Chapter 31: Confusing

PS: Thousands of kilometers away, I'm back! I miss you so much! A chapter that stayed up all night to get out of the game, is it interesting enough? )

Under the cover of night, there are always some evils in Chang'an City, where the whole city is under martial law again......

"Who sent someone to assassinate Jia Xu?" Dong Cheng asked suspiciously, and Cai Yong, Chen Gong, Wang Zifu and Wu Zilan and others in the other palace looked at each other, and no one could answer Dong Cheng's question, and Emperor Han Xian, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, didn't any of you send someone to assassinate Dong Thief's number one lackey?" Who did that? ”

Jia Xu was suddenly assassinated on the way to visit Kang Peng, and has been carried into King Kang's mansion for first aid, his life and death are currently unknown, Dong Zhuojun's army leadership is already in a blank state, Dong Cheng and others were ecstatic, but they found a major problem, who sent someone to assassinate Jia Xu? You must know that although the Restoration Party hates Jia Xu, Kang Peng's number one gangster, because Jia Xu is heavily guarded by his side, he is afraid that the killer will lose his identity and expose his identity, and because Jia Xu is not as lustful as Kang Peng, and has no other hobbies, there is almost no need for Dong Cheng and others to take the risk of assassinating Jia Xu when the situation is very good. But the real failure has come to pass. Fortunately, this assassination was very successful, at least Dong Zhuojun's command fell into a state of chaos without a leader, but who was the mastermind of this assassination? For what purpose did you assassinate Jia Xu?

"Could it be that the Lord has made the same people as us, all to revive the Han Dynasty and help Banzai return to power?" Wu Zilan asked cautiously, but Chen Gong immediately replied: "Impossible, I don't know about the court, but I know that Dong Zhuo's subordinates have saints in their hearts, no one has the ability or courage to assassinate Jia Xu, if this is the case, he would have contacted me a long time ago, and he will not act without permission." ”

Hearing Chen Gong's words, Dong Cheng, Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu and Chong Ji and others all said that the assassin was not sent by them, but everyone's eyes finally fixed on Cai Yong, who smiled bitterly: "Do you think I sent the assassin?" Although it is in my best interest to be stabbed by Jia Xu's traitor now, it is really not what I did. Jia Xu was assassinated, and Cai Yong, who was Cai Wenji's biological father, had the opportunity to contact Dong Zhuojun's military power, so Cai Yong said that it was most beneficial to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to worry about the master who assassinated Jia and the thief." Emperor Han Xian said impatiently: "In a word, now is the best opportunity for my Han to regain his prestige, you should quickly come up with a way, hurry up and let Cai Aiqing seize the military power, that big thing can be helped." ”

Dong Cheng and others agreed, and Chen Gong first introduced Dong Zhuojun's current situation to Emperor Han Xian, Chen Gong said: "Dong Zhuojun's army in Chang'an has three major factions, namely Lu Bu and Gao Shun's Bingzhou system, Zhao Yun's new military system and Li Dao, Guo Yan's old military system, the three departments each have equal troops, and there is also the Imperial Forest Army mastered by Dong Zhuo Sandi Dong Man, but the strength is very small, not enough to compete with the other three lines, so as long as we can master the two major military systems, it is enough to control the situation and decide the victory." ”

"At noon today, Weichen has been in secret contact with Lu Bu." Dong Cheng smiled and said: "Lu Bu is very dissatisfied with Dong Thief's refusal to make him the prince, and there are many complaints. ”

"As long as he helps the widow to eliminate the Dong thief." Emperor Han Xian said affirmatively: "He can have any official title, Dong Aiqing can contact Lu Bu again, bring the gold medal of the widow, whatever conditions he wants, you can agree with the reputation of Lone." Dong Cheng was overjoyed and immediately kowtowed to obey the order.

"Even if Lu Bu is wooed, the strength of his faction alone is not enough." Wang Zifu reminded.

"The rest of the Zhao Yun and Li Dao families, who else can win them over?" Cai Yong asked: "Zhao Yun has always been known for his loyalty, and it is estimated that there is no hope. But what about Li Dao, Guo Yan and others? The fame and fortune of these two thieves are not under Lu Bu, why don't you bother Lord Lao Dong to contact these two thieves to see if you can buy them with officials or money? ”

"It's useless." Chen Gong shook his head and said: "Although the old military department under Dong Zhuo is all greedy and despicable villains, they are all loyal to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo does not die for a day, they will not betray Dong Zhuo for a day, and Dong Zhuojun's old military department has always been at odds with Lu Bu, contact them now, it will be self-defeating." Speaking of this, Chen Gong suddenly smiled and said: "It's Zhao Yun, he is not invulnerable, we may be able to indirectly control Zhao Yun." ”

"I would like to hear the public and see it." Dong Cheng hurriedly asked, and the focus in the palace immediately focused on Chen Gong.

