As the saying goes, one thing descends one thing, and Sima Yi, who is known as the Tomb Tiger, met his father Sima Fang, and he changed from a tiger to a cat. As soon as Sima Fang glared, Sima Yi explained honestly. But when Sima Fang took Sima Yi to Liu Xie to "settle accounts", Liu Xie was there a burst of reading.

"Father, children dare not deceive." When Sima Yi saw his father looking at him with suspicious eyes, he hurriedly reassured. Sima Fang saw that his second son's expression did not seem to be fake, so he nodded and walked into the room. Seeing this, Sima Lang, who was reading with everyone, hurriedly asked everyone to put down the books, and took a few younger brothers to salute Sima Fang: "The child greets his father." ”

"Well, you wait and step aside, my father has a few words to say to the prince." Sima Fang said to his sons with a smile. In the Sima family, in addition to Sima Fang and Liu Xie himself, only the old housekeeper of the Sima family who received the name post knew Liu Xie's true identity, like Sima Lang and others, and at this time they also thought that Liu Xie was the nephew of the late Situ Wang Yun.

Sima Lang and the others retreated according to their words, Sima Fang looked at Liu Xie, who had a calm face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he was so generous, pretending to be like a nobody, if it wasn't for the fact that the second son had completely explained, he really couldn't see any flaws.

"Prince Wang's good means."

"Awards, awards." Liu Xie said modestly with a smile.

“…… Father is not praising you. Sima Fang said helplessly.

"Oh, what does Mr. Sima mean? I don't seem to have done anything bad lately? Liu Xie asked with a puzzled face.

"Crowd Gambling ......"

"Wait, Mr. Sima, where do you start?" Liu Xie interrupted Sima Fang's words. This move made a few people who were eavesdropping outside couldn't help but look at Liu Xie with admiration, in Sima's house, who didn't know how powerful Sima Fang was, and no one dared to intervene when he spoke. Those who dare to interject will be served by family law.

"What is the explanation of mahjong?"

"It's just a game, like a game like a pitcher. Mr. Sima, gathering people to gamble, there must be money, may I ask how many of us can involve money when playing mahjong? ”

"Then why did my son Zhongda come to my study?"

"It's just a game of punishment, it's similar to throwing a pot and losing three glasses of wine, and we're just changing the means of punishment. Mr. Sima, it's not good to go online like this. Liu Xie explained with a smile.

“…… Wang Gongzi was really born with sharp teeth. ”

"Let's talk about things, Mr. Sima, it's rare to come here, are you interested in playing a few rounds?" Liu Xie said and took out a deck of mahjong cards from under the table, and said to Sima Fang with a smile: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, is this mahjong good?" You have to experience it yourself before you can evaluate it. ”

"That's what it is...... Mahjong? Sima Fang frowned and looked at the small squares in front of him and asked.

"Yes, this is mahjong, invite three or five confidants to play a few laps in your spare time, which is good for physical and mental health. Shuda, don't listen to the root of the wall, your father is not here to settle accounts with you, hurry up and come over to make up a game. Liu Xie shouted out the door as he spoke.

Sima Fu, who was named, dragged his two younger brothers in, bowed to his father Sima Fang with a weak heart, and then carefully sat down in Sima Fang's next house. However, it may be that Sima Fang usually wants to maintain the image of a strict father in front of the children, and no one dares to sit in Sima Fang's house under the prestige.

"Go and get Zhongda or Boda, you two are scared like quails, and you can't do the basic requirement of no father and son in the game." Liu Xie glanced at Sima Fu's two younger brothers and spoke.

Sima Fang usually thinks that it is good for his children to be in awe in front of him, but now when he hears Liu Xie's words, and then looks at the timid appearance of several children, he is also unhappy in his heart, and his face can't help but look ugly.

……

Sima Yi sat in the position of Sima Fang's upper house, and the game began. In the first game, because Sima Fang was not clear about the rules, he did not play fast, and the purpose was to let Sima Fang get started. After Sima Fang knew the rules of touching, eating, kong, and hu, this game of mahjong officially began.

"Three of a kind." Sima Yi hit a three-of-a-kind, and Sima Fu, who was sitting at Sima Fang's house, opened his mouth and said, "Eat." ”

Sima Fang: "......"

