46, the king has the weapon, the concubine is nameless (eight)
A few cases ago, Kong Rong once again bowed to another person and bowed as a salute.
The person being honored by the Prime Minister of Beihai was a tall man with a complexion like a date and long sideburns.
Even when he is sitting on the couch now, he looks like a tiger sitting on a dragon's bed. You can tell at a glance that he is tall and majestic.
Seeing the behavior of the Prime Minister of Beihai, the big man just raised his eyebrows, but he was not as flattered as Liu Bei at all.
You respect my brother, but why do you respect me?
The big man first glanced at his sworn brother, and when he saw him winking, he calmly raised his glass. He didn't return the favor to Kong Rong, he just raised it and drank it down in one gulp.
"Second brother, the elder is toasting, don't be so negligent."
When Liu Bei saw this, he quickly reminded him: "Don't get up yet..."
"It's not in the way." Kong Rong had a calm look on his face and didn't seem to mind at all: "The Guan warrior formation will kill Guan Hai, which will eliminate a great harm to our Beihai. Kong Rong is a scholar and cannot go to the battle to kill the thieves himself. Now we have to rely on him." The bravery of a strong man is nothing but a bow as a courtesy."
Kong Rong told the truth.
Both he and the Beihai people hated and feared Guan Hai.
If we take Qingzhou as an example, those with terrifying reputations include Zhang Rao and Wang Zheng, both of whom can be regarded as noisy for a while.
But if we only look at Beihai, Guan Hai is full of ferocious flames. One man runs away from the dust. Not only does he leave the first two far behind, even Zhang Jiao of the past may not be able to scare the babies in Beihai from crying.
This person was originally a general under Bu Ji, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal in Qingzhou. After Bu Ji was defeated and killed by the army, Guan Hai took the remaining troops and fled to Laoshan Mountain to become the king.
Over the years, he has invaded Beihai from time to time, looted cities and killed officials, and his reputation has spread far and wide.
It finally subsided for a while in the past two years, but suddenly appeared again last year, almost driving Kong Rong to a desperate situation.
Today's big banquet is of course to celebrate the victory over the thieves and the rescue of the siege, but Kong Rong's change from his normal state is mostly due to the fact that Guan Hai finally died, allowing him to finally exhale the turbid air that had accumulated in his chest for a long time. It was even more satisfying.
Looking at the great hero Guan Yu in front of me, I naturally became more pleasing to the eye.
Even though Guan Yu... had never looked at him seriously since he came to Beihai.
God can see... This was Kong Rong's consistent way of treating others, but one day he felt the same way.
The key is that it's hard to tell Kong Rong...
On the one hand, Guan Yu is Liu Bei's brother, and Liu Bei helped him. How could he hold people close to him accountable?
On the other hand, Guan Yu had never been rude to him, but his expression was always indifferent, as if he was careless about everything, and even more ignored.
It seems that in his heart, in the entire Beihai, apart from the two sworn brothers, there is only one Taishi Ci who he can take a serious look at.
Even if Kong Rong didn't say he had any grudges, he was indeed a little unhappy.
But after Guan Yu killed Guan Hai, Kong Rong no longer cared.
He looked at Guan Yu again and saw that his eyes seemed to be closed but not closed. Occasionally, the residual light leaked out, which was as breathtaking as cold lightning and thunder. Kong Rong sighed sincerely:
"You are truly a generous person from Yanzhao!"
...
Kong Rong returned to his seat, looked around at the people in the hall, pointed at Liu Bei and praised loudly: "Xuande is a truly benevolent and righteous gentleman."
"Gentlemen, let us toast you together!"
The officials in Beihai suddenly agreed.
The next moment, everyone stood up, countless hands were raised together, and they faced each other in the same direction at the same time.
This scene of stars overlapping the moon and sages praising him was exactly what Liu Bei dreamed of day and night.
Now that his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled, Liu Beiqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and stood up quickly, with a smile on his face: "The Prime Minister is overly praised."
