In the twelfth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, on November 24, 207, Xinfeng, Liu Bei's camp.

Liu Bei, who was dying, looked at the four loyal ministers in front of him with cloudy eyes, as well as his son Liu Chan who was held by the maid, and said slowly: "Kong Ming, Yuan Chang, Zizhong, Xianhe, the four of them are alone, and they are fortunate to become hegemons, but they are shallow in wisdom and bring about their own defeats. Remorse became a disease and died on the verge of death. The heir is weak and has to be entrusted with great things. ”

Zhuge Liang and the four of them all shed tears and said: "May Qin Gong be good at protecting your noble body, and hope for the heavens!" ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Lonely's body, Lone knows, and it is expected that it will not survive for a while." Lonely doesn't like to read, and in previous years, he worshiped under Lu Gongmen, but he also knew the rough. Sage Cloud: The bird is dying, and its song is also mourning; When a man is about to die, his words are good. Alone and Qing are equal to destroy Cao thieves and help the Han family; Unfortunately, I said goodbye in the middle. Annoying Shangshu ordered to write a testament for Lonely, and paid it to Shizi Zen, so that it should not be taken as a common word. I hope that the book will teach him in everything! ”

Zhuge Liang and the others wept and bowed to the ground and said: "May the Duke of Qin take care of his noble body!" The ministers did their best to repay the kindness of the Qin Gong. ”

Liu Bei ordered the attendants to help Zhuge Liang and the others, cover their tears with one hand, hold Zhuge Liang's hand with the other, and sigh softly: "Lonely and dead, there are confidants to tell me!" ”

Zhuge Liang asked slowly, "What does the lord command?" Liang will serve the work of dogs and horses. ”

I saw Liu Bei say slowly: "If you are not as talented as Cao Cao and Liu Qi, you will be able to stabilize the country and finally settle the big thing." If the heir can be supplemented, then supplemented; If he is not talented, he can be the lord of the state. After finishing speaking, his eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, and he looked straight at Zhuge Liang,

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his hands and feet were at a loss, and he wept and said: "Chen An dares to be inexhaustible. Fulfill the festival of loyalty, followed by death? When he had finished speaking, he prostrated and bled incessantly.

Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang say this, and saw that Zhong Xuan, Jian Yong, and Mi Zhu were all on the side to corroborate, so he nodded and ordered Zhuge Liang to sit on the couch. He also called the maid to hold his young son Liu Chan, bowed to Zhuge Liang, and said softly: "After the lonely death, the son of the world should be clear to his father, and he should not be lazy, Yuan Chang, Xianhe, Zizhong, and you should be the overseer, and when Chan'er grows up, he must not violate the lonely words." ”

Zhong Xuan and Mi Zhu were all ordered to bow down.

Zhuge Liang was even more moved when he heard this. Tearfully said: "Although the minister's liver and brain are smeared, can An repay the grace of the encounter?" ”

Liu Bei closed his eyes, slowly opened them again, and said to Zhong Xuan and Mi Zhu: "Lonely has entrusted Lonely to Shangshu Ling, so that the heir will do his father's business." None of them can be lazy, so as to bear their hopes. ”

Later, Liu Bei saw Zhao Rong, the central protector, and said to him: "Lone and Qing are also friends in distress, and Lone fled from Chang'an." Fortunately, Lai Qing rescued his son in the chaos of the army, and he wanted to share the wealth with Qing. I don't want to be separated here. Qing can want to be alone, look at my son sooner or later, don't be lonely. ”

Zhao Rong wept and bowed: "Dare to disobey the work of dogs and horses? ”

Liu Bei nodded, and ordered Zhao Rong to be the general of Zhengnan, Shangshu, and Zhuge Liang, Zhong Xuan, Jian Yong, and Mi Zhu to participate in political affairs.

After that, Liu Bei dictated. Zhuge Liang was ordered to write a testament, and the last order wrote: "Lonely and sick, but with dysentery; After being reincarnated with miscellaneous diseases, he was unable to help himself. Lonely people are forty years old and not confused, and there are six lonely years of forty years now. Why hate death? But I thought about Qing. Reluctantly! Reluctantly! Don't take evil as small, don't take good as small. Only virtuous and virtuous, can convince people; The father's morality is thin and ineffective. Qing and Shangshu ordered Zhuge Kongming, servant Zhong Yuanchang, Shangshu Mi Zizhong, Shangshu Jian Xianhe, Shangshu Zhao Rong engaged, Kong Ming is like a father, and the rest of the son is respectful, don't slack off! Don't forget! Qing is more eager to hear, to the order! Best! ”

Liu Bei said to the generals again: "Qing and other officials, you can't tell them one by one, and you want to love yourself." Lone has worked hard for many years in this life, before he obtained this foundation, but when he died, he was also without an inch of land, Yun Chang, Lone has not been able to avenge you until today, what face does it take to see you underground? Feng'er, as a father, you shouldn't miss the love of father and son, and kill you by mistake, so that now no one under my knees is filial. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei burst into tears and vomited three liters of blood. Liu Bei, a generation of heroes, died suddenly.

Liu Bei had great ambitions when he was a teenager, when there was a mulberry tree on the southeast corner fence of the house, which grew more than five zhang high, and looked like a car cover from a distance, Liu Bei played under the tree with his clan partners, pointed to the mulberry tree and said: "I must take this feather cover car." ”

After Liu Bei pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was named An Xiwei, when the county governor went to the county on business, Liu Bei asked to see but could not get, and in anger he scolded the post supervisor for 200 and abandoned the official.

Later, Liu Bei defected to Gongsun Zan and led the plain minister. Liu Ping, a citizen of the county, was light, and under the shame, he assassinated him at this moment, but the assassin couldn't bear to do it, and left with words, which shows that this person has always known how to spread benevolence and buy the hearts of the people.

