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On the north bank of the Han River, Fa Zheng looked at the ships traveling across the river with great worries. He had completed the mission of serving Cao's army and went south, but at this time he didn't know how to get a job with Liu Zhang when he went back.

Cao Cao's ridicule and disdain made him feel very embarrassed. He didn't even have a reply, so he just left a sentence and asked Liu Zhang to come to see him. In other words, he asked Liu Zhang to surrender.

After all, Cao Cao's arrogance and rudeness were completely blamed by Liu Zhang. His servility would certainly make people look down upon him even more, and even Fa Zheng was full of contempt.

At this time, a follower asked in a low voice: "Person Fa, should we go to Shangyong or cross the river?"

This time they went on an envoy from Hanzhong. When Shangyong came to Fancheng, Fa Zheng pondered and said nothing. Since Cao Cao refused his lord's request for peace, could Bashu reach an alliance with Jingzhou and resist Cao's army and go south together, at least he could give the lord an explanation.

Thinking of this, Fa Zheng immediately said to his followers: "Go to Xiangyang and have a look and learn about the situation."

Everyone turned their horses and headed westward. It was impossible to cross the river from Fancheng south. The Jiangxia navy blocked the river surface, and there were no ferries in Fancheng. But Fa Zheng and the others knew that in the Dengxian Wharf area to the west, some boatmen secretly crossed the river at a high price. When they came to Fancheng, they found such a ferry.

At night, Fa Zheng and his party found two high-priced small boats to collect passengers in Wuhuaipo, just inside and outside the west of Dengxian Wharf, crossed the Han River in batches and rushed towards Xiangyang City.

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There was already a storm in Xiangyang City. The news that Cao Cao led a 500,000 army south and was about to strait Xiangyang had already spread throughout the city, causing panic inside and outside Xiangyang City. The Xiangyang garrison and Xiangyang officials began to mobilize the people of Xiangyang to retreat east to Jiangxia.

This time, ten major families in Xiangyang, including the Cai family, Kuai family and Pang family, also began to evacuate. The whole city of Xiangyang City was evacuated. Although there were crowds of people on the dock of Xiangyang, the evacuation was not chaotic. The government and the army arranged in advance, and each household had a ship sign, and the ship sign had its own ship number.

Therefore, tens of thousands of people lined up on the dock, each with a prescribed ship, which was crowded and noisy without losing order.

At this time, Liu Jing also appeared on the dock to inspect the evacuation of the people in Xiangyang. Xiangyang Commander Huo Jun accompanied Liu Jing to inspect, "This time, the people in Xiangyang City, but also evacuated at the same time," he said.

"They got news, too."

"It was Cai Shou who went to various counties to mobilize. Unlike in the past, this time almost all the counties fled."

Huo Jun pointed to the thousands of people who had just come from not far away and said, "Those people came from Zhonglu County."

When Liu Jing saw thousands of people coming, the originally orderly dock suddenly became chaotic. Thousands of people carried large bags, supported the elderly and the young, cried and called their parents, some made a big fuss, and some even made a fuss at will to cause a fight, causing chaos on the dock.

Liu Jing frowned and asked, "Aren't they evacuated from Lu Cong?"

"Only a small part of them evacuated from the land, and most of the rest rushed to Xiangyang Wharf and asked to evacuate with the ship."

Huo Jun smiled bitterly and said, "The benefits of evacuating with a boat are obvious. They can save the hardship of long distances, bring more money and food, so they basically come."

Seeing that the wharf was getting more and more chaotic, Liu Jing was worried that something would happen, so he said to Huo Jun: "You go and sort out the order and separate Xiangyang from other counties to avoid conflict."

Huo Jun was already anxious, and he hurried away with a cuss. At this time, a large ship of two thousand stones was docked, and the hull was written with huge charcoal on its body. Several people around him rushed up together. The queues were already lined up, and everyone was rushing to squeeze onto the boat, and the cries were heard.

Liu Jing couldn't help but shake his head. At this time, a soldier brought a man forward, "Saint Master, this person is the Cai family brother, I say I have something to come to you."

Liu Jing glanced at him. It was vaguely Cai Jin's brother. He had seen him once before, "What's wrong with you when you ask me?"

"The villain Cai Yuan is Cai Jin's brother. There is something my grandfather ordered me to tell the Zhou Mu."

He stepped forward and whispered a few times. Liu Jing was stunned and asked quickly: "Where is she now?"

Cai Yuan pointed to the southwest corner, "I saw her in that corner just now, but I don't know if she is still there."

"I get it, I'll go and have a look."

Liu Jing turned around and took dozens of soldiers to urge the horse to go to the southwest corner. In a deserted corner of the southwest corner, two lonely young women stood, holding a small bag in their hands, and staring at the big ship with confusion. It was Cai Shaoyu and her maid.

Cai Mao retreated in a hurry, except for Cai Yi, the rest of his family did not take him away. Cai Mao had a daughter, one of whom died early, and the other followed Zhang Yun and surrendered to Cao Cao. The original wife died of illness the year before yesterday, and her current wife was married later.