"Zhao Yunlu's wife, Ma Yunlu, is just jealous, and resolutely does not allow Zhao Yun to take a concubine." Chen Gong said gloomily: "And Zhao Yun had a childhood sweetheart lover named Fan Juan, who reunited with Zhao Yun when Zhao Yun attacked Guiyang, and was taken to Chang'an by Zhao Yun, but because Ma Yunlu did not allow Fan Juan to enter the door, Fan Juan can only live in the outer house that Zhao Yun bought for her, and has not been accepted by Zhao Yun as a concubine. ”

"Zhao Yun's concubine? What's the use of wooing him? Emperor Han Xian asked strangely.

Chen Gong smiled and replied: "Long live, if Lord Cai Yong and Lord Cai can persuade Miss Cai to give an order in the name of the housemother, so that Zhao Yun can't abandon the chaos and marry Fan Juan as a concubine, are you afraid that Zhao Yun will not be grateful to Miss Cai?" Are you still afraid that Zhao Yun will not listen to Miss Cai's orders? ”

"Wonderful!" Cai Yong applauded: "My daughter has always been at odds with Ma Yunlu, this matter is against Ma Yunlu, and my daughter will definitely agree." ”

"Still." Chen Gong said again: "Dong Zhuo's refusal to breathe for a long time is always an invisible danger, I still have a plan, I can ......"

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At the same time, in King Kang's mansion, Dong Zhuo's third brother Dong Man hurriedly entered Kang Peng's bedroom, he was one of the few people who could enter and leave Kang Peng's bedroom freely, but Dong Man did not pay attention to Dong Boss who was lying unconscious on the bed, but went directly to the back of the bed, and tinkered with the bed for a while, a black hole appeared on the floor behind the bed silently.

"Did the assassin who assassinated Wenhe confess?" Seeing Dong Man come in, Kang Peng asked with a slashed face: "Did you find out who was the mastermind?" "Jia Xu's sudden assassination was greatly unexpected by Kang Peng, and according to the information in Kang Peng's hands, the assassin who assassinated Jia Xu was not sent by the restoration party, so Kang Peng estimated that there was a mysterious third force that was peeking into his power.

"Big brother, I'm sorry for you." Dong Man said with a sad face: "We tortured for several hours, but the assassin still refused to say a word, and just now he was careless, and he chewed his tongue and committed suicide. Kang Peng was furious, picked up a teacup and slammed it on the ground, so frightened that Dong Man fell to his knees, trembling, Kang Peng waved his hand impatiently to make him stand up, and asked: "Does my mother know about the poisoning of Lone?" How is her old man now? ”

"Big brother, don't worry." Dong Man replied in horror: "The whole house has been told again and again, you can't let your mother know, no one dares to violate, I told my mother that you went out to handle official business, and my mother didn't suspect it." Kang Peng nodded, Boss Dong's wife was very kind, Kang Peng didn't want to let the fake news deceive her.

"How's the advisor's injury?" Seeing that Kang Peng didn't speak for a long time, Dong Man asked cautiously.

"It's serious, it's poisonous." Kang Peng said heavily: "Wen Huahou is doing his best to rescue inside, and there has been no response yet. Kang Peng is upset at the moment, Jia Xu is the executor of the plan to lure the snake out of the hole, it all depends on Jia Xu to maintain the situation in the open, Kang Peng can hide in the dark to investigate the uneasy elements within Dong Zhuojun and the enemies lurking around him, now that Jia Xu has been assassinated, the army and government affairs have no leader, which is a very dangerous thing. Kang Peng was very hesitant to give up the opportunity to wipe out the traitors and the Restorationist Party, so he stood up and suppressed the situation.

"You go out first, send more people to monitor the situation in the city, and report to me as soon as there is a situation." drove away Dong Man, and after a while, Kang Peng was about to grit his teeth and prepare to go out, when the door of the back room suddenly opened, and the exhausted Hua Tuo came out and saluted Kang Peng: "Don't worry, the king has relieved the poison on the military advisor's body, and fortunately, the knife wound is not deep, there is no danger to life, and it will be healed after a while." Kang Peng's heart suddenly put it into his stomach, sat on the ground, patted his forehead and rejoiced, Hua Tuo said again: "King, the military advisor has woken up, he said that he has something important to report to you, please see him immediately." ”

Kang Peng jumped up from the ground, rushed into the room in three or two steps, and sure enough, Jia Xu was lying on the bed with a pale face and smiling at Kang Peng, Kang Peng rushed to the bed, held Jia Xu's hand and choked up: "Strategist, you finally woke up, Gu Du is dying." Kang Peng rarely said the truth, Jia Xu is not only his trusted think tank, but also his bosom friend.

