The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

just walked to the door,

Sun Shangxiang heard Xi Yu's smiling words from behind:

"Like this kind of job, you can earn money by just reading a book. I don't know how many people in this world want to do it."

Hearing Xi Yu's words, Sun Shangxiang also stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at Xi Yu resentfully with her mouth pouted,

Although he was very dissatisfied, Sun Shangxiang knew that now he could only read books to him. If he didn't read books, he might really have no way to pay back the money.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Shangxiang walked up to Xi Yu, picked up "Shan Hai Jing" and began to read.

However, because Sun Shangxiang was illiterate, she kept pronouncing many words she didn't know.

Just like when reading "There is a country of 蒍 (wei) and millet (shu) food.",
Because she didn't know those two words, and was afraid that she would deduct Xi Yu's money if she mispronounced it, Sun Shangxiang stopped for a while and didn't say a word.

Although there was a reminder from Xi Yu afterwards, it was still like pounding garlic, and only after a bit of pounding did a sentence come out,

After half a day, Sun Shangxiang can be said to have read a lot and made many mistakes.

All in all, not only did he not earn a penny today, but he still owed Xi Yu an unknown amount of money.

In the end, after Xi Yu said a very flat sentence of deducting ten coppers, Sun Shangxiang, who couldn't bear it anymore, ran out of Xi Yu's room crying.

And Gan Mei at the door saw that Sun Shangxiang ran out crying, so she also looked at Xi Yu in confusion.

"What's wrong with this girl from the Sun family?"

Shrugging, Xi Yu said in an extremely flat voice:
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about her thinking about it today, and she will come here tomorrow."

The next day, Sun Shangxiang reappeared in front of Xi Yu as expected, and this happened for several days in a row.

While Xi Yu was extremely leisurely, under the calm water surface of Jingzhou, there was a dark tide surging.

Like other places, the capitals of Kuai, Huang, Ma, Pang, Cai, Xi, and Yang in Jingzhou are aristocratic families that have been operating in Jingzhou for thousands of years.

The forces among the various families can be said to be intertwined, and the status of several families in Jingzhou can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.

Among them, Kuai's family is in Nanjun, Huang's is in Miannan, Ma's is in Yicheng, and the other four are in Xiangyang.

As long as Xiangyang is under control, it means that most of the Jingzhou gentry are under control, and if they have the initiative, they can choose whether to win over or suppress the remaining families.

That's why Liu Bei wanted to abandon Jiang Xia and take Liu Qi captive to Xiangyang regardless of everything.

Liu Bei was already very popular in Jingzhou, as long as he controlled the four major families, the Jingzhou gentry would be in Liu Bei's hands from then on, and from then on he could completely control Jingzhou in his own hands.

According to the intelligence of the spies, Guo Jia and the two learned that,
In this city of Xiangyang, although the Pang family, the Xi family, and the Yang family formed an alliance on the surface to express their will to fight against Liu, they secretly formed a relationship with Liu Bei early on.

Logically speaking, the Cai family should have an indelible blood feud with Liu Bei. After all, its patriarch Cai Mao was killed by Liu Bei.

On the surface, today's Xiangyang City has already been twisted into a rope by Liu Bei.

In addition to the aristocratic families, those who can influence the situation in Jingzhou are those famous people who have the right to speak. Among these famous people, Duke Pang De is the head of the famous people.
Although Duke Pang De did not serve as an official all his life, he was indeed regarded by Sima Hui as his elder brother, and Huang Chengyan was friendly to him. He was a hermit with great influence among the major families in Jingzhou.

Because of his high reputation, his words and deeds can affect all parts of Jingzhou. Not only can he simply control the direction of public opinion, but he can also affect the decisions of the major families in Jingzhou.

After receiving this information, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu made an extremely targeted plan based on this information.

First of all, the two of them decided to focus on wooing the Kuai family in South County. After all, the location of the Kuai family is an important way, and if they master the Kuai family, they will form a pincer attack on Xiangyang.

Besides, the Kuai family had an old relationship with Liu Biao, and they definitely didn't want to see Liu Biao's foundation seized by Liu Bei.

