Xiahou Dun excitedly told He Yan what had just happened——
"I was in the south of Xinye to guard against Xiangyang's army. Unexpectedly, a few cavalry suddenly jumped out of Xinye City. When I looked again, hey! Isn't this a coincidence?"
Xiahou Dun, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei were all old acquaintances. There was no mistake in admitting the person, so he immediately ordered all 500 cavalry under his command to capture the person.
"No matter how powerful Liu Bei is, how can he escape so many cavalry on the plain? Isn't this just a matter of capturing Liu Bei alive! Hahahaha! Meng De will definitely give him a surprise when he comes back this time!"
Xiahoudun said happily, but He Yan scratched his head, looked back at the inner room of the Xinye County government office, and tentatively asked Xiahoudun: "Uncle Yuanrang... do you think we can let Liu Bei go?"
Xiahou Dun:???
Putting his hand on He Yan's head, and after confirming again and again that the temperature of He Yan's brain was the same as his own, Xiahou Dun lowered his arm.
"Yulang, are you stunned? That's Liu Bei! Sikong's mortal enemy! You actually want to let him go?"
He Yan's fingers tangled together and he began to think about the consequences of catching Liu Bei.
First of all, it is impossible to release.
Cao Cao could choose to let Guan Yu go because Guan Yu was just a "general" and at best had the potential to evolve into a "handsome".
Moreover, Guan Yu's cold and arrogant temperament can only reach the level of "Zhang Xiu" when released alone, but not even the level of "Gongsun Zan". This kind of person is not a big threat to Cao Cao.
But Liu Bei is different.
Liu Bei is a true "big brother", and he can prosper wherever he is placed.
Not to mention that after experiencing the betrayal of the nobles in Xuzhou, Liu Bei's edges and corners were basically polished, and he began to choose to "collaborate" with the noble family. In the past, the ultimate version of "Han Zhao Lie Emperor" may have appeared in front of the world.
.
The problem is...
After killing Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Boss Cao, they would still feel a little uncomfortable.
And there are Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi... Ahem! This is not the point!
He Yan thought for a long time alone in front of Xiahou Dun and finally made a decision.
"Uncle Yuan Rang, are you sure you want to take Liu Bei back?"
"Um?"
Xiahou Dun may not have made many political achievements, but it does not mean that this pillar of the country lacks wisdom.
In addition, Xiahou Dun was extremely familiar with Cao Cao and knew Cao Cao's complex and contradictory thoughts.
If Cao Cao really takes Liu Bei back, how should Cao Cao deal with Liu Bei? That will really be a headache for everyone.
"Yulang, what do you think?"
Xiahou Dun wanted to hear He Yan's opinion.
"Uncle Yuan Rang, do you have a short sword?"
He Yan hid a short knife in his cufflinks and took a deep breath: "Where is Liu Bei? I want to see him."
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military camp.
As one of the most prestigious people in the world, Liu Bei was treated differently from others even as a prisoner.
There were no ropes restricting his movement, and there were no insults or beatings. Instead, he was allowed to put on clean clothes and enjoy fine wine and food in a separate military tent.
But Liu Bei didn't have much interest in the things in front of him that could only satisfy his appetite.
He stared blankly at the food in front of him, and his heroic brows were sometimes angry and sometimes sad, but the most important thing was the confusion that had spread to his eyes.
"Hula."
The curtain of Liu Bei's camp was lifted, and what appeared in front of Liu Bei's eyes was an incredibly handsome young man.
This young man's skin was so fair that it was not inferior to that of Mrs. Gan, who was called "Jade Beauty" by his peers. In terms of exquisite facial features, it surpassed anyone Liu Bei had ever seen. He was truly stunning in the world.
Liu Bei only knows one person with this appearance who is still in this military camp.
"I've met Marquis Shen."
Liu Bei stood up and saluted He Yan, not showing any sign of embarrassment to He Yan because of their hostile relationship.
At this moment, Liu Bei was not talking to Cao Cao's adopted son He Yan, but to Han Shenhou and Colonel Yao.
"General Zuo, no courtesy."
He Yan sat opposite Liu Bei, looked at the untouched food on Liu Bei's table and asked, "Is the food in the camp not to the general's taste?"
"I started my career as a soldier. I can eat cold food and raw food. How can I dislike hot food?"
After Liu Bei sat down again, he glanced at He Yan's sleeves without trace, but there wasn't much there.
He Yan had the opportunity to look at Liu Bei up close for the first time.
As a native of Youzhou, Liu Bei is not as tall as Zhang Fei or Zhao Yun, but his thick eyebrows and big ears can easily make people ignore his shortcomings and draw other people's attention to Liu Bei's face.
