These words were extremely beautiful. They not only praised Guan Yu as an upright gentleman, but also covered up the embarrassment of his slow reaction just now. Liu Xin's quick wit was evident.
Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Mr. Liu, Guan has something to say first. Guan's defeat today is not a surrender, but just that as a Han man, he is willing to do his part for the Han people. If Guan wants to surrender to another country in the future,
Master Liu cannot stop you anywhere else!"
This condition was exactly the same as the condition offered by Guan Yu to Cao Cao in history. However, Liu Xin believed that he would not make the same mistake as Cao Cao because he already had a secret weapon in his hands.
Liu Xin did not rush to agree to Guan Yu's conditions, but said with a smile: "In General Guan's opinion, who belongs to this Han Dynasty?"
Guan Yu's expression changed and he sneered: "Yes, this great Han world does belong to your Liu family, but you are not the only one in the Liu family."
Liu Xin laughed loudly and suddenly said seriously: "Wrong! The Han Dynasty does not belong to one family, but to the people of the whole world! It belongs to all the people of the Han Dynasty! Including me, including you, including thousands of people in the world.
Thousands of people!"
This kind of truth was unheard of for Guan Yu, who held a volume of "Spring and Autumn" all day long. He accepted the idea that the whole world is not the king's soil, and the people who lead the soil are not the king's ministers. Guan Yu couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Liu Xin stepped forward, patted Guan Yu on the shoulder, and said: "Yun Chang, you won't be able to understand these things for a while. Come back to Guangling with me first, and save these things for later."
Naturally, the Taishou Mansion in Guangling City was returned to Guan Yu and his family, and Liu Xin found another large house in the city. However, the banquet to welcome Guan Yu was still held in the Taishou Mansion because the conditions of the house where Liu Xin temporarily lived were poor.
Some.
After three rounds of drinking, a guard suddenly came in, raised his hands and said: "My lord, General Zhang Ren has sent someone to report that there is no movement in the direction of Xuzhou. Please let me know if you want to withdraw the troops who have set up an ambush."
"
Liu Xin waved her hand and said, "Tell them to stay where they are and not to move."
"No!" the guard agreed, turned around and left the hall.
Jushou stood up and said: "My lord, according to the news from Xizuo, Liu Bei already knew the news of the fall of Guangling, but he just stood still. It is unnecessary to continue to set up an ambush. It is better to withdraw them to Guangling to rest. My lord, please think again."
Guan Yu looked at them coldly and said nothing. In Guan Yu's eyes, what Liu Xin and Jushou said were just clumsy performances, trying to alienate the brotherhood between him and Liu Bei.
But Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Why are you pulling back? I'm about to march directly to Xuzhou. Tell the soldiers to be ready, and we will march in three days with the sound of drums."
Hearing that Liu Xin was going to invade Xuzhou, Guan Yu couldn't sit still. He promised to be loyal to the Han Dynasty instead of surrendering to Liu Xin. In fact, he had his own wishful thinking. Guangling and Xuzhou were close at hand anyway, and as long as he sent the pregnant Cao Hui
After settling down, and looking for another opportunity, he can defect to his eldest brother Liu Bei.
Guan Yu couldn't help but jumped up and yelled: "Master Liu, you keep saying that this world belongs to all Han people, so my eldest brother, as Xuzhou Mu, is also guarding the Han city. When you raised troops to invade Guangling, the reason you found was
Guan purchased grain for disaster relief. Now that my eldest brother is not at fault, why do you have the arrogance to build weapons?"
Liu Xin didn't mind Guan Yu's refusal to call him lord, and smiled and said, "Yun Chang, do you still remember what Liu told you when he was in Luoyang?"
Before Guan Yu could answer, Liu Xin's face darkened and she said, "Liu warned him a long time ago not to think of himself as a clan member of the Han Dynasty anymore! He actually dared to continue pretending to be a royal relative. Do you think this is a fault?"
?This is not just a fault, but a capital crime!"
Guan Yu looked startled. When the princes of Guandong were fighting against Dong Zhuo three years ago, Liu Xin did say this outside Luoyang City, but neither he nor Liu Bei took it to heart, or they didn't want to.
Keep these words in mind, because without the title of clan clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei is nothing, and he has no qualifications to sit in the position of Xuzhou Mu.
"Okay, let's not talk about these boring things." Liu Xin had a smile on his face again, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said loudly, "Everyone, Yun Chang is a martial artist. From now on, he will be loyal to the great man. In the future, he will be a prince.
General, let us all respect Yunchang and wish Yunchang to make great contributions to the Han Dynasty as soon as possible!"
The civil and military officials in the hall were not interested in Guan Yu, but because of Liu Xin's face, they raised their glasses sparingly. However, Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, "Wait a minute! Mr. Liu, I have a question from Guan."
Liu Xin did not put down the wine glass, but made a greeting to Guan Yu with her other hand, and said with a smile: "Yun Chang, it's okay to say it."
Guan Yu turned a blind eye to the slightly angry looks of those civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice: "I wonder what Master Liu did with the grain merchant named Song?"
Liu Xin said without hesitation: "Stealing and selling disaster relief grain is a capital crime. However, he persuaded you that you had meritorious service by being loyal to the big man, so Liu allowed him to redeem his merits and let him go, and also rewarded him with a large sum of money."
