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

Chapter 535 Zhou Yu's Regret ()

Liu Bei, who led his army into Shouchun, looked normal, but he did not feel the slightest joy of victory.

The dilapidated street scene came into view, the road was full of potholes, the stench of rancid food was lingering in the air, the doors of the houses on both sides were tightly closed, and some of them did not even have doors. The leaky windows would occasionally open a corner, and a group of timid but slightly curious faces would carefully lean against the windows.

The Shouchun soldiers who dropped their weapons and cheered loudly for their arrival were all skinny and sallow.

Not to mention fighting, they would probably be blown down by a gust of wind.

I think they are the conscripted people.
The further you go, the smoother the road becomes.

A high-standard and high-structured mansion appeared before our eyes, with buildings interspersed among them. The luxurious atmosphere formed a sharp contrast with the low and dilapidated houses just seen.

After questioning, it was found that these were residences awarded to high-ranking officials by Yuan Shu.

The anger that Liu Bei had accumulated before suddenly ignited. A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he glared at the tightly tied Yuan Shu with angry eyes. Good, good, what a good Yuan Gonglu!
Yuan Shu suddenly shuddered, goose bumps appeared all over his body, and his heartbeat became much faster. He felt that he was being stared at by some terrifying existence, more ferocious than jackals and more terrifying than tigers and leopards!
A name suddenly popped up in Yuan Shu's mind: Liu Xuande!
He remembered that this was the feeling Liu Bei gave him when he was captured before!

It's Liu Xuande! Yes, it must be Liu Xuande!
Zhang Fei frowned and said sternly: "Yuan Gonglu, I warn you not to play any tricks in front of me! Otherwise, I will make you pay!"

"I'm talking to you, can you hear me?!"

Zhang Fei raised his eyebrows, raised his leg and kicked Yuan Shu, making Yuan Shu scream.

Liu Bei said, "Third brother, stop it."

When Yuan Shu heard Liu Bei's voice, he was shocked and became nervous. When he heard Liu Bei's words clearly, he was relieved. It turned out that he was the one who got nervous.

He was afraid of Liu Bei from the bottom of his heart, but he had to admit that as a disciple of a great Confucian scholar, Liu Bei knew how to respect the gentry better than Zhang Fei, who changed his career halfway.

However, Liu Bei's next words instantly shattered the little bit of relief in Yuan Shu's heart.

"Third brother, how could you hit someone in public?"

"Brother, I understand."

"what?"

Yuan Shu was slightly stunned. No, he didn't even scold him?! Does this mean that since there is no one around, Zhang Fei can beat him up at will?!
Zhang Fei turned his head and glared at Yuan Shu, his ferocious eyes seemed to say that he had something wrong.

Yuan Shu shu shuddered again.

A messenger ran to Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others and unintentionally rescued Yuan Shu. "General Wei, three generals, we have arrived at the treasury! The treasury is ahead!"

"Treasury!"

Yuan Shu suddenly remembered that Liu Bei had promised to return the rice and corn in the treasury to the people.
He thought Liu Bei was just talking, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to be serious!
But thinking back, it seems not surprising that Liu Bei did these things.
Without waiting for Yuan Shu to respond, Liu Bei waved his hand and shouted, "Open the treasury, count the grain, and return it to the people!"

Liu Bei gave the heavy responsibility of investigating the people's food loss to Taishi Ci, and gave the task of dealing with the people and capturing the bandits in the city to Zhang Liao.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce asked for orders to assist Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci, and Liu Bei naturally agreed.

After arranging everything, Liu Bei turned his sharp eyes like a knife to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's heart sank, and he felt that something bad was going to happen.

"As for the traitor Yuan Gonglu, I will give you a thorough trial in front of the people of this city!"

After these words were spoken, Yuan Shu's heart was finally at peace. Letting the people of the whole city witness Liu Bei's trial of him with their own eyes was undoubtedly a severe trampling on his pride!
Who is he? Three generations of officials!
What qualifications do those stinking people have to watch him laugh?!

If it were in the past, if anyone dared to say something like that to him, he would definitely teach that person a lesson!
It was a pity that he had already been defeated. A random word from Liu Bei could make him suffer a fate worse than death. He was just a piece of meat on the chopping board.

Powerless Powerless
When Yuan Shu was in grief, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"Wait a minute!"

"General Liu Wei!"

Yuan Shu, sweating profusely, said to Liu Bei in a panic, "General Wei, if you want to get the complete jade seal, please come."

When he said the word "please", Yuan Shu's face gradually twisted and became very ferocious, as if a fish bone was stuck in his throat. Although he was afraid of Liu Bei, he also looked down on him in his heart. He was just a weaver and shoe seller. Why should he be so arrogant? !

