"Your Highness of the King of Chu? The former king? What are you talking about?"

Liu Qi was confused, rubbed his eyes and said, "Where did the former kings come from in our Chu State? What kind of mourning hall, why do I........................."

Liu Qi suddenly couldn't speak.

He let go of his hand, widened his eyes and looked at the white cloth scarf tied to the soldier's head, and then looked at the white cloth scarf tied to the other soldiers' heads, his eyes getting bigger and bigger.

"You just said...the previous king...the mourning hall?"

"Yes, young master, in the early morning of this day, the former king had passed away. Young Master Cong had ascended the throne as King Chu in front of the former king Ling. Now His Highness of the King of Chu is handling the funeral for the former king. Please go and have a look as soon as possible, so don't waste time."

“…”

Liu Qi was stunned for a while, then pushed the officer away and immediately ran out in a mad manner.

He ran and ran, but he fell several times along the way but couldn't stop him from running.

The crying sounds were getting closer and closer to him.

When he finally ran to the location of the mourning hall, he finally saw the scene he had never imagined.

He saw a coffin, Liu Biao's spiritual position, and saw a large group of Jingzhou officials crying for Liu Biao, as well as the back of his brother Liu Cong, located in the front.

What's the situation?

how so?

Why did this turn out to be like this?

Liu Qi knew nothing, and he didn't know what happened during the period when he fell asleep.

"Young Master? Why don't you go inside to handle the funeral of the old king?"

A cunning voice suddenly sounded behind Liu Qi. Liu Qi trembled all over and turned around and saw Cai Mao with a warm smile on his face.

"Cai...Cai...Cai...Cai Duke?"

Liu Qi widened his eyes: "Why is Mr. Cai here? Shouldn't Mr. Cai be... in Xiangyang?"

"I was originally from Xiangyang, but when I heard that the former king was seriously ill, I rushed over. I didn't expect that I would get such bad news as soon as I came. I didn't expect that, Master, please feel sorry for me."

Cai Mao straightened his appearance and bowed to Liu Qi.

“…”

Liu Qi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Is there any other problem with the young master?"

Cai Mao looked at Liu Qi with a gentle voice.

"I...I...I...is this Jiangling? Is it the Chu Prince's Mansion? Am I Liu Qi?"

"Why did the young master say this? This is Jiangling, the Chu Prince's Mansion, and the young master is naturally Liu Qi."

Cai Mao smiled strangely: "Okay, young master, let's not talk about these things for now. Let's go and handle the funeral for the previous king. Although the previous king chose Prince Cong to succeed the King of Chu, the prince was still the son of the previous king and should be filial."

Cai Mao pulled Liu Qi forward, and Liu Qi was staggering in a daze and was pulled forward. Entering the mourning hall, Liu Qi looked around blankly.

As a result, he saw Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Fu Xun, Liu Xian, Han Song, Pang Ji, Song Zhong, Su Fei, Huo Jun, and Wang Wei.

He saw all the people he didn't want to see.

What's going on?

Why are everyone here?

Why?

What exactly happened? What exactly happened during this period?

In fact, all this is easy to understand. As a dual position of Jingzhou and Liu Biao's subordinates, Liu Biao's recent series of actions have made them quite dissatisfied.

Killing Zhang Xian and maintaining the victory of Liu Biao's rule was obtained by the struggle of a military group led by Jiangling Huang Zhongwenpin and others from Jingzhou. The people responsible for handling food and fodder matters were also Kuai Liang, Han Song and others from Jingzhou. It can be said that Liu Biao won the battle with the help of people from Jingbei.

However, after the war, they did not receive the reward they deserved, but were suspicious and excluded by Liu Biao because of their identity as a Jingzhou native.

Huang Zhong and Wenpin were deprived of military power and handed over to Ersun and Gan Ning who had not made any contributions. The county magistrate of Nanjun was even given to Yi Ji, a fellow villager who had also failed to make any contributions.

This made Jingzhou officials very dissatisfied.

At that time, Liu Biao's condition worsened, and everyone was suspicious, thinking that Liu Biao did this to prepare for the heir to ascend the throne, and the heir was definitely not Liu Cong, but Liu Qi.

It is not difficult to guess Liu Biao’s thoughts, but for them, this is indeed the case.

In fact, not all the people here are from Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others, and not all of them have contact with Guo.

For example, civil servant Han Song, former Huang Zu subordinate Su Fei, generals Wang Wei, Huo Jun and other local generals from Jingzhou have nothing to do with Guo.

Instead, they were closer to Huang Zu in their position and were not satisfied with Guo Peng who usurped the Han Dynasty.

There are also some local young people promoted by Liu Biao, who are old officials of Liu Biao, who are grateful to Liu Biao and are willing to serve him.

After Guo Peng became a master, Han Song went to Yecheng to meet Guo Peng on the orders of Liu Biao. He was deeply wary of Guo Peng's pomp and the loyalty of his subordinates. He also warned Liu Biao for this and advised Liu Biao not to be enemies with Guo Peng. Liu Biao was still very angry about this, but Han Song did not intend to surrender to Guo Peng.

General Su Fei, Huo Jun, Wang Wei and others were all promoted by Liu Biao and were close to Liu Biao in his position. However, Liu Biao was too explicit in excluding Jingzhou people and promoting foreigners, which seriously damaged the dignity and loyalty of Jingzhou's subordinates.

As a result, when Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang went to fan the flames separately and asked them to support Liu Cong but not Liu Qi, a group of civil and military officials decisively accepted the conditions of the two.

After they learned that Liu Biao had quietly created conditions for Liu Qi to ascend the throne, they felt so happy that they decided not to support Liu Qi, but to support Liu Cong, who was close to the Cai family, in order to protect Jingzhou from the people of Jingzhou.

However, all of this has a major premise, that is, the news that the Wei army was in a dilemma was blocked by the Cai family and Kuai family. They did not know that the Wei army had already reached the limit and were ready to go south to attack Jingzhou at any time.

So when Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who had secretly arrived in Jiangling City, got the news from Gan Ning, they entered the city at night and completed a series of operations.

Gan Ning tied Yi Ji and obtained the seal of King Chu and the seal of the King of Chu and the Mu of Jingzhou. Wang Wei, Su Fei, Huo Jun and other generals launched a military mutiny, leading the navy and land armies to defeat more than 1,000 Sun Fu and Sun Yang's personal soldiers who had no prestige.

Sun Fu and Sun Yang were not prepared for this.

They themselves do not have the ability to lead troops, but Guo Peng has a deep blood hatred and has brought more than a thousand Sun Wu elites, which is why they are valued by Liu Biao.

However, for the Jingzhou soldiers, these foreign households are really not worth following, so under the leadership of Wang Wei, Su Fei, Huo Jun and others, the Jingzhou soldiers resolutely rioted, annihilated more than a thousand Sun Wu remnants led by Sun Fu and Sun Yang, and eliminated their power.
Chapter completed!