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In Xindu County, Guanghan County, a team of more than a thousand people slowly heading southeast along the official road. This team is the patrol convoy of Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou.

As a patriarch of a state, the spring and autumn seasons of Liu Zhang’s tour are the seasons for Liu Zhang to go east to Badong, south to Jiangyang, north to Zitong, west to Hanjia, each tour is about a month.

This time, because Jianping County returned to Yizhou, Liu Zhang enthusiastically designated the destination of his inspection east as Zigui County. His team walked slowly. He set out from Chengdu and only arrived in Xindu County after two days.

It was noon at this time, and there were still ten miles away from Xindu County. Liu Zhang felt a little uncomfortable and ordered a temporary rest at Xindu Post. The team slowly stopped in front of the post station. The postmaster rushed out and saluted: "Xindu Postmaster Wang Wei met the prefect of the prefecture"

Two concubines, one on the left and the other on the right, helped Liu Zhang come out of the carriage. Liu Zhang felt a burst of angina pain, which made him sweat so coldly that he could not even speak. He just waved his hand and a guard quickly said to the postmaster: "Why don't you go to prepare the room quickly, the governor of the state will rest."

The postmaster was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around and ran to the postmaster. At this time, two doctors accompanied the team rushed over and heard the news. One doctor touched Liu Zhang's forehead and asked in a low voice: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Zhang pointed to his chest with difficulty and said in a low voice: "Here... it hurts so much."

This was angina pectoris. Two doctors quickly ordered the guards to send Liu Zhang into the room and lie down. At this time, Liu Zhang was in pain like a big shrimp, curled up in a ball, rolling in pain on the bed, his pale face turned purple, he had difficulty breathing, and sweated heavily on his forehead.

The two doctors felt the problem was serious and anxiously ordered the guards: "Go and bring a bowl of wine."

A guard ran out and soon brought in a bowl of rice wine. The doctor crushed two pills of elixir and put them in the wine to melt them. He helped Liu Zhang up and wanted to force him to fill the medicine. Liu Zhang foamed at the mouth and was already unconscious. The two doctors were stunned for a moment and quickly touched his pulse, so weak that they could hardly feel it.

"not good"

The doctor became frightened and stammered at the guards around him: "The governor of the state...... can't do it anymore."

The guards were shocked. It was fine in the morning, but why didn't it work at noon? The guards led a handful of people to pull up a little eunuch serving Liu Zhang, and roared and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

The little eunuch was so scared that his face looked like earth, his whole body was like a sieve. He couldn't say a word. A drop of water drips flowed out of his trousers. The stench came, and he was so scared that he was incontinent. The guard threw him away and turned to a guard order and said, "Go and invite Wang Zongjun."

Wang joined the army and Wang Lei. He followed Liu Zhang to inspect Zigui. At this time, he was packing his things in the carriage and had not yet entered the post station. He heard that something happened to the provincial governor and ran over in panic. The guards dodged one by one. Wang Lei squeezed to the couch and asked the doctor anxiously: "How is the provincial governor?"

A doctor shook his head in despair, "The pulse sometimes disappears, and it is already weak."

"How could this happen?" Wang was so anxious that he screamed.

"I don't know what's going on now, but... but I have to prepare for my funeral."

Wang Lei's eyes turned dark and he almost fainted. He barely calmed down and suddenly remembered something even more deadly. If the provincial governor had a long and shortcoming, who would inherit the position of Yizhou governor.

It should be the chief Liu Xun, but these days Liu Zhang scolded Chang every day and imprisoned him. However, Liu Wei was favored and controlled the heavy army. Liu Zhang also said that he would pass the position of governor of the state to the chief. Even if he was angry, many people heard it.

Wang Lei was in a state of confusion. He immediately turned around and led the guards: "Send someone back to Chengdu to report immediately, and ask the official to come to Xindu to discuss the funeral."

The guard leader quickly sent someone to Chengdu to report. Wang Lei walked out of the room weakly and sat down on a big rock in the yard. Now is the most important moment in Yizhou. Something happened to the governor of the state. This is simply the destruction of Yizhou by God.

"join the army"

Wang Lei heard someone calling him softly. When he turned around, he saw a doctor wave to him in the corner of the hospital. He walked up quickly, "What's wrong?"

The doctor pulled him to a place without a single person and whispered: "I dare not say it in the room, but the governor of the state was poisoned."

"Ah" Wang Lei was shocked, grabbed the doctor's wrist and asked in a trembling voice: "Who did what poison it was?"

"I don't know what poison it is, but it must be the ones around me. I have forced the little eunuch to ask him, and he swears he didn't do it."

"Is it?"

Wang Lei thought of several concubines that Liu Zhang brought beside him, and the doctor nodded, "Generally poisoning happened in the early morning to the morning. I asked the little eunuch carefully. In addition to the concubines, there were five guards who had also contacted the provincial governor. It must have been done by someone among them, including Commander Li, who was also suspected."

Wang Lei's thoughts changed rapidly. This might be the two men fighting for the position of state governor, or it might be the cause of foreign enemies. He was suddenly confused. At this moment, a cry came from the room, and someone shouted at the top of his lungs: "State governor"

Wang Lei felt his legs weak and he knelt on the ground.

Liu Zhang died unexpectedly on the Eastern Tour. Although the official strictly blocked the news, various rumors spread quickly, and the city was filled with storms.

