With his back to the people in the audience, Fa Zheng showed a sinister smile that was not easy to detect.

Just when he thought that he could completely trample Liu He and Zhuge Liang under his feet, there was a sudden commotion in the audience, and Hua Chi swaggered out of the crowd.

He walked in front of everyone, glanced around, and said loudly: "You guys, you don't understand anything, and you don't know anything, don't talk nonsense here and spread rumors!" ”

The people have always hated those businessmen who are not benevolent to the rich, and this turmoil has pushed those shop owners who are open but refuse to do business to the forefront.

But only when it comes to this young master, the people of Chengdu have no one who doesn't give a thumbs up.

When Hua Chi first arrived in Yizhou, he earned an excellent reputation because of the food turmoil, and these days, each of the Hua family's shops in Chengdu is of good quality and low price, and the children are not bullied, so the people have always praised Hua Chi.

This time the tax was raised for no reason, if Hua Chi hadn't stood up and gritted his teeth to maintain the shops under the name of Zuixianlou and the Hua family, I am afraid that the lives of the people would have been unbearable.

At the moment, listening to the obviously unkind words of the young master Hua, no one dared to refute it, and everyone fell silent.

"This incident has a great impact on everyone, let's take my Hua family as an example, since these days, I have lost thousands of taels of silver in the Drunken Immortal Building alone."

Hearing this, the crowd suddenly turned their heads and ears, they had long heard that Hua Chi was losing money to do business, but he didn't expect that he would lose so much money, just Drunken Immortal Building, there are thousands of taels, so many businesses of the Hua family are added together, and they have to lose tens of thousands of taels.

"To be honest, I'm a businessman, and of course I don't want to lose money, but someone told me that for the sake of the people of Chengdu, even if I lose all my money, I have to survive!"

Hua Chi's words obviously made the people's emotions rise again.

Hua Chi glanced around, saw that the time had come, and immediately said loudly: "Do you know who is the person who said this to me? ”

Saying that, Hua Chi pointed to Liu He on the stage, "It was Mr. Tianji's words that made me grit my teeth and survive, but now you want to bite back, saying that Mr. Tianji is not, you people, do you still have a conscience!" ”

The people suddenly realized, and they all knelt on the ground, kowtowing while making amends to Liu He.

Fa Zheng watched all this silently, his face pale.

He turned his head and looked at Liu He angrily, but saw that Liu He was also looking at him with a smug face.

However, Fa Zheng soon showed a sly smile again, because he knew that Hua Chi's words did drag Liu He back from the edge of the cliff, but at the same time, he also pushed all the charges on Zhuge Liang alone.

Hua Chi glanced at Fa Zheng quietly, and said loudly to the people: "There is one more thing I want to explain to you clearly. The reason why Zhuge Junshi will implement this decree is because someone is secretly threatening him behind his back, although I don't have evidence to prove it now, but I am willing to use the credibility of the Hua family to vouch for Zhuge Junshi, this is definitely not his original intention! ”

As soon as these words came out, Fa Zheng's face suddenly became gloomy.

As long as someone with a little brain can hear it, the person who Hua Chi said who secretly threatened Zhuge Liang behind his back was his Fazheng.

Even if they can't hear this meaning, the people will regain their trust in Zhuge Liang because of Hua Chi's guarantee.

The appearance of Hua Chi made the conspiracy to seize power carefully planned by Fa Zheng come to naught in an instant, and also made his situation very dangerous.

Fa Zheng knows very well that in the current situation, as long as one person stands up and openly accuses him, he will immediately incite the emotions of other people, and once this emotion gets out of control, it will become out of control.

As for Liu He, he is not worried at all that Fa Zheng will make the matter of the fake Liu Bei public, and the people have already pointed the finger at Fa Zheng, unless he can have strong evidence to prove that he has nothing to do with this matter, no matter what he says, it will make people feel that it is a framing of Liu He and Zhuge Liang, which will only backfire.

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu He beside him, let out a sigh of relief, and whispered in a slightly complaining tone: "Since you have already made this arrangement, why don't you say hello to me in advance." ”

Liu He looked at Hua Chi in the audience and said with a wry smile: "I didn't know about this matter in advance, how can I greet you?" ”

Zhuge Liang was shocked when he heard this, and was stunned for a while, but he smiled with relief and didn't say anything, but turned to look at Fa Zheng with a gloomy face.

At this point, the situation of the two sides has been reversed, and Fazheng, who has completely lost its original advantage, has almost reached the point of exhaustion.

This situation was actually not expected by both sides, so for a while, Fa Zheng did not have any countermeasures, and Liu He and Zhuge Liang did not seem to have thought about what to do next.

The two sides just looked at each other and fell silent.

Fa Zheng seemed to be thinking about how to get out of danger, and what Liu He and Zhuge Liang were thinking about was how to deal with Fa Zheng, who knew too many secrets.

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar.

A horseman, in full view of everyone, rode to the foot of the high platform.

After turning over and dismounting, the rider immediately took out a golden bag from his waist pocket.

When Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang saw each other, they were immediately shocked and immediately fell to their knees.

The cavalry looked at it coldly, and said loudly: "The edict of the Son of Heaven is here, who dares not to kneel!" ”

Only then did the people react, and it turned out that the golden thing in the hands of the horseman was the legendary holy decree.

Seeing that everyone knelt on the ground, Liu He had no choice but to kneel down reluctantly.

As soon as he heard the content of the edict, Liu He, who was still scolding in his heart, was suddenly stunned.

His emperor's brother-in-law praised Fa Zheng together in the edict, and summoned him to the palace for an audience.

Liu He knew very well that this edict was nominally issued by his emperor's brother-in-law, but in fact, it was Cao Cao who issued this edict.

Cao Cao's intention was obvious, he took a fancy to Fazheng's talent, and wanted to summon him to Xuchang in the name of the emperor, and then give him an official position in the Han family, so as to keep Fazheng by his side and use it for him.

The strategists who served the princes, once they entered the palace for an audience and were given the official position of the Han family, were no longer the people of the original power, and could only stay in the capital from now on and be an official of the Han Dynasty with peace of mind.

If you openly decide, it will be tantamount to announcing to the world that you only obey the orders of the original master, and are not loyal to the Han family, and at the same time bear the infamy of disloyalty and injustice, you will also push your master into the same situation.