When they came to Cai Wenji's room, Cai Wenji was sitting on the couch reading a book. When she saw Lu Bu coming, she had to get up with some difficulty.
Lu Bu quickly stopped him and said, "No need to get up!"
Cai Wenji smiled and said: "You always say that you should exercise more so that I can have a good child. Why don't you let me move now?"
Lu Bu gently caressed Cai Wenji's bulging belly with his hand and said, "You should exercise more and walk slowly. As for these etiquettes, it's okay."
Cai Wenji smiled, held the hand on her belly, looked at Lu Bu's other hand and asked, "What are you holding?"
Lu Bu chuckled: "A letter I got by accident."
Then he handed the letter to Cai Wenji.
Cai Wenji couldn't help frowning when she saw it: "It's hard to guard against domestic thieves! This Chen Deng is so ignorant of justice! My husband loves the people and is so loyal to the emperor, but he actually wants to unite with outsiders to deal with him for personal grudges!"
Lu Bu chuckled and said, "It's not just because of Tao Qian. Chen Deng doesn't like many of my policies. Maybe it's because these policies of mine are a bit appalling."
Cai Wenji also smiled: "My husband, what do you mean by letting me see this?"
Lu Bu said: "Aren't you the best at imitating various handwritings? I want you to imitate Chen Deng's handwriting and write a letter to Cao Cao! Can you see if you can imitate it?"
Cai Wenji took another look at the letter and said, "It's easy to imitate this handwriting, but what does my husband want to write?"
"Just write, I am secretly sending people to collude with Yuan Shao to deal with Cao Cao!" A sinister smile appeared on Lu Bu's lips.
Cai Wenji frowned and said, "This... husband has nothing to do with Yuan Shaosu. Can Cao Cao believe it?"
After all, Cao Cao has always respected Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance and obeyed Yuan Shao's orders since the eighteenth princes raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo. "
Lu Bu chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Cao Cao is cunning and suspicious by nature. Whether he believes it or not, he will always have doubts. That's enough.
In addition, I really want to write a letter to Yuan Shao, but who should I send to deliver this letter..."
Cai Wenji thought for a while and said: "My father said that Wang Langying and Botong, who are engaged in governing the country, are full of virtue and strength inside, and know how to control the outside. Maybe it can be used?"
Wang Lang? Lu Bu was stunned. The one who was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?
Wang Lang in the official history was not that unbearable, but rather a rare talent. After the founding of Cao Wei, he served as Sikong and was famous for his editing and annotation of Confucian classics. Later generations called the thoughts in Wang Lang's annotations "Wang Xue".
Can Wang Lang be trusted? Could he be like Chen Deng and secretly oppose him?
unimportant! As long as he can deliver the letter to Yuan Shao himself!
After writing the letter, Cai Wenji couldn't help but ask again: "Since you already know that Chen Deng has different intentions, what else do you want to do with him?"
Lu Bu chuckled, held Cai Wenji in his arms and said, "Don't worry, what kind of waves can little Chen Deng create?
If I kill him, I must make his crime of colluding with Cao Cao to harm me known to the world in order to convince the public.
In this way, the plan to deceive Cao Cao will be greatly compromised.
It’s better to keep him for now and deal with it later when you have the opportunity! "
"Well... we should still take strict precautions... Oops! Be gentle, it's already painfully swollen, but if you squeeze it again, water will come out!"
Cai Wenji rolled her eyes at Lu Bu in shame and anger.
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In Changyi City, Cao Cao frowned after reading the letter from "Chen Deng".
Chen Deng...Chen Gui's son...
Although he has no contact with Chen Deng, the Chen family and the Cao family have some connections.
Moreover, I heard that Chen Deng and Tao Qian had always had a good relationship. Lu Bu had robbed Tao Qian of Xuzhou. Chen Deng wanted to avenge his old master, but he did not have the ability, so he told himself about Lu Bu's private activities and wanted to use his own hands to do so. It seems reasonable to get rid of Lu Bu.
But if his thoughts and decisions were so easily influenced by a letter from a stranger, he was no longer the hero Cao Cao!
But Cao Cao also understood the principle that a big tree attracts the wind.
Lu Bu now occupies Xuzhou, but he has already controlled Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The territory is larger than that occupied by Yuan Shao, which will inevitably arouse Yuan Shao's suspicion.
This Yuan Shao must be guarded against!
Coupled with the scheming bitch and hypocrite Lu Bu, there is really a hungry wolf in front and a tiger behind!
I need to find another ally to deal with these two people together.
Kong Rong?
Kong Rong is just an idiot who only knows how to study and learn. Self-protection is not enough, so what can he do to help? Moreover, since Kong Rong was saved by Lu Bu, he would definitely favor Lu Bu, which is not feasible!
Liu Biao?
Liu Biao has strong soldiers and horses, and also has a grudge against Yuan Shu. Now that he has defeated Yuan Shu, it stands to reason that they should be able to coexist peacefully and even form an alliance.
It's just that Liu Biao is hiding in a quiet corner of Jingzhou, which is not connected with Lu Bu's Xuzhou and Yuan Shao's Jizhou, so the two of them cannot pose a direct threat to Liu Biao.
Will Liu Biao take the initiative to provoke these two people?
As for
What should we do? We should discuss it with our counselors before making a decision!
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Yecheng.
Hearing that Lu Bu sent an envoy to deliver a message, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be a little confused.
After the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he and Lu Bu had no interaction. Why did Lu Bu suddenly send him a letter?
Because he summoned his subordinates Ju Shou, Xu You and other counselors, Wang Lang was invited in.
Wang Lang walked into the hall with neither humility nor arrogance, bowed his hands to Yuan Shao and said: "Wang Lang has met Mr. Yuan! Now I am entrusted by Marquis Wen to say hello to Gong Yuan, and I have a letter written by Marquis Wen to present to Gong Yuan."
Then he handed over Lu Bu's letter.
Yuan Shao asked someone to accept the letter and said with a smile: "I heard earlier that I would kill the old traitor Dong Zhuo first. It is really a great pleasure to eliminate harm for the people!
I also heard that the emperor appointed Fengxian as the shepherd of Xuzhou, and he was truly worthy of his title. I should have congratulated him long ago, but I have been disturbed by the war and have no time. It is really disrespectful. "
As he spoke, he opened the letter and read it.
The first half of the letter is nothing more than some polite words of admiration.
The second half made Yuan Shao frown.
Naturally, he already knew about Cao Cao's occupation of Yuzhou. As the former leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao had always treated Cao Cao as a younger brother.
Now that Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shu, annexed Yuzhou, and his sphere of influence is even larger than his own, can Yuan Shao feel comfortable?
But he knew all these things. Lu Bu wrote a letter to tell himself. What did he mean?
After reading the letter twice, Yuan Shao said to Wang Lang: "Wang Jingxing has worked hard all the way. Please go down and rest for a while. I will host a banquet for you tonight!"
"Thank you, Mr. Yuan. I'm so ashamed of myself."
After watching Wang Lang go down with others, Yuan Shao showed Lu Bu's letter to several counselors.
"Gentlemen, what do you think of this matter?" Yuan Shao asked.
