Chapter 259: The Road to Escape is in Danger
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"Big brother, that Cai Mao is too much, let's go kill him!" Xu Chu's face was full of anger, and he couldn't wait to kill Cai Mao immediately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Since Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Ying and fled all the way to Jingzhou, Cai Mao has never seen Liu Bei, and is finally looking for trouble. Originally, Liu Biao was going to put Liu Bei in Wancheng, but it was Cai Mao who made a hindrance from it that allowed Liu Bei to go to Xinye Town.
"Yes, big brother, with Cai Mao, we are all restless in Jingzhou!" Wei Yan smiled bitterly: "Mr. Jian said that this month, the materials provided by Xiangyang have been missing, and they have obviously been deducted!" ”
Although Liu Bei did not have many people, there were more than 10,000, most of whom followed Liu Bei to Xinye from Runan. Xinye is not much older than Xiao Pei, and he has more than 10,000 soldiers, which is really a little stretched, and Liu Bei has to ask Liu Biao for help. The list of materials sent by Liu Biao has not changed, but there are many fewer things. Obviously, someone is making a stumbling block, and you don't need to ask to know that most of it is Cai Mao.
"I'll go and talk to Brother Jingsheng when I go back!" Liu Bei sighed, rubbed his brows and asked, "Gongyou, how is it that I asked you to contact the Huang family and the Pang family?" ”
"Lord Qiqi, I've already contacted you, but..." Sun Qian wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable.
"Gongyou, have something to say!" Liu Bei sighed: "We have experienced so many hardships, no matter how difficult it is, we can get through it!" ”
Sun Qian smiled bitterly: "Originally, the Huang family and the Pang family had promised to support us, but I don't know what's going on, when I go again, the two families suddenly changed their minds!" Even the materials that were originally intended to support us were all withdrawn, and they said that they would cut off contact with us! ”
"Do you know why the two families changed their hexagrams?" Liu Bei was also puzzled, but he got in touch with the two families through Mr. Shuijing's Sima Hui. It stands to reason that even if the two families don't support him, they won't be so ruthless.
"I don't know..."Sun Qian shook his head and said, "I inquired in every possible way, but there was no news. Even if I bribed Jingxiang officials with money, I didn't find out why. And I also found that the attitude of Jingzhou officials towards us has also changed! Even officials who were good friends in the past are now strangers. ”
"It's... How so? Liu Bei was stunned, he didn't understand why a good situation would take a sharp turn for the worse. Now that he is in Jingzhou, it seems that it is a little difficult to move an inch.
"Big brother, could it be Cai Mao's ghost?" There are only two or three people with so much energy in Jingzhou, none other than Cai Mao and Liu Biao. Some time ago, Liu Bei went to see Liu Biao, and Liu Biao's attitude was unusually kind. It's only been a few days, and there's no reason to change so fast! Except for Cai Mao, Wei Yan really couldn't think of anyone else who could influence Jingzhou.
"Impossible!" Liu Bei shook his head and said, "It's not a day or two since Cai Mao and we are at odds!" If he has such ability, we can't even stay in Xinye! ”
"Could it be Liu Biao?" Jian Yong was very puzzled and said, "It doesn't make sense? At the beginning, Liu Biao also wanted to hand over Wancheng to the lord. Could it be that he sings a duet with Cai Mao? Liu Jingsheng shouldn't have such a deep city! ”
"No matter!" Liu Bei frowned and said, "I'll go to Xiangyang to meet Brother Jingsheng, don't you know everything!" Ziyi, you lead 500 guards to walk with me! ”
"Ziyi?" Liu Bei had already given the order, but no one responded. turned to look at Tai Shici, but saw Tai Shici staring at the teacup in a daze, Liu Bei couldn't help but scream again.
"Huh? What's the matter with the lord? Tai Shi Ci came back to his senses, and it was obvious that he was absent-minded.
"Alas! Ziyi! Of course, Liu Bei knew what was going on with Tai Shici, and he sighed: "It's all to blame for being incompetent and separating Ziyi from his mother." Ziyi rest assured, when you stabilize and be prepared, you will definitely order someone to help you find your mother! ”
"The Lord is serious!" Tai Shi Ci is a filial son and a loyal minister, and he knows that his mother is likely to be gone. The war is in chaos, even a man in the prime of life may not be able to save his life, let alone Tai Shici's old and frail mother?
"Alas!" Liu Bei sighed: "Brothers, follow Bei, the long is more than ten years, the short is more than a year, but Bei can't give you a stable life." If anyone wants to leave, go ahead. Ziyi, you have an appointment with Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, why don't you go to Jiangdong to have a look, maybe..."
"Why did the lord say this!" Tai Shi Ci was dumbfounded: "Loyalty is the foundation of people, don't say that Liu Xuan's life and death are unknown now, just say that the lord treats a certain feeling, and a certain cannot leave you at this time." If the lord does not trust someone, he is willing to die here to show his heart! ”
Tai Shi Ci pulled out his long sword and was about to kill himself, but Wei Yan and Xu Chu hurriedly stopped him. Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Why is Ziyi like this, how can Bei not believe you, but Bei feels a little sorry for you!" ”
"The heart of the lord has already been known, don't say anything more!" Tai Shi Ci smiled: "Let's go and meet Liu Biao first, so as to solve the current predicament!" ”
Liu Bei nodded, and Tai Shici ordered five hundred men and horses and followed him to Xiangyang. At the same time, not far from Luoyang, almost in front of Hangu Pass, there were three female dependents who were chased by characters who did not know whether they were routs or bandits, including two young women and a middle-aged woman. This middle-aged woman is the mother of Tai Shici!
