Kong Ming learned that Huang Yuan was going all the way east in Chengdu, so he suddenly realized that it must be Zhao Shu who instigated him, and hurriedly entrusted everything in Chengdu to Li Yan and rushed to the White Emperor City. Li Yan didn't believe that Huang Yuan's matter could have anything to do with Zhao Shu, he had been friends with Kong Ming for several years, only this time, seeing Kong Ming so disgraced and flustered, when Fa Zheng was rampant in Chengdu, Kong Ming just treated it indifferently. Now it seems that Kong Ming's conjecture is completely correct, Zhao Shu did use Huang Yuan's excuse to raise troops, and the soldiers were bloodless and won thousands of elite soldiers from Hanjia County. Looking at Shuzhong again, Liu Bei's losses in the first battle were all Xichuan soldiers and horses, and even to deal with the Huangyuan rebellion, he was also drawn from everywhere to make up some men. Now although the counties have also recruited some soldiers and horses, they all have no actual combat experience, and they have not even trained for a few days, how can they be compared with the elites of Zhao Shu's subordinates who have been fighting for many years?

Kong Ming wrote for the last time, saying that Zhao Shu was determined to make a break with him, and Li Yan had no choice but to even transfer part of the imperial forest army in the palace. There are only a few thousand old and weak soldiers left in Chengdu, if there is anything wrong with the regeneration, what should Li Yan do? The defenders of the city actually sent people to report that Wei Yan, the general of Hanzhong Zhenbei, brought thousands of soldiers and horses to the city. Since Kong Ming went to the White Emperor City, he wrote a lot of letters asking Wei Yan to divide his troops to help, but they were all rejected, so how can he be willing to come now? Moreover, Kong Ming and Zhao Shu were in a stalemate in the White Emperor of Eastern Sichuan, what did Wei Yan do when he came to Chengdu with soldiers and horses? Li Yan suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart, but he knew Wei Yan's temper, so he didn't dare to let him wait outside the city for a long time, and hurriedly took his family to meet him in the city.

As soon as Li Yan went up to the city tower, he saw the anger on Wei Yanzheng's face below, although he didn't want to offend him, but Chengdu had a lot to do, so he couldn't be sloppy at all, so he had to let him go. Wei Yan had been paying attention to the movement on the city tower under the city, and when he saw Li Yan coming up, he immediately shouted: "Zhengfang, don't let people open the city gate soon." ”

Li Yan hugged his fist at him first and asked, "Why is Wen Chang here?" Wei Yan replied: "The prime minister repaired the book and a certain person, saying that Chengdu was empty, and I am afraid that something would happen, so let a certain bring some soldiers and horses to come." Li Yan looked behind him, there was nothing unusual, and asked, "Wen Chang came in person, but who was handed over to Hanzhong?" ”

"Hanzhong has a certain confidant, no matter how bold the prince is, do you dare to add chaos at this moment?" Wei Yan pretended to be displeased, and said in a deep voice: "A certain person came on the order of the prime minister, but the positive side interrogated these irrelevant things, could it be that he couldn't believe so?" Li Yan really can't believe him, but how can he say it? I had to smile and say: "Wen Chang's words, where the duty lies, so I asked a few more words." After thinking for a moment, he replied: "Wen Chang came suddenly, a little hasty, and there is no preparation in the city, can you temporarily station the soldiers and horses outside the city first?" Wen Chang first entered the city and saw the prince before speaking. ”

Wei Yan sneered a few times and said, "Zhengfang still doesn't believe in so-and-so?" Before Li Yan could answer, he heard someone shouting: "Lord Li, General Wei is indeed here on the orders of the prime minister, and the lower officials are also fortunate to accompany him." The voice was quite familiar, Li Yan raised his eyes and looked, but it was Yan Zhi, who was too much of a Brazilian guard, although this person did not have any great talents, but he was deeply skilled in the way of officials, and he tried his best to please Kong Ming, so it would not be wrong. Besides, Wei Yan betrayed Zhao Shu, if he betrays Kong Ming again now, how will he gain a foothold in the country in the future? Li Yan tapped his head, the things of the past few days have been so annoying that he is too suspicious. At that moment, Li Yan didn't ask any more questions, and ordered the city gate to be opened and the military horses entered the city.

Li Yan also knew that Wei Yan was displeased, so he hurriedly came down to greet him in person, and after the meeting, he was polite and said a lot of compliments, which made Wei Yan's face improve. Wei Yan looked left and right, and suddenly asked, "Why is there only one person from Zhengfang to greet him?" He laughed a few times before he said: "It seems that the officials in Beijing do not take certain people from other towns in their eyes. ”

Wei Yan District is a Hanzhong Taishou, when he comes to Chengdu, do you still have to welcome hundreds of officials? Li Yan was extremely dissatisfied with Wei Yan's arrogance in his heart, but he knew that the military power he was holding now was the key to Kong Ming's victory or defeat, so he had to smile and say: "Wen Chang came suddenly, and many officials didn't know about it, so I immediately sent someone to invite hundreds of officials to come, and how about setting up a banquet for Wen Chang in the cold house?" Wei Yan nodded, and followed Li Yan slowly, Yan Zhi also followed, but because I knew Li Yan well, I was only far away in the army. Li Yan gave Wei Yan enough face, invited ten ** from the city, and set up a banquet to entertain him.

