"Haha, everyone said that Cao Cao was holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, I still didn't believe it, but now it seems that this is 100% true. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Envoy, please tell me clearly, is this what Cao Cao means or is the Son of Heaven himself meant? After reading this holy decree written on yellow silk, Li Sheng laughed and asked Sima Yi sharply: "It's such a mess, and it's also a shame that Cao Cao came out." If we really do this, I'm afraid that it will only be good for Cao Cao, and it will only be bad for us. With such a clear divisive plan, Cao Cao is all fools when we are? ”

"Is there any difference between the meaning of Cao Gong and the intention of the Son of Heaven at the moment? The Son of Heaven is in the hands of Cao Gong, the meaning of Cao Gong is the will of the Son of Heaven, and the order of the Son of Heaven is the order of Cao Gong. Once the holy decree is issued, no matter how chaotic the problems in it are, no matter how much evil intentions are hidden, it is still the holy decree and the will of heaven after all. So, how can you see it? What if you can't see it? Sima Yi smiled and replied indifferently: "For the holy decree, anyone in the world can only agree to one way to go, unless you want to rebel." ”

"Rebellion? I don't dare. However, in the face of such a holy decree that does not make sense, I will never dare to be called. Li Sheng heard something from the other party's answer, and found it interesting, so he also talked to him.

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. This divine will is the principle of heaven, and if you violate the law of heaven and do not say rebellion, what is there that is not solved? Sima Yi still refused to relax, and seemed to be deliberately embarrassing Li Sheng.

"I asked if there was a great sage in the past, and when he heard that the Son of Heaven was summoned and did not respond, the world said that it was a high wind and bright festival. Nowadays, I can't say anything like virtuous and unvirtuous, but the edicts of the Son of Heaven and me are quite similar to the edicts given to the great sages in the past. I consider myself a tired person, and I have no interest in high-ranking officials Houlu, and I absolutely dare not accept such an edict. Li Sheng narrowed his eyes, thinking about some of the things he knew, and regardless of whether it was nondescript or not, he also said nonsense, in the end, there were some strong words.

"So...... That's a pity. In the face of Li Sheng's strong words, Kong Ming, Pang Tong, and Liao Li all had a faint smile on their faces, but this Sima Yi in front of Li Sheng still looked serious, and his face did show a little regret as he said.

"yes, it's a pity." Li Sheng answered the Tao seriously.

At that moment, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Liao Li couldn't bear it anymore, and they laughed like this. Such a thing may not be funny for the person concerned, and even if there is, it can be endured. However, to the person listening next to him, it was a strange and unusual conversation. Although both sides are serious, as long as they think about it for a while, they will understand that it is really just nonsense - how can the behavior of the ancient sage postpone the promotion of officials be explained here? It's really nondescript.

But it's just such a nondescript far-fetched idea, after all, this is always a reasonable reason on the surface, and it just hides the real reason for the rebellion underneath. Although everyone understands what the reason is, on the surface, no one will say the reason directly.

“…… The power of the Son of Heaven is not as powerful as before, the world is just like the Warring States of the past, it is the time when the heroes are competing for the deer, who still puts you as a Son of Heaven in their eyes? I'm afraid that even Liu Bei, who is the most loyal to the royal family, is the same. It was a very direct word, and everyone knew it, but they all muttered it in their hearts and didn't say it. Because they know that this is the real rebellion.

Everyone laughed, but Li Sheng and Sima Yi were still there in a serious manner, conducting their own conversations.

"Unknown Honorable Envoy's surname?" Li Sheng asked. He himself thought it was funny about the messy conversation just now. But looking at the person opposite, he didn't have any smile, and he was such a lord there, he was not as careless as Kong Ming and them. Helpless, he had to endure it, and it was very hard. Therefore, he became interested in the messenger who was sitting opposite him. In his mind, the person who can do such a thing without being shocked must not be an ordinary person, but probably a sage with great wisdom. Although he is already Cao Cao's disciple, and he has been entrusted with such an important mission, he is very important and not easy to be co-opted, but Li Sheng always wants to try, even if there is a chance, it is a good thing to be able to attract one more person to join his camp.

