In Xiangguo's mansion, when Li Ru heard his lord's words, he pondered for a moment and nodded.

"What the lord said is reasonable, and it is indeed a good strategy to summon Liu Biao's son to Beijing on the grounds that His Majesty needs someone to serve him."

Dong Zhuo chuckled, "Since Wen You also thinks it's good, then I will order someone to send a message to Liu Biao." ”

"Then it will be up to him to see how he responds."

Li Ru saluted, "Oh! ”

*

Jingzhou

After Liu Biao became the ruler of Jingzhou, he moved the administrative office to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao is a person who is good at seducing and negotiating, so that the thieves in the territory can also be effective for him.

Jingzhou is cleared for thousands of miles, the people are satisfied, and he is a scholar who seeks Confucianism, loves the people, and protects himself calmly.

Moreover, it opens up its land widely, collects Lingling and Guiyang in the south, and Hanchuan in the north, sits on a territory of thousands of miles, with more than 100,000 armored soldiers.

Xiangyang then became the center of eight counties: Nanjun, Nanyang, Jiangxia, Wuling, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and Zhangling.

I have to say that judging from Liu Biao's various achievements, he can be described as a first-class capable minister.

And now outside Xiangyang City, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others have joined forces to go out of the city for dozens of miles to welcome the imperial court envoys.

"Heh, Lord Assassin Shi really has a heart, and he actually asked me to wait dozens of miles out of the city to meet the imperial court envoy."

"It's worthy of being a member of the Han family."

A middle-aged man in an official uniform with a resolute face looked at the sun hanging high above his head and chuckled.

"Brother Deju, it is also appropriate for the envoys of the imperial court to come and do some courtesy, I heard that Brother Deqi has made great achievements in training the navy, and in the future, the governor of the navy in the state will be none other than Deju."

At this time, the middle-aged man dressed as a civil official on the side shook his head and took over the conversation.

Although this middle-aged man is dressed as a civil official, his figure is quite majestic, and he looks like a military general.

And the middle-aged man who was called De Jue was Cai Mao, a well-known "relative" in Jingzhou, and the middle-aged civil official who took over the conversation was Kuai Yue, a subordinate of Liu Biao, with different words.

"Hahaha. Brother Xenodu praised it falsely, who belongs to the governor of this navy, it depends on how the envoy arranges it. ”

Although Cai Mao said so, he was also quite confident in himself from the expression on his face.

"I don't know which one is the envoy sent by the imperial court this time." At this time, a civil official on the side who was six or seven points similar to Kuai Yue spoke.

"Brother Ziji, why should I think about it too much, when the imperial envoy comes, I won't know later."

"Why bother thinking so much." Cai Mao shook her head disappreciatively.

Kuai Liang, Kuai Ziji, another very important strategist under Liu Biao, Kuai Yue's brother.

"Brother Deju's words are different." Kuai Liang retorted: "Whoever the imperial court sends as an envoy can also see what kind of charter Dong Zhuo has in mind. ”

"The envoy's attitude is probably Dong Zhuo's attitude."

"Dong Zhuo." When Cai Mao heard Dong Zhuo's name, she couldn't help frowning.

"Previously, Dong Zhuo ordered Emperor Fu Song and Lu Bu to capture Yanzhou, could he not have any ideas about Jingzhou?" Cai Mao asked directly.

Kuai Liang shook his head, "It's definitely impossible to have no thoughts about Jingzhou, but it shouldn't be a move for a while." ”

"The so-called salute before the soldier is probably like this."

"Salute before soldiers?" Cai Mao nodded and sighed lightly, "It's difficult." ”

"Who's to say it's not, it's tricky." Kuai Liang also nodded.

Cai Mao's Cai family and Kuailiang's Kuai family are all natives of Jingzhou, or they are all native scholars of Xiangyang.

If Dong Zhuozhen was thinking about Jingzhou, then they, the native scholars, would naturally bear the brunt.

"It's coming!"

At this moment, Kuai Yue on the side suddenly spoke.

