Episode 175: Zhang Fei's Death
"I..." Facing Xiao Lan's layers of advances, listening to his brother's dissuasion, and looking at the fierce look of the Taiping Army, Liu Bei really reached the most difficult time to choose.:
However, facing the threat of life, he finally put aside the arrogant figure of his descendants of the royal family and said with a little depressed expression: "I surrender."
"Hahahaha..." After hearing this, Xiao Lan suddenly burst into laughter, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei with a look of shock and heartache. Zhang Fei, who had a fierce temper, couldn't help but shout: "Brother, no!"
Liu Bei said bitterly, "Second brother, third brother, I have decided, you don't have to persuade me."
Xiao Lan looked at Liu Bei in surprise, looking at Liu Bei who was already exhausted and seriously injured, as if he understood something, and immediately said in a deep voice: "If you want to surrender, you have to see if I accept it? How can my brothers in my army die in vain? Besides, why should I believe what you said?"
"This..." Liu Bei glanced at the two brothers beside him, gritted his teeth, and asked: "What are the conditions left for the Grand Marshal? Why not just say it!"
Xiao Lan smiled coldly. Liu Bei was so calm. At this moment, he was afraid that he would surrender to himself first, then find an opportunity to escape, and even cheat himself when necessary. Then he could say the other way around, his surrender now was just his temporary endurance of humiliation!
No, this is probably not my own speculation. Liu Bei definitely planned this way. Wasn’t Liu Bei in history just like this?
Thinking of this, his heart became even more cold, and there was no emotion mixed in his words: "The conditions are very simple. As the saying goes, one life should be worth one life, you shouldn't understand this principle!"
"I..." Liu Bei couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Then, he glanced at Zhang Fei, his face full of hesitation, until a while later. He struggled to make a decision, sighed heavily, and said to Xiao Lan: "It's my third brother who killed your brother... it's not me..."
"Brother, you" Zhang Fei was shocked when he heard this. At this moment, he stared at Liu Bei tightly, and there was an indescribable aura all over his body.
"Third brother, I have to do it for my brother!" Liu Bei spoke in a deep voice. As a relative of the Han Dynasty and the emperor, his forbearance was for the unwillingness to be mediocre. Although the three brothers made sworn and made a vow, he finally chose his life compared to the vow.
He was unwilling to give up. He didn't want to die. He still had great achievements that had not been completed. Only by living can he have a chance to turn the tables. Therefore, for his own selfishness, Liu Bei completely sacrificed his best efforts.
He looked at Xiao Lan, with almost crazy hope in his eyes, and asked, "Are you able to let us go as long as my third brother is willing to pay his life?"
"Okay! I promise you!" Xiao Lan said in a deep voice: "But. To show sincerity, I want you to kill Zhang Fei with your own hands, which has shown your determination."
"You... well." Seeing Xiao Lan's eyes were cold, thousands of Taiping troops were waiting for the battle, and there were Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were no less than Guan and Zhang, staring at him with murderous aura. Liu Bei sighed, gritted his teeth and raised the sword in his hand, aiming at Zhang Fei at the sight of the sword.
"Brother, you really want..." Zhang Fei opened his eyes angrily, staring at Liu Bei tightly, with an indescribable recession in his mouth: "Do you really want to kill me?"
"I..." Facing this brother who was born and died with him, no matter how selfish and cold Liu Bei was, he could not say anything to his words.
"Brother, no!" Guan Yu quickly grabbed Liu Bei's hand holding the sword and said loudly: "When we three brothers joined forces, we once said that we would not ask for birth on the same day of the same year, month of the same month, but we would like to die on the same day of the same year. Over the years, the third brother followed you to fight in all directions. We have the blessings and difficulties to share. Could it be that you have forgotten all these brothers?"
"I..." Liu Bei said quietly: "Second brother, how could I forget these things? It's just that it's because of the situation, and I have to make a choice for you! If the third brother does not die, your life will probably be difficult to save..."
