Qu County, the main hall of the county government.

Liu Bei was discussing the marriage between the two families with Mi Zhu, but Liu Bei had the word solemn written on his face.

As the so-called people are in good spirits on happy occasions, it stands to reason that he is about to marry a wife, and he will marry the first beauty in Xuzhou, so he should be so happy that he can't close his mouth, but unfortunately Liu Bei can't be happy.

There is no way, Su Zhe's tens of thousands of male soldiers are still eyeing hundreds of miles away, and they may rush to kill at any time, and Qu County is about to face the crisis of the army's pressure, maybe after the happy event, the bad thing will follow, and it is strange that he can be happy.

"The whole process of marriage is like this, I don't know how the Lord is conscious." Mi Zhu asked.

Liu Bei came back from his distraction, brushed his hands and said, "Everything is done according to your wishes, Zizhong, I have no opinion." ”

Mi Zhu coughed a few times and explained: "This wedding, one is because I married a daughter of the Mi family, and I have to do a little more beautiful, and the other is also to show my Mi family's loyal following of the lord through this marriage, and show it to the people of Xuzhou, so it has to be grand, cumbersome, please forgive me." ”

Liu Bei smiled: "How can I have an opinion, Zizhong, you are very thoughtful, now that Su thief is trying to watch me and your Mi family parting ways, we should make a special event for this marriage, so that Su Thief knows that we are monolithic, so that he can be jealous of our Qu County." ”

Mi Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and praised him: "The lord is wise." ”

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu again: "Yun Chang, how is the security near Qu County, this marriage must not be wrong." ”

Guan Yu arched his hand and said: "Big brother, don't worry, I have ordered the soldiers to be on strict guard, once there is anything abnormal, we can react immediately, and no one wants to ruin the marriage of the eldest brother." ”

"That's good, that's good, I'll leave this matter to you, and I'll rest assured for my brother." Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, Sun Qian hurriedly came, handed over a letter, his eyes flashed with excitement, and said, "My lord, this is a secret letter sent by Chen Deng's henchmen just now. ”

Chen Deng's secret letter?

Liu Bei's expression was shocked, and everyone present did not change color.

Zhang Fei was the first to scold: "Damn, Chen Deng, the turtle grandson, he caused Lao Tzu to lose his next Pi, and in a blink of an eye, this kid sold Lu Bu again and took refuge in the Su thief, this shameless dog mongrel, why did he send a secret letter to his eldest brother now, what does he want to do?" ”

Liu Bei raised his hand and motioned to Zhang Feixiu to make noise, Zhang Fei had to close his mouth and stare sullenly at the secret letter in Liu Bei's hand.

Liu Bei looked at the handsome handwriting on the letter, thinking about Chen Deng's betrayal of him, and his eyes couldn't help but ignite a flame of anger, eager to tear the letter in his hand to shreds.

After a while, he finally held back, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the secret letter in his hand.

Then, Liu Bei's expression became complicated.

Suspicious, puzzled, surprised...... All kinds of emotions surged up, making his gray face cloudy.

"Lord, what did Chen Deng say in the letter?" Mi Zhu asked curiously.

"See for yourselves." Liu Bei showed the letter to everyone.

Mi Zhu, Guan Yu and the others took the letter and watched together, their expressions couldn't help but change, and their expressions became as complicated as Liu Bei.

In this letter, Chen Deng deeply admitted his mistake to Liu Bei, saying that he was forced to surrender Lu Bu at the beginning.

He also said that he originally wanted to help Liu Bei recapture Xuzhou, but who expected that Su Zhe would seize the opportunity.

He also said that although he was in Su Ying, he was devoted to Liu Bei, and he was originally an internal response for Liu Bei, and when the time was ripe, he would help Liu Bei recapture Xuzhou.

In the end, Chen Deng also claimed in the letter that in order to show his sincerity to Liu Bei, he also took advantage of Su Zhe's trust in him to persuade Su Zhe to withdraw and return to Xiapi.