As Kuai Yue spoke, the people led by him couldn't help but look into the distance, only to see the dust and smoke billowing on the official road, and dozens of horses galloping over.

The cavalry who led the team saw that there were people waiting on the official road, and they beat their horses and came to the place where they were.

"Yu!"

The cavalry turned over and dismounted, and he knew what was going on when he noticed that everyone on the official road was wearing official uniforms.

"Dare to ask, but the adults in Jingzhou." The team leader saluted and asked politely.

Cai Mao stepped out of the crowd and raised her voice: "Exactly." "You are the one who guards the messenger."

The team leader hurriedly replied: "Lord Hui, the last general was ordered to escort the mission to Jingzhou, and now the envoy is behind." ”

Cai Mao nodded and asked casually, "Which adult in the court is the envoy this time?" ”

Seeing Cai Mao's extraordinary appearance, the team leader knew that he should be a senior official in Jingzhou, and hurriedly replied: "The envoy this time is Ma Riyan, Master Ma." ”

"Hmm." When Cai Mao heard this, he glanced at Kuai Liang behind him, and then said: "You go and inform Master Ma, and you will say that Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue of Jingzhou are waiting here." ”

"Whoa!" The leader saluted, turned on his horse, and went backwards, apparently to report the news.

After the team leader left, Cai Mao came to Kuailiang and asked, "Ziji, are you familiar with this Ma Riyan?" ”

"Ma Riyan?!"

Kuai Liang pondered for a moment, "This person is the grandson of the master of scripture Ma Rong, and he is a Confucian-like figure, and he has a biography of the Five Classics collected by Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others. ”

Cai Mao frowned, "The grandson of the master of scripture Ma Rong? "The envoy opened an official school in Jingzhou, and there were many Confucian students from the north to the south."

"It seems that Dong Zhuo also knows about this, and it seems that letting Ma Riyan come here does respond to Ziji's words of salute first and then soldier."

"I don't know what the charter is."

"Let's wait and see what happens." Kuai Liang looked straight at the official road, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

*

Xiangyang City

Assassin's House

Liu Biao is now in his fifties, but he still looks healthy, and you must know that more than fifty years old is a few years old in the world.

At this time, he was dressed in fine clothes and was at the top, and the first on the left was Ma Riyan, the envoy sent to Jingzhou by Dong Zhuo.

The rest of Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others all sat on the side.

"Uncle Weng, I will definitely stay longer when I come to Jingzhou this time." "At that time, let Uncle Weng enjoy the scenery of my Jingzhou."

Ma Riyan, the word Uncle Weng.

He was overjoyed to see Liu Biao so polite, he thought that this mission was a chore, but he didn't expect Liu Biao to give him a good feeling.

Quite a good attitude!

"Don't you dare to disturb the envoy, you have the emperor's order in Jingzhou this time, but you don't dare to delay more." Although he said so, Ma Riyan thought in his heart that it would be okay to stay in Jingzhou for a while after the business was done.

At this time, when the people present heard "the emperor's order is in his body", they couldn't help but move their eyes to him.

Liu Biao, who was at the top, nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, then after Uncle Weng rests for a day, he will declare the holy will tomorrow?" ”

Ma Riyan smiled when he heard this: "Don't bother, before coming to Jingzhou this time, Dong Xiangguo once told the officials that Uncle Liu Huang in Jingzhou is the pillar of the country, and there is no need to worry too much about some red tape." ”

The imperial court sent an envoy to pass on the holy decree, and the person who received the holy decree generally made a series of preparations for bathing and burning incense in order to show respect for the emperor.

Listening to Ma Riyan's statement, Dong Zhuo seems to have been exempted from these processes in advance.

However, because the Han family is now sluggish, some people will deal with it at will after receiving the holy decree, and some people don't even want to do superficial work.

After Liu Biao heard Ma Riyan, there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, but then he covered it up again.

"That being the case, then it depends on the will of Xiangguo, I don't know what Your Majesty's will is this time?"