Chapters 46-50

In November, Sima Yi's position of serving in the middle and Shangshu was changed to Xiangxianghou, supervising the army, responsible for guarding Youzhou and Liaodong, fighting against Xianbei and Gongsun, just as our Yizhou was in turmoil, and Cao Pi's backyard was not very stable. I laughed, now, Cao Pi and I can't help it, the most powerful generals in our hands have gone to stabilize the rear, and in the next two years, our brothers will quietly use soft knives against each other.

In the blink of an eye, the golden autumn has passed, the cool breeze is cool, the crops in the fields have been harvested clean, God should take care of it, this year is another bumper harvest, because the land of Nongtun has been planted for five years, the land of Nongtun has become owned by individuals, and the local resettlement of the displaced people is also extremely energetic, and the labor enthusiasm of the displaced people is also high, coupled with the use of overturned cars, the improvement of water conservancy, and the popularization of scientific planting methods, which have effectively promoted agricultural production. The grain from the three grain producing areas of Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Shuzhong has been harvested, and the yield per mu has reached the highest year in the Han Dynasty. This made the Jihan treasury have surplus grain for the first time in addition to feeding the people, and laid a solid foundation for a larger-scale tuntian work next year.

At the same time, the first group of caravans to the Western Regions partially returned, and the reason why it is said to be a partial return is that many merchants left some personnel to set up local points after discovering the wealth of the Western Regions, or further extended their itinerary to the west. On this westward journey, the footprints of the merchants and the large countries in the Western Regions such as Qiuzi, Yuning, Kangju, Wusun, Shule, Yueshi, Shanshan, and Cheshi brought back a large amount of property with silk and ceramics, and everyone in the caravan was smiling and happy. The east and west markets of Chang'an City are a prosperous scene, and the wines of the Western Regions, Dawan horses, various gems and jades that have not been seen for many years have reappeared on the market. Of course, tax revenues in the business sector have also begun to increase significantly. And what is even more pleasing is that the return of the caravan this time brought back the tributary envoys of Qiuzi, Yuning, Kangju, Wusun, Shule, Yueshi, Shanshan, Cheshi, and Xiaowan, and what is even more strange is that most of these envoys are princes, princes, young generals and other powerful figures.

Historically, these countries also paid tribute to Cao Wei, but at this time, due to the rise of the Ji and Han dynasties, they were cut off from Cao Wei, and the orthodoxy of our Han family also made them believe in us even more. Even most of them didn't know about Cao Wei's existence. This kind of reception work is naturally from Cao Wei returned Meng Da to show his talents, Meng Da and Deng Zhi are Ji Han's rare diplomatic talents, Meng Da's strength is to be suave, talented and wonderful, so that people will be close to the heart at first sight, from the local state Taishou Jian to the post of Jiuqing, he did not hold the military power at the beginning of some ideas, privately thought that he was Ming Sheng and secretly descended, no real power, but later Ji Han developed to more than 30 counties, and Shangyong as the front line, and repeatedly attacked, but also quite satisfied with this position, he sent Cao Wei, Although Cao Pi has a deep hatred for Ji Han, he is willing to receive him, which cannot but be said to be a very wonderful thing. Deng Zhi's mind is meticulous, his character is upright, he adheres to principles but there is no lack of flexibility, although he is not as wonderful as Meng Da's poems, but he is still superior to the big festival, he is good at standing in the other party's point of view, putting himself in the other party's shoes, in order to achieve his own goals, so it is easy to get the favor of the country. It is for this reason that he is deeply respected by Sun Quan. These two people came to deal with the envoys of the subject countries of the Western Regions, naturally there was no problem, but Meng Da asked me, these countries in the Western Regions are well aware of the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now the palace city of Ji Han is far from being compared with Chang'an and Luoyang in the past, will it make these envoys contemptuous? I laughed and said, "What are you going to do when you show them the palace?" The first batch of military cadets of the Jihan Military Academy graduated and let them watch the ceremony. Meng Da suddenly realized.

