Chapter 322: The Poisonous Plan Appears, and Liu Bei Is Extremely Aggrieved

While Guo Jia and Zhou Yu were talking, they had already arrived at the place where Liu Qi lived.

As soon as they entered the room where Liu Qi lived, they smelled a disgusting smell mixed with countless gases.

When they walked into the inner hall and looked at Liu Qi lying on the hospital bed, the two of them frowned tightly.

"Meet Jingzhou Mu."

After bowing to Liu Qi, the two of them walked towards Liu Qi's bedside.

At this time, Liu Qi was lying on the bed. Although he could see the arrival of Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, Liu Qi was unable to say a word at this moment.

The two of them walked to Liu Qi's bedside and frowned as they looked at the bowl of medicine they just drank from.

He picked up the medicine bowl and looked at it carefully. When he saw the residue at the bottom of the bowl, Guo Jia had roughly discovered the problem.

Although I don’t know the specific reason for this, I have stayed in the medical hall for a while before, and I discussed many issues related to medical skills with Zhang Zhongjing and Huatuo at that time.

So Guo Jia now also knows a little bit about medical skills.

Looking at the residue in the bowl in Guo Jia's hand, Zhou Yu also shook his head slightly.

"I don't know, but Zhou Mu is currently in his prime. If it was an ordinary illness, it would not be like this. But it suddenly became like this. There must be some unknown secrets."

Although Zhou Yu is not as proficient in medical skills as Guo Jia, he is also a shrewd person, and the whole story can be seen at a glance.

Nodding slightly, Guo Jia turned his head and looked coldly at the man next to him who looked like a doctor.

"Tell me! Who gave this medicine!"

Looking at Guo Jia, the doctor was frightened by the coldness in Guo Jia's eyes and fell to his knees.

Although Guo Jia didn't say anything harsh, because he had been in a high position for a long time, and because counselors had to constantly try to figure out people's hearts every day.

The aura contained in his eyes was naturally something that such an ordinary doctor could not bear.

"Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me. This is the recipe given by Xuande Gong. I don't know the rest, sir!"

Soon the doctor poured out everything he knew. Listening to what the doctor said, both Guo Jia and Zhou Yu showed deep shock in their eyes.

"Liu Xuande is really capable of doing such a crazy thing!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yu's eyes were filled with deep disgust.

"This Liu Xuande has been promoting his benevolence and righteousness from beginning to end, but he never thought that his behavior would be so vicious. It seems that what Mr. Pang De said that day was not an illusion. He, Liu Xuande, deserves the disaster he has suffered today!"

In Zhou Yu's mind before, even if Liu Bei was not as benevolent and virtuous as Xi Yu, he would still be a benevolent and righteous person.

But what he never expected was that Liu Bei could do such a crazy thing for his own benefit, and he was the descendant of someone who was kind to him.

After hearing what the doctor said, Guo Jia didn't say much. After confirming the authenticity of the matter to the doctor many times, he drove all the servants out, leaving him and Zhou Yu alone in the house.

After all the servants left, Guo Jia turned to look at Liu Qi on the hospital bed, but at this moment his eyes were full of extreme cruelty.

"Mr. Liu, I see that your situation must be very painful at this time. You must want to have a good time."

Looking at Guo Jia's eyes, Liu Qi kept whining, but because he could no longer speak at the moment, no one could understand what he said.

But at this moment, Guo Jia was close to him, listening to Liu Qi whining and nodding frequently.

"Okay Mr. Liu, Fengxiao understands."

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Jia stood up, picked up the quilt on the bed, and covered Liu Qi's head.

"Fengxiao! You."

Seeing Guo Jia's appearance, Zhou Yu was instantly frightened. Just as he was about to stop him, he understood what Guo Jia meant, and then stepped forward to help Guo Jia.

Under the combined efforts of the two, Liu Qi soon stopped breathing.

Cleaning up Liu Qi's body can be regarded as giving Liu Qi, the Jingzhou shepherd, the last bit of dignity.