"Don't dare, don't be expensive. In the next compound surname Sima, a single name Yi character, the word Zhongda, is a person from Hedong. Sima Yi replied calmly.

"Sima Yi, the word Zhongda, from Hedong? Could it be that he is the second son of Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, known as the second son of Sima Bada? The expression on Li Sheng's face changed slightly, but he used slightly suspicious words to cover up the turbulent waves in his heart: "Sima Yi, Sima Xuanwang, the founder of the foundation of the Jin Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's sworn enemy?" It's strange, isn't he an important minister under Cao Cao? How did you come here to do the things of the messengers? If this file is a big difference for others, it is just a despised job for Sima Yi. Is it really weird? Could it be that he is such a person, as the wild history says, running around and making conspiracies? That's not right, I remember that it was Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe who were in charge of conspiracy intelligence in Cao Cao's army. Li Sheng thought, and his face suddenly became cloudy.

"Exactly down there." Sima Yi responded generously. Although he also felt that the expression on Li Sheng's face was quite strange and difficult to understand, the habit of not acting unfazed for a long time still made him sit there calmly, and his face was calm without a trace of abnormality.

"Mr. Zhongda, he was born very well, and he has the reputation of Bada in the world, so he wants to be very used under Prime Minister Cao. I don't know what Mr. Zhongda does, how can he have the leisure to ask for a request to come to my remote place in Changsha? Li Sheng asked, this was the strangest place he felt at the moment.

"Alas......" Sima Yi sighed and said with a wry smile: "What if I was born very well, and what if I have the reputation of Bada, I don't like Cao Gong in the first place, and Cao Gong doesn't like me either." Although he has been recruiting me into the court, his purpose is only to use me to entrap the Sima family. In his opinion, my appearance is too gloomy, and he often shows sympathy for the Son of Heaven, so he just wants to keep me aside and be an idler. How can it be said that it is extremely reused? To the surprise of everyone on Li Sheng's side, Sima Yi didn't have any intention of covering up for Cao Cao, but instead told Li Sheng and them about his complaints about Cao Cao. This made Li Sheng and the others look at each other, feeling strange and not knowing what to say.

"Why did Mr. Chung Tat say that? I heard that Mr. Zhongda was appointed as the chief secretary of Cao Gong's Mansion, although his grade is not high, but he can be regarded as a number of people under Cao Gong. How can it be said that Mr. Cao Gongyu is not welcome? Li Sheng didn't speak, just glanced at Zhuge Liang, and immediately Kong Ming picked up the topic and asked.

"The chief bookkeeper is indeed a low-authority position, but I am the chief bookkeeper, but not the chief bookkeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the master of the Sima Jian under the Prime Minister's Mansion. To put it mildly, I'm just a horse breeder. Sima Yi said helplessly.

"I see!" Li Sheng nodded, and said with a little sympathy: "Gong Cao appointed Mr. Zhongda as the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he really treated Mr. With the great talent of Mr., he can talk about the state pastor, how can he treat a small Sima Jian Hu? I think that the prime minister has almost regretted it now, so that Mr. will be the messenger, and he will only be reused after Mr. returns to Xuchang. Looking at Sima Yi, Li Sheng's mood is always very complicated, he knows that Sima Yi is talented, and this is no longer under Kong Ming, and now he has the intention of taking refuge in himself, it seems that as long as he works a little hard, he can make him switch to himself. But do you really want to use him? Thinking of the various bullying behaviors that Sima Yi did after the Cao family in history, Li Sheng had to think about his son. "Sima Yi is indeed a great talent, but this great talent needs to be used by the male master." And what can he do better to him than Cao Cao? Can his own son do better than Cao Cao? For Cao Cao's appearance of standing in front of the princes of the world like a mountain, the princes of the world dare to say bluntly that they are still above Cao Cao, but there is no one.

