The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

There is a county in Baidi City called Yufu. Liu Bei renamed it Yong'an when he lived here. In fact, there is only one post house here.

But it later became famous because of Yong'an Palace.It's not that there is really a large palace here, but that the dignified emperor naturally lives in a palace, and it's too difficult to call the xx post house.

This stay is several months, and it is almost the end of the year.Everyone in Chengdu was in a hurry, and they went to the Prime Minister's Mansion endlessly to inquire: When will His Majesty return to court?

do not know.

Empress Wu in the palace all sent out a decree: The prime minister doesn't know, who else can know?

Zhuge Liang replied: "Your Majesty doesn't want me to know, how dare I know?"

There is a reason for Zhuge Liang to say this. Not only did Liu Bei not see her, but he also did not see Zhao Yun who was in the rear. A fire broke out in Xiaoting, and the army retreated. Chen Dao first contacted Zhao Yun, and then Zhao Yun tried to find Liu Bei in the chaos. The escort mission was stopped by Liu Bei's followers: His Majesty has an order, the general should not step forward.

Zhao Yun didn't have time to ponder the deep meaning of it carefully, and she was still busy completing the remedial measures Zhuge Liang explained.Zhuge Liang told her that if she really lost, her 5000 people could not retreat with Liu Bei's defeat, but must take the initiative to rush up and fight Wu Jun who was chasing him.In this way, if you are lucky, Wu Jun will be afraid and retreat when he sees a good situation; if you are not lucky, you can also give Liu Bei more time to retreat.

The so-called loser cannot lose.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, the Wu army probably did not expect that the defeated Shu army would suddenly take the initiative to attack vigorously and desperately. Originally, the fire was the main force of the Wu army in this battle. Later Soochow's army was still scum, and they basically retreated on their own initiative.

Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, Zhuge Liang's plan was indeed useful, but what happened next was a bit incomprehensible: Lu Xun took the initiative to send someone to sue for peace, demanding the restoration of the Wu-Shu alliance.

There is no one who wins and still plays a small game. Is Lu Xun's brain flooded?

Zhao Yun couldn't figure it out, and when Liu Bei was discussing this matter with everyone through the screen, she asked directly.Liu Bei said to Zilong, you should return to Chengdu immediately, and tell Kong Ming to write a letter to Soochow to send envoys, and I agree to make peace with Soochow.

There were two things that everyone couldn't understand at the time. The first was why they had to make peace with Soochow, whose hatred was as deep as the sea, and the second was why they had to go back to Chengdu specifically for a matter that Liu Bei could make decisions by himself. Go through the procedure of Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei said Zilong, you will understand when you see Kong Ming.

When Zhao Yun returned to Chengdu with suspicion and saw Zhuge Liang, he really understood: Lu Xun is a goddamn person, Zhuge Liang also received the exact same copy of the peace statement he sent to Liu Bei.

"Lu Boyan did it on purpose. Anyway, the Soochow Army is not strong, and Ji Han won't be able to turn around if he loses this time. It won't do him any good if he continues to fight, and he won't suffer if he seeks peace with Soochow. In addition, he knows that His Majesty and Soochow Soochow has a great enmity, so it is unlikely to agree to repair it; I was strongly opposed to sending troops at the beginning, and I always suggested repairing it. Now your Majesty is far away from Baidi, and I am in Chengdu. It is inconvenient to communicate with each other. If Your Majesty does not agree to make peace, I agree to make peace And, what will happen?"

"But Lu Xun never thought that what if you agree with His Majesty? Apart from the possibility that His Majesty agrees to make peace, isn't it possible that you and His Majesty do not agree to make peace?"

"Why didn't you expect that?" Zhuge Liang raised the letter in his hand, "Even if I agree with His Majesty, Lu Xun is not at a disadvantage. He sent the exact same content to me and Your Majesty, clearly saying to everyone, 'In Soochow In his eyes, Zhuge Liang's status is equivalent to Emperor Ji Han', what does His Majesty think? What do the ministers think?"

"Lu Xun is such a scum." Zhao Yun said sincerely.

