The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 178 Liu Bei sensed a conspiracy
Usually, when half of the fourteen states are sitting on the same day, the individual will inflate.

But Cheng Yuanzhi will not.

Because arrogance and arrogance will ruthlessly crush every expander, making him clearly aware of the dangers of this world.

Just like Yuan Shao before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao before the Battle of Chibi, and Liu Bei before the Battle of Yiling.

So Cheng Yuanzhi is very calm, so calm that he doesn't think that he is invincible and can overthrow the princes.

Cao Cao once thought so too...he was soon beaten to the bum.

This is not mentioned.

It was already July of the second year of Jian'an (197) when Liu Bei arrived in Yecheng. He was not in a hurry to see Cheng Yuanzhi, but first sent someone to find out Zhao Yun's mansion, and sent a letter to see him, throwing stones to ask for directions.

The letter was beautifully worded and sincere.

"It's been seven years since I bid farewell to you. How do you feel melancholy in the middle of it? Now that the rules and regulations have collapsed, the heroes are in chaos, and the evil party is bullying the king, the hearts of those who hear about it are torn. Strategies. Bei Su Yang Zilong Wu Yong Loyalty, if you can worship as you wish, you will be very fortunate! First of all, let’s go to Buda, then allow you to fast and smoke, and especially worship your face.”

In this letter, Liu Bei first expressed the melancholy and loss of being separated for seven years, then wrote about his ideals and ambitions, then exaggerated Zhao Yun's advantages, expressed his desire to meet and talk, and declared that he would pay a solemn visit later .

After this letter was sent to Zhao Yun's mansion, it immediately fell into the sea like a mud cow, and there was no more news.

After two days, the letter was returned intact.

Picking a sunny day, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to visit in person.

Outside Zhao Yun's mansion, there were two mud-like bodyguards, and the gate was closed.

Being treated so coldly by others, Zhang Fei couldn't bear his violent temper on the spot. He raised his sword and stepped forward, kicking the gatekeepers with both feet, and was about to force his way into Zhao Yun's mansion.

This move seems to have stabbed a hornet's nest.

Crash--

A group of armored soldiers quickly rushed out from the streets on both sides, armed with spears and knives, and surrounded the three of them.

A leader first waved his hand and shouted coldly: "Who dares to act presumptuously in General Zhao's mansion, let me take it down!"

The territory of Yecheng is not used to the stink of any outsiders.

Liu Bei hurriedly stopped Zhang Fei, and apologized again and again: "Don't be annoyed, my third brother is impatient, and he didn't intentionally offend the general's residence."

The little leader narrowed his eyes and said sharply: "If an apology is useful, what's the use of us forbidden soldiers? What's the use of the law? He is such a big man, he should take responsibility for what he has done."

"Take it!"

All the soldiers approached with their weapons in hand, narrowing the encirclement, and the tip of their guns and knives was within easy reach of the bodies of Liu Bei and the three of them.

Zhang Fei struggled and shouted: "Brother, let me kill these guys!"

Liu Bei repeatedly stopped Zhang Fei to prevent him from resisting, and watched helplessly as the soldiers tied him up and carried him away.

Not to mention that Zhang Fei was taken to a gloomy prison to receive a profound education.

But Liu Bei came to see Cheng Yuanzhi in a hurry, and wanted to tell the truth about the cause and effect, and rescued Zhang Fei.

Unexpectedly, I got another rejection.

Immediately, Liu Bei was so anxious that his head was full of question marks,

Guan Yu persuaded: "Don't worry, brother, the third brother will be fine."

Liu Bei sighed: "Yide has a violent temper, I'm afraid he will suffer a lot in prison."

Guan Yu also sighed: "Hey, people have to bow their heads under the eaves... I hope the third brother can restrain his temper after this incident."

The two turned around helplessly.

For several days in a row, Liu Bei visited the general's mansion every day, but he couldn't do it.The guard only said that the lord was not there, but did not say where he went or how long he would return.

Liu Bei hardly knew anyone in Hebei, except Zhao Yun, who was not at home yet.Seeing that Zhang Fei had been detained for more than half a month, he was still not released.

In a hurry, Liu Bei could only look up to the sky and shout, in vain.

Cheng Yuanzhi was indeed not in Yecheng at this time.

On the second day after Liu Bei arrived in Yecheng, urgent news came from Hanoi that Yuan Wei was critically ill.

Cheng Yuanzhi hurried to Hanoi with Zhao Yun and others to visit the adoptive father whom he had known for 12 years.

In any case, there is a relationship between father and son, and the adopted son should accompany Yuan Kai on his last journey and do his best.

Twelve years ago, Yuan Kai, who was in his 12s, was still very tough, berating Fang Qiu and giving advice.

