Chapter 187 Liu Zhang is paralyzed
Xu Shuji took a few steps, came to Fazheng's side, and whispered: "Xiaozhi, you have something to hide from us."
Xu Shu had an intuition that something was wrong with Fa Zheng, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
"The military advisor was joking. From the day he joined the lord, he was to help the lord seize Yizhou. After the matter was completed, the military advisor should know what he wanted to do." Fa Zheng said in a roundabout way.
Xu Shu smiled and said, "It's really that simple?"
"Is it simple or complicated? The military advisor must have an answer in his mind." Fa Zheng remained silent, making Xu Shu unable to see the truth.
"I didn't expect Xiaozhi to carry that kind of thing on you. Should you take it out and harm people at any time?" Xu Shu was referring to the poison that Fa Zheng gave to Liu Feng.
Fa Zheng glanced at Xu Shu and said directly: "If the military advisor had such experience, he should know that sometimes these things were used by himself."
Xu Shu stared at Fazheng with his eyes straight at Fazheng, trying to see some abnormalities of Fazheng, but unfortunately he still couldn't see it in the end. Fazheng's explanation is normal. He offended too many people in Yizhou. If he was framed, he would inevitably suffer a lot. He carried these things with him and could be liberated at the last moment.
Fazheng no longer paid attention to Xu Shu and walked straight forward. Xu Shu also did not make unnecessary questions. In his eyes, even if Fazheng had problems, it was not a big problem.
Xu Shu and Fa Zheng came to Liu Bei's room and reported to Liu Bei about Kou Feng's past death.
When Liu Bei heard this, he burst into tears and cried, "My son!"
Xu Shu was silent. He knew that Liu Bei was performing for them to see.
Fa Zheng was disgusted in his heart, Liu Bei was so hypocritical.
As for Liu Feng's reversion to Kou Feng, Xu Shu and Fa Zheng did not intend to tell him that, as everyone was dead, there was no need to do this.
After Liu Bei cried and said to the sky, he said, "Feng'er, don't worry, your father will definitely avenge you."
"If Kou Feng knew about it, would he live again?" Xu Shu complained a little in his heart.
On the other side, in the provincial governor's mansion, Liu Zhang was furious and scolding Liu Xun and Liu Chan, while Liu Xun and Liu Chan were lowering their heads and listening to their father's scolding.
Liu Xun and Liu Chan returned to the mansion. They returned to the room, but they were so brave that they did not report such a thing to Liu Zhang.
They think that such things are trivial matters, just a knife. At worst, just bring some things to apologize tomorrow morning. How can Liu Bei and Liu Feng treat the two princes of the state governor?
But they thought so, but their followers didn't think so. The two young masters were fine. As fathers, Liu Zhang would not do anything to them. But if the servants knew that they would not report them, Liu Zhang could beat them to death on the spot and no one would say a word.
So after weighing the pros and cons, these followers reported to Liu Zhang. Although this incident would make the two young men unhappy, they would be scolded afterwards. It would be better to scold him than to be beaten to death by Liu Zhang.
So, after Liu Zhang learned about the situation, he pulled his two sons out of the bed.
"You two are so good. It's really good. The prince of the dignified state patriarch actually fought with someone in a brothel and spread it. Are you two still worthy of reputation? That's fine. You actually fought with Xuande's son and stabbed him. You are so brave. Don't you know that Emperor Gaozu has a lesson and the Han family members are going to love each other!" Liu Zhang kept spitting saliva. "Also, you are so brave. After doing such a thing, you not only didn't tell your father, but you actually slept with your head in your arms, but also did you take your father seriously."
In fact, Liu Zhang was very satisfied with his two sons. His eldest son Liu Xun was both civil and military, and had a strong reputation in the army. Liu Zhang knew that in this chaotic era, mastering military power was strength, and Liu Xun's performance was exactly in line with his eldest son's identity. It was a foregone conclusion to inherit the governor of Yizhou in the future. Liu Chan was not as good as Liu Xun, but he was not bad either. He was generous and good at studying, and was very relaxed. In addition, the relationship between the two brothers was very harmonious, which saved Liu Zhang a lot of worry. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen tonight, and Liu Zhang was almost angry to death.
"Liu Feng is not a real Han family." Liu Chan replied weakly.
Liu Zhang had excellent ears. When he heard this, he immediately slapped the table and cursed: "Bastard, you guys have read the book in your dog's belly! Don't you understand any common sense?"
