The place where Liu Chan's "coffin" was laid is located in the south of the White Emperor City, and it is a magnificent palace.

It is separated from the city by a high wall, which is made of four fingers thick bricks.

Fuwailian connects all the main roads in the city, because of the special identity of the mourners, the four ten-zhang high guard towers in the four corners are monitored by guards at all times, and the guards responsible for dispatching these guards are the generals of Shu Han, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong.

At this moment, in the middle of the night, the entire palace was like a dormant beast.

Huge tiredness, as if enveloped in it... Many of the ministers and generals who were guarding Liu Chan's spirit in the mourning hall had already fallen asleep... No matter how bad it is, he also moves his head to the side, closes his eyes and pretends to sleep.

In fact, the dead can't see so many people guarding the spirits, but these civil and military generals always have to do something for the living to see.

People are sophisticated, and so have they been since ancient times.

But even so, after a few days of riding a horse, his body and bones are about to fall apart.

Now when I come, I keep vigil... Even if the body and bones can bear it, the spirit is already sluggish.

Liu Chan tiptoed to the back door of the mourning hall, and he already heard the sound of "huhu" snoring while sleeping.

He quietly poked his head out to look inside, and sure enough, all the ordinary and fierce Wenchen generals were now like wilted cucumbers.

He whispered the names one by one and counted them carefully, "Li Yan, Huang Quan, Liu Feng, Wu Yi, Ma Yan, Yang Yi... Brother Zhang Bao is also here..."

There are indeed many people who come to guard Liu Chan's spirit...

Much more!

The more people there are, the more sure Liu Chan is.

- "Everything is planned! Master, just see how I find out who is behind the scenes..."

Thinking of this, Liu Chan's little follower Yu Feng came, Liu Chan saw him and couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" Can the big fish show its feet? ”

Liu Chan deliberately lowered his voice, but it was difficult to hide his excitement between words.

It's just that in stark contrast to Liu Chan's excitement is Yu Feng's gloomy expression, "No... No... Nothing! ”

Yes...

Yes...

At this time, Liu Chan was taken aback, and he asked Yu Feng again in a bit of astonishment, "What did you say?" How could there not be? The few people I'm letting you focus on... They... They..."

Without waiting for Liu Chan to speak, Yu Feng looked innocent, "I... I stared at it, Li Yan and Liu Feng have been asleep since nightfall, where is there a little excitement and nervousness, but Wu Yi only slept a little later, as if she had some thoughts, but I heard that her sister was pregnant with your father's heir recently, so ... Wu Yi thinks more... Seem... It seems to make sense, and the others... More... After hanging the letter, he knelt on the ground and fell asleep... Completely... It's not at all what Childe thinks... No one was so nervous or excited that they couldn't sleep, and everyone was so tired that no one even woke up halfway through..."

This...

It was only at this time that Liu Chan suddenly realized something, cheated to death, and lured the snake out of the hole...

This kind of Yunqi master played a bad trick, he Liu Chan thought that he could do it, but in fact he was wrong.

Master Yunqi is because it is Master Yunqi, compared to Master Yunqi, he Liu Chan is far behind!

The reality is so cruel...

The same game, completely different effects, Liu Chan's enthusiasm... Now it's been poured with a basin of cold water... This briefly left him in a state of confusion.

For a moment, a sentence appeared in front of Liu Chan's eyes:

- I'm a lonely man!

- Is it good to cheat to death? I'm really ashamed of Master Yunqi!

- But where am I missing? Is it being seen?

Here, Liu Chan fell into deep self-doubt...

Over there... The moon is in the eyebrows, Liu Feng, the mastermind behind the scenes at this moment, where can he sleep?

The ancients all believed in ghosts and gods, and it was obvious that he sent someone to kill Liu Chan, but now in front of such a coffin, he was very frightened...

Will Liu Chan, who turned into a ghost, stretch out his hands and strangle him to death after knowing the truth of all this.

Probably not, that's his cowardly, weak brother!

