Chapter 275: Reaching the Peak
Zhao Di famous scholar Kuaiche designed a discordant plan for Xiang Yu, not only successfully disgusted Xiang Kang, but also directly helped Xiang Yu's injury recuperation, determined that Kuaiche's plan was foolproof, so that his jealous and envious cousin Xiang Kang was about to be deflated, in a good mood, Xiang Yu's injury recovery speed was also greatly accelerated, coupled with the careful treatment of the famous doctor An Qisheng who even Qin Shi Huang respected three points, the injury of the right eye that had dragged Xiang Yu for a long time was finally completely healed, and it could no longer affect Xiang Yu's life and daily life, and he commanded the army.
It is indeed suffocated, An Qisheng finally announced that Xiang Yu could ride a horse to fight again on the day of the day, Xiang Yu's first thing was to ride a black horse out of his unfinished palace, knocking over dozens of pedestrians all the way, directly rushing out of the south gate of Pengcheng, galloping back and forth on the banks of the Surabaya River, shouting and galloping, happy as if crazy, Cao Ji, Xiang Bo and Old Man Fan and other Xiang Yu's henchmen did not have half a sentence, and all of them were in tears, choked up, "I finally got through, I finally survived this time." ”
It's not that I'm happy and sad, but it's inevitable, and finally when Xiang Yu returns to the city, he just sat down in his palace in Western Chu, and the excited Xiang Yu just ordered a banquet to thank An Qisheng for his hard work, Sima Wei's messenger sent the damn letter to Pengcheng, and then because the letter was sealed, Cao Ji, who came forward to receive the letter, didn't dare to open the letter written by Xiang Yu personally, and directly presented it to Xiang Yu in person.
"An urgent letter from the king of Henan?" When he took the letter, Xiang Yu, who was in the midst of excitement, moved his heart again, and said happily: "Could it be that Mr. Kui Che's clever plan has worked?" Li Shang's child rebelled against the Han Dynasty, and the king of Henan reported good news to the king? ”
"Eighty percent of this is the case, and it should be effective even if you count the time." Master Xiang Boxiang hurriedly answered, and An Qisheng, who happened to be present, exchanged glances with Kui Che, and together they expected that it would not be this good news - if it really worked, it must be the Yingbu Pegasus who helped Xiang Yu send an envoy to contact Li Shang to report the good news, and that round got Sima Wei, who was in the Central Plains, to grab the merit?
The situation was naturally expected by An Qisheng and Kuaiche, and before he finished reading Sima Wei's letter, Xiang Yu's face had already turned iron blue, and then quickly deepened and blackened, and his henchmen Cao Ji and Old Man Fan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Wang, what's wrong?" ”
Xiang Yu casually threw the Jian Mu that had been read to Cao Ji, and continued to look at the rest of the Jian Qi, Cao Ji hurriedly took it and looked at it with Old Man Fan, Master Xiang Boxiang also came up to look at it together, and then the first exclaimed, "What? Our plot against Li Shang was preemptively known by Xiang Kang's little evil animal? Emperor Yi also hid an edict in a brocade belt and sent it to Xianyang to hand it over to Xiang Kang's little evil animal, telling that little evil animal to raise an army against us? ”
Before Master Xiang's shouting was finished, An Qisheng and Kuaiche smiled bitterly together, and then quickly exchanged a look, and said in unison: "The counterattack is so fast!" The target is also aimed at the henchmen of the King of Western Chu, and the King of Han is really ruthless! ”
At this time, Xiang Yu had already quickly read all the letters written by Li Zuoche and Sima Wei, and after throwing all the remaining slips to Cao Zhi and Old Man Fan, Xiang Yu also jumped up, walking quickly back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back and a black face, Cao Zhi and Old Man Fan knew that this was a signal that Xiang Yu had been angry to the extreme, and hurriedly read Li Zuoche's letter to the general idea, and then Old Man Fan did not discuss with Cao Zhi, and immediately said: "The king is calm!" The king of Henan is reasonable, Xiang Kang rebelled against the ministers to fabricate such shameless rumors, the purpose is just to drive a wedge between you and Emperor Yi, you must not be fooled! ”
"No evidence! How dare you conclude that there is no such edict? Xiang Yu asked sharply.
