Chapter 341: Changes in the Armpits

Huaicheng.

Yang Chou was very anxious.

In some days, Cao Cao will enter Sili to welcome the emperor, but Yang Chou has not yet completed the tasks that Cao Cao assigned to him.

Destroy the marriage relationship between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu.

At that time, when Yang Chou learned that Youzhou sent Chen Gui to persuade Lu Bu to join forces, he was relieved. If the two sides joined forces, Lu Bu would definitely break with Yuan Shu. It would be great if he could complete the task without doing anything himself!

But until Chen Gui left, Lu Bu finally did not express his position, which made Yang Chou wonder in his heart, could it be that Lu Bu still wanted to surrender to Yuan Shu?

Moreover, Yuan Shu's army has approached Hanoi. If Lu Bu agrees to peace talks under his pressure, his mission will fail!

If this were to happen, not only would he not get the benefits that Cao Cao had promised him, but his family might also be implicated.

We can't wait any longer, we have to take action!

Now, Sui Gu, who was at odds with Zhang Yang, was still staying in Anyi after delivering food and clothing to the emperor, but he could return to Henei at any time, and it would be very difficult for him to act then!

Yang Chou's return to Huaicheng to prepare food and fodder at this time was also carefully planned. He brought back his subordinates and took action in Huaicheng!

A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. After Zhang Yang left, Lu Bu, the dragon that crossed the river, did not take control of Huaicheng, which gave the local snake an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Yang Chou was a very direct person. His idea was very simple, to destroy the marriage between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu. He could not think of any good strategy, but he also knew where the key to the matter lay.

Wouldn't it be enough to kill Lu Bu's daughter?

Now he has a lot of people he can mobilize, the only one he is afraid of is Lu Bu.

Although this man has a simple mind, he has strong limbs. If the assassination attempt is exposed, Lu Bu will definitely cut himself into pieces.

So Yang Chou had been troubled by how to send people into Lu's mansion and kill Lu Bu's daughter. It was not until Ju Shou and Zhao Yun arrived and confronted Gao Shun and Zhang Liao outside the city that Yang Chou came up with a good idea.

He sent someone to deliver false information to trick Lu Bu out of the city, and then he could send people to pretend to be bandits, break into Lu's mansion, and kill Lu Bu's wife and daughter!

He could also frame the perpetrator and leak evidence that the murderer was Yuan Xi's subordinate, and Lu Bu would definitely turn against Yuan Xi!

In this case, since Lu Bu's daughter died, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu naturally could not join forces. If Lu Bu fell out with Yuan Xi again, wouldn't he have no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao in the end?

This strategy is simply perfect!

Yang Chou admired himself very much for being able to come up with such an idea!

After he had made up his mind, he secretly sent out his trusted aides to prepare for action.

That night, Lu Bu invited Qu Yi to drink. He was still undecided about whether to join forces with Yuan Xi, so he wanted to find Qu Yi to test the waters. As they drank, he felt it was difficult to speak.

Qu Yi was not in a hurry. The two of them were drinking alone when they saw the spy rushing into the hall and reporting: "Marquis Wen, something bad is happening!"

"Outside the city, the Youzhou army attacked the camp of General Zhang Liao and General Gao Shun and surrounded them. The two generals are in danger and could be killed or their camp breached at any time!"

"What!" Lü Bu was shocked and threw the wine glass to the ground. "How dare you, thief!"

He stood up angrily, pointed at Qu Yi and said, "Is this what the vicious tiger of the Yuan family did?"

Qu Yi's expression remained unchanged. He drank the wine in his hand and said, "Impossible."

"Xionghu would never do such a thing."

Lu Bu laughed in anger, pointed at the spy and said, "So what Dezhou means is that my subordinates deceived me?"

Qu Yi said calmly: "Marquis Wen can send someone to check, maybe the military intelligence is wrong."

