Jianming Chaos

"What's the matter, Zhiming?" Liu Bei felt that he was a little suspicious today.

Guan Yu said: "Zhiming, what happened to you today, you are so mysterious?"

Zhang Fei said, "Isn't Mr. Xu here? Why are you so nervous?"

Zhiming kept thinking, who is this person outside?What conspiracy is there to come here?Could it be...? !Seeing that everyone was getting impatient, he suddenly changed his mind and said to the yamen servant: "Please come in, but don't tell him the content of our conversation just now; if he asks about me, don't say that I am here."

The yamen servant went out to invite Xu Shu.Liu Guanzhang and the others were "monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out" and didn't know what Zhiming meant.

"My lord, I'm sorry, I'll avoid it for a while." After Zhiming finished speaking, he turned and went into the back hall.He reckoned that the people outside looked a lot like Xu Shu, and they were sent to assassinate Liu Bei and Kong Ming in the name of recruiting them to surrender. However, Kong Ming was teaching the formation in the school grounds and escaped for the time being.If he hadn't known about it, Liu Bei would have been in crisis.

"Is this kid oversensitive, and he becomes suspicious when he hears that Mr. Xu is back?" Zhang Fei was a little puzzled.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "Zhiming is not a person who does things without measure, and it is better to be careful."

Liu Bei didn't take it seriously, and said, "It's because he thought too much, so it's all right."

The yamen servant led Xu Shu into the lobby.Xu Shu saluted everyone: "Uncle Liu, all generals, stay safe!"

Everyone returned the gift.Liu Bei said happily: "Yuanzhi, it's really you! Zhiming thought you were a fake!"

Upon hearing the name "Zhiming", Xu Shu was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong, Yuanzhi?" Liu Bei sensed that his expression was wrong.

"How is Mr. Xu?" At this moment, Zhiming came out from the back hall.

A trace of fear and doubt flashed in Xu Shu's eyes, because he asked the yamen servant just now and replied, "General Lei is not in the county yamen."

Although the other party tried his best to conceal the subtle changes in his expression, Zhiming still noticed it.Judging from his eyes and breath, Zhiming has confirmed that this person is Cao Fang's assassin, but he doesn't know his true identity.

Xu Shu also felt the anger of the other party. Although the two had never met, he had seen his portrait and confirmed that this person was the mortal enemy of the White Tigers, and he was the mysterious master that Xu Chu had mentioned.

"What's the matter, sir? Are you surprised to see me?" Zhiming deliberately tested him.

"No, no." Xu Shu calmed down quickly, "I was just a little surprised, thinking that General Lei was still in Xuchang."

"Oh, is that so?" Zhiming always paid attention to his eyes.

"What's the matter with you?" Liu Bei saw that something was wrong between them, "Why do you seem to be arguing?"

"No...no." Xu Shu said with a smile, "I went to Beijing with General Lei, how could there be any trouble?"

"Mr. Xu, do you remember why we went to Beijing?" Zhiming asked intentionally.

"This... because my mother was raped..." Xu Shu was a little at a loss and began to speak incoherently.

"Because Lingtang is in Cao Cao's hands, so you want to save her?" Zhiming continued to play with him.

"...Yes, yes, that's right." Xu Shu regretted not doing enough homework.

"Sir, you should remember the scene when you went to Beijing with me, right?" Zhiming planned to expose his false identity step by step.

"Of course... remember..." Xu Shu was a little confused.

"May I ask what year, month and day did we go to Beijing?"

"..." Xu Shu was speechless, it was impossible for him to know these details.

At this time, Kong Ming came over and was very surprised to see Xu Shu, and said, "Look, a distinguished guest is here today. Yuan Zhi, why are you back?"

After all, he wanted to go over and shake hands with Xu Shu.Zhiming deliberately stopped him, saying: "Mr. Xu has come all the way, let him rest for a while."

Kong Ming was puzzled.Zhiming quickly whispered a few words to him, and Kong Ming was also a smart person, so he said improvisingly, "I'm sorry Yuan Zhi, I just came back from the school grounds and haven't washed my hands yet, so I'm afraid I'll stain your sleeves."

When Xu Shu heard Zhiming call the other party "Military Advisor", he also understood, and said along the way: "It's nothing, Kong Ming, I just came back to see everyone, and I have no other intentions."

