Chapter 20: Liu Bei's Solicitation (Part II)
Wang Ping also yearned for Liu Bei when he heard Liu Bei talk about the period when he and Tong Yuan killed the Yellow Turban together, but when he heard what he said at the end to recruit assistants, he understood Liu Bei's true intentions, thinking that this Liu Bei was really hypocritical, didn't he just want us to follow him, as for what he said in such a roundabout way, fortunately he didn't know his senior brother's life experience, otherwise he would have pretended to pass on his uncle's words and told his senior brother Zhao Yun to follow him, which would be difficult to do.
Wang Ping was afraid that Zhao Yun would be bewitched by Liu Bei, so he took over and deliberately said: "It is really enviable that General Liu can fight side by side with our master, but my senior brother Zhang Xiu is also a celebrity and is now in Wancheng, I don't know if General Liu has recruited him?" Wang Ping's rhetorical question can be said to have directly exposed Liu Bei's lies, first of all, how could a god like Tong Yuan kill the enemy side by side with Liu Bei, who was unknown at the time, and the second point is that if Tong Yuan really asked Liu Bei to recruit Zhang Xiu and others, he would definitely leave him a token, and Zhang Xiu has been famous for a long time and has been with his uncle Zhang Ji as a general, it should be easy to find him, if Liu Bei really has a token, then tonight's dinner will be their three brothers drinking together.
Liu Bei was choked by Wang Ping's question, but how could he be angered by Wang Ping's words, he first stopped Guan Yu, who was furious, and then smiled at Wang Ping and shook his head, and did not give him a positive answer.
Although Liu Bei's words could not be verified, Zhao Yun still believed his words a little, because the world knew that Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the Northland, was Tong Yuan's apprentice, but few people knew Zhang Ren's name, and even the emperor Wang Yue only knew that there was Zhang Ren's nephew through Zhao Yun.
Liu Bei saw that what he just said could not convince the two of them, so he had to throw out the last killer move, he continued: "Tong Sanren has a son named Tong Fei who is an official in Youzhou, and was imprisoned by General Gongsun for his ineffective work, and was rescued by me as a guarantee and returned to his original position. Liu Bei's words were huge, Zhao Yun had already stood up and listened, even Wang Ping was very surprised when he heard it, he didn't expect Liu Bei to know Tong Fei's whereabouts, could it be that what he just said about Tong Yuan was true!
When Wang Ping and Zhao Yun were in Luoyang, in order not to let Cao Cao's father and son know about Wang Yue's injury, they came to Xuzhou smoothly on the grounds of looking for Tong Fei, although the purpose of their trip was to seek medicine, but Zhao Yun knew the exact whereabouts of Tong Fei, how could he not ask in the end, and as soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, he rushed forward and asked excitedly: "General Liu, do you really know Senior Brother Tong?" Don't deceive us by hearsay! ”
Zhao Yun was also too excited when he heard the news, and his words offended Liu Bei a little, and at this time, Guan Yu, who was sitting at the head of Liu Bei, finally couldn't help but jump up and pointed at the two brothers and shouted: "My eldest brother is a noble member of the Han family, how can I allow you two boys to question again and again, if it weren't for the face of the emperor, you would have been called in a different place." He was already a strong man with a red face, and after drinking a lot of wine, his face became even redder, and at this time, he was indeed like a god when he was illuminated by the lights, and his momentum was very terrifying.
Suddenly, Guan Yu used his true qi to lock Wang Ping, Zhao Yun didn't expect Guan Yu to suddenly make a difficulty, and hurriedly protected Wang Ping in front of him to block the pressure, Zhao Yun's realm was similar to Guan Yu, and he was naturally not afraid of the coercion of true qi, and Zhang Fei, who was sitting behind, saw that Zhao Yun was young and could confront Guan Yu without falling behind, so he knew that Zhao Yun had real skills, he was afraid that the two would really fight and not end well, so he walked between the two to stop them, Liu Bei also saw Zhao Yun's strength, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Second brother, don't be reckless, sit down quickly." ”
With Liu Bei's words, plus Zhang Fei was there to dissuade this fight, naturally it couldn't be fought, in fact, Wang Ping had been secretly observing Liu Bei's actions, when Zhao Yun questioned Liu Bei, Wang Ping saw Liu Bei make a look at Guan Yu, and then Guan Yu jumped out, and finally Liu Bei acted as a good person to persuade them, it was really a good double reed, although Wang Ping saw that he was tired, but he had nothing to do to stop Liu Bei's solicitation of Zhao Yun, because if Liu Bei really mastered Tong Fei's whereabouts, it would be equivalent to grasping Zhao Yun's weakness.
Sure enough, before Wang Ping could come up with a countermeasure, Zhao Yun anxiously asked Liu Bei about Tong Fei's situation, Liu Bei didn't expect Zhao Yun to care so much about Tong Fei's affairs, and he pretended to be a little worried in his heart and said: "Although I know that Tong Sanren and the Emperor are taught by a teacher, but Tong Fei is a concubine, I don't know if he can win the favor of the emperor, and I have to ask Brother Tong about this matter before I can decide." Liu Bei's performance made people think that he was really thinking about Tong Fei, and he was afraid that Tong Fei would not get Wang Yue's attention because of his concubine.
