In Luoyang City, the sky is still not bright.

The light rain has been falling non-stop since last night.

Constantly washing the whole Luoyang.

Guo De sat by the window in his obscene clothes, listening to the sound of raindrops falling and looking at the gray sky outside the window.

"The day before yesterday, the sky was equinoxical, the stars went out of the north, and the glow and confusion were inherited... Today there is rain to obscure the sky, which is an ominous sign. ”

The cold wind mixed with the rain hit, and Guo De couldn't help but shiver.

These days, Guo De is very uneasy, and always feels that something big is going to happen.

Since Cao Fang was deposed, Guo De has not slept well for a day.

It's not that he is loyal to Cao Fang, it's just that their Guo family's power comes from the emperor, and the emperor's candidate has not been determined for a long time, Guo De is a little panicked after all, and it is difficult to sleep and eat.

Maybe he should have gone to Yuancheng by himself, and he shouldn't have let his younger brother go.

The younger brother can command the army, but he is not suitable for participating in the major affairs of the court.

Now Guo De has agreed with his ministers on the major matter of succeeding the emperor of the Lie clan with Cao Chao.

I heard that Sima Yan was also sent to Yuancheng.

I don't know what the situation is, why hasn't Jian written a letter to himself yet?

Guo De didn't know how long he had been sitting here, but he felt a little hungry.

"Someone's coming!"

Guo De suddenly shouted at the front door.

As the top guest of the Great Wei Dynasty, for twelve hours, there are special servants to take care of him, guarding the front door at any time.

But now, there is no movement outside the door.

Guo De was stunned for a moment, and then shouted again: "Someone!" ”

There was still no movement outside the door.

Guo De was furious.

"Which dog is guarding the door today?!"

He stood up angrily, and the sound woke up even his sleeping wife.

Guo De walked quickly to the gate.

He jerked the door open, gesturing at the people outside.

"Derelict dog thing!! I'll raise you..."

Guo De's words were only halfway said before he swallowed them.

There was a figure outside the door.

It was a tall, thin man.

A thunderbolt flashed, and the man's face loomed in the thunder.

What a terrible face it was!

It was as if there was only a skeleton left in his robes, and there was not much flesh left in his body.

His eyes were fierce, staring directly at Guo Jian, and he had a black tumor under his left eye, which made him always squint one eye, making him look even more terrifying.

At this moment, Guo De only felt a biting chill rushing towards the Tianling Gai from his back, and he was terrified.

He seemed to be suffocated, and his breathing became unsmooth.

Around the man, there was a group of stubborn armorers.

Under the thunder, they were like evil spirits, and their faces were stained with blood.

Guo De looked at all this, and was enveloped by great fear, and his whole body went limp, and he sat down on the ground, trembling all over.

"Ahh Yikes..."

He lost his voice.

"What's wrong?"

A woman's voice came from the house, Sima Yu frowned, walked out of the inner room, and as soon as she came out, she saw her beloved who was so frightened that she was sitting on the ground, she was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

When I looked up, I saw the person in front of me again.

can be different from Guo De, seeing this person, Sima Yu was not the slightest afraid, and there was even some surprise in his eyes.

"Father!!"

"Why are you here? What's going on? ”

"No problem."

The man's voice was deep and magnetic.

He walked past Guo De, walked directly into the inner room, and sat down in Guo De's place.

Sima Yu helped Guo De with difficulty, but she couldn't help her, she looked at the armor soldiers outside the door with some anger.

"What are you still doing?! Help me up!! ”

The soldiers just looked straight ahead, motionless, as if they had not heard the words of the general's beloved daughter at all.

Sima Yu was angry and angry, and looked at her father.

Sima Shi opened his mouth and said, "Help me up." ”

The two armor soldiers walked in, easily helped Guo De up, and brought him to Sima Shi, perhaps because he saw his wife, Guo De finally relieved himself and was able to stand up.

"Meet... Father-in-law! ”

Guo De's voice trembled visibly.

"Yansun, I know that you are chaste, respectful and humble, so I married my daughter to you and pampered you as my own son, why did you betray the temple?"

Sima Shi asked.

Guo De was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground again, and he trembled and said, "Uncle Yue! Why do you say that? I have always been headed by you, how dare I betray you? ”

"Oh, you don't know yet, show him."

Sima Shi said to the armor in the distance.

Soon, a soldier stepped forward and handed something to Guo De.

It was a palm, a severed palm, and a few fingers were clutching the letter, which was covered in blood.

