"My lord, my son has recently received a batch of fine wine as tribute from the Western Regions. This wine is pressed from a fruit called grape. It tastes extremely delicious. I would like to invite my father to taste it!" Liu Cong said.
Liu Biao nodded slightly: "Okay, let's give each of the guests a glass of wine and let everyone taste it together."
"Yes, Father!" Liu Cong asked people to pour wine for the guests around him. When he arrived at Li Yuguo's side, Li Yuguo discovered that when they poured wine for him, they were using the innermost cup, which was dotted. A white dot made Li Yuguo frown and immediately knew the problem.
The waiter said: "General Li."
"Have we met somewhere?" Li Hugo said.
The waiter smiled flatteringly: "I'm just a little guy down there, how can I ask General Li to see him?"
While Li Yuguo was talking, he quickly moved the white dots on the cup to another cup, but the waiter didn't notice: "Maybe I made a mistake."
The waiter smiled politely at Li Yuguo, and at the same time, handed the cup to Li Yuguo. Li Huguo took a sip, nodded and said: "The taste is really sweet. I haven't tasted this taste for a long time."
Lu Qiling next to her had a panoramic view of all this. She remembered that she had wanted Li Yuguo to drink the wine, and she suddenly felt that she was so naive. How could Li Yuguo be so careful and vigilant, how could he not notice anything strange in the cup
However, the next guest was not happy. This person was Cai Yun from the Cai clan. Cai Yun was also Cai Mao's cousin. He was considered a famous person in the land of Jingxiang. He picked it up and drank it all in one gulp, saying as he drank it: "Good wine, good wine! Such a good wine, uh-huh-huh..."
As he spoke, he began to foam at the mouth and immediately fell to the ground.
Cai Hao was dumbfounded. He looked at Cai Yun, then at Li Huguo, and immediately slapped his forehead: "I'm afraid the servant got the wrong person!"
"What's going on?" Many guests around also looked over.
Cai Mao gritted his teeth and came to Cai Yun's side. Cai Yun was already dying because the glass of wine was highly poisonous.
At this time, Mrs. Cai stood up and said: "This is my cousin. He has had epilepsy since he was a child. He is so happy today. Someone... take Mr. Cai Yun back to rest!"
"yes!"
Several old family members supported Cai Yun and walked outside, but Cai Yun was already dead.
Li Yuguo narrowed his eyes and thought to himself that this was not only a Hongmen Banquet, but also a road to hell. If he wasn't careful, these people would plot to kill him.
There were tears in Cai Mao's eyes. He came to Mrs. Cai and said, "Sister, the second strategy failed. I didn't expect that the servant made the wrong cup. I'm afraid my cousin will be in trouble this time. This was bought by Chang'an." The magical water is colorless and odorless, and will kill you when you eat it."
"Calm down, our method is very obscure now. If two strategies fail, we have a third strategy." Mrs. Cai said.
Cai Mao hated Li Yuguo even more. He gnashed his teeth, wishing to eat his flesh alive and sleep on his skin. You must know that Cai Mao and Cai Yun had a very good relationship. They had been brothers since childhood, but his mistake killed Cai Yun. Of course, Cai Mao Cai Yun's death was also blamed on Li Yuguo. Li Yuguo didn't notice it at this time, but if he did, I'm afraid he would feel very wronged.
"One plan after another, it's like a series of plans. This reminds me of the time when Wang Situ used Qingchan to drive a wedge between Dong Zhuo and his son." Mr. Shui Jing said, stroking his beard.
Pang Tong next to him shook his head and said: "Who is Wang Situ? He is a veteran of three dynasties. His serial plan hit the target directly, because Dong Zhuo and his son are both happy people. A beautiful woman Qingchan directly drove a wedge between the two of them and made the father and son fall out. , how could Cai Mao come up with such a clever plan? I see that Cai Mao is just copying it, without getting the essence, only its appearance."
"But this General Li is surprising. He was able to defeat two tricks in a row. As the saying goes, it can only take three. I'm afraid Cai Mao will still be there for a while. I don't know how General Li will deal with it." Mr. Shui Jing said.
"Then let me wait and see." Pang Tong said.
At this moment, Cai Hao stepped forward and said: "In addition to congratulating my lord on his birthday today, I actually have one more thing I want to announce!"
As soon as Cai Mao spoke, everyone looked over. After all, for the guests in the hall, what happened to Cai Yun's epilepsy just now was too shocking, and everyone was quite uncomfortable with it.
However, Cai Mao looked at Li Yuguo and pointed at Li Yuguo angrily: "Li Bolong, do you know your guilt?!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Hugo immediately became the focus of the audience.
Li Yuguo smiled instead of being angry: "Yo? I don't know what my crime is, I don't know yet!"
Cai Hao waved his hand behind him: "Here comes someone, bring him up!"
Not long after, people brought someone in, and it was Su Fei. Su Fei's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he begged: "Sir, I'm not guilty!"
"This person is Su Fei, a navy general under Li Yuguo. This person was ordered by Li Yuguo to send a letter of surrender to Cao Mengde under the pretense of returning home!" Cai Mao said, he He took out a letter and began to read it.
The general meaning is that Li Huguo planned to annex Xinye, join forces with Liu Qi, and then help Liu Qi kill his father, and then join forces with Cao Mengde to wipe out all the naval forces in the nine counties of Jingxiang. Liu Qi was afraid that he would not be established as the heir apparent, so he made this move. .
And Li Yuguo was even more ambitious. The letter said that he pretended to help Liu Qi to deal with the navy, but in fact he wanted to divide Jingzhou with Cao Mengde when he succeeded.
These remarks immediately caused an uproar around him.
Li Huguo laughed, Mr. Shui Jing laughed, Pang Tong laughed, and Liu Biao also laughed.
Li Huguo said: "Are you sure I wrote this?"
"The witnesses and physical evidence are here, what else do you have to say?!" Cai Mao shouted.
When Mrs. Cai next to her saw that the opportunity had come, she immediately stood up and showed off her power. She shouted: "Come on, take down Li Huguo! Come on!"
But after talking several times, no one came. Mrs. Cai was confused, and Li Hugo said, "Su Fei, are they telling the truth?"
Su Fei was secretly happy. Just one day ago, he was entrusted with an important task. This letter was indeed written by Li Yuguo, but he deliberately let Cai Hao intercept it so that Cai Hao could target him. In fact, Li Yuguo had already prepared a backup plan.
As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. If you don't take risks, how can you get rich rewards
Su Fei cried: "General, they caught me and tortured me, so I had to obey them. Look at the injuries on my body, here... here, and here! They even went so far as to make me slander me. General, Mrs. Cai still wants to come with me..."
As he said that, Su Fei blushed.
Mrs. Cai was so angry that she almost vomited blood: "Speak clearly!"