Chapter 676: The Battle of Guandu (37)
"Second uncle, there is no need to intercede for Liang Lan anymore." Liang Lan, whose heart was like ashes, knelt down and looked up at Guan Yu at this moment, her eyes were tearless, only as calm as the surface of a lake.
"Marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, marrying into the door of the Liu family, is a member of the Liu family. As a woman of the Liu family, Liang Lan knew that everything should be important to her husband's affairs. Because of Liang Lan, he dragged down the second uncle and caused tens of thousands of soldiers to be captured by Cao Cao, which was Liang Lan's fault. Such a big sin, Liang Lan died a hundred times, and he deserved to die to Xie Fujun. Liang Lan withdrew her gaze from Guan Yu, looked at Liu Bei and said: "Husband, Liang Lan's mistakes can no longer be atoned for by death, because even if Liang Lan dies, I am afraid that I will not be able to exchange those tens of thousands of soldiers." Liang Lan was so frightened that even after death, she did not dare to enter the Liu Family Spiritual Hall again. Uncle Huang wanted to kill Liang Lan, Liang Lan didn't complain, just hoped that her husband could retire Liang Lan first, so that after Liang Lan died, she was a lonely ghost, a homeless soul, and was tortured. ”
As soon as Liang Lan's words came out, everyone present was a little inexplicably shocked. She actually took the initiative to ask Liu Bei to divorce his wife?
In everyone's hearts, they actually understand that Liang Lan can't say that there is anything at fault, because, as long as people who know the truth of Lu Dao understand that the loss of Xuzhou and the siege of Xiapi actually have little to do with Liang Lan. With or without Lianglan, Xuzhou cannot be defended, and Xiapi will be surrounded. With Liu Bei's strength, it is far from enough to confront Cao Cao, if there is no Yuan Shaojun's timely troops to attack Cao Cao, Liu Bei's defeat can be predicted as soon as possible, and even. When Liu Bei entrusted Liang Lan to Guan Yu, Liu Bei had already been defeated.
Now, Liu Bei wants to put some faults on Liang Lan. But it made everyone feel that it was not enough, but it made everyone feel that Liu Bei was more like looking for a scapegoat and an outlet for his failure.
However, if Liu Bei had to blame some faults on Liang Lan, everyone would have no way to say. Even, many people feel that there is some truth.
After all. This time the failure was predictable, and Liu Bei had many experiences of failure and escape during the years of his conquest. But. Peerless generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, no matter what kind of dangerous situation they are in, are unlikely to be trapped, or rather. Even if it's trapped. They will also fight their way through the blood, even to the death of their enemies. However, this time, Guan Yu surrendered.
As a great hero who stood up to the sky, he surrendered. This was a lot of blows to Liu Beijun, when he learned that Guan Yu actually worked for Cao Cao. When they defeated and killed Yuan Shao's generals, many of Liu Bei's soldiers. It's a little unacceptable, I don't know how many people in Ludao feel that their faith has collapsed since then. You must know that many of the sergeants who followed Liu Bei were all because of the bravery of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so they would always follow Liu Bei. It is equivalent to that fierce generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are their souls. Now that the souls have surrendered, what a blow is this to them?
These sergeants, not everyone knows Guan Yu like Liu Bei, after learning that Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, everyone will be like Liu Bei, and they can firmly believe that Guan Yu surrendered for a reason and a reason. Therefore, this incident is indeed a relatively big impact on Liu Bei's military horses.
Now, everyone understands that it turns out that Guan Yu took refuge in Cao Cao because of a woman. In the hearts of ordinary sergeants, they were more concerned about what Liu Bei was saying now. Moreover, many sergeants asked themselves that if they had to choose, they would never put themselves in a desperate situation because of a woman, let alone cause tens of thousands of military horses to be captured by the enemy because of a woman.
