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A large ship sailed from Fancheng on the other side and slowly leaned onto the Xiangyang Wharf. On the bow of the boat, Liu Bei looked at several boatmen and put the boat board on the wharf. There was an unconcealable anxiety in his eyes. When the boat board was just set up, he immediately boarded the boat board and got off the big boat. Liu Feng and dozens of soldiers led their horses and followed them off the big boat one after another.

New Year's ago, Zhao Yun took leave to go back to visit his parents' graves, and Liu Biao appointed Yi to temporarily take over Zhao Yun's position as his personal guard.

But this temporary successor was the year, and it was not formal, nor was it replaced by Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun went to Nanjun with Guan Yu to train soldiers for Liu Cong, and it was the year.

Liu Bei turned his horse and rushed towards Xiangyang City with a fast horse.

Liu Bei came very urgently this time. The tense situation in Nanyang burned his heart like fire. Cao's army launched a large increase in troops to Nanyang, with a total force of 50,000. This was obviously an intention to invade the south, which made Liu Bei anxious.

Liu Bei ran quickly and arrived in front of the provincial governor's mansion after a moment. He turned over and got off the horse, ran up the steps quickly, and said to a guard guard guarding the gate: "Please tell the provincial governor, just say that Liu Bei has an urgent matter and asks for a meeting."

The guard knew Liu Bei and quickly bowed and said, "Uncle Emperor, I'm sorry, the governor of the state has no guests."

"I met the governor of the state last time, why can't I do it now?"

Liu Bei said anxiously: "I do have an emergency military situation. Can you inform me?"

The guard shook his head, "This is the order of the wife. The provincial governor has seen more guests, which has worsened the condition. Besides, the provincial governor is sleeping most of the time and it is difficult to see the guests."

Perhaps out of admiration for Liu Bei, the guard lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, you might as well see Duke Cong first, and he will carry out the power of the governor of the state."

Liu Bei knew that Liu Cong was a puppet, and saw that he was useless, but perhaps he could meet the provincial governor through him, Liu Bei bowed and said, "That's a problem to inform Mr. Cong."

"Uncle, please wait, I'll report now."

The guards went in, and Liu Bei was walking back and forth at the door with his hands behind his back. In fact, he had already written a newspaper for reinforcements, all like mud cows entering the sea. There was no news. He guessed that ten times he was locked up by Cai Mao, who was a military advisor. These letters of request for assistance were to come to him first, so how could he pass them to Liu Biao?

Just as he was anxious, the guard ran out again, "Uncle Emperor, please come with me, Mr. Cong will invite you."

Liu Bei felt a little unhappy. He was an elder, so Liu Cong should at least go out to greet him. He actually asked a guard to take him in, without even the minimum etiquette and respect...

But at this time he had something to ask Liu Cong, so he had to bear this breath, turn around and give Liu Feng a few instructions, and then follow the guards to the provincial governor's mansion.

Liu Cong is now temporarily in charge of state affairs as a human being. According to principles, he should be in charge of the state government, but Mrs. Cai believes that he should take care of his father and be filial to others. In addition, Cai Mao supports him to be filial to him, so Liu Cong can only sit in the palace, fulfilling his filial piety while handling state affairs.

Liu Cong's office was located in the West House, which was originally a guest room, but after Liu Biao was seriously ill, the provincial governor's office no longer kept any guests, so it was transformed into Liu Cong's official room.

Since Liu Cong was kidnapped by Liu Jing a few years ago, Liu Cong and Cai Shaoyu have almost completely broken up. Liu Biao also knew that there were conflicts in their relationship. As long as the surface harmony is maintained, he will not be upset and will not bother to pay attention to it.

Liu Bei was soon taken to Liu Cong's official room. As soon as he entered the room, Liu Cong came up and knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, "Nephew Liu Cong kowtowed to his uncle."

Liu Cong's respect made Liu Bei secretly stunned. Since he was so respectful, why didn't he come out to greet him? He was suspicious and saw Liu Cong's eyes strange. He couldn't help but look around and suddenly found a pair of embroidered shoes under the screen.

