Liu Biao really went to Jiangling with a thousand guards. This made everyone in the city, who were originally like ants on a hot pot, suddenly relieved, and they finally saw the opportunity.

The palace built for the king of Xiangyang has been completed in the city, and a formal ceremony is needed to welcome Liu Xie back to Xiangyang from Xinye. In the past, Liu Biao didn't spit out when he was there, so it was difficult for everyone to jump out and take the initiative to take this matter. It is clear that Lord Zhou Mu doesn't treat this Xiangyang King very well, but you jumped out to make trouble, what is your intention?

Now that Liu Biao has gone to inspect the counties, some people have hit the head of the eldest prince Liu Qi. Regardless of whether Liu Biao can return to Xiangyang smoothly in the future, he instigated Liu Qi to welcome the king of Xiangyang into Xiangyang City, even if Liu Biao knew about this matter, he couldn't help everyone. Your son did the thing, so it's not good to rely on someone else, right?

One night, several important guests came to Cai Mao's mansion, and they all entered the mansion in a carriage, and outsiders couldn't see each other at all.

After all the guests arrived, they saw that the people who came were Kuai Yue, Huang Zu, Zhang Yun, Liu Ba, Liao Li, Cai Zhong and Han Song.

Cai Mao looked at everyone majestically and said, "Everyone, what you are planning today is very risky, if anyone is unwilling to stay in the matter, it is still too late to withdraw now!"

No one said anything, and the conspiracy began. In fact, Cai Mao said it so politely, if the person who doesn't have a long eye to stand up now and say that he wants to quit, I'm afraid that before he gets out of Cai's mansion, he will be chopped up by the knife and axe hand that Cai Mao has already arranged in the back hall.

Cai Mao said: "Now that Jingzhou is in danger, Liu Zhoumu does not want Jingzhou to fall into the hands of others, so he commands the army to confront all parties, which is understandable. However, Liu Xie, the king of Xiangyang, was personally sealed by the Son of Heaven, but now he is subsumed in Xinye, so that it has attracted a lot of discussion and turbulence. If the king of Xiangyang can enter Jingzhou, then the Sima clan of Yizhou and Sun Jian of Eastern Wu will have to take care of the face and feelings of the imperial court, and the danger of Jingzhou will naturally be eliminated, but it is better than meeting people and soldiers. ”

Cai Mao's words were a little ambiguous, but the center was still clear, that is, he was in favor of welcoming the king of Xiangyang into the city, and forcing Yizhou and Wuzhou to withdraw through the coercion of the imperial court.

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao have always advanced and retreated together, and he echoed and said: "When Lord Zhou Mu is here, we are afraid of his face, and it is not good to give him a direct advice in person. Now that he is cruising south, leaving only the eldest prince to preside over the overall situation of Xiangyang, we can think of a way to promote this matter as soon as possible. ”

Liu Ba then said: "This matter should not be delayed for a long time, I will go to persuade the eldest prince tomorrow, you must see the current situation clearly, and you must not bring the Liu family into a crisis!"

Han Song also nodded in agreement, willing to go and persuade Liu Qi.

Liao Li asked: "Although Liu Zhoumu left Xiangyang, there are still many capable people stationed in Xiangyang, if the eldest prince uses this as a basis and does not listen to our persuasion, what should we do?"

Cai Mao's younger brother Cai Zhong said angrily: "If he doesn't follow, he will launch a military admonition, control him, and let the second son Cong rule Xiangyang!"

Huang Zu, who held 20,000 troops in Deng County, and Zhang Yun, who had been secretly supporting the second son Liu Cong, still did not say anything to express support or opposition until this moment, and everyone knew that Cai Mao had reached some kind of alliance with Huang Zu and Zhang Yun and others, and once persuasion failed, they would use force to facilitate this matter.

It's just that everyone in the audience underestimated Liu Qi and the group of people behind Liu Qi.

