Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Sima Yi was sitting alone in the hall of the mansion, looking down at the book, the county order of Xiangyang, suddenly walked in from outside the door, first saluted Sima Yi, and then hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi military division, it's not good, now the city is full of rumors, saying that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are leading the army to attack Xiangyang, which makes the people in the city panic......"

"Find out who spread the rumors?" After hearing this, Sima Yi hurriedly put down the book in his hand and asked.

The county magistrate shook his head and said: "This rumor arose overnight, it seems that there was no such rumor yesterday, and my subordinates also sent people to investigate, but there is no result so far." ”

Sima Yi said: "Then continue to investigate until it is found." ”

"Whoa!" The county magistrate left the government in a hurry and did not look back.

After Sima Yi left the county order, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately called a confidant, and ordered a few words in the ear of the henchman, and the henchman nodded again and again, and left the palace hall.

In fact, this rumor was deliberately spread by Sima Yi, and soon after the Kuai clan was all killed, Sima Yi planned this rumor.

The news of Liu Qi's killing of the Kuai clan was like a depth charge, quickly spreading around Xiangyang, and ordinary people didn't understand what Liu Qi had done at all, because the Kuai clan had assisted the Liu clan for so many years, and they had never done anything harmful. On the contrary, the people of Kuai often showed great compassion and built soup sheds for alms here and there to help the poor who could not afford to eat.

Besides. The Kuai clan is the leader of the Jingzhou Shi clan. The Kuai clan was killed. Directly led to the Jingzhou scholars' support for Liu Qi, coupled with Sima Yi's secret spread of all kinds of rumors, directly led to the decline in the support rate of the Jingzhou scholars for Liu Qi, and they all hoped that Jingzhou could have a real master to lead them and govern Jingzhou together.

Those officials, large and small, who had received the favor of the Kuai family, hated Liu Qi even more, and they all thought that Liu Qi was crazy. Otherwise, how could it be possible to kill the hard-working Kuai clan?

On the surface, Jingzhou is like a calm lake, but in fact, in the depths of this lake, there are constant undercurrents, coupled with today's sudden outbreak of rumors, so that the people in Xiangyang suddenly feel an unprecedented pressure of life, they all feel that the current Jingzhou is living in the cracks, whether it is Zhang Yan in the north. is still Sun Quan of Jiangdong, and they are all eyeing Jingzhou.

However. Liu Qi, who was guarding his father's spirit, didn't know about all this.

Half an hour later, a confidant soldier came to Sima Yi's side and told Sima Yi a heavy news, those protégés and former officials of the Kuai clan have begun to act quietly, they are in contact with each other in private, and are planning to avenge the Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers, and meet tonight in Changsha Taishou Deng Xi's home to discuss the plan.

Changsha guarded Deng Xi, and Guiyang guarded Liu Xian, both of whom were subordinates of Liu Qi in Jiangxia in the past, and they assisted Liu Qi to eradicate the Cai family together with Sima Yi, Han Song and others, and they can be described as meritorious people. The two of them were also appointed by Liu Qi as Changsha Taishou and Guiyang Taishou respectively.

Among them, Deng Xi, the Taishou of Changsha, is a disciple of Kuailiang, who once studied scriptures with Kuailiang, and his career was also because of Kuailiang's recommendation, so he held a position in Jiangxia County.

Among the more than 50 officials invited by Kuai Liang to go to admonish, Deng Xi was also one of them, and on that day, Deng Xi witnessed the whole process of Kuai Liang's beheading.

But in the environment at that time, when it was difficult to protect himself, it was also the first person Deng Xi to jump out and accuse Kuai Yue of being an accomplice, because in his opinion, even if he did not identify himself, as Kuai Liang's inseparable brother, Kuai Yue would not escape death. Anyway, Kuai Yue will definitely die, so it is better to take the opportunity to fall into the well, but it can save their lives.

But in fact, at the moment when Deng Xi identified Kuai Yue, his heart was bleeding, because he knew what the consequences of doing this would be and what kind of disaster it would bring to Kuai. But if he doesn't do this, he won't be able to survive, and he won't be able to avenge the tragic death of Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

Afterwards, Deng Xi began to actively run in secret, contacting various officials in the city, explaining what he was doing at that time, and hoping to get their help, preparing to secretly plot to attack the government office, kill Liu Qi, and avenge Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

After Sima Yi learned of these circumstances, he just smiled coldly, because this is exactly what he expected to see, Deng Xi wants to take revenge on Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, then let him go, anyway, he planted an eyeliner inside Deng Xi and them, you can know their every move, and when Deng Xi plans to rebel and attack the mansion to kill Liu Qi, he will kill Deng Xi and others, so that Jingzhou will be completely under his control, and he can also justifiably dedicate Jingzhou to Zhang Yan to achieve a smooth transition.

