Peng Yi, who was drunk and asleep, was unknowingly dressed as a prisoner and thrown into Chengdu Prison.

It's a very cold winter.

In Chengdu, however, it is even colder.

The prisoner's clothes were thin, and the thatch on the ground could not drive away much cold.

In addition, cockroaches and rats breed on the ground, and the excrement of the former prisoners can be seen everywhere, and there are few places to put their feet.

"Ahh

Peng Yi was woken up by freezing.

"What's the place, so cold?"

He opened his hazy eyes and looked at the dim prison, and he didn't react for a moment.

"Which one doesn't have long eyes? Dare to put your Grandpa Peng in this inferior room? ”

He snorted angrily, his brow furrowed.

In this prison, the smell was terrible.

"Someone! Someone! ”

Peng Yi's strength in wine is obviously not in the past.

The intensity of that cup of drunkenness, after drinking dozens of glasses of wine, is by no means a day to fully wake up.

"Noisy, noisy? Peng Yi, you have committed the crime of rebellion, and you will be beheaded in the near future, so you should save your efforts! ”

"What?"

The jailer's words were like a basin of cold water, which made Peng Yi's chaotic head suddenly sober up.

"What do you say? Am I guilty of treason? ”

The jailer spat and said, "The cells next to you are all held by your family members and those who collude with you. ”

"What?"

Peng Yi's complexion has completely changed.

He turned his head to look, and sure enough, in the cell next door, he found his family.

wife, concubine, and his half-height son, as well as his infant grandson.

As well as the officials who were picked up by him, there were a few barbarians in the south.

He was originally very alarmed, but when he found that there was one person missing from it, and thought of why he was drunk, he hated it in his heart, and said, "Why is General Pingxi not in the cell?" I am a rebel, but Ma Chao is also a rebel, why am I here alone and he is not there? ”

My jailer laughed coldly and said, "Peng Yi, Peng Yi, do you know why you are here?" ”

Why is it here?

Peng Yi was stunned for a moment.

"I was drunk last night and don't remember."

The jailer sneered and said, "You were captured by General Pingxi." ”

"What?"

Peng Yi's eyes widened, and he immediately thought of something, and said: "It must be that this person is afraid that I will expose him and rebel, so he wants to kill me and hurry up, it must be like this." ”

His eyes were rolling rapidly, and his face was furious.

"I have made meritorious contributions to Han China, I have shed blood for the country, you can't treat me like this, I want to see the king, I want to see the king!"

As long as he sees the king, he will definitely be able to drag Ma Chao into the water.

I die alone, so how can it be?

Huangquan Road is too lonely.

The jailer looked at Peng Yi pitifully and said, "Save your strength, General Pingxi has already seen His Royal Highness last night, so stay alive, and you can also eat and drink well, if not, there will be a period of pain." ”

With that, the jailer walked away.

Peng Yi seemed to have lost his soul, and muttered to himself: "How can this be, how can this be, isn't it just to go to the prince's mansion to eat and drink?" How did it come to this? ”

Immediately, he yelled madly and said: "Your Highness is confused by Ma Chao, he is the one who plots rebellion, I am wronged, I Peng Yi is wronged, I want to see the king, I want to see Your Highness!" ”

finally

After a quarter of an hour of screaming, only a creak was heard, and the cell door opened.

Peng Yi finally had a smile on his face.

At this quarter of an hour, his voice was about to shout hoarsely, but fortunately, the emperor lived up to his wishes.

However.

The smile on his face froze immediately after looking at the person who came.

Because there are so many people who come.

And it's all about guys in hand.

"Peng Yi, if you don't eat and drink in the toast, this prison will have to make you suffer hardships, and you will have a long memory."

As he spoke, the jailer waved his hands, and the guards immediately stepped forward and greeted them with sticks.

And they played very well.

On the face, not on the hands, on those places that cannot be seen.

Bang bang bang~

After a quarter of an hour of beating, when Peng Yi was weak even screaming, the jailer also said: "Stop, don't really beat people to death." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to look at Peng Yi and said: "You have been staying for a few days, maybe you can leave a bloodline for you, although the female dependents of the family are filled into the teaching department, there will be people who will redeem them, but if you are not interested, you will not only have to suffer, the family blood will be cut off, and you yourself will understand the fate of the female dependents." ”

Although it is now a feudal era, the slave business in Yizhou is not banned.

Since the beginning of Qin, there have been a large number of slaves in Yizhou, but these slaves are barbarians in Nanzhong, Chengdu was the largest slave trade center in East Asia at that time, and the wealth of Shuzhong is largely due to the existence of slaves.

As for becoming a slave, the end is much worse than being charged to the Church Division.

