Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi clapped his hands in praise, and then said to Tao Qian: "Please also prepare the pen and ink for Xuande, since Xuande promised a two-month period, he should issue a military order!"

Tao Qian seemed to have expected this festival, and said with a smile: "The brush and ink are in the pavilion, Xuande, please."

Chapter 469 Let's go

At this moment, Liu Bei felt dizzy and dizzy, and his eyes turned black. He didn't expect Li Yi to go too far, and even asked him to sign a military order. This was to completely cut off his life!

Liu Bei is now here in Xuzhou to help in the war. It is benevolent to help, and it is only natural not to help. If he runs away now, although it will tarnish his reputation and make people laugh, Liu Bei can also say that it is Li Yi who persecuted him. Those who leave can somewhat reduce the impact.

Before Liu Bei wanted to stay in Xuzhou, in addition to cherishing his reputation and unwillingness, there was also a large part of the reason that once he left Xuzhou, it would be difficult to find a place to stay in the future.

But if he signs the military order, the seriousness of the matter will far exceed what he originally said he was worried about.

There is no joke in the army, and the issuance of a military order shows that Liu Bei has accepted the rule that if he cannot defeat Xiahouyuan, he must die to pay for his crime.

This rule is not a joke. Guan Yu let Cao Cao go on Huarong Road. Although Zhuge Liang did not enforce the military law afterwards, Guan Yu was not less stimulated at the time. He thought he was really going to die. This shows the power of the military order.

Based on Liu Bei's relationship with Li Yi and Tao Qian, if he can't kill Xia Houyuan, can those two let him go?

Also, the most terrible thing is that once the military order is written, Liu Bei will be tied to Xuzhou and want to leave unless he is willing to lose his reputation.

These years are full of turmoil, deserters are not too rare, change clothes, put ashes on your face, and start all over again in another place, but that is a normal situation, if Liu Bei runs away after signing the military order, what does that mean?

It shows that even the military law of the military order has no binding force on Liu Bei, he can run as soon as he wants, the world is so big, who dares to take in such a person?

Under such circumstances, if Liu Bei returns to Qingzhou, it is estimated that Tian Kai will probably send Li Yi's head back.

Of course, Liu Bei can also be said that Li Yi and Tao Qian persecuted him, but others will ask, why did you sign the military order, and what should Liu Bei say?

Could it be that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and I signed the military order just to save my life?

In short, after the military order was signed, Liu Bei was on a dead end, and the sword was behind him, so he couldn't allow him to make other choices.

Liu Bei walked towards the gazebo step by step, feeling a little unstable. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurriedly supported him one by one. There is nothing to argue about, the situation is like this, instead of arguing with others and losing momentum, it is better to accompany Liu Bei and the three brothers to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire, and they will die, afraid of being a bird?

A small official had prepared a pen, ink and silk cloth long ago, and Liu Bei took it. Just as he was about to start the pen, the wound on his palm twitched, and the pain was so severe that Liu Bei's heart seemed to be twitching, and he couldn't hold the pen steadily.

Guan Yu supported the monument, took the pen, and without looking at the people around him, he said in a loud voice, "Guan is a ghostwriter for my brother!"

After all, Guan Yu didn't care whether Li Yi and Tao Qian agreed or not, so he started to write with a brush.

When Li Yi and Tao Qian saw this, they didn't make any troubles in this regard. After all, although their attitudes were very firm and unkind, they both knew in their hearts that it didn't matter whether Liu Bei had ambitions or not, but he was such an evil thing until now It's very aggrieved to be forced by them like this before. On the contrary, the two of them are really dishonest in doing things, and they are completely bullying.

Soon after Guan Yu finished writing, he picked it up and showed it to Tao Qian. Tao Qian nodded and said, "Yes!"

Guan Yu put down the silk cloth, but first wrote his name on the place slightly lower than the signature place, and then put the pen in front of Liu Bei with both hands, saying: "Brother, my three names are considered together!"

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Okay!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei barely held the brush with his bandaged hand, and with Guan Yu supporting his arm, he slowly wrote his name on it, but even so, a few drops of blood still fell on the white silk. on cloth.

The scarlet spread and spread, and it was extremely dazzling between the black and white words.

After that, Zhang Fei also followed his name below.

After completing all this, I don't know if it's because the way ahead is doomed, knowing that he is powerless to resist, Liu Bei suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, turned around and said: "Master Xiang, please use your seal!"

Liu Bei's voice was very peaceful, he didn't smile, and he didn't bow his knees. His attitude was like treating an old farmer he met by chance on the way, but kind.

Li Yi and Tao Qian were both surprised, and a little uncomfortable with Liu Bei's changes. Tao Qian hesitated for a while, and then called Sun Qian to use the seal on his behalf.

Li Yi originally wanted Dianwei to get the seal, but after thinking about it, Li Yi stopped Dianwei and said, "I'll come in person."

Li Yi walked to the table and looked at the black and white writing on the white cloth, as well as some blood stains on it. He felt extremely uncomfortable. He sighed in his heart, then pressed his general seal beside Tao Qian, and looked at it again. Liu Bei glanced at him and said, "I have Hua Tuo, a genius doctor, and You Shan is traumatized. With him, the sword wound in Xuande's hand can be healed in a short time."