After taking a deep breath, Zhou Yu looked at Guo Jia and said:

"Fengxiao, only you and I know what happened today. I will tell the master in the future and never let anyone else know about it."

Zhou Yu knew that Liu Bei left Liu Qi here just because he wanted to hand this hot potato into Xi Yu's hands.

Although Liu Qi has been killed by them now, other people must not know about this matter, otherwise it will be difficult for the world to stop talking about it.

Nodding slightly and looking at Liu Qi's body on the bed, Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh:

"Liu Jingsheng has been kind to the people throughout his life. It can be said that he has great virtues in the world. However, his descendants should not have reached such a state. Liu Qi is better dead now than alive. At least he will never have to suffer again. I only hope that he can devote himself to ordinary people in the future. Home, take a look at the changes between heaven and earth."

Nodding slightly, Zhou Yu obviously agreed with Guo Jia's idea.

"That's right, now that this matter has passed, let's report this matter to the Lord for his decision in the future."

With a slight nod, Zhou Yu and Guo Jia discussed some details again and left the room where Liu Qi was.

After nightfall, Guo Jia and others held a grand banquet at the Governor's Mansion and invited several wealthy clan chiefs who had made great efforts in attacking Xiangyang to celebrate with several generals from the theater.

Although it was a celebration, everyone present knew that after this banquet, their most important thing was to divide the Jingzhou cake.

The patriarchs of the wealthy clans, Guo Jia and others all know that no matter which dynasty the rulers are from ancient times to the present, when they occupy a place,

They all have to jointly govern the place with the local wealthy and aristocratic families, and the wealthy and aristocratic families continue to grow for this reason.

Afterwards, Guo Jia gathered everyone's opinions and prepared to hand them over to Xi Yu for him to decide when he returned to Xiapi.

Standing up and raising his wine glass, Guo Jia looked at the heads of wealthy families present and said:

"Don't worry, everyone. Guo Jia has seen your contribution and efforts in the Battle of Xiangyang and will keep it in mind. What he promised you before will definitely come true."

"It's just that because the rules of my theater camp are different from the previous rules, everything must be handed over to the lord before he can make a final decision. But you can rest assured that the Jiading that should be given to you will not be less!"

After hearing Guo Jia's promise, the wealthy people who were originally worried that Guo Jia would not recognize him after he fell out immediately let go of their worries.

Everyone present also raised their wine glasses to Guo Jia with smiles on their faces.

The heads of the wealthy clans present believed that although they had lost a lot of strength in this war, judging from Guo Jia's appearance, this actor must be much better than Liu Bei before.

A person with a big business like an actor would definitely not lack this little bit of benefit from them.

The next morning,

Guo Jia announced to the entire Jingzhou that Jingzhou shepherd Liu Qi died yesterday due to serious illness.

Upon hearing the news that Liu Qi had died of illness, the entire Jingzhou exploded instantly.

After Guo Jia announced the news of Liu Qi's death, the entire Jingzhou began to get busy, and all counties in Jingzhou began to prepare for Liu Qi's funeral.

Guo Jia announced that he would personally host Liu Qi's funeral, and even produced a letter from Xi Yu, saying that Xi Yu deeply felt Liu Qi's righteousness and deeply regretted Liu Qi's death.

And Xi Yu decided to upgrade Liu Qi's burial standards to be buried with the rites of a prince, and posthumously named him Marquis of Jingzhou.

After hearing the news of Liu Qi's death, Pang Degong expressed that he would personally perform the memorial ceremony.

In fact, for Liu Qi, this situation can no longer be expressed in terms of high standards. This has completely raised his worth by an unknown number of levels.

But before coming to Jingzhou, Xi Yu had delegated all his powers to Guo Jia, so there was no problem for Guo Jia no matter what he did.

The most important thing is that this can leave a good impression in the hearts of the people of Jingzhou. Anyway, this will not have much impact on Guo Jia and the others. It is better to leave a good reputation.