Of course, not all of these news are good, the head of the caravan, Cheng Jixian, played a book to You Chu and Guan Ping, saying that You Chu was dissolute and light on political affairs, and contacted and commanded the countries of the Western Regions indiscriminately, which made the Western Regions countries very dissatisfied, and said that Guan Ping killed innocents indiscriminately, joked with the caravan's life, and used the caravan to lure General Xiaowan to attack, and then was ambushed by him, which directly led to the change of the lord of Xiaowan. I laughed secretly in my heart, this kind of lawless practice is really You Chu's style, he is in the Western Regions, in fact, it is not smooth, the countries in the Western Regions have their own thoughts, each has its own abacus, more than a hundred years of arrogance, how can it be easy to obey the jurisdiction of others? In the Western Regions, You Chu did not take conquest as his responsibility, but took advantage of the contradictions of the countries in the Western Regions to restrain each other and achieve a delicate balance. This time, the caravan went with a lot of goods, which naturally made people greedy. In fact, the matter of Xiaowan Kingdom is really a trap for You Chu, first of all, the lord of Xiaowan Kingdom is not very obedient, and secondly, You Chu wants to find a chicken to kill the monkey, these two reasons, to the second one has a larger weight, from this point of view, Cheng Yi's book is not unreasonable, but he doesn't know, if there is no You Chu Guanping's killing, I am afraid that the caravan will definitely not be able to move as unhindered in the Western Regions as it is now. At the moment, I commended Cheng Ji's merits, but I left his recital in the middle. Then You Chu and Guan Ping each added a level of Yulu.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I went around the ministers' mansions, gave the courtiers gizzard, and sent the fattest piece to the husband in advance. Mr. is in Yizhou, carrying half of the world of Ji Han, and there are no capable people around him, compared to the whole country during the southern expedition in history, I don't know if he will encounter any difficulties. And with his personality, no matter what difficulties he encounters, he will deal with them himself. I'm not afraid that he will encounter something that he can't handle, I'm just afraid that he will be tired.

That is, when he walked on the ministers' mansions, he found that Huang Hao, this kid, was playing ghost again, because he was in charge of the Taiye Pool, in addition to supplying the inner palace, he also gave a part of it for free to the mansion of a person with more than one product. The ministers didn't know, thinking that I cared for the ministers, and they were naturally grateful to me. And he sold the other part in the city, and in their propaganda, the fish in the Taiye Pond was a fish for the palace and the first-class officials. In this way, the rich people in the city, who want to be official and put on a show, who don't want to buy it, even if they spend a little more money, they have to tell people that I have eaten fish from the Taiye Pond. These things were originally told to me by Li Yan as a joke, but as me, I was always very concerned about Huang Hao's affairs, and after a careful investigation, not only was he not greedy for money from selling fish, but he also didn't take the share he deserved, except for the dividends given to his subordinates, all of them were handed over to Shaofu. He's actually a man who doesn't love money? I don't believe it, but he is indeed a talent.

When I met Mrs. Xu in Guanfu, I unexpectedly met two Hedong people in his mansion. Hedong is a place of famous generals, there are generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty, and there are second uncles and Xu Huang in contemporary times.

Mrs. Xu said after giving me a salute: "These two people are my lord's fellow villagers, this gentleman's surname is Meng, his name is written, and the words cherish ink. And this gentleman's surname is Wei, his name is Feng, and his name is sulfur, and he is a friend of Mr. Meng. ”

I nodded with a smile, it seems that Mrs. Xu wants to find an official position for them to repay the kindness of the day, but this person's surname is Wei, and I don't know what it has to do with Hedong Wei. When asked, the man replied: "The villain Wei Feng, the eldest son Wei Ning is the villain's uncle." It's just that the villain has declined. ”

The Wei Ning he said is Wei Zhongdao, the lord of Wei's generation, that is, Cai Wenji's husband, who now lives in Lantian. However, Wei Ning's temperament is far less and he does not pursue fame and fortune, so he, the lord of the valve, only has a name, and the affairs of the guard valve are presided over by his younger brother Wei Jian.

Meng Wen said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, Meng Wen came to think about participating in Ji Han's big competition, but unfortunately the villain came late and didn't catch up, and he plans to study for another three years." Originally, I also thought that people who engaged in learning, whether they were Confucianism or Taoism, or the hundred schools of thought, were for their own beliefs and for fame in the world. But when I came to Chang'an, I knew that it was not easy to live like a person in Chang'an. The ancients said, 'Learn and excel at you.' 'Confucianism can't lift his hands, can't pick his shoulders, can't count merchants, can't be soldiers, can't be diligent, and can't divide grains. With Wei Feng, Wei Feng brought something casually, went to the East Market or the West Market, and when he came back, his pocket swelled, and every now and then, I always felt that I was really a superfluous person, and regretted that I did not inherit my father's business. But Confucianism is what I love......"

