Chapter 67 The sixty-sixth round of Guan Yunchang's single-handed meeting

But he said that Sun Quan wanted to claim Jingzhou.Zhang Zhao offered a plan and said: Zhuge Liang is the one Liu Bei relies on.His brother Zhuge Jin is now serving in Wu, so why not take Jin and his younger brother under his command and send Jin to Sichuan to tell his younger brother to persuade Liu Bei to hand over Jingzhou: If he doesn't return it, it will affect my elder and younger.Liang reads the love of his compatriots and must agree.Quan said: Zhuge Jin is an honest gentleman, how can he restrain his elders and children?Zhao said: Knowing that teaching is a strategy, you can rest assured.Quan Congzhi summoned Zhuge Jin, the elder and the younger, to be imprisoned in the mansion; while writing books, he sent Zhuge Jin to Xichuan.In a few days, when I arrived in Chengdu early, I would first let people report to Xuande.Xuande asked Kongming, "Why do you come here, brother?"Kongming said: "Come and ask for Jingzhou ears."Xuande said: "Why answer it?"Kong Ming said: "That's all it takes."

The plan has been set, and Kong Ming will leave Guo Jiejin.When you don't reach your private house, you go straight into the hotel; after paying homage, Jin bursts into tears.Liang said: "My brother has something to say, but let me know."Why are you mourning?Jin said: "My family is finished!"Liang said: "Could it be that Jingzhou is not returned?"Because of the younger brother, how can the younger brother feel at ease if he holds down the elder brother and the younger?Don't worry, brother, and return Jingzhou with your own plan.Jin was overjoyed, and went to see Xuande with Kong Ming, and presented Sun Quan's letter.Xuande looked at it, and said angrily: "Sun Quanzhen married me with his sister, but took advantage of my absence in Jingzhou, and secretly took her away. It's unreasonable!"I was about to mobilize Sichuan soldiers, kill Jiangnan, and avenge me, but I still want to claim Jingzhou?Kong Ming wept and bowed to the ground, saying: "Wu Hou Zhixia Liang, elder and younger, if you don't return, my brother's whole family will be killed."Brother dies, how can Liang live alone?I hope that the lord will see the bright side and return Jingzhou to Soochow, showing the brotherhood!Xuande refused again and again, but Kongming just begged.Xuande said slowly: "That's the case, look at the military division, divide half of Jingzhou and return it: the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang will be given to him."Liang said: "If you see permission, you can write a book and deliver the three counties with Yun Changling."Xuande said: "When Ziyu comes there, he must ask my brother with kind words."My brother's nature is like a raging fire, and I am still afraid of it.Be careful.

Jin asked for a book, resigned from Xuande, said goodbye to Kongming, and went to Jingzhou by way.Yun Chang, please enter the middle hall, and the host and guest will talk about each other.Jin came out of Xuande's book and said: Uncle Xu Xian returned the three counties to Soochow, and hoped that the general would deliver the goods on the next day, so that Jin could go back to see my lord.Yun Chang changed his face and said: "My brother Taoyuan and I are sworn brothers, and we swear to help the Han Dynasty together."Jingzhou is the territory of the great Han, how can it be given to people by size?The general will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted.Although my brother has books, I just don't return them.Jin said: "Now the Marquis of Wu is in charge of Jin, the elder and the younger. If they don't get Jingzhou, they will be punished."I hope the general will take pity on him!Yun Chang said: "This is Wu Hou's trick, how can I hide it from me!"Jin said: General why is he so faceless?Holding the sword in his hand, Yun Chang said: "Stop talking again!"There is no face on this sword!Guan Ping said: "The military division is not good-looking. I hope my father will calm down."Yun Chang said: "If you don't look at the military commander's face, I will teach you that you will not be able to return to Soochow!"

