Chapter 1355 Destiny (5/5 ask for a monthly ticket~)
After everyone left, Bai Xiaowen returned to the inner hall.
Not long after, Li Shuyi led Zhao Yun there.
"Did General Zilong see the confrontation in the lobby today?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
Zhao Yun was a little uncomfortable with being called his cousin by Bai Xiaowen, but he didn't pay attention to these details and just nodded silently.
"This is how things are in the world. What you see is only what others are willing to see. Everyone has an unknown side, just like Liu Bei,"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "Brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang are indeed very loyal. However, this kind of brotherhood is only suitable for traveling in the world, not for world hegemony. If you follow Liu Bei, no matter how brave and good at fighting, you will never be able to integrate into the inner circle of the three brothers.
, he is an outsider after all.”
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "I understand this too."
Bai Xiaowen said: "Since you understand that Liu Bei is not your wise master, why don't you switch to my side? Don't you hear that 'a good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a wise minister chooses his master to work'? Now the world is ten points, and I have nine points.
The Sun family in Jiangdong will be pacified soon. If you want to follow the Ming Dynasty and leave your name in history, I am the best choice."
Zhao Yun shook his head: "Uncle Liu Huang has always been the lord I follow, and this will not change because of his defeat. I accept Duke Yan's kindness. I am willing to die together with my lord and the two generals Guan and Zhang."
Bai Xiaowen sighed, as expected he still couldn't recruit Zhao Yun to surrender.
"General Zilong, how about we make an agreement?"
Bai Xiaowen activated the backup plan and said with a smile: "I don't have to kill the three Liu Bei brothers. But..." He paused.
Zhao Yun was a little surprised, and then he seemed to think of something: "Could it be that Duke Yan is using my surrender as a condition for letting Uncle Liu and General Guan and Zhang go?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "If I really make this condition, will you agree?"
Zhao Yun said without hesitation: "No. A man is born in heaven and earth, and he has certain things to do and things not to do. He has clear-cut aspirations and is unyielding. My ambition is to follow my lord and help the Han Dynasty, not to get a wife."
Yinzi, I will leave my name in history. If my master knew about this exchange condition, he would definitely not agree."
Bai Xiaowen shook his head: "Okay! Then I will change my condition..."
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That night, Bai Xiaowen hosted a banquet and invited Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
The banquet was sumptuous, complete with singing and dancing, but the host was only Bai Xiaowen, and the guests were only Liu, Guan, and Zhang. In addition, Ge Xuan was accompanying them. A total of five people gathered in the hall to drink.
The three of them, Liu Bei and Liu Bei, are indeed extraordinary people. They are obviously eating without their heads, but they are drinking until their glasses are dry, talking and laughing as usual.
Bai Xiaowen praised: "Your three brothers are true heroes."
When his face was red and his ears were hot, Liu Bei said: "If Liu Bei has a foundation, the world's mediocre people will have nothing to worry about."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "It's a pity. I know you are heroes, but I can't keep you alone."
Liu Bei said: "If I don't kill Liu Bei, I'm afraid Yan Gong won't be able to sleep. It's okay for me to die. I just hate that the Han Dynasty will never recover."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "Shortly after Gu pacified Yizhou, a messenger arrived from Yedu. The officials asked Gu to ascend the throne as the 'King of Yan' and add nine tins to show his glory."
Zhang Fei glared and sneered: "Clay courtiers, wood carving ministers! The civil and military officials of the dynasty, including the emperor, are not just left to be flattened and rounded by you."
Bai Xiaowen laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that the three generals are not rough people. These two sentences hit the point."
Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei and said to Bai Xiaowen: "The general trend of the world is such that it cannot be changed by human power. I hope that after Yan Gong unifies the world, he can implement benevolent policies, eliminate war disasters, and return the world to prosperity. The emperor of the Han Dynasty has never committed any crimes.
, I hope to live forever."
Bai Xiaowen said sternly: "Peace in the world is also Gu's wish; as for the emperor, he is also a man who understands current affairs, so Gu will naturally not harm him and ensure that he has no worries for the rest of his life."
Liu Bei was silent for a while, then stood up and said: "My three brothers are already full of wine and food. Where is the swordsman? You can take my head."
Bai Xiaowen looked intolerable and said, "You really can't surrender to me?"
Liu Bei shook his head firmly.
Bai Xiaowen sighed, waved his hand and ordered the waiter to come in with a tray with a jade pot and three gold bottles on it.
The waiter poured the wine, and the wine in the jade pot was dark yellow.
Liu Bei said with a smile: "My three brothers spent half their lives in the army, but they were still able to keep their bodies intact. How lucky they are." He immediately took off the middle wine bottle.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each picked up a wine bottle. The three brothers stood opposite each other in a ring and raised their wine glasses.
"I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month, the same day. The emperor, the emperor, and the empress should learn from this. If you violate this oath, both heaven and man will be killed!"
After drinking, the three brothers became exhausted one after another and then fell to the ground.
There was noise outside and thumping footsteps. Zhao Yun entered the inner hall and saw the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang falling to the ground with no breath. He couldn't help but said in shock and anger: "You... broke your promise?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Zilong, there is no need to panic."
Ge Xuan stood up and said: "General Zhao doesn't know something. Pindao was entrusted by the young master to refine a furnace of 'Gui Ming Dan', which can also be dissolved in wine. After taking it, he was unconscious for half a month, like a dead person.
"After half a month, you will wake up."
After a pause, Ge Xuan said again: "General, if you don't believe it, you can go and find out."
Zhao Yun leaned over and felt Liu Bei's pulse, and found that there was no pulse at all, and there was no breath at the end of his nose. It was not until he probed into his chest that he could feel the faint heartbeat after a long time, like an old tortoise in hibernation, the heartbeat was extremely slow.
Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He also understood that if Bai Xiaowen was willing to go to such great lengths, he would definitely not kill Liu Bei and the others.
However, Zhao Yun still asked: "I wonder what Duke Yan will do with my lord?"
Bai Xiaowen said: "In the far east, there is a series of islands called Dongying. I have prepared a fast ship to send Liu Bei and three people to Japan, and then destroyed the ship to prevent them from returning to the Central Plains."
Bai Xiaowen had already checked in advance. The unification of the Three Kingdoms does not require conquering Japan, South Vietnam, Beihu, and the Western Regions. It only requires the unification of the fourteen states (including the newly designated Yongzhou).
Zhao Yun was doubtful.
Bai Xiaowen said: "After you and I agree, I will give you a sea chart and a big ship. You can take Liu Bei's family members to Japan to find Liu Bei."
At this time, Zhao Yun could only believe Bai Xiaowen, so he handed over his hand and thanked him.
Yizhou had been secured and Liu Bei had taken care of it, so Bai Xiaowen ordered Zhang He to lead an army of 30,000 men, march eastward along Bajun, join Wei Yan, and seize Jingzhou.
Bai Xiaowen led the rest of the soldiers and returned to the court. However, during the parade, Ma Chao was missing.
When Bai Xiaowen asked, Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu knelt down to apologize.
It turned out that after Ma Chao excavated Pang Tong's tomb, dissected the coffin and slaughtered the body, he returned to his hometown to observe mourning for Ma Teng. He was afraid that Bai Xiaowen would not allow it, so he left without saying goodbye.