I waved my hand: "Okay, when I meet me, it is also your fate, I will let you wait for the bus first, receive some officials, how to use it, let's talk about it later." ”

Meng Wen bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Wei Feng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the villain's ambition is not to be an official. ”

"Huh? So what do you want? ”

Wei Feng looked left and right, and wanted to step forward, but was naturally stopped by the chamberlain, forced a smile, and said in a low voice: "The villain wants to ask His Majesty for a trade route, a trade route from Ji Han to Hedong." ”

Well? I looked at him intently, wondering if he represented the Hedong Guard. I have been missing the land east of the river for a long time, and if it weren't for the fact that the national strength was not enough to support a large battle, I might have crossed the river a long time ago. I didn't expect the Wei family to take the initiative to contact me, so I nodded and smiled: "Okay, just with the intention that you can enter this Guan Mansion, I agree to this matter." You can discuss specific matters with Cheng Ji. However, Hedong is still Cao Wei's world, and we can only open half of this trade route. ”

Wei Feng was overjoyed and said: "The other half, the Wei family can be responsible." ”

I am sure that Wei Feng is indeed the representative of the Wei family, he does not hide it in front of me, probably because he does not want to lose my trust because of this, and looking at the appearance of Mrs. Xu and Meng Wen, they do not know Wei Feng's true identity. And the Wei family was willing to take the initiative to contact me, about them, the local snakes, felt Ji Han's strength, and it was also the huge interests of Ji Han's caravan that attracted them.

I smiled and said, "Zhao Yan seems to be good to the Wei family." ”

Wei Feng said: "Your Majesty, having said that, Zhao Taishou is about to leave office, and in the past two years, the people of Hedong have been shocked three times a day, only afraid of the Ji Han Heavenly Army, no, no, no, they are only looking forward to the Ji Han Heavenly Army, but those people in Cao Wei Capital always want my Wei family to move to Luoyang or Yecheng...... Hedong is the ancestral cemetery of the Wei family, the ancestor Changping Liehou (Wei Qing) is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and my Wei family is also dedicated to the Han family, so he naturally does not want to give his life to the puppet dynasty. ”

I thought about the gains and losses: "The Wei family sent you here, as you said, probably because your identity has a distance from the Wei family's lord, so it won't attract attention, even so, you also wait for the Zhao bus first, how to use it in the future, it will be determined after I think about it, whether your talent is studying or business, in Ji Han, there is always something useful for you." ”

Wei Feng had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty." ”

I was not very happy when I heard his tone, knowing that he was afraid that he would show his face in Ji Han and that his family in Hedong would not be able to deal with himself, so he said: "Don't worry, the Wei family is willing to let you come, and they will naturally treat your family well, the more you are valued in Ji Han, the more the Wei family will treat them preferentially, if Wei Jianruo can't even protect your family, he will also preside over the Wei family in vain." ”

Ma Chao's health in the past two years has not been very good. I thought that the untimely death in history was due to a bad relationship due to not being reused by my father, but now it seems that I blame my father wrongly. The doctor said that when he was a teenager, he fought and killed, climbed the ice and snow, worked too hard, did not pay attention to his body, and suffered a lot of tragedy, the whole family was killed several times, his father, brother, wife, and son all died tragically, and his body was injured and wounded.

After entering the door and sitting down, Ma Chao saluted on the couch and said: "Your Majesty, if there is anything, just call the minister, why bother you again?" ”

I smiled and said, "Except for you Ma Aiqing, whose residence can I visit again and again?" How are you feeling better? ”

Ma Chao sighed and shook his head: "Ma Chao's life is over." ”

I laughed and said, "Why do you say that?" You are only nine out of forty this year, seven years younger than the third and fourth generals, and you are considered young in Ji Han, why do you have to suffer so much? ”

Ma Chao just shook his head: "In Ma Chao's life, he always killed too many people to get this revenge." As early as more than ten years ago, Ma Chao should have died, but fortunately, God took care of me, let me live a few more years, Emperor Meng Xian and His Majesty reused, recovered Yongliang, returned to his hometown, and was named a general, worthy of his ancestors. Especially in the past two years, I have a new son...... If Ma Chao has any accidents, please read it on Ma Chao's face and take care of him more. ”

Ma Chao was in Chang'an, married another wife, Wu, and had a son, who was two years old and named Ma Fuer. I listened to Ma Chao's sadness, and couldn't help crying, nodded and said: "Aiqing will take care of her body well, and she will never get to that point, I have let people calculate that Aiqing's lifespan is still long." I still want Aiqing to help sweep through the northern frontier, how can I easily say death and say such unlucky words. ”