Zhao Yun thought that if he wanted to gain Liu Bei's trust now, he would have to tell him his identity, so he said: "General Liu, don't worry, Tong Sanren is my mentor, and my uncle Wang Yue is also very concerned about Tong Fei's affairs. ”
Liu Bei didn't expect Zhao Yun to be Tong Yuan's apprentice, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he forced the joy in his heart and still asked Zhao Yun in disbelief: "Aren't you the apprentice of Emperor Wang Yue, why did you become Tong Sanren's apprentice again, and I have already made an appointment with Brother Tong Fei that he will come to Xuzhou to help me when the time is right, I'm afraid I won't go to Luoyang City." ”
In order to dispel Liu Bei's suspicions, Zhao Yun could only tell how he followed Tong Yuan to learn art when he was a child, and why he lived in Luoyang with Wang Yue later, Liu Bei couldn't hide the joy in his heart after listening to it and said: "Tong Sanren once asked me to find his apprentice to help me succeed, but Zhang Xiu is already a prince, Zhang Ren also defected to a party, I couldn't contact the two people in advance, I feel very sorry, but today I can meet Brother Zhao, it really makes me overjoyed, Liu Bei is here to implore Brother Zhao to join me and Brother Tong Fei to catch the traitor and eliminate the evil in this troubled world! ”
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he walked in front of Zhao Yun and prepared to salute, how dare Zhao Yun accept his big gift, thinking that Tong Fei's whereabouts are only known to Liu Bei, and he is so polite to me, it seems that I have to agree to him first.
Wang Ping has been watching coldly from the seat, and when he saw that Zhao Yun had been forced by Liu Bei to refuse, he stepped forward and saluted Liu Bei and said: "General Liu Dayi has been taking care of my Senior Brother Tong's family, I and Senior Brother are very grateful to you for your great kindness, and the general is such a courteous corporal, I think Senior Brother can't refuse your kindness, but we came out this time with the master's order to complete the task assigned by the master first, and when we return to Luoyang to inform the master of this matter, we can serve General Liu with peace of mind." ”
Zhao Yun also thought in his heart to go to get the elixir first, and then go to Youzhou to pick up Tong Fei's family and then decide whether to take refuge in Liu Bei, just when he was embarrassed, he heard Wang Ping help him relieve the siege, so he followed his words to Liu Bei and explained: "Zhao Yun followed his uncle at the age of ten, and he has long regarded the emperor as his second master, so the matter of serving the general does require the approval of his old man, but the world knows that my uncle has been loyal to the Han all his life, and has also asked our brothers to serve the country, And General Liu is a member of the Han family, I think Uncle Shi will definitely not object to the two of us defecting to you, I hope General Liu can tell us the whereabouts of Senior Brother Tong first, so that we can reunite as soon as possible. ”
Liu Bei listened to what the two of them said, and knew that he would not be able to get their allegiance in a short time, but after all, he held the trump card in his hand, and was not afraid that Zhao Yun would regret it, and after smiling and looking at the two brothers, he said solemnly: "Your filial piety to the emperor moved me, okay, I will send someone to Youzhou to contact Brother Tong Fei first, and when there is news, I will ask someone to inform you, but Youzhou is far away, and Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are fighting, so I am afraid that there will be some delay on this road, I don't know how to notify the two of you when the time comes?" ”
Wang Ping thought that the two of them still had to go to Donghai County to find Xiandao, and they couldn't stay in Liu Bei's military camp to wait, so he said to Liu Bei: "Our brother is going to Donghai County to find his old friend for the master, and he won't leave for a while, and when the time comes, I'm just afraid that I will go to my brother's house to disturb me for a while. Liu Bei knew that the two would not leave his field of vision for the time being, and he was relieved, in order to show his sincerity, he decided to temporarily leave the table to write a letter to Tong Fei, Mi Zhu saw Liu Bei get up and hurriedly followed, leaving his second brother Mi Fang to accompany everyone to continue drinking.
Wang Ping was still wary of Liu Bei in his heart, but he didn't know how to persuade Zhao Yun to drink wine there, at this time Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came to talk to the two of them with wine, Guan Yu couldn't see the angry look on his face, but his tone was still arrogant, he asked Zhao Yun: "I heard that Lord Beijia said that you had fought with that Yan Xing, I don't know how many rounds you can go in his hands!" Wang Ping was bored in his chest at this time, and when he heard Guan Yu's somewhat rude sarcasm, Zhao Yun was almost not angry, although Wang Ping was an orphan, he was not a weak person who was bullied since he was a child, he would think of a way to take revenge on those who bullied him, just now during the banquet, Guan Yu suddenly made a move, if it wasn't for Zhao Yun to block it, I was afraid that he would have been injured by the true anger, how could Wang Ping swallow this evil breath, as the so-called revenge is not revenge, not a gentleman.
It's just that he can't use force and can't fight back on the spot, seeing that Guan Yu dared to step forward and ridicule him, the two of them laughed and scolded in their hearts: "Okay, you have a big red face, dare to play tricks in front of me, I can't tell you, your sinister big brother, can't you still get you?" He motioned to Zhao Yun not to speak, so that he could deal with it, and saw Wang Ping squinting his eyes into a slit like Guan Yu, squinting at him, and saying in a very arrogant tone: "Then Xiashan Tiger Yan Xing ranks fifth in the Yuedan evaluation of martial arts, and General Guan is only ranked eighth, I don't know who is more powerful in the fifth and eighth?" ”
Guan Yu snorted coldly when he heard him talk about the ranking, Wang Ping continued regardless of his reaction: "My senior brother Zhao Yun was still in the middle of the congenital stage when he fought with Yan Xing, but he was able to challenge the strong man at the peak of the innate without defeat, and after that battle, he broke through the bottleneck and entered the late congenital stage, just a few days ago we met the famous general Wen Chou of Hebei on the road, this clown-like character dared to be arrogant in front of us, and it only took a few rounds for my senior brother to block him back, I heard that this clown is still ranked seventh in the martial arts list, It seems to be a little taller than General Guan! ”