Chapter 408: Alternate Game
When he received this, Cao Zhi was discussing with Yang Xiu about the extermination of the Geng clan, and after listening to the return of the guards, Cao Zhi looked at Yang Xiu and asked lukewarmly.
Why Cao Zhi looked so much, Yang Xiu naturally knew, when the guards prayed before, Yang Xiu was also by Cao Zhi's side, and he heard it truthfully, the current situation in Yingchuan is no longer a matter of the Geng family and the Sima family, but I don't know how many courtiers of the current dynasty are involved, Cao Zhi asked like this, naturally he wanted Yang Xiu to talk about his own situation, if even Yang Xiu was colluded with the forces in the land of Yingchuan, this matter would be difficult to do.
When Yang Xiu heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand, and said earnestly: "Lord Mingjian, now I see that although the situation in the land of Yingchuan is very complicated, Xiu can guarantee that he has no connection with those forces, even if there are hundreds of forces hiding in the land of Yingchuan, there is no one supported by Xiu, if the lord wants to use troops in the land of Yingchuan, Xiu Zi should fully support the lord!" ”
With years of understanding of Yang Xiu, Cao Zhi was sure that what Yang Xiu said at this time should indeed be true, Yang Xiu was probably not in the land of Yingchuan and did not have much hidden forces to collude with him, and after passing through the senior people above the court in his own mind, several faces appeared in Cao Zhi's heart, he knew that the people who dared to collude with those forces in Yingchuan must be among the few people in his mind, at this time, he was weighing his current control over the Wei court, If it was true that one or more of these people were involved in the Yingchuan incident, would he have the courage to wipe all these forces off the map of Wei?
After thinking about it for a long time, a fierce look appeared in Cao Zhi's eyes, and when Yang Xiu saw it, he knew that Cao Zhi had already made a decision in his heart.
Sure enough, just when Yang Xiu was secretly rejoicing in his heart, Cao Zhi said: "The important land in my dignified Wei Kingdom has become such a mixed place, since these forces are willing to hide in the shadows, it must be some reason why they can't see the light of day, and if this is the case for a long time, it will definitely cause a catastrophe, and since these forces are drawn out by this Geng clan today, then they will be wiped out together!" ”
The reason why Yang Xiu secretly rejoiced was because since he discovered that there were many hidden forces in the shadows in this Yingchuan land, he suddenly remembered that when he was young and had just defected to Cao Zhi, his father also wanted to introduce a wang clan near Luoyang to him, but Yang Xiu was so arrogant at that time that he didn't look down on those so-called wang clans at all, so he refused to go, because he also had a big quarrel with his father about this matter. The reason why Yang Biao, who was a lieutenant at that time, did everything possible to let Yang Xiu contact the so-called wang clan was mostly because he had a lot of his own power in secret, combined with today's events, Yang Xiu was very glad that he chose that day.
"Since the lord has this idea, and it is inconvenient for the lord to personally carry out this matter, he will hand it over to Xiu to carry out this matter, and it will definitely bring peace to the land of Yingchuan in my Wei Kingdom!"
Yang Xiu knew that this was a good time for him to regain his confidence in front of Cao Zhi, because there must be a lot of officials in the DPRK and China involved in this matter, and all of them would be high-ranking and powerful people, once this operation was handed over to other generals to implement, the consequences of leaking the news would be unimaginable, so at this time, the only person who could make Cao Zhi trust without any doubt was Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu also knew that if he did this well, he would not only be able to gain Cao Zhi's trust, but also be able to completely wipe out the Geng family, who must have a close connection with the Sima family, as for offending the officials of the court and China by erasing other forces hidden in the shadows, Yang Xiu never took it to heart, because of his unruly temperament, there are really not many people who are good friends with him in the Wei court, and most of these people are also because they see that Yang Xiu is Cao Zhi's great trust and befriended him, and the real like-minded friends are better than nothing.
"Dezu can have this heart, I am very relieved, but this matter should not be rushed, first investigate the strength of those forces hidden in Yingchuan and the relationship between them, we need to have the least number of troops, the fastest speed to solve this matter, otherwise once the news reaches Yecheng, there will be many variables."
"Xiu is only waiting for the lord's orders!" Hearing Cao Zhi say this, Yang Xiu knew that most of the matter fell on him, and he hurriedly expressed his determination again.
Here Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu made a plan, Liu Feng and Zhou Yu, who were far away in Chengdu, also received the news that the Geng clan had lured the people sent by Cao Zhi to other forces, and was seen by the shadow guards who had been lurking in the shadows and silently observing the situation in Yingchuan.
"Since Yingchuan has changed like this, I think it was Sima Yi who learned about the exposure of the relationship between himself and the Geng family, and most likely noticed Cao Zhi's investigation of the Geng family, and the dog jumped under the wall in a hurry, so he could only use this trick to cover up and deliberately expose all the forces that were hidden in the shadows with the Geng family to Cao Zhi, wanting to dilute the role played by himself and the Geng family in this matter."
As soon as he heard about the changes in the land of Yingchuan, Zhou Yu guessed the general idea and analyzed it to Liu Feng.
What Zhou Yu said coincided with what Liu Feng had in his mind before. According to their original assumptions, the most perfect ending was naturally that Cao Zhi only discovered the relationship between Sima Yi and the Geng family, and took this opportunity to greatly reduce Sima Yi's status in the court.
But Sima Yi found out that this matter was also something that Liu Feng and Zhou Yu could not control, and now Sima Yi had taken his own methods, Liu Feng knew that if he didn't take some measures from this matter, it was likely that Sima Yi would escape in such a way that he did not blame the public, so hard Zhou Zhang just let some power news hidden in the land of Yingchuan not really want the result.
"Gong Jin's words are very true, according to the report of the shadow guard, since the people sent by Cao Zhi did not stop the secret investigation of these forces after discovering those many forces, then Cao Zhi is very likely to take action against these forces, and completely eradicate the forces in the dark by this opportunity, how to amplify the role of Sima Yi and Geng's has become the goal we must achieve."
Zhou Yu heard Liu Feng's words, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Cao Zhi will not personally lead the army to Yingchuan because of this matter, so someone must carry out this matter on his behalf, and Yang Xiu is afraid that he still has to use it." ”