Although Guo Jia's public statement said that Liu Qi died due to illness, he did not explain exactly what the illness was.

No matter who comes to see words like this, they will not believe it, let alone those powerful patriarchs who are like human beings?

So after receiving the news of Liu Qi's death, the heads of the major wealthy clans returned halfway and gathered directly in Xiangyang City.

"Guo Lingjun, we believe in the opera master and in Lingjun. Could you please tell me next time exactly how Mr. Liu died of illness and whether it was the big-eared thief who killed him!"

The heads of the powerful clans who came to Jingzhou originally wanted to ask Guo Jia directly, but after some discussions, they felt that this was not good.

So during the funeral, Kuai Liang pulled Guo Jia to a corner and asked.

After hearing Kuai Liang's words, Guo Jia shook his head slightly and sighed.

"Clan Chief Kuai, Mr. Liu has passed away now. Since we consider the dead as the most important, we don't need to say anything more."

Although Guo Jia said so, Kuai Liang saw that Guo Jia's eyes were always looking at a middle-aged man kneeling in front of Liu Qi's coffin.

Looking at the middle-aged man, Kuai Liang also remembered that when he came to Xiangyang City to visit Liu Qi, he had seen this man. This man seemed to be the doctor Liu Bei hired for Liu Qi.

Seeing this, Kuai Liang still didn't understand anything. He bowed gently to Guo Jia and left to meet with the other heads of wealthy clans.

After all, Kuai Liang came here this time to inquire about the cause of Liu Qi's death on behalf of all the clan leaders.

Liu Qi's funeral this time was very luxurious and solemn. Not only the local nobles in Jingzhou were present, but also all the generals in Jingzhou.

This scene was also seen by the local nobles in Jingzhou. They knew that Xi Yu's generals had given Liu Jingsheng and Liu Qi enough face, and they had also given enough face to the Jingzhou nobles.

Suddenly, all the major noble families in Jingzhou felt extremely wise about their decision that day.

The actor treats an insignificant person like Liu Qi with such great importance, let alone a family like them who helped the actor on his way to seize Jingzhou.

For a time, everyone felt a sense of joy in their hearts. The actor was truly the most benevolent and righteous person in the world!

Liu Qi's funeral lasted for seven days in total, firstly because of the prescribed specifications, and secondly because Guo Jia and others were waiting for news.

In fact, since the day Guo Jia killed Liu Qi, Guo Jia had sent secret guards to deliver the news to Xi Yu.

After receiving the news from Guo Jia, Xi Yu immediately understood what Guo Jia meant, so Xi Yu quickly gathered together all the literati from Taiyue College.

Xi Yu asked them to praise Liu Qi from the eighteenth generation of his ancestors until they praised Liu Qi. In short, this is the main point of the whole article.

Liu Qi and his father were both very great people. Liu Qi's death was a great loss to the people of Jingzhou. Xi Yu expressed his endless sorrow and sorrow for Liu Qi's death.

Anyway, these men of letters all have colorful hearts, so just let them express themselves freely.

When the secret guard came back, he also had dozens of eulogies with him, and at the same time, Xi Yu's men also spread these eulogies throughout the world in the form of pictures and texts.

On the seventh day of the funeral, Guo Jia selected several representative eulogies and read them out, then killed the doctor to pay homage to Liu Qi, and then buried him.

After this set of procedures was completed, the news of Liu Qi's death spread throughout the world, and forces such as the Cao family also sent condolences.

Although Liu Bei was not mentioned at all in the dramatist's eulogy, this behavior made countless people curious and their minds became active.

Although among the upper echelons, everyone keeps silent about these things, as long as they know it for themselves, there is no need to bring it out to disgust others.

But there just aren't that many rules among the people. Everyone is rough and needs to be more straightforward when speaking.

So rumors spread among the people.

It is said that in order to seize Jingzhou, Liu Bei first paralyzed Liu Qi, and finally couldn't bear it and killed Liu Qi directly.

