Xu Du, Cao Pi's mansion.

"Idiot, what a stupid idiot!" Cao Pi looked at Shi A in front of him, scolded angrily, and vented his anger.

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu on the side looked at the angry Cao Pi, and they didn't dare to persuade each other, so they could only set their eyes on Shi A.

"Shi, what you just said is true?" Cao Zhen asked.

"Returning to the three sons, what the villain said is the truth. Originally, Li Wei wrote a reply letter to General Dong Cheng, asking me to send it back to Xudu in the starry night, saying that as long as he killed Cao Zhang, killed Xu Du and recaptured the Son of Heaven, he would definitely thank General Dong and let me leave Chang'an! ”

"But I think he is so confident, he must take action, so he didn't leave in a hurry, lurking near Chang'an, wanting to wait until there is definite news to report to Gongzi."

"As a result, Li Wei sent Li Huan, Li Ying, and Li Shi out of the city to intercept and kill the messenger of the Son of Heaven respectively, as well as a sneak attack on Cao Zhang's camp, but they all encountered an ambush, lost the soldiers, and Li Shi was directly killed by Cao Zhang, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and now there are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses left in Chang'an City."

"And now Cao Zhang has personally gone to Tianshui to see Ma Teng and wants to recruit them. I saw that the military situation had changed too much, and I didn't dare to delay any longer, so I rushed back to Xudu to report in the starry night! Shi Ah truthfully recounted the battle situation in front of him again.

"This Li Dao is such an idiot! We have already arranged everything for him, and the princes of Xiliang have also refused to recruit the imperial court, as long as he guards Chang'an well, Cao Zhang has no chance at all. You have to be smart and bury a good game in vain! After listening to Shi A's story, Cao Xiu also complained with great regret.

Cao Pi got up and echoed Cao Xiu's words, and said very annoyedly: "Who said it wasn't?!" These Xiliang barbarians are simple-minded and difficult to become big. Originally, I was expecting to be able to get rid of Ziwen with their hands, but now it's good, I have become a wedding dress for someone else, and I gave him war exploits in vain! ”

Cao Zhen also got up and said angrily: "Yes, I really didn't expect that this Li Dao was so useless, and he was defeated by Ziwen so easily, it was really in vain for our efforts." ”

Cao Xiu suddenly remembered something, and said to Cao Pi: "Zihuan, what I'm worried about now is not only Ziwen's military exploits, but I'm worried that you may have a bad situation." ”

"What's wrong with me?" Cao Pi obviously didn't understand the meaning of Cao Xiu's words.

"Listening to Shi A's report just now, don't you think that Li Dao was able to fall for the scheme, precisely because he believed in the military information that Shi A provided him?" Cao Xiu reminded Cao Pi.

Cao Pi thought about it, and suddenly realized something: "You mean, he found out that we used Xiahou Shang and Xiahou Ru to transmit military information to Li Dao?" ”

"Very possibly. Otherwise, why did he let Xiahou Shang and Xiahou Ru go to be robbed instead of him? How is it possible that all actions are so targeted? It is very likely that Shi A went to Chang'an to report the news, which was the news that he deliberately released to the Xiahou brothers, just to find Shi A, and then set up Li Dao! Cao Xiu expressed his analysis.

"Huh? If that's the case, it's troublesome. When Xiahou and his brothers went back to be Ziwen for the first trial, they would definitely tell them all the things that Zihuan had told them before leaving, doesn't that mean that Cao Zhang has the evidence that we passed on the military information to Li Dao? ! After Cao Zhen listened, he first became nervous and said anxiously.

Cao Pi's expression became solemn, he knew very well that if Cao Zhang had the evidence of "collaborating with the enemy", he would definitely not let himself go, and he would definitely take the opportunity to settle all the previous grudges together.

With Cao Cao's usual dislike for himself, if his crime of collaborating with the enemy is confirmed, not to mention the future struggle for the position of the prince, it is unknown whether he can save his life.

"Wen Lie, you usually have the most ideas, you have to quickly help Zihuan think of a way to deal with it. Otherwise, once Ziwen comes back victoriously and pursues this matter in front of Sikong, then Zihuan will be finished. Cao Zhen anxiously urged Cao Xiu.

Although Cao Pi maintained a calm face, he was also a little flustered in his heart, and looked at Cao Xiu with expectant eyes, hoping that he could quickly come up with a practical solution.

Cao Xiu thought quietly, Cao Pi and Cao Zhen looked at him expectantly, and they didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of disturbing his train of thought.

Cao Xiu suddenly raised his head, turned his head to look at Shi A, and asked, "Did you just say that Li Dao wrote a handwritten letter to Dong Cheng?" Where is the faith now? ”

Shi A hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and sent it to Cao Xiu: "Please take a look at the son." ”

After Cao Xiu took the letter and read it carefully, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Cao Pi: "Zihuan, don't worry, with this letter from Li Dao to Dong Cheng, you can completely clear the relationship." ”

Cao Pi looked at Cao Xiu with a solemn face: "Wen Lie, I understand what you mean, we chose to contact Li Dao as Dong Cheng at the beginning, firstly, to win his trust, and secondly, to push it on his head in case something happens." But now, how can we convince our father that Dong Cheng did this? ”

"When a person does something, he must have his own motives. Dong Cheng has a good reason to deal with Ziwen. He has no heirs himself, so he regards his nephew as his own and loves him very much, but Cao Zhang cleaned up his nephew on the street, which is not to give him face first. ”

"Subsequently, Cao Zhang asked the four major families to participate in the sale of Cao Gong Paper, and he didn't bring Dong Cheng, do you think he will have no resentment in his heart?"

