Chapter four hundred and eighty first tiger(1/2)
"You still can't see Mrs. Cai?" Liu Mang sat in the carriage and frowned. It was the third day. Mrs. Cai had come out three days ago. She came to rest in the courtyard under Jingshan. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it felt very fun in the Taoyuan. Liu Mang originally admired this place very much, but now he is not in this mood.
Because three days ago, he and Jia Xu, the old fox, followed Mrs. Cai's frame, came out of Xiangyang City. However, the final result was that whether Liu Mang came to the door or sent a famous sage in the past three days, the reply in this courtyard was either that the wife was not there or that you were looking for the wrong place. There was no Mrs. Cai here.
It's a joke! Liu Mang saw Mrs. Cai's car frame with his own eyes, how could it be gone? The answer behind is even more ridiculous. There is no Mrs. Cai here? This is not Mrs. Cai's mansion. I really think Liu Mang is a fool in this courtyard. Jia Xu confirmed it and confirmed that he came here foolishly. How could it be that not?
"Yes." Jia Xu next to him was also very helpless. If Jia Xu asked him to plot against others, he would be able to do it, but if you let others see you, Jia Xu would have no choice. They just refused with one word. You can't beat them to death, drag them out! If Jia Xu did this, they would probably die.
"There are two days left, two days left!" Liu Mang couldn't wait. Mrs. Cai was going back to Xiangyang in two days, and then Liu Mang would not even think of seeing Liu Biao's mansion.
"Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, I tell you, if you can't think of it anymore, don't want that little pill!" Liu Mang got angry at Jia Xu. In the past few days, Jia Xu has been grinding his mouth beside Liu Mang. If you want that little blue pill, Jia Xu has regained his strength, so naturally he will take longer. Now he won't have to play it anymore. Don't say that Liu Mang has really been grinding several times by him. This is the original version of the pill, which is many times better than what Liu Mang is planning to imitate. After all, it is imported, and Liu Mang doesn't have much in his hands.
Liu Mang was so angry because he felt that this old fox was more diligent in asking for small pills than when entering the Cai family’s mansion.
"Lord, don't, don't!" Jia Xu was about to cry. What's the relationship with him, Jia Xu? It's because he didn't see you, and I can't do anything about it. If you don't give Jia Xu a small pill, then what's the difference between Jia Xu and that little yellow sect? If you want an old horse to be in the stable and a sword is not old, you need motivation.
"Let's go for it!" Jia Xu came up with a bad idea.
"Terror?! Go and try it?" Liu Mang kicked the old fox in anger. He could think of it. Even if Liu Mang had a strong martial arts skills, he could not make it. Which of the group of those who were sent by Liu Biao to protect Mrs. Cai was weak. Although there were no first-class generals, they were all military marquis-level figures, and there were also a fight of third-rate generals. If Liu Mang had forced himself to rush in, he could indeed rush in, but after rushing in, although there had already left Xiangyang, the defenders of Xiangyang had only a few cups of tea to arrive here, and were finally besieged to death by the army.
"I didn't say that during the day, we can go to night!" Jia Xu was kicked by Liu Mang, but then he got up. The movement was faster than that of a young man.
"Go tonight? What to talk about at night? Men and women love?!" Liu Mang had the heart to kill this old fox. He sneaked into Mrs. Cai's mansion at night and even after the negotiations with Mrs. Cai, what would he think? He broke into a woman's room late at night and was not considered a flower-picking thief to have a ghost.
"Then there is no way. In Madam Cai's mansion, except for some maids who go out to buy rouge and water, they are basically allowed to leave and not allowed to enter!"
"Rouge powder?!" Liu Mang was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, rouge and water powder!" Jia Xu nodded. Whose woman doesn't like beauty? Even Mrs. Cai is not immune to the vulgarity. This is a woman wearing makeup and dressing up. Even if she is on vacation, Mrs. Cai wants to be beautiful.
"Rouge water powder, rouge water powder! Makeup, make-up! There is!" Liu Mang suddenly laughed.
"What does lord have?" Jia Xu looked at Liu Mang and said in confusion, "Lord, you don't want to put on makeup and become a maid and enter Madam Cai's mansion! This is absolutely not allowed, absolutely not!" Jia Xu and Meng De shook his head, letting him Jia Xu break into Madam Cai's mansion, Jia Xu might agree, let him put on makeup and become a woman, it would be better to kill him Jia Xu.
"I'll let you put on makeup and become a maid, who is as old as you!" Jia Xu has a triangular eye and a hooked nose. Who dares to want such a maid?
"I mean, aren't these maids buying rouge powder? Where are they going to buy rouge powder?!" Liu Mang asked.
"Of course it's in Xiangyang!" Jia Xu replied.
