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At the same time when Wang Ji reported to Liu Biao secretly, in Kuai Mansion in Xiangyang, Kuai Yue and his brother Kuai Liang were discussing the current situation.

Kuai Liang was in poor health and lived in his old house in Zhonglu County most of his time. This time, Liu Biao celebrated his birthday and also gave him an invitation to Kuai Liang. More importantly, the situation in Jingzhou is now complicated, and for the benefit of the family, Kuai Yue also hopes that his brother will help him.

"Is it unlikely that my brother will make Liu Qi the world?" Kuai Liang asked worriedly. Liu Qi is his son-in-law. If he cannot make the world, it will have a great impact on him.

Kuai Yue sighed, "I knew Mr. Qi was not good at first. In May, Mr. Qi hoped to return to Xiangyang to work, but was rejected by the governor of the state. This time, Mr. Qi, as the head, did not even have the qualifications to participate in the preparation. This shows that his status is worrying. At least I am 80% sure that Liu Biao is preparing to make Liu Cong the world."

Kuai Liang was silent, and after a while, he said, "What should I do with the Kuai family?"

"That's why I invited my brother."

Kuai Yue smiled and said, "Frankly speaking, I want to increase my support for Liu Jing. If the East is not bright in the West and Liu Qi cannot help him, we will instead support Liu Jing. I believe he will not disappoint us."

"I can understand my brother's idea and support him with all his strength, but... what does this have to do with me?" Kuai Liang asked in confusion.

"I talked with Liu Jing today and pointed out his biggest disadvantage now, that is, there is no effective official old finger around him, which has made him make many mistakes, so..."

When Kuai Yue said this, he looked at his brother with anticipation. Kuai Liang suddenly understood what his brother meant, "You mean, let me assist Liu Jing."

Kuai Yue nodded, "For me, or for the Kuai family, there is no more suitable candidate than his brother. We support him at critical moments. I believe that with his ability, he will definitely replace Liu Cong and Liu Qi and become the lord of Jingzhou."

Kuai Liang walked a few steps behind his back. The news came very suddenly, making him unprepared. But Kuai Liang was broad-minded. He was considering not only overnight benefits, but longer, even the family's annual interests.

He frowned and asked hesitantly: "But have you ever thought about how long will Cao Cao go south and Liu Jing is the anti-Cao faction. Is it in the interests of our family to support him?"

Kuai Yue laughed, "Of course I have considered that we support Liu Jing's lord of Jingzhou and prevent the Cai family from taking over the throne, but we do not support him in resisting Cao. Judging from Liu Biao's physical condition, he has at most two years. I believe that before Cao Cao's army goes south, Jingzhou will definitely change its lord. If Liu Cong ascends the throne and the Cai family is in power, that is the beginning of the disaster of the Kuai family. And I also get a piece of news that Jiangdong may also support Liu Jing."

Kuai Liang's eyes showed a strange look and said with a smile: "Maybe my information is not well-informed, but it seems a bit unreasonable for Jiangdong to support Liu Jing, nor does it suit Jiangdong's interests. I think Jiangdong's support for Liu Cong is more in line with their national policy of seizing Jingzhou."

"I don't know only one thing, not the other. When Jiangdong faces the Cao army's large-scale move south, they must hope that the Lord of Jingzhou will be a firm anti-Cao faction. I have received the exact news. Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Chaisang the day after the end of the Battle of Chaisang to discuss the way of reconciliation. This shows Jiangdong's attitude towards Liu Jing, and I believe that they will sooner or later become an alliance."

Kuai Yue finally convinced Kuai Liang. Kuai Liang thought for a long time and then happily agreed, "Since my brother is so confident, I can follow my brother's arrangements to assist Liu Jing, but what identity do I use to go to Jiangxia?"

When Kuai Yue saw his brother agreeing, he was overjoyed and stroked his beard and smiled: "I have arranged my brother's identity. Liu Jing will build a college in Jiangxia. Let's be the head of the institute."

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The winter rain in Xiangyang is still falling finely, but at night, a little colder added to the raindrops, making the winter rain half-ice and half-condensed, particularly cold. Whether in Xiangyang or Fancheng, the streets are deserted and there are few pedestrians.

When the Wangjiang Tavern was about to close, Lu Ji finally walked out of the tavern. Two followers followed him closely. Lu Ji lived in Fancheng and he had to cross the river by boat. But Lu Ji was a little drunk tonight. When the cold wind blew, he was drunk and started to stagger. The two followers quickly supported him from the side.

"I'm fine"

He pushed away the two entourages, suddenly rushed to the side, squatted down and vomited, and the two entourages gently patted his back.

At this moment, a carriage suddenly stopped when they were killed. Several men in black rushed out of the carriage, as fast as an eagle, pressing Lu Ji and two entourages to the ground. The two entourages resisted desperately and were stabbed to death by random knives. Lu Ji was caught in the carriage and quickly disappeared into the dark rainy night together with the corpse.

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Although Liu Biao ordered in the second year of Jian'an that no private prisons were allowed in Jingzhou, each big family had their own solutions, and the Cai family was no exception.

The Cai family set up a punishment room in the Sword Hall to punish students who violated the rules and regulations. But in fact, this so-called punishment room is the Cai family's private prison, with dungeons underground and special guards.

It was just dark, and in the cold drizzle, a carriage slowly drove into the Cai Sword Hall under the escort of the rest of the people. The Sword Hall was very deserted at night, and there was no student who practiced martial arts.

