Li Tong wanted to see me! No, right?! I thought that when he just woke up from a coma that day, I made a special trip to visit him, but was scolded by him, which made me leave embarrassedly like a bloody head. I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to see me today! What was going on? Did he figure it out and prepare to surrender to our army? Or... Countless thoughts flashed quickly in my mind.

Forget it, what is going on? You won’t know when you meet him! I turned around and said to Xu Shu, “Yuanzhi, would you like to follow me to meet Li Tong for a while?”

At this time, Xu Shu's expression had calmed down, his face returned to a calm and quiet smile, and he said, "How dare you not obey the general?"

A moment later, Xu Shu and I had already arrived at a side courtyard behind the county magistrate's mansion. Although this side courtyard is not as grand as the county magistrate's mansion, the environment is quiet and has a unique charm. It is also a good place to live in seclusion. There are about 4,50 soldiers around the side courtyard, or it is more appropriate to call it "guarding"!

Although Li Tong was knocked unconscious by me that day, his health was not seriously damaged and he recovered completely after about three days. In order to prevent Li Tong from absconding, Chen Dao, who was in charge of guarding, put him in house arrest with his family in this side courtyard as I arranged. In this way, his father, mother, wife and son became Li Tong's restraint, making him dare not escape alone easily. Otherwise, with Li Tong's martial arts skills, if he wanted to escape, there would probably not be many people in Shouchun City that could stop him.

"See General! See Join the Army." The soldiers guarding at the gate of the courtyard immediately bowed their heads and bowed.

I raised my hand gently, signaled them to stand up, and asked in a harmonious voice: "What are the abnormalities in Li Tong's behavior these days?"

A chief of Shi replied respectfully: "Report to General! A few days ago, Li Tong only stayed in the room and rarely went out; starting four days ago, he would also walk in the yard with his family! Apart from that... there was no abnormal movement! Until today, he suddenly asked to see the general!"

Xu Shu and I smiled at each other, knowing that the power of family affection had temporarily trapped Li Tong, the tiger.

When we walked into the main hall of the side courtyard, Li Tong was chatting with his family in the hall. I coughed lightly and said to Li Tong with a smile: "General Li, are you living well? I've been busy these days and I haven't been able to come to visit. I'm really a bit rude, so I hope I'll forgive you!"

After Li Tong whispered to leave, he turned to me and smiled coldly and said, "Hmph!... Zhang Fei, don't be so hypocritical. Today I am the prisoner under your rank, so I can let you kill you and kill you and listen to the emperor!"

This Li Tong is really like a stone in a pit - smelly and hard! He has no sense of being a prisoner at the stairs, and he does not leave any room for speaking! At this time, I admire Cao Cao from the bottom of my heart - why are all the generals under his command so loyal? So far, the generals of the Cao army I have met: Zhang Xiu, Xu Huang, and Li Tong in front of me. When I was in a dangerous and even desperate situation, no one was willing to surrender. With this ability to know people, Cao Cao is worthy of the name of a hero in the world! However, what makes me wonder now is, what is the purpose of this Li Tong coming to me? Is it just to show me his loyalty to Cao Cao?

I endured the unhappiness in my heart and asked with a forced smile: "...I wonder what General Li is going to come here today?"

After listening to my inquiry, Li Tong, who was originally quite angry, suddenly fell silent, his expression constantly changing, as if he was hesitating about something!

After waiting for a long time, I didn't reply. I guessed that Li Tong might not want to talk to me. I shook my head gently and was about to call Xu Shu to leave. At this time, Li Tong's voice suddenly came.

"...I'm looking for you today...I'm...I'm asking for two things..."

Hum? If you have something to ask me for help? Could it be that I want me to let him go? I stared at Li Tong with confusion.

"Please speak with General Li! As long as I can do it, I will naturally achieve General Li's wish!"

"Okay. That's why Li said calmly. The first thing is that you hope you can treat the people of Shouchun City and County. Although you and our army are fighting each other, the people are innocent. I hope you don't want to piss off the people because of the enemies of the two armies!"

Unexpectedly, Li Tong has such a loving heart to the people, which is quite rare!

"General Li is relieved. Our army entered the city and was completely unfair to the people! In addition, after the general took the city, the first thing he did was to calm the people's hearts. It was only two days before and after, everything in Guangjing City had returned to normal. I am very forgiving that the stability of the lives of the people in the city is probably better than that under General Li!" Without waiting for me to reply, Xu Shu had already answered Li Tong's request for me.

