Among the Yuan family of the fifth and third dukes, Yuan Shang is the most alternative, and he is the only one who is despised and hated by the ministers, of course he has not done anything wrong, he is just the eyes and ears of the high-ranking people, and the butcher's knife in his hand, but no one dares to blame the high-ranking person, and he will not reflect on his own mistakes, so this evil naturally falls on Yuan Shang's head.

He naturally became the first traitor in Yankang, and he was also a butcher in the eyes of everyone, a big villain, almost no one dared to make friends anymore, and no one dared to approach, even the clansmen within the Yuan clan also complained that he had discarded the glory of the Yuan family, so there were many discords with him, and his position did not allow him to get too close to others, which made Yuan Shang completely a lonely and ruthless person.

When Yuan Shang arrived in Liangzhou, he was hidden in the horsemen who transported the baggage, hundreds of carriages, it was not an easy thing to separate Yuan Shanglai, when the carriage arrived here, and the local officials asked the horsemen to rest for a day before continuing to hurry, Yuan Shang changed his clothes, left from them, and rushed directly to Zhuge Liang's mansion in Liangzhou.

Zhuge Liang, who was dealing with many recitals in the study, looked a little surprised, "Xianfu? When did you arrive?? When the servants brought Yuan Shang to the study, Zhuge Liang said so, he didn't know the news of Yuan Shang's coming, the Son of Heaven had never revealed it to him, and Yuan Shang never left Luo County, so many years, he only left once, what was the purpose of this visit?

"Kong Ming...", even if he treats his old friend, Yuan Shang can't squeeze out a smile on his face, he has been disguised for too long, and the whole person has become the appearance he disguised, too cold, unkind, but Zhuge Liang can understand him, walked forward with a smile, pulled Yuan Shang, and let him sit in front of him, he and Yuan Shang also grew up together, and the friendship is still good.

"Why are you here? Your Majesty sent you to help? Zhuge Liang immediately thought of the purpose of Yuan Shang's arrival.

Yuan Shang nodded, and then said: "I came here just for the matter of Guishuang, maybe you also know that we have a lot of shadows in Guishuang, and we have also attracted a lot of people, among them, there are generals, there are vassal kings and princes... Ministers of the palace..."

"I've heard of this, Your Majesty once told me, I heard that these are all arranged by Jia Gong..."

"I'm here to help you, only I know the details of these people, and I will help you contact these people... In the midst of war, it will be much easier to have the help of these people. Yuan Shang said, took out a document from his sleeve, put it in front of Zhuge Liang, and continued: "This thing can only be seen by you, and cannot be shown to anyone else." ”

"I understand...", Zhuge Liang nodded, and then picked up the paperwork, sure enough, it was full of some names, most of them were Guishan people, of course, there were also some merchants, and even Hu people from other regions, these people were not the people who embroidered the messenger, but the people who were bought by the embroidered messenger, the Han Dynasty has always had this expenditure, and only Liu Ba knew about this matter in the temple.

The embroidered messenger has been wooing these people for a long time and buying these people, and it is precisely for this time.

Zhuge Liang read these carefully, then nodded with a smile and said: "Very good, it seems that the embroidered messenger knows more about the defense and strength of Guishan than the Northern Army... Then, I hope that the embroidered messenger can find these materials for me as soon as possible, preferably within two months, to get all the information inside Kushan... Can it be done? ”

Yuan Shang shook his head, "It won't take that long. ”

"Be more steady..."

"Yes."

"And what are you going to do next?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, you will go to the west of the city now, the baggage of Yuxian County has just arrived here, you leave one of the coachmen, leave him in the house, and drive the car for you, you can do it."

"Oh? There must be a lot of grooms there, who should I keep? ”

"There are more than 300 grooms there, you can leave any one behind, and he will tell you what is going on." After Yuan Shang finished speaking, he turned around and left, Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, it seems that this time the embroidered messengers were all dispatched, more than 300 horsemen, all of them were embroidered messengers, if you meet a thief on the way, then don't worry.

Sent away Yuan Shang, Zhuge Liang went to the west of the city to get a groom, drove for himself, in the face of the requirements of the three orders, the local officials naturally did not dare to say more, hurriedly agreed, Zhuge Liang did not say anything to this person, took it back to the mansion, just explained a few words, and then began to get busy again.

Hu'er just arrived in Liangzhou, he couldn't be idle, he wanted to go to the northern and southern armies, but Zhuge Liang didn't allow it, he didn't want the prince to participate in this war, this battle, the opponent seems to be weak, but after all, it is also a big country with millions of people, this time it is deep into the enemy's territory, who knows what kind of changes will happen?

If the crown prince is folded on the battlefield by then... Zhuge Liang didn't dare to continue to think, so he could only make up some reasons to prevaricate the prince, Hu'er was very respectful and trusting of him, Zhuge Liang said anything, he believed it, under Zhuge Liang's persuasion, he dispelled the idea of going to the garrison of the Northern and Southern Army, however, he couldn't be idle on weekdays, and he was wandering around in Liangzhou all day long, saying that it was to inspect the people's feelings, but in fact, it was just to have fun.

