Chapter Twenty-Eight: Who's Behind the Scenes?
The most direct proof of this token is that this assassin is a subordinate of General Zuo, and further down, which means that the assassin is likely to be sent by his Liu Feng's father, Liu Bei.
When he saw the name on the token, the change in Liu Qi's expression clearly showed that his psychology at the moment had gone according to the inference of the token.
If in normal times, when Liu Feng saw this token, his first reaction would of course be to regard this as a discordant trick by Cao Ying, but the reason why he was surprised was because he suddenly remembered the strange smile of Xu Shu.
When bidding farewell to Liu Bei a few days ago, Xu Shu personally told Liu Bei that he had his own clever plan to encroach on Liu Qi's power, could this be his so-called "clever plan"?
In an instant, Liu Feng's mind was tumbling, but there could be no revelation in front of Liu Qi. The corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a mocking smile: "Does this Cao Ying think that we are all idiots, will he not even be able to see such a simple divisive scheme." ”
Liu Qi's gloomy expression immediately turned from gloomy to sunny, obviously he is the kind of person who is straightforward and easily blinded by superficial things.
Liu Bei advocated uniting Eastern Wu to resist Cao, and Liu Qi took precautions and moved into the barracks. Before Liu Bei went to Fankou, he agreed to his conditions for joining Wu, promising that the Wu army would not enter Xiakou, and he immediately lost his vigilance against Liu Bei, and pulled Liu Feng to eat, drink and have fun.
When he saw Liu Bei's name written on the assassin's pass card, he immediately became suspicious without thinking. And now, when Liu Feng naturally said that this assassin was Cao Ying's discordant timer, his suspicions immediately disappeared.
"Ah Feng, you said this is Cao Ying's discordant plan?" Liu Qi asked nervously.
Liu Feng calmed down and said indifferently: "Do you need to talk about this?" Father, who is famous for his benevolence and righteousness, how could he do such evil things that hurt his relatives and were sent by heaven, and when the time comes, he will not only ruin his reputation, but also mess up the hearts of Jiangxia's people. ”
Liu Qi listened and nodded again and again: "That is, my uncle has always been kind to my nephew, how could he hurt me." ”
Liu Feng followed and said: "To tell you a joke, if my father really wants to send someone to assassinate my brother, with my father's strategy, how can he be stupid enough to let the assassin carry his token, brother, do you say yes." ”
was explained by Liu Feng like this, Liu Qi's suspicion in his heart disappeared, and he laughed and said: "Ah Feng, you are right, Cao Lao Thief wants to separate the relationship between our uncle and nephew, I think he is really dreaming in vain." ”
Seeing that he was convinced, Liu Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the suspicion in his heart was heavier, with Cao Ying's resourcefulness, most of them would not have come up with such a clumsy discordant plan, if it wasn't for Cao Ying, was it really Xu Yuanzhi's strategy?
Suddenly, Liu Feng's heart was shocked, and a shuddering thought flashed through his mind: If it was Xu Yuanzhi, he would never dare to take the life of the main Zide without authorization, that is to say, he was likely to get Liu Bei's secret order, but what made Liu Bei change his mind and be so ruthless that he wanted to kill Zide?
All kinds of suspicions disturbed Liu Feng's heart, so he was ready to say goodbye first, and hurried to Xu Shu to ask what was going on. At this moment, a family member broke through the crowd of onlookers and stepped forward and exclaimed: "Son, the big thing is not good, there is a mutiny in Beiying." ”
"Mutiny!" Liu Qi was taken aback, grabbed the family, and asked, "What's going on?" ”
Jia Ding said in a trembling voice: "The little one heard a movement outside the house just now, so he ran out to see what was going on, but unexpectedly the street was already in chaos, and the little one asked someone to inquire, and heard that there was a mutiny in Beiying, and I don't know what kind of small it is." ”
Liu Feng tried his best to keep calm, and said with a deep brow: "Brother, now there was an assassination incident first, and then I heard about the Beiying Mutiny, I think there may be a connection between these two things." ”
"So what are we going to do?" Even in a panic, Liu Qi was a little panicked.
Liu Fengjian's eyebrows were deep, and he said without thinking: "Brother, don't panic, I expect that this is just a few people with ulterior motives behind the scenes, let's rush to Beiying immediately, first suppress the mutiny, stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, and then plan to search for and arrest the people who instigated the rebellion behind the scenes." ”
Liu Qi, who was in a mess, obeyed Liu Feng's proposal, immediately put on armor, and followed Liu Feng to Beiying with full armor.
On the way from the courtyard to Beiying, several passing streets have indeed become chaotic, pedestrians are blindly fleeing, some lawbreakers take the opportunity to loot, from time to time you will hear someone shouting that Cao Jun has been killed into the city, and several fires in the direction of Beiying make the panicked people even more frightened.
Beiying is located in the north of Xiakou City, where about 3,000 Jiangxia soldiers are stationed, mainly responsible for the defense of Xiakou, and are also the main force of Liu Qi's lineage. And when Liu Feng and the others rushed to Beiying, what they saw was this elite army that Liu Qi was proud of, and it was already in chaos at the moment.
The soldiers were running wildly in all directions, the officers were in a hurry and could not be suppressed, and the barracks in more than a dozen different locations were on fire, and the sound of shouts, fire, and neighing of horses filled the eardrums, making the soldiers who were already out of control even more panicked.
Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, Liu Qi was shocked, grabbed a nearby officer, and asked sharply: "Where are the rebels?" If you don't quell the rebellion, what are you running around? ”
"The little ones don't know, the camp is shouting and rebelling everywhere, as if there are rebels everywhere, the soldiers are all confused, and the little ones can't suppress it."
When Liu Qi questioned the officer, Liu Feng was holding his breath and observing the surrounding situation calmly.
As the officer had said, and what he had heard, there seemed to be a sound of rebellion everywhere, but strangely enough, there was not a single image of a fight except for the soldiers who were running wildly. If there were really rebels, they should first capture Liu Qi's Chinese army tent, and then take advantage of the chaos to kill the barracks and seize the key departments in Xiakou.
The sword eyebrows are like blades, Liu Feng has already seen through the truth, he snorted coldly, galloped up to a nearby drum platform, and shouted with a sword: "General Liu has an order, everyone is allowed to stand in place and not move, and those who dare to disobey the order will be treated as traitors and correct the law on the spot!" ”
The high platform is more than two zhang high, Liu Feng's voice is full of dantian breath, the sound is as loud as a bell, like a wave with the high platform as the center of the four sides, and the entire military camp can be heard clearly in a blink of an eye.
Liu Feng drank it a few times, and the effect finally began to appear, and the soldiers closest to him began to stop running wildly when they heard the order, and stood in place blankly and looked around, while the soldiers on the periphery also stopped one by one when they saw that their companions were not moving.
Liu Qi, who was on the high stage, was pleasantly surprised to find that the chaotic scene that had just made him anxious and didn't know how to suppress it began to gradually return to calm under Liu Feng's deterrence.
Liu Feng on the high platform looked at the situation coldly, and suddenly, the pair of sharp eagle eyes found an abnormality. More than 30 steps in front of the high platform, when most of the soldiers were standing still, a soldier was still galloping back and forth, still shouting and shouting.
Although he couldn't hear what the man was shouting, it didn't matter, he grabbed the horse's belly, jumped off the high platform, and rushed out more than thirty steps like a gale.
"Traitor, die!"
In the midst of the loud shouts, the vigorous figure rushed to the soldier like a flowing cloud, a snowy white light flashed, and the sword that was as sharp as clay rolled up a trace of light dust and swirled out of the air.
Then, a human head flew into the air.