Three Kingdoms: I rely on system loopholes to survive

Chapter 186 Cai Brothers

From Yanzhou to Jingzhou, it is considered to be via Yangzhou, which is faster by water.

Although Zhong Ping could not stay longer in Yangzhou due to his responsibilities, he still asked someone to send gifts and letters to Zheng Xuan, who was temporarily living in Lujiang. Of course, several volumes of this gift were newly edited by Cai Yong.

When Zheng Xuan received Zhongping's letter, Zhongping's clipper had already left Yangzhou. They had not seen each other for a long time, and he did not know when they would meet again in the future.

He felt a little melancholy in his heart, but after reading the letter and knowing that Zhongping would come to Lujiang to visit him when he returned to Yanzhou, he suddenly felt relieved, and there was a bit of joy on his face.

Zhuge Liang and Guoyuan were standing beside the teacher at this time. Seeing Zheng Xuan reading the letter in his hand again and again, he felt sad at first, and then happy again.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both guessed the identity of the person who wrote the letter. When Guo Yuan saw Zheng Xuan put down the letter, he seemed to want to reply, and immediately volunteered: "I will deliver the letter for the teacher!"

"Noisy."

Zheng Xuan held his sleeves and laughed and scolded: "You are a chatterer, making idiotic remarks here. Where is the letter? Do you want you to deliver it?"

Zhuge Liang hurriedly lowered his head, trying to hide the smile on his face, but unfortunately, the low laughter that could not be restrained in his throat revealed the fact that he was suppressing laughter.

While Guoyuan lowered his head to receive the scolding, he secretly glared at his junior brother with a wink, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with his behavior of gloating about others' misfortune.

Zheng Xuan had a panoramic view of the expressions and movements of the two people. On the one hand, he was truly happy for the harmonious relationship between his disciples, but on the other hand, he felt helpless.

He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, go get my pen and ink."

Guoyuan knew that the teacher agreed to let him deliver the letter, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhuge Liang with great pride, and happily went to pick up his pen and ink.

He adheres to the idea that "a man should carry a three-foot sword and achieve immortal feats." Although the time when he followed Zhongping through the Suigu attack was thrilling and cruel, it also made him truly appreciate the joy of fighting on the battlefield.

It was certainly a pleasure to study knowledge in the house, but after all, he still wanted to make achievements on the battlefield.

He was old enough to become an official. This time he sent a message for his teacher, hoping to hear Zhong Ping's views on the various princes and to meet Liu Jingsheng.

Zhonghei and his party were caught up by Guoyuan while they were resting in Jingling.

It must be said that Guoyuan is a person with extremely strong execution ability.

Since Zhongping entered Jingzhou, his sailing speed was not slow, and he only stopped at Chaisang and Jiangxia. Logically speaking, it would be difficult for Guoyuan to catch up with their ship before Zhongping arrived in Xiangyang.

So when Zhongpei heard a familiar voice on the river, his first reaction was that it was an illusion.

It wasn't until Kunoyuan really stood in front of him that Zhongpei couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's really Zini! I haven't seen him for several months, and Zini is more graceful and graceful than before."

Although he guessed that Guoyuan should have come to deliver a letter to Zheng Xuan, Guoyuan was walking in a hurry. He couldn't help but worry whether Zheng Xuan was ill, so he asked with concern: "How are you, sir?"

Guoyuan took out the tightly wrapped letter from his arms: "Taishi Ling, don't worry. Your husband is in good health, but he often misses Taishi Ling."

Zhong Ping felt a little ashamed: "This is Ping's fault. When this trip is over, I will definitely visit Mr. Lujiang."

The two exchanged a few words, and Zhong Fang opened the letter and was about to read it. He suddenly remembered that he had sent a letter asking Fan A to diagnose and treat Xiahou Dun. He didn't know where he was now, so he asked.

"We heard that Mr. Zijiang and Mr. Gongyou arrived in Xudu not long ago. I think Mr. Fan should be the General Xiahou."

Guoyuan thought about his answer.

Zhong Ping was surprised and thought to himself: Why is there something Xu Shao and Sun did? What are they doing in Xudu? You can’t really want to be a guest for yourself...

He thought for a while, but couldn't come up with any clue, so he had to put the matter aside and concentrate on chatting with Guoyuan.

Wei Zhong was still listening at first, but later he saw that the two men were just reminiscing about old times and talking about scriptures, so he stopped paying attention, left the cabin, and went outside to urge the boatman to speed up the boat.

