Chengdu City has limited space, the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion live next to each other, and the officials of Jiuqing such as Dasi Nong are nearby, and there is a little movement, which is soon known by various departments.

Before the general Li Yan left this street, the great Si Nong Ma Jian and the new Shaofu Liao Li both got the news. Ma Yan walked out of the door, looked at the back of Li Yan leaving, raised his head, and just saw Liao Li opposite, he couldn't help but smile, turned around and entered the door, changed his clothes, carried a box, walked out again, and went straight into the official office of Shaofu.

"Mr. Gongyuan, sit down and have a cup of tea?"

Liao Li nodded: "That's exactly what I mean." I don't know what kind of good tea you've had lately? ”

"Mountain and wild coarse tea, the taste is still fresh, let's try it together."

The two went to the hall side by side, Liao Li reprimanded his entourage and asked people to boil water, and after a while, the water gurgled and rattled. Liao Li sat and watched Ma Tan's skillful cooking of tea, without saying a word. When the fragrance of tea overflowed, he took a shallow sip, closed his eyes, and slowly tasted the taste, and a smile bloomed from the corner of his eyes.

"It's kind of interesting."

"Haha, Mr. Gongyuan is really a fellow believer." Ma Jian smiled: "It's really a blessing to be in the same dynasty as Mr. Gongyuan." ”

"It's a blessing indeed." Liao Li sighed: "We were opponents at the beginning. ”

Ma Tan was a little embarrassed, Liao Li was demoted, and he also had a share of the credit. Unexpectedly, after so many years, Liao Li still hasn't forgotten about it. No wonder the two lived across the door, but Liao Li never spoke to him.

"When you are a young maniac, don't take Mr. Gongyuan to heart, I am here to accompany Mr. Gongyuan." Ma Tan held up his teacup. and eyebrows: "Replace wine with tea, please Mr. Gongyuan Haihan." ”

Liao Li snorted lightly and took a sip of tea, which was regarded as accepting Ma Yan's daoqian. If you don't accept it, there is no way, they are now bright and dark, they are all Wei Ba's party, if they are entangled in the past again, it is indeed inconvenient.

"General Zhennan has just left, and the general has hurried away again, these two things. I'm afraid it's related. Liao Li said lightly: "Can you know the inside story when you are young? ”

Ma Tan smiled slightly: "They should all go to the palace." General Zhennan didn't say anything. There are only two people who can make the general on call, one is Bixia, and the other is the prime minister, of course. ”

"Say so. Is he going to see the prime minister? ”

"I guess so." Ma Tan sipped tea. Thoughtfully. "The general doesn't tell me everything. I'm just guessing, I can't count. ”

"What about General Zhennan? Hasn't he been discussing the strategy of conquering Liao with the general these days? ”

"Yes, the Grand General is very interested in his strategy. Half an hour ago. He personally said that he would report this strategy to Bixia and ask Bixia to judge. Ma Tan glanced at Liao Li: "In this jihua, there is also Mr. Gongyuan's hard work, right?" ”

Liao Li did not answer. His name is not on that Jihua book, but it does have his heart's work. Ma Tan has been participating in discussions these days, and since he is not sure, it is natural that Wei Ba did not say it. Since Wei Ba didn't say it, there was no need for him to say it.

Liao Li pondered for a moment, and said to himself: "I don't know what the prime minister has prepared." ”

"No matter what the prime minister has prepared, General Zhennan is proud enough." Ma Tan said lightly: "The prime minister has never been so cautious about anyone, even the general has not been treated so politely. ”

Liao Li smiled understandingly. As Ma Tan said, Zhuge Liang has many enemies, and there has never been one worthy of his attention and so much effort. Before that, he was quiet, and once he made a move, he made the opponent powerless. Li Yan has been operating in Chengdu for so long, and he also turned the situation around as soon as he arrived in Chengdu, leaving Li Yan with nothing to do. Only Wei Ba made him very cautious, from leaving Chang'an suddenly, until he was about to enter Chengdu, he asked Wei Ba to return to Beijing to report on his work, and now as soon as Wei Ba entered the palace, his messengers ran around, which has already exposed his close attention to Wei Ba.

For Wei Ba, this is an honor, but also a test.

He didn't know what Wei Ba's chances of winning were, he believed that Ma Yan was easy to say, but in fact, he might not have much confidence in his heart.

After all, Wei Ba now has to face Zhuge Liang.

……

Wei Ba stopped and looked at Dong Yun blankly: "Prime Minister, which Prime Minister?" ”

"Of course it's Zhuge ......" Dong Yun was halfway through his words, and then he realized that he was wrong. Zhuge Liang is not the prime minister now, but just a left-handed general. He called Zhuge Liang the prime minister according to his habit for many years, and no one cares, if anyone cares, it is a big problem.

Wei Ba was very concerned about this matter, so his face was very calm, but his eyes were very sinister.

The sweat on Dong Yun's forehead gushed out all of a sudden, and the original pride turned into cold sweat, and the spring gushed out. He was a little at a loss, his face was flushed, and he said after a while: "It's Yun who lost his words, it's the general Zhuge Left Cavalry who invited the general." ”

When the words came out, he felt very awkward and sounded very uncomfortable.

"General Zhuge Zuocha wants to see me? Is there something wrong? ”

"The general will know as soon as he goes."

"I see." Wei Ba responded very casually and continued to walk out. Dong Yun was stunned, he had already walked more than ten steps away, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he was about to leave the palace.

