Chapter 268 Liu Biao's Death
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In another quiet room, Kuai Yue sat cross-legged on the couch, lowering his head without saying a word. Beside him, Cai Mao was paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking at Kuai Yue from time to time, and tempting him in his words.
"Unforget the matter of the Huang family. He confiscated nearly ten thousand hectares of Huang family's fertile land in Jiangxia as an official property, and in the end most of them became military fields. It can be seen that he had opposed the aristocratic families in his bones. He also mentioned the reduction of self-cultivation farmers to the prefecture's governor more than once. In Jiangxia, he spared no effort to promote self-cultivation farmers. I believe you have seen all these. If he was in charge of the governor of Jingzhou, it would be the end of the Jingzhou family."
"But... the Huang family is really because there is no one." Kuai Yue said in a low voice.
"Who said no one"
Cai Mao said angrily: "Huang She was not dead. It's not that Liu Jing didn't know that he had taken over the Huang family's land and house without hesitation. Isn't this because he has planned for a long time? Until now, you are still believing in him."
Perhaps because he felt that his tone was tough, Cai Mao said softly: "Unknown, although we had some holidays in the past, the Cai Kuai family had a friendship for decades and were both Jingzhou families. It should be said that our interests are the same. I, Cai Mao, opposed Liu Jing not for myself, but for the interests of the entire Jingzhou family.
In the future, Cao's army will inevitably reuse the Jingzhou family in order to stabilize Jingzhou. At that time, Jingzhou will be the world of your two families. I promise you again, if I am the governor of Jingzhou, you are the military advisor of Jingzhou. If Cao Gong no longer sets up Jingzhou, then I am the governor of Xiangyang, and you are the governor of Nanjun. I, Cai Mao, swear here that the Cai Kuai family and the two families will be prosperous together. If they violate this oath, the heaven and earth will be punished."
Cai Mao's final swearing finally made Kuai Yue moved. He sighed and said, "You know, I used to have a deep relationship with him. He regarded me as his uncle, but now he betrayed him and I can't get over it."
Cai Mao felt Kuai Yue's looseness, and was overjoyed. He quickly advised: "I understand that you are a kind and righteous person. In fact, I owe a favor to others. But this time we did not harm him. We just wanted to maintain the status quo. He would still be his Jiangxia guard. We will not violate his interests. It is just that the governor of Jingzhou must be inherited by Gong Cong, which is in line with the interests of our Cai and Kuai families."
Kuai Yue finally nodded, "What should I do if Liu Biejiao?"
"I'll go and persuade him. If he refuses to agree, I will imprison him temporarily. When the road is finished, I will let him go back to Lingling."
"Let me think about it again"
The so-called thinking about it again is actually an agreement, but it is just another way of saying that it will not make you too embarrassed. Cai Mao understood in his heart that he patted Kuai Yue on the shoulder and turned around and went out.
Kuai Yue slowly closed his eyes. He suddenly felt that he was Li Si of the past. Under Zhao Gao's coercion, he changed the order of the First Emperor. Now he was the same. I hope Liu Jing is not Fusu, he sighed softly and said to himself.
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In another quiet room, Liu Cong seemed to have lost his soul, sitting in the corner of the wall with his knees in his knees, without the charm of the Jingzhou world, but like a street gangster who was beaten up.
In front of him, Mrs. Cai was dressed in black and stared at him like an eagle. Recently, Liu Cong had done a lot of things, and Mrs. Cai resisted not to argue with him.
But just now, Liu Cong actually proposed to follow his father's order and recommend Liu Jing as the governor of Jingzhou, which finally made Mrs. Cai unbearable.
She took out a letter from her sleeve and threw it hard on Liu Cong, "This is a good thing you did."
Liu Cong slowly picked up the letter and was stunned. This was the secret letter he ordered to send to Liu Bei, telling Liu Bei that his father was at dying and that he was actually intercepted.
Liu Cong has had enough of the puppet spirit in the past two years. He felt that he was not even as good as a dog. He could bark twice when he was unhappy. He was just a puppet, and at the mercy of the Cai family, he did not even have the qualifications to take a look at the book sent by the state yamen in the end, so he gave it to Mrs. Cai directly.
