Chapters 11-15

Seeing that person with a bit of a speculative businessman's temperament walking in from the outside, I couldn't help but feel a burst of contempt, and I didn't expect that I would personally deal with such a person: "You are Zhuge Yun? ”

The man didn't panic, and said with a smile: "It's under you, dare to ask what is the official position of this little brother?" In fact, this matter must be wrong, and it is a legitimate businessman, and everyone in Hanzhong knows about it. Besides, I'm the prime minister's cousin, how could I make a mistake? When I came, my family was annoyed and wanted to greet my cousin, saying that you dare to mess with my family, don't you want to live? Or I'm stopping them, forget it, don't say it, it's like I'm boasting too much,-- who can be without mistakes, if there is a mistake, just change it, as the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other. When I was in Hanzhong, many officials had misunderstandings with us at first, and later we all became good friends......"

I was amused by him: "It turns out that you are Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's cousin, you must be very familiar with Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng?" ”

"That is, my cousin was kind to me, when I was in Jingzhou...... Forget it, don't talk about it, it's like I'm boasting too much; Although my family is kind to the prime minister's family, and my father saved the prime minister's life, my father said that it is not allowed to talk nonsense...... Forget it, don't talk about it, it's like I'm boasting too much; Where are your leaders, they really got it wrong, and they dared to say that I didn't pay enough taxes and arrested me here, you say, isn't this a joke? I am the cousin of the prime minister, although I am also a national surname and could have been exempt from taxes, but I am dedicated to the country and take the initiative to pay taxes! ”

Li Yan, this guy, actually used this reason to catch him. Come to think of it, Li Yan is indeed a smart person, and if he does this, he will indeed not startle the snake. However, he said that he saved the prime minister's life, but I can't help but ask clearly, the prime minister is a person who doesn't care about his personal feelings, but this kind of thing is often more helpless than kissing.

"You are really Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's cousin? What is the proof? ”

"Of course I am, if I don't believe it, I can recite the genealogy to you."

"You don't have to memorize the genealogy, how did your family save the prime minister's family?"

"Forget it, don't talk about it, it's like I'm boasting too much...... But since you asked, I will simply say, we are from Yangdu County, Langxie County, Xuzhou, my uncle is Xuan, once Taishan County, my father is Xuan, forget it, don't say it, it seems that I am boasting too much, ordinary people will know my relationship with the prime minister when they get this name. ”

I shook my head and said, "You better go ahead and say, I'm not an ordinary person." ”

"That's because you're young, well, I don't care about being seen as boasting, so I'll tell you that when the prime minister was young, his mother and father passed away one after another, and their brothers and sisters were young and helpless, and my father raised them. In that year, Cao Cao's army swept Langyu County, and my father took the prime minister's brother to hide in Tibet, and fled from Qingzhou in a thrilling way, and went to Yuzhang, when the prime minister was 13 years old, and my father had been appointed as Yuzhang Taishou at that time. Later, we went to Nanyang again, and the prime minister's sister and younger brother got married to himself, and my father did it. You say, "Is this kind of kindness easy to repay?" Therefore, my cousin knew that I was still suffering in Nanyang, so he sent someone to take me to Hanzhong and gave me a lot of money to buy a house and land. The seven-rank official in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to mention that I am his cousin. However, he was low-key and did not let me make friends with the government, but only let me associate with ordinary people. I know his painstaking intentions, because he is afraid that some people will gossip, but what is it? More than half of this season in the Han world was beaten down by my cousin. Do you say, little brother? ”

I laughed, "There's some truth to that." Alright, you go down. ”

"Little brother, I've said so much, don't you still want to let me go? It's okay if I stay here for a few more days, but after a long time, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it! Forget it, don't talk about it, it's like I'm boasting too much...... However, I want to see your leader, and I have a handwritten letter from the prime minister to me, so that you can snatch it, and return it to me quickly. ”

Watching this person being taken down, I determined two points, the first is that this person will not really be arranged by Mr. to rebel - if I believe that Mr. will betray me, it is an insult to Mr. loyalty, then to say that Mr. An betrayed me but used such a person to develop power in Hanzhong is an insult to Mr. wisdom; Second, this matter should have nothing to do with Li Yan, Li Yan is a smart man, although he always wants to climb on the head of Mr., but he will not use such stupid means, it seems that he just took the opportunity of someone attacking Mr. and pushed off the boat down the river.

Moreover, although the story that Zhuge Yun said was ninety percent true, he shouldn't tell me the details. Others are not familiar with Mr.'s situation, can I still not know? It is true that Mr. was raised by Zhuge Xuan, but when he went to Yuzhang with Zhuge Xuan, it was a year before Cao Cao's bloody bath in Langxi. In other words, this person's story is false, and it is impossible for Zhuge Xuan's son to be wrong about this kind of thing. Therefore, this Zhuge Yun's identity is fake, and he can't be Zhuge Xuan's son.

In that case, I don't have to care. I said to Hesse: "It's a liar, you take the truth out of his mouth." I only waited half an hour. ”

Hesse was raised by his husband, and although he was a close confidant of mine, he never hindered his loyalty to him. And I deliberately brought him to my side this time, and let him know about it, not to test his loyalty, but so that he could inadvertently tell my husband about the story of this incident in the future, and tell him that I never doubted him.

Hesse nodded and went out. Then I heard a scream from the next room, mixed with the sound of bones breaking.

