Liu Chan was startled when he heard this, frowned and thought for a moment, and then saw that there were only father and son in the room, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He sat down casually, feeling that even the anxiety he felt when he first entered the house was gone.
Liu Bei still frowned when he saw this: "What's so funny about this?"
Liu Chan smiled and said: "Old man, there are only you and me, father and son, now, why do you need to show me this pretense?"
If it had been in the past, the angry Liu Bei might have taken off his shoes on the spot when he heard what he said.
But this time, he didn't react so much. He just said, "How do you say this?"
Seeing that Old Liu was still posing, wondering if he was too involved in the drama, Liu Chan simply said directly: "Didn't you let that person out intentionally?"
Liu Bei's brows finally relaxed and he said with great interest: "Tell me about it."
"When we were in Jingzhou before, only a few high-level people were present in confidential meetings, and even I wasn't allowed in!" Liu Chan couldn't help but complain in passing, "But within two years after taking Yizhou, you were in every meeting Then he started to let this person serve him...
"This was true even before the Battle of Hanzhong. You must take him with you when we fight Hanzhong. Don't say that you trust a waiter more than your own son."
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +2] (90)
[Liu Bei's favorability is 90, swordsmanship talent +15×2, equestrian talent +10×2, power skill talent +10×2]
[Swordsmanship talent increased to: Talented] (9/300)
Having said this, Liu Bei was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that his son would observe so meticulously.
Liu Chan continued: "Did you discover that there was something wrong with this person after you captured Yizhou? I'm afraid he didn't do anything, so you deliberately tricked him into showing off his tricks, trying to see who was behind him. If I hadn't guessed If I’m wrong, he’s probably dead on the road right now?”
Liu Bei finally showed a smile at this time, with a hint of pride in his smile: "You guessed wrong."
"I guessed wrong, are you so happy?! Do you want to eat fried pancakes?"
"This man was indeed let go on purpose by his father, but he was not killed." Liu Bei stopped at this point and waited for Liu Chan to ask questions with a proud look on his face.
"I won't ask!"
Liu Chan tapped his knees with his fingers, frowning and thinking.
Liu Bei took a leisurely sip of warm wine and looked at his son who was deep in thought, waiting for him to ask for help...
"Did he take the water route and then follow a tributary to the south?"
When Liu Bei heard this, his contented expression immediately froze, and he asked in surprise: "How do you know?"
He got a positive answer from Liu Bei's reaction, but Liu Chan seemed even more surprised.
I'm going to blanch, do the Yong family actually have this ability? It seems that I underestimated them before.
Liu Chan thought at first that the waiter must have been bribed by Boss Cao's people.
At this time, he had almost figured out what happened.
"If he goes eastward along the river, he must be bribed by one of the Cao and Sun families, and you cannot allow him to leak the news.
"But if he is going south... plus he has not taken any action before, and we are the only one who wants to 'determine Nanzhong first' and he runs south, then he is naturally bribed by the big clan of Nanzhong.
"You deliberately avoided killing him because you wanted to force them to start a riot after they got the news so you could have an excuse to send troops, right?"
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +2] (92)
Liu Bei nodded happily, feeling more and more that it was a wise decision to let Liu Chan follow Zhuge Liang since he was a child and let the military advisor educate his son.
"It's just that if the other party thinks of this and stays put, or even sends people to pay tribute to show their loyalty, then when we send our troops to the Northern Expedition in the future, they will wait for an opportunity to move..."
Liu Bei laughed out loud: "If the Nanzhong family had my son's wisdom, they wouldn't be so embarrassed that they still only know how to fish and eat the local people. If they don't bite the bait, send envoys to order them to pay taxes to stimulate them." Just get excited."
After laughing, Liu Bei waited for his smile to fade, and suddenly sighed: "Well, having said that, my father's anger just now is not a lie. This man has followed my father for many years, and he has always been loyal before. I hope I have seen it wrong. .”
The waiter's family, who had been following him from Jingzhou to Yizhou, suddenly disappeared. When Lao Liu asked him, he only said that he had moved back to Jingzhou because he was not accustomed to the climate.
After that, the waiter's behavior became unnatural. How could Lao Liu, who had been a close waiter for many years, not notice such a change?
