The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 512 511 Jingzhou Storm (21)

Liu Bei took the letter of appointment given by Liu Qi, went straight out of the barracks, and then went straight to the government office.

However, when Liu Bei came to the mansion, he was told by the people in the mansion that Liu Biao refused to see the guests.

Liu Bei was rejected, thinking that this must have been arranged by Liu Qi. Since Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son treated him like this, why should he stay in Jingzhou so shamelessly?
At this moment, Liu Bei had a plan to leave Jingzhou, and wanted to go to other places to seize a territory that truly belonged to him.But today's world situation has basically been finalized. Zhang Yanhu is in the north, Sun Quan is in Jiangdong, Liu Biao is in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang is in Yizhou, Zhang Lu is in Hanzhong, and Shi Xie in Jiaozhou has basically divided the world.

Either, Liu Bei chooses one of these separatist warlords to serve as his allegiance, or he has to work hard to build a foundation by himself.

Judging from the current situation, Zhang Yan's power is undoubtedly the greatest, and being an official under his hands is also the safest.If it were another force, sooner or later the weak would prey on the strong and be annexed by Zhang Yan.

However, if Liu Bei really wanted to take refuge in Zhang Yan, he had already taken refuge in Xuzhou, so why wait until now.And in his heart, he has always been unwilling to let others down. He doesn't believe in his own destiny, and he has been like this for the rest of his life.

Today's Liu Bei has been wandering for most of his life. He thought he would gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou, but who would have thought that such a thing would happen again.If he goes to the post according to the letter of appointment, Liu Bei's power will be completely dispersed, and it will be even more difficult to get together again.

But if you don’t go to the post according to the letter of appointment, you will be disobedient. Even if you are kind to Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, you can’t make them tolerate disobedience. Moreover, Cai Mao’s incident has just passed, and Cai’s henchmen are still under investigation. If he shows disobedience and disrespect at this time, it is very likely that people will misunderstand his motives.

For a while, Liu Bei fell into an unprecedented crisis, and he didn't know what to do.If he doesn't come up with an idea quickly today, then he will lead the army to leave Xiangyang tomorrow, and even if he doesn't leave, he will be forced to leave.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei couldn't come up with an idea. Any idea, after going through his mind once, was quickly overturned.

In the end, Liu Bei had no choice but to ask to see Sima Yi, Liu Qi's confidant.

Because Liu Bei often listens to others, Liu Qi is obedient to Sima Yi. He wants to find a breakthrough from Sima Yi to see if he can change the predicament he is about to face.

However, what Liu Bei didn't know was that the person who suggested Liu Qi to do this was Sima Yi.

Liu Bei was unable to enter Liu Biao's mansion. After some inquiries, he learned that Sima Yi had gone to the school grounds, so he rode a fast horse to the school grounds.

But as he walked, he thought something was wrong, he was going to ask someone to do something, so it was a bit unreasonable to go so empty-handed?But in broad daylight, he couldn't bring gifts to see Sima Yi, so it seemed that everything would have to wait until night.

After Liu Bei made up his mind, he bought some gifts and brought them with him, preparing to give gifts to Sima Yi at night, and asked Sima Yi to share his difficulties, to see if Sima Yi could help him say a few words, cancel the appointment of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's order was for the county magistrate.

After Liu Bei bought the presents, he returned to the post house and began to wait for a long time.It was noon now, and there were still more than two hours before dark. While he was anxiously waiting, time was passing by every minute, but for Liu Bei, these two hours seemed like Two centuries as long.

After finally staying up until dark, Liu Bei took the gift and went out of the post house alone. When he was at the door, he happened to meet Zhang Fei who came in from the outside.

"Brother, it's so late, where are you going?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei curiously, and asked in confusion.

Liu Bei said: "I have something to do, I will tell you when I come back! I may come back late, so don't wait for me, go to sleep first."

Zhang Fei said: "Brother, I have something to ask you..."

"What's the matter, let's talk about it when I come back." Liu Bei said.

As soon as the words fell, Liu Bei went straight out of the gate of the post house. Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was still carrying some gift boxes, and he didn't know what was in them, and Liu Bei was sneaky, as if there was something wrong.Zhang Fei was afraid that something might happen to Liu Bei, so he followed quietly. For fear of being discovered by Liu Bei, Zhang Fei didn't dare to get too close, and was afraid of losing him, so he didn't dare to follow too far, and stayed with Liu Bei all the time. Keep a steady distance.

Liu Bei was so anxious that he didn't care that someone would follow him. He had already found out during the day that Sima Yi lived in Cai Mao's residence in the past.Liu Qi surpassed Cai Mao's house and smashed the plaque of Cai's mansion. All the valuable things in Cai's mansion were confiscated, and even the people in Cai's mansion were killed. No one was left behind.In addition, anyone who was related to Cai Mao was implicated. In one day, no less than 1000 people from the Cai family were killed.

Of course, Liu Bei did not catch up with such a spectacular scene. He protected Liu Biao and returned to Xiangyang three days after Liu Qi bloodbathed the Cai family. Cai's time, how spectacular it was.

