Chapter 101 Smash your own feet
East of Jiangling, Liu Bei's army camp.
Liu Bei, who stood behind his back, glanced around on the high map. Among the four counties of Jingnan, three counties have been marked with red marks. Only the county of Lingling, Zhang Fei is still in the process of the expedition.
Mi Zhu behindsorted out the documents and said, "The prediction of Kong Ming's military division is really good. The four counties of Jingnan are indeed vulnerable. I don't think it will take long for the lord to receive the good news that Yide took Lingling."
Liu Bei, who turned his back, flashed a trace of pride on his dark face. When he turned around, he had changed into calmness without knowing joy and anger. He said lightly, "The four southern counties are all wall grass. Whoever is strong will fall to him, and it is reasonable to be vulnerable. However, to my surprise, Afeng's second county in Xiangdong could be so smooth.
Liu Bei's tone showed obvious appreciation. Mi Zhu's eyebrows frowned faintly and said with a smile, "Han Xuan is a person who doesn't know soldiers. At least A Feng is also a person who has experienced war battles. It's still not a problem to deal with such people."
Mi Zhu tried his best to reduce Liu Feng's achievements and tried to prove that Liu Feng could successfully win the second county of Xiangdong, which did not mean how strong he was, but that the enemy was too incompetent.
"Although Han Xuan is a fool, I heard that Huang Zhong, a veteran in Changsha, is not simple. A Feng can know how to disintegrate his opponent with alienation and take Changsha without blood. It seems that this child is really a talent. I really didn't take him as an adopted son at the beginning."
Liu Bei is not so easy to fool. Liu Bei is very clear about the battle of Changsha. Naturally, he is also very clear about Liu Feng's wonderful performance in this battle.
Liu Bei's reaffirmation made Mi Zhu feel more and more uncomfortable. At present, he had to shut up and immerse himself in sorting out the copy.
At this time, Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said, "Zi Zhong, your vision is not bad. If you hadn't recommended A Feng to conquer the second county of Xiangdong, these two counties would not have arrived so quickly, and I couldn't see the child's qualifications clearly."
Mi Zhu now has a feeling of throwing a stone and hitting his foot. Liu Bei's approval seemed to him as if he was slapping himself. Obviously, he was extremely happy, but he could only smile and said, "I also want to give A Feng a chance to practice, but I didn't expect..."
"Unexpectedly, instead of dying under Huang Zhong's knife, he subdued the veteran, right?"
Liu Bei's suddenly inserted sentence, like a water-stained whip, hit Mi Zhu's heart fiercely. He suddenly looked up and bumped into Liu Bei's calm eyes, but he could feel that under the calm was an unpredictable undercurrent.
A vicious cold poured directly into the top of his head from his feet. At the moment when the attempt was exposed, Mi Zhu only felt a muffled sound in his mind, and he panicked for a moment and didn't know how to respond.
"Alas--" Liu Bei suddenly sighed, and there seemed to be a lot of helplessness in this sigh. "Zi Zhong, you have been with me for so many years. Although you and I are the main minister, we are actually relatives and friends. I have always thought that you are very stable, but you really shouldn't have done anything about Xiakou."
Finally, after a few months, Liu Bei brought up the old story again.
Mi Zhu looked ashamed and bowed his head and said, "I really did something wrong. I shouldn't have mentioned it in front of everyone to embarrass the lord. It's just that I'm also trying to find out the cause of my little sister's death. I was confused in a hurry. I hope the lord will forgive me.
Liu Bei stroked Mi Zhu's shoulder and sighed, "Madam's death, the saddest thing is me. If she really died inexplicably, I would definitely find out. As a result, you accused A Feng of being the real culprit in public with some speculation alone, forcing him to tell the truth, but he did something bad with good intentions. Why did you do this?
The truth mentioned by Liu Bei is that Liu Feng said that his sister Mi was humiliated by Cao Jun and committed suicide to protect her name. It was this truth that made Liu Bei humiliated again in embarrassment.
However, in Liu Bei's tone, Mi Zhu heard a little resentment against Liu Feng.
Mi Zhu immediately took the opportunity and said, "In fact, my speculation is well-founded. Didn't the lord think that the truth A Feng said was just another lie he deliberately made up to get rid of the blame?"
Liu Bei's sparse and faint eyebrows were slightly condensed, and there was no objection or approval.
Under the look of the face, Mi Zhu followed closely and said, "Assuming that A Feng is filial to the Lord, then even if what he said is indeed the truth, he would rather be wronged than say it in front of so many people. As a result, in order to excuse himself, he did not hesitate to let your face be damaged. So it seems that the so-called truth of his is not worth doubting?
After a few clever words, Mi Zhu successfully turned his wrong into Liu Feng's fault. Although the reason was a little far-fetched, it was enough to impress Liu Bei, because as Cheng said, the truth of Liu Feng really hurt Liu Bei's face.
On that expressionless face, the loose skin and flesh will inadvertently **, and a complex look flashes from time to time in the brown eyes.
After a long silence, Liu Bei exhaled: "You know what I said today, you should never mention them again. At this time, it is the time for me to use people. I don't want this matter to affect our internal unity."
Liu Bei's words actually showed that he recognized Mi Zhu's words to some extent, but in order to take the overall situation into account, he pretended that nothing had happened.
Mi Zhu was unwilling, but he didn't dare to mention it again. He turned his eyes and said, "At the beginning, the lord had no son, so he adopted A Feng. But at present, the lord already has A Dou. Although he can still treat A Feng like a parent and child, Zhu also thinks that it is not useful, so that he will not become a climate in the future and become a disaster.
Liu Bei sneered: "You are the person I trust the most, and I might as well tell you the truth. Now that I am fighting for the world, it is far from enough for my second brother, third brother and Zilong. Since A Feng has this qualification, it is just the right time to cultivate it for my use. As for the future, if he really shows signs of disaster, do you really think I have no way to control him?
It turned out that everything was under his control.
Mi Zhu was relieved and learned that Liu Feng really thought. A big stone that had been hanging in his heart for a long time could finally fall to the ground.
At this moment, suddenly, the soldiers came to report that it was the eldest son Liu Feng's letter. Liu Bei asked him to submit the letter, opened it out and looked at it a few times, and his face suddenly showed displeasure.
"Lord, what does the letter say?" Mi Zhu asked..
Liu Bei said coldly, "This stinky boy actually wants to protect Huang Zhong and General Wei Yansheng. He just praised him as a talented person, and he immediately learned to be a smooth man."