Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

With the addition of Xun You, the think tank around Li Yi grew stronger again. Coupled with Li Yi's original plan, the combination of several people quickly determined the general things to come.

The next day, a team of fast horses left Xiangyang, headed straight to Chang'an, sent letters of recommendation from Li Yi's father-in-law and Liu Biao, and then in Xiangyang City, the biggest thing was Liu Biao's funeral.

Many officials in Xiangyang City thought that Li Yi would immediately appoint officials to reorganize the forces in Xiangyang, but Li Yi and the others imagined that it was much more low-key. After that, for three days in a row, Li Yi was guarding Liu Biao's spirit, not asking about political affairs at all. , the specific Jingzhou affairs, except for the soldiers and horses, everything else remains the same.

Seeing Li Yi like this, everyone felt a little at ease. After all, Li Yi's low-key performance was actually a kind of show of favor to them.

But Li Yi didn't really just keep watch, and didn't do anything else.

On the Jingnan side first, Li Yi had already asked someone to send out the official who had been stamped with the seal of General Zhengnan, and "inadvertently" expressed the news that he would continue to conquer Yangzhou in Liu Biao's mourning hall.

Outsiders couldn't figure out Li Yi's specific thoughts, and suspected that his ulterior motives were not in drinking, but they unanimously supported his attitude towards the crusade against Yuan Shu. After all, Yuan Shu had too much enmity with Jingzhou.

Even after the news spread, many young and strong volunteered to join the army, hoping to follow Li Yi to fight Yangzhou, but these people were all declined by Li Yi on the grounds that they would not recruit troops for the time being.

After two days like this, news came from Pin that Yuan Shu was about to withdraw from Jiangxia. A few cities had been damaged, but it was not serious, and it was within the acceptable range. In addition, there was another very important thing, that is, Yuan Shu Send envoys to find Pin and send news of Huang Zhong.

It turned out that Huang Zhong was detained behind the camp as a prisoner, so he was taken away by the Yangzhou army early in the morning, and then sent to Yuan Shu after going around. Yuan Shu originally wanted to kill Huang Zhong to vent his anger, but he thought Ji Ling, so Yuan Shu proposed to exchange Ji Ling with Huang Zhong.

After Li Yi got the news, he breathed a long sigh of relief. He was naturally very willing, and what made Li Yi feel funny was that Yuan Shu was worried that he would not, so he even expressed his willingness to add a lot of jewels to redeem the anniversary. spirit.

This is actually easy to understand. After all, Ji Ling is the pioneer of Yuan Shu, which is a great credit. Although Huang Zhong is good at martial arts, he cannot be reused by Liu Biao, and he is not very famous. The "value" of the two is quite different. It's a little big.

Li Yi immediately sent a letter to Pin, telling him to keep Huang Zhong, and at the same time send someone to send Ji Ling to the Pin office, and this matter will be handled by Pin, although Li Yi really wanted to welcome Huang Zhong back in person, But at this moment, it is really not suitable for him to leave Xiangyang. 14

Chapter 426

A few days later, on the day of Liu Biao's funeral, Liu Qi suddenly returned to Xiangyang.

The news about Liu Biao's death was sent to Liu Qi by Li Yi. Naturally, Li Yi also sent the letter written by Liu Biao.

After Liu Qi returned to Xiangyang, he shed tears all the way and went straight to Liu Biao's mourning hall. There were many Jingzhou officials present at the time, but few dared to deal with Liu Qi, that is, Kuai Liang. By the way, I also gave Liu Qi some things so that he can settle down in the future.

Liu Qi is a dutiful son, otherwise he would not dare to return to Xiangyang at this time. However, it may be that he understood Liu Biao's painstaking efforts from the letter, or it may be that the world's coldness made him feel disheartened. Liu Qi did not go to Li Yi to make trouble, and even Not even a word of complaint, only after Liu Biao was buried for another seven days, he quietly left Xiangyang, did not ask anyone to say goodbye, and did not have anyone to see him off, just left so quietly, as if there was no such thing as Xiangyang More than him.

