Since Li Jue led his troops to retreat south, Li Feng has been following Li Jue closely.

The box brought from Chang'an has never been opened.

In the midst of the chaos, if he opened the box and found a gold brick or some other treasure, Li Feng felt that the fate between this treasure and him might be over.

It is very likely that someone will kill someone to seize the treasure, including Li Jue.

But until the box is opened, no one knows what is inside. Everyone can only rely on guessing. No one is willing to take risks for something that they don’t know what it is.

That's why Li Feng was able to bring the box to the present.

Li Feng put the box on his horse and followed the army towards Xinye.

Xinye is the gateway to Jingzhou, and you can only enter Jingzhou through Xinye.

Jingzhou has a typical southern climate. Although it has already entered winter, the humidity is very high and the roads are muddy.

It is very difficult for horses in the north to walk on such a road.

Finally, three days later, we arrived at Xinye Castle.

Liu Biao had long known that Li Jue and others were coming to Xinye, and had already sent General Cai Mao to lead his troops to Xinye.

Although Liu Biao was already old, his heart still longed for the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for his mobility difficulties, Liu Biao would have scolded Li Jue and others severely.

But Liu Biao's situation does not mean that Cai Mao's situation is the same.

Cai Mao's sister, Mrs. Cai, was Liu Biao's second wife. When Liu Biao first started, he saw that Liu Qi's appearance was similar to his own, so he loved Liu Qi very much. But later, because Liu Cong married Mrs. Cai's niece, Mrs. Cai loved Liu Cong but hated Liu Qi, so

He often said bad things about Liu Qi to Liu Biao.

And Cai Hao naturally knew why his sister hated Liu Qi. Liu Biao had two sons. If there were no accidents, it was unlikely that he would have a third son.

So after Liu Biao died, who would succeed him in Jingzhou?

Mrs. Cai naturally hopes that Liu Cong will succeed, in which case Jingzhou will be completely up to them.

In this case, it is necessary to support the party members a lot, so that if Liu Biao changes his mind, he can be suppressed.

Therefore, Cai Mao really wanted Li Jue to stay. Li Jue was based in the north, and because he invaded Chang'an and kidnapped the young emperor, no one would be willing to take them in. If Cai Mao took Li Jue in, he would send Li Jue to Wancheng to guard the gate of Jingzhou.

,Who can Li Jue rely on?

Isn’t it still his Cai family? Isn’t it like raising a dog?

"Who are you waiting for?" Although Cai Mao already knew it was Li Jue and others, he still wanted to ask.

"I served as the cavalry general Li Jue and guarded the emperor for several years. Now the traitor Pan Feng has conquered Chang'an and the emperor has disappeared. I originally wanted to fight to the death with Pan Feng to recapture the emperor, but the rebel army is too powerful and I can't.

And, therefore, I would like to serve Liu Jingzhou as an eagle dog, so that one day I can defeat Pan Feng and recapture the emperor."

What Li Jue said was so sincere that if Cai Mao hadn't already known who Li Jue was, he would have almost believed it.

"Oh?" Cai Mao said sarcastically.

"Then what are you waiting for to prove your identity?"

Li Jue knew as soon as he heard that the guard above was actually asking for a bribe, but now that the situation was stronger than the others, Li Jue could only swallow his anger.

Li Jue raised his hand and took the box behind Li Feng. Li Feng reacted and hugged the box.

But in Li Jue's eyes, Li Feng still gave up and let Li Jue take it.

Li Jue had long discovered what Li Feng had brought with him along the way, and combined with the fact that Li Feng had escaped from the palace, it was not difficult to guess that this box was a treasure in the palace.

Cai Mao stood on the city wall and watched this scene. In fact, the Cai family was a powerful official. How could they think highly of people like Li Jue? What he said just now was just a joke.

Furthermore, Li Jue came from Chang'an, so he might have something strange with him, so he casually said, "I didn't expect that Li Jue really had something."

Li Jue brought the things here all the way from Chang'an. I don't know what treasure he is so obsessed with?

Cai Hao became interested at this time.

A soldier carried the box to the foot of Xinye City and put the box into a bamboo basket hung from the city wall.

Watching the box being slowly hoisted up the city wall, Li Feng's heart was as sharp as a knife.

Good guy, this box that has been carried for more than ten days has been given away to someone else before it has been opened.

Watching the box being carried to Cai Mao by two or three Jingzhou soldiers.

After Cai Hao approached, he smelled a foul smell on the tip of his nose. Cai Hao quickly stood away and ordered the soldiers around him to open the box.

After opening the box, Cai Hao stared at the contents in the box with his eyes wide open in horror.

"This! This is..."

Not only Cai Mao was shocked, but even the soldiers around him who had some experience quickly looked away after taking one look.

Some soldiers recognized the contents of the box and were so frightened that they could not stand still.

The soldiers around the box hurriedly stepped aside, indicating that they had no idea what was in the box.

"What did you take from the palace? Why is the guard on the city wall so surprised?"

Li Jue looked at the soldiers on the city wall and a large space suddenly became vacant, and in the middle was the box he sent up.

What does this have to do to surprise these people?

"It happened in a hurry, I don't know." Li Feng was also curious about what was in the box at this time.

With trembling hands, Cai Hao fiddled with the box, quickly closed it, and then ordered the soldiers to lock it with chains. He called for a dozen fast horses and ordered it to be delivered to Liu Jingzhou immediately, and he must hand it over to Liu Jingzhou himself.

No one can do it.

Cai Mao had lost his mind at this time and didn't know how to deal with it, but he still chose to stabilize Li Jue and others.

What kind of bullshit is being accepted as a dog? If you accept Li Jue, he, Cai Mao, is a dog!

"This treasure is very valuable and immeasurable. I have summoned a horse to deliver it to Liu Jingzhou. The reward will arrive soon. Brother Li will rest outside the city first. There will be news in four or five days."

After Cai Mao finished speaking, he regretted it. If Li Jue dared to give this thing to him, why would he care about the reward? Maybe there were thousands of troops ambushed outside the city, waiting to attack the city?

What Cai Mao didn't expect was that Li Jue actually agreed.

Cai Mao hurriedly asked people to throw the food and supplies off the city wall to stabilize Li Jue first. Cai Mao was no longer senior enough for such a big thing.

Li Jue sent troops to the city to collect supplies and set up camp twenty miles outside Xinye City.

After fighting and escaping all the way, all the soldiers had long been exhausted. Now they finally found a place to stay, and they all lay down and fell asleep.

"What exactly is in the box that Brother Li handed over to the city wall?" Fan Chou picked up a leg of lamb and gnawed on it.

"I don't know either. This is a treasure that my nephew Li Feng brought from Chang'an City, Li Feng! What is in that box?" Li Jue took a chicken and ate it with his mouth full of oil.
Chapter completed!