"Maybe." Sima Yi said noncommittally. He is a vigilant person, and although he can't completely guess the contradictory emotions that Li Sheng's strong son endured that are not visible, he can also estimate five or six points. He didn't know what prevented Li Sheng from putting forward the idea of keeping him now, but since Li Sheng was like this, he had to stop talking with a little disappointment. "Maybe I shouldn't have said that at all." At this moment, he was a little disheartened. This time, no matter what, after all, it was the first time in his history that he was praying for something in his career. He thought that he had spoken clearly enough, but it was still like this, and he was naturally sad in his heart.

At that moment, after chatting with Li Sheng and them hastily, he stood up and resigned vaguely, and while saying the words of farewell, his eyes kept looking at Li Sheng, what was the meaning, thinking of his previous complaint about Cao Cao, even a person like Liao Li who was not very sensitive to words could see a little bit, not to mention Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, who were already sensitive to these things. They also wanted to see what Li Sheng did and waited for Li Sheng to keep him, but in the end, Li Sheng didn't say a word, which made them feel a little sorry for being weird. They had also heard of Sima Yi's reputation, and naturally felt that he was a great talent. And such a talented Li Sheng actually didn't want to stay, if they didn't always know what Li Sheng's personality was, I was afraid that they would inevitably be disappointed in Li Sheng. "A lord who can't hire talented people is not a good lord after all." That's what they've always thought.

With deep dissatisfaction and slight reluctance, Sima Yi went out of the Taishou Mansion, and Liao Li was ordered by Li Sheng to send him, but he was speechless all the way. At this moment, only Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Li Sheng were left in the hall of the Taishou Mansion, but they were also silent and thinking about today's affairs. Everyone understands a lot about the edict sent by Cao Cao in the name of the Son of Heaven, but for Sima Yi's slightly revealed intention of dedication and Li Sheng's own indifference to this surrender, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong pondered.

"Don't you like this Sima Yi?" After waiting for a long time, he still saw that Li Sheng didn't mean to speak, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ask, he tried to persuade Li Sheng: "Although this Sima Yi's appearance is indeed a little weird, and his description is a little dark, but his talent is no longer below me and Shi Yuan." Since the lord chose Shiyuan instead of judging people by his talents, why did he hesitate to Sima Yi today? If Sima Yi is allowed to return to Cao Cao's side, it will certainly be a loss of a great talent for us, and a big help for Cao Cao, so if we subtract and add, our loss is not as simple as a loss. In addition, with Cao Gong's wisdom, even if he doesn't wait to see Sima Yi now, he may not be able to value his talents in the future, and we will have one more enemy by then. ”

"Alas...... I certainly know the talent of Zhongda. But I look at his expression, according to a rare and somewhat arrogant appearance, and the city is quite deep, I am afraid that he is a sinister person, even if it is used for a while, it will be a big trouble for a long time. And his family is quite favored under Cao Cao, and under Cao Cao, there are people like Jia Xu who are in charge of conspiracy and discord, I am afraid that this Zhongda is here because Jia Xu was ordered, and he wants us to wait. Li Sheng's impression of Sima Yi comes quite from the books of later generations, but these things are not easy to talk to Zhuge Liang directly, so he can only speak from his own senses about Sima Yi at the moment. It's just that when these words came out, Li Sheng himself felt that it was a little too far-fetched.

