Mrs. Cai sent a message to Wang Baoyu to stay in Liu Cong's mansion for a few more days, and also rewarded some valuables, the meaning of which is self-evident, is to let Wang Baoyu accompany Liu Cong more, to comfort this adolescent boy, and not to be a moth again.

Liu Cong also wanted Wang Baoyu to stay and play with him, so Wang Baoyu temporarily stayed in Liu Cong's mansion, because it was useless to refuse.

Since he lives here, he must have some fun for this second-generation young master, Wang Baoyu didn't say anything, Liu Cong made a request: "Brother Baoyu, there are still novelties." ”

"Absolutely."

Liu Cong finally laughed happily, knowing that Wang Baoyu would definitely surprise him, and asked, "What is it?" ”

Wang Baoyu bit his fingers, hollowed out his thoughts, and finally thought of something funny, slapped his thigh, and said, "We can look at the stars and the moon!" ”

The smile on Liu Cong's face quickly disappeared, and he muttered: "It's nothing more than the cliché of a sour and rotten person, how beautiful is it?" ”

"Hehe, brother has never taken the usual path, look at it!"

Looking at the stars and the moon is originally unremarkable, as long as there is one in the sky, but anyone who has eyeballs on the earth can see it. However, Wang Baoyu plans to make a telescope based on his little knowledge of physics, hehe, so that watching the stars will become interesting.

At that time, there was no such material as glass, so Wang Baoyu asked Liu Cong to find two pieces of crystal clear jade without impurities, and found a craftsman to grind the two pieces of jade into a concave mirror and a convex mirror, and then use a wooden tube to install it on the same horizontal line.

Although the effect is average and a little blurry, Liu Cong can't put it down, and he has been holding it to the sky excitedly, and he has been holding it to the sky for the first time, and he can roughly see Chang'e's dancing posture on the moon, and also see the tree and the jade rabbit.

Liu Cong was full of interest, but Wang Baoyu was dizzy and nauseous, although these two pieces of jade have a clear texture, but after all, the transparency is not high, and he will be sick to his stomach after watching it for a long time, which makes him very distressed.

"It's fun!" Liu Cong said happily.

"Hey, it's a pity that there is no glass, and the effect is not ideal." Wang Baoyu was quite sorry.

"What is glass?"

"It's just something very transparent, as if there is nothing in front of you, it's like clear water."

Oh, Liu Cong seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and said: "Although I don't know what you are talking about, but there is still some water jade at home, wouldn't it be better to use it as a telescope?" ”

Wang Baoyu immediately gave a thumbs up, this Liu Cong is really a player by nature, and he has a high level of understanding in this aspect of playing. The water jade mentioned by Liu Cong is the modern crystal, and the reason why the modern glass is used instead of crystal is, of course, based on cost considerations.

Thinking of it, Liu Cong found another skilled craftsman, and made two more according to the previous practice of jade telescopes, one for each person.

At night, I use the improved version of the telescope to look at the stars and the moon, wow, that's called a clear, not to mention Liu Cong, Wang Baoyu is also overjoyed, and carries it every day, like a baby.

Wang Baoyu didn't know much astronomical knowledge, but he roughly recognized the Cowherd Star Vega and the Big Dipper, so he told Liu Cong the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl Magpie Bridge Club, Liu Cong listened to it with relish, and had to pester Wang Baoyu to tell another one, Wang Baoyu had to talk about another "The Emperor's New Clothes", Liu Cong almost went crazy when he heard it, and the hearty laughter spread far away, to the ears of the listeners outside the house, and of course to Mrs. Cai, Mrs. Cai felt a little relieved, and felt that Wang Baoyu was exquisite and trustworthy in everything.

After a few days of crazy play in Liu Cong's mansion, a big event finally happened, one of Liu Cong's cronies came to report that the eldest son Liu Qi, who led 10,000 Jiangxia soldiers, came to the east gate of Xiangyang City, clamoring to enter the city to worship his father.

"I'm going to see my brother." Liu Cong said anxiously.

"Childe, don't go out, there are General Cai's subordinates outside the door." The cronie said quickly.

"Cai Mao, it's really too deceitful, wolf ambition." Liu Cong scolded, but he was helpless.

In this kind of messy time, of course, Wang Baoyu would not run out stupidly, so he persuaded Liu Cong to return, and the two of them were playing in the mansion while waiting for news.

Cai Mao didn't seem to stop the news, and one news after another kept coming, which also indicated that the situation was deteriorating.

Liu Qi led the troops to come, Cai Mao and others naturally did not dare to let him into the city, Liu Qi set up a mourning hall under the city, he was filial piety, and the soldiers cried in unison, and the cry shook the sky for a while, making Cai Mao and others very passive, and a little wolf.

The crying is bearable, there are always times when you are tired of crying, but after Liu Qi cried, he showed a document in public, and it was Liu Biao who wrote a suicide note to make him the lord of Jingzhou!

Cai Mao and the others were immediately shocked, they didn't expect Liu Biao to have already made arrangements for the future, but at this time, they thought that they would not approve of it, so they could only insist that Liu Qi's suicide note was fake, and said that if Liu Qi pestered him again, he would go out of the city to exterminate him.

On the day Wang Baoyu left Fancheng, Liu Bei had already sent Yi to rush to Jiangxia on a fast boat, and handed over the letter of succession to Liu Qi, and told him that Liu Biao had died of illness, and Mrs. Cai not only concealed it from the outside world but also buried Liu Biao on the hill privately, miserable!

Although Liu Qi usually seems weak, but his father's new death and the succession to the throne still made him feel a monstrous anger in his heart, and his heroic spirit doubled for a while, originally when he came to Jiangxia from Xiangyang, he brought 10,000 soldiers and horses, so he took these soldiers and horses and returned to Xiangyang.

Liu Qi first went to Fancheng to worship his father Liu Biao, and then regarded this affectionate and righteous uncle Liu Beizhen as a close relative, and then, after some discussion, he went to Xiangyang.

Just when Cai Mao was thinking about how to get rid of Liu Qi, another wire report came that Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops had gathered on the north bank of the Han River, eyeing the city of Xiangyang in just half a day.

At the same time, news also came from the west gate of Xiangyang, and Zhao Yun, who was stationed in Xinye, also led 5,000 soldiers and horses to arrive!

Besieged from three sides, Cai Mao suddenly panicked, first arranged for the general Wen Ping to guard the west gate, he led the troops to the north gate with Zhang Yun to garrison, and the east gate was left to Deng Yi and Liu Xian.

But Cai Mao is not a capable minister after all, and he often thinks about problems too arbitrarily and takes it for granted. Deng Yi once held the post of Zhizhong, and Liu Xian once held the post of other driver, both of whom were Liu Biao's staff members, and they were both Liu Biao's staff officers, and they had a very close relationship with the dead Li Qi.

Both of them did not approve of the young Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, and when they heard that Liu Qi had a real Jingzhou mandate in his hand, they immediately rebelled.

As soon as Cai Mao arrived at the north gate to observe Liu Bei's movements, Deng Yi and Liu Xian actually opened the east gate, let Liu Qi in, and combined the 10,000 troops led by himself with Liu Qi, but killed them in the city.