The nine counties of Jingxiang are all under the control of Boss Cao.

However, the officials of the scholar clan in the nine counties of Jingxiang are still in the midst of rumors and trembling.

Although Boss Cao did not attack them, and even took up their respective positions, there was no change.

But most of them thought that it was just because Cao Cao was too busy with the war to turn around and clean them up.

Former.

Boss Cao raised troops to the south and captured Jingxiang.

Liu Bei couldn't hold Xinye and left in embarrassment.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were afraid of Cao's strength, and it was also to preserve the wealth and strength of the Jingzhou clan.

He united with the Shi clan, forced Liu Biao to death, and urged Liu Biao's son Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also swore a promise that Liu Cong's mother and son, Yongzhen Jingxiang!

This once made Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong ecstatic, praising Boss Cao's benevolence and righteousness, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun had vision.

However.

Wait until Boss Cao takes Jingzhou bloodlessly and stays in Jingzhou City!

immediately changed the hexagram and ordered Liu Cong's mother and son to move to Xudu for retirement!

Liu Cong was frightened, and was willing to return the title, only to cut his post to the people in Jingzhou, and he lost his life!

But Boss Cao didn't allow it, and immediately sent them to Xudu.

He also ordered Yu Ban to lead the troops and intercept and kill the two of them halfway!

Although this matter is confidential, there is no impermeable wall in the world.

The officials of the Jingzhou clan heard the tone more or less.

Especially the people in the four major families are not reused.

On the contrary, Wen Ping became the person who was most valued by Boss Cao.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, in front of the generals of Cao Jun, waged his tail like a dog and begged for mercy, without any dignity.

The Ma family is always worried.

"We were also bewitched by Zhuge Wolong in the past, and we befriended Liu Bei, this matter is always a danger, I am afraid that when Prime Minister Cao Cheng frees his hand, he will come to clean us up!"

The eldest Ma Bo often gathers the brothers and said worriedly.

"Although we have a relationship with Liu Bei, it is just a matter of etiquette, and there is no actual intersection! My Ma family did not charge for Liu Bei, gave advice, nor did they subsidize money and food, so why should they be afraid of Prime Minister Cao's investigation and confrontation? ”

The second Ma Zhongchang doesn't seem to be worried, he thinks that he is not afraid of shadows, and it is a big deal to reason with Prime Minister Cao Cheng.

"The second brother is right, we have been in Jingzhou for many years, are we still afraid of him? There must be a reason, as the prime minister, he should enforce the law impartially! ”

Uncle Ma often stares, looking fearless!

"The second brother and the third brother are extremely pedantic! You Heng's death, Dong Cheng's death, what reason is needed? Just buckle the hat of rebellion, and hundreds of people in the whole family will be beheaded! ”

"Not to mention far away, Jingzhou Liu Cong's mother and son, the front foot introduced Prime Minister Cao Cheng into Jingzhou, and the back foot died on the way to Xudu in vain!"

"One by one, how can you be reasonable?"

The third Ma Liang Ma Ji often shook his head again and again, laid out the facts, and said the two brothers speechless.

"It's simple, I have a plan, and I can succeed."

The Ma family is only eleven or twelve years old, but he is the smartest.

Seeing that the four brothers couldn't argue, he stepped forward and said childishly.

"What can you do?"

The four brothers asked in unison, eight eyes staring at the child in front of them.

"Those who have achieved great things in the world are not informal. Cao Cheng is brutal, but he has a unified heart, as long as we take the initiative to explain everything, I guess we will not do harm, with Cao Cao's strategy, I naturally know the truth of buying horse bones for thousands of years. ”

"I heard that under the Prime Minister's seat, Xun You relies on it the most, so it's better for my brother to find Xun You to explain everything, and there is a way to solve it."

Ma Tan laughed: "We are all short-sighted, but we can only protect the small profits at the moment, but we can stabilize the hearts of the people in Jingxiang." Prime Minister Cao Cheng will not put Jing Xiang too far for the sake of our little thing! ”

Ma Liang listened to it and applauded the case!