At this time, there were only three people, Guoyuan, Zhongping and Huzi, left in the cabin. Guoyuan hesitated and looked at Zhongping, as if he had some scruples. "What's the matter, Zini? You might as well speak up."

Zhongping looked frank and did not shy away from Huzi.

Guoyuan knew that this meant Huzi's trustworthiness, so he took a few steps forward and took out a small and exquisite object from his sleeve.

Zhongpei could tell at a glance that this object was a small crossbow. He knew that this was not a good time to take a closer look at this object, so he immediately put it into his sleeve and nodded to Guoyuan to indicate that he understood. What is this.

He thought that this should be Zhuge Liang's improved hand crossbow with the sleeve arrows he had given him that day. Although he didn't know how powerful it was, since Tuo Guoyuan gave it to him, it must be enough for self-defense.

Zhongping stuffed the crossbow into his sleeve again, and with a normal expression, he talked with Guoyuan about several places in Cai Yong's new school classics that were different from Zheng Xuan's annotations.

"There happened to be a favorable wind."

Wei Zhong walked into the cabin and said with a smile: "I thought we would arrive at Xiangyang tomorrow, but now we will arrive at night."

Zhongping was a little surprised: "The water here is really wide and flat. If Zhongren hadn't spoken, I wouldn't have noticed that the boat was moving fast, as if it were walking on flat ground."

Wei Zhong also showed a relaxed look and laughed at himself: "Fortunately, I am traveling by boat. If I had traveled by carriage and horse, I would be speechless at this time."

He mentioned his trip to Xuzhou.

Zhongping was silent when he heard this.

He recalled how he and Wei Zhong vomited due to the bumps of the carriage, and the woman following the carriage snatched away the filth and fed the baby in her arms.

"I heard that the fish and meat in Jingyang are delicious. Maybe we will have such a good meal tonight."

Wei Zhong said and looked at Guoyuan: "Is this Mr. Kangcheng's disciple?"

"I don't dare to take it seriously. I'm just holding the whip and stirrup for the gentleman."

Guoyuan didn't know Wei Zhong's identity, but he could probably guess that he was on a mission to Jingzhou as a deputy envoy with Zhong Ping. Thinking of the recent rumors in Xu Du, he was afraid that he was Cao Cao's subordinate, so he was extremely cautious in his words.

Wei Zhong didn't really want to make friends with Guoyuan, so he only complimented each other for a few words, and then turned to talk to Zhongping about Liu Biao's grain robbery.

"I have always heard of Liu Jingzhou's reputation as a hero, but I don't know why he would do such a ridiculous thing! I heard that there are four great noble families in Jingzhou: Huang, Cai, Kuai, and Pang. Among them, the Cai family and Liu Jingzhou are related by marriage. Can we start from this?"

The incident of Liu Biao robbing Cao Cao's food and fodder had already been spread, and Guo Yuan had heard about it, so he was not surprised. He knew that this was not a topic he could participate in, so he bowed and turned around and went out.

Zhong Ping thought for a moment and said: "Although it was the Jingzhou army that robbed the grain, it has not yet been determined whether Liu Jingzhou knew about it. I heard that the Cai brothers also control military horses and use the power of their in-laws to do many reckless things. Maybe..."

"I am friends with the Zhuge family, a disciple of Mr. Kangcheng. I heard that the Zhuge family is also related by marriage to the Huang family in Jingzhou. I might as well use this as an excuse to get information from the Huang family."

When Zhong Ping was in Xudu, he was confused as to why Liu Biao suddenly did such a thankless thing. After all, although Liu Biao was in his fifties at this time, he was far from being so old as to be confused.

He wrote many letters along the way and asked Xi Zhicai for details about the food robbery that day.

When he heard that soldiers and horses flying the Jingzhou flag attacked the grain road, took away the grain and grass, and left, Zhongping's first reaction was, could someone falsely claim the name of Jingzhou?

However, after sailing for many days, the news should have reached Jingzhou, but Liu Biao showed no response.

If he hadn't received the news, it would appear that the soldiers who robbed the grain were indeed Jingzhou troops.

Either he ordered it, or his men used troops without authorization.

Zhongping didn't think it was the former one. Considering the situation in Jingzhou, he could only focus his suspicion on the Cai brothers.

(End of this chapter)