Chapter 309 Return to Taoyuan and head north(1/2)
But Liu Bei didn't want to give up the opportunity to save Guan Yu so easily.
Since generous rewards won't work, the only option is severe punishment.
Originally, Liu Bei was trying his best to control his inner grief and anger. He was worried that his grief and anger would frighten the imperial doctors and make them unwilling to treat Guan Yu with all their heart.
What Liu Bei didn't expect was that even though he offered such generous terms and his tone was so gentle, no doctor dared to accept this task.
But now Liu Bei still has a glimmer of hope in his heart.
In order to save his younger brother, Liu Bei no longer deliberately suppressed the grief and anger in his heart.
Now he felt as if there was a fire burning in his heart, and this fire was rushing into his mind at an extremely fast speed.
The fire was burning away all the rationality in Liu Bei's mind at an extremely fast speed. At this moment, it was as if Liu Xuande, who had whipped the mail in an angry manner at all costs, appeared again.
Time has tempered Liu Bei's mind, but it has not smoothed his edges.
Liu Bei stared at the kneeling doctors with a pair of emotionless eyes, but at this moment Zhang Fei had already arrived in front of the doctors.
Zhang Fei doesn't have the good temper Liu Bei had just now.
In terms of the kindness between him and Guan Yu, after learning that these incompetent doctors could not save Guan Yu, Zhang Fei had long been covered up by his boiling anger.
It’s all their fault!
Zhang Fei, who was furious, took out the knife from his waist. He put the knife on Fan A's neck and said in a cold tone:
"If the general is unharmed, then you will definitely go down and bury him with him!"
Although Zhang Fei put the knife on Fan A's neck, his murderous words were spoken to all the doctors present.
Zhang Fei, on the other hand, had just come off the battlefield. He was covered in blood and had an evil aura that ordinary people could not resist.
When this evil spirit representing death was combined with Zhang Fei's gloomy expression, all the doctors were immediately frightened out of their wits.
Doctors have a humble profession in this world, and their status is not much higher than that of actors.
In feudal society, the life and death of lowly people depended on the whims of the superiors.
What's more, given Zhang Fei's noble status and his petty nature, what he said was not a threat, but a declaration of their incompetence.
This kind of intimidation made many doctors feel that their death was right in front of them.
Of course many doctors are afraid of death.
So they kowtowed to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei faster and harder, and soon their foreheads were stained with blood because of their violent actions.
At the same time, many pleas for mercy sounded in the room.
But Liu Bei, who usually scolded Zhang Fei for not torturing villains, did not stop Zhang Fei's actions at this time.
On the contrary, Liu Bei, who felt the same grief and anger as Zhang Fei in his heart, just pointed a finger at the kneeling doctors.
Under Liu Bei's extremely gloomy expression, it seemed that he would issue an order from his mouth the next moment, calling in a group of tiger guards to pull out many doctors and behead them.
In order to give Guan Yu a chance of survival, both Liu Bei and Zhang Fei began to take the most extreme measures.
Even though they felt that their lives were about to come to an end, the doctors still did not dare to take on this task.
Because Guan Yu may die if he cannot be cured, but if Guan Yu is cured to death by them, then they will wait to be executed by the Liu Bei clan.
When Liu Bei saw that even under such a threat, no one among the doctors came forward to take up the task of treating Guan Yu, the murderous intent in his eyes became more and more intense.
For Guan Yu, he could risk the world's disapproval, even if he gave up the benevolence and righteousness in his heart.
But just when Liu Bei was about to give the order, a feeble word came from behind him:
"Brother, let them go, they have done their best."
These powerless words came from Guan Yu's mouth.
When Guan Yu said this, he also coughed a lot.
After Liu Bei and Zhang Fei heard Guan Yu's words, the anger on their faces dissipated very quickly.
Especially after hearing Guan Yu's cough, the two of them were not in the mood to punish the doctors.
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei quickly turned around and returned to Guan Yu's bed at an extremely fast speed. Their faces were full of worry and worry.
Especially Zhang Fei, who was always careless, anxiously picked up the decoction on the bed, and then thought about putting it into Guan Yu's mouth.
Zhang Fei's idea was very simple. As long as his brother drank this bowl of medicine, he might not be coughing anymore.