"The knight of the Ling family is still very loyal, and he refuses to let go, so he can only make this decision, you have to understand more."

"This is Guo Jian's letter to you, I haven't read it yet, you can read it to me."

Where did Guo De dare to get the letter, his eyes were full of despair, "General!! I'm not guilty! ”

Sima Shi said to himself:

"Your Majesty sent someone to inform me that if you want him to ascend the throne, you must first rehabilitate Xiahou Xuan, Li Feng and others, restore their names, and release everyone who was arrested because of them."

"I want to divide the virtuous ministers and their clans, so that more virtuous people dare to speak out and actively read the book."

"What a wise young man! Even if Taizu Gaozu is at such an age, he is not as good as His Majesty today. ”

"This is the blessing of the community, you Guo are quite discerning."

At this moment, Guo De finally understood the reason why the general suddenly appeared at the door of his house, and he only felt that the world was spinning.

It's just that he is much calmer than Guo Jian, and immediately opened his mouth to defend:

"Uncle Yue! I swear to you that this has nothing to do with my family, it is completely the noble townsman's own assertion and insistence on going his own way, Xiahou Xuan and Li Feng deserve it, and they must not be rehabilitated!! ”

Sima Shi glared at him, "How dare you be rude to Your Majesty?!" Are you trying to resist the decree?! ”

"I...."

Guo De looked at his wife on the side.

Sima Yu hurriedly said: "Father, my lover will not oppose you, the Son of Heaven is making his own opinion, and it has nothing to do with my lover..."

"Whoa..."

"This is a state discussion, you don't have to say more."

Sima Shi said a word, and then looked at Guo De.

"Get up, come, sit down."

Guo De didn't dare to disobey, and sat beside Sima Shi in fear.

Master Sima sighed, "De, over the years, I have been extremely fond of your Guo family, and the army in the palace has always been handed over to you to control, and I have never interfered. ”

"Actually, your family hasn't understood one thing."

"I don't care about the power in the palace at all."

"How can a husband be so short-sighted?"

"You are my son-in-law, you don't have to do anything, you can be as rich as my family."

"Since I promised to support the noble townsman as the emperor, how can I go back?"

"Why are you so eager, why are you so stupid? A blade in the hands of a man, and you don't know it? ”

Sima Shi shook his head.

"Just because you are alone, now the temple is going to become unstable again, and in the eyes of some people, they only have the interests of the clan and completely ignore the country's social welfare."

"Who is Xiahou Xuan? That's my child's own uncle, my wife's brother, and a world-renowned moral role model. ”

"At the beginning, Lian Zhao persuaded me not to kill Xiahou Xuan, so as not to cause a shock in the world."

"But I have to kill, if I connive at my relatives to rebel, won't the world be destroyed?"

Guo De seemed to hear something, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

Sima Shi gently held his hand, and Sima Shi's hand was so cold and piercing.

"Yansun, I know that you love your wife very much, and you miss her uncle... You sent your younger brother to Yuancheng to instigate Your Majesty to write a book, wanting to rehabilitate Xiahou Xuan, you are a very filial person, but your behavior like this will cause some misunderstandings, so that the world's virtuous people mistakenly think that Your Majesty wants to get along with me. ”

"Your brother, he doesn't know what's going on here."

"As for Xi, I think he is young and intelligent, and he will definitely be very promising in the future, after all, he is my grandson."

"Can you understand me?"

Guo De's face was full of despair, "Uncle Yue, I know that I am wrong." ”

"It was I who instigated Your Majesty, it was I who wanted to rehabilitate Xiahou Xuan, all the fault was on me, and the rest of the people didn't know, they were all innocent."

Only then did Sima Yu react, she hurriedly knelt in front of Sima Shi, her eyes full of tears.

"Father!! Please! ”

"Father! Bypass my beloved! ”

"For the sake of joy, Father !!"

Master Sima sighed, stretched out his hand, and stroked his daughter's tear-stained face.

"Whoa, you look... It's like your mother. ”

ps: Xiahou Hui, Xiahou Xuan's sister, married Sima Shi as his wife, this is a very smart, very strategic woman, often give advice to Sima Shi, she knows that the Sima family is not a loyal minister, and is very jealous of Sima Shi, and Sima Shi is also afraid of her because of her background, the second year of Qinglong (234), coinciding with the year of "great epidemic" and "great disease", according to the "Book of Jin", Xiahou Hui was poisoned by Sima Shi, at the age of twenty-four, and was buried in Junping Mausoleum after his death.