The soldiers guarding the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion didn't know what happened. Seeing Yan Yan's angry face, they all looked at each other.
Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong looked at each other, walked to Yan Yan together, raised their hands and asked, "Why is General Yan angry..."
Yan Yan didn't wait for Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong to finish speaking, and raised his whip to whip him. Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong were frightened and hurriedly retreated. However, as soon as he raised his hand in the air, he still Before he could swing it, his wrist was grabbed like an iron pincer.
Before he could turn his face, he felt a strong force pulling him off the horse, and he was about to fall to the ground. Unexpectedly, the person who pulled him down held his waist with both hands and pulled him back. After he spun around in the air, he landed on the ground safely.
As soon as Yan Yan's feet touched the ground, he saw a black face appear in front of him, with a leopard head and eyes like copper bells, who could it be if it wasn't Zhang Fei.
"General Yan, I, Lao Zhang, respect you as a famous general, so I didn't make things difficult for you. Otherwise, you would have eaten shit just now. You are a guest of our Chu State, and we treat you as an honored guest, but you want to beat these unarmed people." What are your intentions, man?" Zhang Fei was both rough and subtle, and when he spoke, he was clear-cut.
"Call Liu Bei out. You must give me an explanation for my master's affairs!" Yan Yan did not appreciate Zhang Fei's words at all and said angrily.
"What's the matter with your adults? What is it?" Zhang Fei saw Yan Yanhe with great respect yesterday and felt that Yan Yan was quite majestic. He originally wanted to challenge him in martial arts, but he didn't know that both of them were drunk yesterday. At this time , he saw that Yan Yan's face was full of anger and had lost the majesty of yesterday. He felt that there must be some reason for Yan Yan to be like this, so he asked suspiciously.
"What are you pretending to be? You killed my family, and I'm not done with you! If you don't hand over the murderer, our army will definitely send troops eastward and wipe out your Chu country!" Yan Yan said confidently.
"Hmph! What a loud tone..." When Zhang Fei spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong who were standing behind him, hoping to hear a reasonable explanation from the eyes of the three people. .
However, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong all shrugged their shoulders, indicating that they knew nothing about what Yan Yan said.
"You just said...that your adult is dead?" Zhang Fei asked in disbelief, "Are you kidding?"
"Who are you kidding?" Yan Yan raised his fist and struck without saying a word.
Zhang Fei didn't show any signs of weakness. He gathered his energy and faced Yan Yan directly. The two of them started beating Yan Yan in front of the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion, punching and kicking him.
Someone had already reported the matter to Liu Bei. Liu Bei hurriedly led people to the door of the Chu Palace. Seeing Zhang Fei's fists making wind, forcing Yan Yan to fight back, he immediately shouted: "Stop it!"
Liu Bei's voice was not loud, but it was extremely intimidating. Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei's voice and punched Yan Yan falsely. After forcing Yan Yan away, Zhang Fei retreated to Liu Bei's side.
"Liu Bei! You hypocritical hypocrite, please return my master's life!" Yan Yan shouted loudly when she saw Liu Bei showed up.
Liu Bei was also confused and had no idea what was going on, so he pulled Zhang Fei to his side and asked in a low voice: "Third brother, what happened?"
"This is what happened..." Zhang Fei finished describing how he fought with Yan Yan in the fastest way, and then stood next to Liu Bei, quietly waiting for the result.
Although Liu Bei listened to Zhang Fei's explanation, he didn't understand the specific details and was a little confused. He pointed at Yan Yan and asked, "Can I know what happened?"
"King Chu really doesn't know?" Yan Yan asked.
Liu Bei said: "If I knew, what would I ask you to do?"
"The Prime Minister was assassinated in the middle of the night and fell in a pool of blood. He is no longer alive. Our army was walking well all the way. Why was the Prime Minister over there killed when we just arrived in Xiangyang?
Yan Yan questioned.
At this moment, Fu Xun walked over from one side. Seeing the bustle in front of King Chu's palace, he squeezed into the crowd, got close to Liu Bei, and whispered a few words in Liu Bei's ear.
After Liu Bei heard this, his face immediately changed color and he hurriedly asked: "Is this really true?"
Fu Xun said: "This is indeed the case. I am the order of Xiangyang. Your Excellency just conducted an investigation and found nothing. However, Zhao Wei is lying in a pool of blood."
Liu Bei said: "This matter is of great importance. It is likely to affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries. We must not let any news leak out. You quickly go to the four gates and close the city gates tightly. No one is allowed to let out. They are only allowed in and not out."
"Your Majesty, the soldiers guarding the gate were very drunk last night. They didn't wake up until today, so the four gates have never been opened. In my opinion, the murderer of Zhao Wei must still be in the city. He should be searched throughout the city." Fu.
