Sima Rui didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he sent someone to inquire around.

Half a month later, the spies sent the news.

Yao Yu should have sent troops a month ago, but at this critical juncture, Sima Chi, the son of heaven, was killed in Pingyang.

As a last resort, Yao Yu terminated the plan to send troops, and all the people in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou were mourning for Sima Chi.

Hearing this, the happy Sima Rui jumped three feet high.

Great, there are such good things.

Yao Yu stopped, and he was able to develop with peace of mind for less than half a year.

No matter how ambitious you Yao Yu is, if you don't put the court in your eyes, you can't use troops at will during the mourning period of the Son of Heaven.

Otherwise, don't talk about anything else, just in the eyes of your people in Jingzhou, you will have a reputation for being disloyal and unfilial.

Thinking of this, Sima Rui was so grateful to Sima Chi.

Die well, die well.

Immediately, Sima Rui breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly repaired the city, and at the same time hurriedly prepared grain and grass, he sent someone to send a letter to Jingzhou, first, to mourn the unfortunate death of the Son of Heaven, and secondly, to give Yao Yu a soft face, trying not to use force, to solve this matter.

It's really not good, while you can keep the power in your hands, it's not impossible to become an official in the court.

But he clearly underestimated Yao Yu's ambitions.

What Yao Yu wants is to monopolize power.

It's okay for you to surrender and submit, but you can't have any military power in your hands, just be honest and be your rich man, you want to hold the military power, what kind of jokes.

Yao Yu's meaning was sent back, Sima Rui was dumbfounded, it was broken, the negotiation was not good, and the battle would break out sooner or later.

Thinking of this, he contacted those civil and military officials in Jingzhou on the one hand, and sought help from external allies on the other.

To be honest, with Yao Yu's strength, dealing with Sima Rui is a dimensionality reduction blow, even if he attracts allies.

What's more, the only thing that Sima Rui can win over is Gou Xi from Qingzhou.

At such a moment, Gou Xi was confronting Shi Le, and he couldn't pull away, how could he come to Jiangdong to support.

Seeking allies to no avail, Sima Rui could only pin his hopes on Fu Yixun and other families to see if they could say something good about themselves.

It's a pity that Wei Qi's death has made these wealthy families lose the courage to go against Yao Yu, or even talk back.

For the sake of a Sima Rui, it is not worth putting his life on his own.

After looking around for help to no avail, Sima Ruiren was stupid, and pulled Director Wang and said resentfully: "Is it possible, this king has only one way to be eliminated by Yao Yu?" This bastard, it's best not to mess with Lonely, it's a big deal that this king will give up the land of Xuzhou Jiangdong to Shile. ”

Director Wang was taken aback: "Your Highness, by all means." Your Majesty was killed in Pingyang, if you take refuge in Shile at this time, you will be scattered. ”

Sima Rui couldn't be angry: "That's better than being eliminated by Yao Yu." ”

Seeing that Director Wang was still panicking, Sima Rui had no choice but to explain: "Okay, that's just angry words." ”

As he spoke, Sima Rui tilted his head angrily, thinking about ways to save himself.

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At the same time, Jingzhou, up to Sima Ye, down to the poor people, the whole country mourned.

From receiving the news of Sima Chi's murder a month ago to the present, every day Yao Yu will go out of the city to summon Sima Chi's soul with Sima Ye and Fu Yixunfan, including the princes and ministers.

Although Yao Yu is reluctant to do this kind of behavior, he still has to do enough to do the play.

When the conjuring was over, Yao Yu returned to the Governor's Mansion, and on the opposite side, Yao Ba and Yao Teng, the eldest son who had just learned to walk, ran over and threw themselves into Yao Yu's arms and shouted affectionately.

Behind the two children, Ban Rou, Jiang Jiao, Zhang's Ban Zhi and other female relatives hurriedly chased after them, for fear that the two children would fall.

"Why did you come back so early today?"

Ban Rou hugged her son over, and was surprised to see Yao Yu: "Doesn't it usually last until noon?" ”

Yao Yu sighed: "It's nothing, I came back early when I was bored." ”

"Ah, aren't you afraid of being seen and affecting your reputation?"

Yao Yu smiled: "What's this, it's not that I'm bored alone." Instead of wasting time summoning spirits outside the city, I might as well come back and spend more time with my family, right, son. ”

Xiao Yao Teng babbled and raised his hands, as if agreeing with Yao Yu's words.

Seeing this, Yao Yu smiled and stretched out his hand to hold his son in his arms, leading Yao Ba and the descendants of Zhongwen and Wu who were raised in the state pastor's mansion, all the way to the back garden and sat down to rest.

Ban Rou and the others have nothing else to do, just in time for Yao Yu to come back early today, isn't that just the past to chat together.

"Speaking of which, husband, now that Sima Chi is gone, and there is no emperor in the imperial court, shouldn't it be time to push Sima Ye out? Otherwise, it will be broken if you are exploited by ulterior motives. ”

After sitting down, Jiang Jiao hugged Yao Jing and said while coaxing.

Yao Yu glanced at Quantong Yonghong, Yao Ba and the others who were practicing swordsmanship under Ban Rou's strict requirements, and smiled: "Don't worry, it's a little early to help him up now." According to the etiquette system, we have to wait. As for other people with a heart, to be honest, the Queen Mother, Jade Seal, and the Prince are all in Jingzhou, who can take advantage of the loopholes? Now is not the time to tell the world, wait. ”

"Wait, wait for what?"

"When the time comes, those big families are not in a hurry, what am I anxious about. When they can't sit still and look for me, then is the time to help Sima Ye take the position. From the dragon's work, didn't it just fall on me? ”

"If you help him up now, that's also from the dragon's work."

"That's different, now help Sima Ye up. Who knows what those princes and ministers think. They have to speak first. I'm not in a hurry anyway. ”

"If you're not in a hurry, you're afraid that Zu Ti will be in a hurry, but he has sent several letters, saying that the Son of Heaven was killed, and as a minister of the court, he should avenge the Northern Expedition for the Son of Heaven."

"Alas, Zu Ti is a good person, but he is a little too loyal to the Sima family. I don't understand, the Sima family is rotten like this, what does he think. ”

Ban Roujiang said in her heart, you ask me, I ask who to go?

The second daughter didn't speak, and Yao Yu paused: "Well, but it's okay, give Zu Ti a belief, so that when he uses his Northern Expedition, he can also make him more effective." Okay, let's not talk about that, Sister Rou, how happened to the pedestal that the class schedule built before? ”

"I don't know, I haven't been out of the state pastoral mansion for months, your son is too clingy. You're not usually there, and he's hanging on me. ”

Yao Yu smiled: "That's no way, who made me so busy." I can only trouble Sister Rou, you have to worry too much. ”

Ban Rou sighed, and the white eyes swept over Yao Yu.

Wait, if Yao Yu doesn't propose to help Sima Ye take the throne one day, Fu Yi and these wealthy families will not dare to speak.

But in a hurry, it must be in a hurry, after all, the court has no owner now.