The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 499 Assassination Plan
"I agree with you asking him to kill him at your house, but you can't transport him out of the city at night, you have to transport him during the day." Cao Cao only half agreed with Li Yuan's plan.

"Why do you have to transport it out during the day?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

Cao Cao explained: "Because the gates of the city are closed at night, even if I can use privileges to let you out, others will definitely be suspicious, so you have to pretend to be a caravan during the day and put Zhou Yu's body in a box. Then they were transported outside the city and buried."

"My lord is right, I will do it when the time comes." Li Yuan nodded.

Cao Cao was very cautious, and added: "Remember to inform me when you bury it, and I will go to check it myself."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely inform you when the time comes." Li Yuan and Cao Cao discussed for a while, then left.After discussing with Li Yuan, Cao Cao went to see Xiahou Dun in the study.

After entering the study, Cao Cao saw that Xiahou Dun's face was not very happy, and he couldn't help laughing, "Is Yuan Rang still angry about what happened just now?"

"The last general doesn't dare, but I don't quite understand why my lord values ​​Zhao Yu so much. Could it be that he is so capable?" Xiahou Dun was dissatisfied with Cao Cao in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly.

"What do you think of Zhao Yu?" Cao Cao asked back.

"His martial arts are indeed very powerful. He is the first person besides Lu Bu who can make Dian Wei fight hard." Xiahou Dun gave a pertinent evaluation.

"You are right. This man is very skilled in martial arts. The reason why I let him command the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is because of this. Every soldier in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is a good player, but they are also quite proud. Except for Dian Wei, they No one obeys, even Cao Chun, they have only respect for Cao Chun, not absolute obedience, so only someone like Dian Wei can do it, and Zhao Yu has this ability." Cao Cao is not ignorant of tiger and leopard cavalry.

"But he has just joined the lord not long ago, so he is not worthy of the lord's trust, let alone he was Zhou Yu's subordinate." Although Xiahou Dun was reckless, he was not stupid.

"You are right, Zhao Yu is not worthy of my trust, but the reason why I punished you and Xia Houheng in front of him just now is to gain his trust, because I have a very important task for him, so I I have to do this, I hope you can understand my difficulties." Cao Cao explained to his subordinates in a rare way.

"I don't mean to blame my lord, but can you tell me what task I have to let Zhao Yu complete?" Xiahou Dun asked puzzled.

"I can't tell you for the time being. I will definitely tell you when the time is right." Cao Cao hesitated for a while, but finally chose not to speak out.

"Well, I will obey my lord in everything." Xiahou Dun did not continue to ask, he knew that Cao Cao would tell him when the time came.

"After you go back, tell Xia Houheng that I will restore him to his post in a short time, but let him not be so arrogant in his work in the future, and he can't act arrogantly because he is the son of a wonderful talent. This kind of character must be changed. You are his elder, so it is more reasonable for you to speak up." Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to go back and discipline Xia Houheng more, and Xiahou Dun could only teach Xiahou Heng when Xia Houyuan was away.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will talk to him more when I get back." Xiahou Dun promised.

At this time Li Yuan had already left Cao Cao's mansion. He had just walked two streets away when he saw Le Jin and Liu Ye waiting for him not far away. Li Yuan walked over to greet them: "Master Liu, General Le, do you need me?"

"Hahahahaha, thanks to your presence, I was able to teach Xia Houheng a lesson today. I wonder if Vice Commander Zhao is free to come to my house for a drink or two?" Liu Ye was in a very good mood and wanted to invite Li Yuan to his house. .

"Hahahahaha, how dare I not go if Lord Liu invites me." Li Yuan didn't want to go because he still had a lot of things to do, but how could he not go if Liu Ye invited him, so Li Yuan and Le Jin went to Liu Ye's mansion together.

It was almost noon when he came to Liu Ye's mansion. Liu Ye asked his servants to make some side dishes, served a pot of good wine, and then poured wine for Li Yuan himself, saying: "Zhao Yu, thank you for venting your anger on me today. , this glass is for you from me, Liu Ye." After Liu Ye finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass.Li Yuan and Le Jin also toasted and drank together.

"Your Majesty Liu, you are being polite. Xia Houheng is arrogant. It is only natural to take action to teach him a lesson. In fact, when he attacked my mansion last night, I wanted to hurt him. However, he brought so many soldiers that I had no chance to take advantage of it." .” Li Yuan intends to teach Xia Houheng a profound lesson so that he won’t dare to mess with him again.

"You may be very relieved by doing this, but you will completely offend Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. It is not easy to explain to the Lord. It is the best result to deal with it like this morning. After all, Xiahouheng is Xiahouyuan's son. Xiahouyuan has made countless contributions to the Lord. It is very rare for my lord to help you like this today." Liu Ye knew very well that Cao Cao attached great importance to Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, and he even wondered why Cao Cao treated Li Yuan so well.

Le Jin also said: "Although I also want to take action to teach Xia Houheng a lesson, I dare not hurt him. Even I have to be afraid of his identity."

"You two, to tell you the truth, I don't know why the lord pays special attention to me and helps me teach Xia Houheng a lesson. First, I didn't make any contribution. Second, I just took office not long ago and am not familiar with everything, but the lord But I am so grateful and worried about me." Of course, Li Yuan would not be so stupid as to say that Cao Cao wanted him to assassinate Zhou Yu.

Liu Ye's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said: "Zhao Yu, what you said made me admire you, I thought you would be intoxicated by the trust of the lord in you, but in fact, I brought you here this time to remind you One thing for you."

"What's the matter, please tell Mr. Liu."

"My lord is for a very smart person. Sometimes even I can't grasp the thoughts in his mind. He never does things without purpose. As you said just now, you haven't made any credit for the short time since you took office, but But he values ​​you so much, which means that he must have other plans, and maybe he will explain to you soon, you have to be careful, the lord is actually not that easy to get along with." Liu Ye has worked with Cao Cao for a long time, so he understands it very well. Cao Cao's character.

Li Yuan couldn't help being shocked after hearing these words, because Zhou Yu also said such words, but that was before Cao Cao assigned the task, and now Liu Ye can guess that Cao Cao will have something else just based on Cao Cao's trust in him. Picture, it can be seen how resourceful Liu Ye is, so he had to wake up to deal with it, and said: "Master Liu is right, I will pay more attention in the future."

(End of this chapter)