Yecheng, conference hall

Cao Cao carefully read Guo Jia's handwritten handwriting, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

After the Battle of Pengcheng, because the Jinfan Navy was patrolling the Huai River, Cao Cao saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he returned to Xuchang and then came to Yecheng to coordinate the war against Yuan Tan.

"Prime Minister, what did Feng Xiaoxin say?" Xun You asked curiously.

Come on, Guo Jia's health has not improved much, and he has not had a director for a long time. At this moment, he sent a handwritten letter to send a handwritten letter together, which is surprising.

In addition to Xun You, other people in the hall also had this doubt.

"It's Jingzhou's business..." Cao Cao was still thinking about the contents of the letter and handed the silk book to Xun You casually, "Fengxiao believes that he should respond to the dispute over the succession of Jingzhou and watch the fire across the river..."

When Cao Cao said this, a subtle discussion arose in the hall.

In fact, when news of Liu Qi's death came from Xuchang two days ago, Cao Cao had already discussed with the civil and military officials who were accompanying Yecheng how to deal with this matter.

Xun You believed that Liu Qi's death would inevitably cause chaos in Jingzhou again, which was originally a good opportunity.

However, since Cao Caoxin suffered considerable losses in the confrontation with Liu Bei, and the Cao army's strategy to Yuan Tan has reached the most critical time, it is impossible to seek Jingzhou by force at present.

In this case, Xun You believed that the best way was to work hard to support a person in charge of Cao in Jingzhou. According to the detailed information, the most suitable candidate was Liu Xian, the Muzhizhong of Jingzhou.

Xun You suggested that you could contact Liu Xian secretly. If the two parties could reach a certain agreement, they could fully support him to become the governor of Jingzhou.

After careful consideration, Cao Cao recognized Xun You's proposal and sent a secret envoy to Jingzhou.

But at this moment, Guo Jia quickly put forward a suggestion that was very different from Xun You.

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Xun You was not angry because Guo Jia had different opinions from him. He was very serious about reading every word on the silk book——

In the letter, Guo Jia carefully analyzed the direction of Jingzhou after Liu Qi's death and the possible benefits.

Like Xun You, Guo Jia also believes that Cao Cao cannot conquer Jingzhou by force in recent times, but at the same time, he also pointed out that Cao Cao's most important thing at present is not to actively support who will become the lord of Jingzhou, but to prevent Liu Bei from taking advantage of this opportunity to seek Jingzhou.

With the help of helping to quell the war, Liu Bei has given great favors in the hearts of the scholars and people in Jingzhou. It can be said that Liu Bei's "people harmony" conditions for Liu Bei to seek Jingzhou are absolutely sufficient.

Because Cao Cao's relationship with Jingzhou has always been dissatisfied, if Cao Cao was too enthusiastic about the succession of Jingzhou at this moment, once he was observed by someone, it would probably arouse extreme disgust within Jingzhou. In this way.

Not only will support fail, it may also give Liu Bei a chance to intervene in Jingzhou and seize power.

Guo Jia's own suggestion was that, except to send someone to mourn Liu Qi appropriately, do not interfere in the internal affairs of Jingzhou; at the same time, send a detailed manipulation to spread rumors in Jingzhou. It is said that Liu Bei would take advantage of the opportunity of Liu Biao's descendants to seize Jingzhou for his own use.

Doing so can not only attract the vigilance of Jingzhou towards Liu Bei, but also make Liu Bei himself "unfair" attack Jingzhou.

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After reading Guo Jia's letter, Xun You passed the silk book to Liu Ye in the next chapter. He also fell into deep thought.

After a while, Xun You looked up at Cao Cao and said sincerely: "Prime Minister, Feng Xiao's proposal is indeed more clever than You's previous proposal."

Cao Cao nodded slightly and said in thought: "Although this is the case, the messengers to Jingzhou have been sent..."

"Prime Minister, this is okay!" Xun You replied quickly. "The messenger has only set off for more than a day. If he sends a fast horse to chase him at night, it should be too late."

"Okay!" Cao Cao said immediately, "Gongda, you will be responsible for this matter!"

"Yes!" Xun You knew the matter was urgent, so after saying a greeting, he immediately stepped out of the hall.

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Four days later, all kinds of rumors about Liu Bei's intention to plot against Liu Qi's death. It first came from Zhangling County and spread throughout the four counties in Jingbei at an extremely fast speed.

Since some rumors were spread from some famous gentry in Jingzhou, their influence cannot be underestimated.

For a time, the people inside Jingzhou were panicked. Some officials even proposed to increase troops to Zhangling County to prevent Liu Bei's army from attacking.

Zhuge Liang, who was in Xiangyang, almost learned about these rumors at the same time with Kuai Yue, Liu Pan, Liu Xian and others.

"Military advisor, there are several more people secretly monitoring the inn today.

As long as someone goes out, it seems that someone will stare at us!" Guan Ping calmly reported the situation to Zhuge Liang, "I don't know who spread those hateful rumors?"

Zhuge Liang stood up and walked back and forth in the room.

After a while, a faint smile appeared on Zhuge Liang's elegant ground: "Who else could it be except Cao Cao? Unexpectedly, 'Prime Minister' would use this trick..."

"Military advisor, what should I do?"

"Stop slander with slander, stop slander with rumor!" Zhuge Liang smiled calmly, "How many pigeons and birds are left in Dingguo?"