After several rounds of drinking, hundreds of officials know Wei Yan's temperament, and they also know the importance of Wei Yan's soldiers and horses in his hands now, they all raise their glasses to salute, Wei Yan does not refuse, and drinks more than 100 cups, but his face is slightly flushed, but he is not drunk. Another official stepped forward to congratulate him, Wei Yan squinted his eyes, and asked, "Who are you?" The man smiled cautiously and said, "Xia Guan advises students to engage in Zhou Zhou." ”

"Phew." Wei Yan smashed the wine glass in his hand and scolded: "The little official is also worthy of a toast?" "There is still wine in the cup, splashed all over the body, and this humiliation only makes his face red, but he doesn't dare to scold back, he is in a dilemma, and he is extremely embarrassed." Wen Chang is also drunk. Li Yan hurriedly said haha, while making his eyes make people pull Qian Zhou down, he said to Wei Yan: "How about today's banquet come here?" Wen Chang took a short rest, and he also had to meet His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Haha." Wei Yan laughed and said, "I haven't been drunk yet, it's Zhengfang and Zhugong who are drunk." As soon as the words fell, I saw a general running in from outside, and told Li Yan in a panic: "My lord, a large group of military horses came from outside, surrounding the mansion." ”

"Where is it?" Li Yan just drank and asked, but he immediately realized, turned his eyes to look at Wei Yan, and asked coldly, "What does Chief Wen mean?" Wei Yan snorted coldly, ignored him, and shouted loudly: "General Zhao, please." ”

Zhao Shu had been waiting for this sound outside for a long time, after all, they were sitting, and Zhao Shu was standing; They were eating, Zhao Shu looked at it, and the smell of wine and meat also made Zhao Shu's appetite move. Zhao Shu walked into the hall, Li Yan's face was not much better than when Yan Zhi heard Zhao Shu's name that day, there were hundreds of officials who knew and didn't, but fortunately, they all knew who Zhao Shu was, and they also saved a bit of self-introduction. Zhao Shu walked to Wei Yan's side, looked at the whole room staring at Zhao Shu with their eyes, really thought that there was some stain on his face, and said with a faint smile: "You don't have to be so restrained, continue, continue." He looked at Li Yan again and said with a smile: "I came uninvited, begging for a glass of water and wine, isn't it welcome?" Li Yan came back to his senses at this time, but he still didn't know how to answer, and only after a long time did he smile and said, "It's an honor." ”

Zhao Shu nodded and said, "You're polite." He pointed to the officials behind him and said, "I haven't come to Beijing for a long time, and many adults are very eye-catching, so I can recommend them on my behalf." Li Yan nodded and agreed, according to the size of the official, he introduced them one by one, including those that Zhao Shu knew and those that Zhao Shu did not know. However, there are a few people, but Zhao Shu has paid attention to them, such as Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Liao Li, etc., all of whom are talented people in Shu Han in the future, and after Kong Ming is overthrown, the internal law and law decree will depend on a few more of them.

As for the one who was splashed with a drink by Wei Yan just now, Li Yan also introduced him on his behalf, and Zhao Shu was always worried about his persuasion of the queen lord to surrender, and he was very relieved about what Wei Yan had done. After Qian Zhou, followed by a young official, about twenty years old, waiting for Li Yan to speak, he stepped forward and saluted: "General, subordinate Zhang Shao, I don't know if the general still has some impressions?" ”

"It turned out to be a virtuous brother." Zhao Shu hurriedly returned the salute, Zhang Shao is the son of Zhang Fei, the younger brother of Zhang Bao, who used to be good with Guan Xing in Jingzhou, Zhao Shu is also common from time to time, although it has been many years, he can still remember. Under Zhao Shu's careful questioning, he learned that Zhang Shao was different from his father and brother, and he abandoned martial arts and learned literature, so that after Zhang Fei went, he was recalled to Chengdu by Liu Bei, inherited his father's title, and temporarily lived in the middle of the service.

Zhao Shu chatted with Zhang Shao for a while, and after Li Yan finished introducing the hundred officials, he returned to Chief Wei Yan and said, "Since all the princes are in the same hall, Your Majesty's edict can be read here." After saying that, he took out an edict, handed it to Li Yan next to him, and said with a smile: "Zhengfang is the respect of the Taifu, please announce the edict." ”

Li Yan knew that the edict must be unfavorable to Kong Ming, hesitated again and again, and finally reached out to take it, opened it and read it for himself, and it pointed out that Kong Ming was a rebel, but the servant advised him to wake up, so that he would not be blamed for the past. Zhao Shu looked at the change in the expression on Li Yan's face, knowing that he was hesitating and weighing in his heart, so he said coldly: "What? Zhengfang is not even willing to read His Majesty's edict? Do you have to not even grasp this last opportunity? Even if Zhengfang doesn't think about himself, he has to think about the dozens of people in this mansion and the hundreds of officials in the hall. ”

King Cheng was defeated, Li Yan was in the officialdom, and the battlefield had been rolling for so many years, this simple truth is still clear, Zhao Shu can persuade Wei Yan to send troops to Chengdu, which already means that Kong Ming will be defeated. Li Yan is a person with an identity and a family background, how can he be buried with Kong Ming? As a last resort, Li Yan had no choice but to read Liu Bei out word for word in public. Baiguan was extremely quiet at first, and when he finished reading, he slowly began to talk in a low voice. Kong Ming has been in charge of Chengdu for many years, and he naturally has a lot of henchmen, so the edict will definitely attract a lot of criticism, so I took advantage of Wei Yan's fame to gather them all together, otherwise how much trouble would the house-to-house search make?

