Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 107
The jailer led a burly man through the dark corridor of the cell.

The middle-aged man was holding a bundle, with a tense and apprehensive expression. He came outside Guan Yu's cell. The jailer opened the door. Under the sudden light, the middle-aged man got used to the light before he saw Guan Yu who was covered in bruises in the cell.

He sat in a corner of the cell with his hands in shackles, seemingly unconscious.

The middle-aged man gasped, unexpectedly, Guan Yu was tortured into such a state after not seeing him for just a year.

The cell door opened, and the man broke in. After all, he had seen blood, but at this moment...he didn't dare to touch Guan Yu's body.

Guan Yu, on the other hand, opened his eyes slightly in a daze, and softly called out the man's name.

"Gongming? How could it be you?"

The person who came was Xu Huang, whose name was Gongming. He and Guan Yu were fellow villagers, both from Hedong County, but he was born in Yang County and Guan Yu was born in Xieliang County.

The two met because of a jujube fight once. Xu Huang saw that Guan Yu had great strength, and he was also good at fighting jujube.

After a full hundred rounds, Guan Yu won by half a trick in the end, but Xu Huang accidentally chopped down several jujube trees.

When the master came to ask, Xu Huang wanted to tell the truth, but he never thought... Guan Yu only said that he accidentally broke the jujube when he was chopping it, and he could stay and work for compensation.

For this matter, Guan Yu worked for the master's family for a month, and Xu Huang stayed with him for a month.

It was this small matter that quickly heated up the relationship between the two.

The two came from similar backgrounds, and both had high martial arts skills. They admired each other and gradually became close friends.

Recently, Xu Huang heard that Guan Yu committed crimes in the neighboring Xieliang County, so he rushed over immediately.

"Changsheng, who beat you like this?"

Xu Huang was excited and held Guan Yu's arm.

Guan Yu groaned slightly, and now he was fully awake. He saw Xu Huang clearly, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled miserably. "How did you get in?"

"The criminals in the prison have my fellow countrymen."

Xu Huang looked at the wounds all over Guan Yu's body, and said with heartache, "Changsheng, you have suffered!"

"The group of dog officials want to make them kneel down, hehe, I, Guan Changsheng, kneel to the sky, kneel down, and kneel to my parents, but I don't kneel to the dog officials!"

Guan Yu sighed.

Before coming here, Xu Huang knew something from his fellow countrymen, and listening to Guan Yu this time strengthened his mind.

"Changsheng, if you persevere, things will turn around. The imperial court sent a supervisor to monitor Hedong County. The first stop was Xieliang County. I heard that the supervisor this time is the son of the Xun family in Yingchuan, named Xunyu. Be upright and kind, if you bear with it a little longer, when he arrives, he will be able to wash away your grievances."

"Haha...wronged." Guan Yu shook his head. "Injustice means that 'officials want the people to die, and the people have to die'; injustice means that 'officials use knives and people are fish and meat'! I only hope...I only hope that one day I can get out of this prison, take a big knife, and cut off these oppressive good people It is not in vain for me, Guan Changsheng, to go through this life in the world!"

"You can't think like this. You have always valued righteousness. How can you be willing to bear the charge of 'injustice' and be ridiculed by the world after a thousand years? You read "Spring and Autumn" every day, and "Spring and Autumn" under the moon. In "Spring and Autumn" Of those heroes, which one has not been misunderstood? Hasn't been framed? How have they ever given up?"

Xu Huang is still persuading Guan Yu to rekindle hope.

Ignite the hope of "axiom" and "justice".

"What else can I be attached to? Three days later, it was Guan who was killed at Caishikou? What else can I change?"

Guan Yu deliberately lowered his voice.

But every word that appeared in Xu Huang's ears was still deafening.

Is this the cry of the desperate?
at this time.

"Gongming, hurry up, it will be bad if the cell boss finds out."

A jailer outside the door urged.

Xu Huang made a long story short. "I can't stay here for long, Changsheng. I heard that this Xun Duyou is related to the recently famous Yulin temple master. The imperial court will not send a governor for no reason. You don't have to believe me, but you have to believe in yourself! Framed, no matter how to make up for it, it is still framed..."

As he spoke, Xu Huang's tone became more solemn. "Changsheng, can you take off this bloody coat on your body?"

