"When, when, when"

The melodious sound of fighting on the head of Xiangyang City woke up this historic ancient city, and a round of morning sun rose from the east, and thousands of magnificent rays of light shot towards the largest city in Jingzhou, dispelling the last trace of twilight shrouded in the sky over the city.

In a huge mansion in the west of Xiangyang City, a middle-aged man wearing a green scarf, wearing a white brocade robe, and a purple waist scarf slowly walked through a long corridor, the morning sun passed through the eaves of the corridor, shining on the middle-aged man, he was eight feet tall, his physique could not be said to be burly, his face was white and beautiful, his eyes were deep, and from time to time he revealed a trace of coldness, giving people a feeling of not being angry and powerful, but his sleeves were wide, and his sleeve robe was surging when he walked, as if he was floating like a fairy, and the royal demeanor between his gestures was naturally revealed. Unspeakably suave.

He is the general of Zhennan, the Marquis of Chengwu, and Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, who has been the lord of Jingzhou for seven or eight years, and after several years of pacification and conquest, he has changed from the history of Liu Ting, who entered Jingzhou alone, to a prince who has 100,000 people with armor and a territory of thousands of miles.

Liu Biao walked down the stairs with his hands in his hand, crossed a delicate stone path, and came to a small courtyard, in which there was a small red building, which was the small courtyard where his wife Cai lived, and the bamboo in the courtyard grew lush and green, and it was extremely tenacious.

Liu Biao just walked to the door, but the door opened automatically, and a rickety old woman in a kudzu skirt walked out of the courtyard with a food box, he looked up and saw Liu Biao, startled, and quickly stood aside and bowed his head respectfully and said: "Master!" ”

This lady came with Mrs. Cai to marry, he is actually Mrs. Cai's nursing mother, has been living in Liu Biao's mansion, Liu Biao dotes on Mrs. Cai, the status of the old woman naturally rises, and she can be regarded as a person who covers the sky with one hand in the mansion. If someone wants to ask Liu Biao to do something, they will go to Liu Biao first, if Liu Biao does not agree, they will come to the old woman and give money, and the old woman will go to Mrs. Cai to beg Mrs. Cai after receiving the money, Mrs. Cai usually respects her nurse very much. Therefore, whenever the old woman has something to ask, she will accept it, and then blow the pillow wind in Liu Biao's ear, and this thing will be done naturally.

"How's Madame? Is it better? ”

Liu Biao has two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Cong, Liu Qi was born to his deceased wife, Liu Cong was born to Mrs. Cai, then Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, and he will inherit Liu Biao's huge family business in the future. In this situation, Mrs. Cai tried every possible way to get rid of Liu Qi and let Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong be the son, so she often blew the pillow wind in Liu Biao's ears, and Liu Qi was not counted, this time because she said too much, she was scolded by Liu Biao, so the two had a little awkwardness. No, the dignified Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao came early in the morning to apologize.

The old woman hesitated. He replied, "Sir, Madame is not in good spirits, so I want to go back to my parents' house to recuperate for a few days!" ”

"I see, you go get busy first!"

Liu Biao looked at the old woman's rickety back and walked away, his face suddenly sank, and his wife proposed to go back to her parents' house more than once in the past two days to recuperate. Originally, it was normal for a woman to want to go to her mother's house to recuperate, but Liu Biao knew Mrs. Cai's thoughts very well, she wanted to use the Cai family to put pressure on him, and the reason why Liu Biao sat firmly in the position of Jingzhou Mu was because of the support of the Cai family and the Kuai family. He married the daughter of the Cai family as his wife in order to marry the Cai family and obtain political benefits, but Liu Biao still likes Mrs. Cai very much and accommodates her in everything, but as the saying goes, marrying a chicken and marrying a dog is a dog, and this Mrs. Cai is very dissatisfied with her mother's family in everything, and Liu Biao is very dissatisfied at this point.

Liu Biao's steps about to step into the courtyard stopped, he groaned for a while, and turned to leave, because there was something more important waiting for him.

The palace of Jingzhou Thorn is located in the north of Xiangyang City, why leaning on the north of the city, there is a certain reason, because the imperial capital was built in the north, Liu Biao built the palace in the north, the gate faces north, that is to show respect for the Han Emperor, Liu Biao rebuilt the official residence in the north of the city, which naturally became the political and cultural center of Xiangyang, the government covers an area of 300 acres, there are more than 100 large and small officials and Liu Biao's staff are busy in this official office.

Liu Biao, escorted by dozens of attendants, took a car to the mansion, and just arrived at the gate, a scholar stepped forward to report: "Lord Qiyu, Liu Zhang's messenger is here, and he is waiting in the living room!" ”

After Liu Biao heard this, a knowing smile appeared on his face, as if he knew that Liu Zhang's envoy would come, nodded, and stepped out of the carriage with the support of the guards, looking at the palace and walking.

Liu Biao walked quickly to the living room, and as soon as he reached the corridor, a general wearing armor turned out from behind the column, and arched his hand and said, "Lord, Wei Yan has already sent troops to Bashu!" ”

This man was about forty years old, seven feet tall, broad shoulders, strong arms, yellowish skin, slender eyes, and a tall and straight eagle nose that made him look slightly treacherous, and at first glance he knew that he was not a good person, this person was the brother of Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai, the current head of the Cai family, and Cai Mao, who was the governor of Jingzhou at the time.

