The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 494 Unexpected
Li Yuan answered after thinking clearly: "My lord, last night I was drinking and having fun with Mr. Liu in the Liuxiang Pavilion. I asked a few girls to accompany the wine, but Xia Houheng and Xia Houshang said that we robbed their people, let us Handing over the man, we naturally disagreed, and then they brought soldiers over to snatch him, Xia Houheng even threatened Mr. Liu with a sword, I couldn't bear it before I taught him a lesson, if the lord thinks that I am doing something wrong, then I let the lord handle it, but even if the lord punishes me, I still don't accept it, in my opinion, the lord is a wise and powerful person, it is impossible not to see what is right and what is wrong!"

Li Yuan's words were reasonable. Although there was a conflicting emotion, it also broke Cao Cao, at least it made Cao Cao not so angry. If Cao Cao punished him, it would mean that he is not a wise master.

Cao Cao kept a straight face, and it took a long time for his expression to gradually soften, and he said, "Hmph, what a Zhao Yu, I didn't expect you to be so eloquent besides martial arts, I really can't tell."

"My lord, Liao praised me, the last general is just telling the truth."

"It's not wrong for a man to like a woman, but you are jealous of your younger generation because of two women, which is a loss to our army's dignity. If this matter gets out, it will make people laugh. Others say that I, Cao Cao, are not effective in disciplining my subordinates. When the time comes It is not only you and me who are ashamed, but also the whole army." Cao Cao entrusted the influence of this incident to the whole army, in fact, he wanted to let Li Yuan know that the mistake he made was very serious.

Li Yuan is a smart man, how could he fail to understand what Cao Cao meant, he was even more sure that Zhou Yu's idea was correct, he was afraid that Cao Cao would talk about that difficult task after a while, he didn't just refute Cao Cao, but followed Cao Cao's advice Meaning said: "The final general knows his mistake, so please punish me, no matter what kind of punishment I am willing to accept."

"It's not all your fault this time, you are at fault, Xia Houheng and Xia Houshang are at fault, and Liu Ye is also at fault, so I can't blame you for all the crimes," Cao Cao walked up to Li Yuan and patted his face Shoulder, "Right now I have a very important matter for you to do. If you can take the blame and make meritorious service, I will not pursue this matter any longer, and I can also make Yuan Rang and Miao Cai not bother you."

"Please tell me, my lord, no matter what difficult task I will go through fire and water!" Li Yuan thought to himself that the meat scene was over, and the main event was about to be staged.

"This task is important, and it must be completed by someone with strong martial arts skills. Moreover, you must not reveal any secrets, otherwise I will kill you." Cao Cao said seriously, the most important thing is to keep it secret.

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Cao Cao would say, but in his opinion, Dian Wei's martial arts were not inferior to him, and he was more trustworthy. Why did Cao Cao choose him instead of Dian Wei? He raised his hand and swore: " Don’t worry, my lord, I will definitely keep it a secret, I, Zhao Yu, swear to the sky, if the secret is revealed from me, I will be struck by lightning, and I will die.” Li Yuan made an innocuous oath, as a modern person How could he believe such a thing, not to mention that he is not Zhao Yu but Li Yuan.

Seeing Li Yuan swear, Cao Cao reassuredly said: "I want you to help me assassinate Zhou Yu."

Li Yuan's body shook violently when he heard the words, Cao Cao's short sentence made him a little bit unacceptable, he was puzzled, "Why do you want to do this?"

"I knew you would have this kind of reaction." Cao Cao had already expected that Li Yuan would ask the reason, "Because I have found out that Zhou Yu and Li Yuan were secretly colluding. Although I don't know what he and Li Yuan are plotting, but Li Yuan They are my worst enemies, so I can't let them succeed, I must kill Zhou Yu first!"

Li Yuan was once again shocked by Cao Cao's words, because he and Zhou Yu had just conspired for a few days. Cao Cao got the news so quickly. Cao Cao didn't know that Zhou Yu wanted to leave Yecheng, so he tried his best to calm down and said, "But I see Zhou Yu serving the Lord with all his heart. I heard that he gave several clever tricks when he attacked Bingzhou, which won the favor of the soldiers. How could he collude with Li Yuan behind his back?"

"I know you had a good relationship with Zhou Yu before, that's why I think so. In fact, Zhou Yu doesn't trust me, so I don't trust him either. Right now you only have two choices, one is to trust him, and the other is to listen to me , you have to think about it carefully." There was a hint of threat in Cao Cao's words.

"Of course I listen to my lord, but can I ask another question?"

"You really have a lot of questions, ask them." Cao Cao was a little impatient.

Li Yuan asked: "Commander Dian's martial arts are as good as mine, and he is more worthy of the lord's trust. Why did the lord choose me instead of him?"

"Because Zhou Tai and Chen Wu are always by Zhou Yu's side, they are not weak in martial arts, even Dian Wei is not easy to succeed, but you are different, you have a good relationship with them, so they will not always be wary of you, You need to find an opportunity to be alone with Zhou Yu, so that you can kill him, understand." Cao Cao explained.

Li Yuan nodded slightly. Although Cao Cao's explanation was reasonable, he felt that the matter was not that simple. Cao Cao still kept a secret from him, but he couldn't keep asking, otherwise it would make Cao Cao unhappy.

"Go on, get ready, this matter can only succeed and not fail."

"Yes, I will understand in the end." Li Yuan cupped his fists and said goodbye.After Li Yuan left Cao Cao's mansion, he wanted to tell Zhou Yu about this matter, but it was not appropriate to go to Zhou Yu now, and he was afraid of being followed by Cao Cao's people, so he decided to wait until evening.

As night fell, Li Yuan finished dinner at home, and this dinner was cooked by Yu'er herself. He didn't expect this brothel woman's cooking skills to be so good, much better than those wives in his family.

"Sir, do you want to take a bath after dinner?" Yu'er waited on Li Yuan, and Li Yuan asked her to call him "Zhao Yu". No need to call him Deputy Commander Zhao. Yu'er said it was disrespectful to him, after all, she was a subordinate In the end, Li Yuan just asked her to be called son.

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "No, I have to go out later, you can go to sleep after you finish your work, don't wait for me to come back."

"Young master." Yu'er nodded slightly.

When Li Yuan walked to the door, he saw that Lu Meng had prepared the carriage and was about to take Li Yuan out. Li Yuan said, "No, I'll walk to avoid being discovered by Cao Cao's people. You and Zhongkang are guarding the mansion. Recently, I offended you." A lot of people, in case someone comes to retaliate."

"Yes." Lu Meng clasped his fists.

Li Yuan walked to Zhou Yu's residence on foot. Although it was not as fast as taking a carriage, it was more secretive and not easy to be followed.After half an hour, Li Yuan came to Zhou Yu's residence.

(End of this chapter)