Ma Chao shook his head: "Although Xianbei is strong on the surface, just like the chaos of that day, the various departments are not in harmony, the command is chaotic, and they attack each other, and the defeat has been achieved." Your Majesty is connected to the Xiongnu in the north, Kebineng in the east, and Jiang Wei is in charge of the army, which is enough. ”

I said, "What if I want you to pacify the Western Regions?" ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what is difficult to determine in the Western Regions, Guan Ping has the style of a father, why do you need others to help you in pacifying the Western Regions." ”

I was bent on finding something to let him occupy his heart, and I had the heart to talk about Xiqiang Kingdom, but I was afraid that he would suspect that I thought Ma Dai was incompetent, so I said at the moment: "Dongping Cao Wei, how can I miss Aiqing's figure?" ”

Ma Chao was speechless for a while, showing a look of fascination, and finally sighed: "Your Majesty, with the national strength of Ji Han, if you want to compete with Cao Wei for a day, it will take at least five years, and at that time Ma Chao is afraid that it will be long gone." ”

I knew that he was telling the truth, and I sighed to myself, but I said nothing more.

Ma Chao turned a small string of Buddhist beads in his hand, which I knew was given to him by Pufa. And the words he said earlier, "There are too many killings, and there is such a reward" is probably also the Buddhist theory of cause and effect that is often mentioned in the popularization of law. Although I don't believe it, but seeing Ma Chao chanting the Buddha a few times, there was a peaceful and peaceful look between his eyebrows, and for a while I felt that he could see everything, but it was not always a happy thing.

In all kinds of chaos, the first phase of Jihan Military Academy is about to end. When I got the news, I decided to go in person. After all, this military academy was founded by me, it condensed my hard work and sweat, and spent a lot of my money, until now when I mention this matter, Shaofu Meng Guang will still stare at me, thinking that I spend too much money. Moreover, among the first batch of students, there are a large number of generals and subordinates of Ji Han's middle and lower class backbones, and there are also children of various meritorious heroes who have been specially abbreviated, although Zhang Bao and Guan Xing and others have been assigned to the army halfway, but now there are still a large number of children of Ji Han meritorious heroes such as Guan Suo, Zhao Guang, Zhang Shao, Zhang Yu, Huang Yong, Huang Zheng, Li Yi, etc., as well as female generals such as Guan Feng and Xu Ling'er. Although Kong Ming is not there, but there are four great generals as teachers, and in a year and a half, these people should have a certain improvement.

At this time, there was a sudden assassination in Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, the Western Regions trade route was opened, and people from all over the world came to Chang'an, many of whom were princes and grandsons, and wanted to see the prosperity of my Ji Han. The one who had the accident this time was the prince of Shanshan. This country has been subjugated by Wanghua since it was the country closest to Ji Han in the Western Regions, and after this incident, I don't know if it has any impact on the affairs of the Western Regions. Li Sheng said while shaking his head again and again, "The minister was ordered to go, first sealed the pavilion, carefully investigated, asked about the situation at the time, everyone in the pavilion said, he and some of the entourage had a good drink and chat, chatting and chatting, talking about his identity, a person next to him stood up and said that the prince is great, and the people on Ji Hanman Street are more noble than him, the prince was not convinced, and the two quarreled, and the man raised his hand and a sword, which pierced the prince's heart. Lord Yanwei went with the minister, he only held his heart with his hand at that time, and sighed loudly, how can you get it now, how can you get it now. ”

I wanted to think about Mi Fang's appearance, I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't laugh bitterly. The older he lives, the less courageous he becomes, the worse his ability becomes, and he doesn't look like a man who came out of the battlefield with his father, but he is my uncle, so how should I treat him? Alas, it's really not good, find a reason to force him to retire, don't make a big mistake and make me end badly.

"Is the assassin still there?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Assassin fled. The Janissaries arrived, but did not catch up with him. ”

"In this way, it is the work of a master." My Praetorian Guards are not those young master soldiers of the Han Dynasty, they are all selected from the hundred training heroes, and they can escape from their hands, and their skills are not bad. "For the assassination of the prince of the Western Regions, this is definitely not the work of Ji Han, you continue to investigate carefully, if there are not enough people, you can draw from the military academy or the inner one. Our opponent is not a single person, but an organization, an organization that may be secretly promoted by Minister Cao Wei. I believe in your brother's ability, and I think you can handle this well. Report any difficulties or progress in a timely manner, and don't cause too much stir among the countries of the Western Regions. Their food and drink are taken care of by reliable people, and the management of the inn is strengthened to prevent all living people from entering. ”

Li Sheng nodded and went.

