Cai Jue, who returned to his hometown alone, finally met his sister who had been away for several years at Dong Si's home.

The two sisters were so excited that they couldn't speak when they met. It took a long time before they hugged each other in tears.

Cai Yan asked Cai Jue in detail about what she had experienced over the years. After listening to it, she looked at her sister who had lost all tendons and veins. Because this not only could she no longer play with swords, but her physique became worse than ordinary people. Cai Jue couldn't help but feel very distressed:

"I asked Mr. Hu Zhao to never teach you any martial arts, just because you are afraid that you will seek revenge on Dong Cheng. I didn't expect that such a thing would happen. It's God's will."

In order not to make my sister resentful towards Hu Zhao, Cai Jue quickly explained:

"Sister, the person who teaches me martial arts is not an adopted father, so don't blame him anymore."

Her words aroused Cai Yan's alertness, and she asked, "Who is that?"

Cai Jue shook his head: "I don't know. At first, my adoptive father just taught me to read and write. I also asked him to teach me martial arts several times, but he refused. Until one day, I saw that person while washing clothes by the bamboo stream, she asked me if I wanted to avenge my parents. I didn't think so much at that time, so I learned martial arts from her for half a year."

Although Cai Yan tried his best to think about who this unknown woman was, she never got the answer. She couldn't think of who would do this and what the purpose was. Could it be...

Just as she thought about who this person was, suddenly a man and a woman holding a sharp sword rushed into the house. Cai Yan seemed not surprised at seeing him at all, but said to them very calmly:

"Why are you here until now? That big man is so calm..."

Although he had lost all his martial arts, Cai Jue still blocked his sister with his keen instinct:

"Who are you?"

The masked man seemed not to have any conversation with them. He held a long sword in his hand and stabbed Cai Jue directly in front of Cai Yan. However, just as the sword blade was about to stab Cai Jue in the chest, the masked woman suddenly blocked it with her sword.

Facing his companion's questioning gaze, the masked woman glanced at Cai Jue, who was also surprised, and then said to the man:

"Don't forget that our goal for this trip is Cai Yan, and no one else needs to worry about it."

Cai Yan gently pushed her sister aside, and her expression was as plain as water in the face of this dangerous situation:

"Jue'er, don't worry, they will never kill me easily without getting what they want."

After saying that, Cai Yan turned to the masked man and woman and said with a smile:

"Go back and tell your master, and you will say that what he wants is no longer with me."

Seeing that Cai Jue not only guessed the purpose of his trip, but also had no intention of cooperation. The man pointed the sword at Cai Yan's face and said with a fierce look: "I have to feel wronged that you have to go with us..."

It was almost time for them to start to rob Cai Yan, the tiles on the top suddenly collapsed and scattered. Then Hu Zhao waved the bamboo leaves in his hand and blocked the middle between Cai Yan's sisters and the masked man and woman.

"Entertainment Father..."

Although Cai Jue knew there would be no problem when he saw Hu Zhao coming, she was surprised by the reason why Hu Zhao suddenly appeared.

Seeing Hu Zhao coming to get in the way, the masked man and woman knew that they could not achieve their goal, so they had to use the cover of the current retreat by throwing white ash.

After the crisis was lifted, Hu Zhao did not chase him out, but said to Cai Yan and Cai Jue:

"It's no longer safe here, you have to leave quickly."

However, Cai Yan didn't think so: "Since they already knew that I had returned to the Central Plains, they would definitely not let me go. It would be the same wherever I went, not to mention that as long as I was alive, that person would be safer."

Although Hu Zhao wanted to further persuade Cai Yan, he felt something was reasonable after hearing Cai Yan's words, so he had to respect her wishes. At this time, he had time to take a good look at Cai Jue, who had not seen him for many years. Seeing that although she seemed to have a thinner face than before, fortunately, she was in good spirits, which made him finally let go of his heart for many years:

"Sima Yi had arranged for you to leave Xudu with Mr. Hua Tuo, but why didn't you come back to find us after you recovered? We were always concerned about your safety. Until I found out that you were following Hua Tuo everywhere, I felt relieved."

