When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 485 Zhang Kai: Assassinating Lord Xuande? I'm really nothing ()

"Excuse me, sir. What should I call you?"

Zhang Kai swallowed and told the gentleman in front of him his name.

The gentleman smiled warmly, "My name is Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande."

"It turns out to be Mr. Liu. Wait a minute! What did you say?" Zhang Kai widened his eyes in disbelief, his mouth opened in surprise, and a chill ran along his coccyx to the top of his head.

Liu Bei
Liu Xuande.
Isn’t this General Wei’s name!
The target of this trip actually appeared before our eyes!
"You are General Liu Xuande?!"

"good."

Zhang Kai's head was buzzing after receiving a positive answer. He felt that the God was playing a big joke on him.

wrong!

Zhang Kai's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly remembered something that didn't make sense.

General Wei's power is second only to one man. How could such a powerful figure come out of the city to welcome him?

There must be something fishy going on!
Zhang Kai quickly gathered his thoughts and forced himself to remain calm. Fortunately, he was an expert in this skill, and within a moment, he regained his expression. He asked, "Sir, I am only the messenger of Guangling County Magistrate Chen Yuanlong, not the Guangling County Magistrate. How can I trouble you to go out of the city to greet me?"

"Brother Zhang, you are too kind. I am ashamed to say that I left the city this time to see the canal and the overturned car with my own eyes. When I was returning to the city, I saw the motorcade of Guangling County Magistrate Chen Yuanlong from afar, and I came to visit him on a whim."

That's it
No wonder General Wei came to block the way. It turned out that he was not going out of the city to meet him, but just happened to be on his way.
Looking closely, Liu Bei's shoes were covered in mud, and even his sleeves had some mud stains.

He had indeed seen these characteristics in farmers, which showed that Liu Bei was not lying.

Zhang Kai felt his body suddenly lighten. If Liu Bei went out of the city to meet them, he might wonder if his identity was exposed.
At the moment, it seems that he is judging others by his own mean standards.

As for the mission of assassinating Liu Xuande
Zhang Kai looked at Liu Bei's warm face and suddenly hesitated. He couldn't help thinking: Let's forget about assassinating General Wei.
"Brother Zhang, I see that you are all exhausted from the journey. I guess you haven't had a proper meal along the way. Why don't I host a banquet for you all?"

"How can we let General Wei break through?"

Zhang Kai wanted to say, how can we let General Wei spend money? Unfortunately, the word "spend" could not be uttered from his mouth. Facing Liu Bei's sincere smile and easy-going attitude, he nodded and changed his words: "Yes."

"Brother Zhang, if you don't mind, would you like to ride in the same car with me?"

"I, General Wei, sincerely invite you. It would be disrespectful to refuse. I would like to go with General Wei."

"Good, Brother Zhang, please."

"General Wei, please."

Zhang Kai got on the car in a daze.

When Zhang Kai rode in the same carriage with Liu Bei, the atmosphere was not as serious as he had expected, but rather very casual.

Moreover, Liu Bei was also very talkative. In the carriage, without anyone noticing, Zhang Kai quickly started talking to Liu Bei.

He recounted what he had seen and heard along the way and asked questions about the doubts in his mind.

Liu Bei listened quietly, answering Zhang Kai's questions from time to time, such as the overturning of carts and water channels to deal with the lack of well water in Chang'an. He would answer all these common sense questions one by one. When it came to some important matters, he just smiled and passed them over.

Until the carriage arrived at the tavern, Liu Bei did not urge Zhang Kai to convey Chen Deng's intention.

Realizing this, Zhang Kai lowered his head in embarrassment. He wished he could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

"General Wei, I have a letter here from the Magistrate of Chen County." Zhang Kai tried to make amends by feeling around on his body.

Liu Bei said in a gentle voice: "Don't be in a hurry. It is said that food is the most important thing for the people. Brother Zhang, please go into the wine shop and have your meal first."

"Yes." Facing Liu Bei's invitation, Zhang Kai stopped what he was doing and followed Liu Bei's footsteps.

Everyone followed Liu Bei into a guest room in the tavern, and Zhang Kai discovered that Liu Bei was not sitting at the main seat, but was sitting at the same table with everyone else.

You have to know that the number of soldiers in the entire convoy can be counted on one’s fingers.

Zhang Kai saw clearly how reluctant those scholars were to sit down just now!
If Liu Bei hadn't been here, they would have walked away with their noses pinched!
What made Zhang Kai feel even more unbelievable was yet to come. He discovered that Liu Bei did not respect him just because he held the title of "Envoy of Chen Yuanlong", but was the same to everyone in the caravan!

