Yan Peng heard Zhao Shu say that he wanted to revise it, so he picked up the pen again and waited for Zhao Shu to speak, he didn't want Zhao Shu to say this, he stopped writing in mid-air, and asked hesitantly: "Can the general say it again?" Zhao Shu said what he said again again, and after Yan Peng was sure that he had heard correctly, he asked again: "What the general said doesn't seem to make sense, if you can capture Kong Ming alive, you can naturally take his rank, how can you take a higher level and reward more?" ”

Zhao Shu glanced at Liu Bei and said coldly: "I only wanted him level, what does Your Majesty think?" Liu Bei's face changed sharply, and he muttered, "Just Yi Aiqing.?" Bayi Chinese ???.? ８?１ ｚ??．? Zhao Shu saluted Liu Bei again, and said, "Since Your Majesty agrees, Weichen will handle it in person and retire." Then he came out with the people.

As soon as he left the palace gate, Huan Yi stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Now that Kong Ming has absconded, is the general going to dispose of Your Majesty?" Zhao Shu turned to smile and said: "This time I entered Chengdu, I think the prince is the young lord of the British Dynasty, why not supplement him?" Seeing Huan Yi also smiling, Zhao Shuxin was also very happy, and now he finally came out, so he said: "To have today's success, Brother Huan and Boji have made great contributions, and I will never dare to forget." Huan Yi smiled slightly, and said: "A certain general, not for fame, just to be worthy of grace." Zhao Shu stretched out his hand and pulled him, and said loudly: "Let's go, go to my house and have a drink." Huan Yi looked at the wound on Zhao Shu's chest, and hesitated: "The general's injury is ......" Zhao Shu smiled heartily: "It doesn't matter, there is Shengping and Tianya, as long as you have a breath, you will definitely not die." At that, everyone laughed.

When it came to the general's mansion, Wei Yan had been waiting for a long time, and he was in Hanzhong, so he never entered the palace with me to meet Liu Bei. Seeing Zhao Shu coming, Wei Yan hurriedly stepped forward to ask Liu Bei's attitude, and Huan Yi told him on his behalf before they entered together. At this moment, the multi-day power struggle is coming to an end, and it is rare for everyone to get together, and immediately order people to serve wine and food and drink together. Although Wei Yan and Zhao Shu are old friends, they are very unfamiliar with Huan Yi and others, so take this opportunity to let them get closer to each other.

Zhao Shu only drank a few cups, and then felt a faint pain in the wound, so he had to confess to everyone and let Zhao Shu be sent back to the backyard room. Guan Feng also learned about my injury and waited here. After the family general retreated, Guan Feng stepped forward and asked, "Won't this be fake?" Zhao Shu smiled bitterly: "Do you look like it?" ”

Guan Feng sighed and complained, "You just don't want to listen to me, otherwise there will be so many disasters." Zhao Shu took her hand and said softly: "From now on, I will only listen to you." Guan Feng glanced at Zhao Shu and asked, "I heard that Kong Ming is missing, but is there such a thing?" Seeing Zhao Shu nodding and admitting, he said again: "Since you are already in power, you don't have to kill him anymore, let him go." ”

No wonder others often say that women are benevolent, Guan Yu's death is not unrelated to Ma Tan's disclosure of his whereabouts, Kong Ming is also guilty, and he doesn't want Guan Feng to intercede for him. Zhao Shu knew that Guan Feng just wanted to try his mind, and wanted to know how Zhao Shu would deal with Liu Bei's father and son, so he said: "This time I went to Chengdu and saw His Royal Highness the Prince, he is really a wise lord, and I will do my best to assist him to help him achieve hegemony." After Guan Feng heard this, regardless of whether it was true or not, he gently put his face on Zhao Shu's face and said in a low voice: "Thank you." Zhao Shu smelled the faint fragrance, and suddenly felt comfortable, but unfortunately there was an injury in his body, so he couldn't express it.