At the same time, Hu Zhao also told Cai Jue about Hua Tuo's murder, which was a huge blow to Cai Jue. She knew that Hua Tuo's character would be harmed by Cao Cao sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to come so quickly...

Just when Cai Jue was sad for Hua Tuo's death, Hu Zhao received a letter from a pigeon flying from Jingzhou.

After opening it, he found the extremely shocking fact written in the letter. He didn't have time to delay it and quickly said goodbye to Cai Yan's sisters: "I have something urgent to do, so I'm leaving first."

Cai Yan seemed to see something important in the letter that seemed to happen, so he asked:

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Jingzhou?"

Hu Zhao looked at Cai Jue who was unaware of it. After hesitating for a while, he felt that Cai Yan had the right to know about this matter, so he told Cai Yan truthfully: "Zhong Yu wrote that Zhuge Liang may have broken the previous agreement with him, and Liu Xie, on the side of Xu Du, also disappeared mysteriously in the palace. Sima Yi is likely to encounter an unprecedented huge crisis."

When she heard that Sima Yi was in danger, Cai Jue immediately woke up from the sorrow of Hua Tuo's death. She grabbed Hu Zhao's sleeve tightly: "Why is Sima Yi in danger? Who is going to harm him?"

At the same time, Cao Cao, who was in the Wulin land camp, also received a secret letter from Cao Zhen, who wrote that Liu Xie was kidnapped by unknown people in the palace. These assassins were extremely capable and took Liu Xie away silently in the layers of palaces. They have now completely lost sight.

Although Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu mobilized all the power in Xudu Palace, they never found any clues to attack Liu Xie.

This incident aroused Cao Cao's alertness. Sima Yi was standing beside him at this time, so he handed over Cao Zhen's secret letter:

"Look, your respected Majesty is gone..."

Sima Yi couldn't believe what he saw, but he quickly calmed down. In order not to let Cao Cao find his flaws further, he deliberately pretended to be calm:

"The reason why Your Majesty will disappear at this time is not that simple. Now is an extraordinary period. If the news of Your Majesty's disappearance spreads, it will be very unfavorable to you, the Prime Minister. You must find Your Majesty back as soon as possible."

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi who was thinking about him on the surface and saw that the person he was actually really worried about was Liu Xie, which further made him doubt his loyalty. However, Cao Cao did not point out this matter because he was using people now: "Zhongda, you are right. Now you must completely resolve the Sun and Liu coalition forces before the impact of His Majesty's disappearance further expands, otherwise the morale of the army will be greatly affected."

Now Sima Yi began to feel a little panicked, because the only thing he was worried about now was that Cao Cao would launch an attack on Chibi before the east wind was raised, so if the Sun and Liu coalition forces would be unstoppable.

"Prime Minister, I think the first thing I should do now is to get His Majesty back quickly. If you launch an attack in a hurry, I'm afraid..." In order to do your best to delay Cao Cao's advance, Sima Yi had to stand up and persuade Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao did not follow Sima Yi's advice at all this time. He smiled and said:

"I said Zhongda, we don't know where our Majesty is at this time. It's not easy to talk to him, let alone those who kidnapped him are the purpose of delaying the pace of the attack. Although I don't know what they want to do this, I, Cao Cao, will never be at the mercy of him. Don't say it again."

It was obvious that Cao Cao's words had a little warning, so Sima Yi could only retreat due to the difficulties.

Just as he turned around and was about to leave the military tent, the messenger hurriedly ran in from outside the tent and reported to Cao Cao:

"Report to the Prime Minister, General Huang Gai, the commander of the Eastern Wu, sent someone to send a surrender to the Prime Minister, saying that he would be willing to surrender to the Prime Minister!"

Hearing this, Sima Yi couldn't help but stop, Cao Cao was also very surprised. He took the surrender form sent by Huang Gai and opened it for a closer look. The letter said that Huang Gai and Zhou Yu had a great conflict, and Zhou Yu was arrogant and ignored the old ministers in Jiangdong, and believed in Ling Tong, Gan Ning and other young generals who came up later. He could not bear the humiliation and was willing to surrender to Cao Cao with more than 10,000 troops in his headquarters.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong stood beside the water camp in Chibi, looking down at the Cao Jun water camp that covered the entire river with the lights.

