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Chapter 251 The crisis hidden in the Lujiang River
After a while, Zhi Yong came over, and Zhi Yue ordered: "You pay more attention to things about Liu Ye in the past few days. I often see him meeting with Liu Xun alone in the past few days!"

"Young master, I understand!" Zhi Yong said.

……

The backyard of the county mansion.

Liu Xunling's subordinates were guarding outside the secret room. There were only him and Liu Ye in the room. They knelt and sat face to face on the mat. There was a small table in the middle with a silver jug ​​of wine and two silver wine glasses.

"Dry!"

"Dry!"

The two raised their glasses of wine to respect each other, drained the wine in their glasses, and gently put down the wine glasses in their hands. Liu Xun looked a little worried, picked up the wine pot and filled the wine glasses, and asked: " Zi Yang, do you really think it's wrong to do this and bring disaster to us?"

"My lord, don't worry! If Yuan Shu asks, you can just say that the thieves Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, and Xu Gan are making trouble in the territory. If you send troops, I'm afraid the city will be captured by the thieves!" Liu Ye said.

"But Zheng Bao and the others are people we cultivated secretly after all. If Yuan Shu ordered me to raise troops to quell the chaos, what should I do?" Liu Xun asked.

"That's fine. My lord secretly ordered Zheng Bao and the others to expand their forces. At that time, they said that the thieves would be numerous and Yuan Shu should send troops to help! Anyway, no matter what, we must not attack Liu Biao. This world belongs to our Liu family. If there is a fight, it can only be our Liu family, and it is not up to Yuan Shu to take advantage of our Liu family!" Liu Ye said.

"Okay, let's do it this way. I really hope that Liu Biao can break through Runan and plunge the Central Plains into chaos again. Then we may have more opportunities. It's just that Lujiang County is surrounded by enemies, and most of the county is under Dabie Mountain. If we can capture Chaisang in Yuzhang County, it will be great. Relying on the dangers of the Yangtze River, Peng Lize, Fu Yishan, and the wealth of Chaisang, I will be able to rise in just a few years! " Liu Xun sighed.

"My lord, I think it's better to develop in Lujiang wholeheartedly. Although the Dabie Mountains are sparsely populated, we can hide our forces in the mountains and develop secretly. As long as the time is right, we can attack from all directions! Besides, Chaisang is currently at war, and Liu Biao sent Zhuge Xuan to lead us." The soldiers are in the Haihun area! If we attack Chaisang, we will definitely offend Liu Biao!" Liu Ye said.

"..."

Liu Xun and Liu Ye kept talking until late at night, when Liu Ye exited Liu Xun's room with a tired face, and walked to the middle courtyard, he heard someone dancing a sword in the middle courtyard. With the faint moonlight and the lights in the room, he could clearly see the face of the sword dancer.

"Zhi Ziqing? It's you! Why are you still up so late?" Liu Ye asked in shock.

"Ah, it's Brother Ziyang! I thought it was someone who was practicing with a sword, and suddenly came out, scaring me into a cold sweat!" Zhi Yue hurriedly raised her sleeves, wiped the sweat from her head, and said with a smile.

There was a hint of contempt in Liu Ye's eyes, "The inferior people are the inferior people. They made a little money by doing business, but they are still a useless businessman. They are inconvenient and timid. They don't have the courage that a man should have. I don’t want to befriend him, I don’t want to betroth my daughter to him! Liu Xun also told me to guard against this person? Is it necessary?”

Although Liu Ye looked down upon Zhiyue, who became a county magistrate because of his connections, in his heart, he didn't show it in his demeanor. The look of contempt flashed in his eyes. Under the cover of the night, there was no need to worry that Zhiyue would pay attention. arrive.

"Hehe, where, where, I was taken aback by Ziqing, but there is one thing I can't understand. I heard that your wife is happy, why don't you invite more servants to serve?" Liu Ye hehe smiled, pretending to be very close to Zhiyue, and played a routine.

"Hey, brother Ziyang, it's not that you don't know my situation. The position of the county magistrate requires too much ability. I feel that I can't handle it. In addition, my wife is pregnant. I'm planning to wait a little longer. I asked Mr. Liu to resign today, so I have no plans to invite another servant!" Zhi Yue said.

Zhiyue's sword dancing in the courtyard late at night was not the main purpose, but intentional, in order to wait for Liu Ye to come out, and to get some news out of Liu Ye's mouth, so she used the sword dance to prevent Liu Ye Suspicious, Liu Ye is now Liu Xun's counselor, and like Zhi Yue, both are important subordinates of Liu Xun's subordinates, and they both live in the middle courtyard. If Liu Ye wants to go back to his room to rest, the two will inevitably meet in the courtyard .

Hearing Zhiyue's words, Liu Ye was secretly delighted, pretending to be concerned and said: "Ziqing, having children and blind daughters is to show filial piety to parents. This is a responsibility we cannot escape!"

The position of governor was originally Liu Ye's, but Yuan Shu forced Zhi Yuelai to take the position when he was about to take office. Liu Ye had always been aggrieved by this matter, but now that he heard Zhi Yue's intentions, he immediately regained his spirits. The light in his eyes was so bright that he wanted to talk to Zhiyue for a while, so he pulled Zhiyue's arm with a smile, pointed to the steps beside him and said, "Come on, let's sit here and chat for a while, say To be honest, I also have something to say in my heart!"

The two had their own concerns, so they sat down on the steps.

"Brother Ziyang, why are you so late, and..., you seemed to come from the backyard just now? Could it be...? But, hehe, it's actually nothing, men have this desire!" Zhi Yuelu understood smile.

Where is the backyard? It's where the royal family and servants live!

Zhi Yue obviously thought that Liu Ye and a certain servant girl in the backyard were in love.

Liu Ye's face suddenly became embarrassed, but fortunately, the lights were not bright, and Zhi Yue didn't seem to pay attention, so he coughed twice, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, only a few night watchmen standing at the far corner The guard smiled slightly and said in a low voice pretending to be mysterious: "Ziqing, in fact, I just met with the Fujun! Do you know that the Fujun is very worried that Liu Biao will send troops from Chaisang and go down the river?" And attack us Lujiang!"

"Then why didn't the governor send troops to attack?" Zhi Yue asked with a puzzled expression, shaking her head.

"Now in the Dabie Mountains, there are bandits. If the army leaves here, the bandits will come to attack! But if Liu Biao really sends troops to attack Lujiang, first Xunyang County, then Songzi County, and then Wan County... " Liu Ye suddenly stopped talking, took a deep breath, and looked at Zhi Yue in surprise.

"Hmm! Ziqing, you seem to be from Wan County? That's not good, no, wait, I'll go and persuade Xiafu tomorrow to send troops, otherwise Wan County will be in danger!" Liu Ye said anxiously.

Zhi Yue was also shocked, and said anxiously: "Brother Ziyang, thank you for being considerate of my younger brother. I am not very grateful, but now I have to go back and discuss with my wife about the hometown!"

"Should be! It should be, Ziqing, it's late at night, go to bed early, I'm sleepy too, I'm going to go to bed too!" Liu Ye cupped his hands, then yawned again, got up to say goodbye, and groped towards his residence Walk in the dark.

After Liu Ye entered his room, a person turned out from the darkness, it was Zhi Yue's personal attendant Zhi Yong.

"Young Master!" Zhi Yong called out in a low voice respectfully.

(End of this chapter)