"Twenty thousand." Sima Yi called another 20,000 yuan, and Sima Fu, who was sitting in Sima Fang's house, said again: "Touch." ”

Sima Fang: "......"

"Nine loaves."

“…… Can I bar? Sima Fu looked at his father who was staring at him and asked cautiously.

“…… You tell me? ”

"Mr. Sima, you're wrong, how can you do this." Liu Xie, who was sitting opposite Sima Fang, said to Sima Fang with a smile.

Sima Fang: "......"

Mahjong is indeed a good thing, a few rounds of cards, Sima Fang also experienced the fun. Everyone is a good gambler, and Sima Fang is no exception. Although Liu Xie did not add gambling elements to the game, Sima Fang's wisdom quickly thought of the huge benefits hidden in such things as mahjong.

With Liu Xie, a "master", Sima Yi became the final loser without any suspense. Sima Fang put down the mahjong tiles in his hand, looked at Liu Xie, and stopped talking. Seeing this, Liu Xie smiled and said: "Mr. Sima, don't worry, this mahjong is an entertainment for me, and I won't put the cart before the horse." However, this thing is indeed a way to make money, and when the time is ripe in the future, it is still worth trying. ”

“…… It's best if Wang Gongzi can think like this, you can play, my father still has something to do. Sima Fang nodded, got up and said.

"Mr. Sima, walk slowly." Liu Xie hurriedly got up and sent Sima Fang out of the door, and then reached out and grabbed Sima Yi's shoulder, who wanted to leave together.

"Brother Zhongda, let's go slowly." Liu Xie said with a smile.

“…… Uncle and virtuous brother, is there something wrong? Sima Yi asked with a smile.

"Something." Liu Xie nodded with a smile, turned his head and asked Sima Fu on the side: "Shuda, what do you say about dealing with the guy who betrayed our brother?" ”

"Uncle told you that you have a lot of ideas." Sima Fu glared at Sima Yi "viciously", and his two younger brothers also surrounded Sima Yi and surrounded Sima Yi in the middle.

"What do you want to do? I am your brother. Sima Yi emphasized with some panic.

"It's not good for you to say this now." Liu Xie glanced at Sima Yi and said to Sima Fu and the others: "Let's play smashing, shall we?" ”

"Bohe, what is smashing?" Sima Fu asked puzzled.

"Do you know how to build a house?" Seeing Sima Fu and the others shaking their heads, Liu Xie continued: "Building a house is not built on flat ground at the beginning, you need to lay a foundation before building, and in order to make the land strong, you need to use smashing rammer. The so-called ramming is not complicated, a boulder is tied with a rope, and then several people are asked to grab one end of the rope and shout a trumpet to throw the boulder up and down together and smash it to the ground. Do you understand? ”

Sima Fu and the others understood, Sima Yi's face also turned green, no need to ask, he was the boulder, and Liu Xie and the others were the staff responsible for smashing the rammer. Without waiting for Sima Yi to push away from the crowd and escape, Liu Xie and Sima Fu grabbed Sima Yi's arms respectively, and their two legs were also protected by Sima Fu's two younger brothers, Sima Kui and Sima Sui, and the four of them worked together to carry Sima Yi to the courtyard.

"Stop! Don't do that! If you have something to discuss. ”

"Come, everyone listen to my password, one, one~ hey!"

"One, one, one~ hey!"

"Knock~"

"Ah~" Accompanied by Sima Yi's screams, Liu Xie and the others' neat shouts echoed in the courtyard.

……

"You're too bad!" Sima Yi, who had just experienced "torture", rubbed his ass with one hand and pointed at Liu Xie with the other, and said angrily.

"Don't pretend to be pitiful, I've already shown mercy." Liu Xie patted Sima Yi away and pointed to his hand and said.

"I, I'll fight with you!" Sima Yi, who felt that he couldn't get over his face, was annoyed and angry, as the second son of the Sima family, when had he been treated like this, his brothers couldn't find trouble, so only the outsider in front of him was angry. Don't look at Liu Xie as big as Sima Yi, but in terms of skill, it's really not something that Sima Yi can deal with.

