Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 24: Arranged Marriage
"How strange... How strange..."

What's wrong with Liu Bei? He even wants to find a matchmaker for himself.

Xing Daorong didn't know that Liu Bei had his own considerations for doing this.

Liu Bei really remembered what Xing Daorong said to Zhao Fan last time when he asked for a favor.

He replaced the governors of three of the four counties in southern Jingnan. Although this was natural, if he replaced them all, it would make outsiders think that Liu Bei was too eager to replace them with his trusted people.

If I go to Xichuan in the future, it will inevitably cause some thoughts.

In this case, the governor of Guiyang can indeed ask Zhao Fan to take over as the governor to strike a balance.

However, Liu Bei also had some doubts about Zhao Fan's loyalty.

Although it is said that you should trust the people you employ and don't employ those you don't trust, but all aspects should still be considered properly.

Who would have thought that while he was thinking about it, Zhao Fan took the initiative to approach him, not for an official position, but to ask for a marriage for his widowed sister-in-law!
The person he was looking for was the newly promoted general Xing Daorong.

As for Xing Daorong, Liu Bei believed that he was loyal and devoted to the Han Dynasty.

The friendship between these two families is actually a good thing for Liu Bei himself!

So... I found an opportunity today and told Xing Daorong about this.

Seeing Xing Daorong's surprised face, Liu Bei explained, "I heard that the Fan family is pretty good. Could it be that Daorong doesn't like them?"

Xing Daorong thought that Zhao Fan and Fan were targeting him and would not let him go. Seeing that Liu Bei seemed to support the marriage, he did not say much.

He just said: "I just think about this person who has gone through life and death, and don't want to delay others."

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were stunned when they heard this. They really didn't expect that Xing Daorong would have such an idea.

After careful consideration, I feel that Xing Daorong is a kind-hearted person who really considers others first.

I immediately liked him even more.

Liu Bei sighed and said, "General, you have good intentions, but starting a family and a career are not a priority, we can't keep delaying it."

It seems that Liu Bei is wholeheartedly trying to be a matchmaker for himself!
Xing Daorong saw that he couldn't avoid it, so he could only say: "Since the lord is the matchmaker, there is no reason for me to refuse. I will go to your house and act as a matchmaker when I return from Dongwu."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, but he smiled and said, "That's it. Without someone to take care of the family, how can I be at ease fighting the enemy outside?"

Xing Daorong thought that it would be better if he had nothing to worry about, but now that things had come to this, he really couldn't refuse, so he agreed to it for the time being.

As for whether he has feelings for Fan...

Sorry, there is no such thing as cultivating feelings these days.

Although Xing Daorong did not take this marriage seriously, he was not alone after all and there were some ties between them.

Fortunately, in his heart, this bond could not stop him from fighting on the front line.

But what he didn't expect was that before he even left, the bond had grown deeper and deeper...

...

"Mrs. Fan? Why are you here?"

However, Xing Daorong was preparing to follow Liu Bei to Soochow these days, and was surprised to hear that Fan came to look for him.

After all, she is my sister-in-law. She is braver than the little girl and can actually come to find me directly.

At this sight, Xing Daorong's eyes suddenly lit up.

The plain clothes she had been wearing for years were changed. Although she was replaced with a plain long skirt, it made her pretty face look even more beautiful.

Fan Yufeng, who was standing at the door, had no intention of entering the house.

She just stood at the door, looking at Xing Daorong with a complicated expression. When she heard him call her Madam, her face slightly blushed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

After a slight hesitation, she said, "General, my real name is Fan Yufeng."

Xing Daorong didn't know that he couldn't always address her as Madam, so he immediately said, "Yufeng, why are you looking for me?"

When Fan Yufeng heard Xing Daorong mention her maiden name, her face turned even redder, but she quickly recovered and reached into her bosom and took out an amulet.

She offered it with both hands and said, "General, I asked for a talisman from the temple. I heard that you were going to Dongwu, so I gave it to you to carry with you and pray for your safety."

Xing Daorong took it and looked at it. It was a khaki-colored peace and blessing with only two words written on it: peace.

Knowing that this was Fan's intention, Xing Daorong did not hesitate but nodded and said, "Yufeng's intention, I will accept it."

Fan Yufeng heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Xing Daorong took the amulet without any hesitation.

But she couldn't help but remind him again: "General, please be careful when you go. I will wait for you here."

After saying that, those watery eyes looked at Xing Daorong, a little worried, a little panicked, and a little determined.

Xing Daorong could naturally hear the affection in Fan Yufeng's words.

In this day and age, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Especially since this was a marriage arranged by Liu Bei, there was nothing to dispute.

If Xing Daorong showed some impatience at this moment, Fan Yufeng would definitely feel very uncomfortable and feel that she was being looked down upon.

Fortunately, Xing Daorong was considerate and took it solemnly, saying with a smile: "We are going to pick up the bride, there is no danger, don't worry."

Fan Yufeng felt relieved after hearing this. She bowed to Xing Daorong and said, "We have to be careful anyway."

After saying this, probably unable to hold back her shyness, she bowed to Fan Yufeng again and quickly left.

Xing Daorong watched Fan Yufeng walking away in a hurry, and the amulet in his hand felt heavy.

...

A few days later, everything was arranged. According to Zhuge Liang's instructions, Liu Bei took Xing Daorong and five hundred accompanying soldiers to Jiangdong to meet Qiao Guolao first.

That Qiao Guolao is the father of the two Qiao sisters, and currently lives in Dongxu, Jiangdong.

Originally, Qiao Guolao had nothing to do with the matter of Sun Shangxiang, but there must have been a reason why Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to find Qiao Guolao first.

This old man is easy to talk to and has a special status. With him helping to speak, Jiangdong's plans will be disrupted.

So he went to pay a visit first, bringing a sheep and carrying a load of wine, and the reason he said was naturally because of Lu Fan's matchmaking and the matter of marrying a wife.

The 500 soldiers who accompanied him were all wearing red ribbons and Xing Daorong himself was also wearing red ribbons when they entered Nanxu to buy things.

As a result, as soon as they entered Nanxu, what they heard everywhere was the news that Liu Bei was going to marry into the Eastern Wu family. Everyone in the city knew about it, including the old, the weak, women and children.

The idea of ​​marrying into the wife's family sounds strange.

How could Liu Bei, a local lord, marry into the royal family of Soochow?
Obviously, this was a little trick played by Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

But it was impossible for Liu Bei to get everyone's explanation, so he could only let it go.

However, this served as a reminder to everyone that this trip to Jiangdong might not be peaceful!

Xing Daorong didn't have any special feelings about this. He was just rubbing his hands, eager to try, waiting for Dongwu to make an attack.

In his heart, returning to the modern world would be more carefree after all.

I even thought to myself that if I found something wrong, I would take the initiative to cause trouble.

Causing trouble on someone else's territory... should make it easier to "sacrifice"...

(End of this chapter)