The Shili Pavilion in the west of Xiangyang City is located at the foot of the West Mountain, the verdant and majestic West Mountain stretches to the west, and Longzhong is surrounded by the West Mountain. To the north of Shili Pavilion, is the turquoise Han River, along the south bank of the Han River to the west, is the Xuzhou army tun camp of Nizui Town.

Accompanied by Cai Mao, Liu Cong came to Shili Pavilion early in the morning to welcome Liu Ze, the king of Jing. There were not many Jingzhou officials accompanying him this time, basically all of them were Cai Mao's cronies, and Cai Mao didn't want a troublemaker like Li Qi to appear on this occasion, so as to sabotage his plan to surrender.

Liu Cong held the table tightly in his hand, his mouth was tightly pursed, his face was pale, he seemed to be very nervous, although it was early autumn weather, and it was no longer so hot in the morning and evening, but Liu Cong's forehead was still densely covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.

On the other hand, Cai Mao also has a dignified face, unlike Liu Cong's trembling, Cai Mao is very calm, and now everything is still under his control, although Liu Ze has not yet appeared, but Cai Mao has no reason to worry, in Jingzhou, he is the sky, no matter whether Liu Ze comes or not, this point is unchangeable no matter who he is, even if Liu Ze really enters Jingzhou, the status of his Cai family is still unshakable.

At about three o'clock in the morning, I saw the dust in the west and the flags fluttering, and it was obvious that the Xuzhou army's brigade had already arrived. There was a commotion among the Jingzhou officials who were waiting in the Shili Pavilion, whispering to each other.

Liu Ze dismounted a stone's throw away, accompanied by Jia Xu and others, supported by all the guards, and stepped forward to meet Liu Cong, Cai Mao and others.

Although Liu Cong and Cai Mao didn't know Liu Ze, the Qingluo umbrella cover embroidered with a four-clawed python dragon was the standard for the princes and kings to travel. Now on the spot, only Liu Ze is qualified to use it, and the person under the umbrella must be Liu Ze. Wang Cang and Song Zhong also accompanied Liu Cong, and when they saw Liu Ze coming, they hurriedly introduced Liu Cong.

Liu Cong stood with his head down, trembling with his hands, sweating on his back, raising his hands above his head, bending down to hand it to Liu Ze, and said in a panic: "The criminal minister Jingzhou Mu Liu Cong sees His Royal Highness King Jing, and is willing to return to King Jing with the land of Jingxiang Nine Counties." I beg King Jing to accept it. ”

Liu Ze smiled and said, "You and I are both from the same clan as the Liu family. According to the clan ranking, I can be regarded as your uncle, Cong Xian's nephew, please get up, don't be polite. ”

Liu Cong said: "His Royal Highness King Jing is the emperor's uncle today. How dare you climb high below? "Liu Ze's imperial uncle is not self-appointed. but it is called by the mouth of the Son of the day. Liu Ze is the emperor's uncle, if Liu Cong is also Liu Ze's nephew, wouldn't it be commensurate with today's son? Although in terms of genealogical generation. Liu Cong and Emperor Han Xian are indeed the same generation, but Liu Cong has long been a distant lineage, where is he worthy of being called a brother and brother with the Son of Heaven, even if it is Liu Ze, before being recognized by Emperor Han Xian, at best, he can only say that he is a relative of the Han family, how dare he call himself an imperial uncle.

At that moment, Liu Ze smiled and said: "Jingxu and Erzhou soldiers meet each other, it is really not my wish, because Huang Zu helped the rebellion to be chaotic, and a certain can not be begged for it, Cong Xian's nephew understands the righteousness, and thinks of Jingzhou people's common people, stops the sword soldiers, solves the difficulties of the people, and is precious. ”

Liu Cong thanked him.

Liu Ze glanced at Cai Mao behind Liu Cong and said, "This is Cai Deqihu?" ”

Cai Mao stepped forward and saluted: "Cai Mao see His Royal Highness King Jing." ”

Liu Zehan said with a smile: "I heard that the ancestor of Deqi is also a native of Chen Liu, and he only moved to Xiangyang in Nanjun when he was filial piety and emperor, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Queen Jing Cai Yan is the daughter of Zhonglang Cai Yong, Cai Yong is Chen Liuren, Cai Mao's ancestors are also from Chen Liu, since Liu Ze said so, obviously there is a meaning of marriage with Cai Mao, Cai Mao can't help but be overjoyed, can be in-law with Liu Ze, for his future status in Jingzhou has great benefits, immediately said: "Mao ancestor is indeed moved from Chen Liu, when the father was there, he often called Cai Zhonglang as a brother, Mao also called Cai Zhonglang as an uncle, Luoyang farewell, hurried for more than ten years, I don't know Uncle Yong and Yan...... How is Queen Jing now? ”

Cai Mao originally wanted to call Yan'er sister, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, although he and Cai Yan had been called brother and sister when he was in Luoyang, but now it is different from the past, Cai Yan has become the queen of Jing, if it is still called Yan's sister, then the noble His Royal Highness King Jing in front of him will not be his brother-in-law, Cai Mao obviously has not thought that he can be Liu Ze's uncle, but being able to catch the line of in-law with Liu Ze is undoubtedly an unexpected gain for Cai Mao.