That face was neither kind nor generous.
Even if you look closely, you can see that it has a sinister look.
But it is such people who are full of "benevolence and righteousness" in their hearts and move forward hard in these troubled times, becoming a rare color in troubled times.
"Mr. Xuande, I have long admired your great name."
"I have often heard words of praise for Marquis Shen from my wife and Zilong, and I am grateful to Marquis Shen for taking care of them in Xuchang. It seems that you and I have indeed been close friends for a long time. It is really gratifying to see each other today.
"
After two or three simple polite words, He Yan shook his head and said: "My friendship with Mr. Xuande is just a spiritual one, far less than the friendship between Mr. Xuande and my father. Since Mr. Xuande and my father can't get along together, when he sees me
How can I feel happy afterwards?”
When Liu Bei heard He Yan mentioning Cao Cao, he just raised his arm, but quickly put it down again.
"There is no personal grudge between me and Cao Mengde."
"I know."
He Yan nodded lightly: "If it is really just a personal grudge, or a competition like a war between princes, my father will not forget about Xuande Gong."
Liu Bei laughed dumbly: "You still miss me? I think it's because you hate it deeply, right?"
He Yan frowned: "Could it be that in Mr. Xuande's eyes, my father is such a narrow-minded person?"
Liu Bei:......
Liu Bei didn't reply this time, but asked He Yan after a long time: "Is Meng De's headache getting better?"
"Since reading Chen Lin's appeal, I have recovered well!"
He Yan told a joke, and then said seriously: "Even if my father is in pain, he will definitely not let us juniors know about it. Fortunately, I have invited the doctor Hua Tuo to Xuchang before. With his care, the symptoms should be relieved."
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "But it's Hua Tuo who cured Yuanlong."
"Exactly."
"That's good."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "If Yuanlong's disease can be cured, then Hua Tuo's medical skills must be excellent. If there are such doctors by Mengde's side, Mengde's health will definitely be better."
"Um?"
Liu Bei saw something strange on He Yan's face, so he asked, "Marquis Shen thought there was something wrong with what I said?"
He Yan looked at Liu Bei for a long time and confirmed that Liu Bei really didn't know the truth before telling him the news of Chen Deng's death.
"Yuanlong... passed away?"
In ancient times, there was little information, and Liu Bei was far away in Xinye, so he really didn't know much about Chen Deng's death last year.
At this time, when he suddenly heard that Chen Deng had passed away, Liu Bei was speechless for a moment, silently clenching his fists with a ferocious expression.
"Another old friend died..."
Chen Deng was more than just an old friend to Liu Bei?
After Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei would not have been able to take the position of Xuzhou Mu if Chen Deng had not strongly supported Liu Bei.
It can be said that if Liu Bei had not lost Xuzhou, then Chen Deng would have been Liu Bei's Xun Yu and Zhou Yu.
Before Xiao Wolong came out of the mountain, Chen Deng was the most important adviser to Liu Bei in his career. With such a friendship, it is no wonder that Liu Bei fell into a gaffe in front of He Yan.
a long time……
Liu Bei gently unclenched his fist and closed his eyes as if in memory.
"In the past four hundred years, when has the Han Dynasty experienced such troubled times?"
The waves of the times hit Liu Bei one after another, making him suffocated.
"yes."
He Yan agreed with Liu Bei's words.
"If it weren't for troubled times now, Mr. Xuande and my father should be ministers in the same palace, helping the country together. Maybe I could call Mr. Xuande "uncle"! No... If there were no troubled times, I should be a decent person now.
The grandson of the great Han general of the Eight Classics, even the Emperor of Han should be my uncle. I might even be able to marry your daughter..."
No one wants troubled times to come.
Including so-called careerists, tycoons, and reckless heroes.
Troubled times have never been a stage for these people. Troubled times are troubled times, and they are chaotic times that eat people without spitting out their bones.
Liu Bei was a little surprised when He Yan said this: "How can Marquis Shen be so knowledgeable at such a young age?"
He Yan chuckled and ignored Liu Bei.
"Then why does Mr. Xuande think the troubled times started?"
"Is it because of Zhang Jiao, or is it because of the Han Dynasty? Or is it because of my grandfather He Jin? Or is it because of Dong Zhuo who caused trouble in the imperial court?"
Liu Bei had obviously thought about this question. When He Yan asked, he gave his answer without hesitation: "Of course it's because there are treacherous officials and traitors in the government and the public!"
"It is precisely because of the rampant evildoers in the government and the public that the people have no way to survive! This is the reason for such troubled times as the Yellow Turban Rebellion!"
