I looked at the black butterfly in amazement: "What do you mean?"

Black Butterfly smiled bitterly: "In my team, there is not only Zhao Qiang and a disciple of the Torture Palace, but also other secret agents. If they all die, the people of the torture hall will pounce on us like wolves and eat us down to the bones. ”

I couldn't help frowning and said, "And the people of the torture hall, what are they trying to do?"

Black Butterfly said: "You don't know about the Torture Palace, they have been trying to control the Divine Exploration Hand. Because of the cooperation of Yu Feng and Li Shenxian, the fifth division was evenly divided with the torture hall. The fourth division is the torture hall covering the sky with one hand. This time, the disciples of the Fourth Division of the Torture Hall were all wiped out, and the people of the Torture Hall will not let me go easily, and of course they will not let you go. ”

When I turned my head to look at Enron, the latter nodded bitterly, acknowledging the Black Butterfly's claim.

I wondered, "Isn't the torture hall only a watchdog?

Black Butterfly shook her head and said, "You misunderstood the Torture Palace. They are not a secular judiciary, and they have little to do with supervision. The Temple of Torture can also be regarded as a genre in the hands of the Detectives. To put it simply, the current Divine Exploration Hand is the three-legged state of the Clear Wind, the Five Veins, and the Torture Palace. ”

I asked, "Then the five veins of the gods will be left to the torture hall?"

Black Butterfly said: "The Torture Hall was originally an organization elected by the Five Veins of the Gods, they are not only responsible for monitoring lawlessness, but also exploring the forbidden area of mythology, and more importantly, they spend most of their time monitoring the Demon Gate. ”

"As far as I know, in order to deal with the Demon Gate, the Five Veins of the Exploration God deliberately dispatched a group of masters to form the Torture Palace, on the one hand, in order to find out the secret son of the Demon Gate in the hands of the Exploration God, and on the other hand, it was also to target the Demon Gate and ensure the safety of the Divine Exploration Hand. ”

"At the beginning, the Torture Hall did make great contributions to the Divine Exploration Hand, but later the Torture Hall grew stronger and stronger, and it broke away from the control of the five veins and became its own faction. After that, there was a complete break between the torture hall and the five veins. ”

"In order to restrict the torture hall, the five veins began to support Qingfeng on a large scale, and finally formed the current three-legged situation. ”

Black Butterfly looked at me and said, "At first, the Torture Hall was competing with the Five Veins, but they quickly changed their strategy and focused on Qingfeng, either co-opting or suppressing Qingfeng until they were completely controlled. Division IV is the best example of this. ”

"The fifth branch has Yu Feng and Ren Tianqing's hard support, so it is not completely controlled by the torture hall. But the fourth division ......" Black Butterfly shook her head and smiled bitterly, "We're afraid we're in trouble this time." ”

For a moment, I felt like a big head. Ye Xun and I are tantamount to getting involved in the game between Qingfeng and the Torture Palace, and if we are not careful, we will be crushed. I couldn't help but wonder if joining the Detective was the right choice......

Ye Xun said at this time: "Your people are dead, what else do you have to do?"

Black Butterfly was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's take one step at a time, can I explore the secret technique of the mechanism with you......?"

I waved my hand and said, "No one can say what the outcome of this mission will be, it's still a little early to talk about the distribution of benefits, let's talk about it when we can really pass the test!"

I still can't figure out what the black butterfly is, so naturally I won't rashly agree to cooperate with her. The black butterfly naturally understood my concerns, nodded slightly, and then stopped talking.

I packed up my gear: "Let's go! we have to continue to find Wuhou to hide." ”

As I walked, I thought about my next goal. Zhuge Wuhou let us pass the first level, but did not indicate the specific location of the second level, where should I find the specific location of the second level?

My original plans were all disrupted. In the past, I have been speculating about the location of Zhuge Liang's real tomb, but after experiencing the secret cave of the mechanism, is my initial speculation still useful?

An Ran followed behind me and said, "Brother Huan, why did you say that Zhuge Liang would build such a big secret hole here?"

"Maybe it's the secret cave he sent Wei Yanxiu to repair. After I said something casually, even I was stunned, "Wait! Wei Yan ......"

Ye Xun also stopped and said, "What did you think of?"

"Wei Yan, Wei Yan......" I repeated Wei Yan's name several times before I said, "The person who built the Secret Cave may really be Wei Yan." ”

An Ran was surprised: "Isn't Wei Yan nothing in the Three Kingdoms?"

"That's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I said, "Wei Yan in history is not so unbearable, but a rare good general." Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong for nearly ten years, and the Wei army never broke through Hanzhong, but after Wei Yan's death, Jiang Wei gave up Wei Yan's strategy of sticking to Hanzhong, and wanted to lure the enemy deep and concentrate his forces to annihilate the Wei army, so he lost the strategic place of Hanzhong. ”

"The Trap Cave in the valley is not a huge project that can be completed overnight. The person who can build a secret cave here is none other than Wei Yan. ”

An Ran retorted: "Didn't Zhuge Wuhou always wait to see Wei Yan?"

