When Cao Chao returned to Xitang, he was a little tired.

But Zhang Hua and Wei Shu were still waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?"

Cao Chao motioned for them to go in, and led them into the house, and then told them the truth what happened in the General's Mansion, and there was nothing to hide from either of them.

The two listened to Cao Chao finish talking about the affairs in the mansion, Zhang Hua's eyes suddenly brightened, and Wei Shu was still the same.

Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what you lack most at the moment is the talents who fight against the temple ministers. ”

"If you can inherit the mantle of Sima Shi, this inheritance can come in handy."

"Don't mention anything else, just say that Deng Ai, Wang Ji, Yanghu, Du Pre and others, these people can be brought over."

"It's a pity that Sima Fu has already cleared up the relationship, otherwise, Sima Wang would have been able to pull it over."

"These are the great sages of the world, with the help of these people, why worry about the great cause?"

Cao Chao nodded, "I think so too, the people of the Sima family serve as Taishou Thorns in various places, and there are also their people everywhere in the temple, and these people can be reused." ”

"Sima Zhao's attitude towards me has changed, Sima Shi's condition has deteriorated to this point, it is completely impossible to change the situation, he must have appeased Sima Zhao and wanted to save his brother's life"

"But Sima Shi will not give up easily, and next, he is likely to launch the final blow in the name of a private person."

"I originally thought that he would make a move on Lu Yu, but now I am not sure, he even mentioned Wang Xiang and Chen Qian."

"What do you think?"

Zhang Hua pondered, and he said: "Your Majesty, Sima Shi should be intimidating when he mentions the prince, he has no reason to involve you at all, I think he will still make a move on Lu Gong, the position of the general, Sima Zhao will definitely not be able to keep it." ”

"In the next step, they are likely to use the position of the Great General to claim control of Shangshutai."

"Oh? How will they do it? ”

Zhang Hua frowned, pondered for a long time, and then asked uncertainly: "Your Majesty, do you say that they will promise the position of the general to the four expeditions and four towns, involve them as well, and then use their strength to suppress the ministers and take over Shangshutai?" ”

The corner of Cao Chao's eyes jumped, and he grabbed Zhang Hua's hand suddenly.

"Very likely!"

"I've been wondering why Master Sima hasn't done it yet!"

"Now it seems that it's not that he didn't do it, it's that he has done it! And we don't know it!! ”

"It is very likely that he has already sent people to various places, and if he wants to leave the position of the great general to one of the many generals, the foreign army will definitely not be able to sit still when he learns about the situation in the temple."

"The reason why Lu Yu is not afraid is because most of the power of the foreign army is in the hands of the big families, if this force begins to collude with Sima Shi"

Cao Chao looked at Zhang Hua's eyes and said seriously: "Mao Xian, it's good that I still have you by my side, otherwise, I'm afraid that we will meet Sima Shi's counterattack without defense, and when the time comes, it will be empty to talk about Sima Shi if we want to secretly accumulate strength." ”

"It's worthy of my stay!"

Zhang Hua said humbly: "A wise man thinks a thousand times, and there must be a mistake." A fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one. ”

"This is just a loss of the wise and a gain of the fool."

The two blew on each other again, and Cao Chao looked at Wei Shu again.

"Yang Yuan, what do you think?"

Since Wei Shu came to Cao Chao's command, he has hardly taken the initiative to give advice, and what he has done is some errands, but judging from his expression, he can't tell that he is talented.

Wei Shu just said blankly: "I think what Zhang Jun said is right." ”

Cao Chao nodded, his expression was the same as always, he was not lost or questioned, Cao Chao never despised him, and often asked his opinion, even if he agreed with Zhang Jun's opinion many times, and never said other opinions, Cao Chao was also tired of it, and would still ask him.

"Then next, I have to go to the Zhonghui."

Cao Chao said seriously: "At present, there are a lot of things in the DPRK and China, and we are not good at making a move, so we have to let Zhong Hui jump out to do it, with his style of doing things, attracting firepower must be better than Mao Xian." ”

"When Malone comes, we can gather the strength of the Chinese army."

"And the Captain Sili"

Several of them began to plot in a low voice.

At the same time, rumors spread in Luoyang.

Some scholars said that Lu Yu betrayed the interests of his ministers in exchange for the position of Shang Shuling for himself.

At first, this matter was only told by a few people, but within a day, it suddenly spread to the ground, as if there were several invisible hands pushing behind it.

But the reaction of the ministers was not violent.

At this moment, Shangshutai is still in a semi-paralyzed situation.

Because of the big events in the temple, the ministers are busy forming alliances and making trouble, even if they don't have these ideas, they are hiding at home, not wanting to get involved in trouble.

