Chapter 33 third quarter

"Is Your Majesty giving an oral order? There is no need to panic, I shouted so far away." Welcome the boy into the tent, Zhuge Liang said with a smile.He noticed the blood stains on the young man's shoes, and he couldn't help sighing softly again: "It's too cool, it's inevitable that it will hurt your morals. The sages said that you don't have to go to war, but it turned out to be a way to preserve your health. Yuan Jian, did your majesty send you here? " The handsome food supervisor Cen Shu shook his head: "No, it's Master Li." "Square?"

"Yes. Master Li said that His Majesty has an oral order to call the Prime Minister back to the court." As soon as the word "Hui Chao" came out, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, Gao Xiang, and Yang Yi in the camp were all stunned. After a while, Wei Yan said in a loud voice: "Cao Wei is newly defeated, morale is available, our army should go all out and go straight to Chang'an! Wan didn't listen to a little boy," he stared at Cen Shu, "said a few words , the reason for retreating from the army! Who knows that he is not falsely preaching the oracle?" "Correction" is a heinous crime, and Cen Shu broke out in cold sweat after being pressed by a big hat.

"General Wei is alarmist." Yang Yi pouted, "Yuan Jian..." "Shut up!" Wei Yan interrupted him in disgust, "How can I, Wenchang Wei, allow you to talk nonsense?!" He clenched his fist and shook it threateningly. "Prime Minister..." Yang Yi asked for help with a bitter face as usual. It is well known that Wei and Yang are at odds.Even Sun Quan entrusted Fei Yi with a message: "Wei Yan is fierce and Yang Yi is shy, and the situation is like water and fire. Kong Ming is still there, and they can subdue them. Once Kong Ming is not there, there will be chaos!" Zhuge Liang cherished their talents and couldn't bear to neglect them. Gan Qi Lun persuaded the two of them to let go of their personal grievances and get along with each other with a fair heart, but it didn't work.At this time, looking at Yang Yi in panic and Wei Yan in anger, thinking of Sun Quan's reminder, and thinking of the "return to the court" order from afar, Zhuge Liang couldn't help being upset for a while.

"Okay!" he snapped. Yang Yi quickly lowered her head, Wei Yan snorted and let go of her fist. "Yuan Jian," Zhuge Liang asked, "Your Majesty wants to return to court, why?" "Lord Li didn't say anything." Cen Shu replied carefully. "Where's the food and grass?" He asked again, "How is Zhengfang's preparations going?" "It's okay." Cen Shu rubbed his hands, "It's raining again in the middle of Sichuan. Mr. Li urged me again and again. I said the plank road is difficult, but it's not enough to help."

"Food and grass is a major issue." Zhuge Liang thought, "Don't say that the aid is not enough, even if it is delayed for a few days, the supervisory officials will also be punished according to the law." Cen Shu's face turned pale: "If you delay, I will be willing to accept the crime!" "Didn't Liang say you..." Zhuge Liang then asked the third question, "What did Jun Si say? After you received orders from Brother Zheng Fang, did you ask Zhang Jun Si?" According to the usual practice, the emperor's oral orders must be filed in the prime minister's mansion. , with Zhang Yi's talent, if something is wrong, he will definitely be able to find it.

"The prime minister knows that Zhang Changshi never wants to say a word to me." Cen Shu smiled bitterly, "When I went to ask, he was busy checking the brocade tax, and only said: How can Master Li's order be false? " Zhuge Liang slowly sat back behind the table. The twilight subsided little by little, and the night pushed into the barracks one by one.People saw the shadows advancing from the fingers, arms, and chest, and invaded Zhuge Liang's face, making his entire face shrouded in night.The guard came in with a lamp, but Jiang Wei waved his hand and repelled him wordlessly.Jiang Wei came forward with the candlestick in his hand, and gently placed it beside Zhuge Liang's hand. He saw a trace of sadness floating on the prime minister's face.

It's like something he likes is going away from him. Like a certain feeling that he thought could be complete from beginning to end, it was suddenly broken from it! His eyebrows were as steady as a rock in the flickering candlelight, and the military tent was silent. "Wen Chang..." Zhuge Liang suddenly called out calmly. "yes!" "Liang wants you to promise something." "Prime Minister, please speak." "Don't open your mouth for half an hour, can you do it?" Before Wei Yan could react, Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty's order must have been a major event in the court. If so, it is not allowed to refuse to return."

