When Xun Chen lamented in the prison and blamed Cao Zhi for being irresponsible to him, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Mi Zhu were also surrounding Liu Bei, trying to ask what Cao Zhi had written on Liu Bei's letter.
They all wondered why Liu Bei, who was usually gentle and didn't lose his temper, got so angry after reading Cao Zhi's letter.
But what is even more strange is that Liu Bei has been hiding and hiding the letter since he read it at the banquet. He did not even show it to his most trusted people such as Guan Yu and Mi Zhu, and only revealed that Cao Zhi
Arrogant and arrogant, those offensive words were not shown to Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others, lest they get angry too.
Although Mi Zhu and Liu Bei have become brothers-in-law and brothers-in-law, Mi Zhu married his sister to Liu Bei last year and used his wealth as the richest man in Xuzhou to help Liu Bei's finances. But he understands that Liu Bei may still have some privacy concerns.
He knew it, so he wisely stopped asking about the content of Cao Zhi's letter.
When Guan Yu and others saw that Mi Zhu didn't even ask about the matter, they realized something and stopped asking. Some of Liu Bei's scars and weaknesses, as sworn brothers, they still clearly understood that with Liu Bei's current status
In terms of his identity, it is indeed not easy for the whole world to know that Liu Bei knows about those disgraceful pasts.
But then they became concerned about another issue, what to do with Xun Chen? The Xun family are all famous people all over the world, and now three of them are serving under Cao Zhi. This Xun Chen even served as Yuan Shao's counselor before.
Although he later joined Cao Zhi, he is still a person of some weight and influence in today's social literati class and the current court. Killing him casually as a messenger may cause many adverse effects.
The reason Mi Zhu explained to Liu Bei was, "My lord, don't offend the world by killing one person!" She persuaded Liu Bei not to kill Xun Chen as soon as he opened his mouth.
Of course, Mi Zhu had selfish motives for doing this. He had a good personal relationship with Xun Chen. This time he went to Xudu, and Xun Chen always welcomed him. As the two talked, many of their interests and hobbies were quite similar, and they could be said to be like-minded.
They were close friends, so they quickly became friends. Of course, Mi Zhu didn't want Liu Bei to vent his anger by killing Xun Chen, so he hurriedly interceded for Xun Chen.
Liu Bei had already learned from Mi Zhu's conversation back to Xiaopei that he had a good personal relationship with Xun Chen. When he heard Mi Zhu's words, he laughed loudly and said, "Who said I wanted to kill this stupid young man?"
, I just want him to suffer a little bit, suffer a little bit, and then help me bring a letter back to repay that Cao Zhi!"
When Mi Zhu heard that Liu Bei had no intention of killing Xun Chen, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. However, she then wondered what kind of letter Liu Bei was going to write to Cao Zhi. She secretly wondered: "These two are really interesting. They look like enemies, but they exchange letters."
It’s quite lively, you come and I come and go!”
While Liu Bei was keeping Xun Chen in prison and he was writing a reply to Cao Zhi, the scouts who stayed in Xiapi carefully prepared the message and sent back the message. Yuan Shu sent people to Xiapi again.
Liu Bei thought that Yuan Shu sent people to question Lu Bu about his fault in driving away Ji Ling, but the real situation was beyond everyone's expectation. This time Yuan Shu actually sent someone to propose marriage and act as a matchmaker.
For whom are you proposing a marriage? For whom are you proposing a match? It is for his son Yuan Hui, saying that he wants to marry Lu Bu's daughter Lu Wanjun. The envoy sent to propose the marriage is called Han Yin, and he also brought 15,000 dendrobium grains and several carts of cotton and brocade.
The treasure was used as a betrothal gift to formally propose marriage to Lu Bu and to form a family of children.
This news is devastating to Liu Bei. If these two people, who both want to be heroes for a lifetime, become in-laws, his chess piece squeezed between them will be completely useless. Yuan Shu will not need to send troops to destroy Liu Bei.
Lu Bu also wanted to take action against Liu Bei. At that time, Liu Bei and his men were not far away from being wiped out.
Liu Bei rubbed his hands and put down his reply to Cao Zhi, feeling worried about this new situation again. Mi Zhu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also rushed over after hearing the news to discuss countermeasures with Liu Bei.
Guan Yu and others knew that they could not allow Lu Bu and Yuan Shu to become in-laws, as it would be very detrimental to them. Therefore, Liu Bei and his subordinates thought of many ways to prevent Lu Bu and Yuan Shu from becoming in-laws. They sent
Lobbyists and even sent assassins to assassinate Han Yin. However, Liu Bei's time in Xuzhou was not long and his foundation was not deep enough. There was no important figure to persuade Lu Bu. There were many capable people and masters around Lu Bu, so it was difficult for them to find them.
Opportunity was given to assassinate Han Yin. As no realistic plan could succeed or effectively prevent the relationship between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu from getting further, Mi Zhu and Guan Yu tentatively mentioned Xun Chen again, who was still in prison.
Liu Bei returned to reality distressedly and had to reconsider Cao Zhi's straightforward letter. It seemed that the guy told him to stop pretending to be a "saint", which was a bit prescient. It seemed that it was just as Cao Zhi said.
In that way, since you are going to "**", don't think about erecting any memorial arch.
