It was a sleepless night for Chua.

Although she is a woman, she can also see that under the attack of the two forces of the imperial court and Jiangdong, it is impossible for Jingzhou to stay out of the matter.

Liu Biao died, and Liu Cong successfully inherited Jingzhou Mu, but Jingzhou was in chaos, and Jingzhou was powerless to compete with any side of the imperial court and Jiangdong.

Offering Jingzhou and attaching herself to the imperial court from then on was the only decision she and Liu Cong could make.

But the court allowed her those benefits......

Cai, who had not slept all night, sighed faintly and shouted outside the house: "Someone! ”

A maid entered the house and stood at the door, waiting for her command.

"Has Kuai Yue come?" Glancing up at the maid, Cai asked softly.

"Back to Mrs., Kuai Gong has not yet arrived." The maid lowered her head, answered gently, and then said to Cai's: "Madame has not rested all night, let's rest......"

"Go down!" Ignoring the maid's reminder, Cai waved his hand at her and motioned for her to step back.

The maid answered, and did not dare to say anything more and retreated.

As soon as she retreated, the voice of another maid came from outside the house: "Madam, the general is here!" ”

Hearing that Cai Mao was coming, Cai hurriedly ordered: "Please let him in and talk!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cai Mao appeared at the door.

He didn't salute Cai, but went straight into the room, first looked around the room, and then asked Cai, "Kuai Yue still hasn't come?" ”

Nodding, Cai sighed faintly.

Seeing Cai's expression, Cai Mao understood at that time, and her face also showed a sense of loneliness.

Cai Mao rushed to the state pastor's mansion early in the morning, just to see if Kuai Yue had come.

Kuai Yue didn't come, and he faintly felt that something was wrong.

Pang Tong and the others are afraid that Jingzhou is imperative, otherwise they will never be so unhurried, it has been the whole night, and Kuai Yue has not yet arrived.

Cai's and Cai Mao were full of anxiety, but Kuai Yue at this time was still lying at home and sleeping.

Wen Ping, who stayed in Kuai Yue Mansion, learned from Kuai Yue the night before that they were going to the Prefecture Governor's Mansion today.

He got up early in the morning, but he waited left and right, but he didn't see Kuai Yue get up.

Seeing that the sun had risen three poles, Kuai Yue still didn't get up, Wen Ping was anxious in his heart, and he had already asked several times in a row.

Every time Wen Ping went to ask Kuai Yue if he had gotten up, the guards would tell him that Kuai Gong was still resting, which made Wen Ping confused and couldn't figure out what Kuai Yue was thinking in his heart.

waited until noon, seeing that it was almost time to eat, Wen Ping couldn't hold it back, and went to Kuaiyue's residence again to ask him if he could get up.

There were still dozens of steps away from Kuai Yue's residence, and he saw a person standing outside the door from a distance, gargling with a pottery bowl in his hand.

Seeing the figure gargling, Wen Ping was suddenly overjoyed and hurriedly quickened his pace.

It was Kuai Yue who stood outside the door of the residence to rinse his mouth.

His movements were slow, as if there was nothing important waiting for him to do, and after rinsing his mouth, he handed the pottery bowl to the attendant beside him, and he lazily propped himself up.

Seeing Kuai Yue get up, Wen Ping walked towards him quickly.

When he arrived in front of Kuai Yue, he clasped his fists and saluted and said, "Kuai Gong is sleeping well, and the last general has come several times!" ”

"General Wen!" Wiping his mouth twice with a towel, Kuai Yue smiled at Wen Ping and said to him: "General don't worry, I won't go to the state pastor's mansion until the afternoon!" ”

The sooner the better, but Kuai Yue showed a non-arrogant and impatient appearance, which made Wen Ping a little puzzled in his heart.

Looking at Kuai Yue, Wen Ping didn't say anything, but there was doubt in his eyes.

"I went too early, Madame and General Cai are afraid that they haven't thought about whether to sacrifice Jingzhou!" With a faint smile on his face, Kuai Yue patted Wen Ping's arm lightly and said to him: "General, don't be anxious, if this matter is to be promoted, you must slow down!" ”

Wen Ping is not a stupid person, but he is not a counselor like Kuai Yue who is good at wisdom.

He frowned slightly, not figuring out the reason for it for a while, but he didn't ask any more.

Cai and Cai Mao waited anxiously, and they didn't know what the lunch meal tasted like.

On the contrary, Kuai Yue was very leisurely, ate the meal at noon, and went to the back garden to enjoy the fish playing in the water for a while, and then sent someone to ask Wen Ping to leave the mansion with him and go to the state pastor's mansion.

When Kuai Yue arrived at the state governor's mansion, Cai and Cai Mao were already full of anxiety.

The maid had just come over, and Cai couldn't wait to order: "Invite him in to talk!" ”

When he came to the State Pastoral Mansion, Kuai Yue was followed by a clerk in military uniform.

After being summoned by the Cai family, Kuai Yue followed the maid into Cai's room, and Wen Ping pressed the long sword at his waist and stood straight outside the door waiting.

Entering the house, Kuai Yue had just arrived at the door of the inner room, and saw that Cai Mao was already waiting here.

Judging from Cai's and Cai Mao's expressions, Kuai Yue could see that they were already very anxious when they were waiting.

