Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 374 The Poison Man Appears
It stands to reason that Sima Yi's status as an "army Sima" is not eligible to participate in the military meeting held in Cao Cao's "Overlord Mansion".

But he still soon heard about the fiasco in the "Sanba" and "Zitong" areas.

But in January... the situation in the middle of Shu suddenly changed!
Sima Yi was waiting in front of the hall of General Cao Zhen's mansion early in the morning.

Speaking of it, Cao Zhen didn't like Sima Yi, but since both of them were on the side of Cao Pi, they exchanged a lot of information.

At noon, Cao Zhen strode in, and Sima Yi hurried up to meet him, he asked worriedly.

"What? Did you lose badly?"

Cao Zhen said anxiously: "Using the words of the prime minister, the danger is so overwhelming that there is no time to spare. This time the Shu army's offensive is too fierce!"

Sima Yi nodded, "Sanba is lost, Zitong is lost, and the soldiers of the Shu army will be directed at Hanzhong... But at this time, Xiangyang City is also lost, and troops are needed everywhere. Even if the prime minister sends troops to support Bashu, he will not be able to get them! "

Sima Yi muttered for a while, then suddenly thought of something, and quickly asked, "Is there any news from Zihuan? Soochow can accept the truce mentioned by the prime minister?"

As soon as Zihuan was mentioned, and as soon as "truce" was mentioned, Cao Zhen became so angry that he immediately became dejected and stomped his feet, "Zihuan has arrived in Soochow, but for more than ten days in a row, the blue-eyed boy in Soochow didn't know who he was. What are you thinking, I just treat Zihuan well, but never meet him, and don't even send someone to guard him, and let Zihuan come and go freely without any hindrance!"

Cao Zhen's words made Sima Yi frowned, and he sighed: "It seems that Sun Quan still hasn't decided whether to join Liu or Cao. He wants to wait and see..."

"Wait and see?" Cao Zhen said angrily, "If he waits and sees again, Hanzhong and Fancheng will be lost, and Guan Yu is already counting troops... All the Guan family troops are dispatched, or the move of 'Jiebei Dao'! He wants to completely stop Wanluo The support for Fancheng will trap Fancheng to death!"

Sima Yi comforted: "Fancheng has a lot of soldiers and horses, and the food is enough to last for a year! It's just...the walls of Fancheng are not strong, especially on the side of the Han River. During the flood season... facing the Jingzhou navy, that is In a catastrophe, if Fancheng is lost, the only way left is to move the capital!"

Sima Yi tried to express his own opinions as much as possible, so that he could get more information.

His position is not firm, but he keeps all the information in his heart, and can always occupy his "initiative"!
"Okay...don't talk about it." Cao Zhen waved his hand helplessly, "The Prime Minister will discuss matters tonight, and this time not only people from the Tyrant House will participate, if you have any ideas, please prepare in advance and report to the Prime Minister tonight."

"Thank you..." Sima Yi cupped his hands.

Cao Zhen paused, and he finally sighed, "In troubled times, if it wasn't because Zihuan regards you as a confidant, I would not tell you this."

After all, Cao Zhen walked into the mansion with a sigh.

Only Sima Yi was left standing where he was, and even his back seemed to be wandering and hesitating!
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However, within half a year, the successive setbacks had already made Cao Cao dizzy.

What happened recently made him sleepless all night. At this moment, Cao Cao's eyes were red, and he wandered and paced around the house with a cane...

——The matter of Zhang Liao;

——The matter of Xiangyang;

——things in Hanzhong;

Originally, a pair of Guan family father and son caused Cao Cao a lot of headaches, but now it is better, there are more brave and resourceful Zhang Yide, and there are more grievances and enmities between Zhang Liao, Hua Tuo's female disciple, and Eastern Wu Lingtong.

Each of these incidents made Cao Cao feel extremely sad, thinking that in the past six months, the situation in Great Wei has been gradually declining and collapsing...

For a moment, Cao Cao would have a feeling that Cao Wei, who is a big brother, for some reason, seemed to collapse overnight, to disintegrate.

But this thought only lasted for a moment.

Cao Cao forcefully propped up his body and raised his proud head. He knew that Great Wei...everyone could be defeated, but he was the only one who couldn't. He was the soul of the entire Cao Wei soldiers, and he was the reliance of the entire Great Wei. .

But in the end, no matter how strong Cao Cao is, he can't bear the erosion of time.

He's old, he's really old.

His nerves began to become more and more sensitive and fragile. His expression was in a trance. He paced to the side and chanted: "Hanzhong, Fancheng, Wenyuan..."

It was still the three mountains that weighed on his heart.

