Chapter 082: Lobbyist Jiang Gan 2
When Zhou Yu saw Jiang Gan, he went straight to Jiang Gan, and his words went straight to Jiang Gan: "Brother Gan, you have worked hard, you have come to Dongwu, are you a lobbyist for Cao's operation?"
In the face of this question, a truly eloquent person could have pushed the boat along the river and launched a lobbying campaign on the spot, or he could have asked difficult questions and won the initiative, but Jiang Gan was unprepared for this, and his mood suddenly changed from high-spirited to stunned, and he hurriedly confessed: "I have been absent from Your Excellency for a long time, and I have come to reminisce about the past, why do you suspect that I am here to be a lobbyist?"
Zhou Yu asked again, and Jiang Gan had to pretend to be a gesture: "Zhou Lang treats the old man with such an attitude, then I can only retire." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
This statement happened to fall into Zhou Yu's trap. Zhou Yu wanted to capture him, he smiled and grabbed Jiang Gan's arm and said, "I'm worried that my brother is here to be a lobbyist for Cao Opera, since my brother doesn't have such intentions, why do you want to leave so early?"
In this way, in the first round of confrontation, Zhou Yu seized the initiative, and Jiang Gan exposed his true face of low vision and low ambition and talent, although the face of the old man was barely maintained, the tricks of the lobbyist could not be used at all.
Then Zhou Yu gathered Jiangdong Yingjie and held a feast to express his grand welcome to Jiang Gan. At the banquet, Zhou Yu announced in public: "Brother Gan is my classmate, although he came here from Jiangbei, he is not Cao Cao's lobbyist. ”
He also ordered the brave general Tai Shici to hold the sword and supervise the wine: "In today's banquet, we only talk about the friendship of friends, if anyone mentions Cao Cao's military relationship with Eastern Wu, immediately behead him." ”
In this way, Jiang Gan's mouth was further blocked, Jiang Gan was only stunned, but he didn't dare to say more, the chagrin and panic in his heart can be imagined. Drinking until he was half-drunk, Zhou Yu led Jiang Gan out of the tent and walked around the barracks, intending to let him watch the purge of the Eastern Wu army and the abundance of grain and grass, in order to show his strength and determination to resist Cao.
Just when Jiang Gan had been shocked, Zhou Yu said with a gesture of revealing his heart to his old friend: "The husband is in the world, he meets the master of his confidant, he trusts the righteousness of the monarch and the minister externally, and the grace of flesh and blood inside. Even if Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jia, and Li Sheng are alive, their mouths are like a river, and their tongues are like sharp blades, they can't shake my will to resist Cao. ”
These sonorous and powerful words were a solemn warning to all attempts to persuade him to surrender, and they were tantamount to giving Jiang Gan another slap in the face. He was already frightened, where did he dare to agitate like a spring?
These rounds of confrontation, like ups and downs, advanced layer by layer. Zhou Yu was condescending, pressing step by step, completely overwhelming the other party mentally. Jiang Gan was like a trapped beast in a cage, losing ground and being embarrassed, and his dream of letting Zhou Yu come down had already come to naught. But since he had already boasted about Haikou, how could he return empty-handed? At this point, the plot naturally entered the second stage, and the group of heroes turned into Jiang Gan's theft of letters.
That night, Zhou Yu invited Jiang Gan to sleep together. In the sleeping tent, Zhou Yu pretended to be drunk, lay down in clothes, vomited messily, and deliberately created a gap for Jiang Gan. At this time, Jiang Gan was anxious and couldn't sleep, he thought of going back to his life without a face, thinking that he might be severely reprimanded by Cao Cao, where could he still sleep?
Since he was in a confidential place, the lights were still bright, and Zhou Yu was snorting like thunder, why not get up and take a peek? Maybe he could steal some military planes from Soochow and go back to make a business. It was so coincidental that Jiang Gan really found a forged letter written by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to Zhou Yu in the documents stacked on the table, which read: "Now the northern army has been trapped in the village, and when the time comes, Cao Cao's head will be cut off and sacrificed to his command." ”
For Jiang Gan, this letter was like gold accidentally picked up by a gambler who had lost all his money, and he was really overjoyed. According to his psychology at this time, with this letter, he could not only avoid being reprimanded for his futility, but also receive a heavy reward from Cao Cao, so he hurriedly hid the letter in his clothes.
