Li Yan was very indignant and unwilling. He stood in the court, looking at those boxes, and never knew whether to scold Fei Yi and Wei Xing and drive them out of the court, or welcome them into the door and give them a warm welcome.

As the saying goes, the hands of people are short, and the mouth of people is short. Wei Ba gave him a gift, of course, not because of feelings, but because he wanted him to do something.

What could Wei Ba do he need help with? Naturally, it's not that Wei Ba can't do it, but Wei Ba doesn't want to do it, so he has to fake it to him.

Li Yan could only think of one such thing: to clean up the power of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This is certainly not an easy thing to do. Although Zhuge Liang has been in power for many years, he has spared no effort to crack down on political opponents and has formed a lot of enmities. But Zhuge Liang's own morality is blameless, especially in the eyes of ordinary people who have no direct conflict with him, Zhuge Liang is a perfect moral saint. If you attack him, you will be infamous in the future.

Wei Ba was reluctant to do it himself, probably because of this consideration. He cherishes his reputation, leaving such dirty things to others to do, and staying out of it himself. Li Yan admired Wei Ba very much, at this point, he could still stay calm, without a hot brain, he went into battle in person, and killed all sides with joy. It can be seen that Wei Ba has matured, he is not only calling for wind and rain on the battlefield, but also a seasoned player in the court.

No wonder Zhuge Liang is not his opponent either. In that case, how could I be his opponent. Since he is unwilling to truly retreat, he can only clear up the situation and surrender to his fate. You need to know that he is not the only one who can be the knife in Wei Ba's hands now, and he refuses Fei Yi now. Fei Yi turned around and could find another person, and it wouldn't have much impact. But for him, once this opportunity is lost, it means that there is no hope of making a future from now on.

In an instant, Li Yan thought a lot.

Fei Yi stood with a smile, not in a hurry. He knew that Li Yan had no choice, and he could open the middle door to welcome guests, which showed that he had been waiting for this day for a long time. As for the hesitation at the moment, it is nothing more than a residual struggle. As an old minister who has been in a high position since Liu Bei's time, he now has to bow down to a junior. It's normal for him to be a little unwilling. At this moment. It's not good to force him, only if he figures it out on his own, it will be convenient to do things in the future.

He came to Chang'an on the order of Wei Ba, but he was only responsible for threading the needle. Behind the scenes. Never do it yourself. Although he is still the great lord of the imperial court. But he knew very well that sooner or later he would one day become a courtier of the Jin Kingdom. What's more, he used to be Zhuge Liang's former official. After receiving Zhuge Liang's grace, he can't do this kind of thing to devour the lord, otherwise, he will be despised for the rest of his life.

Of course, this kind of thing is the most suitable for Li Yan to do.

Unlike him, Li Yan had no choice.

After a while, Li Yan laughed again, no longer looked at those gifts, and stretched out his hand to invite: "Two, please sit down." ”

Fei Yi and Wei Xing exchanged a look and walked up to the hall.

Fei Yi and Li Yan talked for a long time, and then left. He visited several people one after another, and then came to Peng Heng's residence. The last time he left, the capital was still in Chengdu, and now the capital is being moved, and there is no home for him here, so he has to borrow it temporarily.

Peng Heng has now made it public, he no longer needs to hide his identity, he can live in Chang'an City in a bright and bright life, but no one dares to touch him. Seeing Fei Yi, he smiled, smiling with a sunny face.

"I've already sent someone to investigate that matter, and there will be results soon." Peng Heng said: "However, there is one thing that is more troublesome. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The king wants to act according to the law, and it is of course very happy to use the law to sanction the prime minister. But there is a question, can you find clear evidence of the relationship between those dead soldiers and Jiang Wei? Since you are a dead soldier and you know such a mission, I'm afraid you won't be able to get any useful information out of their mouths, right? ”

Fei Yi frowned: "You didn't collect relevant information?" ”

"Nope." Peng Heng shook his head: "At least so far, there is nothing useful. I was not prepared for this. ”

Fei Yi understood. Peng Heng didn't expect that Wei Ba would use a formal way to dispose of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he must have thought that at this point, it was not just a matter of doing whatever he wanted, and he didn't need any evidence at all, so he didn't prepare anything in advance at all. Now that the matter is approaching, he is blind.

Fei Yi is not easy to criticize Peng Heng, to be honest, he was also a little surprised when he heard Wei Ba's request. It's just that he didn't have such a task as Peng Heng, and he was just surprised at the time. After the surprise, it was a relief. Peng Heng, on the other hand, faced major difficulties in adducing evidence. So far, he can only comfort Peng Heng. It's not Peng Heng's fault, it can only be said that he is unlucky.

"The evidence can be found slowly. With so many people and so many things involved, it is impossible to do it overnight. Fei Yi explained: "Especially since Jiang Wei still has 30,000 steps in his hand, he can't be forced to jump over the wall before the army of King Jin arrives." Otherwise, once he decides to surrender to Wei, it will not be a blessing for anyone for the Wei army to regain control of Guanzhong. ”

Peng Heng nodded. He understood what Fei Yi meant. The battle in the court of Chang'an can be slowly planned, and the bottom line is to ensure the safety of Chang'an. If the main force of the Wei army is allowed to enter Guanzhong, even if Wei Ba has strong strength, it will be difficult to unify the world in a short time. Wei Ba now has to solve the war in the Kwantung region first, and solve the Prime Minister's Mansion through formal channels, instead of a clean and neat purge, which is also a delaying tactic, with the intention of appeasing people's hearts.

