"No." Zhuge Jin saw that Liu Qi wanted to go to Chang'an to see Liu Bei by name, but he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately nodded and accepted the order.

After a little preparation, Zhuge Jin only took two children to go north along the water in Xiangyang, passing through Shandu, Zhuyang, Yin County, and then passing through Danshui to Wuguan, and then entered Wuguan, and after a few days of travel, he came to Chang'an.

Although Chang'an is a first-class metropolis in the world, but after years of war, it is now extremely dilapidated, and the people are even more disgraced.

"Today's Han is really a war, and the people are like wanderers in this troubled world, I don't know what kind of day they are facing? In this way, the place under the rule of the penultimate lord of the Han Dynasty is the most prosperous and stable. ”

After a few sighs, Zhuge Jin took out his own sticker, and after some review by the city gate officials, he was put into the city.

After that, the city gate guard personally took Zhuge Jin to the outside of the Sili Captain's Mansion, said to the gate guard, and then left.

Today, the person in charge of guarding the door is a personal soldier under Zhao Yun, called Zhao Ji, after reading Zhuge Jin's admonition, he knew that the person who came turned out to be the brother of the military advisor, but he didn't dare to slack off.

However, he said that Liu Bei was in the palace recently, and suddenly heard a report from his own soldiers, saying that Zhuge Jin, the brother of Zhuge Liang, a military advisor, had come to pay respects, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

But I heard Zhuge Liang say: "This time my brother came to envoy, nothing more than to ask for the return of Nanyang." ”

Liu Bei suddenly became even more anxious, and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

I saw Zhuge Liang wave the feather fan in his hand, and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry, my lord, after seeing my brother for a while, just cry a lot, cry to the sad place, and Liang will come out to persuade you." ”

Liu Bei nodded, and then ordered Zhuge Jin to come and see him.

Zhuge Jin and Zhao Ji talked for a while, and then heard Liu Bei's rumor, so he hurriedly got up, came to the hall under the guidance of Zhao Ji, and saw Liu Bei.

"Xiaguan Zhuge Jin has seen the envoy." Zhuge Jin forcibly suppressed his excitement after seeing his brother Zhuge Liang, and calmly hugged his fists and saluted Liu Bei.

I saw that Liu Bei hurriedly returned the salute, and ordered Zhuge Liang to greet his brother, and after everyone sat down, he said with a smile on his face: "Hehe, Ziyu doesn't need to be polite, I don't know what is the matter with Ziyu's long-distance trek to my Chang'an?" ”

Zhuge Jin arched his hand again, then took out a letter from his sleeve, and said to Liu Bei: "The lower official came on the order of the right general of my family, mainly for Nanyang, the original envoy had promised my lord that once Guanzhong was taken, Nanyang would be returned, as the son issued an order today, asking my lord to receive Nanyang from the envoy, my lord did not dare to disrespect, so he ordered the official to ask the envoy to show it." ”

Unexpectedly, before Zhuge Jin's words fell, he heard Liu Bei suddenly feel sad and cried loudly, and for a while, tears were in his eyes, which caught people off guard.

Zhuge Jin knew that it must be his brother's idea, but he didn't say anything, and asked slowly: "What does this mean?" ”

But he saw Zhuge and said, "Brother, do you know why my lord is crying?" ”

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said, "I really don't know for my brother. ”

I saw Zhuge Liang Shi Li and said: "What's so difficult to see? When my lord won Nanyang, he promised to return it when he got Guanzhong. Now although the land of Guanzhong has been taken, but the thieves everywhere are in chaos, Guanzhong is unstable, my lord must guard against thieves everywhere, but also guard against Cao Cao's army, now the army's heart is not stable, first cut Nanyang, it is really worse, my lord must not only be trustworthy to deliver Nanyang, but also to maintain the situation in Guanzhong, the fact dilemma, so cry more than once. ”

Zhuge Jin saw Liu Bei's pain, so he had no choice but to say: "Let the king rest his troubles, and discuss with Kong Ming in the long run." ”

Zhuge Liang immediately said: "If you are annoyed brother, go back to Xiangyanghou, don't hesitate to say a word, and tell Xiangyanghou about this troublesome situation, and let it take a while." ”

Zhuge Jin said: "I'm afraid things will be difficult to do, first of all, my lord has obeyed the will of the imperial court and wants to take back Nanyang, how dare you resist the decree?" In addition, my lord was entrusted by the general Yuan Gong to plot to attack Xuchang, unite with the general, and reject Cao Cao. ”

Zhuge Liang thought about it and said, "That's it." My lord promised to lend the road to your army, let your army enter Yuzhou along the Huyang and Wuyin areas, and then attack Xudu through Yingchuan, okay? ”

Zhuge Jin flatly refused: "If our army attacks Xuchang and is cut off by your army, how can this be good?" Although the two families are allies, and you and I are also brothers, but each is its own master, even if we trust each other, and even between our lords, what do the generals who were ordered to attack Xuchang think? What's more, my lord is the pastor of Jingzhou, Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou, and it should be owned by my lord, and now by the decree of the Son of Heaven, so that the king will not make some concessions, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my lord to explain to the generals under his account. ”

When Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, Liu Bei knew that if he didn't give some explanations today, Zhuge Jin would definitely not leave, and once Liu Qi really pushed the sin to himself, he would have to bear Yuan Shao's anger again, so after thinking about it, Liu Bei finally had to grit his teeth and say: "It's not that the general doesn't want to return Nanyang, it's really that Guanzhong is not stable, and the general is helpless, so let's do it, this general will return the four counties of Biyang, Wuyin, Yexian, and Lixian to your lord today, and wait until my Guanzhong is completely stable. How about returning the entire Nanyang? ”

Zhuge Jin saw that the other party was really willing to return the four counties, and he didn't know what to do for a while, because according to the estimation of the lord Liu Qi, Liu Bei was unwilling to return the land in Nanyang, and now the other party made an unexpected move and disrupted his plan.

