The side hall was already filled with civil and military officials.
The civil officials, led by Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, and the military generals, led by Cai Mao, all blocked the hall.
As soon as Liu Biao died, many of the officials panicked. Such a sudden incident shocked the officials of Chu State, large and small, and at the same time they felt the coming of a storm.
Li Gui was very angry and said loudly: "My lord died in an unknown manner, we must investigate thoroughly, thoroughly investigate!"
Immediately, Han Song stood up and said to Kuai Liang: "Kuai Gong, you are my lord's loyal minister. It is your duty to investigate the matter of my lord's murder. You cannot relax!"
"enough!"
Suddenly, Liu Xian stood up and shouted loudly.
Historically, Liu Xian was Liu Biao's assistant, and later surrendered to Cao Cao, and finally became the Minister of Wei. He was a powerful figure in Cao Wei. Now Liu Xian serves under Liu Biao, and is highly regarded by Liu Biao, and has considerable power, second only to Kuai Liang and
Kuai Yue. When he shouted loudly, Li Gui, Han Song and others did not dare to chatter incessantly.
Liu Xian waved his sleeves and said with a serious face: "My lord died suddenly, and we are extremely worried. However, a snake cannot be without a head, and a country cannot be without a king. What we need to do now is to deal with the funeral, and at the same time confirm that the eldest son will succeed the lord."
We must establish our foundation and stabilize the situation in Xiangyang before we have time to investigate the cause of our lord's death. What's more, when the Shu army comes to kill, the Cao family and the Sun family are like wolves and tigers, so we must be cautious!"
With these words, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
After hearing this, the officials all thought it was reasonable.
Kuai Liang frowned and said: "Shizong (named Liu Xian), I have arranged for the servants to inform the two young masters, and invite the eldest son Qi and the second son Cong to come to the palace to worship the lord. Then the general order will be decided.
The eldest son Qi succeeded to the throne of Chu." Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, and Liu Cong is Liu Biao's second son.
At this time, Liu Qi was already in his twenties and fully capable of inheriting Liu Biao's legacy.
Not only that, Liu Qi and Liu Biao looked very similar, and they were handsome and decisive. Liu Biao liked Liu Qi very much, so Liu Qi had a high reputation among the civil and military officials under Liu Biao.
As for Liu Cong, he was still a boy under ten years old and could not inherit the inheritance.
Historically, Liu Cong inherited the foundation because Liu Cong married the Cai family and married a niece of the Cai family. Therefore, Liu Biao's second wife, Cai, preferred Liu Cong and joined forces with Zhang Yun and others to control the situation. But now Liu Biao does not
Marrying Cai's daughter as his wife, Liu Cong and Liu Qi are also brothers and sisters. They have a good relationship and there is no competition for position.
In this way, all officials recognized Liu Qi as taking over Liu Biao's position.
Kuai Yue and Liu Xian made the final decision, and the officials in the palace quickly settled down and stopped making noise.
Half an hour later, there was still no news.
Liu Xian asked: "Zirou, are you sure you really sent someone to inform the two young masters?"
Kuai Yue cupped his hands and replied: "Indeed!"
Liu Xian frowned and suddenly said loudly: "No, the lord has been killed, so the two young masters are not in danger. Degui, you immediately lead the troops to protect the two young masters and escort them to the palace."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Cai Mao did not hesitate and immediately went out to the palace.
The situation is critical and there is no room for any delay. The sooner you go, the more confident you will be.
However, Cai Hao walked out. As soon as he stepped out of the palace threshold, a chamberlain hurried in. The chamberlain had a sad face, as if his parents were dead. He had other things on his mind.
, didn’t notice Cai Hao coming out at all, so he didn’t stop and bumped into Cai Hao directly.
"boom!"
Cai Mao was caught off guard and knocked to the ground.
The chamberlain screamed and fell backwards, sprawled on the ground.
"Asshole!"
Cai Hao stood up, put on the Jinxian crown on his head, arranged his clothes, and shouted: "How do you walk? Are you blind? How can you be so panicked?" Cai Hao still had to go to pick up Liu Qi and Liu Cong from the palace.
