Xiahou Wei conveyed Xiahou Ba's meaning, hoping that Wei Ba could leave a fief and a title for the Cao Wei clan, so that the ancestors of the Cao family could enjoy blood food and not be like ordinary people. Xiahou Ba did not obviously mention any title or fief, but it could be heard from Xiahou Wei's meaning that he hoped to be a prince, at least a county marquis.

As for the size of the fiefdom, it is not the matter. Because the size of the fief only involves the amount of rent, and the level of the title directly affects the status. For the Cao family, their desire for wealth was far less than their desire for status. Wealth can be accumulated slowly, and it is difficult to change identity. It is conceivable that as the former imperial family, the Cao family will definitely have an invisible ceiling in their career in the future. Taking advantage of this opportunity to strive for a higher status as much as possible is far more important than a fiefdom.

Wei Ba thought about it and readily agreed.

"Retain a throne, no problem. However, it is up to me to decide who is chosen. ”

Xiahou Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then became nervous again: "I don't know who thinks the king compares?" ”

"You know." Wei Ba smiled.

"King Lu?"

Wei Ba nodded: "I'll be honest with you, it's not because of how much strength your brothers still have. For me, your strength is not enough. However, Cao Yu married the immortal Gu of my Heavenly Master Dao, and as the sacrificial wine of the Heavenly Master Dao, I naturally wanted to leave a fief for the fairy Gu to eat. ”

Xiahou Wei smiled with relief. Before he came, he discussed with Xiahouba for a long time, and he also felt that Cao Yu, the king of Lu, was more suitable. First, Cao Yu is relatively gentle and steady, and he will not cause trouble. Second, he is the son of Cao Cao, and his identity is sufficient. The most important point is that his wife is the immortal aunt of the Heavenly Master Dao, Wei Ba has always relied on the Heavenly Master Dao, and he can't help but give this face.

Now, a qiē is as they expected. Wei Ba agreed to keep Cao Yu's prince, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

"In principle, I agree to keep this lord. But you can't take it in vain. Wei Ba twisted his fingers: "I want you to besiege Luoyang together." If you can send someone to sneak into Luoyang first. Breaking it from within, of course, would be great. I don't want to burn Luoyang again. ”

Xiahou Wei bowed down and received the order: "Please rest assured, the king, this matter is on our brother." ”

……

Xiahou Wei returned to Xingyang and conveyed Wei Ba's opinion to Xiahou Ba, specifically mentioning Wei Zheng's expression. He said to Xiahou Ba: "The King of Jin is very important to this concubine, and it is very likely that he will be made the crown prince." Even if you take a step back, Wei Zheng can't become the crown prince. If he can't inherit the throne, the king of Jin will also arrange a piece of land for him in the future. ”

Xiahou Ba was silent. In this way, he had already heard Xiahou Xuan say it. He knew that Wei Ba cultivated Wei Zheng definitely not as a prince. The reason is very simple, one is that Wei Zheng is a concubine. Let him be the crown prince will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. The second is that Wei Ba is still young, he has just stood up this year, and if he is conservative, he can live for another thirty years. There is still enough time to cultivate an heir, and there is no need to establish a prince early.

Xiahou Xuan had just returned from the conquest of Sanhan, and he knew that Wei Ba intended to continue the eastward expedition to disagree. It's just that the country is uncertain, and there is not enough energy now. When the country is calmed down, some of these generals will be disarmed and returned to the field. Let go of Manan Mountain, and from then on make fun of his grandson and be a rich idler; Some are in their prime, how can they be allowed to go home to retire. Some people are only suitable for the battlefield and not for idleness. On the battlefield, he is a great general, but when he returns home, he may be the bane of trouble.

Xiahou Ba felt that he was this kind of person. He didn't want to retire in the prime of life, and end his life in bed.

"You take the guards back to Luoyang, unite Zilin (Xiahou Mao), Princess Qinghe and others, and after you are ready, test Cao Shuang's shaft again to see if he knows about it. If you know, you will kill him with a sword. ”

Xiahou Wei took the order and left.

……

Changan.

Li Yan, Wu Yi, and Fei Yi sat together, each thinking about their thoughts, but their expressions couldn't be as dignified as they should be.

Jiang Wei was trapped in the Han Valley by Sima Yi, and this news, which should be bad news, was good news for them. Without Jiang Wei's army in control, the procedure of liquidating the Prime Minister's Mansion can finally move forward again.

Li Yan took the initiative to say that the relevant people in the Prime Minister's Mansion should be screened, and the interrogation of those suspected of serious problems should be intensified, so that the facts of the case can be brought to light. The King of Jin has already surrounded Luoyang, and the pace of unifying the world will soon be completed. He has made such a great achievement, if the court can't give him an explanation, this matter can't be explained.

Of course, Fei Yi would not object, and Wu Yi did not object, but they still have a trouble: how to prove that Jiang Wei is related to those dead soldiers.

Wei Ba asked them to do things well, and not to leave room for conjecture that he had framed him. He prepared a military pawn to deal with the messenger, which was the heart of defense. The heart of guarding against others is indispensable, and there is a lack of mutual trust, so it is understandable to take a little precautions. But if it can't be proved that those dead soldiers were arranged by Jiang Wei, he can't uproot Jiang Wei, otherwise, this is a crime of wanting to add.

