Although Liu Bei ceded the three counties in Jingnan, he was very painful, but he was not ready to cheat.

But after all, it was a cede land to seek peace. Liu Bei did not want to make a big fuss, so he only wrote a letter to Zhuge Jin, and did not send an envoy to go with him. In fact, it was a test for Guan Yu.

Guan Yu had been guarding Jingzhou for less than two years, but because of his monopoly, he was inevitably flattered by some people. His temper and temperament changed a lot. Many of the officials left by Liu Bei were disliked. Many of the old people who had been with Liu Bei for a long time reported that he was a little authoritarian.

Liu Bei's brother-in-law Mi Fang was targeted by Guan Yu many times. Because he couldn't swallow his breath, he even sent an official document to sue Guan Yu, accusing Guan Yu of arbitrarily adjusting taxes and military rations in some counties and appointing and removing officials. He did not go through formal assessment procedures, but decided based on his own likes and dislikes.

Liu Bei was skeptical about these matters. He was busy in Xichuan before and had no time to supervise the government and military affairs of Jingzhou, so he put it aside.

Because Guan Yu proposed to go to Sichuan to compete with Ma Chao last time, although in desperation, Liu Bei did not see through Guan Yu's intentions, but he later reacted and he had a lot of complaints about Guan Yu.

This time, people came from Jiangdong. Liu Bei was determined to test Guan Yu, mainly to see how he handled the matter.

Although Guan Yu used to be obedient to himself, he is now staying away from him and taking power alone. He is afraid that Guan Yu will ignore his official letter, so he gave Zhuge Jin a vaccination and specifically instructed:

"Ziyu, after arriving in Jingzhou, I must discuss with my brother with good words. Yun Chang is like a fire and is stubborn. I may not be willing to listen to my words. Please be careful."

Zhuge Jin received the official letter from Liu Bei to return the three counties in Jingnan. He didn't know that there were officials who interfered in disobedience and could no longer stay. He said goodbye to Liu Bei, turned down Zhuge Liang's banquet, and left Chengdu as quickly as possible and headed for Jingzhou.

Zhuge Jin took a boat downstream, which was much faster than when he came. He arrived in Jiangling in just a few days.

Guan Yu led his troops to station in Xiangyang. Zhuge Jin got off the boat from Jiangling and landed on the shore, heading to Xiangyang to meet Guan Yu.

After hearing Liu Bei's instructions, Zhuge Jin thought that Guan Yu was difficult to get along with, so he spoke very carefully after meeting him.

But Guan Yu's performance was very enthusiastic, and he directly invited Zhuge Jin to the central hall, and the banquet was held to welcome him. The guests and hosts had a happy conversation.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhuge Jin became brave and felt that the atmosphere was good now, so he took out Liu Bei's official letter and said to Guan Yu:

"General Guan, Emperor Liu, and the three counties in Jingnan, replaced Jiangling County to return the Eastern Wu. I hope that the general will make a deposit today. I will return to Jiangdong and explain it to the Marquis of Wu!"

Guan Yu did not take the official letter, but instead waved his left hand, asked Zhuge Jin to put the official letter away first, raised his glass with his right hand to toast, and said to Zhuge Jin:

"Ziyu is the brother of the military advisor. Today I hold a banquet to welcome you, only discussing personal friendship, not official affairs. Tomorrow, we will go to the court and formally discussing the matters in the official letter." Zhuge Jin did not doubt that he was there. After the banquet at night, the two of them rested on their own.

Guan Yu invited Zhuge Jin to a banquet to give military advisor Zhuge Liang a face, but because he did not know the specific content of Liu Bei's official letter, he just perfunctorily first.

When Guan Yu learned that Liu Bei was going to return the three counties in Jingnan to Sun Quan, he was very resistant and very entangled.

If you disobey your order and don't return it, it would be against Liu Bei. It would be a matter of a minister. Even if you are a sworn brother, it would be a bit unreasonable.

If the three counties of Jingnan are really returned to Jiangdong, the responsibility for losing land will fall on one's own head.

Moreover, when Liu Bei appointed Guan Yu as the governor of Jingzhou, he also wanted to upgrade to the governor of Jingzhou. Now that there are fewer three counties and their territory has been greatly reduced, the position of governor of Jingzhou is a bit unworthy of its name, so the governor of Jingzhou will naturally be ruined.

In the end, Guan Yu was not sure about his decision, so he invited his confidant adviser Ma Liang to discuss with him.

Ma Liangzhi was very tricky. After thinking carefully, although Liu Bei wrote a letter of official letter, he did not send an envoy to announce it. Instead, Zhuge Jin gave it to Guan Yu directly. He did not dare to guess what the purpose was. However, most of them had the intention of considering Guan Yu, so he did not dare to participate in it, so he said to Guan Yu:

"Although the lord has official documents and letters, he did not send an envoy to come. Obviously, he handed over the decision to the general. I dare not speak nonsense, only the general decides himself!"

After saying that, Ma Liang bowed to Guan Yu and parted with him on the grounds of being busy with official duties.

Guan Yu knew that his elder brother Liu Bei cared about his reputation, but in order to achieve his goal, he sometimes used any means. He and his third brother took the blame for his elder brother. As long as he was not the one who was not honest, he was actually acceptable.

Guan Yu attaches great importance to face. If his Jingzhou Governor becomes unworthy of his name and even more denied his thoughts of the governor of Jingzhou, he might as well give this position to his third brother Zhang Fei.

Thinking about this, Guan Yu decided to refuse whether the eldest brother returned Jiangling to the truth or falsehood. He would say that if the eldest brother really wanted to repay, there would definitely be a later move.

Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou and left many meticulous works in Jiangdong. He had long received rewards from meticulous works. He knew that Sun Quan imprisoned Zhuge Jin's family for himself. Even if he did not return to the three counties of Nanzhou, he would definitely not dare to do anything. He was not afraid of hurting the harmony between him and his military advisor Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Jin didn't know that the little Jiujiu in Guan Yu's heart was also a little surprised by Guan Yu's disobedience, but because Liu Bei had the words first, he did not dare to squeeze Guan Yu with words, so he played his tragic card and said to Guan Yu:

"Now, the Marquis of Wu took over my whole family and my family. If I fail to obtain the three counties in Jingnan, I will be killed. I hope the general will pity him!"

Guan Yu had decided to refuse, so he didn't have room to leave any room for speaking. He sneered and said to Zhuge Jin:

"This is a Wu Hou's plan, how can I hide it from me! If the elder brother arrested the military advisor's family and asked Ziyu to ask Sun Quan to plead with him and ceded Lujiang to Jingzhou, what would you say?"

Guan Yu said this a bit heartbroken, which made Zhuge Jin unable to refute, so he had to say:

"Why is the general so shameless?"

Guan Yu wanted to do something perfectly, so he completely pulled down his face, pulled out his sword from his waist, held the sword in his hand, cut off a corner of the table with one sword, and said to Zhuge Jin:

"Don't say more! There is no face on this sword!"

Guan Ping, who was beside him, was afraid that his father had done too much, so he made the other party fall down. The matter between the two parties was too stiff, so he hurried out to plead:

"Although Sun Quan did this, it was not Zhuge Ziyu's original intention. His father was too scrupulous and the military advisor must be unfair. I hope his father can calm down."

Guan Yu nodded and said:

"It's not about the military advisor. If the others from Jiangdong came, they would definitely be killed and told him not to go back to Jiangdong!"

When Zhuge Jin heard Guan Yu and his son singing and reconcile, he could not help but feel ashamed and hurriedly said goodbye.
Chapter completed!