Liu Bei immediately understood that Mrs. Cai was hiding behind the screen, and Liu Cong really became a puppet. However, Liu Bei thought that Liu Cong had a different look just now, and was actually hinting at him, which means that Liu Cong was not willing to be a puppet, so Liu Bei immediately figured it out.

He showed no expression, stepped forward and helped Liu Cong up and said with a smile: "Please come up with a good nephew, there is no need to be too polite."

"Uncle, please sit down"

Liu Cong warmly greeted Liu Bei to sit down, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the embroidered shoes behind the screen. He gradually couldn't stand the feeling of being a puppet. Every day, he received various certificates from the state government office, so he could only review them according to Cai Mao's intention on the second page. Cai Mao had to reject him if he opposed him. Cai Mao agreed and he had to agree.

He didn't know when such a day would end. When he thought that the power that should belong to him was seized by the Cai family, Liu's Jingzhou became Cai's Jingzhou. He felt anger in his heart, including the woman behind the screen, he was also full of hatred. He was used by this woman from beginning to end...

Although he was angry, he did not dare to show his face. In addition to resentment, he was more afraid. Mrs. Cai had evidence of his secret poisoning. If he was disobedient, Mrs. Cai could easily destroy him.

"Is there anything urgent to do in the emperor?"

Liu Bei nodded and said anxiously: "The situation is urgent. Cao's army has launched a large increase in troops in Nanyang. The food and grass are ready. We will invade the south soon. We must deploy troops immediately. Nephew, this matter is extremely urgent and we cannot delay it."

Liu Cong's face showed a look of embarrassment, "I understand the emperor's anxiety and the tension in the situation. But I am only responsible for government affairs, and I can't do anything about mobilizing the army."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, "Can you inform me of the provincial governor? I want to see him."

Liu Cong bit his lip. He was about to agree, but Mrs. Cai turned out from behind the screen and smiled hypocritically: "It turns out that the emperor is here. I don't know, so I'm rude."

Liu Bei quickly got up and saluted, "Bei is coming abruptly and disturbs his sister-in-law."

"Don't have it suddenly, but it's just a coincidence that Zhou Mu just took medicine and went to bed, so it's not easy to disturb him anymore. I'm sorry."

"But my sister-in-law, she has emergency military information."

"I'm afraid this won't work"

Mrs. Cai shook her head and said, "I am a woman and don't understand these official affairs. I only care about the health of the provincial governor. Now, the provincial governor is seriously ill every day. As a family member and subordinate, he is trying every means to protect his health, rather than disturbing his rest and damaging his health. Uncle, what do you think?"

Mrs. Cai looked at Liu Bei with a smile. Liu Bei was speechless for a moment, and Mrs. Cai said lightly: "The state governor will hand over the military affairs to the military advisor. If there is military information, you might as well go to the military advisor to discuss it. If the situation is urgent, the military advisor can also make a decision, and you may not have to find the provincial advisor."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei had no choice but to bow, "Since that's the case, Liu Bei said goodbye."

"Uncle Emperor walks slowly"

Mrs. Cai did not try to keep her, and Liu Bei had to leave in a hurry. Seeing Liu Bei's back disappear, Mrs. Cai's face turned cold and turned around and said to Liu Cong coldly: "What should you do, what shouldn't be done, I hope I won't remind you again, you should know the consequences."

Mrs. Cai turned and left, Liu Cong stood in the hall, his face turned pale and red, his fists slowly clenched, and he gritted his teeth secretly. At this time, his close-fitting book boy stepped forward and said, "My husband, it's time to take medicine."

Liu Cong suddenly remembered something, pulled Shutong over and whispered to him with his ears. Shutong nodded, turned around and ran away. Liu Cong sneered, "You can't even succeed."

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Half an hour later, Cai Mao personally sent Liu Bei out of the state yamen, smiling and said, "Uncle Emperor, please rest assured, our lips are dead, we will never refuse to save us. Uncle Emperor, go back to prepare for war first, and I will discuss with Kuai and Liu Biejia. If everyone agrees, we will immediately send troops north to defend Cao's army."

