Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"What a thief!"

Although Li Yi felt disgusted when he saw Ruo Rong for the first time, he knew that he must have made a lot of money, otherwise it would be impossible to build temples and pagodas everywhere and hold Buddhist meetings, but now, Ruo Rong's greed for money far exceeds that of Li Yi. Easy to predict.

Such a guy with a rotten heart and a filthy wealth, who will die if he doesn't die?

Li Yi moved closer to Chen Deng, and asked, "There must be a lot of people who follow Ruo Rong, and most of them are in the city. If he fails to kill him, and reveals his Xingzang, isn't it a bad thing?"

Chen Deng smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Marquis Xiang, killing Ruo Rong is really easy!"

Chapter 503 Take Yangzhou without delay

Li Yi asked expectantly, "What trick does Yuanlong have?"

Chen Deng said with a smile, "Xianghou once passed Xiapi, should he still remember those temples outside the city?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Those temples, especially the pagodas, are very tall and magnificent. I have been to a few places, but I am deeply impressed."

"That's it."

Chen Deng said, "Ruo Rong believed in Buddha. Before every first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, he would hold a Buddhist meeting outside the city, and use the food and money in the Xuzhou government as the property in the temple, and donate it to the people present, so as to attract believers."

"However, since Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, Ruo Rong was afraid of Cao Cao's sudden killing and rushed to Xiapi, so he was in no mood to hold any Buddhist meetings. Even Ruo Rong was planning to take the belongings in the city and flee Xiapi with believers. If the Marquis Xiang hadn’t led the troops to rescue in time to calm people’s minds, Xiapi might have been in chaos because Ruo Rong fled without fighting.”

"There is such a thing!"

Although Li Yi was asking for advice, after hearing Chen Deng's narration, he was still laughed angrily. He laughed at Tao Qian's incompetence, and also laughed at Ruo Rong's shamelessness. If such people appear in Jingzhou, Li Yi will definitely hang him up and live scratched.

"This matter is true. Ruo Rong was discovered by officials in the city because of his indiscretion. Later, someone told Tao Qian about it, but Tao Qian refused to believe it."

Li Yi was speechless after hearing this, while Chen Deng continued, "Now that the great victory has come, Ruo Rong has completely given up the idea of ​​running away. In addition, many people in Pengcheng fled to Xiapi before. Now is the time of panic and helplessness. Therefore, Ze Rong thought that this was an opportunity to develop believers, so he decided to reopen the Buddhist meeting outside the city on March [-]th, which is eight days later, and then tricked the people into believing in him with small favors as before."

Li Yi understood it very well at this time, and asked, "Did you tell me to send someone to attack and kill him at that time?"

Chen Deng nodded and said, "That's right. The Buddhist meeting Ruo Rong arranged this time is very grand and costly. In order to show his solemnity, he will go to the temple to take a bath and fast three days in advance, and the temple is full of people. There are only a few dozen people in total. Therefore, if you want to kill Ruo Rong, this is a god-sent opportunity!"

Li Yi rubbed his chin, pondering, the reason why he didn't nod directly was not because he was hesitant to kill Ruo Rong, but because he was thinking about whether this matter could be foolproof.

Chen Deng could probably guess part of Li Yi's thoughts, and added, "Deng these days used his father's physical discomfort as an excuse to thank guests behind closed doors, but in fact he was secretly investigating the whereabouts of Ruo Rong's private treasury, and now he has eight large warehouses. The location, according to rough calculations, the stored corn should not be less than one million shi, and the amount of money is hard to estimate, even if the cost of sealing up after the incident is divided, the surplus food is enough to pay for the Southern Expedition of Xianghou!"

After all, Chen Deng took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms, unfolded it in front of Li Yi, and said, "Deng has recorded all the locations of the eight large warehouses, and here we go, please accept it by Marquis Xiang."

"This"

Li Yi really didn't expect that Chen Deng would be so straightforward. Although Li Yi was not someone who had never seen money, it was the first time he saw someone bring such a big gift to him.

Although these things were originally Ruo Rong's, Chen Deng just passed them by, but everyone has greed. If Li Yi stood in Chen Deng's perspective, would he be willing to take out such valuable information directly?

"Yuan, Yuanlong is such a generous gift, how can I repay you!"

Li Yi didn't go to pick up the silk cloth Chen Deng handed over, but took Chen Deng's arm. At this moment, Li Yi was really moved.

Chen Deng laughed, and said with a body, "Xianghou's words are wrong. Xianghou saved my life that day, can I ask for any return?"

The corner of Li Yi's mouth twitched, but he didn't know how to answer. He had ulterior motives in saving Chen Deng, which Chen Deng himself knew, but it was really hard to say those words.

Taking advantage of Li Yi's silence, Chen Deng suddenly raised his voice, and continued, "Xianghou is not an ordinary person, and he wants to accomplish extraordinary things. Deng admires him so much, and has long wanted to follow Xianghou. However, he has no merits and is really shameless." Bye, today Chen Deng is honored to be able to give a small gift to the Marquis of Xiang, if the Marquis of Xiang is happy, I also implore the Marquis of Xiang to take Deng under his command, and from now on, he will be the Marquis of Xiang, and he will be loyal to him!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Deng gently broke free from Li Yi's hand, stepped back half a step on his knees, then nodded his head to the ground, and bowed deeply!