No matter what the topic was, Liu Bei could keep up the conversation. He did not interrupt rudely like Yuan Shu, but would wait until others finished speaking before taking over the conversation.

Gradually, Liu Bei became friends with everyone in the caravan.

Even the scholars who had shown contempt just now smiled.

What’s even more amazing is that Zhang Kai felt that some of the people in the convoy were unfamiliar, but Liu Bei could easily call out their names!
If the encounter on the road was beyond Zhang Kai's imagination, then what he saw and heard at the banquet truly shocked his three views.

Shouldn't the world's heroes be people like Yuan Shu?

Why does Liu Bei give people such a different feeling?

Zhang Kai suddenly felt that Yuan Shu was somewhat unreasonable. Why? Why did he go against General Wei?

As time went by, the topic gradually deepened and gradually involved the scope of ambition.

Everyone was speaking passionately. In this environment, Zhang Kai could not ignore it. As the saying goes, wine makes a coward bold. He gulped down the wine in his cup and stood up. "I don't have many ambitions in my life, just to drink and eat meat, and then repay my benefactors. But today I have other ideas."

"Good good."

These remarks drew applause from the crowd.

After the last person in the convoy finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei did not shirk his responsibility nor was hesitant. He stood up neatly with the wine glass in hand.

A hint of emotion actually appeared on that face that made people feel very favorable.

This made everyone feel puzzled. They instinctively felt that Liu Bei should not show such an expression.

However, after Liu Bei spoke, no one continued to argue.

"Don't be afraid of being laughed at by you, I have great ambitions. I want everyone in the Han Dynasty to have three meals a day, their efforts will not be buried, children can go to school, the elderly should have someone to rely on, baby girls will not be drowned, no one will be frozen to death in winter, and the family will be reunited on New Year's Day."

Everyone looked at Liu Bei in a daze. It wasn't that they didn't believe Liu Bei. Just because Liu Bei was standing there, they already believed him a little.

Liu Bei's voice was neither fast nor slow, without any trace of boasting.

Even Zhang Kai, who had traveled extensively, had never heard such sincere words. Moreover, facts are often more convincing than words.

As they walked along the way, the closer they got to Chang'an, the more they felt that everything was getting better.

If it were them, such an achievement would have made them smile from ear to ear, and they could even be called humble if they were so proud in front of outsiders.

And what about Liu Bei?
I didn't think it was that good.
Even said that the plan is very big.
Is the ambition really this big?
Faced with such a Liu Bei, Zhang Kai lowered his head, feeling deeply insignificant.

If Liu Bei is the bright moon, he is not even the light of a candle.

When Zhang Kai thought of the purpose of this trip, a look of shame appeared on his face, and the self-blame in his heart prompted him to bite his lip.

I actually want to assassinate Lord Xuande? ! !
You are really unworthy of being a human being!
It’s simply worse than a pig or a dog!
No!

Zhang Kai clenched his fists and said, "I will definitely apologize to Lord Xuande after dinner!"

Just as Zhang Kai was thinking about how to apologize, someone came to his senses, stood up and asked, "General Wei, this ambition is probably not easy. Just to provide the people of the Han Dynasty with three meals a day is so difficult that it makes people's scalps numb. Can you really do it?"

Liu Bei did not scold the man, nor did he answer the man's question immediately. He returned to his previous demeanor and smiled calmly, "I wonder if you have heard of the story of Yugong moving the mountains?"

"Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains?"

Most people looked at each other, obviously having never heard of this story.

Zhang Kai, with his sharp ears, caught the scholars' whispers.

What we can learn from the scholars is that this story comes from "Liezi·Tangwen", but the specific content is unknown.

Fortunately, Liu Bei told the story: "Taihang and Wangwu are 700 li in radius and 7,000 to 8,000 feet high. They were originally located in the south of Jizhou and north of the north bank of the Yellow River."

Zhang Kai and the others were puzzled. Are Taihang and Wangwu located to the south of Jizhou? To the north of the north bank of the Yellow River?

Right? !

Even though everyone was confused, no one spoke up to disturb Liu Bei.

"There was an old man named Yugong, who was 90 years old and lived opposite the mountain. He was troubled by the obstruction in the northern part of the mountainous area. He had to take a detour to go in and out, so he called his family together to discuss and decided to dig the steep mountain flat so that the road would lead all the way to the southern part of Yuzhou and the south bank of the Han River."

"The wise old man of Hequ laughed at Yugong, 'Foolish! With your remaining years and weak strength, you can't even shake a blade of grass on the mountain, so what can you do with the soil and stones?'"

"Yugong of Beishan sighed and said, "Stubborn, stubborn, you are really stubborn, worse than an orphan and a widow. Although I die, my son will live. My son will have a grandson, and my grandson will have a son. My son will have a son, and my son will have a grandson. My son's descendants will be endless, and the mountain will not grow any bigger. Why can't it be leveled?"