Zhuge Liang would never leave the main force of the Shu army in a foreign country and return alone.When he said that, he ordered the withdrawal of troops.Cen Shu looked around the military tent and felt that everyone was staring at him angrily!This is the fourth time, sending troops four times, and retreating four times?The bloodstains of 3,000 enemy heads have not yet dried, and the soldiers and generals of the Wei army are all terrified. When the situation is very good, they want to return to the army again? !At present, no one can blame Zhuge Liang, so he had to vent his anger on Cen Shu who brought the "sacred oracle" into the army.

"Prime Minister," the handsome young man wiped his sweat, "I heard that he will be away, the king's destiny is, yes..." "Nothing!" Gao Xiang excitedly said. After speaking, I realized that the excitement was incompatible with the atmosphere in the camp: Wei Yan's face was as tense as a stone, Yang Yi held his breath, and Jiang Wei was full of sadness. Although "the emperor's order" is "somewhat unacceptable", Zhuge Liang will definitely accept it, even if he suspects that it is not "the emperor's order" at all, the result will be the same.

——Because it is not "the king's life", I have to go back and ask for clarification.Zhuge Liang thought so.What's more, Sima Yixin suffered a big defeat, and it was very difficult to motivate him to fight again. "It's useless to stay, it's better to retreat. Let's wait for the big article in three years." Thinking of the "three-year agreement", Zhuge Liang smiled again.He clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop being sullen and focus on retreating. "Who wants to lead the army to end?" he asked. "The last general!" Gao Xiang crossed his hands and stepped forward.