But Liu Bei was not a scumbag. Not only did he restrain his feelings of revenge in view of the overall situation, but he also specially asked Zhao Yun to pass on his words to Zhuge Liang, and handed over the formal task of sending envoys to Zhuge Liang, leaving the officials with nothing to say.

"I feel sorry for him more and more." Zhuge Liang gently stroked the long feathers on the feather fan, "If I made a mistake..."

"He still feels sorry for you." Zhao Yun remembered that Liu Bei was behind a screen and refused to see everyone. Sleep, fell asleep so easily, woke up after a while, and never fell asleep again after waking up, repeatedly said that it would be fine if I listened to you, why didn’t I listen, if I listened to a word, it wouldn’t be like this, why didn’t I listen Ah, sorry for you, sorry for those ministers who objected..."

Zhuge Liang only felt sad when he heard this: "If you are still alive, you have everything. This is just a defeat. The loss of tens of thousands of horses will not shake the middle of Sichuan. Give me three years and I can make up for it. He stayed alone in Bai God, there is no special person to take care of you, how can you rest assured! He sent you back..."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang suddenly gasped: "No..."

In the first month of the third year of Zhang Wu, everyone in Chengdu failed to have a good year. When the Wan family was reunited, Liu Bei refused to come back. After the New Year, Zhuge Liang wrote to Liu Bei, asking to go to Baidi to welcome him back to Chengdu.When the messenger came back, Zhuge Liang anxiously asked how it was.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty heard that it was a letter from the prime minister. He took it and put it in front of the case without even opening the bag. He waved his hand to order the servant to return. When the servant retreated, he saw His Majesty holding the letter from the prime minister sobbing..."

Zhuge Liang put his hand on his forehead, this is troublesome, Liu Bei really doesn't plan to come back.

"Sir, if you really miss His Majesty, you might as well go to Baidi." Ma Di advised from the side.

"Your Majesty has no will, how can I leave here without authorization? Who do I entrust with the government affairs? If I really leave Chengdu lightly, some people will say that I rely on the emperor's favor and arrogant doctor. Wouldn't this embarrass Your Majesty?"

"If you follow the Queen's order or Prince Jun's order..." Ma Di cautiously suggested.

Zhuge Liang began to seriously consider the feasibility of this proposal.

But within three days, this suggestion was meaningless, because there was an urgent report from Yong'an Palace in Baidi City: The emperor urgently ordered Zhuge Liang, the minister, Li Yan and other officials to go to Baidi City and leave immediately without delay.

Hearing the news, the fan in Zhuge Liang's hand fell to the table.

Zhuge Liang wished he could fly to Baidi in a supersonic plane, but the fastest means of transportation these days is only the horse.Zhuge Liang ordered his subordinates to arrange fast horses. Zhao Yun felt that she must be crazy: "With your current body, can you ride a horse? You will be useless even there!"

Zhuge Liang didn't listen.

When leaving, Liu Chan came to see him off: "Hold on, Prime Minister!"

"Prince." Officials, big and small, hurriedly saluted.

"His Royal Highness..." Zhuge Liang also wanted to salute, but Liu Chan stretched out his hand to support him: "The prime minister is free of the courtesy. I am here this time because I have something important to entrust to the prime minister."

"What's the matter?"

Liu Chan turned his head, and some people pulled a cart, and another pulled a child: "Prime Minister, I'm going to Baidi, please take your two younger brothers along the way."

The two children were not mentioned in Liu Bei's edict: "Prince, Your Majesty didn't say..."

"It's the decree of Gu Jun. I implore the Prime Minister to take care of the two younger brothers all the way. To be honest, I am afraid that the queen will harm the two younger brothers. In the past, the emperor was here, and the queen greeted them with a smile, which was very kind; There is a prime minister, and the queen dare not act rashly; now that the father and the prime minister are not here, she is afraid of being lost. Li Meiren died suddenly a few months ago, and the reason is still unknown. At that time, Gu ordered someone to move King Lu to the lonely palace to take care of her. The second time I wanted to visit the king's younger brother, but I was prevaricated by Gu. The queen couldn't do it, and asked several times when King Liang moved into the palace, saying that she would take care of him personally. But according to Yigu, she didn't buy all the things used by King Liang, and the wet nurse didn't. The prime minister took care of the two younger brothers all the way, so he could keep everything safe. If the father sees the younger brothers, he may change his mind and return to Chengdu. The things used by the younger brothers along the way have been ordered to be ready, please prime minister Just take this big car to Baidi, and it will be convenient to take care of him on the way."