The next day, Wu Ban came from Badong City, with the exact news, Kong Ming was indeed missing, Wu Yi was sorting out military affairs in Badong, Li Hui, Ma Dai, Zhang Wei and others all came to the White Emperor City together. Zhao Shu hurriedly ordered Wei Yan to get up and go to reorganize the army with Wu Yi, first summoned Zhang Wei to enter and appease and reward him, and then let Ma Dai in.

Ma Dai and Zhao Shu also had a bit of friendship, and when Fa Zheng was in turmoil, it was he who passed the news between Zhao Shu and Ma between Chengdu and Jingzhou. Seeing him again now, Zhao Shu unconsciously reminded him of the horse's heroic posture, and sighed repeatedly. Ma Dai also knew that Zhao Shu was nostalgic for his brother, and he couldn't help but have red eyes, and said: "My brother was forced by Kong Ming in Chengdu, and I hope that the general will not come, and finally vomit blood and die." Zai Tianyingling would also be relieved to learn that the general had made Kong Ming flee in fear of sin. ”

"General rest assured." Zhao Shu said very firmly: "I have ordered someone to divide the arrest edict into various counties, and I must take the Kong Ming level to Meng Qiling to pay respects." Ma Dai bowed again: "Thank you, General." Zhao Shu waved his hand to signal him to get up, and said: "Meng Qi had a book with me on his deathbed, and when he returned to Chengdu, he should be promoted." ”

Ma Dai's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Brother has a letter to send to the general on his deathbed?" But how did the last general not know? Zhao Shu replied: "Meng Qi has done this very secret, I think it is afraid that Kong Ming will know that the letter is sent by a loyal and righteous family named Xiao Ben, and he can be allowed to work with the general in the future." ”

"Oops, the general is wrong." Ma Dai suddenly cried out in a loud voice, Zhao Shu was puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Ma Dai Nai said: "That Xiao Ben was originally a brother trilogy, but because he was later punished for violating the law, he held a grudge against his brother and was already bought by Kong Ming." The death of the elder brother is related to this person, how can the general believe his words? ”

On that day, Xiao Ben came with a letter written by Ma, and Zhao Shu didn't ask much, he was convinced, how did he know that it was such a person? Zhao Shu slapped himself on the head and said regretfully: "In this way, Jingzhou is still a little dangerous, how can this be?" Ma Dai stepped forward and said: "General, this person is ungrateful and harms my brother, please ask the general for permission, and let the last general rush to Jingzhou to kill him." ”

Zhao Shu hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then asked someone to take a pen and paper, repair a book, and handed it to Ma Dai and said: "Jingzhou Guo Huai doesn't know my news, and he won't listen to the general's take, and this letter can help the general take revenge." This matter should not be delayed, the general will go out of the city, and then let General Huan Yi pull five hundred light horsemen to accompany him. Ma Dai took the letter and hurriedly turned to leave.

Zhao Shu's heart was suddenly in turmoil, there were thousands of defenders in Jingzhou who were all Zhao Yunyuan's troops, and Wuling also had some soldiers and horses from Deng Zhi, plus Xiao Ben was the internal response, which was a great disadvantage to Guo Huai. Did Kong Ming just go to Jingzhou? If this is the case, it will be a big deal, Zhao Shu hurriedly shouted outside: "Quick, call Ye Feng in." ”

After a while, Ye Feng hurriedly ran in, and when he came in, he asked, "Is the general's wound painful again?" Zhao Shu waved his hand again and again: "No, no." You go and choose some elite soldiers now and hunt down Kong Ming in the direction of Jingzhou. Even if you can't find him, you can go straight to Wuling County, monitor Deng Zhi's good life, and assassinate him on the spot if there is any misconduct, or contact Kong Ming. ”

Ye Feng agreed, but asked lately: "After his subordinates go down, the general's injuries are ......" Zhao Shu hurriedly said: "There is Shengping, aren't you still at ease?" It's urgent, and you need to be very careful. Ye Feng saw that Zhao Shu said solemnly, so he stopped saying no more, and hurriedly turned around and went out. The door of the house was full of collisions with the oncoming Huan Yi, confessed his guilt, and left quickly.

