East of Jiangling, Liu Bei's army camp.

Liu Bei, who was standing with his hands in his hands, swept his eyes on the high-hanging map, among the four counties in Jingnan, three counties have been marked with red marks, only the county of Lingling, Zhang Fei is still in the process of conquest.

Mi Zhu behind him sorted out the paperwork and said: "Kong Ming's prediction is really good, the four counties of Jingnan are indeed vulnerable, I think it won't be long before the lord will receive the good news that Yide took Lingling." ”

Liu Bei, who was facing back, flashed a trace of smugness on his dark white face, and when he turned around, he had already replaced himself with a calm that didn't know whether he was happy or angry, and he said lightly: "The four southern counties are all wall grass, whoever is strong will fall to whom, and it is reasonable to be vulnerable." But what surprised me was that Ah Feng was able to take the second county of Xiangdong so smoothly. ”

Liu Bei's tone showed obvious appreciation, Mi Zhu's brows furrowed faintly, and he said with a smile: "Han Xuan is a disciple who doesn't know soldiers, and Ah Feng is also a person who has experienced the battle formation, so it's not a problem to deal with this kind of person." ”

Mi Zhu tried his best to reduce Liu Feng's exploits, trying to prove that Liu Feng could successfully win the second county of Xiangdong, not because of how strong he was, but because the enemy was too incompetent.

"Although Han Xuan is a straw bag, I heard that the veteran Huang Zhong in Changsha is not simple, Ah Feng can know how to use discord to disintegrate the opponent, and take Changsha without blood, it seems that this kid is really a talent that can be created, I adopted him as an adopted son, and I really didn't look away."

Liu Bei is not so easy to fool, Liu Bei knows the battle of Changsha very well, and he is naturally very aware of Liu Feng's wonderful performance in this battle.

Liu Bei's reaffirmation made Mi Zhu's heart more and more uncomfortable, so he had to keep silent at the moment and just focus on sorting out the copywriting.

At this time, Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said: "Zizhong, your vision is not bad, if you hadn't recommended Ah Feng to conquer the two counties of Xiangdong, these two counties would not have arrived so quickly, and I wouldn't have been able to see this child's qualifications." ”

Mi Zhu now has a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet, Liu Bei's praise seems to him to be like a slap in the face, obviously very unhappy, but he can only laugh and say: "I also want to give Ah Feng a chance to practice, but I didn't expect ......"

"Unexpectedly, instead of dying under Huang Zhong's knife, he subdued this veteran, right."

Liu Bei's sudden insertion of this sentence, like a whip stained in water, slammed into Mi Zhu's heart. He raised his head sharply, and it happened to be Liu Bei's calm eyes like the sea, but he could feel that below the calmness, there was an unpredictable undercurrent.

A vicious chill poured from his feet to the top of his head, and at the moment of being exposed to the attempt, Mi Zhu only felt a muffled buzzing in his head, and he was so panicked that he didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Alas-" Liu Bei suddenly sighed, this sigh seemed to imply a lot of helplessness, "Zizhong, you have been with me for so many years, although you and I are obviously ministers and ministers, we are actually relatives and friends, I have always thought that you are very stable in dealing with people, but in the matter of Xiakou, you really shouldn't have done it." ”

Finally, after a few months, Liu Bei brought up the old matter again.

Mi Zhu looked ashamed, bowed his head and said: "That incident is indeed what I did wrong, I shouldn't mention it in front of everyone and embarrass the lord." It's just that I also want to find out the cause of my little sister's death, and I am in a hurry to mess up my mind, and I hope the lord will forgive me. ”

Liu Bei stroked Mi Zhu's shoulder and sighed: "Madame's death, the saddest thing is me, if she really died unexplained, I will definitely find out." As a result, you accused Ah Feng in public of being the real murderer just based on some speculation, forcing him to tell the truth, but he did bad things with good intentions, why bother. ”

The truth that Liu Bei refers to is what Liu Feng said, his sister Mi was humiliated by Cao Jun and committed suicide to protect her name, and it was this truth that made Liu Bei humiliated again under embarrassment.

However, in Liu Bei's tone, Mi Zhu heard a little resentment towards Liu Feng.

Mi Zhu immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "Actually, my speculation is all reasonable and well-founded, didn't the lord think that the truth that Ah Feng said was just another lie he deliberately made up in order to get rid of his guilt?" ”

Liu Bei's sparse light eyebrows condensed slightly, and he did not object, nor did he agree.

Under the observation of his face, Mi Zhu followed and said: "Assuming that Ah Feng is filial to the lord, then, even if what he said is indeed the truth, but in front of so many people, he should rather be wronged than say it." As a result, in order to exonerate himself, he did not hesitate to let the lord lose face. From this point of view, isn't the so-called truth about him worthy of doubt? ”

After a few clever tongues, Mi Zhu successfully changed his own undue to Liu Feng's not, although the reason was a bit far-fetched, but it was enough to impress Liu Bei, because as said, the truth about Liu Feng did make Liu Bei lose face.

On that expressionless face, the loose skin and flesh would twitch slightly inadvertently, and a trace of complicated expression flashed in the brown eyes from time to time.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Bei took a deep breath: "These words today, you know that I know, you should never mention them in the future, Fang Jin, it is the time for me to employ people, I don't want this matter to affect our internal unity." ”

Liu Bei's words actually showed that to some extent, he recognized Mi Zhu's words, but in order to take care of the overall situation, he had to pretend that nothing had happened.

Mi Zhu was unwilling, but he didn't dare to mention it again, his eyes rolled, and he said: "At the beginning, the lord had no children under his knees, so he adopted Ah Feng." But now that the lord has Adou, although Ah Feng can still be treated like a parent, Zhu also thinks that it cannot be used, lest he become a climate in the future, but become a disaster. ”

Liu Bei sneered: "You are the person I trust the most, and I might as well tell you the truth about some things." Now that I am fighting for the world, it is far from enough to rely on the second brother, the third brother and a few generals of Zilong, since Ah Feng has this qualification, he just cultivates it for my use. As for the future, if he shows signs of becoming a calamity, do you really think that I will have no means to control him? ”

It turned out that everything was under his control.

Mi Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and learned Liu Feng's true thoughts, and a big stone that had been hanging in his heart for a long time could finally fall to the ground.

At this moment, suddenly the soldiers came to report, saying that the eldest son Liu Feng had a letter delivered. Liu Bei asked to present the letter, unfolded it and looked at it a few times, and his face suddenly showed displeasure.

"Lord, what does the letter say?" Mi Zhu asked.

Liu Bei said coldly: "This stinky boy, he actually wants to protect Huang Zhong and that General Wei Yansheng, and just now praised him for being a talented person, and he immediately learned to be a favor." ”