That night, Yuan Jian did not attack Liu Biao, but let Liu Biao spend the whole night quietly. In addition, Yuan Jian also sent people to notify He Yi, Liu Bi, He Man and others who were rushing here, and asked them to postpone the action.

Tonight, Yuan Jian had to actively arrange defenses to be foolproof, which became his sleepless night.

However, tonight is also Cai Mao's sleepless night, Cai Mao is very much looking forward to tomorrow's day, he has already made arrangements, as long as Liu Biao dies, he will lead the army to avenge Liu Biao as an excuse, attack Pingyu City, and kill Yuan Jian and others, so as not to leave future troubles.

Cai Mao could not suppress the excitement in her heart, and also thought that this matter would be successful, and immediately invited Cai Zhong, Cai He, Zhang Yun and others to drink in the big tent to celebrate tomorrow's success.

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At the same time, Wei Yan, who was sent by Zhang Yun, had already arrived in Jiangxia, met Liu Qi, and presented Liu Qi with Liu Mao's forged letter from Liu Biao.

After Liu Qi opened the letter sealed with wax and read it hurriedly, he immediately frowned, and his eyes showed incomparable panic...... Impossible......"

Sima Yi, who was standing beside Liu Qi, saw Liu Qi like this, and knew that there must be something important written in Lu Dao's letter, otherwise, Liu Qi would definitely not become so panicked.

Sima Yi stretched out his hand to catch the letter that fell from Liu Qi's hand, and his sharp eyes glanced at the contents of the letter as quickly as possible, and he was also taken aback.

In Liu Biao's letter, Liu Qi was charged with several major crimes in getting rid of Cai's family in the past. and let Liu Qi commit suicide to apologize......

Liu Qi is Liu Cousin's own son. Liu Biao even had high hopes for Liu Qi. How could Liu Qi suddenly commit suicide without warning? Moreover, now is the critical moment for Liu Biao to go on the expedition, and Liu Biao also needs Liu Qi to contain Lujiang's troops.

Sima Yi's brain quickly turned around, and immediately saw the flaw, and immediately shouted to Wen Ping and Li Tong who were standing on both sides of the hall: "Tie Wei Yan to me!" ”

Wen Ping and Li Tong had been on standby, and after hearing Sima Yi's shout, they immediately grabbed the dangerous arm, and grabbed one by one. It was very hard to catch it, Wei Yan tried to break free twice, but he couldn't break free no matter what.

Simply, Wei Yan stopped moving, and hurriedly said to Sima Yi: "What crime did I commit?" You're going to tie me up like this? ”

"Bold maniac, you still have the courage to scream here, drag it out and cut it down!" Sima Yi said angrily.

When Wei Yan heard that Sima Yi was going to kill him, he suddenly became nervous, exerted all his strength, and suddenly attacked. Wen Ping and Li Tong were caught off guard, but they were broken free by Wei Yan. Wei Yan pushed forward hard with both hands, and Wen Ping and Li Tong lost their center of gravity and fell forward.

At the same time, Wei Yan instantly took a few steps back, and with a "swish", he pulled out the sword in his waist, glared at Sima Yi with a fierce face, and shouted loudly: "I came to deliver the letter as a messenger, as for what the letter is, I don't know anything, you actually want to kill me?" ”

Wen Ping and Li Tong saw Wei Yanliang take out their weapons, and they immediately pulled out the swords in their waists, and the two of them were on the left and the right, eyeing Wei Yan. At the same time, the guards outside the door also broke in with their swords in their hands and surrounded Wei Yan.

Wei Yan saw that the enemy was outnumbered, and the other party was all eyeing him, probably trying to put himself to death. Wei Yan couldn't help but scolded: "Damn, no wonder Cai Mao is willing to give me a captain, I knew that Lu Dao was such a thing, even if I gave Lao Tzu a general, Lao Tzu would not be rare!" ”

When Sima Yi heard Wei Yan's complaint, his eyes suddenly lit up, and when Wen Ping, Li Tong and the others were about to make a move, they were stopped by Sima Yi and hurriedly asked, "What did you just say?" Who asked you to come? ”

"Cai Mao!" Wei Yan said decisively.

After Sima Yi heard Cai Mao's name, he turned his head to look at Liu Qi, only to see that Liu Qi was also suspicious, his face also changed color, and he walked straight forward and said to Wei Yan: "You just said that Cai Mao sent you?" ”

Wei Yan nodded heavily and said, "Cai Mao said, this is a letter handed over to you by Liu Envoy, let me send it, if it weren't for Zhang Yun, I wouldn't have agreed to this matter at all." But who would have thought that sending you a letter would become like this. If I had known that this was the case, I would never have come. ”

What Wei Yan said was the truth, Zhang Yun was kind to him, and this matter was opened by Zhang Yun in order to make Wei Yan make meritorious contributions. However, Zhang Yun did not say Cai Mao's intentions, let alone that the letter sent was forged.

Therefore, Wei Yan didn't know the content of Lu Dao's letter at all, and he wouldn't believe that Zhang Yun would harm him. And if someone really wants to harm him, that person must be Cai Mao. For this reason, Wei Yan vented all his anger on Cai Mao, anyway, he and Cai Mao had some unhappiness, and the previous official position was also removed by Cai Mao, and now when it comes to life and death, he will tell the truth.