……

Two days later, Fei Yi made a generous statement in the court, expressing his anger at the intention of the edict envoy to assassinate the Jin king Wei Ba with the identity and position of Da Honglu, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to thoroughly investigate the relevant personnel, and give an explanation to the Jin king Wei Ba and the people of the world. In the name of the Son of Heaven, assassination is such a thing, and no one with a bottom line can accept it. If it is not thoroughly investigated, it will be a humiliation for the Shu Han court.

Fei Yi was very measured, neither accusing the Son of Heaven nor the late Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, he just made a request to make himself appear to be very fair, and did not presuppose any enemies.

Liu Chan also knew that this matter was very important, so he asked the ministers to discuss it. Because Fei Yi did not point the finger at the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was difficult for the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion to speak out against Fei Yi's proposal. They have no reason to object, otherwise, wouldn't they appear to be thieves?

The Prime Minister's Mansion remained silent, although they did not have a tacit understanding, but their performance in the court was very consistent.

Liu Chan immediately designated Li Yan and Wu Yi as the main deputy responsible persons. Li Yan is a powerful minister who once stood with Zhuge Liang and Wei Ba, nominally, he will not favor the king of Jin, Wu Yi is a good old man who can not be offended, and his friendship with the Prime Minister's Mansion is also good, so it is most appropriate for him to balance Li Yan.

As for the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, because they are all suspected, for the time being, no one is suitable to be the person in charge of this case. What made Jiang Wan and others even more desperate was that even if there was no such principle of avoiding suspicion, the Prime Minister's Mansion would not be able to find someone who could compete with Li Yan.

When Zhuge Liang was alive, Li Yan had no power to fight back. Zhuge Liang died, Li Yan resurrected, and the Prime Minister's Mansion had no opponent for him.

Hearing the news, Huang Yueying, who was guarding the spirit at home, was silent for a long time.

……

Tongguan, Jiang Wei sat on the city tower, looking at the big river rolling east, his eyes were a little melancholy.

Ever since Fei Yi passed through Tongguan, he felt uneasy. However, the result in the court of Chang'an surprised him very much. Wei Ba actually asked Fei Yi to come forward and ask the Son of Heaven to uphold justice and investigate the assassination case, instead of gathering relevant personnel and directly purging the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was very different from his original estimate, and also made him a little hesitant.

If the Son of Heaven issued an edict to purge the Prime Minister's Mansion and remove him from military power, then he would still have reason to encourage his soldiers to resist. Zhuge Ke was captured, Zhuge Zhan was still young, Yang Yi, Jiang Wan and others were all scholars, no one in the prime minister's department was his opponent, with the strength in his hands, he was quite sure to take over Zhuge Liang's authority, control the court again, continue to occupy the right to speak in morality, and nail Wei Ba to the pillar of anti-thieves.

In this way, as long as Guo Xiu succeeds, Wei Ba dies, and Wei Ba's strength falls apart, he will become the strongest victor. Next, he can advance or retreat. Jin, you can call on the king of Qin, monopolize power, annex Wei, and complete the prime minister's last wish of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and unify the world. retreat, you can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, end the battle with Wei, and then get in touch with Sun Quan through Zhuge Jin on the grounds that Zhuge Ke was captured and Zhuge Dan was killed. Sun Quan was robbed of most of the King of Wu by Wei Ba, and it was impossible for him to have no resentment at all, at least let him remain neutral and unite together to fight against Cao Wei.

Taking a step back, even if Guo Xiu misses again, he can rely on the strength he has mastered to join forces with Wei Wu to fight against Wei Ba. Han, Wei, Jin, and Wu divided the world. Guanzhong Sisai, Yizhou is a favorable terrain for one side, coupled with the war horse resources of Liangzhou, he can master half of the country, can attack and defend, and still has a big advantage.

However, Fei Yi just asked the Son of Heaven to send someone to investigate thoroughly, and he didn't even specify the Prime Minister's Mansion, so such a big matter became a very normal case. In this case, even if he wants to raise an army for a coup d'état, I am afraid that not many people are willing to support him.

At least not many people in the court will support him. Because he did not have enough reasons to do so, it was like rebellion, and it was easier to be convicted of conspiracy.

Jiang Wei was at a loss for a moment. The prime minister left, and he found that he didn't even have anyone to talk to. He is more like a lonely minister than the prime minister, and the prime minister at least has Jiang Wan, Zhang Yi and others as henchmen, and he can't find a like-minded person to fight side by side except for a few fellow villagers who are still just ordinary officials. He knew very well that Jiang Wan and others would not only not support him, but would reject him. The reason is very simple, the prime minister recommended Jiang Wan as his successor, and Jiang Wan was not his opponent at all, and if he wanted to inherit the position of prime minister, he could only squeeze his strongest opponent aside.

There are many enemies, but there are only a handful of friends. The prime minister died, and his wife Qiao Yue returned to his hometown, and Jiang Wei felt very lonely

(To be continued......)