At this time, the old medical worker also walked in and said to Yuan Tan: "Young Master, it's time."
Yuan Tan smiled at Zhou Yu and said, "You have a good rest. After dealing with my benefactor, I will attack the city immediately."
"I know you really want to go back to Jiangdong."
"After all, Jiangdong was built by your Zhou family and Sun Ce at the cost of your life."
"When we capture Xuzhou and Yangzhou, I will try my best to help you become Yangzhou Shepherd."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Zhou Yu looked at Yuan Tan's leaving figure and let out a long sigh.
He has no ambition to conquer the world.
When the Zhou family was here, he didn't have it, let alone now.
He knows very well that if he wants to dominate the world, his abilities are far from enough.
Both he and his father Zhou Yi were optimistic about Sun Ce.
But I didn't expect that they are all gone now.
Thinking of his father Zhou Yi and Sun Ce, Zhou Yu murmured: "Father, Bo Fu, I will avenge you and take back Jiangdong for you!"
After that, he had no choice but to seek refuge with Yuan Tan.
In contrast, Yuan Shao has many talents under his command, many of whom are no less capable than himself.
Only by following Yuan Tan can one achieve the success of following the dragon.
However, that will all happen later.
Seeing that Zhou Yu's face seemed a little excited, the old medical worker reminded: "Master, you need to be gentle and calm. Your injury is extraordinary and may take your life at any time. You must be careful not to be overjoyed until the injury is completely healed. Great sorrow.”
Zhou Yu came back to his senses with a smile and said to the old medical worker with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, nothing in this world can make me happy or sad anymore. Even if someone kills me right now, I can accept it calmly."
The old medical worker nodded and said, "It's best if you have such a mentality, sir. When I was practicing medicine with my master, I treated Lu Zhi with him. Lu Zhi was so sad that his wound collapsed and died. It’s a pity.”
Zhou Yu's expression suddenly changed.
The old medical worker frowned.
Zhou Yu took a few deep breaths, suppressed his excitement, and then asked: "Who is the master, Mr. Master? He was able to heal the former Zhonglang General Lu Gong!"
The old doctor said: "My master is also well-known in Yangzhou, and his name is Hua Tuo."
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Sure enough, I've heard of it too! I heard that Mr. Hua Tuo also made a medicine called Ma Fei San, which can relieve pain."
The old medical worker nodded.
Zhou Yu said again: "Old sir, why do you look older?"
The old doctor said: "Young Master, there is no need to doubt that my name is Wu Pu, and I am from Guangling, Xuzhou. I was young and idle, dedicated to doing chivalry and justice, and wanted to become a hero. I spent half of my life, my parents, wife, son and daughter all died, and I just woke up. Follow the master and start practicing medicine."
Zhou Yu looked at Wu Pu with some sympathy.
I am also alone.
After a while, Zhou Yu continued to ask: "Old sir, I would like to know what was so tragic about Lu Gong before his death that he let his wound burst open and die?"
The old medical worker pondered for a moment and said, "It is said that it is because of one of his disciples."
"Lu Zhi's son didn't want to mention this disciple. He only said his surname was Liu."
"In his early years, this disciple named Liu was very intelligent and ambitious."
"His family was poor and his father died young."
"In order to be taken seriously by others, so that he could be promoted to high-ranking officials and be well-paid, he spent all his family resources and bribed people when he was only twelve years old. People praised his mulberry tree as being as big as a canopy, implying that he had the appearance of an emperor."
"Of course, after all, I am too young and don't know what the imperial posture means."
"Not only did he not attract the attention of celebrities or high-ranking officials, he attracted the attention of the county magistrate and almost caused death."
"After Lu Zhi learned about this, in order to save his life, he personally found the county magistrate and rescued him."
"After chatting with him, I found out that this disciple named Liu actually has the ambition to imitate Emperor Guangwu."
"Lu Zhi will teach this disciple named Liu the art of emperorship."
"Not long after, Lu Zhi was re-employed by the imperial court, and then he parted ways with this disciple named Liu."
"A few years ago, Lu Zhi was removed from his official position and escorted back to Kyoto because he did not want to surrender to the powerful."
"I unexpectedly met this disciple named Liu on the way."
"This disciple surnamed Liu led thousands of troops at that time. However, when he reunited with Lu Zhi, he did not comfort him at all. He just said "take care" like a passerby and walked away."
"Lu Zhi is left with a heartache."
"Fortunately, I rushed to Kyoto. The great scholar Cai Yong was still there at the time. I risked my life and joined the ministers to intercede on his behalf, which saved him from disaster."
"Lu Zhi was disheartened and returned to his hometown, preparing to return to his countryside and stop serving as an official."
"Unexpectedly, half a year later, the barbarians invaded, and he had to lead his fellow villagers to fight to the death."
"This invading barbarian army was just a small army and was driven out."
"But Lu Zhi was no longer as brave as before, and was stabbed in the chest."
"It just so happened that the master took me there to treat the people, so I treated his wounds."
"Everything went well."
"Until three months later, when Lu Zhi was playing chess with his master, another of his disciples came to visit him."
Zhou Yu asked curiously: "Who?"
The old doctor said: "He was General Fenwu at that time, and later Sun Zan, the shepherd of Youzhou."
Zhou Yu suddenly said: "It's him!"
The old medical worker continued: "Lu Zhi saw Gongsun Zan at that time and saw that he was wearing a piece of silk on his hand. He asked him where he came from?"
