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After a while, Liu Biao reluctantly asked, "How is the negotiation with Jiangdong going?"

"There was no news when my nephew left."

Immediately afterwards, both of them stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the room became a little awkward. Liu Jing sighed again, breaking the awkward atmosphere, and apologized to Liu Biao: "My nephew is short-tempered and jealous. I just came to Xiangyang today and my uncle provoked me. Misfortune happened."

"What's the matter?" Liu Biao was slightly taken aback.

"When my nephew entered the city today, he was made things difficult by Cai Zhong. There was an argument with Cai Zhong, and my nephew beat him seriously in a rage."

Liu Biao was taken aback, "Why?"

"Because dozens of soldiers guarding the city came to meet me at the pier, Cai Zhong was jealous, so he sent someone to arrest these soldiers and beat each of them with a hundred sticks. However, I went to argue with him, but Cai Zhong's words were vicious, so my nephew couldn't help but act out of anger."

Liu Biao didn't know what happened at that time, but he knew that Liu Jing and Cai Zhong had a grudge, and it wouldn't be surprising if the two of them clashed.

"Let's talk about this matter!" Liu Biao was thinking about the four thousand prisoners of war, and Cai Zhong's trivial matters could no longer attract his attention.

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Liu Jing bid farewell and left. He will not stay at the State Shepherd's Mansion tonight, but returned to Fancheng. Liu Biao was full of worries and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

Liu Biao's temper has also become very irritable and irritable in the past few months. He has lost his former calmness and rationality. get angry.

Liu Biao also suspects that the change in temper is related to his sudden aging. Since this spring, he has suddenly aged suddenly, with a lot of hair loss, pale skin, sagging face and full of wrinkles.

What's more serious is the deterioration of his body. Just last year he was able to ride a horse straight to Nanjun, but now, he was so tired that he was out of breath even after walking a hundred steps.

Liu Biao also suspected that he was poisoned, but he checked repeatedly and found that he was not poisoned, and he also carefully observed the people around him, and there was no such thing. It can only be said that it was a hit. "

It was precisely because he felt that he would not be alive for long that Liu Biao urgently arranged for his funeral. He wanted to leave his son a complete Jingzhou, and Liu Jing could not be allowed to separate Jiangxia.

Today was only the first meeting between him and Liu Jing, and the two sides also started an invisible fight. Although Liu Biao didn't take advantage of it, he still got a lot of information.

First of all, Liu Biao knew that Liu Jing wanted to solve the Jiangxia issue in a reconciliation way, so he was looking for a reason to explain the Wuchang seizure of power, and he came to Xiangyang in person.

Liu Biao also knew in his heart that since Liu Jing led his army to defeat the Jiangdong Army and established his reputation, it was impossible to completely deprive him of Jiangxia's rights.

The question now is, how much should each side compromise?When it comes to Jiangxia's military power, financial power, jurisdiction, and the right to appoint and dismiss officials, how much can Xiangyang get back this time?

Liu Biao was quite troubled in his heart. Liu Jing mentioned the Jingzhou Army prisoners of war at a critical moment, which made him less confident in the negotiation.

At this time, a guard reported outside the door: "Qi Zhou Mu, General Cai He has something urgent to see!"

Liu Biao was taken aback, what happened?It was actually Cai He, he pondered for a moment and said, "Let him in!"

After a while, Cai He hurried into the room, knelt down and sobbed: "Brother Cai Zhongwu was innocently injured by Liu Jing, and his life is dying. I implore Zhou Mu to be the master of my brother!"

Liu Biao was suddenly upset, Cai Mao didn't come to solve his problems at this time, but ordered his clan brothers to add trouble to him, is this what a military adviser does?

Liu Biao's face gradually elongated, but he held back his anger and said in a very cold tone, "I know about it."

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Cai's mansion was in chaos, Cai Zhong's injury disturbed everyone's life, some people cared about his injury and inquired about the results of the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, some secretly rejoiced and also inquired about his injury, but they just wished that he would die.

There were also quite a few Cai family children who were annoyed and frustrated, and hated Liu Jing so much that they gritted their teeth with hatred. In a small room in the east courtyard of the Cai Mansion, several Cai family children were gathering to discuss this matter.

Cai Jin sat in a corner without saying a word. Cai Jin is 19 years old this year. He was transferred to Liu Biao's bodyguard in March last year, and was promoted to be a military marquis last month. For more than a year, he has also practiced martial arts hard. soared.

Not only has his martial arts soared, but his personality has also gradually matured. He is no longer complacent about being the number one young master in Jingzhou like he was two years ago. A martial arts contest with Liu Jing punctured his inflated vanity. It made him gradually become rational and calm, a change that satisfied his master, Wenpin.

The relationship between Cai Jin and Cai Zhong was very bad. He looked down on Cai Zhong's character, and Cai Zhong couldn't understand him either.

So today Cai Zhong was seriously injured, Cai Jin wasn't angry, but he couldn't show joy, so he kept silent. On this matter, he almost didn't say a word.

"Third brother, what do you think of this matter?" Several younger brothers of the Cai family who had better relations with him asked him together because they were taciturn.

Cai Jin sneered and said: "Frankly speaking, I don't hate Liu Jing. The fifth uncle made a big mistake in Jiangxia, which led to the annihilation of [-] troops. The crime should be beheaded, but he was punished lightly. Everyone is extremely dissatisfied, including me, he was broken by Liu Jing today because he pursued his crimes in Jiangxia, although Liu Jing should not be punished, but I am also very happy."