Zhang Kai slapped his thigh fiercely, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, "So that's how it is. No wonder Taihang and Wangwu are located in the south of Jizhou and the north bank of the Yellow River. It turns out that they were leveled little by little by Yugong and his descendants! Yugong is really amazing! I understand now. Even Yugong and his descendants can dig away the mountains. We and our descendants should all contribute to Lord Xuande's ambition. Lord Xuande's ambition will surely be realized!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Kai in surprise. They never expected that Zhang Kai could understand Liu Bei's meaning so quickly.

And they said it so well. They were not stupid people. They could naturally see along the way that Zhang Kai and they were not on good terms.

Whether the purpose is simple or not is another matter.

Who would have thought that just by meeting Liu Bei once, he would change so much? It seemed that if someone jumped out to assassinate Liu Bei at this moment, Zhang Kai would stand in front of Liu Bei.

But, thinking back, it doesn't seem strange that Zhang Kai could have such a change.
After all, people like General Wei are rare in the world.
Of course, there were some people who looked puzzled, like the scholars in the crowd. Wasn’t the story not yet finished?
However, they did not have the intention of digging into the matter. At this critical moment when everyone was in high spirits, no one wanted to pour a bucket of cold water on them. Besides, they did not want to leave a bad impression on Liu Bei.

"That's right. As long as we work together, an iron rod can be ground into a needle, and water can penetrate a stone. I believe that day will come. When we encounter a mountain, we will dig; when we encounter water, we will build a bridge; when we encounter difficulties, we will face them head-on. Gentlemen, do you want to see that kind of scene?!" After saying that, Liu Bei drank the wine in one gulp.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room was extremely moved. They shouted at the top of their lungs, "Yes!" and then imitated Liu Bei and gulped down the wine.

However, Zhang Kai once again lowered his head in shame, "Lord Xuande, I also want to lend a helping hand, but I don't know if I am qualified."

Ok?
Liu Bei noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Kai. He had noticed before that Zhang Kai's hands were rough, especially his thumbs and palms, which were covered with thick calluses. He must be someone who often used a knife.

Looking at Zhang Kai's face again, his complexion was ruddy but his complexion was dark.

I guess they are not ordinary people.

Looking at Zhang Kai's figure again, he has a well-proportioned and strong body, and his steps are very light.

Now he looked ashamed again.
Could it be that the purpose of this trip is not simple?
It seems that the answer is about to come out?

However, Liu Bei did not investigate Chen Deng's envoy. He said leniently: "As long as it does not violate human ethics and does not harm the will of heaven, it is naturally allowed. If there is a mistake, it should be corrected in time."

"Duke Xuande"

Zhang Kai was deeply moved and wanted to tell Liu Bei his identity.

After struggling for a while, he finally restrained himself. He clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Bei, "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books."

After the banquet was over, Zhang Kai prepared to go look for Liu Bei secretly.

When he found Liu Bei, he discovered that Liu Bei had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Kai opened his eyes slightly, slightly surprised, "Lord Xuande, are you waiting for me?"

"Of course, Brother Zhang is worried. I can tell." Liu Bei joked, "What's more, Brother Zhang has not yet told me what Chen Yuanlong asked him to do."

"Lord Xuande" Zhang Kai understood that Liu Bei was taking his feelings into consideration at the banquet and did not mention any certain things at all.

Even now Liu Bei did not force it. He firmly believed that even if he said nothing, but directly handed Chen Deng's letter to Liu Bei and turned away, Liu Bei would not say anything.

If Liu Bei is replaced by Yuan Shu.
Zhang Kai couldn't help but shudder. If it were Yuan Shu, he would have been surrounded by guards long ago. If he couldn't explain the reason, he might even lose his life.

Why is there such a big gap between people?
Thinking of this, Zhang Kai no longer hesitated, "Mr. Xuande, I am actually following Yuan Shu's orders to assassinate you."

Seeing that Liu Bei was not angry, Zhang Kai could not help but ask: "Lord Xuande, are you not going to arrest me?"

"Catch? Am I not standing here peacefully?"

".As expected of Lord Xuande."

Zhang Kai couldn't help but sigh at Liu Bei's magnanimity. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of Yuan Shu. Why was the gap between Yuan Gonglu and Lord Xuande so great?

Suddenly Zhang Kai remembered something. He took out the letter and handed it to Liu Bei, reminding him, "Lord Xuande, be careful of Chen Yuanlong. He must be a hypocritical and cunning person!"

Hypocrisy
"Pfft" Liu Bei couldn't help laughing out loud.

(End of this chapter)