Soldiers come to the world

Liu Biao stroked his beard and secretly admired, "This nephew of mine is not bad, with sharp eyes, clear order, and a very thorough analysis of the general situation. He really has some insight." '

He turned back and asked the middle-aged man who had been silent beside him, "Where is the opinion of the other degree?"

This silent middle-aged man is none other than Kuai Yue, the third person in Jingzhou, and an important figure in the Kuai family, the second aristocratic family in Jingzhou. He was very famous when he was young.

General He Jin had also heard of his reputation for a long time, so he hired him as Dongcao. He once persuaded He Jin to kill all the eunuchs, but unfortunately He Jin refused to listen, and ended up killing people.

After following Liu Biao, Kuai Yue made many achievements and was granted the titles of Prefect of Zhangling and Marquis of Fan Ting. Now he is Liu Biao's aide and joins the military and participates in the decision-making of military aircraft. He is recognized as the third person in Jingzhou.

At this time, when he saw Liu Biao asking himself what to do, he couldn't help but took a deep look at Liu Jing, and then smiled lightly, "Uncle Liu Huang is a hero in the world, and my lord accepts him, which is more magnanimous. Since he came to vote for my lord, if I reject him for thousands of miles, I'm afraid It will harm the reputation of the lord, and the gains outweigh the losses, so the subordinate agrees to accept it."

"You!" Cai Mao glared at Kuai Yue fiercely, he stabbed himself in the back while he was devoted to safeguarding the interests of the Jingzhou aristocratic family.

Liu Biao nodded, and resolutely said: "Xuande is my brother, if there is a problem, come and vote for me, how can I not accept it."

He said to Sun Qian: "Since Xuande is already in Bishui, I will go to Bishui and welcome him into Jingxiang."

Sun Qian was overjoyed, "Zhou Mu is really a wise elder!"

Early the next morning, Liu Biao led thousands of officials and troops to Bishui to meet the emperor's uncle Liu Bei. The momentum was so great that everyone in Jingxiang knew about it.

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In the east of the city, there is a large mansion covering an area of ​​nearly [-] acres, with pavilions, pavilions, rockery ponds and fish. Various buildings are either solemn and magnificent, or beautiful and exquisite. It is an unusual official family. This is Cai Mao’s official residence in Xiangyang City. .

Cai Mao walked in a hurry and came to a small courtyard in the back garden. He opened the door and walked in. In the small courtyard was a pear tree several feet high with dense shade, and the branches and leaves were full of fragrant yellow pears.

Behind the green leaves and pineapple, there are three houses, with the main hall in the middle and a side room on each side.

The main hall door is open, and there is a huge three-legged covered copper incense burner in the corner. The top is hollowed out according to the gossip pattern. At this time, faint cigarettes continue to flow out of the hollowed out place.

An old man in his sixties, wearing a yellow Taoist robe and a bamboo crown, was sitting cross-legged facing the wall. Cai Mao had already entered the main hall, but he didn't seem to notice it either.

The old man is Cai Xun, Cai Mao's uncle. The previous head of the Cai family believed in Taoism. He had always lived in the Cai family's old house outside the city. Because of the recent renovation of the Cai family's old house, he temporarily moved to Cai Mao's official house to practice.

"I feel that your footsteps are anxious, why?" Cai Xun asked calmly without looking back.

Cai Mao knelt down on both knees, kowtowed and saluted, "Uncle, Liu Bei has come to Jingzhou."

"Liu Bei came to Jingzhou, are you so nervous?"

Cai Xun turned around slowly. He was thin and dry, but his eyes were extremely sharp, as if he could read people's hearts. He stared at Cai Mao and said slowly: "You are the head of the family, and you are responsible for the prosperity of a family. I hope you can always Take it easy and keep it in your chest.”

Cai Xun's tone was very slow, but every word hit Cai Mao's heart heavily, Cai Mao couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, and said with a wry smile: "Nephew knows his mistake."

