"Don't come over here!"
Seeing the big man who had defeated his men approaching step by step, Zhang Rang vowed to protect Liu Hong to the death.
When Liu Bei saw this scene, he immediately felt something was wrong.
Who else in the Han Dynasty could Zhang Rang swear to protect with his life?
But he did not fall to his knees out of fear. Instead, he calmly pulled Zhang Fei back and said,
"Brother, let's be polite first and then use force. Don't fight yet."
Now that he understood the other party's identity, Liu Bei made up his mind and turned around and said:
"As you can see, my brother has a bad temper. If you want to avoid suffering, that's fine. Just agree to one of my requests, and he won't hold you responsible. He will even grant your wish."
When Liu Hong heard that the other party had given up on his own initiative, the anger in his heart disappeared all of a sudden.
He felt a little secretly happy in his heart, believing that the other party must be moved by his sincerity.
"Tell me what you want. As long as you don't steal them from me, I'll agree to anything."
"Well, seeing that you are all dressed in fancy clothes and have such soft voices, I guess you must be from the palace, right?"
Seeing Zhang Rang immediately wanting to reject it, Liu Bei scoffed and said:
"With that voice of yours, you still want to quibble? If you think you're not from the palace, then I'll call people over to see if everyone knows you."
After saying that, he turned and shouted towards the door:
"Everyone, come and see! There are eunuchs having fun in Yihong Courtyard."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Rang quickly grabbed Liu Bei.
"Brother, let's talk it over nicely instead of yelling. Tell me, what do you want?"
When Liu Bei saw the other party's nervous look, he was completely certain that the person opposite him must be the current emperor Liu Hong.
Although Zhang Ran was very panicked, he was still glad that the other party did not recognize who they were.
But if this matter were to spread, Your Majesty would be famous for all eternity.
"Okay, that's straightforward. I'll tell you then."
Liu Bei sorted out his thoughts and said:
"Since you are from the palace, you will surely be able to meet Zhang Rang. Tell him that Lord Lu Zhi is a great man respected by all the people of Luoyang. On behalf of the people of Luoyang, I will protect Lord Lu. Otherwise, don't blame us for rebellion."
What Liu Hong fears most now is the word "rebellion".
Before Zhang Rang could say anything, he spoke first.
"The people of Luoyang City want to rebel? Aren't they afraid of being beheaded? Has Lu Zhi always wanted to rebel?"
When Liu Bei heard His Majesty say this, he responded:
"How could Lord Lu rebel? He is loyal to the court. We believe Lord Lu is wrongly accused and must have been harmed by treacherous individuals. If anyone dares to deceive the emperor, we will purge his court."
Liu Hong felt a chill in his heart after hearing this. He had never expected that the people nowadays would rebel at the slightest provocation. In the court, he thought that the people were being bewitched into rebelling, but he had never expected that he was the one being bewitched.
Zhang Rang wanted to defend himself at this time, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
He just angrily scolded Liu Bei:
"Be bold! No one can deceive the holy ears. Don't speak nonsense."
"Haha, what do you, a mere eunuch, know? It was the Ten Attendants and Zhang Rang who deceived the emperor."
Zhang Rang was now even more frightened, but he could not lose his momentum.
"Eunuch Zhang Rang is loyal to His Majesty. I believe you are a rebel, spreading rumors and misleading the people."
Liu Bei saw that he had successfully diverted the other party's attention and they no longer noticed their identities.
He did not dwell on these issues any more and continued directly:
"This matter is not important right now. I know Zhang Rang is the monitoring officer. If he dares to embarrass Lord Lu, the people of Luoyang will definitely rebel."
Liu Bei came up with this trick out of nothing just now on the spur of the moment.
If the other party was Zhang Ran, he would not be afraid, but he did not expect that His Majesty was also here, so he did not dare to go against His Majesty.
He could only stare at Zhang Rang and beat him hard.
Zhang Rang didn't dare to make any rash decisions on this matter, nor did he dare to look at Liu Hong.
He simply said, "That's impossible. Eunuch Zhang Rang will definitely act impartially. He will never tolerate a bad person, nor will he wrongly kill a good person."
Liu Bei was really angry now and said:
"Well, you still dare to kill people. Come on, take a look. The eunuchs from the palace are here looking for women."
Liu Bei immediately started yelling again.
Zhang Rang quickly covered Liu Bei's mouth.
"What are you doing? You were just talking, why are you getting excited again?"
"How can I not be excited? You're all going to kill Lord Lu, and you're not going to make me excited?"
Seeing that Zhang Rang couldn't deal with the other party, Liu Hong decided to solve the problem himself.
"Brother, don't get excited. I have some connections with His Majesty. How about I help you talk to him?"
When Liu Bei saw His Majesty speaking, he immediately bowed and said:
"Thank you very much, brother. As long as Lord Lu is alright, the people of Luoyang will be very grateful to His Majesty. Please be sure to speak to His Majesty."
"Okay, don't worry. I will definitely tell him. I don't think he will blame Lu Zhi too much."
"Okay, okay. Since you're here to help, we won't bother you anymore. Please continue..."
Liu Bei immediately pulled Guan and Zhang out of the room.
This matter should be stopped while it is going well. He doesn't dare to ask the other party to make a guarantee in front of the emperor.
Zhang Fei was pulled out and still didn't know why.
"Brother, we even asked Zhang Rang to be the guarantor."
"Third brother, Zhang Rang's future is more important than him. As long as he promises, it will be enough."
"Bigger than Zhang Rang? Ah..."
Now Zhang Fei finally understood.
After the three of them left Yihongyuan, Fengyun appeared in front of them at the right time.
"How's it going?" I asked expectantly.
Liu Bei then said with lingering fear:
"Brother Fengyun, how come His Majesty is here too? I was scared to death just now."
Feng Yun said helplessly:
"Brother Xuande, I can't help but remind you. I made an agreement with him. I thought that after you go and see Zhang Rang, you will know his identity."
Now that it was explained, Liu Bei felt relieved.
"Actually, this time we really have to thank Brother Fengyun. If you hadn't found Zhang Rang, we really wouldn't be able to resolve this matter. His Majesty has just promised us to be lenient with the teacher."
"That's good."
Fengyun discovered at this time that his favorability towards Liu Bei had increased a lot.
This time he didn't expect that Liu Bei could solve the problem so easily, and he didn't even turn against Liu Bei.
It made him feel a little relieved but also a little regretful.
"Brother Fengyun, this matter has been resolved. I have finally given my explanation to the teacher. We will not stay here any longer."
"What are you going to do now?"
"We plan to return to Zhuo County to continue recruiting soldiers. The soldiers we recruited last time have all been killed or wounded."
It’s no wonder that Liu Bei spent the first half of his life wandering around and had no way to settle down.
Fengyun thought that nothing big had happened during this period, so should he continue to follow the three brothers?
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