525, Cao Zixiao is suspected of giving birth to Cai Mao, and Mrs. Cai confessed her Yi nationality
However, at this time, I saw Tian Fu patting the horse and leaving, shouting in his mouth: "You thief will be so powerful, I can't fight you, go first!" β
I saw Tian Fu retreat like the wind, leaving Shi Bao to look at Tian Fu in the distance inexplicably, and he didn't dare to chase after him anymore, so he turned around and reported it to Zhu Wen. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
When Zhu Wen heard Shi Bao's report, he couldn't help frowning, and looked at Zhu Youqi and Jiang Xuanhui beside him, Jiang Xuanhui was about to speak, Zhu Wen waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Youqi to speak first.
"Father, the child thinks that there must be a conspiracy in this field to return to this battle and withdraw troops like a child's play. From the situation described by General Shi Bao just now, could it be that Tian Fu deliberately used this to drive a wedge between Cao Ren and his father? We have just talked to Cao Ren, presumably Cao Ren will not be at ease with his father, and today's battle situation must have been heard by someone in Cao Ren's ears; How could Cao Ren not suspect that his father was born with two hearts? β
Zhu Wen nodded, completely satisfied with Zhu Youqi's answer, and continued to ask, "What does that Youqi think I need to do next?" β
"If you want to dispel Cao Ren's suspicions, your father should be the first to strike; Immediately write out the recital, see the details of today's battle situation and give it to Cao Ren, Cao Ren is not a reckless man, he will definitely be able to see the mystery, so as to dispel his suspicions about his father. β
was affirmed by Zhu Wen's opinion, and Zhu Youqi became a little excited at this time, and continued to analyze.
At this time, Jiang Xuanhui on the side also nodded and said: "The son is thoughtful, and his subordinates think that it should be the same, so that Cao Ren will not have suspicions." β
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll send someone to deliver a letter to Cao Ren immediately with the words of Youju."
As Zhu Youjun expected, Cao Ren was indeed a little uneasy about Zhu Wen's bandits, so he had sent someone to spy on him. After Tian Fu's feint, someone reported the scene here to Cao Ren. At first, Cao Ren was a little skeptical, but when Zhu Wen's recital was delivered, he immediately had no doubts.
"Chen Xu'er thought I would fall for his counter-plan? Haha, that's naΓ―ve! β
At this time, Cao Ren was discussing with Pei Renji and others, and Cao Ren also handed Zhu Wen's recital to Pei Renji for a look, and Pei Renji also smiled and said: "Chen Xu is such a clumsy plan, naturally he can't deceive the general!" β
At this time, a person walked in from outside the door again, and reported loudly: "General Cao, Qi Jiguang, Zhou Yu and others crossed the river by boat and came to investigate the reality of our army." β
"Such a rat, don't be afraid, come here, let General Cai Mao lead 10,000 sailors, each with a strong bow and a hard crossbow to meet the enemy!"
Now Cai Mao led the Jingzhou Navy to station in Xiakou Water Village to block Qi Jiguang's water division. Chen Qingzhi's attack by land was blocked, and the naval army led by Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu had been waiting for an opportunity on the river, so Cao Ren naturally had no fear at all.
Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu only dispatched more than 50 large and small warships, led more than 2,000 troops, and asked Gan Ning and Zhou Tai to lead 20 ships each, one left and one right, to march towards Xiakou.
At this time, Cai Mao had already gathered a large army and headed towards Gan Ning and Zhou Tai. When he saw that Qi Jiguang only had such a few ships, he suddenly felt that the opportunity had come, so he immediately ordered to prepare to surround Qi Jiguang's army.
However, after a while, he found that the ships in front were no longer moving, and Cai Mao inquired, only to find that these big ships had begun to leak, and Cai Mao instantly thought of the group of water ghosts under Qi Jiguang.
"Come on, shoot an arrow at the river, I don't believe it, they will be so elusive!"
However, the soldiers on the big ship in front of them were all thinking about how to abandon the ship and flee for their lives at this time, where to care about who was in the water.
Seeing Zhou Tai and Gan Ning's ships approaching, Cai Mao became even more angry, causing the soldiers on the ship to target Gan Ning and Zhou Tai's ships.
At this time, it was found that Gan Ning and Zhou Tai also gave an order, and the soldiers under the command of the two also picked up their bows and arrows and aimed at Cai Mao's army.
In an instant, on the entire surface of the river, bows and arrows flew one after another, like bursts of locusts, flying in all directions; But after two rounds of shooting, Cai Mao's forehead broke out in a cold sweat: the bows and arrows of the soldiers of Ganzhou could shoot their own ships, but on the contrary, only a very small number of the arrows shot by their own soldiers could shoot into the enemy's ships. In just two rounds of shooting, Cai Mao roughly estimated that his soldiers had lost nearly 500 people.