Wei Ba refused to do this, so he naturally had his considerations, but in this way, it caused a big trouble for Li Yan and the others.

How can we find evidence that Jiang Wei instigated this matter?

All three were at a loss. At this time, Li Feng walked in, looked at the three people sitting dryly, and arched his hand: "Hussar general, father, there is a merchant surnamed Zhou outside who asks to see you." ”

"A businessman surnamed Zhou?" Li Yan and the three of them were a little inexplicable. Wu Yi and Fei Yi thought that Li Yan's subordinates were doing business, but Li Yan was confused, he sent people to do business, but none of them were surnamed Zhou.

"Let him in." Li Yan waved his hand, putting on a selfless appearance. If he had met privately now, the matter would have been unclear. In the past, he didn't need to be so careful, but time has passed, and he can't control his own destiny now, so he must be careful.

After a while, Li Feng led a middle-aged businessman in. The middle-aged businessman smiled and arched his hand at the three people in the hall: "In Xiayang Xian Zhou Yi, on the order of the general of Zhenbei, lurking in Chang'an." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Li Yan and others were surprised, but even Fei Yi was taken aback. As for Zhou Yi's storage, he didn't hear any rumors. Who is Zhou Yi. He had already heard that the battle of Shiting, which caused Cao Xiu to die in a defeat, was threaded by Zhou Yi. Afterward. Zhou Yi once infiltrated the Hepu shipyard in an attempt to steal shipbuilding technology. I used to fight with the hidden Tibet. Although Yinbo won in the end, Zhou Yi's ability to use the room left a deep impression on Wei Ba.

However, Zhou Yi fell for Yinbo's trick and let Zhou Yin run away, and he was detained a black pot and forced to leave his job. Later, Wu surrendered, and there was no news of Zhou Yi again. Unexpectedly, he has been hiding in Chang'an.

A glimmer of hope rose in Fei Yi's heart. smiled: "Zhou Ziyu, you are really a dragon hiding in the sea, you can't see the head but the tail." ”

Zhou Yi smiled and said with a smile: "Don't dare." I have nothing to do, and I occasionally have gains, so I came to offer my ugliness to the Fang family, hoping to help you. ”

"Say, you must have some important news." Fei Yi smiled even more happily.

"Important is not important. It is also the opinion of the benevolent, and the wisdom of the wise. Zhou Yi said: "A few days ago, I went to Liangzhou and found a few people. They all have family members who died in Qingzhou, and they are now undressed. I relented for a while, so I brought them to Chang'an. Perhaps, you would like to see it. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Fei Yi understood, but also Li Yan and Wu Yi understood, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Li Yan and the others immediately met with the people brought by Zhou Yi and asked clearly in a few words. These are the families of those who died. They used to get money every month and occasionally see their families, but now their families have been missing for more than half a year, and the money they have every month is gone. Their livelihood was in trouble, so they had to go to Chang'an to ask Jiang Wei for money.

Li Yan was remorseful. He has been looking for evidence, but he didn't expect to go to Liangzhou to find evidence. Jiang Wei's dead soldiers were recruited in Liangzhou, so many people, they must need a lot of money, and they also need a fixed place to hide and train, even if it is secret, as long as it takes a little time, you can always find clues. He only puts his mind on Chang'an, where can he find it.

Li Yan immediately discussed with Wu Yi and sent people to Liangzhou to thoroughly check Jiang Wei's accounts and bring all the families of the remaining dead soldiers to Chang'an. Since Wei Ba wants to confirm Jiang Wei's crimes, they will simply collect more evidence, so that everyone will have nothing to say when the time comes.

Jiang Wei is the prime minister's henchman, and only by breaking down Jiang Wei can the prime minister be implicated.

……

Hanya.

Jiang Wei lowered his head and sat on a boulder. He was so tired that he couldn't even lift the knife in his hand.

For five consecutive days of breakouts, he paid a heavy price without any substantial progress. Sima Yi defended with heavy troops, but refused to attack, making it clear that he would be trapped to death in this valley road.

Jiang Wei knew very well that he would not have reinforcements. Sima Yi also knew this, which is why he used this seemingly shameless tactic.

Reinforcements, no; Breakthrough, hopeless. Even if you want to die in battle, it is not so easy, the food and grass are not yet exhausted, but the morale of the army has been shaken.

The eyes of the soldiers looking at Jiang Wei were already a little strange, especially those soldiers who were originally subordinate to Li Yan. They were originally forced to follow Jiang Wei's orders, but now that Jiang Wei is at the end of his rope, how dare they follow him to die.

If it weren't for the protection of the descendants he brought from Liangzhou, maybe Jiang Wei's head would have been cut off a long time ago.

However, in the face of death, even the descendants brought by Liangzhou can't support it, this is obviously a dead game, a hopeless battle, how many can really see death as home?

Jiang Wei clenched the war knife in his hand, and had the urge to kill himself with a horizontal knife. However, he thought about it for a long time, and then put down the knife again. He stood up and straightened his blood-stained armor: "Surrender." ”

Sima Yi quickly met Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei stood upright, held his head high, looked at Sima Yi, and grinned: "I know, you plan to use my head as a gift to Wei Ba." I will fulfill you. I have only one request, I want to see Wei Ba alive. Because, I have a few words I want to ask him, otherwise I will not be blind. ”

Sima Yi smiled: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”