Chapter 63: Undercurrents are surging
"General!" Lu Rui stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while, dealt with some matters at hand, and returned to his mansion, after all, Cao Jie had been pregnant for a few months, but he was fighting everywhere, and he felt guilty.
"Well, it's been hard these days, and the huge mansion has to be taken care of." Lu Rui nodded, smiled slightly, got off the horse, and handed over his horse to Dianman.
"Where's Madame?" The first thing Lu Rui did when he returned home was to find Cao Jie, the first flesh and blood after he crossed over, it was exciting to think about.
"Madame is waiting for the general in the backyard, and all the family members are also in the backyard, and Madame is not in good health, so I won't let Madame come out."
"Well, Yuan Zhi did a good job, Madame is pregnant, and it is still not suitable to work." Lu Rui nodded, very satisfied with Xu Shu's arrangement.
"General, Mrs. Bian has been here just now." As soon as Lu Rui stepped into the mansion door, Xu Shu whispered.
"Got it." Lu Rui nodded, it seems that because of Cao Pi's matter, Mrs. Bian came to her to make an idea, after all, women are not allowed to interfere in politics, and they can only save the country by taking the curve of Cao Jie.
Lu Rui returned to the backyard, the Cao family led everyone to ask Lu Rui for peace, Lu Rui saw the pot-bellied Cao Jie, and hurriedly helped Cao Jie, so that she didn't have to be polite. Lu Rui handled a little family affairs as the master in the main hall and let everyone go down, and he and Cao Jie returned to the room.
"Madame has worked hard, Madame is pregnant, and my husband is not around, so I have suffered Madame." Looking at Cao Jie's belly, it has been seven or eight months, and it will not be long before she will give birth.
"The husband is serious, and it is the responsibility of the concubine to give birth to children. The concubine body doesn't have much need, and he just wants his father to be by his side when the child gives birth. Cao Jie blinked. glanced at Lu Rui, his eyes were full of longing, and he didn't know if Lu Rui could be by his side when the child was born.
"Mrs. rest assured in this matter, the husband must watch his child be born, the middle father has agreed, this year, the husband will not leave Xudu." Lu Rui held Cao Jie's hand. gave Cao Jie a guarantee.
Now that Cao Wei has just returned from the southern expedition, there is more territory, and there are more things to do. Lu Rui has gained a lot of merits in the south and north, and among the younger generation of Cao Jun, he is already above 10,000 people under one person, and he can't be too sharp, even if he is Lao Cao's son-in-law.
"Great. The child can be after birth. Then he saw his father. Cao Jie happily lay in Lu Rui's arms and sprinkled a little Jiao.
"Husband, my mother came here today, and she asked about Zihuan." After a while, Cao Jie thought of something, lay in Lu Rui's arms, and asked tentatively.
"How is Zihuan doing now?" Lu Rui knew that Cao Jie would have to ask about this sooner or later, but what was Cao Pi's situation now. I don't know, I only know that Cao Pi is imprisoned in Xu Du's prison.
"Hey. It's not good, according to his mother, Zihuan was in an ordinary cell in Xu Du, with a group of prisoners, there were all kinds of prisoners, and the food brought by his mother was robbed just after it was taken out, and in the end, it was the official who controlled the scene, so there was no chaos. Cao Jie shook his head, the children of the Cao family were actually locked up in an ordinary cell, it was really unthinkable.
"An ordinary prison? Could it be that Xu Du doesn't even have a cell to keep felons in? ”
According to the prison officials, many felons have been arrested recently, and the prisons for felons are full. The mother looked at Zihuan and cried in prison. The topic of injury, speaking of this, Cao Jie also wiped his tears.
Lao Cao's methods were really fast, and he dealt with some people before he returned to Xu Du. and Cao Pi was imprisoned in an ordinary prison, and it was Cao Cao's temptation to see who dared to take the risk of disapproval and Cao Gong.