Pang Tong talked about Huang Gai's surrender: "Will it be useful to discuss with Zhou Yu that this would be done? Cao Cao has always been suspicious. At this time, I think he would not believe Huang Gai surrender..."

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan in his hand and sang gently:

"I know that Cao Cao must have doubts about Huang Gai's surrender in a short time. What I want is his doubts, because when he was thinking about whether Huang Gai really surrendered, he had already bought time for us invisibly."

At this time, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong both noticed that the floating clouds in the sky seemed to have undergone strange changes. They looked at each other and smiled at each other. Zhuge Liang took two steps forward:

"I guess Sima Yi should have noticed it too, and it's up to him next..."

At this time, Sima Yi also discovered the changes in the floating clouds in Cao's camp. Judging from his astronomical knowledge in the book and the astronomical knowledge taught by Hu Zhao, this is a sign that the wind direction is about to change.

According to Sima Yi's speculation, if no abnormality occurs, a Neihu wind that lasts for up to two hours will blew at midnight three days later, which is the so-called southeast wind.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi found that Huang Gai could use the incident of pretending to surrender to delay Cao Cao's offensive pace. So during the military discussion, Sima Yi asked Cao Cao about Huang Gai's opinion on the matter of surrendering.

Cao Cao smiled and threw Huang Gai's letter aside:

"This Huang Gongfu seems to be playing with me, Cao Cao, as a three-year-old child. How could I not see that he was a fraudulent surrender?"

Although Cao Cao said this, two days after receiving Huang Gai's letter, Cao Cao sent a detailed book title to Zhou Yu's water camp to inquire about the relationship between Huang Gai and Zhou Yu and the timing of the Eastern Wu navy. Sima Yi saw from his actions that Cao Cao was still intentionally trying to recruit Huang Gai, so he felt at ease:

"Prime Minister, as far as I am referring to, the navy commanded by Huang Gai is the mainstay of the entire Jiangdong military force. Moreover, Huang Gai has followed Sun Jian for many years and is familiar with the water war and the terrain of Jiangdong. If such a person can really surrender to you, it will be a great help to you in the future capture of the entire Yangzhou."

Sima Yi's words reached Cao Cao's heart. He didn't want to miss Huang Gai, a rare talent. He happened to be sent by a reply from a secret spy ordered to go to Chibi. He said that Huang Gai and Zhou Yu had quarreled and clashed many times in the military discussion. Zhou Yu tried to punish Huang Gai several times but was dissuaded by the Jiangdong generals. Now Huang Gai has returned to his camp because he is sick and secretly prepared to transport all the food and grass from the Eastern Wu to his ships, with unknown intentions.

After reading this news, Cao Cao was overjoyed and said to Sima Yi: "Huang Gongfu really abandoned the darkness and turned to the light!"

Sima Yi, who pretended not to understand his intention, asked, "Why did the Prime Minister say this?"

"Huang Gai had previously stated in his letter of surrender that he would not be empty-handed if he surrendered. He wanted to secretly transport all the food and grass of the Eastern Wu naval army to me. In this case, Zhou Yu would have lost his morale without food and grass. Now it seems that Huang Gai's words and actions are exactly the same as in the letter. By then, Huang Gai's navy will lead the way first, and it will be easy for us to eliminate Sun and Liu."

At this time, Sima Yi firmly believed that Cao Cao had completely taken the bait, so he followed suit and said:

"But Zhou Yu naturally attached great importance to the food and grass of Eastern Wu. It is probably not easy for General Huang to transport all of them so simply, and it will take a certain amount of time."

Cao Cao was completely unprepared for this, but instead understood Huang Gai's "difficulties":

"This is natural. If Huang Gai can really empty all the food and grass in Dongwu, then it is worth waiting for a few days. I want Zhou Yu to experience the bitter fruit that Yuan Benchu ​​tasted in Guandu."

At this point, Cao Cao ordered the Jingzhou Navy to temporarily stop attacking and the entire army was ready to wait for Huang Gai's navy to come and then launch a final general attack on Chibi.
Chapter completed!