Guan Yu asked Liang Lan to wait in front of Guan Dingzhuang, hurriedly entered the village, and found Guan Ping, who was driven away by him.

After whispering to Guan Ping for a while, Guan Ping was a little surprised, and looked a little reluctant, but according to what Guan Yu said, he first went to the village to find a small carriage, and drove the carriage to the front of the village with Guan Yu.

Guan Yu said to Liang Lan, who had never left him: "Lan'er, Guan Ping, you know, you have recognized Guan as your father-in-law, and in the future, he will also be your son-in-law, now, you follow him first, and I will go to see you tomorrow." ”

"Well, I'll listen to you." Liang Lan did not hesitate and got into the carriage.

"Guan Ping, be careful all the way, don't make mistakes, and remember what I told you, don't let others know where you sent her to others, and when you get there, as long as you tell the person in charge that I, Guan Yu, asked you to send people, and he will receive you. You just wait there, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. Guan Yu told Guan Pingdao.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, you can't make a mistake. Let's go. Guan Ping nodded to show that he understood, then waved his whip and left the village with the carriage.

Guan Yu watched the carriage go away before returning to the village to see Liu Bei.

Liu Bei saw Guan Yu and inadvertently asked him how to deal with Liang Lan's affairs, Guan Yu just said that Guan Ping would send her to a nearby village and give her some Panchuan, so that she could return to her mother's house in Xuzhou when she had the opportunity.

When Liu Bei heard this, he didn't say anything more.

Then, Liu Bei congratulated Guan Yu on accepting Guan Ping as his son, and then discussed how to seize Runan.

Guan Yu also knew that it was not good for him to mention leaving Liu Bei for the time being. I had to stay and wait until I had the opportunity to talk about it in the future.

A man of principle and righteousness in his heart. Sometimes there is always a lot to think about, and you can't make your own decisions as easily as people who don't have their own positions.

Guan Yu has loyalty in his heart and principles to adhere to, so when he is doing something. The first thing to think about is whether this is in line with the principles that they adhere to. Just like when he accepted Liang Lan, he always thought that Liang Lan was his sister-in-law one day. Then, he insisted on treating Liang Lan with courtesy, and he couldn't have half a point. Even on the top of the Sunset Peak, when Liang Lan was saved. Both were pierced through the window paper. They all understand each other's affection. At that time, if Guan Yu didn't have something to stick to in his heart, then Guan Yu and Liang Lan would probably have already come to fruition. Both are already together.

However, after changing what others couldn't hold onto, he Guan Yu held on. has always been with Liang Lan, but the heart has intersected. did not do anything that did not violate the principles of life that Guan Yu adhered to.

Only until today, Liu Bei took a leave of absence from Liang Lan and made Liang Lan no longer someone else's wife, so that Guan Yu would truly accept Liang Lan and bravely express his heart to Liang Lan.

Without the shackles of Liang Lan or sister-in-law, Guan Yu can fight for what he wants.

Right now, for Liu Bei, Guan Yu still wants to leave Liu Bei in his heart, but now Liu Bei seems to be in a very unfavorable situation, and he is so forced to leave, Guan Yu's heart can't bear it. Therefore, although Guan Yu no longer believed in the kind of grandiose benevolence and righteousness that Liu Bei said, he had to stay and do something for Liu Bei.

Of course, for Guan Yu now, he also feels that even if he is helping Liu Bei to make trouble in Runan and shake Cao Cao's rear, Cao Cao can not focus on fighting Yuan Shao at the same time, or he can also indirectly help Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty. Because, in Guan Yu's heart, he also thought that Yuan Shao was not Cao Cao's enemy, but he hoped that Yuan Shao could consume some of Cao Cao's strength, so that even if Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, it would only be a miserable victory. The New Han Dynasty was already preparing to send troops to the world, and Guan Yu didn't want to see another overlord who was too powerful to sit in the Central Plains, so that Liu Yi's New Han Army would have too much resistance to unify the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, he didn't deal with Liu Bei, but really wanted to help Liu Bei gain a foothold in Runan.