Well, everything is indeed two-sided, for Guan Yu, protecting his wife and children for his eldest brother is loyal to his eldest brother. However, for some people who feel that such a woman is not worth influencing the overall situation for her, and it is not worth putting herself in the dark for her, Guan Yu's approach is unwise and foolish. Of course, now the sergeants are not saying that Guan Yu is stupid, but most people will be like Liu Bei said, it should be the woman's fault. If that woman was already dead, then Guan Yu would no longer have to be in a desperate situation, or he could save the tens of thousands of soldiers for Liu Bei, so that they would have more military horses now in Runan.
Now, even if Guan Yu thinks that what Liu Bei said is not quite correct and thinks it is crooked, but crooked reason is also reasonable, so Guan Yu is short of words for a while, and he doesn't know how to say it.
Now listening to Liang Lan's words that seem to confess his guilt, Guan Yu really has a sense of sadness and sadness.
"Second brother, did you hear what this thief woman said? She is a woman, and she understands these truths, although she understands it a little late, but she understands it after all. You are a big husband, which way you still don't understand? A woman, it is not a pity to die, the important thing is our brothers, the lives of so many of our brothers are what our brothers have worked hard for, how many women are there in the world? How many poor people are there in the world? If everyone is like you, the second brother, for the sake of a woman, and even the brother who was born and died with us, is it worth it? And so on...... So, when will we be able to achieve great things? If we don't have the unjust world of Jingping for a day, the peace of the world for a day, and the revitalization of the Han Dynasty for a day, then there will be more people in the world who have suffered injustice, second brother, can you save the dead? ”
Liu Bei spoke earnestly, earnestly, and said to the people around him.
"But, big brother, Liang Lan's sister-in-law is your wife, Guan is regarded as a close relative, no matter what, please don't blame your sister-in-law, and attribute the blame to a woman, not the husband's doing! If the eldest brother really wants to kill his sister-in-law Liang Lan, then Guan is willing to be punished on his behalf, and I hope the eldest brother will think twice! "Where can Guan Yu say anything about Liu Bei, he has no choice but to kneel on one knee and plead with Liu Bei for Liang Lan.
"There is one thing, originally Liu Bei planned to hide it deep in his heart, and he will never say it again in this life, but now, I think it will be enlightening to everyone, especially for Yun Chang." Liu Bei did not directly say whether he spared Liang Lan or not, but said to the people around him: "Everyone. Do you still remember when I Liu Bei was ordered by the Holy Father to attack Yuan Shu, who was the emperor of the Great Rebellion? Our army is like a bamboo, attacking all the way to Huainan, and it seems that we can attack and kill the Shouchun of Yuan Shu's thief. I don't want to. Lu Buxing's troops attacked behind us, and our army was defeated by the enemy before and after, while Liu Bei fled on horseback and fled to a deep mountain. ”
The crowd had never heard Liu Bei tell such a story, and they couldn't help but be quiet. Stop and listen.
"There was a hunter in the deep mountains, it was late at night, and Liu Bei was sleepy. Thirsty and hungry, with a fortunate mentality, Liu stepped forward and knocked on the door and reported his name to the hunter. I want to ask for a bowl of water to quench my thirst. Don't want to. The hunter actually heard of Liu's name, welcomed Liu into the wolf house, and immediately made broth for Liu Bei to eat. When Liu Bei said this, he actually reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, raised his head, and two lines of tears actually flowed down his cheeks from the corners of Liu Bei's eyes.
Everyone was stunned, and they didn't understand why Liu Bei was so helpful for a while.
"My lord, this ...... What's wrong with this? Someone asked.
"That Orion is also surnamed Liu. Ming'an, Liu An has heard Liu's name many times. Knowing that Liu Bei is a benevolent and righteous person, he has long admired Liu in his heart. Liu fled to his house late at night, which made him inexplicably happy, thinking that Liu was the current emperor's uncle, and he must not receive Liu at will. However, at that time, ordinary people, it was good for them to be able to eat a full meal, so where was there any good things to entertain Liu? He had no rice or grain at home, and as a hunter, he didn't even have meat at home, Liu An was very frustrated at that time. Liu Bei said faintly.
"Huh? No, my lord, Liu An's family has no meat, where did he get the broth for your lord? Some sergeants were aroused by the story told by Liu Bei.