"Is that Ma Chao instructing you like this?"

The jailer just laughed and said nothing.

"No matter how much you ask, it's not good for you."

As he spoke, the jailer whistled and headed out of the cell.

He naturally accepted the benefits of Ma Chao, but it was not just the benefits of Ma Chao.

It is not just Ma Chao who wants Peng Yi to die.

Hanzhong Palace.

In the study.

Liu Bei and Liu Chan sat opposite each other.

After Liu Chan returned to Chengdu, it was the first time he came to Liu Bei's study.

This study room has not changed much from when Liu Chan arrived two years ago.

But it's not all without change.

For example, in the study, the books on those shelves are faintly covered with a layer of dust, at least recently, for three or four months, Liu Bei has not read.

In addition to the changes in the study, the people who sat in the study have also changed a lot.

Liu Chan's height is like a spring bamboo shoot, growing very fast, rubbing, compared to two years ago, he is already as tall as a human head.

The body shape is not like before, it is a thin bamboo pole, but it has become a lot stronger.

Of course

Liu Chan's change is big, and Liu Bei's change is even greater.

He was thin, two years ago, although he was thin, his complexion was still ruddy, and although his hair was raw, there were still more black hair than white hair.

Now, he was pale, without much blood, and his skin was full of wrinkles, which was formed by the sheaviness of the skin.

From time to time, coughing must be held against a handkerchief, which seems to be accompanied by coughing up blood.

"Father. Your body"

When he was in Runan, Zhuge Liang told Liu Chan that Liu Bei's body was already a little problematic.

At that time, Liu Chan thought it was just a minor problem.

But now it seems that this is not a small problem.

I came to this era and changed the fate of many people.

is like Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, who were originally going to die, but because of Liu Chan's arrival, they were able to live.

And Liu Bei, who was supposed to die of fear after the Battle of Yiling, is now dead.

He is like a butterfly, and the wind stirred by his wings has already rolled in this era and turned into a terrifying hurricane.

He's changed so much, so much.

This world, too, deviated too much from the era in his impression, too much.

"Nothing to do."

Liu Bei looked at Liu Chan with a look of relief on his face.

When he was sick, he was naturally very uncomfortable, but as soon as Liu Bei saw Liu Chan, his body was uncomfortable, but he was very happy in his heart.

"Holding a banquet in the prince's mansion, the prince really surprised my expectations."

Liu Bei said softly: "I thought you would see Yide first, and then see others, after all, there are relatives and relatives, as the lord, there are actually a lot of places that need ideas, it seems that we have a lot of power, but if we don't control it, defeat is close at hand." ”

When you are the leader, the power is indeed great.

But with power comes responsibility.

Once you fail, there is only one dead end, and there is no second way to go.

"It is naturally right to have a difference between relatives and relatives, but if we want to realize the great cause of supporting the Han family, it is far from enough to be different from relatives."

Liu Chan smiled.

"To revive the Han Dynasty, we need to advise our ministers and generals, and those who are close to us are far from enough, so we need to use those who are not close to us."

Liu Bei nodded lightly.

"There is no problem for the prince to rule the country and his majesty."

Liu Bei sighed with emotion and said, "You are showing everyone the map of the world in the prince's mansion, are you really going to use troops against foreign countries?" When the Han Dynasty was martial, it was not easy to plan the Western Regions, the so-called Guishan, Anxi, and Rome were thousands of miles away, or even tens of thousands of miles away, and I was afraid that the Han Dynasty would be beyond the reach of the whip, besides, now that Kyushu is not unified, it will be too early to think about these? ”

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty gradually abandoned the land of the Western Regions.

Why?

Don't make money.

Only when there is money to be made, can the Han Empire continue to export troops.

If it is traded at a loss, even if the Central Plains Dynasty is rich, it will not be able to sustain it.

Not to mention, the interior of the Han Empire was actually full of ups and downs.

"It's just a matter of preparing for a rainy day, and if you don't find something to do for those people, you'll just think about infighting."

If there is no external enemy, they will think about internal fighting.

China has been around for 5,000 years.

moreover

It is different from the previous ones who run the Western Regions and only think about maintaining stability.

What Liu Chan wants to do is not only to export the influence of the Han Dynasty, but also to continuously obtain benefits from them.

I want to get face, and I want it.

Like something that the future generations will lose money and pretend to shout, he Liu Chan will never do it.

"These are all things in the long run, and I want to see the prince revive the Han dynasty in my lifetime, but I'm afraid that there will be no such opportunity."

Liu Chan hurriedly said, "Father, what are these words? Revive the Han Dynasty, and my father will definitely see it. ”

Liu Bei shook his head.