Liu Bei bowed and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the Marquis Xiang, I am afraid, but I am humble, and I dare not bother the Marquis Xiang."

Li Yi's expression was a little stiff. He didn't expect that he would be pushed back by Liu Bei, but it's normal to think about it. Liu Bei did it like this.

So, Li Yi didn't say anything more, nodded and slowly returned to his place.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit subtle, Tao Qian coughed lightly, pretending to be hearty and said: "The Marquis Xiang has come from a long way, and the boat and car are tiring. It's getting late now, and the old man has already prepared a banquet in the city. Why don't we enter the city now?"

Li Yi was actually not in the mood to drink anymore, but this was courtesy, and he would not spoil Tao Qian's kindness, so he smiled and said: "The emperor is the master, and Yi is the guest. Everything should follow the master's arrangement."

Tao Qian laughed, and called several officials to start arranging matters. Receiving Li Yi was actually quite troublesome, especially with the [-] army, and it took a lot of manpower to settle them.

After some time, the matter was properly explained, and when he was about to go back to the city, Tao Qian couldn't help but looked at Liu Bei several times. Originally, Tao Qian thought that Liu Bei was like this, and he would definitely leave, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to say goodbye at all. What he meant was that he acted as if he wanted to go back to the city for a drink with them.

Li Yi had noticed that Liu Bei was going back to the city before Tao Qian, and he felt quite surprised, because this matter was left on him, and he had already run away, so why would he go to the banquet to join in the fun?

However, after thinking about it carefully, Li Yi understood Liu Bei's mentality a little bit. After all, the military order was signed, and Liu Bei probably had no scruples. What's the point of a mere banquet?

At noon, Li Yi and Tao Qian arrived in Tan County. Tao Qian and Li Yi pointed out the customs of Tan County, and their words were very embarrassing, because Tan County was also very prosperous before, but now it is depressed because of the war. a lot.

There was not much delay in the middle, and everyone entered Tao Qian's mansion. Tao Qian was very good at being a man, and arranged for Li Yi to be tied for the top with him. He didn't look down on Li Yi because he was young. It was also very good for Dian Wei and the others. It is important to let them sit next to Li Yi, and they are not sent to the back according to their official positions.

Regardless of the arrangements of the other Xuzhou officials, Liu Bei was placed in a corner. This time, it wasn't that Tao Qian was belittling him.

But Liu Bei didn't care, and sat in the corner with Guan and Zhang, with a calm expression, neither humble nor overbearing, and there was no strange color on his face. What happened.

After the banquet started, Liu Bei remained as usual, and even took the initiative to toast Li Yi and Tao Qian. There was no neglect in the etiquette, which made Tao Qian dare not look at Liu Bei in a daze.

Li Yi also felt embarrassed, but he didn't look away, because Li Yi really wanted to know what kind of demeanor the real Liu Bei was.

As the banquet progressed, Liu Bei's performance also attracted more and more people's attention. No matter what Liu Bei thought in his heart, but on the surface, his calmness was really good, and many people couldn't help it. He looked at Liu Bei frequently, talked in his spare time, and discussed Liu Bei a lot, so that in the end, although Liu Bei was not the protagonist, he became half the center of the banquet.

After the banquet was over, Tao Qian and Li Yi were not very happy because of Liu Bei. Fortunately, Liu Bei bid farewell at this time, and he was going back to Lanling.

Originally, Li Yi thought that if Li Bei left, he would send someone to "escort him", but Li Yi also had to lose face. At this time, he really couldn't save his face and said such a thing, and in the end he just sent Liu Bei to take care.

After the three of Liu Bei left the city, they didn't hurry. When they came out of the city, they encountered a small mound. Liu Bei called Guan and Zhang to stop, and then walked directly towards the mound without saying anything.

Guan and Zhang looked at each other and followed Liu Bei silently. They felt that Liu Bei must have something to say to them.

The small mound was not considered high, so Liu Bei quickly reached the top. Looking around, he found that there were only some bluestones and withered weeds, not even a tree, which looked very desolate.

Liu Bei turned around, looked at the city in the distance, stared at it for a moment, finally set his eyes on Guan and Zhang, and said with a smile: "Actually, I wanted to find a peach grove, but before I left the city, I asked the locals specifically. People say that there are no peach forests in Xuzhou."

Although Liu Bei's tone sounded very relaxed, Guan and Zhang couldn't help feeling sour in their hearts. To others, the Taolin was just a Taolin, but to the three of them, the meaning was extraordinary, because they were In Taoyuan, he swore to be sworn to Jinlan and vowed to live together and die together.

They were hit hard today, and now Liu Bei was thinking about what happened back then, but he still said that there was no peach forest in Xuzhou, which gave the two of them a very bad premonition.

Zhang Fei was a little flustered, subconsciously said: "Brother wants to see Taoyuan, let's go back to Lanling and plant some. Second brother, don't you think so?"

But Guan Yu didn't respond, he just looked at Liu Bei intently, he was waiting for Liu Bei's next words.

Liu Bei also glanced at Guan Yu, then shook his head at Zhang Fei, his gentle smile gradually turned bitter, and said softly, "I seem to be wrong."