Li Bei led a group of soldiers and horses to leave, and the forces of Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an reached an equilibrium.

Guo Yan was always suspicious of Li Dao's intention to poison himself, but he couldn't open his mouth to ask Li Dao. Once he spoke, the apparent harmony between the two would be torn to shreds, so he could only endure it for the time being, hoping that sooner or later the matter would come to light.

The two sides spent seven or eight days without incident, and after the end of the day's deliberations, Guo Yan was about to go home, but was stopped by Li Wei. Li Dao said enthusiastically: "Ado, last time I invited you to a banquet, you said that you were not feeling well. Today, I saw that your face was full of red light, so I must have gone to the house to drink a few bottles, it should be no problem. ”

Regarding Li Wei's invitation, Guo Yan deliberately refused, but in order to prevent arousing the suspicion of the other party, he hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in agreement: "Since it is a childish good intention, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

The two came to the outside of Dasikong Mansion by car, Li Wei got out of the car first, and then waited next to Guo Yan's car, and after he got out of the car, he took his hand and walked towards the mansion.

Since Li Dao sent someone back to the house to say hello before leaving, when the two came to the meeting room, the banquet had already been arranged. After the two sat down, Li Wei raised the wine bottle in his hand and said to Guo Yan with some pride: "Ado, now that the court is the world of you and me, this day is really happy." Come, come, you and my brother drink this bottle full. After speaking, without waiting for Guo Yan to lift the wine bottle, he raised his head and poured the wine in the bottle into his mouth.

Guo Yan held the wine bottle, and couldn't help hesitating in his heart, afraid that Li Dao would poison this wine, so he didn't make a move. After Li Wei drank all the wine in the bottle, he put it on the table, waited for the next person to pour wine for himself, and saw that Guo Yan was still holding the wine bottle and didn't move, so he asked curiously: "Ado, why don't you drink?" ”

Guo Yan had the heart to say that he was unwell recently and couldn't drink alcohol, but after thinking about it, if he said so, he would definitely be seen by Li Dao, and now I am in his mansion, as long as he gives an order, a group of swords and axes rushed in from under the corridor, which is enough to break my body into ten thousand pieces. Thinking of this, he could only smile bitterly, pick up the wine bottle, and drink all the wine in the bottle.

After he put down the wine bottle, he looked at his body intently, and after seeing that there was nothing unusual, he felt that he was a little worried. If Li Dao wants to harm himself, he will definitely not invite himself to the mansion to attack. In that case, whether it is poisoning or dismembering the corpse, it will be discussed, and Li Dao will never do such a stupid thing. After he let go of the scruples in his heart, he was relieved to drink wine and eat meat boldly, and talked about the wind and snow with Li Wei.

And Shi Tao, who was staying in the post house, couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw that such a long time had passed, and Li Dao and Guo Yan had also controlled the power of the DPRK and China. He found Xu Shu and said to him: "Yuan Zhi, after such a long time, Li Guo and the others have not turned against each other, could it be that the lord's plan has not worked?" ”

"Guangyuan, don't be impatient." Xu Shu looked at the impatient Shi Tao, and said with a normal expression: "The lord has always been like a god, he said that as long as he uses the counterplot, he can make Li Guo turn against him, then he will definitely become mortal enemies." Although the wind is calm at the moment, maybe the two are already wary of each other. ”

"Then we've got to do something." Shi Tao, who was a little breathless, said: "If we wait blindly like now, we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Monkey before the two of them turn against each other." ”

"Guangyuan, I have already sent people to arrange manpower outside the Great Sikong Mansion and the Great General's Mansion, if Guo Yan enters the Great Sikong Mansion, I will be able to know." Xu Shu smiled faintly and said, "When the time is ripe, we will fan the flames again, and we will definitely let Li Guo and the others come to rest until death." ”

Shi Tao wanted to ask again, but saw a middle-aged man in a cloth shirt walking in from outside, he knew this person, it was a fine work sent to Beijing by Jizhou, so he hurriedly asked, "But what is the news?" ”

"Two gentlemen," since Xu Shu and Shi Tao did not have specific official positions in Jizhou, they were addressed to the two as Mr. "The little one saw Guo Yan go to Dasikong Mansion. ”

When Xu Shu heard Xi Zuo say this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know what Guo Yan did when he went to Li Dao's mansion?" ”

Xiao Zuo replied: "The little one asked the cook of the Great Sikong Mansion, and Li Dao invited Guo Yan to the banquet. ”

