Although the news of Zhuge Wanling's assassination was blocked in the palace at the first time, the matter was too big, and the officials were too talkative after leaving the palace, and it was only an hour after dawn, and the entire Jianye City had already spread the news of this matter.

Although the people do not understand the government, but after all, there are still a lot of cleverness, and then unite the "Lei Army" who retreated from the battlefield on this day to directly take over the gates of Jianye City, and strictly check all the people entering and exiting, and they also smelled out that unusual smell.

Whether it is the streets and alleys, or the teahouse tavern, everyone's eyes are no longer lazy or confused in the morning, it seems that as long as two people meet, the first sentence of each person's mouth is: "Have you heard?"

And the more the matter spreads, the more and more theories are said, and even the reason why Zhuge Wanling was assassinated has been speculated one, two, three, four......

In a small teahouse in Jianye City, someone discussed loudly: "Have you heard? Just last night, Prime Minister Zhuge was assassinated in the court!"

"This matter has already spread all over Jianye City, and no one knows. Are you a little fresh?" In the teahouse, the listeners were noncommittal, and they only felt that at the end of the day, their ears would be calloused, but after all, this matter was related to the prime minister and Jing Wu, so naturally they couldn't help but want to know more.

"Why was the prime minister assassinated, don't you know?"

The listener rolled his eyes: "Don't tell me it's because Miss Sun is holding a grudge because she can't marry a general...... This is fake, and what kind of General Mulan of the Great Wall Mission was abandoned by Zhuge Wanling back then, so he drew his sword on the spot and vowed to kill Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, then it is even more nonsense, can it be a little fresh......"

"Oh, that's really fresh. This time it's not, but I took a lot of trouble to inquire. Do you know about the flooding in the lower reaches of the river?"

"Of course I know, I have everything to say, and some people say that the local people dug up the dragon veins in the cultivated land, which offended the dragon king......"

"That's all to deceive a three-year-old child, where did you come from to offend the dragon king? Can the dragon veins be hidden in the fields? These are all those corrupt officials who coveted the relief food of the imperial court, and deliberately chiseled the embankment, causing the river to burst. ”

The listener nodded and said with interest: "I've heard of this too, and I have a nose and an eye." ”

"This is a real thing, a few days ago, the prime minister specially gave Lord Zhou the official name of the supervision envoy, and asked him to go to the lower reaches of the river to supervise the disaster relief, right? This kind of thing should be arranged by officials at all levels, when have you ever heard of such a thing as a supervision envoy? I heard that Lord Zhou went to the lower reaches of the river...... It's not just about supervising disaster relief matters, it's also about investigating the destruction of embankments and flooded fields. ”

"Is there such a thing?" the listener finally became interested, and continued to ask, "Then what does this have to do with the assassination?"

"Of course it does. The narrator slapped the table and said, "Because it was the corrupt official's backstage who assassinated the prime minister! Think about it, a few local petty officials, even if they really want to be greedy, how can they dare to do such a big thing as destroying the embankment and flooding the fields? Naturally, someone in the court signaled them to do it, and the great river burst the embankment, and the prime minister was terrible because he reacted quickly, and the grain for disaster relief had already left the warehouse a month ago, and those corrupt officials were waiting for the grain for disaster relief to reach their pockets, but who knew that the prime minister waved his hand and sent another inspector! Now that group of corrupt officials are panicking, and once the matter of destroying the embankment and flooding the fields is discovered, they must not be killed? The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and it is not surprising that these people would do such a frenzied thing as assassination. ”

This is perhaps the most sound-like speculation this morning, and it is naturally convinced by most people, whether it is the listener just now, or the other guests who are quietly listening with tea, they can't help but nod.

For the people, Zhuge Wanling is the pillar of Jingwu's country, this Jingwu was established because of him, and in the past few years when he served as prime minister, Jingwu has been thriving. After the people who came all the way from the chaos of the division of the Wu State became richer and richer, they naturally would not forget the prime minister with the greatest credit, and a few voices of righteous indignation filled the teahouse.