There are four famous families in Jingzhou, Cai, Kuai, Pang and Huang, among which Xiangyang is the first in the Cai family, and Cai Mao, as the head of the Cai family, holds great power in Jingzhou, not only Liu Biao's number one deputy participates in important military affairs, but also holds many economic lifelines in Jingzhou.

He had been waiting for a while, and finally waited for Liu Biao, and said, "Lord, my subordinates suggest that we can compromise on the matter discussed with Liu Zhang!" ”

Liu Biao said: "How to compromise? ”

Cai Mao smiled and said casually: "Badong also wants it, but it doesn't send troops, just send troops in Shangyong!" ”

Liu Biao put his hands behind his back and said with a faint smile: "Liu Zhang and I both belong to the Han family, even if he doesn't give me Badong, I will send troops to save him!" ”

Cai Mao wanted to speak, but Liu Biao said a little impatiently: "Okay, okay, this matter will be discussed in the future, and the messenger who saw him was talking!" ”

Mrs. Cai's actions today made Liu Biao a little dissatisfied, so Liu Biao naturally didn't give Cai Mao a good face, and immediately bypassed Cai Mao, and walked to the halls by himself, leaving an embarrassed face where Cai Mao was standing, Cai Mao thought about it, and immediately followed Liu Biao, he wanted to see what this Zhang Song could say.

Zhang Song had been waiting in the living room for a long time, kneeling on his seat, with a table in front of him, a plate of seasonal fresh fruit and a cup of freshly cooked sencha on the saddle.

In the Han Dynasty, tea is mostly only popular in the upper class in the south, and tea is not drunk in the north, and the Jingxiang area is rich in tea, and the wind of sencha is also prevalent, and many celebrities who fled from the north have slowly developed the habit of tasting tea.

Zhang Song belonged to the Dongzhou scholars of the Bashu Jingxiang faction, and when he returned to his hometown, he naturally wanted to taste this sencha that was pleasing to the upper-class scholars.

At this time, a guard at the door shouted: "General Zhennan has arrived!" ”

This is Liu Biao coming, Zhang Song hurriedly got up, only to see a tall middle-aged man walking into the lobby quickly, followed by Cai Mao, and a middle-aged man, with majestic hair and elegant bearing, although his appearance is extraordinary, but this person looks very low-key, deliberately walking in the shadow of Liu Biao, not very noticed.

Zhang Song hurriedly got up and stepped forward and saluted deeply: "Zhang Song see General Zhennan!" ”

"Mr. Yongnian, please take a seat, no need to be formal!"

Liu Biao smiled very kindly, he motioned for Zhang Song to sit down, then turned around and walked to the main seat in the middle to sit down, he first took a sip of sencha very comfortably, and then said: "I don't know what Mr. Yongnian came to say?" ”

Zhang Song leaned back and said with a smile: "I'm here to make a deal with the general!" ”

Liu Biao raised his eyebrows, this person is really as Kuai Yue said, a businessman character, no matter what it is, in Zhang Song Yanzhi is a prop for hoarding goods, in this regard, Liu Biao is very relieved, as long as he offers a price that satisfies him, he will do anything, but he is also a little worried, what a high price will make this person satisfied.

"What is the sale?" Liu Biao asked.

Zhang Song glanced at the West lightly, and his yellow and sparse beard shook: "Now Lu Bu and Liu Zhang have torn their faces in Xichuan. It's a never-ending situation! ”

Cai Mao asked: "Then who do you think Lu Bu and Liu Zhang will win and who will lose?" ”

Zhang Song looked at Cai Mao and said casually: "Lu Buten, Liu Zhang, zero!" ”

Liu Biao noticed that when Zhang Song talked about Liu Zhang, he did not call him "my lord" or "lord", but called him by his name, this subtle detail is that Zhang Song has already expressed his attitude, Liu Biao thought of this, and said: "Mr. Yongnian has not said your business yet!" ”

Zhang Song took a sip of tea unhappily and said intriguingly: "It depends on whether the general has any thoughts about Xichuan!" ”

Liu Biao sighed, turned his head and glanced at Cai Mao, and then said: "What is intentional, what is unintentional!" ”

Zhang Song said: "Those who are interested can help the general take Xichuan before Lu Bu, and those who are unintentional can only go back to Xichuan in Xia, as for Liu Zhang's desire to exchange Badong for the general to send troops to Hanzhong, I am afraid it will be difficult to sit down." ”

The middle-aged man behind Liu Biao coughed and asked, "How can Mr. help my lord take Xichuan?" ”

Zhang Song smiled gloomily: "In Yizhou, the Dongzhou scholars are divided into two factions, the Jingzhou faction is oriented towards the general, the Yongliang faction is oriented towards Lu Bu, and the lower faction belongs to the pro-general faction, and there are many other people who are oriented towards the general." They all hope that the general can move westward and occupy Yizhou, and if the general is interested, they will unite and help the general take Yizhou! ”

Cai Mao said disdainfully: "Yizhou said that you can take it?" Jokes, Hanzhong alone is a trouble! ”

Since ancient times, there is only one way to enter Shu, that is, Jiameng Pass, Jiameng Pass has been firmly held in Lu Bu's hands, how can Zhang Song say that it is so easy to fight.

Zhang Song smiled: "Therefore, I brought a thin reason from Xichuan in the next, and I hope the general will laugh at it!" (To be continued.) )