Chapter 82: Liu Bei's assassination
"Zilong, this farewell, I don't know if we will see each other in the future, all in all, you and I are brothers, if there is fate in this life, Liu Bei is not talented, I hope Zilong can help Liu Bei in the future." At this time, Liu Bei held Zhao Yun's hands with both hands and said affectionately.
"General Liu, you will never forget Zhao Yun's kindness, General Liu's loyalty, Zhao Yun is also deeply admired, if there is a chance in the future, Zhao Yun will not forget the promise of the year, and is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses!" At this time, when Zhao Yundao was in the last sentence, he knelt down on one knee and arched his hand.
Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly knelt down, clasped Zhao Yundi's arms with both hands and said: "Zilong, you and I are brothers, don't make this big gift to Liu Bei, hurry up, if you do it again, you will torture me Liu Bei!" ”
Zhao Yun got up and stood and said: "General Liu, please stay here, you are busy with official business, you can give Zhao Yun a ride, Zhao Yun is already very grateful in his heart, you can go back here, Zhao Yun also doesn't want to delay the general's time too much, I will ride off here." ”
"This ...... That's okay, Zilong, stay safe along the way! Liu Bei stretched out his hand and took Zhao Yun's mount from the soldier's hand, handed the reins to Zhao Yun's hand, and said, "Also, Liu Bei suggested that you go home directly, you didn't complete the task given to you by Gongsun Zhan, with his temper, he won't let you go." ”
"Thank you General for reminding me, Zhao Yun understands in his heart, General, Zhao Yun will leave!" Zhao Yun rode away.
At this time, Liu Bei had been standing in place, looking at the back of Zhao Yun leaving, his heart was full of heartache, a tiger general was gone, he stood there, without saying a word, just stood in a daze, until Zhao Yun disappeared from his sight. To tell the truth, this time Liu Bei ordered Jian Yong to summon Zhao Yun, the purpose of which was to let Zhao Yun lead the army to maintain law and order in the plain from now on, and cooperate with Jian Yong to monitor the unstable forces in the plain at all times, so as to prevent the clans of these plains from inciting chaos. Because this period of time is the transition period of his own rule of Pingyuan County, the situation is also quite special, there will be the invasion of thieves outside, and there will be the commotion of the family inside, in case the enemy comes to combine the inside and outside this time, and echo the inside and outside, then he will really be finished.
Originally, his cronies could still run the entire Pingyuan County, Guan Yu was responsible for the daily training of the army, Zhang Fei was responsible for cooperating with Liu Deran to carry out the work of Tuntian, Jian Yong was responsible for helping him deal with government affairs, and Zhao Yun was responsible for the internal security of the Plains and cooperating with Jian Yong's monitoring of the family, but Zhao Yun left like this, making it really difficult for him to deal with affairs in the future.
"Let's go back!" Liu Bei turned to his entourage and said.
"Yes, please get on board!" The entourage led Liu Bei's mount.
Liu Bei shook his hand casually and said, "Don't ride, you go back first, let me walk by myself." ”
"But my lord, if you go alone, we are afraid of danger, or we should follow you and stay away from you."
"Okay, let it be!" Liu Bei walked directly after finishing.
Liu Bei was walking aimlessly at this time, he obviously felt that the older Rao gets, the more troubles he has, and the more things he has to consider. But now that he is the guardian of a county and the minister of a country, he can be regarded as a feudal official, but he didn't expect that there would be more troubles.
Not only did he have to worry about the defense of the plains county, but he was worried about whether there was any movement of the enemy army; He also had to work for the lives of the people of Plains County, fearing that they would have no food to eat or clothes to wear; He also had to worry about the opposition within Plains County, worried that when they would suddenly attack him and break himself and his brothers to pieces; Of course, he also has to constantly think about how to completely control Gongsun Zhan, and constantly look for opportunities, at this time he really wants to have a caring person around him who can share his worries and solve problems!
"Lord Liu, come out for a walk!" Liu Bei was walking on the road, and an old man on the side of the road was walking in the city with a bundle of firewood, and when he saw Liu Bei, he hurriedly took the initiative to say hello.
"Oh, Old Li, I just came back from the mountain, I'll help you get it!" Liu Bei stretched out his hand and carried a bundle of firewood on the old man's body to his body.
"I, Lord Liu, are you ...... How can I do such a rough job for others, or I should do it myself! Seeing that Liu Bei was so sympathetic to the people as a county guard, Li Lao was moved and embarrassed.
"Ahem! Li Lao don't be like this, with the people, my whole person is comfortable, who is an official can't do such rough work, when Dayu controlled the water, didn't he personally go into the water with everyone to govern, do it himself, I Liu Bei is also from a poor family, and you are the same, there is nothing that can't be done, you are, Li Lao! Liu Bei said with a smile.
"Lord Liu, you are really a parent official who thinks about the people, if only those officials were like you, it would not make the current war chaos, people are panicked, don't hide it from you, since Lord Liu, you came to our plain, our people's hearts, it is much more down-to-earth, there is an enemy coming, you will drive it away for us, we are bullied by dignitaries, you will be the master for us, you are really our reborn parents!" Li Laole said hehehe.
"Old Li, don't be like this, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your government, if you are in your position, you have to seek your government, these are what I should do, nothing good, this is your home, then I will put this firewood here!" Liu Bei took the opportunity to pile up the firewood at the door of Li Lao's house.
