Mid-Autumn Festival was originally an extremely beautiful night in the traditional festivals of the Han people.
Just after the scorching heat, the autumn nights begin to become bleak.
In such a sad season, looking at the withered leaves, it is inevitable to feel a bit melancholy in my heart.
But if the family sits together, shares a round moon cake, smells the autumn chrysanthemums in the courtyard and admires the moon, it will be a rare warmth.
During the Three Kingdoms era, there was no tradition of eating mooncakes, but due to the arrival of Ma Chao and the leadership of a celebrity like him, this tradition naturally spread throughout the Han Dynasty.
Liu Biao's pretense on this night was to sit and discuss Taoism, taste cakes and admire the moon.
However, when Liu Bei first walked into the governor's outer mansion, he did not feel the warmth of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion at all.
Instead, he felt the atmosphere of killing everywhere.
Although there were colorful ribbons flying in the pavilions and pavilions, all the servants who came and went were wearing them.
Brand new autumn clothes.
But the groups of Jingzhou Tiger Tooth Cavalry were patrolling, all armed, with swords unsheathed and bows strung, especially the murderous aura they showed while walking, but they couldn't hide it at all.
Especially for a troubled hero like Liu Bei who has a great sense of politics.
He vaguely felt that the atmosphere in the entire Xiangyang County Sheriff's Mansion was like a battlefield where the two armies had already beaten drums and formed their formations.
It was filled with murderous intent.
Just a little spark could ignite a huge flame.
And every step he took after that, he couldn't suppress the strong beating in his heart.
After walking through the gate, there is a large square.
This square covers an extremely large area, and Liu Bei estimated that three thousand soldiers and horses would be enough to charge here.
Fortunately, there was such a long distance, which was enough for Liu Bei to sort out all his worries.
Further back is the Sheriff's Hall.
And just before entering the lobby, when he was ordered to take off his sword, Liu Bei's mood that had finally calmed down began to fluctuate again, and he felt that he was about to lose his only sense of security.
However, the difference between heroes and ordinary people is that when Liu Bei completely took off the sword, he looked at Zhuge Liang's calm and calm eyes behind him, and his heart completely restored peace.
No matter what, tonight, Zhang Fei, a fierce general with ten thousand enemies, will be sitting with him at the table.
Self-protection should be no problem.
Of course, if possible, Liu Bei naturally hopes that his second brother Guan Yu can be by his side.
However, Runan County must be guarded by someone.
Except for Guan Yu, no one in his camp could fit that position.
The lobby was already full of guests, so Liu Bei still found an inconspicuous place to sit down and carefully observed the expressions of the important people in the lobby.
Liu Qi sat on the lower left side with some restraint.
There was a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion tonight, and as the eldest son, he was indeed qualified to sit in that place.
But his pale face and awkward appearance betrayed his uneasiness.
Liu Bei secretly sighed at this.
Although Liu Qi was cowardly and unintelligent, he had developed a somewhat natural sense of crisis after being in the seemingly distant circle of Xiangyang for a long time.
Such people are extremely controllable.
It's a pity that a trembling little white rabbit surrounded by wolves has the pitiful fate of being swallowed up.
Eleven-year-old Liu Cong appeared calm, perhaps because Cai Mao, who was resting with his eyes closed, gave him a sense of security.
Under the favor of Liu Biao and Cai since childhood, Liu Cong has become smart and intelligent, and has a lot of Liu Biao's youthful demeanor.
However, no matter how smart he is, he cannot avoid the fate of becoming a puppet.
Eleven years old is not a good enough age to enter the murky waters of politics.
Most of Liu Bei's eyes were still on Cai Mao.
This powerful figure in Jingzhou had indeed stopped all his actions recently and became dormant.
However, it is also possible that he has already made arrangements and is just waiting for tonight's thunderous event.
Perhaps feeling something in his heart, when Liu Bei's eyes stayed on him for too long, Cai Mao suddenly opened his eyes, then nodded and smiled at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei also smiled back.
Everyone in Jingzhou knew that the two had great conflicts.
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But this did not prevent the two of them from maintaining the most polite and hypocritical etiquette.
There was nothing unusual about the other staff and generals.
They were chatting and laughing, or inviting each other to drink, and most of them were sitting in groups that had already been separated.
Only two brothers, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, sat alone, which made Liu Bei feel a little uneasy: these two men were the biggest contributors to assisting Liu Biao in taking over Jingzhou.
Kuai Liang was the leader of the celebrities in Jingzhou, and all the gentry in Jingzhou looked up to Kuai Liang; and Kuai Yue was a military master.