Kongming pretended to ask casually: "Yuan Zhi, I heard that you encountered some interesting things on the way to Xuchang, can you tell me?"

"..." Xu Shu was very embarrassed at the moment, and regretted this trip a bit.

Liu Bei hurriedly came forward to smooth things over: "Okay, it's rare that Yuan Zhi came here today, I should be happy, why is it like a court trial? Yuan Zhi, leave them alone, let's go to the backyard to talk."

After finishing speaking, he left his seat and walked towards Xu Shu.

"My lord, please stay!" Zhi Ming hurried over to block Liu Bei.He already felt the assassin's murderous side revealed, but others couldn't feel it.

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Bei was a little upset.

Zhiming was speechless for a while, regretting that he didn't make up a story to tell Liu Bei about Xu Shu's death, and now he can only try to remedy it.

At this time, Xu Shu came forward, Zhiming hurriedly ordered him to stop.

Now, the distance between Liu Bei and Xu Shu is less than three meters.Zhiming blocked Liu Bei with his body, for fear of accidents.The two sides entered a state of confrontation.

The Excalibur in Zhiming's hand also seemed to sense danger, and even trembled slightly.

Xu Shu deliberately provoked: "General Lei, it's rare for me to come back today. I just want to catch up with the emperor. What do you mean? Don't you welcome me back?"

"Zhiming, what exactly do you want?" Liu Bei wanted to yell.

"My lord, please forgive me, I must ensure your safety!" Zhiming tried his best to explain, "He is not Xu Shu! He can't answer all the questions we asked!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Standing here alone, how can it be fake? Yuan Zhi worked day and night, and was tired from a long distance, so it's not surprising that his thinking was slow for a while. Although I don't have sharp eyes, I can tell the truth from the fake. Even if there is a superb disguise technique in the world, it is impossible to make two people exactly the same! Even if the appearance is the same, the voice cannot be the same!" Liu Bei refused to believe it.

"I'm sorry, my lord, I can't explain it for a while, but I can't let you get close to him!" Zhiming insisted on his own way, he stared into Xu Shu's eyes and said, "Please take two steps back!"

Due to the situation, Xu Shu had to take two steps back.He felt that Zhiming's aura was rising, and he also felt an abnormal sword aura emanating faintly from his saber, so he didn't dare to act rashly until he knew the opponent's reality.

Everyone stood aside, at a loss.Kong Ming also recognized Xu Shu, and knew that Zhiming didn't mean to make trouble, but he didn't understand why Zhiming was so persistent and why Xu Shu couldn't answer.

Liu Bei sighed helplessly, to see how Zhiming would deal with it.

Zhiming is very clear about his responsibilities at this moment, he must not let Liu Bei and Kong Ming suffer the slightest harm, even if it is misunderstood by everyone.Judging by his aura, he believed that the fake Xu Shu was a top martial arts master, and his attack skills belonged to the level of one-hit kills. Therefore, once he gave up, Liu Bei and Kong Ming would definitely be murdered.These two are the two cornerstones of building a nation, neither of which is indispensable, and even if he had to protect it with his life, he would have no complaints.

Liu Bei has been kept in the dark and doesn't understand his behavior. Although he also knows that Zhiming is trying to protect himself, but this is too much like a soldier. Even the military adviser who used to be a brother and sister with him will be an assassin?He really doesn't understand.

Xu Shu thought: "Yue Gonghu and the others were indeed killed by this kid, and he didn't die!"

The two sides confronted each other for a while.Xu Shu didn't dare to reveal his identity easily, after all, Zhiming was the one who defeated Tianfeng.Only after Liu Bei made contact with him could he assassinate.

On the contrary, Kong Ming was smart and asked, "Yuan Zhi, can you tell me your birth date and birth date?"

Xu Shu couldn't answer for a while.

Zhiming asked again: "Which inn did I stay in Xuchang? What room number?"

"..."

"Lingtang is your Geng this year?"

"..."

"Brother Jie's name?"

"..."

Xu Shu didn't know anything about it, no matter how good his martial arts were, he still couldn't answer every question correctly.

Zhiming said to Liu Bei: "My lord, you have seen it. This person doesn't know anything about it. He must be a fake."

Liu Bei also started to get confused, this person looks like Xu Shu, why can't he even answer these basic questions?

