At the end of the first month of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Bei and Jian Yong went through a lot of hardships and deaths, and finally walked out of Shennongjia and came to Xiangyang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After inquiring about the current situation, Liu Bei went to visit Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou. Liu Biao was fighting with Sun Jian at this time, but he didn't dare to offend Liu Bei, he didn't know the inside story, he only knew that Liu Xiu had always been very good to Liu Bei, treated him as a brother, and said to Liu Bei that he was ordered by Liu Xiu to break into Yuan Shu's words. However, he didn't dare to keep Liu Bei by his side, and when he failed to "retain" Liu Bei, Liu Biao enthusiastically presented coiled and horses, and sent Liu Bei and Jian Yong on the way to Luoyang.

Liu Bei, who was freshly dressed and angry, returned to Luoyang, and immediately went to the Chu Wangfu to meet him, as soon as he entered the door of the Chu Wangfu, he found that the atmosphere of the Chu Wangfu was not right, everyone's faces were very depressed, and even the people who were familiar with him smiled a little unnaturally when they saw him.

Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, was not in the palace, and the princess of Chu, Tang, came out to see Liu Bei. Tang's impression of Liu Bei has always been bad, and Liu Bei and her couldn't say anything, so they left after a few words and went straight to Situ's mansion.

When he arrived at Situ Mansion, Liu Bei saw Lu Min, and then he knew that Lu Shen had been killed not long ago, and Liu Xiu's situation was not good, it is said that he was assassinated during the expedition to Qiang, and his injuries were more serious.

Liu Bei was very surprised, he couldn't imagine that he had been a wild man for more than half a year, and the outside world had changed so much.

"Is Deran's injury serious?"

"It's heavier, but he's always been in good health, and there are a lot of Taoist priests around him who are proficient in medical skills, so there shouldn't be any big problems. It's just that it is inevitable to recuperate for a period of time, and the two long histories of the Che Cavalry General's Mansion have jointly written to His Majesty, requesting that the Che Cavalry General be stationed in Chengdu to rest for a period of time, saying that Chengdu is close to the Huming Mountain Road, which is convenient for recuperation. ”

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and asked about the war in Kanto, and Lu Min heard this. I can't help but sigh. After he left Youzhou, the situation in Youzhou deteriorated rapidly. First of all, the Xianbei King and Lian of Danhan Mountain were restless and sent troops to invade Shanggu, but Shanggu Wuhuan could not resist it. Ask Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, and Gongsun Zhan, the general of Zuo, to send troops to support. For this reason, Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan had a dispute, Liu Yu wanted to send people and Lian to negotiate and appease them, and Gongsun Chan strongly advocated sending a large army to conquest, the two were stubborn, and Liu Yu couldn't suppress Gongsun Chan. He sent his son Liu He to Luoyang and asked the court to issue an order to appease him.

Xianbei's matter was originally in charge of Liu Xiu, and now Liu Xiu was seriously injured and could not be a director, so the imperial court handed over the matter to the three princes for review, and Taiwei Duan Cheng suggested that it should be dealt with according to Gongsun Zhan's method, but Situ Luzhi agreed with Liu Yu's method of appeasement, and his reason was that Jizhou was in a big war, and it was not the right time to conflict with the Xianbei people at this time.

Duan Cheng couldn't compete with Lu Zhi. So the imperial court issued an edict, and Liu Yu came forward to appease him. Unexpectedly, He Lian seemed to see through the weakness of the big man. He didn't pay attention to Liu Yu's set at all, the lion opened his mouth, and after asking for a large amount of property, he used the excuse that the envoy was impolite and sent troops to crusade against the counties along the border of Youzhou. This time, Gongsun Zhan was reasonable, and did not notify Liu Yu at all, and directly sent troops to levy it, and at the same time wrote to the imperial court to impeach Liu Yu for being an enemy, and at the same time exposed Liu Yu for showing frugality. is actually greedy and bribery, wearing cloth clothes and shoes outside, but the wives and concubines at home are all over Luo Qi.