But many Shangshu still come to Shangshutai every day.

It's just that their purpose is not to deal with the world's major affairs, which leads to a lot of work piled up in Shangshutai.

Lu Yu sat in the study, listening to the rumors in Luoyang from his subordinates, and couldn't help but smile in his eyes.

This Gao Rou is really old and confused.

However, at his age, he is already a little unbearable, and he can continue to participate in the affairs of the temple at the age of eighty, which is a rare talent.

It's just that he did it.

Lu Yu raised his head, looked at the subordinates in front of him, and said solemnly: "I am dedicated to assisting the king and governing the world, why are you afraid of these gossips?" ”

"Ignore it!"

Hearing his words, his subordinates nodded and walked out of the study.

Lu Yu packed up the things in his hand before he stood up and hurriedly went out.

After leaving Shangshutai, Lu Yu did not return to his mansion, but rushed towards Sima Fu's mansion.

In the past few days, Lu Yu has visited Sima Fu three times.

But these three times, Sima Fu never came out to meet him, but said that he was seriously ill and could not meet the guests.

Lu Yu felt that he might just be unprepared, but he was not annoyed, and went to see him again and again, at this moment, the driver asked very cooperatively: "Duke Lu, since Taifu Gong said that he was sick and resigned from the table, why do you still go to see him repeatedly?" ”

"Now that the general is seriously ill, Shang Shutai wants to implement those favorable policies and govern the world well, if you want to complete this matter, you need the ministers to work together, Taifu is the head of the ministers, and you should listen to his advice, for the sake of the righteousness of the world, Taifu Gong is to refuse me more times, and I will definitely go to visit!"

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of Sima Fu's mansion.

Lu Yu personally stepped forward and knocked on the door.

When the servant who opened the door saw him, he immediately smiled bitterly, "Duke Lu, I'll go and tell you." ”

Lu Yu has been here many times, and even these subordinates are already familiar with the process.

But this time, the slave brought out a different message.

"Duke Lu, Tai Fu Gong is seriously ill and can't come out to greet him in person, please come in."

Lu Yu nodded, and under the leadership of the servant, he walked into Sima Fu's mansion.

There were not many people in Sima Fu's house, and there were not many people in the upper and lower houses, it was extremely empty, and when Lu Yu followed the subordinates into the study, Sima Fu was waiting for him.

Sima Fu looked much tougher than Lu Yu, and he didn't look seriously ill at all.

But Lu Yu didn't care about this, he asked with a smile: "I learned that Taifu Gong was seriously ill, so I came to visit." ”

Sima Fu got up and invited Lu Yu to sit in the guest seat.

The two sat down again, Sima Fu looked at Lu Yu in front of him and couldn't help sighing.

"I know the purpose of Duke Lu, but I don't want to be an enemy of my nephews, before my brother died, I entrusted them to me, even if they did something wrong, I can't do anything to them."

Sima Fu's eyes were full of sadness.

"I can have today's achievements because of my brother's kindness, I have decided to resign from the official title and never leave the door of this mansion again"

Lu Yu said calmly: "Taifu Gong, I don't want you to come forward to crusade against the general, I and the general are not enemies, besides, the general is seriously ill, provoked by the villain, and has done some wrong things, as the elder of the general, you should help him and let him correct, so as not to live up to Xuanwen Gong's entrustment to you." ”

Sima Fu looked at Lu Yu in front of him, he was left by Sima Shi as a follow-up hand this time, so he definitely wanted to participate in this incident, but now is not the best time to participate.

It is not difficult to be accepted by the family again, and both Gao Rou and Lu Yu welcome his arrival.

And the problem is that Sima Fu doesn't want to ask the family to accept him, he has to let the family ask to accept him.

He knows his son very well, and Sima Shi will not just give up.

He will definitely make a move against the family, and at that time, the beaten family will need someone who can compete with Sima Shi, such as himself.

At that time, it is the best time to go out of the mountain by yourself.

Lu Yu looked at Sima Fu with a smile at the moment, although Lu Yu is a capable minister of Shangshutai, he can be promoted to the third duke, but compared with Gao Rou, his qualifications and merits are still a lot worse, but Sima Fu can do this, whether it is qualifications or popularity, he is not afraid of Gao Rou.

And the most critical point is that the Sima family has offended too many big clans over the years.

Even if the family clan did not completely kill them, they would never allow another member of the Sima family to serve as the leader of the family.

Therefore, Lu Yu can completely call Sima Fu out, help him suppress Gao Rou, deal with Sima Shi, and get the position he wants, Sima Fu is impossible to replace himself to become the leader of the ministers, this is a very useful tool.

And as a reward, Lu Yu can ensure the safety of Sima Fu's lineage.