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  Liu Feng and Zhao Yun's return lifted Liu Bei's gloomy mood, but Xu Shu's departure and return made Liu Bei unable to contain his inner joy, jumping up and throwing down the fire poker in his hand, rushing towards the direction of the horseshoes.

  Under the reflection of the flames, three riders galloped towards them. Perhaps due to a sense of guilt in his heart, Xu Shu was even more eager to see Liu Bei first, and he rode at the forefront.

  When Liu Bei saw the familiar face clearly, he was so excited that his eyes were filled with hot tears. He stepped forward a few steps and personally pulled the reins of Xu Shu's horse, calling out in joy: "Yuanshi, you finally couldn't bear to leave me after all."

  "It's really shameful, fortunately I met the Grand Duke and Zi Long on the road, they saved my mother, otherwise I'm afraid it would be difficult to meet you again, sir." Xushu got off his horse, knelt down and bowed, feeling both grateful and ashamed.

  "Alright, alright, as long as you're back." Liu Bei quickly helped Xu Shu up, his eyes turned to the two who followed behind, and he smiled: "Feng Er and Zi Long are also back, great, wonderful! As long as everyone is safe and sound, that's all that matters."

  Looking at the man in front of him who called himself "father", Liu Feng's emotions were quite complicated. After several months of getting along, to be honest, Liu Bei was indeed good to him, even after the birth of Ah Dou, that paternal love had never diminished. And at this time, after the great disaster, the reunion of father and son, the excitement and appreciation shown by Liu Bei also infected Liu Feng.

  "Affection is just a facade, Liu Feng. You absolutely cannot be fooled by this facade. You must know that beneath that warm and gentle smile lies a heart of a fierce hero."

  Liu Feng warned himself in his heart, and hurriedly took A'Dou down from his arms, handing him over to Liu Bei with both hands: "Father, I and Yun Shu brought back our brother."

  This news caused everyone present to be shocked. After experiencing a day of extreme chaos, many people's families were scattered in the turmoil, either killed under the enemy's iron hooves or taken away, and there was no news of Ah Dou for a whole day. Most people thought that this newly born little life would die in the midst of displacement, just like Liu Bei's other sons in the early years.

  "Where is Ah Dou, where?"

  Among the cries, a disheveled and delicate young woman pushed through the crowd and rushed in. The woman was none other than Liu Bei's concubine, Lady Gan, who was also the biological mother of Adou.

  During the process of handing Adou over to Liu Bei, Liu Feng could clearly feel that Liu Bei's hands were trembling. Obviously, Adou's loss and recovery brought him great joy, but his face was calm without a ripple. He even didn't want to hold Adou for another moment, and handed him over to the ecstatic Lady Gan.

  "It's terrifying when someone's emotions don't show on their face."

  Liu Feng sighed inwardly and prepared to tell about the tragic news of Mi Fu's self-destruction, as well as how he had rescued Adou.

  At this time, Zhao Yun hastily said: "Young Master Adou was originally with the mistress. The mistress suffered severe injuries and feared that she would become a burden to Young Master Adou, so she crashed into the wall and sacrificed herself. General and I had no choice but to bury the mistress's body and escort Young Master to catch up with you, my lord. My lord, Zhao Yun failed to protect the mistress, please punish me."

  The news of Lady Mi's death was announced, and the scene immediately responded with a burst of soft sighs. Many people were saddened by Lady Mi's death, and it was clear that this wife of the Liu family was very popular. However, when he heard the news of his wife's death, Liu Bei's mouth only twitched slightly, and there was no added expression of sadness on his face.

  Liu Feng was surprised, by rights, rescuing A Dou should be considered a meritorious deed, and this merit should have been obtained by himself. However, Zhao Yun's previous words seemed to be arguing over the credit for saving the young master, while the latter half appeared to be seeking punishment. Such contradictory words and actions naturally made Liu Feng suspicious.

  "Why did Zhao Yun have to do this? From what I know of his character, he isn't the kind of person who steals credit."

  He thought for a moment and suddenly understood Zhao Yun's intention: he was not stealing credit, but helping him.

  Madam Mi's death was ultimately a mystery, and apart from Liu Feng himself, no one could testify to the truth. Even Zhao Yun, who was closest to the truth, had initially suspected Liu Feng's motives at first.

  After all, anyone with a bit of brains knows that Adou's birth has brought about a subtle change in Liu Feng's position. If one were to speculate with extreme thoughts, it is not impossible that Liu Feng would take advantage of the chaos to kill Adou and Mi Fu Ren.

  Zhao Yun believed Liu Feng's explanation because at that time, he saw Liu Feng using his cloak to hold Adou, if he had any evil intentions, it would be impossible for him to bury the mother and son together under the earth wall, why bother with this extra move.

  Moreover, Zhao Yun had personally witnessed Liu Feng risking his life to save Adou when he fell off his horse while facing over a hundred tiger and leopard cavalry in such a perilous situation. How could someone like that possibly be a ruthless murderer who intentionally killed his mother and harmed his brother?

  But not everyone can understand the whole process like Zhao Yun, if Liu Feng tells the whole story without disguise, it may lead to unnecessary suspicion, so Zhao Yun did that.

  After understanding Zhao Yun's kindness, Liu Feng suddenly felt grateful to Zhao Yun, his eyes secretly glanced at Zhao Yun, implying thanks, and then he quickly knelt down: "I was ordered to guard the family in the rear, but I failed to fulfill my father's heavy trust. This is my responsibility, it has nothing to do with Uncle Yun. If Father wants to punish me, please punish me."

  Even the 3,000 elite troops of the Liu family army led by Liu Bei himself were easily crushed, let alone the mere 2,000 second-line troops led by Liu Feng. Everyone knows that in this great defeat at Changban Slope, no one was to blame; if anyone is to be blamed, it can only be said that Cao's army was too powerful.

  "This is what it has come to, hurry up." Liu Bei stretched out his hand and helped the two of them up, stroking their shoulders and sighing: "If there's anyone to blame, it's me for making a wrong decision, insisting on bringing along 100,000 civilians in the retreat south, resulting not only in failing to save these innocent people but also dragging them into harm's way by Cao's villainy. As for Lady Mi's death, perhaps this is just fate."

  "Seemingly taking the blame for the defeat of the army on himself, he actually indirectly emphasized his original intention of benevolence and love for the people, and smoothly shifted the responsibility to the brutality of Cao's army. Hmm, this is a clever thing to say."

  A few ordinary words of self-reproach, however, made Liu Feng realize the cleverness of his father's tongue. Indeed, as soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, all the officials present advised him not to blame himself and instead denounced Cao Cao's cruelty and inhumanity, which was against heaven and reason, and slaughtered innocent civilians.

  "Ah Dou, Ah Dou what's wrong!"

  Just as everyone was scolding Cao's villainy to vent their discontent, Lady Gan, who was holding A Dou in her arms, suddenly changed her expression and let out a shrill scream.

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