He could no longer bear the life of such a puppet. He wanted to fight back. He wanted to use Liu Bei to get rid of the control of the Cai family. Unexpectedly, he was pinned off by Mrs. Cai even the last chance. He sent out more than a dozen letters, but there was no news. He thought that Liu Bei was thinking, but now he realized that those letters were not sent out at all.
A stream of passion suddenly rushed over to his head, Liu Cong's eyes were red, he jumped up and pointed at Mrs. Cai's nose and shouted: "Bitch, you actually intercepted my letter."
Mrs. Cai's eyes were as cold as iron, and she raised her hand and slapped it hard on Liu Cong's face. A snake-like voice sounded in Liu Cong's ears, "Do you think I don't know what my father did?"
A slap had little effect on Liu Cong, but Mrs. Cai's words were like a thunderclap in Liu Cong's ears. He was stunned and stared at Mrs. Cai blankly, his lips trembling, and after a while, he stammered: "I don't understand... what you mean."
"Hmph, when you asked Shutong to find a witch doctor to buy medicine, don't you understand what it means?"
Liu Cong's eyes suddenly became dizzy. No wonder he couldn't even send a letter, no wonder she knew about buying medicine. It turned out that Shutong had betrayed her.
Liu Cong was like a plastic man who was breathed, slowly shrank down. His legs became weak and he sat down again in the corner. After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you want to kill me?"
Mrs. Cai transformed from a fierce harrier eagle into a gentle hen. She squatted in front of Liu Cong and smiled and said softly: "Cong'er, I have always regarded you as my own. As long as you are obedient, just like before, then I will pretend that I don't know anything. Don't you like drinking, will I buy you all kinds of fine wines in the world for you to enjoy the wealth of the world, and the premise is that you must be obedient. If you make trouble again..."
Mrs. Cai's face turned cold and said coldly: "I will make the evidence of your father-killing public, you can think about it yourself."
Liu Cong suddenly gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Let Cai Shaoyu get out of here, don't let her appear in front of me again."
Mrs. Cai nodded, "Yes, I will let her move back to her parents' home tomorrow."
She was full of contempt for Liu Cong. With just such a little ability, that woman came to vent her anger. No wonder his father refused to pass the throne to him in the end.
Mrs. Cai suddenly remembered that her husband was about to die, and an uncontrollable sadness suddenly surged in her heart.
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Cai Mao walked quickly outside the gate. As soon as he walked to the gate of a courtyard, he met Mrs. Cai.
Although Mrs. Cai's eyes were swollen, there was still an unconcealed anxiety in her sadness. As soon as she saw Cai Mao, she asked: "How is it, can it change?"
The change she mentioned naturally refers to Liu Biao's will, who actually wanted Liu Jing to succeed to the throne. How could she agree?
Cai Mao nodded, "There is no big problem, you can deal with it."
After pausing, Cai Mao frowned and asked again: "How did Liu Cong seem to be a little wrong with him recently."
"It's nothing, he has a little temper. Don't worry, starting today, he will be honest and obedient. But Kuai Yue and Liu Xian have to find a way to block their mouths."
"I know this"
Cai Mao was concerned about the military dispatch, so he didn't really talk to Mrs. Cai in detail, and then he hurried out to the gate.
As soon as he walked out the gate, he saw a group of soldiers running towards him, surrounding the provincial and ministerial palaces. The person for it was Cai Zhong. Cai He was released soon after he was captured and was still resting at home, so his army was taken over by Cai Zhong.
Since Cai Zhong was broken by Liu Jing, he has been treated for two years. Although he has basically recovered, he has become a lame and has obtained a nickname called General Lame. Cai Mao also hated him for being reckless and stupid, and refused to use him again. This time, it was because Cai He was captured that he temporarily appointed him.
Although he was lame, he could barely cover up when riding on the horse. Cai Zhongshao dismounted, but when he saw Cai Mao, he had to turn over and dismount. He limped forward and report, "Brother, I sent thousands of troops to surround the provincial governor's mansion, and even birds could not escape."
Cai Mao nodded. He actually did not want to conceal the news that Liu Biao was about to die. The key was to conceal Liu Biao's last will. Kuai Yue had already solved it, and Liu Xian was left.
