Seeing Qu Yi's appearance, Lu Bu sighed: "Dezhou is like this. If you travel hundreds of miles and travel hard, it will be difficult for you to go back alive."
After hearing this, Qu Yi laughed and said, "I want to die in the palace. I'm afraid it will cause trouble to Marquis Wen. Why don't I take a chance and accept my death on the road?"
After hearing this, Lu Bu had already made up his mind to leave until Qu Yi, and immediately said: "In that case, I will ask people to prepare the carriages and horses, and send them to Dezhou tomorrow."
Qu Yi laughed, "There is Marquis Lao Wen over there."
Lu Bu sighed: "There are not many warriors I admire in my life, but Dezhou is definitely among them."
"Now that Dezhou has rescued Bu's wife and daughter, Bu has no repayment, which makes Bu feel quite uneasy."
Qu Yi laughed: "Thanks to Marquis Wen, I don't have any big ambitions in this life, but Marquis Wen is different."
"If we take the right path in the future, Marquis Wen may not be able to dominate the world again."
After hearing this, Lu Bu looked solemn: "Bu has remembered what Dezhou said."
When Lu Bu came out of Qu Yi's room, he thought that Qu Yi was in a hurry to return to Youzhou. He was afraid that he would not be able to keep him here since he knew that he was not going to die soon.
When he returned to the house, he heard the guard report that Yang Chou wanted to see him. After hearing this, Lu Bu said, "Let him in."
He thought that Yang Chou was honest. There had been chaos in the city a few days ago, and Lu Bu had suspected that Yang Chou was the mastermind behind it. However, Yang Chou came to Lu Bu every day to talk about the situation in the city and dealt with it calmly, so Lu Bu's suspicion gradually faded away.
Because several of his generals are more suspicious than Yang Chou.
Lu Bu asked Chen Gong to collect evidence secretly, but Chen Gong discovered in the past few days that several of Lu Bu's generals had some problems, especially the most suspected Hao Meng!
Lu Buyou couldn't believe it. Hao Meng had been following him for many years. How could this be possible?
Of course, the evidence collected by Chen Gong was insufficient, and it was possible that someone was framing Hao Meng, so Lu Bu told Chen Gong not to speak out for the time being, and then make plans after collecting irrefutable evidence.
The guards came in with Yang Chou. Yang Chou bowed his head and said, "Marquis Wen, I will report something important at the end."
After hearing this, Lu Bu let his left and right sides go down and said, "What's the matter? Just tell me!"
Yang Chou took out a silk book and said uneasily: "General, I got some evidence by chance, but this matter is so important that I can only report it to Marquis Wen."
Lu Bu took the silk book and looked at it carefully, and his face suddenly darkened.
This silk book contains private letters between Hao Meng and Yuan Shu. His dissatisfaction with Lu Bu has been revealed in his words!
He slammed the table angrily and yelled at Yang Chou: "How did you get this thing?"
Yang Chou hurriedly lowered his head, "Someone sent this to my house, and I don't know!"
Lu Bu held the silk, stared at Hao Meng, and said, "Really?"
Yang Chou said quickly: "It's absolutely true, even if I gave the general ten courages, he wouldn't dare to deceive Marquis Wen!"
Lu Bu's tone slowed down, "Thank you for your hard work. I hope the general will keep this secret for the time being. I will definitely get to the bottom of the matter."
Yang Chou wiped his sweat and said respectfully: "Respect Marquis Wen's order."
He took the opportunity to say: "One more thing, the food at the prefect's side has almost been used up."
"The general has collected provisions and is preparing to leave for Hanoi tomorrow."
After hearing this, Lu Bu frowned and said, "You are the only general under Zhang Yang. If you are leaving, who will be in charge of Huaicheng?"
Yang Chou said with a smile: "When the general went to Hanoi with the prefect, Marquis Wen was stationed in Huaicheng, and everything was fine. But after the general came back, there was chaos in the city. The general felt deeply ashamed and had let down Marquis Wen and the prefect. .”