The carriage stopped in front of a house, and Cai Mao and Huang She walked down one after another. At this time, a black shadow came up and bowed and said, "See the head of the family."

"Thank you for your hard work"

Cai Mao praised a few words and asked again: "Where is he now?"

The black shadow is Lei Heng, the general of the Cai family. He led his subordinates to arrest Lu Ji. In the darkness, he bowed and replied, "Report to the head of the family, he is now detained in the dungeon, but he has drunk too much wine and is still a little confused."

Lei Heng respectfully presented another letter to Cai Mao, "This is the letter he received, it was a handwritten letter written by Sun Quan to Pang Degong."

Cai Mao took the letter, but did not read it, but asked Lei Heng: "Will someone be discovered when he was arrested?"

"No, both of his followers were killed, very neatly."

At this time, Huang She, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but say, "Uncle Shi might as well read the letter first."

Cai Mao glanced at him and said lightly: "Nephew, don't worry, everything will come."

Huang Xie blushed, cursing in her heart, and she didn't dare to say anything. Cai Mao opened the letter, and his subordinates quickly brought the lantern forward. Cai Mao read it roughly. It was Sun Quan's letter of recruitment to Pang Degong.

But Cai Mao did not care about the content of the letter. He only cared about the letter being written by Sun Quan, which was crucial to his plan.

He raised his letter and couldn't help but smile proudly: "With this letter and Lu Ji, Liu Jing can't escape this disaster."

Huang She snorted coldly, "That's what Lu Ji needs to cooperate, is he willing?"

Yesterday, Huang She first met Cai Mao, and she had a little bit of a younger attitude, but today his younger attitude was a little less, and the captain's tone was a little more, so he was less polite when talking to Cai Mao, which made Cai Mao feel a little dissatisfied.

Cai Mao said disdainfully in a sarcastic tone: "What are you young people who are studying the school most? Tell you, afraid of beating, fear of death, and fear of loss of reputation. Do you believe it or not? Lu Ji will bow his head tonight and cooperate with me."

Seeing that Huang Sho looked disbelief, Cai Mao snorted coldly, waved his hand, "Go and take a look."

The group followed Cai Mao into the house. Huang She hesitated and followed him in.

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In the sword hall exercise venue, which is away from the punishment room, Cai Jinzheng rode a horse to train and kill. Tomorrow morning is the day when he and Liu Jing competed for the second time, and he was very nervous.

Although tomorrow's competition is not promoted in advance and there are very few people who know it. It can be said that it is a private contest between the two of them. Even if they lose, there is no need to worry about their reputation being damaged.

But Cai Jin was still uneasy. He knew very well the difference between him and Liu Jing. He heard from his master that Liu Jing no longer used a gun, but a long halberd made of fine steel weighing 70 kilograms, while his golden-backed lancet weighed only 50 kilograms, and the difference between the two was twenty kilograms, which meant that they were no longer on the same level.

The master told him frankly that he was definitely not Liu Jing's opponent. Although he had the realization that he would lose, he could not break his promise in the competition he had agreed to in the past. Cai Jin had never been a person who was untrustworthy. Even if he agreed ten years ago, he would keep his promise and even knowing that he would lose, he would still fight with Liu Jing.

But at this time, Cai Jin's pressure not only came from Liu Jing, but also from the family. The head of the family issued an order, strictly prohibiting him from competing with Liu Jing tomorrow, otherwise he would be severely punished. The pressure of the family and the gap in martial arts were heavily pressed in his heart, making him a little short of heroic spirit.

He considered whether to cancel tomorrow's competition with Liu Jing for an afternoon and directly admitted defeat. He could not beat him anyway, but Cai Jin did not make this decision in the end, so he still came to the sword hall to prepare for the battle.

Cai Jin urged the horse to gallop, and the long sword waved, and the sword flashed and murderous intent suddenly. The sword technique made the magic disappear. Finally, he shouted loudly and chopped a wooden stake with one knife. Cai Jin put away the long sword and stared at the wooden stake that was split into pieces. He couldn't help but sigh secretly. He could split into pieces last year. For more than a year, no matter how hard he tried, he had no progress.

"elder brother"

A young Cai family brother rushed over and said excitedly: "The head of the family has also come to the martial arts hall."

Cai Jin was shocked. Could it be that the head of the family came to trouble him? "Where is he now?" Cai Jin asked nervously.

"It seems like I'm going to the punishment room."

This made Cai Jin a little strange. The head of the family never goes to the punishment room. Is there any important person he locked up now?

"Brother, I heard that I was arrested and locked up in the basement of the punishment room. I don't know who it is."

Cai Jin nodded, "Is Cai Yi here?"

The reason why he was interested in Cai Yi was because Cai Yi kept asking him for trouble. Cai Jin knew very well that if Cai Yi was not here, the head of the family would not ask about him tonight.

"Cai Yi didn't see it, but I saw Huang Sho."

"Yellow Shoot" Cai Jin was stunned, "Huang Zu's Yellow Shoot"

"It was him, I saw him and the head of the family and entered the punishment room together."

Cai Jin was surprised. Didn’t Huang She disappear on the battlefield? Zhou Mu also offered a reward of 50,000 yuan to find Huang She’s whereabouts.

Why did he suddenly be with the head of the family? Cai Jin was puzzled and whispered to the Cai brother: "Take me to see."

"Brother comes with me. I know I can hide in a place, but they can't find it."
Chapter completed!