With a face full of shame, Jin hurriedly resigned and got off the boat, and then went to Xichuan to meet Kong Ming.Kong Ming has gone out on his own tour.Jin had no choice but to see Xuande again, crying and telling Yunchang that he wanted to kill him.Xuande said: "My brother is impatient, and it is extremely difficult to talk to him."Ziyu can go back temporarily, let me take the counties of Dongchuan and Hanzhong, and transfer Yunchang to guard them, and then they will be handed over to Jingzhou.Jin had no choice but to go back to Soochow to see Sun Quan and speak about the past.Sun Quan said angrily, "Ziyu's going here and running around again and again is Zhuge Liang's plan?"Jin said: "No: My younger brother also cried to Xuande, Fang promised to return the three counties first, but Yun Chang insisted on refusing."Sun Quan said: "If Liu Bei has the words to return the three counties first, then he can send officials to Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang three counties to take up the post. Let's see how it goes."Jin said: "My lord's words are very true."Quan Nai ordered Jin to take back the old and the young, and at the same time sent officials to the three counties.Not a day later, the officials sent by the three counties were all expelled. They told Sun Quan, "Guan Yunchang refused to tolerate, so he was expelled back to Wu overnight."The latter will be killed later.Sun Quan was furious, and sent someone to summon Lu Su to blame him, saying: Zijing used to be Liu Bei's guarantor and borrowed Jingzhou from me; now Liu Bei has Xichuan and refuses to return it, how can Zijing sit idly by?Su said: "Su has thought of a plan and is about to tell the lord."Quan asked: What is the plan?Su said: "Today, troops are stationed in Lukou, so people invite Guan Yunchang to attend the meeting."If Yunchang is willing to come, he will say it with kind words; if he does not, he will lay down his sword and axe and kill him.If he refuses to come, he will march in with the army, and decide the outcome, and seize Jingzhou.Sun Quan said: "It's exactly what I want."It can be done.Kan Zejin said: Don't do it: Guan Yunchang is a great general in the world, and he cannot be easily reached.Fear of disharmony, but be harmed by it.Sun Quan said angrily: If so, when will Jingzhou be obtained!He ordered Lu Su to do this quickly.Su Nai resigned from Sun Quan, went to Lukou, and summoned Lu Meng and Gan Ning to discuss. He held a banquet at the Linjiang Pavilion outside Lukou Village, wrote a letter of invitation, and selected a person who could speak quickly under the tent as an envoy, and boarded a boat to cross the river.Jiangkou Guanping asked, so he led people into Jingzhou, kowtowed to Yunchang, and submitted a letter of invitation with the intention of Daolu Su to invite him to the meeting.After reading the book, Yun Chang said that the visitor said: "Your Majesty, please, I will come to the meeting tomorrow."You can go back first.

The messenger resigned.Guan Ping said: "Lu Su's invitation must have no good intentions; why did my father allow it?"Yun Chang laughed and said, "Don't I know?"This is when Zhuge Jin reported back to Sun Quan, saying that I would not return the three counties, so he ordered Lu Su to station troops in Lukou, invited me to the meeting, and asked for Jingzhou.If I don't go, I will be timid.In the future, I will drive a small boat alone, and I will go to the meeting alone with more than ten people, to see how Lu Su gets close to me.Ping remonstrated and said: How could my father step into the den of tigers and wolves with a body of ten thousand gold?I'm afraid it's not why I value my uncle's sustenance.Yun Chang said: "I am surrounded by thousands of spears and thousands of blades. When arrows and rocks are attacking, I am surrounded by horses and horses, as if entering a land with no one. Don't worry about the rats in the east of the river!"Ma Liang also remonstrated: "Although Lu Su has the style of an elder, but the matter is urgent now, and there is no room for disagreement."The general should not go lightly.Yun Chang said: In the old days of the Warring States period, Lin Xiangru, a man of Zhao, had no strength to restrain a chicken. At the meeting in Mianchi, he looked down on Qin's monarch and ministers as if they were nothing;You have promised, don't break your promise.Liang said: "If the general goes, he should be prepared."Yun Chang said: "Just teach my son to choose ten fast boats, hide five hundred good sailors, and wait on the river."Look at the place where I recognize the flag and come across the river.Ping was ordered to prepare by himself.

But the envoy reported back to Lu Su, saying that Yun Chang generously agreed and would arrive in the next day.Su discussed with Lv Meng: How did you come here?Meng said: "He came with an army of horses. A certain army and Gan Ning each led an army to lie on the side of the bank, set up a number as a banner, and prepared to fight. If no army came, only fifty people with knives and axes lay behind the court and killed them during the banquet." Of.The account has been set.The next day, Su people watched from the shore.After 24 hours, I saw a boat approaching on the river. Shaogong's sailors were only counting people, and a red flag was waving in the wind, showing a big word.As the boat approached the shore, I saw Yun Chang, who was sitting on the boat with a long kerchief and green robe; beside him, Zhou Cang was holding a big knife; eight or nine big men from Kansai each had a knife across their waists.Lu Su was surprised and went into the pavilion.At the end of the ceremony, drink at the table, raise a glass to persuade each other, and dare not look up.Yun Chang talked and laughed freely.

