Chapter 110 Chapter Fourteen

Tears welled up in my eyes.After the tears were wiped away, Guan Gong wrote in a hurry: "I heard that righteousness is not betraying one's heart, loyalty is not about death, Yu has been studying since childhood, and has a rough understanding of etiquette and righteousness. Watching the sheep's horn mourning and Zuo Botao's incident, it is not bad to sigh three times and shed tears. Guarding Xiapi, there is no millet inside and no reinforcements outside; if you want to die, you have the weight of your second sister-in-law, and you dare not cut off your head and body, and you will lose your entrustment; therefore, you will stay in Cao Ying for the time being. Cao Mengde treats me with courtesy and justice , but it cannot replace the love between the three of us. Getting my brother’s letter today is like seeing his voice and smile. I took the opportunity to say goodbye to Cao Mengde and send my second sister-in-law back. Poor. There is a period of worship, and Fu Wei will take lessons from him." Chen Zhen went back overnight.

Cao Mengde has clearly observed Guan Yu's depressed psychology, and he has already known that Liu Bei is in Yuan Shao's camp.Guan Yu has made great achievements for him. If he knew Liu Bei's current whereabouts, he would definitely jump on his horse and go away with his whip, but Cao Mengde fully estimated that Guan Yu would never leave without saying goodbye no matter what time. A fierce thought: Liu Bei's big ears should have died long ago! Cao Mengde, who was always anxious, made the judgment that Guan Yu had obtained Liu Bei's whereabouts, so he sent Zhang Liao, who had just recovered from his injuries, to test Guan Yu.

According to Cao Mengde's instructions, Zhang Liao greeted him as soon as he entered the room, "I heard that my brother has heard from Xuande, and I'm here to congratulate you today." Guan Yu was surprised: "How did Wen Yuan know?" Zhang Liao said without haste: "That day when I fought Wen Chou in Yanjin, I personally witnessed Liu Xuande in Wen Chou's successor army. You must have seen it too." Guan Yu thought that Zhang Liao knew about this matter, so he stopped hiding it and told Zhang Liao about Chen Zhen's private visit and Liu Bei's letter.

After listening to Guan Yu's narration, Zhang Liao asked the question he had mentioned before. "How does the prime minister treat my brother?" Guan Yu said: "A small banquet for three days, a big banquet for five days, giving away a battle robe and a mount, and giving gold and silver beauties, far surpasses Xuande's treatment of me materially." "That being the case, why are you still in love with Liu Xuande?" Zhang Liao said. Guan Yu said with a solemn expression: "Our three brothers take each other with all our heart and soul. It's a brotherhood. The quarrel is like lips and teeth. When the lips are dead, the teeth are cold. Wen Yuan is also a person who understands, why can't tell the severity of the relationship."

Zhang Liao remained silent. After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Liao saw Guan Yu sigh again. Zhang Liao said: "Knowing Xuande's whereabouts is a joyful event, and it would be a good thing to go to my brother, but why is it so sad?" Guan Yu put the bamboo chopsticks on the table, rested his chin on both hands, and said slowly: "Why don't I want to fly to my brother right away, but the prime minister... I'm in a dilemma!" Zhang Liao immediately adjusted the emotional balance, and he realized the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by Cao Mengde on his shoulders.Cao Mengde's emotional words sounded in his ears again: "Wen Yuan, you and Guan Gong are old friends, you should try to keep him, even if you stay for ten and a half months longer."

In fact, Zhang Liao had long realized that it was a fantasy to let Guan Yu stay, so he didn't bother to persuade him to stay.Yes, people have their own aspirations, each votes for his own master, who does not have his own emotional balance.Thinking about it this way, Zhang Liao prepared for the worst, that is, if he could keep him for a day, it would count as one day.What Zhang Liao was most worried about was that Guan Yu would leave without saying goodbye, which would deal a heavy psychological blow to the prime minister.What's even more frightening is that if Guan Yu voted under Yuan Shao's sect and in turn helped Yuan Shao deal with the prime minister, this...

"Brother won't go quietly?" Zhang Liao asked tentatively. Guan Yu said: "A man stands between heaven and earth, and never does anything unrighteous. It's just that I don't even have the courage to speak to the prime minister right now." Guan Yu fell into deep pain and contradiction again. Zhang Liao thought of an idea to have the best of both worlds.He thought that Guan Yu was a man of integrity known to the world as an upright and honest man.He had to get the prime minister's consent before going away in a polite and restrained manner.Yes, I will tell the prime minister immediately, and let the prime minister pretend to be sick for a period of time, and we will talk about it after the war is over.

Guan Yu also seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "Wen Yuan, please rest assured, the prime minister is a man of understanding, I will bid farewell some day, and I think the prime minister will give me permission." Because Liu Bei's life and death were unknown, the two wives Gan and Mi were immersed in worry and sorrow for a long time. With the passage of time and the care of Guan Yu, a good brother, their moods gradually improved.The spring is bright and sunny, and the two wives and maids are chatting and laughing happily in the courtyard.After Guan Yu went in to salute, he told the two sisters-in-law about Uncle Liu's whereabouts.

The two wives didn't know whether sorrow came from joy or joy from sorrow. Their feelings changed rapidly. First they were pleasantly surprised, then wept, and finally they were ecstatic. They immediately urged Guan Yu to pack his bags, eager to throw himself into Liu Bei's arms. Women, after all, are women, how can they understand Guan Yu's mood at this moment. The day after Zhang Liao left Guan Yu's residence, Cao Mengde fell ill, and Xun Yu hurriedly ordered someone to call Ji Ping. Just as Dong Cheng did not hide the imperial physician Ji Ping back then, neither did Cao Mengde's symptoms of illness hide it from Ji Ping.

"The prime minister is fine, mainly because he is troubled by his mind." Ji Ping said after checking his pulse.Of course, to Cao Mengde, Ji Ping can only perform the duties of a doctor. How could he know the root cause of Cao Mengde's disease, not even Xun Yu. How many times, Guan Yu bid farewell to Cao Mengde, but was blocked by the avoidance card. Guan Yu returned disgruntled, and asked his former followers to pack up the chariots and horses. Except for the red rabbit horse and the new battle robe, all the things Cao Mengde had bestowed were left one by one. The two sisters-in-law were in a hurry, and Guan Yu went to Zhang Liao again when he was in desperation, hoping that Zhang Liao would convey his farewell intentions. Zhang Liao also refused Guan Yu's door because of his illness.

Guan Yu didn't understand the intentions of Cao Mengde and Zhang Liao.Time passed day by day, and the luggage was tied and untied, and untied and tied again.Sometimes, Guan Yu stood outside Cao Mengde's prime minister's mansion for a long time, but the evasion card never moved.It turned out that Cao Mengde played a trick on this issue. He sent someone to follow Guan Yu's whereabouts. Once Guan Yu came to the gate, he immediately asked someone to put an avoidance card. Guan Yu left disappointed, and the avoidance card was removed immediately. Cao Mengde He has returned to his original face of being energetic and persistent. Finally, one day, Guan Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and wrote a farewell letter. While sending someone to deliver it to the prime minister's residence, he hung the seal of "Han Shou Ting Hou" on the hall, and handed over the gold and silver gifts from Cao Mengde. Send the silk and satin to the treasury, then ask the two sisters-in-law to get on the car, jump on the red rabbit horse, carry the Qinglong sword in hand, lead the old entourage, escort the chariot, and go directly out of the north gate of Xudu.The gatekeeper sergeant wanted to stop him, but seeing Guan Gong glaring at him, he had no choice but to dodge and get out of the way.