Coupled with the reply letter given to him by Li Dao, it can be proved that Dong Cheng provided Li Dao with military information. Li Dao has been in charge of the government for many years, and most of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee have seen his handwriting, so it can definitely be concluded that it was written by Li Dao himself, and Dong Cheng can't explain it clearly. Cao Xiu said to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi said to Cao Xiu with an anxious face: "I understand what you said. But Wenlie has you thought about it, since this letter is for Dong Cheng, how did it get into my hands?! If I go to report Dong Cheng to my father, can this matter be made clear? ”

"Father is suspicious by nature, Cao Zhang originally reported that it was me, but I took out such a letter to report Dong Cheng, how could my father believe it?!"

Cao Zhen listened to Cao Pi's words, and couldn't help but echo: "Yes, Wen Lie, if we go to Sikong to talk about this matter ourselves, it will definitely not make sense!" ”

Cao Xiu's face showed a sly smile, looked at the two of them and said, "Let's report it ourselves, it's definitely not possible, but what if Zijian reports it?!" ”

"Zijian?" Cao Pi was slightly stunned at first, and then suddenly suddenly.

After all, Cao Zhi has now joined the ranks of the controversy between the sons of the world, and when bidding farewell to Cao Zhang, one of his poems directly stole the limelight from Cao Zhang, and Cao Cao's unsparing preference for him also shows that if he comes forward to report, Cao Cao's trust will increase a lot.

Pulling Cao Zhi into the water, so that the original separate competition with Cao Pi becomes a competition between the three sons, so that Cao Pi and Cao Zhi can also restrain each other, which will have more opportunities for Cao Pi.

"Wen Lie, Zijian is of course the best person to report this matter to his father, but the question is how to put Dong Cheng's incriminating evidence into his hands, which needs to be carefully considered." Cao Pi first affirmed Cao Xiu's strategy, and then raised his own concerns.

"There must be brave men under the heavy reward, as long as you are willing to pay, is there anything you can't do? We can buy the princess's guards, let alone the family members of Dong Cheng's mansion? Cao Xiu smiled faintly, obviously Cao Pi's worries had long been within his consideration.

"Dong Cheng's nephew usually bullies men and women, and he is also very mean to the family members of Dong Cheng's mansion, often beating and insulting, which is well known to the world. We only need to find a close family member next to Dong Cheng to buy, and say that he has been severely beaten by Dong Cheng's nephew, so he has a grudge against him. ”

Not long ago, he overheard the conspiracy of Dong Cheng and his nephew. The nephew Yin Bi held a grudge against Cao Zhang and begged Dong Cheng to avenge him. Dong Cheng happened to be dissatisfied with Cao Zhang and Sikong himself, so he arranged for someone to bribe Shi A and let him infiltrate the army to pass on military information to Li Dao. ”

"This Ding always wanted to report, but there was no evidence, until he cleaned Dong Cheng's room, found this secret letter, and decided to report Dong Cheng to vent his anger." Cao Xiu told his plan in full.

After listening to Cao Xiu's strategy, Cao Pi pondered for a moment, on the whole, this strategy is quite complete, although there are small flaws, but it can basically be said.

"If that's the case, this family can't go directly to Zijian for reporting, but has to hand it over to Taichang Yang Biao! Yang Biao is now very close to Cao Zhang. And his son Yang Xiu is Zijian's vassal, if their father and son go to report it together, the credibility will be even higher! Cao Pi told Cao Xiu what he thought.

"Zihuan thinks more thoroughly, but if this strategy wants to succeed, there is one person who is extremely crucial, and he can decide the success or failure of things!" After Cao Xiu finished speaking, his eyes looked at Shi Ah on the side.

Shi A immediately understood what Cao Xiu meant, and knelt down on one knee in front of them: "A few sons, my Shi A has no wife and children, and there is only an old mother at home. Zihuan Gongzi is as kind to me as a mountain, as long as Gongzi is willing to take care of my mother for me, Shi A is willing to sacrifice this life for Gongzi, and he will definitely bite Dong Cheng to death! ”

Cao Pi hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help: "Jing Ke stabbed Qin Youfan to sacrifice his life to help, I, Cao Pi, can have Master Shi to protect my life, it is really a blessing for three lives, please rest assured, I will serve your mother in the future, just like my own mother!" ”

Shi A responded movingly: "Childe is so kind, Shi A will definitely die!" ”

Cao Pi looked at Cao Xiu, and the two looked at each other, both showing meaningful smiles, knowing that their plan could be implemented smoothly.