All over and over in Chengdu were talking about Liu Zhang's death. Some said that he was indulging in lust and died after exhaustion. Some said that he was bitten to death by the famous Golden Ring Snake in Xindu County. Some said that he launched a northern expedition to Hanzhong and was poisoned to death by Zhang Lu's sect.

There are many absurd and irrelevant rumors, but the most circulated and the most reliable news is the battle for the throne. This is the most circulated story since ancient times. In order to fight for power, all kinds of cruel means between fathers and brothers are used.

It was this rumor that made the government and the public pay attention to the successor of the provincial governor. Liu Zhang had died suddenly, but the new provincial governor still had no movement.

At this time, many people received news that the senior executives of Chengdu quarreled over the position of the governor of Xinzhou, and some local officials from Bashu supported Liu Wei ascended the throne, but Zhang Ren, Wang Lei, Donghe, Fa Zheng, and others supported Liu Xun, while the important Fei family was neutral.

The two sides argued endlessly in the prefecture yamen, and the situation was extremely tense. On the fourth day, the debate still had no result and Liu Zhang was unable to be buried. The atmosphere in Chengdu gradually became tense. Zhang Ren, who held military power, began to order the army to impose a curfew at night.

The Huang Quan Mansion was surrounded by secret whistles. These were soldiers sent by Zhang Ren to monitor Huang Quan. In the night sky, the east door of Huang Quan Mansion suddenly opened. A carriage, under the protection of dozens of horse-riding servants, rushed out of the gate and rushed towards the north gate of Chengdu.

The secret whistle deployed around the mansion discovered the movement, and someone rushed to report to Zhang Ren. In the carriage, Huang Quan's face was gloomy. He did not expect Liu Zhang to die unexpectedly.

Of course this was not what they did. He suspected that Liu Xun had attacked his father. It was obvious that Liu Wei had controlled the military power, which made Liu Xun feel uneasy. Once Liu Wei succeeded in triumph, it would be his doomsday for Liu Xun. So Liu Xun took advantage of Liu Weiyuan's opportunity in Hanzhong and Liu Xun took action.

Liu Zhang's death made Huang Quan feel very passive. He sent someone to inform Liu Wei to return to Chengdu four days ago. On the one hand, although it was a trouble for the brothers to fight for the throne, Huang Quan did not know how to explain to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao asked Yizhou to be stable and did not allow Liu Jing to enter Shu. This was Cao Cao's only request. Huang Quan knew very well that Cao Cao would never want to see Liu Zhang's sudden death and cause turmoil in Yizhou at this time.

But Huang Quan did not want to compromise. Supporting Liu Wei was related to his vital interests, and Cao Cao also agreed to ascend the throne by Liu Wei in the future. But now, once Liu Xun takes the lead in ascending the position of Yizhou Governor, Huang Quan will face a catastrophe.

Since Zhang Ren has used the army to impose a curfew, this is a signal of action. Huang Quan knew that if he didn't leave, he would die in Chengdu City. "Speed ​​up" Huang Quan ordered the road again, and the carriage accelerated and rushed towards the north city.

There were tens of thousands of garrisons near Chengdu, of which 20,000 troops guarding Chengdu were controlled by Wu Yi and Zhang Ren. Wu Yi was temporarily led by Zhang Ren when he was in Hanzhong, while the other 10,000 troops were commanded by Gao Pei and stationed in Guanghan.

After four consecutive days of unsuccessful debate, Zhang Ren finally couldn't hold back and was ready to use the army to solve the successor problem of Yizhou's governor.

But Zhang Ren also knew that once the army was used, a civil war might break out. Liu Wei's strength was not weak. Gao Pei, who supported him, had 10,000 troops stationed in Guanghan, and tens of thousands of barbarian troops from Yong Kai, Zhu Bao and others in the south. Liu Wei himself had 40,000 troops.

What made Zhang Ren even more worried was that once a civil war broke out, Liu Jing would seize the opportunity to go west to Bashu, and Yizhou would be in danger.

In Liu Xun's mansion, Zhang Ren was trying hard to persuade Liu Xun, "Don't hesitate anymore. The rule in Shu is to be buried in the sky. It has been four days now, but the old lord cannot be buried. This is the unfilial piety of our ministers. If the lord does not ascend to the throne, civil strife will occur in Yizhou."

Liu Xun paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back. He was very anxious. It was not that he didn't want to ascend the throne, but that he didn't want his brother to turn against him, which triggered a civil war in Yizhou. He hoped to have a good talk with his second brother, and gain understanding between his brothers and let his second brother support him in inheriting his father's position, so that Yizhou could avoid the worries of civil war.

But he also knew that it was a bit unrealistic to obtain such understanding, so he was very conflicted and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Wang Lei, next to him, also advised: "It can be said that Yizhou is unprincipled, which gives Liu Jing the excuse to enter Bashu. I think Liu Jing will never let this opportunity go. Don't hesitate anymore. If you don't ascend the throne, there will be civil strife, and there will be civil wars ascend the throne, but at least it blocks Liu Jing's excuse and reduces external troubles."

Liu Xun sighed, "The cause of my father's death is unknown. If I rush to succeed to the throne, everyone will think that I killed my father. How can I explain it to the world?"

"Praise"
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