When he heard Liu Bei talk about how to seize Runan, Guan Yu said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, it is not as easy as imagined to capture Runan, Guan has also stayed in Xu Capital for a period of time recently, according to some of Cao Cao's generals, now Cai Yang, the guard general of Runan, is a famous general in Runan, and his one-handed sword skills are not under Guan, and he is a native of Runan, and his prestige in the local area is very high. If we want to take Runan, this man will be our greatest enemy, and we must get rid of him first. ”

"Oh? Cai Yang is really so powerful? However, why did the second brother say that he would get rid of him instead of wooing him? "Liu Bei heard that Guan Yu actually looked up to Cai Yang so highly, and there are not many people who can enter Guan Yu's eyes, so what kind of character is this Cai Yang? And if this Cai Yang is really so powerful, wouldn't it be better to accept him and let him help him?

Well, in Liu Bei's mind, he always thought that Cao Cao was a thief and a national thief who was no different from Dong Zhuo, as long as he was a person of insight, he could see through Cao Cao's true face. Those who follow Cao Cao should be deceived by Cao Cao's appearance, if they can know it with emotion and reason, they should be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and when the time comes, it is not impossible to follow themselves against Cao Cao. But why did Guan Yu say that he wanted to get rid of Cai Yang first?

"This ......" Guan Yu said a little uncomfortably: "That's the case, this Cai Yang should also be a high-minded and arrogant person, who is the best in the world, so he seems to be a little dissatisfied with Guan, when he was in Xudu, if Cao Cao had an order not to let his army find trouble with Guan in the future, I am afraid that this person will come to the door again." Later, Guan protected the big ...... Well, when he was protecting Liang Lan and wanted to go to Hebei to find his eldest brother, when he was taking the Yellow River, he killed a Cao general named Qin Qi, but I didn't want to, I heard that Xiahou Dun, who came to kill Guan and wanted to avenge Qin Qi, said that Qin Qi turned out to be Cai Yang's nephew. Because of this, Guan Mou has formed an incomprehensible grudge with Cai Yang, this grudge, Guan Mou is afraid that it will be difficult to unravel, if Cai Yang knows that Guan Mou is now in Runan, I am afraid that he will already wave his army to attack and kill Guan Mou. ”

"I see. Then it's hard to do, you can only really except him? Liu Bei said with a sad face: "If Cai Yang is really respected in Runan, then kill him." I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the hearts and minds of the local people in Runan. Well, if we meet on the battlefield, we can not kill him, and it may be better to capture him alive than to kill him. ”

"This ...... It's okay too. Guan Yu nodded in response, after all. Guan Yu also heard that Cai Yang was a general who was deeply loved by Cao Cao, and he left Cao Cao and had already killed many of Cao Cao's generals. If you kill Cai Yang again, I'm afraid it's not good, although this Cao Cao is a thief, he can treat him Guan Yu. It's still good after all. At least seeing that Cao Cao can let himself go, it can be seen that Cao Cao's mind is broader than Liu Bei's. If they really meet on the battlefield, if they can, they won't kill him.

At Liu Bei's request, Guan Yu said again: "Big brother, now we don't have to agree too early on the matter of seizing Runan, let's wait until we meet with the third brother before discussing it, because the third brother has captured Runan City." Maybe he'll have a way. ”

"Oh? The third brother has captured Runan City? Liu Bei and the others didn't know that Zhang Fei was a big thief with a face. So, there is a big drop of interest in this.

However, Guan Yu didn't want to tell Liu Bei too much about Zhang Fei, because until now, Guan Yu didn't know if Zhang Fei still wanted to go back to Liu Bei's side, if he didn't want to come back, Guan Yu wouldn't force it. Therefore, if Zhang Fei really doesn't want to go back to Liu Bei's side to help Liu Bei, let Liu Bei know about Zhang Fei in advance now, and I'm afraid that it will affect Zhang Fei's decision at that time. Everything has to wait until he meets Zhang Fei before he can say it.

Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Big brother, Guan Mou has only heard about this matter, what is the specific matter, Guan Mou is not very clear, it is too early to discuss the capture of Runan City now, it is better to wait until I meet the third brother, and see how many military horses he has now." If our military horses and the third brother's military horses are not enough to capture Runan City, then we will have to find another way. ”

"Well, what the second brother said is right, then ...... like this first" Liu Bei nodded, and then seemed to think about it again: "By the way, second brother, when the eldest brother rushed to Guandingzhuang from the place where the soldiers were hidden, he met a lot of Cao Bing's scouts along the way, it is estimated that those may be the scouts of Cai Yang in Runan, I am afraid that at this time, he already knows that the eldest brother of Lu Dao has arrived in this Guandingzhuang, Runan City is too close to here, and the eldest brother is worried that Cai Yang will lead the army to attack us tomorrow." So, I thought, when it dawns tomorrow, we will take the military horses together and go to the ancient city to see the third brother together, how about it? ”

"Huh? Going together? Guan Yu was a little surprised, because he wanted to go to see Zhang Fei first and explain some things to Zhang Fei, but if he went to see Zhang Fei with Liu Bei, then it would not be very convenient to act by himself, in case Liu Bei saw Liang Lan who was there in Zhang Fei, what would Liu Bei think? Subconsciously, Guan Yu wanted to refuse to go with Liu Bei.

"What? Is there a problem? So be it, it's getting late, we'll go together tomorrow. Liu Bei didn't wait for Guan Yu to agree, so he broke up the banquet without question.

Guan Yu didn't know what to say, Liu Bei was now, but he wanted to firmly grasp Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he didn't worry about letting Guan Yu go to see Zhang Fei alone. Moreover, Liu Bei is not just suspicious of Guan Yu, he is even more worried about whether Zhang Fei has been centrifuged by himself, in case Zhang Fei really has a big opinion about himself and does not want to be with him anymore, it will be a big deal. Because Zhang Fei is not Guan Yu, if Zhang Fei is convinced, it will be difficult for him Liu Bei to pull Zhang Fei back.

Know the way. If the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, it has already been said from Zhang Fei's mouth, back then, Zhang Fei planned to leave him. That is, when Liu Bei was the county lieutenant in Anxi County, Zhang Fei saw that the post supervisor was doing a good job in Anxi County, and he did not punish him, Zhang Fei was dissatisfied with him, and wanted to leave him after beating the post governor on the spot. At that time, Liu Bei couldn't persuade him, so he had no choice but to beat the superintendent to please Zhang Fei, and then abandon the official and leave together. Well, you must know that at that time, Liu Bei was extremely reluctant to give up that official position, because that official position was an official position that he had worked hard with his own strength and obtained by virtue of his own merits. If Liu Bei can go further with that official position, the space for development will be larger and more convincing. It's a pity that at that time, in order to get Zhang Fei's help, he could only give up.

Even if later, he was recommended by his classmate Gongsun Zan and was able to serve as the minister of Pingyuan County, but he was recommended by others and obtained an official position from his own merits. That's completely different.

You must know that Lu Dao was recommended by Gongsun Chan and accepted the favor of Gongsun Chan. It directly made Liu Bei lose a good opportunity to develop in Youzhou, at that time, Gongsun Zhan was not Youzhou Taishou, the real Youzhou pastor was Liu Yu, if you took advantage of the chaos in Youzhou at that time, Liu Bei could start from Anxi County, and then seize the entire Zhongshan Kingdom and his hometown Zhuo County. In this way, why should he be constrained everywhere? Why don't you have a place to settle for most of your life? Since Liu Yi was able to build a small city in his hometown of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, and has developed until now. Why can't he, Liu Bei?

Anyway, the various circumstances at that time made Liu Bei lose a good opportunity to dig up, and he was afraid that Yuan Shao would attack Gongsun Zhan. Liu Bei can't openly seize other powerful territories. He also had to help Gongsun Zhan resist Yuan Shao's attack for free.

It was precisely because Liu Bei was favored by Gongsun Chan that he had to send troops to help Gongsun Zhan, and later when Liu Yiyu took Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan to form a coalition to attack Zhang Yan in Montenegro, Liu Bei actually did not participate in the battle of Zhang Yan in Montenegro, but wanted to take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to withdraw and return to Pingyuan County. In the end, he didn't get the slightest benefit at all, it was a thankless errand. How could he possibly be involved?