Cai Mao's words are really not nonsense, his father Cai Mao is also a generation of celebrities in the late Han Dynasty, Cai Mao's aunt is married to the Taiwei Zhang Wen, at that time Cai Yong and Zhang Wen were good friends, often came and went with Zhang's mansion, and Cai Wei acquaintance, when it comes to genealogy, they are actually the same generation, the two are called brothers, Cai Mao also called Cai Yong his uncle. Later, Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, Cai Wei died of illness, and Cai Mao returned to his hometown, and he never saw Cai Yong's family again.

Liu Ze said: "The blessing of Tod Deju, they are fine in Xuzhou now, and when Deju is flawed in the future, they can also go to Xuzhou for a while." Liu Ze looked at Cai Mao's flattered appearance coldly, and thought to himself, can this kind of relative who can't hit with eight poles be so excited? I took the initiative to bring it up, but I just wanted to get close to Cai Mao, and lay a foundation for the smooth handover of the Jingzhou regime in the future, Cai Mao really took it seriously, ridiculous!

Just as they were gossiping, all of a sudden, there was a loud shout of killing, and countless black-clothed masked people rushed over from the Xishan col in the south direction of Shili Pavilion, holding bright swords and guns, and rushed over like crazy.

These black-clothed masked people are extremely strong, and their speed is extremely fast, but after a few breaths of effort, they have already rushed to the periphery of the Shili Pavilion.

In order to show the sincerity of the surrender, Liu Cong and Cai Mao and one of them today were not equipped with any decent weapons at all, Cai Mao and a few others only symbolically wore scribe swords at most, which was just a ceremonial sword, and they could not be used as weapons at all, and their retinue was even more unarmed. The incident started in a hurry, which shocked Liu Cong and Cai Mao and others, and they were at a loss. Since there are quite a few people in the honor guard sent by Jingzhou today, although there are no blades in hand, fortunately, the large number of people is also an advantage, at least you can use human shields to resist it.

The random arrows flew together, and the honor guards standing outside didn't have time to react at all, so they were shot by the random arrows, and they fell to the ground one after another, and the scene fell into a panic.

Liu Ze's side is orderly, no panic, for Liu Ze, this is not the first time to encounter the assassin's sneak attack, the Jinying guards are even more shocked, their duty is to protect the safety of the lord in any case, for this Jinying Wei has been intensively trained many times, to deal with the assassination and sneak attack, they are on guard all the time, as soon as they encounter the assassin's sneak attack at this time, they immediately put into the battle.

Pan Feng pulled his knife to protect Liu Ze and shouted, "Someone! Escort! ”

Jinying's personal guards brushed the knife in their hands, formed a circle, and protected Liu Ze's body, not only Liu Ze, but also Liu Cong, Cai Mao and others who were with Liu Ze also protected. Although the number of Jinying guards is small, they are all selected by a thousand-thousand, whether it is skill or wit, they are not comparable to ordinary military athletes, and they have the ability to block ten, pull the knife to shoot down the feather arrows, and start a decisive battle with the assassins who rushed up.

These black-clothed masked assassins are indeed extraordinary, at first glance they are well-trained dead soldiers, walking like flying, after a round of arrow rain, they are the first to pounce, the steel knife in their hands is steady and ruthless, and they kill the unarmed Jingzhou honor guards, but in a few breaths, they have killed all the peripheral personnel, and fiercely rushed towards Liu Ze's side, and soon exchanged hands with the Jinying guards.

This time in the surrender ceremony of Shili Pavilion, Jingzhou was naturally bare-handed, and Liu Ze did not lead a large group of people to step forward immediately, only Pan Feng led more than 100 Jinying guards to protect him, but these more than 100 guards are all wrestlers in the Jinying Guard, all of them are extraordinary, and they all have the ability to block ten with one block.

Although these black-clothed dead soldiers were very fierce, after fighting with the Jinying guards, they found that the other party was completely a hard bone to gnaw, and they wanted to break through the defenses of the Jinying guards, which was completely wishful thinking. However, in the blink of an eye, the dozen or so black-clothed dead soldiers who rushed to the front were the first to die, and the offensive momentum of the black-clothed dead soldiers was completely contained.

The black-clothed dead man was ambushed here early, just planning to carry out a surprise attack, assassinate Liu Ze and Cai Mao, Liu Cong and others, take it by surprise, attack it unprepared, and try to succeed in one blow, but Liu Ze's guards were quite brave, and they guarded Liu Ze's body to the death, and they didn't give the black-clothed dead man a chance at all.

There was a big chaos here, Zhao Yun, who was a stone's throw away, reacted quickly, and immediately led a large group of people to surround him, and under the sudden turn, hundreds of black-clothed dead soldiers were besieged, and it was difficult to fly, and under the chaotic knife, many black-clothed people were chopped into pulp.

Zhao Yun looked at the few black-clothed dead soldiers who were surrounded in the core, and shouted: "Hugh must kill them all, leaving a few alive!" ”

The black-clothed dead soldiers knew that there was no hope of escaping, but they were not willing to be captured, and a black-clothed man led by him glanced at Zhao Yun resentfully, with a knife on his neck, without hesitation, the sharp blade had already cut off his own throat, blood sprayed wildly, and the dead body fell to the ground, and the pair of eyes that were so round did not close until death.

The remaining few men in black were not far behind, and wiped their necks without hesitation. (To be continued......)