Chapter 332: Fishing in Troubled Waters
Mrs. Sun stared at Fei Yi's eyes for a moment, the corners of her mouth slightly raised. "You don't admit it?"
Fei Yi returned the confession with both hands, neither humble nor arrogant. "Anyone with a little insight knows that this is nonsense."
"I want to hear about it."
Fei Yi's heart was a little calm, stretched out his hand, and asked Mrs. Sun to sit in the hall with a smile.
There are indeed some flaws in the confession, but they are generally true, and he can only clear Zhuge Liang's suspicions at most, but he cannot prove his innocence. What he can do is to take all the responsibilities and minimize the losses as much as possible to avoid affecting the alliance.
Han and Wu are two benefits when they are combined, and two injuries are injured when they are divided, Zhuge Liang knows this, and Sun Quan also knows this. As long as he can prove that this matter was not instructed by Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan will turn a blind eye and ask for some benefits at most, and will never tear his face.
Mrs. Sun seems to be aggressive, but in fact it is just a common means of negotiation, trying to gain the upper hand, otherwise she will not take the initiative to hand over the interrogation to him.
In that case, things will be easy to do. The more calm he is, the more he will be able to take the initiative in the next negotiations. If you are lucky, you may be able to control this matter within the scope of your power and avoid it from reaching Zhuge Liang's ears in a short time.
All he needed now was time to come up with an explanation that would satisfy Sun Quan and put forward a condition that would meet Sun Quan's requirements.
This is the real purpose of Mrs. Sun's trip.
sat down, Fei Yi talked eloquently. "Madame, do you know who this Zheng Xuan is?"
Mrs. Sun said: "He confessed, it was the Guanghan Zheng family, and his brother Zheng Du was Liu Zhang's old department back then. ”
"Yes, yes. But Mrs. must not know that the first emperor took Yizhou and recruited talents, whether it was Liu Mu's old department or not, there were countless people hired because of their talents. Yi Bucai, not only Liu Mu's old department, but also his in-laws, can also be used with the same talents. Why can't this Zheng Du be hired? ”
Mrs. Sun looked at Fei Yi and sneered secretly in her heart. Why Zheng Du couldn't be hired, Zheng Xuan had already confessed, but it was not written in this confession. The confession she gave to Fei Yi was a transcribed version, not an original record. Some of them she didn't want Fei Yi to see for the time being, some of them couldn't let Fei Yi see them, and some of them were deliberately written vaguely so that Fei Yi would have a chance to defend herself.
"Why?" Mrs. Sun picked up the teacup, took a shallow sip, and frowned inadvertently. There is ginger in the tea, and the taste is very strong.
Fei Yi saw it clearly and secretly complained to himself. Mrs. Sun drank tea, indicating that there was room for relaxation. frowning, it means that this negotiation will be very hard, and Sun Quan has a great appetite, which may not be something he can afford to bear.
Even so, Fei Yi explained quietly. Zheng Du knew that the victory or defeat had been decided, and the destiny of heaven was returned, but he still didn't care about the lives of the people, and suggested that Liu Mujian clean up the wall to resist the first emperor and resist stubbornly. It is the emperor who does not like it, and the scholars are not ashamed......"
Fei Yi was skillful and tried his best to overturn Zheng Hui's confession. He didn't completely deny it, but only adjusted the details, while ignoring Zhuge Liang, he reduced his responsibility, and said that most of the things were Zheng Xuan's own choices and actions, which had nothing to do with the Shu Han court.
Explain a lot, but it's not the point. The point is that Shu Han and Wu were not enemies, but allies. He was here, on the orders of Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, to congratulate King Wu on his claim to be emperor, and proposed to divide the world. In this case, why did Shu Han bother to make such a move and provoke Elfang to rebel? This is not in the interests of both parties and is unconscionable.
Mrs. Sun knew that Fei Yi was quibbling, but she didn't break it, but kept arguing with Fei Yi about the details. When she got up early in the morning, she entered the palace with her confession and discussed with Sun Quan. Sun Quan's meaning was very clear, it was not in the interests of Wu to turn against Xishu, and he didn't want to face Wei Shu's attack at the same time, so he took this opportunity to force Zhuge Liang to make concessions and gain an advantage in the next formal negotiations, which was what he wanted most.
Fei Yi brought Zhuge Liang's proposal to divide the world, and Sun Quan agreed in principle, but he was unwilling.
Without being reminded by anyone, he could see at a glance that Zhuge Liang's plan was beneficial to Shu Han. Once realized, Shu Han not only occupied the upper reaches of both the north and south lines, forming a condescending strategic advantage over Wu, but also controlled Yanzhou and Jizhou, expanding its power to the hinterland of Wu.
If we want to avoid this, we can only strive for the annexation of the state and take Yanzhou and Jizhou as our own. Sun Quan had mentioned this to Fei Yi before, but Fei Yi firmly disagreed. Sun Quan was anxious to become emperor and had no confidence to refuse. Now that something like this has happened, Sun Quan naturally has to make good use of it and force Fei Yi to make concessions.
Although the focus of the two discourses is different, the purpose is the same.
Madame Sun was not good at debating, and the purpose of her visit was not to discuss the details of the agreement — Sun Quan would send the right people to negotiate — but to demonstrate. Seeing that Fei Yi refused to admit the account, his face changed, he threw down a few threatening words, and walked away.
At the end of the first round, the two sides seemed to be unhappy and the situation was tense, but in fact, the principle had been decided, and all that remained was to bargain for [58] the price.
Still, Fei Yi was uneasy.
Sun Quan's appetite is very big, and it is beyond the scope of Zhuge Liang's acceptance, unless he tells Zhuge Liang the truth of the matter.
In that case, his future would be over. Such a loss was enough to kill him.
Fei Yi sighed for a long time, he didn't even have an appetite for eating, and his usual calmness was gone. He pondered and racked his brains, but he couldn't think of a way to save himself.
Before I knew it, the night was dark, and the attendants were nervous for a long time, exhausted and drowsy.
Fei Yi was also very tired, he returned to the inner room, lay down in his clothes, and looked at the bottom of the tent with his eyes, and his heart was like ashes.
"Captain." An attendant walked in, holding a food table in his hand, and called softly, "Eat something, don't go hungry." ”
Fei Yi waved his hand distraughtly. "Set aside, go down."
"Whoa." The attendant answered, put the food table on the side of the bed, but did not retreat, walked to Fei Yi's bedside, and leaned over to look at Fei Yi. Fei Yi was a little surprised, and when he looked closely, he found that this person was not his attendant. He was taken aback, and was about to scream, but it was too late.
The man took out his palm like a knife and slashed at Fei Yi's neck.
Fei Yi didn't even snort before fainting.
The man quickly pulled out an arrow from his body and stuffed it into Fei Yi's hand, then took Fei Yi's hand and plunged the arrow into his throat.
Blood gushed out and soaked the bedding. Fei Yi struggled a few times and lost his life in a coma. The man waited for a moment, confirmed that Fei Yi was out of breath, picked up the table again, sighed, and withdrew.
The attendant guarding the door yawned, unaware.
The man went out of the courtyard, walked to no man's land, looked around, hid in the corner, took off his attendant clothes, changed into a green coat, pretended to be a handyman in the post house, swaggered out of the post house, and boarded a small canopy boat leaning against the river.
"Let's go, go to Shih Tzu Fang."
The oars shook and made a soft "babbling" sound, and the boat slowly left the dock and disappeared into the night.