Liu Chan dared not speak out and was submissive.
In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Zhang is relatively cowardly. But in fact, Liu Zhang has a good personality and is relatively lenient. But in his own family, Liu Zhang is a person who is just a word. Liu Chan is most afraid of Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang looked at these two sons who were usually obedient, why did he get such a big trouble tonight?
"Father, just Liu Feng will be beaten. Look at what your younger brother is beaten, what is the point of a slash? Should my younger brother be beaten like this?" Liu Xun was more courageous than Liu Chan, and he argued with reason.
Liu Chan was beaten into a pig's head, and Liu Zhang felt distressed. If anyone had been beaten into a pig's head, would he be happy? Even if his son was not successful, he would not be able to do anything.
Liu Zhang looked at Liu Chan who was beaten into a pig's head and waved his hand and said, "Go down and apply medicine!"
Liu Chan knew that Liu Zhang was concerned about him and had been like this for so many years, so he nodded and went down.
Liu Xun did not leave and continued to say to Liu Zhang: "Father, Liu Feng and my brother fight each other. Even if Liu Feng is unreasonable, his second brother stabbed him, and Liu Bei would not be dissatisfied."
"It's good that you know. The bastards between you juniors will be dealt with in the end, but you're not going to deal with for your father." Liu Zhang sighed. "Xun'er, you can care about your younger brother regardless of everything, stand up for your younger brother, and feel very relieved for your father. However, you still need to think twice about doing things in the future, and don't shout and kill them at any time. This is a bad habit, and you must change it."
"You must correct me." This is what Liu Xun said. He would not disgust Liu Zhang, but he also maintained his own opinion.
"Hey, I don't know what's going on with Liu Feng's virtuous nephew now? Have you sent someone to express my condolences?" Liu Zhang asked.
Liu Xun replied: "Father, we brothers returned home as soon as possible. We didn't do the rest."
"Forget it, let's go for this matter for your father. Let's take some centenary ginseng from the inner treasury, and go over and take a look for it for your father." Liu Zhang gave the order.
His son injured someone else, and Liu Zhang thought it would be better for him to come here in person.
"Father, it's not that the child talks too much. You seem to attach too much importance to Liu Bei." Liu Xun frowned. His father seemed to be too kind to Liu Bei.
Liu Zhang shook his head secretly. His son was still too young and didn't know how powerful Liu Bei was.
Liu Zhang thought about it again, and might as well take this opportunity to educate Liu Xun and said, "What do you think of Xuande?"
What do you think of Liu Bei? Liu Xun must have no good impression of him, so he called him by his name.
"Liu Bei rose to rebellion with the Yellow Turban Thief. He had been mediocre for many years. He luckily won Xuzhou, but he was defeated repeatedly, like a dog that lost his family. Finally, he arrived in Jingzhou. However, after Liu Biao passed away, he provoked an internal struggle between Liu Cong and Liu Qi. Jingzhou fell into civil strife and was attacked by Emperor Shenwu. He finally came to Yizhou. Father, the child thought that Liu Bei was not a good person, so he paid more attention to his father." Now it was a conversation between father and son, and Liu Xun also said what he thought.
"Xun'er has this view, so she is half correct." Liu Zhang said: "Xuande is from a small family and is always in the Han family, but he has been cursed by the world. Do you think he is mediocre, but have you ever thought about what environment Xuande was in at that time? Back then, the heroes competed for hegemony, and the princes were in control of one side. Your grandfather had a unique vision and occupied the Tianfu country that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yizhou has been relatively stable for many years, and the other princes only focused on fighting for hegemony and temporarily forgot us. But Liu Bei was in the Central Plains where the most serious struggles in the world. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others were not the rare strong man in the world. Liu Bei was only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and there were some inconsistent literati. He did not have a city or a land, wandering and living in the cracks of the princes. If it were you, could you save yourself in such a serious situation?"
"No!" Liu Xun thought about it. If he were in that situation, he would have been destroyed long ago.
Liu Zhang was very satisfied with Liu Xun. It was rare and valuable to be able to know himself.
"Xuande is one of the rare tenacious people in the world." Liu Zhang expressed his understanding of Liu Bei.
"Father, although you are right, Liu Bei has never been willing to surrender. In Yizhou, he may not be willing to give up his position." Liu Xun took the opportunity to explain his views to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang said lightly: "You are still young and don't understand."