"I see, I see." After Xu Shu finished speaking, he ordered in a low voice: "You immediately get in touch with the inner Ying in the General's Mansion, if Guo Yan wants to drink dung juice after returning to the mansion tonight, come to me immediately." ”

Xizuo was taken aback by Xu Shu's words, and he said in his heart, who would be bored enough to drink dung juice at home? But since it was Xu Shu's order, he didn't dare to disobey it, so he could only agree: "The little one understands." If there is anything going on in the Guo Mansion, the little one must come to report to Mr. as soon as possible. ”

After Xiaozuo left, Shi Tao looked at Xu Shu and asked puzzledly: "Yuan Zhi, what are you talking about, you have confused me." Guo Yan is so good, why do you want to drink dung juice? ”

Xu Shu got up and walked to the door, looked outside, walked back to Shi Tao's side, took out a letter from the sleeve of his robe, handed it to Shi Tao, and said to him: "This is a secret letter from the lord to me, you can take a good look at it." ”

Shi Tao, who looked puzzled, took the letter and opened it to browse the contents. After he read the letter, he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise, and after a long time, he said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, it turns out that this anti-intermittent plan was conceived by the lord?" After seeing Xu Shu nodding in affirmation, he continued to ask, "As far as I know, the lord has never been to Jingshi, how does he know who in the court should be allowed to carry out this counter-plot?" In case the news leaks out, won't it cause you and me to be killed? ”

Regarding Shi Tao's worries, Xu Shu nodded and said, "Guangyuan, you're right. When I received this secret letter, I had your current worries, but when I saw that things were going according to the Lord's letter, I felt that there was no need to worry anymore. As long as we cooperate with the lord to play a counter-plot and make Li Guo and the two become life and death rivals, we don't have to worry about everything anymore. ”

"However, the lord said that after Guo Yan went to Li Dao's mansion for a banquet, he would lead his troops to attack Li Dao the next day." Although Shi Tao read the secret letter, there were many things he still didn't understand, so he humbly asked Xu Shu for advice: "I want to know, what is it that can make two people who are like brothers turn against each other?" ”

"The lord's letter does not elaborate." Xu Shu said thoughtfully: "But he asked us to send someone to observe whether Guo Yan drank the fecal juice when he came back from the Li Mansion to judge, it should have something to do with poisoning." ”

"Poisoned? How is this possible? At this moment, Shi Tao still felt that all the advantages were too incredible, and he said to Xu Shu: "If Li Dao wants to harm Guo Yan, just find two assassins to sneak into the General's Mansion in the middle of the night and assassinate him, why do you need to do more and trick him into poisoning his home." Doesn't this mean that he didn't tell everyone that Guo Yan was killed by him? ”

"I still can't figure it out." After Xu Shu waited for Shi Tao to finish speaking, he bowed slightly, and then said: "Since Li Wei will not poison Guo Yan, then after Guo Yan returns home, how can he drink fecal juice to detoxify?" ”

Guo Yan drank happily in Li Wei's mansion, and only drank until three poles on the moon before he left and returned home. Mrs. Guo saw that Guo Yan had not returned for a long time, so she sent someone outside to inquire, and heard that he had gone to Li Dao's mansion to drink, so she was angry, and thought that Guo Yan had a private meeting with Mrs. Li in the name of drinking.

Seeing Guo Yan coming back from outside, he immediately greeted him and asked coldly, "Husband, you are finally back." Have you forgotten how many times your concubine told you that you should not go to that person's house easily, otherwise you will be killed? ”

After Guo Yan heard this, he said disapprenorovingly: "Madame, I have been friends with Zhiran for many years, and we have always been like brothers, how could he harm me." Nine times out of ten, the last incident was caused by a villain, deliberately provoking the relationship between me and him......" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly clutched his stomach and cried out in pain.

When Mrs. Guo heard Guo Yan crying out for stomach pain, she couldn't help but feel anxious, and said, "It must be poisoned!" After speaking, he called the housekeeper and asked him to go to the toilet to get fecal juice and detoxify Guo Yan.

