The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 235 Wuling Prefect Liu Qi
Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Thank you for the rescue of Xiangyang. If he orders the lord to conquer Jiangdong, he will defend himself in the south of the Yangtze River. He must not agree. He only says to return to Xinye and rectify the army. If he orders the lord to guard Xinye, If Yuan She is rejected by the North, he can agree to it with all his mouth, and ask for more equipment and food; if he asks about the establishment of an heir, he must not speak lightly!"

Liu Bei thought so, and nodded again and again.

The last time, because of drunken raves, he said "abolishing the elders and establishing the younger is the way to create chaos", Cai Mao took five hundred knives and axemen and chased him for more than 20 miles, and was almost chopped into meat sauce.

With the lessons learned from the past, Liu Bei would dare to take on this again.

The group came to Xiangyang and stayed at Guanyi. Zhang Fei was left to garrison outside the city while Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang entered the city to meet Liu Biao.

After the two parties met the ceremony, Liu Bei bowed his hands and pleaded guilty.

Liu Biao held his hand and comforted him: "I already know everything about the murder of my virtuous brother. At that time, I wanted to behead Cai Mao as a tribute to my virtuous brother. Because everyone begged for mercy, I will forgive him. I also hope that my virtuous brother Haihan will not be seen again." crime."

This kind of scene is very false. Liu Bei has been in the world for decades, but he has never suffered from it. He immediately said: "If you don't do General Cai's business, it should be the actions of the subordinates."

In one sentence, the mastermind Cai Mao was completely eliminated.

Liu Biao looked slightly embarrassed and did not want to say more about this matter. He instead said: "Today, the western Xianbei has surrendered, the central Xianbei has been scattered, the six counties in the east of the Yangtze River have also fallen into the hands of Yuan She, and Sun Quan has fled to Jiaozhou. I am the only one left in the world with Jingzhou and Yi. The state has not yet surrendered. In addition, Huang Zu killed the angel Ni Heng before, and Xin Ye attacked later, and now he is refusing to enter the court. I am afraid that the Northern Army will go south, so I invite my wise brothers to come and discuss countermeasures."

Liu Bei said: "Yuan She has long had the ambition to rule the world. Even if Huang Zu didn't kill the emissary and refuse his son to enter the court, he would go to the south of the Yangtze River sooner or later. But if the northern army comes to attack, there are few soldiers in Xinye City, and the foolish brother feels very powerful. If you don't catch it, you may miss it."

Liu Biao said: "I am old and sick this year and cannot manage affairs. My dear brother, please come to Xiangyang to help me. After my death, the Lord of Jingzhou will belong to my dear brother."

Liu Bei thought that Liu Biao was probing again, and immediately turned pale with shock, "Brother, why did you say that! Bei An dares to take on this important task."

Zhuge Liang observed Liu Biao's words and expressions and saw that Liu Biao was not trying to test him. He looked at Liu Bei and signaled him to accept the proposal.

Liu Bei was suddenly in a dilemma: "Brother, let me think twice."

Then he said goodbye and left.

Returning to Guanyi, Zhuge Liang said: "Jing Sheng wants to entrust Jingzhou to his lord, why should he refuse?"

Liu Bei said: "Jing Sheng waits for my favor to be handed over. I can't bear to take advantage of the danger and seize his foundation. I am afraid that if I respond to this statement, I will cause disaster again."

The implication is that the Cai family has great power and commands most of the troops in Jingzhou. It is useless to agree to Liu Biao here!Cai Mao would definitely not agree.

Maybe he's going to do something behind his back again.

Zhuge Liang knew how powerful it was, and sighed, "What can I do!"

While talking, someone suddenly reported to Young Master Liu Qi to see him.

Liu Bei welcomes him in.Liu Qi cried and bowed to the ground: "The stepmother can't tolerate, Qi's life is in danger, I hope my uncle will take pity on him and save her."

Liu Bei's scalp went numb when he heard this. After the previous incident of "causing trouble between relatives", he was afraid of avoiding such a thing, so he quickly declined:
"This is a family matter of my nephew, how can you ask me?"

How could Liu Qi be willing to give up?He just hugged Liu Bei's thigh and cried and begged.

For a while, snot and tears were all over the place, and the scene was very embarrassing.

In the midst of embarrassment, Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang standing aside with a smile on his face, and his expression was calm and breezy; he was shaking a goose fan, as if he was an expert from the outside world, and he was full of chicness.

Immediately, his heart moved, and he asked, "Kong Ming, take a look at this matter..."

Zhuge Liang waved his hands decisively and said: "This is a family matter of the young master. Liang does not dare to negotiate."

After a while, Liu Bei sent Liu Qi out, and whispered in his ear: "Tomorrow I will send Kong Ming back to pay homage to my nephew, but if this is the case, he will definitely have a clever plan to tell you."

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard the words, thanked him and left.

The next day, Liu Bei said that he was unwell, and asked Zhuge Liang to go back to pay homage to Liu Qi on his behalf.

Zhuge Liang happily agreed and came to Liu Qi's house.