"What is the man's personality judged by his appearance alone? The lord wouldn't have said that before. Even if Sima Yi is really arrogant and untamable, doesn't the lord have the courage to tame him? I remember what my lord once said: 'I am not afraid that my subordinates will have great ambitions, but I am afraid that they will not be capable.' This statement reflects the broadness of the lord's mind, this word is still in the ear, why can't the lord tolerate Zhongda? Unlike Cao Cao, the lord has time to tame Sima Yi. Regarding Li Sheng's reasoning, Kong Mingzhong was able to fully refute it: "Even if Sima Yi is an undercover agent sent by Cao Cao, as long as he is under the master's hands, the lord may completely win him over." Although our talents have increased now, they are still not as many as Cao Cao's side. For those who are so interested in joining us, the lord should only leave mistakes and not make mistakes. ”

"This ......" Li Sheng thought for a while, and the courage in his heart was stirred up by Zhuge Liang's words: "Then I'll accept him." I don't believe I'll be inferior to Cao Cao. In fact, I want to do better than Cao Cao. ”

"So, let's send someone to leave Zhongda behind tomorrow?" Pang Tong suggested tentatively.

"No, don't go and keep him." Li Sheng shook his head gently: "Because I want to visit him in person tonight and leave him behind." Li Sheng said, and a strong confidence emanated from him. He felt that if there was anyone in this world who could let an ambitious and talented person like Sima Yi stay and sincerely take refuge, then this person would only have himself - "Who else can I be?" He asked himself, and he also secretly cheered himself up.

Do what you want, this is one of Li Sheng's personalities. After a hasty dinner, Li Sheng asked his guard Zhou Li to follow him to the inn in the west of the city to find Sima Yi.

Originally, Sima Yi had already revealed his identity as an angel, and he was about to be sent by Li Sheng to take him to the pavilion in Changsha City. It was a good place, and Sima Yi knew it himself, but he refused when Liao Li, who sent him over, raised this point: "Is there any point in moving over?" I'm leaving tomorrow. He said in a low voice, and the depression in it could be easily felt even by a fool.

I don't know what Li Sheng meant, Liao Li didn't dare to say anything. It's just that under Sima Yi's insistence, he no longer insists on his opinion. It's just that after Haosheng appeased Sima Yi, he went back to report to Li Sheng. It is precisely because Liao Li once followed Sima Yi here and reported the address of the inn to Li Sheng, so Li Sheng was able to find this place accurately, and very politely invited the second child of the inn to inform Sima Yi who lived in the courtyard that he had come to see him. Of course, in order not to cause confusion among the people inside and outside the inn, Li Sheng did not directly say his name, but just instructed the little er: "You just told the Sima official inside, and said that the master's house he went to visit in the afternoon came to pay a return visit." As he spoke, he very politely stuffed a few eldest sons to the second child.

Xiao Er, who got the extra money, was naturally very happy to report. However, he went happily, but came back unusually depressed: "The little servant of the Sima official said that his master was bathing, and he asked the guests to be treated. Because Li Sheng gave enough money, so much that the little two felt ashamed even if he accepted it, he felt a little sorry for his inability to make the trip.

"How do you bathe at this time?" Li Sheng frowned unconsciously when he heard this, he felt a little strange in his heart at first, and then reacted quickly: "Sima Yi, this guy is not really bathing. The bath he spoke of was just a pretense, and the real thing he was still thinking about was the kind of cold stalk he had shown in the afternoon. He used this bath to prevent himself from meeting with him. Of course, if you have the heart and can wait, then you can finally meet. If he is impatient and can't wait, then he will definitely not leave with the slightest regret. The Lord chooses the minister, and the minister chooses the Lord. Li Sheng sighed, but found a place in the lobby outside and sat down there.

Time passed silently, a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour, an hour, fortunately, Li Sheng came early, the store has not closed at the moment, and the seats in the hall are not very urgent. Since Sima Yi hadn't come out for so long, Li Sheng became more and more convinced of his opinion, "He wasn't dragged by something, but he did it on purpose." Maybe he's just looking at our behavior in that place. Although it is unlikely that this inn is a public place, it seems that for Li Sheng, it seems that it is the same with or without it.

Li Sheng also felt a little unbearable after such a boring wait, he wanted to get up and leave a few times, but he was afraid of Sima Yi's talent, so he just thought about it. Slowly, two hours have passed, and Li Sheng is still sitting and waiting. The lights on the other side of the street are already lit. Li Sheng was bored, but he also did the children's trick of counting the lights. Because he was afraid of his image, he didn't know how to count, but he was also in a daze at the street over there, and secretly estimated it in his heart.