"You let me think about it first,......" I hesitated, "The story of the Three Kingdoms that we are familiar with, in addition to legends, mainly has two sources, one is Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms", and the other is Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". ”

"Needless to say, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" positioned Wei Yan in the role of the first-born rebel from the beginning, Zhuge Liang wanted to push him out of the tent and behead him to show the public when he saw Wei Yan for the first time, if Liu Bei hadn't moved his love for talent, Wei Yan's head would have been hung on the flagpole long ago. In the later period, Zhuge Liang really did not want to see Wei Yan, and after his death, he planned to behead Wei Yan. ”

I stopped at this point: "However, Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" has a lot of praise for Wei Yan. also specifically mentioned that "Yuan Yan did not want to surrender to Wei in the north and returned to the south, but wanted to kill Yi, etc.", which means that Wei Yan did not have the idea of betraying Shu Han and surrendering to Cao Wei, but he wanted to kill Yang Yi. ”

In later generations, some historians believed that the person who Zhuge Liang really entrusted the military power was Wei Yan, but Yang Yi, who had a deep contradiction with Wei Yan, was afraid that Wei Yan would harm himself, so he framed Wei Yan for rebellion, and finally killed Wei Yan and razed his three clans. Hao Jing of the Yuan Dynasty even bluntly said that Yang Yi 'killed the general with personal anger, and the crime was floating'. ”

An Ran looked at me in surprise and said, "How can there be such a big difference between "Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

I explained: "Chen Shou was a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty and had always respected Cao Wei as orthodox. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" even has many praises for Cao Wei and Sima Shi, which has been criticized by later historians. And ......"

I paused and said, "Take a closer look at Chen Shou's life, he was originally an official in Shu Han, but was persecuted by the eunuch Huang Hao and was repeatedly deposed. There is even a legend that Chen Shou's father joined the army because Ma Tan missed the street pavilion and was reinforced. Chen Shou had a bit of resentment towards Shu Han, and it was reasonable for him to sympathize with Wei Yan. ”

Fang Xuanling of the Tang Dynasty once questioned Chen Shou, and he even included a legend about Chen Shou in the book because of his personal enmity. ”

"I see. An Ran nodded and asked again, "Then what happened to Luo Guanzhong positioning Wei Yan as a first-born backbone?"

I explained again: "Luo Guanzhong lived in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and since the Song Dynasty, Yang Liu and Cao have appeared, and in Luo Guanzhong's era, he naturally regarded Shu Han as orthodox. ”

An Ran said: "I understand. What do you mean is that Zhuge Liang still values Wei Yan very much, right? Otherwise, he would not have handed over such an important project to Wei Yan. ”

"No, you're wrong. I shook my head and said, "Wei Yan's death is a password left by Zhuge Wuhou and Mr. Luo Guanzhong, but no one has ever linked this password with the secret collection of organs and the forbidden area of mythology in the past. ”

I slowly explained: "Luo Guanzhong studied history intensively, and he keenly discovered a problem: Zhuge Liang had been using Wei Yan during his lifetime, but after he died, he must also take Wei Yan away. This point has to start with Wei Yanshou Hanzhong. ”

"After Liu Bei entered Sichuan and settled in Chengdu, he urgently needed a general to guard Hanzhong. At that time, everyone felt that Zhang Fei was the most suitable, and even Zhang Fei himself felt that Hanzhong Taishou must be in his pocket. However, Liu Bei unexpectedly promoted Wei Yan to the governor of Hanzhong and the Taishou of Hanzhong, and directly promoted Wei Yan from General Yamen to General Zhenyuan, and let him guard Hanzhong. That's where the first weirdness lies. ”

I analyzed: "Wei Yan is indeed a general, but talent alone is not enough for Liu Bei to hand over Hanzhong to Wei Yan in its entirety. Wei Yan served as the governor of Hanzhong and the Taishou of Hanzhong, which was equivalent to taking over the military and political power of Hanzhong. ”

"Once Wei Yan rebels, Shu Han will open the door widely, and the Wei army will drive straight into Hanzhong, and Liu Bei's foundation will have to be handed over. Wei Yan's identity is obviously not suitable for monopolizing power in Hanzhong. ”

I paused and said, "It's like why Liu Bei must let Guan Yu guard Jingzhou, instead of appointing one of the two tiger generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to sit in Jingzhou." In his mind, the only people he absolutely trusts are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. ”

An Ran suddenly woke up and said, "Do you mean to say that the person who really arranged for Wei Yan to guard Hanzhong was not Liu Bei, but Zhuge Liang?"

I nodded and said, "Apart from Zhuge Wuhou, I can't think of anyone else who can directly influence Liu Bei's decision. From the beginning of Wei Yan's defense of Hanzhong, the root of his future defeat has been buried. Wei Yanzhen's ten years of guarding Hanzhong were enough for him to build a secret realm. ”

I continued: "However, Zhuge Wuhou's rejection of Wei Yan is also extremely obvious. ”

An Ran couldn't help but say when he heard this: "Zhuge Liang rejected Wei Yan because he didn't like him, right?" I haven't read "Three Kingdoms", but Wei Yan's character in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is really not well received. ”

I looked at An Ran and said, "You're only half right." ”