Chapter 222: Heart Disease and Forbidden Illness
Guan Ping looked at the dead horse, his face turned blue and white, and he was silent for a while, he should also know that if the arrow was shot at him just now, it would not be his mount that fell to the ground at this time.
"Guan Ping." Zhao Shu looked at Leng Ran and said: "For the generals, they will go up to the courtiers' festival to repay the lord's kindness, go down to Baozhou County, and take Anli to the people, and if they advance, they will attack the city and plunder the land, and they will dominate the industry, and if they retreat, they will hold on to the territory and not let the country invade. If you are really a filial son and loyal minister, go back to Xiangyang now, work hard, keep the inheritance left by the prince, and not be swallowed by Wei Wu. Don't mess around here, what else do you say Xiangyang Erlang is not afraid of me? If it is really torn apart, who will benefit? Who were the dead and wounded? In this way, you are just a minister under the king of Hanzhong, a rebel son in front of the king of Guanjun and Hou Ling. Anguo, send your eldest brother back." Zhao Shu didn't look at Guan Ping anymore, and rode straight back to the city. Li Wei and the others also beckoned the Jingzhou military horses to leave, leaving Guan Ping standing blankly in place.
Zhao Shu walked away hundreds of steps, and then heard Guan Ping shouting loudly behind him: "Zhao Shu, are you really a loyal minister?" Zhao Shu could only smile faintly, Guan Ping's misunderstanding of Zhao Shu was too deep, and now he can take care of the overall situation, but he is afraid that if this development continues, it will always be detrimental to Jingzhou. Li Wei urged Ma Xing to Zhao Shu's side and said, "Sir, you are also a former general, and you are in charge of Jingxiang's affairs, so you can't always blindly back down like this, so as not to chill the soldiers."
It's true, but what? Zhao Shu smiled bitterly: "After the death of the prince, I was promoted to the former general, and I benefited the most. Coupled with this before and after, it's no wonder he misunderstood. Insulting me is a small person, as long as he can still take care of the overall situation, and don't really fight with me."
Li Wei said again: "Forgive him and don't dare. It's just that going on like this is not a way after all, Mr. Ma did commit suicide, why didn't Mr. explain it?"
"I don't know why." Zhao Shu turned his head to look at Ma Liang's coffin behind him, Ma Liang had to defend Guan Yu's ugly thing to death, and I couldn't live up to his good intentions?
Li Wei laughed in a low voice: "In the past few days, the generals in the army have their own guesses, and there are many suspicions, only Mr. ignored and did not say a word. Moreover, Mr. Ma met with Mr. Ma alone before he died, and if Mr. Ma said that he did not know, wouldn't it be a lie?"
Zhao Shu's face changed, and he felt that his words were very reasonable. I also heard Li Wei say: "If Mr. has something unspeakable, but he still has to find an explanation for Mr. Ma's death, otherwise everyone will be ruined, and he will be said a few more times by Guan Ping, and others will not be suspicious."
"What the verse says is very true." Zhao Shu sighed lightly and said, "If I say that this matter has come and gone, and the reputation of a deceased hero is damaged, do you believe it?"
"Somebody believes." Li Wei paused, and then said: "Sir is extremely useful to the enemy, but to his own people, a certain still believes in Sir."
"That's fine." Zhao Shu stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "In this battle, I'm really afraid that you have something in your heart. You cannot be merciful to your enemies, but you must be kind to your friends."
"That gentleman can think of a statement for Mr. Ma's business?"
Zhao Shu smiled bitterly: "At this moment, where do I think of it?" Moreover, those who believe in me naturally do not need my explanation, and those who do not believe will naturally not believe my explanation. Just let him go." Li Wei only mentioned Zhao Shu, he also knew that Ma Liang's suicide was very strange, and it was difficult to find a reasonable explanation.
The military horses marched for a short time, until they reached the city of Jingzhou, Guan Xing also followed, without saying a word, most of Guan Ping's anger was sprinkled on him. Unless it is in wartime, the whole army enters the city to defend, and the military horses are camped in the military camp outside the city on weekdays. After entering the barracks, Yi, Zhao Lei and others had already prepared a lot of things such as wine and meat. Jingxiang is a rich land, as long as there is no war, and these two people can be regarded as financial experts, this little thing can still be taken out.
At noon, a banquet was held in the camp to celebrate the victory, and the sergeants were rewarded with wine and meat, and the camp was full of joy. After the banquet, Zhao Shu personally helped Ma Liang's coffin into the city. His son Ma Bingzao got the news of the funeral and knelt at the city gate to take him home. Although the mourning hall in the house has been set up, Zhao Shu sees that Ma Bing is young, and several of Ma Liang's brothers are driving in Chengdu. Zhao Shu was grateful for the kindness of a meal back then, and admired Ma Liang's righteousness, so he stayed at Ma's house to help with everything.
After another busy afternoon, it was getting late, and Zhao Shu remembered Yu Ban's illness, so he had to hurriedly leave and go to General Yu Ban's mansion. Yu Ban is among the generals with Cao Cao's surname, and his status is also quite high, but he came to Jingzhou alone, and he thought that he had seen through the wealth and fame in the world, and the house he lived in was also extremely simple and clean.
Waiting for the door to inform the inside, Yu Gui and Ye Feng hurried to greet them after a while. Looking at Ye Feng's complaining look, Zhao Shu remembered that it was the first time he came to Jingzhou, and he was not familiar with the place, if Zhao Shu didn't come to pick him up, he was afraid that he would really not be able to leave. In Yu Ban's mansion, Zhao Shu came a few times, and when he saw the two of them coming out, Zhao Shu also walked inside, and asked Ye Feng as he walked, "How is General Yu's condition?"