Sima Yi has also practiced, but it is also to strengthen the body, and it is not as good as Liu Xie, who has received professional training from Wang Yue. Originally, Liu Xie wanted to apprentice to Tong Yuan and learn to work immediately, but he never found the opportunity to go to Wei County again, and there was no reply to the letter he wrote by himself. Later, when he met Wang Yue, Liu Xie changed to close self-protection, and he was not so interested in working immediately. Although it is indeed handsome to take the lead, the problem is that the mortality rate is also very high, Liu Xie is not a general, and the identity of the Son of Heaven makes him have to value his life. Later, Hua Tuo taught the Five Fowl Opera, although Liu Xie's height was not as tall as Sima Yi, but it was not a problem to fight Sima Yi like this.

When children fight, they basically hug each other and roll on the ground in the end. By the time Liu Xie and Sima Yi were separated, both of them were already dirty and no different from mud monkeys. After the mahjong incident, Sima Fang did not plan to take care of Liu Xie in a short period of time, and Sima Lang became Liu Xie's "guardian".

The two of them were taken to bathe and change clothes by Sima Lang, and in the bathhouse, Sima Yi looked at Liu Xie and asked, "You shouldn't be surnamed Wang, right?" ”

"You are the eighth king, say don't take it with you." Liu Xie glanced at Sima Yi and said.

“…… Less to change the subject, who the hell are you? Sima Yi glared at Liu Xie angrily and said.

"Who the hell is it? Haven't you always prided yourself to be smart? Guess what. ”

Seeing Liu Xie's hippie smile with him, Sima Yi said unhappily: "Your status is definitely not low, you can see from my father's indulgence of you." ”

"What? Your dad usually treats you very strictly? ”

"You haven't felt it in my house for the past few days?"

“…… By the way, I heard your father say that you peeked at the village woman taking a bath in Luhun Mountain, what's going on? Liu Xie said coldly, so angry that blue tendons appeared on Sima Yi's forehead, and he glared at Liu Xie angrily and shouted: "I didn't peek, someone framed me." ”

"Then who framed you?"

“…… It must be Zhou Qi's mountain people, that untouchable people......" Sima Yi said viciously. It's just that before he finished speaking, he was splashed with water by Liu Xie.

"What are you doing?" Sima Yi said angrily.

"Help you calm down."

Sima Yi: "......"

The atmosphere was quiet for a while, and after a while, I heard Liu Xie ask: "Hey~ Why did that Zhou Qi frame you for no reason?" ”

"Hmph, how do I know? Maybe he was ashamed of himself after seeing me, and he felt jealous. Sima Yi snorted coldly.

Liu Xie listened and looked Sima Yi up and down, and said something that made Sima Yi half angry, "Your shameless appearance is quite like my demeanor back then." ”

"You're shameless! Where did I say it wrong? I am the second son of the dignified Hanoi Sima family, and that Zhou Qi is just the son of a mountain people, where can he compare to me? ”

"Zhongda, do you think there is a relationship between identity and talent?" Liu Xie asked slowly.

"Why doesn't it matter? I came from a family and got a good education from a young age......"

"That only means that your life is good, but it doesn't mean anything. What's the use of getting a good education, haven't you drunk someone's footwash yet? ”

"I didn't drink it."

"You haven't drunk it yet, so how did you get back?"

"I ......"

"You're not grounded enough. You look down on the mountain people, but don't forget, without these mountain people or ordinary people, the family is not bullshit. ”

“…… Listen to you, the people are important? ”

"Nonsense, without the people, the country will not be a country. If you look at the way of the world today, isn't it because the people in power don't take the people seriously, that the people are forced to rebel in order to survive, resulting in the current rise of the princes and the chaos in the world? ”

“…… So what do you think of the general trend in the world? Sima Yi asked again.

Liu Xie didn't answer immediately, but looked at Sima Yi in some surprise and asked, "Zhongda, why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" ”

"Don't worry about it, say it quickly."

"Hmm...... Well, since you asked, then I'll tell you what I think, but I won't admit it when I go out. ”

"You're so long-winded, hurry up."

“…… If you want to talk about the general trend of the world, in fact, to put it bluntly, you can summarize it in one sentence, the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be together for a long time. Right now, the world happens to be in a state where it will be divided for a long time. The princes will always decide a winner, and the day will be unified again. ”

"And how many years do you think this will take?"