Clenched his fists and bowed, bowed to the two, and Kuai Yue said: "Madam, General Cai, the subordinates are late, and I hope that the two of you will forgive your sins!" ”

"Kuai Gong is so leisurely!" Before Cai could speak, Cai Mao was already frowning, and said to Kuai Yue angrily: "Could it be that Kuai Gong doesn't know, Madame has been waiting here for a long time?" ”

"The subordinates know!" Putting down his fists, Kuai Yue lowered his head and said to Cai Mao: "The subordinates went to visit Prime Minister Pang, the general is the governor of the navy, and the prime minister can call the shots, but I don't know that the general is sincere to serve the court, so there are some entanglements." The matter of the lady and the prince being knighted is to be presented to His Majesty......"

"In other words, even if we sacrifice Jingzhou, my wife and son may not be able to be knighted?" His brows furrowed slightly, and Cai Mao's tone was already a little bad when he asked.

Jingzhou remained in his hands, Cai Mao commanded the entire Jingzhou soldiers and horses, once this place was sacrificed, he was just a naval governor, for Cai Mao, these benefits did not attract too much.

What really made him look forward to it was the knighthood of Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong.

When the mother and son arrived in Luoyang, if there was a knight, Cai Mao would also have a support in the future.

If they didn't have a knighthood in Luoyang, and only had dozens of acres of land, Cai Mao was just a relative who was quite wealthy in Luoyang, and it would not be of any benefit to him in his steady progress.

Holding his fists again, Kuai Yue said to Cai Mao: "General don't worry, although the prime minister can't decide, he has already written a letter to Luoyang, and in a few days, His Majesty's will will be issued!" ”

"What does the prime minister mean?" Still somewhat looking forward to the future, Cai hurriedly asked Kuai Yue.

"The Han court was knighted for merit, and the lady and son had no merit, so the prime minister would have been entangled earlier!" Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Kuai Yue said: "A certain reminder to the prime minister that Mrs. dedicated Jingzhou, and the imperial court soldiers were exempted from the pain of conquest. With the prime minister mediating it, it should not be difficult to think about the knighthood of the lady and the son! ”

When Kuai Yue said that Pang Tong thought that Cai and Liu Cong had no merits, Cai's heart was in his throat.

It wasn't until he learned from Kuai Yue's mouth that Pang Tong had been persuaded that Cai Shi breathed a long sigh of relief.

"So, Jingzhou can be sacrificed?" The shape shì is becoming more and more unfavorable to Jingzhou, and the Cai family hates to sacrifice Jingzhou immediately, so he hurriedly asks Kuai Yue.

"Madame, don't worry!" It is rumored that Kuai Yue has long been in collusion with Pang Tong and others, and wants to sacrifice Jingzhou, Cai asked when he would give it, if he said that the sooner the better, Cai Mao and Cai would feel reasonable.

But Kuai Yue didn't say that, but said to them: "Your Majesty's will has not yet arrived, if Madame has no Jingzhou in her hands, it will be difficult for the marquis to be afraid in the future!" At present, he is dealing with the Han army, and it is not too late to make plans when His Majesty's will is delivered to Jingzhou! ”

He and Cai Mao glanced at each other, Cai nodded, and said to Kuai Yue: "What Kuai Gong said is very true, so I will follow Kuai Gong, and when His Majesty's will arrives in Jingzhou, I will wait and make a plan!" ”

The Cai family planned to sacrifice Jingzhou, but did not dare to return to Xiangyang but fled to Xiakou, Liu Qi, who also received a guest at this time.

The guest Liu Qi received was only about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a plain white deep coat, although he was not very old, his demeanor was very calm and sophisticated.

"Bo Yan's trip, is it to defect to Jingzhou?" Liu Qi, who learned of Liu Biao's death but did not dare to return to Xiangyang, had a solemn face, stared at the white-clothed young man sitting opposite him and asked.

The young man in white sitting opposite him was none other than Lu Xun of Dongwu.

Lu Su and Lü Meng fell into Luoyang and were difficult to get out, Zhou Yu had been rebelled by the Han army, and Sun Quan had no one available in front of him, so he had to appoint Lu Xun exceptionally.

As soon as Lu Xun took office, he proposed to Sun Quan the strategy of uniting with Liu Qi and taking advantage of the turmoil in Jingzhou to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

At the same time, he also proposed to attack Zhou Yu's army with the Jiangdong navy, so as not to occupy the ferry in the future, and once the army crossed the river, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses south of the Yangtze River would be difficult to resist the Han army.

It was Lu Xun who proposed to Sun Quan to take advantage of the Yangtze River natural danger to confront the Han army for a long time in order to keep Jiangdong stable for many years, until he found an opportunity to launch a counteroffensive against the Han army.

Proposing such a proposal, Lu Xun originally thought that Sun Quan would send a person who could speak well to Xiakou, but he didn't expect that Sun Quan would actually send him.

Although he was unhappy in his heart, Lu Xun had no way but to try his best to persuade Liu Qi to unite with Jiangdong.

"What is defection?" With a faint smile on his face, Lu Xun clasped his fists and arched towards Liu Qi and said: "Gongzi is the eldest son of Duke Jingsheng, Duke Jingsheng is deceased, and the eldest son should inherit Juelu, but Cai's family and Cai Mao took advantage of Gongzi's desire to Xiangyang and supported Liu Cong to become the pastor of Jingzhou." is so humiliating, can the son bear it? ”

Speaking of Liu Biao's death, Liu Qi let out a long sigh and said with a sad face: "My father is in good health, and he has always had no headache and brain fever, so I don't want to go to ...... suddenly."

"Have you ever thought about it, there must be something strange about this matter!" Before Liu Qi finished speaking, Lu Xun asked him meaningfully.