In the end, his unwillingness was defeated by the fear of losing face in front of the people. He gasped and finally squeezed out the last words from between his teeth, saying, "General, please take back your order!"

Quiet.

The hall was unusually quiet.

Whether it was Liu Bei, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, or even Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, they all looked at Yuan Shu with strange eyes.

Yuan Shu just felt confused. Were his words strange?

"Are you talking about this jade seal?"

Zhang Fei's rough voice was as deafening as thunder, which made Yuan Shu's whole body stiff.

Looking at the jade seal in Zhang Fei's hand, Yuan Shu's face was full of disbelief. His first reaction was that it was a fake, absolutely a fake!
but.
No matter how you look at it, this jade seal is a genuine jade seal!
He hid the seal in a secret room, and very few people knew about it. Even if Zhang Fei was extremely intelligent, he would not be able to find the hiding place in a short time.

Unless someone betrayed him!

Suddenly, Yuan Shu remembered a rumor about Liu Bei, that Liu Bei's spies were all over the world. Often, the less likely someone was to be Liu Bei's spy, the more likely they were to be Liu Bei's spy, such as Zhang He and his ilk.

The people who knew where the jade seal and books were hidden were his cousin Yuan Yin and his virtuous brother Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was eliminated first. If it weren't for Lu Bu, he would have been killed by Zhang Fei! Besides, Lu Bu was loyal and would definitely not betray him.

Then there is only one possibility.
Yuan Shu's face turned blue and purple, and he growled angrily, "Yuan Yin! You bastard! You're the one who ruined me!"

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Sun Ce was confused. He lowered his voice and asked Zhou Yu, "Gongjin, what does Yuan Gonglu mean?"

Zhou Yu said succinctly: "I think Yuan Gonglu thought that Yuan Yin had betrayed him, so he gave the seal to the three generals."

"I see." Sun Ce nodded, but his expression suddenly changed. He urged, "Gongjin, let's go quickly. If Yuan Gonglu asks you and me to plead for him, it will be bad luck!"

Seeing that Sun Ce was impatiently pulling Zhou Yu to resign to Liu Bei, Yuan Shu was forced to swallow back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Liu Bei did not give Yuan Shu a chance to continue speaking. He waved his hand and said, "Put this thief in jail!"

Two strong guards stepped over the threshold, walked quickly to Yuan Shu's side, and grabbed Yuan Shu's arms on both sides. Even though Yuan Shu was unwilling, his struggle was completely useless to the battle-hardened guards, and he was soon dragged away by the guards.

"By the way, where is my father-in-law?" After arranging all matters temporarily, Liu Bei remembered his father-in-law whom he met outside Shouchun City.

The guards replied, "General Wei, we have helped the old man to reunite with his son according to the general's orders."

"Good!" Liu Bei nodded slightly, "Come on, take me to see it."

"promise."

Before going to meet his father-in-law, Liu Bei changed into casual clothes to avoid being too conspicuous.

Under the guidance of his personal guards, Liu Bei successfully met his father-in-law.

The old man's eyes were filled with tears. He pulled the lame man and thanked him repeatedly, and even wanted to kneel down to him when they disagreed.

"Father, this is unacceptable!" Liu Bei, who was quick-witted and quick-handed, quickly held the father-in-law's arm. He pretended to be angry and said, "Father, I made a promise beforehand. Don't blame me for being angry."

Seeing that the old man had given up, Liu Bei looked at the lame man again, "It is I who should thank you. If I remember correctly, you are the hero who killed the rebel general in this city, right?"

"!" The lame man's eyes widened. He stammered in disbelief: "General Weiwei, you... you still remember me?"

"How could I forget you, a hero?"

Liu Bei accurately said the man's name, causing the man to open his mouth in surprise.

He had only met Liu Bei once before. After he cut off the head of the defending general and allowed Liu Bei to enter the city, Liu Bei praised him highly and rewarded him in front of all the soldiers and citizens in the city.

The money Liu Bei rewarded him with was enough for him to buy land and houses.

Afterwards, the man learned the whole story from his father-in-law and was deeply moved.

He lamented, "I only regret that I am disabled and cannot serve the general!"

Liu Bei shook his head. "What's the point of serving you? It's enough to live a good life in the future."

After some greetings, Liu Bei bowed and said goodbye.

On the way back, Liu Bei found that people in brown clothes along the way were telling each other, "The officials in the government office are counting the corn and rice that were robbed by Yuan Shikai. Don't miss it!"

