After reading the letter, the emperor sighed and placed it gently on the table.

"It really surprised me that there is such a genius under Sun Ce's command."

Liu Ye didn't say anything. He had read this letter and was impressed by Lu Yi's literary talent. Although the signature was Zhu Huan, they all knew who the real writer was. It has to be said that Lu Yi's letter was extremely convincing and made people not admit that he was right. Although this letter was written to the emperor, it was not limited to the emperor himself, and also discussed the civil and military officials around the emperor, including him.

Regarding his content, Lu Yi only said two points: He is a royal family, and loyalty to the court is only the responsibility, not willing. Now that the situation in the court is unfavorable, he has done his best, and the outcome is no longer important to him. He is also a friend of Lu Su, who surrenders after defeat and surrenders without losing his reputation as loyalty and righteousness. At most, he remained silent for a period of time and would be able to become an official sooner or later, and two thousand stones are expected.

It seems that Lu Gong is praising him, but in fact he is saying that he has selfish thoughts and cannot sacrifice his life for his country, nor has the ability to reverse the situation. Instead, he may use loyalty to the emperor as a bargaining chip to gain reputation so that he can get useful in the future.

He didn't know what the emperor would think, but he believed that the emperor would not be indifferent and would be touched. People's hearts were unpredictable. The emperor had grown up, and even the closest Xun Yu gradually became distant, let alone him. Besides, what Lu Gong said was reasonable, and people are not sages. There were many people who had such ideas. He could not prove that he was not. Sometimes he even doubted whether he really had such thoughts. He was just deceiving himself and refused to admit it.

"Your Majesty, every word of Lu Yi is like a knife. I am afraid that I will not write a book on Your Majesty alone."

The emperor nodded. He also had such concerns. The war was imminent. Although his side had a certain advantage in military strength, his equipment was too poor and his overall combat power was not very advantageous. If people were uneven and there was a passive and lazy war or even reversed, it would be dangerous. Lu Yi's words were too convincing, and even he could not help but be moved, let alone other people.

Ma Chao is a typical example.

The emperor immediately asked someone to investigate the news and learned that Zhu Huan had sent a total of three envoys. In addition to the central army, Lu Bu and Dong Yue had received the letter, so he ordered people to spread it to Lu Bu and Dong Yue. Lu Bu came soon and angrily presented Zhu Huan's letter to the emperor. The handwriting was consistent with the letter received by the emperor, and it was also a handwritten letter by Lu Yi, but the content was very different.

Lu Yi did not mention any righteousness of the monarch and ministers in his letter to Lu Bu, but directly threatened him. He said to Lu Bu, "The people who kill the master will abandon it all the world. Do you think the court will believe you? He is just using you. The Bingzhou army you have led is the worst equipment, and Wei Xu's frustration has proved that you are no match for our army at all. Once the war begins, I will crush you with the most elite cavalry, let the Bingzhou cavalry disappear from the court's organization, and let the world see how good your reputation is. If you want to survive, you should be far away from the battlefield and don't cause trouble, otherwise it will not be the problem of Wei Xu losing hundreds of people.

The emperor smiled bitterly. The mainland argument really would provoke discord and specifically stung Lu Bu's heart disease. Lu Bu had a bad record of killing Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo had always had a bad reputation, and he knew it himself, and was very sensitive to it and would take the initiative to associate it in that direction. The court could not give enough equipment to the Bingzhou Army, which was one of them. Lu Bu asked many times to allocate weapons from Nanyang, but the court did not have enough weapons, so how could he meet his requirements?

"Whose idea?" Wu Qiuxing asked faintly with his hands hidden in his sleeve.

"What...whose idea?" Dong Yue was confused, his eyes turned back and forth. Seeing Wu Qiuxing looking at the letter on the desk, he suddenly realized. "It was like this when this letter came. I also felt strange. Could Zhu Huan make a mistake and sent the draft?"

"It's possible." Seeing that Dong Yue refused to tell the truth, Wu Qiuxing stood up and squeezed a smirk on his face. "How about this, I will take a letter to see the emperor first and explain to him. If the emperor believes that you will see him again, what if?"

"What if... the emperor doesn't believe it?"

"Don't worry, I will give you advice." Wu Qiu Xinggong bowed, picked up the letter, turned around and came out of the big tent. Dong Yue and Niu Gai looked at each other, but they didn't think about stopping Wu Qiu Xing.

Wu Qiuxing left Dong Yue's camp, flew on his horse, headed straight for the emperor's army, placed the letter in front of the emperor, and specially reminded the emperor to pay attention to the areas where he had been corrected. The emperor used his fingers to dip the ink and found that the ink had not dried, and he immediately sank his face.

Liu Ye frowned, stepped forward and picked up the letter, reached out to rub the ink mark, licked his fingertips, and sneered: "Your Majesty, someone has done something."

"What finger?"

"Alum is added to the ink. Alum is easy to absorb water. No matter how long it takes, the ink traces will be difficult to dry. Alum tastes astringent, you will know it once you taste it."

"There is still this?" The emperor was skeptical and tried it like Liu Ye. Sure enough, his tongue was a little bitter. He took the letter to the fire beside him, baked it, and then left it aside to sit. Sure enough, the ink trace that had just been dried slowly became damp again, and then suddenly realized.

"This prince is indeed cunning. If it weren't for Ziyang, he would have almost fallen into his trick."

Liu Ye was not happy at all. Proving that the ink traces had not dried does not mean that Dong Yue was innocent. Instead, it proves that Lu Yi saw through the emperor's method of dealing with Dong Yue and exposed it to Dong Yue. It is precisely because the possibility is extremely high that it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity. Is there any difference between whether the ink traces was done by Lu Yi or Dong Yue himself? Dong Yue was afraid to meet the emperor for a long time, which shows that he has a strong suspicion for the emperor.

Liu Ye carefully asked Wu Qiuxing what he saw and heard in Dong Yue's camp, and his eyebrows were frowned. He suspected that Lu Yue was sowing out, but he could not control Dong Yue's mind, so how to place Dong Yue would become a problem. If he chose to believe Dong Yue, if Dong Yue turned against him in front of the formation, it would be a fatal blow to the emperor. If he chose not to believe Dong Yue, not only would Dong Yue's nearly 5,000 cavalry not be able to go into battle, but other cavalry would also be arranged to monitor him to prevent him from taking action behind his back.

In this way, our only advantage will be gone, so what else can we win?

Liu Ye was very devastated by his strength and wisdom.

Seeing that Liu Ye's face was wrong and his forehead was covered in sweat, the emperor couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he turned to Wuqiu Xing and asked, "Boqi, do you have a clever plan?"
Chapter completed!