"I used three, and there were still two left!" Although Guan Ping had not figured out what Zhuge Liang meant, he replied quickly.

"Okay! You are so..."

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In the early morning of the next day, the sky began to turn bright.

Guan Ping left the door, quietly walked to the backyard of the inn, and released a pigeon tied with silk letters. The pigeon flapped its wings and quickly disappeared into the foggy morning mist.

Two and a half years ago, when the Battle of Jiangdong was pacified, Liu Beifang began to try to use carrier pigeons to convey information on the battlefield.

However, due to the immature breeding and training techniques at that time, the pigeons would fly elsewhere from time to time, resulting in the inability to reach the destination in time and may even fall into the hands of the enemy.

In order to ensure that the "secret weapon" of carrier pigeons will not be exposed to outsiders too early, Liu Beifang temporarily stopped using Fei Ge's letters.

But at the same time, a large amount of manpower and material resources were added to the breeding of carrier pigeons, and some reliable sergeants were specially drawn from the army to participate in the training. Learn how to use carrier pigeons.

Since then, Liu Beifang spent more than two years to establish a complete set of pigeon breeding, training and use mechanisms. The first batch of 100 trained mature pigeons also officially started to be used two months ago.

This time when Zhuge Liang went to Jingzhou, he specially asked Guan Ping to carry five carrier pigeons.

After lurking around the inn for a night, the fine works who were already quite tired took the pigeon to heart and thought it was an ordinary bird.

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Because of the rumors, Zhuge Liang and his party were concerned about all parties in Jingzhou to varying degrees.

I was surprised to find that Zhuge Liang and his group almost didn't leave the door and didn't step out of the door, and they seemed very low-key, or calm, as if they hadn't learned the rumors at all.

Just when there was a lot of suspicion in Xiangyang City, rumors about Liu Bei's intentions and coveting Jingzhou were spreading even more violently, and the content became more and more "vicious"——

There are rumors that Liu Qi's death was planned by Liu Bei. Some were assassinated or poisoned. Some even said that Liu Bei cursed Liu Qi to death with the witch people in the Shanyue tribe;

There are also rumors that not only Liu Qi was killed by Liu Bei, but even Liu Biao was the same. What did it mean? "Liu Bei colluded with Cai Mao. He assassinated Liu Biao together and then blamed Cao Cao."

There are also rumors that Liu Bei sent troops to Jingzhou before, not to help suppress the rebellion, but to seize Jingzhou. It was only after seeing that there was no chance, so he had to give up.

On the contrary, Cao Cao sent troops to Jingzhou to investigate the war and prevent the people of Jingxiang from suffering from the war.

There are even rumors that the "so-called" relief for Zhangling's 300,000 people was purely fabricated by Liu Bei to use it to deceive the world and steal the reputation...

All kinds of rumors. They are all about Liu Bei's evil deeds, and they directly describe Liu Bei as the most insidious and cunning hypocritical person and ambitious person in the world.

These rumors sounded extremely terrifying and quickly caused a huge wave in Xiangyang and even the entire Jingbei.

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No one's house, in the study room

Kuai Yue held a thread in his hand and stood in front of the window with a long body. He stared at the night sky.

A long time later, he shook his head lightly and walked to the brazier that was burning in the room. He threw the silk book in his hand into the basin. In an instant, the silk book turned into a ball of ashes.

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Zhizhongfu

Liu Xian generals Han Song, Wang Can, Fu Gan and others invited the mansion to discuss the rumors that have been increasingly fierce recently.

"No matter whether the rumors are true or false, as long as this round of storm is over, Liu Bei will be discredited in my Jingzhou!" Liu Xian's eldest son Liu Hua said confidently, "The child has said that Liu Bei is a pure hypocrite, and his original face will be revealed sooner or later. If his father wants to ascend to the throne of the state, he must not be related to this person.

Now it's true!"

"Hua'er has some vision, but it's a pity..." Liu Xian looked at his eldest son and said happily instead of anger.

Han Song, who had previously proposed to Liu Xian to temporarily repair his relationship with Liu Bei, flashed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and he quickly looked up at Liu Xian and his son.

"Things are probably not that simple..." Wang Can said suddenly after thinking hard for a long time.

"What are your opinions about Lord Zhongxuan?" Liu Hua raised his eyebrows and asked with a chuckling.

"Many rumors here are indeed very lethal. But if you take a closer look, it seems that few of them can win the trust of others.

"Wang Can said hesitantly, "In terms of the relief matter, whether Liu Bei had provided relief to the eight counties of Zhangling, 300,000 people testified to him. Even though he was talking about the sky, it was ironclad evidence.

Besides, what is the reason for Lord Mu’s death? I’m afraid that the officials of the nine counties of Jingxiang all know about it. In the rumors, they just say that they were harmed by Liu Bei, so how can they win the trust of others?”

After a pause, Wang Can said with certainty: "Such rumors may not have any real effect, but they will easily make people doubt the intention of the rumors..."

"Is it the one who did it?" Fu Gan pointed to the north and asked in confusion.

For a moment, the hall fell into silence.

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General Anyuan's Mansion

"What kind of lies are these?" Wen Pin said angrily, "When did Duke Jingsheng and Lord Zhou Mu become the one who was killed by Uncle Liu? Guan Junhou and General Zhang You's combat power at that time was far greater than our army. If they really wanted to annex Jingzhou, why wait until today, and Zhang Ling's relief... Who spread these lies?
To be continued...