The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 208
After Liu Chan ordered Prue to help Deng Ai appease the Jingshan barbarian people, two days had passed.In fact, he was still a little uneasy about the barbarians, so he planned to send a few officials to the Jingshan barbarians immediately after arriving in Jingzhou, otherwise it would be inappropriate later.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Liu Chan's suspicious nature and inability to trust others, but because this channel is too important to the Jingzhou Army.

However, Liu Chan once again faced a choice.

Now they have come to the central area of ​​Jingshan Mountain, from here they can go directly north to Xiangyang, the distance is only about two hundred miles, and then cross the Xiangjiang River to meet Guan Yu.

He can also continue to advance along Jingshan Mountain, then go south to Dangyang, enter Jiangling City, and after solving the hidden dangers in Jingzhou, go north to Fancheng to meet Guan Yu.

But one thing is absolutely certain, that is, he must not delay in Jingshan any longer, so the matter of continuing to build the cottage can only be handed over to Deng Ai, and he has to go first.

Therefore, Liu Chan took out the original text of the strategy report Deng Ai made in Chengdu and read it again.He found that the previous part of Deng Ai's report, which discussed the terrain along the way, was compared with the actual situation of his journey, and there were actually many mistakes and omissions.

He sighed inwardly, geography would be wrong even after personal investigation, not to mention that Deng Ai had never really walked through the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains before!
But the next thing is the essence of this report-the strategy prepared for Guan Yu's defeat.

Looking at the text inside, Liu Chan frowned a little. Should he go to see Guan Yu first and complete the task of envoy, or go to Jiangling first?After thinking hard for a day, he couldn't make up his mind.

In fact, Liu Chan is not an indecisive person, as evidenced by his decisive use of Deng Ai's poison plan to design Sulutu and the department.The reason why he is hesitant now is obviously that it involves extremely complicated relationships.

For example, he has been neglected by Renshenzuo and Shanshui, regardless of the time of his envoy to Jingzhou; another example is Guan Yu, he is an arrogant person, and Liu Chan must have felt dissatisfied with Liu Bei's delay in delivering Liu Bei's commendation.Now that Liu Chan is going south to Jiangling, it is obvious that he is despising Guan Yu, and he does not know how much trouble will be caused by that time!
Thinking of the second uncle who was nine feet tall and mighty like a god, Liu Chan's heart trembled and he couldn't help shivering.He couldn't imagine that he could withstand Guan Yu's extremely fierce gaze for a few seconds without his legs giving way, let alone him yelling at him!

In short, in Liu Chan's view, people like Guan Yu are absolutely not to be provoked by him.

If this is the case, then Liu Chan still has no hesitation, wouldn't it be good to just go north?The problem is, if you don't settle down first before fighting against the outside world, it will be like a man traveling far away, but entrusting his wife, who looks like Diao Chan and has a personality like Pan Jinlian, to Pan An to take care of him.And Jiangling is like that wife, Nanjun is the husband, it is the foundation of Nanjun, if there is an accident, it will be unnecessary to talk about Jingzhou's territory or Guan Yu's Northern Expedition.

In fact, this is not Liu Chan's unique distress.Almost all those in power in later dynasties were faced with the distressing choice of whether they should take "to fight against the outside world first to settle the inside".But out of safe consideration, they often adopt this strategy, so they unknowingly make an excuse that they don't know the "righteousness of the nation".This cannot but be said to be a historical tragedy.

Liu Chan sighed. Before he set off, he just relied on his enthusiasm, but he never thought that he would go through so many complicated things along the way!
He turned and looked out the window, it was already full of twilight outside.

A crescent moon hangs in the air.On the other side, the sun did not completely set, leaving behind a faint, round trace, like another bright moon hanging in the sky.

At this time, Zhao Feng knocked lightly on the door a few times, and told Liu Chan that it was almost past the meal time, whether he needed to eat.Liu Chan has always eaten on time, but where does he have the appetite to eat now?

He then told Zhao Feng, "Tell the kitchen to put the food in the gazebo in the garden, and then send someone to bring Zhuge Qiao and Deng Ai together. They are still dealing with the affairs of the barbarians, and they probably haven't eaten yet." .” Zhao Feng immediately obeyed his orders and left.

When Zhuge Qiao and Deng Ai came to the garden, they found Liu Chan sitting in the gazebo waiting for them. There were three dishes, one soup and three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the stone table in front of them.

It does seem a bit strange that the prince eats these things.In fact, since Liu Chan was eight years old, this is the standard equipment he set for eating at home, and he has persisted until now.

Liu Chan also spotted the two of them at the same time, beckoning them to hurry over.After saluting to Liu Chan, the two sat down.

The three of them stick together all the year round, and even ate together almost every day when they were in Chengdu, so everyone is not restrained.It took only a while for the three of them to wipe out the food, but Liu Chan was the fastest, followed by Zhuge Qiao, and Deng Ai was the slowest.