Cai Xun was satisfied with his nephew's attitude and nodded, "Do you think Liu Bei's arrival will affect the interests of the Cai family?"

Cai Mao pondered for a while and said: "Liu Bei is a heroic generation. His arrival will definitely break the existing power structure. Once the current structure is broken, the interests of the Cai family will inevitably be damaged."

"Is that what you're worried about?"

Cai Xun's eyes were still sharp, as if he could see through Cai Mao's mind, Cai Mao secretly sighed, in front of his uncle, he couldn't hide his inner secret.

"My nephew is mainly worried that Liu Bei's arrival will cause Cao Cao to go south to Jingxiang. Once Cao Cao occupies Jingxiang, my Cai family's power will be pushed to the edge."

This is Cai Mao's real worry. Although he is pro-Cao faction, he does not want Cao Jun to go south to Jingxiang, otherwise the interests of the Cai family will be greatly lost, not to mention that the capital invested by the Cai family on Liu Biao will be wiped out. , more importantly, Liu Biao dominates Jingxiang, and the Cai family is the first family under Liu Biao's rule, but if Cao Cao dominates Jingxiang, the Cai family may not even be able to rely on the side under Cao Cao. The truth behind the cow.

Cai Xun was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "The north is not peaceful, and Cao Cao will not be able to go south for a while. As long as the Cai family can maintain the status of the largest family in Jingzhou, even if Cao Cao goes south, he will use it again. Therefore, the most urgent task now is to strengthen the Cai family. In Jingxiang's position, the best way is to marry, I heard from you earlier this year that I wanted to use Shaoyu to marry Liu Biao, how is the progress now?"

Shaoyu is Cai Mao's only daughter, Cai Shaoyu. She is fourteen years old and is waiting for her husband. Although there are many suitors, Cai Mao has his own ideas. He wants to marry Liu Biao.

Cai Mao sighed, "I told the second sister about this matter, and the second sister said that Mr. Qi and Mr. Cong both wanted to marry Shaoyu, but Jing Sheng's attitude was vague. Ten days ago, I mentioned it to Jing Sheng personally. This matter."

"How did he say?"

"Jing Sheng means to let his nephew marry Shaoyu."

"Nephew?"

Cai Xun frowned, "Liu Qing or Liu Hu?"

"No, it's the son of his younger brother Liu Bing, named Liu Jing. Today he came with Liu Bei's envoy Sun Qian. I've met him before."

"It's called Liu Jing. It seems that Liu Biao likes this nephew very much!"

Cai Xun sneered, and asked again: "Since you met this person today, what do you think of him?"

Cai Mao shook his head, "This man is still a young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old, without any romantic talent, and has a reckless and tough air. If he hadn't had some knowledge, I would have thought he was a yellow scarf soldier in disguise. Second uncle, I don't like it." This person will never marry Shaoyu to him."

Cai Xun nodded, "There is no point in marrying Liu Biao's nephew. Only by marrying Liu Biao's son can he control Jingxiang's future. Liu Biao is fifty years old, and he will not live long. Do you understand what I mean? "

"I understand what Second Uncle means."

After a pause, Cai Xun said lightly again: "Degui, the head of your family and an important minister of Jingxiang, every move has an influence, you must pay attention to maintaining your reputation, you can let your clansmen do many things, you don't have to stand out, Understand?"

"My nephew respectfully obeys my second uncle's teachings!"

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At the same moment when Cai Mao asked his second uncle Cai Xun for advice on countermeasures, in another Kuai family mansion, Kuai Yue was also discussing Liu Bei's entry into Jingxiang with his brother Kuai Liang.

The family origin of the Kuai family is Zhonglu County, Xiangyang County, but the sphere of influence of the family is in Nanjun. This has something to do with the long-term high-ranking officials of the Kuai family in Nanjun.

Kuai Liang, like his brother Kuai Yue, has outstanding literary talents and great strategies. He also made great contributions to Liu Biao's pacification of Jingzhou and served as the chief secretary. However, he is not in good health. To Xiangyang City.

