The news of the occupation of the Sword Pavilion by the Xiliang Army spread far and wide, and soon reached Liu Yan's ears.

In Chengdu, in a palatial mansion, Liu Yan was lying on a gorgeous couch with a sickly face, his face was clear, his face was pale, and he looked like he was dying.

As early as the first year of Xingping, the eldest son Liu Fan and the second son Liu Dan and Ma Teng in the court planned to attack Chang'an, but the conspiracy was revealed and fled to Huaili, Ma Teng was defeated and returned to Liangzhou, Liu Fan was soon killed by Li Dao, and Liu Dan was also captured and executed.

Later, Pang Xi sent Liu Zhang and his grandchildren to Shu to avoid disaster, when there was a fire in Mianzhu, his city was burned, and the car was also burned to the ground, and the surrounding houses were also harmed, he had to move to Chengdu to govern the two sons who died sadly, and worried about the disaster, and soon had back sores, and at this time he had been sick in bed for several months.

"Xianyou, I'm afraid my life will not be long, you were originally a Dongzhou Shilin, but you help me wholeheartedly, I hope you can help Ji Yu like you help me in the future!"

Liu Yan lay down for a long time, feeling sore all over his body, he wanted to turn over and let himself get a more comfortable position, but as soon as his body twisted, the back sores behind him were torn, and the pain made him seem to be about to faint, and in desperation, he could only turn his head and command Zhao Wei who was kneeling in front of the couch.

Zhao Wei hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Lord, you better recuperate slowly, you will definitely get better!" ”

Liu Yan waved his hand, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "When the first emperor was here, there was constant civil strife, and I wrote to the first emperor, thinking that the right to assassinate history was too light, and the system of assassination history could not be abolished, but it could not be given to mediocre people, otherwise there would be more riots at every turn, so I suggested changing the shepherd, calming down Fangxia, and clearing the election of important ministers." Take it as it is! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan coughed heavily a few times, and said angrily: "This discussion has not yet been implemented, Yizhou Assassin Shi Xijian is troubled in politics, rumors are heard far away, and Zhang Yi, the assassin of Liangzhou, and Geng of Liangzhou are contemptuous and are victims of thieves. Therefore, my suggestion was adopted, the first emperor named me as the envoy of the supervising army, Lingyizhou pastor, the servant Huang Wan as the Yuzhou pastor, Zongzheng Liu Yu as the Youzhou pastor, all with their own rank, then you will follow me, except for Pang Gong, I trust you the most! ”

Zhao Wei was silent. The reason why he followed Liu Yan into Shu was to make political investment, and the monarch and ministers had worked together for many years, and he had achieved his original goal, but as for his loyalty to the Liu family, he did not have this idea.

Although he thought so in his heart, he said: "Don't worry, the third prince is Wenren." Yun must ensure that he is the lord of Yizhou! ”

Liu Zhang seems to be gentle and benevolent, but in fact he is weak. Just enough to be controlled by him in order to get more things.

"In this way, I am relieved!" Liu Yan smiled knowingly, then closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Zhao Wei moved and lowered his head to hide the smile on his face. pretended to be sad and said: "Lord, why don't you entrust your son to Pang Gong, you two are obviously the king's ministers, but secretly they are in-laws, and the wife of the third prince is also his daughter." With this layer of relationship......"

"Humph!" Before Zhao Wei could finish speaking, Liu Yan let out a cold snort, interrupted him, and said bitterly: "At the beginning, I was to stabilize Dongzhou Shilin, so I asked Ji Yu to take his daughter, he did help me a lot, but he has always been a Dongzhou scholar, I can't believe it!" ”

"Okay, I'm tired, you go down, as for the matter of the Sword Pavilion, let Zhang Ren do it, I'm still more at ease with him!"

Liu Yan opened his eyes and saw Zhao Wei looking like he was about to speak, and asked, "What else do you have, but it's okay to say!" ”

Zhao Wei hesitated for a moment, leaned forward and lowered his throat, as if swallowing a coal: "The lord is during the time when you are seriously ill, Zhang Ren and the others are relatively close to Pang Xi, I think they seem to have a plan, if Zhang Ren is allowed to go alone to recover the Sword Pavilion, I am afraid that there will be a mistake!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Yan's brows were twisted together, and he asked sharply: "Are you true?" ”

Zhao Wei nodded at Liu Yan with a determined expression.

"In vain I have so much trust in them, Xianyou, what should I do in your opinion?" , Liu Yan squinted his eyes, his tone was full of coldness, the muscles on his face were trembling angrily, and his eyes burst out with a fierce gaze.

"I have generals Pang Le and Li Yi, so I can let them be Zhang Ren's deputy generals and monitor Zhang Ren's every move!"

"Just do as you say!"

Zhao Wei was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect Liu Yan to be more and more sick, he also believed this kind of nonsense, he saw that Liu Yan stopped talking, got up and confessed, and slowly exited Liu Yan's bedroom, he paused when he walked to the door, turned his head to look at Liu Yan who was already asleep, and his eyes were full of sarcasm.

"Come out!" After making sure that Zhao Wei had left, Liu Yan suddenly opened his eyes, got up and shouted towards the inner room, judging the state of the two of them who had just been sick.

As soon as Liu Yan's words fell, he saw Pang Xi walking out of the inner room and bowing to Liu Yan: "Pang Xi see the lord!" ”

Liu Yan waved his hand, went straight to the point, and went straight to the point: "What do you think of him?" ”

"The Lord is strong and dedicated, if the Lord is against it!" Pang Xi said it extremely concisely, without dragging his feet in the slightest.