"Hmph, I know these officials don't have any good intentions. At the beginning, Prime Minister Zhuge allowed these people to continue to be officials for the sake of Jing Wu, but he still raised a group of white-eyed wolves that were not well fed!

"Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhuge is safe and sound, and he really let these corrupt officials get his hands on it, but I'm afraid that Jing Wu will die. ”

Everyone agreed, and some people even called a big jar of good wine when they were happy, and drank it so early in the morning.

In the morning, there were no candles in the teahouse, and although the windows and doors were very bright, there were still a few seats in the shadows, which were a little dim. And at the innermost side of this small teahouse, in a private room separated by straw mats, Liu De slowly smiled slightly, looked at the figure sitting opposite him, and said, "Drink wine or tea?"

"Tea. Zhuge Wanling replied calmly.

I'm afraid that in this Jianye City, no one would have thought that when the assassination incident continued to ferment, Zhuge Wanling did not stay in the safe palace, but sat alone with Liu De in such a small or even dilapidated teahouse.

Liu De nodded, called Xiao Er, and said, "A pot of rice wine, a pot of hot tea." ”

"Okay, wait, officer. Xiao Er was also listening to the discussion and listened attentively, but he felt that the temperament of these two guests in the cubicle was really different, so he didn't dare to slack off, and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

And Liu De and Zhuge Wanling faced each other for a long time, and waited until Xiao Er put the wine and tea together, and the tranquility between the two was finally broken by Liu De's gentle words: "I don't know if you are confident or bold." I was assassinated just yesterday, and today I dare to accept my invitation to come to such an unprotected teahouse. You're not worried at all?"

Zhuge Wanling picked up the tea, took a sip gently, and said calmly: "With you, there are few people in this Jianye City who can kill me." ”

Liu De was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zhuge Wanling to say this, and couldn't help laughing out loud. There was happiness and nostalgia in his laughter, and it was a few years ago that the two of them sat together in the same place? Think about it, at that time, both of them were still just innocent cloth clothes, but now, one is the military advisor of the sea, and the other is the regent above 10,000 people under Jing Wu, and the change in circumstances can be said to be earth-shaking.

However, when he had the last laugh, he asked lightly: "Then you are not afraid, I am going to kill you?"

The air suddenly cooled down, and the hot tea in Zhuge Wanling's hand was temporarily moved by Sen Leng's killing intent, and the steam fluctuated.

Liu De is not joking.

Zhuge Wanling understands this, because he was once familiar with Liu De as if he was familiar with his own siblings, and Liu De once trusted him as he trusted Cao Meng in the sea now. But what happened back then......

Zhuge Wanling's expression was still calm, and although the ancient sword "Zhan Lu" on Liu De's waist groaned softly, he still slowly drank the hot tea in his hand.

"You're not going to kill me. Zhuge Wanling said.

Liu De looked at Zhuge Wanling, as if he wanted to see the person in front of him again, for a long time, he sighed, poured out a glass of rice wine, raised his head and drank it all, and the killing intent on his body suddenly disappeared into invisibility.

"It's just that it won't kill you now. Liu De said, "But it's not because of you, but because it's not much good for Canghai if you die at this time." ”

Zhuge Wanling nodded and said, "So, you are determined to choose Cao Meng?"

"He's a man with big ambitions. Liu De thought of the person who swore allegiance to him, and lost his mind slightly, "And it is also one of the few people who can really take the people to heart." ”

Zhuge Wanling nodded again and said, "This is what you have been pursuing. ”

"What I'm after has always been clear. Liu De suddenly looked at Zhuge Wanling with burning eyes, "It's you, what do you want? When you disappeared, I thought you were really dead." But in the past few years, it has suddenly sprung up, from the largest gang in Wu to the establishment of Jingwu. It seems that there is nothing in this world that you want to do and can't do. ”

"But what do you want?" Liu De's eyes were a little mocking, "Could it be that simply playing with people's hearts can no longer satisfy you, and now you even want to play with the thousands of people in Jingwu?"