Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 20 Death of Liu Qi
After they sat down, Xing Daorong realized that Liu Bei's face was faintly sad, and it was obvious that something big had happened.

I paused, but had a rough guess.

Sure enough, Liu Bei came up and sighed, "News came from Xiangyang that Master Liu Qi suddenly became seriously ill and will not survive for more than a few days."

"I want to return home day and night to see you for the last time."

Xing Daorong secretly thought that his death was a coincidence.

Liu Qi died just as Liu Bei pacified Jingnan. It was a very timely death.

However, Xing Daorong could only keep these words in his heart and could not show any of them on his face.

However, the old general Huang Zhong, who was originally a subordinate of Liu Biao and had met his eldest son Liu Qi a few times, heard that Liu Qi was seriously ill and suddenly stood up and said, "If something happens to the young master, I will go to see him."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly advised: "General Huang, don't be anxious. You are guarding Lingling, the throat of southern Jing, and you must not move."

"Sir, we will make sure they take care of it properly."

It's called settling down, but it sounds like arranging funeral affairs.

It can be seen that Liu Qi’s illness was most likely imminent, and he might have died at an unknown moment.

Although Huang Zhong wanted to go back and take a look, his relationship with Liu Qi was not so good, and he had to obey military orders, so he could only sigh and nod in agreement.

Seeing this, Liu Bei said again: "Before I go, I still don't have a candidate for the position of Governor of Guiyang."

When saying this, Liu Bei looked at Xing Daorong, and it was obvious that he still wanted to keep Xing Daorong in Guiyang.

But Xing Daorong was obsessed with going to the battlefield, so how could he guard an area? Besides, he knew very well that there would be few wars in Jingnan in the future, so how could he stay there?

He shook his head and said, "Oh, Xing knows how to fight the enemy and lead troops in battle. Don't ask me to govern a place!"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "Except for my third brother, this is the first time I've seen General Xing so eager to go into battle and kill the enemy."

"General, your intention to make contributions is naturally in my mind, but you have been in Jingnan for a long time. Who should be in Guiyang? Please recommend someone."

Huang Zhong heard this and agreed: "General Xing, don't refuse. Just tell me who to call."

Xing Daorong probably knew what Huang Zhong was thinking.

He recommended Liu Pan, who was accepted by Liu Bei, which was considered a favor.

This is also to ask myself to get a copy.

After a brief thought, he thought, "I heard that after the lord conquered Jingnan, he changed the governors of the three counties?"

"Lingling Governor Liu Du has no talent for leading troops; Changsha Governor Han Xuan is petty and immature; Wuling Governor Jin Xuan has great ambitions but little talent. These three are not suitable to be governors again."

"As for Fanyang Governor Zhao Fan, although he has no ability, he took the initiative to help Lingling, which shows that he has some talent."

"However, the exact situation still needs to be investigated by the lord."

Liu Bei understood the meaning of Xing Daorong's words.

There are always local tyrants in Jingnan.

The powerful dragon Liu Bei can be suppressed for a while when he comes here, but he still has to give the Jingnan family some benefits.

Although Zhao Fan was not a very talented person, he was from southern Jing after all.

It’s just that Xing Daorong couldn’t explain these tricks so clearly. Liu Bei could figure them out himself if he could. If not, then forget it.

After a long pause, Liu Bei said slowly, "I have already made up my mind. Thank you for your advice, General."

It must be said that Liu Bei was very approachable, and his every move was refreshing. As he said this, he asked Huang Zhong to guard Lingling, and he led Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Xing Daorong and others back to Xiangyang overnight.

Within a few days, they finally arrived at the foot of the city, but saw that white ribbons had been hung inside the city and many people were wearing plain clothes. It was obvious that Liu Qi was dead.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bei hurried into the mansion and saw that the mourning hall had already been set up.

In fact, since Liu Biao's death and Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Cao, there are not many people left in Liu Biao's family.

The one setting up the mourning hall for Liu Qi at this moment was an old servant in his family.

Seeing Liu Bei and others, he was overwhelmed with grief and cried, "Envoy Liu, you are too late!"

Liu Bei held onto the old servant and sighed, "I rode here at top speed, but I still couldn't catch up."

The old servant nodded gloomily, obviously understanding Liu Bei's difficulties very well.

But he said, "Young Master has been depressed these past few days, not liking the sun, and staying indoors for a long time. I felt that he was not doing well, so I wanted to ask him to go out for a walk, but I saw him lying on the bed, already ill and unable to get up."

"I thought he was really dying, so I immediately asked a doctor to come and see him."

"It's just that everyone here said there's nothing we can do."

Xing Daorong understood after listening.

There is something wrong with Liu Qi's mind.

But think about it, my father is dead, my stepmother is persecuting me, my brothers are trying to drive me away, and everyone in my family is against me. If I were Liu Qi, I would be so depressed!
It's normal that Liu Qi is autistic.

It's a heart disease. Even Hua Tuo might not be able to cure it.

Xing Daorong guessed the cause of Liu Qi's death, which resolved the doubts in his heart. He also bowed to Liu Qi's tablet.

I thought to myself, "What a pity! If I had traveled through time and space to be in your body, you probably wouldn't have died so miserably."

After saying goodbye like this, everyone felt sad or sighed, and then left.

Everyone was in such a hurry because something big was happening, and it was more important than Liu Qi's death.

That was when Liu Bei attacked southern Jing, Sun Quan successfully established the name of Sun Shiwan.

After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan stayed in Hefei for a long time, fighting with Cao's troops for more than ten battles, but the outcome was undecided. Then he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, leading to a great defeat in Hefei, where the great general of Wu, Taishi Ci, was killed at the age of 41.

Since Sun Quan could not capture Hefei and Liu Qi was dead, Soochow would surely come to ask for Jingzhou!
Fortunately, Xing Daorong didn't have to think about these troubles, and Zhuge Liang responded: "If someone from Dongwu comes, Liang will have something to say to him."

Liu Bei felt relieved after hearing this and waited for people from Dongwu to come.

These things had nothing to do with Xing Daorong. In his opinion, these were all intrigues among civil officials and had nothing to do with him, a military officer.

But Zhuge Liang seemed to be staring at him.

Five days later, someone reported that Lu Su from Eastern Wu had come to mourn the death of Liu Qi. Zhuge Liang naturally went to greet him, but he had to bring Xing Daorong with him.

This made Xing Daorong confused, but he had no excuse not to go, so he could only follow around.

So he met Lu Su of Eastern Wu first.

In Xing Daorong's impression, Lu Su is a relatively honest and loyal person.

Unexpectedly, at first glance, he turned out to have regular features, a high nose bridge, a small beard on his face, and a suave, handsome look.

Then Lu Su stepped forward and bowed, saying, "My lord, upon hearing that your nephew has passed away, I have been sent here with a small gift to pay my respects. Commander Zhou extends his regards to Uncle Liu and Mr. Zhuge."

(End of this chapter)