"King, please calm down, Emperor Chu Yi is not a fool, now that he is in Pengcheng, he can't help but live and kill, how dare he take such a big risk to issue such an edict?" Old man Fan hurriedly asked rhetorically, and said: "Besides, Emperor Yi's palace is all in the hands of General Xiang It, how can he send people to thousands of miles to Xianyang to give Xiang Kang's rebellious ministers an edict?" ”
Old man Fan's persuasion made Xiang Yu calm down a little, and Cao Yu also hurriedly said: "King, what Fan Gong said is extremely true, this matter is all Xiang Kang's rebellious minister's words, the king must not be gullible, he must first find out the truth, and then make a decision." ”
Cao Ji and Old Man Fan still have a lot of influence on Xiang Yu, seeing that both of them are opposed to not believing rumors, Xiang Yu in a rage has only then regained some of his senses, calmed down and analyzed whether this matter was his cousin who lacked virtue and was sowing discord. During this period, Kuaiche was anxious to perform, and also asked to read the letter together, but Master Xiang Boxiang rolled his eyes and shouted: "What is your identity?" Also qualified to read the secret letter written by the king of Henan to the king? ”
Kui Che's face was full of embarrassment, but fortunately, Xiang Yu's impression of Kui Che had improved a lot, and he took the initiative to say, "Let Mr. Kui Che also take a look." ”
Kui Che thanked him, and then took the letter from the reluctant Master Xiang Boxiang, took it in his hand and read it quickly, and then quickly said: "The king, the king of Henan has a very high opinion, the so-called edict of the cloth belt, ninety percent is Xiang Kang's rebellion against the minister fabricated the relationship between you and the righteous emperor, if you are fooled, the king, then you respect the Son of Heaven to make the princes' righteous advantage will inevitably be lost." And take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the edict is really something, the king, you must not be impulsive at the moment, and it is not too late to deal with it when the soldiers enter the customs, break through Xianyang, and get the real evidence of the edict! ”
Xiang Yu quickly calculated with a gloomy face, and after a long time, he suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Reply to Sima Wei, and ask him to bring the messenger of Xiang Kang's traitor immediately, and this king will personally interrogate him!" Give Xiang it an order again, and tell him to take down all the palace maids around Emperor Yi, and send someone to interrogate him carefully, he must ask the truth to this king, did Emperor Yi send someone to Xianyang to contact Xiang Kang's traitor? In addition, transfer 1,000 troops to surround the palace of the righteous emperor, strictly guard, and those who enter and leave without permission will be killed! ”
"Your Majesty, this is ...... your reputation."
"Shut up!" Xiang Yu interrupted Kui Che's dissuasion with a dark face, and said angrily: "This matter has nothing to do with you, Hugh has to interject!" ”
Kuaiche had no choice but to shut up, exchanged a look with An Qisheng next to him, and sighed together, "Sure enough, there is no strategy, Xiang Kang's poisonous plan has a chance to succeed this time." ”
Because of this episode, Xiang Yu's banquet to reward Xie An for his life of course ended in displeasure, and then the banquet had not been withdrawn, Xiang Yu ordered his most trusted third uncle Xiang Bo to personally preside over the trial of Xiong Xin's close palace maid, and asked Xiang Bo to interrogate carefully, and to find out whether Xiong Xin had issued an edict on clothes, Xiang Bo also worked hard in this matter, regardless of the fact that it was not early, he immediately went to the palace of Emperor Yi to deal with the matter, leaving Old Man Fan and Cao Ji in the palace of Western Chu to persuade Xiang Yu to calm down, Don't fall for Xiang Kang's evil again.
