Chapter 8: The Hero
The return of Liu Feng and Zhao Yun made Liu Bei's gloomy mood lifted, but Xu Shu's going and returning could make Liu Bei unable to hold back the ecstasy in his heart, jumped up, dropped the burning stick in his hand, and ran in the direction of the sound of horses' hooves.
Under the reflection of the firelight, the three horsemen and horses galloped closer, perhaps because they were guilty in their hearts, Xu Shu was even more eager to see Liu Bei first, and his horse was running in the front.
When Liu Bei saw the familiar face clearly, he was so excited that he burst into tears, stepped forward a few steps, personally pulled the reins for Xu Shu, who was reining in the horse, and shouted ecstatically: "Yuan Zhi, you finally can't bear to go." ”
"Shu is really ashamed, fortunately I met the eldest prince and Zilong on the road, it was they who saved my old mother, if not, I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet the lord again." Xu Shu, who rolled the saddle and dismounted, bowed to the ground and worshipped, was both emotional and ashamed.
"Okay, good, just come back." Liu Bei hurriedly helped Xu Shu up, turned his gaze to the two people who came after, and said with a smile: "Feng'er and Zilong are also back, okay, very good, everyone is safe." ”
Looking at the hero in front of him, who he called "father", Liu Feng's mood was quite complicated. After a few months of getting along, Liu Bei was really good to him, even after Adou was born, that kind of father's love has never decreased. At this time, the reunion of father and son after the catastrophe, the excitement and appreciation that Liu Bei embodied also infected Liu Feng.
'Warmth is just the appearance, Liu Feng, you must not be deceived by this appearance, you must know that under that warm and affectionate smiling face, what is hidden is an ambitious heart. ’
While Liu Feng admonished himself in his heart, he hurriedly untied Adou from his arms and handed Liu Bei with both hands: "Father, Uncle Yun and I rescued my younger brother and him." ”
This news lifted the spirits of everyone present. After an extremely chaotic day, many people's families were scattered in the turbulence, or died under the iron hooves of the enemy, or were taken captive, and there was no news of Adou all day, most people thought that this newborn little life, just like Liu Bei's other sons in the early years, died in the upheaval.
"Where is Adou, where is it?"
In the midst of the screams, a young woman in despicable clothes pushed through the crowd and broke in, the young woman was Liu Bei's side room, Mrs. Gan, and Adou's biological mother.
In the process of handing Adou over to Liu Bei, Liu Feng could clearly feel that Liu Bei's hand was trembling, obviously Adou's loss and recovery brought him a great surprise, but that face was calm without a trace of waves. He didn't even want Adou to hold him for a moment, so he handed it over to the ecstatic Mrs. Gan.
'Joy and anger are invisible, such people are truly terrible. ’
Liu Feng sighed secretly in his heart, and was ready to tell the bad news of Mrs. Mi's suicide and how he saved Adou.
At this time, Zhao Yun preemptively said: "Adou Gongzi was originally with the master's mother, the master's mother was seriously injured, and she was afraid of dragging Adou down, so she hit the wall and committed suicide. The lord, Zhao Yun is not effective in protecting the lord, please surrender the lord. ”
When the news of Mrs. Mi's death was announced, there were bursts of sighs and sighs at the scene, and most of the people were sad about Mrs. Mi's death, obviously this Liu family's wife was very popular. However, when he heard the news of his wife's death, the corners of Liu Bei's mouth twitched slightly, and there was no more sad expression on his face.
Liu Feng was very surprised, it stands to reason that saving Adou is also a meritorious achievement, and this credit should have been obtained by himself, and Zhao Yun's words first, the first half seemed to be fighting for the merit of saving the young master, and the second half seemed to be asking for punishment, such contradictory words and actions naturally made Liu Feng suspicious.
'Why did Zhao Yun do this?' As far as I know, he's not the kind of person who steals credit. ’
He was delicate, his mind turned a few times, and he suddenly understood Zhao Yun's intention: he was not robbing me, but helping me.
Whether Mrs. Mi committed suicide or not, except for Liu Feng herself, no one can testify, even Zhao Yun, who is closest to the truth, had doubts about Liu Feng's motives at the first time.
After all, as long as you have a little brain, you know that Adou's birth has made Liu Feng's status change subtly, if you speculate with extreme thoughts, it is not impossible for Liu Feng to take advantage of the chaos to kill Adou and Mrs. Mi.
And the reason why Zhao Yun believed Liu Feng's explanation was because he saw Liu Feng wrapping Adou in his cloak at that time, if he really had evil thoughts, it was entirely possible to bury the mother and son under the earthen wall together, so why bother.
What's more, Zhao Yun saw with his own eyes that when he faced more than 100 tigers and leopards riding before, in such a dangerous situation, Liu Feng was able to desperately save Adou who fell to the ground, how could such a person be a murderer who deliberately killed his mother and brother.
However, not everyone can understand the whole process like Zhao Yun, if Liu Feng tells the whole thing without concealment, he may be suspicious of unnecessary suspicion, so Zhao Yun will do that.
After thinking about Zhao Yun's hard work, Liu Feng was grateful to Zhao Yun, his eyes quietly swept to Zhao Yun, hinting at gratitude, and then he was busy kneeling on one knee: "My son was ordered to escort his family after the palace, but he was entrusted by his father, this is all the responsibility of his son, it is not Uncle Yun's business, if my father wants to punish him, please punish me." ”
Even the 3,000 most elite Liu Jiajun led by Liu Bei himself was easily defeated, not to mention Liu Feng's mere 2,000 second-line troops, everyone knew that no one was wrong in this rout at Changbanpo, if you really want to blame it, you can only blame Cao Jun for being too powerful.
"Whatever you say, get up quickly." Liu Bei stretched out his hand to help the two of them up, stroked their shoulders and sighed: "If you want to blame, it is also my decision-making mistake, and I insisted on retreating south with 100,000 people, but not only failed to save these innocent people, but also caused them to be killed by Cao thieves." As for Mi's death, maybe this is the will of heaven. ”
It seems that he takes the responsibility for the defeat on himself, but in fact, he indirectly emphasizes his original intention of benevolence and love for the people, and takes advantage of the situation to put all the responsibility on Cao Jun's brutality, well, this is a clever statement. ’
A few ordinary words of self-blame, but Liu Feng saw the cleverness of his father's tongue. Sure enough, as soon as Liu Bei said that, all the officials present persuaded Liu Bei that he didn't need to blame himself, and scolded Cao Thief for his cruelty and inhumanity, hurting heaven and reason, and killing the people.
"Adou, Adou, what's wrong with you!"
Just as everyone scolded Cao Thief to vent their unhappiness, Mrs. Gan, who was holding Adou in her arms, suddenly changed her face and let out a terrible scream.