Guan Yu was puzzled. "what are you doing?"

Xu Huang said: "Be patient, this bloody garment is the evidence that Xie Liang county magistrate has been tortured."

While speaking, Xu Huang had already gone to take off Guan Yu's coat.

Seeing the bloody body, Xu Huang's hands began to tremble.

"cough…"

Seemingly because of the severe pain, Guan Yu coughed lightly.

The blood-stained clothes tore open the wound. Guan Yu trembled from the excruciating pain, but he still gritted his teeth firmly.

After replacing the bloody clothes, Xu Huang put on a new middle shirt for Guan Yu. There were also blood stains and cracks on the clothes, to avoid being noticed by others.

Xu Huang quickly put away the bloody clothes before slowly getting up.

"Changsheng, I'm leaving first."

Guan Yu opened his eyes slightly in the agony of collapse. "Gongming, why do you have to go into this muddy water?"

Xu Huang turned his head at the door of the cell, "Who told you to fight that jujube tree for me back then? You worked for me for a month!"

Blunting a word, the two eyes met.

When Zaoshu met... how could the two of them have imagined that they could really trust each other with their lives.

"Changsheng, trust me once!"

Xu Huang left a word and walked quickly outside the prison.

According to the original track of history, in addition to the eldest brother and third younger brother recognized by the "Taoyuan Sanjie", Guan Yu had two close friends in his life, one of which was Zhang Liao, a native of Mayi, Yanmen.

The other is a fellow from Hedong——Xu Huang!
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Yan He, the head of Xieliang County, was wearing a sick band on his forehead. He sat in front of the table and supported his forehead with his hands, frowning tightly to endure the pain.

A few days ago, Yan He started to have a headache when he heard that the imperial court sent a postal supervisor, and the first stop was Xieliang County, Hedong.

In addition, Yan Liang sent a letter back, saying that Yuan Sikong had something to say, telling them to be careful.

This matter seems to have become troublesome.

Yan Liang hurried back, and as soon as he got off his horse, he sent someone to invite Wen Chou and Qin Niu, and the three of them walked into the main hall of the government office together.

"Father."

"uncle."

"The county magistrate."

Three very different titles.

Yan He raised his hand to indicate that they don't need to salute. He raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The three of them were surprised to find that the magistrate of Xieliang County was already sweating profusely.

Yan He raised his hand and gestured for the three of them to sit down...

He said with emotion: "Some people went to worship at the entrance of Lijia Village early this morning. It was a few foreigners. This time you burned the entire 'Lijia Village', which is a bit too much."

"Hmph..." Wen Chou, who had just sat down, suddenly got up. "It's just a group of untouchables. If it is burned, it will be burned. These foreigners dare to worship? Then uncle, let my nephew send some more people to kill them together! Anyway, it will eventually blame the Hulu. .”

Wen Chou can't do without the word "kill" in a sentence. It seems that he has done a lot of killing and extorting business in "Stealing Skywood", and he has long been used to killing people.

"Kill, kill, kill, you are capable, why don't you kill that 'supervisor' sent by the imperial court!" There was a trace of anger in Yan He's tone.

"Uncle..." Wen Chou was about to draw his sword, "As long as uncle says a word, don't care what kind of shit he is, come and kill one, one pair, one pair, what are you afraid of?"

"Brother..." Wen Chou didn't realize that what Yan He said was ironic, but Yan Liang heard it clearly, and quickly explained: "The governor is in charge of monitoring the counties. In the past, he was a subordinate of the prefect. This time the imperial court sent it down, which is very meaningful. , How can we just kill it? According to Yuan Sikong, this is because the court has noticed our Xieliang County, and if we really kill it, it will be counterproductive."

"Young Master Yan is right." Qin Niu added. "I found out that the governor's name this time is Xun Yu, and he is a junior of the Xun family in Yingchuan. If Mr. Yuan can help us say a few words...then...won't the big things be made small, and the small things made small?"

"Ah…"

Yan He sneered. "It's not that simple, my son, tell Yuan Sikong exactly what he said."

"Yes." Yan Liang said immediately: "Yuan Sikong said that this Xun Yu is neither a eunuch nor a scholar-bureaucrat. Sikong told us to restrain our edge and be careful."