Liu Bei has followed Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, and taken refuge in Lü Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao throughout his life, but he has never forgotten the dream of his childhood, so he always finds ways to establish his own power, so he is also feared by the lords of one side like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

It wasn't until later that Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang, who was like a fish in water, but unfortunately Zhuge Liang was young after all, and he was only twenty years old when he took refuge in him, so although the plan was all for his good and helped him obtain the foundation of Guanzhong, but Zhuge Liang's strategy was all fraud, so he first made Liu Qi lose his patience, and then took the opportunity to plot to obtain the right Fufeng, and then even the righteous son Liu Feng was calculated, and finally self-destroyed the Great Wall, lost the loyalty of Ma Chao, Liu Feng and others, and finally lost the foundation of hard work for many years.

At the last moment of his life, Liu Bei already felt that for the so-called great cause, he lost his loyalty to the Han Dynasty, lost the love of brothers and sons, and disregarded his wife and children, which was really worth the loss, but if he was asked to choose again, he would still do it without hesitation, he just regretted that he did not listen to Zhuge Liang's advice and compete with Cao Cao for the state, but should have waved his army to the south, first took Hanzhong and Xichuan, so that Liu Qi took the lead and led his final defeat.

It's just that this remorse has long since dissipated with his passing, and even his worries about his son have finally completely dissipated.

Although a generation of heroes has passed away, they are so unwilling.

When the left and right officials saw Liu Bei's death in the tent, they all burst into tears, and Zhuge Liang also had tears in his eyes, but he knew that now was not the time to be sad, so he hurriedly wiped his tears and said to everyone: "Everyone, now is not the time to be sad, now that Uncle Chen is newly dead, the military heart is collapsing, and the lord is riding the dragon again, once the news is leaked, I am afraid that tens of thousands of troops will disperse at one time, and we will all die without a place to die, even if it is Cao Ren, I am afraid that he will also think about merging my subordinates, but he will not help me restore the country." You might as well listen to Liang's words, and hide the bad news from the lord, each of them came forward to appease the sergeants, while looking for an opportunity to break through the siege, while waiting for Cao Ren's rescue to arrive, we can get out of trouble. ”

When Zhong Xuan, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Zhao Rong and others heard this, they all said: "Since the lord has entrusted the state affairs to Shang Shuling, we should only obey the orders of Shang Shuling, and what Shang Shuling said is reasonable, so we will immediately appease the sergeants, and at the same time try our best to conceal the bad news of the lord, and it will not be known to the army." ”

Seeing that the four of them were all cooperating, Zhuge Liang nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The country cannot be left without an owner for a day, we can serve the prince as the master, temporarily issue orders in the name of the lord, and after returning to the state, we will officially invite the court to inherit the position of the lord." ”

When the four of them heard this, they all agreed with Zhuge Liang's words.

Zhuge Liang arranged the affairs of the generals in detail again, and then they retreated.

Although Zhuge Liang has become the de facto ruler of the entire Great Qin, there is no trace of pride in his heart, because he knows that the current Great Qin is really stormy and precarious.

Zhuge Liang sighed softly, looked at the trembling maid in the tent and Liu Chan, who was only a few months old, and hurriedly comforted the maid, and then gave Liu Bei's meal and part of himself to the maid, and ordered her to take good care of Liu Chan, and when she returned to Bingzhou in the future, she would naturally be rewarded.

The maid doesn't even know if she can save her life now, so why don't you care if she is rewarded or not? It's just that she looked at Zhuge Liang's unquestionable look, but she had no choice but to nod and agree.

Although Liu Bei is dead, fortunately, it is winter now, and the corpse will not be **, so the news of his death can be concealed for a while.

Half an hour later, Zhong Xuan entered the account and said to Zhuge Liang: "Shang Shuling, we were ordered to go to appease the sergeants, and I happened to see more than a thousand soldiers in the Zhou Yu camp, and we hurriedly led the troops to catch up, but it was too late, but the rest of the sergeants were appeased by us, and their feelings gradually stabilized, and they were looking forward to the arrival of Cao Ren's reinforcements, but the lower officials were so strange, now that the deadline promised by Cao Ren has long passed, why are the reinforcements still delayed?" ”

Zhuge Liang thought about it, and just wanted to open his mouth to speak, but there was a violent cough, and it took a while to suppress the cough, and then he said: "Ma Chao occupies the entire Zuo Feng Yi, and Feng Yi's county rule Linjin is close to Huayin, maybe Cao Ren's army is fighting with Ma Chao, and only in this way can we explain why we can't see Ma Chao's army so far." Therefore, it will definitely not be so easy for Cao Ren to send troops so far, but this official feels that Cao Ren's reinforcements should arrive soon. ”

Seeing Zhuge Liang's appearance, Zhong Miao hurriedly bowed down and asked him to take care of his body, and discussed some other affairs, and then said goodbye.

And Zhuge Liang couldn't go back to his camp at this time, because he wanted to ensure that the news of Liu Bei's death could not be leaked, and he had to watch the maid, after all, Liu Chan is young now, and if something accidentally happens, then the entire Great Qin will really be over.

After his leisure, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt full of emptiness, he couldn't help but think of Liu Bei's kindness to him, Liu Qi and his "hatred of taking his wife", and remembered his many mistakes, guiding Daqin step by step towards defeat, and couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

But at this time, what he thought about the most was things like, "Where is Cao Ren at this time?" "Can he beat Ma Chao?" When will it be won? "When will reinforcements arrive?" "I only have these thousands of people under my command, can I support the arrival of reinforcements? Is there enough food and grass? Something like that. (To be continued......)