"The annoying king is worried, Jia Xu deserves death." Jia Xu said weakly, seeing that Kang Peng was about to speak again, Jia Xu hurriedly said: "King, don't talk about anything else, you must not show up in public without holding your breath, so that the king's plan will fall short." ”

"However, there is no lone and no military advisor in the army." Kang Peng wondered: "Will there be any accidents?" ”

"It's okay." Jia Xu coughed lightly and said: "General Zilong, Li Guo and other generals are loyal to the king, and Wen Hou is also much more mature, with them in control of the army, those people can't turn the sky." In terms of government affairs, I don't know if I know that the king is deliberately luring the enemy, but judging by his performance in the past two days, he will not give those people the opportunity to drive a wedge between our army and the people and incite a civil uprising. Now we know who wants to be unfavorable to the king, but there is not enough evidence, and there is no way for you to go out and kill them like this, and cause damage to the king's reputation. ”

"It's okay, the person who assassinated you, Lone still doesn't know who it is." Kang Peng said softly: "Lone will take this opportunity to lure all these people out, and Lone will cut them with a thousand knives to make the military advisor angry." ”

Jia Xu smiled weakly, and said with some loss: "Actually, Jia Xu knew that there would be such a day, and he also knew who was the master, all because Jia Xu was unwilling to share power with him, so Jia Xu took the blame for himself." ”

"What?" Kang Peng was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "The military advisor means that he is the one who assassinates you!" Is he so bold? ”

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"All the people listen well, martial law will continue today, and no one is allowed to go out." In the dawn of Chang'an City, such shouts can be heard everywhere, three steps and one post on the street, five steps and one sentry, you can see Dong Zhuojun soldiers with guns and knives everywhere, nervously monitoring any movement in the streets and alleys, these soldiers belong to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and Li Dao and others are under their own command, after Jia Xu was assassinated yesterday evening, the three factions in the army invariably mobilized troops into the city to control the situation, poor Chang'an people who are running for a living, can only squat at home with their eyes, hoping that this damn martial law will end soon.

Contrary to the deserted streets in the city, in the Yongzhou Thorn History Yamen in Chang'an City, it is more lively than the downtown area, full of gunpowder smell, because yesterday suffered a late loss, today before dawn, Fa Zheng brought the officials of his own faction to the Yamen early, Cai Yong took his daughter to send him a group of Dong Zhuo officials who tended to be inflammatory, and then Xu Jing, Sima Lang and other Shilin factions who supported Dong Boss, as soon as the three parties met, they blew their beards and glared at each other, and they looked like they could start fighting at any time. And Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and other army generals also hurried to participate in the decision on the selection of army leaders, and Dong Zhuojun's leadership in Yongzhou, except for the old slippery head Hua Xin, who did not know where to hide, almost all of them were present. When Cai Wenji brought Dong Peng here, several conveniences invariably raised the issue of army management rights to Cai Wenji.

"Princess, the military advisor has been assassinated, and there is no master in the army." Xu Jing first proposed: "Please ask the princess to immediately select one of the generals such as Wenhou and Zilong to lead the army and master the military talisman seal, otherwise there will be chaos." Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others next to him were very surprised in their hearts, Xu Jing, a bad old man, is usually old-fashioned and stubborn, and almost all the army generals do not deal with it.

"Never." Chen Gong jumped out and said: "The princess clearly saw that the king had always let the military advisors and staff officers master the military talismans, hundreds of thousands of troops, so that a military general could hold power?" Princess, you must master the talisman instead of the king in order to prevent it. ”

"Nonsense!" Xu Jing said angrily: "The princess doesn't understand military affairs, so she can master the talismans, do you want the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line to die in vain?" ”

"Don't make any noise!" Cai Wenji yelled, frightened Dong Peng in his arms to cry loudly, Cai Wenji patted Dong Peng and said: "The soldier talisman is the foundation of the army, how can it be handed over to outsiders casually?" Dong Peng is your young master, I am his mother, and of course the talisman must be mastered by me. ”

"Princess, what do you say?" Xu Jing and Sima Lang and others were in a hurry, and Xu Jing even refuted Cai Wenji bluntly: "Princess, do you know how much food and ordnance are consumed on the front line in a day? Do you know how many soldiers our army's four major legions (including the Jizhou Legion, the Jiangnan Legion, the Jingzhou Legion and the Yongzhou Legion) have to replenish each time? It is better to ask the princess not to interfere in this military matter, please hand it over to an experienced veteran first, and then quickly recall several other auxiliary ministers, and then they will form a new military department. ”