"Okay!" Zhuge Liang handed him the command arrow, and said with a smile, "Set up an ambush at the wooden doorway. If the Wei army does not pursue it, let it go. If it comes to chase, we will use the Liannu to counter it." Liannu is a powerful crossbow designed by Zhuge Liang himself with ten arrows per shot! It quickly played its second major role after the Battle of Lucheng. Zhang Yun, who was full of heart to fight Kong Ming, asked to pursue the Shu army, and Sima Yi said, let's try it.Zhang He fulfilled his wish and met Zhuge Liang at the wooden doorway!To be more precise, when Zhuge Liang knew that it was Zhang He who had defeated Ma Su who was chasing him, he ordered the Chinese army to slow down and wait intentionally.He saw the "Zhang" flag waving in the wind, just like what Ma Di saw back then! "Liang come to fight for Youchang." He waited carefully, prudently, and respectfully for Zhang He to lead his army through the wooden gate before ordering to release the arrows.The history books use the words "bows and crossbows flying randomly" to describe the chaos and hopelessness that afternoon. The people and horses in the road were messed up and trampled on each other, and Zhang Yun failed to get out of the valley alive.He was shot in the right knee by a flying arrow and fell off his horse. More arrows hit him in the chest, stomach and legs.Before he died, Zhang Yun saw a feather fan fluttering around, and he wanted to grab it, but his hand fell powerlessly.The lupines are so white and light, just like the snow in my hometown. "Do you want to count Yanzhong, Prime Minister?" After the war, Gao Xiang asked. "No need, leave it to Sima Zhongda to collect it." Zhuge Liang ordered, "Anyone who enters the valley to pick up clothes and weapons without authorization, beheaded!" In July, he returned to Chengdu. Long time no see in Chengdu! After a long absence from the high reading platform, it was the arms that accepted his return; after a long absence from the clear water of the Jinjiang River, it was the gaze that looked forward to his return.I haven't seen Suzaku Road, Xuanwu Pool, Seven-color Brocade, and Sansi Pavilion for a long time.The generals who complained all the way back to Chengdu felt very comfortable.Wei Yan shook his black beard and laughed loudly, the laughter infected Jiang Wei, and made him laugh too, saying that he never thought that what was hidden behind Jiange and Yinping was such a luxuriant land of abundance ! A car greeted the laughter and Zhuge Liang galloped: a car decorated with bright yellow curtains, pulled by eight pure white horses, and a canopy was propped up in front of the car.Before the car came to a complete stop, a young man dressed in imperial robes and a jade crown with a round face and smiling eyes jumped out of it: Liu Chan! "Why did Xiangfu come back?" The emperor lifted Zhuge Liang who was bending over to salute. "The matter of withdrawing troops has already been reported to the imperial court. Your Majesty has not seen it?" Zhuge Liang asked. "I see," Liu Chan rubbed his head, "but isn't that a way to lure the enemy into battle? Why... come back, come back, come back! Father Xiang should take a rest! You are not by my side, I really feel good There is no bottom." "Someone said that your majesty's withdrawal of troops is to lure the enemy?" Zhuge Liang asked again after Liu Chan finished chatting. "Yes indeed." "who is it?" "Li Zhengfang!" Liu Chan said, "When Zhengfang learned that Xiangfu really withdrew his troops, he was surprised and asked: The army has enough rations, why did you become a teacher?" Zhuge Liang stopped: Is it true that Li Yan is lying on both sides? "It was Zheng Fang who summoned his ministers back." He saluted the emperor again. Not to mention the "Jiaozhao", I want to leave some room for maneuver. If the "Jiaozhao" is used to judge, no matter whether you rely on a lonely veteran or a pillar of the country, the three clans will inevitably be exterminated. "Fair!?" "There must be someone lying between Zheng Fang and the minister." Zhuge Liang said lightly, "Please issue an order from your majesty to send someone to check this matter." Who dares to check Li Yan? Who dares to check Zhuge Liang? "Ah." Liu Chan frowned, turning the jade beads on his wrist, "Maybe it's a misunderstanding? I'll leave the matter to Xiangfu's office. Xiangfu won't lie to me. As for Zhengfang," he pondered for a while, " The first emperor was dying, and he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. If it is said that he corrupted the country's affairs, the prime minister, should Li Yan himself be required to confess his guilt?" Liu Chan called "Li Yan" by his name, which was already a bit unfamiliar. Just prove that Zhuge Liang is right and Li Yan is wrong.Liu Chan thought, the facts are not important, that's not what "I" cares about, neither returning to the army or marching into the army, the important thing is that if there is a choice in front of you, you must choose Zhuge Liang and give up Li Yan. Liu Chan thought, Zhuge Liang is not ignorant, he is often very helpless to this young emperor.Although the young man respected "Xiangfu" very much, he did not support any of the regulations set up by Xiangfu, and he did not approve of any officials recommended by Xiangfu; however, Zhuge Liang always felt that the emperor was "keeping a low profile", and he always felt that in that Behind the smiling eyes, hidden resentment. "Perhaps your Majesty will compare himself with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who was held hostage by Cao Cao?" Zhuge Liang was confused and saddened by this thought. He has power over a country, just like Cao Cao. He has great talent and great strategy, just like Cao Cao. He couldn't gouge out his heart and show it to Liu Chan, even if he really did, Liu Chan would put his hands in