Soldiers come to the world

The soldiers shouted loudly, and the horseman on the shore seemed to hear it, and reined in his horse. A knight stepped forward and shouted: "Is the Jiangzhong fleet on the boat?"

"It's Taishou Liu, who are you?"

"We are members of Liu Biejia's family. If there is an emergency, we should contact the prefect."

A small boat went up to meet them, and picked up the chief among them. Liu Jing didn't know what urgent matter Liu Xian had sent for him, so he walked out of the cabin and asked, "What happened?"

The leader knew Liu Jing, so he quickly took out a letter and knelt down on one knee to accept it. Liu Jing took the letter and read it, and was shocked. Liu Biao's condition deteriorated and he was dying. I hope he will return to Xiangyang as soon as possible.

"When did this happen?"

"It was around two o'clock last night. When my master received the news, he hurriedly wrote this letter, asking us to rush to Jiangxia."

Liu Jing thought to himself, why didn't Kuai Yue tell him about such an important matter?

Perhaps he had already sent someone south and missed him. Liu Jing hoped so, but since the last time he discussed the alliance, Liu Jing had a feeling that Kuai Yue seemed to have given up on Cai Mao and began to favor pro-Cao .

But it's no wonder that most of the Kuai family's estates and assets are concentrated in Nanjun, and now Nanjun has become Liu Bei's sphere of influence. Kuai Yue not only failed his efforts for several years, but also suffered huge property losses. Kuai's family had to recover their losses. Can look for a stronger background.

Obviously, Kuai Yue thinks that Liu Jing is not strong enough, at least not as strong as Cao Jun. He thinks that after Cao Jun goes south, he will undoubtedly lose. Cao Pai.

But Liu Jing was not allowed to think about it at this time, and he immediately said to the leader who sent the letter: "You go back and report, don't drive, just say that I have received the letter."

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Before dawn, the room was filled with more than ten long-lived lamps, illuminating the ward like daylight. After months of suffering, Liu Biao finally reached the moment when the oil ran out and the lamps dried up. Kuai Yue and Liu Xian invited them to the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Although most of the guards had been bought by Mrs. Cai, when Liu Biao was dying, several confidant guards followed his order and invited the three senior officials of Jingzhou to the ward.

On the steps outside the ward, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Liu Xian, and Liu Cong stood quietly with their hands down. Their expressions were very complicated, including sadness, pain, and confusion.

At this moment the door opened, and the doctor Zhang Jin came out, and said hoarsely to the crowd: "Zhou Mu wants to see everyone, go in!"

The four of them walked into the room and surrounded Liu Biao's couch. Liu Biao was already haggard and breathless, but his energy unexpectedly improved, and his face also had a strange luster.

Everyone knew that the light was coming back at this time, and they all lowered their heads sadly. Mrs. Cai who was standing in the corner couldn't help but covered her mouth and turned her head away, tears pouring down like rain.

"I have... a few words to explain."

On the sickbed, Liu Biao slowly turned his head to look at the crowd, and asked weakly, "Where are Qi'er and Jing'er?"

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other, but they didn't dare to answer. Liu Xian hesitated and said, "Young Master Qi was worried about the state shepherd, and he fell ill in Nanjun. Young Master Jing fought against Cao Jun in Fancheng. I have sent someone to look for him."

Cai Mao's whole body was shocked, and he glanced sharply at Liu Xian, then quickly withdrew his gaze, bowed his head and remained silent.

"Hey!"

Liu Biao sighed softly, "He's always sick...unreliable!"

No one in the ward answered, everyone didn't know what Liu Biao meant by that, but they could all hear the disappointment in Liu Biao's tone.

Kuai Yue's lips moved, as if he wanted to defend Liu Qi, but when he thought of Liu Qi ruthlessly abandoning himself and taking refuge in Liu Bei, he felt a burst of hatred in his heart, and immediately bit his lips tightly, without saying a word.

Liu Biao said slowly and with difficulty: "When a person is about to die, his words are good. There are some things... I didn't understand until now."

He looked at Liu Cong again, Liu Cong understood, stepped forward and knelt down and held his father's hand, tears rolled down, at this moment, his heart was filled with endless regret.

"Fool, peace is a blessing!"

"Father..." Liu Cong burst into tears.

Several people nearby were very surprised. How could Liu Biao say that peace is a blessing? At this time, it should be the right time to hand over Zhou Mu Yinshou to Liu Cong.

Cai Mao couldn't bear it any longer, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured, Zhou Mu, we will definitely do our best to assist the Second Young Master!"

