Liu Biao's letter inviting Liu Bei has been placed on Liu Bei's desk at this moment. Liu Bei had been staring at the letter for a long time. In Liu Biao's letter, he keenly smelled a trace of killing intent, the root of this killing intent, no need to ask, it must be his recent large-scale recruitment of troops that caused Liu Biao's suspicion, maybe, even the matter of the secret treasure of light and martial arts has been known to Liu Biao.

Liu Bei has always been cautious, this time he accidentally got the wealth of the Guangwu Secret Treasure, but he also failed to get his mind away, he strictly controlled the men and horses under his command at about 10,000 people, on the one hand, because there were not many soldiers, on the other hand, he was afraid of arousing Liu Biao's suspicion, but he didn't expect that Liu Biao, who was known as a famous man in Jingxiang, was so intolerant of things, and he still had suspicion of himself.

There was a sound of rapid footsteps, and Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, and Sun Qian came to Liu Bei's room. Liu Bei came to them just to discuss the countermeasures for the day after tomorrow. told the three of them the general situation, except for Mi Zhu who realized the difficulty of the matter, Sun Qian and Jian Yong were at a loss to know the seriousness of the matter, which made Liu Bei feel that there were no talents around him who could be reused, and he sighed repeatedly.

Of course, Sun Qian and Jian Yong are not fools, and under Mi Zhu's explanation, they quickly wondered. Now Liu Bei is under the fence, if he offends Liu Biao, it is equivalent to dismantling his own platform, and there is nowhere to stay. Under the planning of the three stinkers, Liu Bei decided to go to Xiangyang to dispel Liu Biao's suspicions. At the same time, Liu Bei also knew that the remaining money in his hand could not be saved, and only by giving the money in the secret treasure to Liu Biao could he get through this difficult time safely. But in this way, Liu Bei will lose the opportunity to rise again, and without money, what else will he use to recruit troops? Relying on Mi Zhu's family background alone. Sooner or later, it will be the end of sitting and eating empty. But now, there is no better way to solve the problem, Liu Bei can only break his teeth and swallow blood, and he will be considered to be ruined and avoided. Fortunately, Liu Bei has spent a lot of money in those secret treasures recently, and has exchanged a large number of soldiers, armaments, and grain and grass for himself, otherwise, Liu Bei would really want to cry without tears.

It's time to meet. In the state pastor's mansion in Xiangyang, Liu Biao specially ordered people to clean it inside and out, and put on a posture to welcome the VIPs on the surface. and personally went to the gate of the mansion to welcome Liu Bei into the mansion. After the two sat down, Liu Biao exchanged a few words of greeting and began his interrogation: "Xuande, I recently heard that you are recruiting troops in Xinye, I don't know what the results are?" ”

Liu Bei's eyes rolled. Xin said: "Sure enough. On the surface, Liu Bei said with a smile: "Brother Jingsheng (Liu Biao's words)." The younger brother is to see Cao Cao's strength growing bigger and bigger. Worried that he would be unfavorable to Brother Jingsheng, it was indeed a matter of preparing to expand the armament, and Bei just wanted to share the worries of Brother Jingsheng. ”

Seeing Liu Bei admit the expansion of the army, Liu Biao's face improved a little, and asked Liu Bei with a smile: "But where did you get the money for the expansion of the army?" Xinye is not densely populated, and taxes are not high. It's not enough to support an expansion like yours. ”

Liu Bei pretended to be selfless and replied: "It's not a secret, the people of Xinye are not strong, how can Bei bear to increase the burden of the people?" First, money and food should be consumed. They are all family properties brought by Mi Zhu Mi Zi Zhong from Xuzhou. With this expansion of the army, Zizhong's family property has almost been consumed, and Bei is worried about future military spending. Mi Zhu is a wealthy family in Xuzhou, and he naturally has a lot of money and grain in his hands, and it makes sense to push the expansion of the army to Mi Zhu. However, Liu Bei knew that Liu Biao invited himself to come this time, and he must have taken a fancy to the secret treasure of light martial arts in his hand, and this section could not be avoided no matter what.

Therefore, Liu Bei simply stopped hiding it and was ready to tell Liu Biao bluntly. Rather than letting Liu Biao find out secretly afterwards, it is better to take advantage of the present and make this matter clear from his own mouth, at least this can win Liu Biao's trust for a long time in the future and provide himself with a safe place like Xinye.

After a deep groan, Liu Bei pretended to be speechless and stopped looking at the attendants around him, and then turned his gaze to Liu Biao. Liu Biao saw Liu Bei's movements, waved his hand to send all the waiters in the hall back, and then looked at Liu Bei with a smile. If there is no mistake, it seems that Liu Bei is ready to tell himself about obtaining the secret treasure, and Liu Biao is very happy to see Liu Bei's attitude.

