Just when Sun Liang and the others thought that Liu Yong had escaped from Wu and was about to return to Shuzhong, Liu Yongzheng lived in a very remote post house every day, patiently waiting for news from two entourage.

"The villain saw Chen Ji sneaking out of Lord Lu Qiong's mansion yesterday, and came back after walking around the street for a while, presumably he was depressed in the mansion and came out to breathe."

Liu Yong really waited for the news about Chen Ji.

"Continue to monitor, and if you see him alone again, report it immediately." Liu Yong commanded.

Just sent the man away, another attendant also ran in.

"The villain just saw Sima Banru, accompanied by an official named Gu Min, go to General Ding Feng's mansion."

Liu Yong had a sneer on his face.

"This guy, I really can't bear it, and I actually found the mansion of General Ding, who has just been promoted to the Great Sima."

"Your Majesty, do you want to continue to monitor the villain?" The attendant asked.

Liu Yong thought for a while and said, "You don't have to stay in the General's Mansion, I expect that Old General Ding will definitely take him to the palace to see Sun Liang, you just need to be at the gate of the palace and carefully observe the appearance of the two of them after they come out." ”

"The villain knows." The retinue went out.

Liu Yong looked at Qi Zhen behind him.

"General Qi Zhen needs to be prepared, as long as Chen Ji shows up again, you and I will immediately go to kill him, this time, we must not let him escape again."

"The villain understands." Qi Zhen agreed.

Sima Banru really went to Ding Feng's mansion.

This official named Gu Min was not a high official position, and he rarely interacted with many ministers, but his father used to be a close minister of Cao Cao, the emperor of Wei Zuwu, and later, because he once inadvertently laughed with one of Cao Cao's concubines in the garden, he was told that Cao Cao was worried that he would be killed by Cao Cao, so he fled to Jiangdong with his family.

At that time, Sun Quan had not yet been proclaimed emperor, and when he heard that this person was actually from Cao Cao's side, he immediately summoned him and added a small official position.

Gu Min inherited his father's official position, and among the many civil and military ministers in Jiangdong, he can be regarded as a dispensable figure.

The reason why Sima Banru chose such a person to start with was because he took a fancy to his father's inglorious history.

Gu Min naturally didn't dare to hide such a thing, Sima Banru must be Sima Yan's own brother, although he was only taking refuge, but such a character still needs to be received by the same person. So, he took him to Ding Feng's mansion.

Ding Feng was also generous, and after accompanying Sima Banru to eat a sumptuous meal of wine and food, he took him to the palace.

"You are really the brother of Sima Yan, the king of the Jin Dynasty of the Cao Wei court?" Seeing Sima Banru's obscene expression and villainous appearance, Sun Liang was a little unconvinced.

"The villain is exactly." Sima Banru replied, "It's just because my brother suspected that I had the heart to compete for the throne with him after my father's death, so I repeatedly harmed him. The villain was forced to have no choice but to come here to see His Majesty and ask for a place to live. ”

Sun Liang glanced back at Lu Qiong.

Lu Qiong thought for a moment, walked over and pulled Sima Banru up.

"In the past, Shen was killed at home, and Chong'er fled to safety, and now Sima Houye is living here, presumably because he has the ambition of Chong'er in his chest. My Majesty treats people leniently, Hou Ye just rest assured that he will live in peace, and when he has the opportunity, His Majesty will make people ask for Wei, and then you will be given a stable Hou Ye. Lu Qiong said.

The story of Shen Sheng and Chong'er is familiar to everyone, and I will not explain it here.

Sun nodded.

"Lord Lu's words are exactly what I want."

Sima Banru didn't expect that Sun Liang would promise him to crusade against Sima Yan in the future, so he was so happy that he knelt on the ground again, kept kowtowing, and said again and again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Sun Liang looked at Ding Feng.

"Please ask the old general to take in the Hou Ye instead of me, so that I can take care of it."

"The old minister obeys." Ding Feng said, and retreated with Sima Banru.

Sun Liang said to Lu Qiong, "Sima Banru and Chen Ji are both villains who are in trouble for the country, although they are kept here, they still need to be strictly monitored to prevent accidents. ”

"Wechen has already sent someone to monitor Chen Ji, as for Sima Banru, we will inform General Ding Lao later, and ask him to arrange for someone to follow him secretly." Lu Qiong replied.

Liu Yong's inn:

Sima Banru came out of the palace with a happy face, and was soon told to Liu Yong by his entourage.

"It's okay, this guy stays in Jiangdong, and in the future, when we join forces to attack Wei, we can also become the guide of the Wu army, and we can also disturb the heart of Sima Yan's house." Liu Yong said.

In fact, what Liu Yong is concerned about now is to get rid of Chen Ji, so that he can return to Chengdu as soon as possible.

I have been out for more than three months, and I don't know what my beloved Qi'er looks like at this time.

Chengdu, Imperial Palace, Jing'an Palace:

Empress Zhang's lower abdomen was already bulging high.

"The Queen Mother sent someone to visit." Empress Zhang was lying on the bed alone, and Xi Yue walked in and said, but looking at Empress Zhang's somewhat lazy look, she hesitated again and said, "If the queen doesn't want to get up, the slave will go and ask her to come back another day." ”

Empress Zhang sat up.

"Since it's someone sent by the Queen Mother, why don't you see it?" Empress Zhang said, slowly getting out of bed.

Satsuki hurried over to help her.

Naturally, the palace maid sent by Empress Dowager Wu was called Xiao Ling'er.

"The Queen Mother said that these months are the most difficult, and the slaves and maids should come to see them from time to time, and if there is something, report to her immediately." Xiao Ling'er said.

"Thank you for this palace, the Queen Mother." Empress Zhang smiled, "I said that the palace is very good, and I don't have to worry about her." ”

"Yes." Xiao Ling'er said, and was about to withdraw, but stopped as if she remembered something, "By the way, the Queen Mother still wants to ask the slave by the way, when will Your Majesty come back?" ”

Empress Zhang was also asked.

"Your Majesty has been away for so long, and there has been no news coming back, so it must be soon."

"The slave knows." Xiao Ling'er promised to come out.

Back in Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Wu was sitting alone in the hall and angry.

It turned out that a few days ago, Meng Zhuo, the king of the south, sent people over to send some tributes, including a few southern women. Due to Empress Zhang's inconvenience at this time, no one dared to alarm, so she sent these tributes directly to Empress Dowager Wu.

For these tributes, the Empress Dowager Wu naturally likes it very much, but for several southerner women, the Empress Dowager Wu can't get used to it.

The southerners are much more open than the people in Shu, and the same is true of these women, who are dressed very simply, and deliberately show their shoulders and arms, and their actions are even more bold, although they have also bowed to the Empress Dowager Wu, but after getting up, they immediately became quite wild, and it seemed that the entire palace was going to be drowned out by their laughter.

For this reason, Empress Dowager Wu was very unhappy, and the dignitaries took them to a very secluded palace, and passed down an edict that they should not come out casually without permission.

However, these women are also used to living in the south, and they are not used to eating the food in Shu, so they actually started the barbecue mode in the palace on their own initiative.

If it's just a simple barbecue of some lamb legs and other things, they don't know where to get a few big snakes, and accidentally ran away from one, the most terrible thing is that this big snake was actually chased and fled into Cining Palace, and hid under the phoenix couch of the Empress Dowager Wu.

Fortunately, a Nanzhong woman arrived in time and took her away.

However, Empress Dowager Wu still feels chills all over her body when she thinks of the appearance of that big snake.