He couldn't sleep left and right, he wanted to open his eyes and glance at the coffin, the best way to face fear was to face it, but... The eyelids have just been stirred.

The subtle sound of "dong dong" came from the floor, and it turned out that someone on Liu Feng's side was pulling the bluestone floor.

Liu Feng knew that it was Ma Yan... can always observe his every move in a state of false sleep, and remind him from time to time except Ma Yan, who else can there be?

It was precisely because of Ma Tan's reminder that he pulled the slate that Liu Feng suddenly remembered the past, on the way to the White Emperor City, in the carriage, Ma Jian made a meticulous and meticulous analysis.

At that time, Ma Jian first mentioned that "the heart of defense is indispensable...", and then swore an oath of blood to the heavens and the earth... After he recognized Liu Feng as the master, he asked Liu Feng everything about the assassination.

Liu Feng concealed everything and told all the details of the assassination.

Not to mention this detail, Ma Jian immediately sensed that something was wrong, because in this assassination operation, there was a huge loophole, or Zhao Yun made a huge mistake, that was the assassin!

In the end, one assassin survived, but Zhao Yun did not capture it and take it to the White Emperor City to be handed over to Liu Bei for interrogation, but instead stayed in the place lightly, and the local government went to the local government for severe interrogation.

That's a very strange thing.

Ma Jian told Liu Feng his thoughts, and Liu Feng asked curiously: "What's weird?" ”

"If you are Zhao Zilong..."Ma Tan opened his mouth seriously, "so... If you let the assassin successfully assassinate Childe, how can you not use the murderer as a justification? Not only must the assassin be handed over to the lord, even if he is dead! It must be interrogated by the lord himself, so... in order to clear their suspicions! ”

This... Ma Yan's words were a word for Liu Feng to wake up the dreamer.

Only then did he realize that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.

This is the sense of déjà vu that you will fall into the abyss of no return!

Then again...

As one of the five constants of the Ma family, the only one accepted by Zhuge Liang as a disciple, he is a talent cultivated by his own birth and successor, he does have some real talents, and he is also one of the few people in the Three Kingdoms who understands people's hearts and is good at peeping into people's hearts.

Call...

Call...

After Liu Feng's repeated exhalations, he grabbed Ma Yan's hand, "What do you mean?" Then Liu Chan may have cheated to death... It is possible that this assassination was not successful at all! ”

"Yes, but I'm not sure." Ma Jian held his head high, showing his always proud aura as always, "That's why I said that the heart of defense is indispensable..."

"That's... So what should I do! Liu Feng panicked for a while.

Ma Tan was calm, "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover, the first thing that is urgent is not to show the slightest horse foot in the process of hanging the letter, such as... Vigil—"

So, Ma Jian worked out a perfect vigil strategy for Liu Feng, the first step of which was to go with the flow, what others do, they will do, do not exceed the etiquette system, do not take the lead, do not rush in...

- Wait and see! Watch for change!

It is precisely because of this that in the whole process of hanging the letter, Liu Feng did not cry particularly miserably because of his brother's identity;

did not participate in presiding over the entire condolence letter because of Liu Bei's identity as a son;

Under Ma Tan's constant reminder, he carefully and cautiously grasped his own proportions, and even when it came to the vigil that spontaneously stayed, Liu Feng also stayed with everyone, and when he saw everyone sleeping, he also made a sleeping appearance.

He seemed to use his own actions to lightly dispel the biggest suspicion caused by his "embarrassing identity".

Rather...

The calm of the night made Liu Feng relax his vigilance a little, but fortunately, Ma Jian knelt beside him, reminding him all the time that this time was the same.

- "Whew..."

With a heavy exhalation in his heart, Liu Feng was uncomfortable, he was still pretending to be asleep, but this kind of fake sleep was extremely painful... He couldn't help but think.

- "There's no movement now, could it be that I'm thinking too much, there won't be any movement in the first place."

Liu Feng just thought of this...

"Childe, you..."