"Third son, if the Patriarch hears your words, he must punish you severely."

"Humph!"

Cai Jin snorted disdainfully, "What's the matter? I'm not the only one who thinks this way. The Cai family is known as the No. [-] family in Jingzhou. Is everyone as stupid and ignorant as Cai Zhong?"

People are divided into groups, these Cai family children can't understand Cai Zhong's usual arrogance, Cai Jin's words touched their hearts.

At this time, a Cai family member suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Cai Jin: "Third brother, didn't you make an appointment with Liu Jing for another martial arts competition after a year and a half? It should be the most recent time!"

Cai Jin nodded silently. Of course he would not forget that the date of the martial arts competition between him and Liu Jing was the first day of October. It doesn't make sense anymore.

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Cai Mao hurried into the back house of Cai's mansion. He had just gone to Caili to report to his uncle about Caizhong's injury.

On the way back, he got a piece of news that his clan brother Cai He went to cry to Liu Biao without telling him, which made him very annoyed, and he wanted to teach this idiot a lesson!

As soon as he entered the courtyard, several wives and concubines of Cai Zhong immediately came up and cried to him. Cai Mao was upset, so he had to hold back his annoyance to comfort them. Then he came to the ward and saw his eldest son Cai Yi. Asked: "How is your fifth uncle?"

"Reporting to father, Doctor Zhang just came to see him. He said that his life can be saved, but the injury is too serious. I'm afraid Fifth Uncle won't be able to stand up in the future."

"Is it so serious?" Cai Mao frowned, but his leg was broken.

Cai Yi sighed, "Father, the bones of both of Uncle Wu's legs were broken into several pieces, and his kneecap was also broken. The injury is very serious."

"Damn!"

Cai Mao cursed in a low voice, Liu Jing clearly wanted to put Cai Zhong to death, and he asked again, "Is your sixth uncle here?"

Uncle Six is ​​Cai He, Cai Yi hurriedly said: "He just came back, he is in the ward."

"Tell him to meet me in the study!"

Cai Mao didn't want to visit Cai Zhong's injury, turned around and hurried to his study.

Cai Mao's mood today is indeed disturbed. Liu Jing's arrival has triggered a series of incidents, and even broke Cai Zhong's legs. Is this to give him Cai Mao's prestige?

What bothered Cai Mao was his second uncle's attitude. In the past, his second uncle's attitude was very clear, even in the marriage with Liu Cong, he was very resolute, but today his attitude has become ambiguous. host.

Although Cai Hao also felt that there was such a possibility, he couldn't be soft-hearted because of this possibility. Liu Qi was even more likely to become the Lord of Jingzhou. Could it be that because of this, the Cai family secretly communicated with Liu Qi about the song?

This is where Cai Mao is a little bit dissatisfied with his second uncle. Since he has already bet the future of the Cai family on Liu Cong, he must go all out to fight for Liu Cong's position, so it is also the bounden duty of the Cai family to attack Liu Cong's enemies , Liu Jing is one of the main enemies.

For the first time, Cai Mao had a disagreement with his second uncle, Cai Xun, and this time, he did not want to follow his second uncle's advice.

At this time, Cai He's voice came from outside the door, "Patriarch, little brother is here!"

"Come in!"

Cai Mao's thoughts were pulled back, thinking that Cai He ran to cry to Liu Biao without authorization, he felt annoyed again.

Most of the Cai family studied both civil and martial arts, focusing on literature. Cai Hehe and his clan brother Cai Zhong are two simple generals. They are called the Two Tigers of Xiangyang. This is actually their nickname when they were young. They were fierce when they were young. Cruel, oppressive and kind, everyone in Xiangyang hates it to the bone.

However, as he got older and took up an important military position, he also restrained himself a lot in bullying the good, at least he would not do evil in public. Cai He's martial arts are similar to Cai Zhong, but he is not as reckless and stupid as Cai Zhong, and his actions are more Convergence, he used to be the captain of Anlu County, and now he is Wang Wei's assistant general, and he is highly regarded by Cai Mao.

Cai He walked into the room and bowed to salute, "My little brother sees you!"

Cai Mao asked coldly, "I heard that you went to complain to Liu Biao?"

Cai He could hear his elder brother's cold tone, he felt a little uneasy, and said in a low voice: "My little brother is really angry, I want Zhou Mu to see the tragic situation of Fifth Brother with his own eyes."

"Bullshit!"

Before he could finish speaking, Cai Mao slapped the table heavily and said angrily, "Why didn't you report to me and went to the state shepherd without authorization?"

Cai He was so frightened that his heart thumped. He was ashamed and timid at the same time. He lowered his head deeply and explained in a low voice, "The younger brother originally wanted to discuss with the elder brother, but the elder brother went to Caili, and the clansmen were very angry. , unanimously requested to invite the state shepherd to judge, but my brother couldn't get in the way of everyone's request, so I went to the state shepherd."

Cai He's explanation calmed Cai Mao's anger a little. If it was hard to get rid of the sentiments, it was understandable. He was afraid that Cai He would become as stupid as Cai Zhong.

"Will Zhou Mu come to see it?"

Cai He shook his head, sighed, and said, "Zhou Mu said he was unwell, so I'll ask about it another day."

Cai Mao couldn't help but sneered, "You understand now, what stupid thing did you do?"