He Yan was very happy: "Then Mr. Xuande means that Zhang Jue is not wrong?"
"Um?"
Liu Bei did not expect that He Yan would ask about Zhang Jiao. After some hesitation, he finally nodded heavily.
"Marquis Shen is young, so he probably only knows that the Yellow Turbans are bandits who block roads and plunder."
"But when I was as old as Marquis Shen... or a little older than Marquis Shen, the Taiping Road I saw was not like this."
Liu Bei sounded sighing when talking about the Yellow Turban Sect.
"At that time, local officials were just serving as corpses and didn't care about the lives of the people at all. After collecting the land rent and land taxes, they no longer cared about the lives of the people. It was the Taiping Dao believers who came to help the people in various states and counties."
"Not only for food, but also if someone in the family is sick and cannot afford a doctor, the Taiping Dao congregation will help him or her to be treated free of charge. Also..."
From Liu Bei's ramblings, He Yan heard a completely different Yellow Turban Sect than he knew.
Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban Sect was like the only light in troubled times, inspiring the people to live.
Until finally, when he couldn't bear it any longer, Zhang Jiao shouted out on behalf of all the people in the world, "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand!"
However, after this slogan, the vision of "good luck in the world" was not realized.
Huang Tian died, and so did Zhang Jiao.
All that is left to the sky is the flames of war and devastation.
"So at that time I thought, it's not the sky that's dead."
Liu Bei's eyes gradually changed from nostalgia when talking about the past to determination to implement his life ambitions——
"Heaven, I'm just sick!"
"The emperor has no power! His relatives are in power! This is the biggest cause of illness in the world!"
"The root cause of troubled times is not the people, but the central government!"
Liu Bei stared at He Yan closely: "This time, do you know why I parted ways with Meng De?"
"Mengde and I both think that Cangtian is sick. But our methods are completely different, which destined him and me to be enemies in our lives!"
He Yan said "Yeah": "I understand."
"so……"
He Yan suddenly discovered a funny question: "To a certain extent, Xuande Gong is actually a practitioner of Zhang Jiao's lineage?"
In his heart, Liu Bei still agreed with the Yellow Turban Sect's initial actions, and even wanted to "plagiarize" the "Yellow Sky" world described by the Yellow Turban Sect and make it the ideal world of the Han Dynasty.
but……
He Yan was completely uninterested in the world Liu Bei wanted to achieve.
Because to put it bluntly, even though Liu Bei looks like an old scalper pulling a cart diligently, in fact, his footsteps have never been firmly on the ground.
Like Zhang Jiao and others, Liu Bei has heavier limitations than Cao Cao because of his origin and bloodline.
Like Zhang Jiao, he thought that if the world was destroyed, the world would automatically get better...
To put it bluntly, Liu Bei and Zhang Jiao are both warmongers!
"Mr. Xuande."
He Yan didn't want to argue with Liu Bei, after all, he didn't have the temper of a bastard to be angry.
"Whether it's the so-called "Yellow Sky World", or the "Benevolent and Righteous World" you pursue, or whatever goal someone wants to achieve..."
"I just want to say, since everyone is pursuing the same goal, why can't we sit down together and talk harmoniously?"
He Yan raised a hand: "This is Mr. Xuande."
Then He Yan raised his other hand: "This is my father."
"Maybe the paths you want to take are different, but the final destination is definitely the same."
He Yan held his right hand with his left hand.
"War is never the only option!"
Originally, He Yan did not have any hope for Liu Bei.
But just now Liu Bei told him about the Yellow Turban Sect, and He Yan was able to win over Liu Bei.
Liu Bei indeed supported the "Han Dynasty" and the "imperial power". But at the same time, he stood on the side of the people, and there was no doubt that he was sitting on the side of the people.
But he was so brainwashed by the Confucian ruling tools that he always thought that "the stability of the imperial power" meant "the people would have a good life."
These two things are definitely not a simple cause-and-effect relationship, and are even a negative feedback relationship to a certain extent.
As long as the iron chain in Liu Bei's mind, which was created by secularism, imperial power, and Confucianism, could be untied, then Liu Bei might really be able to join the Xinxue camp!
The embarrassing thing is...
When He Yan clenched fists with each other, he accidentally slipped a short knife from his sleeve and landed between He Yan and Liu Bei with a "ding dong" sound.
"Forehead."
He Yan blinked and said to Liu Bei with some guilt: "Xuan De Gong, do you believe me when I say this is a habit I have developed since I was a child?"
Liu Bei: "..."
This chapter is four thousand, and there is another chapter tonight