Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 398 New 3 Kingdoms 38

Men have to save face, and Liu Bei felt bad that he could only look at the beautiful Sun Xiaomei but not eat her. He privately asked Jian Yong and Sun Qian to find some folk remedies. This mysterious move made Sun Quan mutter in his heart, worried that they were planning something bad.

Before Sun Xiaomei got married, Zhang Zhao was called by the old lady and scolded, and he had already laid down. Now Liu Bei and the people he brought started to make trouble, and he could only give advice to Sun Quan.

Jian Yong and Sun Qian are not a concern. The most important point is to stabilize Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei is stabilized, the two of them will be useless.

Sun Quan asked how to stabilize Liu Bei? He is now Jiangdong's son-in-law, and he can't be poisoned or killed! It's hard to explain to the old lady and the younger sister.

Zhang Zhao said that since Liu Bei started competing for power, he had been displaced everywhere and had not had a few days of good life.

He has been eating coarse grains all day long and has never tasted fine bran. We can give him good food and drink every day and treat him well, giving him all the good things we have. We can use this decadent life to destroy his ambition and make him indulge in the gentleness of life and stop striving for progress.

After this plan succeeds, Jingzhou will be leaderless, and we can still take it down, and also earn a good reputation!

Sun Quan was overjoyed, so he sent all kinds of delicious food, drinks and beautiful girls to the mansion where Liu Bei was to get married.

Liu Bei also accepted everyone who came. After he couldn't get up, he became more and more abnormal. For example, he was watching a beautiful girl dancing. He sat lazily at the table with a wine pot in one hand and a wine glass in the other, staring at the dancer in front of him, and heard the drowsy dance music in his ears.

Jian Yong and Sun Qian were extremely anxious when they saw him like this, but there was nothing they could do.

In Xiakou, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei began to prepare for war after Liu Bei left, so they had no time to make trouble. However, after the incident in Xiangyang, Cao Cao returned to Xu County, and the Cao army changed from offensive to defensive, and the military pressure was greatly reduced.

In this situation, the two of them were free and started thinking about other things. The day was getting colder and colder, and there was a little snow. The two of them did not go out to inspect the military camp, but simply hid in a room and drank alone.

"Second brother, it's been almost half a year since the eldest brother left, why hasn't he come back yet?"

Zhang Fei drank the whole earthenware bowl in his hand, wiped the wine stains on the corners of his mouth and beard with his sleeve, and sighed loudly.

"It's all Zhuge Liang's fault. If he hadn't insisted that my brother go to Soochow to marry Sun Ce's sister, how could he have not returned yet and there is still no news at all." Guan Yu was drunk and started to talk more.

"These days, it's Zhuge Liang who has been saying everything. The civil servants and generals who have been promoted are all those who have a good relationship with him. If this continues, my brother's foundation will sooner or later have to be renamed Zhu!" Zhang Fei said as he filled another bowl of wine.

The two of them felt more and more aggrieved as they talked. Before Liu Bei went to Jiangdong to marry his wife, he handed over the military and political power to Zhuge Liang and strictly ordered Guan and Zhang to obey Zhuge Liang's orders.

In their view, during the time when Liu Bei was away, Zhuge Liang's every word, action, and decision were all aimed at seizing Liu Bei's foundation, and he was not really working for Liu Bei.

"I've said it before, Zhuge Liang called himself Sleeping Dragon, and dragon represents the emperor. Zhuge Liang is trying hard to encourage my elder brother to go to Jiangdong to marry a family. His intentions are not good!" Guan Yu said as he drank the wine in his bowl.

"Then what should we do! There's been no news since eldest brother left, it's so worrying!" Zhang Fei smashed the wine jar as he said this.

"However, now all military and political decisions are made by Zhuge Liang alone. If there is any news about my eldest brother in Jiangdong, it will be sent to him first. If he intends to hide it from us, it is possible that he will withhold the news!" Guan Yu looked at the dancing flames thoughtfully.

