Rogue master in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 74
"I received rumors that the general who supervised the transportation of grain and grass for this expedition is Li Ru's confidant named Chang Yong. He received Li Ru's arrangement and would deliberately delay the grain and grass schedule..." Fan Jian said.

Chen Wei couldn't help frowning, and asked: "The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Wouldn't the Grand Master blame Li Ru for doing this?"

Fan Jian shook his head coldly and said: "Li Ru will naturally not be blatant, but if the general is fighting on the front line, Chang Yong uses some excuse to delay the food and grass, as long as you lose the battle, Li Ru will definitely The grand master will convict you!"

Chen Wei was angry. If he was defeated and died, he would naturally fall into Li Ru's arms, but once he lost, Cao Cao's army would also capture Chang'an. Can Dong Zhuo resist then?I didn't expect Li Ru to be so disregarding the overall situation for the sake of personal hatred!

Since arriving in Chang'an, Chen Wei has been repeatedly raped by Li Ru. He has long wanted to kill Li Ru. Staying in Chang'an, with Li Ru's cruelty, he will definitely not miss any chance to beat himself!Chen Wei finally made up his mind to get rid of Li Ru!

Otherwise, if your own people are on the frontline battlefield, you will have to worry about Li Ru's "hornet's tail and back needle"!
We must get rid of Li Ru!Chen Wei's heart is full of longing at this moment!
Of course, Chen Wei did not immediately express his thoughts to Fan Jian, because after all, Li Ru was a minister of the court, and he was ranked among the three princes. It is hard to protect yourself.

"This matter needs a long-term plan!" Chen Wei frowned and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Chen Wei frowned, Fan Jian didn't know that Chen Wei was planning to get rid of Li Ru in his mind, and thought that Chen Wei was worried about what he said, so he couldn't help explaining: "Since we know that Chang Yong is Li Ru's confidant, after the expedition Let's pay attention, let him issue a military order when escorting the grain and grass, and forgive him for not being too outrageous."

Chen Wei nodded, and asked tentatively: "If you don't find a way to transfer Chang Yong before the expedition, you also know the top priority of food and grass. I must let someone I trust take the post of food and grass transportation supervisor!"

However, Fan Jian shook his head and said: "For this expedition, the grand master asked Li Ru to arrange any position. Once you mobilize Chang Yong, Li Ru must have guessed that we already know his conspiracy. With his resourcefulness, he will definitely give birth to another one." His poisonous plan makes it hard for us to guard against."

"Then there is no better way?" Chen Wei asked again.

Fan Jian stroked his beard slightly, and after a while, his eyes sparkled, and he said in a low voice: "There is another way to not worry about the future..."

Chen Wei's heart trembled, knowing that Fan Jian's thoughts must be with him, he didn't say anything, and looked at Fan Jian.

"This method is that after the army leaves Chang'an, we find an excuse to get rid of him on the way!" Fan Jian's face showed a ruthless expression.

Chen Wei pretended to be taken aback, and looked at Fan Jian with a surprised look.

Seeing Chen Wei's gaze, Fan Jian coughed dryly, pondered for a moment and then said: "Chen Wei, you don't know something. I, Fan Jian, have been following the grand master for many years. I have a great ambition in my heart, but I have never been reused. My ambition has not been paid. My colleagues and my peers have all been appreciated one by one. I, Fan Jian, boast that I can’t lose to others, but why can’t I be reused? Later, an old friend told me that the reason why I have been unable to When it came to being reused, it was because I had offended Master Sikong Li Ru many years ago, so I deliberately ran against me. In the end, I had to rely on Lord Dong Min, and finally got the position of Chang Shi..."

Chen Wei suddenly realized.

An embarrassed smile appeared on Fan Jian's face, "Now that I've said that, I don't want to hide anything from you, Chen Wei. I recommended myself to the Grand Master on my own initiative to go to Luoyang to spy on the military situation. Now the opportunity has finally come for me. When I first saw you, Chen Wei, I knew that you must not be someone in the pool, and you were promoted to two ranks in a row, and you were promoted to General Hussars, which is enough to show that I did not misunderstand you. So This time I go out with you, I have selfish intentions, I hope to make a name for myself!"

Facing Fan Jian's heart-to-heart confession, Chen Wei has a little more trust in Fan Jian.

After that, the two talked a lot about marching and leading troops, and Chen Wei benefited a lot.After sending Fan Jian away, Chen Wei stayed up all night, his mind full of thoughts about how to kill Li Ru.

He fell asleep in a daze, and after waking up early in the morning, Chen Wei, accompanied by Sun Hou, rushed to the military headquarters to prepare for the expedition.

During this period, Chen Wei met with the generals and officers of the expedition. Most of these generals and officers were unfamiliar. Fortunately, Fan Jian and Sun Hou introduced them one by one.

"General Chen, this is former general Yan Shou..." Fan Jian took the lead in introducing Yan Shou, Chen Wei's deputy general, to Chen Wei.

It seems that Yan Shou will not be younger than 50 years old, but he is very strong, and his eyes are shining, giving people the impression of being very shrewd.And with Chen Wei's arrogant demeanor, he only greeted him coldly, and then talked privately with the generals beside him.