In addition to the Kuai family, the Huang family can also find opportunities to unite. After all, the Huang family and Liu Bei had an enmity before, and now the Huang family should still be angry.

And the Cai family can also test their tone and see what they think.

Lord Pang De must also look for it, but for other people, he can still buy it with gold and silver artifacts, but as a celebrity, Lord Pang De just sneered at these yellow and white things,
So Guo Jia didn't prepare much gold and silver for the people sent to look for Pang Degong, but just asked the person leading the team to send a word to Pang Degong.

Soon the caravan arrived at Huang's house in Anlu, Jiangxia.

After seeing the caravan, Huang Zu had just escaped from Dawu just now, and Huang Zu, who still had lingering fears, thought the caravan was Liu Bei's dish.

So after the caravan was brought in, Huang Zu directly ordered the caravan to be subdued, food, salt and silver tickets, and the heavy gifts engraved with the Xu seal were all withheld.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Huang Zu's behavior, the leader of the caravan was a shrewd person selected by Guo Jia. Even in such a crisis situation, he did not panic at all.

Instead, he asked Huang Zu calmly:

"I've always heard that Prefect Huang is wise, but today Prefect Huang's actions are so absurd. It seems that what I heard before is really just rumors!"

Hearing what this person said, Huang Zu's eyes also showed a hint of doubt,

What this person said just now obviously recognized his identity, but since he appeared in front of this person, he has never mentioned his identity, how could this person know himself?
Moreover, the behavior of this person is not like that of an ordinary merchant, and his attitude of speaking and talking is not like that of Liu Bei.

For a moment, Huang Zu also had some doubts about the identity of this person.

"Who are you?"

After waving his hand to get his subordinates to step aside, Huang Zu asked about this person's identity with doubts on his face.

Standing up, the leader of the caravan bowed slightly to Huang Zu.

"Prefect Huang, I am a pawn in Xigong's account. I came here today to discuss cooperation with the prefect to fight against Liu Bei."

Hearing what the leader of the caravan said, Huang Zu frowned slightly. In today's world, besides that Xi Yu, Huang Zu couldn't think of anyone who could be called Xi Gong.

"The actor wants to cooperate with me?"

Of course, Huang Zu was very happy that Xi Yu wanted to cooperate with him against Liu Bei, but he still didn't understand why Xi Yu wanted to cooperate with him?

After all, with Xi Yu's current strength, wouldn't it be easy to kill Liu Bei?
Slightly cupping his hands, the caravan leader said slowly:
"The story of Liu Bei framing the patriarchs of Jiangxia's families with treacherous schemes has long been spread all over the world. Xigong is benevolent and does not want Jiangxia's wealthy families to be oppressed by Liu Bei, so he sent villains to seek justice for you, General. These gifts are given by Xigong to General To show the sincerity of Xi Gong and the general's cooperation."

After a pause, the caravan leader continued:

"Nowadays everyone in the world knows that Liu Qi's illness will soon end, but if Liu Qi dies of illness, the Jingzhou Shepherd must be captured by Liu Bei. Who does the general think Liu Bei will solve first?"

"Isn't it just a rich and noble family like the general? And after the last big banquet, the general may have already seen Liu Bei's hypocrisy."

Afterwards, the leader of the caravan told Huang Zu all the things Guo Jia and him said, probably wanting Huang Zu to unite with other families to overthrow Liu Bei.

Hearing what the caravan leader said, Huang Zu also became slightly pensive.

Naturally, he was clear about what the caravan leader said, and there was no need to wait for Liu Bei to fully grasp Jingzhou. Since he was driven out of Jingzhou by Liu Bei, Huang Zu had actually fallen into a state of unemployment.

Just now, he, Liu Bei, has been waiting impatiently to drive them all to extinction,
Not to mention the time when Liu Qi dies of illness and Liu Bei takes full control of Jingzhou.

It can be said that compared with Xi Yu, Huang Zu wanted Liu Bei to die more, but although the leader of the caravan said so outrageously, with an attitude that was completely for the sake of Huang Zu and others,

But Huang Zu didn't know how a person like Xi Yu could be taken advantage of and help others for no reason.

"Oh? Then I don't know what the actor means?"