Twelve years later, Yuan Kai, who is in his 12s, is very old, speechless and time is running out.

Cheng Yuanzhi stayed in front of the bed for seven days, until Yuan Kai closed his eyes in relief and swallowed his last breath.

seven days later.

After taking care of the funeral affairs and successfully inheriting the remaining half of Yuan Kui's property, Cheng Yuanzhi stood alone on the north bank of the Yellow River, full of emotion.

To this day, he no longer thinks highly of Yuan Kai's family wealth, but no matter how he says it, he deserves it.

Cheng Yuanzhi felt a little sad about Yuan Kui's sudden death.

This meant that the last link between him and Yuan Shu was broken from today.

From then on, Yuan Shu would no longer regard him as a friendly army.

However, left and right are just one more opponent who is not very good at fighting, so it's no big deal.

In fact, there was nothing wrong between Yuan Shu and him on the surface, and there had been many frictions secretly at the border of the territory.

Although both sides are very restrained and control the scale of the conflict, they also know that no matter how good the relationship between the two brothers is, it is still doing it. In this era when brothers can fight to the death because of the division of family property, the two will have a battle sooner or later.

The world is so big, how can one day accommodate two days?

So, after only a moment of sadness, Cheng Yuanzhi figured it out.

At this moment, Kuai Ma arrived with the documents from the General's Mansion in Yecheng.

Zhang Fei was thrown into prison!

For half a month, suffering from the whip and the killing stick, the whole person was miserable.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't realize it until he read the documents sent by the judge.

Zhang Fei stormed Zhao Yun's mansion, and was arrested as a madman. The guards in Yecheng didn't know who Zhang Fei was, and they wouldn't give him face.Seeing that he is still so crazy in the prison, how can he be light?

Of course, this matter is of no importance to Cheng Yuanzhi.

There is even a faint pleasure.

At the beginning, he was tortured by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and his life was sacrificed in Daxing Mountain several times.

……

At the beginning of August, Cheng Yuanzhi returned to Yecheng and ordered Zhang Fei to be pardoned.

Usually, such cases of picking quarrels and provoking troubles require three months of detention plus three months of forced manual labor.

For Liu Bei's sake, Zhang Fei was released after only one month of detention.

After this incident, all the civil servants and generals in Hebei also knew about Liu Bei.

At the same time, he also knew the names of his clan members in the Han Dynasty.

Clan of the former Han royal family!This should be highlighted, because it is the end of the Later Han Dynasty.

In order to distinguish the dynasties established by Liu Bang and Liu Xiu, people at this time distinguished the two dynasties by the former Han and the later Han.

All civil and military men, none of them pretended to Liu Bei!

Because the world is full of mediocre later Han clans, a Liu Bei who has been separated from the former Han by dozens of generations is really not worthy of everyone's high regard.

Cheng Yuanzhi was very satisfied with this result.

You must know that the names of the clansmen of the Han Dynasty are still very useful among the people. Of course, this does not include the clansmen of the former Han Dynasty.

……

In Liu Bei's house.

Guan Yu was brandishing a broadsword, practicing martial arts and building up his physical strength.

Zhang Fei was sitting in the corner, staring blankly at the sky, holding a jug of wine in his hand, and gulping down.

No one knows what happened in the prison for a month.

Zhang Fei didn't say anything, and just drank in silence after he came back.

The frizzy temper that was originally bluffing disappeared, and the whole person became a boring gourd.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei worriedly, full of all kinds of bad guesses in his heart.

After this turmoil, he no longer wants to meet Zhao Yun, but only wants to leave Yecheng quickly and go to Xuchang.

Yecheng was very peaceful, and the sight of the people living and working in peace made him afraid.

Fear that I will never have another chance to take advantage of the chaos.

If the world is as peaceful as the seven continents of Hebei, he, Liu Bei, will really have no chance.

Therefore, he had to leave and was unwilling to stay for a moment.

But some things don't depend on people's will.

Before Liu Bei had time to leave, Cheng Yuanzhi sent an invitation, asking him to be a guest at his house.

The front hall of the General's Mansion.

Cheng Yuanzhi changed his previous attitude of indifference and enthusiasm towards Liu Bei like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.

Hold hands and look at each other to greet each other, and talk happily about wine.

In addition to presenting many gold and silver treasures and beautiful maids to Liu Bei, there is also a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days.

During this period, he introduced many Hebei civil and military officials to him.

Three or five faces are changed every day.

After Liu Bei got to know all the civil and military people in Hebei, he suddenly realized that the second year of Jian'an was over!
It is the first month of the third year of Jian'an.

He is 37 years old and still has nothing!But the general treated him so courteously, without any reason!

This made Liu Bei, who had been wandering for half his life, feel the taste of conspiracy.

(End of this chapter)