"You lead your army to surround the mansion and do not allow anyone to enter or exit. No matter who it is, even if it is a wife,"
Cai Zhong quickly clasped his fists and saluted, "Abide by the order"
At this moment, the doctor Zhang Jin hurried out from the mansion. His face was extremely nervous and ran to Cai Mao, and his voice trembled: "Military advisor, the governor of the state... have gone."
Cai Mao's face changed drastically and he immediately asked: "Does other people know?"
Zhang Jin shook his head, "I don't know yet."
Cai Mao lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and immediately said to Zhang Jin: "Block the news first, and don't tell anyone, including your subordinates, who dares to leak the news, and kill immediately."
"I understand it in a humble way."
Zhang Jin ran back in panic, Cai Mao was in a state of confusion, Liu Biao was dead, he had no time, at this time, Cai Mao suddenly made up his mind that those who obey others would prosper, and those who defy others would perish. At this time, he had to make up his mind.
Cai Mao patted Cai Zhong on the shoulder, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
Cai Zhong was flattered and bent down to follow Cai Mao to the side. Cai Mao whispered a few words, and Cai Zhong nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, brother, you will definitely be foolproof."
Cai Zhong turned around and waved his hand. Several soldiers followed him into the gate silently. Cai Mao looked at the soldiers and rushed into the mansion and said coldly: "Liu Xian, this is what you asked for."
Liu Xian was still sitting in the quiet room to rest. He was calm and was waiting for the last news from Liu Biao to come. At this time, the door suddenly opened and more than a dozen soldiers rushed in.
Liu Xian was surprised. He recognized that the person he was Cai Zhong, and he suddenly felt something was wrong. "General Cai, what's wrong with you?" Liu Xian shouted sternly.
"Liu Biejia, please come with us, please don't make things difficult for us."
"Yes, of course"
Liu Xian pretended to agree, walked slowly to the door, and suddenly rushed out suddenly. Unexpectedly, soldiers blocked the door and could not rush out. Cai Zhong was furious and stabbed him with a backhand. The sharp blade pierced Liu Xianxin. Liu Xian screamed and fell to the ground, with blood rushing from his back.
A soldier quickly touched his breath and said nervously: "General, he is dead."
Cai Zhong was also surprised. Cai Mao gave him the task to capture Liu Xian and imprison him, but he accidentally killed him.
After all, Liu Xian is the number one powerful minister in Jingzhou, and has a great influence. Now that he is dead, Cai Zhong feels secretly scared. He still pretends to be nothing and said: "If you die, die, take away his body."
Several soldiers shook open a sack, put Liu Xian's body in, and then put it in a box, as if moving the box, slowly moved the box away from the side door. The rest wiped the blood on the ground and quickly left the quiet room.
On the other side of the courtyard, more than a dozen guards who rushed over after hearing the news watched Cai Zhong commit crimes, but did not dare to step forward to stop them. They dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
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An hour later, the news of Liu Biao's death spread throughout Xiangyang City. The people cried and the army mourned. Thousands of people rushed to the state palace to kneel down and cried. The crying sounded.
Cai Mao immediately ordered to wear mourning in the city and build a mourning hall to mourn filial piety for two months. At the same time, Liu Biao's suicide note was officially issued, and Liu Cong was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou and took over the position of Liu Biao.
At noon, the warship from Jiangxia was quietly moored at the Xiangyang Wharf. White flags were hung on the head of Xiangyang City. The news of Liu Biao's death had reached the dock. On a large ship, Liu Jing slowly knelt down and kowtowed towards Xiangyang City.
Although he was not Liu Biao's real nephew, he was called Liu Biao's uncle for six years, and Liu Biao also gave him a chance to get to where he is today step by step. He cannot forget this kind of kindness.
"Shou, do we want to go to the city to be filial?" Dong Yun asked in a low voice behind him.
Liu Jing shook his head, "You must not be careless of filial piety, but it may not be in Xiangyang City."
He turned around and said to Dong Yunling: "Immediately I ordered to go to Jiangxia, and ordered County Magistrate Su to build a spiritual shed in Wuchang to provide filial piety for the soldiers and civilians in Jiangxia. Then he ordered the entire county of Jiangxia to mourn and mourn the governor of the state."
Chapter completed!