Sure enough, Liu Bei came to Liu Biao's side and said in a low voice: "Brother Jingsheng, Bei found a secret treasure a few days ago, and Bei doesn't know who left it, but there is a lot of money in it, and this money is definitely not allowed to be swallowed privately, and it has been sorted into categories and prepared in the register, and his subordinates have sent it to Brother Jingsheng, and it is estimated that it is almost to Xiangyang now." ”

Since he knew that he couldn't keep this batch of money, Liu Bei could only pretend to be generous. Liu Bei's approach is very happy, it seems that Liu Bei is still very obedient and has no intention of hiding. From the discovery to the excavation of the secret treasure, and then to the sorting out of the categories, the list is being made at the end, which takes a while, although Liu Bei did not tell himself about it for the first time, but according to Liu Bei's current explanation, it can also be explained in the past. Liu Biao's heart was full of greed, but he pretended to excuse himself: "Hey, this financial report is an ownerless treasure, since it was discovered by Xuande, it should be managed by Xuande, why should it be sent to Xiangyang?" ”

Hypocrisy. Liu Bei scolded secretly in his heart, but said quietly: "In Jingzhou, all the treasures belong to Brother Jingsheng, and he is already grateful to Dade for being able to temporarily borrow Xinye Tun to set up soldiers and horses, how dare he swallow the treasures privately?" Please also ask Brother Jingsheng not to refuse. "I have to say that Liu Bei's eloquence is really good, and he does things without leakage, which makes Liu Biao is heart bloom, and he has already thrown his killing intent towards Liu Bei out of the clouds. Cai Mao, who was anxiously hiding outside the hall, scratched his ears and cheeks, eager to lead the troops to kill him immediately and break Liu Bei's body into thousands of pieces, but Liu Biao had no murderous intent at the moment, and he didn't throw the cup for a long time, and Cai Mao had to endure it.

"If this is the case, the foolish brother is disrespectful. In this way, Xuande will stay in Xiangyang for a few days temporarily, first, you and my brother can get together for a few days, and second, when this batch of treasures is sent to Xiangyang, the foolish brother will take out a copy of it as a reward for Xuande, how about it? Liu Biao said solemnly.

Take the treasure sent by Liu Bei to repay Liu Bei, it's really a shame that Liu Biao can tell it! However, it is Liu Bei's weakness to send people under the fence, even though there are tens of millions of dissatisfaction in his heart, he does not dare to show a trace of strangeness on his face, and he is quickly flattered and pretended to be happy and said: "That is the case, thank you Brother Jingsheng for the gift." Liu Bei pretended to be so happy, but also to paralyze Liu Biao and make Liu Biao think that he had no ambitions, so that he could profit from it in the future.

The thought in his heart turned, and Liu Bei suddenly had a poisonous plan in his heart, ready to lead the trouble to the east and provoke Liu Biao's dissatisfaction with Ao Lie. As long as it is possible to hit Ao Lie, Liu Bei will not hesitate to implement it. Lowering his voice again, Liu Bei whispered to Liu Biao: "Brother Jingsheng, when Bei discovered this batch of treasures, he found traces of someone turning it over, it should have been a few years ago, he came to enter the treasure place again, and took away a large number of treasures. Liu Bei did not explicitly say that Ao Lie took two-thirds of the treasures, but Liu Bei believed that with Liu Biao's strength, it would soon be confirmed that the person who had entered the secret treasure one step ahead of Liu Bei was Ao Lie.

Liu Biao's brows furrowed, and he asked suspiciously, "Xuande, have you found any unconventional weapons in the treasure?" In the face of Liu Biao's question, Liu Bei had no need to hide it: "Yes! The wreckage of the horse chopping knife! According to the wreckage, the craftsmen reproduced hundreds of horse chopping knives, and they turned out to be ...... Alas. At this point, Liu Bei deliberately stopped talking, and then sighed heavily.

Seeing Liu Bei's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Liu Biao knew in his heart and asked, "But it's exactly the same as the horse chopping knife used by Ao Lie's subordinates?" ”

"Huh? Hey, how did Brother Jingsheng know about the Dao? Liu Bei pretended to be surprised and asked suspiciously. was secretly happy in his heart, and without spending much of his tongue, Liu Biao had already taken the initiative to point the finger at Ao Lie. From this point of view, Liu Biao is not ignorant of the secret treasure, fortunately, he took the initiative to send the secret treasure today, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.

"Humph! Sure enough, it was him! This Ao Mohan, what is his intention, he actually hid such a big thing, is there such an elder in his eyes! Liu Biao snorted angrily. According to the generation, Liu Biao and Liu Yu are relatives of the Han family of the same generation, so Ao Lie also calls Liu Biao an uncle. What's more, at the beginning, Ao Lie's position was Nanyang Taishou, which was controlled by Liu Biao, the Jingzhou pastor, but Ao Lie did not reveal a trace of the news to Liu Biao, which made Liu Biao think that Ao Lie was despising himself, so his dissatisfaction with Ao Lie reached the peak in an instant. This is also one of Liu Bei's calculations, which caused Liu Biao's hatred for Ao Lie, which made Liu Bei happier than getting those treasures.

In this way, Liu Bei used his eloquence and disguise to successfully get through this difficulty, and successfully provoked the hostile relationship between Liu Biao and Ao Lie, turning a disaster into the most favorable situation. For the next three days, Liu Bei lived in the post house in Xiangyang, waiting for Guan Ping to lead the army to transport the treasures. In the process of waiting, Liu Biao feasted Liu Bei every day, and his attitude towards Liu Bei was obviously much more friendly than before, and he exchanged a batch of treasures for Liu Biao's trust, which was an unexpected joy for Liu Bei.

Three days later, Guan Ping escorted more than 30 carts to Xiangyang and presented the treasure to Liu Biao. After Liu Biao saw the list and the physical object, he was overjoyed, and immediately took out two carts of treasures and gave them to Liu Bei, and at the same time allowed Liu Bei to expand the army by 5,000, as for the fish scale armor and horse chopping knife that had been equipped in Liu Bei's army, Liu Biao did not recover it, and let Liu Bei use it. From this, it can also be seen that Liu Biao has no ambitions. Of course, Liu Bei would not say this sentence clearly. (To be continued......)