Zhang Fei's behavior was very considerate, but after Guan Yu took the decoction from Zhang Fei, he was not in a hurry to put it into his belly.
He just looked at Liu Bei who was caressing his back with calm eyes.
Liu Bei is the person who knows Guan Yu best in the world. Although Guan Yu's eyes are calm, he knows what Guan Yu wants.
So no matter how angry he was at the incompetence of the doctors, in order not to disobey Guan Yu's wishes, Liu Bei could only wave his hand feebly and ask all the doctors to retreat.
When all the doctors saw Liu Bei's move, they all felt as if they had saved a life from the gate of hell.
The doctors kowtowed to the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang with great excitement, and then hurriedly escaped.
After all the doctors left the house, only four brothers, Liu Guan, Zhang and Mi Yang were left in the house.
Seeing that his family members were all there, Guan Yu could say some things without hesitation.
Guan Yu reached out and held Liu Bei's hand that had been caressing his back, and then he said to Liu Bei in a comforting tone:
"Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. Maybe I will die soon, but even if my days are short, I have no regrets or regrets."
"All the choices I have made to this day are the ambitions in my heart when I was young."
Guan Yu's words instantly broke through Liu Bei's defenses, which he had been holding on to.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Bei knows why Guan Yu suddenly said this to him.
In most situations, Liu Bei has always kept his emotions and anger a secret, which shows that Liu Bei has strong control over his expressions.
Although Liu Bei had concealed it well just now, Guan Yu was still keenly aware of the self-blame deep in Liu Bei's eyes.
Why did Liu Bei blame himself?
That's because after he learned that Guan Yu was ill, he regretted that he had not dissuaded Guan Yu from fighting this battle.
Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was in poor physical condition at the beginning, but due to Guan Yu's stubborn request, he finally had no choice but to agree to Guan Yu letting him fight this battle.
During the time just now, an idea had been active in Liu Bei's mind.
If he had forcefully asked Guan Yu to take care of his old age and take a back seat, then it is very likely that Guan Yu would not be where he is today.
This battle exhausted Guan Yu's mental energy.
This thought caused Liu Bei to feel an uncontrollable feeling of self-blame.
And this feeling of self-blame began to intensify after learning that Guan Yu was about to die soon.
Although Liu Bei relied on his superb expression control to hide his emotions deeply in his heart, if he could hide this from others, how could he hide it from Guan Yu?
It was precisely because he knew why Liu Bei blamed himself that Guan Yu suddenly said these words of relief to Liu Bei.
Although Guan Yu's words were meant to comfort Liu Bei, they were also his true thoughts in his heart.
His previous physical condition was inherently severe and difficult to recover from.
Under this situation, if he had listened to Liu Bei's advice before and returned to Chengdu to take good care of his health.
He even stopped setting foot on the battlefield and just stayed by Liu Bei's side, advising military aircraft, perhaps allowing him to live a little longer.
But is this Guan Yu still him?
Guan Yu knew that Liu Bei was doing his best, and many people even tried to persuade him because of this matter. Their intentions were all good.
In their view, there was no need for him to drag his sick body into fighting this battle.
He could have chosen to return to Chengdu with full honors, become a highly respected minister, and live a peaceful old age.
But he is Guan Yu!
Anyone can take a back seat due to physical condition, but it is absolutely impossible for him.
He has his own pride and his own ambition!
From the day he followed Liu Bei, he vowed to devote his whole life to the Han Dynasty.
For decades, he has been fulfilling this ambition with his life.
Therefore, as long as he can continue to fight for the Han Dynasty, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of him, and even if he himself is getting old, he will not hesitate to put on his armor and go to war with drums and trumpets.
Everyone is destined to die. Guan Yu is not afraid of death. He is only afraid of dying inactive.
If you can use your own life to carve out a bright future for the big man before you die, then it will be worthwhile.
Only in this way can we live up to his original intention and ambition.
After Liu Bei listened to Guan Yu's relief to him, although his face was soaked with tears, the look of self-blame in his eyes had been reduced a lot.
Seeing this, Guan Yu dropped a stone in his heart.
Guan Yu placed the decoction he took from Zhang Fei on the edge of the couch. His eyes kept moving on Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and then he expressed the last wish in his heart at this time.
"Yu doesn't want to take medicine, Yu wants to drink."
To be continued...