his hands in fear and say, "I know, I know..." In fact, he still didn't believe it. Zhuge Liang sighed and swayed dizzily. Liu Chan quickly supported him, like a filial child. "Since Your Majesty has entrusted the matter to the minister," Zhuge Liang promised, "the minister will definitely find out the truth within ten days." The day before, he checked all the archives of the prime minister's mansion, and there was no mention of returning to the military.The next day, he asked various food supervisors, and everyone said that the army food was sufficient.On the third day, he reviewed nearly a hundred documents sent from Chengdu to the army, but did not find any clues.It's too clean, so clean that people doubt it; it's like the clothes are stained, and someone desperately washes them, rubbing them with soap locusts over and over again, but the stains are gone, but there is a glaring white spot on the clothes.Such a thoughtful approach, who could it be?Zhuge Liang sat behind the desk with his knees folded, and asked casually, "Why didn't you see Gong Yan?" "Ah?" Zhang Yi who made the attack lost his mind. "Where's Gong Yan?" "There was a mistake in Luocheng's tax revenue, so Gong Yan went to Panhe," Zhang Yi said, "It's also a good time to pay homage to Pang Junshi." "Oh, it's been seventeen years." Zhuge Liang sighed and asked, "He went there on his own initiative?" "It's a humble job. I heard that Gong Yan and Pang Junshi have a very good friendship, so..." Zhang Yi's voice became smaller and smaller, and his eyes flickered uneasily. "That is to say, you sent Jiang Gongyan away fifty days ago?" The sharp word "Zhi Zou" made Zhang Yi startled! Fortunately, Zhuge Liang eased his tone quickly: "Brother Yuan, the priest who should be sacrificed. Junsi, you did nothing wrong by sending Gongyan there. Taxation is the lifeline of the country. It should be clarified and must not be confused." The last sentence is a needle in the cotton.It was not as good as Zhang Yi's interface, but Li Yan stepped into the main hall of the prime minister's mansion!The dutiful Li Yan was in neat official attire, with happy wrinkles stretching out of the corners of his eyes, and he warmly greeted: "Brother Kong Ming! I brought someone here to ask you to forgive me." He clapped his hands, and a man was tied up and dragged into the inner hall. "It's all about this person to withdraw the troops!" He pointed to the bound prisoner and said. "Liang didn't say coercion. How did brother Zhengfang know?" Zhuge Liang smiled and stood up to greet him. "He recruited them all!" Li Yan was stunned and laughed. "Really?" Zhuge Liang smiled softly, "I thought the generals told Brother Zhengfang." He stepped forward to look at the criminal who looked like a rice dumpling, and saw a face that was originally beautiful, but now the scars made it look like a badly painted beauty, with bruised and swollen eyes and nose.Zhuge Liang didn't speak, turned around and took a paper knife, and cut off the rope on his body. "Kong Ming...?" Li Yan wanted to stop him. "Cen Yuanjian has no strength to tie a chicken, so there is no need to tie it." Zhuge Liang said. The "sinner" who made a confession in front of him was actually Cen Shu! Cen Shu knelt in the hall, listening to Li Yan's accusations against him.Li Yan said: Cen Shu supervised the grain and grass on the West Road, and it happened to be a heavy rain. He was worried that the grain could not be transported to the army as scheduled, so he came up with a poisonous plan.Li Yan also said: "Shuzi like this kind of insane, who does not hesitate to destroy the country's affairs in order to escape his own crime, is not enough to punish future generations." Zhang Yi listened to him, secretly glancing at Zhuge Liang from time to time, Zhuge Liang could not see any joy or anger on his face, nor could he see whether he believed or doubted. "Yuan Jian, is what Master Li said true?" Zhuge Liang asked after Li Yan stopped talking. Cen Shu just cried without saying a word. Tears fell, "click", "click". In the leaker, the gold dust was flowing down the river in a rustling manner. "Yuan Jian once said that he asked the emperor's heir, is it also false?" Zhuge Liang asked again. Cen Shu still didn't speak, tears were mixed with blood, gradually turning light red. Zhuge Liang turned to Zhang Yi and asked again: "Is it fake?" "what……" "fake?" "He never came to look for a humble job." Zhang Yi's heart broke. At this moment, Zhang Yi found that Zhuge Liang's face was filled with disappointment, sadness and pity that he had never seen before.Zhuge Liang looked at him, no longer as if he was looking at a friend or a flower, but as if he was looking at a piece of rotten wood or a dead person, his eyes even directly penetrated his body, looking elsewhere with disgust. "Disgusted", thinking of this, Zhang Yi trembled all over, fearful and ashamed.He bit his lip tightly, trying not to lose his composure. "That's it." Zhuge Liang waved his hand, as if a little tired, and simply covered half of his face with a feather fan, "Since Yuan Jian's confession is not obscure, and brother Zheng Fang and Jun Si can testify, the matter can be settled. Liang promised ten times Reply to Your Majesty within a few days, Jun Si," he ordered, "You write down the details and put Yuan Jian in prison. After seven days, he will be executed in Xishi City, so as to serve as a warning to others." Zhang Yi bowed as he was ordered, his throat was choked up and he couldn't open his mouth. "Also," Zhuge Liang said again, "Liang is very tired, and he doesn't want to issue another order of beheading. The emperor's heir should approve it on his behalf. When the time comes, you will go to supervise the beheading on behalf of Liang, and return with the head." After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang bid farewell to Li