Liu Qi politely invited Zhuge Liang into the back hall, and invited him to have some tea and talk.

After the gift tea, Liu Qi said: "Qi is not tolerated by my stepmother, please help me with a word from my husband."

Zhuge Liang said solemnly: "How dare Liangke send you here to seek family affairs with the young master? If today's words leak out, it will be a disaster."

After all, I immediately got up and said goodbye.

Liu Qi quickly changed his words and said: "In this case, Qi will not ask anymore, and please sit down for a moment."

Zhuge Liang also felt that it was not polite to leave just after arriving, so he sat back in his seat and had a drink with him.

During the dinner, Liu Qi said: "Qi heard that Mr. has a good book, and there is an ancient book in his collection, please come in and have a look."

Zhuge Liang suddenly became interested: "Let's take a look."

Liu Qi led him into the attic and waved his hand to order the servants to quietly move away the wooden ladder.

Zhuge Liang looked around and saw that the attic was full of books, piled up like a mountain, so he asked, "Where are the books?"

Liu Qi didn't go looking for books, but prostrated himself on the ground and cried, "The stepmother is incompatible, Qi's life is at stake, sir, how can you bear to see death without saving him?"

Zhuge Liang kept a straight face, said nothing, and rolled his sleeves to go downstairs.

When I walked to the door, I saw that the wooden ladder had been removed, and I was standing in mid-air, almost ten feet high from the ground. I was immediately dumbfounded and found it difficult to do anything.

He is a scholar, not a martial artist, and he definitely cannot go down without a ladder.

Jump down or die or be disabled!
After thinking about it for a while, he knew that Liu Qi, a mediocre person, could never think of a strategy to lure him with books. This must be Liu Bei's idea for him.

Then he turned around slowly, and said kindly, "My lord, please get up, there is nothing we can do about this matter."

Liu Qi said: "I want a good plan to save my life, but my husband is afraid that there will be leaks, so I won't speak out. Today I can't go up to the sky, and I can't go down to the earth. The words come out of the king's mouth and enter my ears. There is no sixth ear to listen: I hope Mr. Teach me."

Zhuge Liang continued to refuse and said: "If we are not close to each other, how can the young master not see Cai Mao chasing the emperor's uncle? How dare Liang plan for the young master?"

One begged, the other declined.

The scene suddenly froze.

Although the ladder was removed, Zhuge Liang didn't give any advice.

Liu Qi didn't know what to do, and said in a mournful voice: "Mister won't save me? Since I must die, I will die in front of Mr. today!"

After saying this, he stood up, drew his sword and put it on his neck, intending to kill himself.

This kind of moral kidnapping is effective, Zhuge Liang quickly stopped Liu Qi and said: "Young master, don't be impulsive, I have a good plan, quickly put away the sword."

Liu Qi still rested his sword on his neck, and asked: "Please teach me immediately, sir, otherwise I will die."

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to say: "My lord, do you know about Shen Sheng and Chong Er? Shen Sheng died inside, and Chong Er was safe outside. Today Jingxiang is guarded by Huang Zu in the east, and the emperor's uncle sits in the north. Only the four counties in the south have frequent rebellions. , No one can be on the side, why don't you say something, please ask soldiers to guard Wuling. In this way, one can avoid disasters, and the other can inherit the foundation of one county and lead the careers of the four southern counties from a distance, wouldn't it be wonderful!"

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly withdrew his sword to thank him for his advice.After thanking him, Fang ordered people to fetch the ladder and follow Zhuge Liang to go downstairs.

Zhuge Liang returned to the post and told Liu Bei what he had said. Liu Bei was very relieved when he heard the words.


The next day, Liu Qi asked to see Liu Biao and asked to be stationed in Wuling to control the four southern counties.

Liu Biao was hesitant, so he asked Liu Bei to discuss the matter together.

Liu Bei said: "Wuling is connected to Bashu in the west and connected to the four counties in the south. It is important to guard the dangerous points. No one else can guard them. You must go by yourself. The matters in the southeast should be handled by the elder brother and his son; the matters in the northwest should be handled by preparations. If so, Jingxiang is as solid as gold soup."

Liu Biao nodded deeply, thinking it was true, and then said: "I recently heard that after Yuan She conquered Gongsun Kang in Liaodong, he obtained [-] company warships, each of which could carry more than [-] soldiers. The previous raids on Jiangdong all depended on this company. The merits of the Fang battleship. From this we can see that it must have the intention of going south, so we must guard against it."

"Besides, after he conquered Jiangdong, he subdued many naval forces, and the natural danger of the Yangtze River has also been shared with me. The situation in Jingxiang is very worrying for my brother."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "I know this, brother, don't worry, the Lianfang warship is too big to cross the river, and it is even more difficult to go upstream, and the soldiers downstream are not a concern. I just need to protect the north, and I will rest easy. ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is a very good thing! My dear brother, my words have relieved me of all my worries."

Then Liu Qi was ordered to lead [-] troops to Wuling to guard, while he also monitored the four southern counties.

Liu Bei bid farewell to Liu Biao, and returned to Xinye with Zhuge Liang.

(End of this chapter)