Soldiers come to the world

Liu Biao stared at Kuai Yue for a moment, and he sensed that Kuai Yue's words were insincere, but since Kuai Yue refused to speak out, Liu Biao didn't ask any more questions, and told the guards, "Mr. Xuande, please come and talk."

Not long after, the guards led Liu Bei into the official room. As soon as he entered, Liu Bei smiled and said, "I'm here to congratulate my brother, I have a talented son."

"Hey! Don't praise him to the sky, it's just a sword fight. If my brother talks about this again, I will run away." After speaking, Liu Biao made a gesture to leave.

Liu Bei waved his hands exaggeratedly again and again, "Okay! I admit that I came here for other things, which have nothing to do with Mr. Jing. Brother, please don't run away."

The two looked at each other and laughed together. Liu Biao invited Liu Bei to sit down in the room and greeted Kuai Yue again. Sure enough, Liu Bei didn't mention Liu Jing anymore, but he didn't mention Jiang Xia, Chen Sun and Zhang Wu's rebellion either.

"I have been in Jingzhou for a month, and I am very grateful for my brother's warm hospitality. There is no shortage of food and grass. I am here today to say goodbye to my brother."

This news surprised Liu Biao, "Where are you going, brother?"

Liu Bei smiled wryly, "I have an old relationship with Ma Shoucheng, and I plan to go to Xiliang to join him."

Ma Shoucheng is also Ma Teng in Xiliang. Liu Biao frowned when he heard that Liu Bei was going to seek refuge with Ma Teng. Kuai Yue interjected from the side and asked, "Jingxiang to Xiliang is separated by Hanzhong and Guanzhong. How does the emperor get there?"

"I plan to take the route of Bashu, go north to Xiqiang from Wen County, and then take a detour to Liangzhou."

It was all nonsense, Liu Biao felt a little dissatisfied, and still said calmly, "Is someone plotting against my virtuous brother behind my back? This made my virtuous brother have to make such a bad plan."

"No, no one is plotting against Bei."

"Is that because I didn't take good care of me and I didn't give enough food?"

Liu Bei still shook his head, "My brother is so kind to me, and there is only a lot of food. How dare I think that my brother is not taking good care of me."

"Then why did my virtuous brother leave Jingzhou and abandon me?" Liu Biao stared at him with piercing eyes, as if he wanted to ask a question.

Liu Bei smiled wryly, "It's not that Bei wants to leave Jingzhou, it's just that he was rewarded for nothing, and Bei is deeply disturbed..."

Before Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Biao suddenly realized, couldn't help laughing, pointed at Liu Bei and sighed: "My dear brother! If you want Brother Yu to say something about you, can't you just say something? You have to go round and round, making it difficult for you. I thought I offended my virtuous brother, let me tell you, virtuous brother! What exactly do you want to do?"

It is not superfluous for Liu Bei to go around and talk like this. If he enters the room and says that he wants to fight Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, Liu Biao may not agree, and he will think that Liu Bei has other plans, but he goes around like this. There is room for negotiation.

In fact, everything is like this, being straightforward and honest, although it seems to be sincere, but in this way the attitude will become blunt, so that others will not be mentally prepared, so they will have resistance, and things will not be done well.

If you are round and slow, things will be much easier. In interpersonal communication, this is also called "smooth". Means, circle is implicit, and slow is time. With implicitness and time, giving others a little room for thinking will make it easier for people to get along with each other and eliminate barriers.

Liu Bei is old and sophisticated, how could he not understand this truth, he didn't mention to seek refuge with Liu Zhang, but said to seek refuge with Ma Teng, which made his idea become absurd, and there must be a reason for the absurdity, and if we go deeper, the matter can be discussed , if he said to take refuge in Liu Zhang, Liu Biao might have other ideas.

Now that the words have been explained, Liu Bei no longer detours, and directly put forward his request, "I heard that Jiangxia Chen Sun and Zhang Wu rebelled, and I am willing to share my brother's worries."