In this way, I don't know how long it took, but I heard the sound of the door curtain behind me, and then there was a very childish voice: "This gentleman, my son-in-law is invited!" Li Sheng turned around, but saw that Zhou Li, who had fallen asleep at some point, stood next to a delicate-looking boy looking at him with a smile.

"Your son-in-law? It's the surname Sima! Li Sheng wanted to make sure again.

"Exactly." The little boy nodded, then turned sideways and made a gesture of please to Li Sheng.

Li Sheng smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to wake up Zhou Li, who was already asleep, and followed the boy's steps into the courtyard where Sima Yi was.

The courtyard of the inn is naturally not as elegant as the pavilion, but the decoration during it is obviously carefully renovated, and it is faintly elegant in the simplicity and plainness. After passing a yard built with rockeries, I saw a customer standing there. This is the house that Sima Yi has set. At this moment, the door in the middle was wide open, and the light of the oil lamp shone through it, waving in the open space beyond the threshold, and the morning was a circle of wavy light and shadow. Sima Yi stayed in the room, sitting cross-legged on the edge of a desk with his back to the door. He was reading a book, holding a heavy bamboo slip in one hand and a pot that seemed to contain some liquid in the other.

"Zhongda is really chic." Li Sheng took a heavy step and walked behind Sima Yi, seeing that he still hadn't reacted, he couldn't help but speak.

"Don't dare, I've been waiting for a long time." Hearing Li Sheng say this, Sima Yi's face was really thick, he turned around and bowed his hand to Li Sheng, but he said seriously.

"There's no question of waiting, after all, there are some things that need to be thought through. In the turbulent times of the world, monarchs and ministers need to be in harmony to have a deed at all. If you use strength, I'm afraid that you will be kind and disloyal. Li Sheng waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Don't dare." Sima Yi was polite, and then asked Li Sheng very directly: "I already understand what it means to make you wait for me outside for so long." It's just that I have some doubts in my heart, I don't know if when I talked to the envoy in the afternoon, the envoy didn't immediately agree, and after that, he came to me with a blank eye? It's so incoherent. ”

"Well, Zhongda is really a straightforward person, and he actually asked straight to the point." Li Sheng smiled slightly, met Sima Yi's playful gaze, and said directly: "From your point of view, it is indeed an inconsistent contradiction for me to be like this, but as far as I am concerned, this is indeed normal." It's not that I can't see your talent, or that I don't like your 'eagle-eyed wolf' appearance, but that your identity and the courtesy your Sima family received at Cao Cao make me wonder. Although you yourself have been treated coldly, the entire family you belong to is valued by Cao Cao. Will you ignore your family's interests and join the enemy because of your cold treatment? I haven't seen a single person like this until now, so I'm confused. After all, I am a sovereign, and I must be responsible for those under me. For me, when such a sensitive person suddenly came to me, I had to wonder whether his refuge was real or not, and whether there was any conspiracy. Because of this, I hesitated in the afternoon and did not immediately solicit you. ”

"Oh, that's right." Sima Yi nodded, and then asked Li Sheng another question: "Then why do you want to come back all of a sudden?" It doesn't seem like a person's mind changes so quickly. ”

"That's it." Li Sheng smiled and said, "The reason why I came to you right away." In fact, it was Kong Ming who persuaded me. ”

"Kong Ming? Mr. Wolong? Sima Yi reacted quickly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, "I don't know what Mr. Wolong said to the envoy?" He asked, really breaking the momentum of the casserole to ask the end.

"He said that as long as he left you here, it would be possible to contain your heart and make you sincerely serve your life. It's not a 100% chance, but is there any hope after all? If there is hope, you can't give up. Li Sheng smiled and said: "Recovering your heart, this is something that even Cao Cao has never done, but I thought I could do it." Because I believe that I am stronger than Cao Cao. He said, looking confident.