Yan very politely, saying that he would go back to rest.After he left, Li Yan also left, and Cen Shu was detained, leaving only Zhang Yi in the empty main hall. He looked around dully, closed the door, and closed the windows one by one.In the dark, he picked up the wolf hair to write the decree of benefit and beheading, put on the vermilion pen used by the prime minister, pinched it up, put it down, pinched it up again, and put it down again, three times in a row, finally couldn't bear it anymore, lay down on the table and burst into tears, Like a bird that can't fly with its wings outstretched. Zhang Yi lived in the prime minister's mansion for five days. In five days, he thought a lot and sorted out Zhuge Liang's letter to him several times.He stuck the letter to his chest, recalling the first meeting with Zhuge Liang seventeen years ago, recalling his bumpy and humble life when he was exiled in Jiangdong, and recalling the joy on Zhuge Liang's face after he returned from Jiangdong. As an arm, entrusted with important tasks.The past was bitter, sweet, and busy, rushing up like a wave, and finally turned into a look of "disgust"——that was still Zhuge Liang's! Zhang Yi stood up unsteadily, and ran barefoot into the backyard where Zhuge Liang was.In five days he quickly withered and shriveled, his face dull. "Liang has been waiting for you for five days." Zhuge Liang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Yi. "Liang wants to see if you really have the heart to take innocent people to the execution ground." He added. Zhuge Liang never believed that Zhang Yi would be so ruthless. At this moment, Zhang Yi's legs and feet gave way and he fell on the front steps.He didn't even have the strength to stand up, so he just sat on the steps and replied: "Cen Shu was wronged." "Liang knows that Yuan Jian is just a child." "It was Li Yan who did it. He was worried that he would be punished for delaying the delivery of food, and he didn't want the prime minister to monopolize the meritorious service." "Liang knows that Zhengfang is too selfish." "I have evidence for the whole thing..." "Liang knows." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "Only Zhang Junsi, a quick-witted long history, can fill in all the gaps in the document. Without the help of Junsi, Zhengfang dare not do it and can't do it. However, only Zhang Junsi Only heirs will leave evidence. Liang bet that you will not deceive Liang all the time, and it seems that the bet is right." Zhang Yi took out a stack of Suxuan from his arms, which were the letterheads between him and Li Yan and the forged oral records.These are enough to condemn Li Yan, and he himself cannot escape the guilt.Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand to pick it up, Zhang Yi didn't let go, he grabbed the corner of Suxuan, suddenly smiled like a flower, and asked, "Do you know why I helped Li Yan, Prime Minister?" Zhuge Liang was startled, he wanted to nod, but he still shook his head. "I didn't expect my heart to be smaller than that of Wei Gong. The prime minister once wrote a letter, advising you not to make trouble with Cen Shu just because you value him. But I can't do it." Zhang Yi said with a smile, "If you want Cen Shu to die, This is the reason why I helped Li Yan. But Yi didn't want to disappoint the Prime Minister, so I put these..." He gently let go of his hand, Su Xuan said his life, "I leave it to you." Giving his life to Zhuge Liang is what Zhang Yi has always wanted to do. The moonlight fell on Zhang Yi's clean face, and the moonlight stared at him with compassion like Zhuge Liang. The next day the papers were put in front of Li Yan, and Li Yan had to bow his head and confess his guilt. The matter was dealt with in this way: Cen Shu was acquitted.Li Yan was impeached by Zhuge Liang and other 14 people, and he was removed from office and salary, cut down the noble land, and abolished as a commoner.As for Zhang Yi, Zhuge Liang did not disclose his crimes, but only advised him to resign from the post and be replaced by Jiang Wan.Zhang Yi refused, saying: "The kylin cherishes its horns, the phoenix cherishes its feathers, and the post of long history is the feathers and horns of my subordinates. If I am dismissed, I have nothing to say; if I want to resign, it is absolutely impossible." Zhuge Liang wrote back to him: "Women who are divorced will not look back, and withered leeks will not return to the garden. With the nature of a woman and the love of vegetation, I am ashamed. Think about your majestic man. What should I do?" Holding the letter, Zhang Yi cried and laughed, he dressed neatly and walked home, bowed three times in the direction of the prime minister's mansion, and drew his sword to kill himself!The frightened sunlight drifted away, gathered together in a panic, and pushed Zhang Yi on the ground like a small hand. He remained motionless, his blood scattered, like a blooming clump of weeds. He died wearing the uniform of the prime minister's chief historian, and when he died, he was still Zhuge Liang's chief historian. Zhang Yi died in the ninth year of Jianxing, and he left a letter asking the prime minister to save his face, so Zhuge Liang specially ordered Qiao Zhou, who recorded the history, to advance Zhang Yi's death by one year, saying that he died of illness in the eighth year of Jianxing. "Your Majesty Jiang was appointed the Chief History Officer only nine years ago, so there has been a vacancy for several months!" Qiao Zhou said worriedly. "Leave it empty." Zhuge Liang ordered. Holding the small seal of Chang Shi, Jiang Wan felt that there was a heavy soul of Zhang Yi hidden in it. He said melancholy: "Lai Lingshi (厷) and Yang Caozhu (颙) died young, and Zhang Changshi is gone now. Big loss." "Gong Yan can do it for himself." Zhuge Liang coughed violently, until he coughed up tears.