Chapter 1259 Liu Biao's Disease

As soon as Liu Bei entered Liu Biao's dormitory, a strong smell of medicine came to his nose. Liu Bei frowned, put the bundle of night incense next to the incense burner, and straightened his waist. In the hall waiting before coming, there were many powerful ministers from Jingzhou, especially Cai Mao and others who had just come out of Liu Biao's dormitory. Although Liu Bei is not completely under the shelter of others this time, in order not to have a head-on conflict with Cai Mao and others, he has been leaning down, making his backache.

This dormitory is quite simple, with thin beams and low eaves, plain gauze and thin plates, which is not as good as ordinary county guard homes. A black-painted jujube wood case with a copper crane-billed oil lamp and pen and ink bamboo slips; a few rolls were placed on a bookshelf. A bright bamboo screen painted with dragons and phoenix stands in the middle, separating the whole room in half, which is the most valuable thing in this room. On the other side of the screen, the candlelight flashed, like a shadow flashing.

Turning the screen, the first person to enter Liu Bei's sight was a woman kneeling by the bed. This woman looks very young, with a pair of charming and energetic big eyes, extremely black and bright pupils, a round jaw and a high forehead. A golden step swayed in the bun, which seemed to be easy to do, but it set off her unpink jade face. She just knelt there quietly, which has given people a thrilling beauty.

Liu Bei knew that it was Cai Mao's biological sister and Liu Biao's concubine. Seeing this person, Liu Bei frowned deeply, and Cai saw that it was Liu Bei who entered, and a trace of disgust appeared on his face. However, it seemed that Liu Biao had something to explain. She gently saluted Liu Bei and then walked out of the dormitory.

There is a bowl full of black and brown medicinal juice at the head of Liu's bed, which is still steaming. There was a person lying in the quilt. The man was no longer as elegant as before. The body tortured by poison curled up in the quilt, as if looking for a warm child. Liu Bei couldn't help but feel hot when he saw this: he sympathized with Liu Biao and felt a little sad about the death of the rabbit. After all, if he gets Jingzhou in the future, there may be such an ending as Liu Biao...

"Is it Xuande?" Liu Biao raised his eyelids slightly. After seeing that it was Liu Bei, he burst out with a little hope: "I'm dying. Before I die, I have something to ask."

These words trembled, and Liu Bei's tears naturally fell down. He lay at the head of Liu Biao's bed and choked back, "If you have something to say, you have no choice!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound in the dormitory. Liu Bei turned around with vigilance and quickly stepped back two steps. When his right hand subconsciously reached out to his waist, he touched an empty space - this is Liu Biao's dormitory. How can people bring a sharp weapon into it?

Thinking of this, the cold sweat on Liu Bei's head immediately flowed down, and his reaction at the next moment was even more strange. Instead of raising his legs and running out, he rushed to Liu Biao's head of the bed!

At this time, the noise gradually became clear. Liu Bei looked back and saw a team of bodyguards escorting one person in. The man who was detained dressed as a pastoral slave and trembled in front of a group of guards like wolves and tigers. At this time, Liu Bei saw that Liu Biao did not seem to assassinate him, and immediately asked Liu Biao, "What does this mean?"

"Xuande, kill this thief for me!" Liu Biao gritted his teeth and his face turned purple. His eyes stared at the slave and couldn't wait to swallow it to relieve his hatred.

"The messenger, the messenger..." Liu Bei was stunned by the changes in front of him for a moment.

"This person eats inside and outside, and my illness is poisoned in my meals. For a long time, I have no way back to return to heaven. Cough..." Liu Biao coughed twice and looked very excited: "Xuande, kill him for me!"

As soon as the words fell, one of the guards immediately handed a knife to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was shocked when he was carrying a knife in his hand: What's going on?!

Obviously, Liu Biao's move is to verify whether Liu Bei is loyal. But in fact, Liu Bei also knew that his fundamental nominal relationship with Liu Biao, and it was really ridiculous for Liu Biao to suddenly use this hand.

Moreover, if you want to kill a person, do you have to ask Liu Bei to work for him? If you really hate this person to the bone, it is not impossible to let these bodyguards cut thousands of knives in front of you. Also, why didn't this happen to the Jingzhou minister who visited before?

Kill?

Liu Bei shook his head, and he felt ridiculous: "Your Majesty, does this person really poison your person?"

"That's true."

