Liu Wei bowed first, and his attitude changed so quickly that Dong Xian really couldn't adapt to it, and he couldn't help but have a strong curiosity about the content written in that piece of bamboo slip.

After listening to Liu Bian's words, Dong Xian hurriedly knelt on the ground, hugged his fist at Liu Biao and said, "It is a great honor for His Highness to meet the last general!" ”

"That's right!" Raising a finger, Liu Wei lowered his head slightly, as if he couldn't think of something, and maintained a tangled demeanor on his face, and after a while, he continued: "General Dong came to this king's army to discuss peace?" ”

Seeing Liu Bian's demeanor, Dong Xian already had an idea in his heart, Liu Biao probably did not have the sincerity of the peace talks, and the reason why he was willing to meet him may have some secret scheme, and this plot may not be explained in that book.

"Exactly!" Thinking quickly in his heart, Dong Xian first bowed down to answer, but a pair of eyes secretly glanced at the bamboo slip that had just been thrown aside by Liu Wei.

"How does General Dong plan to negotiate peace with this king?" Staring at Dong Xian, who was kneeling in front of him, his eyes were looking at the bamboo slips, Liu Wei tilted his head, as if he asked very casually.

"General Niu wants the last general to convey his apologies on his behalf!" Dong Xian bowed his body, and said to Liu Wei with a very humble attitude: "Earlier, our army had intercepted and killed your army's grain team in the Yin area of Henan, and General Niu was willing to order Li Dao and Guo Yan to lead the army besieging Chang'an to evacuate in the near future, only asking His Highness to return to Luoyang, and since then the Xiliang Army and His Royal Highness have been reconciled forever, and they will never attack each other again!" ”

"Forever repaired!" As soon as Dong Xian's words were finished, Liu Wei smiled, looked up at Pang Tong and Guan Hai who were standing in the tent, and said to Dong Xian: "This king and General Niu are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, and they are ministers in the same hall, and they are not two countries, how can they be repaired forever?" ”

When Liu Wei said this, Pang Tong shook his head with a smile, but Guan Hai on the side looked up and smiled, and said to Dong Xian angrily: "I said, you general, you are still not as good as Guan Mou." Look, the words are wrong, but I want to make His Highness laugh! ”

was ridiculed by Liu Wei, but he was ridiculed by the rough Guan Hai, but Dong Xian was a little unbearable.

His swollen face was blue and red for a while, but he didn't dare to attack, just bowed to Liu Wei.

Looking at Dong Xian, who was kneeling in front of him, and kept silent for fear of saying the wrong thing again, Liu Wei pulled a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, stood up, beckoned to Pang Tong and Guan Hai, and said to the two: "Military advisor, General Guan, you two will go out with this king, and this king has something to say to you two." ”

Pang Tong and Guan Hai responded, and followed Liu to argue out of the handsome account.

When he got out of the tent, Liu Wei glanced at the tent curtain, raised his eyebrows at Pang Tong, and looked narrow. But Pang Tong's face was not very good-looking, and he lowered his voice and asked Liu Wei: "Your Highness wants to use this Dong Xian to make a plan to kill people with a knife?" ”

"Strategist!" Nodding to Pang Tong, Liu Wei whispered to him: "This king plans to use his hand to send that bamboo slip to Niu Fu, and take that Hu Chi'er's head first." ”

"Alas!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Pang Tong sighed, and whispered to him with a little reproach in his tone: "Your Highness has implemented this plan, which is a clever plan, but that Hu Chi'er can't die!" Hu Chi'er is cunning and forgetful of wealth. If you want to kill Niu Fu, you have to do it with this Hu Chi'er! ”

"It's broken!" After listening to Pang Tong's words, Liu Wei raised his hand and slapped the door of his head, and said softly in annoyance: "This king is confused, blindfolded by hatred, so what can I do? ”

"Your Highness does you have that Hu Chi'er's handwriting?" Pang Tong's eyes rolled and asked Liu Wei a question.

"Nope!" Liu Wei shook his head and said very puzzled: "The two armies are fighting, and Hu Chi'er is just a former army commander, how can this king get his handwriting?" ”

"Messing around has the benefit of messing around!" Before Liu Bian's words fell, Pang Tong smiled strangely, moved closer to Liu Bian, and said something close to his ear.

Listening to Pang Tong's words, Liu Wei was stunned at first, and then couldn't hold back, and let out a burst of laughter that he wanted to hold back but couldn't hold back.

This burst of laughter was very weird, and Dong Xian, who had already put the bamboo slip into his arms and had not had time to watch it, heard the laughter, and hurriedly knelt down to sit back, his head hanging down on his chest, as if there was a deer crashing into his heart, and he was a little nervous.

After a while, the curtain was lifted again, and as soon as Liu Wei entered the tent, he clenched his fists and said to Dong Xian: "The general has been waiting for a long time, and some affairs between this king and the military advisor have not yet been properly discussed, so I have briefly discussed it. ”

"The last general is waiting for His Highness's reply!" With the bamboo slips in his arms, Dong Xian just wanted to leave Liu Bian's tent as soon as possible, and send someone to send the bamboo slips out, and if he delayed here for a while, he would be more uneasy if he had a ghost in his heart, so he hurriedly stood up and said to Liu Bian: "The last general is clumsy, and the things that General Niu ordered are not very clear, and he was beaten by the generals of His Royal Highness's army yesterday, and his mind is still hazy at this moment......