In fact, he only had one daughter in Xiangyang, namely Cai Shaoyu. A few months ago, Cai Shaoyu was also the wife of Liu Cong, the governor of Jingzhou, and the daughter of Cai Mao, and had a high status. However, as Cai Mao went to Cao Cao in northern China, Liu Cong and Mrs. Cai were sent to Yecheng for retirement, Cai Shaoyu's status also changed drastically.

Cai Shaoyu lives in the Cai family, but no one in the Cai family pays attention to her and avoids it like a plague, for fear of being implicated by her. Although Cai Xun ordered the housekeeper to send money and food on time to make her have enough food and clothing, she was actually isolated by the Cai family.

The dramatic changes in the Cai family made Cai Shaoyu suffer from the coldness of the world. She became silent and refused to say a word to the Cai family. This time she retreated from Jiangxia in the east, and the Cai family also followed her evacuation. Liu Jing ordered a separate Thousand Stone ship for the Cai family, loaded with property and several Cai clans, and directly entered Tanxi from Caili, then entered the Han River, avoiding the hustle and bustle on the Xiangyang Wharf.

But Cai Shaoyu acted stubborn and refused to travel with the Cai family. She packed up a bag and took a boat with her maid. At this time, facing the chaos on the Xiangyang pier, she was also confused, and she didn't know where to go.

She didn't want to go to Xuchang to join her father. She hated her from the bottom of her heart. Her father married her to Liu Cong, which ruined her life. She wouldn't go to Yecheng to join Liu Cong. Although that man was her nominal husband, they had already broken off their affection.

She didn't know where she went. The reason why she was hesitant on the dock was because she had another place in her heart, that was to go to Jiangxia to join her cousin Cai Jin, who was the only brother who cared for her and even loved her more than her brother. She was also the only brother who firmly opposed her marriage to Liu Cong at the time.

"Girl, let's queue up, we can never get on the boat here." The maid next to him whispered.

Cai Shaoyu looked at the chaotic crowd, and she shook her head, "Wait a minute." She didn't want to get in the crowd and crowded onto the boat.

At this moment, dozens of cavalrymen rushed to the distance, slamming the war horses in front of Cai Shaoyu, and the person who was Liu Jing.

"Miss Cai, it's been a long time since I saw you," Liu Jing said with a smile on his face.

They have not met for four years. The last time they met was in Liu Biao's study. Cai Shaoyu was chased by Liu Cong. Liu Cong grabbed her hair and was rescued by Liu Jing. In a blink of an eye, Cai Shaoyu was also a 20-year-old young woman.

Cai Shaoyu didn't expect to see Liu Jing here. She felt sad and bowed, "The people's women meet the state governor."

Liu Jing heard that she called herself a folk girl, but when she saw that she was not wearing any makeup, dressed simply, and was holding a small cloth bag in her hand, looking very lonely and helpless. She couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in her heart, and then asked with a smile: "Miss Cai is going to Jiangxia?"

Cai Shaoyu bit her lips and nodded silently. Liu Jing turned around and looked at the crowded and chaotic abortion, and smiled and said, "Why not take my boat?"

Cai Shaoyu hesitated for a moment, lowered her head and said, "I can go by myself."

Liu Jing saw that she was in conflict. She wanted to go with her, but the reserve in the woman's heart made her unable to pull this side. Liu Jing said softly: "There is my concubine Xiao Bao Niang on the boat, which is the one that Bao in the past. You have seen her. You can live with her and she will take good care of you."

Cai Shaoyu suddenly became extremely weak inside. She no longer had the courage to refuse, so she nodded and agreed, "Thank you, Mr. Jing."

Liu Jing immediately ordered two personal soldiers to take Cai Shaoyu to his boat. Liu Jing looked at her back and walked away and couldn't help but sigh secretly. No matter how turbulent the situation is, women are always the last victim.

At this time, a general of Huo Jun ran over on his horse and said on his horse clasped his fists: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, we patrol the ward to catch a group of suspicious people, who claimed to be the envoys of Bashu and passed through Xiangyang."

Liu Jing suddenly became interested. He was actually an envoy from Bashu. He immediately asked: "Where are these people?"

"They have been taken to Xiangyang City and in the county yamen"

Liu Jing immediately turned his horse and ran towards Xiangyang City. Dozens of cavalry followed him and rushed into Xiangyang City.

At this time, Xiangyang City was already empty, with empty houses and streets everywhere. The evacuation of Xiangyang City had lasted for a long time. In addition to a few elderly people who were unwilling to leave their homes, the last group of migrants also flocked to the dock.

There are still 10,000 troops in Xiangyang City, and there are still more officials in the county and county government offices, who will evacuate in the end.

When Liu Jing came to the county government office, he saw more than twenty war horses tied to the horse pile outside the county government office. A group of people sat on the steps and were taken care of by soldiers. Liu Jing turned over and dismounted, and a military marquis stepped forward to report: "Qi Bizhou Governor, the envoy is in the hall, these are his followers."

Liu Jing nodded and quickly walked into the lobby. In the inner hall, Fa was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and he just wanted to see the current situation in Xiangyang, but he didn't expect that he was intercepted by the Jiangxia army patrol patrol ten miles away from Xiangyang City and directly escorted them into the city.

Fa Zheng felt a little regretful, and in this way, he would likely reveal the secret contact between Liu Zhang and Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!