"Did you hear that? This matter is going to be difficult!" Yan He spread his hands and sighed helplessly.

"Then what's the problem?" Wen Chou immediately said: "Lijia Village has been burned, and the dead can't speak. I don't believe it. The fire in Lijia Village is right in front of us. In the entire Xieliang County, how can anyone dare to say anything? "

"That's right." Qin Niu added: "Besides, every household is asked to elect a man to fight against the barbarians. With these men in our hands, who dares to talk nonsense."

"I hope so!" Yan He looked coldly. "But don't make any trouble."

"County Yan, don't worry." Qin Niu patted his chest, "No matter how big the trouble is, won't Mr. Yuan take care of it for us? Otherwise, wouldn't all the filial piety all these years be in vain?"

"Okay, let's all go back. Most of the people worshiping today are small people sent by Duyou to inquire about information. Don't provoke them, but keep an eye on them. People who shouldn't be seen, don't let them see them."

"Yes!"

The last words blurted out.

Qin Niu and Wen Chou got up and walked out of the pavilion, but it was Yan Liang who rolled his eyes and patiently waited for the two to go away before adding another sentence.

"Father, Yuan Sikong still has something to say that my boy didn't dare to say just now."

"Speak."

"Yuan Sikong said that if there is an accident, then let it go!" Yan Liang's tone was somewhat decisive.

call…

Yan He let out a long breath, and immediately went to check the doors and windows to make sure that no one could hear him, and then turned his head solemnly.

"Yuan Sikong means that, as a last resort...the Qin family, what should we give up?"

"That's right!"

Yan Liang nodded firmly.

Yan He gasped.

The Qin family can give up as long as they can, then...if the situation is out of control, will their Yan family become an abandoned child in Yuan's eyes?

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At night, when Liu Yu just came back, he took off his coat, sat on a bearded stool, closed his eyes slightly, and looked a little tired.

Zhang Yulan was originally making a disguise mask, but when she saw Liu Yu's return, she couldn't help getting up and standing behind him.

While taking the comb, she gently removed the hairpin for Liu Yu, and asked softly.

"Isn't it? I didn't find out anything."

"Yes."

Liu Yu nodded.

This is a fact, this time he came to Xieliang County, he brought over a dozen of the most powerful ghost soldiers. These ghost soldiers were originally from Longhu Mountain, trained by Zhang Yulan himself, and each of them was very good at digging information.

But at the end of the day, I didn't find out anything.

"I went to inquire before, and it was the same situation. Only when I was in Lijia Village, I asked some truths. I never thought that Lijia Village would be burned to ashes the next day."

Zhang Yulan is a master at finding out information, she can't even ask for information, it can be seen... how monolithic Xieliang County is!

"Perhaps the burning of the Li family village has deterred all the villagers to a certain extent."

Liu Yu said carefully: "In every news report from the ghost soldiers, it was told that the villagers hesitated to speak, as if they knew something, but they dared not speak out because of fear."

Speaking of this, Liu Yu paused. "This Xieliang county has a very powerful method. It is better to guard against people's mouth than to prevent Sichuan."

Zhang Yulan lowered her head...

"I can feel this sense of powerlessness, just like I am now, I want to help you, I want to save Brother Guan, I also want to avenge those poor people, but... there is nothing I can do."

"Don't worry!" Liu Yu stood up slowly and stood in front of the window. "There is still one day, when the future comes... We must find a way, not only to restore Guan Changsheng's innocence, but also to open up a blue sky for this dark scene."

Inexplicable…

From Liu Yu's words, Zhang Yulan heard a lot of confidence, and she seemed to be confident, so he just...was pretending?

"Husband has a solution?"

"Not sure yet."

"How many percent?"

"Ninety-nine percent!"

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Yulan put her hand on Liu Yu's shoulder, and gently rubbed it.

In the night, the soft wind is like water, and the bright moon is in the sky.

Come to think of it, tomorrow will be a fine weather.

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A ghost soldier came to the stable next to the county government office.

The ghost pawn carefully peeped behind him, making sure to cast off his eyeliner, and then climbed over the wall and entered the stable. There were only a few horses eating night grass in the stable.