"Yes! Although this place is not far from Xiangyang, it is not close!" Liu Mang pointed to Mrs. Cai's mansion in front of him and said, "Even if you take a carriage, it will take half an hour. This half an hour's journey is uncomfortable!" The ancients had not thought of the slogan of building roads before getting rich, so there is no smooth road here at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. It will take a long time to make a carriage. It will be very uncomfortable for a woman to go back and forth.
When entering the city to buy rouge and water powder, it is definitely a woman. How can men know how to choose the thick hands and feet? So these women don’t like to make carriages and go out to buy rouge and water powder, but this is what their master needs, and they must go and cannot get rid of it.
But if a rouge and water powder sells it on the door, these maids will definitely be very happy.
"But lord, you can't enter the Cai family's mansion even if you sell rouge and water powder!" Jia Xu said in confusion. He could buy it outside the mansion and leave. How could you go in?
"Haha, that's an ordinary rouge and watermelon merchant, and what I sell is different from them!" Liu Mang said with a smile.
“It’s sold differently?!”
"You will know then! When you walk back, it's too late to go back to prepare for tomorrow!" The night gradually fell, and it's impossible to sell any rouge powder now, so it's better to go back directly. Come back tomorrow.
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Liu Mang's carriage left. The lights gradually lit up in the Cai Mansion opposite.
"Madam, it's your turn!" In the courtyard, a man and a woman were sitting opposite each other, and the two were playing chess.
The black and white Gemini are reflected in the cross, and the white characters are held by men, and the white characters are first. This is a ritual that the ancients have owned. This is not a matter of humility. White characters represent the yang of yin and yang. The yang is the upper part and the sky, and the yin is the downward part and the earth.
Bai Zi attacked first and pressed forward step by step, while Hei Zi was not willing to fall behind. He made an inch of his way, just to prevent Bai Zi from occupying the entire territory.
The one who holds a black man is a white jade beauty. She is extremely dignified and looks touching. She also has a noble temperament of a noble lady.
The person holding the white selves was a fat black man, who looked very ugly. However, this person had a natural demeanor. If he didn't look at that face, he was also a person who guided the country.
"I lost this game!" The man who is called the wife is the owner of this mansion, and Mrs. Cai, the wife of Liu Biao, the heroine of Jingzhou. Although Mrs. Cai is very proficient in chess pieces, she loses if she loses, but she is not a person who cannot afford to lose.
"Haha, Madam, I'm going to give in. Shi Yuan is just lucky!" If this modest fat black man Liu Mang saw him, he would definitely come up and punch the fat black in the face. Isn't this person Pang Tong and Pang Shi Yuan who had spared his life by Liu Mang?
Pang Shiyuan's eyes were flashing. Although the two of them fought fiercely on the chessboard, they also knew that they were not thinking about it.
"This is the third day! I hope Mr. Pang Tong's words will be fulfilled!" The white jade beauty next to him looked at the black fat man in front of him and said.
"Of course! I, Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan, have never broken my promise! This is the third day, and there are two days left. What my wife thinks will definitely come true!" Pang Tong also smiled and looked at the white jade beauty.
"That's the best!" The beauty of Baiyu nodded. "It's getting late, and I'm tired, so I won't be with me!" The beauty of Baiyu stood up and said to Pang Tong.
"Tong doesn't bother with Madam anymore! Please!" Pang Tong nodded and stood up, "Greatly sending Madam!"
The beauty of Baiyu turned around and left the courtyard under the service of several maids and walked towards her main courtyard.
Seeing the beauty of Baiyu leaving, a smile appeared on Pang Tong's face.
"Military advisor, as soon as this strategy is made, it will definitely make the pseudo-king Liu Mang return in disappointment. In the end, no food and grass collapse in Yangzhou and die. The lord's confidant will be eliminated!" A subordinate next to Pang Tong immediately stepped forward and flattered Pang Tong.
"Don't be careless! There are two days left, and there will be a fixed number after two days!" Pang Tong did not be happy directly but acted cautiously. He, Pang Tong, could not lose anymore. When he entered Jingzhou, except for Pang Tong who killed Liu Mang's envoy, he, Pang Tong, had been losing all the time. If he lost, he did not persist until the end. So this time, Pang Tong had to bear it and insisted on persist until the end.
On the Luokou Ferry, Zhang Fei was caught by Huang She's men, and the peach blossoms bloomed. He is still lying on the bed to cultivate. On the palace of Liu Biao, Pang Shanmin's attack was also broken by Liu Mang, and Pang Shanmin was even so angry that he vomited blood by Liu Mang. Later, when the Kuai family got married, Pang Tong lost the four thousand gold in vain and almost threw himself in. How could Pang Tong not come out?