In this way, Liu Qi and Sima Yi have a clue in their hearts, this must be a poisonous plan that Cai Mao came up with to frame Liu Qi, and Wei Yan seems to be just an innocent person who was used by Cai Mao.

Now that the matter is clear, there is no need for Sima Yi to kill Wei Yan, so Sima Yi ordered Wen Ping, Li Tong and others to get out of the way, he walked straight to Wei Yan and asked, "May I ask your Excellency's surname?" ”

"My surname is Wei, my name is Yan, my character is long, and I am from Yiyang." Wei Yan replied truthfully.

Sima Yi asked: "Zhang Yun is Cai Mao's right and left hand, you just said that it was because of Zhang Yun that you came to deliver the letter, what is the relationship between you and Zhang Yun?" ”

"I was originally Zhang Yun's subordinate, but later because I failed to carry out a mission, I was dismissed by Cai Mao and wanted to kill me. Fortunately, Zhang Yun interceded for me, and then he took it in at home, speaking of which, he also had a little kindness to me, I didn't want to come this time, but Zhang Yun said that this matter was very important, and I couldn't find a second person to do, so I had to come, and in desperation, I came hard-headed, and it was to repay him. Wei Yan said methodically.

"So, not only do you have nothing to do with Cai Mao, but you also have a holiday?" Sima Yi said.

Wei Yan nodded and said, "So to speak. ”

After Sima Yi asked Wei Yan what he said, he said to Liu Qi respectfully: "Eldest prince, it seems that Wei Yan was only used by Cai Mao, and it is not the lord who really wants to kill the eldest prince, but Cai Mao." And Cai Mao dared to do this kind of thing at this juncture, he must have done it behind the back of the lord, which can be described as bold. In addition, I also believe that Cai Mao must be plotting something......"

Speaking of which, Sima Yi didn't go any further, he was afraid that Liu Qi would not accept his speculation, with his opinion of Cai Mao, the reason why Cai Mao dared to do this this time must be fully prepared, and Liu Biao is likely to encounter accidents.

It's just that Sima Yi didn't dare to tell Liu Qi, for fear that after telling Liu Qi, Liu Qi would be worried about Liu Biao's safety, and he would mess up.

Liu Qi said angrily: "If Cai Mao is not removed, Jingzhou will never have peace, and he actually extended his claws to me." Strategist, is there any way to get rid of him as soon as possible? ”

"Yes!" Sima Yi replied very happily, "It's just to see if the eldest prince dares to do it!" ”

"Cai Mao has already moved his mind to kill me, what else should I not dare?" Liu Qi said.

Sima Yi said: "Since the eldest prince has such a mind, then there is nothing to fear. Now Cai Mao is in Runan with the lord, and the soldiers and horses he brings are all Cai Mao's descendants, so the area of Xiangyang and Jiangling where Cai Mao is entrenched has become a place where the army is empty. Now that the eldest prince has an army of 30,000, if the eldest prince can take these 30,000 troops to Xiangyang and uproot Cai Mao's power, then Cai Mao will not pose any threat to the eldest prince. ”

Liu Qi frowned and asked, "We only have these 30,000 troops, if we take them all away to attack Xiangyang, then Jiangxia will be empty, so won't the enemy army be able to take advantage of the void to enter?" ”

Sima Yi said: "This eldest prince doesn't have to worry, this time he will go to Xiangyang, naturally he will not take away all the soldiers and horses, but will take away the elite soldiers and strong generals, and the people who stay can continue to bluff, so that the enemy can't distinguish between reality and reality, and dare not move, while our army can swagger towards Xiangyang to uproot Cai's momentum." ”

"But in what name should we go to Xiangyang? What should I do if my father finds out? Liu Qi's indecisive personality once again highlighted himself, he was afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back.

Without waiting for Sima Yi to speak, Wei Yan said: "When Cai Mao does things, he never fears the consequences, he never cares about the consequences, he always does things first, and then thinks of solutions, and often pretends to pass on the lord's orders. The eldest prince is the eldest son of the lord, if the eldest prince says that there is a secret order from the lord, others will definitely believe it, it is better for the eldest prince to also come to a fake order, go to Xiangyang first, get rid of Cai's power, and then talk about the rest. ”

Sima Yi said: "Wei Yan is right, if the eldest prince is always afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the future, what will he do in the future, how will he convince the public?" ”

Liu Qi said: "Okay, then let's do what we say, immediately mobilize troops and horses, go to Xiangyang, and take advantage of this opportunity to uproot Cai's power." ”

Sima Yi said: "Don't worry, eldest prince, before going to Xiangyang, there are still a few things to do, and we must arrange them steadily before we can leave here." ”

Liu Qi said: "Then all this is arranged by the military advisor, the military advisor can do whatever he wants, he doesn't need to report to me again, as long as he can uproot the Cai clan's power, I will listen to the military advisor." ”

"If you want to get rid of Cai's family, count me as one, Cai Mao and I still have a little holiday to count." Wei Yan said suddenly.

Sima Yi saw that Wei Yan was also a temperamental person, so he nodded at Wei Yan, and then asked people to gather civil and military officials to prepare to do a big job in Jingzhou, setting off a bloody storm. (To be continued......)