Xiaoguangong

Chapter 122
Cai Mao believes that no matter how he handles Guan Ping at this moment, he will not leave.

The tens of thousands of people under him are very important to the still weak Liu Bei. If they are not handled well, the identity of Yunshan who has been in business for a long time will also be exposed, which can be called a devastating blow to Liu Bei's army.

He asked the servant to arrange Guan Ping's daily life a little bit, and then he read and wrote by himself, and then went to take a nap in a leisurely manner.

Cai Mao was very happy when the servant reported that Guan Ping was a little anxious now.

Spend it, spend it.

Young people should sharpen their minds a little bit. If they don't have this patience, how can they achieve great things in the future?
But Cai Mao was woken up by the housekeeper just after he fell asleep in his afternoon nap. The housekeeper told Cai Mao in a panic that Guan Ping was so annoyed that he would wait for Cai Mao not to arrive.

Cai Mao was taken aback:
"Are you sure? He's really on board."

"Yes, yes, I saw him get into the boat and go away with my own eyes."

"Why didn't you call me earlier!"

Cai Mao quickly put on his shoes and hurried to the riverside. By the time he reached the riverside, Guan Ping was nowhere to be seen.

He was quite annoyed and said:
"People! People! There are so many of you, why don't you stop this person!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that it was General Cao Jun and Jiangxia Prefect Yunshan, without Cai Mao's order, who would dare to be rude to him?

"What are you still doing in a daze, let me chase you quickly."

Cai Mao hurriedly ordered the big boat, and chased all the way towards Xiangyang, but he went around a circle, but he didn't find Guan Ping, and he couldn't help feeling flustered.

After all, Guan Ping is a child, if he turns his face in a fit of rage, wouldn't Cai Mao lose the opportunity to negotiate terms.Liu Bei's conditions are okay, but if Guan Ping shows Liu Bei's army banner to attack him in a rage, Cao Cao must know that the relationship between Cai Hao and Liu Bei is irreversible, and Cai Hao's means of negotiating conditions with Cao Cao will be greatly reduced.

For Cai Mao, the most beneficial thing is that both parties are vying to please him. If there is a turnaround, it will be a great disaster.

Cai Mao's many big ships chased all the way to Xiangyang, but there was no Guan Ping in this water area, and there was no Guan Ping's boat on the shore, which made Cai Mao even more frightened, and hurried down the river to find Guan Ping's whereabouts near Jiangxia .

Yunshan is now the prefect of Jiangxia, he can either report his duties in Xiangyang waters, or return to Shiyang to stay, there are only two options.

But Cai Mao dispatched his men to pursue him until he reached the waters of Xiakou, but he still couldn't find Guan Ping—even if he couldn't see anyone, he could always see his boat.But Guan Ping seemed to have evaporated, and there was no trace of him anywhere. Seeing Cai Mao wandering around on the river, Xu Huang and Le Jin both sent people to inquire.

Hearing that Yunshan disappeared, the two generals of the Cao army in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were furious at the same time.

Yeah.

General Yunshan was fine before he went to Caizhou, why did he go up there without any people and boats?

Cai Mao, you still say you didn't do it?

Le Jin was furious, and jumped on the bank to scold Cai Mao, although he was too far away to hear what he scolded, but Cai Mao's face was still blue and purple, and his heart couldn't stop falling.

"What, what's going on?" He grabbed the steward and asked, "Where's the man? Guan Ping? Didn't you personally send him on board?"

The butler was speechless, quickly looked around, pretended to be stupid and said in a daze:

"Master calm down, master calm down, why, you asked about Guan Ping so well?"

Only then did Cai Mao react, and let out a yell:
"Okay, okay, where did Yunshan go? Caizhou is only so close to Xiangyang by water, even if others don't see it, at least they have to see the boat, right? It can't be because Jiang Shen invited him away!

Find it for me, if you want to see a person, if you want to see a corpse! "

For the next two days, Cai Mao frantically sent out his navy to search for Guan Ping's whereabouts along the waterway from Xiangyang to Xiakou.

Le Jin lost the general, screaming angrily, and almost wanted to join forces to fight with Cai Hao several times, but unfortunately he only had those few ships under his command, and almost all of them were in the hands of Yunshan and Cao Zhi. I could only jump around and yell, strongly condemning Cai Mao's behavior, saying that if there is a mistake, Cai Mao will bear all the consequences.

Cai Mao was scolded all over his face, even if he told Le Jin that Yunshan was actually Guan Ping, Le Jin would never believe it.

Three days later, Yu Jin, who was temporarily stationed in Wancheng, also sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that if Cai Mao could not hurry up and hand over Yunshan, they would jointly invite Prime Minister Cao to send troops, and they would rather kill Cai Mao than Jingzhou.

Cai Mao really wants to cry now but has no tears.

He hated himself deeply for why he had to make a fuss about Guan Ping, obviously he was the one who asked Huo Jun to invite Guan Ping to come and talk about the conditions.

Now that it's done like this, whether Cao Cao believes that Yunshan is Guan Ping or not, he has to find a reason to beat Cai Mao up.

Liu Bei was also assassinated by Cai Mao before, if he hadn’t run away so fast, he would have died long ago, seeing Guan Ping disappearing now, he would definitely feel that Cai Mao is repeating his old tricks, and with Liu Bei’s violent temper, Jiangling will have to come and have a new hatred with Cai Mao count together.

Losing such an important person, no matter how good the relationship between Huang Zhong and Huo Jun is with Cai Mao, he will definitely not be able to speak for him.