, did not argue with the waiter, cursed a few words, then got up and went out to the main hall.
The chamberlain got up, apologized to Cai Mao repeatedly, and then said, "Oh no, something big has happened again."
When Cai Mao heard this, his body stiffened and suddenly stopped where he was.
He stared at the waiter, feeling something bad in his heart.
The chamberlain said intermittently: "Two young gentlemen, these two young gentlemen were assassinated on the way to the palace. They died on the spot. Their bodies are now parked outside the palace."
"boom!!"
The chamberlain's intermittent words were like thunder from the sky.
For a moment, the hall first fell into a deep silence, and then suddenly burst into a burst of crying and screaming. Liu Qi and Liu Cong were killed, which simply killed Liu Biao's entire body.
"What should I do? The eldest son and the second son are both dead. Will heaven destroy our country of Chu?"
"We must find out the murderer of the lord, the eldest son and the second son. After catching the murderer, we must cut him into five pieces and execute him in Lingchi. It's hateful, hateful!"
"The State of Chu is in danger, the State of Chu is in danger!"
…
All the officials, whether they were old officials or young officials, burst into tears. On the one hand, they were sad that Liu Biao died without an heir, and on the other hand, they were worried about their future. Cai Mao came back with a solemn expression and a deep voice.
Asked: "Yidu, Zirou, Shizong, you are the head of the civil service, what should we do now?"
Cai Mao was also very worried. The person who took action was too ruthless. He not only murdered Liu Biao, but also killed Liu Qi and Liu Cong in public, cutting off the heir to Jingzhou.
Liu Xian said: "First, collect the bodies of the lord, the eldest son and the second son and prepare them for burial."
Immediately, he looked at Kuai Liang and asked, "Zirou, what do you think we should do?"
When he asked the question, Yi Ji stood up and said loudly: "Masters, please listen to me. The King of Chu passed away, and the eldest son and the second son were killed. As Brother Shizong said, the country cannot live without a day.
Sir, when arranging the affairs of the King of Chu, you must choose the candidate to succeed the king of Chu, otherwise the Chu country will be in turmoil and the situation will be uncontrollable!"
Kuai Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, a coldness flashed in his eyes, and asked: "Uncle Ji, who do you think can succeed?"
Yi Ji said solemnly: "If the eldest son and the second son are still there, of course the heirs of King Chu will succeed him, but now that King Chu has been killed, no one will succeed him. Therefore, we can only choose a virtuous and benevolent person to succeed us.
I heard that King Liu Bei of Han is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he has always been highly regarded by the King of Chu. They are both called brothers. I think King Liu Bei of Han can inherit the throne of the country."
After Yi Ji finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the palace.
Cai Mao, Liu Xian, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang looked at each other with solemn expressions on their faces.
The four of them did not speak. Someone in the hall had already submitted a letter. Yang Yi raised his hand and said, "I think Liu Bei, the King of Han, can take over as King of Chu. This will be of great benefit to the stability of Chu State."
Immediately afterwards, Fu Xun also said: "I second the proposal and agree that the King of Han will take over."
Wang Wei then said: "I also agree and recognize Liu Bei's succession."
As soon as Yi Ji spoke, Yang Yi, Fu Xun, Wang Wei, Han Song and others agreed that Liu Bei should take over. However, these people all have one thing in common, they all have little power, and even only have one official position and no real power.
Liu Xian's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice: "This is a serious matter and we must be cautious. From today on, Xiangyang will be under martial law to avoid any abnormality. General Cai, you immediately take over the military power in the city, close the city gates, and be responsible for the safety of Xiangyang."
After finishing speaking, Liu Xian looked at Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang and asked: "Yidu, Zirou, what do you think of this?"
Kuai Liang said: "That's exactly what it should be!"
Kuai Yue also held up his hands and said, "Shi Zong did it right!"
After Cai Mao received the order, he hurriedly left the hall. Yi Ji had no right to refute, he could only admit that a solemn expression flashed across his face and his brows wrinkled slightly.
Yi Ji's expression was all noticed by Kuai Yue and others.
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