When Zhao Shu arrived in Wuling, he stayed awake, drank the medicinal soup prescribed by the doctor, and seemed to sleep more sweetly. Although Xiao Ben was very tired, he didn't dare to leave to rest, and arranged the twelve generals in various places around the room. These twelve generals have followed Zhao Shu for many years, their loyalty is commendable, and their martial arts are not weak, but they are on Guan Ping's territory. There are only twelve people, and it hardly plays a role. Xiao Ben did his best to arrange, but he just did his best, so he couldn't sit still.

"Stop." Xiao Ben heard movement outside, hurried to the outside of the room, and saw the three generals who were in charge of guarding the front door were lined up in front of Guan Ping. And Guan Ping was actually alone, without any guards behind him. Xiao Ben's heart suddenly had a sharp thought, why not take advantage of Guan Ping's solitary situation and combine the strength of thirteen people to capture him to ensure Zhao Shu's safety? Before the idea was decided, he listened to Guan Ping and said: "General Ben has something to see the general, you get out of the way." ”

The three generals were not allowed to be ordered by Xiao Ben, so they naturally refused to give in. Guan Ping was slightly annoyed, and when he saw Xiao Ben approaching, he said, "Xiao Guard, this general wants to see the general." Xiao Ben glanced at Guan Ping before slowly replying: "If you want to see the general, you need to untie your sword first." "The courtier Jin only wanted to stomp to the sword when he saw the emperor, and Guan Ping wanted to see Zhao Shu, so there was no need for this. And this is Guan Ping's mansion, Xiao Ben said such an impudent condition, that is, he wanted to provoke Guan Ping and fight.

Guan Ping's face really changed drastically, his fists were clenched, and seeing that the two of them were about to make a move, the three generals also held the hilts of their swords, ready to besiege him. After Guan Ping's face changed several times, he really took off the saber honestly, handed it to Xiao Ben and said, "Maybe I go to see the general now?" Xiao Ben never expected that Guan Ping would agree to his rude request, he was slightly surprised, and feared that he would be deceitful, so he carefully took the other party's sword. Seeing Guan Ping's slightest movement, Xiao Ben suddenly turned his wrist over his wrist, and swept the sword and slashed straight at Guan Ping's throat. Although the sword was in the sheath, with Xiao Ben's strength, if this sword was cut solidly, Guan Ping would have to be killed on the spot.

Guan Ping woke up from a nightmare in the room, not knowing that the dream was a mistake he had done, and he felt guilty in his heart. It was really Guan Yu and others who were uneasy under the spring, and warned themselves in a dream, so they thought about it again and again and decided to return Guan Tong to the Guan family tree. It was because he was in a hurry to see Zhao Shu to discuss, so he swallowed his anger at Xiao Ben. didn't want Xiao Ben to suddenly become such a killer, Guan Ping was furious and shouted: "The thief is bold. Hurriedly leaped backwards to dodge the fatal blow.

Xiao Ben knew that Guan Ping's martial arts were far above him, and he expected that the sneak attack would not succeed, but he left a few moves behind. When Guan Ping retreated, he continued to rush forward, shouting: "Brothers shoulder to shoulder, take Guan Ping first." The three generals next to him drew their swords to surround Guan Ping, and the surrounding generals heard the movement and rushed over to join one after another.

Guan Ping was careless for a while, lost the opportunity, and was besieged by several people, Rao is martial arts were superior to others, and it was difficult to recover the decline in a moment, and after a few moves, he retreated again and again. Xiao Ben knew that he and the others were in the tiger's den in Longtan, if Guan Ping could not be captured this time, not only would the lives of everyone present be in danger, but Zhao Shu in the room would also be spared. So the moves were ruthless, and the sword blade did not leave the key points of Guan Ping.

