The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 435 Killing Cai Mao
In Xiangyang City, Jingzhou, Cai Mao looked at the letter in his hand and his face changed drastically. He scolded his wife beside him: "Who told you to accept this letter? Are you trying to kill our whole family?"

Some of the words on the letter in front of him were blurred. However, in Cai Mao's view, these blurred words were like a fatal dagger that would send the entire Cai family to Caishikou.

"How could I know that my daughter would send me such a letter?" Mrs. Cai said with a sad face.

She originally thought that this was just an ordinary letter sent by her own daughter, but she didn't expect that there was a murderous knife hidden in it. If things went wrong, Cai would be sent to the guillotine.

"A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. She is already Liu Bei's woman. Will she still remember Cai's kindness?" Cai Mao was furious.

He felt angry and dissatisfied with his daughter. He had raised her for almost twenty years, but now she was an ungrateful person who helped others to cheat her father.

"My dear, it's just a letter. The Prime Minister is wise and intelligent, he shouldn't care about it!" Mrs. Cai said hesitantly.

"What do you know? After all, we, the Cai family, have just surrendered and have not yet gained the trust of the prime minister. It is not a good thing to receive a letter like this at this time. I don't know how many people are eyeing my position." Cai Mao shook his head.

Although everyone said that Qin Shou was wise, he always felt insecure as a minister.

Especially marrying his daughter to Liu Bei made Cai Mao feel terrified. Even though Qin Shou did not cause trouble for him after Jingzhou fell into Qin Shou's hands, he was still a little worried.

He agreed with all of Jia Xu's orders and dared not disobey them in the slightest.

But he didn't expect that things would come to him now. A letter from his daughter destroyed everything. Cai Mao seemed to see a large number of soldiers rushing into the mansion and killing everyone in it.

"Then, what should we do now?" Mrs. Cai asked quickly with a pale face.

Cai Mao smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do? It's impossible to pretend that this incident didn't happen. I'd better go see the Prime Minister! It's better for me to take the initiative to see him now than for him to come to me."

Cai Mao thought that what happened in his house would soon be known to Qin Shou, so he would take the initiative to meet him to avoid the disaster of exterminating the whole family.

Mrs. Cai was about to speak when there was a knock on the door, which woke them both up. Cai Mao was about to speak when he saw the door open and a man walked in.

"who are you?"

Cai Mao looked at the man in front of him, his expression changed drastically, and he snorted coldly.

"Under the Prime Minister's command, Commander Qin Feng, Jia Mu, pays his respects to General Zhennan." The visitor greeted with a smile on his face.

"The son of Military Advisor Jia?" After hearing this, Cai Mao's face suddenly showed joy. He quickly handed over the letter and said, "General, this is a letter sent by Liu Bei under the guise of my daughter. I was just about to go see the military advisor."

Jia Mu did not take the letter, but chuckled and said, "I came to see you for this letter. However, the military advisor said that if Liu Bei sends you another letter in the future, you should just take it and ignore it."

Cai Mao was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't ask any questions and quickly agreed.

"I haven't congratulated you yet on becoming the Grand Admiral of the Navy! In the future, you will be the only Grand Admiral besides General Gan Ning who is proficient in naval warfare." Jia Mu suddenly congratulated.

Cai Mao was happy at first, but soon he understood the situation he was about to face.

He immediately pulled Jia Mu out of the room and whispered, "Brother Jia, are you talking about this letter?"

After all, he was the helmsman of a noble family, so he immediately guessed why Liu Bei wrote this letter to him. In the final analysis, it was because he was about to become the admiral of the navy.

"However, Commander-in-Chief, your entire family's lives will be ruined soon." Jia Mu suddenly chuckled and said, "The crime is collusion with Liu Bei and conspiracy to rebel." Cai Mao turned pale at first, but soon he suddenly understood something.

"The general understands."

Jia Mu nodded and praised: "Once Jiangdong is pacified, the general can be credited with the first merit."

"It's all worth it as long as I can bring peace to the world and serve the prime minister." Cai Mao understood that all this was Qin Shou's strategy, and his goal was to eliminate Liu Bei and Cao Cao as soon as possible.

"General, you have such a sentiment. I believe the Cai family can prosper for three generations." Jia Mu nodded and looked at Cai Mao approvingly. After all, he was from an aristocratic family and knew how to make choices.

Compared with his daughter, Cai's foundation is the most important.

"Oh!" Cai Mao smiled bitterly.

The prosperity of the Cai family is no longer important. His greatest hope now is to restore peace to the world as soon as possible. The process of Qin Shou unifying the world is really terrifying.

Before he went to Nanjun and took over the navy, the enemy's plan was already before his eyes. If he hadn't been smart and alert, he wouldn't have known what was going to happen if his head hadn't been moved.

Jia Mu left Cai Mansion, and Cai Mao and others also set off for Nanjun to take over the Jingzhou navy.

On the way, he received letters from Liu Bei from time to time, which made him uneasy. Even though all this was arranged, anything could happen before everything was settled.

Sure enough, when he led Cai Zhong and Cai He into the camp, he was thrown into prison on the grounds of colluding with Liu Bei and plotting rebellion.

"Investigate Cai Mao, Cai Zhong, and Cai He for colluding with Liu Bei and plotting rebellion. Execute them immediately."

Fa Zheng's cold voice was heard, and before Cai Mao and the other two could react, Qin Shou chopped off their heads. Their heads were hung above the gate, and the three armies were shocked for a moment.

The first admiral of the navy, Gan Ning, was defeated and imprisoned. The second admiral of the navy, Cai Mao, colluded with Liu Bei and was beheaded. For a time, the admiral of the Cavalry Navy became a high-risk job, and the morale of the navy was unstable.

"The Cai brothers were killed, and Kong Ming's plan succeeded."

When the news reached Chibi, Zhou Yu and others all showed joy on their faces.

"Can you see clearly that the heads on the gate are really those of the Cai brothers?" Guo Jia asked in disbelief.

Only after receiving a positive answer from the scout did Guo Jia feel relieved.

It is really not an easy thing to get the upper hand over Qin Shou.

"Most of the world has fallen into Qin Shou's hands. Qin Shou is now complacent and simply won't listen to other people's opinions. Being suspicious by nature is the instinct of those in power. Cai Mao is a surrendered general and does not have Qin Shou's trust. Once Qin Shou gets the letter from our lord, Cai Mao's fate will be doomed." Zhuge Liang said with a little complacency.

"It's all thanks to the military advisor for his brilliant strategies." Liu Bei smiled, looking as if he didn't want to take any credit for it.

Everyone felt a little disdainful.

After all, Cai Mao was Liu Bei's father-in-law, and he was betrayed so easily. Such a person should not be a friend.

(End of this chapter)