"Is this the banquet tonight actually the Hongmen Banquet?" Li Yan's expression changed and he asked in surprise when he heard this.

"You don't need to know this, you just need to answer whether it's OK." Cai Mao's expression was ferocious, and his right hand was hidden under the sleeve robe. It seemed that he had a sharp blade in secret. As long as Li Yan shook his head, he would probably silence him immediately.

Li Yan knew Cai Mao's domineeringness and ruthlessness. Now seeing the other party like this, he could naturally guess his intention. Although he was confident that he could escape from Cai Mao's hands, his family might be implicated in this way. Therefore, Li Yan could not make any other choice. He smiled bitterly and said, "Yan is the only military advisor's order."

"Haha, I knew that Li Zhengfang was smart and would definitely seize such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Cai Mao patted Li Yan's shoulder excitedly, and then ordered someone to get a ingot of gold and handed it to Li Yan and said, "This is some small gift, no respect. When the matter is done, I will definitely have a generous reward, and I will definitely help you with what I promised you before."

However, Cai Mao did not expect that after Li Yan went back, he immediately asked his family to pack up and prepare to leave Xiangyang at any time.

Li Yan was originally from Nanyang, so he naturally cared about his parents and officials in his hometown. A few days ago, he received a letter from an old friend, saying that Liu He, the new owner of Nanyang, was a respectful and noble man, but had great ambitions and treated the people very politely. Whether it was the people or the soldiers, they were willing to work hard for him, and advised him to leave Xiangyang and go to join Liu He.

But at that time, Li Yan thought that since he had already belonged to Liu Biao and was unwilling to defect to others, he did not consider this matter. But now Cai Mao was pushing himself like this. If he did not make a choice, he would probably have a dead end to wait for him.

If he fails, then there is no need to say that Cai Mao will definitely not let him go as a person who is not good at doing things. If he succeeds, he will become a new victim. Even if Cai Mao exchanges his promise, Liu Biao will definitely kill him and give an explanation to Liu Yu and Liu He's generals. Only in this way can Liu Biao successfully accept Nanyang.

Li Yan was not a fool either. After thinking for a moment, he realized Cai Mao's plan. However, he couldn't afford to offend Cai Mao. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to find another way out.

After that, Li Yan quietly came to Liu He's residence, reported his name, and asked to meet him.

When Liu He heard that the person he wanted to see was Li Yan, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He naturally heard of Li Yan, and he also knew that Li Yan was one of the two important officials entrusted by Liu Bei, the founding lord of Shu Han. He was equivalent to Zhuge Liang in status. However, Li Yan made a mistake and was exiled. In the end, Zhuge Liang died. He knew that he would never have the chance to become an official again and finally died of depression.

"Since Li Yan is comparable to Zhu Ge in status, he must have good abilities. Haha, I still believe Liu Da'er's vision, but I don't know what purpose this person has for him to see him at this time?" Although Liu He was suspicious, he was not afraid. He smiled faintly and immediately ordered someone to invite Li Yan over.

"The villain Li Yan, the villain in Nanyang, has met the envoy." After Li Yan came in, he bowed directly to Liu He.

"Mr. Li, don't be polite. I don't know what kind of advice is coming to see He?" Liu He didn't know the other party's purpose, so he could only apologize. In fact, the villain wanted to seek refuge in the envoy. Not long ago, Cai Mao, a military advisor of the General's Mansion, suddenly found the villain and asked the villain to assassinate the envoy under the name of dancing swords at the dinner tonight. The villain knew that the envoy was the lord of kindness and kindness, and everyone in Nanyang was grateful. At the same time, Yan also knew that no matter whether the assassin succeeded or failed, he would be killed. Therefore, if he wanted to hold him in, please be sure to take him in. Yan would be crushed to pieces to repay the envoy's great kindness and virtue."

Li Yan did not beat around the bush and directly expressed his plans.

Liu He could see that Li Yan's words just now were sincere, but he then frowned and said, "But I have no grudges with Cai Mao, why did he plan to assassinate me?"

"I don't know this villain," Li Yan thought for a long time, then said, "But the villain heard that Cai Mao and Cao Gong had a close relationship since childhood, maybe Cai Mao was entrusted by Cao Gong."

"So that's it. It seems that things are probably like this." Liu He nodded, and then snorted softly: "It seems that this Cao Cao is not not acting, but is using conspiracies to deal with me. But with your little plot, it is still far from killing me, hehe."

Afterwards, Liu He bowed to Li Yan and said, "Thank you, Mr., for your kindness and virtue, He will definitely remember it in his heart."

At this time, Liu He ordered the system to scan Li Yan's attributes, and the system said: "Li Yan, a military general, has a military general, 78, intelligence, 7o, internal affairs, 7o, charm 5o, attributes have not reached the peak. Li Yan's peak attributes: 84, intelligence, 75, internal affairs, 74, 54, second-rate general, can be enthroned as Earth Lone Star."

When Liu He heard that Li Yan's attributes did meet the enthronement standards, he was immediately delighted and said to Li Yan: "Since that's the case, I promise that he will definitely send Mr. Baoju to Wancheng successfully. As for you, Mr., you will still dance your sword tonight. I promise that you can't hurt me."

"The envoy saved my life and was willing to save my family. From now on, I will be the Lord Li Yan, but since that's the case, how dare Yan add troops to his own leader?" Li Yan suddenly burst into a cold sweat and said to Liu He in panic.

"Haha, Zhengfang, you can rest assured that I have warriors under my command. I will take action to capture you, and then I will ask Liu Jingzhou to hand you over to me. I guess Zhengfang will understand what happened later, right?" Liu He smiled faintly, and instantly thought of a perfect idea, and said to Li Yan.

Li Yan was naturally also a smart person. When he heard this, he understood what Liu He meant. He hurriedly bowed to Liu He and said, "Thank you for your righteous actions. Your lord is kind to you. Yan will never forget you."

"Haha, the pro-party doesn't have to do this. I'll give you another benefit after staying here, so I'll guarantee that your strength will improve by leaps and bounds by then. Well, it's not too early, so you hurry up and go back. If you leave for too long, it may arouse Cai Mao's suspicion."

After Liu He sent Li Yan away, the smile on his face suddenly solidified, and then he said lightly: "Cai Mao, Cai Mao, you actually set up a Hongmen banquet for me? Then I will be the Emperor Gaozu of Han. You Xiang Zhuang dance swordsmanship, aiming to Pei Gong. I am not without good generals here. Hehe, this time I will make you suffer a secret loss and make you feel uneasy in the future."
Chapter completed!