Liu Bei was still immersed in pain. Kong Ming and others tried to persuade him again and again. Liu Bei said angrily: "My hatred for Soochow is irreconcilable!" Kong Ming said: "I heard that Soochow offered Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao. Cao Cao used the prince’s interests to worship him.”
Kong Ming mentioned the issue of Guan Yu's body, and Liu Bei immediately became interested and asked, "What does this mean?"
He replied: "This is Soochow preparing to transfer its hatred to Cao Cao. Cao Cao saw through their plot, so he buried Guan Yu with generous gifts and asked the king to transfer his hatred to Soochow!"
Liu Bei said: "Since this is the case, I will definitely take revenge. I am ready to organize my troops and attack Soochow!"
Kong Ming also bears a certain responsibility for the loss of Jingzhou, but he is still very calm about the matter of revenge. He quickly advised: "No! Now Soochow is ready to see us attack Cao Wei, and Cao Wei is also ready to see us attack Soochow. , both sides have no good intentions, so the king can only sit still and mourn Guan Yu first. When the two families are at odds, we will take the opportunity to attack, and then the world will be settled."
Everyone quickly followed Kong Ming's advice and Liu Bei felt better. He began to eat and at the same time ordered all officers and soldiers in Sichuan to pay filial piety. The King of Hanzhong personally went to the south gate of Chengdu to summon the souls and pay homage, crying all day long.
While crying, a soldier suddenly came to report that Yuyi had entered the city, but he was so excited that he was ready to hang himself in the house to apologize.
Liu Bei was very surprised after hearing this, and quickly led everyone to the Guanyi where Yu Yi lived. He saw everyone trying to stop Yu Yi from hanging himself. When Yu Yi saw Liu Bei and others arriving, he even shouted, "You guys Don't stop me, I must die to apologize! My second brother died so miserably." After saying that, tears burst down his face.
Kong Ming hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "People cannot be resurrected after death, so I would like to ask General Yuyi to express his condolences."
Yu Yi saw Kong Ming, who was a lot fatter compared to his appearance in the video. He just winked at Kong Ming, then continued to cry, jumped on the stool with all his strength, and was about to hang himself. No one could stop him at all.
Such a commotion stirred up Liu Bei's emotions. He walked up to Yu Yi, pulled out his sword, cut off the rope, and said, "What happened to your second brother has nothing to do with you. It's just your fault." Then Soochow went back on its word, we brothers should unite together to avenge our second brother, and there should be no more mistakes!"
Seeing that the rope was broken, Yu Yi had achieved half of his goal. He quickly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, saying, "Brother, I'm really sorry for Brother Guan Yu. I feel so sad!"
After hearing this, Liu Bei was filled with emotions and burst into tears for a while.
At this time, Yu Yi suddenly grabbed Liu Bei's sword in his hand, jumped to the side, waved the sword, and shouted: "Don't come over, I will kill myself if you come over again!"
At this time, Kong Ming had already judged that Yu Yi would not really commit suicide, but suddenly, it was hard to tell what the purpose of taking away the king's sword was, so he had to step forward and persuade him: "Now the whole Sichuan is wearing filial piety, and together we can Pay homage, if General Guan Yu’s soul sees you like this, he will be sad too!”
Yu Yi took a few steps back, raised his sword high, cut off his hair and held it in his hand under the astonished eyes of everyone.
Yu Yi walked up to Liu Bei again, handed over the sword, raised the severed hair in his hand, and said: "My eldest brother is soft-hearted, but as the prefect of Jingzhou, losing Jingzhou must be a capital crime. Considering that Guan Yu The second brother has not avenged his hatred, so he first took his hair as his head and put his head on my neck, so that I can take the blame!" After saying that, he handed the hair to Liu Bei, knelt on the ground, and continued: " Brother, what do you think of this?"
Liu Bei didn't expect Yu Yi to do this. He was stunned for a moment and quickly looked at Kong Ming. Kong Ming naturally did not expect Yu Yi to come up with a clever trick, and said: "The main responsibility for the loss of Jingzhou lies with General Guan Yu. His character is too arrogant, and I heard that when Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, General Yu Yi Zeng Jin was rescued in Jueshan, but despite being surrounded by Dongwu soldiers and horses, General Guan Yu finally rescued him and was captured. I think General Guan Yu’s spirit in heaven also hopes to see Yu Yi live a good life and make great achievements!"
Kong Ming's words finalized Yu Yi's behavior. Liu Bei stepped forward to help Yu Yi up and said: "Let's pay homage together. Brothers are united and we must avenge our second brother!"
Yu Yi held Liu Bei's hand tightly and replied: "It is necessary!" So Yu Yi also joined the people paying tribute.
In Luoyang, after Cao Cao personally led everyone to bury Guan Yu, he saw Guan Yu every night when he closed his eyes. He seemed to have something to say, but he never knew what he said.
Everyone advised: "There are many demons in Luoyang Palace. We can build a new palace to live in."
Cao Cao said: "I plan to build a palace called Jianshi Palace, but there is no skilled craftsman."
Everyone recommended Jia Xu. After Jia Xu was summoned, he suggested: "There is a man named Su Yue among the craftsmen in Luoyang. His craftsmanship is very exquisite."
So Cao Cao immediately recruited him and asked him to draw a design first. Su Yue drew a nine-room hall with front and rear corridors and pavilions, and handed it to Cao Cao. After seeing it, Cao Cao was very satisfied and said: "Your drawing is exactly what I thought." It fits, but there are no good materials!”
Su Yue said: "About thirty miles away from here, there is a pool called Yuelong Pool. There is a Yuelong Temple in front of it, and there is a big pear tree next to it, more than ten feet high, which can be used as the beam material for building the Shi Palace. "
Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this, and immediately sent people to work there to cut down the trees. The next day, the soldiers came back and reported that they could not cut the trees with a saw, and they couldn't cut them with an axe. There was nothing they could do.
Cao Cao didn't believe it at all after hearing this. He took a hundred cavalry and dismounted in front of the Yuelong Temple. He looked up at the tree. The pavilions were like canopies, and the branches seemed to penetrate into the clouds. It was very tall and there was no bend in it.
Cao Cao ordered the tree to be cut down on site, and the surrounding people came to advise: "This tree has a history of hundreds of years. I heard that there is an immortal living on it. I'm afraid we can't cut it down!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao was furious and said: "I have traveled to many places in my life. For more than forty years, from the emperor to the common people, everyone in Wuluan is afraid of me. Who kind of immortal am I? I dare to Disobey me." After saying that, he pulled out his sword and cut it down himself. When the sword hit the tree, it made a very strange sound, and a lot of blood came out and splashed on his body.
Cao Cao was so surprised that he threw away his sword and returned to his palace. At ten o'clock that night, he couldn't sleep at all, so he sat in the palace and fell asleep.
Suddenly he saw a man holding a sword, his hair hanging in the air, and wearing soap clothes. He walked up to him, pointed at Cao Cao and said, "I am the Immortal Lishu. You built the First Palace to usurp the throne, but you failed." Come and cut down my sacred tree, I know your life is about to end, so I came here to kill you!"
(End of chapter)
