Between talking and laughing, Sun's father and son were already under the city of Xiangyang. I don't know why, the peaceful and prosperous Xiangyang City in the past is now closed with four gates and many defenders, showing the appearance of facing a great enemy.

Outside the east gate, Sun Jian shouted: "Changsha Taishou Sun Jian has something important to ask to see Wang Tingshi." ”

On the tower of the city, the general guarding the east gate, a young man in his early twenties, replied: "You wait here, I will go to report to the assassin history, and wait for the assassin to approve the visitor, and you can only enter the city." ”

After he and the deputy generals around him finished explaining their business, he rode his horse to the Assassin's Mansion and reported: "Changsha Taishou Sun Jian has something important to ask to see the lord." ”

Wang Rui was shocked and said, "Oh! Where is it now? How many people are in a group? Is there a large army with you? ”

"Sun Jian and his entourage have dozens of people, and there is no army accompanying them, and they are now waiting outside the East City Gate to reply." The guard replied.

Knowing that Sun Jian did not send a large army to accompany him, and second, he did not wantonly break into the city, Wang Rui was much more relieved, and he turned to reprimand the guard: "Sun Jian is the guest of honor in the history of this assassin, how can you treat him so slowly." ”

"The lord is angry, and he knows his mistakes." The guard will make a plea of sin.

Wang Rui waved his hand and said a few "That's it", that is, he went to the east gate with the guard general to catch Sun Jian in person. When Wang Rui arrived at the East City Gate, Sun Jian and his son were already outside the city gate, waiting for more than two moments.

"Quickly open the gates." With Wang Rui's order, the east gate of Xiangyang slowly opened. When the city gate was completely open, Wang Rui immediately dismounted, led a group of soldiers, and went out of the city to Sun Jian: "The general is not sensible, and it is really a sin to let the envoy wait for a long time in the cold wind. ”

"The king stabbed Stolds." Sun Jian said, "Now that there is no war, why are the four gates of Xiangyang tightly closed and restricted?" ”

"This matter will be discussed for the time being, so that you will come all the way to the dust, and you should go into the house to wash the dust first." After speaking, Wang Rui invited Sun Jian and his party to the Jingzhou Mansion first. Subsequently, he invited Sun's father and son to the very tightly guarded guest hall to talk. After pouring water and wine and putting fruits and vegetables on the place where the state government meeting guests, Sun Jian immediately said: "I have more than ten princes, and I will discuss Dong in Fuyang, Jizhou, presumably Wang Thorn History is now known." Sun Jian came this time to ask the assassin to go north with me to ask the thief to be the king. ”

Wang Rui muttered two words of "begging for Dong", and then whispered to the attendant on the side: "Go and call Huang Yi to come." ”

After the attendant left, Wang Rui said again: "Wuling County guards Cao Yin, can you know it?" ”

"Know, how?" Sun Jian said.

"According to the investigation of my subordinates, this person has a close relationship with Dong Thief, and he is a henchman of Dong Thief." Wang Rui said, "If you want to please Dong Thief, you must first get rid of Cao Yin." ”

Sun Jian said "oh" and said, "Dong Dang, how can you see it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a general wearing armor and a sharp sword at his waist suddenly walked in—this person was Huang Yi. He greeted Wang Rui, that is, he went to Sun Jian, handed over all the silk silk he was holding in his hand, and said: "There is a letter here, please make your eyes it." ”

Sun Jian took the silk book, and when he looked up, he was suddenly surprised to find that this person was the mastermind who had planned and ambushed him that day, and he couldn't help frowning and saying: "It's you!" ”

"This person's surname is Huang, his name is lost, and he is the most powerful general under me." Wang Rui said, "The misunderstanding in Xiangyang City before was indeed a plan from this person. ”

"What happened before the month, there were many offenses and faux pas, and I hope to make Jun Haihan." Huang Zhizuo said.

"That's it, that's it." Sun Jian waved his hand.

Sun Jian just looked at a silk book, and couldn't hold back and said: "Where did you get such a silk book?" Because the silk book was full of some secret words.

Wang Rui sighed "sigh", and then whispered from the beginning: "Don't be in a hurry, wait for me to talk to you slowly......"

It turned out that since the day Wang Rui took office, he has secretly made many henchmen in the county governments at all levels under the rule of Jingzhou. Huang Yi, who was born in the Jingzhou Shi clan, is the person in charge of this matter.

A few days ago, Wuling suddenly flew a pigeon and hurriedly said: Wuling is too guarded by Cao Yin, and there have been frequent correspondence with Dong thieves recently, and there seems to be a suspicion of collusion.

When Huang Yi saw the report, he only felt that the matter was big and he didn't dare to do anything about it, so he reported the matter to Wang Rui. When Wang Rui heard this, he immediately wrote a warrant and said: Keep an eye on it and find evidence.

Three days later, Wuling Xizuo really lived up to expectations and stole all the silk silks of Dong Thief Shu and Cao Yin. In order to prevent Cao Yin from tracking down and avoiding his death, he ran all the way with the silk book and never looked back.

On the evening of the same day, Cao Yin felt something strange as if he had been helped. He asked the defenders of the four gates, found out the whereabouts of the fine work, and then sent a team of cavalry to pursue and kill to the north according to the map, until the city of Xiangyang.

Seeing this, the defenders of Xiangyang immediately lined up and went out of the city to meet the enemy. When the chasing cavalry saw that they were outnumbered, they retreated the same way and returned to the Wuling Zhizhi to resume their lives.

Cao Yin felt that it would be a big deal for these silk books to fall into anyone's hands, not to mention Wang Rui, who had a grudge against him. Once Wang Rui is in a bad mood and makes these silk books public, Cao Yin will become a thief who is condemned by the world. As Wang Rui, who is the assassin of Jingzhou, as long as he takes this as a guide and raises his arms, I am afraid that there are not a few princes who are willing to rebel with him.