"Lonely's body, Lonely's own know, just don't talk about these unhappy things."

Liu Bei looked at Liu Chan and said, "Peng Yi's rebellion, can the evidence be conclusive?" ”

Liu Chan nodded.

"Erchen has already asked people to arrest all the troublemakers, interrogated overnight, the evidence is conclusive, then Peng Yi is dissatisfied with the king's appointment of him as Jiangyang Taishou, so he wants to make trouble."

Liu Bei's face was expressionless, and he asked again: "I heard that this matter is related to General Pingxi?" ”

Although Liu Bei's expression was calm, Liu Chan knew that he, the father, would not show any mercy when he killed people.

Even if that person is Jinmachao!

"This matter was reported by General Pingxi, and the relationship is nothing more than that."

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly asked, "I don't know what the prince thinks of General Pingxi?" ”

How to see?

Liu Chan pondered for a moment and said: "General Pingxi was once a generation of heroes who could compete with Cao Cao; Yuan Shao's general Hedong County Shou Guo Yuan, and Cao Cao's Liangzhou Assassin Shi Weikang all died in his hands, and even Cao Cao almost died in his hands, which can be called heroes. ”

Cao Cao, as an opponent, also said: "If the horse does not die, I have no place to bury." ”

Liangzhou Don't Drive Yang Fu and compare Ma Chao to Han Xin, a god general at the level of Yingbu.

Although Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan, there are few in this world who can force Cao Cao in his heyday to this point.

This is called glory despite defeat.

"Besides, General Pingxi has made great contributions to my Han China, and if he abandoned his wife and followed his father, if he implicated the heroes because of some things that caught the wind and caught shadows, wouldn't it be chilling?"

Ma Chao fell for Zhuge Liang's counter-plot, and in order to survive under Zhang Lu, he left Pang De and other subordinates who could fight well, and even left his wife and children, and fled to Shuzhong with his cousin Ma Dai.

At the critical moment when Liu Bei was besieging Chengdu.

Liu Bei gave Ma Chao a thousand horses, pretended to be Xiliang Iron Horse, and rushed to the city of Chengdu.

Ma Chao said loudly: "I am the general of Zhengxi, the leader of the state pastor, and the military Ma Chao of Liangzhou, and now I have raised an army to serve General Zuo." Respect the lonely city today, the danger is near, why bother? General Zuo came from Benju, and his old heart was still there, but he really had no intentions. Foolishly thought that it was possible to change in order to protect the door! ”

The power of this Liangzhou iron rider is known to the world; And Ma Chao's bravery and fame, that's not a joke!

What everyone is more afraid of is whether Liu Bei has received the support of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

Because Li Hui's recruitment of Zhang Lu was carried out in secret, everyone still didn't know that Ma Chao was a traitor, maybe he was sent by Zhang Lu.

Moreover, Liu Zhang also sent more than 10,000 people to lead more than 10,000 people to attack Liu Bei's rear base Jiameng Pass, and Huo Jun, the guard of Jiameng Pass, only had hundreds of people, but he was able to hold the city for more than a year, and he also killed Liu Zhang's general Xiang Cun, creating an impossible miracle, could it be that this Zhang Lu secretly supported Liu Bei behind his back?

You must know that Cao Cao is already preparing to crusade against Zhang Lu, and it is not impossible for Zhang Lu to choose to form an alliance with Liu Bei at this time.

In short, the appearance of Ma Chao made Liu Zhang completely give up resistance and surrender the city.

The credit is not small.

"Jin Ma Chao is indeed a hero, but it is precisely because he is a hero that we can't reuse it, so we have to exclude him."

Ability is sometimes not the first thing that the superior observes.

Faithfulness is.

Obviously, as the person who came over later, Ma Chao's loyalty to Liu Bei is limited.

After all, everyone was once a hero, so how could they be truly loyal?

But Erchen thought it was the opposite.

Liu Chan's eyes flashed.

"Oh?"

Liu Bei had a look of surprise on his face.

"Those who control ordinary courtiers are also masters! But those who can control the heroes and let the heroes serve me can be called the Ming Monarch, the hero, if you see a talented person and a threat, you will not use it, guess that he is jealous of him, the heroes of the world, aren't they all to the enemy's side? Can it still be used by us? ”

Liu Chan held his head high, looked at Liu Bei, and said: "Erchen is not talented, but he is still a little confident in controlling these heroes. ”

Looking at Liu Chan's confident appearance, Liu Bei showed a look of relief.

It's just that, in addition to being relieved, Liu Bei looked at the energetic and confident Liu Chan and sighed slightly.

maybe

He's really old.

This thousand-pound burden may be handed over to the prince's shoulders.

(End of chapter)