Hu'er went to a lot of places, and even came to the border with Xizhou, but fortunately, he could still listen to Zhuge Liang's words, and did not leave Liangzhou without permission, and ran into Xizhou.

People often come to worship, and Hu'er was also very curious at that time, and the officials who followed him told him that the person buried here was the former famous minister, Xing Gong.

Hu'er led everyone and seriously worshiped the heroic spirits here.

It's kind of a serious thing.

And in the temple, the ministers also gradually smelled the smell of war, the northern and southern armies suddenly went north, even Shang Shuling also rushed to the north, batch after batch of baggage was continuously transported to Xizhou and Liangzhou, how to look at this, it is the temple to have some big moves in the northwest in the near future, after the temple ministers realized this, Liu Yi had no free time.

Every day, a minister came to visit, asking Liu Yi to convene a court meeting to discuss the specific matters of the war, to understand whether the Son of Heaven was preparing to use force with Guishan, Liu Yi was obviously not suitable to deal with these things, every day was made anxious by the ministers, fortunately, he gradually learned to be smart, in the face of visitors, he said indignantly that he did not know about these things, and the Son of Heaven did not have such thoughts, and he still had to ask Shang Shuling if he wanted to know.

The ministers couldn't go to Liangzhou to question Zhuge Liang, so they had no choice but to leave.

However, at this time, the Son of Heaven suddenly ordered Liu Yi to convene a court meeting.

This time, among the three orders, only two were present, however, Sima Yi still had to give up the position of leading the hundred officials into the court, and followed behind Liu Yi, during this time, Liu Yi's sense of Sima Yi was very good, and the names of the two were the same, Liu Yi liked him quite a lot, but, for some reason, he didn't seem to be willing to be too close to himself.

Liu Yi led the ministers into the hall, this is not the first time he has entered the hall, but it is the first time he has led everyone into the hall, watching everyone sit in their positions, Liu Yi is still repeatedly reciting the words he will say later, the book order is not a simple matter, because there are many etiquette restrictions, words are in line with etiquette, and there are many rules.

Of course, if your daughter is married to the Son of Heaven, or if you are known as the first warrior of the dynasty, then you don't have to care about these etiquette.

Liu Yi, as the grandson of Emperor Xiaokang, has a very high status, but compared with the first two Zhongshu Orders, it seems that he is a little unqualified, after all, he has only one life experience, and there is no corresponding political achievement, when the Son of Heaven arrived, everyone held their breath and lowered their heads one after another, Liu Yi can watch the Son of Heaven come in, and even, if the behavior of the Son of Heaven in the court is not in accordance with the etiquette, he can still reprimand him in person.

However, Liu Yi does not have such courage.

The Son of Heaven looked very angry, he frowned, anger was written directly on his face, when he sat down and looked at the ministers, everyone was almost trembling, when his eyes swept over Liu Yi, Liu Yi could also feel the kind of uneasiness like a pinprick, a kind of oppression, he also hurriedly lowered his head, the Son of Heaven slowly asked, "Where is the order?" ”

"The minister is here!"

"Inform everyone of yesterday's Xizhou recital."

Sima Yi promised, only then did he walk to the middle position, facing the Son of Heaven, and said loudly: "Xizhou Mu Chen Deng, in the twenty-second year of Yankang, on March 16, there was a thief of Guishan, who tore up the contract, and actually sent troops to attack the garrison of our Han Northern Army, wounding sixteen soldiers, after encountering the counterattack of the Northern Army, he hurriedly retreated, but attacked four caravans of the Han Dynasty and plundered a large number of supplies! ! ”

"What?!"

"Guishan dares to sneak attack my Han's garrison?!"

The ministers were stunned, and then they were furious, they didn't like war, and they didn't want the Son of Heaven to use troops against Guishan, but this didn't mean that they were weak, in this era when the blood of the pre-Qin was not extinguished, these elegant ministers in the temple were like bloodthirsty beasts, showing their sharp claws, that is, the gentle Liu Yi, who was also full of anger, shouted: "These Guishan dogs!" Do you think you've lived too long? ”

"Your Majesty!! Definitely make Guishan pay! ”

"Your Majesty, please let the Northern and Southern armies go on the expedition!!"

The Han Dynasty has always been a civil and military distinction, these ministers in the temple are not weak scholars, on the contrary, they are all proficient in archery, proficient in swordsmanship, ordinary four or five thieves, not enough for them to cut, the only difference between them and those generals is that they are used to hiding their minions in the long sleeves, and if the sleeves are rolled up, most of the thieves can see the slightest trace of flesh and blood left on the minions.

"I order!"

"Conquest of Kushan!!"