Therefore, retrieving the silk book is Cao Yin's top priority at the moment. However, according to the urgency of the current situation, there are two main ways to regain the silk book:

The first is to wave his army to the north, conquer Xiangyang by force, and forcibly seize the silk book. It's the easiest, most straightforward, and most effective way to do it. But the current Cao Yin must not act like this. Not to mention that the four counties of Nanjun, Guiyang, Lingling, and Jiangxia are too guarded, with a total of more than 50,000 people, all of whom are biased towards Wang Rui. In terms of Wang Rui's personal soldiers in Xiangyang City alone, there are no less than 30,000, but in Cao Yin's hands, there are only 10,000 weak and remnant soldiers. With such a huge disparity in military strength, a rash attack is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

The second is to select fine works, send them to Xiangyang to steal books, and give Wang Rui a "return to the other in the other way". It's the least costly, yet equally effective. In addition, in order to eliminate dissidents and kill people, Cao Yin also sent another line of assassins to assassinate Wang Rui. However, when the assassins came to Xiangyang, they found that the four gates of Xiangyang had long been closed and martial law.

The fine work and assassins who were blocked outside the city sent a message to Cao Yin about this matter, and they secretly hid in the suburbs of Xiangyang City, in order to wait for an opportunity to move. Who knew that the four gates of Xiangyang, one pass was several days, until the arrival of Sun Jian and his son, the gate of Xiangyang was opened for the first time after a few days of blockade.

After listening to Wang Rui's narration, Sun Ce couldn't help but say "um": "In all the counties of Jingzhou, there are hidden works? ”

After Sun Ce said this, Sun Jian, who was reading silk books, also heard the words and said in his heart: "Wang Thorn History, I don't know that in my Changsha County, there is a hidden geometry?" ”

"Oh, make you a good idea." Wang Rui said, "Since the monarch trapped Xiangyang a month ago and forced Changsha to break away from the rule of Jingzhou, I have recalled all the fine works. ”

Sun Jian didn't know whether what Wang Rui said was true or false, so he had to be interviewed and explored: "Ce'er, when you go back this time, you must find out." ”

I don't know if Wang Rui ignored the gods and Buddhas in the underworld, or if he really withdrew Changsha's fine work, he actually stretched out a hand and swore to the heavens: "If there is any one of our fine works left in Changsha County, I will kneel in front of the envoy in the future and swallow gold to judge myself, in order to thank the gods for all lives." ”

Wang Rui's oath fell, and Huang Yu seemed so preoccupied that he muttered speechlessly: "Lord, lord, ......" Fortunately, when he snorted, his words were short and light, so he failed to attract the attention of others.

Sun Jian laughed twice and said, "Alas, Wang Tingshi is serious! That being the case, my son Mocha. ”

When he was young, Sun Jian read the silk books one by one, only to find that there were more than ten silk books stolen by the fine work. And the words are the worst, and even ask Cao Yin to keep a close eye on the overall military and political situation in Jingzhou, once there is something unfavorable to Dong Thief, he will ask Cao Yin to inform him immediately, and try to disturb the situation in Jingzhou, and cooperate with Dong Thief inside and outside.

Under this mountain of ironclad evidence, Sun Jian finally believed Wang Rui's words, and he couldn't help but think: "This Cao Yin, on the surface, is humble, but in fact he harbors evil intentions. ”

At this time, Wang Rui brought the topic back to the matter of asking for Dong and said: "If we don't get rid of this thief and rashly send troops to fight Dong, we will inevitably be drawn from the bottom of this thief." And sending troops to exterminate this thief will definitely waste military strength, and then delay the plan to discuss Dong. Come to think of it, so that Jun Yuan has nothing to do with this matter, and he knows Cao Yin, and he has an old suspicion with me, the thief will definitely not be wary of Jun Jun. If you can emulate Xiang Zhuang of the year and make a move 'Wentai Dancing Sword, intended for Cao Yin', then a big thing can be done. ”

"Assassin Shi wants me to go to Wuling, with Cao Yinxu and the snake, waiting for an opportunity to meet the dagger?" Sun Jian said.

"I hope that you will not give up your hard work." Wang Rui said.

Sun Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "If I get rid of Cao Yin, will I be willing to send troops to fight Dong?" ”

I don't know if it was caused by Sun Jian's temptation, or if he really wanted to please Dong, Wang Rui actually said: "As long as you can get rid of Cao Yin, I will send 20,000 soldiers and go north with you." ”

Due to the urgency of the coalition army's meeting period, Sun Jian saw that the goal was achieved, so he did not stay in Xiangyang for a long time. He said goodbye, then took Sun Ce and the guards, and immediately set off to the Wuling Governance Office.

When he was young, Sun Jianfang went out of the palace, and Huang Yi knelt down and said: "The lord is above, please forgive me for the crime of deception." ”

"Oh, what have you deceived me?" Wang Rui said.

"In Changsha County, there are still our meticulous works." Huang Yi said, "I feel that the more tense the current situation, the more we must keep an eye on Changsha, and we must not remove the details and cut off our ears and eyes because of our own cowardice." Therefore, the lowly officials committed the offense and withheld this order privately. ”

Wang Rui sighed, "You are bold", and said: "Because of your self-assertion, this assassin made a false oath to the Heavenly Alliance; Because of your self-assertion, Ben Assassin will even offend Sun Jian again. Quickly withdraw the detailed work, and do not let others find out. ”

After speaking, he went to the Taoist temple again and prayed: "The gods and immortals must not let the unintentional oath come true." ”