What's more, since his son was assassinated in Jingzhou and almost died, Lao Liu has paid even more attention to these waiters.
Even though suspicion arose, under surveillance, this person never made any move.
After that, Lao Liu deliberately asked him to serve on various important occasions to see who he would come into contact with and what his actions would be.
But he didn't expect that he had been holding back until today and didn't move. Behind him was the Yong family.
"Sake makes people's faces red, and wealth touches people's hearts. There are a few people in the world who can be like these uncles, but no one tried to seduce them before." Liu Chan was very open-minded. Both his brother-in-law and old brothers could rebel. Don't talk about a servant.
Liu Bei nodded first, and then was stunned again: "Sake makes people's faces red, and white wealth touches people's hearts? I didn't expect that the poems Adou said casually were quite extraordinary. I never saw that you have such literary talent before."
"Because it was copied."
After that, the father and son talked about the situation in South China. Historians have always cherished words, and Liu Chan happened to know more clearly about some situations that he didn't know much about and the caravan couldn't find out about them from Lao Liu.
The next day, Wang Meng finally recruited all the men, but Liu Chan found that most of them were people who had stayed in Jingzhou before.
"My lord, I want him to come too, do you think it's okay?" In the corner of the military camp, Wang Meng pulled Shen Zhong, who looked helpless next to him, "He has cooperated well with me in Jingzhou and is very talented."
Liu Chan asked Shen Zhong, "What did you say?"
"I had just become a military lord, and my butt was still hot, and he dragged me to be a soldier again. It was still a shady kind of thing... But since my brother has spoken, there is nothing I can do about it."
Liu Chan smiled and said: "That's it. Don't underestimate this job. If you do it well, it will be more effective than thousands of troops."
Hearing this, Shen Zhong clasped his fists and said seriously: "I don't dare. Since it is a matter assigned by the prince, I must do my best."
"Since you are all old-school, it saves you a lot of trouble. You can focus on training for some time first, and Wang Meng will teach you his experience, and then let Ding Feng guide you in martial arts." Liu Chan arranged, "After spending the first day with your family, After that, set off immediately.”
"yes!"
If it is possible to lurk inside the enemy, then naturally the sooner you have the better advantage, and in this regard it depends more on talent and then growing in actual combat.
None of us are professionals to begin with, so no matter how long the training time is, it won't be of much use.
"But I don't know where I'm going?"
"Well..." Liu Chan pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Meng led 40 people to Nanzhong, and Shen Zhong led 10 people to Shangyong.
"Nanzhong is mainly responsible for collecting intelligence from Yueqi County, Yizhou County, and Zangqi County, and paying attention to the local wealthy families. The focus is on the Yong family in Yizhou County. If you can deploy people or buy spies, do your best.
"There are also the old man Gao Ding and a man named Meng Huo. These two people have a high reputation among the foreign races. But if you are not sure, don't force it, just pay attention to their movements."
Wang Meng cupped his fists and said, "Yes!"
The reason for this arrangement is that Gaoding, Meng Huo and the Yong family are different. It is too difficult for Han people to do intelligence work for foreigners.
It is still uncertain whether Meng Huo is a Yi or a Han, but Liu Chan prefers the former. After all, it is difficult for Han people to have such a reputation among the local ethnic groups.
"As for Shangyong, Shen Dan, Shen Yi... and Meng Da, go check on these three people."
"yes."
The three people Liu Chan wanted to investigate were all high-ranking officials and generals of his own side, but Shen Zhong and the others had no doubts about this.
Since it was the prince's order, it made no difference to these Red Star soldiers what the other party's identity was... He was now a Red Star Shadow Guard.
Shangyong's side supposedly said that Liu Feng had sent reinforcements, and his knot had been resolved, and he would no longer be so nervous as in the past to rob Meng Da's drum band.
They are not guilty of refusing to aid Guan Yu, and Meng Da is not afraid of committing crimes and surrendering to Cao...right?
It's just that the characters of these three people are there. Even if these things don't happen, who knows if other things will happen?
The location of Dongsan County is important and there is no need to be careless. Liu Chan decided to be cautious.
After the deployment, everyone followed orders.
Everyone has their own plans and expectations, and every force plans to make a breakthrough in the new year.
Time finally came to the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (AD 220)...
(End of chapter)