I thought about it for a while and said, "Pass Huang Hao." ”

After a while, Huang Hao came, he bowed down lowly, and said in a gentle and respectful voice: "Your Majesty's affairs with the villain, the villain has been done, twenty-four palace maids, all of them are beautiful and talented, these people are all orphans, they were selected by the villain from the homeless people who sold their sons and daughters to serve the queen a few years ago, they have received a good education in the palace, and they are all dedicated to Ji Han, there will be no rebellion." ”

"Bring people to me. Huang Hao, you are very effective. ”

"It is the duty of the villain to relieve His Majesty's worries."

I took Huang Hao to lead these palace maids to meet Xingcai. I plan to let Xingcai teach them for a while, these princes and nobles of the Western Regions have come to Chang'an, and I plan to give them some palace maids, so that these people can also take the opportunity to increase some eyes and ears in the countries of the Western Regions and exert some influence. Of course, in order for them not to be despised and bullied in the Western Regions, I still need to give them some gifts so that they can have a suitable identity.

After that, I brought Liao Li over. Before my husband went to Shuzhong, he told me that when I encountered difficulties, Liao Li would be my good helper. Last time, Cao Wei made a plan to buy Liao Li's clansmen to frame Kong Ming, which caused chaos in the Ji Han court, and Kong Ming, Li Yan, and Liao Li were all involved. That time, Liao Li was bitter and unspeakable, and he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was hit seriously for the first time in his life, and he has been listless since then, as if his original spirit has been exhausted. However, a person like him can only be of great use if he wears away his edges and corners. And this is an opportunity.

I asked Liao Li: "Do you want to avenge Cao Wei for framing you in the first place?" ”

After listening to my words, a fine light suddenly appeared in Liao Li's eyes, and when he looked up at me, he was already looking forward to it.

"You can probably see the situation in Chang'an City in the past few days. Chang'an has not been quiet these days, and there are people making trouble in secret. ”

"Yes, the minister can see it."

"Very well, I hope you can help me make a plan to lure these people out of the shadows. From now on, the ruling Jinwu and the Tingwei Mansion will be under your command, and the news of the Zhiwen Office will be forwarded to you at the same time, is this power enough? ”

"Your Majesty entrusted the ministers with a heavy responsibility, and the ministers dared not do their best. As a servant, the ministers dare not take the power of Jiuqing, as long as they cooperate with me. The minister had to read all the news about Cao Wei overnight. ”

"Yes."

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From the next day, I began to personally meet with the princes of the Western Regions, and went to communicate with them in civilian clothes, talking about the advantages of Ji Han, and encouraging them to stay and settle in Chang'an, or study. The Han Dynasty required all the vassal kings and the surrendered tribes to send protons for control and control. But at the moment, the countries of the Western Regions are not conquered by force, so I didn't ask them to send any protons. But if they are fascinated by the prosperity and voluntarily stay, I am still very willing. And as the lord of Ji Han, my concern for them touched them indispensably. Since ancient times, the Central Empire has not cared about these small and remote countries, and even if their lord came in person, it was a great honor to be allowed to meet him, and it was really unique for me to visit in person. Of course, I also took this opportunity to learn about the geography and human conditions of the Western Regions, and imagine how to further turn it into a hinterland, and whether it can be built into a state and county in the future. A stable Western Regions and a smooth trade route were an important supporting force for Ji Hanxing's rapid prosperity. The interruption of trade routes for nearly a hundred years has brought the West's demand for the East to the point of madness, and in the West of the Western Regions, there are many large countries, some of which are no smaller than the Han Dynasty. In places where the army and officials could not reach, the busy footprints of merchants walked through. As long as this trade route is unblocked, Ji Han's things will never have to worry about sales. Silk-based commodities flowed to the West in exchange for money and materials to support the Ji Han war. This is also the reason why I would rather risk offending and losing Guan Feng, and also take the plan instead of directly admitting that this is a scam and losing Ji Han's face. The Western Regions, for the current Ji Han, its importance is self-evident, the Western Regions is in chaos, and its danger is far greater than the harm of Meng Shu in the south. Kong Ming is now settled in the south, and I can now say that it is the west that is stable in the court. Then, I will free my hands and will pacify the north, after which I may be able to concentrate on dealing with Cao Wei in the east.

