Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"who is it?"

Guo Jia asked, and moved closer to watch. Dian Wei, who was Li Yi's personal bodyguard, even scolded directly: "No matter who it is, as long as the lord gives an order, so-and-so will take his life!"

Li Yi didn't speak, and handed the official letter to the two of them. After reading it, Dian Wei scratched his head and said, "This man is already dead, and the higher-ups didn't say who the mastermind is. Could it be that Liu Zhoumu?"

It turned out that the official letter sent by Liu Biao mainly said two things.

First, the manager who contacted Zhang Fang hanged himself the day after Zhang Fang missed. Liu Biao failed to track down the mastermind behind the scenes, so this became a case without a clue.

The second thing is the personnel change in Jingzhou. Kuai Yue suddenly fell ill and had no choice but to resign and go home to recuperate. Now Jingzhou Biejia is replaced by Liu Xian.

Apart from these two points, there are also many gifts attached, which are said to be for Li Yi's shock.

Guo Jia exchanged the official letter to Li Yi, and said to Dian Wei: "The chief envoy is not Zhou Mu, but Kuai Yue."

Dian Wei was a little stunned. Although he didn't like Kuai Yue's polite appearance, but because Kuai Yue helped Shi A assassinate Li Yi, he still had a good impression of Kuai Yue. Later, Li Yi also thanked Kuai Yue again and again, saying In the beginning, there was still some friendship, so Kuai Yue was so full that he wanted to kill Li Yi?

Dian Wei felt that Guo Jia had made a mistake, and looked to Li Yi for confirmation. At this time, the anger that suddenly rose in Li Yi's heart had been suppressed a lot. Seeing Dian Wei's question, he nodded slightly, agreeing with Guo Jia's judgment.

Dian Wei obviously trusted Li Yi's words more. Seeing Li Yi nodding, he knew that Kuai Yue must have not run away, and suddenly his face turned cold, and he said coldly: "My lord, given a certain five days, I will definitely take the surname Kuai." Dog head!"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Don't be reckless."

After a pause, Li Yi said again: "Go back to the city to discuss with Mr. Jia, and then make a decision."

A group of people finally returned to the city ahead of schedule. There were already many people waiting in front of the prefect's mansion from those families who were thinking about the follow-up of several articles. These people did not take two steps before retreating.

Li Taishou, who was usually smiling, suddenly put on a straight face, and the already fierce Dian Wei looked like he was going to kill someone anytime, anywhere. Anyone who saw it would know that something must have happened. The whole family was helpless, I can only step back for the time being, and then find out what happened to Li Taishou.

After finding Jia Xu, Li Yi showed him the official letter and asked, "What's Mr. Jia's opinion on this matter?"

Jia Xu didn't answer in a hurry, and read the official letter twice carefully. At first, his face was still serious, but soon, a smile appeared on his face, and he cupped his hands and said, "This is a great event, my lord is celebrating with a banquet today." yes!"

Li Yi frowned, and he couldn't directly understand Jia Xu's intentions, but Guo Jia reacted very quickly. He was a smart person, and with Jia Xu's reminder, a smile appeared on his face.

But Guo Jia didn't speak. Although he and Jia Xu had known each other for a short time, they got along very well, and they didn't have the intention of competing for favor with each other because they were both Li Yi's counselors.

Seeing that his two most important counselors were like this, Li Yi frowned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "You two want to say that there is a conflict between Kuai Yue and Zhou Mu?"

Jia Xu said with a smile: "I have never heard of Kuai Yue being ill before, and then Kuai Yue resigned due to illness just after something happened to my lord. As for the illness, recently there is only Zhang Fang's case."

Li Yi nodded. This explanation didn't have much depth. The first time he saw the official letter, he knew that the mastermind behind the scenes must be Kuai Yue.

Jia Xu stroked his beard, and said: "My lord, look at this gift list again, hehe, it can't be said that it is not rich. Moreover, in addition to these belongings, an additional [-] shi of grain and grass will be sent over in a few days. If it is just to shock, this is too much There are too many, so Zhou Mu should want to be a middle-of-the-road person, let the lord put this matter aside, and don't care about it with Kuai Yue."

Jia Xu paused, giving Li Yi time to think, and then continued: "As far as I know, although Kuai Yue and the lord don't have many personal relationships, they don't have any enmity, so Kuai Yue bribed Zhang Fang to assassinate the lord. Only for business."

"The so-called official business is the state pastor's business."

"From what I see, the lord has gone too far in Jingzhou before, but because the state shepherd has a generous temperament, even if he suspects that the lord has the intention to annex Jingzhou, as long as the lord does not raise his troops to attack Xiangyang, the state shepherd will not take it seriously. Kill the lord."

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's right. Although I intend to take over Jingzhou, I still have a lot of admiration for the state shepherd."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "However, if Zhou Mu is like this, the rest of the people are also like this?"

"I don't dare to say too much, but there are no less than ten people in Xiangyang City who can see the intention of the lord."

"However, in the future, my lord plans to seize Jingzhou from the state shepherd, not from the Jingzhou aristocratic family. Even now, only the Cai and Kuai families are really standing on Liu Biao's side. Therefore, even if those people see the lord I plan to, and I won’t say anything about it.”

"After all, the change of ownership in Jingzhou is not necessarily a bad thing for most families."

"Then, the only one who wants to do something to the lord is the one who loses the interests after Jingzhou changes hands."

"Originally, the lord replaced it, and the Cai family suffered the most damage, but the lord has already been married to the Cai family."