"Gongsun Zan said that on the bed where the disciple surnamed Liu's mother died of illness, there was only the disciple surnamed Liu's weak wife and a seven or eight-year-old daughter at home."
"The wife surnamed Liu asked someone to rush to the military camp, find him, and ask him to help call the disciple surnamed Liu back to handle her mother's funeral."
"Because, the disciple named Liu serves as a county magistrate under Gongsun Zan."
"However, Gongsun Zan asked someone to inform the disciple named Liu. Instead of going back, the disciple named Liu turned around and led his army into the North Sea to rescue an unrelated official from the Yellow Turban bandits."
"Only then did Gongsun Zan personally rush to the home of the disciple surnamed Liu to help handle the funeral of the disciple surnamed Liu's mother."
"When we arrived, the body was hairy."
"At this time, Gongsun Zan has just finished handling the funeral and is preparing to rush back to the military camp."
"I thought that his husband Lu Zhi seemed to be nearby, so I came here to visit."
"When Lu Zhi heard what Gongsun Zan said, he immediately burst into tears and his wounds burst."
"He hates himself, why would he teach such a ruthless disciple for fame and wealth?"
"My mother's funeral is far less important than an official who has nothing to do with it."
The old medical worker looked at Zhou Yu and said, "At that time, blood was flowing all over his body. In less than a day, Lu Zhi died."
"Sir, learn from the past."
When Zhou Yu heard what the old medical worker said about Lu Zhi, he sighed quietly: "Did that disciple named Liu ever regret it later? I wonder if he ever dreamed about his mother's resentful eyes when she was dying?"
The old medical worker shook his head and said: "Absolutely not. In the eyes of this kind of person, there is only fame and wealth, and everything else has never entered his heart. Just like the founding emperor of our country, in order to escape for his life during the war, he did not hesitate to kill Like a son kicking off a chariot."
"In the past, his parents were arrested by the King of Chu and asked to cook. He laughed endlessly and asked the King of Chu to take a share of the pie."
"Everyone said he was clever at it."
"Don't you know that a tiger's poison will not eat its seeds? A person who can kick his children out of a chariot to escape for his life during a war is worse than an animal. Facing the situation where his parents are being cooked, he will at most feel sorry for himself. How can he really care?"
Zhou Yu sighed and nodded.
The old medical worker then said: "Sir, change the medicine!"
Zhou Yu slowly lay down and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, old man."
At this time, Yuan Shao's army was in command, and Yuan Tan and his generals hosted a banquet for Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
After drinking for three rounds, Yuan Tan smiled and said to Liu Bei: "My dear friend, you said before that your 20,000-strong army was deceived from Cao Cao into surrendering soldiers?"
Liu Bei smiled and said, "That's true. If you don't believe me, you can ask the soldiers. In fact, they were originally under the old army of Zhang Yang, Sui Gu. After being defeated by Cao Cao's general Cao Ren, they were taken to train outside Xudu City and later followed me."
Yuan Tan asked curiously: "The one who lied, does he have a tiger charm?"
Liu Bei said: "Of course there is."
Yuan Tan said: "Can you show it to me?"
Without doubting his presence, Liu Bei took out a box from a cloth bag hanging from his waist, walked up to Yuan Tan, opened it, revealed the tiger talisman inside and said, "This is it."
Yuan Tan took the tiger talisman, looked it over, called General Jiang Qi, handed it to him and said: "General Jiang, keep it safe."
Liu Bei's expression suddenly changed.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood up directly.
Zhang Fei roared: "Yuan Tan, what are you doing!"
The generals under the account all stood up, drew their swords, and surrounded Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in the middle.
Zhang Fei's eyes widened angrily.
Guan Yu held the hilt of his sword with his right hand, looking around with a cold face.
Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "My lords, don't do anything wrong! Uncle Liu Huang is my benefactor, how can I hurt them?"
He looked at Liu Bei again and said with a smile: "My dear benefactor, don't panic!"
"My benefactor came all the way to help me in times of need. Am I an ungrateful person?"
"I just have better arrangements!"
"I want my benefactor to go to Yecheng, meet with my father, and ask my father to reuse my benefactor."
"Although I am my father's eldest son, I have no merit. If my benefactor follows me, what future can I have?"
"Follow my father, and my father will definitely use his benefactor again."
"In the future, if I want to take a step forward, I will also ask my benefactor for help!"
Then he pointed at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and said: "As for the two warriors——"
Yuan Tan originally wanted to follow Zhou Yu's statement and let the two of them serve as separate commanders in the army, each leading an army and fighting for himself.
But seeing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with their beards and hair spread out and their murderous intent, he was still a little scared and said: "As for the two warriors, you can follow your benefactor to Yecheng to meet your father."
"My benefactor, what do you think?"
Liu Bei glanced at the others and his heart dropped.
The Tiger Talisman has been taken away, what's the use of being angry anymore?
If a conflict really breaks out, there will be enemies on all sides, and the three brothers will definitely die.
The only reason to blame is that I imagined that Yuan Tan would worry about my role in recommending him back then!
Liu Bei could only force a smile and said: "Since the eldest son has better arrangements for us three brothers, we naturally have no choice but to obey his orders."
Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, my benefactor, let's continue! After the banquet is over, I will personally write a letter to praise my benefactor to my father, so that my benefactor can be taken to Yecheng."
Liu Bei gritted his teeth secretly, but still saluted and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, eldest son."
(End of chapter)
