Looking up, Cao Cao couldn't stop his glare to see Lu Meng bound being lead into his throne room. On his feet as they stopped him in the middle of the room. The plan that he had with him went south fast. And it was all his fault! "Lu Meng! Why in the hell are you here before me? Did you really think that you would be welcome in Wei again? You fooled me once with that little scheme. I will not allow you to do it again."
Trying to keep the angry look out of his eyes, Lu Meng met Cao Cao's eyes. He thought that he had a fool proof plan. He thought that Zhu Ran would kill the wench before he bed her. Not turn on him and do just that! Dropping his head as he sighed, Lu Meng forced his body to stay relaxed. "I am sorry Lord Cao Cao. I really thought that was going to be enough. I never thought that in a million years that Zhu Ran would have betrayed me. Not for some woman from Shu that he helped escape. I don't even know how it happened. Do you know?"
Anger flaring in his brown eyes, Cao Cao stormed up to them and back handed him as hard as he could. "That Lu Meng is none of your business! Because of your mistake now I have to make sure that Wei is able to withstand the invasion that is inevitably coming from a combined attack from Shu and Wu! It's all your fault for not fully understanding the situation!"
Keeping his head down and the glare in his eyes, Lu Meng made his breathing come evenly. "You may not be facing that invasion as soon as you think My Lord. When I escaped out of my own cell, they were not preparing for anything at all. If you moved fast enough, especially with your massive naval fleet you could strike first and gain the upper hand. I have been so focused on ending Liu Bei and any who would try to take his place that they are surely trying to find me as they think I flee to Shu. They wouldn't think I would come to Wei." Glancing up to see the same glare still, he let out a small sigh. "I will stay out of all of the planning and leave that to Sima Yi. The only thing that I am asking of you with this for me is to let me be the one to end the lives of the traitor Zhu Ran and his wench of a Shu wife Guan Yinping."
Smacking him again, Cao Cao glares at him as he crosses his arms. He had no reason to trust him and actually wanted to see him run through. "I have no reason to trust you at all Lu Meng. The plan that you proposed that we carried out backfired. I needed two people that would be expendable to kill before both the Sun Family and Liu Bei. To make them go mad with rage! Not have them escape me and get married!"
When Lu Meng looked up at him with the same stare that made him fall for it the first time, Cao Cao only fisted his hands at his side. "Give me one damned good reason why I should even think about using you and not killing you where you stand. Which sounds much more appealing to me at the moment."
Dropping his head with a sigh, Lu Meng had no lie in his voice and he didn't have to force his conviction for it either. He was prepared to do anything at all to make the Sun Family understand that what he says needs to be done is what really needs to be done. At any cost. "My Lord I am ready and willing to attack the Sun Family as a w hole if it will make them see that my plan for Wu is the best." He then turned a steely glare up to him, with the resolve to kill gleaming in his eyes. "And I want revenge on Zhu Ran for his betrayal. To get those two things I would be willing to do just about anything at all."
Stepping between Lu Meng and Cao Cao, Sima Yi sighed as he closed his eyes. This fool deserved to die at the end of Cao Cao's sword. However, there was one thing that he would have a use for. "My Lord I am asking you to allow him to live for at least a short time right now. He will have no input in strategy for the battle, however if he is really willing he can tell us the true layout of all of Wu. And the weaknesses that they have in their ships and formations."
He then turned a heated glare down at Lu Meng. "However if I have any thought that he is lying to us about any of it, he is killed. The foolish plan that he had is pointless and nothing more than the illusion of a fool now." Turning back to Cao Cao, Sima Yi kept his cold smile. "However we can at least try to use him for information correct?"
Seeing where Sima Yi was going, and noticing the glare in Lu Meng's eyes when he thought no one was watching, Guo Jia knew that he was up to something. So for not at least, he would go along with what Sima Yi was saying. If he could really give them good intel on that, it would help them. For once he saw what Sima Yi was doing and willing to back it up.
Standing up, Guo Jia pulls all shocked eyes to him, even Sima Yi when he turns to Cao Cao and gives a small bow. "My Lord I agree with Sima Yi. And I will aid him in this fully."
Still wanting to cut his head off, Cao Cao had never seen these two agree on anything at all. The fact that they did meant clearly that they can see something that he cannot. Another long glare at Lu Meng to make sure he knew that if he got out of line he was dead earlier than planned, he sighs as he crosses his arms. "Fine. I can agree to this." He then turned and went to the door on the other side of the room. Stopping at the door he turned and glared at both Sima Yi and Guo Jia. "The first thought that he might not be telling the truth. Or any indication that he is planning to stab them in the back. I want his head on a steak." He was then just gone.
Turning and watching as they undid the bounds that held Lu Meng, Guo Jia smiled as he crossed his arms. "I think the first thing that needs to be done is to get rid of all that red and put him in blue."
Finally fully relased, Lu Meng sighed as he rubbed his wrists. "If you want me to wear the colors of the rainbow I don't care. I just want to get my point across and my revenge."
Blinking as he looked at him odd, Guo Jia sighed. "What about your plan do you think is really going to come to pass? You want Sun Quan to take over Shu. And t hen come for us correct?" When his eyes flicked to him then down he just turned and walked away. "Either way it can't happen if we kill them all and take the land for ourselves anyway."
Before he could react to what Guo Jia just said, Lu Meng head the tapping of a fan. Turning to find Sima Yi still glaring at him, he let out another long sigh. "I am still willing to do anything that I need to do."
Walking around him for a moment with a glare, Sima Yi then smiles a cunning smile into his eyes. Now he saw it. What Guo Jia saw and why he said he would agree with him. He was planning something in secret and he knew it. Now to just find out what it was. "You had best do exactly as you are told Lu Meng. Or I will take great pleasure in having the honor of taking your head and presenting it to Cao Cao." He then turned and walked away from him. Stopping at the door as the guards stayed with him he turned and sighed. "Take him to a room that he can use." Watching for a moment as he was lead a different way, Sima Yi sighed. He knew one thing for sure. Lu Meng was going to die at some point. He just had to figure out when the best time to do that would be.
