Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

Xiangyang City.

In front of the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Hua Yu's figure appeared here, and he came to mourn Liu Biao.

After taking Xiangyang City, Hua Yu sent people with letters to persuade the rest of Jingzhou to surrender, and at the same time investigated various situations in Jingzhou.

After investigation, Hua Yu found that Liu Biao's reputation in Jingzhou was quite good.

Therefore, Hua Yu temporarily thought of mourning Liu Biao in advance.

Originally, Hua Yu planned to make a symbolic appearance on the day of Liu Biao's funeral.

The news of Hua Yu's arrival had already been reported to the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Since handing over the military power of Jingzhou, Cai Mao has been staying in the state pastoral mansion, helping Cai Yu take care of Liu Biao's funeral.

Hearing the news that Hua Yu had come to express condolences to Liu Biao, Cai Mao hurried out of the mansion to greet him.

"Cai Mao, the guilty general, pay my respects to the lord."

Hua Yu dismounted from his horse, helped Cai Mao up, and said with a smile, "Degui has the merit of dedicating the city, how can he be a criminal general?"

"Come on, De Gui, it's the first time for Gu to come to Jingzhou Mufu, and De Gui is needed to lead the way for Gu."

"Here, the general will obey." Cai Mao responded respectfully, staggered half a step, and stood behind Hua Yu's right side.

The two walked towards the state shepherd's mansion together, Dian Wei and others formed a circle, protecting Hua Yu and Cai Mao in the middle.

Hua Yu glanced at Cai Mao, and asked with a smile: "De Gui is still weird, when he entered the city yesterday, he was indifferent to De Gui?"

Cai Mao was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I misunderstood, how dare the last general think so."

Hua Yu said with a smile: "Degui, Gu deliberately showed indifference yesterday, in fact, to protect you."

"Just imagine, Degui, the relationship between you and me, only you and I know, no one else knows."

"This time, you were the one who surrendered Xiangyang. Although you had no choice but to betray Jingzhou."

"If people know that you and I had friendship in the past, it will definitely damage Degui's reputation."

"That's why Gu pretended to be indifferent yesterday, making people think that Gu and Degui have no friendship."

"Today, Gu came to express condolences to Liu Biao, and De Gui received him. If Gu gets acquainted with De Gui, there will be no hindrance."

Only then did Cai Mao understand, and his heart was extremely moved: "My lord treats the last general like this, and the last general will not be able to repay the lord's kindness even if he dies a hundred times."

Hua Yu said with a smile: "Degui is serious."

"When you and I met, Gu was still under Dong Zhuo and hadn't gained momentum yet."

"This time, although Gu has made some achievements, he is not someone who takes advantage of the situation and forgets old love."

"Besides, I don't know much about the land of Jingzhou, and I still need a lot of help from Degui."

Cai Hao was so moved that he burst into tears: "My lord, don't worry, the general is willing to go through fire and water for my lord, and I will die."

Hua Yu smiled and said: "Why do you have to die, the great cause of Gu still needs a lot of help from De Gui."

"Remember, the relationship between you and me, as long as you and I know it, in case someone is jealous of you."

Cai Mao hurriedly said: "The last general knows, thank you, my lord."

The two came to Liu Biao's mourning hall together.

Speaking of it, it is indeed a bit miserable.

Liu Biao has two sons and a nephew, and it should be the three of them kneeling for Liu Biao.

But now, Liu Qi and Liu Cong have run away, Liu Pan is dead, and there is not even a kneeling soul.

Only Cai Yu was dressed in plain clothes, but she was guarding the spirit of Liu Biao, not kneeling.

Hua Yu took three sticks of incense from the handmaiden at the door, and strode into the mourning hall.

Liu Biao's coffin was placed horizontally in the center, with the end facing the door.

Further inside the coffin is the display of the mourning hall. There is a big "Dian" character, and a pair of elegiac couplets on the left and right.

Hua Yu lit the incense, bowed three times to Liu Biao's coffin according to the procedure, and then inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense burner.

"So sad for Mr. Liu, so sad for my heart..." After burning incense, Hua Yu began to talk at length, blurting out a sacrificial oration to Liu Biao, thousands of words, almost an hour.

Everyone was shocked.

What Hua Yu said seemed true and false.

When I heard it suddenly, it was true, Liu Biao is really amazing, with so many glorious histories.

But if you taste it carefully, it's fake. It's not Liu Biao's doing.

An hour later, Hua Yu's mouth was dry.

Thanks to Cai Mao's cleverness, he asked the maid to prepare tea early to quench Hua Yu's thirst.

After drinking a glass of water, Hua Yu regained his composure, turned his gaze to Cai Yu, cupped his hands and said, "Madam, please forgive me."

condolences?

nonexistent.

The sadness on Cai Yu's face was all feigned, and she was happier these few days than when she married into the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Cai Yu immediately returned the gift: "My concubine, I would like to thank Champion Hou for your concern."

"Yes." Hua Yu looked at Cai Yu, and sighed slightly, "Liu Gongxian is gone, the second son is gone, the wife will be miserable in the future."

"In the future, if there is any need for Gu's help, Madam just send someone to say, and Gu Zi will do his best to help."

Cai Mao heard it clearly, and thought to himself, my sister is a widow, and what I need most in the future is a man. My lord, if you can accept my sister, it will be the greatest help.

Of course, Cai Mao couldn't say this, and he didn't dare to say it, at least it was inappropriate, after all, this was Liu Biao's mourning hall.

Cai Yu was also quite moved, but she also understood that no matter what, she had to wait for Liu Biao's Qiqi to pass.

Moreover, Cai Yu had already sent someone to send a letter to Fan Yufeng, directly stating that she had to marry Liu Biao, and it was just a superficial couple with him.

With Fan Yufeng's cleverness, how could she not guess Cai Yu's intentions, and she will definitely blow pillow wind into Hua Yu's ears in the future.

"My concubine, thank you Champion." Cai Yu straightened up and kowtowed to Hua Yu, "I have my brother to take care of me here, so there is nothing necessary for now."

"In the future, if there is anything that needs the help of Champion Hou, I will go to trouble Champion Hou again."

This sentence, Cai Yu also said it ambiguously, which can be regarded as leaving a leeway for himself.

"Okay, Gu can rest assured." Hua Yu nodded, "Gu still has business to deal with, so I won't stay here any longer, Madam, take care."

Cai Yu immediately said: "Forgive me for not being able to send him off, I can only ask my brother to send the champion off."

Cai Mao immediately stepped forward and waved his hand: "My lord, please."

"En." Hua Yu nodded, and walked out of Liu Biao's mourning hall.

After the matter is over, I'm afraid it won't be long before Hua Yu comes to worship Liu Biao, and even made an hour-long sacrificial oration, which will spread throughout Xiangyang, and then throughout Jingzhou.

In this way, those common people who have been favored by Liu Biao's benevolent government will immediately turn to Hua Yu's side.

Jingzhou is gradually stabilizing. With the arrival of Huayu's persuading envoys, more and more counties have chosen to surrender.

The counties of Nanjun, Wuling County, and Changsha County all surrendered.

However, Liu Du of Lingling County refused to surrender, which encouraged Zhao Fan of Guiyang County to join forces against Huayu.

In addition, Huang Zu of Jiangxia County even raised Jiangxia County to surrender to Yuan Shu.