Such a result may surprise outsiders, but for so long, the speed of the three of them has been roughly the same.Although Deng Ai is indifferent and decisive, he likes to chew slowly only when eating.Liu Chan once speculated that this may be because he suffered from childhood, so now he likes to taste the taste slowly when eating.

After everyone put down the bowls and chopsticks, Liu Chan told Zhuge Qiao and Deng Ai about his distress.Dealing with interpersonal relationships was originally Zhuge Qiao's forte, but now when he heard Liu Chan's words, he suddenly became silent and did not speak for a long time.Obviously, he was also somewhat intimidated by Guan Yu's power, that's why he hesitated for so long and dared not offer advice. On weekdays, he would have been eloquent in a short while.

On the other hand, Deng Ai is naturally not good at this kind of thing, but his eyeballs keep turning around, as if he seems to be thinking.Liu Chan saw that he seemed to have something to do, so he asked, "Shi Zai, what do you think should be done?"

Deng Ai just said indifferently: "Since Guan Junhou has already had a problem with you, the son, even if you go to see him a few days later, he may not be more angry, right?"

Liu Chan felt that although Deng Ai's words were decisive, they were somewhat irresponsible, and there was a hint of gloating.As far as Guan Yu's temper is concerned, if he doesn't get angrier about things, then he's really going to hell.

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "If you want to come to fill me in, you have finished your meal now, you can go to the side to enjoy the flowers, don't stay here to get in the way of my son."

Deng Ai felt that Liu Chan's performance was a bit funny, and he rarely saw him getting into distress because of a little thing, and said: "My son, such a thing doesn't have to be so complicated, right? Guan Junhou's side is shallow. In other words, it is a matter of personal relationship, while the matter of Jiangling is a matter of great importance to the safety of the family and the country. Isn't it clear which one is more important between the two?"

Liu Chan couldn't help being like Deng Ai.This guy is really good at fighting, but when it comes to relationships, he's an idiot.For Liu Chan now, Guan Yu's affairs and Jiangling's affairs are actually both important matters related to the safety of his family and country.Guan Yu, as Liu Bei's most trusted figure, how could he be easily offended?It's too late for him to curry favor!
Liu Chan had no choice but to look at Zhuge Qiao.Seeing Liu Chan looking at him, Zhuge Qiao knew that if he didn't say something, the crown prince would definitely not let him go.

He sat up straight and said: "Actually, Deng Ai is right in one point, Guan Junhou will definitely have opinions on the son."

Liu Chan quickly asked: "Then how can he calm down?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled wryly, the prince should have considered this when he set off from Chengdu, right?He could only shake his head and said: "As far as Guan Junhou's temper is concerned, prestige and power cannot be oppressed, and money cannot be bought, so it is probably impossible for him to calm down."

Liu Chan couldn't help being very disappointed. Guan Yu's temper was indeed like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard. He asked, "Do I really want to do what Deng Ai said, and I can only abandon one of them?" Liu Chan said. Looking at Deng Ai, he found a slight smug expression on his face.

But Zhuge Qiao shook his head and said, "Things don't have to be so irreversible. I have a piece of information here that may be useful. The first batch of grain that the prince asked Mr. Han Long to deliver has been stationed in Jiangling City for a long time now, and more than It’s 1000 shi, it’s 3000 shi! And they’re still being shipped here one after another.”

Liu Chan was overjoyed immediately, Han Long really knew his own thoughts too well.But after the excitement passed, Liu Chan hesitated and said: "Aqiao, it is impossible to give those grains to my second uncle. They are stored in various cottages in Jingshan. There is no need to discuss this matter."

"Of course those grains cannot be given to others, but it has given us a new way of thinking. You can write a letter of apology to Guan Junhou now, my son. The tone must be sincere, and it must be clearly stated in the letter. There are too many gifts, some of them were secretly transported to Jiangling in advance, so you have to go south to Jiangling to get them. If you do this, I think Guan Junhou will have nothing to say."

With a snap, Liu Chan jumped up from his seat, called out Dashan, and asked Zhuge Qiao to write the letter instead.Zhuge Qiao secretly sighed, he already knew that the outcome of the matter would be like this, and he has become the prince's swordsman.

Seeing Zhuge Qiao's innocent appearance, Deng Ai hid aside and started laughing, obviously gloating again.Seeing this, Liu Chan felt a little angry.Seeing that Deng Ai was standing right next to the gazebo, and there was a fish pond below, he took two steps back on purpose and bumped into Deng Ai.

After Deng Ai let out an exclamation, he fell into the pond with a plop.He was a landlubber and couldn't swim, so he immediately struggled desperately in the water. He wanted to shout for help, but it was a pity that the pool water was poured into the innermost part.

Liu Chan was also funny, after Zhao Feng heard the news and dared to come, he pretended to shout for help, but his eyes signaled Zhao Feng not to go into the water to save people.How could Zhao Feng not know what Liu Chan meant?I had no choice but to dawdle on the sidelines on purpose.

After Deng Ai drank a full stomach of water, Liu Chan asked Zhao Feng to fish him out, which relieved his hatred a little.However, Deng Ai's stomach has bulged like a frog!
(End of this chapter)