Regarding the rebellion of Chen Sun and Zhang Wu in Jiangxia, Liu Biao is discussing with his subordinates, and it has not yet been settled. Since Liu Bei proposed it on his own initiative, Liu Biao readily agreed after thinking about it for a while, "Since my virtuous brother has a heart, please ask your virtuous brother." Brother, it’s just that the Jingzhou army has just returned from conquest of Jiaozhou, and the soldiers are exhausted, so they can only give you [-] troops, don’t worry about the food and logistics, and I’ll let General Wang Wei be the deputy general to help you wipe out the bandits.”

Although Liu Biao agreed to let Liu Bei go to war, the principle was unambiguous. The army would not give more, and the military power would not be handed over to Liu Bei.

This was expected by Liu Bei, he smiled slightly, "Everything is arranged by brother."

At this time, Kuai Yue, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smiled and said: "I suggest that Mr. Jing can go out with Xuande to exercise his abilities."

Kuai Yue originally wanted to suggest not to allow Liu Jing and Liu Bei to interact too much, but there are some things that, if you don’t understand them in depth, you don’t know whether they are good or bad. Let's talk next year.

In fact, Kuai Yue has a deeper intention. Today's sword fight pushed Liu Jing to the opposite side of the Cai family. I heard that Liu Jing's martial arts was taught by Zhao Yun. Can Liu Bei also be pushed to the opposite side of the Cai family? Woolen cloth?

Liu Biao did not object to this proposal. He had high hopes for Liu Jing, and more importantly, he also knew that no good car could be built behind closed doors. Since there is an opportunity to go out for a battle, it is by no means a bad thing to let Liu Jing go out to practice.

Liu Biao pondered for a moment and then laughed, "The nephew of brother Yu also asked my good brother."

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In a ward in the backyard of the Cai Mansion, the curtains of the windows were drawn to block the afternoon sun, making the room a bit dark and filled with a strong smell of medicine. Cai Jin was lying on the bed with a sallow complexion and listless spirit. Haggard, no longer has the usual decisive look.

Two medical craftsmen had just changed his medicine, and Cai Hong, Cai Jin's younger brother, was sitting beside the couch, carefully feeding him the medicine. At this moment, someone whispered at the door: "The Patriarch is here!"

I saw Cai Mao walked into the room with his hands behind his back, his face stretched into a long face, Cai Hao was really in a bad mood today, not only because Cai Jin lost in the sword competition, which ruined the Cai family's reputation.

There is another matter. He just got the news that the lord has agreed that Liu Bei will lead the army to suppress the rebellion of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun in Jiangxia. He did not discuss such an important matter with Cai Mao.

In fact, Cai Hao originally planned to recommend his younger brother Cai Zhong to lead the army to suppress the rebellion of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun. Breaking into Jiang Xia, which Huang Zu firmly controlled, can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Unexpectedly, the lord let Liu Bei lead the army, completely ruining his plan and making Cai Mao extremely depressed.

Cai Mao walked into the room, Cai Hong quickly knelt down and saluted, "Meet the Patriarch!"

Cai Mao nodded, standing in front of the sick bed and looking at Cai Jin coldly. As the saying goes, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated here, the meaning is similar.

Cai Mao was extremely disappointed by Cai Jin's failure this time. He had too much hope for defeating Liu Jing this time, so much so that he did not hesitate to use family resources to promote this sword competition, but in the end, if the expectations were too high, the disappointment would be even greater.

The Patriarch's gloomy and cold face made Cai Jin uneasy, his lips moved, and he mumbled: "My nephew has failed the Patriarch's expectations, so he is willing to be punished."

"Let's talk about the punishment later!"

Cai Mao asked Cai Hong next to him, "How is his injury?"

"Reporting to the Patriarch, the third brother's injuries are all right, no internal organs or bones were injured. The doctor said that he will be fine after a month or two of recuperation."

Cai Jin is the son of Cai Yan, Cai Mao's younger brother. Cai Yan was the prefect of Bajun at that time. He was not in Xiangyang, so he entrusted his son to Cai Mao. He was injured, and Cai Mao couldn't explain it to his brother, so he came here to ask. I heard that The injury was fine, his expression softened a little, and he asked Cai Jin, "Why did you fail this time?"

There was pain in Cai Jin's eyes. His master told him afterwards that his martial arts were actually stronger and more comprehensive than Liu Jing's, but he lost because he underestimated the enemy.

