Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 247 Assassinating Yang Song! (Thanks to Beef and Corn Fried Rice and Qiu Shui Lan Xing He for their monthly ticket support~)
After listening to Yi Ji's advice, although Lu Bu felt it made sense, he still expressed his concerns:
"Yang Song has just made great contributions. If I kill him now, if people find out, won't they accuse me of killing a meritorious official?"

Yi Ji said calmly:
"I have a plan: My lord, you can send a man with great martial arts skills to assassinate Yang Song, and leave a token to frame him on Liu Zhang.

"No one will doubt the lord by then."

After hearing the other party's plan, Lu Bu couldn't help but be tempted.

Yang Song is indeed a hidden danger, and it is not impossible to get rid of him now, but he still asked worriedly:
“Who should we send to assassinate him?

"If the assassination fails, there will be no return, and our identities may be exposed..."

Yi Ji smiled and said:
"I recommend a man named Zhao Cen, who was once a general under Dong Zhuo.

“After surrendering to Sun Jian, he followed Sun Ce.

“This person is good at martial arts, but his reputation is not well-known.

"If the lord can promise him great benefits, he will certainly go there with pleasure.

“If he fails, let him commit suicide and leave some tokens on his body, and we can also put the blame on Liu Zhang.

"As for the assassination of Yang Song, it won't be too late to talk about it later."

Hearing Yi Ji's words, Lu Bu finally felt relieved:

"In that case, this matter will be left to you to handle."

"Here."

After Yi Ji left, he went straight to the military camp, found Zhao Cen who was training his troops, and gave the task of assassination to him.

Because they had discussed it beforehand, Zhao Cen was not surprised. He just asked seriously:

"If the assassination is successful, can you guarantee that I will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General?"

Yi Ji nodded affirmatively:
"Of course! The premise is that you can complete the mission and come back alive!"

Zhao Cen knew that this was a good opportunity to quickly gain merit, so he would not let it go:

"Since the other driver has said so, I will do my best!
"If the assassination fails, I will also leave a token to confuse them."

Yi Ji said "hmm":
"I have some good ideas. You can follow them and I guarantee that they will increase your chances of success!"

As he spoke, Yi Ji whispered a few words into Zhao Cen's ear.

Zhao Cen showed a look of joy, and immediately said goodbye and left with five loyal soldiers.

As Hanzhong was taken over by Lu Bu, Hanzhong County began to trade with the neighboring Nanyang County and Nan County.

Ordinary people also visited each other and exchanged what they had.

Zhao Cen and his men easily entered Hanzhong and came to Dongshan Mountain in the southeast of Fangling County, where they found a group of bandits.

This group of bandits had nearly a hundred people and often robbed houses nearby.

Zhao Cen directly presented a pile of jewels to the bandit leader and told the bandits:
Three days later, a batch of jewelry will be sent to Fangling County, and Yang Song will go out of the city to welcome it personally.

When it's night and they're exhausted, we'll just rob and kill them and take away the jewels!
The bandit leader was stupid and agreed immediately.

Three days later, Yang Song led dozens of people to pick up ten boxes of jewelry sent from Nanyang, just as Zhao Cen had said.

These jewels were sent by Lu Bu to thank Yang Song, and of course, also to cooperate with Yi Ji's plan to eliminate Yang Song.

Moreover, when the jewelry was delivered to the vicinity of Dongshan, it was already dark and it was another half day's journey to the county town.

Yang Song was so excited that he had no idea that he had been targeted by bandits and spent the night in the bamboo forest north of Dongshan.

Yang Song and nearly a hundred of his men were drunk.

When they started snoring, Zhao Cen and the bandits hiding in the dark immediately rushed towards them!

Yang Song woke up from his drunken dream, and was so frightened that he wanted to escape on horseback in a hurry!

However, Zhao Cen recognized the short and fat man at a glance, and without paying any attention to the others, he and his four men quickly chased up and hacked the man to death with their swords!

As for the other subordinate, he had already disguised himself as a woodcutter and went to Fangling City to report the case.

Zhao Cen took out a piece of broken Shu brocade from his arms and deliberately stuffed it into Yang Song's hand, pretending that he had snatched it from someone else. He turned his head and looked at the bandits who were robbing jewels after killing someone.

He turned his head to look at the countless torches lit in the distance to the west, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

While the bandits were not paying attention, he quietly fled to the north with his men.

When the bandits saw soldiers coming from the west, their faces changed drastically and they quickly retreated back to the mountain with the stolen jewels.

When Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei led a large army to the scene, they saw nearly a hundred corpses lying on the ground.

Yang Song was even chopped into several pieces!

However, Zhang Wei did not feel sorry for Yang Song's death.

This guy is usually greedy and I don't know how much money he has secretly taken from the people.

If his brother hadn't been quite fond of this smooth-talking guy, he would have killed him long ago.

Now that the other party was dead, he felt quite relieved.

However, although he felt relieved, the other party was a county magistrate after all, and his brother also attached great importance to him.

So he ordered people to collect Yang Song's remains.

At this moment, a soldier discovered a piece of cloth tightly clenched in Yang Song's hand and immediately handed it to Zhang Wei.

When Zhang Wei saw the piece of cloth, he quickly recognized it as Shu brocade unique to Shu County.

In Hanzhong area, except for wealthy families, few people wear Shu brocade.

How could a group of bandits wear Shu brocade?
Zhang Wei suddenly realized that Yang Song’s murder might not be as simple as the bandits robbing him of his money!
He immediately returned to the city with his men and reported the matter to Zhang Lu in Nanzheng overnight.

Zhang Lu was furious when he learned that Yang Song was dead!
He also learned that the other party was killed by someone wearing Shu brocade, and immediately asked Yan Pu beside him:

"Who do you think did this?"

Yan Pu immediately guessed two possibilities, one was Liu Zhang and the other was Lu Bu.

But he himself despised Yang Song very much, and recently he obtained the production method of Wenhou paper.

Naturally, he would not say anything that would be detrimental to Lu Bu, so he saluted and replied:

"Liu Zhang must have known that the lord had joined Lu Bu, so he sent someone to assassinate Yang Song to intimidate the lord!"

Zhang Lu also felt that this was the case, and his anger, which had been pent up for a long time, completely exploded at this moment:
“Hurry up and write a letter to General Zhang Liao of Jingzhou on my behalf, asking him to continue to send troops to attack Ba County.

“This governor will send troops to the northern part of Ba County to help him contain the enemy!

"I, Zhang Lu, swear not to be a human being unless I kill Liu Zhang!"

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When Lu Bu learned that Zhao Cen had successfully assassinated Yang Song and successfully put the blame on Liu Zhang, he immediately appointed Zhao Cen as a general and rewarded Yi Ji with some property.

Lu Bu asked Zhang Liao to cooperate with Zhang Lu to continue attacking the remaining territory of Ba County.

Before we knew it, it was October and the weather started to get colder.

Huang Yueying, who was nine months pregnant, was about to give birth.

Lu Bu had already invited the best midwife in his sphere of influence and asked Zhang Zhongjing to be on standby at all times.

In ancient times, the mortality rate among women during childbirth was generally as high as 15% or even higher!
Lu Bu would rather not have a child than not ensure Huang Yueying's safety.

Although Zhang Zhongjing was not good at delivering babies.

But as an experienced doctor, he had also delivered babies for others and knew how to avoid accidents.

At least the chance of saving adults is much higher than the chance of saving children.

Just like that, with Lü Bu feeling both expectant and anxious, the day of Huang Yueying's birth finally arrived...

(End of this chapter)