Jia Xu was talking eloquently when she suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked up and saw Huang Yueying who was kneeling behind Li Yi taking notes, and hurriedly changed her words: "Ahem, the lord and Cai Mao have a deep relationship, so the Cai family will not kill the lord." .”

"Then, in the future, only the Kuai family will lose the most interests in Jingzhou. Moreover, the Kuai family does have the energy to say that people around Dongzhou Mu have spread the word to buy Zhang Fang."

Jia Xu said that he was thirsty, so he took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and continued: "However, if Kuai Yue wants to kill the lord, he must first ask the state shepherd for instructions. After all, although the matter is related to the Kuai family's personal interests, the real goal of the lord It is indeed a state shepherd, so, unless it is absolutely necessary, the Kuai family will definitely not take action in person!"

"Xu has heard that when Zhou Mu first arrived in Jingzhou, he used Kuai Yue to hold a Hongmen banquet and directly killed dozens of clan leaders. Therefore, although I have never met Kuai Yue, I can still see his heart. The sex is fierce!"

"So, for an ordinary person, if the guess is reported to the state shepherd, and the state shepherd is unwilling to attack the lord, the matter may be over, but Kuai Yue will not give up, but put aside the state shepherd, and find someone to do it himself! "

Jia Xu tapped on the table, his expression became a little more serious, and he said, "That's where the problem lies."

Li Yi also smoothed out his thoughts in his mind at this time, and then said: "If Kuai Yue's matter is done, Zhou Mu may be furious, but I am a dead person after all. As long as Kuai Yue tells the matter, Zhou Mu can only reprimand those few sentence, and let it go."

"However, Kuai Yue was defeated, and Zhang Fang was caught alive. This is what Zhou Mu has to do."

Guo Jia chuckled, and said: "That day, my lord was the first to clarify for Zhou Mu, saying that the person who assassinated could not have been ordered by Zhou Mu. With Zhou Mu's heart, I must be grateful to my lord."

"That's exactly the case. When the state pastor finds out that the real mastermind is his confidant and think tank, it will be difficult."

"Killing Kuaiyue will calm the lord's grievances. Zhou Mu can't do it, and follow Kuai Yue's wishes to continue to deal with the lord. Zhou Mu can't do it either."

"That's all for a short period of time. After a while, the news will spread, and everyone in Jingzhou will know about it. Hehe, Zhou Mu will lose people's hearts if he kills Kuaiyue. If he doesn't kill him, he will lose justice, alas."

Guo Jia's tone was a bit weird, it was obvious that he was gloating, and all the people who heard it couldn't help showing it.

However, Liu Biao was really sad enough, he obviously didn't do anything, he was fooled by Kuai Yue, and Kuai Yue was still playing the banner of being good for Liu Biao.

Li Yi raised his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, then looked at Jia Xu, who continued, "It's hard to get the best of both worlds, but it's not that there is no solution, but it's a pity that Zhou Mu has indeed left. A move."

"Kuai Yue's complaint may come from his own heart, or it may be from the order of the state pastor, but in any case, this move will deal a great blow to the reputation of the Kuai family. Perhaps Kuai Yue himself will not feel resentment towards the state pastor and make the Kuai family go up and down. It must also be cold to Liu Biao."

"Furthermore, after Kuai Yue reported his illness, Zhou Mu did not summon Kuai Liang, who was the prefect of Nanjun, into Xiangyang, but asked Liu Xian to leave Jingzhou. Such a move, I don't know what to say, I am afraid even Kuai Yue voluntarily complained about his illness, and he must have resentment."

"Of course, it's also possible that Zhou Mu wanted to express to the lord that Kuai Liang couldn't be killed, so he could only choose to suppress the Kuai family. It can be used by the state shepherd."

"It's okay, once the lord has a quarrel with Zhou Mu, it doesn't even need to be so, as long as Zhou Mu is soft-hearted that day, Kuai Liang can still be a high-ranking official in Jingzhou!"

"As for the gift lists sent by Zhou Mu, hehe, although money is touching, what Kuaiyue wants to touch is the life of the lord. So what if there are more treasures?"

"On the contrary, the previous conflicts in Xiangyang City, plus this time, the lord wants to fight in Xiangyang, which is enough to justify the name, even if no one can say no, so I think this is a happy event. "

Li Yi nodded, and he also thought of it. Liu Biao's handling is not pleasing to both sides. Although he doesn't know what Kuai Yue thinks, but because of Li Yi's "encounter", he can say that Liu Biao wants to kill him at any time. He, and shouted with full confidence, and will get a lot of sympathy.

Li Yizheng was weighing, and Dian Wei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Mr. Jia, you have said so much, but you didn't say how the lord should deal with it. Could it be that Kuaiyue wants to kill the lord, and I just want to see this and do nothing? That's it. Don't you laugh at me and wait to be laughed at by others!"

Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other. Although what Dian Wei said was straightforward, he actually said the point. If they didn't respond here, people would really treat Li Yi as a soft persimmon.

However, it is really difficult for Li Yi to move Kuai Yue.

Everyone looked at Li Yi again, and Li Yi also frowned. Just now he was patronizing and making fun of Liu Biao's dilemma, but now he said that he was facing something similar to Liu Biao.

After thinking for a while, Li Yi smiled wryly, "You two can help me with the details. To tell you the truth, before returning to the city, I wanted to kill Kuai Yue, but after listening to what Cai just said, I didn't want to kill him."