Ye Feng replied: "The old general's illness is a heart disease, and it cannot be cured by medicinal stones."
"Oh?" Zhao Shu stopped and said to Yu Gui: "What is displeasing to Ling Zun?" Since Yu Ban surrendered, I treated him like a guest, and I asked myself that there was absolutely no rudeness, and this depression was naturally Yu Gui's family matter.
Yu Gui's eyes were red, and he said, "My father is waiting for the general in the room, please let the general in."
Yu Ban can abandon Qiang Wei and take refuge in Liu Bei, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is abandoning Meiyu and stubborn stone. He can let go of his future, regardless of the honor and disgrace behind him, there should be nothing that he can't let go of. Zhao Shu guessed for a moment, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he had to follow Yu Gui to the forbidden room again.
As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine, and I couldn't help frowning slightly. Ye Feng muttered on the side: "The prescriptions prescribed by these quacks are all to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, but they have made the old general suffer."
Zhao Shu looked at Yu Ban again, it had only been two months, but he seemed to be ten years old. In the past, it seemed that he was always in good spirits and majestic. Now he is described as thin, his eyes are deep-set, and his hair, which was only a little white, is now all as white as frost. Yu Gui also saw the surprise on Zhao Shu's face, and said in a low voice: "I hope Mr. can comfort my father a few words." After speaking, he made a gesture to Ye Feng and went out together.
Zhao Shu slowly leaned forward and shouted in a low voice, "General Yu."
Yu Ban opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Shu, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. has returned victorious."
Zhao Shu nodded, feeling bitter in his mouth, and said after a long time: "What's unhappy in the general's heart?" How sick you are?"
Yu Ban coughed, old tears rolled down his eyes, and he whispered: "King Wei died, and Cao Pi succeeded him." Zhao Shu secretly said in his heart, this was more than half a year ago, what is the purpose of saying it now? But he said: "A certain king of Han was originally in the Han family, and the king of Wei can also understand, I have been in the army for many years, and I have made many military achievements, and I have never treated a certain family member lightly. Hate that erector Cao Pi......"
Zhao Shu's heart chuckled, Cao Pi is not as generous as his father, and Yu Ban's family is afraid that it will be inevitable. As soon as his mind changed, Yu Ban said again: "He actually killed my whole family, the old and the young, the maids and servants, more than one hundred and twenty mouths, and I didn't let any of them go."
Sure enough, he was ruthless, and Zhao Shu couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "What a ruthless method." But after thinking about it, Cao Pi is about to usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on his own, in case the world is not convinced, and the means naturally have to be cruel in order to achieve the effect of killing a hundred people. Yu Ban is close to Jiazi, in addition to being loyal to the Han family, what he is concerned about is nothing more than Xu Du's family, and now he has been driven out by Cao Pi, and the grief in his heart can be imagined.
Yu Ban stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Shu, and sobbed: "There is only this one left, if it weren't for Ling Mingnian's love for his life in the past, he wouldn't have deliberately let it go. I'm afraid that this body will not work, the dog is young, and I hope that Mr. will take care of it more."
Ye Feng said it well, Yu Ban's illness lies in the heart, he himself has no desire to live, and it is not something that can be saved by medicine. Zhao Shu said suddenly: "The general is really willing to leave like this?" In today's Han family, jackals are rampant, and the general is not willing to do his part for the world?"
"If you don't want to, you can't listen." Yu Ban sighed: "The generals of the older generation in the past, the death of illness, the death of the dead. I have been fighting in the forbidden campaign for more than 30 years, and I can be regarded as having understood that the Han family will not be able to prosper in the end."
It's rare that you can understand this truth before you die. Zhao Shu still said in his mouth: "The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky. If the general is willing, I will protect the king of Hanzhong with the general, and it may not be impossible to reproduce the glorious martial arts."
"Haha." Yu Ban smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. has been going to Chengdu, Hanzhong, and Shangyong for the past two months. Although I have never read it, I also understand that Chengdu is also changing, and the mountains and rain are coming."
Zhao Shu looked at Yu Ban and knew that this lonely minister of the Han family was finally desperate, first from Cao Cao, hoping to help the Han family, but Cao Cao deceived the king and had a great heart of disobedience. lowered Liu Bei again, but he also saw that Liu Bei's factions were numerous, each taking care of their own interests, who had really thought about the world of the Zhongxing Han family? Liu Bei himself is afraid that it is also for the throne of Hanzhong, and if he goes further, he will call the emperor the king.
Zhao Shu also sighed and said: "The king of Hanzhong misses the two generals Guan Zhang, you are in poor health, and everyone in the court has a plan in their hearts. I haven't read these letters, and I don't dare to make any conclusions."
Yu Ban said again: "The condition of the king of Hanzhong is also quite serious, Yun Chang and Yide are both tiger generals in the world, but they don't want to die so unknown." Speaking of this, Yu Ban suddenly whispered: "Sir, what is your intention?" When he said these words, he did not see the slightest sickness, and his tone was extremely majestic. I Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment, but when I looked up, I saw a flash of light in his eyes, this look Zhao Shu is still relatively familiar, Guan Ping looked at Zhao Shu outside the city during the day.
Zhao Shu couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, and then looked around the room, and felt that behind the curtain and screen, there was a faint flash of knife light, and the cold air hit people.