What Zhao Shu didn't expect was that the first person to stand up and question was actually Qian Zhou, who said that "the prime minister has worked hard and made great achievements", and what "the people of Xichuan live and work in peace and contentment, and they are all the grace of the prime minister". Zhao Shu watched him finish his words with cold eyes, and asked coldly: "If the people of the two rivers are all graced by Kong Ming, where and where will Your Majesty be?" Zhao Shu looked at this guy very unpleasantly anyway, he really dared to bump into it himself, and immediately wanted to kill the chicken to show the monkey, but shouted: "This person is Kong Ming's sworn friend, and he can pull out the beheading return left and right." ”

Qian Zhou didn't expect Zhao Shu to really dare to kill him, his body shook violently, and then he pointed at me and scolded: "I watch the sky at night, the emperor star is dark, the guest star is bullying, there must be traitors." Li Yan was about to open his mouth to beg for mercy for Zhou Zhou, but after hearing him scold, he didn't dare to say more. The crowd of hundreds of officials, such as Jiang Wan and others, also had a look of anger on their faces, but they were finally forced to fight with the outside troops, and they couldn't speak out about righteousness.

Seeing that Qian Zhou was about to be dragged out of the hall, Zhang Shao stepped forward and saluted: "The general is angry with thunder, although Qian Zhou disobeyed the holy decree and collided with the general, but he was finally an official of the imperial court, how could he be killed in a hurry?" can be sent to prison for the time being, and it is not too late to be dealt with again. As soon as the general arrived in Chengdu, he didn't worship the prince, so he killed the minister first, so that the hundred officials were afraid, what did the general want? ”

These words are also quite reasonable, Zhao Shu nodded and agreed to temporarily take Qian Zhou down, and did not hurt his life, but replied to the people: "I came by the order of His Majesty, and those who want to obey the decree will stand on the left; If you don't want to follow, you can stand on the right. After that, he looked at Li Yan first. Li Yan was the leader of Kong Ming who stayed in Chengdu, and at this moment, not only Zhao Shu was looking at him, but also how many pairs of eyes below were looking at him. When Li Yan read out the edict, he had already made a decision in his heart, and now he just walked to the left side with his head down and stood up. Suddenly, among the hundreds of officials, ten ** followed. And those who stayed on the right were all famous people, Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were among them.

As soon as Wei Yan waved his hand, a large group of sergeants ran outside, surrounded everyone on the right, and waited for Zhao Shu to give an order to arrest him. This really makes Zhao Shu embarrassed, if you don't catch it, how can the situation in Chengdu be stabilized; Catch it, who will help Zhao Shu take care of Shu Han's three-point world in the future? Zhao Shu still asked the sergeant to step back first, and stepped forward to ask Jiang Wan: "Isn't it a blatant disobedience to the decree of the public like this?" ”

Jiang Wan glanced at it and said coldly: "Even if the prime minister is guilty, it should be His Majesty who summons a hundred officials, and if he says it in public, how can he let the general come alone with a decree?" Such an unclear edict, how can the lower officials and others be edicted? ”

I almost didn't say a few words about Zhao Shujiao's edict, since the literati are high, these stinky literati are far more difficult to convince and coerce than Li Yan, Wei Yan and others. Zhao Shu ran out of ideas for a while, but Zhang Shao whispered in his ear on the side: "The prince is now in Chengdu, why don't the general go and invite him?" These people have always been loyal to themselves, if the general can say that the prince is moved, are they still worried that they will not comply? ”

Zhao Shu turned his eyes to look at Zhang Shao, this kid has a much brighter head than his father and brother, and he can be promoted in the future. Zhao Shu said deeply, but ordered the general to lead the troops to monitor the hundred officials here, and issued a death order, if anyone wanted to leave, they would be executed on the spot; He went out to the palace with Wei Yan, Li Yan, Zhang Shao and others.

The palace is the palace, although Shu Han only occupies the land of Liangchuan and Jingxiang, and Liu Bei is still thrifty, but it is still built majestic, which makes Zhao Shu sigh secretly, no wonder many people want to be emperors when they die. With Li Yan present, the palace guards naturally didn't dare to ask more, and immediately reported to enter, and after a short time, an attendant came out to invite him. Zhao Shu was a little excited in his heart, when Liu Chan was a teenager, he had met a few times, but he couldn't see anything famous, but now he has grown up, I really don't know what this famous mediocre emperor will be like now?