Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei had a double act, and after fooling Zhuge Jin away, they expected that Guan Yu would not easily agree to return the three counties in Jingnan, so they immediately left Chengdu as planned.

Although he was a little afraid that his brother would come back to find him again, Zhuge Liang did not deliberately find reasons to avoid him. In fact, this is the first official assessment of Xichuan, which is very important and cannot tolerate mistakes.

Fa Zheng, Liu Ba, Jian Yong, Li Yan and other important officials also left Chengdu and went to various counties in Xichuan to preside over the assessment of officials. This time, Liu Bei demanded that the rewards must be clearly distinguished.

As the governor of Yizhou, Liu Bei was in charge of Chengdu, so he could not leave casually. He could only wait anxiously for Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu to negotiate.

Liu Bei was in a very complicated mood for returning Jiangling, especially when Sun Quan used a trick to deceive Mrs. Sun, and Mrs. Sun was willing to go away forever. He was very resentful.

Therefore, he hoped that Guan Yu would execute the order without fail after seeing his official letter and cut off his love relationship with Mrs. Sun, which made him feel at ease to appoint his sworn brothers who live and die together.

But after all, he has lived with Mrs. Sun for several years, and the relationship is quite good! He also hopes that Guan Yu can find a suitable reason to firmly control the three counties of Jingnan in his hands, which is actually leaving a step for Mrs. Sun to come back. After all, if he wants to return the dowry, he and Sun Shangxiang cannot reunite.

Of course, if Sun Shangxiang insisted on not returning, as Liu Bei's identity, he would naturally not condescend to take over. He would not think that his territory was too large as he left behind.

More than ten days passed, Guan Yu's express newspaper was finally delivered. When Liu Bei saw Guan Yu's military newspaper, although he used humble words, the entire official document still revealed a sense of arrogance and was even more sensible to his disobedience.

Guan Yu refused to return the three counties in Jingnan so much disappointed Liu Bei!

Because Guan Yu didn't look for an excuse at all, even if it was a simple reason, that was, he did not give any face to his elder brother and lord. He just said, "The king will not accept anything when he is outside." He rejected Zhuge Jin's request very brutally.

Although Liu Bei had long been mentally prepared for Guan Yu to refuse to return Jingnan, he was still a little worried about Guan Yu's view of his official letter as waste paper.

With Liu Bei's wise sense of people, of course he knew that Guan Yu was unlikely to betray him, nor could he be independent from him, but he had already made Jingzhou an independent kingdom and undermined his lord, and there were signs of it.

Liu Bei had already promised to return Zhuge Jun to the three counties in Jingnan. Guan Yu refused to return it. Guan Yu was always in the position of a loss, and Liu Bei could not go back on his word. This aftermath must be decided early.

As the lord, Liu Bei could make a decision, but he could not come up with a specific plan.

But the strategists around him, such as Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Liu Ba, etc., all left Chengdu, and he couldn't find a suitable person to discuss.

Just when Liu Bei was worried, the guards outside the door came to inform him that Ma Su, the magistrate of Mianzhu County, asked for a visit.

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that today was the day to meet Ma Su, so he quickly asked the guards to invite him in.

Thinking of the countermeasures proposed by Ma Su in Xinye, which was exactly the same as Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair", Liu Bei's eyes lit up. This time, when he returned the three counties in Jingnan, Ma Su might be able to surprise himself again.

Liu Bei was still a little embarrassed when he interviewed Ma Su, and he didn't know how to speak.

Ma Su's achievements in governing Mian County were extraordinary and should have been promoted and used.

But because he was young and experienced, and the position of Xichuan officials was seriously insufficient, Liu Bei was preparing to hide him.

Not only did Ma Su not get promoted, he also had to leave Mianzhu County where he did very well, which was difficult to understand.

Ma Su is already famous. If he is allowed to continue to serve as the magistrate of Mianzhu County, it is obvious that the rewards and punishments are unknown. Where will Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others face?

