Now that Zhang Lin had nothing to hide, he directly named the initiator of the incident.
"Huang Wan Huang Ziyan, Marquis of Yangquan Township?
This is impossible."
When he heard that the other party said that the leader was Huang Wan, Liu Biao was stunned for a moment.
This Huang Wan is not a small character. He was born in the main branch of the Huang family, a prominent family in Jingzhou. He is the great-grandson of Huang Xiang, the famous minister in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the grandson of Taiwei Huang Qiong.
Later, he was imprisoned for more than 20 years due to the scourge of party imprisonment. Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the scourge of party imprisonment was lifted, and Huang Wan was unblocked. Then he made outstanding achievements in pacifying the Yellow Turban and was granted the title of Marquis of Guan Neihou.
After Dong Zhuo entered the customs, he recruited Huang Wan as a disciple, and later he was promoted to Taiwei and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangquan Township. However, after Dong died, Li Jue and Guo Si invaded Chang'an. Later, because of Jia Xu's strategy, all officials of the Han Dynasty were killed.
There were heavy casualties, but I didn't expect that Huang Wan was still alive.
"How is it impossible? Brother Jingsheng is so looking forward to my death?"
Just when Liu Biao didn't believe it, an old man came to them amid the crowd's initial support.
"Who are you?"
Liu Biao was also stunned when he saw the group of people wearing grimace masks in front of him.
"Why, you don't even recognize Huang Wan anymore?"
The person in the middle directly took off the mask on his face, revealing his true face.
"Liu Biao has met Brother Ziyan. I said, whoever is so generous this time, I wouldn't be surprised if it is you."
Sure enough, that person was none other than Huang Wan Huang Ziyan, the Marquis of Yangquan Township. This was so fantastic. A person who everyone thought was dead played such a game of chess in the dark, which really frightened him.
"Jingsheng, I am the one who is trying to discredit you. Although I am the organizer, I am not the one who actually makes the plans."
Huang Wan shook his head, indicating that these were not planned by himself, but by someone else.
"I would like to see who the great talent is."
Hearing this, Liu Biao also became interested. He wanted to know who played such a game of chess.
"Xiang Lang, meet Mr. Liu."
The man next to Huang Wan also directly took off his grimace mask, revealing his true face, but he was a young man in his twenties.
"Xiang Lang?
Xiang Juda?"
Liu Biao was stunned when he heard that Xiang Lang introduced himself to his family. He had also heard the name of this man, and he seemed to have been recommended to be the county magistrate. What he didn't expect was that he was the one who planned everything in front of him.
"It's down there."
Xiang Lang glanced at Liu Biao, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He and Liu Biao had never met before, but they had only been recommended, and he could actually remember him.
"What are you going to do next?
Who else is joining forces?"
Now that it was confirmed that the trader was Xiang Lang, Liu Biao had nothing to say.
"There are many people joining us, including some from famous families, but now we have a big problem that we need adults to help us solve."
Xiang Lang did not answer Liu Biao's question directly, but asked him a rhetorical question.
"what is the problem?"
Now it was Liu Biao's turn to be confused. They could play such a big game, so logically there shouldn't be any problems. He couldn't figure out what exactly he needed to use.
"Cai Mao."
Huang Wan glanced at Liu Biao and directly pointed out the biggest problem they encountered now, Cai Hao.
"You want me to come forward to persuade Cai Hao to surrender?
Let him join us in the uprising?"
Now Liu Biao also understood that the reason why the other party had to push him out was not only for his own identity, but the most important thing was the navy in Cai Mao's hands.
"Yes, we also sent many people to contact Cai Hao during the period, but all of them were killed by Cai Hao without exception, so we can only let you, brother Jingsheng, take action. You are his old superior and you are related to him by marriage.
It’s a courtesy, I believe he will definitely comply with it.”
Huang Wan nodded to Liu Biao, that's what they thought. Now Zang Ba's Xuzhou Army is stationed in Jiangxia, and Cai Mao's navy is stationed in Jiangling. These two armies are their biggest threats after the uprising.
"Aren't you afraid that if I go over and be detained by Cai Degui, all your arrangements will be in vain?"
Liu Biao glanced at Xiang Lang. If all this was arranged by this young man, then this person would be in trouble.
"No, I just need you to write a letter and bring a token. I believe Cai Mao will not refuse. After all, you and he are on the same boat. If you rebel, Cai Mao will also be suspected by Yuan Shu. He will definitely be jealous of others."
Raise troops, don’t worry about this.”
Xiang Lang smiled slightly. He was not afraid of Liu Biao's worries at all. Everyone knew that Liu Biao and Cai Mao were related by marriage. In such a relationship, as long as one rebels, the other will not be spared. The solution can only be to end up together and move forward together.
"Okay, I understand, I'll write it now."
Liu Bian has no choice now. He can only hope that Cai Mao will not commit the crime and can still persist in himself. Otherwise, the Cai family may become history.
Soon Liu Biao wrote a letter, then took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Xiang Lang.
"Okay, sir, please follow us to Xiangyang. As long as we have reached an agreement with Cai Mao, we will start trouble immediately."
Xiang Lang hugged Liu Biao, and then arranged for people to go to Jiangling to find Cai Mao.
"We are going to Xiangyang under our current identities?"
Hearing Xiang Lang say that he was going to Xiangyang, Liu Biao was stunned again. He originally thought that he would wait here for the uprising, but he didn't expect that the other party actually said that he was going to Xiangyang?
"Yes, we went to Xiangyang. After Yuan Shu captured Jingzhou, he changed his administrative center to Wancheng. However, Xiangyang is the place where you worked hard, so we also regard Xiangyang as the place where you will make a comeback.