Kongming saw the mystery and said, "My lord, although it's a little embarrassing to say it, I have to admit that General Lei is right, and this person is not Xu Shu."

Liu Bei still didn't believe it, so he said, "Yuan Zhi, I'll ask you one last question, and you won't forget it. When you were about to leave for Xuchang, I specially hosted a farewell banquet for you. We were in a gazebo Zhong is drinking bitter wine, what is the name of the pavilion?"

Several pairs of eyes caught Xu Shu tightly from different angles; Liu Bei couldn't take his eyes off even more.

Xu Shu thought for a while, and finally shook his head.Although Liu Bei was mentally prepared, he was still extremely disappointed.

Zhiming said: "Now the truth is revealed. This person pretended to be Xu Shu and came to surrender, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the lord. Let me execute him on the spot!"

After all, he wanted to draw his sword and cut at him; Xu Shu had already sensed the murderous intent of the opponent, and was ready to defend.

At this time, Liu Bei stopped Zhiming and said: "Don't be impulsive! Even if he is a fake, he is only ordered by Cao Cao to use Xu Shu's name to persuade me to surrender. He is not necessarily an assassin. Forget it, today Let him spare his life and let him go back and tell Cao Cao that even if he sends the real Xu Shu to surrender, I will never surrender."

Xu Shu laughed and said, "As expected of Liu Bei, all of his subordinates are really smart! Yes, I am indeed an assassin, and surrendering is just a cover. Now that I have been found out, in order to repay the kindness of not killing, I tell you that Cao Cao is about to Fancheng is being aggressively attacked, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, you should hurry to another place."

Kong Ming said: "We have our own arrangements. Please go back and tell Cao Cao that no matter how many troops he sends, we will not surrender."

Xu Shu glanced at Zhiming and said, "Boy, you are capable. I know who you are. We will meet later!"

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu wanted to kill them, but Zhiming told them not to be impulsive and let them go.

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Today is not suitable for fighting, let's fight again next time we have a chance!"

Watching his back leaving the lobby, Liu Bei said thoughtfully: "Looking at his walking posture, he is indeed different from Xu Shu. I never thought that Cao Cao would use this method to deal with me. Zhiming, I blamed you. "

Zhiming cupped his fists and said, "It's my duty to protect the lord, don't worry about it."

Liu Bei said to the crowd: "For today's incident, thanks to Zhiming's adherence to principles, I escaped unharmed. Everyone should be more careful in the future."

In this way, a crisis was deftly resolved by Zhiming witty.Kong Ming and others admired him very much, they didn't know that the real Xu Shu was no longer alive.

After the fake Xu Shu left, Kong Ming said: "The only thing we can do now is to abandon Fancheng and go to Xiangyang."

Liu Bei said: "The people have followed me across the river to this point. If I leave, how can I be worthy of them?"

"It can be ordered to post a list in the city and tell the people that those who are willing to go together will go together, and those who are willing to stay will stay. Free choice, never force it." Kong Ming suggested.

Liu Bei had no choice but to agree.So Kong Ming ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to go to the river bank to rectify the ships, Sun Qian and Jian Yong went to the city to set up a list, and Zhiming stayed with Liu Bei to protect him temporarily.

Liu Bei asked Zhiming, "How did you know he was a fake?"

Zhiming had no choice but to make up: "Judge by temperament. A person's appearance can be the same, but his inner temperament must be different; and observing his steps, it is clear that he is a martial arts practitioner, not a literati."

"The point is, before he came in just now, you have already started to suspect?" Liu Bei was puzzled.

"Because I think it is impossible for Cao Cao to let him go easily; even if he is released, he will arrange people to accompany him to monitor. The other party came alone, so there must be no doubt about it." Zhiming can only explain in this way.

"Strange, why does this person look exactly like Xu Shu?" Liu Bei couldn't figure it out.

"It's not surprising that people have similar looks. It's also possible that someone in Cao's army will use the superb disguise technique. Anyway, just be more careful about everything in the future." Zhiming made some inexplicable guesses.

"Zhiming, you are really observant. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to see the problem at all." Liu Bei expressed his conviction.

"My lord is just looking forward to seeing Mr. Xu, so I didn't think too much about it." Zhiming basically confirmed the fake Xu Shu's identity based on what he said before leaving.