And during this period of time, Liao Li quietly laid a big net around me.

……

"Your Majesty, due to the short period of time, the ministers can only penetrate their peripheral organizations. From some clues, it seems that they also planned to carry out a series of assassinations. ”

"I'll leave everything to you."

"Yes."

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A few days later, a rumor spread that I was always eating snacks at a small shop. This news has a nose and eyes, and the small shop is also inadvertently red.

On the evening of the seventh day, a small car that I had been riding in the past set off from Dongshi and crossed the Yudai Bridge to return to Weiyang Palace.

Above the Xinghan Restaurant in Dongshikou, Liao Li and others who had put on makeup sat around a table in front of the window. The restaurant is a typical wooden pavilion type building, up to four floors, square, each floor supports the waist eaves with a bucket arch, looking out from this restaurant, you can clearly see the main hall of Weiyang Palace. Due to the curfew in Chang'an City, the main business hours of the restaurant are noon, and there are generally no people at night, and there is only Liao Li and his party on the entire third floor.

"Guess," Liao said, "where will they set up an ambush?" ”

"I guess it's the Jade Belt Bridge." Pufa said, "There are merchants in the south and north of the bridge, and there are more foreign customers in the past two years, and the management is not strict, so they can easily get rid of it after they start from there." ”

"I guess it's three hundred zhang in front of Weiyang Palace." Hesse Road.

"Impossible." Pufa shook his head, "There will be a royal road immediately, where Jin Wu is in charge, who will commit murder in that kind of place?" ”

Hesse got up and lit an incense, inserted it into the censer, and turned to look at the window: "If you don't believe it, you just watch." "It's a pure incense.

Pufa didn't find out, and was still arguing with Hesse: "Of course I don't believe it, even if I do it in that kind of place, I can't get close to Luanjia." And, how to escape? ”

The Jade Belt Bridge is easy to be ambushed, but it is also tightly defended. And the north of the Royal Street, immediately enter the place in charge of Jin Zhiwu, the vigilance will be a little smaller, and the chance of making a move before this will be greater. Pufa only counted the rush to kill, but forgot the main tool of the assassination, the bow and crossbow. If you shoot indiscriminately at Luan with a bow and crossbow, the success rate is still very high. Only, where will they hide?

At this time, Na Luan drove safely across the Yudai Bridge and went forward again.

Pufa Daqi stood up and shouted strangely. After a while, Pufa smiled and said: "Hesse, what you said is only afraid or not successful, now Luan is driving close to the royal street, and Zhijinwu is catching up, and the enemy wants to attack but is afraid that it will not be possible, unless...... Yes! What, Thunderbolt! ”

Everyone in the building stood up. The Thunder Crossbow is a type of Ji Han weapon, and its powerful penetration can easily penetrate any armor at a distance of fifty steps. At this time, Luan's drive was shot through, four or five guards fell next to the car, and Li was also injured and was directing the attack. The crossbow was shot from a ruined watchtower outside the palace walls, which was incredible.

Liao Li laughed in a low voice: "It turns out that the exit of this dark passage is there, and you can't run away now!" ”

In order to save costs, I did not tear down the old palace and old walls in Chang'an City, but repaired on the original basis, of course, I have long paid attention to whether there will be any secret paths, and whether the enemy will attack from the outside. But the investigation outside the palace was not so careful. I didn't expect that the watchtower outside the palace actually had such facilities.

Pufa nodded and said, "It seems that we still don't know much about Chang'an City." However, this time they showed their heads, and it was difficult to hide them again. ”

Liao Li said: "This time, I will never be able to leave them." ”

At this time, the guards led by Li Wei rushed out of the ambush, and after meeting up with his brother, they rushed towards the place where the assassins were ambushing. Behind him, there was a team of holding Jingo, with a giant dog in their hands. Whether it is me or ordinary ministers, they all think that Cao Wei or Sima people have some special means to hide in this Chang'an City without being discovered, but they didn't expect that Chang'an was originally the land of Cao Wei, such as Zhong Xuan and others, who have been running Chang'an for decades, naturally have a certain foundation. Chang'an City has only been in the hands of Ji Han for five or six years, and he doesn't know much about the secret passages of the secret path, but it is difficult to get rid of them in one fell swoop. But this time they showed their heads, but they couldn't escape.