"Yes, actually, Liu Mou's heart was also strange at that time, in the middle of the night, where can I come to cook fresh meat soup to entertain me Liu Bei?" Liu Bei's expression was still faint: "At that time, Liu Bei was welcomed into the room by Liu An, and Liu asked him for a bowl of water, and told him that Liu Bei was attacked by Yuan Shu and Lu Bu before and after, and fled here in defeat, and now he is thirsty and hungry, and asked him if he still has food, but he can give a little charity, and wait for Liu to give a hundred gold in the future." ”
At that time, Liu An didn't say much, only said that there was still food at home, and asked Liu to wait. Soon after, Liu heard a quarrel in the backyard of Liu An's house, and Liu heard that it was a woman arguing with Liu An. I think it is probably because of Liu's stay at Liu An's house that his sleeping wife knew the truth, and then quarreled because of Liu's matter. Sure enough, after a while, Liu An carried a kitchen knife that was still dripping with blood from the backyard to the hall, and said to Liu that he was killing chickens, which was a hen that only kept laying eggs, and told the lady about it, she said that she wanted to keep the eggs, so she quarreled a few words, and now she has fallen asleep, so Liu can eat it after a while. ”
Liu listened carefully, and sure enough, he didn't hear the sound of a woman's quarrel. At that time, I was also thinking in my heart, this Liu An is really a caring person, but unfortunately, Liu Bei's money and goods have been lost when he fled, otherwise, he will leave him a little money, so that he can buy ten or hundreds of hens in the future, in order to repay him for killing chickens in the middle of the night. Liu Bei stuck his sword on the ground and continued: "Soon, Liu An really brought the broth, I don't doubt him, plus he was really hungry, so he took it and drank it, and drank three bowls of broth in a row. However, Liu had already discovered that something was wrong at this time, because the taste was wrong. ”
Doesn't taste right?
Most of the people who listened to Liu Bei tell this story were a little dazed, and they didn't know what inspiration and significance Liu Bei would have to tell this story for no reason.
And some smart people, at this time, have already thought of something, but they don't dare to think in that direction.
However, some extremely smart people had already thought of what was going on at this time, like Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others, their faces became a little pale in an instant.
That Jian Yong looked like he was about to vomit, smoothed his chest, and said to Liu Bei with an uncomfortable face: "Lord, lord, you, did you really drink three bowls in a row?" ”
"Hmmm......"
"Vomit ......" Jian Yongdang really couldn't help it, opened his mouth and vomited on the ground, and his feet were weak, and he sat down with a butt.
Liu Bei ignored Jian Yong's reaction, just glanced at him lightly, and then continued: "Liu felt that the broth tasted wrong, so he asked Liu An what kind of chicken meat this was." Liu An couldn't say it at this time. Liu really felt that something was wrong, and remembered that he didn't hear Liu An's rooster crow, at the moment. hurriedly ran into Liu An's backyard, but let Liu see something he didn't want to see. That Liu An actually killed his wife and took her meat to make soup for me. Liu Bei clearly saw that Liu An's wife's body was blurred with flesh and blood, and there was flesh on her body. The flesh was gone. ”
"Vomit ......"
After listening to Liu Bei's words, everyone knew that Liu Bei had drunk the three bowls of soup. It turned out to be a soup made from the meat of Liu An's wife. On the spot, many soldiers were sick to their stomachs, it was human broth.
