Cao Cao stood on the roof of a farmer, looking thoughtfully into the distance, he was observing the surrounding terrain, which was completely flat, and he didn't want to waste time building a high platform, so he went directly to the roof of a house, and he could barely see the approximate origin of the boundary that was being excavated, but this farmer seemed a little frightened, early in the morning, he had just gotten up, and a group of fierce soldiers entered the house.

Then, this black dwarf man appeared, didn't say anything, just erected a ladder, climbed up to the roof of his house, it has been half an hour, the farmer hugged his wife and children, trembling, he didn't know where these officials came from, only heard that there were officials who robbed grain and money, this roof... The farmer never figured it out, and it wasn't long before another young official approached.

The officials around him saluted, and the farmer followed their example, and hurriedly saluted, but the young man ignored him, raised his head in some surprise, looked at the roof, and then climbed up as well.

Sima Yi went on the roof, it was rainy in the south, so the houses were different from the north, it seemed a little steep, Sima Yi cautiously walked to Cao Cao's side, Cao Cao did not look at him, Sima Yi did not dare to speak, for fear of scaring Cao Cao, if he was frightened, Situ Gong fell down from here, then something would happen, Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Do you think the canal should include Yanzhou?" ”

Sima Yi, who was looking at the distance, was taken aback when he heard Cao Cao ask, his eyes widened, and he replied: "Cao Gong, I don't think it has to flow through, go directly from Xiangyang to Yuzhou, from Yuzhou to Qingxu, to Youzhou, it will be much easier, as for Youzhou and Ningzhou, I don't think there is much more trouble, as long as the canal can pass through the big river to reach Luoyang, the purpose of the canal will be completed..."

Cao Cao nodded, looked into the distance, and said: "The canal policy has been revised many times, but it can't bypass Luoyang, mainly connecting the two rivers, but, it's rare to have such an opportunity, to be able to implement such a huge policy, nearly eighty percent of the treasury's financial resources are used on the canal, since you sit, you have to do your best, speaking of which, I am not very satisfied with the excavation of Yangzhou, frustrated with that guy, fighting with me everywhere..."

"I am really angry that those barbarians are trying to block the canal... I didn't want to come to Jingzhou, and my original idea was to go directly from Yangzhou to Yuzhou... The reason why I came to Jingzhou is because the Jingzhou Canal is beneficial to Yangzhou, and it can eliminate those shortcomings of Yangzhou, do you understand? ”

Sima Yi nodded, naturally understanding what Cao Cao meant, and he said in a low voice: "Cao Gong, I am naturally different from Fu Gong, an extraordinary person, he should do extraordinary things, such as the corrupt Confucianism like Zhuge Liang, what kind of hypocrisy, false righteousness, and mistaken big things... I hate this kind of person the most. Hearing Sima Yi's words, Cao Cao was stunned, turned his head, looked at him, and smiled.

Cao Cao said: "You can understand what I mean, this is very good, I also brought some people from Yangzhou, I think you also have prisoners and the like here, which can just come in handy, in addition, Jiangxia these places... You know what I mean? ”

Sima Yi squinted his eyes and nodded, Jingzhou is barbarian, although these so-called barbarians are no different from the rest of the people, but the south has always been regarded as a barbarian land, and for these people living in the mountains and forests, they are called barbarians, in fact, whether it is in terms of words, customs, beliefs, etc., they are no different from other people, and the living environment is different.

"Zhongda, these things can't be known to outsiders... If you want to achieve great things, you can't look ahead and look backwards, someone has to sacrifice, for this matter, I haven't been back to my hometown for two years, those officials who followed me, more than a dozen died of illness, some drowned, and some died of exhaustion, they all paid, those... People also have to pay some, anyway, the final benefit is not you and me, it is them..."

"What Situ Gong said, I understand, Situ Gong rest assured, I'll go and arrange, just the land of Jingbei, I can still manage it..."Sima Yi said seriously, and then said: "However, Cao Gong, Jingbei is very close to Yangzhou and Jingnan, whether it is Fu Zhu or Zhuge Liang, they are all pedantic gentlemen, I am afraid that they will play the temple and impeach Situ... Especially Zhuge Liang's house..."Sima Yi was about to continue, but saw Cao Cao turn his head and look at him with a smile.

Sima Yi couldn't say anything, Cao Cao slowly approached him, and asked in a low voice, "Zhongda?" ”

"Huh?"

"You won't impeach me in the temple in the name of Zhuge Liang in order to frame Zhuge Liang? Or deliberately let him know, let him make a feud with me, and kill him by my hand? Cao Cao asked with a smile.

Sima Yi trembled, lowered his head, his hands trembled slightly, he shook his head and said, "How could I do such a thing?" Situ Gong is too worried..."