Xun suggested.
"Didn't the murderer leave any clues?" Liu Bei thought for a while and asked.
"No." Fu Xun recalled the scene of the crime and replied.
"Without traces of the murderer, we cannot launch a search, and this matter cannot be spread. In any case, Zhao Wei was killed in my royal city, and it has something to do with me. The murderer must be caught." Liu Bei said excitedly.
said.
"But how should we catch the murderer?" Fu Xun still couldn't figure it out, so he asked.
"It's best to alert the enemy..." Xu Shao squeezed into the crowd from nowhere and heard the conversation between Liu Bei and Fu Xun, so he suggested it.
"To scare the snake?" Liu Bei and Fu Xun both looked at Xu Shao in surprise.
Xu Shao nodded and said slowly: "The murderer killed Zhao Wei just because he wanted to put the blame on the king. In that case, why not scare the snakes first and let them expose their flaws automatically? By then, the murderer will inevitably show up.
In this way, things become much simpler.”
After hearing this, Liu Bei felt that what Xu Shao said was very reasonable, so he asked: "Military advisor, how can we alert the enemy?"
"The Yan Yan standing opposite is the most important piece in the king's game. If the king makes good use of it, then the game will be won." Xu Shao analyzed.
After Liu Bei heard this, the ambition in his heart was immediately revealed, and a sly smile appeared on his face.
Yan Yan stood aside and couldn't stand it anymore, so he shouted: "Hey! What are you chattering over there? Anyone who doesn't want to die should get out of the way. I want to avenge my family!"
Liu Bei heard Yan Yan's roar and said with a smile: "General Yan, if you really want to avenge your family, you must listen to me."
"Why should I listen to you? You might have killed my master." Yan Yan said angrily.
"Yan Yan! You are so impudent! With me, Lao Zhang, here, if you dare to speak like this to my brother again, I will definitely twist off your head." Seeing Yan Yan repeatedly making rude remarks, Zhang Fei couldn't help it.
shouted loudly.
"Stop pretending to be a good person, my lord..." Yan Yan's heart was full of resistance to Chu Jun, which made what was originally simple immediately become very complicated.
"I solemnly tell you that your adults were not killed by me. You can imagine that if I wanted to kill you, I would have killed you as early as the moment you entered the territory of Chu. But I did not do that.
, but I have taken great care of you. Last night, I even went to welcome you.
You guys held a grand party, and I got along very well with you. Besides, I would not be stupid enough to choose to kill your lord at this time. That would undoubtedly get me into trouble. There are many suspicious things about this matter. Could it be
General Yan didn't come to take care of you at all?" Liu Bei said.
"You can think about it carefully. If we really wanted to harm you, we would have done it long ago. Why wait until now? Why only kill Zhao Wei and not others?" Xu Shao added.
Yan Yan was deep in thought at the moment. He thought about it carefully and found that it was full of loopholes, but he never spoke.
Liu Bei observed what was happening and saw that Yan Yan had already acquiesced, so he said: "General Yan, if you really want to catch the murderer, I have a way."
"What can we do?" Yan Yan said.
Liu Bei chuckled and said, "Let's try a trick to scare the snake away. I wonder if General Yan is willing to accept my order?"
"As long as the murderer can be found, Yan will do whatever it takes."
Later, Liu Bei called everyone to gather in the palace, and then asked Xu Shao to tell him the specific implementation plan.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the Shu army were furious because of Zhao Wei's unprovoked death, with mixed joy and sorrow. However, all the Shu army agreed that it was the Chu army who had a bad idea and they must fight back.
Without Yan Yan, Zhang Song became the highest-ranking military officer in Shu. If you don't listen to him, who else can you listen to?
Zhang Song gathered everyone together, incited the soldiers, and used high-ranking officials, generous salaries, gold and silver treasures as bait, and soon won the consent of many soldiers.
"Brothers, the Prime Minister died unexpectedly. As soldiers of the Shu Kingdom, we should avenge him. As far as I know, the person who killed Zhao Wei was General Pingdi Yan Yan..." Zhang Ren continued to incite Zhang Song's words.
Soldier.
"You fart! How could General Yan kill Lord Zhao? What do you mean by slandering my general like this?"
Zhang Ren looked around, took out a token from his arms, and asked: "You can see clearly, this is the king's token. Seeing this token is like seeing the king in person, no matter who it is, who
If you don't obey my orders, you will be killed without mercy!"
Hundreds of soldiers were silent, sitting there waiting for Zhang Ren's orders.
However, just when Zhang Ren was about to speak, Gao Pei came in from the outside in a panic and said to Zhang Song and Zhang Ren: "Everything is ready, please give the order!"