Chapter 740: A Guest Visits
Although Sima Yi has not moved him for the time being, Ling Huyu is still in extreme anxiety, after all, as Cao Shuang's cronies, sooner or later he will be liquidated by Sima Yi.
Although Ling Hu Yu is stupid, he is not confused, so he can see clearly at this point, Sima Yi not only killed Cao Shuang alone, but even brought Cao Shuang's family and his confidants, there were as many as 1,000 people, such a bloody and brutal method made everyone who was involved with Cao Shuang tremble, and Ling Hu Yu did not dare to pin his life on Sima Yi's mercy.
You can't sit still!
Since Ling Huyu had already anticipated this terrible consequence, he naturally would not be easily arrested, and he had to think of a foolproof strategy before Sima Yi took action, otherwise when Sima Yi was about to make a move, it would be too late.
But Linghu Yu is just a Yanzhou assassin, and he really wants to compete with Sima Yi, who is in control of the central court, obviously he doesn't have that energy, after all, Yanzhou is only a state in the hinterland of Wei, and the military level is far inferior to Yongzhou and Yangzhou, which are border states.
At this time, if the fox fool raises an army, it is completely an egg hitting a stone.
What to do? Ling Hu thought about it foolishly, and felt that it was impossible to defeat Sima Yi with his own strength alone, and in order to protect himself, he could only seek allies to deal with Sima Yi together.
As for this ally, Ling Huyu naturally thought of Wang Ling without hesitation.
Ling Huyu's mother, Wang, is Wang Ling's own sister, so Wang Ling is Ling Huyu's maternal uncle, and the reason why Ling Huyu can have his current status is naturally because of Wang Ling's care.
Compared with the history of Linghu Yu's empty thorn, Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, can be regarded as a real feudal official with heavy troops, and the Huainan defense line he controls is the top priority in Cao Wei's army, if he can join forces with Wang Ling, Yanyang and Yangzhou will be in the hands of their uncle and nephew, if there is another chance to annex Yuzhou and Xuzhou, then half of the Wei country is not in their hands?
As soon as he thought of this, Ling Hu Yu couldn't help but be inexplicably excited, if he could really occupy the southeast half of the Wei Kingdom, why was he afraid of Sima Yi?
So, Ling Huyu instructed his subordinates to take the pen and ink, and prepared to personally repair a letter to Wang Ling.
However, when he raised the pen, Linghu Yu was a little hesitant, and he didn't know what to write for a while, holding the brush, he didn't write a word for a long time.
At this moment, the steward came to report: "Sir, there is a guest visiting outside the door." ”
Ling Huyu put down his pen, as a state assassin, Ling Huyu is naturally in the house, and there are often guests to visit, so Ling Huyu didn't care at all when he heard the news, but asked casually: "Who is visiting?" ”
The steward reported: "The visitor did not hand over the name thorn, nor did he report his name, but only said that he and the lord are old friends, and the lord will know as soon as he sees it." ”
Linghu Yu couldn't help frowning secretly, generally when guests visit, they will report their names and hand over their names to make it easier for the host to know and prepare, after all, different guests, the etiquette of hospitality is also different, but the guest who came today is so strange, neither handed over the name thorns, nor reported the name, only said that it was his old friend, and there were many old friends in the world, how did Ling Hu Yu know who he was.
Linghu Yu was slightly displeased, but the more mysterious it was, the more curious Linghu Yu became, so he ordered the future guests of the steward to welcome them to the middle hall, and he changed his clothes later.
He looked at the empty white paper, and then looked at the brush dipped in ink, and sighed softly.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a middle-aged man with a white face and a short beard sitting in the hall, his expression was indifferent, calm and calm, and there was a man in a strong suit standing beside him, his eyes were shining, and he was not angry but mighty.
Linghu Yu couldn't help but be secretly taken aback, the person who came was not someone else, it was the predecessor of Yanzhou Thorn History, the current Huan Fan Huan Yuan of Dasi Nong, I heard that he escaped from Luoyang City and went to Bingzhou at the time of the Luoyang Incident, how could he appear here?
As Huan Fan, Ling Hu didn't dare to slack off, took two steps forward, and said with a smile on his face: "I don't know that Huan Si Nong has arrived, and I have missed the distance, forgive my sins." ”
Huan Fan arched his hand and said lightly: "I took the liberty to come here and ask for trouble, so that the fox envoy Jun will not come unharmed?" ”
Ling Huyu was indeed deeply surprised by Huan Fan's arrival, but Huan Fan is the predecessor's Yanzhou Thorn History, and Ling Huyu is the current Yanzhou Thorn History, and both of them are Cao Shuang's confidants, so naturally they have some friendship, so Ling Huyu's attitude towards Huan Fan is also very good.
"I heard that Huan Sinong went to Bingzhou, but I don't know how to get to Yanzhou? I heard that the reward offered by Luoyang is not low. Ling Huyu's smile was a little ambiguous.
You must know that Huan Fan is a core member of Cao Shuang Group, and his status is only after He Yan, Ding Mi, Deng Yang and others, if Huan Fan did not leave Luoyang in time in this incident, I am afraid that he has become a ghost under the knife like He Ding Deng and others.
Now the court's reward order has been posted all over the state and county, Huan Fan's reward is second only to Cao Liang, if someone gets Huan Fan's head, the minimum can also be changed to a thousand Hou dangdang, such a heavy reward, there will inevitably be people who take risks, in the merger may not be able to get him, but out of the merger, Huan Fan's head, always at risk of being cut off.
Originally, Cao Liang was going to assign others to Yanzhou, but Huan Fan thought that because there was no one who was familiar with Linghu Yu, sending an envoy to come might not be able to win his trust, and it might even be self-defeating, after all, once he was suspected of rebellion, anyone would be more cautious.
In the entire Bingzhou army, the only one who knows Ling Huyu is Huan Fan, although Huan Fan can't talk about having a deep friendship with Ling Huyu, but in addition, there is really no one who is up to this task.
So Huan Fan took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Yanzhou, Cao Liang was afraid that he had any accidents, and initially refused to agree, after several requests from Huan Fan, he reluctantly agreed, and specially sent Fang Bu to bring some guards to protect Huan Fan's safety, Cao Liang asked Fang Bu to be foolproof.