"Thank you, thank you, Lord Liu, this is really troublesome for you!" Li Lao hurriedly opened the door and said to Liu Bei: "Lord Liu, if you don't dislike it, come in and sit for a while, have a cup of tea and leave!" ”
"Elder Li, you're welcome, they're all neighborhoods, you can come if you want, I have some other things to deal with!" Liu Bei waved his hand casually and said, "Come back another day, then I'll go first, and the people can come to me if they have any difficulties!" ”
"Okay, Lord Liu, walk slowly, come and sit when you have time!"
At this time, Liu Bei thought that this place was very close to Liu Deran's work in Tuntian, so he planned to go to Liu Deran to see, this work in Tuntian is related to the problem of food, but it is not currently implemented in the entire Pingyuan County, but only implemented around Pingyuan County, first look at the effect, I hope there will be a good result, in this way, the food problem in Pingyuan County can at least be solved, as long as the food problem of the people and the army is solved, the resettlement of displaced people, population recovery, production restart, army training, soldiers fighting, A series of problems such as the salaries of officials will be solved, and Deran and Yide have a great responsibility.
Just as Liu Bei hadn't walked a few steps, a man with a cloak suddenly ran over and knelt down in front of Liu Bei, and his posture of running close to Liu Bei was really violent, so frightened that Liu Bei's entourage not far behind him immediately rushed over, but seeing him kneeling in front of Liu Bei, they were panicked and secretly relieved.
"Lord Liu, let's eat a mouthful of food, I haven't eaten for a long time!" The man with his hair kept kowtowing.
Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly went forward with both hands to support, holding his arms, only feeling that this person's body was very strong and powerful, not like a person who had not eaten for several years, and kowtowing was also very fierce, but like a strong man who had practiced, at this time Liu Bei suddenly became vigilant, but seeing him so begging, Liu Bei was difficult to determine the identity of this Rao in his heart, whether he was really here for foraging, or for another purpose, I don't know, so Liu Bei said: "Come on, quickly bring some food!" ”
Liu Bei took the food from the entourage, handed it to the hand of the cloaked mantle, and said: "Get up quickly, don't kneel for me, now I, Liu Bei, as the prime minister of the plains, still let the people freeze and starve, it is my Liu Bei's incompetence, my Liu Bei's immorality, what qualifications do I Liu Bei have to make you kneel to me, I should kneel, you get up!" ”
Liu Bei saw this person standing up, so he asked, "What's your name?" Where is home? Are there any other relatives in the family? ”
"The grass people have no name, no home, and no relatives!" He choked while eating, and kept burping.
"Hurry up and give him some water, I'll eat slowly, I'll get you another if it's not enough...... Since you are homeless now, then you might as well stay in the county government, and I will give you a job, so that you can exchange your labor for food and live with dignity! ”
"Thank you, sir!" At this time, Liu Bei's eyes were obviously full of doubts when he saw him, but he didn't understand why you were like this.
"No name and no surname are not called either, you will have my surname in the future, I will meet you on the road, you will be called Liu Lu!"
"Thank you, Lord for your name!"
Liu Bei didn't know his specific identity, so he couldn't take him to Liu Deran's Tuntian place, because it was closed to the outside and guarded by the army, and the people outside didn't know what was going on inside, so Liu Bei naturally didn't want to bring him in, so he said: "Then let's go back, talk while walking, Liu Lu, what do you usually do?" ”
"Fight!"
"Haha...... Who are they fighting with? ”
"Fight with people who bully the people!"
"Oh? Yes, this hobby is good, I Liu Bei just need someone like you, you can be a soldier in the county government, patrol this plain county for me, and find out those who oppress the people, how! At this time, Liu Bei's firm eyes suddenly made Liu Lu immediately lower his head.
"This ......" I saw Liu Lu look at Liu Bei in front of him suspiciously again, and at this time Liu Bei asked in surprise: "Why, you don't want to?" ”
"No, it's not like this, Lord Liu, in fact, ......" I saw Liu Lu suddenly kneel down and kowtow to Liu Bei and said: "Don't hide it from you, the grass people are not refugees, the grass people are actually here...... I'm here to assassinate you. ”
When Liu Lu finished saying this, Liu Bei's entourage immediately pulled out the refining to surround Liu Bei, Liu Bei was also numb at this time, and a cold sweat suddenly flowed out of his back, and after a long time, he signaled his entourage to step back, and plucked up the courage to personally step forward to help Liu Lu up, and said, "Get up, what do you mean by having words?" ”
"The grass people were instigated by Liu Ping, and they were a tyrannical and unscrupulous person who specialized in oppressing the people, and he asked me to assassinate you and make decisions for the people...... However, when the grass people just saw that you are kind and charitable, and you care about the people, you know that you are not Liu Ping's people, and fortunately you are not impulsive, otherwise it will really cause eternal hatred, my lord, please arrest the grass people, the grass people have committed a crime and should be punished! ”
"Let me ask you, how many assassins did Liu Ping send them?"
"The grass people don't know, I only accepted Liu Ping's task, but the grass people don't know how many people there are." Liu Lu lowered his head and said.
"Well, I know, your nature is not bad, it's all the dirty things that Liu Ping did, I don't blame you, these things should have never happened, you will stay in the county government to work in the future!"
"This ...... Since you don't arrest me, the grass people should go, and the grass people don't have the face to stay here! Then he knelt down again.
Seeing this, Liu Bei said: "Since you don't want to, then you can go, be a good man, don't be used by others again, I heard it!" ”
"Yes, my lord, Liu Lu will take your words to heart, from now on, I will be Liu Lu, no longer the assassin I was before." Liu Lu knocked his head three times, then got up and left.