"Headwind, the situation is not in favor of our army! Evacuate! β
Cai Mao gave an order, and all the ships began to turn around and prepare to retreat, at this time, I saw Gan Ning take out his bow, look at the direction of Cai Mao's big ship, and shoot hard. I only heard a "whoosh", and the arrow shot like a meteor, accurately and fiercely towards the flagpole of Cai Mao's big ship.
At this time, the sharp-eyed soldiers found that the tail of the arrow was still helping a letter, so they immediately climbed up, took the arrow down, and handed it to Cai Mao.
Cai Mao opened the letter written on paper with an angry face, but as soon as she glanced at it a few times, her face turned red, and she tore the letter to pieces with both hands and threw it into the river, and at the same time scolded loudly: "Zhou Yu, I swear to you that I will not give up!" β
At this time, a young general beside Cai Mao hurriedly asked, "General, what is written in this letter?" Why is the general so angry? β
Cai Mao snorted coldly, "Zhou Yu'er insulted me extremely much in the letter, if I don't kill him, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" β
At this time, the armies of Gan Ning and Zhou Tai also withdrew one after another with Qi Jiguang's order, and Cai Mao only returned to the naval army at this time. There was no time to rest, so he immediately went to the city to report the situation of the battle to Cao Ren.
After Cai Mao's brief report, Cao Ren smiled, "General Cai has worked hard!" It's just that I heard that General Cai has received a secret letter from the enemy general, what is written in that letter? β
After hearing this, Cai Mao couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Cao Ren with some embarrassment: "It's all that Zhou Yu'er's provocative and abusive words, and the last general will tear it up and throw it away in a fit of anger, there is nothing special." β
"Oh? Is it? How did I hear that Sister Ling and Mrs. Cai were involved in the letter, is there such a thing? β
When Cai Mao heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head, his face turned red again, and sweat oozed from his forehead unconsciously, and then he sighed and said: "Zhou Yu is too despicable, he actually used to slander his sister's reputation, and sooner or later he will capture and kill this thief!" β
Cao Ren waved his hand and let Cai Mao retreat, at this time, his brows were also furrowed, and after pondering for a moment, he immediately picked up the pen and wrote a secret letter, which was sent to Xu Du quickly.
After Cai Mao returned to the Navy Dazhai, Cai Zhong and Cai He came over one after another and asked about the situation of going to see Cao Ren, and whether there was any intention to hold Cai Mao accountable.
"There is nothing else, but General Cao seems to have arranged someone to monitor you and me, and he knew about the letter, and he also asked about the content of the letter, but the things in the letter are a little difficult to say."
Cai Mao let out a long sigh, which made the two Cai Zhong brothers a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "What is it that makes my brother so embarrassed?" β
"Zhou Yu'er slandered her sister Mrs. Cai, saying that your brother's current status was given because of the extraordinary relationship between the prime minister and her sister. How can I speak to General Cao! β
The two also looked at each other at this time, they never thought that Zhou Yu would write such a letter, "This Zhou Yu is really shameless, does he think that using such a letter can drive a wedge between us and the prime minister?" β
Cai Mao's face was grim at this time, looking at Cai Zhong and the others, and said very cautiously: "Remember, you can't let anyone know about this matter!" β
Cao Ren was very worried at this time, Tian Fu harassed Zhu Wen three times and twice, and he had no time to take care of it anymore, in his eyes, Tian Fu was like a clown at this time, performing there to take care of himself. He was still performing hard without even having an audience.
In the past few days, although Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang have not taken any more action, he has become more worried in his heart. Although it was very likely that Zhou Yu deliberately made the letter, Cai Mao's reaction made him unable to ignore it. As for Mrs. Cai mentioned in his heart, although he is only a woman, his son Liu Cong is a member of the Han royal family. Cao Cao took Liu Cong's mother and son to Xudu because of his kindness, who knows if there will be ministers in the court and them secretly communicating with them.
At this time, Cao Ren was waiting, waiting for Xu Du's full favor to check whether Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong had any changes, so as to decide what means to use against Cai Mao.
After receiving Cao Ren's secret letter, Manzhong immediately took someone to Liu Cong's house, at this time, Mrs. Cai was playing with Liu Cong, looking at the sudden appearance of Manzhong, she was a little panicked, after all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, she did not have any freedom, for fear that one would be accidentally caught by someone.
