Strictly speaking, although Wei Ba was the farthest away from the pass, he was not the only one who learned that Zhuge Liang had left Chang'an.

Zuihou one knows that the emperor Bixia, Comrade Liu Chan.

When he knew the news, Liu Chan was hiding a slingshot in his sleeve and was about to sneak out of the palace and go bird hunting with Liu Li, but was stopped by Dong Yun head-on. Dong Yun said, now should be the time to study, where is Bixia going?

Dong Yun is right, according to the previous arrangement when Zhuge Liang was in charge of Chengdu, this time should indeed be the time to study, but in the past few years since Zhuge Liang left Chengdu, this system has long been destroyed. Li Yan didn't care about Liu Chan's reading at all, and Liu Chan could play as much as he wanted. At the beginning, Liu Chan still had some scruples, but then he spread out, and Dong Yun and others were forced to retreat step by step by Li Yan, and they also lost their deterrent power against Liu Chan. To be honest, Liu Chan hasn't touched a book for a long time.

Facing Dong Yun's questioning, Liu Chan was a little stunned for a while, as if he had returned to the time when Zhuge Liang was still in Chengdu, and subconsciously wanted to go back. Huang Hao grabbed him, and said with a smile, there is time for reading, and it is necessary to take a break.

In the face of Huang Hao's provocation, Dong Yun also smiled and did not smile. There is time, I'm just worried that when the prime minister comes back, Bixia's homework is not completed, and the prime minister will be disappointed. Huang Hao said that the prime minister is in Guanzhong, and he will talk about it when he comes back. Dong Yun smiled, the prime minister is still half a day away from Chengdu, and the minister is here to remind Bixia. Bixia, the prime minister's expedition is hard, are you out to greet you?

It was only at this time that Liu Chan realized the seriousness of the matter. He looked at Dong Yun's smiling face that had been suppressed for a long time. Knowing that your fun hour is over.

For the next half a day, Liu Chan didn't know how he spent his time, and in a trance, he was neatly dressed and came to the northern suburbs of Chengdu to welcome Prime Minister Zhuge who returned from the expedition.

Liu Chan was not the only one who was in a trance, many people got the news temporarily and hurriedly came out to greet them. Many people were still a little hesitant when they went out of the city, but when they saw the dark crowd, they suddenly had a feeling that they had found organization. Whether you want it or not. They all followed. As for whether he is worried in his heart, only he himself knows, and no one will be stupid enough to ask others.

On the surface, it's an empty alley. From Emperor Bixia. Down to the common people. Almost all of them came out to greet the prime minister.

Seeing this scene, Li Yan's face was also a little stiff. Although Zhuge Liang has been away from Chengdu for a few years, his popularity is still irresistible. Just look at the people who came to greet him, he was not so majestic when he returned to Chengdu, he simply sneaked into the city. In fact, he was indeed sneaky and came back while Zhuge Liang was preparing for the Northern Expedition in Guanzhong.

When Zhuge Liang was not in Chengdu, he was majestic, and he thought that he had controlled the entire Chengdu and the entire Shu Han, and now that Zhuge Liang is back, he has a feeling that he has been stripped of his clothes and thrown in the ice and snow.

A gust of wind came from Guanzhong, blowing him to the bone.

Seeing Li Yan's unnatural face, Ma Yan walked over from a distance, stood beside Li Yan, and coughed softly. "General, the reason why the prime minister keeps his itinerary secret is that he wants to win with surprise, and those hundred officials are just conformists, and they don't necessarily really support the prime minister. The general is also standing here, does it mean that the general is willing to give up? ”

Li Yan glanced at Ma Yan and relaxed a little. I have to say that at this time, Ma Jian can still calm down.

"Young Chang, the prime minister wrote a letter asking Wei Ba to go back to Chengdu to discuss the matter of sending troops to Liaodong, what do you think?"

Ma Jian smiled slightly: "General, it's all this time, why do you bother to test me." ”

Li Yan grinned and did not speak, maintaining an unnatural smile on his face.

Two days ago, Zhuge Liang sent a note in advance, which was an answer to his previous question. Zhuge Liang said that Wei Ba's dispatch of Jihua to Liaodong has its desirability and infeasibility, and it cannot be hastily concluded. In order to be able to do things properly and thoroughly, it is best to let Wei Ba come back to participate in the court discussion, discuss it together, figure out his specific arrangements, and then decide whether it is feasible.

Besides, Wei Ba has served as the general of Zhennan for many years, and it is time to come back to report to Bixia as usual, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, everyone got together to discuss and discuss, not only the matter of sending troops to Liaodong, but also the question of how to cooperate in the future. Judging from the wars in the past two years, the strength of the Han Dynasty is increasing, but it is not strong to the point of being invincible in the world, and if you want to realize the last wish of the first emperor as soon as possible and restore the Central Plains, you still need sincere cooperation.

Zhuge Liang's words were reasonable, so that Li Yan could not refuse. He felt that Zhuge Liang took the initiative to ask Wei Ba to return to Chengdu to solve the problem at one time, not only to solve him Li Yan, but also to solve Wei Ba. Zhuge Liang must have done a good job, otherwise he would not be so confident and took the initiative to let Wei Ba return to the dynasty. But he didn't know Zhuge Liang's Jihua, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He pressed Zhuge Liang's performance and did not give an answer, but he knew very well that he couldn't hold it down for too long, and as soon as Zhuge Liang arrived in Chengdu, he would definitely ask about it.