Liu Xun was confused, Liu Zhang had something to say.
Just as the father and son were talking to each other, one of Liu Zhang's subordinates rushed to him and said tremblingly: "Lord, spy secretly reported, Liu Feng is dead!"
"What! You said Liu Feng was killed!" Liu Zhang couldn't believe his ears.
Liu Xun did not expect Liu Zhang to install a spy in Liu Bei. It seemed that his father was not as simple as it seemed.
Liu Zhang thought to himself that this matter was over. Liu Bei had only this adopted son now. After being killed by his own son, Liu Bei would definitely be excited. Even if Liu Bei could calm down, it would be difficult to determine whether his subordinates would have any exciting behavior. At the beginning, there was a bad incident in which Wei Yan brought his troops to block the gate at the city gate.
"What else is there?" Liu Zhang asked after calming down for a while.
The subordinate said ashamedly: "Lord, I am a little incompetent, and I have not found any other useful things."
It’s not that Liu Zhang’s subordinates are incompetent, but that Liu Bei has been guarding against Liu Zhang for a long time. It is because he can find out that Liu Feng is dead, but these spies have good abilities.
"How long ago did this happen?" Liu Xun grasped the key point.
The subordinate immediately replied: "Go back to the eldest son, Liu Feng has been dead for almost an hour."
"You will only repay what happened an hour ago!" Liu Xun was furious.
The subordinate said with a bitter face: "The eldest son, lord, and the young men want to send the situation here as soon as possible. But Liu Bei's garrison is very strict, and the young men have worked very hard to find out."
Liu Xun understood that Liu Bei was intentional and he had an ulterior motive.
After Liu Xun calculated the various causes and effects before and after, he came to an astonishing conclusion that Liu Bei wanted to make trouble with this.
"Father, please arrange for troops to take down Liu Bei immediately." Liu Xun said hurriedly.
"What's the reason?! As soon as Xuande died, I sent troops to him. Wouldn't it be a joke for the world?" Liu Zhang thought he could not do such a thing.
"Father, Liu Bei blocked Liu Feng's death and most likely took advantage of this matter. If he suddenly broke out, Chengdu would inevitably be in chaos." Liu Xun saw that Liu Zhang was indifferent and was extremely anxious.
Liu Zhang had his own thoughts and said, "Xun'er, Xuande blocked the news, probably because of the reputation of your brothers. If someone knew that you two had beaten Liu Feng to death, how would you face the officials and citizens of Yizhou? I guess Xuande would die early tomorrow morning. Besides, Xuande was unwell and was always recuperating. Was he so excited? Also, our soldiers and horses are all over Chengdu, as stable as Mount Tai. What does Xuande use to disturb Chengdu?"
Liu Zhang’s words made it very reasonable, which made Liu Xun feel that he was thinking too much.
"Okay, so late, you are tired. Let me continue to tell you not to make this happen. Tomorrow morning, we will go over to pay our respects with our father and son." Liu Zhang's heart was really big enough.
Liu Xun didn't know what to say.
Liu Zhang felt that his arrangement was very good. Liu Feng was already dead. Liu Bei must be very sad. He brought his two incompetent sons to pay condolences and let Liu Bei vent his anger. In Yizhou, how could Liu Bei be unfavorable to Liu Zhang's son? At most, he would just cry to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang had already made a secret decision. At most, among the Han clan relatives, he could just find a child who was not inferior to Liu Feng to inherit Liu Bei's incense.
After a while, Liu Zhang felt tired. When he was about to go back to rest, he suddenly found that a fire was ignited at the Xicheng Gate.
"Why is there a fire in the west city gate? Come and go out to check it out!" Liu Zhang had an ominous premonition.
Without Liu Zhang's orders, a soldier rushed in and knelt in front of Liu Zhang and said, "Go back to the lord, a large number of Liu Bei soldiers led by Wei Yan suddenly appeared at the Xicheng Gate, claiming to avenge their eldest son! The guards asked someone to come back to repay him, please make an announcement!"
"What! Wei Yan?" Liu Zhang said tremblingly: "When did he come with his troops?"
Before Liu Zhang finished speaking, another soldier ran over quickly and said anxiously: "Lord, it's not good. Liu Bei's subordinate Liao Li led his troops to launch a sudden attack on the Xicheng Gate. The Xicheng Gate had been opened, and Wei Yan's troops rushed in, and the guards had already died in battle!"
Chapter completed!