Mi Fang, who had just entered the door, was frightened by this voice, I smiled, and walked with him to the pavilion in the backyard of the Tingwei Mansion. The sun turned to the west and hung on the branches of the weeping willows, which were still white, but not so dazzling. There was still about an hour before dark.

Mi Fang said for a long time: "Your Majesty......" It seems that he felt something.

I said, "You took someone to Hanzhong overnight and took over the whole case." Zhuge Yun embezzled property in Hanzhong, and if it should be returned, it should be returned, and if it should be confiscated, it should be confiscated, and his family was convicted in accordance with the law. Li Yan is there, I have my own explanation. I will take this person away, and you will tell the public that he has been tortured and killed, and the case has been closed. ”

Mi Fang hurriedly nodded in agreement.

I said coldly: "Fortunately, this case was done by someone with a heart, and it was not the Minister of the DPRK and China who connived at his family, otherwise, no matter how great his credit is, I will not tolerate it." I will determine the world for all the people, and those who harm the people will harm Ji Han. When my uncle handles this case, he must always be deeply conscious, and when my uncle handles this case, he must also let everyone see my intentions! ”

After speaking, I set my eyes on Mi Fang, and I saw that he was almost a little hairy before I stopped.

I know that Mi Fang has set up several mansions in the south of Chang'an City, although no one has accused him of illegal behavior, but I am afraid that it is inevitable that he will take it. Among my ministers, he is now the most wealthy. So, it's time to knock him, I'm going to beat him again. After talking a few more words, Hesse came to report that Zhuge Yun had been recruited.

"Young master, he is not from the Prime Minister's family, but from the Liao Li clan, whose real name is Liao Shui. But he said that Liao Li didn't ask him to do this, and he didn't know who it was. But the man came to him and felt that it was no harm to him, so he agreed. Hesse is now fluent in Chinese, but it is still difficult to hear feelings, which makes people feel like a machine, and Hesse does everything like a machine, without being influenced by feelings.

"Not Liao Li?" I snorted coldly and said secretly, who believes! The reason why I asked people to ask Liao Li about Xiangyang paper was because I doubted him in the first place. Liao Li is talented, one of which is to write well, and his hands can write more than a dozen fonts respectively, imitating human writing to the point of being fake.

Liao Li, Kong Ming and Pang Tong are all crowns of Jingzhou scholars, but all along, he can neither compare to Kong Ming's single-mindedness and humility, nor can he compare to Pang Tong's strange and invincible. He just kept complaining, complaining that he was not given a suitable stage, otherwise how much he could do would definitely be more exciting than Kong Ming and better than Pang Tong. It turned out that it was okay for him to repay his grievances like this, because when Pang ruled the small county, he also abandoned government affairs and drank alcohol loyally. But when Liao Li got to the point of serving, he still did less things and destroyed more, often criticized the government, satirized the ministers, and always pointed the finger at Kong Ming for no reason, so it was difficult to stand up to my satisfaction.

I also talked to Liao Li alone, and I admired his talent. After all, he is a person on the same level as Kong Ming and Pang Tong, and even I have tried to imagine the possibility of letting him stand alone, after all, his qualifications and intelligence are still above Li Yan. But what happened today, how can I let him go? This is no longer a shortcoming of character, but a good or evil person.

However, in Ji Han, Mr. Kong Ming formulated and implemented the law, and everything must be based on evidence, whether it is reward, punishment, promotion, or dropout, it must be well-founded and clear. During the Battle of Weinan, Wei Yan led an army to guard Hexi, and he acted privately, resulting in the failure of Fenglingdu, although there was a battle of Weinan that sacrificed his life to the death and made great contributions, but it was inevitable to be demoted and punished, and he was subjected to forty military sticks in the military camp - you must know that such a thing as a military stick is extremely rare to beat a senior general like him - and this kind of fairness and justice is also the reason why the Ji Han troops are so strong in combat.

So at the moment, I have only proved that this person has nothing to do with Mr., not that Liao Li is guilty.

After leaving the Tingwei Mansion, it was already dark, and it was immediately a curfew.

In the middle of the line, Hesse suddenly stopped: "Your Majesty, there is an ambush ahead." ”

A cool breeze fell, rustling, making people shudder.

There was an ambush, which surprised me. This is Chang'an City, can it be said that someone will assassinate me? This place in front of me was originally a mansion in the Han Dynasty, the old mansion of the Three Princes, which had been baptized by war, and was full of broken ruins and desolation. There were no residents either. However, it was late spring, the green vines were growing, the fine grass was born, and the late-blooming flowers released their fragrance faintly, covering the desolation with a layer of vitality.

I looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "You killing talent, I was scared, where is there any ambush?" ”

Hesse did not answer, his eyes were fixed on the distance, and with a wave of his hand, seven guards had followed him briskly. They are intricate and untidy, but they secretly fit the Eight Formations - the eight of them are the Yang Eight Guards next to me, and the Li brothers and the other six people form the Yin Eight Guards, these sixteen people together, even a peerless fierce general like the Third Uncle, can not break out of the formation.

Hesse's eight men were walking very fast, and in the blink of an eye they had reached the street in front of them, when they heard Hesse shouting: "Who are you?" ”

A few stumbling voices replied, "Who are you?" Do you want to care? "The voice is strange, although it is Chinese, it has a Hu sound, which is a fight with the original Hesse, and all the tongues are hard, and the voice is curled, obviously because he has drunk too much. Then out of the shadows came a few Xianbei people dressed in bearded clothes and hanging scimitars from their waists.