Kuai Liang is the head of the Kuai family. He is not only talented in writing, but also has extraordinary talents. He is especially good at looking at horses and is also good at astronomy. It is dazzling, which means that the new lord of Jingxiang has appeared, so he rushed to find his brother Kuai Yue.

Just when Liu Bei arrived, Kuai Liang thought that the guest star was Liu Bei, and the main star was dark, which meant that Liu Biao's time would not be too long.

Kuai Yue walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then looked at the roof without saying a word. Seeing that his brother had other thoughts, Kuai Liang asked a little strangely, "Do you think there is someone else?"

Kuai Yue shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "If the astrology is correct, this guest star should refer to Liu Bei, there is no doubt about it, but for some reason, I always think of another person, maybe he gave me the letter today. Very impressed."

"who is it?"

Kuai Yue smiled wryly, "It's just a young man. Liu Jing, Liu Biao's nephew, has just arrived in Xiangyang today. He has extraordinary knowledge and has analyzed his interests thoroughly. It can be seen that Liu Biao admires him quite a lot, but he is only fifteen or sixteen years old. It shouldn't be him."

"Oh? How did this young man analyze it?" Kuai Liang was somewhat interested in Liu Jing.

Kuai Yue then told his elder brother about the verbal dispute in the guest room today, Kuai Liang couldn't help laughing, "It's hard for a young man to be so knowledgeable, could it be that Liu Bei taught him in advance?"

"no!"

Kuai Yue shook his head, "I was watching the faces of the people on the sidelines today, and Sun Qian was also surprised by the young man's words, so it must not have been communicated in advance."

Speaking of this, Kuai Yue sighed again, "Brother, this young man speaks extraordinary words and has superior knowledge. Liu Jingsheng's sons and nephews are not as good as him, will it..."

Kuai Liang obviously didn't agree with his brother's guess, the guest star could only be Liu Bei, not Liu Biao's nephew, he interrupted Kuai Yue's guess, and said flatly: "We can only congratulate Liu Jingsheng for being a good talent, In the future, I can guard one side for Jingxiang."

The two were silent for a moment, and Kuai Liang laughed again: "Why do you agree to accept Liu Bei into Jingxiang today? I remember you wrote to me a few days ago, saying that Liu Bei might defeat Runan and come to Jingxiang to vote for Jingsheng. You should try your best to persuade Jing Sheng not to accept it, why did you change your mind today?"

Kuai Yue sighed, "Because I didn't understand Jing Shengliang's hard work until yesterday, so I can only say that Liu Bei's coming here is exactly what he wanted."

"Why is that?" Kuai Liang asked puzzled.

Kuai Yue said slowly: "If Cao Cao goes south to Jingzhou and his troops come to Jingxiang, we will be caught off guard. In this way, we need a buffer force to station in Nanyang. Jing Sheng also has the same idea. This is why he finally accepted Zhang Xiu's occupation. One of the reasons for Nanyang is that he used Zhang Xiu to serve as a barrier between Jingxiang and Cao Cao, but Zhang Xiu was destroyed the year before last, and Cao's army looked down on Jingzhou, our barrier disappeared, brother said at this time, what does Jing Sheng hope for most?"

"He wants a new barrier?" Kuai Liang understood what his brother meant and laughed.

The two brothers looked at each other, and the rest of the words were self-evident.

At this time, Liu Biao urgently needed a new buffer force to defend him against Cao Cao's southern invasion. It happened that Liu Bei came to Jingzhou at this time, which just met Liu Biao's need.

If Cao Cao went south, would he attack Liu Bei or Liu Biao first?

Although Liu Bei couldn't resist the offensive of Cao Cao's army, he at least served as an early warning of a barrier, which could buy Jingzhou time to dispatch troops.

Although Cai Hao had a good vision, he was not as far-sighted as Liu Biao. As soon as Liu Bei appeared, Liu Biao immediately thought of Liu Bei's buffering effect.