"call…"

With a long exhale, Cao Cao paced to the other side again, and continued to mutter: "Now that Zihuan is on an envoy to Jiangdong, Sun Zhongmou neither accepts nor refuses...he wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. He wants to see if Gu can stand up to Liu, Guan, and Zhang's offensive! He will calculate as always!"

When he uttered these words, Cao Cao's expression became more and more gloomy...

At this time, Xu Chu came, and before he reported anything, Cao Cao raised his hand first, "Let Gu Guess, Zhongkang come at this time, probably Zhang Wenyuan pleaded for Hua Tuo's female disciple again?"

"No..." Xu Chu honestly reported the truth, "Yes...he is here!"

Xu Chu didn't mention the specific name, but only used "he" instead.

It seems... this person was specially summoned by Cao Cao.

It was also when the word "he" appeared that Cao Cao changed his gloomy expression before, his tiger eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise, "This old guy is finally willing to do another trick for him!"

When talking about this, Cao Cao thought of an old guy, a big fool, an "old man". Since his debut, this guy has made a total of "one word" and "three tricks".

However, this statement caused chaos in the world, started the disintegration of the Han Dynasty, and was the beginning of the competition among heroes;
As for the three measures;

One plan made Cao Cao kill the three sages with one shot;

A plan to help Cao Cao win Yuan Shao's battle at Guandu;
A trick tricked Ma Chao and put down Guanzhong.

Of course, if the original trajectory of history is followed, what else does this old guy and the big fool have to do?
A plan to recommend the son and establish the successor of the Great Wei;

Another plan is to stop Wu and stabilize the Three Kingdoms!
It can be said that "one word disrupts the world, five plans determine the Three Kingdoms..."

No wonder Cao Cao said that he was willing to come up with another trick. This "big fool" knows how to protect himself wisely, he is talkative...but he cherishes words like gold for these "poisonous tricks"...

——Until the most critical time, he doesn't open his mouth!
"Where is he?" Cao Cao asked excitedly.

Xu Chu reported truthfully: "I just got off the carriage, according to the prime minister's order, I rushed to Shouchun in secret, and now I am in the study."

"Tell...no..." Cao Cao wanted to tell him to come over, but immediately shook his hand, and he himself denied this idea, and his pupils became more and more excited.

"To see him alone—"

The words blurted out, and before Cao Cao had time to put on his shoes, he hurried out.

Xu Chu seemed to have something to say, and hurriedly caught up with Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, when he got off his horse, he mentioned that this time he brought a total of two strategies—one to capture Guan Yu, and the other to defend Hanzhong!"

As soon as this remark came out, Cao Cao paused.

"Haha...hahahaha..."

Suddenly, the dark clouds on Cao Cao's cheeks completely dissipated, replaced by a clear sky.

He thought to himself.

——"Guan Jiashiro, don't you like fighting minds? 』

——"Speaking of mind, you bastard?Will he be able to fight against this old poison under Lone Hand?Hehe, this old poison is poisonous! 』

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Lujiang, Shu County, Zhifu Mountain.

Among the four people standing in front of Xiao Qiao, apart from Sun Ce's son Sun Shao and Tai Shi Ci's son Tai Shi Xiang, there are now two more young people.

They are the son of Huang Gai——Huang Bing;
And Zhou Yu's nephew - Zhou Jun!
Huang Gai died of illness in the same year as Zhou Yu, he died in Yiyang County, Changsha County, and Zhou Yu died in Baqiu, Changsha County;

It seems that the two have nothing to do with each other, but you must know that when Zhou Yu made a strategy of dividing the world into two parts, and then led his army to conquer Bashu, apart from Gan Ning from Bajun as the vanguard, Huang Gai was in Yiyang to prepare food and grass for Zhou Yu. All belong to one faction.

As for Zhou Jun... because of his relationship with Zhou Yu's uncle and nephew, he was named a partial general, and he went west with Zhou Yu.

At this moment, the five of them were already sitting in the hall, and Xiao Qiao was about to pour tea for them, but Zhou Jun couldn't help but open his mouth and cut straight to the point: "Aunt, I've always wondered why my uncle was fine the day before, and why did he do so well later?" One day, my body took a turn for the worse and I was bedridden. I didn't think about poisoning before, but now that I think about it... my uncle's symptoms are almost the same as poisoning!"

When talking about this, Huang Bing added: "My father's death status is the same as that of Zhou Dadu. It was fine the day before, but he suddenly became bedridden the day after. I have sent an assistant to examine my father's body in private. , there are indeed signs of poisoning... It's just that the poison is so clever that it's hard to find out what it is?"

Straight to the point, Zhou Jun and Huang Bing directly brought the topic to the point that Zhou Yu did not die of illness, but was killed by poison...