"Husband, what does my mother mean when she comes to me is that Zihuan can be changed to a prison cell? That ordinary cell was. ”
"Jie'er, my mother is in a hurry about this matter, otherwise my mother wouldn't know my father's intentions, Zihuan is better to stay in an ordinary prison cell, it is estimated that in a few days, Zihuan's matter will spread all over Xudu, this is a temptation, you let your mother be restless and wait and see." Lu Rui patted Cao Jie's hand, with the wisdom of Mrs. Bian, of course, he could guess Cao Cao's intentions, but because Cao Pi was guilty, Mrs. Bian was confused, so she came to Cao Jie.
"Well, my husband said so, I'll go to see my mother tomorrow, otherwise my mother will run to the house of the adults in Xu Du every day, and it will not be a way." Cao Jie listened to Lu Rui's words, felt a little relieved, and nodded.
"Mother has been running to the homes of the adults in Xu Du recently?"
"Yes, since Zihuan was convicted, Zihuan's matter has spread in Xudu, saying that Zihuan is ruthless, regardless of the safety of the soldiers, and regards human life like a mustard. When my mother heard this, of course she was panicked, and my mother had already asked about the Prime Minister's Mansion to join the army, and the two Sima joined the army and did not give any advice. Cao Jie thought for a moment and replied to Lu Rui.
Lu Rui nodded, the two Sima joining the army must be Sima Yi and Sima Wei, Sima Wei is a chess piece that he planted in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the purpose is to take revenge on the Sima family, Sima Wei will definitely not have any ideas, as for Sima Yi, who was stared at by Cao Cao, he did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi, and he would definitely not make any good suggestions.
"The two Sima joined the army and both worked in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so naturally it was not good to say anything." Lu Rui patted Cao Jie, this kind of communication between ladies is also knowledgeable, maybe some useful information can be derived from it.
"What the husband said is very true, the two joined the army so that the mother does not have to worry, the father will have a way, and the wife of Hanoi Sima who joined the army, Zhang, also visited her mother, but she just proposed a way for her mother to visit the families of the adults, which is not a good way." Cao Jie followed Lu Rui's words and told Lu Rui a piece of information, Sima Yi's wife Zhang Chunhua had met Mrs. Bian.
"Oh? The Zhang family is the daughter of the Wang family, so I'm afraid she also has some unique insights on this matter? As soon as Lu Rui heard this, he became vigilant, this Zhang Chunhua is not such an easy person to deal with, his ruthlessness is probably worse than the current Sima Yi, Sima Yi can succeed, and Zhang Chunhua's credit should be the leader.
There are not many records of Zhang Chunhua in history. There is a record that is recognized by the history of all dynasties.
"Emperor Wu tried Xuanzu, and Xuanzu exposed his book and was stunned. Kill the maid later! "This history is a record of Zhang Chunhua's ruthlessness. The process was that Cao Cao didn't believe that Sima Yi was sick, so he sent someone to test Sima Yi, Sima Yi was very powerful, and there was no flaw at all.
One day, when the weather changed dramatically and it was probably going to rain, Sima Yi remembered the books he had dried outside. Hurriedly got up and went to collect the book. This move was seen by Sima Yi's maid, and Sima Yi was stunned for a moment. This is a very dangerous signal, because Sima Yi said that he was paralyzed. can't get out of bed, now that the maid knows, Sima Yi is in danger of being betrayed.
Sima Yi's first expression was stunned, indicating that Sima Yi hesitated. As for the reasons for hesitation. Lu Rui has analyzed, the maid, the maid who can enter Sima Yi's study must be a personal maid, Zhang Chunhua was married to Sima Yi at that time, so this maid may be a maid to marry. The bride-in-waiting maid is to serve her husband's family for her when it is inconvenient for her wife. To put it bluntly, it is Sima Yi's dewy couple. Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, probably nostalgic for the old feelings. Didn't think about how to deal with this.
Just when Sima Yi hesitated, Zhang Chunhua made a move. Kill! As soon as Zhang Chunhua made a move, he killed the maid. There is a great chance that this maid is a maid who grew up with Zhang Chunhua since childhood, Sima Yi has hesitation, but Zhang Chunhua did not hesitate at all and killed him directly. This move illustrates two problems, one is that Zhang Chunhua has weapons on his body at all times, and he also knows martial arts. The second is that this person is no less ruthless than a man.