"Hmph, let's go and settle the score with that guy named Zhu and ask him if he wants to seize our big brother's foundation!" Zhang Fei stood up and pulled Guan Yu out.

Zhuge Liang was still frowning in his mansion, as if nothing could ever make him relax. The book boy added charcoal to his fire while tidying up the scattered bamboo slips on the table.

"Sir, the snow is getting heavier and heavier." The servant boy said as he looked at the snowflakes flying in the patio outside the door.

"Don't be surprised if it blows windy and snows in winter." Zhuge Liang also looked outside the house and spoke calmly.

"But, this war..."

The book boy had followed Zhuge Liang for a long time and had gained some experience.

Now Jingzhou was divided into seven parts by Cao Cao and three parts by Liu Bei. The land was small and the people were few. In addition, Cao's army blocked the area and there was a serious shortage of food. Zhuge Liang had been struggling to hold on. Now the snow was coming. I don't know how many people would die of hunger and cold this winter.

Life was already difficult, and there were also people inside who were trying to make things difficult for him. Liu Bei's two sworn brothers looked at Zhuge Liang with disdain every day, and they would always say something against him no matter what he arranged.

Speak of the devil, the devil appears. When Zhuge Liang and his servant were thinking of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the door was kicked open. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came in drunk and rushed straight to the lobby. The servant went forward to greet them but was pushed aside by Zhang Fei.

"Mr. Zhu, my elder brother has gone to Jiangdong and his life or death is unknown, but you are staying at home warming yourself by the fire. How uncomfortable!"

Zhuge Liang stared at the charcoal fire in the basin without saying a word. After a while, he blinked and continued to look at the bamboo slips.

"Are you feeling guilty and not saying anything?" Zhang Fei became even angrier when he saw that Zhuge Liang didn't say anything.

"Military advisor, there has been no news since my eldest brother went to Jiangdong. Don't you have anything to tell us?" Guan Yu said coldly, stroking his beard.

"Second General, Third General, do you have any misunderstandings?" Zhuge Liang asked, putting down the bamboo slips.

"Hmph, you encouraged my eldest brother to go to Jiangdong that day. Did you want him to die at the hands of that kid Sun Quan so that you could seize his foundation?" Zhang Fei asked loudly, pointing at Zhuge Liang with his hands on his hips.

"Second General, Third General, my teacher says to our lord..." The servant boy walked forward and hugged Zhang Fei's thigh to explain to Zhuge Liang, regardless of the pain from being pushed down just now.

"How can a servant like you have the right to interrupt us when we are talking!" Zhang Fei kicked the servant out.

When Zhuge Liang saw this, he quickly stood up and helped the servant up.

"Military advisor, please answer our brothers' questions." Guan Yu said coldly, stroking his beard.

"Second General, Third General, since I came out of seclusion to assist the lord, I have done my best to plan and do things. Why do you repeatedly..." Zhuge Liang could not continue.

"Stop pretending here. People's hearts are different. If you didn't have any ulterior motives, why did you cede Danyang County that was assigned to my elder brother to the Sun family when you met Sun Ce in Jiangdong before. Now you are coaxing my elder brother to go to Jiangdong to get married. I'm afraid that you and Sun Quan have already discussed and plotted against my elder brother." Zhang Fei became more and more angry as he spoke.

"Military Advisor, is my third brother's guess correct?" Guan Yu asked sternly, stroking his beard.

After listening to the two, Zhuge Liang helped the book boy to sit aside without saying a word. He returned to his desk silently, picked up the bamboo slips he had not finished reading, and opened them, obviously not wanting to pay attention to the two lunatics.

"I told you to read a book, I told you to play dumb!"

Zhang Fei became even angrier when he saw Zhuge Liang's aggrieved look. He walked up to him and overturned the table in front of Zhuge Liang, causing the bamboo slips, writing brushes, inkstones and candlesticks on it to fall to the ground.