The book continues from the previous chapter.

"What?!"

As soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, before Li Zhi could respond, Guo Jia stood up suddenly and looked at Guan Yu in disbelief.

Then, Guo Jia turned his head and said to Li Zhi angrily: "Brother, look, this is the temperament of the old thief Huangfu!

My brother just let him go today, but he repays kindness with evil and wants to kill him!"

"No!" Guo Jiayue said, and the anger in his heart grew stronger. Then he turned around and walked out, saying as he walked: "Jia will gather the people and kill this beast now!"

Li Zhi, who was shocked by the news about Guan Yu, heard Guo Jia's words and quickly stood up to stop him. He comforted him with a gentle voice: "Honest brother, wait a moment. I think there is something fishy in this matter."

"What's weird?" After hearing Li Zhi's words, Guo Jia calmed down a bit and asked him with a frown, "What's so weird about this matter? Why can't Jia see it?"

"My dear brother, please be patient and don't be impatient. Let me ask my brother about this matter before we talk about it."

After comforting Guo Jia, Li Zhi turned to Guan Yu and asked, "I wonder where Brother Yun Changxian got this news?"

After hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, Guan Yu hesitated.

After all, eavesdropping on other people's conversations is not a good thing, and Guan Yu is a very face-conscious person, so it would be a bit difficult for him to tell him what he had eavesdropped on.

Seeing Guan Yu's hesitation, Li Zhi thought about it and thought that the matter related to Lu Zhi. Guan Yu was a taboo among the elders and could not speak directly.

After thinking that he had figured out Guan Yu's difficulties, Li Zhi did not press him. He said Wen Yan: "My dear brother, there is no need to be in a dilemma. If this matter is inconvenient for my dear brother to tell you directly, just give me some hints that have nothing to do with Mr. Lu."

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Guan Yu saw the expectant looks in Li Zhi and Guo Jia's eyes, and thought of his past kindness. He couldn't bear to refuse, so he gritted his teeth and told the matter.

"This matter... was overheard by a certain family outside Enshi's tent!"

After he finished speaking, Guan Yu's already red face turned even redder.

However, he still suppressed the discomfort in his heart and continued: "When a certain family was patrolling the camp today, they suddenly thought of some military affairs that they wanted to report to the teacher, so they came outside the teacher's tent.

Unexpectedly, before entering a certain house, I overheard the conversation between the old thief Huangfu and the teacher.

After I listened carefully, I heard that they wanted to harm my brother. When I heard this, I didn't dare to neglect, so I came to find my brother quickly and reported the matter to my brother."

After listening to Guan Yu's words, Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then his expression remained normal.

He didn't care too much about Guan Yu's eavesdropping. He had seen this kind of thing many times in later generations, but now he thought of another thing.

Lu Zhi is the commander-in-chief, and there are countless soldiers patrolling around the commander's tent. How could Guan Yu overhear this? Is there any fraud?

With this question in mind, Li Zhi asked Guan Yu: "When my brother eavesdropped, did you see that there were patrolling soldiers nearby?"

Hearing Li Zhi's question, Guan Yu thought for a while, suddenly woke up, and said in confusion: "There are no patrolling soldiers, is there a fraud?"

Having said this, Guan Yu shook his head again: "No, how could my mentor plot against Yu like this? This is absolutely not the case!"

At the end of the sentence, Guan Yu almost shouted out because he couldn't believe that his mentor who usually treated him like his own son would plot against him.

Seeing Guan Yu being so excited, Li Zhi pressed his hand and said comfortingly: "Brother Yun Changxian doesn't have to be like this, but even if Mr. Lu plots against Brother Yun Changxian, it's not a bad thing, it's just a white lie."

"Good intentions?" Guo Jia heard Li Zhi speaking for Lu Zhi from the side and asked in confusion: "Lu Gong and Huangfu Song are going to harm my brother, why do my brothers still say that they have good intentions?

"

Li Zhi heard this and gave Guo Jia a wry smile.

Asked: "Have you ever seen them harm your brothers?"

"This..." Guo Jia recalled and found that except for Huangfu Song who wanted to take down his brother, Lu Gong and others were very good to his brother and never meant to harm him.

After thinking about it, Guo Jia looked at Li Zhi and asked in confusion: "Then why did Mr. Lu use Brother Yun's mouth to send a message to his brother tonight? Why didn't he talk to him directly?

What is the purpose of his message tonight?"

At this time, Guan Yu also came back to his senses. Hearing Guo Jia's series of questions, he looked at Li Zhi expectantly, hoping that he could answer his questions and others.

Facing their gazes, Li Zhi sighed and said slowly: "Alas! Even if the wood is as beautiful as the forest, the wind will destroy it!

Tonight, Mr. Lu and his two brothers want to tell Brother Wei this truth, so that after he enters the capital, he must be careful in his words and deeds, and not to be arrogant about his merits and leave excuses for those villains."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he felt quite emotional in his heart. If he hadn't done meritorious service, he would have wanted to do so. But when he had done so, he would have been in countless troubles. People's hearts are really complicated.

Hearing this, Guo Jia nodded first and then shook his head, and asked Li Zhi: "Then why didn't Mr. Lu say it directly, instead of conveying this through such devious tactics?

Moreover, Huangfu Song was once imprisoned by his elder brother and was disgraced. Would he be so kind as to remind his elder brother?"

"Ha!" Li Zhi laughed when he heard Guo Jia's question and said bitterly: "This is exactly the key!

I think that due to my current achievements, even if I don’t kill a single Yellow Turban in the future, I will already be ‘showing off in the forest’.

Lu Gong used this trick to ask Yun Changxian brother to pass on the message, that is, to let him share some of the credit, so as not to overwhelm the emperor with his outstanding achievements and cause criticism in the DPRK.