The crowd was slaughtering each other, but someone shouted, "Stop." "The voice was very weak, but it was very majestic. Xiao Ben blinked an eye, and saw that Zhao Shu didn't know when to get up, and stood against the door at this moment, glaring at himself, so he had to put away his sword and retreat. Guan Ping was resentful in his heart, but he thought about the things in his dream, and when he saw that Xiao Ben and the others were no longer attacking, he stopped moving, just snorted heavily, and looked at Zhao Shu coldly.

After Zhao Shu woke up in bed, he didn't know that he had arrived in Wuling, and after calling Xiao Ben a few times, no one answered, and he heard the sound of fighting outside, so he reluctantly got up to investigate. But he never thought that it would be Xiao Ben who was leading people to surround Guan Ping, Zhao Shu rushed to Wuling with illness this time just to get rid of his previous suspicions with Guan Ping, which Xiao Ben couldn't understand his mind, so he shouted to stop. shouted hard, and then felt dizzy and crumbling, so he had to hold on to the door and wall, and stood reluctantly, wanting to scold Xiao Ben a few more words but couldn't.

Seeing Zhao Shu like this, Xiao Ben knew that his body was weak, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and said, "My subordinates disturbed the general's rest, and asked the general to forgive him." Zhao Shu saw that the sword at his waist was still there, but there was a sword in his hand, although he didn't know the whole story, he expected that Xiao Ben had snatched Guan Ping's weapon, so he reached out and took it.

Even on weekdays, Zhao Shu's sword hanging from his waist felt quite heavy, let alone at this moment? After receiving it, Zhao Shu almost missed the ground. But Guan Ping was in front, the anger on his face was particularly there, Zhao Shu could only grit his teeth and insist, holding the sword in both hands, stepped forward step by step, and said: "My majesty is not strict, offending the general, please bear with the general." ”

Guan Ping saw Zhao Shu like this, and also felt that there was a step to go down, so he didn't say more, stretched out his hand to take it, returned it to his waist, and said, "I have something to discuss with the general, I don't know if I can go inside to discuss it in detail?" This remark hit Zhao Shu's heart, and he immediately retreated sideways, and said, "General, please." Guan Ping also said humbly: "The general's position is in front, the general, please." Zhao Shu suddenly said: "The eldest brother is old, the eldest brother will invite first." Zhao Shu hadn't called Guan Ping that way for many years, but at this moment he shouted extremely naturally and sincerely. Guan Ping's heart was also slightly touched, and he stared at Zhao Shu for a moment before he sighed and walked forward.

In front of the door, after Guan Ping and Zhao Shu entered, Zhao Shunai ordered Xiao Ben and others to stay outside and not to follow. Although Xiao Ben was worried about Zhao Shu's safety, he couldn't disobey his orders, so he had to lead people to guard the door and listen carefully to the movements in the room, but if there was anything wrong, he wanted to break in.

Let's talk about Zhao Shu and Guan Ping, but they don't know where to start. The two have known each other for 20 years, from knowing a confidant, from a confidant to worshipping, from worshipping but gradually becoming unfamiliar, to this step. Zhao Shu was sick and sat for a long time, so he occasionally coughed a few times. Guan Ping saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but think of Liao Hua's words. This situation and this scene will definitely not be Zhao Shu pretending, if he really came with a serious illness, it shows his sincerity.

And Zhao Shu finally wanted to keep Guan Ping and continue to play for Shu Han. After the contradiction with Wei Yan became more and more obvious, Zhao Shu always felt that his subordinates were rare talents, and the generals who could compete with Wei Yan in the future, who would be Pingguan? So he spoke first and said, "Big brother......"