Liu Chan spoke earnestly, and Zhuge Liang remembered that Empress Wu had indeed sent people to ask countless times when Liu Li would enter the palace. This is indeed not a reassuring woman.

"Minister, follow orders."

It was already spring when we arrived at Baidi City, but Zhuge Liang didn't feel warm at all.The convoy entered the city at night.

At the gate of the city, there were servants waiting anxiously. When they saw the vehicle approaching, they rushed forward and said, "Prime Minister! Prime Minister!"

Zhuge Liang got out of the car, and the accompanying maid led Liu Yong, hugged Liu Li, and followed behind.

"Prime Minister! Why are you here today? Your Majesty is waiting impatiently!"

"How is Your Majesty now?"

"Your Majesty... Alas, the prime minister should come with me quickly. Your majesty said: 'The prime minister is here, there is no need to inform, and I will meet you at Yong'an Palace'."

Zhuge Liang saw how conflicted the servant wanted to say but refused to say it, and then listened to Liu Bei's verbal instructions, and his heart sank.She wanted to rush away immediately, and looked at herself again. After driving for so long, she looked dusty, with a lot of dirt on her cloak, and her appearance was really bad. Seeing her like this, she seemed to be "dishonest before the emperor". : "I'll change immediately!"

"Oh, my prime minister! What more clothes do you need! Go with the old slave! Your Majesty... Your Majesty may not be able to wait any longer!" The servant was so anxious that he was about to cry, and he took Zhuge Liang's hand and was about to leave , the maidservant behind him didn’t know what happened, and asked King Lu and King Liang how to arrange it. Before Zhuge Liang could speak, the servant had already seen it: "King Lu and King Liang are also here! It’s just in time! Your Majesty said, let’s go to the sleeping hall to see you together!

Zhuge Liang was led away in a dazed state, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He felt like he was in a dream. In the dream, he was driving on the road. The two forks in front of him represented good and bad respectively. He didn't know which corner to turn, but the dream couldn't help it. Man hesitates and chooses.

When I came outside the bedroom, I met the imperial doctor coming out with a medicine box.

Before Zhuge Liang could open his mouth to ask, the imperial physician had already seen her, didn't say anything, just let out a long sigh, bowed his head and left.

Zhuge Liang felt chills all over his body, as if the fork in the road chosen by him in the dream could already see the end - the end was an abyss, but there was no brake under his feet.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, King Liang, King Lu, and all the ministers are here." The servant knocked on the door.

Not long after, the door opened, and another servant sent a message: "Your Majesty has an order, please let the prime minister enter alone."

Zhuge Liang's feet felt a little weak, and the answering voice seemed to come from far away: "Yes." The sky and the earth began to spin, and the feeling of palpitations when entering Baidi City for the first time returned, and the heart seemed to jump out.Holding on to the door frame, she barely took a step. After walking a few steps, she felt her heart sink back into her chest.

Walking to the bed, Liu Bei looked haggard, but his eyes were still bright, looking at her: "Kong Ming..."

"His Majesty……"

"No. You sit here." Liu Bei pointed to the edge of the couch, and then tried his best to move out to a bigger place, but finally gave up because he was too weak to move his body.

Zhuge Liang sat down, his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold the lupine.

"The imperial doctor said that I was very ill a few days ago, but I feel better today. I am very happy to hear that you are here."

"Your Majesty, Hong Fu, just rest for a few days."

Liu Bei shook his head lightly: "I'm happy because you're here, and I finally have the energy to speak, so I can explain things clearly so as not to leave any regrets."

"Your Majesty, why do you need to say this..."

"Kong Ming, I don't know when I won't be able to speak, so let's stop talking useless words. Everything I'm going to say next is very important, just listen."

"Yes." Zhuge Liang held back his tears and forced himself to focus on Liu Bei's words.

"Call Li Yan. After Li Yan comes in, you all go out, leaving the historian here alone." Liu Bei said to the servant beside the couch.