Arching his hands, the caravan leader slowly said:
"The general knows that my lord is a truly benevolent person, and the army under my lord's command is a truly benevolent teacher. Now the territory under my lord's jurisdiction can be said to be Haiqingheyan, and the people live and work in peace and contentment no longer have to worry about three meals a day. , the aristocratic family also has income and the family is getting more and more prosperous."

"Therefore, in order to allow the people of Jingzhou to live in peace, my lord is willing to rule Jingzhou together with the people of the Jingzhou family, so that the people will no longer be troubled by the flames of war."

Listening to the caravan leader's words, Huang Zu lowered his head thoughtfully,
Seeing that Huang Zu was still thinking, the caravan leader paused for a moment and continued:
"General, you must know that my lord will unify the world sooner or later. The reason why I don't send a large army to capture Jingzhou now is because I don't want the people of Jingzhou's gentry to be harassed by the flames of war."

"If the general abandons the dark and turns to the light at this time, and kills Liu Bei together with the Jingzhou gentry, it will be a great achievement in the future, and the general's family will skyrocket from then on."

"But if the general is still hesitating, when my lord's army arrives, Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou will disappear into the world like flying ash in an instant. more clearly."

The caravan leader's words were full of deep temptation, which also filled Huang Zu with a deep sense of crisis.

In fact, how could he not know the stakes in this?How could he not know about Xi Yu's strength?
It can be said that, as long as everyone in the world has no hatred against Xi Yu, whoever doesn't want to go to him, who doesn't want to get the title of minister of the dragon.

But no matter what, Liu Bei has been staring at him so hard that he dare not take any action at all, and even if he wants to go to Xi Yu, he has no way to go.
This has led to the fact that he has been staying with this small place until now, unable to move.

After thinking for a while, Huang Zu finally made up his mind, nodded and looked at the leader of the caravan.

"Thanks to the actor for not giving up, I am willing to follow the example of the actor!"

After swearing, Huang Zuyou seemed to have thought of something and looked at the leader of the caravan.

"Although I would like to be loyal to Xigong, but"

However, before he finished speaking, the leader of the caravan stretched out his hand to stop him.

"What the general thinks, I know. The general just needs to contact the family that the general trusts. The rest of the things will be arranged by the actor himself."

All Huang Zu thought was that he was afraid of his own family, that he was weak and had no way to fight against Liu Bei.

But after hearing what the leader of the caravan said, Huang Zu also took a reassurance at the moment, and quickly summoned people to prepare to contact the various families.

Huang Zu knew that it was impossible for Xi Yu to contact only his own family, and Xi Yu from the Jingzhou family must have contacted seven or eight people.

Now that the situation is clear, it is already a certainty that Jingzhou will fall into Xi Yu's hands.
Anyone who is not stupid knows how to do this kind of thing.

Now everyone is fighting for a main credit, and winning is a big head when the time comes to reward the merits!

And now he can be said to have taken advantage of the geographical advantage. If so, he won this first achievement without hesitation.

After sending countless secret letters to various places, Huang Zu also wrote a letter to Guo Jia,

In this letter, Huang Zu not only reported the situation of this operation to Guo Jia, but it was also a proof of his surrender.
To prove his loyalty to Xi Yu,

As a result, the leader of the caravan didn't even look at the secret letter that Huang Zu handed over. He bowed his hands to Huang Zu and left directly.

"When the general is going to act in the future, if there is any need, you can just send a secret letter to inform that the lord's army can arrive at any time."

After the caravan leader left, Huang Zu was soaked in sweat all over his body.

If necessary, Xi Gong's army can come at any time?What does it mean?Does this mean that Xi Gong's army is only outside Jingzhou at the moment and can enter Jingzhou at any time?

Thinking of this, Huang Zu couldn't help but trembled all over, and then took out a pen and paper to write a letter to Duke Pound.

It seems that these folk rumors are not false, this Xi Gongzhen is the most benevolent person in the world,
When Huang Zu wrote a letter to Lord Pound,
At the same time, in the Cai family, the entire Cai family was welcoming the caravan sent by Guo Jia to the Cai family with the highest standard.

Since the head of the Cai family, Cai Hao, was killed by Liu Bei, the rest of Cai Zhong and Cai He were all mediocre people, and they couldn't support a Cai family at all. In addition, Liu Bei continued to suppress them.