I couldn't help admiring Hesse's sensitiveness, but also funny, these people were about the servants of the Xianbei envoys who came into the city, and they were used to debauchery in the grassland, and they didn't know the rules of Chang'an City, so they actually rested in this barren place, so that Hesse thought it was an ambush.

Hesse looked them up and down and said, "It's about to be a curfew, so go wherever you want, don't stay here." ”

A tall Xianbei man at the head shouted: "Lao Tzu can go wherever he wants, except for the gods and my family, no one can control me." What are you? The attitude was extremely arrogant, and as he spoke, he drew his waist knife and slashed at Hesse, which was crooked, but it was extremely powerful, and it almost cut Hesse in half.

Hesse stepped back, his sword struck. When the eight formations are in battle, the weapons they hold are different, what long halberds and short knives, strong shields and soft ropes, the length is mixed, and the attack ability is different, which often makes the opponent scramble. But this time he went out in civilian clothes, and the eight guards were all swords with belts. When there were two sounds, sparks flew everywhere, and Hesse's sword could not hold the heavy scimitar, and he was struck back again and again by the Xianbei man. Hesse is also a man of great strength, and it is good that this man can force Hesse back. At this time, Xianbei people had a hideous smile on their faces, and their footsteps naturally followed Hesse's retreat, not a single bit, and then raised his knife and slashed. But he didn't know that when Hesse stepped back, he had already triggered the formation, and two guards were ringing on both sides, faintly trapping him in it. His sword was raised, and the air opened wide under his ribs, and one of the guards swooped in with lightning and punched him in the ribs. The boxing method used in the eight formations is different from ordinary people, when they punch, the middle knuckle is prominent, and they hit a little bit with all their might, and there is more skill in hitting the acupoints, although this person is strong, after this heavy blow, he only feels that the internal organs are almost flipped, his breathing stops sharply, and his whole body is beaten, and his wrist hurts greatly at this time, but he is caught by another guard with a grappling hand, and the scimitar is thrown away, and the body staggers forward and chokes down, and then is kicked out of the formation by the third guard in the back waist. At this time, he fell to the ground, and the strength of the punch under his ribs had not yet disappeared, only twitching from one after another, and he spit out.

Hesse hooked the long sword, took the scimitar in his hand, swung it twice, felt good, threw it to a guard with his backhand, and shouted again: "In Chang'an City, dare to commit murder, do you still have the king's law in your eyes?" ”

The Xianbei people looked at each other, and suddenly shouted: "You are not heroes if you win more than you win." There is the ability to fight one by one. ”

At this moment, a team of Zhijin Wu turned around and shouted: "Who dares to fight in Chang'an City!" ”

Seeing this, the Xianbei people picked up the wounded on the ground, roared, turned and fled.

Hesse was about to catch up, but I stopped him and sneered, "These guests don't know how to be polite, let them go." "But I am very dissatisfied in my heart, these Xianbei people are not polite, they are so fierce, and if they form an alliance with them, will they lead wolves into the house?

When he arrived, he was about to be cross-examined, when Hesse showed a token and hurriedly bowed back.

When I returned to the palace, before I entered the palace gate, I saw Guan Feng riding a red horse running over in a hurry, and called me: "Brother Dou, Brother Dou." ”

I was about to blame her for losing her manners, but when I looked closely, I saw that Guan Feng was sweating profusely, and her hair was stranded by strands, which did not look like her usual neat and handsome appearance, and asked at the moment, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Guan Feng jumped off the horse, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Brother Dou, I have something important to report." In a blink of an eye, he saw the scimitar in the guard's hand again, and said to me: "Brother Dou, have you also seen those fake Xianbei people?" ”

I was taken aback, turned my head to look at Guan Feng, and said, "You come with me." "This is not the place to speak, I took her into the palace and came to the Zhaoyang Palace.

Guan Feng was frightened by my sudden seriousness: "Brother Dou, did I say something wrong?" ”

It's not that she's saying anything wrong, it's that her news is too important.

In fact, after meeting those Xianbei people, I already had doubts about whether I could unite with Kebineng. If an ally doesn't know even the most basic respects, and is messy when he's a guest, his sincerity will never be more than his fake smile. Although it is necessary to divide Xianbei, I have never been able to make up my mind whether to attack from afar and close or to attack the weak and strong. If I unite with Kebineng, it is certain that I will defeat the Budugen Group, but after that, I may face the more powerful Kebineng Group, and I am not very sure whether he will build a powerful country like Tanshi Huai. And to contact Bu Dugen to deal with Ke Bineng, not to mention whether Bu Du Gen can give up his relationship with Cao Wei and form an alliance with us, even if he is an alliance, whether he can play a corresponding role is also between the two, and support him to fight with Ke Bineng, we will not get any benefits except for temporarily not being under pressure from the north. But for the time being, it is not subject to pressure from the north, but it is also a great benefit.

Therefore, at such a time, every move of the Xianbei envoy directly affects my analysis of the situation of the Xianbei people. However, if these Xianbei people are fake, then the situation will be completely different.

"Feng'er, how do you know that those people are not Xianbei people?"