Huan Yi saw that Ye Feng was in a hurry, his face was puzzled, and he stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?" When Zhao Shu saw him coming, he happened to ask about Ma Dai's soldiers and horses, and said, "General Ma Dai can ask you to transfer troops and horses?" ”

"That's exactly what so-and-so is here for." Huan Yi replied: "Ma Dai claimed that he was ordered by the general to go to Jingzhou, and he ordered the military horse and left in a hurry. A certain was worried that something had happened to Jingzhou, so he came to ask the general. Zhao Shu sighed heavily: "It's all my carelessness and credulity." So he told Huan Yi in detail about Xiao Ben, and said: "Ma Dai is going to avenge his brother at this moment. ”

"Oh." Huan Yi agreed lightly after hearing this. Zhao Shu saw that he seemed to have something to say, so he said, "It's okay for the eldest brother to speak directly." Huan Yi nodded, paced two steps, and suddenly turned around and said: "The general just said that he was wrong to be gullible, and now he is not gullible about Ma Dai's words." ”

This sentence was like a slap in the face to Zhao Shu, he raised his eyes to look at Huan Yi, and didn't say anything for a while, what he meant was that Ma Dai was lying, but what good did it do him to frame a little-known Xiao Ben like this? Unless...... Zhao Shu didn't dare to think about it anymore, and if he continued to think about it according to this line of thought, it would definitely make Zhao Shu think that family affection was far inferior to glory and wealth.

Huan Yi continued: "Although I haven't had much contact with Xiao Ben in Jingzhou, I don't look like a traitor. Moreover, he lives in the general's mansion in Jingzhou, and if he really has a bad heart, he has a lot of opportunities to take the general's life. On the other hand, Ma Dai, since he knew that his brother was harmed by Kong Ming, why did he still work under him? ”

"Or, maybe Kong Ming is pretending to be a gesture to avoid suspicion." Zhao Shu himself felt that his voice was weak, and his explanation was far-fetched. Huan Yi snorted coldly and said, "Even if Kong Ming thinks like this, Ma Dai thinks like this?" Anyway, if it is replaced by so-and-so, even if you don't want your life, you won't serve under your enemy's account. Zhao Shu nodded, and asked weakly: "Big brother's opinion, what should I do now?" Huan Yi took two quick steps and said, "Go chase him back." The voice landed, and people went out early.

Zhao Shu was injured, but he was just meeting everyone in his room, but at this moment, he felt even weaker and fell on the couch. Ma Dai, the brother of the horse, blood is thicker than water, how can this be? Before Ma died, he did not forget to repair the book and entrust it: "There are more than 200 sects, which have been punished by Meng De, but only from the younger brother Dai, as the successor of the blood and food of the Weizong, deeply entrusts Your Excellency, you have to be an official and a general, and you can get it in the field." There was no reply. Thinking of these words, Zhao Shu suddenly sat up again, the Ma family has been a prince for generations, how could Ma ask himself to let his brother "have to be an official and a general, and it is enough to be in the field", is there really something wrong?

Time passed slowly, and Zhao Shu couldn't stop chewing on Ma's words, the more he felt that Ma Dai was suspicious, and he only hoped that Huan Yi could recover him and not kill good people in vain. Fortunately, Ma Dai didn't leave for long, and Huan Yi finally chased him back. After entering the door, Ma Dai looked puzzled and asked, "The general has called the last general back, could it be that there is something else to order?" ”

Although he couldn't listen to his words anymore, it didn't mean that he had to have a problem, Zhao Shu had no choice but to smile lightly: "I think about it carefully, Your Majesty will move back to Chengdu in the near future, and the general has a special responsibility here." In Xiao Ben's matter, I have sent another person there. Ma Dai hurriedly said: "This person has killed the general's brother, and he will want to kill him with his own hands, and I hope the general will be successful." ”

