Yuan Fu's gaze immediately turned to Sun Ce, who was sitting above him.

Sure enough, Yuan Ce saw a trace of haze in Sun Ce's eyes, although this haze was fleeting, but it still allowed Yuan Que to catch it, obviously, Sun Ce was still angry about Yuan Shu taking away the heirloom jade seal that originally belonged to the Sun family, and the reason why Sun Ce sent troops to help Cao Cao this time was mostly to come to the heirloom jade seal.

Among the three people present, only Liu Bei looked as usual, and he didn't raise his eyelids.

"I'm about to talk to Fengxian, Bofu and Xuande about this." Cao Cao snorted, and then continued, "Yuan Shu did have a seal offering, but Cao suspected that there was fraud in it. ”

"Fraud?" Lu Bu was surprised and said, "What does Gong Cao mean by this?" ”

Guo Jiadao, a strategist standing under the tent: "Three generals, my lord suspects that Yuan Shu's seal is fake, and he wants to divide the four families to join the army is true, so I specially invite the three generals to come and be a witness." ”

The words fell, and Xiahou Dun, who was standing behind Cao Cao with his sword, stepped forward with a brocade box, and gave Lu Bu, Sun Ce and Liu Bei a close look, Lu Bu and Sun Ce were silent, and they didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts, only Liu Bei nodded and said: "The fire paint is not damaged, the seal is complete, and this box should be unopened." ”

"The princes have seen it clearly, and Cao did not open the package privately." Cao Cao glanced at Yuan Wei and said, "Now, Cao will open this seal in front of the public and see if there is any jade seal inside." ”

Xiahoudun tore off the seal, removed the fire paint, and then opened the brocade box.

Lu Bu and Sun Ce knelt down at the same time, their eyes brushed into the brocade box, but Liu Bei remained silent, kneeling on the straw mat, without even raising his eyelids.

The brocade box opened, but it was empty.

"Empty, how is it empty?" Lu Bu was stunned.

Sun Ce thought for a moment and sat back on the table silently.

Yuan Nocho sat up on his knees and shouted: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" ”

"What's impossible?" Guo Jia said coldly, "No one has touched this box since Gongzi sent it here." ”

"I'm going to check the fire paint on the brocade box!" Yuan Wei said sharply, and after speaking, Yuan Wei stood up and walked towards Xiahou Xuan.

At this time, an incredible scene appeared, Yuan Wei only walked less than two steps, then suddenly paused, and then showed extreme pain, slowly turned around and pointed at Cao Cao, and said with great difficulty, "Wine, the wine of this son just now, Cao Gong is good, high, and wise calculating." ”

Before the words landed, Yuan Fu stepped forward and fell under the tent without a sound.

All this happened too suddenly, and Cao Cao, who was as wise as Cao Cao, couldn't react at once, and was stunned at that time.

Lu Bu was shocked, and suddenly slammed the wine bottle in his hand to the ground, and then pushed the case up, and the two generals guarding behind Lu Bu pulled out the ring head knife even more sonorously.

Seeing that the two generals behind Lu Bu pulled out their swords, Xu Chu and Xiahoudun also showed their ring swords.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei were quite calm, but the two generals behind Sun Ce also pulled out their knives at the same time, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not draw their knives, but Guan Yu's pair of narrow Danfeng eyes had already opened, and his cold and lightning eyes had locked on Cao Cao.

The big tent, which was originally gentle and drizzly, immediately became tense.

"Cao Cao, what do you want?" Lu Bu was angry, so he directly referred to him by name.

"Bong Xian, don't be impatient, this matter is not as you can see, Cao did not poison the wine." Cao Cao was in a hurry, and his speech was no longer so organized, but fortunately, Guo Jia was anxious, got up immediately, walked to Yuan Nuo's side and squatted, reached out to test Yuan Nuo's snort, and leaned down against Yuan Nuo's chest to hear the heartbeat.

Seeing Guo Jia get up, Cao Cao asked anxiously, "Fengxiao, how is it?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said dumbfounded: "I'm out of gas." ”

At this time, even Sun Ce couldn't hold his breath, pushed the case and got up and asked Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What, out of gas?" Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Sun Ce's questioning, his face was full of disbelief, he obviously didn't poison the wine, why was Yuan Xiao'er poisoned?

Lu Bu drew his sword in his hand, and asked sharply: "Cao Apu, what do you want to trap me?" ”

"Bold!"

"Presumptuous!"

Hearing Lu Bu insulting Cao Cao, Xu Chu and Xiahoudun were furious, and they were about to come forward to kill Lu Bu.

The two generals behind Lu Bu did not show weakness, and immediately stepped forward with the ring-headed knife, and the four of them were about to fight.

"Zhongkang, Yuan, stop!" Cao Cao raised his hand to stop Xu Chu and Xiahoudun, then raised his head, his little eyes revealed a cold and faint glow, swept over the faces of Lu Bu, Sun Ce and Liu Bei one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "Princess, whether you believe it or not,, you definitely didn't poison the wine!" ”

Lu Bu stretched out his hand and pointed at Yuan No, and said sharply: "If you didn't poison you, how can Yuan Nu'er explain it?" ”

"can't explain it." Cao Cao said, "It's true that Cao didn't poison him, and it's also true that Yuan Wei died of poison." ”

"Hmph, you need someone to believe what you say." Lu Bu sneered, obviously not believing Cao Cao's justification.