Now, the grain merchant named Song has moved to Xiangyang, and you may be able to meet him when you go to Xiangyang in the future."
In fact, with this great achievement, Shopkeeper Song's status in Phantom Secret Agent can be further improved. However, Liu Xin wanted to completely conquer Guan Yu, so he couldn't expose Shopkeeper Song's identity, so he could only allow Shopkeeper Song to retire honorably.
As the core figure of Phantom, Shopkeeper Song of Phantom’s Discipline
It is very clear that these secrets will be buried in Shopkeeper Song’s heart forever. Until he brings them into the coffin a hundred years later, he will not reveal a word in front of others. Although Shopkeeper Song has lost his status as a public official, as compensation, Liu Xin did
He was given a large sum of money, enough to last him several lifetimes.
Guan Yu picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, nodded and said, "Guan is relieved now."
Seeing Guan Yu drinking alone, Liu Xin smiled awkwardly, drank all the wine in the glass, waved her hands and said, "Please respect Yun Chang, everyone."
Everyone had received instructions from Liu Xin a long time ago. Although they were dissatisfied with Guan Yu's arrogant behavior, they all stood up and toasted to him, especially Xu Chu and Zhang Liao, who were competing with Guan Yu with one cup on the left and one on the right.
Guan Yu felt a little depressed, so he didn't say much to the people who were toasting him, but he didn't refuse anyone who came, and ended up getting very drunk.
It was the fourth watch of the night, and Guan Yu woke up slowly. He still felt a slight headache. He had not eaten or slept for nearly three days, and drank so much wine. With Guan Yu's body, if it had been anyone else, he would have been completely sick.
Got up.
Cao Hui was taking a nap beside the bed with her chin in her hands when she was suddenly awakened by Guan Yu's movement and said happily: "Husband, are you awake?"
Guan Yu shook his head with great effort, and then saw clearly that Cao Huiyi was still standing by her side with a tired look on her face. He couldn't help but nodded and said, "Madam, I'm fine now. You go and take a nap."
Ever since he learned that Cao Hui was pregnant with his flesh and blood, Guan Yu's attitude towards Cao Hui had obviously improved a lot, and his voice had become softer. After all, there was a blood connection between the two people.
Cao Hui took Guan Yu's hand and said softly: "Husband, I am not tired, I just want to be here with you."
"Isn't this good for me? Don't be stupid. Even if you don't want to rest, you still have to think about the child in your belly." Guan Yu gently stroked Cao Hui's hair, and suddenly touched the hosta, and his expression changed.
He changed and sighed, "You go to bed, I want to be alone and quiet."
Too many things happened in the past few days, and Guan Yu's mind was a little confused. First, shopkeeper Song's grain ship was impounded inexplicably, and then Liu Xin's army crossed the Yangtze River, and his Guangling City was even more confused. When he was trapped
On an isolated island, waiting to die in silence, Shopkeeper Song suddenly became Liu Xin's lobbyist again. All of these were intertwined, as if they were a trap designed from the beginning, but he just couldn't jump out.
But it is a bit different to say that it was planned by Liu Xin in advance, because the most important thing here is that Cao Hui suddenly became pregnant, otherwise Guan Yu would rather die than surrender. Although he was nominally loyal to the big man and not
Surrender to Liu Xin, but that is just a pretense. If it spreads, who will believe it? However, Cao Hui's pregnancy could not have been planned by Liu Xin in advance.
Things had developed to this point and it was no longer Guan Yu's control. Therefore, he thought about these questions for a while and then shook his head and ignored them. Now, there was another more important thing that made him sleepy and uneasy.
Although Guan Yu's head still hurts from being drunk, he clearly remembered Liu Xin's words that he would send troops to Xuzhou in three days. That wheel battle allowed Guan Yu to see the combat power of Liu Xin's generals.
Guan Yu had a profound experience of the bravery of Liu Xin's army when he pursued Mi Zhu last year. Under the attack of such an army, Xuzhou City would definitely not be able to defend.
When he saw the jade hairpin on Cao Hui's head just now, Guan Yu thought of Du Xiuniang. Du Xiuniang is Qin Yi's wife. Qin Yi is now considered an important official under Liu Bei. As a member of Liu Xin's hostile camp, after the city was broken, Qin Yi
All of his family property will definitely be used as spoils of war, including of course his woman.
At dawn, Guan Yu could no longer sit still. He hurriedly changed his clothes and went to the house where Liu Xin was temporarily staying to ask to see Liu Xin.
At yesterday's welcome banquet, Guan Yu was not friendly to Liu Xin. He refused to call Liu Xin his lord from beginning to end, and his words were quite disrespectful. Now that he actually took the initiative to ask for an audience, Liu Xin had already vaguely sensed some clues.
As expected, Guan Yu was no longer as rigid as he was yesterday. As soon as he entered the door, he held his hands in front of him and said, "Mr. Liu got up very early."
Liu Xin chuckled and said: "You eat the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu was also ordered by the Queen Mother to take charge of the affairs of the four states and to regent the government. He had such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. How could Liu dare to do anything about it?
Lazy? General Guan, on the other hand, has been exhausted for days and should take a good rest."