"Corn and rice? Is this true?" someone expressed doubt.

"Of course it's true! That was a promise made by General Wei himself!"

"General Wei? Who is General Wei? I know General Zhang and General Zheng, but I've never heard of General Wei."

"That's the General Wei who led the troops into the city earlier!"

"So it's that General Wei! But..." The man lowered his voice a few notes, and said with a melancholy face: "Didn't Mr. Yuan promise a lot before? Will it be the same this time?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a crowd of people began to whisper, and many of them seemed to agree with what the man said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei did not take any action, but the personal guards behind him were about to speak out to refute.

Liu Bei raised his arm and stopped the reckless behavior of his guards in time.

The guard didn't quite understand why Liu Bei stopped him, but the next moment reality told him the answer.

A man propped himself up with a stick and angrily retorted: "How can the thief Yuan be compared with General Wei! Have you forgotten that the thief Yuan robbed and plundered? He even took the corn in your homes! On the other hand, General Wei is a man of his word! I was conscripted by the thief Yuan to be a soldier before, and I met a brother in the army. His father asked General Wei to save him, and General Wei agreed because he saw that his father was in trouble. What was the result? Didn't you see it all? General Wei did even what he promised to an old farmer, and he really did it. Not to mention what he promised to us!"

"Yes, I misunderstood General Wei." After hearing the man's sharp words, the man looked ashamed and lowered his head in shame.

The man encouraged, "By the way, aren't you guys going to get going? Not only are we counting the numbers, we're also distributing porridge!"

When everyone heard this, they could no longer sit still. They all stood up one after another. If they had been told to distribute porridge earlier, they would have gone! Why were they still sitting here doing nothing?
The guard who had seen all this whispered, "I see, I see, that's what the general meant!"

"Let's go." Liu Bei smiled indifferently and stepped forward.

As the news of distributing porridge and counting the seized money and grain came out, the enthusiasm of the people was instantly ignited.

One after another, the people flocked to the stalls set up by Taishi Ci. Liu Bei's army, holding wooden trumpets, shouted at the top of their lungs to maintain order, causing the noisy people to line up in long queues.

After receiving the porridge, the people reported the amount of corn and rice that had been taken away without any hesitation. As long as the number was not too outrageous, no one would investigate further.

Once they encounter an outrageous number of people, the soldiers in charge of the matter will not kill them all with one blow.

They would ask the person to go to the shed behind them, where there would be a group of dignified-looking soldiers who would tell the person in all seriousness that there was a magical weapon in the army given by Heaven and Earth to detect whether one was lying or not.

The artifact looks like an ancient and mysterious pottery jar, and the soldier will ask the person to put his hand into the pottery jar and touch the pottery wall. Before that, he will tell the person to touch the pottery wall. If the pottery jar changes, it means he is lying, otherwise it means he is telling the truth.

Sun Ce was secretly amazed as he saw all this. He said in astonishment, "Is there someone in General Wei's army who can connect with the heavens and the earth? Impossible?"

"." Zhou Yu's mouth twitched. These were obviously impossible. Who could communicate with the heavens and the earth? Anyone with a discerning eye could see that. Why did you still use a skeptical tone?
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "It's true that we can't connect, but it's a good idea."

"Oh? Gongjin, you mean that person's real purpose behind his constant rant about the heavens and the earth is to make him touch the inner wall of the pottery jar?"

"That's right." Zhou Yu pointed at the hand of the person who pointed out, "Bofu, look."

Sun Ce looked in the direction Zhou Yu pointed and saw a palm as black as the bottom of a pot.

Sun Ce suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. This is a strategy to attack the heart! People who lie will naturally feel guilty in front of the heavens and the earth. If they feel guilty, they dare not touch the inner wall. If they don't touch the inner wall, their palms won't turn black."

"good."

Zhou Yu nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he suddenly felt a little emotional.

Sun Ce hurriedly asked Zhou Yu what was going on.

Zhou Yu sighed, "Bofu, I was just sighing at how good General Wei is at commanding his troops."

"Ah? What's so surprising about General Wei's ability to lead the army?"

"It's not amazing in the ordinary sense. All the soldiers in an army can write and speak, and are smart and intelligent. This is not amazing in the ordinary sense."

Zhou Yu knew clearly that the idea of ​​checking for lies came from an ordinary soldier, and those soldiers who were responsible for recording and maintaining order were by no means a minority in Liu Bei's army.

Just thinking about it seemed a little unbelievable, but at the same time he was somewhat fortunate that he had decisively joined Liu Bei.

These things are far more terrifying than powerful generals.

(End of this chapter)