Liao Li looked at the cup in his hand, suddenly spilled the tea on the ground, and shouted to Xiao Er to add water. Pufa said: "My lord, why don't we use our own hands? At this time, the stairs sounded, and Xiao Er had already walked up with a pot and refilled the water on the table. With outsiders, a few people stopped talking, Liao Li looked at the little two, and said with a smile: "What kind of water is this?" ”

Xiao Er said: "If you go back to the guest official, this is the water of the Wei River." ”

"Is the Wei River connected to the Yellow River?"

"yes." Xiao Er was stunned by Liao Liwen.

"Then the downstream of the Yellow River is Luoyang, as if Luoshui also flows into the Yellow River. I don't know if the water of the Wei River will be similar to the water of the Luo River. ”

Xiao Er smiled: "The villain doesn't understand the words of the guest officer." ”

Liao Li picked up the teacup that Xiao Er had just added water, looked at it, and sneered: "Come, look at your kid's diligence, this cup of water is rewarded to you." ”

Xiao Er's face changed: "Guest officer, the guest officer laughed, how dare you drink your water?" ”

Liao Li squinted his eyes: "Don't dare to drink, how dare you let us drink?" Does drinking this water make people die? ”

Xiao Er said calmly: "Guest officer, I don't understand what you say." ”

"Don't understand? Is there a hole in the firewood room of your inn? You just asked someone to drill that hole, what are you doing? Do you want to cancel the assassination plan? It's a pity that the man was arrested when he arrived at the firewood room, and the news was not delivered. At this time, there was a commotion on the street outside, and Yu Linjun and Zhi Jinwu had surrounded this restaurant. Liao Lidao: "Seeing that there are many nets and your subordinates have been captured, do you still want to escape?" ”

The little two smashed the kettle at Liao Li's head, and then flew towards Liao Li, already holding a quick knife in his hand.

Liao Li is a literati, thinking that when Xiao Er heard this, he would tremble all over his body, and he would be caught, but he knew that he was going to make a move, and he shrank his head in fright, and he couldn't avoid it, and he saw that he was going to be smashed to the point that his head was bleeding. Prussian Hesse listened to Liao Li's words and protected him early. Hesse was in front of Liao Li. Pufa's body turned like the wind, and with a wave of his hand, the kettle was already turning in mid-air, and the giant hammer smashed on Xiao Er with a strong wind, and the pot carried more than 20 catties of water, like a meteor hammer, smashing Xiao Er to the ground, and the boiling water was sprinkled all over his body, screaming.

Liao Li replied to Ning Ding and said with a smile: "This is really a big victory, all of them are in one net, everyone is escorted to Tingwei Prison, and I will enter the palace to report this matter to Your Majesty." ”

In the next few days, Chang'an City was bustling with activity, and every day it was just arresting people and trying cases. Speaking of which, this case is a rare major case in Chang'an City in recent years, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, it actually involved four or five yamen, six or seven large merchants, and more than 200 criminals. When he finally attacked the enemy's lair, he encountered strong resistance and was blocked by a large number of masters, forcing Liao Li to use the method of smoke to arrest those people. One of them actually drew with the Franco-Prussian War, but was trapped by the Eight Formations and finally committed suicide.

Finally, Liao Lilai reported to me that the case was basically clarified, and that the case was jointly committed by the Sima clan and the Zhong clan in Hanoi. The relationship network of the Zhong family, the personnel plan of the Sima family, those masters are actually the dead soldiers raised in Sima Yi's mansion. One of the people who came to preside over this time was Zhong Hui's cousin Zhong Shen, and the other was a young man from the Sima family, both of whom had been captured.

I was overjoyed, praised Liao Li, and asked, "Sima Shi, is it Sima Wang?" "I don't know when I've always been suspicious of Ah Wang.

"No, it's not Sima Wang. There is no Sima Wang who is famous, just a teenage child named Sima Zhao. ”

"What?" I couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't have imagined that I would have such good luck! Sima Zhao, the son of Sima Yi, the father of Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, a genius boy three years younger than me, the most terrible peer in my life, he was actually caught by me? "Quick, bring him quickly, I will interrogate him myself."

Liao Li had never seen me so excited, so he was stunned for a moment and retreated.

But I got up from my throne excitedly and walked back and forth.

Sima Zhao was captured by me, Sima Zhao was captured by me, see how he will make me An Le Gong in the future, I killed him today, Sima Yan didn't even have a chance to be born, and the history of these three families returning to Jin in the future will be rewritten from today onwards.

