As the saying goes, fate plays tricks on people. Although Li Huguo spread the news about Liu Zhang leaving with gold, he did not expect that no gangsters would be attracted.
Instead, he lured out a demon from Liu Zhang's side. This demon was Liu Zhang's housekeeper. It turned out that Liu Zhang's housekeeper was called Wang Wu. Wang Wu had an affair with Liu Zhang's concubine for a long time. This time he and Liu Zhang left together. The two of them They began to discuss Liu Zhang's property.
The two of them secretly infiltrated the potion into the pot while making rice for everyone on the way. Unfortunately, the potion was of poor quality. The people did not pass out after taking it, but lay on the side with hemiplegia, so they could see clearly. The identities of the two people.
The concubine and Wang Wu knew that if they were left alive, they would be reported to the official, and they would be killed by Li Bolong, so they killed everyone.
What is outrageous is that the concubine and Wang Wu had little strength and had never killed anyone, so when they planned to chop Liu Zhang's neck, they failed several times. Liu Zhang was not beheaded to death, but was hurt to death. of.
There were twenty or thirty large and small knife marks on the neck. When the body was delivered to Chengdu, Li Yuguo was confused. What kind of hatred was this? He actually tortured Liu Zhang to death.
But Zhang Ren was locked up in a prison. After learning about Liu Zhang's tragic death, he actually swallowed stones and committed suicide in the prison. This made Li Hugo speechless in admiration.
Li Yuguo cherished his talent, so he spared Zhang Ren's life and wanted to take him under his command. After all, Zhang Ren was also a talented person, but he didn't expect that Zhang Ren would be so loyal to Liu Zhang.
Li Huguo caught the concubine and Wang Wu, and told the world about the crime, so that everyone in Xichuan knew about Liu Zhang's death, and also knew that Li Huguo had caught the murderer.
So the pair of sinners were executed as a matter of course, and Li Huguo became a benevolent king. He captured Xichuan but did not kill Liu Zhang, but Liu Zhang was killed by the housekeeper. Li Yuguo went to great lengths to catch the murderer and avenge him.
As a result, the people of Xichuan were also moved by Li Huguo's benevolence and righteousness. The originally loose people's hearts were suddenly tightened by Li Hugo.
Li Huguo was exempted from the corvee for two years and halved the taxes for two years, which made Hanzhong and Yizhou even stronger.
With Yizhou as a base, Li Huguo also had the foundation to unify the south. However, he never thought that bad things would happen before many good things happened. It turned out that Liu Bei, on Zhuge Liang's suggestion, immediately mobilized the masses and soldiers to govern Jingzhou. Floods, after half a year of hard work, the floods in Jingzhou City were cured.
Li Yuguo originally planned to let the floods recede automatically, which would take about two years. However, Liu Bei simply gave his men the right to control the floods. So in this way, Liu Bei actually got Jingzhou City.
At the beginning, all the people in Jingzhou City were brought to the four counties of Jingnan and Hanzhong by Li Hugo, so there are no people in Jingzhou City now.
But Zhuge Liang paid attention again, that is, he transferred all the people from Nanjun, Nanyang, Xinye, and Jiangxia to Jingzhou City, and the vitality of Jingzhou was restored.
When Li Yuguo heard the news, he frowned.
Li Yuguo thought in his heart that Zhuge Liang was really perfect and refused to miss any opportunity, but Li Yuguo's expression looked very helpless to Pang Tong next to him.
Pang Tong sat next to Li Yuguo and poured a cup of hot tea for Li Yuguo with a teapot. He said slowly: "My lord..."
"Oh, what did you just say?" Li Yuguo was lost in thought.
Pang Tong stroked his sparse beard: "My lord, are you worried now that I and Kong Ming came from the same school and are both disciples of Mr. Shui Jing, so I will be merciful when dealing with Kong Ming?"
"Hahaha, Shi Yuan is worrying too much. Naturally, I won't worry about this. I know Shi Yuan's virtue. As the saying goes, don't use people you doubt, and don't doubt people you employ." Li Huguo said.
"My lord, you don't need to be suspicious of others. This is what I mean in my heart. My lord... Even though Cao Mengde deserves to die, he is still my old master after all. Now that Cao Mengde in the north has become Sima Yi, this matter depends on you." What do you think?" Cheng Yu was peeling a fruit with a knife.
Li Yuguo took a sip of hot tea and said, "Sima Yi is more difficult to deal with than Cao Mengde."
At this time, Li Huguo wanted to smoke a cigarette, but there was no cigarette, so he could only break off a piece of dogtail grass and stuff it between his teeth.
"Now Jingzhou has been captured by Liu Bei, and Jiangdong Sun Ce has not had contact with us for half a year. Lu Bu is also unable to protect himself now. He is caught in the middle of Sima Yi, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce. I am afraid that the current situation is just a pot of chaos." Pang Tong was worried. said.
"Where is Han Shizhong?" Li Yuguo asked again.
"Han Shizhong is currently guarding Jingnan. As the commander-in-chief of the navy, he, Mrs. Liang Hongyu and Xu Shu are working together to locate Baidi City. After all, across the river from Jingnan is Baidi City. Liu Bei now occupies the important territory of Jingzhou, and the four counties of Jingnan are logically It is said that it also belongs to the Jingzhou area. I am afraid that Liu Bei's next goal is to unify Jingzhou. He knows that Jingzhou is a granary that can provide countless grains and military services every year. How could he miss such a piece of fat meat? ?" Pang Tong said.
Li Yuguo nodded: "After years of fighting, it's time to annex a wave and take a good rest for two years. Now we occupy Hanzhong, Xichuan, and Jingnan, which can be regarded as a quarter of the world. It is not suitable for us to fight anymore. , It has been more than two years since I left Luoyang, and all the soldiers have been exhausted. It is time for them to have a good rest, and then work together to designate the next target."
"My lord's love for soldiers is inappropriate for me to admire, but I think that now that we are in the prime of the ice, it is better to go to the north to Sima Yi. After all, Sima Yi has just usurped the throne and replaced Cao Mengde as the third person to hold the emperor hostage and order the princes. Many of his civil servants and generals are very dissatisfied with him, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Pang Tong said.
Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "It's not appropriate. If we all go out in full force, if Ma Teng from Xiliang attacks Hanzhong and Liu Bei from Jingzhou captures Xichuan, then our base area will be gone. This house will be captured. We will Where to come back? Just take Xuchang, we can make our capital in Xuchang, but what if we can’t take it? Where can we go?"
Obviously, Pang Tong is a progressive and Cheng Yu is a conservative. The decision-making power at this time is in the hands of Li Hugo.
As expected, the two of them looked at Li Yuguo, waiting for him to make a decision. Li Huguo slowly stood up and said, "You two don't need to argue, I have already made a plan in my heart."
The two of them looked at each other, both surprised, because no one could guess what Li Yuguo was thinking.