Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

During the day... my clothes are soaked, and the Yellow River flows into the sea.

When Li Ji reappeared, supporting the somewhat weak Zhao Ji, even though Zhao Ji had tried her best to tidy herself up, she still didn't look like she had been soaked in water not long ago.

This also caused Li Shu and Li Qin to laugh secretly while preparing dinner for Li Ji.

Unlike others who like to eat at separate tables, Li Ji prefers to eat at the same table at home and has no habit of not talking while eating.

While eating, Li Ji also liked to chat about trivial family matters, and from time to time he would tease Xiao Xier, who looked like a porcelain doll beside him, and he seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Even when listening to some of Li Xiang or Xiao Xier's embarrassing stories, Li Ji listened with great interest and felt that the food seemed to taste three times more delicious.

Just after dinner, Zhao Ji left with Xiao Xier in her arms, and Li Xiang also wanted to leave.

"Xiang'er, stay for a moment."

The tone of the father no longer existed, causing Li Xiang's body, which was facing away from him, to tremble subconsciously.

After a few breaths, Li Xiang turned around, revealed a filial and well-behaved smile, and said.

"What do you want, father?"

Seeing this, Li Ji patted the seat beside him, his expression becoming more fatherly, and said.

"Come and sit down."

Li Xiang hesitated for a moment, then walked to Li Ji's side with his head slightly lowered and sat down.

At this moment, when Li Ji was making tea leisurely, Li Xiang felt as if the days were passing by like years.

When Li Ji opened his mouth, Li Xiang was almost stunned.

"What was Xiang'er's original plan to rescue Bofu?"

After several breaths, Li Xiang spoke with a stammer.

"Father, I don't understand what you said. Please explain it to me."

Li Ji turned his eyes slightly and looked deeply at Li Xiang, causing Li Xiang's voice to unconsciously become weaker and weaker.

In Li Ji's mind, he recalled what Liu Bei said.

Moving the capital from Wuxian to Shouchun requires crossing the Yangtze River and traveling a considerable distance by water.

During the relocation of the capital via the Yangtze River, Li Xiang fell into the river and was then rescued from the river by Sun Ce.

This matter seemed like a simple coincidence, but when Liu Bei learned about it, he was so anxious and angry that he almost fainted.

After confirming that Li Xiang was safe, Liu Bei issued a death order to conduct a thorough investigation to determine whether it was an accident or someone had secretly committed a murder.

If it was an accident, it would be fine, but if someone dared to assassinate Li Xiang, the furious Liu Bei would be ready to chop the nine clans of the mastermind into pieces.

After all, Liu Bei always attached great importance to the safety of Adou, Li Xiang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's descendants. He deployed the Jinyisi and Tiger Guards tightly for fear that someone would have ill intentions.

Therefore, the probability of Li Xiang, who was always under someone's care, encountering such a serious accident as falling into the river was extremely small according to common sense, which made Liu Bei suspicious.

Therefore, everything that Li Xiang had experienced was presented to Liu Bei very clearly.

On that day, Li Xiang and Adou went to visit Sun Ce who was imprisoned in the cabin. As the young master, Adou ordered Sun Ce to be moved from the cabin to the deck to get some fresh air.

Afterwards, Li Xiang and A Dou were playing on the deck on opposite sides. A Dou was suddenly startled and screamed. At the moment when everyone's attention was drawn to the ship, Li Xiang, who was leaning against the side of the ship, fell into the water.

When the people accompanying them discovered it, they shouted immediately and many soldiers who were good at swimming jumped into the river to save people.

The water of the Yangtze River may not be as turbulent as that of the Yellow River, but it is autumn and winter now, and the water is cold and freezing. It is impossible for soldiers with poor swimming ability to find Li Xiang in the rapids.

It happened that Sun Ce was also on the deck witnessing the whole process, and then he jumped into the river and rescued Li Xiang.

This incident seemed to be an accident, and Liu Bei also classified it as an accident. In order to avoid Li Ji's worry, he even suppressed the incident after confirming that Li Xiang was in good health and did not let it spread to Jingzhou. But Liu Bei was not a fool. Maybe Adou accidentally fell into the river, and Liu Bei would think that Adou was stupid enough to fall by accident.

But the precocious Li Xiang fell into the river, and coupled with the various coincidences before the fall, Liu Bei naturally had guesses in his mind, but he pretended not to know and went with the flow and released Sun Ce.

When Li Ji learned about this from Liu Bei, he almost felt dizzy.

The bad premonition before leaving came true, and the naughty kid really caused trouble.

To put it mildly, it seemed to be just an accident that only involved his own safety, and he got through it without any danger;
But to put it in a bigger picture, this basket can directly break through the sky.

However, when he returned home and saw Li Xiang's appearance, Li Ji's heart couldn't help but soften again, but he still maintained a tough tone on the surface.

"Your tricks can fool others, but do you really think you can fool someone with ulterior motives? If there are too many coincidences, then it is definitely not a coincidence, regardless of whether it is a coincidence in fact."

Li Xiang was silent for a while, then insisted, "It was an accident."

Li Ji glanced at Li Xiang and stopped engaging in such a meaningless argument with Li Xiang. Instead, he asked.

"Why do you want to save Sun Bofu?"

Li Xiang hesitated for a moment and replied, "Although I am young, I cannot bear to see my brother die in prison, so I will do my best to save him."

Li Ji frowned slightly and asked, "Even at the risk of his life?"

Li Xiang raised his head and retorted.

"It won't be dangerous. Brother Bofu is the best swimmer in Jiangdong. Saving a child in the river is as easy as taking something out of a bag. I held my breath before I fell into the river and also secretly learned how to swim. I will be safe for a while."

"Even if Brother Bofu doesn't have time to save me, I can hold on until the rest of the soldiers come to rescue me."

Li Ji did not comment on this and asked another question instead.

"If the Lord becomes furious over this matter and takes his anger out on your guards, beheading all the people involved, how wronged would they be?"

Li Xiang remained silent and did not answer for a long time.

Li Ji asked again.

"If something unexpected happened and you died in the Yangtze River, would you have thought about your mother? Do you know how many people would be buried with you? Who knows how much the whole world would change because of this?"

"If you think about all of the above, will you regret what you did that day?"

Li Xiang remained silent.

After a long time, Li Xiang looked up at Li Ji, who was sipping tea leisurely and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, and asked.

"How would my father like me to answer?"

Li Ji lowered his eyes slightly and answered.

"I hope you become someone who regrets, but it's also okay to be someone who doesn't regret."

Li Xiang vaguely realized something and asked, "What if I regret it? What if I don't regret it?"

"Kindness does not command the army, righteousness does not command finance, goodness does not hold office, and benevolence does not govern."

After Li Ji said this, he added.

"Of course, this does not mean that we should be merciless, unrighteous, unkind, and unmerciful in everything we do, but that we should be merciless when commanding troops..."

"Therefore, when making plans, one should not be too kind or too good. Do you understand this?"

Li Xiang's whole body trembled and asked.

"If father wanted to save brother Bofu while crossing the river, what would he do?" (End of this chapter)