"Liu Bei believes in Cao Gong!" Liu Bei, who had been silent, suddenly raised the wine bottle and drank all the turbid wine in the bottle, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were eager to stop it, but it was too late.

Seeing that Liu Bei drank the turbid wine, Lu Bu asked directly, "Xuande, how do you feel?" ”

"It's a good wine." Liu Bei stroked his long beard under his chin and said, "It's just a little bland." ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was safe and sound, Lu Bu and Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere in the tent also eased.

The cold glint in Cao Cao's little eyes quietly disappeared, and then he laughed and said: "The army is simple, and I haven't prepared good wine in advance, but I let the princes smile. ”

"Cao Gongmei understood it and said goodbye." Lu Bu shook Cao Cao indiscriminately, turned around and left.

Lu Bu has never been a scheming person, he suspected in his heart that Cao Cao was setting up a Hongmen banquet, so he immediately showed it on his face, and he didn't want to stay in Cao Ying for a moment.

Xiahoudun and Xu Chu kept signaling Cao Cao with their eyes, expecting Cao Cao to order the killing.

Cao Cao was unmoved, and let Lu Bu lead the two strong men out of the tent.

Lu Bu left, Sun Ce and Liu Bei also took the opportunity to leave, and Cao Cao also did not stay.

(Dividing Line)

A moment later, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei had already arrived outside the Cao Jun camp, and it was only at this time that Liu Bei finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Guan Yu suddenly said: "Brother, you shouldn't have drunk that bottle of wine just now." ”

Zhang Fei also said: "That is, if the wine is really poisonous, wouldn't it be bad?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Second brother, third brother, if you don't drink that bottle of wine just now, you and I are afraid that at this moment, we are afraid that our heads have already landed, and Cao Cao Shi is really killed." ”

Guan Yu said: "If Cao Cao wants to harm his brother, he himself doesn't want to live. ”

Liu Bei said: "Yun Chang, your martial arts are world-renowned, although you can kill Cao Cao on the banquet, however, this is still not enough to stop Cao Cao from taking risks, Cao Cao is the one who dares to assassinate Dong alone." ”

Guan Yu nodded, and said, "Brother, what do you think about whether Yuan was poisoned?" ”

Zhang Fei said with a big grin: "What else is there to guess here, most likely Cao Cao wanted to hide the jade seal privately, so he poisoned Yuan Wei's children's wine to kill people and kill people, that's all." ”

Guan Yu said: "Cao Cao has always been scheming, how can he act so simply? ”

"But it's hard to say." Liu Bei shook his head, frowned and said, "Otherwise, how can you explain whether Yuan was poisoned or not?" ”

Zhang Fei snorted and said, "Eldest brother, what now?" Cao Cao's guy is so hateful, what are we doing to help him fight Yuan Shu? simply led the army back to Xiaopei. ”

"No." Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "My generation should put loyalty first, since I have promised Cao Cao to join forces to discuss Yuan Shu, how can I be untrustworthy?" What's more, Yuan Shu usurped the throne and became the emperor, which was a great rebellion, how could we, as the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, let it go? I have made up my mind, and the second and third brothers will be persuaded again. ”

(Dividing Line)

Liu Bei acted with benevolence and righteousness first, but Lu Bu never thought so.

As soon as the front foot left the Cao army camp, Lu Bu said to the two generals accompanying him: "Song Xian, Hou Cheng, you will go back to the camp to pack up the grain and grass, and we will withdraw the troops back to Xuzhou overnight." ”

"No!" The two generals agreed with a bang, and then immediately beat their horses and left.

Lu Bu glanced back at the Cao army camp in the night on horseback, and said in a cruel voice: "Cao Agui, you want to monopolize all the good things by yourself, but let us work for you, how can there be such good things in the world?" I'll put you there for the time being, but one day, the jade seal will fall into the hands of my Lu Bu. ”

After speaking, Lu Bu immediately beat the horse and left.

(Dividing Line)

Besides, Sun Ce, after leaving the Cao army camp, also returned to the Ximen camp with two strong generals.

A strong general hit a horse to catch up with Sun Ce and said: "Lord, Cao Cao's fight is very hateful, according to the last general, he really has the intention of harming the lord." ”

"Don't you know?" Sun Ce said hesitantly, "Just now, if it weren't for the Cao thief throwing a rat trap, I am afraid that I would have launched the Tiger Guard to enter the Chinese army's big tent and take the heads of our and other items." ”

Another strong general said: "My lord, Cao Cao, this traitor is so hateful, what are we doing with him?" ”

Sun Ce sneered and said: "Song Qian, Jia Hua, you don't know this, the reason why a certain army raised an alliance was not for him Cao Cao, but for the jade seal of the country left by his father. ”

One of the strong generals sighed: "But now that the jade seal has arrived in Cao Cao's hands, what can I do?" ”

"What about Cao Cao?" Sun Ce smiled coldly, and said, "If you dare to swallow a certain jade seal, you will kill it!" ”

The two strong generals were dumbfounded and said: "But, my lord, Cao Cao has an army of 100,000, while my Jiangdong army is less than 30,000, and the difference in strength between the two sides is very large. ”

"It's only three times as much as me." Sun Ce smiled faintly and said disdainfully, "The year before last, there were only more than 1,000 infantry troops, and the horse army was no more than 100, so he didn't defeat Liu Xuan's 100,000 army?" ”

The two athletes were dumbfounded.