This has led to the fact that the Cai family, which was originally the number one family in Xiangyang, is now slowly declining, and its power is now even inferior to the other three families in Xiangyang City that were once trampled by the Cai family.

But even so, the Cai brothers have never forgotten the revenge of killing their brothers. Now they are forced to go dormant because of Liu Bei's suppression. If there is a chance, the Cai family will definitely attack without any hesitation. Viciously bit off a piece of flesh from Liu Bei's body.

And when the caravan sent by Guo Jia arrived at the Cai Mansion, the Cai brothers immediately saw the opportunity to bite Liu Bei,

Coupled with the countless gold and silver gifts carried by the caravan, the Cai brothers confirmed their determination to unite with Xi Yu.

Therefore, the leader of the caravan did not waste much time this time, but he got the promise of the Cai brothers,

"Please return Xigong, my Cai family will definitely look forward to the Xigong in the future, and we are now in contact with the major families in Jingzhou, and we will definitely work with Xigong to kill the big-eared thief!"

Nodding slightly, Cai He continued:
"That's right, the thief Liu Bei is benevolent on the surface, but in fact he has evil intentions hidden behind his back. He actually wants to kill Mr. Liu and take Jingzhou. He is the most evil thief in the world!"

Don't look at Cai He's angry face now, but in fact Liu Qi's life or death has nothing to do with them.
Mentioning Liu Qi was all about finding a reasonable excuse for their actions, and the main purpose was to kill Liu Bei.

"Okay! You two are really people who understand righteousness. After I go, you will definitely report your actions to the Lord."

Nodding slightly, the leader of the caravan began to discuss the details of the action with the Cai brothers.

Regarding the matter of action, the Cai brothers are very obedient, saying that as long as Guo Jia gives the order, whether it is going up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire, they will go there without hesitation.

Seeing this, the leader of the caravan nodded and told the Cai brothers the method Guo Jia gave him.

Listening to the caravan leader's narration, the Cai brothers were also excited, but unlike the Cai brothers,
After all, Zhang Mao is the leader of the army, and he is aware of the strength gap between their big families and Liu Bei.
What's more, Zhang Mao is also very clear about Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's fighting power.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Mao said slowly to the leader of the caravan:
"Your envoy, forgive me for talking too much. Although this big-eared thief is hateful, he also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under him. It will take some time to occupy all parts of Jingzhou. He is also known as a virtuous person among the people of Jingzhou. In addition, his subordinate Zhang Feiguan Yu The combat power is not bad."

"Even if I and other big families are practicing, I'm afraid he is not Liu Bei's opponent. I don't know how the actor can advance or retreat?"

Hearing what Zhang Mao said, Cai Zhongcai and the two of them also remembered the fear of Zhang Fei's domination at that time, and trembled unconsciously for a while,
After all, the fact that Zhang Fei hacked Cai Hao to death with a single knife put so much pressure on the Cai brothers' hearts that they trembled all over when they mentioned him just now.

Seeing the appearance of the Cai brothers, the leader of the caravan smiled slightly and said:
"You don't need to panic. I'm dissatisfied with you now. While we were discussing this matter, my lord's army of benevolence and righteousness has entered Huangpi and can enter Jingzhou at any time."

"If you really can't drive the big-eared thief away at that time, all you need is to write a secret letter to Huangpi, and our army will rush in with overwhelming force in no time. At that time, are you still afraid that Liu Bei will not be captured?"

Hearing what the caravan leader said, everyone in the Cai family nodded with smiles as if they had taken a reassurance.

"Okay, okay, then I'll just wait for the arrival of the benevolent and righteous army. At that time, the people of Xiangyang's gentry will serve as food for the king's master."

After everyone's discussion was over, Cai Zhong sent a secret letter to the other families to join hands with Xi Yu to kill the big-eared thief.

And like Huang Zu, he wrote a secret letter and handed it to Guo Jia.

After the leader of the caravan left, Cai Zhong and Cai He still felt that something was wrong. After discussing, Cai He set off and went outside Xiangyang City in person to look for Lord Pang De. (end of this chapter)