Guan Feng replied: "It's not me who sees it, it's Cao Zhao." ”

"He? How did you end up with him? ”

"It's simple. He is beautiful, and I heard that his ability is quite tall, but the third uncle wanted him to compete that day, but he refused. I just wanted to meet him in person. But he was only willing to fight with the fourth uncle, so we went to the military academy together. ”

I fainted, how could she take Cao Zhao to the military academy? Even if she likes Cao Zhao and wants to play with him, there are so many places to play in Chang'an City, how can she go to that kind of secret place? Could it be that Cao Zhao is the legendary beautiful male spy?

"How can you take him there?"

"Because I promised to take him to see the fourth uncle."

"See the fourth uncle? See what the fourth uncle does? ”

"I'll only tell you alone, don't tell anyone else - because Cao Zhao likes the fourth uncle."

I took a big breath as if I had seen a hell of a day. Cao Zhao? Fourth uncle? Does the sun come out of the west today? Is there anything more unbelievable in the world?

"Hahaha, I'm kidding you. Just because Cao Zhao was defeated in the hands of the fourth uncle, he refused to accept it, and this time he came to Ji Han to see it. However, the fourth uncle refused to see him, and said that the military academy was important and no one was allowed to enter. After being pestered for a long time, it didn't work, and he had to come back. ”

"The two of us walked to the front of the West Market, and suddenly a few Xianbei people rushed out of the roadside, shouting at the beautiful woman in a strange tone, and rushed towards me, trying to catch me away, Cao Zhao stepped forward and protected me behind him, and a Hu man in front of him raised a knife to chop, he took a lead with his hand, and the scimitar came to his hand, and with a backhand punch, the man flew out. Knock those people down in a few strokes. ”

"Aren't you grateful to him?" I asked.

"Gratitude? It's weird, his skills are not much stronger than me, he is strong, and he wants to show it in front of this princess, hum, what kind of character is this princess? I punched and kicked the water dogs. As a result, I found that those people looked at Cao Zhao with the wrong eyes, and it was clear that they recognized him. And, of course, when he planned to end up with one of them, he rolled subconsciously, and the figure he showed was the action of a Xu Men knight. ”

I looked at Guan Feng, I couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, I didn't expect this little woman to have such skills, but said with a smile: "You kid, you are too ruthless, Cao Zhao has knocked people down, if you don't follow Cao Zhao, you actually want to beat the water dog." ”

Guan Feng pursed his lips and smiled: "Who am I, the person who scared me, where did I go." ”

I already understand in my heart that Cao Zhao insists on competing with the fourth uncle, in fact, it is not only that he fights with the fourth uncle and has a heart knot, but more importantly, he wants to find out the inside story of the Ji Han Military Academy. And these fake Xianbei people in the city who are doing chaos are also their means to sabotage the alliance between Ji Han and Xianbei. As for him helping Guan Feng, he is probably really a beautiful man's plan.

At this moment, suddenly Li Sheng rushed in: "Your Majesty, the minister has an urgent military situation. ”

Guan Feng stood up with interest, gave a salute and said, "Brother Dou, you are busy, I'll go." "Leave with that.

I asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Sheng replied: "Liao Shizhong suddenly put on makeup and fled. ”

I nodded, "Sure enough." I can't leave him, so tell me how you saw him today. ”

"Yes. The villain was ordered to go to his mansion today to ask for Xiangyang paper. Liao Shizhong asked casually at that time: 'What do you want Xiangyang paper to do?' Then he commanded his men to fetch it. I just smiled and didn't answer. At one time, Xiangyang paper was brought. I said goodbye and walked out of the hall, deliberately walking slowly, and suddenly a long entourage entered the hall and said something in Liao Shizhong's ear, and Liao Shizhong was shocked and knocked the teacup to the ground. I wondered at the time, what was wrong, but my official was a small person, and I didn't dare to spread wild in the Shizhong Mansion without following orders, so I came out and asked people to take the paper back, and I waited outside the mansion. After a while, I saw the long entourage quietly leave the Shizhong Mansion through the back door. I followed him and found him all the way to the envoy of Wei. After a while, the chief changed his clothes and quietly returned to the Shizhong Mansion. The villain never imagined that Lord Shizhong's subordinates would dare to secretly contact Cao Wei's envoy, and admired His Majesty's clever calculations, so he monitored more carefully at the moment, and found that Lord Shizhong had fled to Cao Wei's envoy's station by night. ”

"Order Zhang Bao to guard the city gate carefully, and if Liao Li is not sent to me, let him hand himself over to me."

Unexpectedly, Liao Li really had a connection with Cao Wei, how could I, who know history, not even see a similar plot? Moreover, Liao Li, who has always been arrogant, would even make such a heart? To be honest, although he was suspicious of him from the beginning, it was only because he did have such ability. But it was only now that I was convinced that it was him. In this way, the previous string of rights and wrongs has an answer. With his identity, it is naturally not difficult to learn some secrets in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is reasonable to denounce Kong Ming, after all, when it comes to intelligence, Ji Han has to talk about him in addition to Kong Ming, and even Li Yan can only bow down - I actually thought of finding a way to coordinate the relationship between him and Kong Ming in the past, so that he can contribute to Ji Han, and don't leave such a talent idle in Wenshan. Now I know how naïve this idea is. He and we are not horses that can be tethered to a trough at all.

But want to help Cao Wei? How can it be so easy!

Just thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, Li Yan asks to see you!" ”

"Biography."