As he spoke, he drank a few glasses in a row, feeling many emotions in his heart.
It's a worthwhile trip.
Beautiful maids holding pots kept crossing each other, and there were three rounds of wine cups crossing each other. When the atmosphere was at its hottest, Kong Rong Fuxu pondered for a while, and suddenly said:
"Xuande, since you can't bear the people of Xuzhou being ravaged by thieves, if other places are in danger..."
"Presumably, you won't sit idly by and ignore it, right?"
Hearing this, Liu Bei, who was already a little dizzy from being knocked to the ground, looked up with a bright expression on his face: "As long as they are the subjects of my Han Dynasty, I will not sit back and watch them fall into danger!"
Even though he was speechless, Liu Bei began to behave like a drunken man. He looked around and boasted:
"So that you all will know..."
"Just last year, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou in the name of revenge for his father. The Xuzhou pastor Tao Qian at the time could not resist. After being defeated by Cao Cao in Pengcheng, he immediately sent a letter to Tian Kai, the governor of our state, asking for help."
"After hearing this, I originally wanted to go to the rescue with Tian Kai. At that time, we had recruited 4,000 local warriors, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and 500 Youzhou Wuwan miscellaneous horsemen."
"Unfortunately..."
Liu Bei's words made Kong Rong very happy.
I'm so sleepy that I need a pillow.
His eyes brightened a bit, and he quickly asked: "What's the pity?"
"It's a pity that at that time in Qingzhou, there was also a group of Yellow Turban thieves who rebelled and caused chaos." Liu Bei looked embarrassed and seemed to be deeply regretful:
"To gain the emperor's trust, since I am the Pingyuan Order, I cannot distinguish priorities. I must first protect our Pingyuan side. I can only helplessly see Cao Cao killing people in Xuzhou..."
"Fortunately, Tao Gongzu was a benevolent gentleman, and heaven could not bear to suffer innocent suffering for him and the people of Xuzhou. Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, but he indirectly relieved him..."
As he spoke, Liu Bei sighed repeatedly: "I'm so lucky, so lucky."
But at the same time, Kong Rong also slapped the case fiercely.
"Xuande, you don't know something."
"Although Cao Cao has retreated, Xuzhou is still in danger!"
ah?
Liu Bei blinked a few times with his sleepy drunken eyes, and asked in surprise: "Are you still in danger?"
"how do I say this?"
"Although Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou," Kong Rong said solemnly, "but thirty thousand yellow turban bandits from Qingzhou came to invade Xuzhou."
"Now we have captured five cities, and our fierce power is directed towards the East China Sea."
"Just today, I just received a letter asking for help from Tao Qian!"
Hearing this, Liu Bei was shocked and almost sobered up from the wine.
Looking at Kong Rong's eyes full of expectation, even though he was still young at this time, the future hero Liu Bei suddenly woke up.
Hurrah!
You were saluting and complimenting me in front of me, so it turned out that you were setting a trap and waiting for me?
...
After the banquet is over.
After returning to the house arranged by Kong Rong, the three brothers entered the hall, looked at each other, and did not speak for a long time.
"Shuru!"
After a long while, Guan Yu suddenly scolded: "You deserve to be killed!"
"Second brother, Kong Beihai also has good intentions and is worried about others." Zhang Fei on the side was stunned when he heard Guan Yu speak like this: "Why is it like this?"
"When asking for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help, instead of forcing yourself with words and deceiving others with clever words!"
Guan Yu snorted coldly: "Kong Beihai? Despite his great reputation, it is difficult to live up to his reputation."
"What's more, we have spent a lot of time to rescue him in Beihai, and then go to Xuzhou..." Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei and said in a deep voice: "Third brother, how long has it been since we went back to Pingyuan?"
"In the past two years, there have been many wars. If this place is lost, the place for you and my brothers will be gone!"
"this..."
But at this moment, Liu Bei suddenly said:
"Second brother and third brother, did you see Ziyi at the banquet today?"