Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 42 Cooking Wine on Heroes

There must be nothing good for Dong Cheng to come to the door. Not long ago, he accepted the belt edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie, and wanted to find someone to kill the traitor Cao Cao for the emperor.

Dong Cheng had already contacted Changshui Xiaowei Zhongji, General Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu and others. He saw that Liu Bei was very close to Cao thief, so he approached him again.

Liu Bei always cherished the heart of helping the Han Dynasty, so he accepted the imperial edict gladly.

Before receiving the edict, although Liu Bei's life was suffering, he was not frightened.After accepting the clothes and belt edict, because of ghosts in his heart, he often suspected leaks and was afraid of being murdered by Cao Cao.

In order to hide his nervousness, Liu Bei turned over the soil and planted vegetables in the backyard where he lived, and even watered it himself, thinking that it was a way to hide his strength and bide his time.

Zhang Fei asked in bewilderment: "Brother doesn't pay attention to the world's major affairs, but learns from this villain. Why?"

"Lan Ziyu is also farming in Xiaopei, but the strategy in her heart is still undiminished, so don't doubt it."

After Liu Bei read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he was very interested in Na Wumu's suicide note and Genghis Khan's tactics. He guessed that Jin Lao was a genius like Zhang Liang, and he couldn't wait to return to Xiaopei to invite talents to come out.

Seeing Liu Bei mentioning Lantian, Guan Yu stroked his beard and nodded in praise.

Zhang Fei said disapprovingly, "Does that boy in Lantian have a strategy? But he cooks well, and I'm a bit greedy when I say it."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Don't you hear that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish? Third brother, don't underestimate this man."

Seeing Liu Bei saying this, Guan Zhang stopped persuading him, but Liu Bei was always worried about leaving Xudu.

One day when Guan Zhang was not at home, Xu Chu and Zhang Liao suddenly led a dozen people into the garden and said, "By the order of the prime minister, please go quickly, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Bei was startled when he heard that, and mistakenly thought that the clothes belt edict had happened, so he asked tentatively, "I don't know what's important for the prime minister?"

Xu Chu's face was full of flesh, and he said without changing his face: "I don't know, just let me wait to invite you."

Liu Bei swallowed his saliva, and looked at Zhang Liao who was beside him, only to see that the other party just shook his head plainly.

"The two generals will change later, Rong Bei will change first." Liu Bei walked into the room with his hands folded, his mind constantly analyzing good and bad fortune.

Liu Bei changed into his clothes, and anxiously followed the two to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As soon as they met, Cao Cao pointed to Liu Bei and said, "Ah Xuande, you have done a great job at home."

Liu Bei was so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he immediately stayed where he was. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao came striding forward, holding his hand and walking to the back garden together.

"It's not easy for Xuande to grow vegetables at home." Cao Cao laughed.

Hearing this, Liu Bei's heart was suspended, and he responded with a smile: "Bei has nothing to do at home, so I am entertaining you."

Cao Cao said again: "I see the plums on the branches are green. I remembered that last year when I marched to Zhangxiu Road, there was a lack of water. All the soldiers were thirsty. I pointed out with a whip that there was a plum forest ahead, and all the soldiers were spitting and not thirsty. Seeing this now The plums must be admired, and the wine is ripe, so I invite the envoy Jun Xiaoting for a while."

Liu Bei calmed down, and complimented: "Duke Ming is quick-witted, even the famous generals of ancient times can't match him."

Cao Cao shook his head and laughed, and invited Liu Bei to sit down in the pavilion.

On the stone table, there are freshly picked plums and a bottle of boiling wine.

The two held their cups and drank until they were half drunk. Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a shower was coming.

The entourage in the garden pointed to the cloud statues outside the sky, and one of them looked like a jiao or a dragon, so Cao Cao and Liu Bei leaned on the fence to watch the clouds.

Cao Cao said: "May I know if the dragon changes?"

"Appreciate further details."