"The Zhang family also ordered a few influential adults in Xudu City, and at the same time told his mother that he was familiar with the family of which adult, and he could inquire for his mother." Cao Jie shook his head, and the Zhang family didn't give Mrs. Bian any ideas, just a very ordinary suggestion, which many ladies would make.
"Oh? So which adult's family member is Zhang familiar with in Xudu? Mother went to visit? Lu Rui listened to Cao Jie's answer and did not give up, because Zhang Chunhua was not only ruthless, but also quite resourceful, and Lu Rui did not want to let go of a trace of useful clues.
According to historical records, Sima Yi wanted to abolish the Zhang family in his later years and re-admit a main house, at that time Sima Yi had already gained great power, it can be said that the day is in full swing, and the Zhang family knew that he was invincible, so he moved out of his son and grandson.
Sima Yi's son and grandson all knelt in front of Sima Yi, not eating or drinking, so that Sima Yi had no choice, he couldn't let himself be cut off for a woman. This is where Zhang Chunhua's strategy is embodied.
Zhang Chunhua's use of his son and grandson as a bargaining chip is not a trick, the trick lies in Zhang Chunhua's control over Sima Yi's son, Sima Yi's talented sons will be born to Zhang Chunhua himself, and Zhang Chunhua showed that he is very concerned about Sima Yi's offspring heirs, but in fact, he used a trick to make them all addicted to wine.
In the end, Sima Yi's talented sons were all born to Zhang Chunhua, and the other sons were not successful, because in Cao Wei's last struggle, Sima Yi did not dare to take risks, so he did not abolish the Zhang family.
"Zhang told his mother that he had a good relationship with Lord Xun Yu's wife, and he had visited Lord Xun Yu some time ago, so Zhang asked his mother to visit Lord Xun as well."
"Mother went to no avail." When Lu Rui heard it, it was interesting, it seemed that Sima Yi quickly found the right person to start, and the final result of Cao Pi's matter might be in Xun Yu's hands.
"Yes, Mrs. Xun just received her mother politely and didn't say anything substantial, so her mother only came back." Cao Jie shook his head, it seems that Mrs. Bian has not gained anything in the past few days.
"Mother has worked hard, and she is worried about Zihuan, since this is the case, I will visit Teacher Xun tomorrow to see if I can ask anything." Lu Rui is comforting Cao Jie, and at the same time wants to test Xun Yu's attitude, Xun Yu will be the core of a series of political storms in Xu Du.
The court will definitely try Cao Pi publicly, and the premise of the public trial of Cao Pi is to give Cao Pi an objective evaluation of the incident of giving a military order, and this evaluation cannot be made by Cao Cao's people, nor can it be Liu Xie's people, and it is not fair to send them from the center. The only person who can make an evaluation is Xun Yu, because Xun Yu is a representative who works for Cao Cao and is loyal to Liu Xie, Xun Yu will give a fair evaluation, and a fair evaluation will be the basis for dealing with the Cao Pi incident.
"My husband will definitely be more useful than my mother when I go to visit Teacher Xun, and I will tell my mother the good news tomorrow." Cao Jie listened to Lu Rui's words and laughed happily, in her eyes, Lu Rui's effect might be better than that of Mrs. Bian.
"The middle father doesn't blame Zihuan too much, he just does his best for his husband." Lu Rui smiled and helped Cao Jie to go to bed to rest.
At night, in Lu Rui's study.
"Yuan Zhi, do you remember everything I said?"
"Hou Ye rest assured, you understand that in less than three days, the information of all the adults in Xu Du will be on Hou Ye's desk."
"Well, remember, this time Ben Hou just wants some superficial information, don't go too deep, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others."
"No!"
Lu Rui nodded, waved his hand and let Xu Shu out. Xu Du undercurrents are surging, hoping that he will not be too late. (To be continued......)
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