"Then who knows, it will take at least twenty or thirty years anyway."

"So long?"

"Is this also called long? Zhongda, you are still too young, think about the Spring and Autumn Warring States, the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, the Warring States Seven Heroes, and finally the Qin State dominated the world, how long did it take? Twenty or thirty years, that can only be said to be a little. Liu Xie shook his head when he heard this.

“…… You don't seem to be as old as me, do you? ”

"But I've been through more than you. You don't hear anything outside the window, and you only read books, and I ...... Hey...... Don't hide it, if you are not careful, you will face the disaster of death. ”

Sima Yi: "......"

……

That night, Sima Yi did not study in the room as usual, but went to his father Sima Fang's study alone. Seeing the second son, Sima Fang frowned and asked, "Zhongda, you won't lose again, right?" ”

“…… Father, the child didn't lose. Sima Yi understood what his father was referring to after a little thought, and replied a little depressed.

"And what are you doing here?"

"The child has something unclear, so I have come to ask my father to make it clear."

"What?"

“…… Father, who is that prince? Sima Yi was silent for a moment and asked.

Sima Fang was stunned for a moment, looked at Sima Yi and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

"Father, the child's observation of that person's words and deeds these days is by no means as simple as that of a child of a family, and the father is also quite indulgent and accommodating to that person's words and deeds, so the child has some doubts?"

“…… So who do you think he is? ”

"Father, he can't be my outcast brother, right?"

"Bastard! I see your skin is itchy again! Sima Fang said angrily when he heard this.

"The father is angry, and the child is just joking." Sima Yi hurriedly laughed.

Sima Fang snorted coldly, "Hmph! It seems that the Father is still neglecting the discipline of the few of you. ”

"Hey...... Father, isn't that the man? Sima Yi said, raising his hand and pointing to the roof. Sima Fang was slightly shocked, but his face was still silent, "Why does Zhongda think like this?" ”

"Father, the child is not sure yet, but now that he sees his father's reaction, the child can be sure." Sima Yi smiled when he heard this.

“…… What a boy, he dared to come and cheat his father. ”

"Father is angry." Sima Yi smiled and apologized. But then Sima Yi's face turned pale again, and he asked Sima Fang, "How does my father plan to reply?" ”

“…… What do you think? ”

"The child thinks it's better not to show his attitude too early, after all, now that the Han has lost its deer, the world is chasing it, if you show your attitude too early, in case there is an accident in the future, even if it is not a disaster for the family, it will also hurt the vitality."

"Zhongda, you only know one thing, you don't know the other." Sima Fang shook his head when he heard this, "Long before he came to Sima's house, there were already people who wanted to force Sima's family to comply. And he came at the right time. ”

“…… Is it Yuan Shao? Sima Yi thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice.

"Huh...... His brain is quite smart, stronger than your eldest brother. Sima Fang said with a smile.

"Father praises falsely, the eldest brother is just honest and kind, and his brain is actually not stupid."

"Well, you can be brothers, friends and brothers, and I am very happy for my father. Zhongda, you should tell me, now that the two parties are soliciting, where should my Sima family go? ”

"The father is still in the mood to test the child. Not...... According to the child's opinion, it is better to leave this problem to that person to deal with, if he can handle it properly, then it is not impossible for my Sima family to bet on him, but if he does not handle it properly, then it can't be blamed for my Sima family being unkind. Sima Yi thought for a moment and replied.

"You mean to use this as a test?"

"That's what the child means."

“…… Zhong Da, do you really think that he didn't arrange a follow-up when he came to my Sima family? ”

"Huh?"

Regardless of whether Sima Yi understood his father Sima Fang's words or not, Sima Fang kicked Sima Yi out of the study after saying this. The next day, he found Liu Xie and gave his own reply. It is not impossible for the Son of Heaven to want the Sima family to serve the imperial court, as long as the Son of Heaven can move the Sima family from Hanoi, Sima Fang agreed to take the position of Jing Zhaoyin.

Liu Xie finally waited for Sima Fang's clear reply, and immediately agreed. Zhao Yun and the others left a few days ago for something, not just to prepare for the Sima family to move. As long as you can leave Hanoi and reach the Mengjin Ferry, then the Sima family's Bada will be put into the Liu family's pocket.