"Dragon can be big or small, can rise or hide, big can make clouds and mist, small can hide its shape, rise can soar between the universe, and hide can hide in the waves. Now in the deep spring, the dragon changes with time, just like the dragon. A man can fly across the world with his will.”

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, "I don't want the prime minister to rely on a dragon to die, but I am so impressed by how I feel."

"The dragon is a thing that can be compared to the heroes of the world. Just now Xuande praised me as a famous general who surpassed the ancients. The praise is too much. Even Genghis Khan in the Legend of the Condor Heroes, I can't match it." Cao Cao sighed.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes is fabricated by people, how can the Prime Minister be true?" Liu Bei comforted.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No, stories cannot be fabricated out of thin air. I guess that Genghis Khan must be a great sage from ancient times. It's a pity that the mysterious Jin Lao couldn't be found."

Liu Bei was startled and said, "The Prime Minister has already gone to find this person?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "I'm still very pleased with The Legend of the Condor Heroes. I sent people to Xiaopei to look for Mr. Jin's whereabouts. Unfortunately, there was no one with the surname of Jin. Instead, I found that Lan Ziyu lived outside Xiaopei. It’s a pity that the family farm is just a farmer who farms.”

"Perhaps because of the wars in Xuzhou these years, the old man Jin died in the war? Did the prime minister invite back that Lan Ziyu?" Liu Bei asked.

Cao Cao was startled when he heard that, could it be that he slaughtered Xuzhou several times alone and killed the author of the novel by mistake?
He continued: "Although I am farming in Xudu, there is no shortage of such a farmer. Why should I invite you? Xuande has traveled all over the world for a long time, and he must know the heroes of the world. Please try to say it."

Only then did Liu Bei feel relieved, "Be sure to recognize a hero with the naked eye?"

"Xuande should be too modest. You neither know his face nor his name." Cao Cao asked.

Liu Bei had no choice but to say: "Yuan Shu in Huainan has enough soldiers and food, can he be a hero?"

"The dry bones in the tomb, I will capture them sooner or later."

"Yuan Shao of Hebei Province, now occupying the land of Jizhou, has a lot of capable subordinates, can he be a hero?"

"Yuan Shao is brave and courageous, he is not a hero, he is not a hero if he does big things and cherishes his life, sees small gains and forgets his life."

Cao Cao didn't care about Liu Bei's mention of the two, so he continued to ask questions and speculate, but unfortunately the other party kept shaking his head.

"Sun Bofu?"

"Liu Jingsheng?"

"Lu Bu?"

Liu Bei guessed one after another, Cao Cao laughed and said nothing. When he heard Lu Bu's name, he laughed and said, "Lü Bu is already a ghost, so how can we talk about today's hero? But I heard something interesting about this man."

"What's the fun?" Liu Bei asked.

"I heard that after Lu Bu read The Legend of the Condor Heroes, he compared himself to Wang Chongyang with supernatural powers. It's really shameless." Cao Cao laughed.

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Wang Chongyang did die early."

"Haha, Xuande's words are quite reasonable. Why don't we follow Lu Bu's example and include the princes of the world as characters in this novel?"

Liu Bei looked confused, thinking how to do this? "The Legend of the Condor Heroes has so many characters, how can the princes of this world compare them all?"

"Then let's compare the positions of the five masters. Since the supernatural powers are occupied by Lu Bu, let's get rid of the east, west, north, and south?" Cao Cao's childlike innocence burst out.

"Then Yuan Shao is in Hebei, and he has a lot of soldiers under his command, can he be a beggar from the north?" Liu Bei tried to ask.

"Xuande's words are justified. The Beggar Clan is a mob. Yuan Benchu ​​is very suitable to be a beggar." Cao Cao laughed.

Liu Beixin made a slip of the tongue, if Yuan Shao listened to this, he might be misunderstood by the other party, so he didn't dare to continue.

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't continue, Cao Cao said with a gloomy expression, "Huang Yaoshi is very attractive to me. I can't compare myself too much to Dongxie, right?"

"Not too much, not too much" Liu Beixin said that it should be Xidu.

(End of this chapter)