Chapter 120 How can General Liu Zuo die because of me

"Someone, take him out and chop him down."

After Yuan Tan read the letter, he became furious, slapped his palm on the case, pointed at the person who sent the letter and shouted sternly.

"No."

Several soldiers outside the door agreed in unison, came in and pulled Liang Cheng up to go out.

The person Cao Cao sent to deliver the message was named Liang Cheng, who was from Zhuojun County, Youzhou. He moved to Xu County, Yingchuan with his father in his early years, and therefore joined Cao Cao's army.

"General, I have something to say."

Liang Cheng hurriedly struggled and shouted.

"If you don't listen, pull me out."

Yuan Tan's face turned black with anger, he waved his hand fiercely and shouted loudly.

"General, general, the letter is false."

Liang Cheng shouted loudly when he was pulled to the door.

"Wait a minute." Yuan Tan quickly stopped, "What did you say? Is the letter false?"

"Yes, the letter is fake?" Liang Cheng affirmed.

Yuan Tan waved and asked Liang Cheng to kneel in front of him and asked: "Where is the true faith? If you hand it over, you will avoid death."

"There is no true letter. This letter is not a letter written by Gongsun Zan to General Liu Zuo." Liang Cheng replied.

Yuan Tan was a little confused and asked confusedly: "What do you mean?"

"General, I am not a member of Gongsun Zan. In fact, I am a member of Cao Cao, Sikong. This letter was forged by Cao Sikong. He deliberately said that it was a letter written by Gongsun Zan to General Liu Zuo, and then deliberately let you see it in order to take advantage of you.

With my own hands, I destroyed General Liu Zuo."

Snap!

Yuan Tan slammed the case and scolded: "You are about to die, but you still want to frame Cao Sikong."

Liang Cheng said anxiously: "General, I am not making false accusations, everything I said is true!"

General Yan Jing said from the side: "This man was captured, and he deliberately said that he was Cao Cao's man, and wanted to excuse Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei. The general cannot be trusted!"

Yuan Tan nodded, not believing such rhetoric at all.

"Yes, if you are really Cao Sikong, how could you say it so easily? It must be a lie."

"General, if I really belong to Gongsun Zan and I carry important secret messages with me, how could I be intercepted and captured so easily by you?"

Yuan Tan thought about it, it was indeed true.

This man's behavior on the road was too suspicious, so he was stopped and interrogated. During the interrogation, he was talking about him, and he even took out the letter and tried to destroy it in person. It really didn't look like it was done by the person responsible for delivering the secret message.

"If you are really Cao Sikong's person, and Cao Sikong asked you to pretend to be Gongsun Zan's person to deliver the message, he must have trusted you, or used your family as a hostage. Why would you tell the truth so readily? You should know, no matter who you are

Everyone will eventually die."

Liang Cheng was still kneeling on the ground, but he straightened up and said solemnly: "General, my family is indeed in Cao Cao's hands. If I don't do what he said, my family will die! But..."

"But what?" Yan Jing asked urgently.

"But, if I do what Cao Cao says, the person who dies will be General Liu Zuo!"

"Don't make it up. How could you abandon your family and save Liu Bei?" Yuan Tan shouted.

Liang Cheng said seriously: "General, I am not making this up. As long as I can save General Liu Zuo, it will be worth it even if my family and I all die!"

"Liu Bei is kind to you?" Yuan Tan asked with doubt on his face.

"General Liu Zuo and I have not met each other, but I have been in the army before and have never heard anything about General Liu Zuo. When I came out this time, I heard a lot about General Liu Zuo along the way, and then I realized that

General Liu Zuo is such a benevolent person!"

Liang Cheng continued: "I heard that General Liu Zuo not only went all out to suppress bandits in Donglai, but also exempted the people of Donglai from oral taxes, and also reduced land taxes and calculated taxes! I have lived in this world for more than thirty years, and I have never

I heard that there are such benevolent people in the world. Even if he is as benevolent as Liu Bo'an, the shepherd of Youzhou, he is still far behind!"