It's a pity that Master Xiang's hard work has not been rewarded accordingly, no matter how the Chu officers under his command tortured, coerced and lured, Xiong Xin's close attendants and palace maids just refused to confess truthfully, explaining when Emperor Chu Yi Xiong Xin sent someone to Guanzhong to issue an edict to Xiang Kang, and it also caused Master Xiang to be reprimanded by his eldest nephew Xiang Yu, accusing him of being ineffective, and he was very disgraced.
On the contrary, Xiang Yu's decision to capture all the Xiong Xin close servants and tightly seal the Yi Emperor's Palace was also questioned by many old ministers of the Chu Court, including Chen Ying and Zhao Ping's old ministers who cautiously asked Xiang Yu about the reason for doing so, after Xiang Kang made the situation public, many old ministers of the Chu Court swore an oath, saying that Xiong Xin would never do such a thing, and asked Xiang Yu to believe in Xiong Xin and immediately lift the blockade of the Xiong Xin Palace, Xiang Yu of course refused, and the already small contradiction with the old ministers of Chu Court also deepened rapidly.
In the end, Xiang Yu also listened to the persuasion of Old Man Fan and Cao Ji, and sat down with Xiong Xin calmly and calmly put his heart in his heart, but of course Xiong Xin shouted injustice, and swore that he had never done such a thing with the ancestors of Chu State, and also took the initiative to express his willingness to issue an edict to denounce Xiang Kang's shameless act of forging the edict, but Xiang Yu was willing to believe his explanation? In addition to barely suppressing his anger and not rushing to hold Xiong Xin responsible, he still refused to lift the blockade of Xiong Xin's palace, imprisoned Xiong Xin in the deep palace, and couldn't go out an inch.
It is also a loss that Xiong Xin's power has been completely deprived, and the puppet position is no longer so tempting, and Jing Ju, the ancestor of the Chu State who had fought to the death with Xiong Xinming, did not jump out and fall into the well, fanning the flames and killing Xiong Xin with Xiang Yu's hand. However, as Li Zuoche expected, Xiang Kang really had a follow-up move, and it didn't take much time for Yingbu to send someone to contact Xiang Yu, in addition to reporting that the discord had been resolved by Xiang Kang, he also said that Xiang Kang also sent someone to contact him, claiming that he had the edict issued by Xiong Xin in his hand, and persuaded Yingbu to abandon the secret and join forces with himself to crusade against Xiang Yu, a rebellious minister and thief!
Of course, Yingbu's report made Xiang Yu suspicious again, but fortunately, Old Man Fan and Kui Che, who had barely gained Xiang Yu's trust, immediately pointed out that Xiang Kang was just arranging a false illusion and wanting others to think that he really had some so-called clothes and belts edict in his hand, and he was swaggering and deceiving, and also made it clear that Xiang Kang would definitely contact other princes, claiming that he had a so-called clothes and belt edict.
In addition to taking the initiative to hand over Xiang Kang's letter encouraging him to betray Xiang Yu, he also sent the Han army envoy sent by Xiang Kang to contact him to show his loyalty, and also explained that Xiang Kang's envoy to Xiang Kang also claimed that Xiang Kang had an edict in front of him. Xiang Yu was overjoyed when he heard the report, and immediately ordered someone to escort the Han army envoy to the front and torture him.