"What the fifth brother said is right!"

"I had a relationship with Xun You, and I will find him tomorrow and tell him my heart, hoping to convey it to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and also reassure the hearts of the people of Jingxiang!"

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Boss Cao once again held a meeting of the ministers in Jingzhou Mansion.

The people discussed are just calming the hearts of the people, training the water army, cutting down Jiangdong and other matters.

"Lord, I have one thing, start the lord."

Xun You, who had just met with Ma Liang in the morning, said out of class.

"Wen Ruo, please have something to say."

Boss Cao stretched out his hand to signal.

"Since the death of Liu Cong's mother and son, the Jingxiang officials and scholars have been panicking. lest they be implicated. ”

"There are even more scholars, who were forced by the situation in the past to have dealings with Liu Bei, and they are also afraid that the prime minister will one day investigate and punish them, so they are worried."

Xun You summarized the chat record with Ma Liang and said truthfully.

"In the past, I killed Liu Cong because this mother and son are not the same thing at all! Greed and love become sex, and sell official beards, aren't they all doing it? ”

"If they are left to fight Jingxiang forever, then the people of Jingxiang will really be in dire straits!"

"Besides, only women and villains are difficult to raise, and if they are close, they are not inferior to those who are far away. This mother and son are a villain and a woman, and it is not easy to mess with. ”

"That's why I killed him to save the turmoil in Jingzhou."

Boss Cao said patiently.

"The good intentions of the lord, we naturally understand."

"But the officials and scholars of Jingzhou don't think so, most of them think that the lord is unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking!"

Liu Ye got up and said, he also heard the private discussions of the Jingxiang clan.

"It is my established policy for the people of Jingxiang to govern Jingxiang, and all Jingxiang officials have not moved, and they have done their own duties."

"The scholars of Jingxiang, as long as they don't do disobedient things, they are not to blame in the past. Why mention the past? If you really want to trace it, Gu was still working under Dong Zhuo before! ”

Boss Cao said angrily.

The officials in the hall laughed loudly, and they were in a harmonious mood.

Xu Chu was confused, but he mentioned the Jingxiang clan.

"Boss, those scholars are really powerful, some time ago I went to fight Zhou Yu, and I didn't dare to touch your people, so I invited Wen Ping to borrow troops."

"In less than half a day, I borrowed 30,000 soldiers and horses and 5 or 600 big ships."

"These scholars, all of them are powerful factions, don't underestimate them!"

Xu Chu said with a grin.

Boss Cao lowered his head and pondered, and nodded again and again: "It's time to think of a way to appease it." ”

Jia Xu suddenly had an idea, stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, why don't you take advantage of this moment to reward them with a big deal!" ”

"How?"

Boss Cao suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Tiger waited for the action the day before yesterday, and with the help of the Shi clan, although there were losses, the credit was great."

"The prime minister might as well take this opportunity to reward the scholars who gave a helping hand, and rewarded them unusually!"

"It is to let the scholars of Jingzhou know that as long as they are loyal to the prime minister, the prime minister will not treat them badly!"

Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

"Seconds! Jia Wenhe is really my number one brain! ”

Boss Cao was overjoyed and said with a smile.

"In this way, not only can the Jingzhou scholars be at ease, but the society will be stable."

"And it can also set an example for the scholars in Jiangdong, shake their resistance and encourage them to come and surrender!"

Cheng Yu also said excitedly.

"That's right! Just do it, pass the order, and wantonly reward the meritorious people! ”

"In addition, send a report to Xun Yu in Xudu, and allocate a batch of grain and grass to pay the army, don't disturb the public security of Jingxiang, and don't let the people of Jingxiang suffer from the war!"

Boss Cao was excited, and did not forget Li Min.

The officials were moved and praised each other.

The decree went down, and the Jingxiang clan praised the prime minister's kindness.