Moreover, there are tens of thousands of people who hate the Cai family. On the day the Cai family was beheaded, all the people in Xiangyang City were empty, and they all went outside the city to watch the scene of Cai's beheading.Even now, the day when the Cai family is completely exterminated is still the talk of the people.

The Cai family was ransacked and beheaded, and Cai Mao's mansion was also confiscated. The reason why Liu Qi was able to wipe out the Cai family was mainly attributed to Sima Yi, because it was Sima Yi who arranged it properly. He only followed Sima Yi's strategy to achieve something.

Therefore, in order to thank Sima Yi and show Sima Yi's contribution, Liu Qi rewarded Sima Yi with Cai Mao's mansion.At first, Sima Yi was determined not to want it, but Liu Qi insisted again and again, so Sima Yi had no choice but to accept Liu Qi's gift to him.

When Liu Bei came to the entrance of Cai Mao's mansion again, the place had lost its former vitality. Cai's mansion occupies a huge area, and the two nearby streets are the mansions of other members of the Cai family. It became very cold and lifeless, like a ghost street.

You know, these two streets were the most prosperous and bustling streets in the entire Xiangyang city before, and there was a lot of traffic in front of Cai's mansion every day. Once officials from all over the country came to Xiangyang city, the first place they would go would not be Liu Biao's mansion. , but Cai Mao's mansion.

It can be seen from this that Cai Mao's power was so overwhelming that it even surpassed Liu Biao.

It's just that Liu Biao didn't know about all of this at the time, because he lived in seclusion and didn't know much about the outside world, and he was often surrounded by some of Cai's party members. Blindfolded.

Liu Bei was walking on the deserted street, hardly meeting anyone, surrounded by darkness, if not for the white light reflected by the snow on the ground, this place would become a place where you can't see your fingers.

Liu Bei came to the gate of the mansion. There were two lanterns hanging at the gate. There were no guards, but the gate was closed tightly. Liu Bei walked forward, raised his hand, pulled the knocker on the gate, and knocked three times. .

For a long time, there was no sound inside, a deathly silence.

"Dong dong dong..."

Liu Bei knocked again, and Liu Bei knocked again, because he knew that the Cai Mansion was very big, and the sound of knocking on the door could not be heard inside.

However, after waiting for a while, no one opened the door, and no one responded.

Liu Bei then knocked on the door and shouted loudly, "Is there anyone inside?"

This time, there was a sound of footsteps inside, and then a door the size of a palm was opened on the door. A white-haired old man held a lantern, shined a light on Liu Bei who was standing at the door, and asked : "Who are you looking for?"

"Old man, I'm looking for General Sima, is he at home?" Liu Bei asked.

"People who come here are all looking for General Sima. I'm asking, who are you, and why are you looking for our general?" the old man asked.

"I am Liu Bei, the governor of Jingnan. I have something important to see General Sima. As for the reason, please forgive me for not being able to tell you. You can go in and tell me that I have something urgent to call General Sima. General Sima will definitely Meet me." Liu Bei said.

The old man at the gate said with a blank expression: "Liu Bei, the governor of Jingnan, right? I remember. When our general comes back, I will definitely tell him. Then, please let Dudu Liu go back now. Tomorrow , our general will definitely look for you in person.”

"So, your general is not in the mansion?" Liu Bei asked after hearing the meaning of the old man's words.

"Well, my general is currently in the government office, discussing things with the eldest son, and he will come back very late after talking. Sometimes, he simply lives in the government office."

Liu Bei frowned, only feeling that his hope of seeing Sima Yi was very slim.He couldn't go to the government office to find Sima Yi in person now, in that case, he might as well go to Liu Qi.

However, based on his guess, even if he arrived at the mansion, the people at the door would not let him in, and it would be even more difficult to see Liu Qi.Could it be that we can only wait until tomorrow and lead the army to Xinye?
Liu Bei was immediately disheartened, shook his head helplessly, turned around and left here with a lonely expression.

The old man guarding the gate also closed the small opening, and walked straight into the mansion. When he came to the main hall of the mansion, Sima Yi was sitting there reviewing Sun Tzu's Art of War. When he saw the old man came back, he asked, "How is it? Liu Bei have they gone?"

The old man was originally a hunchback, but when he walked into the hall, he straightened his waist, and even his walking posture was much lighter, without any faltering appearance, not at all the posture that an old man should have.

"Sure enough, as you expected, Liu Bei really came, but when he heard that your lord was in the government office, he didn't say anything, turned around and left, throwing away the gifts he brought, it can be seen that he What a bad mood." The old man said.

"If Liu Bei can be squeezed out, then our plan will be half successful. In the next five years, I will use five years to bring about earth-shaking changes in Jingzhou. These days, I have worked hard for you, and I have always troubled you both. Running around, and pretending to be so old-fashioned."

"Your Excellency is out of touch. You and I are working for the King of Yan. My life was originally given by the King of Yan. Even if I go through fire and water for the King of Yan, I will not hesitate. Moreover, it is my duty to protect the Lord."

Sima Yi laughed, and said to the old man: "Okay, when King Yan takes Jingzhou without bloodshed, half of the credit will be due to you."

The man said with a smile: "Half is too much, I just need to work hard once I succeed."

(End of this chapter)