"Then we've got to do something." Shi Tao, who was a little breathless, said: "If we wait blindly like now, we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Monkey before the two of them turn against each other." ”

"Guangyuan, I have already sent people to arrange manpower outside the Great Sikong Mansion and the Great General's Mansion, if Guo Yan enters the Great Sikong Mansion, I will be able to know." Xu Shu smiled faintly and said, "When the time is ripe, we will fan the flames again, and we will definitely let Li Guo and the others come to rest until death." ”

Shi Tao wanted to ask again, but saw a middle-aged man in a cloth shirt walking in from outside, he knew this person, it was a fine work sent to Beijing by Jizhou, so he hurriedly asked, "But what is the news?" ”

"Two gentlemen," since Xu Shu and Shi Tao did not have specific official positions in Jizhou, they were addressed to the two as Mr. "The little one saw Guo Yan go to Dasikong Mansion. ”

When Xu Shu heard Xi Zuo say this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know what Guo Yan did when he went to Li Dao's mansion?" ”

Xiao Zuo replied: "The little one asked the cook of the Great Sikong Mansion, and Li Dao invited Guo Yan to the banquet. ”

"I see, I see." After Xu Shu finished speaking, he ordered in a low voice: "You immediately get in touch with the inner Ying in the General's Mansion, if Guo Yan wants to drink dung juice after returning to the mansion tonight, come to me immediately." ”

Xizuo was taken aback by Xu Shu's words, and he said in his heart, who would be bored enough to drink dung juice at home? But since it was Xu Shu's order, he didn't dare to disobey it, so he could only agree: "The little one understands." If there is anything going on in the Guo Mansion, the little one must come to report to Mr. as soon as possible. ”

After Xiaozuo left, Shi Tao looked at Xu Shu and asked puzzledly: "Yuan Zhi, what are you talking about, you have confused me." Guo Yan is so good, why do you want to drink dung juice? ”

Xu Shu got up and walked to the door, looked outside, walked back to Shi Tao's side, took out a letter from the sleeve of his robe, handed it to Shi Tao, and said to him: "This is a secret letter from the lord to me, you can take a good look at it." ”

Shi Tao, who looked puzzled, took the letter and opened it to browse the contents. After he read the letter, he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise, and after a long time, he said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, it turns out that this anti-intermittent plan was conceived by the lord?" After seeing Xu Shu nodding in affirmation, he continued to ask, "As far as I know, the lord has never been to Jingshi, how does he know who in the court should be allowed to carry out this counter-plot?" In case the news leaks out, won't it cause you and me to be killed? ”

Regarding Shi Tao's worries, Xu Shu nodded and said, "Guangyuan, you're right. When I received this secret letter, I had your current worries, but when I saw that things were going according to the Lord's letter, I felt that there was no need to worry anymore. As long as we cooperate with the lord to play a counter-plot and make Li Guo and the two become life and death rivals, we don't have to worry about everything anymore. ”

"However, the lord said that after Guo Yan went to Li Dao's mansion for a banquet, he would lead his troops to attack Li Dao the next day." Although Shi Tao read the secret letter, there were many things he still didn't understand, so he humbly asked Xu Shu for advice: "I want to know, what is it that can make two people who are like brothers turn against each other?" ”

"The lord's letter does not elaborate." Xu Shu said thoughtfully: "But he asked us to send someone to observe whether Guo Yan drank the fecal juice when he came back from the Li Mansion to judge, it should have something to do with poisoning." ”

"Poisoned? How is this possible? At this moment, Shi Tao still felt that all the advantages were too incredible, and he said to Xu Shu: "If Li Dao wants to harm Guo Yan, just find two assassins to sneak into the General's Mansion in the middle of the night and assassinate him, why do you need to do more and trick him into poisoning his home." Doesn't this mean that he didn't tell everyone that Guo Yan was killed by him? ”

"I still can't figure it out." After Xu Shu waited for Shi Tao to finish speaking, he bowed slightly, and then said: "Since Li Wei will not poison Guo Yan, then after Guo Yan returns home, how can he drink fecal juice to detoxify?" ”

Guo Yan drank happily in Li Wei's mansion, and only drank until three poles on the moon before he left and returned home. Mrs. Guo saw that Guo Yan had not returned for a long time, so she sent someone outside to inquire, and heard that he had gone to Li Dao's mansion to drink, so she was angry, and thought that Guo Yan had a private meeting with Mrs. Li in the name of drinking.

Seeing Guo Yan coming back from outside, he immediately greeted him and asked coldly, "Husband, you are finally back." Have you forgotten how many times your concubine told you that you should not go to that person's house easily, otherwise you will be killed? ”

After Guo Yan heard this, he said disapprenorovingly: "Madame, I have been friends with Zhiran for many years, and we have always been like brothers, how could he harm me." Nine times out of ten, the last incident was caused by a villain, deliberately provoking the relationship between me and him......" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly clutched his stomach and cried out in pain.

When Mrs. Guo heard Guo Yan crying out for stomach pain, she couldn't help but feel anxious, and said, "It must be poisoned!" After speaking, he called the housekeeper and asked him to go to the toilet to get fecal juice and detoxify Guo Yan.