"In this case, it's a matter of dragging people out and cutting it with a knife. Why do you have to prepare for it?" Liu Bei asked clearly. At the same time, after this sentence, he was highly nervous and always paid attention to the guards.

What reassured Liu Bei was that the guards did not say a word or move, and did not say the worst result of Liu Bei's failure to rush up. Liu Biao seemed to be a little unresponsive when he was asked so bluntly by Liu Bei. After coughing twice, he said, "Xuande, you and I are relatives of the Han clan, and your personal friendship is even closer. My hand is your hand, and my hatred is your hatred. Xuande didn't know that this person had been loyal to me since he was sold to me at the age of ten, but I never thought that such a person would betray me. Today, if I am not powerless, I will definitely kill this thief myself!"

After saying so much in one breath, Liu Biao looked a little tired. He lay in the quilt and finally looked at Liu Bei with prayerful eyes: "Xuan De killed him for me, which was my last wish before I died..."

Liu Bei is still a little heeled. Although Liu Biao's explanation is also reasonable, he also has a deep personal relationship with Liu Biao, which makes him do nothing. But this is Liu Biao's dormitory, and outside the dormitory, there are a large number of important ministers of Jingzhou. If he really killed the servant with a knife, a group of people outside the door heard a noise and rushed in and saw him carrying a blood-stained knife, while a servant fell into a pool of blood, and a group of bodyguards held knives against each other... Such a scene is completely proof that Liu Bei wanted to assassinate Liu Biao and was saved by a slave.

At that time, I don't even have a chance to explain, and then I will be killed by these guards! Especially... Liu Bei looked at Liu Biao, who was lying in ** with air intake and no breath. He was really worried that Liu Biao would die the next moment - there was no one who could explain for him, and he couldn't wash himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River!

However, with so many scruples and unreasonableness, Liu Bei suddenly smoothed his eyebrows. He walked to the servant gloomily and suddenly lit up the knife in his hand!

Hands up, the knife falls!

The servant didn't even have time to shout, so he was cut off his head by Liu Bei. The spicy and courageous knife seemed to shock even the bodyguards beside him. They let the servant break his neck and spray hot blood to pollute their robes, but looked at Liu Bei in a daze.

Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged. He picked up his head on the ground and walked to Liu Biao's bedside with a bloody knife, allowing the blood dripping from the man's head to wet the brocade woven by Shu silk: "Your Majesty, the thief who harms the Lord is dead."

"Good!" Liu Biao's voice was full of anger, as if he were returning to the light, but Liu Bei then completely felt that Liu Biao was not seriously ill at all. Liu Biao lifted the brocade quilt and sat at the head of the bed and said, "Xuande is indeed a loyal man. He dares to have no regrets because of my death!"

"The envoy, the envoy..." Liu Bei was really shocked by Liu Biao. He hurriedly threw down the steel knife in his hand and asked stammer, "You, are you safe and sound? ..."

Liu Biao waved his hand, and his tone was a little sad: "How can it be okay? After two consecutive years of taking poison, he has already sunk into the body. If this is not the case, it really can't be found that the man is doing it!"

"That man?" Liu Bei noticed the mystery in Liu Biao's sentence: "Do you mean that there is someone behind this person's back?"

"Naturally, someone instructed him to be a servant, and there is no reason to harm me at all." Liu Biao said this, but did not continue to say the identity of the person behind the scenes. Instead, he made a gesture of expelling guests and said, "I have made all the factions in Jingzhou clear, and this time I know that Xuande is so loyal and righteous, which is even more relieved. Time is running out. Xuande, please go back and prepare to rectify quickly. At that time, Xiangyang will be in chaos, and Xuande still needs to preside over the overall situation!"

Liu Bei was shocked. Although Liu Biao clearly said that he wanted to give up Jingzhou to himself, he vaguely had this meaning. Moreover, Liu Bei looked at Liu Biao's warm eyes at this moment and nodded to himself with a smile, which was clearly a hint. At present, I understand that it is not time to say more, so I restrained my mood and left.

As soon as Liu Bei left, after the bodyguards cleaned up the corpse of the servant and left, a voice came from behind Liu Biao's bed: "Lord, is this person really reliable? My subordinates clearly saw that he retreated and rushed to the head of the bed. He clearly wanted to take the master hostage!"

Liu Biao didn't even look back and replied helplessly: "In troubled times, only such people are suitable for survival. Liu Bei, it's a good knife..."

"It's a pity that a good knife can hurt others and yourself."