In the past few days, Li Yi didn't take the initiative to meet Liu Qi, because he didn't know what to say to Liu Qi. Apart from irritating Liu Qi and disgusting himself, the meeting was of no benefit at all, and Li Yi never thought about it from the beginning to the end. Killed Liu Qi's life.

However, after Liu Qi left, the person who cleaned up Liu Qi's residence found a letter addressed to Li Yi, so he sent it to Li Yi's desk.

Liu Qi didn't mention Liu Biao's life or death in his letter, he just said that the people of Jingzhou have suffered a lot of twists and turns in recent years, and hoped that Li Yi would cherish the power of the people in the future and stop making the people suffer, so he was very grateful.

Then, Liu Qi mentioned Liu Pan again, saying that Liu Pan would focus on the overall situation of Jingzhou and was waiting for Li Yi to send someone to take over the troops.

This is the end of the letter, and there is no other content.

Li Yi put down the letter, feeling a little emotional, Liu Qi is a gentleman, and a sad one at that.

This is true no matter in the original history or now.

Perhaps, troubled times have never belonged to gentlemen.

Li Yi was about to discuss this with Xun You, and by the way, Zhang Liao walked in from the door. After Li Yi asked him to sit down, he saw Zhang Liao's face was a little ugly, and he couldn't help but wondered: "Wen Yuan, what is this?" Now, is there something wrong with the military?"

Zhang Liao hurriedly shook his head and said, "My lord, my lord's reputation is outstanding, Junshi Cai and the others have also given their best to help, now Wen Xiang is in charge of the four guards, and all the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City are willing to obey the lord's orders, so there is nothing wrong with military affairs."

Hearing what Zhang Liao said, Li Yi was even more puzzled. Zhang Liao has been high-spirited since he followed him, and he was even more like a bridegroom after winning a battle recently, but today he looks listless, a little angry and aggrieved , really call him strange.

Zhang Liao sighed, took out a letter from his bosom, put it in front of Li Yi with both hands, and said, "My lord, this is a letter written by Boping to me, and the matter in it is related to Feng Xian, please read it, my lord."

"Oh, Bopin?"

Li Yi's eyes showed doubts, Bo Ping was Gao Shun, and it was normal for Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to exchange letters, but if Zhang Liao deliberately showed Gao Shun's letter to him, it would be a bit problematic.

A bad premonition rose in Li Yi's heart. He opened the letter and read it. After a while, Li Yi's face darkened.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao sighed, "Then Cao Cao didn't know what kind of soup he poured on Feng Xian. Feng Xian married Cao Cao to Jinlan, and this was not enough. He even asked Ling Qi to marry Cao Cao's eldest son and agreed to marry after three years." , this is simply alas!"

Zhang Liao sighed again, and said, "Boping doesn't agree with this matter. He tried hard to persuade Fengxian, but Fengxian refused to listen. Boping persuaded him too much, but Fengxian reprimanded Boping instead. Boping was helpless, and wanted to unite with others Everyone persuaded him, but Fengxian seemed to be determined, and the others didn't dare to disobey Fengxian's intentions when they saw this."

"Ugh!"

Zhang Liao sighed again and again: "Boping knows that my lord and Cao Cao are not on good terms, Fengxian should not be sworn brothers with Cao Cao, I want to tell my lord about this, and let my lord write to persuade Fengxian, but I feel ashamed, I am sorry for my lord, so I can only write to me, Let me pass it on to the lord."

Li Yi had finished reading the letter at this time and put down the letter.

In fact, the content of the letter is more detailed than what Zhang Liao said.

Gao Shun implicitly stated that apart from Cao Cao's deceit, the reason why Lu Bu was willing to be sworn brothers with Cao Cao was actually related to Li Yi.

When Li Yi killed Dong Zhuo, although the world was shocked by it, many people thought that Li Yi was just taking a chance, and the method was relatively disgraceful, and some people even felt that such a chance would be given to them , can do the same, but they don't bother to do it with their character and virtue.