When the wine was half drunk, Su said: "I have a word to tell the king, and I am honored to listen to it: In the past, my brother and uncle made Su before my lord, and he borrowed Jingzhou to live temporarily, and he will return it after taking Xichuan."Now that Xichuan has been acquired, but Jingzhou has not been returned, will it be dishonest?Yun Chang said: "There is no need to discuss the affairs of this country during the feast."Su said: My lord is only a mere land in the east of the Yangtze River, but those who are willing to borrow Jingzhou, because of the defeat of Nian Junhou and others, there is no reason for it.Now that Yizhou has been acquired, Jingzhou should see it back; but the uncle of the emperor is willing to cut off the three counties first, but the princes will not follow, and I am afraid that it will not be reasonable.Yun Chang said: In the battle of Wulin, General Zuo personally risked arrows and rocks, and tried his best to defeat the enemy. How could it be futile and useless?Come back to Suodiye now?Su said: Otherwise: the prince and the emperor's uncle were defeated in Changban together, and their plans were exhausted, and they wanted to flee far away. ; but the emperor's uncle is so good that he has already won Xichuan and Jingzhou. He is greedy and betrays righteousness.Yun Chang said: "This is all my brother's business, and it's not what a certain person should do."Su said: A certain heard that the prince and the emperor's uncle Taoyuan were sworn brothers and swore to live and die together.The emperor's uncle is also a prince, why do you have to evade?Before Yun Chang could answer, Zhou Cang sternly said from the bottom of the steps: "Only the virtuous live in the land of the world."Is it only Ru Dongwu who should have it?Yun Chang changed his color and stood up, grabbed Zhou Cang's big sword, stood in the court, looked at Zhou Cang and shouted: "How dare you talk too much about this country's affairs!"Hurry up!Cang knew it, went to the port first, and waved the red flag.Guan Ping's boat flew across the river east like an arrow.Yun Chang held the knife in his right hand, and took Lu Su's hand with his left. He pretended to be drunk and said, "Your Majesty invites me to a banquet today. Don't mention the matter of Jingzhou."I'm drunk now, and I'm afraid I'll hurt my old feelings.In the future, people will invite the public to Jingzhou to attend the meeting and discuss it separately.Lu Su lost his soul and was dragged to the riverside by Yun Chang.Lu Meng and Gan Ning each led their own troops to leave. Seeing that Yun Chang was holding a big sword in his hand and Lu Su was in his own hand, they were afraid that Su would be injured, so they dared not move.When Yun Chang reached the side of the boat, he just let go. He stood on the bow of the boat and said goodbye to Lu Su.Su Ru is dumbfounded, seeing that Guan Gong's boat has gone away with the wind.Later generations have poems praising Guan Gong saying:

Despise Wu Chen like a child, go to the meeting alone and dare to bully.Back then, when he was a hero, You Shengxiang was in Mianchi. Yun Chang returned to Jingzhou.Lu Su and Lu Meng discussed together: This plan will not work, so what can I do?Meng said: "You can declare the lord, and raise troops to fight Yunchang decisively."At the time of suze, people were asked to declare Sun Quan.Quan Wenzhi was furious, and discussed how to raise troops to take Jingzhou.Suddenly reported: Cao Cao raised another 300,000 troops!Quan was shocked, and taught Lu Suxiu to provoke the soldiers of Jingzhou, and moved them to Hefei and Ruxu to resist Cao Cao.

But he said that General Cao wanted to set out on a southern expedition and joined the army. Fu Gan, styled Yancai, wrote a letter to remonstrate Cao.The book briefly says: Qian Wen said that using Wu will lead to prestige, and using writing will lead to virtue;In the past, the world was in chaos, and the Duke of the Ming Dynasty used force to fight against it, and nine out of ten were leveled; today, those who have not inherited the king's order are Wu and Shu.Wu has the danger of the Yangtze River, and Shu has the obstacles of high mountains, so it is difficult to fight.Foolishly think that it is appropriate to improve literature and morality, lay off the soldiers according to the armor, rest the army and support the soldiers, and wait for the time to move.Today, if hundreds of thousands of people are gathered to live on the banks of the Yangtze River, if the bandits hide in deep places by virtue of danger, so that our soldiers and horses will not be able to do what they can, and we will not be able to use their power due to unexpected changes, then the might of heaven will be subdued: only the Duke of Ming will investigate carefully.

After Cao Cao read it, he stopped the southern expedition, set up schools, and extended the literati.So four attendants, Wang Can, Du Xi, Wei Kai, and He Qia, agreed to honor Cao Cao as King of Wei.Zhongshu ordered Xunyou to say: "No: the prime minister's official position has reached the Duke of Wei, and he has been honored with Jiuxi, and his position is already extremely high; now he is promoted to the throne, which is unreasonable."When Cao Cao heard about it, he said angrily: "This man wants to imitate Xun Yu!"Xun You knew that he became sick from worry and anger, and died after lying ill for more than ten days. He died at the age of fifty-eight.Cao buried it generously, so he dismissed the affairs of the king of Wei.