First there was a crisp sound, then a "poof", and one of the slaves fell directly to the ground. "Childe, you... You... Aren't you in a coffin? Ghost... What the hell..."

It seems that there is always a moment of dawn in the hazy moonlight, and the slaves who have changed shifts are coming, and they see Liu Chan standing outside the back door... A long sigh on his face.

He didn't feel anything at first, but then he suddenly realized that Liu Chan... Pander to... Ah Dou Gongzi, he, what is he in the coffin?

The one in front of you... This is... Ghost?

Immediately, the servant cried out of fear.

- "Oh no!"

Liu Chan patted his head and muttered in his heart, just asking Uncle Zilong to explain to the servants of that class, but he forgot that there was a shift change.

So... Isn't that a leak?

However, it doesn't seem to matter, because his plan didn't reveal who was behind it...

"Childe... A living son? ”

"You... Are you Adou? ”

"Can you hear us?"

The more and more people around Liu Chan belonged, there was a lot of discussion and uproar, and Liu Chan only felt that his ears were about to explode...

"Alright, alright, alright..."Liu Chanhou shouted anxiously, "Don't talk... Stop talking..."

At this point, the surroundings fell silent.

It was only at this time that Liu Chanfang sighed, "I was just joking with you, I wanted to see which uncle really cared about me, but I never thought about it... So many uncles care about me... Adou is rejoicing in his heart, rejoicing! ”

What else can I say...

Liu Chan knew that he had messed up this matter.

It was only at this time that Liu Chan realized what Guan Lin taught him - "The paper is shallow, and you must bow to it"...

To become a person like Master Yunqi and make a contribution like Master Yunqi, it is easier said than done...

Easier said than done—

Thinking so in his heart, Liu Chan showed an optimistic side on the surface, "Hahahaha... Hahahaha..."He smirked.

However, after listening to Liu Chan's unbelievable explanation, a group of Wenchen generals looked at each other one by one, although they didn't say it, there were undoubtedly two words in their hearts - absurd!

Only Ma Jian and Liu Feng, they didn't come over...

Liu Feng felt a little afraid, his whole back was cold, Ma Jian squinted, and whispered to Liu Feng: "Childe, how... I'm right, it's a step on thin ice! ”

Liu Feng looked back at Ma Jian with infinite approval, "I have you like a fish in water... You're my Zhuge Kongming—"

…

Like a fish in water, this idiom.

The real two protagonists, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, are now discussing something in a wing room of this palace.

Liu Bei would not hide this kind of thing from Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the good friend Fazheng was not in the White Emperor City, Liu Bei was worried about his body, so he ordered him to stay in Shuzhong to guard.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei is the only person he can consult, Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming thinks that Adou can do this?"

"Just talk about the matter..."Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan lightly and shook his head to make his point clear, "The matter of cheating death is far from being so simple, Adou's heart and Zilong's uprightness are also doomed... This fraud will only be a cat and a tiger, a toddler in Handan, and some clues will be spied on by the real mastermind behind the scenes, so naturally it will not be a problem..."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang's feather fan stopped, and he began to praise Liu Chan: "However, Adou can think of this step, which is already impressive, and it is enough to prove that he has thought and grown, this is something that the lord and I like to see, not to mention, what Adou said makes sense, the enemy is in the light, he is in the dark, but it is easier to find out the truth!" This right is also used as a one-time experience for Adou! ”

Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei thought so.

That's when it happened.

"My lord, my lord..."

It's Zhao Yun.

"Zilong come in..."Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were quite enthusiastic about Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun hurriedly reported, "Gongzi was discovered by someone at the back door of the palace, and the matter of Gongzi's fraudulent death leaked..."

Not...

Zhao Yun's words made Liu Bei slightly surprised.

- "So fast?"

Liu Bei's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly asked, "Then Adou can find out the person behind the scenes?" ”

"Nope!" Zhao Yun shook his head, "I have sent someone to observe secretly, and no one can't sleep because of excitement and worry. ”

With Zhao Yun's words, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, as if through their eyes, they had already completed an exchange...