At this time, Liu Yan suddenly lay back on the low couch, and a hint of banter appeared on his lips: "He still thinks I'm sick and confused, hmph, the clown who jumps the beam dares to show off in front of me!" ”

"His relationship with Huang Quan is quite ambiguous, this has to be guarded against!"

Liu Yan closed his eyes again, and said disappreciably: "My time is running out, I hope you can assist Zhang'er well, so that he can enjoy a good life for a few years, I am afraid that my huge family business will not be able to be saved!" ”

Pang Xi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Don't worry, Pang Xi will definitely fight to keep the lord's family business!" ”

Although Pang Xi is a Dongzhou scholar, he is loyal to Liu Yan, the two are in-laws on the one hand, on the other hand, he thinks that Liu Yan is rich and eloquent, but he was born at the wrong time, if he is young for 20 years, I am afraid that there is still a piece of the surname Liu in this world.

Liu Yan hurriedly lay on the bed, pointed at Pang Xi and said tremblingly: "No, you can't beat Lu Bu, as long as Mianzhu and Jiangyou are lost, you surrender, and it is important to protect the bloodline of Gaozu!" ”

Pang Xi's face seemed unbearable, and his lips squirmed a few times, but he didn't say it, but swallowed it back into his stomach.

Liu Yan sighed softly and said helplessly: "Whatever you want, but I only have one condition, keep Zhang'er and don't let him lose his life!" ”

"Then what about Zhao Wei?"

Liu Yan covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief and coughed a few times, then looked down and saw that there were a few traces of blood on it, so he casually twisted the city and threw it on the ground at will, and then wrapped the futon on his body, and did not give a clear answer: "You look at it, when it is the right time, kill him to prevent future troubles!" ”

"Understand, if nothing else, I'll go first!"

Liu Yan didn't speak, but waved his hand.

Pang Xi sighed helplessly, the world thought that Liu Yan was terminally ill, but he knew that Liu Yan now knew the situation better than anyone else, everything was under his control, except for the loss of the Sword Pavilion, everything recently was within his expectations, but his time was running out, otherwise he would definitely turn the tide and defeat Lu Bu and Zhang Lu in one fell swoop.

Pang Xi seemed to think of something again, and turned around and asked: "That Zitong ......"

"Let the two of them come back, the Sword Pavilion is lost, and there is no point in guarding Zitong, just let Lu Bu and Huang Quan fight, even if I die, I won't let Huang Quan and Wang be tired!"

"Then the lord has a good rest, and retires from his humble position!"

Liu Yan waited for Pang Xi to completely exit the bedroom, and then he opened his eyes casually, looking directly at the cloth curtain above his head, as if he wanted to see through the cloth curtain, and suddenly, his pupils suddenly narrowed, and his indifferent expression had a trace of imperceptible cracking: Lu Bu, since you want to take my Yizhou, then you can take it, but whether you can take it depends on your creation!

Yizhou, Mianzhu.

Liu Yan's mansion was renovated, and the palace that was burned by fire was also rebuilt, Huang Quan, the Taishou of Huang Quan, held the battle report in his hand, and slowly walked into the gate, and the guards on the side were waiting there, and when they saw Huang Quan coming, they respectfully pushed open the door of the council hall and invited him in.

He has been disturbed by the affairs of the Sword Pavilion recently, the Sword Pavilion, Yuzhong, and Jiangyou are all bargaining chips for them to negotiate with Liu Yan, and these important military towns are in their hands, so Liu Yan did not do anything to them, and now that the Sword Pavilion has been lost, they must do everything possible to recapture the Sword Pavilion, otherwise the situation will be unfavorable to them.

He shook his head hard, trying to drive these thoughts out of his mind, how to recapture the Sword Pavilion back into the hands of the Dongzhou Shi clan is what matters, he took a deep breath, stepped into the council hall, in front of him, Gao Pei was dressed in military uniform, kneeling on the couch, next to him, there was a palace woman pouring wine for him.

"When is this still the mood for a drink?"

Seeing Gao Pei's comfortable appearance, Huang Quan was angry, threw the battle report in his hand in front of Gao Pei, and shouted loudly.

The woman in the palace costume shuddered and hurriedly got up and left.

"Why are you so angry, come, let's drink together!" Gao Pei sneered, got up and sat down with Huang Quan to drink together.

Huang Quan suddenly broke free from Huang Quan's hand, and said anxiously: "Don't drink, think of a way, otherwise we will be in a big disaster!" ”

Gao Pei shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly: "I have already sent an envoy to Ba County, before Liu Yan has time to send troops, let Wang Ping go and seize the Sword Pavilion, those guys in Chengdu have already thought about it!" ”

Huang Quan sneered: "You also believe Wang Lei, Pang Xi, and Li Hui, they have become Liu Yan's eagle dogs, if you don't go to the Sword Pavilion, I will go, I will keep our Huang family's family business!" ”

"Don't be impatient, Yang Huai is still in Baishui Pass, now that the Xiliang Army has not yet reached Baishui Pass, I have already reported to Yang Huai and asked him to fight the Sword Pavilion with Wang Ping, and the Sword Pavilion will be back to us in a few days!"

"That's good, don't forget, Sword Pavilion and Yuzhong are our bargaining chips, you arrange things here, we will go to Sword Pavilion and prepare to negotiate with Lu Bu!" (To be continued......)