And now, with the Celestial Empire's army outside, and the Southern Barbarian King inside seems to be a little unstable here, he has no time to deal with what just happened.

Zhuge Liang, who was on a high seat in the main hall of the mansion, did not delve into the death of the king's steward and maid, but looked at the outside of the hall with an expectant expression, and soon a scout ran into the palace, knelt down on the ground and said: "Report to the prime minister, the Nanban King and his entourage did not return to Beppu, but went to the military camp outside the city, according to your instructions, we did not stop it." ”

"Got it." Zhuge Liang said with an unchanged face, but only he knew how helpless he was at the moment.

After what happened today, Zhuge Liang guessed that it would definitely affect the relationship between him and the Nanban King, so he arranged for the secret agent to follow, if Meng Huo still returned to the mansion in the city, it means that the matter is still resolved, and he will do his best to ease the relationship between the two sides, but now, they have returned directly to the barracks, which means that things have developed in a bad direction.

The scout retreated, and General Wang Ping, who was standing and waiting with him, immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists and said: "Prime Minister, even if you have already guessed Meng Huo's actions, then why let him go, it is better to detain him in the city first." ”

"Do you think I don't want to?" Zhuge Liang said helplessly at the moment.

Zhuge Liang didn't explain, Ma Yan on the side did take the initiative to stand up and say: "General Wang, the Southern Barbarian Army is no better than other forces, Meng Huo and his wife Zhu Rong have been operating very well over the years, and most of the generals in the army are also convinced, it is easy to detain Meng Huo, but it is indeed more difficult to control the entire Southern Barbarian Army, if you don't get a good one, there will be infighting, which is why the prime minister knows this and lets them go." ”

Ma Tan deserves to have followed Zhuge Liang for so long, and these analyses are the first to go, even if Zhuge Liang himself heard it, he couldn't explain anything.

After hearing this, Wang Ping nodded silently, but he still had doubts in his heart and said: "In this case, how do we get along with the Southern Barbarian Army next, do we have to be on guard?" ”

"It's natural." This time, Zhuge Liang spoke, "Although today's events have happened, Meng Shu should not have any out-of-the-ordinary actions in a short period of time, especially his wife, who is even more up-and-so, she will wait and see from the sidelines, and there will be no unfavorable actions against us, and we just need to pretend that nothing has happened, and send secret agents to monitor it." ”

Even if it is Zhuge Liang, who is unparalleled in wisdom, there is no better way at this moment. After all, he is not a courtier of Xishu, and he has no right to order anything from others. As I said, if it were my own words, something like this would happen, and I was afraid that I would choose to watch first.

"Hey, in the final analysis, it still depends on strength, if we have such a powerful army as the Celestial Empire, how can we put it in our eyes?" Zhuge Liang sighed with feeling. For a while, because of these words, the atmosphere in the main hall also became very depressing.

Of course, Zhuge Liang is not a person who can't fight back, although what happened tonight was very unfavorable to him, but it also made him find a glimmer of opportunity, and he said to Ma Jian on the side: "Arrange carefully, keep an eye on the city, presumably there will be rumors tomorrow, if this is the case, Shun Teng is to find out those people." ”

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At this time, in the main tent of the Nanban military camp outside Jianning City, Zhu Rong was listening to the convergence of his secret agents, accompanied by Meng Shu, the king of the Southern Barbarians, and all the main generals.

"Are you sure that there are a lot more Xishu spies outside our barracks?" Zhu Rong asked the scout captain in the army in a nice voice.

"Yes, Madam, there are many of them with fresh faces, although they are well hidden, but we have long listened to Madame's order and investigated all the people around us, and those people have definitely just appeared." The scout captain replied confidently.

Knowing that it should be conclusive, Zhu Rong nodded, "You have worked hard, go down first." ”

"Yes, my lord, ma'am." The captain of the scout said yes and withdrew.

As soon as the people withdrew, a strong man stood out of the tent and said, "What the hell is going on? Why did the Xishu army come to spy on us, didn't the king just return from the banquet? ”

The name of the person who spoke was Jinhuan Sanjie, and he also had a high reputation in the Southern Barbarian Army, and at the same time he also had an identity, which was the Marshal of Yidong.

"yes, what the hell is going on?" Attached to him was the Marshal of Erdong, Tuchana.

"yes, what's going on?" The other generals were also talking at this time.

"Alright." However, the Southern Barbarian King shouted loudly, which stopped the following discussions. Of course, he was ashamed of what happened tonight, and he didn't want people to talk about anything.