- "Sure enough!"

"If you don't find it, maybe it's not a person from Shuzhong? Whatever... Zilong is also tired from a long distance, let's go down and rest first..."Liu Bei instructed Zhao Yun with concern.

Zhao Yun was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly turned around and reported again: "The last general saw Childe, and Childe said that he leaked something, so... will make the people behind the scenes jealous, so that they will shoot again, and the son will make a bold statement, and the next time he must find out the black hand behind the scenes. ”

This...

Not to mention, Zhao Yun's last words made Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang feel agitated in their hearts.

Even the same thought was born at the same time.

- "Adou has changed! It's getting stronger!'

To be strong, it's important ...

Because everyone is not born strong, but those who are born strong are destined to become strong, which is what Liu Chan lacked the most in the past.

I never thought that I would go to Jingzhou once... An apprenticeship under a rush to the doctor... Even the most worrying big difficulty of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang has been solved.

"Stomble—"

Follow Zhao Yun's footsteps and walk away.

"Haha..."

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang laughed in unison.

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard, "The degree of Adou's refinement is really incredible..."

Liu Bei was embarrassed to praise his son, his eyes were certain, and he continued to throw out a new question: "Kong Ming, who do you think will be the one who assassinated Adou this time?" ”

"It depends on who is in the best interest!" Zhuge Liang fell into a deep groan slightly.

Liu Bei also thought for a while, and then opened his mouth, "If it's really a benefit, it can only be... Wu Yi, Liu..."

Liu Bei wanted to say that it was Wu Yi and Liu Feng.

Wu Yi is because after Sun Shangxiang left, Wu Yi's sister took the throne, and now she is pregnant with Liu Bei's heir, and after getting rid of Liu Chan, she will be Liu Bei's only biological son.

As for Liu Feng, it was in the years of Jingzhou, Liu Bei was suffering from having no children, and in addition to being frustrated, he put forward the importance of Liu Feng in and out of his words.

Maybe... Liu Bei is hopeless, talk about comfort, the speaker is unintentional, but he can't stand the listener's intention!

It's just that...

Liu Feng's word "seal" has not yet blurted out, Zhuge Liang intercepted his words first, "If the lord continues to talk about it, it is a matter of storage, this is the lord's family matter, the lord can say that it is a minister, but it is reasonable, the minister should not listen... These things are decided by the Lord alone... No matter who it is, Ryo will wholeheartedly assist. ”

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang got up and solemnly bowed to Liu Bei.

His relationship with Liu Bei is like that of a teacher and a disciple, without reservation, pouring out his money to teach...

But he always remembered each other's identities, and never missed Liu Bei's etiquette and Han etiquette.

- Family affairs are family affairs, and outsiders participating in the family affairs of the lord are against the way of the courtiers and the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.

Of course, that's what I say, but in this world... Can you be as dedicated to the public as Zhuge Kongming? How many people are there?

At this time, Yang Yi rushed into this room...

"Strategist... Oh, and the lord is too..."

When Yang Yi saw Liu Bei, she seemed to be surprised, and hurriedly presented the battle report she had just received.

“… The Lujiang River has been breached, the mouth of the Xuxu River has also been breached, and Mi Fang has led the Mijia army and the Guanjia army to march towards Eastern Wu. ”

With Yang Yi's words, he blurted out...

Liu Bei had already read the battle report and immediately handed it to Zhuge Liang, who also swept it at a glance.

He was a little surprised. "After Yun Chang was replaced, was it so easy for this Lujiang to attack?"

"Lujiang surrendered the city!" Yang Yi hurriedly explained, "The wet beard is a rout after resistance... Today, Jingzhou has been able to touch the Soochow... Soochow is not far from destruction—"

Because of happiness, Yang Yi's voice was quite agitated...

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang also smiled in unison.

The two looked at each other as if to say:

- "This Guan Yunqi? How many more surprises can it bring to Bashu?"

…

…

At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood.