After much calculation, the only one who has common interests with Liu Bei is Cao Zhi, and the only one who can compete with the combined forces of Yuan Shu and Lu Bu is the Cao Zhi Group. There is no other way to invite that person again.
Let the Xunchen envoy come out and talk!
Xun Chen, who had been in prison for more than ten days, was neither interrogated nor executed by Liu Bei. Xun Chen thought that Liu Bei and the others had forgotten about him, so he took a charcoal pen on the prison wall that day.
Xun Chen, who was writing, was suddenly dragged out by a group of prison guards. He took off his clothes and threw them into a wooden barrel. They gave him a hot bath, pulled out the barrel, and someone handed him a set of clean clothes.
, help him change it.
At first Xun Chen scolded him a few times, "That's unreasonable!" But when he was taking a shower, he figured it out. Liu Bei suddenly sent someone to do this. For him, there were only two choices: one was to wash him.
It's clean, I have to kill him. Secondly, things have changed drastically. Xun Chen may have the possibility of surviving the desperate situation, so Liu Bei must treat him with courtesy.
In any case, it was right for Xun Chen to accept this first. Soon Xun Chen also knew the result. When he was escorted by the soldiers, Xun Chen judged that he had probably survived. Because please
The place he went to was not a execution ground, or another place suitable for execution.
The place where Xun Chen was invited was obviously the backyard of the inner house. Xun Chen soon saw a kind-hearted Liu Bei and a smiling Mi Zhu in a place similar to a study.
"Brother Xun Xian, come on, come on, please sit down, please sit down!" Mi Zhu warmly greeted Xun Chen, who had just been released from prison, to take a seat.
Xun Chen followed Mi Zhu's pointer and saw a table with snacks and hot tea. After sneering twice, Xun Chen not only did not sit down as Mi Zhu said, but also sarcastically said to Liu Bei: "Liu Gong sent someone to
After youruo has washed and peeled it and fed it, should it be steamed or deep-fried?"
Xun Chen's disrespectful words made Liu Bei a little embarrassed. But Liu Bei has always had the ability that ordinary people can't bear. After he smiled at Xun Chen, he said before Mi Zhu who was about to explain, "There, there
, I had some misunderstandings with you a few days ago, Xuande is here to apologize to you, I hope you won’t take offense..."
As the leader of the party, Liu Bei was able to put down his dignity and apologize to Xun Chen, which was a great honor to Xun Chen.
Xun Chen just sneered a few times and did not say anything sarcastic. After all, he knew that he was still in a dangerous situation. He knew the current situation and was a hero. In Xun Chen's dictionary, everything must be saved first.
Afterwards, under Mi Zhu's strong pull, Xun Chen finally took his seat. Under a pretense of pretense, Liu Bei waited for Xun Chen's hostile atmosphere to subside, and then took out a letter he had prepared.
Giving it to Xun Chen was almost the same as when Cao Zhi sent him out to Xudu. It still said "Just leave this letter in Cao Zhi's hands!", and there was no other attitude or words to convey it.
Xun Chen was holding his breath in his heart. What kind of errand was this? The two of them were like little lovers. You wrote a letter and I answered a letter. Both sides were like this. To be honest, they didn’t even say a word. What a joke.
Sample……
Xun Chen cursed in his heart, but the matter finally came to an end. Although he had experienced the most serious trio in his life, he had just come to Xiaopei as a guest, and that night he became a prisoner and served more than ten days in prison. Now he is again
Xun Chen became an honored guest. Thinking about this encounter, Xun Chen himself found it ridiculously funny. It was too late for him to savor it now. His life was finally saved, and he completed the task assigned by Cao Zhi. The result was a bit vague.
, but no matter what, Xun Chen took Liu Bei's reply to Cao Zhi in his arms and embarked on the road back to Xuchang.
While Xun Chen was experiencing a triad of life, Cao Zhi, who was in Xuchang, was on the contrary experiencing the most glorious stage of his life and a prosperous career.
First of all, good news came from Guanzhong. Since Emperor Xian now had Cao Zhi as his big backer, the entire imperial authority and the weight of the decrees issued by the entire court had also been greatly increased. Zhong Yao, an imperial envoy who upholds integrity, returned to the place where he had stayed for a long time.
When I was in Guanzhong, my confidence was different. I no longer went around asking for help to help the king, and I had to look at other people's faces. On the contrary, there were many people who took the initiative to curry favor with Zhong Yao, the commander of the Sili School, and wanted to use his connections to win over the emperor.
Cao Zhi made friends.
To be honest, although the warlords in Guanzhong are a mixed bag, and their combined strength seems to be quite large, they have always been worried that because they treated Emperor Xian so poorly back then, they will now persuade Cao Zhi to lead troops to annihilate them, so everyone is willing to
I am in danger and want to find a good way out.
Some time ago, although Han Sui and Ma Teng from Xiliang took the lead for them to form the Guanzhong Alliance, and negotiated with Zhong Yao sent by Cao Zhi, after the Guanzhong Alliance expressed its surrender to the Xuchang government, it became hostile to Cao Zhi.
The relationship has been eased. However, we have not yet been formally appointed or rewarded by the Xuchang court. Basically, we are still in the illegal state of self-proclaimed and occupying the mountain as king.