After being excited for a while, I gradually calmed down. At present, the Sima clan is only the courtiers of the Cao clan, and they want to seize the throne only after Cao Pi and Cao Rui took real power, and only after Cao Fang, Cao Chao, and Cao Huan III did they abolish the establishment. The Cao family's world was single-handedly beaten down by the Cao family's father and son, and all the people in Cao Wei were Cao family horses, although Sima Yi could also make some wind and rain in the court, but it was far from the strength of the Cao family. Therefore, this Sima Zhao is far from the weight.

Should I kill him? Or let him go in exchange for some money? No, no, no, with his name, I can't let him go, so detain him?

Sima Zhao and Zhong Shen were escorted up. Zhong Shen is twenty-six or seventeen years old, he is very beautiful, and the Zhong family is a family of beautiful men. Sima Zhao, in contrast, has a gloomy temperament. Both of them seemed to have been tortured, and Zhong Shen trembled when he walked, and as soon as he went to the hall, he knelt on the ground and cried for mercy. Sima Zhao didn't speak, he dared to look me up and down, and then knelt down in a proper manner.

I shouted, "Zhong Shen." ”

Zhong Shen was excited: "The sinner is here." ”

"How old is Zhonghui now?"

Zhong Shen raised his head to look at me, naturally he didn't expect me to ask such a thing, and looked up suspiciously: "Zhong, who will Zhong be?" ”

I saw that he didn't seem to be a fake, and I thought to myself, Zhong Hui is his cousin, he shouldn't know his name, can't Zhong Hui be born yet? In that case, when we attack Cao Wei, won't we encounter one less general. For Zhong Hui's birth, I don't remember very clearly, it seems that he was born in 225 AD, that is, next year, but I remember in a trance that his two brothers had seen Emperor Wen Cao Pi, when his brother was sweating all over, and he didn't sweat, Emperor Wen asked them what was going on, my brother replied, trembling and frightened, sweating like pulp, my brother replied, trembling and frightened, sweating did not dare to come out, and he was rumored to be a prodigy for a while. But Cao Pi is coming to an end in the next year, is he a one-year-old child? But at this time, I didn't have time to think about which one was true and which one was false, so I turned my head with a smile and looked at Sima Zhao.

"Sima Zhao."

"Yes."

"Have you ever thought that one day you would be captured?"

Sima Zhao smiled: "When I sneaked out of the mansion, I thought that there would be this day. ”

"Huh? Didn't you be sent out by someone from your family? ”

"Xiao Ke has not completed his studies, and his talent is limited, how could the Han family send me out to act. It's just that I was willful for a while, sneaked out, and wanted to make a contribution, but it didn't work out, but it affected Brother Zhong. However, I heard that in Chang'an City, the lord of Ji Han is the most merciful to capture prisoners and never kill, so he dares to come. ”

"Benevolence, have you heard that I am a money addict and think that if I have money, even if it is in my hands, I can redeem it, right?"

"Your Majesty laughed, how can you say that you are a fan of money, and everyone takes what they need."

I was amused by Sima Zhao: "That's a good point. It's a pity that this time you planned to make an abacus. Others can let it go, Sima, I won't let it go. ”

"What?" Sima Zhao was anxious, "My family will pay a lot of money to ransom me." ”

Hehe, after all, he is still young, not the generation of heroes who will change the color of the world in the future, he would be so naïve to think that I would sell him, don't say it's money, even if you move a mountain of gold, I am reluctant to let you go.

"Huh, money? You have also seen it, do you think Ji Han will be short of money in the future? ”

"Then what does Your Majesty want?"

"I want your loyalty from Sima Zhao." Khan, when I say this, I feel awkward myself, Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by, how can it be a loyal heart?

How do you know that Sima Zhao said proudly: "I was born as a person of Cao Wei, and I died as a ghost of Cao Wei, how can I descend such a chaotic minister and thief as you." If you don't let go of your young master, my Sima clan will naturally not give up with you! ”

I was angry for a while, and waved my hand: "Drag it down, enlighten this loyal minister with a hundred small boards, and make him sober and sober." ”

Sima Zhao was beaten crackling in the hall, and the Zhong Shen in the hall was so frightened that his face was like earth, and he called out repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the villain is willing to surrender." ”

I said, "You descend by yourself, I don't know if I want it yet." Persuade Sima Zhao well, you two brothers will descend together, and I can almost consider it. ”

Zhong Shen nodded again and again.