The civil and military discord in Youzhou has reached the point where it cannot be eased, and the imperial court sent a person named Duan Xun to mediate, but he was killed by Gongsun Chan without saying a few words, and Gongsun Zhan's dominance made Lu Zhi very faceless. is considering how to salvage this situation and prevent Gongsun Chan from going further and further on the road of separation.

"I'll go." Liu Bei took the initiative to ask: "Bo Jue and I have always been good friends, and you should be able to listen to my few words of persuasion." ”

"You?" Lu Min was surprised and delighted. If Liu Bei is willing to go, he is indeed a suitable candidate.

"At least my life won't be in danger if I go." Liu Bei smiled calmly: "Of course, I may not be able to persuade Bo Jue, therefore, I want a position as the governor of Liaodong's vassal state, in case Bo Jue really has any big rebellious ideas, I can also contain him from behind and relieve a little pressure on the imperial court." ”

Lu Min didn't expect Liu Bei's true intentions at all, listened to this suggestion, applauded loudly, and immediately led Liu Bei to see his father Lu Zhi.

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Chang'an, the general's mansion.

Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, hurriedly walked into the ward, followed by the eldest princess holding the child, and as soon as he saw Yan Zhong, he nodded: "Mr. Gongxiao, I have worked hard for you." ”

"This is the duty of a minister." Yan Zhong bowed, glanced at the child in the eldest princess's arms, and said with a smile: "The prince and grandson are good-looking. ”

Liu Yuanqi smiled: "Where is Deran, quickly lead me to see." ”

"Please come with me, the king." Yan Zhong leaned sideways in front to lead the way. He was very happy in his heart, Liu Yuanqi's "hard work" just now was not just as simple as hard work. When he sent an urgent letter to the Chu Palace, he only said that Liu Xiu was injured, and did not say that Liu Xiu had been unconscious for more than half a month, but he mentioned that he hoped that Liu Yuanqi could bring the sister-in-law born to the eldest princess to Chang'an, and the general of the Che Cavalry missed him very much.

Liu Yuanqi was very shrewd, and smelled the danger signal from this seemingly gossip. Liu Xiu now has three sons and one daughter, in addition to the eldest son Liu Yuan is still in Beihai, Chang'an has two sons: Liu An of Wang Chusheng and Liu Ye of the eldest princess, although Liu Ye is the youngest, but Liu An is actually only more than a month away, Liu Xiu thinks that it is impossible for his son to only think about Liu Ye and not Liu An.

The key word in this is sister-in-law.

Don't look at Liu Xiu is very good to Wang Chu and Fengxue, he has never treated them as concubines, and his sons and daughters are also treated equally, but in the eyes of others, this son-in-law is a son-in-law, and the one who will inherit the title of King of Chu in the future can only be Liu Ye, not Liu An, let alone Liu Yuan, a child with Hu blood.

Yan Zhong begged Liu Yuanqi to bring Liu Xiu's sister-in-law to Chang'an, which means that Liu Xiu's life may be in danger.

After Liu Yuanqi received the urgent letter, although he was anxious, he remained quiet, and asked to take the eldest princess and the child to visit Chang'an together, except for himself, even the princess Tang did not know that Liu Xiu's injury was so serious that it might endanger her life. The only one who can smell a little bit is probably the eldest princess, after all, she grew up in the royal family, has experienced similar things, and is much more sensitive than others.

Entering the ward, smelling the smell of medicine in the room, and seeing Liu Xiu lying motionless on the bed like a corpse, Liu Yuanqi frowned, speechless for a long time, but the eldest princess couldn't help but shed tears, threw herself to the side of the bed, led Liu Ye to the side of the bed, and shouted: "Husband, Ah Ye is here, you open your eyes, look at him, look at him." ”

Liu Xiu was motionless, only his chest was rising and falling slightly, and the eldest princess leaned her head on his chest, but what she heard was the chaotic heartbeat, which was fierce like a war drum for a while, but weak and inaudible for a while. The eldest princess burst into tears and wept bitterly.

