Three Kingdoms

Sichuan and Shu, Anhan, Liu Bei danced his sword in the courtyard, circling back and forth, his movements were slow and calm, his double-stranded swords were like holding the soles of shoes, stitching one needle at a time, coming and going, quite orderly.

There was a rush of footsteps in the backyard, and then the guard loudly announced that it was Kuai Qi who was visiting.

Liu Bei put down his two swords, pondered for a moment, smiled slightly, returned the sword to its sheath, and asked the guards to invite Kuai Qi. Then he changed his clothes and came to see Kuai Qi, only to see Kuai Qi's face was solemn. Staring at him without saying a word.

Liu Bei laughed loudly, as if he could not see the expression on Kuai Qi's face at all. He politely and eagerly invited Kuai Qi to sit down, drink tea and eat snacks, as if Kuai Qi was an old friend for many years.

Over the years, Liu Bei has only known how to look at other people's faces to distinguish between good and bad expressions. He would hesitate to say anything when he saw the expressions of those in power change. Only by chance did he know that in fact, most of them If a guy looks angry, he may not be really angry, but if he is really angry, he may not always have a bad expression...

Up to now, even if Liu Bei saw the changes in other people's faces, he would treat it as invisible and just keep it in his mind quietly, and then think about it slowly and review it in detail alone at night.

"Haha, brother Yuantai, come on, try this..." Liu Bei said with a smile, "This is said to be a famous snack in Sichuan. It takes time and effort and is not easy to get, but it tastes really good..."

Kuai Qi endured it again and again, but finally she couldn't help it. Her eyes were sharp, as if she wanted to pierce Liu Bei's face, and she said: "The people of Zhengxi are really ready to attack Anhan?"

Liu Bei said "Ah", and then seemed to be very surprised and asked: "Zhengxi is going to invade Anhan?"

"..." Kuai Qi stared at Liu Bei, "Liu Yuzhou, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"

Liu Bei looked surprised and did not move at all. He said: "Brother Yuantai, what you said is that, these days, haven't I been running around in the mountains? I have no leisure. Brother Yuantai, do you think I can What do you know?" Although Liu Bei is much older than Kuai Qi, he calls him "Brother Yuantai" so naturally, just like a later generation of marketing people who call people "boss and boss" when they meet. Not even blinking.

Kuai Qi was silent for a while, but was still defeated, "The scouts came to report that the troops and horses in Guanghan's expedition to the west were moving, and there were signs of marching to Anhan...really Liu Yuzhou didn't know about this?"

"This is happening!" Liu Bei's face changed a little, and he seemed to be a little more dissatisfied, "The expedition to the west is about to begin, what is brother Yuantai doing here? It is only right to quickly lead the troops to Wuli Jian to resist! If the expedition to the west is The men and horses have crossed Wuli Jian, wouldn't it be... Oh! Come on, you and I can quickly see the young master and let him know the key point..."

When Kuai Qi saw Liu Bei, she was about to come forward and try to pull her back. In desperation, she finally confessed, "...Young Master has an order...for Liu Yuzhou to lead troops to Wuli Jian to intercept the Zhengxi troops..."

"Ah?" Liu Bei was stunned, and quickly raised his hands toward the outside of the hall, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "... Bei, obey the order!" In Liu Bei's eyes, he didn't know whether it was the reflection of light outside the hall or the inner feeling. Emotions were revealed, and finally a glimmer of light flashed past, and then disappeared among the drooped eyelids.

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"Brother, what is this Fei Gongju, is what he said true?" Zhang Fei frowned and said.

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, and said: "For so many years, we have been wandering around and living in no fixed place... We have worked hard, but we still got nothing... Third brother, do you think we are the ones who are responsible for it?" Is there something missing? Or is there something we haven’t done well?”

Zhang Fei was stunned and speechless for a while. Guan Yu, on the other hand, squinted his eyes and seemed to have some realization.

"You and I, brothers, drank blood wine and made an alliance together in the peach garden that day..." Liu Bei held Guan Yu in one hand and Zhang Fei in the other. He raised his head slightly, seeming to recall that they stood side by side under the peach blossoms in the peach garden. On the table were three bowls of wine mixed with blood.

There are three animals in front, green smoke is curling up, blood-red wine is rippling in the bowl, and the brilliance is flowing, as if it was just yesterday.

