Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 151 Cutting Cao's Feather Wings (7)
As soon as he stepped into Cao Cao's sleeping tent, Sima Yi immediately saw Jiang Gan sitting on the lower right side of Cao Cao's couch with sweat profusely, while Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, Mao Jie, etc. were already sitting solemnly on the long mat on the left side of the couch. .Cao Cao had already put on his cotton robe, and sat up on the couch, his flushed face faintly filled with anger.On the desk in front of him was an unsealed letter in silk.

"Zhongda, please take a look at this letter." Cao Cao asked a personal guard to hand over the silk letter.

Sima Yi took the letter in his hand, retreated to Mao Jie's seat and sat down, read it slowly, but his complexion changed slightly.The contents of the letter read as follows:
Governor Zhou of the Jiangdong Navy:
Mao once thought that he used to be the Sima of the Jingzhou Shepherd's Mansion, and he wanted to respect the Han Dynasty and obey the order, keep the people safe and protect Jing.

Unexpectedly, Thief Cao is arrogant, mean and ungrateful, and treats our soldiers and people in Jingzhou as private slaves.The Cao thief surrounded and slaughtered them in the middle of the night, burning and killing more than [-] people, without any regard for mercy, which is really outraged by both humans and gods.Every time Cai thinks about it, his heart breaks.If you want to vote for the Lord, you hate that you have no chance.But the governor is majestic and heroic, with a great strategy and friendship with Mao's in-law Zhuge Liang, Mao is willing to lead the people of Jingzhou to defect without regret.It must be delayed for a few days. If Cao Bandit came to visit the navy camp and condolences, but it was convenient, Mao would immediately lead his troops to rebel against the war, cut off the head of Cao Bandit, and offered it to his subordinates.Fortunately, please do not be suspicious, and hereby respectfully submit.

Co-authored by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun of Jingzhou.

Sima Yi was watching carefully, and Cao Cao over there had already waved to Jiang Gan as a signal.Jiang Gan was still full of lingering fear, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the corner of his sleeve, and said breathlessly: "My lords... this is stolen from the secret drawer of the bookshelf in Zhou Yu's bedroom. It was because of the contents of this letter that Ziyi felt that the matter was too critical, so he fled back at the risk of death..."

Cao Chun had read the letter just now, and asked with some surprise: "Mr. Jiang, how did you get this secret letter?"

Jiang Gan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then recounted the incident in detail: "Zhou Yu invited me to share the bed last night for the sake of old classmates, he was so drunk that he took advantage of his deep sleep At the time, I secretly searched the secret drawer of his bookshelf, only to find this secret letter in the slip of the volume of "Sun Tzu's Art of War". You adults may not know that when I was studying with Zhou Yu's classmate Zhou Yu in the "Wanyuan Academy", Ziyi knew that Zhou Yu had the habit of hiding letters in slips. So many years have passed, and Zhou Yu has not changed this habit! When Ziyi saw what was written in the letter, he I was so scared that I drove back in a hurry."

"Huh? I heard that Zhou Yu's barracks was heavily guarded and the ferry was heavily guarded. How did you escape, Mr. Jiang?" Mao Jie was also quite skeptical.

"That's right! That's right! At the door of his sleeping tent, the gate of the barracks, and the crossing of the wharf, there are indeed soldiers everywhere who stopped and questioned Qian." Jiang Gan hurriedly pulled out a bronze talisman from his sleeve and showed them, " Fortunately, Ziyi found Zhou Yu's box of passing talismans by his bedside, and stole one by the way, and the soldiers let it go after careful investigation."

Although Cao Chun and Mao Jie sounded like there were coincidences like telling stories everywhere, Jiang Gan still explained the ins and outs very clearly, and they couldn't ask any more questions.At this time, Xia Houyuan believed a little bit in his heart, turned his head and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, recently Li Yuan also looked at Cai Mao and Zhang Yun who were a little thieves and sneaky, and sometimes they shrunk their heads and lowered their eyebrows when they met Yuan face to face. This time, Mr. Jiang stole their correspondence with the enemy again, and it is indeed God Bless the Prime Minister! God Bless our army! —— Please, the Prime Minister, order the two of them to be bound and brought here immediately!"

Cao Cao pondered for a while, then turned to Mao Jie and asked, "Master Mao, what do you think?"

Mao Jie showed a serious look: "Cai and Zhang have indeed shown signs of suspicion recently, but it seems that they cannot be used to explain that they have rebellion. Moreover, this letter is unilaterally from Zhou Yu. The ones that were found... I'm afraid there may be fraud in them! This is a big matter, and I ask the Prime Minister to be cautious and make a decision."

After Cao Cao listened, he nodded and turned his eyes to Sima Yi.

However, Sima Yi looked very calm, raised his head and straightened his body, and said calmly: "There is a saying, 'If you catch a thief, you must get the stolen goods. The emissary went to invite the two of them here politely, to "tune the tiger away from the mountain"; on the other hand, secretly mobilized the secret soldiers to search the two of them quickly and carefully when they were ordered to leave their dormitory. , to see if they have other evidence of collaborating with the enemy. If there is other evidence of collaborating with the enemy, everything is self-evident; if there is no other evidence of collaborating with the enemy, then listen to how they explain the matter."

"Zhongda is right!" Cao Cao nodded slowly, and beckoned to Xu Chu and Wu Mao, "You two, follow Zhongda's words, go down and deal with it right away!"

Cai Hao and Zhang Yun walked into Cao Cao's sleeping tent and saw Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, Mao Jie, Sima Yi, Jiang Gan and others all sitting in front of them, thinking that Cao Cao was holding some important military meeting, the two couldn't help but hold their breath , bowed to Cao Cao and said: "Master Prime Minister, please forgive me for being late this time."

Cao Cao sat on the bed, his face pale: "That's right, it's a good thing that you are 'belated' in all kinds of scandals, otherwise the leader of the truth has already crossed the river, and you have offered it to Zhou Yu's child's account!"

When Cai Hao and Zhang Yun heard these words, they felt that the intention was very bad, their legs trembled, and they hurriedly knelt down: "Why did you say that, Prime Minister? You really bluffed and killed your subordinates..."

"Wait, let's read this letter!" Cao Cao didn't bother them, and with a "crash", he threw the silk letter in front of them.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun hurriedly walked forward on the floor and picked up the letter. When they saw it, they felt as if they had been struck by five thunders, and their faces turned pale: "My lord prime minister! This... this is really a great injustice! The subordinates are devoted to you wholeheartedly, how dare they have such dissatisfaction? Someone must have framed the subordinates..."

Cao Cao said coldly: "If you want to clear the two of you of the crime of treason and collaborating with the enemy, you two must produce evidence!"

(End of this chapter)