Taking advantage of this time, he asked Ma Tan for advice. But looking at Ma Yan's appearance, it seemed that he had expected it a long time ago. On the one hand, this made Li Yan a little more relaxed, but on the other hand, he was a little suspicious, and he didn't know where Ma Yan knew the news.

He just looked at Ma Jian and waited for Ma Tan's answer.

"General, the prime minister is just a bluff. If he really wanted to make a break with Wei Ba, why did he wait until he was about to arrive in Chengdu to make a request? If he writes to Wei Ba when he leaves Chang'an, even if Wei Ba can't make it to Chengdu now, he should go to Yong'an, right? ”

Li Yan's heart moved: "The meaning of childishness is ......"

"You can't show that you can, you can't show that you can't, it's just a suspicious soldier." Ma Tan waved his hand disapprovingly: "General, Cheng Lian has a clever move, which seems to be a good plan, but in fact, it is just a lack of confidence, and he can only do some superficial things in people's hearts." The general calmed down, don't be mobilized by it, and when Yunkai appears, naturally everything will be understood. ”

Li Yan nodded silently, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then let Wei Ba come back?" ”

Ma Tan said lightly: "Even if the prime minister is unwilling, I'm afraid Wei Ba will come back, avoiding and not fighting, it's not his style." ”

Li Yan let out a sigh of relief.

……

Sun Deng stood in the crowd, with Zhuge Ke and Gu Tan standing behind him. Zhuge Ke has been training on the battlefield for a long time, and his face is a little more heroic, and he is also a little disapproving. Gu Tan is a standard scholar, he is of medium stature, fair-skinned, polite, and politely talking about academics with the ugly middle-aged man around him.

Qian Zhou is the first Shu Han minister that Gu Tan met after arriving in Chengdu, the reason why it is so fast is because Qian Zhou is a nerd, and he has been dying for a long time about Cai Yong, who has been owned by the Gu family. He enjoyed himself and didn't care about how Gu Tan felt.

At this moment, Qian Zhou is pulling Gu Tan to say "Arbitrariness" written by Cai Yong.

Gu Tan was very tired of this guy, but because of etiquette, it was not good to reach out and push him away, so he had to maintain a polite smile, and his eyes glanced at the surrounding Shu Han ministers from time to time. Zhuge Liang suddenly returned to Chengdu, the ministers came out to greet him, even the emperor Liu Chan came out, and the general Li Yan stood in the crowd, but he did not show the proper leadership demeanor, no different from ordinary ministers, and was obviously stunned by Zhuge Liang's move.

This alone made Gu Tan look down on Li Yan. However, Gu Tan did not let his guard down because of this. It turns out that Zhuge Liang has been in a passive situation in the face of Li Yan and Wei Ba's joint attack, since Li Yan's ability is limited and he is not Zhuge Liang's opponent at all, then Wei Ba, who has not yet appeared, must be a very difficult opponent, otherwise it is impossible for the two of them to defeat Zhuge Liang together.

In Gu Tan's opinion, Zhuge Liang looked very majestic in doing this, and he suddenly gained the initiative, but when he thought about it on the other hand, it actually showed that Zhuge Liang had no chance of winning. He could only subdue Li Yan before Wei Ba returned to Chengdu to gain the advantage of being the first mover. Tactically, of course, there was no problem, but psychologically, he had already lost.

This made Gu Tan even more nervous, because the most pressure on Wu Guo now was neither Li Yan nor Zhuge Liang, but Wei Ba. If Li Yan and Zhuge Liang fight and lose both, Zuihou will let Wei Ba dominate, which will naturally not be good news for Wu Guo.

"Jun Chen, miss me for a moment." Gu Tan interrupted the chattering Zhou, smiled apologetically, walked up to Sun Deng's side, and whispered a few words. Sun Deng stood on tiptoe, looked around, and shook his head.

Gu Tan looked at Zhuge Ke: "Brother Yuan Xun, you are here to greet the prime minister on behalf of the prince, I will serve the prince and return to the palace first, and then I will go to see Prime Minister Zhuge later." ”

The corners of Zhuge Ke's mouth twitched: "Zimo, Emperor Bixia is here, why should the prince care about this?" ”

"Not really." Gu Tan glanced at Liu Chan, the son of heaven under the Qinggai car in the distance, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "That's a puppet, how can the prince compare with him." Although Prime Minister Zhuge is the head of the ministers, he is not more noble than the crown prince of Wu, and the crown prince cannot surrender his identity, and it is still too late to correct it before the facts are formed. ”

Zhuge Ke shrugged his shoulders and did not object. Gu Tan quickly accompanied Sun Deng to leave the crowd, quietly got into the car, and returned to Chengdu City. As soon as they left, the squire Guo Youzhi walked quickly, rushed to the front of the Son of Heaven's car, and bowed to salute.

"Qiyu Bixia, the prime minister's car has arrived in front of the view!"

Liu Chanteng stood up suddenly, the fat on his face shook twice, he waved his sleeves twice in a little panic, and stammered: "Hurry, hurry, go and greet the prime minister." ”

Li Yan frowned, feeling that something was wrong. Before he could react, Ma Tan took three steps and made two steps, rushed to Liu Chan, bowed to the ground, and blocked his way.

"Bixia can't. The monarch is humble and humble, even though Bixia has a thousand gratitude and respect for the prime minister, but this courtesy of the monarch and the minister must not be messed up. ”…… (To be continued......)