At this time, in an inconspicuous hut under Cao Wei's envoy, Dong Zhaozheng was shocking Liao Li: "Lord Shizhong is frightened. My lord has long admired Mr. Gaoyi, but unfortunately when Mr. was in Jingzhou, he was coerced by Liu Bei and went away, and he couldn't see him, which is really sad. On this visit, our lord also said to Zai that he must meet his husband and convey his admiration. Although it is unfortunate for Mr. Yu to suffer this time, my lord will be very happy to vote for my country, and in the long run, Mr. Yu will not be a good thing. Alas, I hate Adou Xiaoer, Zhuge Villager, who only knows how to harm the virtuous and can't tolerate people, so he uses such means to harm Mr. However, Pang Juan is wise, and his grandson is humiliated, but he will eventually be hated by Ma Lingxue. The day when the gentleman's wish will be granted. ”

Liao Li said hatefully: "If it weren't for the adult to send me a letter, I almost fell for the trick this time and framed me to harm Zhuge Liang, this is really a crime that I want to add, and there is no word for it." Zhuge Liang, you have slipped so far, I swear to you that I will not give up! ”

Dong Zhao said: "Tomorrow, I will try my best to send the adults out of the city." Zhang Bao, the captain of the city gate, is a rough man, and he is afraid that his wisdom is not as good as his father. We can get away with a little tricking. As soon as I left Chang'an City, I arranged for my men to escort Mr. away. ”

Liao Li was speechless and only sighed.

In the early morning of the next day, the three cars set off from Cao Wei and ran to the east, south, and north gates. After a few more moments, the back door opened, and a dung truck drove out unnoticed.

The dung truck ran down the street to the Bacheng Gate.

Bacheng Gate is the first gate of Chang'an City East out of the south, the people see the door is green, and also call it Qingcheng Gate, or Qingmen. In ancient times, there was Shao Ping, a Guangling person, who was the Marquis of Qin Dongling, Qin Po was cloth, planted melons outside the green gate, the juice was sweet and delicious, and it was very popular in Chang'an City, and the people of the time called it "Dongling melon". Now that it is the season to plant melons, melon farmers accumulate fertilizer, but this kind of manure truck is not one. But such a car smells like this, but it is the only one. The wooden barrel on the car, I don't know how long it took, a thick layer of dirt, accumulated and accumulated, long covered the original wood color, a lot of fresh feces were dripping on this dirt, far away from the nose to cover people.

On this day, the city gate inventory is extremely strict, and everyone has to verify their identity and issue an insurance policy before they are released. As soon as the car approached, everyone in front of the door covered their noses and avoided and scolded loudly. The coachman just ignored it and drove it straight to the door.

The soldiers in front of the door also frowned, but they stubbornly said, "Stop, check." ”

The coachman smirked: "This is the fat for the Shao family, this is the insurance policy." "I took out a policy from my waist, and it was also full of filth and foul smell. The soldier glanced at it and said, "Are there dung buckets on the car?" Open it up and take a look. ”

The coachman climbed into the car, regardless of the dirt, stretched out his hand to open the lid of a bucket, unexpectedly the bucket was extremely full, the carriage shook slightly, a large piece of dung overflowed, and a foul smell swept the whole Qingmen. The soldiers were choked and choked, and the surrounding people said: "A dung truck, is it possible that it can still be loaded with something?" Let him go, stinking to death! ”

The two soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and waved their hands to let them go.

There was a subtle smile in the coachman's eyes, but he still climbed into the car in a daze, shouted, and the carriage moved forward, and when he saw that he had left the city gate, he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Stop!" ”

The coachman was startled, and when he turned around, he saw a young man flying like a black tower, riding a green horse, carrying a spear, and a team of men and horses, rushing straight to the city gate.

The coachman couldn't help but be surprised, the young man in front of him was the supreme commander in charge of the garrison of the city gate of Chang'an City, Zhang Bao, the captain of the city gate! How could it alarm him? didn't have time to think about it, Zhang Bao had already stopped in front of the dung truck and shouted: "Open all the dung buckets!" ”

The soldiers around him rushed up, and before the coachman trembled, they had overturned the barrels to the ground one by one. There were three barrels in the car, but the last one was empty, and when it fell, a person rolled out. When he looked closely, it was Liao Li, who was already covered with filth, only covering his face with the sleeves of his robe, bowing his head and not saying a word. Zhang Bao laughed and said: "I almost deceived you, come here, take it away." The gates are open and ready to be released. ”

With a wave of his hand, he led people towards the palace like a whirlwind and clouds.

When I heard the news that Liao Li had been captured, I immediately met with Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao was extremely proud, and laughed: "This Liao Li still wants to use the Ming plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang's plank, and it is also thanks to his high status that he is willing to hide in a dung bucket, if it weren't for my clever calculation, I almost escaped for him." ”

I asked, "Tell me the truth, how did you find out that Liao Li was hiding in a dung truck, I don't believe you have any clever calculations." ”

Zhang Bao blinked: "Brother-in-law......"

"What do you call me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, actually, I received a report that someone was paying attention to a dung truck, and Liao Li may be hiding in it."

"How's the gate now?" I asked urgently.

"Liao Li has been caught, so naturally it is open, what's wrong?"

I was furious and said, "Who told you to open the gates?" Did I say that the strict investigation in the past few days was only for him? Play with your duties and be smart! If it weren't for your lax management of the city gates, how could there be so many things in Chang'an City? ”

Zhang Bao was so trained by me that she bowed her head and was silent.

