At the same time, in Xuchang City.
The entire Xuchang City was still as bustling as before. The hawkers on the streets were hawking their wares with all their might. It looked like a happy and harmonious atmosphere.
However, on the street, a young man dressed in a gorgeous white robe was running hastily on the street.
This person was Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu arrived at Cao Zhi's residence in a panic.
At this moment, Cao Zhi was holding a brush and thinking about something in front of the stone table.
It looked like he wanted to write some poems.
"Ancestor De?"
Seeing Yang Xiu panting, Cao Zhi could not help but ask in confusion.
"Could it be that Jiang Wei has returned from Jingzhou?"
Yang Xiu nodded heavily. Cao Zhi put down his brush.
"What's the result? Have you already … "
Before Cao Zhi could finish, Yang Xiu sighed and sat across from Cao Zhi.
"Young Master, we failed."
"What?!"
Cao Zhi's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief.
"How is this possible?"
"Didn't you send a total of five hundred assassins?"
"That Jiang Wei had at most a hundred guards with him. How could they have failed?"
Yang Xiu shook his head slightly.
In fact, Yang Xiu did not know what had happened.
That was because not a single one of the five hundred assassins had returned alive!
Yang Xiu knew that they had failed because he had made an agreement with the assassins. After one day, regardless of whether they succeeded or not, they were to meet at a run-down Taoist temple outside Xuchang City.
However, Yang Xiu waited for an entire day and saw no one come.
What did this mean?
The assassins had been completely wiped out!
Therefore, in order to verify this, Yang Xiu specially sent people to Hanzhong to investigate.
Jiang Wei had arrived in Hanzhong safe and sound!
Not a single one of the hundred or so people who had followed him had died!
After informing Cao Zhi of this situation, Cao Zhi's expression turned extremely ugly.
"Impossible! There are more than 500 of them. Even if they were to fight head-on, no matter how powerful the guards sent by Bai Feng are, they would never be able to stop them from killing one person! "
"Dezu, is there a problem with your men of sacrifice?"
"After the failure last time, maybe they don't dare to do it anymore!"
Yang Xiu shook his head heavily.
"Young Master, there's no such thing."
"At first, I also thought that those death warriors had betrayed me."
"However, the spies I sent to Hanzhong said that they saw Jiang Wei return with several carriages full of sacks. It seemed like there were people inside!"
"However, they should all be corpses."
"So, these men of sacrifice didn't betray me. They're all dead …"
Cao Zhi couldn't help but stand up. He took a few steps back and accidentally sat on the ground.
For Cao Zhi, this was simply unacceptable.
Most importantly, Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu didn't know how Jiang Wei managed to escape.
Five hundred assassins!
To be able to survive the encirclement of five hundred assassins, could it be that Jiang Wei had several hundred lives?
Cao Zhi didn't know this, but there was one thing that Cao Zhi was particularly clear about.
Bai Feng would definitely be suspicious!
To be able to have the men of sacrifice surround this place so accurately meant that it had been premeditated.
Most of the people in the world who were enemies of Bai Feng were in the Sun Liu Army.
The people of Cao Wei couldn't wait to support Bai Feng!
As for the rest, apart from Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, the rest were the major landowning households.
But which landowning household would have the guts to attack soldiers who were carrying out orders?!
Doing so was no different from betraying Wei!
Thinking about it, only Cao Pi and Cao Zhi would dare to do so.
Cao Zhi now had reason to believe that he had already been suspected!
If Bai Feng were to become vigilant, then it would be extremely difficult to do anything to him at that time!
"Ancestor De, what should we do now?"
Cao Zhi was at his wit's end and looked directly at Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu frowned and said in a low voice,
"There is a way, but it depends on whether Young Master is ruthless enough."
When Cao Zhi heard this, he frowned and said,
"What do you mean?"
Yang Xiu's eyes were like torches as he said solemnly,
"Young Master should know that the most suspicious people in this matter are us and Young Master Cao Pi."
"If you want us to distance ourselves from this matter, you can only shirk all suspicion."
Although Yang Xiu didn't say it out loud, Cao Zhi still understood and narrowed his eyes.
"Ancestor De means to shift the blame to Zihuan?"
Yang Xiu nodded slightly.
Although Yang Xiu had been fighting openly and secretly with Cao Zhi for Cao Pi, Cao Pi was still the young master of the Cao Family. No matter what, Yang Xiu didn't dare to be disrespectful to him.
However, he couldn't care so much now.
If he didn't push Cao Pi out as a scapegoat, the two of them would be the ones to suffer Bai Feng's vengeance.
Bai Feng's current strength was completely incomparable to the two of them.
Whether it was his reputation among the people, his prestige in the imperial court, or his status in Cao Cao's eyes, Bai Feng was at the top in all aspects.
Not to mention Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, even the entire Cao Family couldn't compare to Bai Feng.
Although Cao Zhi and Bai Feng had some animosity on their faces, it hadn't reached the point of falling out.
However, the movement this time was too big. Bai Feng would definitely not sit back and do nothing.
Five hundred assassins to assassinate one person!
Moreover, the assassin was someone Bai Feng currently put in an important position. How could Bai Feng not be angry?
However, before executing this decision, Yang Xiu had already made full preparations.
If they succeeded, it would be great. Then, everything would be fine.
Even if Bai Feng wanted to take revenge, he wouldn't be able to find out anything.
Moreover, he had already achieved his goal.
However, if they failed, there was only one way.
That was to push the blame directly to Cao Pi.
As long as Cao Pi was pushed out to fight with Bai Feng, it would have nothing to do with Cao Zhi.
At that time, the situation would be advantageous to Cao Zhi.
After all, Cao Zhi could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. He could watch the fire burn across the river and watch them fight.
Moreover, Cao Zhi had an innate advantage. That was, he was favored by Wei Emperor.
As long as they persevered, everything would be settled when Wei Emperor decided to proclaim himself as the Emperor and appoint the Crown Prince.
Although Yang Xiu had such an idea, he didn't intend to tell Cao Zhi about it from the beginning, or even until now.
He knew that Cao Zhi might not be able to harden his heart to do this.
Moreover, Cao Zhi knew that the possibility of failure was very small.
However, the current situation couldn't be delayed.
No matter how unwilling Cao Zhi was, he had to make a choice.
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