"The prefect also told Chou that with Marquis Wen around, he felt more at ease than when he was around."
Lu Bu was so flattered by Yang Chou's flattery that he laughed and said, "Since Zhang Yang trusts me so much, I will take good care of Huaicheng for him!"
Yang Chou said goodbye and came out, getting on the carriage, feeling cold sweat on his vest.
If it weren't for the future of his family, he would not dare to take such risks.
The Lu Mansion was not captured the day before yesterday, and Lu Bu's family members were not killed. The attempt to frame Yuan Xi failed for some unknown reason. This was all beyond Yang Chou's expectations.
Although Yang Chou was not the direct instigator of the transfer, Yang Chou was terrified, fearing that he would be found out, and always wanted to find an opportunity to escape. However, after the Cao family sent a secret letter, Yang Chou decided to take a gamble. Stay.
Facts have proved that Cao Cao had guessed Lu Bu's thoughts thoroughly, and he was not held accountable. Instead, Lu Bu investigated his generals.
The reason why Lu Bu doubted his own generals more than Yang Chou was because of his own personality.
As a confidant of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, he betrayed twice, so Lu Bu himself was most wary of being betrayed by his confidants.
Therefore, the more capable henchmen are, the more they will not be reused under Lu Bu, but will be on guard. This is the case for Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. They were sent to confront Zhao Yun outside the city, which may not be without this factor.
However, Hao Meng, Wei Xu and others who are relatively less capable are more likely to be trusted by Lu Bu.
Unfortunately, it was these people who were trusted by Lu Bu who later betrayed Lu Bu.
Now Cao Cao has evidence of collusion between Hao Meng and Yuan Shu. When the turmoil in Huaicheng is still uncertain, the real mastermind of the turmoil, Yang Chou, is revealed in order to make Huaicheng even more chaotic!
In this way, even if the alliance between Lu Bu and Yuan Xi is not destroyed, Lu Bu will be forced to clean up his family and deal with Yuan Shu. In this case, Lu Bu will not be able to rush to Hanoi, but Cao Cao's army, which has already moved to Sili territory, will rush to In front of Lu Bu!
After Yang Chou figured out the cause and effect, he felt scared for a while. Cao Cao's counselors were too terrible!
He was secretly glad that this time his mission had been completed and he had to leave this land of right and wrong quickly.
Changes will happen in the city at any time, and it will be bad if you are affected!
At the same time, a secret letter was sent to Hao Meng's house.
Hao Meng opened it and suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
There is only one line on it.
The matter between you and Yuan Gongdao has been exposed. Only by starting the matter as soon as possible can there be a chance of survival.
He quickly burned the silk with the secret message and walked anxiously around the house.
He did not doubt the content of the letter at all, because he did get a promise from Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu promised that if he raised an army and killed Lu Bu, he could take Lu Bu's place!
In less than a few days, it is the best time to start an uprising, because at that time, Yuan Shu's army will be able to enter Sili, go north to Hanoi, and approach Huaicheng.
Yuan Shu nominally wanted to intimidate Lu Bu, but in reality he wanted to cooperate with Hao Meng inside and outside to capture Huaicheng!
Hao Meng originally thought that this matter was extremely confidential, but now he suddenly learned that his plan was exposed. How could he not panic?
Can't wait any longer!
Inside the tent at the Black Mountain Passage, Yuan Xi became increasingly uneasy and called Guo Jia over again.
He first apologized: "I hid something from sir."
He told about his disguise as a hidden tiger, and finally said: "I sent Brother Qu out under the name of a hidden tiger. I was afraid of being suspected by Lu Bu, so I hid the matter."
"Brother Qu's life is at stake now. It doesn't matter whether he hides it or not. So I would like to ask Sir, I always feel that there is something fishy about what happened in Huaicheng the day before yesterday. Is the other party just trying to put the blame on me?"