As soon as Meng Shu was angry, there was no sound below, but most people did set their eyes on Mrs. Zhurong. Perhaps they are all accustomed to it, and it is better to listen to the advice of the lady than the opinion of the reckless king.

Zhu Rong didn't want to talk about tonight's events, but at this moment, he really couldn't help but speak, "Okay, don't be suspicious, nothing has happened, it's just that the prime minister of Xishu is too suspicious." In this way, from tonight onwards, everyone should be more careful, and bring more guards with them, so as not to have any accidents. Also, send an order to Meng You, who is training soldiers, and Marshal Ah Huilan, the marshal of the Three Caves, telling them to be ready to receive us at any time. ”

Zhu Rong is ready to turn his face, which is also unavoidable, after all, such a thing has happened, and it is obviously impossible for the two armies to unite intimately.

In fact, these arrangements are only superficial, Zhu Rong is most worried that this matter will spread, as a woman, of course, she cherishes her reputation, even if she is open by nature, she doesn't want people to talk about her name. It's just that if everything tonight was sent by the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, then the matter would definitely get out.

Thinking of this, Zhu Rong felt a trace of dissatisfaction with the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty who had never met. As a hero, you should do things above board, and you shouldn't take a little woman to talk about things.

Of course, she only thought about it this way, because she knew that she was not capable of stopping the spread of the matter.

In fact, this is indeed the case, and on the very second day, news came out of Jianning City, and it did not take long for it to reach the Southern Barbarian Army, causing some generals to change their eyes when looking at their king and wife.

In this regard, Zhu Rong was naturally very angry, and she called several groups of secret agents arranged in the city one after another, wanting to know what happened and whose mouth it was from. It's just that what makes her a little puzzled is that the place where the news came out is not the market, but the palace in Xishu.

If it was circulated in the market first, it should naturally be a deliberate leak of the design, and it would probably be the emperor of the Celestial Empire. But now the source of the news turned out to be the Xishu Palace, which made her very puzzled, could it be that all this was not arranged by the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, but Zhuge Liang intended to do so? But what good is it for him to do so? Zhu Rong can be described as puzzled.

Compared with Zhu Rong's incomprehension, at this moment in the Xishu Palace, Zhuge Liang was scolding the two important ministers of Xishu, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.

Mi Zhu, the word Zizhong. He was born in Qu County, Donghai (now southwest of Lianyungang, Jiangsu). Originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, he was later engaged in other driving by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian. After Tao Qian died of illness, he was ordered to welcome Liu Bei. With his brother Elfang refusing Cao Cao's appointment and following Liu Bei, he gave Liu Bei a great help when Liu Bei was at his most down, so that he could regain his strength.

Later, after Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he worshiped Mi Zhu as the general of Anhan, and his status was above Zhuge Liang, and he was the most of Liu Bei's ministers.

Originally, the Mi family was still very powerful in Xishu, especially after Mi Zhu's sister married Liu Bei, she was even more powerful, and Zhuge Liang had to give up three points. But all this changed with Liu Bei's defeat and capture.

Without Liu Bei's support, the Mi family's natural power was greatly reduced, but fortunately, Mrs. Mi still had some power in the palace. What's more, they can also influence Liu Chan, the current descendant of Xishu.

At the same time, the Mi family has been in business for generations, with more than 10,000 servants and huge family assets, and many of Liu Chan's expenses come from this, and he is even more dependent.

Mi Shi was a little defeated, which naturally had a lot to do with Liu Bei's defeat at Zhang Chao, but Mi Zhu really didn't think so, he thought that all this was caused by Zhuge Liang taking his place.

And only by letting Zhuge Liang fall, will his Mi clan have a chance to rise. In this way, he spent a lot of effort on Zhuge Liang, including in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he also installed some of his own people.

Even so, it is impossible for him not to know what happened last night, and it is precisely because of this that after knowing the matter, he thought that this was a good opportunity to hit Zhuge Liang, and after discussing it with his brother Mi Fang, the news spread.

Originally, Ma Tan had already made a big net according to Zhuge Liang's instructions, and just waited for the news to come out, and then went to arrest people, but later found that the news was true, but it was indeed from the palace, and he reported to Zhuge Liang at that moment. For a while, the prime minister was furious, and he rushed to the palace.

In the palace, on the main hall, in front of the queen Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang mercilessly reprimanded Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, and his words were so fierce that Liu Chan sitting in the hall did not dare to make a sound.