"Yuanlong"

Watching Chen Deng's movements, Li Yi let out a long breath first, then slowly stretched out his hand, pulled Chen Deng up, looked at his face, and said seriously, "I already know Yuanlong's passion and sincerity. I'm not pretending to be a little girl to refuse you, I just say that after you achieve great things in the future, you will never be held back!"

Li Yi raised one hand subconsciously when he spoke. Although he didn't say anything about swearing, his sincerity was much more reliable than when he swore in the past.

Hearing Li Yi's agreement, Chen Deng showed a smile on his face, and then said, "Deng, meet the lord!"

"Ha ha"

Li Yi laughed and helped Chen Deng up, and pulled him to his side. At this time, Li Yi only felt that the road ahead was smooth. Whether it was Xuzhou or Yangzhou, all the obstacles that existed in the past seemed to have been swept away. He blurted out, "With Yuanlong's help, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are already in my pocket!"

Chen Deng listened to Li Yi's rhetoric, but he didn't realize that Li Yi was exaggerating.

After Li Yi took Hua Tuo to treat Chen Deng's illness, Chen Deng was mainly grateful to Li Yi, and he was embarrassed after knowing the possible purpose of Li Yi's trip.

In fact, Chen Deng himself thought about joining Li Yi at that time. After all, Li Yi was already one of the best princes in the world, and Li Yi was very powerful, and he was a person worthy of allegiance if he could accomplish great things.

However, Chen Gui was not very willing, and Chen Deng was not alone in the Chen family, they still had a large family to consider, so at that time, Chen Deng hesitated again and again, and chose to wait and see.

So, after that, Chen Deng silently watched Li Yi fight with Xiahouyuan in Cheng County. At that time, Chen Deng also had some doubts about Li Yi's actions. It wasn't until the chaos in Yanzhou that Chen Deng suddenly realized that Li Yi must have intervened in the changes in Yanzhou. Among them, Li Yi has been confronting Xia Houyuan, just waiting for the opportunity.

Afterwards, Xia Houyuan's defeat proved Chen Deng's thoughts, and at the same time made Chen Deng draw a very important conclusion, that is, from the south of the Yellow River, no one is a match for Li Yi.

Under such circumstances, it would be too late for Chen Deng not to join Li Yi, even Chen Gui just sighed and acquiesced to Chen Deng's choice.

It's just that Chen Deng knew that there were already too many advisers around Li Yi, and he joined a little late. If he wanted to occupy a place beside Li Yi, he had to show real achievements.

Therefore, Chen Deng made the decision to use Ruo Rong as a "sacrifice" based on various circumstances. As for whether it would be heartbreaking to send the money from Ruo Rong, Chen Deng knew very well that although money and food are tempting, they can It's not like the Chen family is going to starve to death, and in today's troubled times, instead of keeping money and food in their hands and bringing disaster, it's better to give it away generously to seek the long-term prosperity of the family.

And Li Yi is exactly the person their Chen family entrusts!

After Li Yi finished speaking, he said to Chen Deng again, "Yuanlong's plan is very good, I will call everyone to discuss the matter later, and I can arrange people to go to Xiapi early in the morning to make preparations to take the life of Ruo Rong!"

Li Yi was about to call Dian Wei and ask him to send a message, but Chen Deng hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, my lord. Killing Ruo Rong is only the first step, and Deng's plan is not finished yet."

"Oh?"

Li Yi's face was surprised at first, then full of anticipation, and said, "Could it be that Yuanlong has a clever plan?"

"The lord is too famous, Deng is just talking about some superficial thoughts."

Chen Deng was modest first, and then said, "If Ruo Rong dies, there will be unrest inside and outside Xiapi City. My Chen family is a rich family in Xiapi, and Deng has an official status. Therefore, Denghui will immediately stand up to appease the people and stabilize order. And took the opportunity to control the place where Ruo Rong was storing grain, and killed his confidants, and after that "

Chen Deng paused for a moment, and while observing Li Yi's expression, he said, "Afterwards, my father will ask Wang Lang to recommend Deng as the Prime Minister of Xiapi. Get out of Xiapi!"

In response to Chen Deng's narration, Li Yi frowned first, and immediately understood Chen Deng's intentions.

Chen Deng wanted to create the illusion that he was in conflict with the Mi family, so as to fool Tao Qian. After all, Tao Qian might feel at ease with Li Yi and Mi Zhu in a short time, but it would be difficult to say after a long time, especially if Li Yi, Mi Zhu and Chen Deng were happy and harmonious, and Tao Qian was afraid that he would not be able to sleep soundly.

But Chen Deng's arrangement is very good. As long as there is a conflict with the Mi family in the open, it is equivalent to not giving Li Yi face. Tao Qian may verbally blame Chen Deng, but he is absolutely happy to see it happen.

As for Chen Deng recommending himself as Prime Minister of Xiapi without waiting for Li Yi to speak, Li Yi didn't take it seriously at all, because Chen Deng was the best candidate in Li Yi's heart to be in charge of Xiapi.

"it is good!"

After reviewing Chen Deng's thoughts, Li Yi said with great satisfaction, "That's very good. As for the Mi family, don't worry, I'll go and tell them, just let it go."

Seeing that Li Yi recognized his thoughts so quickly, Chen Deng clasped his hands and asked, "Don't my lord feel that something is wrong with the matter of the Prime Minister of Xiapi?"