Liu Bei did not think of a way to resettle him, and wanted to transfer Ma Su from his post as the magistrate of Mianzhu County, so he had to come forward to talk to Ma Su in person and temporarily put him by his side to listen to him. Although he did not arrange a suitable mission, it was also a recognition of Ma Su's achievements.

This time, Guan Yu had a dispute with Jiangdong because of the return of the three counties in Jingnan. Liu Bei had a sudden inspiration and felt that it was a good idea to pull Ma Su out and coordinate this matter specifically.

Liu Bei was also reusing the same trick. He and Zhuge Liang pulled Ma Su out of Wuling because of the dispute between Jingzhou and Jiangdong against Jiangling County.

Because Ma Su had been involved for a long time, he was very clear about the causes and consequences of Liu Bei's occupation of Jiangling County. Putting aside other reasons, he was really a very suitable candidate.

After Liu Bei asked Ma Su to come in, because he had decided not to return the three counties in Jingnan for the time being, he thought about how to deal with Zhuge Jin and Sun Quan, and said directly to Ma Su:

"Young Chang, during your time in managing Mianzhu County, you have achieved remarkable political achievements, and everyone can see it. This time I suggest you to draw you out and stay by my side to listen to it, and prepare you to be responsible for the coordination of Jiangdong Suo and Jiangling County. Do you have any ideas?"

Last time, Liu Bei had already made a clear attitude with Ma Su. He wanted to hide him from him. It would be impossible to improve much in a short period of time. Therefore, there were not many surprises with Liu Bei's words. He was very clear about the cause of the dispute in Jiangling, so he replied very calmly:

"My lord, Jiangling, also known as Jingzhou City, is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south, Han River in the north, Bashu in the west, and Xiangyu in the south. It is a very important strategic location. Only with Jiangling can one truly own Jingzhou! It is very important to both the lord and Mrs. Sun. I remember that when the lord and Mrs. Sun got married, Sun Quan generously regarded Jiangling as a dowry, but he said that if the lord and Mrs. Sun broke up, the lord would have to return Jiangling. Some time ago, Sun Quan designed to trick Mrs. Sun back to Jiangdong, just to ask for Jiangling. I wonder how the lord arranged it?"

Liu Bei did not hide it, and said directly to Ma Su:

"Sun Quan imprisoned Zhuge Jin's family, the younger brother of the military advisor, sent him as an envoy to ask for the return of Jiangling. Because of the military advisor, I cannot ignore it. Although I refused to return Jiangling County, I also agreed to return Guiyang, Changsha and Jiangxia counties to Jiangdong in exchange for Jiangling. However, Zhuge Ziyu took my official letter to Jingzhou and asked Yunchang to deliver the three counties to Yunchang. Guan Yu's military newspaper has been sent for two days. Zhuge Jin will come back to Chengdu for negotiations soon. I still don't know how to face him, so why did Youchang teach me?"

Ma Su knew that although Guan Yu's move was inappropriate, Liu Bei wanted to rely on it and not return it. Now he just wanted to find a suitable reason to drag it on first, which was not difficult for Ma Su.

After a little thought, Ma Su had already made up a plan and made such arrangements with Liu Bei, waiting for Zhuge Jin to come.

Zhuge Jin left Jingzhou in anger, but he did not complete the task assigned to him by Sun Quan, nor did he return to Jiangdong without any appearance.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Jin had no other choice but to go to Xichuan to see his second brother Kong Ming, and discuss it before making any more conspiracy.

But Zhuge Liang was no longer in Chengdu and didn't know when he would come back. Zhuge Jin had no choice but to ask for Liu Bei again.

Liu Bei had already had a solution. After seeing Zhuge Jin, he pretended to be very surprised and quickly asked for the reason.

Zhuge Jin also knew that he was not right to ask for the three counties of Jingnan. He just told Guan Yu to refuse to return the three counties of Jingnan to the truth. Even Guan Yu threatened to draw his sword and asked Liu Bei to come forward to justice.
Chapter completed!