Li Yan and Wu Yi sat opposite each other, each thinking about their thoughts. Fei Yi smiled without saying a word, calmly sipping the tea.

Chang'an has already been set off by the three of them in a storm that is not very violent, but strong enough.

Led by Li Yan and Wu Yi, they were responsible for investigating the assassination of the King of Jin by the Xuanzhao envoy, and after more than a month of investigation and evidence collection, the general situation has been clarified. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang said that the Son of Heaven was moved by the Son of Heaven on the grounds that Wei Ba was not a subordinate, and at the same time that Wei Ba was crowned the king of Jin, he collected his military power and ordered him to return to Chang'an to report on his work. In addition, the envoy also carried another secret edict, if Wei Ba refused to accept the edict, he would be arrested with a secret edict, and if necessary, he could be killed on the spot.

There is nothing wrong with the edict. Liu Chan, the Son of Heaven, has recognized that the secret edict was indeed issued by him, and the use of the seal was also approved by him. Before that, when Zhuge Liang was planning, he also knew the way. The problem was that there were dead soldiers in the messenger corps, and he didn't know what to do.

It is customary to use secret edicts to arrest non-ministers, but with dead soldiers, this nature is completely different. There are two questions here, one is how the dead man could have turned into a messenger of the Son of Heaven. The second is to arrange the dead, which is naturally the main purpose of killing, rather than arresting. In other words, the edict became a cover-up, and the real purpose of the envoy group was to kill Wei Ba, even if he accepted the edict and was willing to surrender his military power.

In fact, even though Wei Ba accepted the edict, the dead soldier disguised as a Lang official still launched an assassination of Wei Ba.

This is contrary to the original intention of the Son of Heaven and is an overkill.

Therefore, this assassination case is not only inappropriate, but the bigger problem is that they used the Son of Heaven as a shield. Compared with the assassination of Wei Ba, this crime is even more unforgivable. The nature is also more serious. The assassination of the King of Jin is not as serious as the edict.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of arranging this matter, of course, became the culprit, not only was the gift hopeless, but also faced the great crime of exaggeration.

After a seemingly trivial but actually very delicate operation, the relevant personnel of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion have been controlled, but the most critical person has not yet been convicted.

What role Jiang Wei played in this is currently inconclusive. There are two reasons: one is that the dead man is from Liangzhou, but it may not be related to Jiang Wei, which requires further evidence. The second is that Jiang Wei has soldiers in his hands. It can't be like the rest of the Prime Minister's Mansion. An edict can put them in prison, interrogate them slowly, and interrogate them at any time. In order to prevent Jiang Weigou from jumping over the wall in a hurry, he surrendered to Wei or simply mutinied. Bloodbath Chang'an. Li Yan and the others' movements have always been very gentle. so as not to force Jiang Wei to rebel.

Of the two reasons, the latter is the main one. But, no matter how gentle. This step also has to be taken out of the way.

The few of them gathered today to discuss it for this purpose. For Fei Yi, there is only one purpose: to persuade Wu Yi to defect.

Wu Yi has more than 10,000 people in his hands, if Wu Yi defects, even if Jiang Wei rebels, they can defend Chang'an, at least their lives are guaranteed. Otherwise, the northern army in Ma Cheng's hands alone would not be able to stop Jiang Wei's attack at all.

From the time he received the edict to thoroughly investigate the case to the present, Wu Yi's attitude has not been very clear. He handled the case according to the requirements of the edict, and he did not leak a drop of water, but he could not see his own inclination. He seems to be acting impartially. Of course, there are advantages to this, so far, even if they have arrested all the important personnel of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they have been clear and straightforward, and there is no excuse for attack.

But now, Wu Yi must make a statement, otherwise he can't do anything to Jiang Wei.

Wu Yi had only one worry, what if Jiang Wei raised troops to rebel? According to the current principle of doing things, Jiang Wei's guilt cannot be announced before it is determined, and Jiang Wei cannot be deprived of military power. Without depriving Jiang Wei of his military power, how could Jiang Wei be allowed to honestly go to the Tingwei Mansion for trial?

It's a dead button. To put it bluntly, it's a rat trap. In the case of not being completely sure, I am afraid that Jiang Weigou will jump off the wall in a hurry.

"Say you can guarantee that Chang'an is fine?" Wu Yi said.

No one can guarantee it. In fact, everyone knew that once the edict was issued to let Jiang Wei go to the Tingwei Mansion for investigation, Jiang Wei would raise troops to rebel. forced him back, and the consequences were serious. At present, Wei Ba's army is still far away in Luoyang, and he can't save Chang'an.

Wei Xing walked in with his knife, glanced at the silent few people in the room, and arched his hand to Fei Yi: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a messenger arriving." ”

Fei Yi suddenly became energetic: "Pass in." ”

Li Yan and Wu Yi glanced at each other and returned to their seats.

The messenger came in, and the dust was served. He delivered a letter. After Fei Yi saw it, he smiled silently. He handed the letter to Li Yan and Wu Yi, and said with a faint smile: "Now there is a reason, the King of Jin sent the best reason." ”

Li Yan took it and glanced at it first, raised his eyebrows, then smiled, and then turned it to Wu Yi. Wu Yi took it and was speechless for a while.

Wei Ba's letter is very simple, I have already arrived in Luoyang, please ask Your Majesty to issue an edict and order the Guanzhong Army to attack and besiege Luoyang together.

Wei Ba did not specify who he wanted to command the troops, but the meaning of his words was very clear. If Jiang Wei is willing to go out of Tongguan, then Jiang Wei will go, and if Jiang Wei is unwilling to go, then someone else will go. Of course, his men had to be taken away.