Liu Bei knew that even if he was defeated in the end, he would not participate in the name of a prince, he could only be regarded as a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, and any credit and benefits would not fall on his head. If he didn't fill Anxi County at the beginning, then Liu Bei would be completely different, he could no longer pay attention to Gongsun Zhan, even if he had the strength, he could lead the army to attack Gongsun Zhan, no one would say anything about him Liu Bei, and no one would scold him for ignoring his classmates or something. But with the favor of Gongsun Zhan, it would be a completely different affair between the two sessions.

It's just that Liu Bei really borrowed the martial arts of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at the beginning, but his strength was too weak at the beginning, and he was nothing without these two people. Therefore, he had to follow Zhang Fei's wishes and abandon his official position.

Anyway, Zhang Fei had already said to Liu Bei that he would not conspire with each other, no matter how he Liu Bei persuaded him, it would be difficult to persuade Zhang Fei. This time, if Zhang Fei had already been centrifugal to himself, Liu Bei knew that he would not be able to pull Zhang Fei back no matter what. In this way, the only way to firmly grasp Guan Yu is to grasp it first, as long as Guan Yu stays by his side, Guan Yu will naturally have a way to persuade Zhang Fei to stay.

Therefore, for Liu Bei, he wanted to talk to Guan Yu more than Zhang Fei. Because Guan Yu has loyalty in his heart and has grasped this lifeline of Guan Yu, he is not afraid that Guan Yu will not be used for himself.

Now Guan Yu, he naturally doesn't know what to do, in fact, after he met Liu Bei this time, he has been led by Liu Bei's nose, so that he has no way to express his opinion at all, and it is difficult to say to Liu Bei that he wants to leave.

Actually, there is another point, Liu Bei just thought about it, and felt that he couldn't pull his face, so he didn't do it. At that time, Liu Bei really wanted to give Liang Lan a leave of absence, and then give Liang Lan to Guan Yu as a slave and a maid, and give Guan Yu to be a woman. In this way, with Guan Yu's character, if Guan Yu accepts it, then Liu Bei dares to guarantee that no matter what Guan Yu thinks in his heart, from now on, Guan Yu will never betray him again, not before, and not in the future.

At that time, Liu Bei really did that impulsively.

Well, if Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu and Liang Lan finally came together, he might regret it very much, why didn't he pull down his face and give Liang Lan directly to Guan Yu.

But this can't be blamed on Liu Bei, because Liu Bei knows Guan Yu too well, and in his heart, he always thinks that with Guan Yu's loyalty, he can never have any thoughts about his wife, and he will never have any thoughts about his wife. Therefore, at this point, Liu Bei does believe in Guan Yu very much.

Otherwise, when he really had no choice, he pretended to be angry and confessed to Guan Yu himself about some things that happened between him and Liang Lan, Liu Bei would not have relieved his doubts so quickly, and he would no longer doubt whether there was anything between Guan Yu and Liang Lan.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei set off from the camp and followed the road led by Guan Yu all the way to the ancient city.

The ancient city is really not far from Guan Dingzhuang, and after walking for a long time, the scout who explored the road in front reported that in the middle of a mountain range in front of him, there was a small city that seemed to be located between the mountains, and it was estimated that it was the ancient city that Guan Yu said.

As soon as Liu Bei heard this, he immediately sent someone to negotiate and show the people in the ancient city that he was Liu Bei and had come to find Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei was still not very worried about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so he didn't let Guan Yu go to see Zhang Fei first.

However, what made Liu Bei feel bad was that the scout spies he sent to negotiate were beaten back, and the news they brought back said that there was no one named Zhang Fei here, and they were all bandits.

Liu Bei didn't believe it, and when he took a closer look, he almost fell off his horse in shock, it turned out that it seemed to be an ancient city, and on a city gate, there was a dilapidated city plaque, on which he could vaguely identify the two big characters of the ancient city. However, on the head of the city, what is hung up is indeed the special skeleton black flag of the bandits and robbers, at a glance, even the surrounding mountains, are the same flags, making Liu Bei at this moment, as if he has entered the thief's den, how can Liu Bei not be surprised? (To be continued......)