But Zhuge Jin knew that the arrow was on the string and had to be sent, and he had no other way than to promise a way, but fortunately, this time he obtained the four counties without much effort, which can be regarded as an explanation to the lord.

At that moment, he saw Liu Bei's handwritten letter, handed it to Zhuge Jin and said: "Sir, please take it, at this time, Ben will write a letter to Yun Chang, after he sees this letter, he will cede the four counties to your lord." Please take a trip first. ”

Zhuge Jin held the letter, feeling ashamed in his heart, it was rare for the lord to let him do one thing, but he didn't expect that he would do it so unsatisfactorily, although he arrived in the four counties, but he also lost the excuse to attack Nanyang, and then I don't know what impact it will have on the lord's strategy?

Because Zhuge Jin was depressed, he refused Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's invitation to stay for dinner, and went directly to Wancheng to see Guan Yu with Liu Bei's letter and the two boys, but he didn't pay attention to the mockery that flashed in Liu Bei's eyes.

However, it was said that Zhuge Jin came to Wancheng in a complicated mood all the way, met Guan Yu, explained his intention, and handed Liu Bei's letter to Guan Yu.

But he didn't expect Guan Yu to tear up the letter directly without even reading it, and shouted loudly: "I have been friends with the lord for many years, and I am like a brother, and I swear to help the Han family together." Nanyang is the territory of the Han Dynasty, how can it be vain to be with people? will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. Although my lord has a book, I will not return it. ”

Seeing this, Zhuge Jin was secretly happy in his heart, and said quietly: "This is a handwritten letter by Xuande Gong, the captain of Sili, how can it be fake?" The public doesn't ask the reason, and directly tears up the letter, how to send the bus to Xuande in the future? Besides, Nanyang originally belonged to Jingzhou, and the imperial court issued a new decree to return Xuande Gong, who was a relative of the Han family, under the king's order, how dare he disobey? ”

Guan Yu said: "This is Liu Qi's trick, how can you hide it from me?" ”

Zhuge Jin said to himself: "Why is the general too faceless? If you violate the king's order, how can you explain it to the world? ”

He drew his sword from his waist and said sharply: "Hugh again! There is no face on this sword! ”

But I heard Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu, say: "The military advisor doesn't look good, and I hope my father will calm his anger." ”

Guan Yu sneered slightly: "If you don't look at the face of the military advisor, you can't go back to Xiangyang!" ”

Zhuge Jin was full of shame, hurriedly resigned from Guan Yu, and then went to Chang'an to see Liu Bei, crying about Yun Chang's desire to kill.

Liu Bei comforted Zhuge Jin and said: "Yun Chang is anxious, and it is extremely difficult to speak. Ziyu can return temporarily, Rong Wu took Hanzhong, transferred the clouds to guard it, and then had to deliver it to Nanyang. ”

Zhuge Jin couldn't wait for Liu Bei not to return it, so he sighed a few times and hurriedly returned to Xiangyang.

Zhuge Jin had been selected by Liu Qi before, and now he ran back and forth, and when he saw Liu Bei shirking it, he naturally knew that this was Liu Bei's trick, and couldn't help but secretly praise Liu Qi for being like a god, and he actually knew that the other party really refused to return Nanyang, and the previous kind of self-pity and self-pity had completely disappeared.

"Hehe, I was worried before, if Guan Yu really returned the four counties of Nanyang as ordered, I really couldn't substitute for the main bus, I didn't expect Guan Yu to cooperate so much, so that I could successfully complete this task, but I don't know, how did Guan Yu know Liu Bei's true intentions? If this was really Liu Bei's order, wouldn't he have made a mistake? ”

Zhuge Jin thought about it left and right, but he was still puzzled, so he had to reluctantly return to Xiangyang, hoping that the lord could solve his doubts.

Zhuge Jin said Xiangyang, told Liu Qi what happened, and then raised his own questions, hoping to get an answer from Liu Qi, but Liu Qi laughed and said: "Ziyu doesn't know, if it is Liu Bei's official document, it needs to be issued through a special channel, how can it be pretended to be Ziyu's hand?" Wouldn't it be troublesome if it was tampered with in the middle of the process? Guan Yu has followed Liu Bei for many years, how can he not know this common sense? Hehe, Liu Bei's scoundrel can be seen. ”

When Zhuge Jin heard this, he suddenly realized and was deeply impressed, and at the same time sighed at Liu Bei's cunning and scoundrel.

But he didn't want Liu Qi to be noncommittal after hearing his words, and said slowly: "Even the most cunning fox can't escape the hunt of the hunters, this time let Liu Bei know the evil consequences of cunning and scoundrels." ”