At this time, Li Sheng came to report: "Your Majesty, the person arrested by Captain Zhang is not Liao Li. ”

Zhang Bao hurriedly said: "How is it possible? Although I don't know him well, I've seen him, and his clothes and appearance are all right. ”

"Although that person's clothes and appearance are similar to Liao Shizhong, he is indeed pretending to be someone else."

I said coldly: "Zhang Bao, who is the person who reported to you?" Do you know? How did you fall for the trick so easily? ”

Zhang Bao said: "Count? What's the plan, I know that person, he is the steward of the Imperial History Mansion, surnamed Sun. Could it be that Li Yan lied to me? ”

"Why wouldn't Li Yan lie to you. Please go to the palace. I whispered, "Zhang Bao, you really disappointed me." From today, remove your status as a lieutenant and let me go to the military academy to learn from scratch! ”

Zhang Bao was full of grievances, but he didn't dare to speak.

Li Yan Shi Ran walked up to the hall and saluted me: "See Your Majesty." ”

"How's the situation going?"

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life."

Zhang Bao didn't understand: "Your Majesty, Lord Yushi, what are you talking about?" ”

This idiot, no wonder he was deceived by Li Yan. I said: "Actually, Dong Zhao arranged a total of five groups of people, the first three groups are to lure the enemy, in fact, there is nothing wrong, you must have also checked, everything is normal." The fourth group quietly dispatched, but there was a fake Liao Li inside, I wanted to be found out by you, relax for a while, open the city gate, he arranged for the real Liao Li to leave, where your subordinates are too bad, actually let go, so Lord Yushi sent you a letter, so that they can relax their vigilance, isn't that the case, Lord Li? ”

Li Yan nodded and smiled: "Your Majesty has no last resort. In fact, the minister did not expect that Dong Zhao had a plan, originally the minister really wanted the little general to make this contribution, but afterwards the minister thought that with Liao Lizhi as a person, he was in a dung bucket, and he was afraid that it would be even more uncomfortable than killing him. Seeing that the little general opened the city gate, I was closely monitored at the moment, and finally discovered Liao Li's whereabouts, Dong Zhao originally wanted to hide Liao Li in a private house, and planned to pick him up again after the calm down, but he was captured by the people who were secretly lying down for the minister. ”

Speaking of this, he saluted me: "Your Majesty, Weichen didn't notice it for a while, he fell for Liao Li's plan, and he used it as a gun, thinking that the prime minister had committed it, and slandered the prime minister in his words several times, and asked Your Majesty not to blame." ”

I laughed, "Where." Lord Yushi is dedicated to the country, so don't think too much about it. Come and take Liao Li to the temple. ”

After a short time, Liao Li was tied up to the palace, but he was still full of excitement and high spirits, and he did not show any shame.

I looked at him coldly: "Liao Li, are you guilty?" ”

Liao Li said angrily: "If you want to eradicate me, just do it, why bother acting in front of my eyes?" Evil me with such schemes? ”

I slapped the table: "Don't act in front of me!" Let me ask you, do you know Liao Shui? Come on, bring Liao Shui up! ”

The shackles were loud for a while, and Liao Shui was covered in blood and brought it to the hall, calling Liao Lidao: "Cousin, save me, save me!" ”

Liao Li asked, "Liao Shui?" You're not in your hometown, how did you come here? ”

Liao Shui said bitterly: "Cousin, I didn't say anything about what you asked me to do." ”

Liao Li heard this, and couldn't help but be anxious: "What did I let you do?" What nonsense are you talking about? ”

Liao Shui only said: "I really didn't say anything, I didn't say anything, you can rest assured." ”

Liao Li said angrily: "Liao Shui, who instructed you to come to harm me, is it Zhuge Liang?" ”

Liao Shui said: "I really didn't say anything. As soon as he finished speaking, his body shook, and he fell down, bleeding from his mouth. The guard stepped forward, probed with his hand, and reported: "Your Majesty, this person bit his tongue and committed suicide." ”

This trick was something that no one expected. Liao Li immediately shouted: "What method did you use to hurt him, let him climb me, Liao Li can die, but he doesn't want to be falsely accused and die!" ”

I said angrily: "Although the human witness is dead, there is still physical evidence." As he spoke, he took out the letter from his sleeve and unfolded it in front of Liao Li, "Come and see, whose handwriting is this?" ”

Liao Liru was struck by lightning, and he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "How come? How so? It's my word, but how did it come to this? I've never written a letter like this, why is my word on it? Oh my God, what the hell is going on? This, this must be Zhuge Liang, only he in the world can use such tactics to harm me, yes, it must be Zhuge Liang who harms me! Zhuge Liang, where are you, you come out! If you want to kill me, you will do it to your face, why do you use this method? Why? ”

Liao Li yelled and shouted, almost like madness, and for a while, the hall was filled with his roaring voice.

"Liao Li, if you didn't frame the prime minister, why did your cousin Liao Shui pretend to be the prime minister's cousin and wantonly occupy land in Hanzhong? If you hadn't framed the prime minister, why did you forge letters and frame the prime minister for rebellion? If you hadn't framed the prime minister, why did Liao Shui commit suicide when he saw you? He said before he died that he didn't say anything, what secrets are you still hiding? Above the main hall, Li Yan's voice of questioning rumbled and echoed, completely suppressing Liao Li's cry.

"Liao Shui's matter, I don't know for the minister, although the words on the letter, although it is my word, I have also visited Zhuge Liang's pen style, and wrote Longzhong, this matter is well known, but I really don't know why there is such a letter."