After hearing this, Guo Jia just wanted to understand some of the details. He thought for a long time and then said: "Young master concealed this matter for the safety of Dezhou. He did the right thing."
"But what happened in Huaicheng is indeed a bit weird."
He raised a finger and said, "Master, what do you think is the most important thing right now?"
Yuan Xi subconsciously replied: "To welcome the emperor?"
Guo Jia nodded, "That's right. Does the young master think that the riots in Huaicheng are related to this matter?"
Yuan Xi thought about it, "If there is turmoil in the city, Lu Bu will naturally not be able to act rashly. It may take a long time to rectify the spies in the city."
"Zilong and Gong may have to follow Lu Bu's lead and delay their departure..."
His body suddenly shook, "If there is another commotion..."
"Who will benefit in the end?"
Both of them thought hard, who is closest to the emperor's chariot now?
The two said in unison: "Yuan Shu!"
Guo Jia then shook his head and denied, "It doesn't seem like it. Yuan Shu is the one who wants to be emperor, so he doesn't need to go to such trouble."
"If he just mobilizes the army and kills the emperor, won't that be the end of it?"
Yuan Xi had a flash of inspiration, "Sir, are you saying that those who want to ruin things between Lu Bu and us also want to please the emperor?"
"Cao Cao?"
He then asked doubtfully: "Cao Cao's army is walking from Chenliu to Sili, and will encounter Yuan Shu's army at the border of Yuzhou. Isn't he afraid of being blocked?"
Guo Jia couldn't figure it out either, and both of them were puzzled.
But half a day later, the urgent information sent by the sentinel made the two people suddenly realize that they regretted it.
Cao Cao's army secretly crossed the river and joined forces with Yuan Shang's army who had returned from Dongwuyang. They reached the border of Bingji from Wei County.
Yuan Shang led his army north to the pass from Zhaojun to Heishan, while Cao Cao's army went south and entered Sili!
Only then did Yuan Xi and Guo Jia realize that it was no wonder they were there. Without information, they could not make reasonable inferences.
Who knew that Cao Cao's army was attacking Chen Liu openly, but like Yuan Xi, he secretly plotted against Chen Cang?
Tian Yu looked ashamed: "This time, Cao's army kept the information secret very well. They crossed the river and blended into Yuan Shang's army, all the way to the border of Bingzhou, and then they attacked Sili with light armor and simple cavalry."
"At this time, the spies we planted at the border quickly sent back the information, but it was already too late. Cao Cao should have arrived at Sili by now!"
Guo Jia sighed: "Cao Cao should have reached a deal with Mr. Yuan San, otherwise he would not have covered up for him like this."
"In this way, Cao Cao is ahead and everyone is put in line!"
"The mastermind behind the Huaicheng Rebellion is about to be revealed, and the biggest beneficiary is obviously Cao Cao!"
"And since he hasn't achieved his goal yet, he probably hasn't given up yet!"
Yuan Xi clenched his fists, Cao Cao was really difficult to deal with!
In comparison, I am still much younger!
He said aloud: "What should we do now?"
Guo Jia said flatly: "The situation has changed and the plan needs to be changed immediately."
"Young master should send troops and horses to help Hanoi quickly."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "I thought Sir would still advise me to guard the Black Mountain Pass."
Guo Jiadao: "Things have priorities."
"Right now, the most important thing for the young master is to please the emperor, but without Lu Bu's support, the lone army led by Duke Zilong cannot face Cao's army and Bai Bo's army."
"The Black Mountain Pass has become useless. Young Master Yuan is bound to win. We can't quarrel with him for the time being."
"In that case, why not go with the flow and do it as a favor."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked Tian Yu, "Where is Yuan Shangjun?"
Tian Yu said: "We have entered the hinterland of Montenegro, more than a hundred miles southwest of us. They obviously want to cut off our road south."
Yuan Xi was startled after hearing this, so close?
(End of chapter)