Dong Yun hurriedly followed, blocked in front of Wei Ba, and stretched out his hand to signal. "General, Zhuge ...... Left rook cavalry general in the side hall? ”

"In the side hall?" Wei Ba frowned slightly, and his expression was a little more displeased. His eyes tightened slightly, looking at Dong Yun, but his footsteps did not stop, and he still walked towards the palace gate.

Dong Yun was anxious. Zhuge Liang is ready, just waiting for Wei Ba to go, how can he let Wei Ba leave like this?

"That's right. Zhuge left the general in the side hall and was waiting for the general. ”

"Let him stop waiting, I still have something to do, and I can't go now." Wei Ba said as he pointed to his own door and motioned for the halberd next to him to take it down. The halberd Langzhong didn't know the inside story, so he hurriedly took it down and respectfully sent it to Wei Ba. Wei Ba took it and stuffed it into his sleeve, and when he saw Dong Yun blocking him in front of him and not letting him go, he couldn't help but sink his face: "You can't understand people's words?" ”

Dong Yun's face turned red with anger, but he refused to back down and still stopped at the door. "General, General Zhuge Zuocha is waiting for the general in the side hall."

Wei Ba stared at him without saying a word. Dong Yun only felt that his scalp was numb, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and a big mountain seemed to be pressed on his shoulders. The halberds at the gate of the palace also felt the chill brought by Wei Ba's unhappiness, and subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands.

Just when Dong Yun's legs trembled and he was about to fall. Wei Ba suddenly sneered, took out the Haode Sect registration that had been collected, threw it to Lang Zhong, and turned around and walked towards the side hall. He walked very fast, striding meteors, and in the blink of an eye, he walked far away. Before Dong Yun could catch his breath, he was about to disappear around the corner. Dong Yun was helpless, so he had to follow at a trot. He didn't dare to be as presumptuous as Wei Ba, walking in the palace, he had to take small steps, how could he walk like Wei Ba, this was to be impeached and rude by the imperial history who was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials.

Wei Ba walked quickly and came to the side hall. There was a calm in front of the side hall, except for the Lang official on duty, there was no one to be seen. Wei Ba went straight into the hall and came to Zhuge Liang, who was sitting like a mountain.

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief, Wei Ba hadn't come for so long, he thought something had happened.

"Ziyu ......" Zhuge Liang raised his hand and pointed to the seat opposite: "Sit!" ”

……

There was a screen behind Zhuge Liang, and Wei Yan was sitting behind the screen at the moment. There were three other people sitting with him: Li Yan, Zhao Yun, and Du Qiong were in the list. There was also a large screen to their left, and voices could be faintly heard behind them, but they didn't know who it was.

At this moment, Wei Yan was not in the mood to pay attention to who was behind the screen, seeing Li Yan, Zhao Yun and others, he already knew what Zhuge Liang wanted to do, and he also knew what he was about to face. Hearing Wei Ba's footsteps entering the door, his heart rose to his throat, and his two big hands involuntarily clenched into fists.

He regretted it very much, regretted his hesitation, and did not tell Wei Ba about the prime minister's Jihua in time. Now, through a screen, he watched Wei Ba walk towards the dangerous trap, but there was nothing he could do.

After Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu, he had a long talk with him. Zhuge Liang told him that he didn't care about Wei Ba's frivolity or Wei Ba's rudeness, but he was worried that Wei Ba had unyielding ambitions. Wei Ba and Li Yan colluded together and could become rebels who overthrew the Han dynasty.

Wei Yan was stunned at that time, and swore to the sky that Wei Ba would not have such intentions. However, his guarantee was very weak, and Zhuge Liang easily frustrated his self-confidence.

Just when Wei Yan was shocked and inexplicable, Zhuge Liang said again, I am just worried about this possibility, and I am not sure that Wei Ba will definitely become a rebel minister who usurped the country. Let's test him, if he is willing to swear not to betray the Great Han, I will entrust him with my power and unfulfilled wishes, and let him replace Jiang Wei and become the mainstay of the Great Han.

On the other hand, if Wei Ba refuses to swear, then you know what to do.

At that time, Wei Yan agreed without any hesitation. He didn't believe that Wei Ba would have the heart to usurp, he always felt that Wei Ba was just stubborn at best, just a young man. He himself is such a person, he is arrogant and domineering, but if he wants to say that he is loyal to the first emperor, there is no doubt. How could Wei Ba have a heart of disobedience, if he really had, even if Zhuge Liang agreed, he would not agree. There was no need for Zhuge Liang to speak, he would also cut off Wei Ba's head with his own hands.

Because of this, there was the day Wei Ba went home. However, what he didn't expect, Wei Ba calmly admitted the idea of wanting to be the king, and said it confidently and strictly.

Wei Yan didn't know how to refute it, he accepted Mrs. Zhang's suggestion and let Wei Ba solve the matter by himself. But he didn't tell Wei Ba about Zhuge Liang's jihua, and now, he can only watch Wei Ba walk towards the trap step by step.

These people around him, like him, could not accept that Wei Ba had the intention of usurping. If Wei Ba refuses to swear loyalty to the Han and Bixia, I believe that none of the people present will oppose Wei Ba's execution, leaving no trouble.

Wei Yan's back was covered with cold sweat, and his palms were wet. He hadn't been so nervous since he could remember.

Suddenly, he felt like a coward

(To be continued......)