Kuai Da laughed bitterly after hearing this and said, "I beg your pardon for not being able to answer your question. Even if I don't dare, I can't. If I reveal any information about that person, my Kuai family may be in danger of being exterminated."
"Who is that? In my memory, Zhao Yi, I have never offended any big shot. Could it be that he was an enemy he made when he was a child and still remembers him until now?"
"I'm sorry that I can't tell you. General, if you are really a disciple of the immortal, please go and find the answer yourself. I just want to use my life to calm the general's anger and spare my wife and children of the Kuai family. Thank you very much."
There was a sense of absolute certainty in Kuaida's tone. He reached out and grabbed the long sword from the guard next to him, and put it against his neck. Without any hesitation, he killed himself with one sword blow.
"Master~!"
"master--!"
Zhao Yi looked at the head of the Kuai family who had drawn his sword and committed suicide. He grinned and said, "Old man, why are you doing this? Isn't it good to be alive? Do you think you can save your whole family by drawing your sword and committing suicide? Do you think I am Zhao Yi?" What? Why do you want to sell your face? You have already found someone to kill me, and you still naively think that I will let your Kuai family go? How naive."
The expression on Zhao Yi's face turned cold, but it did not fade away at all because the head of the Kuai family committed suicide. He raised his hand and said, "Take everyone back to me. Those who are willing to surrender will be organized into the military camp, and those who resist will be killed on the spot. I want to interrogate them one by one to see if anyone in the Kuai family knows anything about it."
"yes."
The Kuai family was brutally plundered on the day Xiangyang City was destroyed. There were more than 500 members of the family and more than 400 retainers, and most of them died. However, Zhao Yi was not a murderous demon king after all. He recruited all the female members of the Kuai family as his servants. , the old man let him go and fend for himself. Of course, all the property of the Kuai family was confiscated, which was a small consolation. "
"Brothers, at the next stop, Cai's house, be quick and don't let the idiots run away after hearing the news."
Soldiers were mobilized to deal with the follow-up of the Kuai family, and Zhao Yi led his troops to kill the Cai family.
However, although his movements were fast enough, when he arrived at the Cai family's mansion, the building was empty and the ground was in a mess.
"They ran fast enough. Needless to say, the Heng family must have been the first to leave Xiangyang. After all, their main business is not here."
Zhao Yi rode a horse and walked around the Cai family's mansion, sighing at the luxury and strength of the Jingzhou wealthy family. He was also pleased to find that perhaps because he left in a hurry, most of the Cai family's belongings were not taken away, so naturally he would not Accepted with a polite smile.
That night, the purge of the Kuai, Cai, and Heng families continued until the morning of the next day. Zhao Yiqiu did not miss any clues and almost turned the houses of these three families upside down. Not to mention, they were really destroyed. He found some suspicious clues.
"Boss, this was found at Cai's house. They probably didn't have time to destroy it."
Zhao Yi looked at what Ma Liu handed over, and not only felt doubts in his heart.
What he held in his hand was a token with the word "kill" engraved in a large seal on it, and a pattern engraved on the back. The pattern seemed to be a picture of an elegant gathering of nobles, in the midst of mountains, or sitting. Some are standing, some are lying down, some are lying down, some are standing with their hands behind their hands, some are playing the piano and making tea. There are eight people in total, with different expressions and lifelike expressions.
"It's understandable to kill me. It should be the Killing Institute, but why do you put so much effort into carving eight people on the back? Could it be that these are the eight core members of the Killing Institute?"
Zhao Yi fumbled with it for a while and said softly: "This kind of carving skill is already quite powerful. I guess there are not many people in the world who can complete such a level of work on such a palm-sized wooden sign. Send someone to check it out." Once we find out who are the craftsmen who are proficient in carving skills, we should be able to find some unexpected surprises along this line.”
"Okay boss, I'll send someone to inquire."
After dealing with the properties left by the three families, Zhao Yi yawned and realized that he had not slept all day and night. He immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's go, find a comfortable room in the Cai family's mansion to rest for a while, and wait. The lord sent someone to take over Xiangyang."
On the second day after Zhao Yi captured Xiangyang, Zhao Yun's army also arrived in Jiangling and took over the city's defense. When he learned from Liu Feng that his younger brother had gone out to capture Xiangyang, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Hongfei... is so ridiculous!"
Although he was fooling around, Zhao Yi still captured Xiangyang City, which made people feel a little incredible and it was really hard to believe.
News of the fall of Xiangyang City quickly reached the ears of Cao Cao and Zhou Yu. The former slapped the table angrily, mobilized his troops, and made a defensive posture to meet the enemy with all his strength, while the latter stared at the sky in confusion. After a while, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Grand Governor! Are you okay? Boyan disobeyed the Governor's trust and lost Jiangling City. Please punish him!"
Zhou Yu calmed his breathing, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and waved his hand: "Bo Yan, there is no need to blame yourself. That Zhao Yi acted strangely and unreasonably. You are inexperienced. This loss should be treated as a test on the way to growth. Get over it." The future is bright, but I didn't expect that Zhao Hongfei could conquer two important towns in a row... Xiangyang is a fortified city guarded by thousands of elite soldiers. How could he capture it overnight? God can't help him. I, Zhou Yu..."
Zhou Yu looked up to the sky and sighed softly, slowly closing his eyes, and then opened them again after a while, with endless loneliness and melancholy in his tone.
"Order the army to camp and rest where it is. Although Jiangling has been lost, we and Liu Bei are still in an alliance. I want to go see Liu Xuande in person and ask him what he wants."
Zhou Yu's westward marching army stopped advancing and stationed in place, while he himself took only a small number of troops directly south, entered Gong'an County, and went to Liu Bei to argue with him face to face.
But when Zhou Yu approached Liu Bei, the latter looked sleepy and confused.
"Captain Zhou, I don't know. This matter is really unbelievable. Please let me take it easy."
When Zhou Yu saw Liu Bei sitting there without responding for a long time, an unknown fire suddenly burned in his heart.
"Mr. Xuande! What are you doing? Then Zhao Yi leads his troops north to Jiangling. You say you don't know? Are we still allies?"
Liu Bei yawned and said slowly: "What did Governor Zhou say? Of course we are allies, but according to what the Governor said, there were hundreds of defenders in Jiangling City. How did Zhao Yi lead a hundred people to capture Jiangling? This I really can’t imagine whether this young general can give you some answers.”
"He took advantage of Cao Ren's night attack to reap the benefits!"
Lu Xun echoed from the side.
"Cao Ren? Oh~ It turns out it was not my son-in-law Zhao Yi who did it, but Cao Ren attacked Jiangling at night, and Hongfei just took it back. Am I right to understand it this way?"