More scholars took the initiative to go back and forth to the Jingzhou Mansion to express their loyalty to Cao Cao.

even took the initiative to donate money and materials, and even asked to spontaneously form a team to win Fancheng and the prime minister to show his loyalty.

But Boss Cao was kind enough to soothe and didn't take advantage of it.

For a while, everyone thought that Cao Cao had changed his temper, but the discerning people knew that this was the Jingzhou clan's self-preservation strategy, but the lord changed from Liu Biao to Cao Cao.

Now that Cao Cao's warship has been burned, the northern soldiers are not accustomed to water warfare, and they urgently need the support of Jingzhou's clans that are good at water warfare.

……

Jiangdong Water Village.

The scouts of Koto, Pegasus came to report.

He came all the way to Zhou Yu and said respectfully.

"The Grand Governor."

Zhou Yu's eyes were wide-eyed, his posture was heroic, and he said lightly.

"Report."

The scout lowered his eyebrows and said solemnly.

"The Grand Governor."

"News from Jingzhou."

"Now Cao Cao is rewarding the Jingzhou clan in a big way, aiming to win people's hearts."

When Zhou Yu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, sighed, and sighed.

"It's unbelievable."

"This Cao Agui, he actually learned to buy people's hearts?"

Huang Gai was also surprised.

"Dudu, that Cao thief has won people's hearts, once he is completely stabilized, won't it disturb my Jiangdong army's heart?"

Zhou Yu's eyes gradually became cold.

At present, Cao Thief is powerful and occupies Jingzhou, so this kind of reward will be recruited.

There must be clans in Jiangdong who have a desire to surrender.

As the main battle faction, Zhou Yu naturally didn't want to see this happen.

Cao Cao's southward movement was imperative if he could not stop the capitulation faction.

I am afraid that there will be a chain reaction, causing more and more people to choose to surrender in order to protect themselves.

At that time, Koto completely lost any ability to resist.

Reduced to fish and meat on the board of the Cao thief, let it be slaughtered.

"Speed up the march!"

Zhou Yu snorted heavily.

"As fast as you can, go to Chaisang."

"I want to see which family dares to surrender!"

He hurried his horse and whipped up his progress in the direction of Chaisang.

As the governor of Jiangdong, although he is still young, he has made great achievements.

In his early years, he followed Sun Ce and laid down Jiangdong.

Although Sun Ce has died young, Sun Quan still regards him as a confidant.

In Koto, in order to consolidate the position.

Sun Quan tried his best to balance the four major families in Jiangdong.

But there was no check and balance on Zhou Yu.

It's just that he and Sun Ce trust Zhou Yu to the same extent as his own siblings.

Even the whole set of soldiers and horses was handed over to Zhou Yu to be in charge.

Holding the Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

Zhou Yu's status is naturally below one person and above ten thousand.

When he returned to Chaisang this time, he wanted to take a look.

Who is it that dares to mention Cao!

Zhou Yu clenched the long sword at his waist with his backhand, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

He had already made up his mind.

This time, you must kill a few to set an example!

……

Jingzhou.

After Ma Liang rescued Jian Yong from prison, the two did not go back as soon as possible, but found a secret place to rest.

"Ji Chang is very gracious, Xianhe will always remember it in his heart!"

Jian Yong made a big salute to Ma Liang.

Ma Liang hurriedly helped Jian Yong up and sighed.

"Xianhe doesn't have to make this big gift."

"Alas......"

Jian Yong sighed, sad.

"Though I was blessed with the blessing of the season, I was able to escape."

"It's a pity that my father-in-law, Mrs. Gan, fell into the hands of Cao thief!"

When Ma Liang heard this, he wondered.

"Mrs. Gan?"

"No, Kenhe, are you reliable?"

"Why haven't I heard that Cao Cao accepted two ladies?"

Jian Yong let out a long sigh and shook his head.

"Ji Chang doesn't know."

"I protect Mrs. Gan and pursue the lord."

"But I was unexpectedly caught up by that Xu Chu."

