Kong Ming thought Zhuge Jin was pretending, so he said, "Brother, I've come all the way. If you have anything to tell me, why are you crying?" Zhuge Jin said, "Everyone in my family is going to be killed!"
Kong Ming said: "Is it because we don't return Jingzhou? Because of my brother, I have detained all my brother's family members. How can I feel at ease? Please don't worry, brother. I have a way to return Jingzhou to Jiangdong."
Zhuge Jin was very happy after hearing this. He and Kong Ming went to see Liu Bei and handed over Sun Quan's letter. Liu Bei read the letter and said angrily: "Since Sun Quan married his sister to me, he married Sun Xiaomei when I was not in Jingzhou." It is unreasonable to deceive him into returning to Jiangdong! Now I am just about to raise troops from Xichuan to kill Jiangnan to avenge my hatred, and they also want to come to me to claim Jingzhou!"
Kong Ming immediately started crying and said: "The Marquis of Wu has detained all my brother's family. If Jingzhou is not returned, then my brother's family will be executed! If my brother dies because of this, what will happen to me?" Why do I have to live with my face alone? I hope that my lord can return Jingzhou to Soochow for my sake, so that my brotherhood can be preserved!"
Liu Bei still disagreed. Kong Ming could only plead again and again. In the end, Liu Bei had no choice but to slowly say: "Since this is the situation, for the sake of the military advisor, half of Jingzhou will be returned, and Changsha and Lingling will be returned." Let the three counties of Guiyang and Guiyang be returned to Jiangdong."
Kong Ming said: "Since you agree, please write to Guan Yu as soon as possible to request the delivery of the three counties."
Liu Bei said: "Zhuge Jin, when you go back, you must use nice words to persuade my brother. My brother has a very hot temper. I am a little scared myself. You must be careful!"
After Zhuge Jin got the letter, he said goodbye to Liu Bei, said goodbye to Kong Ming, and walked towards Jingzhou.
Yu Yi was having fun at home when suddenly soldiers came to summon him, so he went to Guan Yu's mansion.
After entering the central hall, he only saw a stranger coming. Guan Yu introduced: "The person in front of me is Zhuge Jin."
Yu Yi bowed to him as a courtesy and said with a smile: "You must be the brother of military advisor Kong Ming."
Guan Yu looked a little surprised and said, "How do you know?"
Yu Yi replied: "I have a good personal relationship with Kong Ming, and I know everything about his family."
Zhuge Jin bowed, took out Liu Bei's letter, and said: "The emperor agreed to return the three counties to Soochow. I hope the general will make the delivery immediately so that I can go back and resume my life."
After hearing this, Guan Yu's face changed and he said: "My brother Taoyuan and I have become sworn brothers and vowed to help the Han Dynasty together. Jingzhou was originally the land of the Han Dynasty. How could we give it to others? I will be outside and your life will not be respected. Although My brother wrote the letter, but I did not agree to return it."
Zhuge Jin suddenly cried loudly: "Now the Marquis of Wu has detained all my family members. If they can't get Jingzhou, they will be killed. I hope the general will have mercy on me!"
Guan Yu said: "This is Wu Hou's plan, how can you hide it from me!"
Zhuge Jin said: "General, why are you so callous and ruthless?"
Guan Yu held the sword in his hand and said angrily: "Stop talking! There is no face on this sword!"
Guan Ping stood up, stopped him, and said, "The military advisor is in trouble from above. Please calm down my father!"
Guan Yu took back his sword and said, "If you hadn't seen the military advisor's face, I would have prevented you from returning to Soochow."
Yu Yi stood up at this time, walked to Zhuge Jin's side, and said: "We are allies. We should think about how to attack Cao's thieves and help the Han Dynasty. Go back and tell Wu Hou not to always focus on Jingzhou. If the two families are really trying to annex each other, it may not be so easy for my eldest brother to raise an army of 800,000 from Xichuan to attack Soochow. In addition, Jingzhou is originally the land of the Han Dynasty, and it is natural for my eldest brother to defend it. It cannot be because of your pity. We Just return this land. Will Cao Cao return all the land in the Central Plains to you because he takes pity on your family?"
After hearing this, Zhuge Jin blushed with shame and hurriedly got off the boat and headed towards Xichuan to find Kong Ming. At this time, Kong Ming deliberately went out to patrol so that he could not be found. Zhuge Jin could only go to Liu Bei and cry to Guan Yu and Yu Yi's words.
Liu Bei pretended to be very surprised and said: "My brother is very impatient and difficult to communicate with. You can go back first. When I take over the lands of Dongchuan and Hanzhong and transfer Guan Yu to other places to guard, then I will Jingzhou will be returned to you."
Zhuge Jin had no choice but to go back to Wu Hou to reply and told the whole story. Sun Quan was very angry and said angrily: "You have been repeatedly made things difficult for you this time. Is it Kong Ming's plan?"
Zhuge Jin said: "No, my brother also cried and told Liu Bei that he agreed to hand over the three counties. However, Guan Yu was very irritable and Yu Yi did not agree, so it failed."
Sun Quan said: "Since Liu Bei has said that he will return the land in the three counties, and there are letters, let's send officials to Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang to see how the situation is?"
Zhuge Jin said: "My lord, this is a very good idea." So Sun Quan asked Zhuge Jin to take over his family, and then sent officials to the three counties of Jingzhou to take up their posts.
Within a day, the three officials who rushed back were expelled and told Sun Quan: "Guan Yu refused and drove us away overnight. If we leave late, he will kill us!"
Sun Quan was very angry. He sent someone to summon Lu Su and scolded him: "Earlier, you vouched for Liu Bei and lent us Jingzhou. Now Liu Bei has obtained Xichuan and refuses to return it. How can you still be safe?" Sitting."
Lu Su naturally understood and said, "I have a plan and I am about to tell it to the lord."
Sun Quan asked, "What's the plan?"
Lu Su said: "Now that the troops are stationed at Lukou, you can send people to invite Guan Yu to come to the meeting. If Guan Yu is willing to come, then use your words to persuade him. If he can't obey, you can ambush him with swords and axes and kill him. If he refuses, he will be killed." Come here, we will directly send troops to decide the outcome and recapture Jingzhou."
Sun Quan nodded and said: "That's good, we'll do it right away!"
Chanze admonished: "No, Guan Yu is a rare tiger general in the world. He is not a person who takes things easy. I'm afraid if things don't get done well, he will suffer the consequences."
Sun Quan said angrily: "If it doesn't work, what should I do? When can I get Jingzhou!" After saying that, he asked Lu Su to implement the plan immediately.
Lu Su resigned and went to Lukou, summoned Lu Meng and Gan Ning to discuss, held a banquet at the riverside pavilion outside Lukou village, wrote a letter, and asked the people below the camp who could observe people's words to serve as envoys to cross the river. Jingzhou.
Jiangkou Guanping asked about the envoy's situation, so he took the envoy to Jingzhou, met with Guan Yu, explained Lu Su's invitation to the meeting, and presented the letter.