The internal servant passed on to Li Yan, and Li Yan knelt down and saluted.

"Li Yan, you are a witness to everything I'm going to say next, did you hear that?" Liu Bei said seriously.

"Yes."

Liu Bei turned to the historian standing next to him again: "You must write down every sentence I say next, and there must be no mistakes."

The historian bowed and answered yes.

Liu Bei turned to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, I will not recover from my illness this time. What I am most worried about is that after my death, there will be restlessness in Sichuan. If I want to be stable, I must choose a good enough successor. What do you think of the crown prince?" "

"The prince is intelligent and benevolent, admired by all people, and worthy of great responsibility."

"It's a great job, Kong Ming, don't lie to me." Liu Bei sighed, "But this is not what I want to talk about. A Dou is my son, and I am always afraid that I may misjudge him because of partiality. Kong Ming, your talent is better than that. Cao Pi, who is ten times better than Cao Wei, should be very accurate in judging people, so remember, after I die, if A Dou can assist him, you will assist him; if he cannot assist, you can act on your own."

As soon as Liu Bei blurted out the last word, Li Yan exclaimed, and the pen in the historian's hand fell to the ground. Zhuge Liang was shocked for a moment, and then knelt down in front of the couch: "Your Majesty, why did you say such a thing! How dare you have such a heart?" !"

Liu Bei watched the historian frantically pick up the pen: "I asked you to write it down, did you remember it?"

"This……"

"remember!"

Liu Bei turned to look at Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, get up, what I said is true."

"I dare not!"

"it is true……"

"I must never dare!"

"Kong Ming, you are going to kill me in a hurry!" Liu Bei repeated twice, so anxious that tears were about to come down, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhuge Liang with the strength he didn't know where he came from: "You want me to make it clearer! What I said has two meanings: If Ah Dou is not intelligent enough to rule the country or if something happens that cannot guarantee the stability of the country, I will give you the right to abolish the establishment! You can establish whoever you want! You can stand on your own! There is my will to prove it! Anyone who dares to object is disobeying my will and can be killed!"

The historian's pen fell to the ground for the second time, and the person fell to his knees: "Your Majesty..."

"Write it down!" Liu Bei said vigorously.

Zhuge Liang raised his head to look at Liu Bei, who was looking into her eyes anxiously and fearfully, for fear that she would refuse.

This is not a temptation, Liu Bei is really afraid that she will misinterpret his meaning again.

"My lord, dare to use up all your strength to serve the festival of loyalty and chastity, and then die!"

The tears finally burst, and Zhuge Liang threw himself on the couch and began to cry.

And Liu Bei let go of his hand as if he was finally relieved: "Okay, this is what I'm most worried about, and I don't need it now."

Li Yan was still kneeling beside him.

"Kong Ming, Zheng Fang, I ordered you two to be assistant ministers. Kong Ming, you are still the prime minister. Zheng Fang will be re-elected as the Central Guard, to take charge of the internal and external military affairs, and stay to guard Yong'an. You must assist the prime minister wholeheartedly. If someone makes things difficult for the prime minister, you will Come out, don't disappoint me."

Li Yanlian claimed it was.

"Li Yan, you go out, pass on Lu Wang, Liang Wang come in, let my family talk about private matters."

Li Yan got up and went out. Of course, he also wondered why Liu Bei's family wanted to keep Zhuge Liang behind.

Liu Yong came in with his younger brother who was just able to walk. Seeing Liu Bei like this, he knelt down in front of the couch crying.

"Excuse me. I will pass away soon, you brothers must live in harmony and don't cause trouble to the prime minister. I worship the prime minister as my father today, and in the future I will treat him as my father. If you are negligent, you are not my son." Liu Bei was a little struggling to speak. up.

Liu Yong saluted Zhuge Liang obediently. Liu Bei was very satisfied. He stretched out his hand to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, I am sorry for you. Today's arrangement is the only compensation I can make...A Dou is also my son... Don't be too biased..."

Zhuge Liang grabbed Liu Bei's hand, already weeping uncontrollably.

"I still want to talk to you... say something else, when we first met in Xinye, you were 27... I was still wearing hats in front of you at that time... You are really rude when you talk, say... say I don't Thinking of making progress, saying that Xiahou Dun doesn't like my little hat..."

