Although it is a temporary residence, Ye Zhao's identity is different now. Even the temporary residence is made spacious and bright by the craftsmen.

Under the thin window screen, a woman in a bright red palace outfit stood gracefully on the steps, looking slightly at Ye Zhao. At the age of 24 or 25, her skin was as white as cream, which brought a strong visual conflict.

Even though Ye Zhao is over forty years old and his wives and concubines are rare beauties in the world, he still feels a little moved when he sees the woman in front of him. Even among his women, Ren Hongchang, the most beautiful one, is just as beautiful as this woman.

"Is this Zhang Yan's 'gift'?" Ye Zhao looked at the woman, undeniable that the other party's appearance made him very moved. He had seen too many beautiful women, but the holy smell between his eyebrows added a few different charms to this woman.

Li Ru nodded: "Can you know the identity of this woman?"

"Raise your head." Ye Zhao looked down at the woman, and there was a hint of majesty in his faint voice.

The woman followed the words and looked up slightly, facing Ye Zhao's eyes. Her eyes were bright and clear. There were probably not many beauties of this level in the world.

Ye Zhao walked up to the woman, held the other person's chin with his fingers, letting the woman look at him with a smile, and said, "Ordinary families cannot raise such temperament. They should be rich and noble families. Unfortunately, there is a bit of grace between their eyebrows. They should be a wife. After Cao Cao broke through Yecheng, he did not move towards the Yuan family in order to take care of Yuan Shao's surrendered generals. This woman should be Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, and say your name."

"The offender Zhen Mi, please see the Prime Minister." The woman wanted to salute, but her chin was dragged by Ye Zhao and she couldn't move.

"Lord, I don't know this woman..." Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao with some concern. Ye Zhao had only four women so far. Judging from Ye Zhao's status and status today, it was not many. However, although this woman's appearance and temperament were the best choice, she was no longer a child. Although the Han Dynasty's atmosphere did not pay much attention to this thing, Ye Zhao's four women were all committed to Ye Zhao as a virgin. Although this woman was good, Li Ru was not sure whether Ye Zhao liked it.

"Stay here." Ye Zhao let go of Zhen Mi's chin, sniffed the fragrance between his fingers, and smiled: "But it's not possible, he should be relieved."

"Here!" Li Ru bowed, not daring to look at Zhen Mi again, and bowed and retreated.

In the hall, only Ye Zhao and Zhen Mi were left. Ye Zhao looked at Zhen Mi quietly for a moment and said to him: "Go back to the back hall to rest."

"Here!" Zhen Mi bowed, as if she had recognized her fate, and did not resist. Under the guidance of the maid, she went to the back hall.

In the following days, Luoyang's civil and military officials discovered that Ye Zhao's probability of appearing was much less likely. However, now Luoyang's work has been on the right track and not everything needs to be reported to Ye Zhao, so Ye Zhao appears less frequently, but all work is still in order. Ye Zhao's governance method is somewhat of a sense of inaction. Of course, when some important decisions occur, Ye Zhao will still appear on time and solve the problem.

In this way, time spent half a year without realizing it. From March to September, it was almost the cold winter again. The outline of Luoyang City has been initially presented. With the mobilization of 500,000 people, Luoyang has also restored a lot of popularity.

The morning sun shone through the gauze windows inside. Zhen Mi silently helped Ye Zhao clean up the traces left after yesterday's madness, served Ye Zhao to change into new clothes, and did not mind his body, and it was presented to Ye Zhao's sight without reservation.

He doesn't talk much, but he doesn't compete for favor, is obedient, and is also very considerate in his work. He will not interfere in political affairs. For Ye Zhao, who is over 40 years old, such a woman is undoubtedly very comfortable.

"Please pay more attention to your health. In fact, the servants can do these things." Ye Zhao reached out and took off a gauze from the hanger and helped Zhen Mi put it on. Perhaps it was not love, but in fact, at this level, Ye Zhao rarely thinks about such problems. The woman in front of him deserves love.

"Yes!" Zhen Mi bowed slightly and said, "Shizhong Li is still waiting outside the door, and the chief puts state affairs first."

Ye Zhao nodded, and after putting on his clothes with Zhen Mi's help, he went straight out.

Outside the door, Li Ru was already waiting there anxiously. When he saw Ye Zhao coming out, he hurriedly came up and bowed.

"What happened? So anxious?" Ye Zhao looked at Li Rudao in confusion.

"Go back to the lord, Liu Biao died of illness!" Li Ru bowed and said.

"Oh?" Ye Zhao paused when he heard this, then continued to move forward, and asked, "When will it happen?"

"Six days ago!"

Liu Biao's health has been not very good since five years of Tai'an. He fell ill at the beginning of the year. Finally, after entering September, he finally couldn't hold on to his life.