"If you weren't a thief, why did you sneak away to Cao Wei last night? How did you collude with Cao Wei? What other tricks do you have? ”

Liao Li was completely lost his original momentum under Li Yan's blow at this time, and just shouted in a low voice: "I'm wronged!" I do not know. I just don't know. Someone harms me, how can I not run away? ”

Li Yan turned to me: "Your Majesty, please hand over Liao Li to the minister, and the minister will be able to extract the truth from his mouth." ”

Liao Li heard this, and his body shook. Li Yan is the imperial history, his cold face is famous, if it is said that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, the most respected is Kong Ming, then the most feared is Li Yan. Li Yan's face was dark and calm all day long, and he looked at people from the cracks in his eyes, which made people feel uncomfortable, and goosebumps stood in his vest. And he was merciless in dealing with the ministers he had committed against him, and he once killed the nephew of the Empress Dowager Wu in Mi Fang's Tingwei Mansion according to the law.

I was a little hesitant in my heart, although all the evidence pointed to Liao Li, but if Liao Li wanted to harm Kong Ming, why did he admit that he wrote it when he saw that word? If he doesn't admit it, wouldn't it be even better for himself? What's more, the handwriting he wrote almost deceived me.

I already feel like my brain is a little underwhelming. I thought that if I knew the history, I could easily find out that someone was assassinating Kong Ming, and further obtain Kong Ming's loyalty—although Kong Ming's loyalty was enough, I still wanted to show favor to him in this way. Therefore, I will hide from him for a thorough investigation, I will ask Liao Li for Xiangyang paper, find Zhuge Qiao to find out the truth of this word and learn that this word does not look like what Mr. has done in recent years, and hide from Li Yan to bring "Zhuge Yun" to the palace for interrogation, and arrange for a strict investigation in the city......

However, seeing that the truth is revealed, I am not sure, is Liao Li pretending to be a fake or has something else hidden?

At this time, the palace official came to report: "The prime minister has arrived." ”

In the end, this incident shocked him, and I said, "Yes, please." ”

Kong Ming hurriedly went up to the hall, and when he saw Liao Li and Li Yan, he was taken aback, and said, "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”

As soon as he saw Kong Ming, Liao Li jumped up and shouted: "Zhuge Liang, you don't need to be a good person, you use tricks to harm me, you must be using tricks to harm me!" Had it not been for the two guards behind him holding on to his arm, he would have rushed over.

I sighed and said, "Originally, I didn't want to alarm the prime minister about this matter, but you still came, Li Qing, you told the prime minister about this." ”

"Yes," Li Yan nodded, "Ago, I received a report from someone...... so he told Kong Ming the original story, and he did not hide his suspicions about Kong Ming.

When Kong Ming heard that he had been accused of several major crimes, and when he was plotting to find out, he knelt down. After listening to Li Yan, he who had always been calm and composed, also sweated slightly on his forehead. After Li Yan finished speaking, he stepped back and stood up, Kong Ming kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, the minister never imagined that such a big thing would happen in the past two days. It is always because of the lack of virtue and talent that leads to this matter. However, since the matter is related to the minister, can that character be allowed to be seen by the minister? ”

I nodded and said, "Come on, show the prime minister that word." ”

Kong Ming put the word in his hand, looked it up and down, and sighed: "The words in Liao's service can be fake and true, admire and admire." ”

I saw that Kong Ming had also recognized that the word was written by Liao Li, and there was no doubt about it, so I shouted: "Come on, put Liao Li in prison, and wait for the fate." ”

The guard responded and led Liao Li downward, but was stopped by Kong Ming: "Slow." Your Majesty, the minister's words are not finished. Although the minister said that these words were written by Liao Shizhong, but only these words, it could not be concluded that these things were done by Liao Shizhong. ”

Kong Ming's words confused me, and everyone in the hall also looked at Kong Ming, not knowing what he was talking about, even Liao Li was silent. Kong Ming unfolded the piece of paper, pointed to the word and said: "Your Majesty, please see, each of these words is very neat, so it is the head of the silkworm and the tail of the goose, and the words are muddy, but unfortunately the whole article looks like there is something missing." ”

What's missing, what's missing? I looked intently, but I saw nothing. Li Yan paused suddenly: "If it weren't for the Prime Minister's reminder, I would have almost ignored it, yes, it seems that the whole article lacks a sense of unity, lacks a plot, and some words seem to be spelled together." ”

Kong Ming laughed: "Yes, these words are spelled out." Please, there can be Xiangyang paper, and the wrong ones are used by Weichen. ”

I was already convinced, and I was busy getting Xiangyang paper. Kong Ming said again: "Take some fine silk, as well as pen and ink." ”

I gave up my dragon case and picked up the ink and grinded it myself. Kong Ming confessed, picked up the pen, and wrote a big "and" on the fine silk. After writing, I let it dry for a while, put it on a piece of Xiangyang paper, and carefully flatten and compacted. Then Kong Ming puffed and gently sprayed into a fine mist, caged on the fine silk. After a while, Kong Ming said, "It's done." Put the fine silk aside, picked up the Xiangyang paper, and saw that the word "and" had passed through the fine silk and was printed on the Xiangyang paper uprightly. Kong Ming put the paper in my hand, I took it and compared it with the letter, and finally slapped it on the dragon case: "Good means! ”

