When Lu Meng heard Zhou Yu's question, he frowned and said, "Grandmaster, I have two candidates, one is the military Sima Kan Ze; the other is the magistrate of Zhizhong!"

Zhou Yu nodded. Both of them knew about it. Both of them were talented, courageous, and eloquent. It was indeed appropriate to send them there.

Zhou Yu thought for a while and said, "Kan Ze is indeed a good candidate, but when he went to Cao's camp alone to surrender, the hardship of General Huang's army could be implemented and we could defeat Cao's army in Chibi. Now Kan Ze is no longer the same as before, and everyone knows that sending him to the goal is too big and easy to be discovered! I think it's better to send Bu Zhi!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu paused and continued, "In addition, I need someone to pick up Bu Zhi, Ziming, go and choose someone who is smart!"

"Don't worry, General Pan Zhang has a small school under his command, named Ma Zhong. This man is very clever, so I'd better send him there!"

"Okay, send someone to call Bu Zhi and Ma Zhong immediately!"

"The last one will obey the order"

...

Jingzhou, Jiangling City.

For several days, it has been raining heavily in Jiangling. God seems to have been making a storm. The rain has not stopped for several days.

Liu Qi looked at the gloomy sky and sighed silently. At this time, Liu Qi's heart was also covered with dark clouds.

It has been a few months since I moved from Jiangxia to Jiangling!

Although Jiangling City is much more prosperous than Jiangxia, and Jiangling City is located in the center of Jingzhou, so you don’t have to face Cao Cao and Sun Quan directly. It is much safer than Jiangxia, but Liu Qi is still unwilling to come to Jiangling.

In Jiangxia, although the city was small and the land was thin, the entire Jiangxia City was one acre of three parts of the land. However, now in Jiangling City, Liu Qi is not as free as before.

Liu Qi is not a very ambitious person, but he has hopes, and those who have hopes have ambitions. Liu Qi joined forces with Liu Bei at the beginning, but it was just a temporary measure to save his life. In fact, the relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Qi's uncle and nephew was not as good as everyone imagined.

Maybe what Cai Mao said was right at the beginning. Liu Bei defected to Liu Biao, really to plot against Jingzhou! Thinking of this, Liu Qi shook his head helplessly. What can Liu Bei do if he plans to plot against Jingzhou? Now Liu Bei wants troops and generals, and he has no choice but to deal with Liu Bei!

"Young Master, there is a scholar outside who claims to be his old friend, so I want to see you!" The servant reported.

"Scholars? Old Friends?" There were dozens of people in Liu Qi's mind. There were originally many literati and poets in Jingzhou, and Liu Qi was Liu Biao's eldest son. Therefore, most of the well-known literati in Jingzhou, Liu Qi knew most of them. They could be called Liu Qi's old friends. There were at least two or three hundred in Jingzhou.

It seems that when I saw the real person, I knew who this so-called old friend was! Thinking of this, Liu Qi said, "Please come in."

Soon, Bu Zhi was brought in. Liu Qi looked at Bu Zhi in front of him and thought about it for a long time, but he could not remember who this person was!

That's right, there are so many literati in Jingzhou, even if I am myself, I can't remember so many people. The person in front of me may have really seen him before! But if I ask the other person now that he has a great name, it would be too rude! Now I'd better pretend to know the other person first, and then slowly get his words.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi quickly changed into a smile and said, "It turns out it's sir. I haven't seen you for a long time. Please come in..." As he said that, he pulled the Bu Zhi and walked inside.

Liu Qi's actions shocked Bu Zhi. He had never seen Liu Qi before, why did Liu Qi know him? Could it be that Liu Qi had already seen through his identity?

Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat slid down Bu Zhi's head. Bu Zhi coughed dryly and asked tentatively: "Young Master, do you still remember it!"

"I remember, of course!" Liu Qi said with great certainty: "Although I haven't seen each other for several years, I still remember my style at the Xiangyang City Poetry Competition that day!"