"Nephew...I didn't expect him to be very experienced. Nephew...underestimated the enemy."

"experience?"

Cai Mao had doubts in his eyes, "What experience will he have?"

"Master said that he has... a wealth of fighting experience."

Cai Mao was even more puzzled, "It's puzzling how the lord's nephew has fighting experience."

But as soon as this idea came to Cai Mao's mind, he was interrupted by his daughter who rushed in. Cai Shaoyu, who was wearing a red warrior uniform, rushed into the house and shouted: "Third brother, I decided to lead the warriors of the Cai family to kill him tonight." That bastard, avenge the third brother."

Cai Mao turned his head and glared at his daughter, "What are you talking about?"

Cai Shaoyu didn't expect her father to be in the ward, she trembled in fright, and lowered her head, "No...did you say anything?"

Cai Mao became more and more annoyed. He was frustrated in the officialdom, and the juniors in his family did not let him go his way. Even his daughter became a troublemaker.

Cai Mao snorted heavily, turned around and left, walked to the door, and turned back to warn her daughter, "Let me warn you first, Liu Jing will be your husband-in-law in the future, if you hurt him, you will be a guardian for the rest of your life! "

"No!"

Cai Shaoyu yelled in horror, "Daddy, I don't want to marry him."

"It's not up to you."

Cai Hao left quickly after throwing a harsh word, Cai Shaoyu chased after a few steps, "Daddy! Father!"

But Cai Hao ignored her and walked away quickly. Cai Shaoyu looked at the back of her father resolutely going away, tears welled up in grievance, she wiped away the tears, and gritted her teeth, "I will never marry that rude bastard!"

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At dusk, a wide horse-drawn carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Liu Mansion, and a young gentleman in a white brocade robe got out of the carriage, walked up the steps quickly, and gave a slight salute to the porter, "Under Kuai Qi, By the order of my uncle, send an invitation to Young Master Jing, and please pass it on to Young Master."

After finishing speaking, he took out a silk scroll and handed it to the porter steward. The porter steward was a little dizzy. The porter is the place where gifts are received and he knows all kinds of etiquette very well.

For common people's treats, it is enough to send a little boy to dictate a sentence; for small and medium-sized families, they are a little more particular, and will send a bamboo slip to show respect and formality;

Brocade books are used only when entertaining very distinguished people. Duke Kuai entertained guests, not only sending his nephews and nephews, but also brocade books. This kind of courtesy is extraordinary.

The concierge is the gate supervisor of Liu Biao's mansion. Of course he is well-informed, and he doesn't care about Jin Shu himself, but Kuai Yue's attitude towards Mr. Jing surprised him. After a sword competition, Mr. Jing's reputation has risen to Is it to this extent?

"Master Kuai, please wait a moment!"

The steward of the concierge rushed towards the east courtyard, not long after, Liu Jing, dressed neatly, hurried out of the mansion, he had been waiting for quite a while.

Kuai Qi also watched today's sword competition, knew Liu Jing, and hurriedly bowed to salute, "Master Jing has been waiting for a long time, and I'm going to Kuai Qi, on the order of my uncle, I'm here to welcome Mr. Jing."

Liu Jing originally planned to go to Kuai Mansion by himself, but he didn't expect that Kuai Yue was so solemn, not only sent brocade books, but also sent his nephew to greet him in person. He was also a little flattered by the grand etiquette. You must know that this is the Kuai family!Jingxiang No.2 family.

Only when Liu Biao, Cai Mao and other important people are invited to banquets, can he be so respectful. Now he, a little Liu Biao's nephew, unexpectedly treated him with such grand courtesy, which moved Liu Jing somewhat.

"Liu Jing is ashamed to make your family bother so much."

Kuai Qi smiled slightly, "Young Master Jing defeated Cai Jin today, and he is already a young man in Jingxiang. It is an honor for the Kuai family to be the first to entertain Young Master. Please get on the carriage, Young Master Jing."

He put on an inviting posture, the elegant and calm posture, which made Liu Jing respectful. He is worthy of being the son of the aristocratic family.

The two got into the carriage, the carriage sped up and rushed towards the Kuai's mansion in the south of the city.

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