Although Liu Bei did not believe in Cai Mao's sincerity, Deng Yi was not in Xiangyang during the reign, and Pang Ji went to Longzhong again. These two people with good relationships with him were not there. Although Kuai Yue was there, because of Liu Qi's affairs, the Kuai family had a deep conflict with him, so naturally they would not help him.

Liu Bei had no choice but to say goodbye. As soon as Liu Bei left, Cai Mao's face changed, and murderous intent burst out in his eyes. Liu Bei was actually in Xiangyang. How could he let go of this opportunity to kill him? Cai Mao immediately whispered to his left and right: "Let Cai Zhong come and see me quickly."

Liu Bei was depressed and walked slowly on the streets of Xiangyang. He didn't know where to go and how to solve the Nanyang crisis. After thinking about it, he could only go to Longzhong to discuss with Pang Ji. At this moment, Liu Cong's little book boy Alin rushed over and said breathlessly: "Uncle, Mr. Cong asked me to tell you that the Cai family wants to kill you, please leave quickly."

Liu Bei was shocked. He didn't even have time to say thank you. He whipped the horse and ran north. Liu Feng led his personal soldiers to follow closely behind, and he was a few steps away from the north gate. Suddenly, he heard the sound of drums closing the city gate from the top of the city. The north gate slowly closed.

A team of soldiers ran towards the north city gate, and the sweat fell from Liu Bei's forehead. He knew very well that the dock must have been blocked, and he would be finished if he didn't leave Xiangyang City. Liu Bei turned his horse and ran towards the west gate, which was always closed at the latest.

The group rushed to Ximen and saw that Ximen was about to close. Liu Bei was anxious and shouted, "Wait for a moment and let me go out."

The defenders recognized him as Liu Bei and hesitated for a moment. Liu Bei was riding the red blood horse that Liu Jing gave him. The horse was fast and rushed out of the west city gate like lightning. When Liu Bei saw that there were no pursuers behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Liu Feng also came and he shouted: "Father, why don't we turn south and go to General Wang Wei's military camp."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, but he still had to go back to Xinye. If he couldn't go back to Xiangyang, he could only ask for protection from the Pang family and crossed the river from Longzhong. Thinking of this, he said to Liu Feng: "Let someone pretend to be me, you guard him and run south. I will go to Longzhong to find Pang Ji, cross the river from Longzhong to the north."

Liu Feng hesitated and said, "How can you let your father go alone and accompany his father?"

Liu Bei waved his hand anxiously, "My horse is fast, you can't keep up, but you will expose your target instead. You can go quickly."

After pausing, Liu Bei said again: "Tell your second uncle again, let him and Long Suming lead the army north and prepare to fight Cao's army."

Liu Feng had no choice but to lead his men to run. Liu Bei turned his horse's head, whipped his horse quickly, and ran towards Longzhong like an official road wind. In front of him was the Tanxi Bridge.

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At noon, Liu Bei rushed to Lumen Academy. At this time, he was hungry and thirsty and exhausted. He turned over and dismounted and walked towards the mountain gate with his horse. At this time, someone behind him asked with a smile: "Isn't this Liu Emperor Uncle Liu? Why are you here alone?"

When Liu Bei turned around, he saw that it was Sima Hui, the Shuijing Mr., who lived in Jingzhou for many years and often interacted with famous scholars in Jingzhou. Sima Hui was a great scholar in Jingzhou second only to Pang Degong. How could Liu Bei not know him? He quickly bowed and said, "Bei just came from Xiangyang, and the Cai family wanted to be unfavorable to me, so he fled to Longzhong."

Sima Hui was from Yangdi, Yingchuan, and also came to Jingzhou for refuge. He was a representative of the famous scholars in the north. He did not care about official affairs in Jingzhou, accepted disciples behind closed doors, taught and educated people, and also offended anyone and said everything was good, so he became a famous good man in Jingzhou.

Sima Hui smiled and said, "Just escape."
Chapter completed!