"Ha Lu Ha ......" Liu Bei glanced around at the soldiers who were vomiting around him, and laughed a little sadly. said: "Liu was at that time. Like you, I felt disgusted, angry, and wanted to kill Liu An, but Liu An knelt on the ground and cried sadly. It turned out that Liu An's family was so poor that he couldn't open the pot, where could he have anything to eat to receive Liu? He thought. He cut off his own flesh and waited for so-and-so, but his wife found out. felt that if he cut his flesh and treated him, he would be aware that he would not eat his broth, and in this way, his mind would be wasted. His wife asked him to cut her flesh, but Liu An refused, so he quarreled, but he didn't expect that his wife was also a person with a fiery nature, so she hit the wall and died, and asked Liu An to cut her flesh and wait for so. ”
"You say, in order to live my Liu Bei, but took the life of Liu An's wife, is it worth it? Do you know what Liu An said? Liu An said that Uncle Liu Huang is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, and if Uncle Huang lives, he can let more people like them who are too poor to open the pot live better in the future. The two of them can't live anymore, and there is no difference between dying early and dying late, so the death of his wife is not a pity, and he has only one request, that is, he must live well, and in the future, he can defeat the wicked people who make them unable to live, and defeat Yuan Shu and Lu Bu. Liu Bei seemed to be in a heavy mood and said: "I owe Liu An a grace of life, Liu Bei at that time, it was also more clear what Liu Bei would do in the future, that is, to let more people live a really good life, and no longer let the people's homes lack food and clothing, and there is no rice." ”
When Liu Bei said this, he suddenly looked at Liang Lan who was kneeling in front of him and said: "A peasant woman in the deep mountains, she knows how to sacrifice her life for righteousness, sacrifice meat for an irrelevant Liu Bei, and live my Liu Bei's life, and as my Liu Bei's wife, she almost caused me to lose a general, caused me to lose my righteous brother Guan Yu, and caused me to lose tens of thousands of soldiers, do you think you deserve to die?" ”
"Damn it!"
Many sergeants had already been encouraged by Liu Bei, and before Liang Lan, who was kneeling on the ground, could speak, they started shouting.
This story, after Liu Bei relayed it like this, they didn't think that Liu Bei was disgusting about eating human flesh, but felt a little admiration for Liu An and his wife, and felt that Liu An was interesting enough to do such a righteous thing for their lord.
Well, it's really a bit ironic to say, in the minds of the ancients, like Liu An, who killed his wife and took meat to treat Liu Bei, he was not ashamed, cruel, or terrible, but proud.
Also, the story says so, but it is really unknown whether Liu An's wife was killed by herself or killed by Liu An, but at this moment, no one will delve into the reason, because, most importantly, Liu Bei is still alive.
Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Since you have a request, then Liu Bei will fulfill your most difficult wish!" ”
With a brush, Liu Bei picked up the long sword inserted in the ground, cut off a piece of the sleeve on his hand, threw it in front of Liang Lan and said: "From now on, Liu Bei will leave you and die, you will not enter my Liu family's mourning hall and be buried in my Liu family's cemetery." ”
Liang Lan trembled, almost fainting, although she pretended to be calm, she was also mentally prepared. However, being divorced by her husband is indeed a great shame for women in this era. The most important thing is that the reason why she came out and was willing to die was that she thought that if she returned to Liu Bei's side at this moment, she would be gloomy for the rest of her life, and there would be no happiness at all, and because of her relationship with Liu Bei, it would be impossible to live with Guan Yu in this life, so instead of living in such pain, it is better to follow Liu Bei's wishes and let Liu Bei kill herself. However, she never thought that she was actually confirmed by Liu Bei that she had committed the sin of not dying and not atoning, and it really seemed that she had really committed your great sin unconsciously.
However, at this moment, she was already at a loss for what she wanted to distinguish.
Don't talk about her, even if it is Guan Yu, in his heart, although he knows that Liu Bei is wrong, Liang Lan cannot be killed, and there will be no so-called sins. However, Guan Yu really didn't know how to distinguish with Liu Bei. Now, the matter has been said by Liu Bei, as if Liang Lan really committed it, and immortality is not enough to thank the world, and it seems that he has to die.
No way! Sister-in-law Liang Lan must not be killed by Liu Bei like this.
At this moment, Guan Yu made a sudden decision, even if he immediately turned against Liu Bei, he would save Liang Lan, even now, he would immediately take Liang Lan to escape from here, and take her away to fly away.
As soon as Guan Yu thought of this, he stood up and strode towards Liang Lan, who was kneeling in front of Liu Bei and crumbling. (To be continued......)