There was a large open space outside the door, piled with bales of hay, the ghost pawn came for the first time, heard some noise, hurriedly hid, waited for the young groom carrying the hay at the door to go away, and then got up again.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Facing the pillars in the stable, the ghost soldier lightly pried his fingers and beat rhythmically.

I never thought that the young groom turned back just now.

The ghost soldier was trying to hide.

The young groom quickly opened his mouth and said, "Your Excellency was sent by Guanzhu Liu, right?"

The ghost guard looked at the "stable man" in front of him vigilantly. He was about ten years old, and he was not wearing a groom's robe, but the official mansion of a "horse official".

It's hard to imagine that at such a young age, he has already become a horse official in the county.

You know, in the imperial palace, the eunuch who is in charge of horses for the emperor is one of the nine ministers. Since the imperial court ordered the conscripting of county horses, not only the eunuchs, but also the status of horse officials everywhere has risen and become fat. Difference.

"Who is your Excellency?"

"My surname is Wang and my first name is Gai. My father is Taiyuan county official 'Wang Yun'. My father specially asked me to stay here to wait for Guanzhu Liu."

The young horse official was named Wang Gai, the son of Wang Yun, an official in Taiyuan County.

Different from the "Qin family" who rose halfway through the "county" level giants, the Taiyuan Wang family is undoubtedly more famous in the whole of Shanxi. It is a very prestigious family and officials for generations.

After Wang Yun promoted Xiaolian, he was elected as Taiyuan county official. After some operations, his seventeen-year-old son Wang Gai was also appointed as a horse official in Xieliang County. Of course, this was just a springboard.

"It turned out to be Prince Wang, and I was sent by Guanzhu Liu."

It seems that because of being quite excited, the ghost soldier's voice became a little louder.

In no mood…

There were voices from outside the stables.

"Wang Caozhu? Are you talking?"

It turned out that the yamen servants on patrol in the county government heard the noise here.

Wang Gai quickly pointed out his index finger to signal the pawn to be quiet, but he yelled, "It's me. Horses have no night grass and are not fat. I'm feeding the horses to eat night grass. In this world, horses are more delicate than people. Eating four meals of forage a day, I'm so envious!"

There was a bit of jealousy in the words...

"Oh, haha, then go to bed early."

The yamen servant replied and went to patrol elsewhere.

After the people left, Wang Gai quickly took out a letter from under a horse's sweat pad. "Everything Guanzhu Liu wants to know is recorded on it, so be careful!"

The ghost pawn quickly put it away, and he couldn't help asking. "Talking about the barbarians outside the city of Xieliang County, and about the Li Family Village, everyone is talking about it three times. Why is Prince Wang so bold and dares to write a letter to Guanzhu Liu?"

"Ah…"

Wang Gai smiled slightly, "I, the Wang family of Taiyuan, have always admired the might and demeanor of heroes like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and admired their determination to defend the country to the death. What I despise most are these duplicitous, insidious and cunning villains in Xieliang County! "

"Regarding the looting by the barbarians and the burning of the Li Family Village, I have written them down in detail on the letterhead. As for why my Taiyuan Wang family helped Guanzhu Liu? Haha, Guanzhu Liu should be clearer than us."

While speaking, Wang Gai looked around the door of the stable.

"I know a dog hole that can go out of town, you come with me."

He greeted and led the way.

The night was as dark as a rock, and two shadows quickly shuttled between the streets and alleys, carrying hope...to the outskirts of the city.

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A pair of gangster white soles, embroidered clean boots, gently stepped on the gray stone floor of the side room of the farmhouse, and the two men stood here anxiously waiting for something.

Not long after, Liu Yu and Zhang Yulan hurried over.

It seemed that they were woken up in their deep sleep. They were only wearing their coats, and their hair had not been adjusted in time, and it was loose, looking a little fluffy and messy.

"Brother Liu?"

"Brother Zhen?"

Zhang Yulan and Liu Yu spoke almost at the same time.

The "Brother Liu" Zhang Yulan called out was the "half" savior, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande of Zhuo County.

Liu Yu shouted "Brother Zhen", who else could there be besides Zhen Yi.

"Miss Zhang."

Liu Bei also saluted Zhang Yulan very politely, and then turned his head to Liu Yu. "Presumably, this is Guanzhu Liu?"