"I am invincible to Xu Chu, and Mrs. Gan fell into the hands of the other party."

When Ma Liang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The matter of Cao Cao's good wife has long been spread.

Now Mrs. Gan has fallen into the hands of Xu Chu.

must have been locked up by Cao Cao.

"Xianhe, now, you have left prison."

"It's better to hurry back to Fancheng, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

"If we are discovered, you and I will not be able to escape."

Ma Liang stared at Jian Yong and said seriously.

Jian Yong's head was bowed: "Ji Chang is very gracious, toothless and unforgettable!" ”、

"Okay, then I'll go back to Fancheng first, and then make plans."

"Ji Chang, farewell!"

Ma Liang bowed: "Farewell!" Take care all the way! ”

It's night.

Take advantage of the cover of Jingzhou night.

Jian Yong rode a horse, wore stars and moons, and galloped out of the city.

In the direction of Fancheng, gallop desperately.

……

Fancheng.

A figure came out of the skyline and sped away.

After the soldiers defending the city saw that the other party was Jian Yong, they hurriedly opened the city gate and let them go.

Jian Yong was dusty and went straight to the Taishou Mansion.

After handing over his horse to the guards in charge, he entered the Taishou Mansion.

After seeing Liu Guanzhang and others, he couldn't hold back anymore, and the old tears were all over the place, and he knelt on the ground.

"Lord !!"

He fell to his knees, his shoulders trembling, and he wept.

Seeing this, a sense of foreboding rose in everyone's hearts.

Guan Yu hurriedly asked, "Xianhe, what about Madam?" ”

Zhang Fei also nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong with you?" What about Madame? ”

Liu Bei also looked at Jian Yong worriedly, anxious.

Jian Yong cried bitterly, slammed his fist the ground, and whimpered.

"Lord!"

"Xianhe lived up to the trust of the lord and failed to bring back his wife."

"Now, Madame has fallen into the hands of the Cao thief!"

Jian Yong's words were like a muffled thunderbolt.

It rings in everyone's ears.

Liu Bei's heart was even tighter, his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted.

The great husband was born in heaven and earth.

Although for him, brothers are like siblings, and women are like clothes.

However, Mrs. is not just a casual gift.

He could accept that his wife be left outside, and that he could even accept that she be killed.

But I can't accept it, and my wife has fallen into the hands of others.

Wouldn't that give yourself a big green hat?

thought of Mrs. Gan, who was slender and beautiful like a flower, and fell into the hands of Cao thief.

Liu Bei was angry and enthusiastic.

But he still endured his body so that he didn't faint.

"Hateful!"

"Cao thief is hateful!!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, hating to eat Cao Cao's flesh raw.

Guan Yu stroked his long hair with his hand, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Zhao Yun also clenched his fists, hating to kill Xiangyang directly and rescue his wife.

Zhang Fei couldn't help it, his eyes widened angrily, and he stood up.

"Big brother!"

"Give me 3,000 soldiers and horses!"

"I'm going to kill Xiangyang now and rescue my sister-in-law!"

Liu Bei sighed, his eyes full of despair.

He waved his hand.

"Third brother, eldest brother knows your mind."

"But I gave you 3,000 soldiers and horses, how can you kill Xiangyang."

"And we are already empty of troops, if there is another enemy attack at this time, how should we defend the city?"

Zhang Fei gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only sit down again.

Above everyone's heads, a dark cloud hung over them, overwhelming everyone.

They all knew that Jian Yong couldn't bring it back.

It means that Mrs. Gan can't be saved at all.

And fell into the hands of Cao Cao, with the character of the other party, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape humiliation.

Cao Cao is a good wife, this point has long been famous among the princes.

Over the years, there have been no less than a dozen wives who have been humiliated by Cao Cao, either voluntarily or coercion.

This time, it seems that the green hat on the top of the lord's head is fixed......

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and was angry.

"Cao thief, I am inseparable from you!"

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