During the Liu Biao era, Xiangyang was the capital of Jingzhou. Liu Biao loved literary style, so almost all scholars in Jingzhou had been to Xiangyang, so Liu Qi could speak nonsense so much.

Bu Zhi nodded confusedly, saying that he had been to Xiangyang, but it seemed that Liu Qi in front of him had recognized him as someone else, or he didn't know him and talk nonsense at all.

Thinking of this, Bu Zhi smiled strangely and said, "Young Master, I'm not to hide it. My name is Bu Zhi!"

Bu Zhi? Why does this name sound so familiar? By the way, there is someone under Sun Quan from Jiangdong who seems to be called Bu Zhi! Could it be him? Thinking of this, Liu Qi himself couldn't help but become nervous.

"Are you sent by Zhou Yu?" Liu Qi asked.

"Not bad! The Grand Commander sent me down and I have a huge benefit to the eldest son!" Bu Zhi said calmly.

"What a great benefit? Humph... Come on, arrest this Jiangdong spy for me!"

"Young Master, don't you want Jingzhou..." Bu Zhi shouted hurriedly.

"Slowly! Bring him back..."

...

Liu Qi was moved! I have to say that Zhou Yu offered a very attractive condition.

Zhou Yu promised that as long as Liu Qi helped Zhou Yu drive Liu Bei out of Jingzhou, Jingzhou would be owned by Liu Qi, and Jiangdong would only have Changsha and Guiyang counties!

The four counties in Jingnan are not prosperous places, and even the largest Changsha City is not a little worse than Jiangling. The most prosperous place in Jingzhou is the line from Jiangling to Nanyang. Although Nanyang is occupied by Cao Cao, it is also very good if you get several counties around Jiangling.

Suddenly, Liu Qi realized why Zhou Yu was so kind-hearted and wanted to help him take back Jingzhou!

Speaking of Liu Qi and Jiangdong, it can be regarded as a feud. Sun Quan's father Sun Jian secretly kept a jade seal. When he passed by Jingzhou, he was killed by Huang Zu, the general under Liu Biao. Although Sun Ce later killed Huang Zu and avenged Sun Jian, after all, it was Liu Biao who ordered the interception of Sun Jian.

Sun Ce once wanted to seek revenge on Liu Biao, but at that time Liu Biao was powerful and was not something that Sun Ce could deal with, so the revenge was temporarily put aside by Sun Ce. However, the revenge of killing his father was irreconcilable. Although Liu Biao is dead now, his father is debt-to-son, and it is impossible for Jiangdong to hold a grudge against Liu Qi at all. Liu Qi did not believe that Zhou Yu would help him so kindly!

Bu Zhi saw Liu Qi's hesitation and immediately spoke, "How much do you think you are better than Liu Bei?"

Liu Qi shook his head: "How can I compare with my uncle!"

"What the eldest son said is that Liu Bei is a hero in the world. He has powerful generals like Zhang Zhao, and a wise man like Zhuge Kongming. In this world, I'm afraid only my lord and Cao Cao can compete with Liu Bei! In the following view, the eldest son has more than enough success, but not enough progress!"

Bu Zhi said here, and he paused, secretly looked at Liu Qi's expression, and found that Liu Qi did not look much unpleasant, so he continued: "Liu Bei is like a tiger and wolf, and the young master is at most a hawk and dog. How can a tiger and wolf sleep peacefully beside the bed!"

Liu Qi nodded. Although Bu Zhi compared himself to a hawk, this metaphor was considered appropriate and reasonable. Compared to himself, Liu Bei posed a much greater threat to Jiangdong. So Zhou Yu would rather occupy Jingzhou than Liu Bei!

Thinking of this, Liu Qi nodded: "Okay, I promise you! But I will think about the matter of Adou carefully. This matter is of great importance! You have to wait until the right time..."

"Don't worry, the Grand Governor has sent General Ma Zhong to Jiangling and can support the Grand Son at any time..."

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Chapter completed!