"Oh? Are you so confident? Aren't you afraid that I will reject you and leave like this? Sima Yi seemed to be a little unaccustomed to Li Sheng's confident appearance, and said with a blow.

"I'm not afraid." Li Sheng shook his head, but a treacherous smile appeared on his face: "Because I have already decided, but you refuse to stay, then I will force you to stay." In fact, as far as a monarch is concerned, Cao Cao is still very correct in some aspects. For example, when it comes to talent. As long as you are talented, even if you are not used by me, I will keep you. That's just right. Because after leaving people behind, you are not used by me, and I am just losing a talent. But if I let you go, and you go to the enemy, then I will lose two talents. The difference widens with one plus one minus, which is not a good thing for me. ”

"I see!" Sima Yi nodded heavily: "If I were Cao Cao, I would do the same." "He's also a man who knows how to schem.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhongda is open-minded and has solid talents, which is really ashamed of himself. Fang is in chaos today, and the heroes of all parties are all planning to seek the cause of hegemony. Although he is a small boy, he also has the ambition to swallow heaven and earth, and now Cao Gong in the north, Jingzhou where Sun Quan, Liu Bei and I are located in the east, and Liu Zhang in the west have carved up all the land in the world. The ensuing struggle must have taken place between several of us. In Mr. Chung-tat's opinion, where should I go now? The reason has been explained clearly, and Li Sheng asked Sima Yi this question. He already planned to keep Sima Yi, and Sima Yi had no objections. So, he wanted to know Sima Yi's opinion on his future strategic issues. This is also a very important thing.

"Now that the big picture is decided, there aren't many places to choose from. For the matter of strategic direction, there must be a plan between Jun and Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, so why do you want me to repeat it? Sima Yi shook his head, feeling that there was no need for this.

"Hehe, there must be concentricity, and there will be high hopes. One more person to talk about, one more opportunity to pick up the missing pieces. Mr. Chung Tat is a Coats, and I think there must be a clever way to teach me. Li Sheng still earnestly pleaded.

"Brilliant idea? It's not a good idea. In terms of strategy, it is just the number of benefits and the size of the feasible in a certain aspect. It is absolutely strategically reasonable to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages. I can't say anything about others, but at the moment, there is only one feasible way for the envoy, and that is to the west. There are a lot of people who can deal with the king, but there are three people who make the king have no way to deal with it at the moment, one is Cao Cao, one is Sun Quan, and the other is Liu Bei. Cao Cao is the number one prince in the world, so he can't beat him; Sun Quan is one of the most stable forces in the world, and if you want to eat him, I am afraid that even if you try your best, you will have a bad digestion; As for Liu Bei, he is the prince with the best reputation in the world, and beating him can only make himself stink before he has the name of the Son of Heaven like Cao Gong. Therefore, it is not beneficial for the envoy to work with these three families and participate in the dispute between them. The envoy should surrender his gaze to the west and go up to the forces of Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and the generals of Guanzhong. Because Liu Zhang's weakness, Zhang Lu's few soldiers, and the generals of Guanzhong were all relatively easy to take, so that Junda could easily attack, and after taking these places one by one, the lord could study how to use Yizhou's involvement, Yongliang's armor, to capture the land of Sanqin, and then sweep the world just like the Qin Dynasty. Sima Yi said. He said that the plan was basically the same as that of Li Sheng and Kong Ming. Perhaps because of his own personality, Sima Yi explained things more from the perspective of power and interests - he was originally a person who was proficient in power and strategy.

"Huh. Mr. Zhongda is really talented. I wonder if I can join our army and serve as a military counselor for our army? At present, our army is seeking a great development in Jiaozhou, and we need a great talent like Mr. Zhong Da to be a military advisor. Li Sheng smiled and nodded, and confessed to Sima Yi to invite.

"In this case, thank you very much." Sima Yi stood up and knelt directly in front of Li Sheng: "Minister Sima Yi see the lord." ”