As soon as these two words came out, Guan Ping interrupted and said, "The general is called like this, and the last general can't afford it." Zhao Shu saw that Guan Ping's face was cold, and he knew that the estrangement of many years would not be able to disappear in this moment, so he changed his tone and said: "General Liao came to Hanzhong with a letter from the general to ask for his resignation, is this really the general's original intention?" ”

Why did Guan Ping want to leave the army? It's just that the situation is like this, and I have to answer: "It is indeed the original intention of a certain one, and the general is too careful." Zhao Shu stared at Guan Ping again and said, "If I remember well, the general's ambition should be to dominate the world and gallop across the field." Now that Fang is in the prime of life of tigers and wolves, why do you have to learn from the ancients and return to the countryside? ”

Guan Ping has been fighting with his father since he was a teenager, and he is an example of his father Guan Yu, who often has the ambition of leveling the world, making meritorious contributions, and leaving a good name for thousands of years. At this moment, he was forced to give up his career as a horseman, and he was also unwilling, so he said: "The court ministers are in charge, covering the sky with one hand, this is not a certain wish, and when will I have to hear." ”

Although the words were not very clear, the word "power minister" belonged to Zhao Shu. Zhao Shu had no choice but to sigh and say, "Being in a high position, it is inevitable that you will be slandered by the world. I have been with the emperor for 20 years, and how many achievements have I made, but in exchange for the suspicion of two generations of kings and princes? Can the general imagine that I have committed any usurpation since I was in power? ”

Guan Ping didn't think about it, and replied casually: "Isn't it not considered to lead troops to violate the ban and force the queen to death?" When he said a word, he saw Zhao Shu looking at him in a daze, and he suddenly felt speechless, and he wanted to change his words, but he couldn't. Zhao Shuzheng was waiting for his words, and couldn't help but say: "The matter of Empress Zhang, the general should know much more in his heart than me." The loyalty of the general and Zhang Shao, I really admire it tightly, but it's a pity that Empress Zhang and An Guo ......"

"Shut up." This said Guan Ping's sore spot, and without waiting for Zhao Shu to speak, he shouted to stop. As soon as he stepped forward and took a step, he saw that the door was slammed open by Xiao Ben, and said, "Hugh is rude." Then he quickly grabbed in front of Zhao Shu and intercepted Guan Ping. From the time he heard the news of Guan Xing's death, Guan Ping blamed himself deeply all the time, and now that he was reminded of Zhao Shu's old words, he was naturally angry in his heart, and slammed his fist on the wooden table next to him, only smashing the case into several small pieces, and he didn't know whether he was hating Zhao Shu or hating himself.

Zhao Shu patted Xiao Ben's shoulder and motioned for him to withdraw first, before slowly walking in front of Guan Ping and said, "Big brother, you and I have been fighting for many years, but the result is just the loss of relatives." If you and I join hands, we will be able to dominate the world, so as to live up to the trust of Anguo on his deathbed. Referring to Guan Xing's words when he was dying, Guan Ping also seemed to be moved, and said in a low voice: "It is precisely according to Anguo's words that he does not want to be your enemy anymore, so he will return the right to seal and hand over the power, but if he is allowed to usurp power and bully the lord with you, he will never be able to." ”

Zhao Shu listened to his loose tone, so he took a golden seal, and didn't say anything, just handed it to Guan Ping. Guan Ping only said that Zhao Shu returned the Hou seal, and was hesitating to take it, but he saw that the words "Marquis of Hanjiangling" were engraved under the gold seal, and he couldn't help but say: "General, this, what does this mean?" ”

Zhao Shu smiled indifferently: "The two generations of the Guan family have high merit, and they should be promoted." Now that the imperial court intends to go north, and Boji leads troops north, if the eldest brother can ignore the past suspicions and focus on Nanjun, he will be able to make Boji have no worries and go all out to defeat Wei. Guan Ping's hatred of Zhao Shu is also very good for seizing Jingzhou, and now Zhao Shuken asked him to re-town Jiangling, no matter what the reason is, Guan Ping is always happy in his heart, and said: "The general is so relieved?" ”