"Help the eldest princess out to rest for a while." Liu Yuanqi waved his sleeves lightly, the two maidservants hurriedly stepped forward and helped the eldest princess out, Liu Ye looked at Liu Xiu lying on the bed blankly, and then looked at the sad mother, and cried out with a frightened "wow", pulled the corner of his mother's clothes and did not let go, hiding in his mother's arms, and no longer dared to look at Liu Xiu on the bed. After he was born, this was the first time he saw Liu Xiu, and he didn't realize that this was his father, seeing this person naked and motionless, he felt that he was a dead man, and he was very afraid.

Liu Yuanqi sighed, gave up the plan to keep Liu Ye here, and let the eldest princess go out with him.

"The king, the ministers are incompetent." Wang Zhi and Luo Yao rushed over and gave a bow ashamedly.

"It's not your fault." Liu Yuanqi sat on the edge of the couch, stretched out his hand to hold Liu Xiu's wrist, groaned for a while, and suddenly said, "This is not an injury, this is a qi disorder." ”

"Qi disorder?" Wang Zhi raised his eyebrows: "King, are you sure?" ”

"yes, I'm sure." Liu Yuanqi raised his head and let out a long sigh: "Don't hide it from the two Taoist masters, this is the drawbacks of my family's family heirloom skills." It's just that I didn't expect that he didn't make it through either. He shook his head bitterly: "I hurt him, I should have thought a long time ago, his physique is easy to have problems." ”

Wang Zhi and Luo Yao glanced at each other and made eye contact, Wang Zhi coughed: "If the king can be sure that this is caused by the chaos of the qi and not the cause of the head injury, then the minister has a suggestion." ”

"You say." Liu Yuanqi looked at Wang Zhi with some urgency. Although he knew that Liu Xiu's symptom was caused by the family heirloom hegemony, he didn't know how to treat it, in his family's memory, there would be this level when he practiced the hegemony technique, and if he broke through, he would be an invincible general, and if he couldn't break through, it would be a dead end, and there was no way to treat it at all. The reason why he dared to take risks was because although there was this taboo, there were only two people in the history of the family who had reached this realm, one had broken through, and the other had failed, and the success rate was half to half, he thought that Liu Xiu's physique was different from ordinary people, and the chance of success was greatly increased, but he didn't expect this result in the end.

He had no choice, if Wang Zhi could find a way, of course he was willing to give it a try. He had seen it just now, Liu Xiu had been unconscious for half a month, and his muscles had already shown signs of atrophy, if he didn't treat it again, Liu Xiu would be like a dead man sooner or later.

"We had been treated for a head injury, so we didn't inform Mrs. Teacher. Although the Dao method of the department's wife is clever, she is not better at treating this kind of injury than us. Wang Zhi explained with some regret: "Since the king can be sure that this has nothing to do with the trauma, then we might as well ask Mrs. Shi to come over, maybe she can find a way." ”

"That couldn't be better." Liu Yuanqi was overjoyed. He thought that Mrs. Lu had already come, and there was no way to do it, but he didn't expect that Wang Zhi had always regarded it as a traumatic injury and did not inform Mrs. Lu at all. When it comes to treating external injuries, Wang Zhi is no worse than Mrs. Lu, but when it comes to treating this kind of problem caused by cultivating the Tao, although Wang Zhi is not bad, he is even weaker than Mrs. Lu after all.

Since Mrs. Lu has not yet come to try, there is still a glimmer of hope. Liu Yuanqi immediately asked Wang Zhi to write an urgent letter and send it to Chengdu with Yanying, asking Mrs. Lu to rush to Guanzhong as soon as possible to treat Liu Xiu's injuries.

Just when Yan Ying spread his wings and flew into the sky, Liu Bei took the edict and the seal of the commander of Liaodong and embarked on the road to Youzhou.