"Ling'er, leave me alone! Come on! Tai Shici's mother is nearly fifty years old, and she can't watch Cao Ling being ruined by robbers, so she wants to sacrifice herself to drag these bandits and let Cao Ling escape.
"No..."Cao Ling and the maid held Taishi Ci's mother, and ran in the direction of Hangu Pass with great effort, Cao Ling said stubbornly: "Godmother, the front is Hangu Pass, when we get there, Champion Hou's men and horses will definitely save us!" ”
"Silly boy, with me dragging you down, you can't run a single one!" Taishi Ci's mother was persuading, but she didn't dare to struggle, for fear of delaying Cao Ling's escape. Although Cao Ling is now covered in stains, those routs, bandits, and robbers, as long as they are women, will not let go. They will even be taken back for rations.
"Nope! We will definitely live! "Cao Ling is the Miss Cao family, but now the Cao family has been wiped out by Xu Chu under Liu Bei's anger. Of course, it was only Cao Bao's branch that was destroyed, and the other members of the Cao family had already scattered and fled, as for Cao Ling, the former eldest lady of the Cao family, without Cao Bao, her status was not even as good as that of a maidservant, and the Cao family would naturally not come to her again. After a great change in the family, Cao Ling's surname has become much calmer!
"Ah..."Cao Ling is the eldest lady after all, although her heart has become calm, but her physical strength will not become stronger, and with another person, she tripped over the raised stone on the ground and fell to the ground. The robbers took the opportunity to surround them!
"Run! Run again! Several dirty men dressed in tattered clothes and holding tattered copper and iron in their hands surrounded Cao Ling and the three of them, with a silver smile on their faces.
"Don't..."It was nothing when she ran away, and when she was surrounded, Cao Ling began to panic, she knew what would happen if she fell into the hands of these people. For the young lady of a big family, falling into the hands of robbers and bandits is simply worse than death!
"Come two people, pull this old lady aside, I'll change you when I've had enough!" A man who looked like a leader threw the knife aside, loosened his belt, and touched Cao Ling, but Taishi Ci's mother actually blocked Cao Ling's body, like a hen protecting her cubs.
Taishi Ci's mother was forcibly pulled away, and the leader of the robbers walked towards Cao Ling step by step, Cao Ling grabbed her collar and stepped back. Suddenly, she felt as if something was blocking her back.
When I looked back, I saw another robber standing behind him with his teeth bared, a rust-colored yellow plate tooth, showing a red light, and there were still shredded flesh between the teeth, I don't know what kind of flesh it was. A big mouth spewed a foul smell, which made Cao Ling dizzy for a while and fell to the ground.
"Help..."Just when Cao Ling was in a stalemate with the bandit leader, Cao Ling's maid had been held down by the other two robbers. The two robbers were not as fond of fun as the robber leader, and they caught the maid and immediately tore her clothes.
"Big brother, these two girls are not ordinary goods!" The tender flesh of the crystal white made the robbers' eyes show a hint of red. These robbers who kill people and oversell goods, you can see from the skin of the maid that she is from an extraordinary background, either a maid from a big family or a lady from a small family!
"Oh? Or is it from a big family? "The bandit leader is also interested, he just wants to have fun, he doesn't want to meet two superlatives.
"Big brother, this old woman..."The robber who pulled away Taishi Ci's mother was the most useless of the robbers, and most of the two tender goods could not be enjoyed, and they became interested in Taishi's mother, who was nearly fifty years old. The old mother of a big family is also better than the average girl. If it is an old lady, that tender flesh is no worse than a little woman.
"Don't..."Seeing the slightest evil fire in the robber's eyes, he was as calm as Taishi's mother, and he was also a little panicked. After observing the festival for a lifetime, but dying of old age was about to be insulted by robbers, Taishi's mother's eyes showed a trace of ruthless essence!
"What are you doing, old fellow?" Mother Taishi pushed away the two robbers who pounced on her like crazy, rushed to the bandit leader's side, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, picked up the rusty knife thrown by the robber leader on the ground, and brandished it. Two robbers were actually injured by Tai Shi Ci's mother! It's a pity that Taishi's mother saved Cao Ling, but she couldn't save the maid. The maid was still humiliated by the robbers.
"Come on!" The appearance of the maid being humiliated by the two robbers deeply stimulated Taishi's mother. The old lady who was kind and kind in Pingyu now has a hideous face. She wielded a rusty ring-head knife in her hand, and the robbers found it tricky.
"Bring the knife!" The leader of the robbers wanted to slowly pack up the two, but he suddenly noticed that a convoy was slowly approaching not far away, obviously heading towards Hangu Pass. Although it is a troubled time, there are many people who claim to be righteous, and even more who like to meddle in things. The leader of the robbers didn't want to give up a beautiful woman, a beauty from a big family.
You know, women are not just a means of venting for these robbers, but also food. However, these robbers only found the caravan not far away, but did not find an army of one hundred and ten men approaching on the other side, and these hundred and ten people walked in order, and at a glance they knew that they were the elite of a hundred battles.
(To be continued)