"Shut up!" Cai Wenji, who had been instructed by her father earlier, said viciously: "This concubine doesn't understand military affairs, but the auxiliary minister has it here, and the concubine's father is familiar with military books, of course, he can consult the military, as well as Fazheng Fa Xiaozhi and Chen Gong Chen Gongtai, they have served as the king's deputy military division before, with them, are you afraid that you can't manage the army?" ”

Xu Jing originally wanted to say something, but Cai Wenji had already directly moved out of Kang Peng's gold medal and said: "Concubine Ben has decided that from now on, my father, Fa Zheng and Chen Gong will form a new military department, and they will negotiate military affairs big and small, and Concubine Ben will decide on behalf of your young master, and let you Xu Jing, Sima Lang, and Hua Xin handle government affairs together." Cai Yong and others thought in secret that if Fa Zheng, who had served as Dong Zhuojun's staff officer, was kicked out of the new military department, it would be unreasonable, so they let Fa Zheng assist the military in name, but the military third-in-command Restoration Party occupied two people, and Fa Zheng could not gain the upper hand at all, and he was not worthy of the name at all, and by the way, he also removed the influence of Fa Zheng in government affairs.

With Kang Peng's gold medal order, Xu Jing and others were helpless, so they could only watch Cai Yong and others come into contact with Dong Zhuojun's army command, and Cai Yong and Chen Gong quickly came up with an opinion, in the name of too many garrisons in the city, ordered Li Dao and Guo Ci to enter the city to all the troops stationed out of the city to reduce the burden on the army in the city, to Cai Yong and others' expectations, Fa Zheng actually agreed with this decision, although Li Dao and Guo Yan and other Dong Zhuojun veterans were unwilling, but the military order was like a mountain, and disobeying the order was equivalent to rebellion, These veterans had no choice but to bow their heads and agree.

When Li Dao, Guo Yan and others in the council hall were coaxing to dispatch troops and prepare to leave the city, Cai Yong quietly pulled Cai Wenji and said with fake concern: "Daughter, how is your father-in-law doing now?" Is it getting better? ”

Cai Wenji's eyes were red, and she lowered her head and choked up: "Still unconscious, according to Hua Tuo, he hasn't found a prescription for detoxification yet, he may ......, and he may not last long." When she said this, Cai Wenji was already in tears, after all, she was the one who really loved Kang Peng.

"Good daughter, don't cry." Cai Yong comforted his daughter, and said in a low voice: "Last night, did you give you the antidote powder that your father handed over to you?" The prescription is from Bian Que's ancient prescription, and it is very effective. ”

"I didn't dare to give it to him." Cai Wenji cried: "I'm afraid that this unknown prescription will conflict with the poison on his body, and it will harm him." In fact, Cai Wenji is more worried about Cai Yong's usual attitude towards Kang Peng, and the medicine Cai Yong gave her, she dared to give it to Kang Peng.

"Silly daughter." Cai Yong smiled and said: "No matter how unfilial the son-in-law is, he is always the father's son-in-law, how can the father be willing to let his daughter be widowed?" If you don't worry about the medicine, you can give the slut poison to the death row prisoner or the dog first, and then let them try the antidote, and then you will know if it has any effect. ”

Cai Wenji woke up from a dream and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, how did I forget this method?" Father, sit down for a while, and I'll arrange for someone to test whether the antidote is effective. Looking at Cai Wenji's back as she hurriedly went to arrange, a complicated look flashed in Cai Yong's eyes, some joy, and some sadness......

When Cai Wenji arranged to come back, Cai Yong didn't have time to talk to her, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others happened to come over angrily, and said to Cai Wenji angrily: "Princess, if you let our army go out of the city, please allocate military rations to us, the military rations in the military camp outside the city are provided every five days, and they have been used up." ”

Of course, Cai Wenji knew why these veterans were angry - this clearly showed that she didn't believe these veterans, and Cai Wenji was also helpless, because Cai Yong suggested to her that if she wanted her son to be in power, she must transfer these veterans with outstanding military achievements, so as to avoid the situation of immobility in command. Cai Wenji said with an apologetic attitude: "A few old generals, wait a minute, this concubine will arrange for you to allocate more wine and meat to the labor army." ”

Cai Yong, Chen Gong and others had long wished that these veteran ruffians who were only loyal to Dong Boss would get out, and immediately sent a message to the grain depot and ordered the allocation of military rations, but not long after the order was issued, it was retreated intact, and Hua Xin, who managed the Chang'an granary, refused to send grain, on the grounds that Hua Xin did not recognize the military command of Cai Yong, Fa Zheng and Chen Gong!