"But the king ignored it!" Without waiting for Dong Xian to finish speaking, Liu Wei said to Pang Tong, who followed him into the tent: "The military advisor and General Guan will send General Dong back to the tent to rest on behalf of the king, and order the wounded doctor to treat the general, and wait until the general's injury improves, and then discuss the matter of peace talks!" ”

Pang Tong and Guan Hai responded in unison, and then Pang Tong made a gesture of invitation to Dong Xian and said to him: "General Dong, please!" ”

"The last will retire!" Standing up, Dong Xian saluted Liu Wei again, and walked backwards out of Liu Wei's handsome account.

When Pang Tong and Guan Hai accompanied Dong Xian to leave, Liu Wei glanced at the place where he had put the bamboo slips before, and found that the bamboo slips were indeed missing, so he shook his head with a smile, knelt behind the low table, picked up the tea cup, and took a sip slowly.

Besides, Dong Xian, who stole Liu Wei's bamboo slips, returned to the tent accompanied by Pang Tong and Guan Hai, and exchanged pleasantries with Pang Tong for a while, and waited until Pang Tong and Guan Hai were sent away, and then he instructed the entourage outside the tent to keep the tent curtains, and anyone who came could not put it in without permission, so he turned back into the tent and couldn't wait to take out the bamboo slips and look at them.

After reading what was written on the bamboo slip, Dong Xian's eyes widened, and the hand holding the bamboo slip couldn't help trembling, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice: "Okay, you Hu Chi'er, on the surface, I instigated General Niu to send General Ben to discuss peace talks with the King of Luoyang, but I don't want you to secretly have a connection with it." No wonder the 20,000 troops attacked hundreds of Luoyang troops that day, and they couldn't grab half a grain. ”

"Someone!" Clenching his fists tightly, his already swollen and almost deformed cheeks twitched violently, and Dong Xian shouted out of the tent.

When one of the attendants heard the shouting, he hurried in from outside the tent, bowed with his fists folded, and stood near the curtain.

Looking up at the entourage, Dong Xian cut off the tendons of the bamboo slips with a short blade, put the bamboo slips in his hand and rubbed them vigorously a few times, until all the bamboo slips were rubbed, he said to the entourage: "Send three people, three times a day, to send this book to General Niu." No one is allowed to watch it except General Niu! ”

The so-called three shots a day is a method of transmitting secret reports that has been inherited since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In order to prevent the letter from being robbed by the enemy, the entire bamboo slip was divided into several pieces by the writer, which were handed over to three different messengers and delivered to the destination in three different ways.

As a result, even if one or two messengers were intercepted by the enemy, it would be difficult for the enemy to know the exact contents because of the incomplete bamboo slips.

This method continued until the end of the Han Dynasty and was still used from time to time, but because of the use of lighter sheepskin, silk and paper for writing letters in the late Han Dynasty, the frequency of use of three times a day has long been much looser.

took the bamboo piece with the words written on it from Dong Xian's hand, and the entourage responded, turned around and walked out of the tent.

After a while, three of Dong Xian's entourage, carrying the separated bamboo slips, left the Luoyang military camp on horses.

Before Dong Xian returned to the tent, the soldiers guarding the Yamen of the camp had been instructed not to strictly investigate Dong Xian's entourage from the camp. It was precisely because of this that the three entourages carried the letter torn into bamboo pieces very smoothly and galloped away in the direction of Zheng County.

Liu Wei, who had been paying attention to Dong Xian's actions, finally had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth when he learned that three of his entourages had left the barracks and rode in the direction of Jing Zhaoyin.

Except for Dong Xian's order to leave the barracks with bamboo chips, the barracks were in order all day, and Liu Wei did not show any intention of storming Taihua Mountain.

Groups of patrol soldiers, lined up in neat formations in the camp, carrying simple knives, walked back and forth. In the open space in the barracks, there were many officers and soldiers, who were forming a phalanx, practicing their killing skills.

From time to time, the officers and men who were conducting the drill would let out bursts of shouts. The shout was majestic and low, echoing through the valley where the army was stationed, and the whole valley seemed to tremble with the shout.

Dong Xian, who had already received three entourages and successfully left the Luoyang Army camp, let out a long sigh. As long as the bamboo slips are sent, even if Liu Wei finds that the bamboo slips are missing, he will come to the door. Since there is no evidence of guilt in his hands, as long as he dies and does not admit it, Liu Wei will definitely have no way to deal with him.

Kneeling alone in the tent, listening to the shouts from outside the tent, Dong Xian couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. As long as Niu Fu gets the letter, Hu Chi'er and Liu Wei have already colluded, and it will be revealed. In the past few days, he only needs to find an excuse and leave the Luoyang military camp quickly, so that he can save his life and return to Zheng County, and ask Niu Fu for this reward for digging up the spies.

Unconsciously, night fell quietly, not only Dong Xian and his entourage, but even most of the Luoyang officers and soldiers in the barracks had already fallen asleep, and a team of men and horses wearing black night clothes rushed out of the barracks at this time and rushed towards the foot of Taihua Mountain not far away.

Standing outside the tent, looking at the team of more than 100 people who soon disappeared into the night, Liu Bian's heart was as clear as a mirror. He knew very well that after tonight, the decisive battle with the Xiliang Army of Niu Fu's department would be completely kicked off. Whoever killed the deer, but in a few days, it will be clear to see!