Fortunately, the righteous actor discovered Liu Bei's thoughts, so under the leadership of the actor, the righteous army of actors attacked Jingzhou and saved the people of Jingzhou from dire straits.

At this moment, everyone in the world has concluded this conclusion in their hearts as the truth of the matter.

When Liu Bei fled back to Yiling in ragged clothes in a small boat, he also got this news from the mouth of a country boy.

"God is so pity! I really didn't kill Liu Qi!"

At this moment, Liu Bei was kneeling on the ground, facing the direction of Jingzhou and shouting continuously,

But at this time, no one would hear his voice, and everyone firmly believed that Liu Bei was the murderer of Liu Qi.

Kneeling on the ground, Liu Bei cried bitterly while hammering the ground. The reason for crying was that he felt too wronged in his heart, and because Liu Bei knew that from now on, there would be no place for him in the Central Plains.

Looking at Liu Bei who was kneeling on the ground crying, Zhang Fei's eyes were filled with deep anger.

"Brother, there is no need to cry bitterly. This must be the trick of the thief. The purpose is to make eldest brother lose confidence! In the future, I will definitely rush into Xiapi City, take the head of the thief and send it to eldest brother, and avenge the second brother!"

It seems that after looking at Liu Bei and then at Zhang Fei, Ma Liang persuaded Liu Bei:

"My lord, don't be sad. General Guan may have encountered something unexpected at this time. If we waste time here again, the enemy may pursue us. For now, it is better to enter Xichuan as early as possible."

Ma Liang could naturally see why Liu Bei was crying, but at this moment he had to give Liu Bei a step up here.

Liu Bei also heard the meaning of Ma Liang's words, and followed Ma Liang's words.

"O Yun Chang! You can rest easy in heaven, my brother will definitely avenge you even if his body is intact!"

Although he understood Ma Liang's words, Guan Yu was his sworn brother after all. He had followed him in many wars, and Liu Bei was really sad at this moment.

"Brother, let's go. We will come back to Jingzhou sooner or later. We will definitely avenge the second brother!"

With the support of Zhang Fei and Wei Yan, Liu Bei and others entered the boat again and entered Yizhou along the Xiling Gorge, preparing to go to Yizhou to find Liu Zhang to conspire with them.

In Jingzhou, after the funeral, Zhou Yu temporarily stayed in Jingzhou and controlled the counties under Jingzhou.

At the same time, troops were sent to prepare for Liu Zhang of Western Shu to leave Sichuan and attack Jingzhou. Although Liu Zhang most likely would not do this, it was still possible and what should be defended should still be defended.

After Guo Jia discussed with Zhou Yu, he left for Jiangdong alone. No one knew what Guo Jia's purpose was.

Zhang Liao Dianwei and others also led their troops back to Xiapi. After all, they could no longer play any role here.

Huang Xu also looked proud and pressed Guan Yu to show his merit to Xiyu.

Outside Xiapi City, Xi Yu led a group of civil and military officials to wait early. It can be said that the current scale is enough to give a few people face.

In fact, it stands to reason that Zhang Liaodianwei went on a public trip this time, and Huang Xu at most just joined in the fun and arrested Guan Yu.

Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, who contributed the most, did not return to Xiapi City this time.

But Xiyu was very fond of Huang Xu, and this battle was specially arranged for Huang Xu.

Everyone in Xiapi City is also a smart person, and everyone can figure out the meaning of teasing Yu with their butts, so as long as everything is okay, all the civil servants and generals in Xiapi City will go out of the city to greet him.

As several flags slowly appeared on the horizon, Xi Yu and others saw the triumphant team.

Looking from a distance, Zhang Liao and Dian Wei were at the front of the team, and Huang Xu was also riding a horse in the third position.

As for Guan Yu, he was pressed down by the prison car and was given delicious entertainment along the way. It can be said that it gave him enough face as a martial saint.

Seeing Huang Xu's approach, Xi Yu also nodded slightly.

"This kid doesn't seem to be so arrogant as to be lawless."

While talking, everyone came to the city gate. (End of chapter)