It was Kuai Yue's idea to hold a banquet to kill the clan traitors.
The death of Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from Jiangdong, was also related to him.
It can be said that the entire Jingzhou is controlled by Liu Biao's reputation and Cai Mao's military power, but the actual control is controlled by the Kuai family.
The silence between the two at this time made Liu Bei feel a kind of oppression that was about to come.
And this kind of oppression can only be seen when things come to a head.
There was no doubt that this night, it was a ground-breaking surprise, and Liu Bei immediately made such a conclusion.
In fact, everyone in the lobby vaguely knew that Liu Biao wanted to use this night to announce the heir to Jingzhou.
However, what they didn't know was that before coming here, Liu Bei also accepted an extremely strange order from Liu Biao.
No matter how you look at it, such an order is beneficial to Liu Bei.
Just when Liu Bei was still wandering in his thoughts, the door of the hall was suddenly pushed open forcefully, and a figure ran in quickly, even staggering a little because he ran so fast.
Liu Bei naturally knew this man.
His name was Pang Ji, who was also a member of the Jingzhou gentry.
He served as chief clerk in Xiangyang and accompanied Kuai Yue to persuade Chen Hu and Zhang Sheng, the Xiangyang rebels.
At this moment, his Confucian robes were scattered and his expression was flustered.
After entering, he walked straight towards Kuai Yue.
He was out of breath, and even the gentle and courteous saintly etiquette of the nobles was forgotten.
Then, he exclaimed something that shocked the whole audience.
"Something big has happened.
Liu Bei's 5,000 cavalry have entered the city.
At this moment, they are changing defenses with the Xiangyang Guards.
The city defense has been taken over by Liu Bei's bandit commander Chen Dao.
The Xiangyang Guards have been ordered to withdraw from the city's military camp." boom This news suddenly sounded like thunder, and the whole audience was shocked and roared.
Liu Bei's most powerful five thousand cavalry enter the city As soon as they heard the news, the first reaction in the minds of many civil servants and generals in the hall was: Could Liu Bei want to seize power?
Liu Bei's 20,000 cavalry are foreign forces.
If there are no other circumstances, it is impossible to enter Xiangyang City without authorization.
Even if foreign troops are dispatched to Xiangyang, they are usually stationed outside the city.
Unless there are special circumstances, such as counterinsurgency, seizing power, or a major coup, foreign troops are never allowed to enter the city.
Not to mention, Liu Bei's army did not obey Liu Biao's command at all.
Therefore, everyone's first reaction was: Something big has happened.
Is Liu Bei going to seize the power of Jingzhou tonight?
Everyone's eyes immediately pierced Liu Bei like blades, especially Pang Ji.
Because he came in a hurry, he didn't see Liu Bei at all.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that the expression on his face was very complicated.
There was both panic and anger behind Liu Bei's shameless behavior.
His mouth could almost fit an egg, but after a while, he didn't even say a word.
What’s interesting is that neither Cai Mao nor the Kuai brothers have any change of color.
Liu Qi and Liu Cong, on the other hand, looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, which was quite ironic, as if the emperor was not anxious and the eunuch was anxious.
Under the complicated gazes of everyone, the whole hall was silent for a moment.
Even Liu Bei, who is extremely good at disguise, felt his palms were slightly sweaty at this moment.
Zhang Fei behind him saw this and took a slight step forward.
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He was about to shout, but was stopped by Zhuge Liang with a goose feather fan.
"I asked Xuande to lead the troops into the city to change the defense."
A person from the back of the hall said, and then everyone turned around and saw Liu Biao walking out wearing a seven-pointed crown and red Zen clothes.
And beside Liu Biao, there was a person slowly following him.
Naturally, it was Cai who never left Liu Biao's side all year round.
In the Han Dynasty, concubines were not allowed to attend such cocktail parties.
Even if she is the first wife, she can only find another seat in the back hall in the end.
Today Liu Biao is tall and tall, with a rosy complexion and full of energy.
It is obvious that he is here for something good.
In addition, he broke the etiquette and brought Cai to attend, which made this Mid-Autumn Festival night feel a bit mysterious and chaotic.
At this moment, Zhuge Liang, who had always been very calm, looked at Liu Biao and couldn't help but let out a low "Huh".
"Commander, why?"
Liu Bei, who had lost all the attention, immediately asked in a low voice with sharp ears.
But at this time, Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, showed an incomprehensible smile, and said lightly: "Nothing."
However, Liu Bei had already seen from Zhuge Liang's eyes before that something was wrong with Liu Biao today
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