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed, slapped his palm on Sima Yi's shoulder, and said, "I'm joking with you, what are you afraid of?" I know, you won't do such a thing, on weekdays, the officials under my command often fight with each other, at this time, I won't pay attention to it, after all, with competition, they will work harder, but what, if they fight and disrupt my business, I usually use them to sacrifice to the sky, after all, this canal also needs to be sacrificed to the heavens..."

Sima Yi barely squeezed out a smile and smiled.

"Then you can do it... In addition, remember, no one can know about the affairs of Jingzhou except you and me..."

"Respectfully!"

Sima Yi lowered his head and stood behind him, Cao Cao looked into the distance, full of pride in his heart, and ordered everything, he seemed to be a little more relaxed, he smiled and said: "Actually, people like Fu Zhu and Zhuge Liang, I still respect them very much, people who can keep their hearts and have benevolence and righteousness in their hearts are worthy of admiration, which is like the two of us, unscrupulous, hahaha, it's a pity, this world is more suitable for people like us!" ”

Sima Yi didn't dare to speak at all.

When Sima Yi returned to the mansion, the two were waiting for him, one was his brother Sima Lang, Sima Lang was dismissed from his original official position because he was suspected of the previous Jiuqing case, and now he is by Sima Yi's side, more like his subordinate officials, no official status, and the other is called Sima Fu, who is Sima Yi's brother, he is innocent, and he was about to participate in the assessment, so he was pulled over by his brother to help.

Seeing Sima Yi approaching, Sima Fu hurriedly got up and met his brother, Sima Yi glanced at this guy, without words, sat down, saw Sima Lang, and sat on the main seat, although Sima Lang said that he was his brother, but now he has no official body, and in the Assassin's Mansion, he still has to be dominated by Sima Yi, Sima Lang asked: "Have you gone to see Cao Gong?" Sima Yi nodded.

"What did he say? Jingzhou matter, he didn't say that he wanted to meddle? ”

"Not really, but he asked me to do two things for him."

"What's the matter?! Just tell me, brother, and I'll do it well! Sima Fu patted his chest and said happily, he has always wanted to be able to make some achievements, and now that he can follow his brother, he is also very happy in his heart, Sima Yi frowned, and said: "The first thing is to help him hide the things in Jingzhou and not let outsiders know, and the second thing is to help him catch Jiang Xiaman, Ban Dun Man and the like.. He may have to get some slaves from the big clan, but he has to get them together anyway..."

After Sima Yi finished speaking, Sima Lang nodded thoughtfully, while Sima Fu was stunned.

He was stunned for a long time before asking, "Brother??" You're going to arrest people to build a canal? ”

"Shuda!! You go to the study to read!! Sima Lang reprimanded unhappily, Sima Fu looked at Sima Lang with some shock, turned his head, looked at Sima Yi again, and then said: "Brother, there have been countless rebellions in Jingzhou, all of these rebellions are the unwarranted oppression and bullying of those barbarians by the officials, my brother is like this, they will definitely rebel, at that time, how could Your Majesty let go of your brother?" ”

Sima Yi squinted his eyes, shook his head, and said: "You are still young, you don't understand, as long as you catch their clan and family, and then let them build, they will not dare to disobey, in addition, you don't say anything like the people, if there are not enough people, it is the people, I will also let them participate in the excavation, pay for the country, it is what they should do, the Han has raised them for four hundred years, this is when they repay their kindness..."

Sima Fu's heart was suddenly cold, his whole body trembled, he looked at Sima Lang, Sima Lang closed his eyes and ignored it, at that moment, the image of the two brothers he admired extremely collapsed.

He once admired the two brothers incomparably, and in his dreams he was thinking about being like them, for the king's affairs and for the country's affairs, but at this moment, they made Sima Fu feel strange.

Sima Fu was stunned for a long time, didn't say anything, turned around, and left the study.

Sima Lang opened his eyes, watched him leave unwillingly, and said with some concern: "Zhongda, you shouldn't say these things in front of him, you know, he is still young...", Sima Yi shook his head and said: "I don't know why Father wants him to worship Zheng Xuan's old man as a teacher, you look at him, what has become of him now, let him grow up early, it's also a good thing, tomorrow, I'll talk to him again..."

Sima Lang nodded, and then chatted with Sima Yi about the arrest and discussed how to block the news.

While the two were talking, a soldier suddenly approached in a hurry and bowed to them.

"What's wrong?"

"Sima Jun, he... He just left..."

"Left??" Sima Yi stood up angrily.

"Where did he go??"

The soldier lowered his head a little embarrassed and said, "He said that he was going to Jingnan to invest Zhuge Liang." ”

Sima Yi stared at this soldier, gritted his teeth, and his face was extremely gloomy.

Traitor to the clan!!