"The eldest son! Big Prince! Cai Mao was startled and hurriedly rushed forward.

saw that Liu Qi had collapsed to the ground, spitting blood from his mouth, unconscious, and had already fainted.

"Quick, send the eldest prince back to Xiangyang for treatment." Cai Mao shouted in panic.

Today's accident, the daughter of his Cai family stabbed Liu Qi into a serious injury, and ran away with Su Zhen's traitor, it can be said that Liu Biao was injured deep enough, if Liu Qi has three long and two short, even if Liu Biao is jealous of the strength of his Cai family, under the anger, I am afraid that he will not spare them.

Cai Mao hurriedly escorted Liu Qi back to the city, praying for Liu Qi to be okay along the way, and pondering how to explain to Liu Biao.

……

Xiangyang City, State Pastor.

It was almost dusk, and the state capital was already full of lights, full of guests, and everywhere was filled with a festive atmosphere.

In the main hall, Jingzhou's important officials, celebrities, and all those who are in Xiangyang and have heads and faces have gathered in the state to witness this wedding that will affect the future power structure of Jingzhou.

Before the wedding banquet began, everyone began to congratulate Liu Biao, who was sitting on the top.

Liu Biao is also very good today, always with a festive smile on his face, and happily accepts everyone's congratulations.

As the chief strategist, the two brothers, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, also stepped forward to congratulate one by one.

The two brothers congratulated and returned to their seats, Kuai Liang lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, why do you look like this today, it seems that you are sincerely happy about the marriage between Liu Cai and the two families." ”

"Of course I'm happy."

Kuai Yue smiled and lowered his voice and said: "Previously, the lord's father and son used Su Zhe, obviously wanting to use the cold door to restrain our Jingxiang clan, but now they have lifted a stone and shot themselves in the foot, and they have to marry the Cai family, which shows that the lord has given up his original intention and is ready to rely on our Jingzhou clan in an all-round way, of course I am happy." ”

"Moreover, at present, Huang Zu has the most elite army in my Jingzhou, and he has the merit of killing Sun Jian, which can be described as monstrous, even the lord is afraid of three points, and now the lord marries the Cai family, which clearly means to suppress the Huang family through the Cai family, which is a good thing for our Kuai family, and I am naturally happy to see it."

"That's what I said." Kuai Liang nodded, but said: "It's just that the lord has married Cai Deqi's sister as his wife, and now his son has taken his niece as his wife, the relationship between the Cai family and the lord is so close, it seems that he has become a relative of Jingzhou, even if the Huang family is suppressed, aren't you afraid that his Cai family will not hang in the future, and his arrogance will overshadow the Huang family." ”

The corners of Kuai Yue's mouth raised a playful smirk, and said: "Brother, don't worry, don't you know Cai Deqi, he is just a mediocre talent in terms of strategy, and even Huang Zu is inferior to Huang Zu in terms of martial arts, even if he is in power, you and I only need to use a little means, and we are not controlled by us." ”

Swallowing his saliva, Kuai Yue said confidently: "So my brother doesn't need to worry about it at all, as long as our Kuai family is not greedy, content to be the third largest family in Jingzhou, and sit back and watch the Huang family and the Cai family fight secretly, the interests of my Kuai family will not be threatened by any threat." ”

Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Kuai Liang let out a long breath, as if he was a little disappointed in his younger brother's plan.

"Why, it seems that my brother has a different opinion of what I said." Kuai Yue's tone was a little displeased.

Kuai Liang took a sip of wine and sighed: "What you said is reasonable, and your plan can indeed ensure the status of our Kuai family, but second brother, you only care about the immediate family interests, haven't you envisioned long-term interests for Liu Jingzhou at all?" ”

"Long-term benefits? Do you mean to compete for the world, compete for the Central Plains, and achieve the great cause of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty? ”

After a series of rhetorical questions, Kuai Yue smiled helplessly: "I want to, but it's a pity that our lord has no ambition to be a hero, and he only wants to keep a corner of the land. ”

Kuai Liang was stunned for a moment, and sighed bitterly: "Yes, it's a pity that we have a treasure land in Jingzhou, which obviously has the capital to compete for power, but it just ushered in a lord with no ambitions, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing to have no ambitions." Kuai Yue's tone became meaningful, "If you meet an ambitious lord who thinks about swallowing the world all day long, we Jingzhou will have to pay money and food, and it will not be our Jingzhou sons who will die at that time, and it will not be the wealth of our Jingzhou people who will be consumed, and if it succeeds in the end, if it fails, we have sacrificed so much in vain, and what benefits can we get." ”

Kuai Liang's body was shocked and fell silent.

After a long time, Kuai Liang suddenly became enlightened and sighed: "It seems that you can see through the second brother, no wonder you tried your best to prevent the lord from going north to King Qin and get rid of Su Zhe, it seems that you are afraid that after the lord gets the Son of Heaven, he will have ambitions that he shouldn't have." ”

"My brother finally understands my painstaking efforts." Kuai Yue smiled with relief and sighed: "A person who does not have the ability to be a hero, but has the ambition of a hero, will only harm others and himself." ”

Kuai Liang nodded slightly, but his brows were furrowed, "It's a pity that our eldest son is more ambitious than his father, Cai Mao is worried about the fertile soil in Nanyang, and Huang Zu is eager to revenge, he has to kill Su Zhe to avenge his son's humiliation, these three people joined forces, and they were determined to encourage the lord to send troops to destroy Su Zhe, and no one could stop it." ”

"This is also no way, who let that Su Zhe introduce a cold man, but he is very arrogant, offended half of the Jingzhou family, and is full of ambitions, trying to hold the Son of Heaven hostage and learn to be the second Dong Zhuo, he wants to find death himself, and no one can save him."