Zhou Mao, the current governor of Xiangyang, was once a disciple of Master Huang Wan. When he heard that Master Liu Biao was preparing to take up the banner of anti-Yuan and reorganize the Han family, he already agreed to join us.
So now is the perfect time for us to go to Xiangyang."
Xiang Lang directly told them their arrangement. Even before Liu Biao agreed to rebel with them, he started to contact Liu Biao by pulling his tiger skin.
It was true for Zhou Mao, and it was true for Cai Mao, but one of them chose to go along, and the other chose to refuse.
"Okay, then let's go to Xiangyang."
Hearing this, Liu Biao could only choose to follow them to Xiangyang, to the place where he once called the wind and rain and dominated the world.
After a day of government affairs, Kuai Liang returned to his state pastoral office, his eyes full of exhaustion. It turned out that Kuai Yue was the leader and he was the second, just like he was in Jingzhou.
But now that Kuai Yue has been promoted to the prime minister of the province, and he himself is in charge of Qingzhou, it is indeed tiring.
"Um?"
Kuai Liang saw Kuai Yue's token appearing on his table, and he immediately knew that his elder brother's people were coming.
"Go on, no one is allowed to come within a hundred steps of the study without my instructions."
Since the eldest brother's token appeared and no one was seen, he must be afraid that others would find it, so Kuai Liang directly ordered his servants to stay away from his study.
"promise."
Soon, the sound of patrolling footsteps gradually faded away, and Kuai Liang also glanced around.
"Come out, I know you can hear me."
As soon as Kuai Liang's voice appeared, a figure appeared behind him.
"Second Master."
Kuai Chen knelt directly in front of Kuai Liang.
"Kuai Chen?
Why are you here?"
Seeing that the person coming turned out to be Kuai Yue's dead soldier Kuai Chen, Kuai Liang was also stunned. With Kuai Chen here, something big must have happened.
"The master has a letter for me to give to you."
After saying this, Kuai Chen took out a bamboo tube, and what was sealed inside was the autographed letter written by Kuai Yue to Kuai Liang.
"What happened to the letter?"
Kuai Liang looked at the bamboo pipe in front of him and couldn't help feeling nauseous. He knew where the bamboo pipe was hidden, but it was precisely because of this that he proved the importance of this letter.
"Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng proposed to His Majesty that he go to Shanyang to pay homage to his ancestors, which caused a confrontation in the court.
The Grand Master and Lord Tian Toyota, the Prime Minister of Shangshu Province, suggested that Liu Biao worship his ancestors on the spot, while Guo Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Lord Jushou, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, supported Liu Biao in returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
In the end, His Majesty made the decision, believing that worshiping ancestors is in line with the three moral principles and principles, so he agreed to Liu Biao's request."
When Kuai Chen saw Kuai Liang not taking the bamboo tube, he understood the meaning and immediately opened the bamboo tube to reveal the letter wrapped inside.
"Okay, I understand."
Kuai Liang then took the letter from Kuai Chen and looked at it carefully.
"I see."
After Kuai Liang read the letter, he finally understood the reason for this farce in the court. It turned out that it was all an act, and a group of ministers were acting for outsiders to see. It was enough.
The reason why Kuai Yue wrote the letter was actually for no other reason than that he was afraid that he would be deceived by the drama they put on without knowing what was going on.
Once Liu Biao's side intensifies, and someone uses Liu Biao's name to contact Kuai Liang, an old minister, don't let him get hot-headed and do anything outrageous, it will be over by then.
"Kuai Chen."
Kuai Liang glanced at Kuai Chen and directly called his name.
"exist."
Kuai Chen knelt down on one knee again and saluted Kuai Liang.
"You return to Jizhou immediately and tell my elder brother that Kuai Liang understands everything."
Kuai Liang's reply was very simple, just a few words.
"promise."
After hearing Kuai Liang's words, Kuai Chen didn't stop, he stood up and ran out of the house, and disappeared into the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion after a few twists and turns.
A few days later, Liu Biao arrived in Xiangyang, and the atmosphere in Jingzhou became subtle again. Bandits appeared on a large scale in various places, causing people in Jingzhou to panic.
Among them, only two places had the least banditry, one was Jiangxia where Zang Ba was stationed, and the other was Jiangling where Cai Mao's navy was stationed.
"General, there have been more and more bandits recently, and everywhere is suffering misery. Zhang Fang, the prefect of Wancheng, has asked us several times to send troops north to help them quell the banditry in Nanyang."
A school captain came to Zang Ba's side with the battle report that had just arrived from Wancheng.
"Tell Zhang Fang that there is no waste in the Chinese Empire. If Wancheng cannot solve the problem, let those who can solve the problem go into battle. As for my troops, they will not go north to support him."
Zang Ba couldn't help but frown when he heard the captain's words. Bandit troubles occurred in various places. This was not normal at all. Without even thinking about it, he knew that there must be a mixture of truth and falsehood. There were rebels and real bandits.
They did this first to disrupt the order of Jingzhou and make the people lose heart towards China, so that they could start the uprising logically. Then, they did this to mobilize their own troops to suppress bandits everywhere and consume their strength.
Therefore, Zang Ba will not be fooled by the enemy. As long as he sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, stays in Jiangxia and does not move, and remains unchanged in response to all changes, then it will be the opponent who panics.
"is this okay?
The other party is as good as the governor of a county."
The captain glanced at Zang Ba and couldn't help showing a hint of embarrassment. After all, he is the governor of Nanyang. Is it really okay for you to be so ruthless?
"I don't care whether the prefect is not guarding it or not. This is the rule of the Jizhou Army in the past and the rule of the Chinese Empire now. Those who are capable should be promoted and those who are mediocre should be demoted. If Zhang Fang cannot do it, I will immediately write to your majesty to remove the governor of Nanyang.