So, Sima Yi sent people to continue to monitor Deng Xi and the others' every move, and the news also came from the inside, and they agreed to meet tomorrow night, lead the army into the palace, kill Liu Qi, and avenge Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue. And most of the people they lead are family members in their own houses, and no people from the army are involved.

After Sima Yi got the news, he began to make active arrangements, and he wanted to give the green light for this revenge plan, because just by virtue of these family members in the mansion, he was not the opponent of Liu Qi's personal guards at all. What he has to do is to transfer the personal guards so that these people who killed Liu Qi can be unimpeded.

So, Sima Yi personally went to the mansion, found Liu Qi's military Sima of the personal guards, and told the military Sima that today was his birthday, and he had no relatives or friends in Xiangyang City, so he took the initiative to invite the military Sima to the mansion as a guest.

Of course, Liu Qi's military Sima was flattered, and he was naturally very excited to be invited by Sima Yi, and expressed his willingness to be a guest.

Sima Yi even suggested that he should bring the hundreds of guards to celebrate, Jun Sima hesitated for a while, and then agreed, after all, those people were guarding Liu Qi's side day and night, and it was time to relax.

In addition, Sima Yi even sent people to invite the rich gentry and celebrities in the city, still on the grounds of his birthday, and Deng Xi and others were also invited.

Deng Xi and the others' plan was carried out in the time of the child, and it did not conflict with the time of participating in Sima Yi's birthday banquet, so they agreed to join.

In the evening, the originally deserted Sima Yi's mansion was full of liveliness, and the streets in front of the mansion were full of large and small carriages and soft sedan chairs, and a long queue was formed.

The mansion where Sima Yi lived, originally Cai Mao's mansion, since the Cai family was killed, it has become the most deserted place in Xiangyang City, but tonight, it is lively again, and those who were invited came to the mansion happily, one is to participate in Sima Yi's birthday banquet, and the other is to visit this mansion.

Cai Mansion, in the past, not everyone could enter if they wanted to, even if they were henchmen in Cai's party, they might not be able to enter Cai Mansion. At that time, Cai's Mansion was the gathering place of the upper class society in Jingzhou, where there was a small banquet on three days, and a big banquet on the fifth day, so it was not lively, if it was not close to Cai's relationship, it would not be able to set foot on this land at all.

Now, among the people invited by Sima Yi, there are many young people, these people are all young talents who have been promoted by him, and those young people also take Sima Yi as an example, and they are even more loyal to Sima Yi, which is also one of the reasons why Sima Yi's eyeliner is all over the place.

Sima Yi has the grace of knowing for them, so these young people also like to do things for Sima Yi, and they are extremely utilitarian, so they never think about whether things are right or wrong, as long as it is something arranged by Sima Yi, they will do their best to do it well, so that Sima Yi can remember their merits and then promote them.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, but also a special night. Coming to participate in Sima Yi's birthday banquet together, there were also Yi Yuan, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Liu Min, Pan Jun and others who were protected by Sima Yi, as well as Liu Xian, the Taishou of Guiyang who was released back by Zhang Fei, almost all the rich gentry and officials in the city came to participate, and the hall of Sima Yi's mansion was full of guests and lively.

And all the people who came to see the banquet saw a very familiar figure, that is, Liu Qi's personal guards military Sima, in addition, Deng Xi was even more keenly aware that at tonight's banquet, the person in charge of standing guard seemed to be Liu Qi's personal guards.

Deng Xi secretly paid attention to the number of pro-soldier guards, and roughly calculated, there were a total of 480 pro-soldiers scattered in various places in the mansion. Liu Qi's pro-soldier guard has a total of 500 people, so that is to say, there are only twenty pro-soldiers who stay with Liu Qi.

Deng Xi's inadvertent discovery made his heart suddenly feel a burst of happiness, if he could think of intoxicating these pro-soldiers and guards in Sima Yi's mansion tonight, then their action tonight would be bound to be successful. And Liu Qi will definitely die!

After the banquet began, just as Deng Xi was about to find an opportunity to suggest to Sima Yi that the hard-working pro-soldiers and guards also drink together, Sima Yi's words directly made his heart flutter.

Sima Yi said to the military Sima of the pro-guard in front of everyone that they had worked hard, let them relax and relax tonight, and they had prepared delicious food and wine, let them go to the backyard to eat and drink to their heart's content, not drunk and homeless, and indulge all night, it would be no big deal.

Jun Sima agreed to Sima Yi's suggestion, and then went out of the hall, and after some instructions, the pro-guards who were standing guard all gathered in the backyard, waiting for them was a table full of rich wine and food, everyone didn't say a word, and directly began to eat and drink. (To be continued......)