Kong Ming said: "In fact, my method of spraying water is not excellent, and another method is to smoke with steamed vinegar, and together with the steam, the ink on Xiangyang paper is clear, like handwriting, but it will not leave any water stains, and the paper color looks old, as if it was a few years ago." I believe that this letter was forged in this way. Although Liao Shizhong and I are not on good terms and quarrel with each other, the literati are light, and he has no malice since ancient times. Although I have ascended to a high position and am the head of a hundred officials, I am only a scholar, and I have no strengths, so I will inevitably make mistakes. And he is talented, knowledgeable, and with his advice, I will often think about whether I have done something wrong, pick up the gaps, and do things better. Moreover, with his pride, even if he is dissatisfied with me, he will point it out to his face, and he will never disdain to make a move behind my back, and use this method to calculate me. ”

Kong Ming said, walked up to Liao Li, and called Liao Li's words: "Gongyuan, you and I have known each other for more than 20 years, and seeing that you and I have reached the age of not being confused, what kind of person am I, don't you know?" fights in the court all day long, but even irrelevant others know about it, and use such a plan to separate you and me. It's ridiculous that we think we are Jingzhou Junjie, the world's talents, and we fall into the trap without knowing it. If you really hit the plan, you and I will still be a trivial matter, and I will miss the great cause of Ji Han, I am sorry for the first emperor and His Majesty, and I am sorry for the people and all the people. After the truth is revealed, what face do the people who stay in the court have to face the world? ”

Liao Li couldn't stand it anymore, pounced, and knelt down for Kong Ming: "Prime Minister, Liao Li is arrogant, no one in his eyes, always against the prime minister, today I know that I am better than the prime minister, like a spark to Haoyue, the prime minister is a gentleman, I am a villain, so the prime minister is like the sea, can accommodate the world, Liao Li is like a wave, jumping wildly and thinking that he can do things, but he doesn't know his true face." I committed a big crime this time, but on the contrary, I excused myself, and I was wronged, and Liao Li thanked me! ”

Kong Ming said: "Why do you say this, we are all Ji Han's courtiers, and we should be of one heart and one mind to support the Han family." If there is something inappropriate in the future, please also ask the service to give advice. ”

The two looked at each other, Kong Ming smiled slightly, but Liao Li burst into tears.

Li Yan was on the side, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "The prime minister said it lightly, now Liao Li is guilty of a big crime, and the law is not merciful, even if this letter was not written by him, he has not cleared the suspicion at this time." Moreover, his sin of throwing himself into the enemy is far greater than the sin of framing, and although the prime minister is the chief of a hundred officials, he cannot protect the criminal. In addition to this speculation, does the prime minister have any other evidence? ”

Kong Ming was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "I believe that there is another hidden truth in this matter. ”

Li Yan sneered: "That is, there is no other evidence. So, offended. Your Majesty, Weichen, as a doctor of imperial history, is in charge of picketing hundreds of officials, and now he has brought Liao Li down. ”

Li Yan took advantage of the reason, and although I was inclined to Kong Ming at this time, I couldn't say anything else, so I had to nod: "Let's take Liao Li into custody first." However, the matter has not been discovered, and the punishment cannot be used. "Liao Li and a scribe, if Li Yan arbitrarily tried him, he would have to die in prison within three days.

Li Yan gave up.

Kong Ming and I looked at each other and smiled bitterly. After a while, I rebuked everyone and said, "I didn't do a good job in this matter. ”

Kong Ming first gave me a deep salute: "Your Majesty believes in Weichen, and the minister is grateful." This matter is full of secrets, interlocks, and thoughtfulness, and there must be a huge trap hidden behind it. Although the minister didn't know where this trap came from, since it happened when Cao Wei's envoy came, the plan was inseparable from Cao Wei. However, Dong Zhao and the others are envoys, and if I detain them for interrogation, even if I can find out the truth, it will inevitably provoke the world's discussions. ”

I hated: "Cao Wei ambushed me and the princess with someone pretending to be Xianbei people, and set a trap to plot against the prime minister and the servant, if I let them go, how can I be willing!" ”

Kong Ming said with a smile: "Cao Wei and Ji Han are enemies, and it is not a day, if they don't destroy, it will be a strange thing." It's just that this plan kills three birds with one stone, and it is similar to our plan to break Sima with Jia Xu, and it seems that it is also the work of a master. I thought that the ministers looked at it, but I was afraid that it was more likely to be Jia Xu. ”

"Why?"

"Our plan of discord back then, as the Huns were in turmoil in the state, we were afraid that someone with a heart would see through it, and others would not say it, but I was afraid that Jia Xu and Sima Yi would already know it. However, at this time, it was too late for Sima Yi to avoid trouble, and he was in danger, how could he make any more moves, so the minister guessed that it might be Jia Xu who wanted to avenge the arrow at that time.

But whatever the truth, he failed. His Majesty trusted Wechen, so Wechen was not hit; Li Yan is dedicated to the public, although he attacks Weichen, Weichen will not hold a grudge against him because of this, and this divisive plan is useless; Although Liao Li's imprisonment was wronged, he has always been arrogant and has no one in his eyes, and this torture may not be a good thing for him. After some time, either the truth will be found out and the snow will be revealed, or Your Majesty will forgive his sins, then he will sincerely repay His Majesty. Liao Li is talented, and it is still available. Now that the intentions of Dong Zhao and others are clear, they can be driven away. After this turmoil, the matter of Xianbei in the central part of the north and Xianbei in the west, the selection of talents and military schools is the focus. ”

I nodded in agreement.