Xiang Yu finally asked something valuable this time, and couldn't resist the torture of Xiang Yu's guards, and the Han army envoy was forced to tell the truth, admitting that Xiang Kang did have a bear heart edict written in blood in his hand, and asked him to memorize the content of the edict and recite it in front of Sima Xin, so as to prove that he did have such an edict in his hand, Xiang Yu was even more overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly memorize!" What is the content of that edict?! ”
"The king forgives your sins, and when the villain recites it, there will be disrespectful words to you. Emperor Yi's blood edict said: The world is unfortunate, although the unjustified tyrannical Qin is destroyed, but the national thief Xiang Yu is rebellious, resisting the decree, rewarding and punishing unfairly, the former Chu right general Xiang Kang first entered the customs and was not allowed to be sealed, without asking for me, without authorization, forming a party to gain power, bullying the king and harming the people, wolf and unkind, and full of crimes! Xiang Kang was the first to raise the banner of anti-Qin righteousness in the past, hung the people and cut down crimes, swept Huaisi, broke through Guanzhong, and made great contributions to the world. The edict is Fu Qing, and then be cautious, don't live up to my hopes. ”
The memory of the Han army envoy was not bad, and he recited Xiong Xin's blood edict almost word for word, but after listening to Xiong Xin's edict ordering Xiang Kang to crusade against him, Xiang Yu not only did not jump like thunder, but on the contrary, he laughed directly, and said with a fierce smile to Old Man Fan, Cao Zhi and Kui Che and others present: "Did you hear clearly?" At the beginning, the king of Chu supported by our Xiang family, and the righteous emperor who was supported by this king himself, is how to repay our Xiang family, so to repay this king, and this is how to repay this king. ”
Cao Yao's talent is indeed mediocre, listening to Xiang Yu's words that were almost squeezed out of his teeth, he didn't even dare to take a breath, he could only turn his gaze for help to Old Man Fan, but unfortunately Old Man Fan would be at a loss, although he knew that the so-called blood edict was definitely forged by Xiang Kang, but there was no evidence to prove it. Only Kui Che plucked up his courage, raised his head and said, "King, even if it's true, what? Emperor Yi is now in Pengcheng, and if he says a word, a true edict can also become a false edict, so why should you care, the king? ”
"Why can't this king care?" Xiang Yu finally roared angrily and roared: "The righteous emperor who was personally supported by this king, now wants to collude with the traitor to harm me, do you want this king to swallow his anger?!" ”
Kuaiche also had no choice but to close his mouth and quickly think about how to stop Xiang Yu from acting impulsively, but Xiang Bo on the other side looked relaxed, and suddenly thought of another important question, and hurriedly said: "Virtuous nephew, things are not right, why did Sima Xindu send someone to send Xiang Kang's envoy directly to the little evil animal, and there was no movement on Zhang Han's side?" It stands to reason that Xiang Kang, that little evil animal, instigated the princes of the world to turn against you, it is impossible to forget Zhang Han? ”
Still had to be reminded by Uncle Xiang, Xiang Yu suddenly remembered an important question - Xiang Kang went around forming gangs and factions to be his enemies, how could he forget Zhang Han, one of his father-in-law? Under vigilance, Xiang Yu hurriedly asked the Han army envoy who was still in the palace: "Xiang Kang is a traitor, have you sent someone to contact Zhang Han and Dong Peng?" ”
"The king forgives his sins, but the villain doesn't know." The envoy of the Han army, who had been beaten and bruised, hurriedly shook his head and said: "The villain just received the order with the envoy sent to Nanyang, I don't know if the king of Han sent someone to contact Zhang Han." ”
"You received the order with the envoy sent to Nanyang?" Xiang Yu's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly asked: "Xiang Kang is a traitor, and he also sent someone to contact Liu Ji?" ”
The envoy of the Han army nodded hurriedly, and frankly admitted that he was with the envoy sent by Xiang Kang to contact Liu Laosan to receive the order, Xiang Yu was even more furious when he heard this, and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, you Liu Jizhanghan, Xiang Kang is a traitor who secretly communicates with you, and he dares not to report to this king!" ”