"Is it possible that General Yunshan was actually buried in the river by Guan Ping's surprise attack?" the old housekeeper asked hesitantly, seeing Cai Mao's murderous eyes, he quickly lowered his head and pretended not to say anything.

Worried that Le Jin and Xu Huang would send a letter to Cao Cao to reveal the matter, Cai Mao hurriedly asked someone to bring a large number of gifts to Xiangyang and Fancheng to visit Le Jin and Xu Huang.

Le Jin and Xu Huang really asked for a card, and told Cai Mao seriously that now the news has reached Nanyang, and it is hard to say where it will go. I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long.

Cai Mao was very grateful, and in the next five days, he simply scattered all the people in his family, and sent people to check with Guan Yu, hoping that Guan Ping had hid here.

In this way, Cai Mao lived in fear for half a month.

In the past half month, Cai Hao has obviously aged a lot. He is anxious to get angry, and his previous celebrity style has completely disappeared. Every night, his dreams almost end with Cao Cao and Liu Bei attacking from north to south, killing him all over the family.

Just when he was about to collapse, his subordinates finally reported a piece of good news——

"Master, Guan Ping has been found! Guan Ping is back!"

"Ah?" Cai Mao's red eyes first became bright, and then became bloodshot again, and there were more tears in the eye sockets.

"Here, where, hurry up, take me to see him!"

Guan Ping's ship was the same as before. Dozens of large and small warships lined up neatly, without any signs of fighting. When they sailed in Caizhou waters, Guan Ping seemed to be a little lighter than before, but his spirit seemed to be better than before.

He got off the boat and bowed to Cai Mao from a distance.

Cai Hao ran over quickly, and quickly stretched out his hands to help Guan Ping, even his voice became hoarse:
"You, you...my nephew, where have you been?"

Guan Ping smiled and said, "Before I heard that my uncle was not in good health, so I found a place to pray for my uncle. It seems that the ancestors of the Han Dynasty were blessed, and my uncle was in good health, and he was able to walk to the riverside."

The smile on Cai Mao's face froze on the spot, and it took a long time before he laughed and said:
"Not bad, good good, what nephew Xian said is good. I don't know where nephew Xian went?"

Guan Ping smiled and said:
"I heard from Ji Chang that Ma Mingsheng, an alchemist, lived in Wudang and cultivated the Dao. There are many gods protecting this place, which can ensure the safety of all generations.

I made a special trip to Wudang, looking at my uncle's appearance, there should be gods to help me, this trip was not in vain, junior. "

Cai Mao: ...

To go to Wudang Mountain, you must first stop the boat in Shangyong waters in the upper reaches of the Han River. This is the junction of Jingzhou and Yizhou. No wonder Cai Mao can't find him in the middle and lower reaches of Xiangyang.

Didn't I just let you hang out for half a day, and you actually let me look for you for half a month...

Cai Mao's eyes were full of fierceness, seeing his servants all around him, and his sailors on the river, he couldn't help but slowly put his hand on the handle of the knife.

"uncle?"

"Hahaha, I just said that the gods entrusted me with dreams, and it turned out that you were praying for me. I am really in good health these days, and I can even dance with swords. Take a break."

Guan Ping was really resting for half a month.

He sent his subordinates to hide in Shangyong, while he himself hid in Xiangyang under Le Jin's protection. Most of the Jingzhou clans didn't know Guan Ping's movements, so naturally they couldn't report to Cai Mao.

According to Xiang Lang's narration, Guan Ping still has a little more experience in dealing with the largest family in Jingzhou-although Cai Mao is powerful, he is definitely not exhaustive. Liu Biao made him the prefect of Jiangxia and Nanjun in the past. But he was always busy earning money and accumulating fame while in office, and he was always reluctant to use his elite forces to work for Liu Biao. Liu Biao had no choice but to arrange him in the position of Zhangling prefect, which had no geographical conflicts.

Like Ma Liang, Xiang Lang is a loyal supporter of Liu Bei. Ma Liang did not reveal Yunshan's identity to him, but he probably guessed that the so-called Yunshan is an important figure in Liu Bei's army, so he took the trouble to explain the local Jingzhou to Guan Ping. I also learned a lot about Cai Mao himself and the people in Xianshan area.

There is a lot of wasteland around Mount Xian, but because of the scarcity of local population in Jingzhou, so much land can't be developed, so it has to be abandoned. The soldiers of Cao Jun who were brought there by Guan Ping before have hidden in the mountains and started spring plowing.Of course, this place is definitely not as good as the land in the Central Plains before, but...

The land in the Central Plains does not belong to these people either.

Cao Jun opened up a lot of wasteland in the Central Plains and fed a lot of people, but this only kept them struggling on the line of life and death. Farming also handed over half of the harvest as taxes, and being a soldier was counted as corvee. Everyone was miserable. Word.Although the land in Jingzhou is barren, Guan Ping collects very little tax and does not need to take extra labor. This makes the Cao soldiers who surrendered very happy. They are looking forward to this year's harvest. A great sense of belonging.

Seeing Guan Ping's arrival, those who had never been in Liu Bei's army all smiled, and gratefully sent Guan Ping the sour and bitter wild fruits in the mountains and the clear oasis, and gave Guan Ping the best of their own output. send them.

Although Xiang Lang thought that these people should not be taken too much care of them, Guan Ping suddenly had a different understanding of the base after seeing the beaming expressions on their faces when they were farming.

To continue, start from Jingzhou.

When these fields cover Jingzhou, Cai Mao will have no threat.

If it fills the world...

The big man must be stronger than imagined.

(End of this chapter)