reading Xuande Gong's good, although Xuande Gong said that those fields were distributed to the people by His Majesty, everyone should read His Majesty's good." However, some people pointed out to his face that His Majesty just wanted to increase self-cultivation in order to increase tax revenue and support His Majesty's foreign expansion......"

"Humph!" Liu Xie gritted his teeth, snorted lightly, and directly scared Deng Zhi's words back. "Go on!"

"Yes! Weichen visited the local people in Badong County more than two months ago, and everyone was actually reading His Majesty's goodness, and they had never heard of the strange words before. However, in the past month, this kind of strange story has gradually spread in Patong County, and I don't know who is secretly spreading it......"

"Who does Deng Aiqing think is most likely?" Liu Xie raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

Deng Zhi shook his head and said, "This, Weichen really can't guess." Because there are too many possibilities, the rest of the princes have this possibility, because of the rise of His Majesty, they feel scared, and it is not impossible to want to destroy His Majesty's foundation with this! ”

"But didn't you just say that when someone was talking about me, they mentioned Xuande Gong's goodness, didn't you?"

Deng Zhi gritted his teeth and nodded: "Weichen is also very confused, but there is no conclusive evidence!" ”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "This is like this in advance!" I will send someone to investigate, Xuande Gong's side, Aiqing just pay more attention. After all, Ba County is in the rear of Padang County, if he is a little 'negligent' at the critical moment, it will not be a small trouble! ”

Deng Zhi nodded, thought about it, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Since Your Majesty has doubts about Xuande Gong, why do you ......?"

Liu Xie glanced at Deng Zhi and directly scared Deng Zhi's words back. Others don't know Liu Xie's bloody methods, but Deng Zhi won't know it. I think that when the Hanchang Hao clan was bloodbathed, he not only saw it with his own eyes, but also participated in it himself!

"You just have to do what you have to do!" Liu Xie said lightly, but after thinking about it, he said: "Forget it, don't take it as an example!" I'll tell you why! I can't trust him, but I have to use him, and don't forget, he also has two sworn brothers, and they are worth using me again! ”

Deng Zhi knew that Liu Xie was talking about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but his intuition told him that in addition to this reason, there should be other reasons, for example, Liu Xie could not destroy his reputation, because Liu Bei personally came to join his forces, and it was impossible for Liu Xie to attack him before he made a mistake.

But this kind of thing, Deng Zhi will not say it again, and when he asked this question before, he already regretted it a little. (To be continued......)