Sun Hou whispered to Chen Wei: "General, this Yan Shou is a veteran in the army. He has always been dissatisfied with you in private as the chief general of this expedition. He once said in public that the general is still young and can fight well. He doesn't know how to lead troops to fight at all. .”

Chen Wei couldn't help but secretly sighed, Fan Jian once said that he had no military achievements, and it would be difficult to convince the crowd for the first time, and today, it seems that it is indeed the case.

However, the opponent is a veteran general who has experienced many battles, and he suddenly bowed down under a young general, so he was naturally dissatisfied.Chen Wei didn't care too much, just laughed it off.

Seeing Chen Wei's calmness, neither angry nor humble, Fan Jian was amazed in his heart.Then continue to introduce other big and small generals and officers for Chen Wei.When these generals and officers met Chen Wei and introduced themselves, some of them showed respect to him, some were expressionless, and a small number of them were arrogant, not hiding their contempt for Chen Wei at all.

For these people's deliberate contempt, Chen Wei did not get angry, and treated them equally, and responded politely, without the airs of a general.Of course, in the eyes of some people, Chen Wei treats others with humility, but in the eyes of Yan Shou and other people who despise Chen Wei, they look down on Chen Wei even more.

"Chang Yong, the food supervisor, has met the general!" An officer knelt in front of Chen Wei.

When Chen Wei heard the name "Chang Yong", he couldn't help but pause, and exchanged glances with Fan Jian, making eye contact.

Chen Wei remained calm, and politely exchanged greetings with Chang Yong, and found that Chang Yong was very respectful to him, obedient to his words, and very polite.

If he hadn't known that he was Li Ru's confidant, it would have been really hard for Chen Wei to see that this person actually harbored evil intentions towards him.As the saying goes, knowing people, knowing the face, not knowing the heart.In troubled times, credulous people are often fatal.Chen Wei couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of human nature.

After the introduction, Chen Wei, as the main general, also delivered a simple speech. Of course, there was very little response.These are also within Chen Wei's expectations. To convince these people of himself, he must make certain achievements.

At noon, several senior generals including Chen Wei and Yan Shou exchanged views on the strategic itinerary of the expedition.Originally, with Fan Jian's position, he was not qualified to participate, but Chen Wei believed that Fan Jian's understanding of the frontline military situation was extremely useful for formulating strategies, so he insisted on letting Fan Jian participate.This move immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of Yan Shou and others, who were slightly critical.

During the discussion period, although Chen Wei was the main general, but with the mentality of a newcomer learning, Chen Wei listened more and talked less.Such a statement just made Yan Shou and others affirm Chen Wei's idea that he would not fight, and Fan Jian's humble status made it more difficult for him to intervene.Yan Shou maintained his status as a veteran, unceremoniously overshadowed Chen Wei's limelight, and expressed his views on the strategy and itinerary of this expedition in a decisive manner, without even consulting Chen Wei, he followed My own thoughts formulated the strategy for this expedition.

While the rest of the generals were mostly on Yan Shou's side, Chen Wei smiled wryly in his heart, it seemed that his role as the chief general was completely emptied.

However, although Yan Shou's strategy was different from his own idea, it was roughly the same, and Chen Wei agreed in desperation.

When Chen Wei had no objection, Yan Shou and the generals around him looked at each other more contemptuously.

The meeting ended in the evening. According to common sense, the generals would have dinner together to connect with each other.But Yan Shou said that he set up a banquet in his mansion and invited all the generals to the banquet, but Chen Wei was missing.

Faced with their deliberate isolation, Chen Wei naturally couldn't put on a hot face to make people laugh, so he had to leave with Sun Hou and Fan Jian.

At the fork in the south of the city, Chen Wei and Fan Jian parted ways and continued on with Sun Hou.

On the way, Chen Wei suddenly thought of something and asked Sun Hou to go back first.Although Sun Hou was puzzled, he obeyed his orders and left first.And Chen Wei sneaked into the night, walked half a circle around the block, covered his face with a hat, and walked towards Li Ru's mansion.

Chen Wei has already decided to kill Li Ru, so he must find out Li Ru's life and rest habits before he can find a suitable opportunity.

Chen Wei quietly came to Li Ru's mansion, walked around a few times, and found that Li Ru's mansion was heavily guarded, and there were even vicious dogs patrolling it.Ever since Chen Wei started to practice "Tai'an Nine Swords", his swordsmanship has also reached a higher level. It is not impossible to sneak into the mansion late at night to assassinate Li Ru, but while killing Li Ru and escaping smoothly, he cannot be discovered There is almost no possibility that the murderer is himself.

At the same time, Chen Wei discovered that Li Ru might have done too many harmful things, and he was extremely cautious.Except for occasional meetings with Grand Master Dong Zhuo at Meiwu outside Chang'an City, most of the time he would stay in the mansion.

For two consecutive days, Chen Wei would look for opportunities to quietly follow Li Ru.Chen Wei is very skilled, so naturally he is not afraid of being discovered by Li Ru's people.And Chen Wei finally found an opportunity: Li Ru seemed to like to gamble, every three days in the evening after dinner, he would go to the gambling house in the north of the city to gamble, and did not return to the mansion until late at night.And on his way back to the mansion, it was an excellent activation.

But the day of the expedition is tomorrow, and Li Ru will not go to the gambling house until the day after tomorrow.Chen Wei couldn't help feeling troubled.

(End of this chapter)