In Hefei in September, the osmanthus flowers are fragrant, after experiencing a plague, whether the Wu army or the army seems to be more united, the morale is more high, and the fatigue of strengthening the city defense and building the new city for months can hardly hide their enthusiasm.

The former general of Hefei, Qiao Ren secretly summoned the chief bookkeeper Zhang Wen, and at this moment there were still twenty jars of beautifully decorated flower carving wine in the hall.

"The teacher doesn't know what to summon me?"

Qiao Ren pointed to the twenty jars of fine wine and asked, "Do you have a connection between the Zhang family of Wu County and the Zhang family of Shu County?" ”

Qiao Ren never asked Zhang Wen about family affairs, and he didn't even know that Zhang Wen was the contemporary head of the Zhang family in Wu County, but at this time, there was a sudden connection between the two Zhang families, which immediately shocked Zhang Wen.

Although it was strange why Qiao Ren asked about this, Zhang Wen still replied honestly: "My Zhang family is from the surname Ji to the three families, and the Zhang family is Han." Han Xiang opened his ground, his life, and the five monarchs. Pingshengliang, the word room, Han Liuwen Chenghou. There is no doubt about good life. There is no doubt about the canon. Pawn Sheng Mo. Merson, the Great Sima King. Jin Shengyang Mausoleum Gong rides thousands of autumns, and the word is elegant. Thousands of autumns. The five sons of Song: Zhuang, Zan, Peng, Mu, Shu Wu County Zhang's fourth son of Song, the word selection of Gong, Emperor Ming was the Taishou of Shu County, and then lived in Wu County. The Zhang family of Shu County is the second son of Zhang's Mugong who stayed in Shu County and originated, such as my Wu County Zhang family is out of the same family. ”

Qiao Ren's face smiled even more at this moment, and asked, "Then your Wu County Zhang family and Shu County Zhang family are connected!" ”

"Back to the Grand Duke, yes. When his father was there, he had a relationship with the Zhang family's family in Shu County. ”

"Good!" Qiao Ren stroked his palms and laughed: "This plan has come true!" Zhang Wen didn't have a clue about Qiao Ren's excitement, and it was not good to ask questions directly, so he stayed in the hall for a while.

"Huh. Forgiveness, do you know what this is? Qiao Ren asked, pointing to the wine jar.

"Flower carving?"

"Haha! These are not simple flower carvings, which add a sprig of snow artemisia that I bought from Nanzhong with a lot of money, this thing contains highly poisonous, but a small amount can cure diseases, if you drink this wine below a jar there is no problem, if more than one jar will slowly die. The governor wants you to send these twenty jars of wine to the Zhang family in Shu County in the name of contacting the feelings of the same clan. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor means to poison Zhang Su or Zhang Song." Zhang Wen still couldn't understand Qiao Ren's thoughts.

"Haha!" Qiao Ren laughed when he heard Zhang Wen's speculation, "Why did I poison the two of them?" As far as I know, Zhang Su doesn't drink a lot, and Zhang Song doesn't drink well. I'm going to poison Pang Tong. Speaking of Pang Tong, Qiao Ren's originally smiling face was full of hideousness, "Pang Tong is a drunkard, and when he served in the Hou General's office, he often asked for wine to drink. And the flower carving is its favorite, in Shu County a whole jar of flower carving can not be bought, even a pot can be sold for ten gold, with the strength of the Pang family, just ten gold is a piece of cake, but Shu County is not so much supply. Do you think, if Zhang Song gets twenty flower carvings, can Pang Tong not ask him for it? And Pang Tong now holds an important official position, and he has won Liu Bei's trust, can Zhang Song send him a three-five altar? ”

"I see, the teacher's clever plan to kill people with a knife."

"And that's not all!" A cold glint appeared in Qiao Ren's eyes, "I still kill two birds with one stone, Zhang Song will definitely hold a feast and entertain guests when he gets this good wine, but if he drinks less of this wine, it is not only harmless but also curable, but if he drinks it, it is a life talisman." You think, Zhang Song drank this wine and drank it, and the guests were fine, but he Pang Tong drank it but was poisoned and died. What will Liu Bei think, what Zhuge Liang will think, and what will Jingzhou scholars think. Hum! Yizhou and Dongzhou have long been dissatisfied with the high position of Jingzhou scholars, and it is just an ignition line. ”

Zhang Wen shuddered when he heard this, and secretly muttered a ruthless plan in his heart, but he asked: "But what if others also ask for a lot of wine?" ”

"It doesn't matter, under Liu Bei, the people who are good at drinking are nothing more than Zhang Fei and Pang Tong, no matter which of these two people dies, it will provoke civil strife in Shuzhong. Even if Zhang Song offered the wine to Liu Bei, it would be better to poison Liu Bei, if he could poison Liu Bei, if he could not poison Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Pang Tong would go to Liu Bei to ask for it. Hum! Moreover, this poison has never even been seen by Uncle Zhang Shishu and Yu Xianchang, let alone the quack doctors in Shu. Qiao Ren seemed to be able to see the tragic appearance of Pang Tong's poisoning and death.