"In terms of martial arts, these two wise brothers are both enemies of ten thousand people. They fight back and forth in the military formation as if they were entering and exiting the plains... In terms of diligence, I have been more or less conscientious in my work over the years. My second brother is training every day. Day after day, even the long beard that I cherish the most is covered with dust. The third brother has always loved wine and meat, but in order to recruit troops, he reluctantly gave up all the wine and meat to the soldiers... If we talk about chance, you and me. People once had the land of a state, with counties and counties bordering each other, and with the call of a flag, thousands of people followed... But why is it still like this today, needing to look at other people's colors and rely on other people's breath?"

"This..." Zhang Fei was speechless.

Guan Yu was silent for a moment and said, "Brother, do you have the answer?"

Liu Bei smiled and motioned to the surrounding guards to step back slightly. The guards rushed out and formed a circle, protecting Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and the others in the center, leaving plenty of space for them.

"Although I have been framed and worked hard these days, I just happened to take this time to figure out some things..." Liu Bei looked up to the north and said slowly, "Second brother, third brother, you second brother Do people ever know how the Conquest of the West became what it is today?"

Guan Yu frowned and said: "Guan didn't care about this... The first time I heard the name of Zhengxi, I should have defeated Li Guo of Xiliang in Zhengxi... Well, no, we have to go further, Bai Bo, Yes, Bai Bo! Conquer the west and fight against Bai Bo in the north...ah, what my brother said...it is true, after all these years..."

Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little emotional. When I heard about the Zhengxi battle against Baibo, the three Liu Bei brothers were actually about the same as they were at the time of Zhengxi. They were also in a medium-sized county and were in charge of a medium-sized territory. Of course, there was no such thing as Zhengxi back then. The name Zhengxi, but in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, General Feiqian of Zhengxi has become more and more powerful, but the three brothers are still moving around.

"Bingzhou... first there was Dong Zhongying, then Ding Jianyang, and now there is Fei Ziyuan... Haha, Bingzhou is really..." Liu Bei also shook his head and smiled, sighed, and then said, "Second brother, third brother, you guys Do you know that General Zhengxi, when he entered Bingzhou, besides fighting Baibo, what else did he do?"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and shook his head.

Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he looked at Liu Bei blankly.

"General Zhengxi, when he entered Bingzhou, he appointed a man, whose surname was Jia, whose name was Qu, and whose name was Liangdao..." Liu Bei said slowly, then looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, giving them some time to think, and then Then he continued, "Jia Liangdao was under the age of ten when he went to conquer the West. His family was poor and he had no food and clothing..."

Zhang Fei scratched his head, as if he thought of something, but couldn't express it, feeling a little embarrassed and uncomfortable.

Guan Yu continued to squint, brushed his long beard, then opened his eyes and said: "Brother, could it be that... the bones of a horse with a thousand gold coins?"

Zhang Fei clapped his hands quickly and said, "That's what I mean too! Brother, right?"

Liu Bei nodded and said with a smile: "That's right! Zhengxi's re-employment of this person undoubtedly showed an attitude to the outside world. Under Zhengxi, no one cares about age, origin, or wealth... so later, he There is one more Xun Youruo... and further on..."

"Xun Youruo of the Xun family in Yingchuan..." Guan Yu thought of something, "I heard that there was also a man named Xun Wenruo under Cao Sikong, who was highly valued by Cao Sikong..."

Zhang Fei was stunned, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said hesitantly: "Is there someone from the Xun family under General Yuan?"

"That's not true..." Liu Bei smiled and said, "But I heard that this Xun Youruo who conquered the West was under General Yuan back then..."

"Ah?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, his eyes rolling, not knowing where he was thinking.

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei with a smile and continued: "...and your majesty...there is another person in front of your majesty, called Xun You Xun Gongda, who is quite trusted by your majesty...he is also a member of the Xun family..."

Zhang Fei took a breath and said: "Hey... Brother, let's go catch... No, let's find someone from the Xun family... Alas! When we passed Yingchuan back then, we should have rushed in..."

Liu Bei smiled and said nothing, but in his mind he remembered the time when he went to Yingchuan to seek talents, but was rejected by the major families in Yingchuan...

"When you have people, you have a place..." Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and said, "Think about the time when you and I were brothers in Xuzhou... Although Mrs. Chen obeyed orders under the tent, she did not obey them. , so it goes back and forth..."

Guan Yu frowned and snorted, obviously thinking of something outrageous.