Liu Qi is honest and honest, but it doesn't mean that he has no brains to be manipulated and teased. Cai Mao is the uncle of the second son Liu Cong, but not his Liu Qi's uncle. In the past, Liu Biao continued to string Cai's did not have a good face when he saw Liu Qi, and Cai Mao and Cai Zhong were even sneering at Liu Qi in front of Liu Biao, even if he was an honest child like Liu Qi, he was a little angry in his heart.

When his father sent a letter asking him to return to Xiangyang, Liu Qi hesitated for a long time, and really didn't want to wade into this troubled water. But someone secretly sent Liu Qi a letter, but it just relieved Liu Qi's hesitation and made him build up confidence.

The people who secretly sent a letter to Liu Qi were Qi Wuhong, Yi Ji, Deng Xi, Qin Mi and others who had just recently been appreciated by Liu Biao. These scribes all said that they had been entrusted by the lord Liu Biao to secretly assist the eldest prince in Xiangyang City to preside over the overall situation, and once the situation changed, they would come forward.

If the statements of these people are not weighty enough, then Xiang Pet, who is stationed in Shandu, and Wang Wei, who is stationed in Caiyang, express their loyalty to Liu Qi, which is heavy enough. These two lieutenant generals each commanded 10,000 soldiers and horses, and once Xiangyang had a time, they could return to the aid as soon as possible, which was exactly the same as the 20,000 troops under Huang Zu.

What makes Liu Qi most excited is a "foreign aid" who does not attract attention, but has a great background.

This person is Jiang Yin.

Liu Qi knew that Jiang Jian was an envoy sent by Zhao Xing, the king of Pingxi, to support Jingzhou (Lu Meng had been hiding in the shadows, and even Liu Qi didn't know about it), if even Jiang Jian made it clear and supported Liu Qi's return to Xiangyang to preside over the overall situation, it would be equivalent to the attitude of the king of Pingxi. Liu Qi didn't dare to think about anything else, but he believed that even if there were great changes in Xiangyang in the future, in case he was caught and became a prisoner, as long as Jiang Jian was still by his side to protect himself, then no matter who he was, he would have to weigh the severity and dare not execute himself at will.

King Pingxi's protection of the short, that is famous. Over the years, everyone who has done things according to the rules, Zhao Xing has left a way for people to live in the end. But if anyone has obviously caught Zhao Xing's subordinates and is still going to death, the consequences will be very serious. You can ask me for a considerable ransom or other conditions, but you must not kill my people, this is the rule set by Zhao Xing!

Liu Qi, who returned to Xiangyang, first got in touch with Jiang Jian, followed Jiang Jian's advice, and directly held the 20,000 troops left to him by his father Liu Biao firmly in his hands, and did not hesitate to appoint Jiang Jian as the leader of the 1,000 trapped iron guards, responsible for his own safety.

Although Jiang Jian is not as powerful as Lu Meng, he is not a good person, he didn't come to Jingzhou to make a decoration, but to make some achievements. Although Jiang Yin's subordinates only have a thousand iron guards available, they are a very strong elite army, with these thousand people, it is enough for him to directly launch a quick and fatal blow to Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other mansions when Xiangyang is in chaos!

On the second day after the conspiracy in Cai Mao's mansion ended, Liu Ba, who was used as a gunman, really disregarded his personal safety, made a comeback, came to meet Liu Qi, and tried his best to persuade Liu Qi to put aside Liu Biao and make his own decisions, and welcome Liu Xie into Xiangyang while Liu Biao was not in Xiangyang, so as to avoid Jingzhou falling into the danger of being attacked on three sides.

Liu Qi is not very disgusted with Liu Ba, so he is polite, but he just shirks that this matter is too important, and how can he act without regard to his father's decision, that is, he politely rejected Liu Ba's suggestion.

Later, Han Song, Kuai Yue and others also came to persuade Liu Qi one after another, and their tone of voice became more and more serious each time, as if Liu Qi did not agree again, he was afraid that he would immediately invite trouble.

The situation in Xiangyang is about to undergo major changes.