"Your Majesty...Actually, there is one thing I have always wanted to say... Xinye is not the first time I met Your Majesty. The first time I met was ten years before that...in..."

"Xuzhou, right?" Liu Bei interrupted Zhuge Liang's sobbing, showing a slightly sly smile.

Zhuge Liang was stunned.

Liu Bei seemed to be caught in the memory: "You saw me in the crowd that day...you were still small, and in order to stand taller, you climbed up to the wall next to you...I thought at that time... I don't know which family the child is, but it's not a child. Bold...Actually, I have always remembered...unexpectedly, I would meet...in Xinye later, and then I thought...I wanted to see if Kong Ming would remember if I didn't tell him?"

Zhuge Liang finally couldn't help crying loudly.

"I thought you forgot... so it's not there, it's good if you don't..." Liu Bei said with some relief, "don't cry... take Yonger... and Lier out, I have to tell the ministers a few words... ...Kong Ming, you...don't come in again...you can't be...the last person to see me...otherwise..."

Otherwise, Liu Bei didn't say anything, and needless to say, Zhuge Liang can think of it.

"Let's go, Kong Ming..."

Zhuge Liang didn't know how he withdrew, and Liu Yong, who was so small, tried his best to support her.

"From now on, you will suffer alone..."

Liu Bei's sigh sounded vague and unreal.

Zhuge Liang stumbled and walked in front of everyone's eyes. The long corridor in front of him seemed to be endless. Looking at Liu Li, he knelt beside him in doubt, and he instinctively relied on Zhuge Liang.

The ministers behind him entered.

I couldn't hear what Liu Bei said, but I only knew that after a while, there was a faint cry, and then everyone withdrew and knelt outside the door.

Zhuge Liang looked back in a daze: "Did a servant come out and say something?"

Liu Yong's head shook like a rattle.

But soon there was a sharp and very unusual voice from the servant, as if the air had been cut: "Your Majesty died—"

Then there was a cry behind him.

Zhuge Liang didn't know what they were crying for, as if something major had happened?What happened?

"Father..."

Someone was pulling Zhuge Liang's sleeve, looking down, it was Liu Yong.

"Father died... Father Xiang, what should we do next?"

Liu Yong's voice and eyes were full of distress. Zhuge Liang didn't understand the meaning of "collapse" until now. She hugged Liu Yong and burst into tears.

"Prime Minister, my condolences to the Prime Minister."

But he didn't even have time to cry. The historian came to Zhuge Liang's side and bowed to convey Liu Bei's final instructions: "Your Majesty said, order all the officials to assist the prime minister to stabilize the country. If anyone fails to obey, he will be punished as disobedient; please escort him Zigong returns to Chengdu to assist the new emperor to ascend the throne; the prime minister's edict to open the mansion will be issued by the new emperor, please do not resign."

Zhuge Liang stared at the official historian for a long time, and suddenly grabbed the opponent's hand: "The content that His Majesty asked you to record twice, where is it now!"

"Prime Minister, calm down. Those words, Yan made up his own mind. He has torn up the leaflet, burned it, and destroyed the emperor's last edict. This is an unforgivable crime. I strictly ask the Prime Minister to punish the crime." Li Yan's voice came from the side.

"No, you burned it right, it must be burned." Zhuge Liang stood up unsteadily.

This is the April of the third year of Zhang Wu.

The author has something to say:

Liu Bei likes to change his name very much. He changed the name of Youjiangkou to Public Security before.

This section once again sacrificed the historical facts recorded in the history books because of the author's selfishness... Anyway, the historical facts in the article were burned by Li Yan...

The author's selfishness is to never see any suspicions between this pair of "the first emperors and ministers through the ages". They absolutely trust each other, and they must trust each other. Anyone who talks about suspicion or temptation will face the wall!

Can't I just leave some beautiful dreams for the author...

When Liu Bei is alive, Zhuge Liang is more energetic, because he has few scruples and has a bottom in his heart, knowing that no matter what bad situation arises, Liu Bei, the leader, will support him; once Liu Bei dies, he has to bear everything by himself, and it is extremely hard. I'm waiting to see the next section, and even my emotions will be restrained in the next section.