When Xiang Yu gritted his teeth, Kuai Che was completely rolling his eyes, and he had to say with admiration in his heart: "Okay, you are Xiang Kang Xiao'er, it is really one ring after another, deliberately not sending people to contact Zhang Han, and deliberately letting the dead know that you have sent people to contact Liu Ji, and if you don't tear up the princes of the world, you will definitely not be willing!" The discord plan is vicious to the point where you are at the top, and it can be regarded as the pinnacle. ”
Admiration is admiration, just like in history, Kui Che's principle is to be merciless to whoever he serves, after a little calculation, for the sake of Xiang Yu's interests, Kui Che quickly said: "The king, in the humble opinion of his subordinates, since Emperor Yi is so suspicious, for the sake of safety, it is better to move him to Fujian (Fujian) to build the capital, so that he can stay away from Xiang Kang's traitors and the princes outside the Guan, even if there is any dissent, there is no way to show it, please allow the king." ”
Old man Fan, who was worried, lit up his eyes, and immediately understood that Kuai Che's suggestion was not only to prevent Xiang Yu from making a big mistake under impulse, but also to avoid giving Xiang Kang the opportunity to continue to sow discord and split the princes outside the Guan, and immediately said to Kuai Che: "King, what Doctor Kuai said is extremely true, the fact of the edict is difficult to distinguish between true and false, for the sake of prudence, it is best for the king to immediately move Emperor Yi to a remote place, so that he can stay away from the Central Plains and Xiang Kang's rebels, and you will no longer be able to do any harm to the king." ”
After that, Old Man Fan also quietly glanced at Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi understood, although he didn't understand the good intentions of Old Man Fan and Kui Che, he still stood up and tried his best to help and persuade. And after Xiang Yu thought about it again, he found that he didn't have ironclad evidence in his hand, so it would be unavoidable to provoke criticism to kill Xiong Xin, so it was better to send Xiong Xin to the land of smoke and miasma on the border and let him fend for himself, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just do it." ”
Hearing this, Kuaiche also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said somewhat proudly in his heart: "Han King Xiang Kang, don't think that you are the only smart person in the world, no matter how carefully you arrange it, as long as the king of Western Chu does not fall into your plan and does not abolish or kill the righteous emperor, the advantage of respecting the Son of Heaven to order the princes is still in the hands of the king of Western Chu, and when you use troops against the king of Western Chu, you are still unknown." ”
In the evening of the same day, Master Xiang Boxiang, who had been busy all day, dragged his tired body back to his mansion as luxurious as a prince, and before he had time to take a breath, his precious son Xiang You had already greeted him, and said quickly with a nervous expression: "Ah Weng, Uncle Zhang sent someone and brought you his handwritten letter. ”
"Uncle Zhang? That Uncle Zhang? Xiang Bo couldn't turn for a while.
"Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, that Situ in South Korea." Xiang You said with some surprise: "Isn't he your best friend?" Ah Weng, you lived in his house for so long, why did you forget him? ”
Xiang Bo slapped his forehead, and then remembered that he did have a close friend surnamed Zhang Mingliang, and then immediately became angry and roared: "That puppet! There is still a face to send someone to contact the old man! He thought that the old man didn't know, he followed Xiang Kang's little evil animal in Yingchuan, and he was embarrassed by that little evil animal, and he also helped the little evil animal a lot! Immediately take down the man sent by the puppet and send him to prison to be punished severely! ”
"Ong, calm down, calm down." Xiang You hurriedly dissuaded, and said quickly: "The person sent by Uncle Zhang made it clear that he was only forced to serve Xiang Kang's traitor, and he never forgot the brotherhood between you and him. Also, Uncle Zhang's letter is indeed extremely important, Ah Weng, you can understand it at a glance. ”
After that, Xiang You hurriedly took out a letter written on white silk, handed it to Xiang Bo and said: "Ah Weng, the letter boy has already read it, it is related to you, and it is also related to our family, it is really extremely important." ”
Strictly speaking, Master Xiang Boxiang is not a particularly timid person - at least he has the courage to dare to kill people with his own hands, but he only cursoryly read Zhang Liang's handwritten letter, and before he finished reading the letter, Master Xiang Boxiang was already as pale as earth, his legs trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but roar wildly in his heart: "Bear Heart Child!" The old man fucks your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor! ”