Zhang Fei shook his beard and gritted his teeth and said: "When I return to Xuzhou one day, I will give the Chen family boy three hundred lashes!"

"It's all over, so I won't mention it anymore..." Liu Bei waved his hand, "But right now, you and I, brothers, can't make the same mistakes again... The first thing is that the people of Sichuan and Shu..."

Liu Bei raised his head, seeming to be recalling and imagining, "Before, you and I, brothers, always looked for big families, visited their homes, and even begged, but how could these big families like you and me? Haha, okay. Some of them refused politely, and some even..."

Liu Bei smiled, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's eyes turned angry.

"Now, you and I need to change our minds... Just like what General Zhengxi did..." Liu Bei said, with a fire burning in his eyes, "... Find some people, find those who don't We are considered to be wealthy people, looking for those who are hungry for something like you and my brothers, looking for those who are not willing to sink into obscurity... Tell them, I, Queen Jing of Zhongshan, Yuzhou Mu, Zuo General Liu Bei , Liu Xuande, welcome them... to work together for a great cause..."

"And Fei Gongju... don't you think? He happens to be a bit like this kind of person..." Liu Bei chuckled and said, "I can't say, after a while, you and I, brothers, will find some more people to drink with... "

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Those who want to drink will naturally find a place to go.

In Chengdu, in a small teahouse, dim lights swayed.

It was already a long time after dinner, and the curfew in the city was approaching. Even though there were still some people on the streets, they were all in a hurry, rushing home.

Although the Zhengxi troops did not reach the city walls of Chengdu, they still affected the living habits of many people. Otherwise, most Chengdu people would sit in places like teahouses after the patrol watchman rang the gong for the curfew. , then he swayed back home cursing, just like in a college dormitory, the game cannot stop before turning on the power switch before eleven o'clock every day.

But now, the teahouse's business is much bleak. It's not even the curfew yet, and almost all the people are gone. There are only one or two people sitting in the corner under the dim light, seemingly still drinking wine...

Well, teahouses also sell wine, and sometimes they even sell other things in the teahouse. As long as you can think of it, the teahouse actually sells it...

Several figures walked to the door of the teahouse. One person put his head in, seemed to check the situation, and quickly retracted. After a while, someone walked in under the swaying light and shadow, and reached the corner. , sat down, and laughed twice: "Brother De'ang, you really know how to find a place..."

"Brother Gongju..." Li Hui smiled and emerged from the shadows. The smile on his face changed in the light and shadow. He cupped his hands and said, "All the good places are taken by others. Like me, this is the only one left." I’m planting land...I don’t know if Brother Gongju will dislike it..."

"Haha..." Fei Shi just smiled and didn't say anything, but he was not polite either. He casually took the drink bill in front of Li Hui, took a stoneware bowl from the corner of the table, poured half of the bowl, and raised it Neck, drink it.

Although Fei Shi was a member of a noble family, he was not well off. Coarse tea and bad wine were not too hard for him to swallow.

Who doesn’t hope that they can live well, but who can guarantee that they will be born with a golden key or a precious jade?

Reincarnation is also a technical job, and not everyone can find a good place to go. When they discovered that their living conditions were not very good, who had not imagined the dream of being a little prince? Who hasn’t suddenly received a strange letter telling them that a relative with a fortune worth billions has suddenly designated a beneficiary?

However, the actual situation is just like when your parents loudly tell you that they have taken a piece of land, and only after you return home in ecstasy do you realize that you actually just got a parcel...

Who can you rely on?

I still can only throw away those unrealistic fantasies and rely on myself to win bit by bit, or to win...

"...This wine has been around for many years and has been stored for a long time, so the taste has somewhat deteriorated..." Li Hui was silent for a moment, his eyes swaying under the dim fire shadow, "I heard that Brother Gongju got some new wine... I don't know... how?"

Fei Shi pushed the stoneware wine bowl forward, "...there is no wine in the bowl, can it be intoxicating?"

Li Hui looked at the wine bowl, then at Fei Shi, and smiled knowingly. Then he took the wine coin, poured wine for Fei Shi, and said, "If so, can you take a ladle to drink?"

Fei Shi smiled and nodded, "You should drink from it!"

After the words fell, the two of them couldn't help but smile and looked at each other. Under the swaying light and shadow, they seemed to see some shadows of themselves in the other's eyes...