"Chen Deng, this little bastard, he ...... What does he mean by that? Zhang Fei grinned, his face full of surprise.

Liu Bei sneered: "You can't even see this, this is obviously a letter of surrender." ”

Everyone's expressions changed, and they were all shocked.

Zhang Fei was shocked at first, and then scolded: "I don't believe it, Chen Deng, this insidious and treacherous dog mongrel, but he caused me to lose my lower pi at the beginning, I don't believe that he will find out with his conscience now, and he turns his head and wants to return to his eldest brother." ”

Guan Yu also said: "What the third brother said is extremely true, Chen Deng has repeatedly failed to believe, and he can no longer be trusted, and he is now trusted by Su Zhe, in a high position in Xuzhou, and is being favored by honor, for no reason, why should he do this extra thing, and he must return to his brother." ”

Liu Bei was silent, and the word fox suspicion was also written on his face, and he did not believe Chen Deng's surrender, but he also did not fully listen to the words of the two brothers.

"Zizhong, what do you think?" Liu Bei had difficulty making a decision and looked at Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu twisted the letter, duanxiang for a long time, pondered for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Lord, I think that Chen Deng's letter is from the heart. ”

Everyone looked surprised again.

Zhang Fei asked: "I said Lao Mi, what do you mean, aren't your Mi family and the Chen family opposite, why are you still speaking for Chen Deng." ”

Mi Zhu said with a straight face: "My Mi family and the Chen family are indeed opposites, but it is related to the success or failure of the great cause of the lord, I naturally can't favor the public with private interests, of course, I have to tell the truth." ”

Liu Bei waved his hand to signal Zhang Fei not to talk nonsense, and asked Mi Zhu to explain his reasons.

Mi Zhu said: "Su Zhe is from a poor family, and he is the most vicious to the wealthy families, Jingzhou Yanzhou doesn't know how many clans he has destroyed, this point Chen Deng can't be unclear." ”

"With Chen Deng's resourcefulness, he should be able to see that the reason why Su Zhe reuses him now is because the surname Su has not yet obtained Xuzhou, and there is still my Mi clan in Xuzhou, and there is still the lord here."

"Then he should know even more that once the lord and my Mi family are destroyed, his Chen family will be the dominant family, Su Zhe will not tolerate it no matter what, when the time comes, it will definitely be a cunning rabbit to death, and the lackeys will cook, and his Chen family will not be far from being destroyed."

After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Mi Zhu finally said: "Therefore, with Chen Deng's cleverness, he absolutely does not want to see the destruction of the lord and my Mi family, only with our existence, can his Chen family maintain its position with Su Zhe, which is the reason for his letter." ”

Liu Bei nodded again and again, suddenly realized, and said: "According to Zizhong's meaning, then Chen Deng may not really want to surrender to me, just to keep his status in the Chen family, so he wants to secretly marry me, and even knock on the side of Su Zhe to help me secretly?" ”

"Exactly." Mi Zhu stroked his short beard, nodded and smiled.

Liu Bei pondered, and after pondering for a long time, he sneered: "What Zizhong said is extremely true, although Chen Deng did not sincerely surrender, but the fact that he secretly helped me is true, for us, this is also a surprise." ”

Mi Zhu also smiled: "Now that Su Zhe has been persuaded by him to retreat back to Xiapi, he is obviously afraid that Cao Cao's reinforcements are coming, since this is the case, we have nothing to worry about, and we can hold this wedding with peace of mind." ”

Liu Bei let out a long breath, and after a long tense nerve, he finally relaxed slightly.

"Su Zhe, you can't occupy this Xuzhou for a long time, when I marry the Mi family and get the financial resources of the Mi family, it will be when I join forces with Cao Cao to drive you out of Xuzhou!"

Liu Bei stroked his short beard, and a mysterious sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.