In fact, after June, Ye Zhao rarely received news that Liu Biao appeared in public. At that time, based on the information sent back from Jingzhou, everyone under Ye Zhao's command speculated that Liu Biao might be in his life.

"What's the situation in Jingzhou?" Ye Zhao walked into the hall, but saw Guo Jia, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Guan Hai, Guan Ping, Lu Bu and others gathered here, and did not politely. After sitting down, he asked directly.

"Return to the lord, Liu Jingsheng has been civilized in Jingxiang over the years, but he has also resisted the spread of folk books. Among the prefectures and counties in the world, the promotion of papermaking and printing technology is the most severe. Therefore, the power of the aristocratic families in Jingxiang is extremely strong. Now, the four families in Jingxiang are the most prosperous. The 280,000 water and land troops in Jingxiang are almost all in the hands of the four masters, of which only 50,000 are in Wenpin, and the two generals Liu Pan are in the hands of Liu Biao. These two are Liu Biao's confidant generals." The official in charge of intelligence collection explained the current situation in Jingzhou and said: "However, since the third year of Tai'an, the situation has been a little different."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Ye Zhao thought for a while. In the third year of Tai'an, Ye Zhao had just started a war with Cao Cao. At that time, Jingzhou had no major incident except for raiding Xinye and beheading Lu Bu's general Hou Cheng.

"Do you still remember Liu Bei?" Guo Jia asked with a smile on his side.

Ye Zhao nodded, looked at Guan Yu, who looked unnatural, and said, "Of course I remember."

After Liu Bei's defeat, his wife was captured by Cao Cao without having time to take her. He heard that Mrs. Gan was taken away by Cao Cao, and his son was imprisoned in Jizhou. After Ye Zhao occupied the two states, Guan Yu asked Ye Zhao to come to Liu Bei's family and take good care of her.

"After Liu Bei was defeated in Youzhou, with the help of the wealthy merchant Mi family in Xuzhou, he fled to Jiangdong by sea. Then he turned up the Yangtze River, went to Jingzhou, defected to Liu Biao, and was taken in by Liu Biao." Guo Jia smiled and said, "Although Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others cannot accept it, in the past two years, Liu Bei has also received support from many wealthy families such as the Ma family and Kou family in Jingzhou. Now he guards Deng County and is quite popular with the people."

This man really has the meaning of a son of luck, and he will never die no matter how hard he beat him. Ye Zhao nodded and said, "In other words, although the four major families now hold great power, Liu Bei also has the power to compete?"

"Not bad!" Guo Jia nodded and said, "Liu Biao's eldest son is quite close to Liu Bei. Although Liu Biao died, he did not specify who would take over Jingxiang before his death. Although Cai intentionally recommended Liu Cong to take over, he was resisted by many people. In addition, after Wei Ji fled to Jingxiang, he was also quite close to Liu Bei. Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi is now guarding Jiangxia, and there are some troops in his hands. In addition, some of Liu Biao's former subordinates in Shanyang are also kind to Liu Bei. The battle between the two sons has been established, and it is difficult to decide the outcome in the urgent situation. Civil strife in Jingzhou will inevitably be inevitable."

"Lord, this is a good opportunity given by God. I am willing to lead the vanguard, to conquer Xiangyang for you, and capture the brother Liu Cong alive!" Hua Xiong stood up excitedly and said.

Ye Zhao did not answer, but turned his head to look at Lu Bu and said, "Fengxian, you have lived in Nanyang for a long time and have had many confrontations with Liu Biao. What do you think?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Bu shook his head and said, "Narrow of the Han River, Jingzhou army is vulnerable. However, if we cross the Han River, our army will not have a naval army. From here, the waterways are crisscrossing and are not suitable for cavalry to gallop. If you don't understand the climate and geography of that area, you will not recommend that the Prime Minister rashly send troops."

Upon hearing this, a group of generals looked at Lu Bu in surprise. Why are they so useless? Their speech became much more steady. Is this still the brave Wen Hou who was the world-class man in the past?

Ye Zhao nodded without commenting, turned his head to look at Guo Jia, Li Rudao: "What do the two military advisors think?"

Guo Jia and Li Ru looked at each other, and Li Ru bowed and said, "Although Jingzhou is in chaos, I think this is not the time to send troops. If our army sends troops to Jingzhou, Cao Sun will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack. I think it is better to attack Jingzhou, but in fact, gather elite troops. When Cao Cao and Sun Ce come to attack, they will attack head-on and pacify the Central Plains first. If we can set up the Central Plains in one battle, we will take Jingzhou, which is like taking objects from a bag!"

Guo Jia didn't say anything, but you can tell from his expression that Guo Jia agreed with Li Ru's statement quite well.

Ye Zhao's current advantage is that he has a strong cavalry in the army, and the strength of his infantry is enough to sweep the world, but the navy is Ye Zhao's weakness. At this moment, attacking Jingxiang is obviously not as easy as attacking Zhongyuan.
Chapter completed!