Xiao Qiao looked at them in astonishment, "But...but...according to what you said, only Marquis Wu can poison you? But why...why did he poison Gongjin? Gongjin only defeated Chibi for him a year ago. , captured Nanjun, he is a meritorious minister..."

At this time, Sun Shao opened his mouth, "Because the governor is a meritorious minister, Sun Quan couldn't do anything in the open..."

Following Hongyan's investigation, Sun Shao knew Sun Quan too well, understood every behavior of him, every behavior of "one thing on the surface, another thing on the back"...

Explaining his means is simply easy to grasp.

"Mrs. Qiao, don't forget that during the Battle of Chibi, Marquis Wu allocated [-] troops to the Governor of Zhou to defend against Cao Cao.

After the Battle of Chibi, the governor of Zhou wanted to attack Nanjun, so he did not return the [-] soldiers and horses of Marquis Wu.

But after conquering Nanjun, the governor of Zhou proposed to "divide the world into two" and go to Xichuan to capture Bashu... and the route has been drawn up, the supplies have been arranged, and the departure has already begun! "

Sun Shao's tone became more dignified, "Imagine, the reason Zhou Dadu didn't return the [-] soldiers of Marquis Wu was because he attacked Nanjun, but now that Nanjun has captured, it is the time when Cao Jun counterattacked wildly and needed to garrison..."

"But at this time, instead of being stationed in Nanjun, the governor of the Zhou Dynasty reported to Wu Hou that he had decided to attack Bashu. Instead of returning the [-] troops, he would take them to conquer Bashu... So? Who will guard next? Nanjun? Is it the Marquis of Wu himself? Take another [-] steps back and say that after the Governor of Zhou arrived in Bashu, if he sealed off the mountains and water... he decided not to be controlled by Marquis Wu, and Marquis Wu could control Zhou Da who was thousands of miles away. Governor?"

call…

Speaking of this, Sun Shao heaved a sigh of relief, "So, these [-] soldiers... No, to be more precise, it was Zhou Dadu's strategy of dividing the world into two parts that killed him, and it was Zhou Dadu's decision to conquer Bashu Kill him, let Marquis Wu not hesitate to disregard all his meritorious deeds, order people to poison him, and kill him!"

--shocking!
——It's deafening!
Xiao Qiao was startled by Zhou Jun, Huang Bing, and Sun Shao's straightforward words. She opened her teeth and couldn't close them for a long time.

Then, Xiao Qiao fell into deep thought.

After a long thought... Xiao Qiao shook her head desperately when she opened her mouth again.

"No, what you said is wrong. Before Gong Jin died, he left a letter. He wrote that... he got sick on the way, and the condition was getting worse every day. It couldn't be cured, so he might die... He also reminded Marquis Wu , need to guard against Liu Bei, raising Liu Bei is like raising a tiger, the future is hard to predict... Besides, he also recommended Lu Su to replace him as the governor!"

That's right...

What Xiao Qiao said... was indeed the three items mentioned in the letter Zhou Yu left before his death.

To sum it up, the first is that I am dying;
The second is to remind Liu Bei to be careful before I die;

The third is to let Lu Su succeed me as the governor.

Apparently, this letter is well-organized, and it doesn't seem like Zhou Yu wrote it when he was confused.

Just as he blurted out these words, Zhou Jun said loudly: "Auntie, wake up? Uncle wrote this... It was he who realized that he was not seriously ill, but was poisoned, and then died soon. He was trying to protect our Zhou family. In order to protect my aunt...otherwise, uncle is so afraid of Liu Bei? How could he let Lu Su succeed him as the governor?"

This…

All of a sudden, Xiao Qiao seemed to realize something suddenly.

At this moment, she suddenly realized.

No, Zhou Lang's farewell letter...the messages in it are contradictory.

Because the second article, Gong Jin, has been reminding Liu Bei to be careful, but the third article... proposes that Lu Su, who is "pro-Liu" and advocates "uniting with Liu to fight against Cao", replace him as the governor.

It's not right from here...

Totally wrong!
Xiao Qiao knows her husband best, and he and Liu Bei are afraid of each other and make things difficult for each other.

Liu Bei once told Sun Quan in private that Zhou Yu--I'm afraid he will be a minister soon!
Sun Quan was silent after hearing this.

And Zhou Yu also wrote a letter to Sun Quan in private, saying that Liu Bei - with the posture of a hero, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, the general of bears and tigers, must not be used for a long time!
Under such a relationship, Zhou Yu's last words repeatedly emphasized, how could he hand over the governor to Lu Su?

This is completely against...his relationship with Liu Bei!