"In two days, Liu Mang will definitely lose so much!" Pang Tong was also angry.
"Military advisor, what should we do with Lumen Academy as Mrs. Cai said?!" The subordinates next to him continued to ask. This time Mrs. Cai has never seen Liu Mang, and that was the one who Pang Tong did. Originally, Mrs. Cai should have met Liu Mang in a reasonable way. After all, Liu Mang is the King of Shu in the Han Dynasty. If we count it, Liu Mang can be regarded as his nephew. She is Liu Mang's aunt. Even the brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang wrote a letter of recommendation to Liu Mang. With the relationship between the Cai family and Kuai Jia, Mrs. Cai also wanted to give some face, but Mrs. Cai kept avoiding it, because of Pang Tong.
Originally, Pang Tong could not affect Mrs. Cai, but Pang Tong's words made Mrs. Cai excited, that is Lumen Academy. Pang Degong of the Pang family established Lumen Academy. Although the Pang family never occupied much benefit from Lumen Academy, everyone would connect Lumen Academy with the Pang family. So once the next head inherited the Pang family, his position in Lumen Academy would be transcendent. Pang Tong used Lumen Academy to seduce Mrs. Cai.
Pang Tong told Mrs. Cai that as long as Mrs. Cai did not see Liu Mang, then Pang Tong would ask Lumen Academy to support the second son Liu Zong. In the future, the second son Liu Zong would be allowed to inherit the grand throne.
Although Lumen Academy is not a force, it is transcendent in Jingzhou, because 60 to 80% of the officials in Jingzhou are from Lumen Academy. It can be said that Lumen Academy is a transcendent force.
Mrs. Cai not only had Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi, because he was just a doctrine of the mean, and there were not many counselors under his command, and not many big families were helping him. What he was worried about was Lumen Academy. Although Lumen Academy was blooming, his roots were Confucianism, and Confucianism advocated the inheritance system of Zhou Li's eldest son. What they believed was that Liu Qi inherited the throne, so that there would be no turmoil in Jingzhou and he would also serve as a role model for later successors.
Liu Zong, the second son of the Cai family and the Kuai family, was not afraid of Liu Qi's power, but was afraid that the Lumen Academy would help him without any trouble. It would be really bad at that time. If it were really Zhou Li, it would only allow Liu Qi to ascend to the top.
Now Pang Tong actually came over and told Mrs. Cai that as long as Mrs. Cai cooperated, Lumen Academy would definitely support the second son Liu Zong to inherit the throne. Who is Pang Tong? He is the heir of the Pang family. The Pang family has two heirs, one is Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong, and the other is Pang Tong. Pang Shanmin is a simple man. To put it nicely, he is a gentleman. To put it badly, he is an honest man. One sold him and returned it to others to count the money. Who do you think the Pang De Guild gave the position of the Pang family to! Once Pang Tong inherited the Pang family, Pang Tong could really speak in Lumen Academy.
Mrs. Cai does not need the support of Lumen Academy, as long as Lumen Academy does not interfere and stand on the opposite side.
Pang Tong's words naturally moved her, so he would not give Liu Mang any face but not meet.
Now Pang Tong’s subordinates asked Pang Tong just to ask what to do after this time. Should Lumen Academy really help? Not to mention anything else, whether Pang Tong can command Lumen Academy is a question.
"My uncle should have left the Pang family's throne to me!" Pang Tong murmured to himself. In the past, he used to be in a positive tone, but now he is in a doubtful tone, because his uncle has changed so much recently that he is also in a kindness towards Pang Tong, but he is sighing. Pang Tong could not guess the old fox's thoughts, but he could feel uneasy.
"Yes, it will definitely happen!" Pang Tong was giving himself peace of mind. His brother was not a pioneer. If the Pang family handed over to his brother Pang Shanmin, then the Pang family would soon descend from the aristocratic family and become a gentry because Pang Shanmin did not fight.
"When I get the position of the Pang family, whether it supports it or not, it will be up to me to control it?" Pang Tong sneered. His promise to Mrs. Cai now does not mean that he will do it later, because the aristocratic families are intrigue, and as long as the interests are sufficient, allies can be betrayed, let alone such verbal agreement.
The first thing to solve is that King Liu Mang of Shu was annexed Yangzhou. After that, it will be Jingzhou. If supporting Liu Zong can benefit his lord Liu Bei, then he will support Liu Zong. If Liu Qi is beneficial to his lord Liu Bei, he will support Liu Qi. No matter what, Jingzhou is also what he Pang Tong wants to get.
"The military advisor is a talented man, a talented man!" Pang Tong's men were still flattering. Pang Tong was tired after playing chess for a day, so he immediately went down to wash and rest.