Wild ducks hovered around their whiskers, and the terrible crow chirped and the "crackling" sound of the flames burning the harbor made the place even more dilapidated.

Who knows, just a few days ago, this was still the fortress of the Wu army, and it was the place of heroes who had blocked the southward movement of Cao Wei soldiers and horses in Huainan countless times, and countless heroic mounds were buried here.

But now, in addition to the dilapidation, the banner symbolizing Soochow has all fallen to the ground and been trampled on arbitrarily... Gradually, the banner of the word "Mi" began to be raised high.

This place has been occupied by Mi Fang.

"Kill—"

"Recapture the Wet Beard—"

At this moment, three warships docked, followed by thousands of Wu soldiers bravely slaughtered the Mijia troops stationed on the position.

And in response to them, it was naturally the Mijia army's ten thousand arrows.

It's just that...

The Mijia army with crossbows and crossbows, this time's archery is incredible... It's just not allowed, even... Not a single arrow was missed.

But on the contrary, the Wu army's bravery... The armor on their chests somehow turned red, and then fell down one by one.

And then, a couple more ships went ashore ...

Hundreds of Wu troops rushed bravely to recapture the beard, but they encountered "inaccurate" arrows and... The soldiers of the Wu army who fell down with red patches on their chests.

Originally...

It's all acting here, and it's for Cao Wei and Dongwu's secret agents to see.

What is shown is that the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu Zhou Xun are fearless, even if they have lost their beards, they can counterattack countless times, countless sacrifices, but they are still counterattacking, sacrificing...

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief—"

"Take back the beard, take back the beard—"

The scene is becoming more and more grandiose and realistic.

Even Zhou Xun personally participated in it, and there was countless blood on his armor, but this blood was not his blood, to be exact... This is not human blood at all, it is pig blood!

"The wet beard is here, I am here, the wet beard is dead, I am dead every week... The father is above, and the child follows you—"

As he spoke, Zhou Xun charged hard...

Of course, the arrows that perfectly avoid them do not provide the slightest threat.

"General, withdraw..."

Finally, a small boat from Jianye also arrived here, and under the command of the clerk on the ship, a deputy general took Zhou Xunhuo back.

Zhou Xun looked at these generals and roared angrily, "What are you tying me up for? Follow me to reclaim the beard... People are here! ”

His voice was as high-pitched as ever...

It's just that, by this time... The voice was already extremely hoarse.

"Alas..."The scribe shook his head helplessly, he walked in front of Zhou Xun, "General Zhou... Wu Hou sent me to send you back... Wu Hou heard that the general had repeatedly seized the village, regardless of life and death, and sighed that the general was loyal and courageous, and the rainbow ran through the sun... I was ordered to tie up... I've got to tie the general back—"

"I don't want to go back..."Zhou Xun rushed out of a lieutenant general's blockade as if crazy, and went to the battlefield like those of his fellow brothers...

The scribe spoke: "Dongwu can no longer be loyal to the ministers, and the generals of Lao will bring this week on the ship... Remove... Withdraw—"

Here, this "tacit understanding" performance of "talking but not doing" finally ended with Zhou Xun being forcibly taken away.

Over there, Mi Fang stood on a dilapidated high place in this wet beard mouth, witnessing the evacuation of the Soochow naval army...

Guan Ping beside him is still upright. "Does the general want to chase? If you don't chase it, you'll run away..."

Mi Fang pursed her mouth and said with emotion: "What you want is for them to run away and chase after you-"

Belch...

Guan Pingden understood, acting... Then, Guan Ping was still thinking about scuttling the ships sent by Sun Quan.

At this time, Mi Fang gently stroked his beard, as if he suddenly thought of something, "Pass on my military order, the navy army must be ready for battle, it doesn't matter if Eastern Wu is in battle, but the movements of the Wei army must be closely watched!" ”

"In addition... Rest for a few days first, and then take Koto! ”

In fact, there is another layer of interpretation for this last word:

"It's finally time to get rich, Koto... So much land, I'm waiting for you very hard—'

…

… (End of chapter)