But this time Li Yi defeated Yuan Shu's so-called 30 army. Although Li Yi still took advantage of it, no one could continue to speak sour words, and it really pushed Li Yi to the point where he became famous all over the world.

It is good to be famous all over the world.

For example, people like Xun You, once Li Yi wanted to recruit, but he was ashamed and dared not speak up, but when Li Yi became famous, Xun You himself sent him to his door to beg for admission.

Those officials in Xiangyang are similar, obedient like a baby bunny. After many days, not only no one dared to stab them, but they all tried to get a sense of presence in front of Li Yi.

This is an advantage. Of course, there are also disadvantages. After all, there are many people who are popular, and talents will inevitably be envied.

And Lu Bu is one of the people who feel jealous.

After being told by Li Yi about Yuan Shu's situation earlier, Lu Bu was very excited and decided to fight in Yanzhou. It is the most basic thing to step on Cao Cao. If he is lucky, he can go south and beat Yuan Shu violently, and then let Li Yi Treat him like a younger brother, and give him special advice in the future.

As a result, Lu Bu was gearing up to fight, and Li Yi was done fighting before his palms were warm.

At that time, Lu Bu thought that there was something wrong with his ears. After confirming that there was no problem several times, his chest felt very tight. There was even a kind of shame of being played by Li Yi. fell to the bottom.

In fact, Li Yi suggested that Lu Bu go to Dongjun. Although the main purpose was to add trouble to Cao Cao, considering the situation at the time, it could not be regarded as cheating Lu Bu.

Because at that time Lu Bu couldn't get along in Chang'an anymore, rather than being kicked out of Chang'an, it's better to leave to save face, and after arriving in Yanzhou, if Lu Bu can suddenly become wise and powerful, good at seizing the opportunity, it might be possible to get rid of Cao Cao Chance.

Even if something happened to Yuan Shu, Lu Bu could still choose to join Li Yi to deal with Cao Cao. In short, there is room for development.

It's just that Lu Bu is still Lu Bu after all. Seeing Li Yi's reputation soaring, but he had no chance to take advantage of Yuan Shu's chaos, he naturally felt resentful. It was a sworn brotherhood, a promise of huge profits to Lu Bu, and the murder of his parents and relatives to win Lu Bu's sympathy. In the end, Lu Bu was tempted and directly gave up Li Yi, an ally who was not an ally, and became an ally with Cao Cao, who had conflicts with Li Yi. .

Li Yi tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes were lowered, his face was as deep as water, and he seemed to be in a very bad mood. Seeing this, Zhang Liao was also very worried. He felt that what Lu Bu did was unethical. You can speak up if you have any ideas. After all, everyone You are friends, but you just came together with Cao Cao without saying a word. How will we communicate with each other in the future?

Zhang Liao asked in a low voice: "My lord, if Feng Xian is like this, will my lord write a letter, maybe there is still a chance of redemption?"

Li Yi shook his head lightly, and sighed: "Well, since Fengxian had already agreed to Cao Cao when Boping sent the letter, and there were a few days of delays on the way, the matter has been confirmed. What's the use with me?"

Zhang Liao was dumbfounded. In fact, he also knew that this matter was probably useless, but he felt sad when he thought that Li Yi and Lu Bu might end up in a confrontation because of Cao Cao in the future.

Li Yi glanced at Zhang Liao and comforted him softly: "Wen Yuan doesn't need to be sad. In fact, Cao Cao and Feng Xian's actions were not aimed at me, but because Cao Cao's family was killed by Tao Qian in Xuzhou. Cao Cao was eager to send troops to Xuzhou for his family. Revenge, that's why Cao Cao was eager to make friends with Fengxian and settle down, not to let Fengxian target me, so let him go about this matter, alas, I'm just worried that Lu Bu will be taken advantage of by Cao Cao. "

Seeing that although Li Yi was sad, he didn't mean to blame Lu Bu at all, Zhang Liao felt that Li Yi was magnanimous, and he also sighed for Lu Bu. After saying a few more words, he found an excuse and hurriedly resigned.