Chapter 144 Chapter Twenty-Third

"Could it be that Ziyi brought back good news. Come in quickly!" Cao Mengde's voice came from inside the tent. "Zhou Yu's heart is like iron, words can't move you." Jiang Gan said. Cao Mengde's face was gloomy. Jiang Gan said mysteriously: "I got an important piece of information." Seeing that there was no one around, he took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Cao Mengde. Cao Mengde straightened his clothes and said, "Tell me Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to come to the tent." After a while, Cai and Zhang arrived. Seeing Cao Mengde's murderous look on his face, the two felt very confused. They didn't know what happened. You looked at me and I looked at you.

"I don't treat you well, why are you so obsessed!" Cao Mengde roared. The two looked at each other in blank dismay. Cao Mengde threw the secret letter to the two of them. They read the letter and cried, "You are wronged, Prime Minister!" "If you dare to quibble in front of the facts, push it out!" Cao Mengde waved his hand and said. The two were escorted out of the account by sergeants. "Wait!" Cao Mengde seemed to realize something, and hurriedly greeted the sergeant. The sergeant stopped. Cao Mengde walked up to the two of them, and said guiltily, "The two generals were frightened, I almost wronged you!"

Cheng's order was withdrawn, but the two were still baffled. "Let's go, let's train the navy." After the two left, Cao Mengde sat down on the stool dejectedly. "I am old and my brain is stupid. I almost killed two capable generals in vain." He seemed to have experienced a nightmare. Lou Sheng was very puzzled by Cao Mengde's behavior, and said, "Why is the Prime Minister behaving like this today?" Cao Mengde said: "I was almost fooled by Zhou Yu. Think about it, could Cai and Zhang rebel? First, their relatives are in Jingzhou, which is under our control. Don't they think about their families?" .Second, our side is so powerful that it is a matter of time to destroy Sun Quan and Liu Bei. Are you two willing to invest in Sun Quan and Liu Bei who will be destroyed by me? Third, Zhou Yu clearly knows Jiang Qian's intention to go, a top-secret letter How could it easily fall into Jiang Gan's hands, and how could Jiang Gan come back easily? This is clearly a trap set by Zhou Yu. I almost fell for it!"

Lou Sheng said, "Can I ask Cai and Zhang to check the handwriting?" Cao Mengde said: "No need, we can't let the two of you worry about it anymore." Lou Sheng suddenly had an idea, he wanted to verify Cao Mengde's judgment. That night, while Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were training the navy, someone suddenly shouted, "You two generals, please rest, the prime minister has a meeting." When the two walked out of the water village, Lou Sheng said, "The two generals trained very hard." The two of them remained silent.Cai Mao thought, now that the navy has almost trained, could it be that the prime minister...

Zhang Yun said: "Since the prime minister ordered it, there must be something urgent." Lou Sheng wanted to observe the reaction of the two of them, and said, "It might be the incident half a month ago." When the two heard this, they thought that the prime minister had seen that their training had been successful, and there was no point in keeping them.Zhang Yun gave Cai Mao a wink, and Cai Mao understood.The three of them walked to a secluded place, Zhang Yun drew his sword and said, "If you suspect us of rebellion, let's go to Soochow." The sword pierced Lou Sheng's heart, and the poor Lou Sheng's counselor was killed by his cleverness.

The two were about to board a boat and escape when they were spotted by the tiger and leopard team patrolling at night. Cao Chun asked, "Where are the two generals going in the middle of the night?" Zhang Yun said, "Go downstream to see the water situation." , there must be a release document from the prime minister. Please show me the general." The two killed Lou Sheng, but they couldn't produce the release document. Cao Chun even suspected that the two were traitors, and jumped onto the bow of the boat. Before the two could react, Cao Chun cut them into four pieces.

Poor Cai and Zhang, who worked hard to train the navy for Cao Mengde, lost their lives because of Lou Sheng's cleverness, and made Cao Mengde the laughing stock of Zhou Yu and the world. Cao Mengde was wronged, Lou Sheng was wronged, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were even more wronged.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a scholar named Liu Jingting complained about their grievances, and compiled a small poem in Storytelling and History, which said: Zhou Lang cleverly resorted to countermeasures, but Cao Gong saw through and remained silent. Lou Sheng pretended to be clever, and Cai Zhang Qu became a ghost under the knife.

Cao Chun took two heads to report to Cao Mengde, and immediately someone reported Lou Sheng's murder.Cao Mengde was too angry to speak.Jia Xu was confused by what happened.It was the old general Cheng Yu who paid attention to it. He said: "The two generals were buried generously, and it was said to the outside world that they were executed for plotting against each other." He also sent people to Jingzhou to appease the families of Cai and Zhang. In a fit of anger, Cao Mengde killed Jiang Gan again, saying: "A rotten Confucian, not enough to succeed, but more than to fail. Let the old man make me laugh!" After that, he appointed Mao Jie and Yu Jin as the commanders of the navy.

Zhou Yu didn't show much joy when he heard the news that Cai and Zhang were killed.Lu Su said: "The two have been eliminated, and the governor's confidant's troubles are gone. The generals are very happy, why do you keep silent?" Probe Kong Ming's tone and see how he reacts?" According to Zhou Yu's instructions, Lu Su came to Kong Ming's boat, and Kong Ming was studying. "It's been a long time since I visited you, sir. Today I took the time to apologize to you." Lu Su spoke first. Kong Ming smiled and said, "Zijing and Gongjin have worked hard these past few days, and they finally accomplished a great event. I just want to congratulate Gongjin."

Lu Su was stunned. Kong Ming said: "This trick can only be hidden from Jiang Gan, how can it be hidden from Cao Gong. It's just that Cai Hao, Zhang Yun, Lou Sheng, and Jiang Gan died unjustly. I heard that Cao Gong changed Mao Jie and Yu Jin was the water The commander of the army, the Jingzhou navy will be buried in the hands of these two sooner or later." Lu Su was so shocked that he couldn't say a word. Kongming added: "I hope Zijing will not say in front of Gongjin that I know about the killing of Cai and Zhang. I am worried that Gongjin will cause trouble."

Lu Su made a promise, and went back to tell Zhou Yu about Kong Ming's predictability and hope that Gong Jin would not harm him.Zhou Yu was terrified and said: "This man must not stay!" Lu Su persuaded: "If Kong Ming is killed, I am afraid he will be ridiculed by Duke Cao." Zhou Yu said: "Of course I want him to die!" The next day, Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming to discuss matters in the account. Kong Ming expected that Gong Jin would have trouble again, but in order to put the overall situation first, he still went happily. "I will soon have a decisive battle with Cao's army. What is the best weapon to fight against Dajiang?" Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming. Kong Ming replied: "In water battles, of course bows and arrows are the best!" Zhou Yu said: "Mr. agrees with me, but our army is short of bows and arrows. Can you please ask Mr. to supervise the production of 100,000 arrows? I hope you will not shirk it?" Kong Ming thought for a moment and said, "I would like to serve the coalition army, but I don't know when I will need it?" Zhou Yu thought, making 100,000 arrows is not easy. In the past, it took more than a month to supervise the construction by himself. "Can it be completed within ten days?" Zhou Yu said. "The war is imminent, and the military situation may be missed in ten days. How about three days?" Kong Ming said solemnly. Zhou Yu couldn't believe his ears and said emphatically, "Can it be done in three days?" Kong Ming nodded affirmatively.