"You, who are you? What are you going to do? β
Mrs. Cai hugged Liu Cong and looked at Man Zhong in fear. At this time, Man Pet smiled, arched his hand and said: "Madame, don't be afraid, I am Xu Duling Manzhong, I came in and heard that there were thieves in the city, and I am bringing someone to arrest him, I brought people here just to protect Madame's safety, and please forgive Madame!" β
"Where are the thieves? Are you bullying me, an orphan and a widow? The prime minister personally promised to protect my mother and son, if you are, if you dare to commit the crime, the prime minister, the prime minister will never spare you. β
Man Zhong didn't bother to say more to him, so he gave him a look, and his subordinates poured into the room to search around.
"I also did this for the sake of my wife's safety, and I hope that my wife will not be angry! If the prime minister knows, he will only boast that he will do something. β
Mrs. Cai can only sigh at this time: How pitiful her identity is now, although her younger brother is still the commander of the navy, but who would have thought that she has no status at all in this Xu Capital. But although she was a little uneasy at this time, she was not afraid of anything, after all, she didn't have anything unpleasant.
After a while, I saw Manzhong's subordinates come out one after another, and one of them held a bag in his hand and handed it to Manzhong.
Mrs. Cai was very unfamiliar with the bag, and she even suspected that it was not her own at all. At this time, I saw that after the full pet was opened, I saw the words in the bag, and I couldn't help but change my face, and immediately shouted loudly: "Invite Mrs. Cai to the mansion!" β
Mrs. Cai didn't know what was going on, she just kept shaking her head and yelling, "What are you going to do? What is written in there, I have absolutely no idea, it's not mine! β
Man Zhong sneered and said, "At this time, you still dare to quibble?" This is clearly evidence of the guilt between you and Xuzhou Wu Ming! But I forgive you for being a mere woman, and you can't do anything, as long as you recruit the conspirators, I will let you suffer less flesh and skin, otherwise, don't blame me for the official law. β
Mrs. Cai still didn't understand, her frightened eyes were full of helplessness, she didn't know who to turn to for help at this time, so she had to cry and beg, "I want to see my brother, I want to see my brother!" You can't do this to me! β
Mrs. Cai's shouting made Man Chong believe that there was an ulterior secret between the two. only listened to Manzhong's order, and his soldiers dragged Mrs. Cai away, Liu Cong cried loudly on the side, and Manzhong people picked him up and went to the county office.
Mrs. Cai didn't know what to confess anyway, but now that the evidence is conclusive, Manzhong had no choice but to punish Mrs. Cai. She is a weak woman, how can she withstand the severe punishment, and she confessed after a while.
But when asked about the accomplices, Mrs. Cai didn't know who to say anyway, but she was already afraid of the torture instruments, and in pain she had to say the name Yi. After all, Yi was the original Liu Biao's person, and surrendering Cao Cao was also a helpless move.
On the one hand, Man Chong asked people to arrest and bring Yi to justice, and at the same time wrote a good chapter about Mrs. Cai's rebellion, and went all the way to Ruyin to report to Cao Cao, and all the way to Jiangxia to report to Cao Ren.
After Cao Ren received the letter full of favor, he was surprised and happy in his heart, and was surprised that Mrs. Cai actually colluded with Wu Ming to contact the ministers of the court and the central government to plot against Cai Mao, if he hadn't accidentally discovered the mystery, maybe Xu Du would have caught fire in the backyard at that time. And Chen Qingzhi's action of sending Tian Fu back and forth to provoke Zhu Wen was even more like covering for Cai's family.
And the good news is that since the misdeeds of Cai Mao and others can be discovered in advance, there will be enough time to deal with it and remove the hidden danger of Cai Mao.
Cao Ren quickly asked people to pass Cai Mao, Cai Zhong, and Cai He over, and at the same time asked Pei Renji to lead dozens of guards to standby. After San Cai came in, he was a little inexplicable, and Cai Mao asked directly: "What is the important matter for the general to send me here?" Could it be Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu'er, what action can't be done? β
Cao Ren smiled and shook his head, "I see that the morale of our army is booming now, so I want to go out of the city and fight Chen Xu to the death, General Cai can lead the water army to kill together, can I?" β
When Cai Mao heard this, he looked left and right, and was a little hesitant, "General, Qi Jiguang and Zhou Yu are good at water warfare, and Gan Ning and Zhou Tai are very brave, at this time, you should take defense as the top, and don't attack hard!" β
When Cao Ren heard this, his face immediately changed, he pushed the cup on the table to the ground, and scolded sharply: "Bold Cai Mao! Cheng is so important to you, you don't think about reciprocating, you dare to collude with Wu Ming, with bad intentions! Come on, take down the three Cai brothers, and report it! β