"Is that so... so good!" After hearing Xu Shu's answer, Li Tong seemed to feel relieved. After a while of silence, Li Tong asked again: "There is another thing. This defeat is that my skills are not as good as others. I, Li Tong, have nothing to say. I lost the important place of Shouchun, and I have no face to escape back to Xuchang to meet the Prime Minister!" Li Tong looked quite lonely, "General Zhang, beg you to let my family go. If possible, please send them back to my hometown in Jiangxia!"

It seems that Li Tong is willing to die! The second thing is to explain the funeral, and in order to make me agree, he actually said such "polite" words! Do you really want him to seek death like this? Is it a pity that such a person dies so early? Is it possible to persuade him to surrender? I turned to Xu Shu to seek help. When Xu Shu saw my inquiring gaze, he nodded to me knowingly, and then stretched out his right index finger at the angle that Li Tong could not see, and gestured in the air. I stared at Xu Shu's gesture three times before I could see clearly that he was writing two words - "loyalty" and "filial piety". What does this mean? I frowned and thought hard.

"General Zhang, maybe you agree?" Li Tong asked anxiously when he saw that I did not respond.

After hearing Li Tong's words, I suddenly had a light in my mind and understood Xu Shu's meaning.

Suddenly, my face turned cold and I slowly walked to Li Tong. My eyes became sharp and stared at Li Tong, but I didn't say anything. Li Tong was inexplicably seen by me, and even felt a little cold. I resisted the discomfort in my heart, and Li Tong asked again: "General Zhang, you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by my stern shout.

"Li Tong, I thought you were still a man, but now it seems that you are just a disloyal and unfilial person, and you are a sage!" This loud shout not only shocked Li Tong, but even Xu Shu, who was mentally prepared, was shocked. What's even more exaggerated is that the crying of women and children was faintly heard behind the main hall.

After being stunned for a moment, Li Tong first came to his senses, his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Zhang Fei, although he succeeded and defeated, he could not tolerate you insulting me like this!"

I hummed softly in my nose and said disdainfully: "Am I wrong?"

Li Tong's anger seemed to have reached its peak, his eyes turned blood red, and he said angrily: "You... why did you slander me as an unfaithful and unfilial person, and a slander!"

"Hmph! Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes. Although he was named the Han prime minister, he was actually a traitor. You were not loyal to the emperor and the Han country, but you were a traitor. How could you be called "loyalty"? Your parents are still there, as a son of man, you do not serve the filial piety and serve the high court, and commit suicide, and want to send black hair with white, how could you be called "filial piety"? How can a good man be without bumps in his life? It is a man's true nature to suffer from bumps and obstacles in his life. Although you were defeated in the battle of Shouchun, you did not think about the cause of defeat, but instead became disheartened and wanted to avoid death. Isn't it "no courage"? Cao thieves are suspicious and jealous, cruel and blood-blooded, and everyone knows. A few years ago, Cao thieves killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou to avenge their own personal grudges, resulting in no smoke for hundreds of miles. How can you serve such a person to the world? How can you talk about "benevolence"? "

After listening to my words, Li Tong's originally furious expression slowly returned, lowered his head and thought quietly about what I said.

Seeing Li Tong fall into deep thought, I slowed down and said, "It is no better to be good for a good man to know his mistake and can correct him. I hope General Li can think carefully about what I said."

After saying this, I called Xu Shu and left the side courtyard together. Under such circumstances, Li Tong was greatly impacted and his mind was shaken. This was a good start, but it was no longer suitable to continue persuading him today. With Li Tong's personality, being too hasty will only backfire. Let him first have some time to digest what I said today.

When Xu Shu and I left, two young children's voices rang in the hall, "Dad..." Li Tong's children still appeared in the hall with tears in the corners of their eyes, and threw themselves into Li Tong's arms and sobbed. It seemed that they were very scared by my loud shout just now.

Li Tong gently stroked the heads of the two children and comforted him in a harmonious voice: "Good boy, don't cry, dad is here..."

At this time, Li Tong's wife also came to the front hall and asked softly, "Mr., it doesn't matter, those two just now..."

Li Tong shook his head, stared at the direction of my departure, and said nothing for a long time...

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On the 13th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Jian'an, at about 4 o'clock in the morning.
Chapter completed!