"The lord valued you so much, did you actually go out to make trouble yourself?"

"Now that everyone and the witness are there, what else do you have to say!"

"You said! Where are you wrong?"

All civil and military officials in Jingzhou gathered outside the palace gate, and each of them accused Cai Mao with anger.

Cai Mao was tied and knelt outside the door, while Zhang Yun stood next to him.

Zhang Yun kept interrogating Cai Mao, his expression full of indescribable anger. When he was excited, he couldn't help but kick Cai Mao in the face, kicking half of his skin off.

The gurgling blood just flowed down like this.

Cai walked to Liu Biao and cried and advised, "Master, for my brother's hard work and great contributions, and this time he wanted to kill Uncle Liu, it was only for him that he was confused about right and wrong, so he couldn't figure out the right and wrong..."

Cai Mao stared at him with dissatisfaction: "Sister, what do you know? Liu Bei is a villain, and I have heard from someone's secret report, and he is still thinking about you..."

Before Cai Mao finished speaking, Zhang Yun kicked him to the ground: "Shut up! Uncle the emperor is devoted to being a man, you are actually turning black and white, you are simply a beast! As your friend, I, Zhang Yun, look down on you very much!"

"Mr. Zhang, please calm down!"

"You will kill him like this!"

"I want me to say, fight well!"

"That's right!"

"I should kill this dog!"

Some of the other civil and military officials stepped forward to pull Zhang Yun and refused to let him continue to beat Cai Mao, while others were still adding fuel to the fire, wishing to beat Cai Mao to death directly in this hall.

The Cai family couldn't bear to be beaten, so they stepped forward to help Cai Mao up and choked up, "Master, you can do it, okay, because our Cai family has worked hard for many years, and I have been a couple with you for so many years. If you don't have any credit, you will have hard work..."

"grown ups!"

Sun Gan suddenly said to Liu Biao: "I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Liu Biao looked over and said lightly: "If you have farts, hurry up and let it go."

"Receive the order."

Sun Gan nodded seriously and said, "General Cai is loyal. This move may have been misled by a traitor. My lord is kind and kind all over the world and looks up to him. He can be called the number one gentleman at that time. Naturally, he will repay his grudges with kindness. Otherwise, you should listen to my advice."

"As the saying goes, enemies should be resolved rather than confiscated, so it's better to deal with it peacefully."

Sun Gan said sincerely: "Cai Mao's death penalty is forbidden, it's fine to pay us 300,000 taels of gold."

"I want to spare the death penalty of this dog thief?"

Liu Biao was slightly stunned, and after a long time of sighing, "Xuande is indeed extremely kind. I, Liu Biao, admire it very much. Then this matter is decided. Those who should pay should be compensated. This is a basic etiquette."

"Sir, wise!"

"Then let's retreat." Liu Biao waved his hand and asked both civil and military officials to retreat, leaving only Yi Ji, who carried his hands behind his back and said, "According to the information you have received now, how is the battle situation on the front line?"

Yi Ji bowed and said, "Zhou Yu's army occupied Nanjiangxia, but this time it did not retreat. Moreover, the Jiangdong army arrived one after another, and the attack was to swallow our Jingzhou in one go. Our army is now guarding Xiakou, but the situation may not be good."

Liu Biao's eyes shivered and he said, "It seems that Zhou Yu really wants to fight us to death!"

Yi Ji hesitated for a moment and finally couldn't help saying: "In this battle for Xiakou, General Huang Zu is already dead."

"If you die, die."

Liu Biao waved his hand indifferently: "This guy is not enough to make a mistake. He is obviously a veteran who has been through the battlefield, but he was beaten by the juniors of the Sun family. He really lost the people from Jingzhou. I don't know how to punish him if he is alive. Now he is dead, he will be considered a complete failure."

"The lord is right."

Yi Ji nodded with a serious expression: "Lord, now the Sun family is eyeing us. We must have important people to guard Xiakou. Otherwise, it will be easy for people on the front line to think that we are cowardly in the Sun family and dare not make great efforts to support the war on the front line. It will inevitably affect morale at that time..."

"In your opinion, what should I do?"

“I think…”

Yi Ji's voice gradually lowered and he told Liu Biao what he thought.

"Since that's the case..."

Liu Biao pondered for a while and finally nodded slightly.

At the same time, outside the palace gate.

Cai Mao let go of his clothes and said angrily: "This dog thief Liu Bei is indeed insidious. He has gained benefits and reputation. I have worked hard to plunder for so many years, and I have spent more than 20 million yuan in total. As a result, I have to spend so much blood at once! It's so hateful!"

"Fortunately, the military power is still in our hands."

Zhang Yun walked behind Cai Mao, bent down and said with a humble look on his face: "Everything is the same as you expected from the boss. Now your military power has been deprived, but the dead old man Liu Biao handed over the military power to my hands. He didn't know that we were actually wearing a pair of pants all the time."

"After all, Liu Biao is old, so it's okay to be a little confused."

Cai Mao snorted coldly: "If it were him back then, why would he have to rack his brains to deal with Liu Bei? He could see that Liu Bei was a disaster and would never give him a big opportunity like he is now!"

"It's a pity that the people above are not good, so I can only worry more about the people below me."

"That's true."

Zhang Yun nodded with approval, and then saw a figure slowly walking down the stairs of the palace.

That person was Sun Gan.

Sun Gan looked at Cai Mao with a smile: "So that's it, the general is indeed clever. In this way, your strength will not be damaged at all."

Cai Mao sneered: "This is called wisdom. Do you understand?"

"I feel ashamed of myself."

Sun Gan said very admirably: "The general's wisdom is really beyond the reach of ordinary people!"

Cai Mao snorted coldly and pointed at the other party: "So don't forget to tell your master Liu Bei when you go back. Although he made me feel embarrassed this time, I will avenge today sooner or later. He will definitely die very ugly by then!"

Sun Gan nodded and said, "I will definitely tell my lord what you said truthfully."

"Boss, I have a report."

A soldier ran up from the city tower: "Huang Zu was hacked to death by the generals of the Sun family. Now the eldest son Liu Qi is already alone!"

"Liu Qi is about to lose power!"

"Haha! God really helps me!"

"Wait a moment……"

Cai Mao's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Isn't the person in the carriage downstairs Liu Qi? Could it be that the Xiakou Guard this time is..."

"Liu Qi!"

Cai Mao was shocked in his heart. Zhou Yu's army was approaching Jiangxia. In order to prevent the bandits, the troops transferred to reinforce would be a heavy army, and these troops would obviously be under the control of Liu Qi.

He suddenly realized Liu Bei's intention. He pretended to support Liu Cong and diverted his attention, but in fact, the one who had always supported him was the inconspicuous Liu Qi!

Cai Mao clenched his fists and couldn't help but curse in his heart.

This old fox didn't want to seize power, he actually only captured people's hearts, and the heavy troops of Jingzhou have now come to his hands!

Liu Bei, who was downstairs, looked up slightly and glanced at Cai Mao coldly.

You lost.
Chapter completed!