Zhou Yu first whispered on the bed: "Brother God, I will teach you to see Cao Cao's head in a few days." ”
Then someone entered the account and aroused Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu deliberately regretted his drunken gaffe; the person who came reported that someone from Jiangbei was here, Zhou Yu deliberately drank and made him whisper, and pretended to call Jiang Gan; when Jiang Gan thought that Zhou Yu believed that he was really asleep, Zhou Yu whispered to the person outside the tent, deliberately letting Jiang Gan hear "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun said that they were eager to start......
After more than four days, Jiang Gan thought to himself: "Zhou Yu is a shrewd person, after dawn, he found that the letter was missing, and he must be suspicious of me." If you don't run now, when will you wait?" he slipped out of the tent gently, woke up the little boy, and walked out of the gate until he met the sergeant guarding the door, and hurried to the boat.
When Jiang Gan returned to Cao Ying, it was already dark, and Cao Cao asked him how he had gained from the trip. Jiang Gan said: "It's humiliating to the mission, and I can't say that Zhou Yu can be moved." ”
Cao Cao said coldly: "The matter was not done, but was laughed at by Zhou Yu." ”
Jiang Gan said: "Although I didn't say that Zhou Yu surrendered, I heard a major event for the prime minister, please order the left and right to avoid." ”
Cao Cao ordered left and right to withdraw, and Jiang Gan took out the letter. Cao Cao looked at it, and it read: "I am waiting to surrender Cao Cao, forced to helpless, and now Cao Jun is trapped in the water village, and when there is a chance, Cao Cao's head should be presented to the ......" signed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun below, Cao Cao was furious after reading the letter.
He immediately sent Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and asked them to march immediately. Cai Mao said: "The navy is not yet trained, so it cannot attack rashly. ”
Cao Cao shouted: "When you are ready, my head has already been given to Zhou Yu!" Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were confused and couldn't answer, so Cao Cao immediately ordered the guards to push the two out of the place and behead them.
Zhou Yu's series of mysterious actions made people can't help but believe that there was really something to do, and Jiang Gan, who was eager to reap the benefits as compensation, would not have the slightest doubt.
After Zhou Yu finished performing the good play he designed, he undressed and went to bed. Jiang Gan thought he had a plan, and hurriedly slipped out of the camp tent, aroused the accompanying children, and by virtue of his relationship with Zhou Yu's classmates and friends, he broke out of the gate, flew back by boat, and presented the stolen letters to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, didn't believe in Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's generals, and just used it temporarily, seeing this letter, he couldn't help but be furious, and he didn't have time to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and he was even more impatient to listen to Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's defense, so he ordered the two to be pushed out and beheaded. By the time he suddenly realized, it was already too late to regret it. So far, Zhou Yu's counter-plot has been a complete success.
In this battle of wits, Zhou Yu and Jiang Ganming are old people, but they are really enemies, neither side picks on this layer of skin, and they each fake and do it, which makes the plot confusing and surprising.
Zhou Yu was alert and resourceful, and as soon as he heard of Jiang Gan's visit, he devised a clever plan, gained insight into the overall situation, and steadily managed the odds, and led Jiang Gan into the trap he laid step by step. Jiang Gan is careless, mediocre and incompetent, passive everywhere at the mercy of Zhou Yu, originally wanted to be a lobbyist, but became a thief, thinking that he was begging for a bargain, but in fact he was fooled, showing a stupid and self-used stupid appearance.
Jiang Gan's deception directly led to Cao Cao's deception, and Cao Cao's deception showed that his resourcefulness was slightly inferior to Zhou Yu's.
The generals saw that Cao Cao had killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and they all came into the tent to ask why. Cao Cao suddenly came to his senses and knew that he had fallen for Zhou Yu's counter-plot, but he refused to admit his mistake, and deduced that the two of them were negligent in the army, so they were executed, and on the other hand, Mao Jue and Yu Ban were reassigned to be the governors of the navy.