Before dawn on the second day, Liu Bei and the others had already gotten up from the guest house where they were staying.

Now that Gao Shun's affairs in Muye have been concluded, several people plan to go to visit Li Ping, who they met on the road, and then leave to return to Chaoge.

Although Gao Shun has not been captured on this trip, he may have a drink with Gao Shun, and there will be a lot more opportunities to gather this trapped general in the future.

There happened to be a market near today, and the three of them went to buy some gifts, and before entering the market, they said that they would buy less, and the gifts were light and affectionate.

It's just that when they really arrived in the city and spent the money, the three of them were more generous than the other.

In the end, the three of them got together and piled up the gifts they bought, only to find that friendship is heavier than gifts.

Rubbing his cheeks vigorously, Liu Bei smiled: "If you don't remove dozens of jars of his good wine from Old Man Li this time, I'm sorry for the amount of money we spent." ”

Guan Yu and Gao Shun also smiled.

The three of them had a good impression of Li Ping, otherwise they wouldn't have bought so many gifts.

Who can not admire an old man who joined the army when he was a teenager and worked in business in his later years, who can not only talk loudly, but also mix in the market, and treat his granddaughter as a treasure?

The three of them each carried their gifts and went straight to the old man's house.

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"Are you going to Li Ping's house?"

A pedestrian who was pulled by them to ask for directions talked about Li Ping, but he was usually wary.

"Don't you know about the affairs of the Li Ping family?" The man asked rhetorically.

Liu Bei's expression moved, and he shook his head, "We are Li Ping's old friends, and we just came from Chaoge today, so I really don't know what happened to Li Ping's family." ”

"Ugh." The man stared at the three of them for a while, and saw that they didn't seem to be fake, so he continued: "Since you are Muye who came yesterday, you must not know that there was a big man in our county a few days ago. ”

"Are you talking about the son of the Sima family in Wen County?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"Hey, Sima family? If it's Sima's family, it's good. The Sima family is indeed a rare big man in Hanoi, but at least it makes some sense. This adult who came here didn't make any sense. The man sighed, "I wonder if you've ever heard of Zhongchang Waiter?" ”

Liu Bei nodded, "Now the trustworthy people around Your Majesty have naturally heard of it." ”

"This Jian Shuo has a cousin, who relies on his cousin's power to oppress the township on weekdays, and does all kinds of evil. A few days ago, I came to our township, but I took a fancy to the granddaughter of the old Li family. The man shook his head and sighed.

He suddenly felt a chill all over, and found that the three men opposite him were staring at him.

"So?" Liu Bei's tone became cold, making people shudder.

Behind him, Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, although Gao Shun's expression remained unchanged, his fists carrying the gift were already clenched.

"At that time, Lao Li had not yet returned, and his granddaughter was the only one at home, how could he deal with it? Besides, even if Lao Li is here, what can he do? At that time, many people in the group wanted to help, but there were many swordsmen around him, and even if he didn't have a swordsman by his side, no one dared to touch him just because of his uncle's name. The man sighed again.

Liu Bei's tone became more and more gloomy, "So? ”

"Lao Li's granddaughter was naturally taken away by them." The man was silent for a moment, "It's just that when I went, I was a big living person, but when I came back, I was covered with a white cloth." ”

"I heard that Lao Li went to the county government to find justice after returning home yesterday, but he was beaten back by the county magistrate." The man looked bitter, "Today he went to Sima's house again, wanting to find a family for the Ma family to be the master for him, but I heard that the Sima family avoided it." Come to think of it, who wants to get into such big trouble. ”

After the man finished speaking, he found that the three people opposite had not spoken for a long time.

With a "bang", Liu Bei threw the gift in his hand to the ground, grabbed the person's clothes with one hand, and dragged the person directly half a step off the ground.

There was murder in his eyes, as if there was a fierce tiger hidden in his eyes, waiting to be devoured.

"Take me to Li's house."

Guan Yu behind him was silent, he had never seen such a murderous brother.

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In a house, there is a new grave.

In front of the grave, there were a lot of old people's self-brewed wines, and he poured them one after another, spilling them on the grave.

The old man knelt in front of the grave, silent.

He hated the ball, and he hated himself even more for the delay in returning.

Li Ping picked up the wine jar and took a sip, which affected yesterday's injury, and he couldn't stop coughing.

After all, he is not a teenager, if it was back then, he would have picked up a knife to find the ball. Now that he is a lonely person, what if the power of Jian Shuo is great? He only had one life left.

It's a pity that now his own body is weak and weak, and he can't even defeat the errand soldiers in the county government yesterday.

Battered and dead, he knew he wouldn't last long.

Liu Bei and a few people came behind him, no one spoke, just watched the old man in front of the grave toast and drink alone.

The old man's gray hair had turned white by this time.

Last night the east wind, the night white.

"Ahem, is Liu Jun here?" The old man never turned his head, his voice was hoarse, "The old man can't help it, I'm afraid the marriage I talked about yesterday won't happen." ”

Liu Bei didn't turn his head and rubbed his cheeks vigorously.

Gao Shun and Guan Yu also turned around separately.

Who wanted to laugh yesterday, but today it sounds so sad.

Liu Bei took a few steps forward and knelt beside the old man, "Old Li mourns." ”

"Condolences?" Li Ping reluctantly tugged at the corners of his mouth, "I thought that I would be the first to go in the future, but I don't want to be a white-haired person sending a black-haired person now, it's ridiculous to think about it." ”

But Liu Jun doesn't have to be sad about the old man's affairs. The old man was going down to see her soon, and he couldn't wait. She is still young now, what if she is bullied by others below? ”

Liu Bei turned his head to look at the old man, he hadn't seen him for a day, and he already had a bit of death on his face.

"The reason I've held out until now is because I know you're coming. The Jian family is powerful, and I don't ask you to help me take revenge, for the sake of my family's affairs, there is no reason to let you take your life. ”

The old man coughed a few times, "It's just that after I die, I hope that Liu Jun can bury me next to my granddaughter's grave, and there is the wine I buried back then, just under that mulberry tree, and the secret recipe for winemaking was also buried under me." When I die, Liu Jun can take it out. ”

"You and I fall in love, the secret recipe falls into your hands, and I feel at ease."

The old man picked up a jar of wine on the ground and handed it to Liu Bei, "Old man, I only have two wishes in the second half of my life, one is to hope that my granddaughter can find a good family and live a peaceful life." The other is that I hope to meet Captain Duan back then and tell him that I am still fine. It's just that now it seems that it can't be done. Liu Jun is a person who does great things, if you go to Luoyang in the future and see Captain Duan, don't forget to say hello for me. ”

Liu Bei didn't say anything, just nodded.

The old man's voice became weaker and weaker, "When death is coming, it is inevitable that there will be more words, Liu Jun doesn't want to think I'm noisy, let's have a drink?" ”

Liu Bei raised the wine jar and held it alone in the air for a long time.

The old man on the side was silent.

He hung his head, already asleep.

When a person dies, he sleeps.

Liu Bei put the wine jar to his mouth and poured it hard, most of which spilled on his chest.

The wind blows the leaves and falls, drifting away with the wind.

The mulberry trees planted by the old man in the past are now covered with a pavilion.