As far as Guanzhong is concerned, who else is suitable for commanding troops now besides Jiang Wei? One is Li Yan and the other is Wu Yi. In contrast, it is natural that Wu Yi is the most suitable.

"Ziyuan, this is an opportunity." Li Yan got up, walked to Wu Yi's side, patted him on the shoulder, chuckled, and walked out. Standing in the sun, the smile on his face stiffened a little, and slowly turned into a soft sigh.

Only soldiers have the qualifications to speak. He only has a thousand soldiers in his hands now, so this opportunity can only fall to Wu Yi's hands.

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment: "Please give an edict to Your Majesty." ”

Wei Ba's request immediately reached the Son of Heaven. Wu Yi gave the Son of Heaven an idea, first transfer the county soldiers of Hanzhong and Fufeng counties to Chang'an, and then ask Jiang Wei if he had any intention of leading the troops to the battle, if not, allocate part of his troops to others. In this way, Jiang Wei had only three choices: to lead the army, give up the military power, and immediately raise troops to rebel.

Either one can drive him to his death. The premise of this is to mobilize soldiers from Hanzhong and Fufeng County. When Jiang Wei rebelled, he could ensure that Chang'an had superior forces available.

The Son of Heaven agreed, and immediately ordered Hanzhong Taishou Wu Min and Fufeng Taishou Liaohua to command 10,000 troops each, and immediately rushed to Chang'an.

……

Although Chang'an's actions were secretive, they still couldn't hide from Jiang Wei's eyes.

Riding a fast horse, he galloped into Tongguan City.

Jiang Wei sat in a daze for a long time, clenching and putting his fists and putting them down, and holding them again and again, and he didn't make up his mind for a long time.

The Son of Heaven issued an edict to transfer Wu Min and Liao Hua's soldiers, and the purpose should be very clear. It is to increase the strength of Chang'an. Address his threats. Once these two men are in place, he has little advantage in strength. When the time comes, there will be only two ways, one is to hand over the military power. Slaughtered. The second is to raise troops to clear the king's side. Regain control of the Son of Heaven in his hands, but face the same or even more troops.

With Wu Yi's ability, with the same troops. Jiang Wei was not sure of victory. What's more, in this way, he really became a thief. Even if he defeated Wu Yi, as long as he didn't catch the Son of Heaven, he would not be considered a victory, and he would inevitably be morally at a disadvantage. Then, Wei Ba can crusade against him justly.

Fighting back and forth, isn't it fighting for who is righteous?

Yin Xian, who came from Chang'an, looked at Jiang Wei, and his forehead was full of fine beads of sweat. "Boyo, don't hesitate any longer."

Jiang Wei looked at Yin Xian and smiled bitterly: "Now raise troops, do we have a way back?" ”

"If you don't raise troops, there will be a way back?" Yin Xian retorted angrily: "Is it to descend to Wei, or to withdraw from Longyou?" ”

"There's no hurry." Jiang Wei said to himself: "When the Hanzhong soldiers arrive in Chang'an, there is no month and a half that cannot be done. I still have time. Maybe...... Good news soon came. When the time comes, we may be able to win without a fight. ”

"What's the good news that will allow you to win without a fight?" Yin Xian was so angry that he couldn't speak. He felt that Jiang Wei in front of him and Jiang Wei in his impression were two different people at all. Jiang Wei used to be very decisive, sometimes almost decisive and reckless, but now he is a little hesitant. Things have come to this point, and he has to wait.

"Wait for Wei Ba's death." Jiang Wei smiled: "What do you think will happen if Wei Ba dies suddenly?" ”

Yin Xian was speechless. If Wei Ba had died, the situation would have been very different. Wei Ba's power is split, and it will be difficult to pose a substantial threat to Guanzhong. When the time comes, Jiang Wei can easily master Guanzhong. However, will Wei Ba die? So many dead soldiers didn't kill Wei Ba, what else did Jiang Wei have to do to make Wei Ba die?

"Wei Ba could die at any time." Jiang Wei didn't say much, just looked at Yin Xian with a wistful look: "Please believe me once." ”

"What if a month later, Wei Ba is not dead?"

"Then I'll lead the troops out of the customs." Jiang Wei said: "If you want me to give up my military power, I can't do it." ”

Yin Xian sighed, discussed some details, and immediately got up and returned to Chang'an.

……

Chen Ming walked quickly into the backyard and said to Fei Yi and Peng Heng, who were playing chess, "Yin Xian has returned to Chang'an. ”

"Is there any change in Tongguan?"

"Everything is as usual, and at present, it seems that Jiang Wei has not made any moves."

Peng Heng glanced at Fei Yi and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that Jiang Wei is not desperate yet, and he doesn't want to take risks." ”

"That's right." Fei Yi smiled, knocked down a son, and ate all of Peng Heng's sunspots. "Give him a glimmer of hope, so that he won't fight to the death. In the art of war, this is called encircling three queyi. Mentally, this is called boiling frogs in warm water. ”

"Boiled frogs in warm water?"

"Haven't you heard of it?" Fei Yi was a little curious: "This is what King Jin said, roughly speaking, it is to use dense kung fu to avoid too drastic means, and always leave a little thought for the other party, so that he can't make up his mind." By the time he found that there was no way out, and he wanted to strike a dying blow, he was already cooked. ”

Peng Heng suddenly realized, and nodded with a smile: "I said why are you unhurried, try some soft means, it turns out that you want to cook Jiang Wei as a frog." However, Jiang Wei may not be as you wish. ”

"What other means can he have besides raising troops?" Fei Yi pursed his lips: "Since he didn't dare to risk the world's disapproval and dedicate Tongguan to Sima Yi, he could only hope for some unrealistic things." Even an illusory hope is hope. ”

He paused, and then said, "The prime minister is like this, and so is he." ”

(To be continued......)