Seeing Qu Yi so calm, Lu Bu was a little unsure. At this moment, another spy rushed in: "Wen Hou, General Zhang is seriously injured. Request reinforcements from the city!"

Lü Bu could no longer sit still and pointed at Qu Yi, saying, "I will lead my troops out of the city first, and I will settle the score with you when I come back!"

Qu Yi said: "Don't worry, Lord Wen, why don't you send someone to investigate the situation?"

"Why not ask Mr. Gongtai?"

Lu Bu sneered, "By the time I send someone to investigate, they will all be dead!"

He said to the guards in the mansion: "Tie him up and wait for me to come back!"

After saying this, he picked up his Fang Tian Hua Ji, mounted his horse and hurriedly left the house.

Seeing that he could not persuade Lu Bu, Qu Yi sighed inwardly. Lu Bu was a man who would hesitate when he should make a decision, and would become arbitrary when he should listen to others' opinions.

There is definitely something wrong. Did the prince send people to Hanoi just to launch a surprise attack on Lu Bu?

To get rid of Lu Bu?

Qu Yi became alert and looked around involuntarily. The guards in Lu Bu's mansion thought he was going to attack, so they immediately came up with guns and swords and surrounded him.

Qu Yi shook his head. He was unarmed now. Even at his peak, he couldn't stand up to these dozen guards with his bare hands.

He was pouring wine by himself, and the scene seemed to be frozen. After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard. Everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to the direction of the sound and found that it was Lu Lingqi.

When Lu Lingqi saw the guards pointing their guns and knives at Qu Yi, she was startled and asked, "What are you doing to my master?"

"Where's Father?"

A guard hurriedly told the story. Lu Lingqi frowned and said, "How could my father be so confused? If my master had bad intentions, how could he come to the mansion to drink with my father at this time?"

"Put away all your weapons!"

Qu Yi thought that Lu Bu's brain was not as clear as Lu Lingqi's. If Lu Lingqi was present, Lu Bu would not have been deceived like this.

He laughed: "My disciples are smart. Instead of staring at me, it is better to let them guard the mansion to prevent people with bad intentions from taking the opportunity to cause trouble."

The guards looked at each other and unconsciously put away their guns and swords. At this moment, there was a commotion outside the mansion. The sounds of weapons clashing and fighting kept coming in, followed by the screams of the gatekeepers.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, and then the sound of weapons chopping at the mansion door was heard. It was obvious that the guards at the door had been killed, and someone was trying to break in!

Qu Yi shouted, "Marquis Wen has fallen into the enemy's trap!"

"Quickly gather the people in the palace to resist the foreign enemies!"

Hearing the endless fighting outside the gate, Lu Lingqi was also terrified. She shouted, "Master, and mother, I want to go find mother!"

Seeing that the guards were still hesitating, Qu Yi pointed at Lu Lingqi, who then reacted and shouted, "Why are you still standing there? Leave two of you here for me, and the rest of you go to the mansion to gather some help!"

When the guards heard this, they agreed loudly and ran out in a hurry.

Qu Yi shouted to Lu Lingqi: "Go get your weapons, and then go find your mother!"

Lu Lingqi's body trembled slightly, and she pointed behind her and said, "The weapons are all in the backyard!"

Qu Yi saw the two guards who stayed behind had knives in their hands and said, "It's too late!"

He strode over: "Give me one of your knives!"

The two men looked at each other and pressed the hilt of the knife at the same time. The next moment, they both drew their knives and slashed towards Qu Yi!

Qu Yi also reacted quickly, dodging with a backward leap, and cursed: "So there really is a traitor!"

The two men shouted at the same time: "Kill!"

Seeing the other party rushing over, Qu Yi kicked the table over, and the two of them chopped at the same time, breaking the table into three pieces. Qu Yi took the opportunity to retreat and yelled to Lu Lingqi: "Go!"

"Get weapons!"