Mr. Lu is a loyal elder. How could he say these words directly to his brother? So he could only remind him through this method. As for Huangfu Song..."

When Huangfu Song was mentioned, Li Zhi sneered: "Ha! This Huangfu Song is the Zhonglang General, and there are countless people with lower status than him behind him, who are eyeing his position eagerly.

This time he was defeated in Wancheng. With His Majesty's character of being overjoyed in success, Huangfu Song will definitely be punished after returning to the capital.

The reason why he was willing to accompany Mr. Lu in this play was because he wanted to share some of the credit with his brother to make up for his sins.

After all, this time the Yellow Turbans were conquered by only three commanders: Huangfu Songlu Gong and Wei Xiong.

If my brother is to share the credit with others, not many people can afford it, and only Huangfu Songlu Gong and his subordinates can get this credit."

After listening to Li Zhi's explanation, Guo Jia thought for a while and asked with an unhappy face: "If this old thief Huangfu is so hateful, why should my brother give him the credit?

Wouldn't it be better for my brother to share the credit with his subordinates, Brother Meng De, Brother Yun and others?"

Li Zhi heard this and tapped his forehead with a folding fan, and said distressedly: "Although this method sounds good, from a logical point of view, it doesn't make sense at all.

Brother Meng De is Huangfu Song's subordinate. If Brother Meng De has merit, how can Huangfu Song not? The same is true for Brother Yun Changxian.

As for being under my brother’s command, let alone that, I have made such a great contribution to my brother this time, how can my subordinates have no merit?”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi looked at Guo Jia, who was still aggrieved, and comforted him: "Brother, you don't have to be so angry. Huangfu Song and I are just getting what we need.

He needs merit to make up for his sins, and in order to prevent his superior achievements from shocking his master, he needs to allocate some credits.

Moreover, no matter what the relationship is, as long as Huangfu Song takes the credit for his brother, he will owe his brother a favor. This move may turn conflicts into friendship."

"Huh..." After listening to Li Zhi's explanation, Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "As long as his mentor didn't deliberately plot against Yu!"

At this time, Guo Jia frowned, looked in the direction of Luoyang City and said with a complex expression: "The way of being an official is really complicated, it's just a small move, it contains other profound meanings, why can't we just be happy?

Say it quickly?"

"Say it quickly?" Li Zhi tasted these words and said jokingly: "If you say it quickly, how can it appear that those people are inscrutable?

Officialdom has official rules, and when we enter officialdom and are unable to challenge the entire officialdom, it is better to abide by their rules."

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Guan Yu interjected and asked: "Then how did the teacher determine that Guan would definitely tell his brother about this?

If someone keeps silent after hearing this, wouldn’t the teacher’s hard work be in vain?

Furthermore, what should I do if my brother doesn’t understand what the teacher means?”

After hearing Guan Yu's series of questions, Li Zhi calmed down his thoughts and replied: "First of all, Mr. Lu is Yun Changxian's mentor, how can he not understand Yun Changxian's temperament?

Given Brother Yun Changxian's temperament of attaching great importance to love and justice, if he heard about this, how could he not tell his brother?

Moreover, even if brother Yun Changxian keeps silent, Lu Gong and others will probably remind him through other methods.

As for your last question..."

Speaking of this, Li Zhi's face looked a little complicated, with sadness, sadness, and understanding all mixed together, making his face very ugly.

Afterwards, Li Zhi rubbed his face vigorously to restore himself to normal, and said: "If Brother Wei didn't understand what Mr. Lu meant, Mr. Lu and others would have faked this matter and seriously destroyed Brother Wei!

"

Li Zhi waved his hand and interrupted Guo Jia who was about to speak, and continued: "Brother, don't worry, the 'waste' that Brother Wei mentioned is not that Lu Gong and others want to harm Brother Wei.

Instead, after Brother Wei returns to the capital, they will ask Your Majesty to find a casual position, idle Brother Wei, and let Brother Wei immerse himself for a while.

Because if Brother Wei didn't understand what they said, it would prove that Brother Wei is not suitable to be an official. If this is really the case, Brother Wei would be idle to protect Brother Wei."

Hearing this, Guo Jia disagreed with his face and said to Li Zhi: "Then old thief Huangfu would be so kind?"

"It's not a good intention." Li Zhi shook his head: "There are no eternal enemies in this officialdom, only eternal interests."

After saying that, Li Zhi opened the folding fan, fanned it twice, smiled slightly and said proudly: "Except for boasting about brother, who among this younger generation can be as promising as brother?

Huangfusong just didn't want to be an enemy of his brother.

After all, he is already old, but his brother is still in his prime.

Huangfu Song was the son of a noble family, and he was not alone. Everyone in his clan looked up to him.

If Huangfu Song was an enemy of his brother, he would be afraid of retaliating against his brother for his clan members when he grew old.

So it’s not that Huangfu Song doesn’t want to get rid of his brother, but he can’t and doesn’t dare!”

After saying that, Li Zhi didn't want to discuss this anymore, so he asked Guan Yu: "Brother Yun Chang, why don't you see the wise brother Zhicai? He didn't come here with you?"

Guan Yu shook his head when he heard this and said: "Brother Zhicai did come to Julu with us.

But at the time of crisis, he was knocked unconscious by someone and sent back to Luoyang."

"Cough cough cough..." As soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, a violent coughing sound came.

Li Zhi and Guan Yu looked around, and saw Guo Jia as if he had seen a ghost. His eyes were wandering back and forth between Guan Yu and Li Zhi, and he said speechlessly: "Why do you two protect people in exactly the same way?

We, the weaklings, are going to be beaten?!"
Chapter completed!