"General, it is difficult to find one or two people in the world who care about the people and can treat them kindly. General Liu Zuo is dedicated to the people, how can he die because of me! If General Liu Zuo really dies because of me, my family and I will not be able to live in shame.

World! Therefore, I would rather die together with my family than let General Liu Zuo die!"

Yuan Tan stared straight at Liang Cheng, trying to distinguish the truth from the lie in his eyes.

But he was disappointed. When the other party spoke, his eyes did not dodge, he dared to look directly at him, and his face showed his admiration for Liu Bei.

Yuan Tan felt vaguely angry in his heart. Liu Bei did indeed do what he said, exempting taxes and reducing taxes, and treating the people well.

I originally thought that Liu Bei had only won the hearts of the people in Donglai and Beihai counties, but I didn't expect that even the people of Youzhou had their hearts turned towards Liu Bei, and were even willing to sacrifice their family's lives for it. To win the people's hearts like this, Liu Bei was indeed hated.

"General, this person's words cannot be trusted!" General Yan Jing reminded from the side.

Don't drive, Liu Xian had been watching and listening, and now he said: "Mingshijun, from Youzhou Yijing to Beihai, you have to pass through Jizhou Bohai County and Pingyuan and other places. Gongsun Zan agreed that Liu Bei would send troops at the same time for such an important matter, so he would not

Instead of sending a letter, an envoy should be sent to discuss and make an agreement in person. This person’s words may not be false, so please inquire carefully.”

Liu Xian felt that Liu Bei might have ambitions to seize the state, but he did not believe that Liu Bei would collude with Gongsun Zan.

If Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were really in cahoots, they would have been in contact with each other since he arrived in Qingzhou.

However, because of the previous relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, Yuan Tan paid special attention to the personnel exchanges from Youzhou to Qingzhou after arriving in Pingyuan, and conducted careful interrogations. Because of this, he was able to easily intercept Liang Cheng.

"Well," Yuan Tan nodded at this time, "What you said makes sense. If Gongsun Zan made an agreement with Liu Bei to send troops, he would not send it in a letter, and he would pass through the plains. It seems that there must be something wrong with it."

"You said you are from Cao Sikong, how can you prove it?" Yuan Tan asked Liang Cheng.

Liang Cheng described some situations in Cao Cao's army in detail, mentioning many generals, including Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, as well as Xu Huang and Zhu Ling, and also mentioned Cao Cao's physical features.

Yuan Tan knew about the Xiahou brothers and Cao Ren and Cao Hong, but had never heard of Xu Huang. However, Zhu Ling was originally a general of Yuan Shao. After being sent to attack Xuzhou with Cao Cao, he stayed in Cao's camp and refused to return.

Zhu Ling is not a famous general, and this incident is not a big deal. If the person in front of him is really Gongsun Zan, he should not understand this matter.

Moreover, the fact that he was able to tell Cao Cao's appearance means that he has met Cao Cao, otherwise he would not be so accurate.

As Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan has naturally met Cao Cao many times and has a good understanding of Cao Cao's appearance and characteristics.

At this time, although Yuan Tan could not completely believe Liang Cheng's words, he could not fully believe Gongsun Zan's letter agreeing that Liu Bei would send troops.

He is hesitating about how to deal with this matter.

"General, what should we do now?"

Yan Jing could see that what Liang Cheng said was more credible, at least it was not nonsense.

Yuan Tan thought for a while and said: "Send this person and the letter to Yecheng. This matter concerns Gongsun Zan and Cao Sikong. My father should decide how to deal with it."

If it was just a matter of Qingzhou, Yuan Tan could make the decision, but now it is related to Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao, Yuan Tan dare not make the decision without permission. Let his father judge whether this person's words are trustworthy.
Chapter completed!