One day, Cao Cao entered the palace with a sword, and Emperor Xian was sitting with his queen.Seeing Cao coming from behind, I hurriedly got up.When the emperor saw Cao Cao, he shuddered.Cao said: "Sun Quan and Liu Bei each dominate one side and disrespect the imperial court. What should we do?"The emperor said: "It's all in the court of Wei Gong."Cao said angrily: "Your Majesty said this, and outsiders heard it, and they only said that I deceived the king."The emperor said: If you are willing to help each other, you will be very lucky;When Cao heard the words, he glared at the emperor angrily, and came out with hatred.Left and right or Zoudi said: I recently heard that Wei Gong wanted to become king on his own, and he would usurp the throne soon.The emperor and the queen cried loudly.Later said: "My concubine's father always has the intention of killing Cao Cao after Fu Fu, so I should write a book now, and secretly share it with my father."The emperor said: In the past, Dong Cheng did not keep things secret, but he suffered great disasters; now he is afraid of leaking, so I and you are divorced!Later said: day and night feel like sitting on pins and needles, like this person, it is better to die early!The concubine thinks that the loyalty among the eunuchs is trustworthy, and there is no better one than Mu Shun.Send this book now.After Nai Ji called Mu Shun into the screen, he retreated to his left and right attendants.The emperor cried and told Shun, saying: If the thief wants to be the king of Wei, he must usurp it sooner or later.I want to order my stepfather to cover up the secret map of this thief, and the people on the left and right are all confidantes of thieves and have no one to trust.I want you to send the queen's secret letter to Fu Wan.If you measure your loyalty, you will not fail me.Shun wept and said: "I appreciate your majesty's kindness, dare you not repay it with death?"Your Excellency, please go.Later, Fu Shun repaired the book.Shun collects books in the hair, sneaks out of the forbidden palace, goes to Fuwan house, and presents the books.After seeing that it was Fuhou's own handwriting, it was said that Mu Shun said: "There are many confidants in the thief, so don't rush to draw it."Unless Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Liu Bei in Xichuan raised troops outside, Cao Cao would go there by himself.At this time, he asked the loyal ministers in the court to conspire with him.Internal and external attacks can be beneficial.Shun said: "The emperor can write a book to cover the emperor, ask for a secret edict, and secretly send people to Wu and Shu to order the appointment to raise troops and ask for the thief's savior."Fu Wanxi took out the paper and wrote the book Fu Shun.Shun Nai hid it in a bun, and returned to the palace after saying goodbye. It turned out that Cao Cao had already been informed.Cao waits ahead of the palace gate.When Mu Shun met Cao Cao, Cao asked, "Where are you going?"Shun replied: "The queen is sick and ordered to seek medical treatment."Cao said: "Where is the doctor called?"Shun said: "Not yet called."Fuck and drink left and right, search all over the body, there is no entrainment, let him go.Suddenly the wind blew off his hat.Cao called back again, took the hat and looked at it, looked around for nothing, returned the hat and ordered him to wear it.Mu Shun put his hat on his hands upside down.Worried and suspicious, he ordered the left and right to search his hair and found Fu Wanshu.When Cao read it, it was said in the book that he wanted to connect with Sun and Liu as an external response.Cao was furious, and ordered Mu Shun to ask him in the secret room, but Shun refused to do so.Cao ordered 3,000 armored soldiers overnight to surround Fu's private house, taking down both the old and the young; found the books written by Fu Hou, and then sent all the three families of Fu's family to prison.In Pingming, General Yulin Xili entered the palace with festivals, and first received the queen's seal and ribbon. It was the Japanese emperor who was in the outer hall, and saw Xi Li leading three hundred armored soldiers straight in.The emperor asked, "what's the matter?"Concern said: "accept the queen's seal by the order of Duke Wei."The emperor and the magistrate vented his heart and gallbladder.Concerned about the harem, lay down and rise from the rear.Concerned, he called Guan Xishou to ask for the jade seal and come out.It is convenient to hide in the wall of the pepper room at the back of the hall if you know what happened after lying down.After a while, Shang Shu ordered Hua Xin to lead five hundred armored soldiers into the apse, and asked the palace servants, "Where is the empress?"Everyone in the palace did not know.Xin taught the armored soldiers to open Zhuhu, but they couldn't find it. If it was in the wall, they drank the armored soldiers to break through the wall and search.Xin personally pulled the bun from the back