Thanks to the brother for opening the crotch of his brother's reward, there is another helmsman, hehe.

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As soon as Liu Feng opened his mouth to plead, Zhao Yun, who didn't drink much, also persuaded: "The eldest prince is reasonable, this Uncle Chen followed the lord when he was in Yuzhou, and he has been loyal for so many years. ”

As soon as the two persuaded like this, Liu Bei's anger disappeared a little, and he flicked his sleeves and shouted: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, pull it out and beat fifty military sticks." ”

For ordinary people, if you go down with fifty military sticks, you will be half-crippled if you don't die, although Liu Bei's subordinates are merciful, but these fifty sticks are afraid that it is enough to kill this Chen Zhi.

'Uncle Chen, count you unlucky, I have tried my best, whether I can survive this hurdle depends on your creation. ’

Liu Feng didn't want to persuade more, and watched Chen Zhi being dragged away, and when he was leaving, Chen Zhi's eyes looked at his side, and Liu Feng could see that the silent man's eyes flashed with a little gratitude.

After Chen Zhi was dragged away, Liu Bei sat down, his drunken face was a little worried, and he couldn't help sighing: "I can't imagine that God doesn't pity Zide, and let him suffer this accident, how can this be, how can this happen......

"Brother, Zide is weak and incompetent, he is addicted to wine all day long, and his early death is also a relief for him, so don't be too sad." Zhang Fei's relief is very straightforward, it seems that in the eyes of this 10,000-strong enemy, a 'coward' like Liu Qi is better to live than to die.

In the lobby, there were more than a dozen people, and not many people felt sad about Liu Qi's "death", just a few people Xu Shu and Zhao Yun sighed with regret.

Ever since Chen reported the news that Liu Qi was burned to death, Zhuge Liang's eyes had been staring at Liu Bei, apparently at first, he thought that Liu Bei had instructed Liu Qi to be burned to death, but after careful observation for a moment, the change in his eyes showed that he had dispelled this thought.

After listening to Zhang Fei's words, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "Although Zide is mediocre in intelligence, his identity is a banner with great use value, and the lord can not only recruit a large number of Liu Biao's old subordinates, but also legally compete with Dongwu for the ownership of Jingzhou in the future." I don't want Zide to suddenly suffer such an accident, which is indeed a bit unfavorable for the future development of the lord. ”

Liu Bei's eyebrows raised, thinking that Zhuge Liang's words hit what he thought in his heart, so he hurriedly said: "What the military advisor said is indeed reasonable, but Zide is my nephew, and now that he has suffered this catastrophe, I am sad as an uncle." Strategist, what do you say we should do next? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly: "The lord doesn't have to worry too much, in fact, the fact that Zide is in the hands of the lord is known to everyone in the world." Even if Zide is really dead, as long as we don't publicize it to the outside world and don't admit any speculation from the outside world, we can naturally minimize the adverse impact. ”

Zhuge Liang's words won Liu Bei's heart, he was sad for a while, and then sighed: "So far, it can only be like this, you all know what to do." ”

The crowd rushed together.

Liu Feng sneered in his heart, but said: "Father, although we have no choice but to conceal Zide's death, Zide and us are the same surname after all, so we should be buried in him." ”

"Well...... this Liu Bei hesitated and turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang, wanting to seek his advice.

Zhuge Liang showed a little helplessness: "As Zide, the lord should have a grand funeral for him, but in the current situation, it is better not to be too public, and it is not too late to arrange a thick funeral for him again when the lord's great cause has been scheduled." ”

Most of what Kong Ming said was also what Liu Bei thought, and he nodded immediately: "The military advisor is right, so let's do it, Feng'er, you will quietly bury the son on behalf of your father, so as not to attract attention." ”

"I understand, father rest assured."

The banquet of the day was unhappily dispersed due to the sudden fire and Liu Qi's sudden death, but Liu Qi's death did not disrupt Zhuge Liang's plans.

Early the next morning, Xu Shu set off to meet Guan Yu in the upper reaches of the Han River, and Zhao Yun ordered his troops and horses to set off for Lushan in the afternoon of the same day. Liu Feng sent someone to order Ma Jian of Lushan to hand over the defense to Zhao Yun, and brought 200 men and horses back to Xiakou, and at the same time found a place of refuge outside Xiakou City to bury Liu Qi's ashes.

The remnant sun is like blood, dyeing this mass grave with an even more bleak cold red.

In the midst of the nameless mass graves, the new grave was lonely and sleeping, and the new grave did not even have a simple woodcut tablet, but a wooden stick was inserted in front of the grave as a sign to distinguish it from the others.

Liu Feng squatted in front of the grave, poured a glass of water and wine into the grave, and sighed sadly: "Brother Zide, drink this cup of wine, you can go all the way." ”

A gust of wind rose, and the bare branches rattled. Overhead, a few crows hovered overhead, howling impatiently from time to time, as if urging Liu Feng to hurry up and get out, so that they could eat those sacrificial fruits.

After a simple memorial, Liu Feng got into the carriage and ordered the coachman to drive back to Xiakou City. The carriage moved slowly along the muddy mountain road, and the few soldiers who followed behind it gradually pulled a little farther away.

At this time, Liu Feng poked his head out of the carriage, patted the coachman's shoulder, and said with a smile: "How does it feel to see your grave alive, isn't it something else." ”

The coachman turned his head sideways, lifted the lowered straw hat slightly, revealing a slightly helpless smile: "Ah Feng, you know that I am not dead, but you still have to take me to this ghost place, isn't it just to enjoy the pleasure of my driving for you." ”

Liu Feng's face calmed down, and there was a deep meaning in his blade-like gaze: "Of course, I can't ask my brother to drive me back in the car." However, I have brought you here to let you know the true face of that person one last time. ”

The coachman is none other than Liu Qi.

At the meeting of the Taishou Mansion that day, after Liu Feng was appointed to the second county of Xiangdong in the south, he knew that the opportunity that Pang Tong said had arrived, so during the banquet that night, he took the opportunity to sneak out of the lobby, that is, to arrange for his cronies to implement the plan that had been calculated earlier.

Originally, Liu Bei thought that Liu Qi was playing with Liu Qi in the palm of his hand, and his house arrest was not very strict, and that night all the civil and military forces were concentrated in the Taishou Mansion, and the monitoring of Liu Qi must be more lax, it was precisely in this way that Liu Feng was given a chance, and that fire was just done by him on purpose, and the so-called "Liu Qi's bones" naturally had someone else.

In Liu Qi's mind, the shabby lonely grave resurfaced, his eyes revealed determination and resentment, he gritted his teeth and said: "He is really ruthless, he treated me like that when he was alive, even if I was 'dead', I was still so mean and ruthless, hum, this revenge will not be avenged, I Liu Qi swear not to be a man!" ”

Liu Qi's resoluteness made Liu Feng a little more confident, he took a deep breath, and sneered: "Brother, don't worry, we will soon be out of the cage, I promise you, it won't be long before the bullying you and I have suffered will be returned to them tenfold." ”