Before he could finish speaking, suddenly, there was a noise outside the hall, and it seemed that many people had rushed over.

The attention of the Kuai brothers and everyone present was immediately attracted to the past.

Liu Biao's wine glass had just been raised to his lips, and he also stopped, looking up at the door curiously.

A moment later, Cai Mao rushed in sweating profusely, followed by a bunch of soldiers, carrying a stretcher, on which lay a man covered in blood.

"It's the eldest prince, the eldest prince is injured!" I don't know who was sharp-eyed, and took the lead in bringing out Liu Qi and shouted.

In the lobby, there was an uproar, and everyone jumped up and surrounded them.

Liu Biao's expression also changed in shock, the wine glass in his hand was almost unstable, and a lot of wine shook out, wetting his clothes.

He didn't care that his clothes were wet, so he jumped up, strode down the steps, and threw himself in front of the stretcher.

In an instant, Liu Biao gasped and stiffened in place.

In front of him, his beloved eldest son was lying on a stretcher in a groggy state, and the robe on the lower half of his body was stained with blood, looking half-dead.

"Qi'er! Qi'er! Liu Biao reacted instantly, jumped up and hugged Liu Qi and shouted.

Liu Qi fainted and didn't say a word.

Cai Mao hurriedly persuaded from the side: "Lord, the eldest son's injury is not light, so hurry up and ask a doctor for treatment." ”

Liu Biao reacted at this time, jumped up, and shouted: "Where is the doctor, quickly send the best doctor to this mansion, save my son!" ”

When the lobby was neutral, it was a mess, and the subordinates hurriedly carried Liu Qi into the inner room, and a famous doctor was quickly summoned and carried a medicine box into the room to treat Liu Qi's injuries.

Seeing the doctors rushing in, Liu Biaofang breathed a sigh of relief, and in order to facilitate the treatment of his son's injuries, he had to retreat to the outer hall first.

In the outer hall, a group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Jingzhou gathered outside, discussing a lot, all of them were dazed and panicked.

"What the hell happened, who dared to hurt Qi'er like this?" As soon as Liu Biao came out, he questioned Cai Mao.

Cai Mao hesitated for a moment, and said: "Back to the lord, the eldest prince welcomed the relatives this time was very smooth, we came out of Caijiazhuang all the way, and we were about to arrive in Xiangyang, who would have thought that Su Zhe led the army to intercept and kill on the way, we were defeated and had to retreat, poor my niece Shu'er, Su Zhe's traitor was taken away." ”

As she spoke, Cai Mao wiped her eyes, as if tears welled up in her eyes.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Liu Biao's expression was shocked, and Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and other civil and military officials were all surprised when they heard the words.

"You mean, then Su Zhe dared to make the first move, and he killed me in the hinterland of Xiangyang?" Liu Biao asked in disbelief, looking incredulous.

Cai Mao nodded, and said with a bitter face: "The Su thief not only killed the south bank of the Han River, but also attacked Fancheng, killed a thousand of our defenders, captured the guard Huang Shot alive, and looted all the hundreds of thousands of grain and grass we had gathered. ”

It was another bolt from the blue.

Liu Biao's body was shocked, and the whole person was stunned, and he fell into a stunned and sleepy state for a while, and his brain couldn't react.

Everyone present was in an uproar, all of them were stunned and couldn't believe it.

"The walls of Fancheng are extremely thick, although Huang Jie is not a famous general, but after all, he is behind the gate, how can he be broken so quickly?" Kuai Yue was the first to calm down and questioned.

Cai Mao had no choice but to repeat the information he had heard.

The entire outer hall was silent, deathly silent, and everyone opened their mouths wide, looking like they had seen a ghost.

"You mean, a thunderstorm fell from the sky and collapsed the city wall, so that the Su thief captured Fancheng without much effort?" Liu Biao gasped and asked, looking incredulous.

Cai Mao sighed bitterly: "My subordinates also know that this sounds ridiculous, but this is true, it really happened, then Su Thief's luck is so good, it is so ridiculous to take Fancheng." ”

Liu Biao was speechless.

The Kuai brothers, the Jingzhou elites in the entire outer hall, all fell into an unbelievable state.

In everyone's mind, a thought flashed through their minds:

Could it be that Su Zhe really borrowed the blessing of the Son of Heaven, and God helped him break Fancheng?

Just as everyone was immersed in consternation, the healer who was in charge of the treatment came out of the inner room.

Liu Biao's thoughts immediately returned to his son's side, grabbed the healer, and asked urgently, "Zhongjing, how is Qi'er's injury?" ”

"Lord, can you take a step to speak?" The doctor named Zhang Zhongjing spoke in a very heavy tone.

Liu Biao's heart became more and more uneasy, but he had to follow Zhang Zhongjing to the screen, and couldn't wait to ask Liu Qi's condition again.

Zhang Zhongjing sighed and said slowly: "After the treatment of his subordinates, the eldest prince is no longer in danger of life, and he only needs to recuperate for a few months to recover, but it is just ......"

Liu Biao first breathed a sigh of relief, and then said suspiciously: "Since you can recuperate for a few months, what is it?" ”

Zhang Zhongjing took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Forgive my subordinates for their incompetence, my son was injured in the crotch, even if his body recovers, I am afraid that he will no longer be able to have children in the future." ”