Lu Lingqi finally woke up from her dream and hurriedly followed Qu Yi to the backyard.

Seeing this, the two men chased after him with their swords brandished, their movements extremely fast. As Qu Yi ran, he saw the other party approaching from the corner of his eye, and he immediately realized that these two men were masters!

The other party stayed with premeditation. It didn't seem like they were targeting me, otherwise they would have taken action long ago.

Could it be Lu Lingqi?

He did not have time to think about it at this moment, and he and Lu Lingqi fled desperately. They had no weapons in their hands and no armor on their bodies. The only thing they could do when they encountered a master was to run away!

As Qu Yi walked, he threw the flower pots on the corridors on both sides at the two people, but they were all dodged.

When they turned the corner, they saw a maid carrying a tea tray coming from another direction, blocking their way. Before Qu Yi could call out a warning, a man swung his sword and chopped the maid's head off, with the blood splattering all over the man.

When Lu Lingqi saw this, she screamed, her legs went weak and she almost tripped. Qu Yi quickly grabbed her arm and ran.

After several turns, Qu Yi and Lu Lingqi finally ran to the backyard. He saw a row of weapons on the shelf, laughed, pulled out a big gun, turned around and pointed at the two people and said, "Damn it, are you still chasing me?"

"Come and fight with your grandfather!"

Lu Lingqi also took the opportunity to draw out a long spear, but her hands kept shaking, as if she could not hold the spear.

Although she had practiced martial arts for many years, she had never seen blood. The sight of the maid's head flying just now was such a huge shock to her that she couldn't recover.

When the two men saw this, one of them said, "I'll hold this man back, and you go and kill Lu Bu's daughter!"

The two of them nodded slightly and rushed up at the same time!

Qu Yi's heart sank. The other party was really coming for Lu Lingqi!

He wanted to stop the two men and thrust his gun out, but one of them held a sword across his left arm and pretended to hold Qu Yi's gun with his right hand.

Qu Yi shook the gun and stabbed the man in the chest. The man took two steps back and swung his knife, actually cutting off the gun barrel, but he himself was completely unharmed.

Qu Yi cursed inwardly, wondering how could he have forgotten that since the other party was ostensibly Lu Bu's guard, he must be wearing armor under his clothes!

He threw away the gun and pulled out a knife from the shelf. During this delay, another person had already rushed in front of Lu Lingqi!

Seeing that the man was covered in blood, Lu Lingqi realized that he was the murderer who had just killed the maid. Her hands trembled even more violently, and she thrust her halberd crookedly and without any power.

The man laughed sinisterly, squatted down to avoid Lu Lingqi's halberd, and stabbed Lu Lingqi's lower abdomen with the long knife in his hand!

Lu Lingqi turned pale and took two steps back. She tripped and almost fell. Seeing the opponent's knife getting closer and closer, her mind went blank.

At this moment, Qu Yi's knife was handed over, and the two knives collided, making a loud bang and bouncing away at the same time.

Qu Yi turned around with difficulty and blocked the knife that was about to stab him in the back, but the other person stabbed back with his knife, leaving a cut in his ribs.

The blood from Qu Yi's wound spurted out of Lu Lingqi's eyes. Her face turned pale and her posture became even more terrible. She said in a trembling voice, "Master, I have forgotten all my martial arts skills. I can't use them!"

Qu Yi took a few steps back, stood in front of Lu Lingqi, and sighed, "Let's go, this place is not suitable for you."

Lu Lingqi tried to hold back her tears and wanted to speak, but Qu Yi interrupted her: "You run away first, I still have a chance of survival, otherwise I will definitely die here."

"Go!"

With tears in her eyes and her long spear in her hands, Lu Lingqi turned around and ran away. The two men wanted to chase her but were stopped by Qu Yi.

Upon seeing this, the two men attacked Qu Yi at the same time. As long as they killed Qu Yi, the remaining women in the mansion would be at their mercy!