Zhao Shu nodded and said, "I also know the general's intentions very well, and I will order someone to escort Xiao Ben to Chengdu and pay respects in front of Meng Qi's tomb." Now, please ask the general to live in the White Emperor City with peace of mind, and entrust him with important tasks another day. Without waiting for him to speak again, he continued: "My sword wound has not recovered, and I can't sit for a long time, so the general will go down to rest first, and I can discuss the matter with General Huan." Hearing Zhao Shu's eviction order, Ma Dai had no choice but to retreat. Huan Yi stepped forward and asked, "What should I do with this person?" ”

Everything is just speculation, and there is no conclusive evidence, Zhao Shu said: "For the time being, let him be in the White Emperor City, make more people monitor his behavior, and immediately send someone to Jingzhou to transfer Xiao Ben over." said that Mrs. missed Tong'er very much, and asked him and An Guo to escort Fu Jian, Guan Tong and others to the White Emperor, so as not to be suspicious. Huan Yi was ordered to retreat, even if this matter was temporarily over, it was still very sad in Zhao Shu's heart. Xiao Ben and Zhao Shu also had some time, as Huan Yi said, they didn't look like sellers; And Ma Dai is the younger brother of the Ma clan, no matter which of the two of them is unfavorable to Ma, Zhao Shu is unwilling to accept it.

The four powerful factions of the Shu Han Empire from the very beginning, Guan Yu, Fa Zheng, Kong Ming and Zhao Shu, after years of struggle, finally ended with Guan and Fa dying and Kong Ming fleeing. For Zhao Shu, this is the best and most satisfactory result, but the heavier the power, the more unbearable the height, and he dare not have the slightest carelessness, and a small mistake can lead to the life of himself or his subordinates, relatives and friends.

Although it has been determined that Kong Ming has absconded, and the documents have also been arrested, the ban on the White Emperor City is still unresolved, and Zhao Shu, Huan Yi, and Yan Peng have not relaxed in the slightest. Although the city seems to be very calm, something more important is brewing. Although Zhao Shu did not accept Yan Peng's opinion and cooperated with Kong Ming to govern Shu Han together, it did not affect the tacit understanding between Zhao Shu and him. What Yan Peng needed was not Kong Ming, but a powerful regime, an elite army, with only one purpose, to eradicate the Jiangdong Sun clan. Zhao Shu once asked him about his grudge with the Sun family, but Yan Peng talked about him left and right and refused to say it clearly. However, from his surname, Zhao Shu can also guess one and two. Back then, Sun Ce borrowed troops to pacify Jiangdong, and there were powerful Yan Bohu brothers who raised troops to resist, and the soldiers were defeated and died, which is probably related to Yan Peng.

Zhao Shu's injuries were under Yan Pengmiao's hands, and he gradually improved, and he could basically stay and walk by himself. On the same day, the wine was celebrated, and only Yan Peng and Huan Yi were summoned to come. Although Yan Peng is not a military and martial artist, he is good at calculation, and he also knows Zhao Shu's intentions very well. ”

Zhao Shu smiled faintly, and showed his expression, and asked, "What do you two think?" Huan Yi glanced at Zhao Shu and replied: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no way back." Yan Peng also said: "The matter should be sooner rather than later, and I am afraid that it will change later." ”

Since they all spoke like this, Zhao Shu also nodded, and slowly said what he thought in his heart: "After seizing the authority of Shu Han, I naturally have to prepare to enter Chengdu, and the large group of rotten Confucians in Chengdu and I are friends and enemies, and I can't tell whether they are friends or enemies." After all, Liu Bei is the founder of the country, his prestige is still there, and when he raises his arms, he will inevitably gather louders, although these people do not have military power in their hands, but I can't replace all the officials of the entire court with new blood? So for the sake of safety, when you enter Chengdu, it is best to bring back not Liu Bei himself, but a coffin. ”