Kuai Yue said: "I have a brother named Kuai Liang. He finally learned about horses. I followed him and learned a little. I saw tear troughs under the eyes of this horse and some white spots on its forehead. It is called Lu. Riding it." Those who ride it will have bad luck. Don’t you think its original owner Zhang Wu died because of this?”
Liu Biao was not good at it, he was the best at catching wind and shadow. On the second day, he held a banquet for Liu Bei to attend and said: "Thank you very much for giving me a good horse yesterday, but my dear brother, you often need When you go out to fight, it will serve you more than me, so it should be returned."
Liu Bei stood up and thanked him. In fact, he didn't want to give the horse to Liu Biao. It just so happened that the horse came back.
After returning Lu Ma, Liu Biao said: "Brother Xian has lived in Jingzhou for a long time. I'm afraid he will waste his martial arts. There is a county in the north of Xiangyang called Xinye. There is some money and food there. Brother Xian can take his troops with him." How do you feel about being stationed there?" Liu Bei knew that this must be Liu Biao's doubts, and he happened to be afraid that others would murder him, so he expressed his gratitude. After the banquet, he took his troops to Xinye.
Just after coming out of the Jingzhou city gate, I saw a man bowing to the war horse Liu Bei was riding and saying, "You cannot ride the war horse that the Duke rides on."
Liu Bei looked at the man. It turned out that he was a native of Jingzhou, courtesy name Jibo, and a native of Shanyang. Liu Bei dismounted and asked why.
He replied: "Actually, I don't know. I heard from Kuai Yue yesterday that he and his brother had done some research on Xiangma. This horse is called Lu, and the rider will have bad luck. That's why Liu Biao How can you ride it again if it is returned?"
Liu Bei said: "I deeply feel Sir's support, but mortals have a fate of life and death, how can we blame this on the war horses!"
Yi Ji admired Liu Bei's magnanimity very much. From then on, he often had some contact with Liu Bei.
The people and soldiers in Xinye City were very happy to know that Liu Bei was stationed there. After Liu Bei's governance, the atmosphere of the entire Xinye was completely new. It was in this place that Liu Bei and Mrs. Gan worked hard to give birth to a son, named Liu Chan. When she was about to give birth, a white crane flew onto the roof of the county government office, chirped loudly a dozen times, and then flew to the west. When it was about to come out, the room was filled with a kind of fragrance. When she was pregnant, Mrs. Gan often dreamed of swallowing Beidou. She regarded this as one of the reasons for her pregnancy, so she gave her a nickname of Adou.
Before and after Adou was born, Liu Bei had been paying attention to the situation in Xuchang. He finally found out that Cao Cao was on an expedition to Liaodong, so he went to Liu Biao and suggested: "I have obtained accurate information. Cao Cao's troops are in order to destroy Yuan Tan." We and Yuan Shang have already approached the border of Liaodong. At this time, if we use all the strength of Jingzhou and take advantage of the emptiness of Xuchang to attack directly, then a big thing can be accomplished."
Unexpectedly, Liu Biao didn't have much idea at all, and said: "I have occupied nine counties in Jingzhou now, which is enough. I just need to guard it well. I have no other purpose."
Liu Bei felt very disappointed, and suddenly remembered Yu Yi's previous theory, that you must establish your own base before you can make your own decisions. Now here in Jingzhou, here in Liu Biao's place, it has been vividly demonstrated.
Liu Biao also realized Liu Bei's disappointment, and later specially invited Liu Bei into the back hall to drink. When he was half drunk, Liu Biao suddenly sighed.
Liu Bei quickly asked the reason and said, "I wonder why brother sighs?"
Liu Biao said: "Because I have something on my mind and I can't say it easily."
Liu Bei wanted to ask again. Mrs. Cai came out from behind the screen. Liu Biao lowered his head and said nothing. In order to prevent the atmosphere from being awkward, Liu Bei had to leave voluntarily. This was how the banquet ended.
Finally, Liu Bei received news that Cao Cao had brought his troops to pacify Hebei and returned to Xuchang. He lamented that Liu Biao did not listen to his advice and lost such an opportunity.
Another day later, Liu Biao sent an envoy to invite Liu Bei to meet in Jingzhou, so Liu Bei went with the envoy. After Liu Biao welcomed him, he invited him to the back hall to attend the banquet. During the banquet, Liu Biao said to Liu Bei: "I wonder if my dear brother has heard that Cao Cao pacified Hebei and returned to Xuchang with more than 400,000 troops. His power is very powerful. His next step will definitely be to annex Jingxiang. I am very I regret that I didn’t listen to my wise brother and lost a good opportunity.”
Liu Bei comforted him: "Brother, don't worry too much. The world is now divided. If war breaks out again in the future, how can the opportunity disappear? If there is another opportunity and we can seize it, then there will be no regrets."
Liu Biao said: "My dear brother is right." So the two drank together. After drinking a lot, Liu Biao suddenly burst into tears. Liu Bei quickly asked why.
Liu Biao said: "I have something in my heart. I was planning to tell my dear brother before, but I didn't find a suitable opportunity."
Liu Bei said: "Don't you know what kind of difficulties my brother has encountered? If there is any way I can help, I will give up my life!"
Liu Biao said: "I have an ex-wife, and the eldest son born to me is called Liu Qi. Although he is a virtuous man, his character is a bit cowardly and not good enough for success. The son Liu Qiong born to my later wife Cai is very smart. I plan to abolish the eldest son and establish a younger one, but I was afraid that etiquette would not allow me to do so, I wanted to have the eldest son, and I was also afraid that if relatives of the Cai family were in charge of military affairs, there would be trouble later, so I have been hesitant."
After Liu Bei thought for a moment, he said: "Since ancient times, the elimination of elders and the establishment of younger ones have been the root of trouble. If you are afraid that the Cai family will have too much power, you can slowly weaken them. You cannot abolish the elders and establish younger ones just because you dote on your younger son."
Liu Biao was silent. Because Liu Biao refused to give birth to a son, Mrs. Cai was very suspicious and felt that all this was Liu Bei's fault. Therefore, as long as Liu Biao invited Liu Bei to the banquet, she would definitely eavesdrop. At this time, I happened to be behind the screen, feeling very resentful.
At this time, Liu Bei also realized that it was inappropriate for him to comment on other people's housework, so he got up to go to the toilet. When he saw that his thighs had grown some fat due to not riding a horse for a long time, he burst into tears.
After a while, Liu Bei returned to the banquet. Liu Biao saw that Liu Bei seemed to have cried. He was a little surprised and asked why.
He replied: "I ride horses all the year round and don't gain a lot of fat on my legs. Now that I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, I have a lot of fat on my thighs. If this continues, I will be very old, but my achievements will not make any progress, so I feel very sad!”
Liu Biao said: "I heard that when brother Xian was still in Xuchang, he made wine with Cao Cao and discussed heroes. Brother Xian mentioned all the celebrities in the world, and Cao Cao thought it was unacceptable. But Dudu mentioned the heroes, which are himself and you. , thinking that Cao Cao’s power thinks you are a hero, and you don’t dare to stand in front of your virtuous brother, how can you worry about not being able to make contributions?”