and dragged it out.Later, he said: I hope I will save my life!Xin scolded and said, "you see Wei Gong and sue yourself!"With their hair disheveled and their feet bare, the Erjia soldiers rushed out.It turned out that Hua Xin was known for his talent and was friendly with Bing Yuan and Guan Ning.At that time, people called the three people a dragon: Hua Xin was the head of the dragon, Bing Yuan was the belly of the dragon, and Guan Ning was the tail of the dragon.One day, Ning and Xin planted vegetables together, and saw gold in the fields.Ning waved the hoe and ignored it; Xin picked it up and looked at it, and then threw it down.Another day, Ning and Xin were sitting together reading a book, and heard the sound of calling outside, and a nobleman passed by in the pavilion.Ning Duan sat still, Xin abandoned the book and went to watch.Since then, Ning despises Xin's behavior, so he divides the seats and sits separately, and no longer becomes friends with him.Later, Guan Ning took refuge in Liaodong, often wearing a white hat, sitting on the first floor, not walking on the ground, and refused to serve Wei all his life; while Xin was the first to serve Sun Quan, and then returned to Cao Cao.Later generations have poems lamenting Hua Xin and saying: Hua Xin carried out a murderous plan that day, broke the wall and took his mother's queen.Once the sadist has added tiger wings, he will be infamous for thousands of years and laugh at the leader! Another poem praised Guan Ning and said: It is said in Liaodong that there is a Guanning Tower, but the name is left alone when people go to the building.Laughing and killing a fish for wealth and honor is not as romantic as a white hat. Let's say that Hua Xin will rush to the outer hall after lying down.When the emperor saw it, he went down to the palace to hug the queen and cry.Xin said: "Wei Gong has a life."Can go fast!Later, he cried and called the emperor, saying: "Can't we live together again?"The emperor said: I don't know when my fate will be!The soldiers rushed away, and the emperor beat his chest and mourned.Seeing Xi Lu by his side, the emperor said: "Xi Gong!"The world would rather have something to do!Weeping and falling to the ground.Xixi ordered the left and right to help the emperor enter the palace.Hua Xin sees after taking the volt.Cao scolded and said: I treat you with sincerity, but you want to harm me instead!If I don't kill you, you will kill me!Drink left and right and beat to death with sticks.When he entered the palace, he killed the two sons born to the queen with poison.That night, more than 200 people from Fu Wan, Mu Shun and other clans were killed in the city.People in the government and the opposition are all horrified.It was November in the nineteenth year of Jian'an.Later generations have poems sighing: Cao Conceals the fierce and cruel world, what is Fu Wan's loyalty and righteousness like?The place where the poor emperor and empress are separated is not as good as the folk wives and husbands! Emperor Xian has not eaten for days since he broke down.Cao Ruo said: "Your Majesty has no worries: I have no different intentions."The courtiers have become nobles with His Majesty, great virtuous and filial, suitable for living in the main palace.Emperor Xian dare not follow; on the first day of the first lunar month in the twentieth year of Jian'an, he celebrated the Zhengdan Festival and appointed Cao Cao's daughter Cao Guiren as the Queen of the Palace.Don't dare to speak in the group. At this time, Cao Cao's power became more and more powerful, and the ministers discussed the matter of taking Wu and destroying Shu.Jia Xu said, "Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren must be called back to discuss this matter."Send out envoys when you are in trouble, and call them back in the starry night.Before Xiahou Dun arrived, Cao Ren arrived first, and went into the mansion overnight to meet Cao.Cao Fang was drunk and lay down, while Xu Chu stood inside the hall gate with his sword in hand.Cao Ren wanted to enter, but was taken in by Xu Chu.Cao Ren said angrily: "I belong to the Cao clan, how dare you stop me?"Xu Chu said: "Although the general is close, he is the official guarding the foreign vassal; although Xu Chu is sick, he is now serving as an internal servant."The lord was drunk in the bedroom and dared not put it in.Ren dare not enter.When Cao Cao heard about it, he sighed and said: Xu Chu is also a loyal minister!In a few days, Xiahou Dun also arrived to discuss the conquest.Dun said: "Wu and Shu are too urgent to attack. It is advisable to take Zhang Lu in Hanzhong first, and take Shu with the victorious soldiers. You can go down with one drum."Cao Cao said: "It's exactly what I want."So he set up troops to march west.It's exactly: Fang tried his best to bully the weak master, and drove his powerful soldiers to sweep the side of the country.I don't know what will happen next, let's see the breakdown below.