"Madam, is this black fat man true?! Will he support Zong Gongzi?" Pang Tong had his subordinates, and Mrs. Cai naturally had a confidant. A maid came and spoke to Mrs. Cai.
"Really?!" Mrs. Cai herself could not guess that there were a few truths and lies between the entire aristocratic families, but Mrs. Cai really attached too much importance to Liu Zong. In other words, she attached too much importance to her Cai family. If Liu Zong inherited the throne of Jingzhou, then the entire Cai family could still be a noble family in Jingzhou. If Liu Qi inherited the throne of Jingzhou, then the Cai family would not even be a noble family, let alone aristocratic family, and I am afraid that even the wealth and life would be difficult to save. After all, where is the ending of the Deng family? One emperor and one minister, Mrs. Cai would never allow such an ending to happen.
As the saying goes, care is chaos, so Pang Tong said that he could ask Lumen Academy to support Liu Zong, and she immediately agreed to Pang Tong's request.
"No matter whether it is true or false, I just want Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan to recognize my friendship. Even if he doesn't help me in the end, just be neutral!" Mrs. Cai had only such a small request.
"Okay, I won't say much! There are two days left. You are ready to prepare, we are going back to Xiangyang too!" Mrs. Cai's out this time can be said to be the most boring time.
"Yes!" The maid nodded and went to prepare the water for food and bathing.
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"What? That barbarian man woke up?!" As soon as Liu Mang returned to Kuai Liang's mansion, the news came immediately. In order to facilitate the city, Liu Mang had been staying on Kuai Liang's mansion in the past few days under the pretext of the matchmaker's words.
As soon as I returned to Kuai Liang's mansion, I heard the news. This barbarian man could really sleep. It has been several days since he was beaten and unconscious by Liu Mang that time. If it weren't for the doctor's treatment in the past few days and the help of those liquid food, I'm afraid this barbarian man would have died long ago!
"Take me up!" This barbarian man was brought by Liu Mang. Naturally, Liu Mang needs to solve it.
"Is it inside this?" Under the leadership of Uncle Chen, Liu Mang quickly walked into the room of this barbarian man.
I saw that the entire door was tightly closed, and the outside was still in a mess.
Seeing this scene, Liu Mang immediately frowned, "What's going on!" Liu Mang asked Uncle Chen next to him.
"Your Highness, this barbarian man made a big fuss when he woke up and injured several maids. It was Mr. Jia Xu's hero who could force this barbarian man into this room!" Uncle Chen was embarrassed that this barbarian man was brought back by Liu Mang, and Uncle Chen did not dare to deal with it privately. In addition, because of the barbarian princess, he could only force this barbarian man into this room waiting for Liu Mang to come back before talking about anything else.
"He hurt someone?!" Liu Mang's face looked very bad. Because this barbarian man almost killed him. Although Liu Mang later learned that he left to save their princess, this was not what made Liu Mang relieved.
"Come here!" Liu Mang saw several maids beside him, obviously crying on his face, and immediately pointed at a maid and asked him to come over to ask questions.
These maids walked to Liu Mang in fear when they saw Liu Mang's name, fearing that Liu Mang would blame them. They were beaten if they were beaten. Perhaps the person who beat them could blame them if they despise their hands hurt.
"How are you doing?!" Liu Mang's first words made these maids feel a little relieved.
"We're okay, it's okay!" The maid shook her head. They didn't dare to say what was beaten. Uncle Chen also stood aside and didn't seem to want to make trouble. If he was beaten, he would be beaten. This barbarian man was brought by Liu Mang. He was afraid that Liu Mang would be embarrassed.
"It's okay? Why do you cry?" Liu Mang continued to ask, "Hey, aren't you three people? There's one more person!"
Liu Mang remembered that when Mr. Chen was taking care of the barbarian man, he sent three people.
"Sister Yun'er is going to rest!" The maid returned carefully.
"Rest?!" Liu Mang sneered, "What are you resting? The maid has no status. Basically, there is no time to rest. As long as the master asks, he will definitely stay. Even if he rests, he will rest outside the door.
"Tell me exactly what happened! Otherwise, you should know!" Liu Mang's face turned cold. He knew that he would not tell Liu Mang what he said to these maids with a kind look. And Uncle Chen would not say too much in order not to make things difficult for him. In the end, the only ones who were injured were the maids.
Liu Mang is not the one he used to be back then. Now he has been on the battlefield and killed people. Once he gets cold, even a warrior who has experienced many battles will be frightened, let alone two female maids.
"Sister Yun'er, Sister Yun'er, was beaten and injured by the person inside and carried down for treatment!" The two maids could not bear it anymore and said it.
To be continued...