Chapter 390: A Pool of Troubled Waters

Mrs. Sun met Cao Miao's eyes and sank her face.

"This is not the time to joke! Gu Tan was dismissed, and the attack on the auxiliary general would be interpreted as an attack on the Wu Jun family, and if the Xie Fu Battalion could not find out the truth, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Relief Camp will bear the brunt, and Dahu and I will not be able to escape the blame, and no one will protect you at that time. ”

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the warship cruising in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "No matter how good you are, can you be dozens or hundreds of people?" ”

Cao Miao touched her nose and sighed. "Careless. If I knew this, I wouldn't have come to Wuchang if I was killed. ”

Mrs. Sun's mouth was full of tears, and she couldn't laugh or cry. She turned her head. "Tell me, what's the plan?"

"There's no hurry." Cao Miao returned to the case, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea, returned to Mrs. Sun, and handed the teacup over. Mrs. Sun hesitated a little, but she still couldn't resist Cao Miao, took the teacup, took a shallow sip, and then raised her eyebrows.

"Where did this tea come from? The taste is very thick. ”

"The new Shu tea in the boat, I picked some and left it for you."

Mrs. Sun said "oh", didn't say anything more, leaned on the edge of the window, snorting shallowly, but her eyes gradually softened. Cao Miao talked and laughed freely, and did not feel embarrassed at all. "Tired?"

Mrs. Sun pondered for a moment and said casually, "It's okay." ”

"I'll press it for you?"

Mrs. Sun did not speak. Cao Miao put down the cup, walked behind Mrs. Sun, and put her hands on Mrs. Sun's shoulders. Mrs. Sun's body tightened for a moment, and then slowly relaxed. Cao Miao pressed it twice, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Nothing to be courteous, not kind. Say, what's a bad idea? ”

"I have an idea." Cao Miao pretended to be mysterious and said.

"Don't mention your thoughts, it's just nonsense." Remembering Cao Miao's crazy words last time that she would support Sun Luban as the heir, Mrs. Sun couldn't help but take a sip, paused, and said, "Even the big tiger thinks you are talking nonsense." ”

Cao Miao laughed. "You told her?"

"I said it in passing."

"What else did you say?"

Mrs. Sun drank her tea and didn't say a word. Seeing this, Cao Miao consciously opened the topic.

"The idea I'm talking about has nothing to do with the big tiger. I'm wondering, since the attack on General Fuguo will inevitably be associated with Gu Tan's dismissal, could it be that he did it deliberately? You and I both know that Gu Tan was dismissed, not because someone framed him, but because he was frivolous and incompetent. Now that some people are evading the important and trivial, deliberately saying that it is a dispute between the Jiangdong system and the Huaisi system, will the auxiliary generals take advantage of the situation? ”

Mrs. Sun bowed slightly. "I've thought about that possibility, but there's no evidence."

"Politics is not the same as investigating, sometimes you don't need evidence. They said that Gu Tan's dismissal was a factional dispute, so how could there be evidence? ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Is General Fuguo a person who takes care of the overall situation?"

Mrs. Sun pondered for a moment. "He won't be abandoning the public for personal reasons, and others won't be able to say it." She turned around and looked at Cao Miao. "Surely you didn't attack him, it wasn't Cao Su?"

"I'm just warning you that there's another possibility. Cao Su has enough motives, and the suspicion is great, but it is not the only possibility. Therefore, don't doubt me when you encounter such a thing. It is a trivial matter to wronged me, and it restricts my thinking, but it is fatal. ”

"No one wants to doubt you." Mrs. Sun snorted. "It's a fact that Cao Su appeared in Xi Shifang."

"Are you sure?" Cao Miao's hand stopped, and his voice became uneasy.

"Sure." Mrs. Sun remained motionless. "More than one person has seen him."

Cao Miao gasped, withdrew her hands, and rubbed them uneasily. Mrs. Sun tilted her head slightly, watching Cao Miao's every move. Cao Miao was so distraught that she didn't pay attention to her at all, walking back and forth in the house, looking panicked.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Sun's voice was also uneasy.

Cao Miao's face turned pale. "Cao Su...... Could it be that they are here to kill me? ”

"Why did I kill you? Although you have returned to righteousness, you have not betrayed the Wei State. ”

"Is that what you say?" Cao Miao screamed, her voice shrivelled. "What the immortals taught is obviously Baji Boxing, but you say that it is Wu Boxing. When this word reaches Luoyang, what will Your Majesty think? Besides, this is still a rumor that I know, how much more do I not know? Who knows what you guys say? He was stunned. Liu Chen can't really be a school matter, right? ”

Mrs. Sun was also stunned for a moment. "Are you saying that Liu Chen may be a spy lurking beside you, and it was he who sent the news back, and Emperor Wei mistakenly thought that you were treasonous, so he sent Cao Su to kill you?"

Cao Miao nodded uneasily.

Mrs. Sun pondered for a long time, feeling that Cao Miao's worries were not entirely unreasonable. In order to keep Cao Miao in Jiangdong, it was normal for Wu State spies to spread rumors in Luoyang, and many of them were arranged by her personally. If Cao Rong believed it, it would be logical to send Cao Su to assassinate Cao Miao.

In this way, it can indeed explain Cao Su's motive for appearing in Xi Shifang.

If this is true, Cao Su's departure from Yangxin is not necessarily for Lu Xun, maybe it's just a coincidence, and maybe even Lu Xun will do it. He got the news of Cao Su's lurking in Wuchang from someone, and designed an ambush himself, blaming Cao Su and forcing the camp to hunt down Cao Su.

With Lu Xun's scheming, this method is easy to come by.

It's just that this makes things more complicated. How to clarify the clues and find out the truth is a great test of the strength of the Relief Camp.

"We can try." Mrs. Sun said, "It's just that you have to take some risks. ”

Cao Miao looked at Mrs. Sun with an uneasy look in her eyes. "You want to use me as bait to lure Cao Su to show up?"

"Don't worry, I can keep you safe." Mrs. Sun walked over and patted Cao Miao's face, and then felt that it was inappropriate, and quickly withdrew her hand. "After fighting in Yangxin and Xia Pheasant for so long, I know exactly how many means Cao Su has. As long as he dares to come, I can catch him, foolproof. ”

Cao Miao glanced at Mrs. Sun, stopped talking, and said after a while: "Okay, I'll believe you once." When to act? ”

"Don't worry, wait until I'm ready." Mrs. Sun's eyes became solemn. "Cao Su may have a heavy crossbow, and we can't afford to guard against it. I'm going to find two sets of heavy armor, just in case. She smacked her lips, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes. It's a pity that we can't create the fine armor like the Shu army. ”

Cao Miao saw it clearly, knowing that her phobia of Zhuge Liang had flares up again, and arched the fire in a timely manner. "Didn't you arrange for someone to go to Chengdu?"

Mrs. Sun smiled bitterly. Of course, she arranged people, but Zhuge Liang guarded it tightly, and Wu Guo's conspiracy not only failed to get useful information, but also suffered a lot of losses. It's just that these are Wu Guo's secrets, and it is impossible for her to tell Cao Miao.

"You don't have to worry, I'll find a way to never let you get hurt."