Wanting to understand this point, Xiao Qiao's eyes suddenly showed a lot of bewilderment, a lot of fear, a lot of inconceivable...

But suddenly, she seemed to understand the whole truth about Gong Jin's death in Baqiu.

Can…

Xiao Qiao still bit her lips, and looked at the four people in front of her with tears in her eyes, "But these, these are still your one-sided words, and they are still all guesswork..."

"It's not a guess..." Huang Bing, Huang Gai's son, carefully took out a "dusty" letterhead from his pocket, and handed it to Xiao Qiao, "The handwriting in this letter must be familiar to Madam, right?"

And as this letter became known to the world again, Sun Shao and Tai Shixiang bit their lips, they knew...their, or "Swan Goose" trump card finally came.

finally…

And as Xiao Qiao unfolded the bamboo slip, she was startled suddenly when she saw the familiar handwriting on it.

She suddenly couldn't see the words in it, she hugged the letter and cried, but she was afraid that the tears would wash away the words, so she quickly turned her head to the side.

The words in this bamboo slip were written by "Zhou Lang" in her dream...

With a sudden glance, Xiao Qiao saw the last sentence of the bamboo slip.

——"If my family, wife, and son are all right, then this letter will be sealed up here, and the darkness of Soochow will never be revealed to the world!"As for me, Zhou Yu, whatever, whatever...」

This?
This!
For a moment, Xiao Qiao thought of the sentence that Zhou Jun uttered just now.

——"Uncle wrote this...he is to protect our Zhou family, and to protect you, Auntie!"

For a moment, Xiao Qiao could no longer contain her emotions, and her tears flowed like a bead chain with a broken thread, "click, click".

Now, all the truth about Gong Jin's death became clear——

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In Shouchun City, in the study room of the government office, a huge map is placed on the table.

On both sides of the table, a 60-year-old man is adding oil to the candlelight. This old man is Cao Cao.

The nearly 70-year-old man on the opposite side looked at the map in silence for a long time.

His hair and beard are gray, but even so, his appearance seems to be radiant even after 50 years of baptism...

He is the "Number One Poison Man of the Three Kingdoms" - Jia Xu!
There are too many stories about him, the most famous one is that after Lv Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si fled... Jia Xu offered them a plan to let them counterattack Chang'an, and in the end...killed Wang Yun, repelled Lv Bu, and controlled the Son of Heaven, at this point... the etiquette collapsed again, and the heroes competed in the Central Plains!

It can be described as "chaos the world with one word"!
After that, he led the story of Cao Cao's "killing three sages with one shot".

It is no exaggeration to say that even though Jia Xu was in Cao Ying, even Cao Cao was a little afraid of him because of his "profound strategy".

But Jia Xu is also a smart person, he cherishes words like gold, keeps his own doors behind closed doors, does not communicate with others in private, and his children do not marry powerful people.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he will not offer advice until it is absolutely necessary, and until the Cao Wei Building is about to collapse and is in danger...

"Wenhe? You've heard about Wei Wei's solitary battles and defeats in the past six months!"

Cao Cao asked Jia Xu patiently.

Jia Xu squinted her eyes, always staring at the map.

He rowed to the direction of Jiangling City with his hand, and then rowed upwards from here, to Jiangxia, to Xiangyang City, and then to the last barrier of the Great Wei Dynasty——Fancheng!
then…

Jia Xu said in a hoarse voice, "The defeat of the Great Wei all stems from this pair of Guan family father and son!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath and opened his mouth again: "Wenhe, Jiaogu—"

Jia Xu pondered for a moment, "I said earlier that I would help the Prime Minister capture Guan Yu, so the first step is to separate Guan Yu and Guan Lin, father and son, and break them down one by one!"

This…

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked: "I heard that Guan Yu in Xiangyang City is already counting troops, and it seems that he is going to go to the north again!"

Jia Xu looked at the location of Fancheng in the map, and said calmly:

"Block the connection between Fancheng and Wanluo, this is the "Juebei Road"! I have a plan to use Guan Yu's "Juebei Road" to plunge him into the abyss, but I just need a powerful army, dare to ask the prime minister... now How many soldiers can the Great Wei transfer to the Xiangfan battlefield?"

This…

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then blurted out a number:
"30."

However, this number only slightly made Jia Xu pause, and then... Jia Xu's smiling expression seemed to tell Cao Cao one more line:

— Stop blowing!If you play Dawei again, it will be gone!

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Ps (I’m afraid that everyone doesn’t understand what the Juebei Road is, so I drew a picture by hand, and the box is Guan Yu’s "Juebei Road", which means blocking all support from the north to Xiangfan)
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