Zhao Shu understood that if he wanted Guan Ping to let go of his old hatred, he would never be able to rely on Guan Xing's few words before his death, and he had no substantial concessions. That's why he was willing to give up Nanjun, and Guo Huai led his troops north, Yu Gui and others would move to Xiangyang to supply grain and grass, and Jiangling also had to beware of the sneak attack of the so-called ally Sun Quan. Zhao Shu was also willing to do this, but he was worried that when Guo Huai was fighting, Guan Ping would not help him wholeheartedly, so he said: "Jingzhou used to be the place where the eldest brother used to be the town, and I had already intended to return it, but I was afraid that the eldest brother would not give up his previous suspicions and damage the country." Today's Boji campaign, if I can take the land of Cao Wei Nanyang, I should take Boji as the Nanyang guard, and return the whole territory of Jingzhou and my brother. Brother Wanwang puts the country's overall plan first, regardless of personal grievances. ”

Guan Ping was certainly willing in his heart, and said loudly: "Isn't the general ashamed to say this?" The Northern Expedition to Cao Wei and the struggle for the Central Plains were a major military event, and it was also the last wish of the first emperor and his father. Although a certain is not good, he has also heard the allusion of Lian Lin, and is willing to do his best for the country. Zhao Shu was overjoyed, held Guan Ping's hand, and said: "With my brother's words, big things can be helped." ”

Holding four hands, Guan Ping suddenly felt much more relaxed in his heart, such a scene seemed to have happened many years ago. In recent years, while Guan Ping has been fighting with Zhao Shu everywhere, he is always on guard against a sudden catastrophe one day. After hearing that Zhang Shaomanmen was killed, Guan Ping was even more sad, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, who were in the world of Weizhen, were actually killed. Guan Ping was also worried about the extinction of his Guan clan, and it was not until this moment that Guan Ping felt that Zhao Shu was still thinking about the old feelings and showing mercy to the Guan family everywhere. Guan Ping knew in his heart that now that Zhang Shao was dead and he was alone, he wanted to continue to ensure the reputation of the Guan family and the transmission of blood, so he could only follow Zhao Shu. It is precisely because Guan Ping has such a thought in his heart that he will have such a nightmare.

Thinking of the word "bloodline", Guan Fang remembered the matter of Guan Tong, and replied: "There is still an uninvited request, forget the general's promise." It was rare for Guan Ping to take the initiative to talk about the conditions, and Zhao Shu had no reason to allow it, and said repeatedly: "Brother, it doesn't hurt to say it." Guan Ping then said: "I really don't hide it from the general, my father did have three sons, but Guan Suo was expelled from the house a long time ago, so he no longer recognized him." Although Zhao Shu knew that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei killed each other's family members back then, it was inconvenient to explain it now, so he nodded and said: "I see, it is expected that Guan Suo is not good, and Guan Junhou has to endure the pain." After a long time, Guan Suo was addicted to alcohol and had no virtue, and it was the first emperor who retained him in a large number of positions, but he did not know how to forge ahead, so that he was killed. I can't complain about others. ”

What Guan Ping was worried about was that his ugly things would be known by others, and when he saw that Zhao Shu really didn't know, he immediately put his mind at ease, and pretended to be sorry and said: "That's right." It's just that now An Guo has unfortunately died, and there is no support under his knees, so he intends to make Guan Suo's son Guan Tong return to the sect to inherit the Guan family's bloodline, I don't know what the general wants? ”

"It's a great joy." Zhao Shu clapped his hands and said: "An Guo often has this intention in Japan, because although I raised Guan Tong in the mansion, I have never changed his name. Since my brother also has this heart, I will send Guan Tong to Jingzhou to return to the sect when I go back to Hanzhong. In this way, not only did the prince and the prince know that after comforting the Guan family, Guan Suo should also be grateful for his brother's great virtue underground. ”

Guan Ping was also very happy when he saw that Zhao Shu easily agreed, and secretly thought that he had finally failed to let Guan live up to his father's spirit in the sky, so he thanked him again and again. Zhao Shu finally calmed Guan Ping'an, and he also felt happy, even his illness felt much more relaxed. The two shook each other's hands again, thus laying the cornerstone of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.