As soon as Imperial Physician Guo's footsteps disappeared at the door, Sima Zhao suddenly sat up straight, staring at the inner attendant in front of him with a slightly dull gaze.

"Great, king, since you are awake, please take medicine first." The waiter was a little flustered by Sima Zhao's eyes, and hurriedly said.

"Where is Yang Qi now?" Sima Zhao didn't even glance at the medicine bowl, but suddenly asked.

The chamberlain was even more flustered.

"Hui, back to the king's words, Yang Qifang has just been killed by the king."

"Nonsense!" Sima Zhao snapped, "Yang Qishang was by his side when King Fang was reading, why was he killed after just a short rest?" ”

The chamberlain was so frightened that he fell to his knees.

"Yang and Yang Qi have indeed been killed by the king, just before the king is asleep, Yang Qi suddenly wanted to get close to the king for some reason, and the king stabbed him to death with a sword in his dream. If you don't believe it, the king can look at the sword, and there is still blood on it. ”

Sima Zhao seemed to be a little unconvinced, so he picked up the sword and looked at it, and then threw the sword on the ground.

"The Lone King is old and sick, killing Yang Qi is really unintentional, you must remember not to approach the Lone King for no reason in the future."

"The villain wrote it down."

"Okay, I want Cao Ju to save some silver from the mansion, compensate Yang Qi's family, and give him a generous burial."

"The king dared to forget, Lord Cao Ju went to Shu to spread the king's will, and he has not yet returned." The chamberlain reminded.

Sima Zhao tapped his forehead hard.

"The Lone King is really confused."

At this moment, the samurai outside the door ran in again.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yicheng sent a letter."

Sima Zhao's spirit was inspired.

"This brute, why did it take so long to deliver the return book?"

The Marquis of Yicheng mentioned by the warrior was Sima Banru, and the person who sent the letter was Chen Yi pretending.

Luoyang is thousands of miles away from Chengdu, and the road is dangerous, and it is two different imperial courts, the people on both sides usually have little contact, for what happened in Chengdu, except for the capture of the capital, the capture of the Shu Han Queen, other news Sima Zhao does not know.

No wonder Sima Zhao was anxious about this.

"Let the messenger in." Sima Zhao commanded.

The samurai went out.

The chamberlain hurriedly removed the medicine bowl from the table, wiped the blood-stained sword, and hung it on the wall.

The dusty Chen Yi was soon brought to Sima Zhao by the samurai.

"See King Jin for humble duties." Chen You's face was tired, and even his voice seemed to have been eroded by the mud and wind and rain along the way, and he became dull and helpless.

"There have been many hardships along the way, so quickly submit the letter, and the villain will take you to the back hall to rest." The chamberlain said.

Chen Yi took out the letterhead written on the white silk from the pocket of his underwear that was already soaked with sweat and handed it to the chamberlain.

Sima Zhao didn't pick it up, but looked at Chen You.

"Where is Cao Ju?"

"What the king said is Lord Cao who went to Shuzhong to deliver the decree?" Chen Yi asked knowingly.

Sima Zhao nodded.

"Lord Cao was on the way to Shuzhong, because he was in a hurry, his body was occasionally sick, and when the villain came, he couldn't get up yet, and Marquis Sima was worried that the king was anxious, so he had no choice but to assign the villain to come." Chen Yi replied.

"I see." Sima Zhao was convinced, and waved his hand to ask the chamberlain to take Chen Yi down to rest.

The white ayako was unfolded and spread out on the table.

A moment later, Sima Zhao sat down in a chair with his forehead on his hands.

"Someone, quickly send someone to find Yan'er and come back to see me." In the study, Sima Zhao's voice seemed a little hoarse, so frightened that the chamberlain who had just settled Chen Yi didn't even dare to make a sound, so he ran outside to find someone.

Although this edict was delivered in a hurry, it was not until noon the next day that a team slowly came from outside the city.

The dozen or so war horses in front of him let out a long neighing from time to time, and the Cao Wei warriors on the horses were draped all over their bodies, like heroes who had just returned triumphantly.

Behind the horses, there was a long carriage, on which in addition to some Cao Wei soldiers and supplies needed in the field, were hunted animal carcasses, and a strong smell of blood filled the entire street.

Pedestrians on the street took refuge.

Seven or eight out of ten people living in Luoyang City have seen the eldest son of the King of Jin, Sima Yan, Marquis of Jiling City.

Compared with Sima Banru's arrogance and indulgence, Sima Yan is extremely easy-going and humble, which is very similar to his grandfather Sima Yi.

The difference with his grandfather is that Sima Yi lived in the heyday of Cao Wei, whether it was Cao Pi or Cao Rong, they were both wise and martial monarchs, and a large number of ministers gathered around him.

And Sima Yan is different, the emperor Cao Chao has just been killed by his father on the street, the new emperor Cao Huan is still young, everything is according to Sima Zhao's intentions, and his identity as the future king of Jin has been basically determined.

It is precisely because of this that his position in Sima Zhao's heart is far greater than that of Sima Banru.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were even more impressed by him.

"Lord Hou has just returned, can I go back to the house for a little rest first, and then go to see King Jin?" A general named Zhong Tian walked beside Sima Yan and asked in a low voice.

"My father is in such a hurry to recruit me back to Beijing, something big must have happened." Sima Yan shook his head and said, "General Zhong can take someone back to the mansion to repair first, and after Benhou has seen his father, he will go back to the mansion to find you." ”

"That's fine." Zhong Tian nodded.

Sima Yan's Hou Mansion is not far from Sima Zhao's Jin Palace, and there are only a few palaces of important officials of the imperial court.

After Cao Huan ascended the throne, he was afraid of Sima Zhao's power, so he specially sent 500 imperial forbidden troops to protect the safety of Sima Zhao and his son.

Sima Zhao also knew that his power was too great, and there were too many slanderers in the world, so he was also very careful to protect himself and his family, and the "unintentional" killing of his inner servant Yang Qi was an example.

This kind of thing was not only done by Sima Zhao, but also by Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the beginning, and there was only one reason: there were too many enemies, and they were afraid of losing.

When Sima Yan came to the Jin Palace, Sima Zhao was still pacing in the study, looking worried.

"The lower officials have been waiting for the Hou Ye for a long time."

As soon as he came to the door of the study, a middle-aged man wearing Cao Wei's official uniform greeted him and bowed.

This person is Hao Yi, the son of Hao Zhao, the former Chen Cang Taishou.

At the beginning, Hao Zhao guarded Chen Cang and repeatedly defeated Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the invading Shu State, and became the great hero of Cao Wei. Unfortunately, he died young. His son Hao Yi inherited his father's title, guarded Chen Cang for several years, and had just been transferred to the capital by Sima Zhao for a year.

Sima Yan also respects him very much, and whenever he sees each other, he will treat him as an uncle and nephew.

"The little nephew doesn't dare to be called like this by his uncle, so please accept the little nephew." Sima Yan said, he was about to pay a big salute, but was pulled by Hao Yi.

"Master Hou can't be so polite, the king waited in the room for a long time, and asked Master Hou to go in with me."

"Uncle, please." Sima Yan bowed and said.