Liu Biao shook his head, and his tone became extremely firm, "Cong'er can't afford it, so I decided...to pass Jingzhou Mu to Jing'er."

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, and everyone in the room was stunned. They never dreamed that Liu Biao's final decision was to pass on the state shepherd's position to his nephew Liu Jing.

After a long while, Liu Xian was the first to kneel down, "I obey the order of the prefect!"

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao stood in a daze for a while, and then knelt down helplessly. At this moment, Mrs. Cai suddenly reacted and shouted like crazy: "No! He is confused, you can't listen to him, it must be the second son. bit!"

Liu Biao was furious, and pointed at Madam Cai with trembling fingers, "You, you..."

He fainted all of a sudden, everyone was startled and shouted in a hurry, the doctor Zhang Jin rushed in, he tried his pulse, it was very weak, almost dying.

He sighed and said to everyone: "Everyone go down! I will do my best."

This meant that Liu Biao was dying, and everyone retreated with their own concerns. As soon as they left the house, Cai Mao asked Liu Xian coldly, "Don't drive Liu, have you really sent a letter to Liu Jing?"

Cai Mao's condescending question made Liu Xian feel disgusted, and he also sneered, "Young Master Jing is Zhou Mu's nephew, so why not let him come to see Uncle for the last time? Besides, Zhou Mu said very clearly just now that the position of Jingzhou To Mr. Jing, if Junshi Cai refuses to summon the officials to announce, then I will call!"

Cai Mao suddenly became furious, and pulled out the sword from the hand of the guard beside him, pointed the sharp blade at Liu Xian and shouted: "Bold, how dare you bully me!"

Liu Xian was not afraid, glared at Cai Mao, and said tit for tat: "In front of Zhou Mu's ward, do you dare to kill someone?"

Seeing the sharp conflict between the two, Kuai Yue hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Now we are not discussing the issue of succession. Let's take care of the state pastor's funeral first, and then we will sit down and discuss slowly."

At this time, several guards asked them to go down to rest, Liu Xian and Cai Mao snorted at the same time, turned and left.

After walking a few steps, Cai Mao turned his head and glanced coldly at Liu Xian's back, with murderous intent in his eyes.

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In a quiet room, Liu Xian sat cross-legged, but his mind was quickly thinking about the next strategy. At the last moment, Liu Biao actually appointed Liu Jing as the successor of Jingzhou, which surprised him.

But at the same time, he is also very excited. In this way, Jingzhou's revival is expected. Unlike Cai and Kuai, Liu Xian is a famous scholar in Lingling, not a family, and has no deep family interests.

At first he was a neutral faction, but later he gradually leaned towards Liu Jing, firmly supported Liu Jing as the Lord of Jingzhou, and recommended his nephews Liu Min and Zhou Buyi to Jiangxia.

He was most worried about Liu Jing's lack of status, but now that Liu Biao had appointed Liu Jing as the lord of Jingzhou, this made Liu Xian feel relieved, which showed that Liu Biao finally saw the situation clearly at the last moment of his death.

However, Liu Xian also knew that Cai Mao would never agree to let Liu Jing be the lord of Jingzhou, and there must be a fierce struggle.

Just as he was thinking, a young guard hurried in. This person was named Liu Qun, one of Liu Biao's confidant guards, and also Liu Xian's nephew.

"Second Uncle, the situation is not good!" Liu Qun said nervously.

Liu Xian was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What happened?"

"I just got a piece of news that Cai Mao has secretly sent someone to mobilize the army, presumably preparing to surround the State Shepherd's Mansion, Second Uncle, let's go!"

Liu Xian nodded slowly, this was within his expectation, Cai Mao would never let the news of Liu Jing being the Lord of Jingzhou spread.

Now the lord is at the last moment, of course he can't leave, Liu Xian thought for a moment, then tore off a white silk lining, cut his finger with Liu Qun's dagger, quickly wrote a letter in blood, and took out a personal jade pendant, He whispered a few words to Liu Qun.

Liu Qun was shocked, "Second Uncle isn't leaving?"

"Cai Mao doesn't dare to kill me yet, he will imprison me at most, you go! Leave Xiangyang quickly, go!"

Liu Qun had no choice but to stuff the blood book and jade pendant into his arms, and quickly ran out of the room. Before the army surrounded him, he climbed over the wall and left the state pastoral mansion.

Liu Xian watched his figure go away, and couldn't help but sneered, "Cai Mao, it's useless even if you kill me."