"I'm not afraid of death!" Guan Yu said resolutely: "How can I, Guan Yu, a man with a strong man, exchange my brother's life for my own survival?"
"Second brother!" Liu Bei shouted hard, as if he wanted to vent all the guilt deep in his heart. At this moment, he could feel his body trembling. Guan Yu, Guan Yu, you are not afraid of death, you don't want to live, but I still want to live!
"Enough!" At this moment, I heard Zhang Fei suddenly shouting loudly. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were quarreling, suddenly stopped and looked at him.
Zhang Fei ignored them, turned around and looked at Xiao Lan, and asked in a deep voice: "Master Xiao, if I avenge your Taiping Army brothers, would you really be willing to let your second brother and the others go?"
"A real man's words are as good as he can't catch them, so he will take them seriously." Xiao Lan keenly noticed the change in Zhang Fei's words. Second brothers and others? Shouldn't they be the eldest brothers and others? It seems that the three brothers who have been together in Taoyuan are about to reach the end of their brotherhood in the opposite sex today.
"Okay, I believe in you!" Zhang Fei spoke in a deep voice, then turned his head and faced Liu Bei, "You can do it? I have nothing to say if I can die under your sword."
"Third brother..." Liu Bei's hand holding the sword was trembling constantly.
Guan Yu held his hand tightly and said repeatedly: "Brother, no!"
"Puff" Zhang Fei stepped forward and hit the tip of the sword with his chest. The sharp black iron magic weapon was hard to resist even a powerful general like Zhang Fei. As soon as he hit, the sword's edge was stabbed into his heart. Blood splattered and landed on the ground, which was particularly red.
"Third brother, you" Seeing this, Guan Yu and Liu Bei couldn't help but exclaim, and the two who were arguing changed their faces instantly.
"You don't have to argue. Since it's time to make a decision, my own life will be decided by myself. I'll die alone, it's better than three people dying together." Zhang Fei took another step forward as he spoke, and the sharp peaks penetrated his body.
Liu Bei subconsciously released the hilt of the sword, Guan Yu let go of the hand that was holding Liu Bei's arm tightly. The two of them couldn't help but retreat and stared at the scene in front of them.
Blood was flowing, and he could feel his life was passing. Soon, his consciousness began to become blurred, as if in the meantime, he returned to the beginning:
"I miss Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, although they have different surnames, they have become brothers, and work together to save the needy and help the poor; report to the country and save the people. I do not seek the same year and month as the same year as the same month as the same year as the same month as the same year as the same month as the same. I only wish that the same year as the same month as the same month as the same. The Emperor and Empress Dowager have truly learned this heart, and they have to betray their kindness, and the heavens and men will kill each other!"
What appeared in front of me was the scene of three people sworn in Taoyuan. Zhang Fei felt like he had a dream that would never wake up. There was a hint of relief on his face, but the corners of his eyes unconsciously slid down drops of tears and blood slowly dripping.
With a loud bang, he fell to the ground. Zhang Fei's eyes wide open and looked up at the sky without any hesitation. Perhaps, until this moment, he still didn't know what the real brother was.
Xiao Lan did not expect that things would come to this point. It was clearly a scene he designed, but when he saw it, he couldn't help feeling sad. He looked at Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and their trembling bodies. He sighed and said, "You guys, let's go."
"Second brother, let's go!" After hearing this, Liu Bei quickly waved to Guan Yu.
"Brother!" Guan Yu's eyes were red. He still didn't understand why this was the result?
"Go away quickly, otherwise it will be too late." Liu Bei suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Guan Yu's hand, wanting to pull him away, for fear that Xiao Lan would suddenly repent.
"Brother!" In response to him, Guan Yu shouted: "Brother, this is my last call to you. Take care of yourself. I want to avenge my third brother!" After that, he carried the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, turned around suddenly, his eyes approached Xiao Lan:
"Xiao Lan, Guan Yu is here. Please give me a battle and will not stop until death!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!