As if suppressing the beast in his heart, Liu Zhang's voice was hoarse and low.
"exist--"
"Where did you get this list?"
Finally the key is reached.
Xing Daorong was shocked, quickly suppressed his panic, and said the words he had prepared.
"It's just on Zhuge Kongming's desk——"
"Perhaps you don't believe it, my lord, Liu Bei at the front said he was fighting for Hanzhong with Cao Cao, but in fact he was not working hard at all—"
"What?"
Xing Daorong was heartbroken, as if he had made a difficult decision:
"Although I am a member of Liu Bei, I just succumbed to his lustful power——"
"Liu Bei is a cunning and insidious person. I knew about this as early as when Lingling was fighting against him."
"Liu Bei entered Hanzhong under the pretext of asking you, Master Zhou Mu, to continuously provide food and grass. This was just to consume Yizhou's strength. Liu Bei ordered the generals on the front line to work without any effort, and even deliberately defeated the army and ruined the food, grass and baggage——"
"We outsiders are just victims of his plan with Zhuge Kongming."
"If I guess correctly, sir, you should not have received the news about Liu Bei's army's defeat, right?"
"A big defeat? When was the big defeat? In the past half month, I have never received any news, and I thought the battle ahead was going smoothly——"
Liu Zhang was surprised, but Xing Daorong continued:
"Liu Bei assigned two generals, Chen Ying and Bao Long from Guiyang, to accompany Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide to attack Yangping Pass - however, this is simply to get us to die -"
"In the great defeat that day, our army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Two generals, Chen Ying and Bao Long, were killed. Only Zhang Fei managed to escape——"
"But those nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses were all our soldiers from Lingling back then - they sent their troops to the front of the formation and used them to consume the strength of Cao's army, while preserving their own elite troops - just for the sake of fighting for the future.
When in Yizhou, go all out."
"I escaped from death at the hands of the tiger fool Xu Chu, returned to the camp, accused Zhuge Liang, but was hunted down, and only stole this directory from his tent before leaving -"
"These are all Shu officials who have had dealings with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang——"
The more Xing Daorong spoke, the sadder he became, and the more he spoke, the sadder he became.
The key point was at this moment, Liu Zhang saw a few seemingly unremarkable names in the letter.
Liu Xun, Liu Chan.
his two sons.
"Catch... those two traitors!"
As he spoke, Liu Zhang's voice was trembling, and he no longer intended to express any attitude towards what Xing Daorong said.
Since just now, news has been coming from outside the door. The rebellion of Zhang Song, Fazheng and others has become a fact, which has completely proved that what Xing Daorong said was true.
What he couldn't accept the most now was that his two sons were also on this list - maybe it was because of his last fantasy that he planned to question them.
When the guards dragged the two young men into the hall, Liu Zhang's face had become extremely gloomy.
The key is that when they saw their father acting like this, Liu Chan and Liu Xun seemed to have no intention of making excuses. They just kowtowed and cried bitterly without saying a word.
"You...are really planning to betray your father, are you?"
"Don't dare...don't dare! Father! We...we were just blinded by the slander for a moment! Everything...everything is what Zhang Song said! We...we don't dare! Father...father..."
With such an attitude, there is no need to say anything else.
There is no need for Xing Daorong to prove anything.
"Untie General Xing——"
"Put these two traitors in jail..."
"Father...Father! We don't dare to do it anymore! We really don't dare to do it anymore! Please...please let us go! Don't...don't kill...don't kill us!"
"Old General! Old General Yan! You...you must understand...we...we were just bewitched by that Zhang Song!"
Yan Yan's back outside the door was extremely cold. At this moment, the cries of Liu Chan and Liu Xun had penetrated the courtyard wall. Everyone... everyone knew the fact that Liu Zhang's two sons were also traitors.
At this moment, the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion seemed extremely desolate and cold, but there was only one person... whose heart was burning - Xing Daorong. His current excitement could not be described in words.
"General Xing...Thank you for risking your life to bring this list...but...right now, I have no intention of thinking about any conspiracy anymore."
"There are still some valuable things in the house. If you need them, just take them—"
Liu Zhang's voice was haggard and tired.
The untied Xing Daorong stretched his muscles and stood up from the ground.
Seeing Liu Zhang's appearance and knowing that Liu Zhang was already disheartened, it was the perfect time to say those words——
Therefore, Xing Daorong shook his head:
"Lord Zhou Mu, Liu Bei and I are still incompatible. It was precisely because we couldn't stand this man's treachery that we decided to risk our lives to expose the truth."
"I never ask for anything in return. Because I am heartbroken, I no longer intend to set foot on the battlefield again - from now on I will live in seclusion in the mountains and forests for the rest of my life... But Mr. Zhou Mu is different -"
Xing Daorong's tone was sincere. After hearing Xing Daorong's words, Liu Zhang's eyes became a little brighter, but he was still a little confused about what Xing Daorong wanted to say.
"General Xing...you...what do you mean?"
"Lord Zhou Mu, you are the people of Yizhou who look up to you, and you are their hope. When heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this people, they must first suffer their mental and physical difficulties, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their body and skin. This setback is precisely
The test God has given you is something you will inevitably experience after becoming a Han Dynasty."
"Now that the world is in chaos, you are already very courageous by being able to separate one side. You have so many responsibilities behind you, how can you waste time?"
"I don't want any reward, but I hope that Lord Zhou Mu can regain his strength. Liu Bei is evil. It would be a pity if you perish because of this."
"I have heard that Prime Minister Cao intends to join forces with you, but you seem to have no idea what Prime Minister Cao is thinking - the person who is standing in the way is none other than Zhang Song."
"I have a doubt before - although I first joined Liu Bei's army, I also know that Liu Bei is not from Shu. Why can he walk on plain ground without any hindrance after entering Shu? - The isthmus of Shu is dangerous. If there is no guide,
People will definitely get lost in it... Later, I found out that Zhuge Liang seemed to have an extremely detailed map of Yichuan in his hands."
"And this map is extremely detailed. If it were in wartime, it would be a treasure worth thousands of gold. If I guessed correctly, it should be yours, Lord Zhou Mu, right?"
"You can think back. Did anyone get this map and finally give it to Liu Bei?"
"Perhaps you can suppress today's rebellion, but think about it, if the map was in Liu Bei's hands, would you be able to defeat that treacherous man by yourself?"
Every word of Xing Daorong's words penetrated deeply into Liu Zhang's heart.
And these words also brought back a memory that Liu Zhang had never thought about in detail.