Since Qiao Ren learned that Jiang Gan's death was inseparable from Pang Tong, he began to think about how to avenge Jiang Gan, and his hard work paid off, and finally Qiao Ren came up with such a poisonous plan. This plan is not only vicious, but also can clear up the relationship with Jiangdong, because this wine is only drunk below one jar, and Zhang Song is fine when he drinks it, which is enough to clear up Zhang Wen's involvement. No matter how wise he is, he is almost a demon, and he can't imagine that there is such a strange poison in this world.

"Teacher, I'll do this myself. Immediately send a letter back to Wu County to call my brother Zhang Yi to come and send these twenty jars of wine to Shudi. ”

"The Grand Duke! Oh no! Just when Qiao Ren and Zhang Wen finalized the poison plan, Jiang Ji ran in almost frantically.

"What's the alarm?" Qiao Ren reproached with a face, this Jiang Ji was the most famous person in the later generations among Qiao Ren's subordinates, and Qiao Ren also planned to cultivate him with all his thoughts, and he didn't want to be so rude today.

"The Grand Duke!" Jiang Ji didn't notice Qiao Ren's displeasure, and said loudly: "Xu Du has sent back news that Prime Minister Cao Cheng is ready to personally lead an army of 400,000 to the south. ”

"Four hundred thousand?" Qiao Ren said disdainfully: "During the Battle of Chibi, the third-line army of Cao Thief was only 230,000 people, and now Xiahou Yuan is still sitting in the northwest to guard against Ma Chao, and the 30,000 army in Hefei was completely wiped out by me, where did he come from the 400,000 army, it would be good to have 1120,000!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor, but our army is only more than 40,000 people, how is it the opponent of Cao Thief, is it a reply to Jianye, please ask the Lord for reinforcements?" Zhang Wen also felt that this battle was too disparity at this time.

"No need! With what I know about the lord. After the lord receives the news, he will definitely prepare to personally lead the army to fight the Cao thief. Presumably Jianye has become a mess at this moment! ”

"Nadu, this wine is not delivered!"

"Send, why don't you send. Go for it! ”

As Qiao Ren expected, Jianye's Che Cavalry General's Mansion (after the Battle of Hefei, Sun Ce's title had been removed) had already made a fuss.

"Lord, the son of the minister Wen Qianjin can't sit in the hall, the son of the hundred gold doesn't ride the balance, the holy lord does not take advantage of the danger and is lucky, the lord is now sitting in the sixteen counties of Jiangdong, how can he easily wade into danger and be brave." The person who spoke was none other than the counselor Yu Xuan, who was known for his outspokenness and good advice.

"Humph!" Sun Ce, who was on the throne, snorted coldly and said, "You are really the madness of the ancients! Why did he Cao Mengde personally levy it, and Lone, the Marquis of Wu, could not be levied in person, or do you think that Lone is not his opponent of Cao Cao. Forget it, you are also according to your own duty, step down, no one can stop it. ”

"My lord! The old minister thought that Cao Cao's army falsely claimed 400,000, but there were still 100,000. However, the 100,000 army is not easy to gather, and I am afraid that it will be necessary to reach the Huainan front line in the spring of next year. The lord might as well make a decision and then act, let Qiao Dudu resist one or two first, and then make a plan. Today's No. 1 minister in Jiangdong, Changshi Sun Shao said, his words are much better than Yu Xuan's.

Sun Ce thought about it for a while, and also felt that Sun Shao was reasonable, Cao Cao's southward movement was still just a rumor, if Cao Cao shook a shot, he Sun Ce ran to Hefei in a hurry, it would be laughable and generous. Thinking of this, Sun Ce couldn't help but set his eyes on Zhou Yu, a military expert.

Yu also agrees with Mr. Changxu's opinion, wait and talk about it first. But the army should still be prepared, and there should be no slackness. Moreover, Governor Lü had already defeated Wen Ping and recaptured Jiangxia, and if Cao Cao really went south to Huainan, he could be ordered to cooperate with the Eastern Front to fight. ”