When Liu Yu and Liu Bei met for the first time, they only heard Miss Yulan call him Big Brother Liu, but they didn't know his identity yet.

Zhen Yi quickly introduced.

"Xuande, this is the Yulin temple master and Qilin talent you have been looking for so hard, and also my good brother, Liu Yu!"

"My dear brother, this is the one who saved my younger brother and sister, from Zhuo County, Youzhou, Liu Bei Liu Xuande, the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing after King Jing of Zhongshan."

Zhen Yi showed the characteristic talkativeness of merchants.

After introducing Liu Bei and Liu Yu respectively, he turned to look at Zhang Yulan.

"This girl is probably a younger brother and younger sister. I haven't introduced myself to my younger siblings yet. Zhen Yi from Zhongshan Wuji, your husband and I are both brothers and close friends."

Zhang Yulan saluted Zhen Yi generously.

"So it's my husband's elder brother. My husband always mentions you as Brother Zhen. If my brother doesn't dislike me, how about my concubine calling her brother Zhen along with my husband?"

Don't look like a celestial saint, but she behaves decently and gracefully.

"It's my honor to let my siblings call 'Brother Zhen'..." Zhen Yi smiled again, and when he mentioned this, Zhen Yi stretched out his hand to signal. "Xuande, haven't you always wanted to say something to Guanzhu Liu? Now that Guanzhu Liu is right in front of you, why are you so dumb?"

"So it's Brother Xuande." Liu Yu added in a timely manner.

He had already heard Zhang Yulan tell about Liu, Guan, and Zhang. Liu Bei delivered a letter to Zhongshan Country for Yulan, which was very important to the situation in Luoyang. From the bottom of his heart, Liu Yu was grateful to him.

"Guardian Liu..." Liu Bei cupped his hands.

"If you call Guanzhu, you will be out of sight." Liu Yu quickly helped Liu Bei up: "If brother Xuande doesn't mind, I will call you big brother in the future, and brother Xuande will call me brother."

"This..." Liu Bei hesitated a little...

Liu Yu was the first to surrender. "Little brother Liu Yu pays homage to Big Brother Liu..."

"This can't be done." Liu Bei hastily helped Liu Yu up, "Just now after brother Zhen Miao praised me as King Jing of Zhongshan, I'm afraid this is going to make my virtuous brother laugh at me. My virtuous brother is called a 'Kirin genius', how could you not know In Zhuo County, there are as many "Queens of King Jing of Zhongshan" as the hair on a cow, and the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing is like a crucian carp crossing the river."

After changing the interpretation, after Liu Bei called himself "Zhongshan King Jing" at every turn, this time...in front of Liu Yu, Liu Bei appeared very humble.

The reason for this is that Liu Bei was a little surprised when he saw Liu Yu.

This "Yulin Temple Master" is passed on in the market as miraculous.

But when I saw him today... I found out that he was inexplicably kind, completely without the arrogance of a "unicorn genius" who treats countless wealthy families as nothing. Instead, he called Liu Bei "Brother Liu".

This made Liu very flattered and more willing to be honest with each other.

"Brother Zhen? Brother Liu, do you have something to say to me?" Liu Yu continued to ask.

Liu Bei's complexion changed, and there was a little seriousness on his cheeks. "I'm not in a hurry to ask. I heard that brother Guan was framed, and I also heard that the imperial court sent a supervisor to Xieliang County, Hedong. I expected that my brother would also come here, so it was brother Zhen who discussed and came here in advance to investigate."

"Brother Zhen and I have been here for three days, and we have secretly investigated something. The most urgent thing is to save Brother Guan first?"

Liu Bei showed a special open-mindedness.

Putting his own business behind him, he focused on rescuing Guan Yu instead.

He felt that by doing this, he could gain more favor from Liu Yu.

of course.

What is Liu Bei's temperament, Liu Yu knows from the book, benevolence and righteousness are true, and black belly is also true, these are just means to survive in troubled times.

Immediately…

Liu Yu's eyeballs must be.

"I also sent many ghost soldiers to investigate secretly, but I found nothing here?"

Immediately, Liu Yu asked him the most curious question. "Why did Big Brother Liu and Big Brother Zhen find out some news? Is the news reliable?"

In Liu Yu's opinion...

This question is very important!

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(End of this chapter)