Chapter 142 Exploration

"Is the young lady going to move in with the eldest son?"

Da Qiao was stunned by this, and then woke up. First, his face turned red and then scolded, "What are you talking about! Hurry up and prepare."

The maid turned pale with fear and hurried to prepare. Before long, she saw more than a dozen maids come into the room to pack up.

Liu Qi got up and said, "Let's go first. Just leave it here for them to clean up."

Big Joe gave a hum and pulled Xiao Qiao out of the room to follow Liu Qi. The two maids behind her lowered their heads and followed closely.

Before long, several people had come outside Liu Qi's room. Liu Qi turned around and pointed to a room next to him and said to the two maids behind him, "Go and clean up this room and let them move things inside later. In the future, your young lady will live here."

The two maids answered softly and both entered the room.

Liu Qi just turned around and looked at Da Qiao and said, "Go in first and have a rest." After saying that, he opened the door and walked in. Big Joe pulled little Joe and followed him into the room.

Although Liu Qi went on an expedition, he was not a lost person. Although the room was a little messy, it was very organized. If it was really messy, Liu Qi did not dare to take the two women into the room.

On the deck, Gan Ning and the three were deploying according to Liu Qi's instructions. Although there were some troubles, the three still completed the task assigned by Liu Qi within an hour.

The three people were particularly concerned about Liu Qi's safety. Even Wei Yan played Liu Qi himself. After deployment, Gan Ning and Wang Yi also returned to Liu Qi's big boat. The two chose a room not far from Liu Qi's room, which was hidden all day long, and nearly a hundred flying tiger guards were also hidden in the surrounding rooms. Once something happens, they will rush to Liu Qi's room as soon as possible.

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Nanjun, Xu Shu and others finally arrived in Nanjun after a few days of urgent march. It is not far from Xiangyang to reach Nanjun. It only takes three days for the emergency march to reach Xiangyang.

On the carriage, Xu Shu frowned and thought about how to expand his power for Liu Qi after returning to Xiangyang. The power on the court is not like the marching war. It's yours. The strength above the court is a hidden force, and the size of the power represents the size of the influence.

This kind of force is not immutable. Almost every time a big event happens, this force will change. This time, when Liu Qi returns from victory, some officials in Xiangyang will definitely turn to Liu Qi. Xu Shu is thinking about how to expand this hidden power to the maximum.

"Wow..." There was a sound of a horse hissing, and Ma Liang, dressed in a Confucian robe, came to the side of the carriage and bent down and said, "There is an urgent report from Xiangyang, the military division."

"Oh." Xu Shu opened the curtains and heard a faint voice: "Bred it here." Ma Liang quickly handed over the bamboo slips into the carriage.

"Go and invite General Ma to come." After reading Zhu Jian and Xu Shu pondered for a while, he raised his head and said.

Not long after, the sound of horses' hoofs sounded. Ma Zhong had arrived before the carriage: "Military division." Ma Zhong arched his hand to the carriage.

"General Ma, please come in and talk." Xu Shu looked at the bamboo slip in his hand and said in a low voice.

"No." A strange color flashed in Ma Zhong's eyes, and then he got off the horse and got into the carriage.

Xu Shu handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Ma Zhong. After Ma Zhong took the bamboo slip and read it, his heart sank. In just over a month, the situation in Xiangyang became so serious, and the struggle had gradually been on the surface.

Returning the bamboo slips in his hand to Xu Shu, Ma Zhong said, "That's what the military master ordered."

"Oh." Xu Shu laughed. He thought that Ma Zhong would immediately get up to reinforce Liu Qi when he saw Zhu Jian. Unexpectedly, Ma Zhong calmed down and looked at Ma Zhong a little in his heart. As a result, Zhu Jian Xu Shu said, "The current situation has become more and more serious. I originally thought that Cai would compromise if I did this, but I didn't expect them to react so much. You immediately lead Jinyiwei to the ferry in Xiangyang to meet the lord, and hide it before the lord goes ashore.

"I'm going to reinforce the lord, so I don't know what to do here?" Ma Zhong raised his head and said that although he couldn't wait to reinforce Liu Qi, Xu Shu was very important to Liu Qi, and he had to consider Xu Shu's safety.

Xu Shu put Zhu Jian aside and smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There are a thousand soldiers and horses here who can't break in from the little assassin. Besides, I also killed a lot of people when I wandered around the world in my early years."

"No." Ma Zhong knew that Xu Shu had figured out a countermeasure, and did not ask to withdraw from the carriage. He jumped on the horse and galloped away with a hundred brocade guards in a short time.

After Ma Zhong left, Xu Shu looked at the bamboo slips beside him again. The reason why Cai Shi has such a big reaction this time is that Cai Mao is testing Liu Biao's bottom line. If Cai really sends an assassin to assassinate Liu Qi, with Liu Biao's control of Xiangyang, it is not difficult to know that the person behind the assassination of Liu Qi is Cai Mao.

Over the years, the Cai family has been quite peaceful, just because Liu Biao is getting older and older, and the suspicion is getting stronger and stronger. A little careless violation of Liu Biao's bottom line will only make Liu Biao make up his mind to get rid of the Cai family, and Cai Mao has to be careful.

Originally, Cai Mao wanted to go on like this, but the sudden rise of Liu Qi made Cai Mao feel dangerous. Although he wanted to get rid of this danger, he was afraid of touching Liu Biao's bottom line. Cai Mao sent an assassin to hide Liu Biao. If Liu Biao sent people to reinforce, Cai Mao had to be more careful, but If Liu Biao ignores it, the next thing will be much simpler.

After a little thought, he figured out Cai Mao's intention, and Xu Shu sighed. Liu Qi's current power is still too weak. For Liu Qi, the Cai family is a huge thing.

Many people in the Cai family control military power, and the total number of soldiers and horses is nearly 100,000. Moreover, Cai Mao himself still controls the water army in Jingzhou. Liu Biao is alive. Once Liu Biao dies, no one can suppress Cai Mao in the whole Jingzhou.

"It seems that there is not much time." Xu Shu sighed that he must help Liu Qi strengthen his power in a short time as much as possible.

"It is said that the army will take a rest." Xu Shu shouted outside the carriage.

As soon as Xu Shu shouted, several messengers conveyed Xu Shu's order. Less than ten breathing troops stopped and camped.

Several generals who returned to Xiangyang with the army gathered here. Xu Shu looked at several people and said, "From today on, General Zhou's 500 soldiers and horses are the Chinese army, and General Liu's 1,000 soldiers and horses are in front of them, and General Ma leads the rest of the soldiers and horses to escort the grain and grass."

"No."

After that, a series of orders were passed out, and they began to mobilize. They secretly set up a lot of traps. As long as assassins come, there will definitely be no return. Dozens of assassins are vulnerable in front of the army. What Xu Shu has to do is to find these assassins.