Chapter 24 2. Exclude dissidents

Babaolai Pawnshop is the largest pawnshop in Xifang, Luoyang.Sun Qian, dressed in casual clothes, entered the store, called a waiter, took out the crane-shaped gold hairpin and a handkerchief with floral script like quartz, handed them to him, and said, "Take these things with you. Give your shopkeeper an estimate, and ask him to come out and talk to me face to face." When the shop waiter saw the two things he handed over, he was startled immediately, nodded and bowed hurriedly, led him into the back room and sat down, then ran into the backyard. After a while, only the sound of footsteps "dud-duk" approaching in the back room.Sun Qian followed the sound, but saw an old man in his sixties with gray hair and a slightly stooped figure walking out slowly.Holding a gold hairpin and a handkerchief in one hand, and a woolen towel in the other, he held it up to his face from time to time and gently wiped his red and swollen eyes like walnuts, then went straight to the bench next to Sun Qian and sat down. .

"Guest officer, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The old man suffered from this eye disease because he often stayed up late before, and his usual behavior is a bit indecent. Please don't take offense." The old man continued to wipe his eyes as if sand had been rubbed in. With tears streaming down his face, he said softly to Sun Qian, "Can you tell the old man the origin of the gold hairpin and handkerchief in detail?" "A friend entrusted me to pawn this gold hairpin and handkerchief here." Sun Qian leaned over, looked him directly and replied, "She said, based on the texture of these two things, it will definitely make you the big shopkeeper of Babaolai." Come out to evaluate the transaction in person.”

The old man wiped his sick eyes with a woolen towel, and said in a deep voice, "I am the shopkeeper of Babaolai, they call me shopkeeper Yin. What do you have to say?" Just tell the old man!" Sun Qian stared at the old man's eyes without moving: "Master Yin, do you know who is next?" "Oh... Is this old man familiar with you, guest officer? I seem to know a little bit about it." Shopkeeper Yin put down the woolen towel in his hand, squinted at Sun Qian with his sickly red eyes, and said slowly, "Your Excellency It is Sun Qianjun, the servant and guard in General Cao's mansion. Today you changed your clothes early in the morning and came out from the gate of General Nanfang's mansion. You walked a stone's throw away, wandered in the alleys of Nanjiao for half an hour, and then put on your clothes again. After going out of the alley, I went to Zuiyue Tower in Xifang and drank for half an hour. I probably thought about the matter there, and finally walked into my shop to pawn these two things. Is it right?"

"You... how dare you spy on me?" Sun Qian turned pale with fright when he heard this. "Treasurer Yin" leaned back slightly, closed his eyes slightly and looked at the roof: "Sun Qianjun, you are wrong. You and we are a family, why are we still watching you? We are protecting you seriously. !" Sun Qian looked at shopkeeper Yin in surprise, but he didn't know where he said this. Shopkeeper Yin picked up the handkerchief and put it in front of him, slowly looking at the cursive characters written by Shi Shi himself, tears welled up in his eyes: "It's really hard work for Yinger! You sent these messages... It is really rare! Alas, I, Sima Yin, was a adoptive father in vain, I am really sorry for you, Yinger..."

"Sima Yin?" Sun Qian was taken aback.It turns out that this crooked old man with gray temples and serious eye disease is actually the mysterious and unpredictable old housekeeper of Sima Mansion - Sima Yin? ! Sima Yin grabbed the woolen velvet towel again, desperately blocked his tears, and murmured: "Sun Qianjun, you can get this gold hairpin and handkerchief, which shows that Yinger has regarded you as a close relative and trustworthy person." Don't worry, we will trust you like Ying'er. Before you get involved in our Sima family's great cause, please feel free to ask if you have anything!"

The blood all over Sun Qian's body rose to his cheeks, flushed red.The moment to decide the fate of himself and Shishi has finally come!He suppressed the violent heartbeat in his chest, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Master Yin, I, Sun Qian, promised to help you with anything for Quartz today, but after you are done, you must allow both of us." Obtain complete freedom! We will hide our names in the rivers and lakes, never expose, never leak! This is the only request I, Sun Qian, made before intervening in your Sima family's great cause. If you don't agree, I will withdraw from Cao Shuang's mansion Forcibly rob the quartz and fly away!"

Sima Yin sat on the bench with his eyes upturned and tried his best to force back the tears in his eyes with this posture: "Originally, Yinger is a dead man who has been carefully cultivated by my Sima family, and she is also my Sima Yin's most beloved son. One of the daughters. The old man naturally hopes that she will live a happy and happy life. To tell you the truth, in the first year of Zhengshi, the old man and the Taifu both planned to remove her from the palace under the pretext of "scattering idlers in the palace". It was only Cao Shuang who was not as good as a pig and dog as a hindrance, which caused her to fall into the devil's den. But don't worry, this old man will definitely agree to your request! After the important affairs of my Sima family are over, we will definitely help you. You rescued Shishi and set you free! As for what you just said about forcibly robbing Ying’er from Cao Shuang’s mansion and flying away, it was just a momentary statement! Even if you robbed Ying’er, as long as Cao Shuang survived and the Cao family’s power remained But, where can you escape to? Only after you help us completely overthrow Cao Shuang's faction, you and Ying'er will have real safety and freedom!"

After hearing this, Sun Qian kept silent, as he acquiesced to Sima Yin's words. "Okay, since the old man has agreed to your request," Sima Yin took off the fleece scarf that covered his face soaked with tears, opened his eyes, and shot at him like a sharp sword. He came, "You should complete the following tasks for the old man: one is to closely monitor the words and actions of Linghu Yu and Ding Mi when they come and go in and out of Cao Shuang's mansion; Yu Song, they are the insiders of my Sima family in Cao Shuang's mansion; the third is for the safety of you and Yinger, I remind you that from now on, don't go to the Golden House Dungeon to contact Yinger privately within a year or two, so as not to cause Cao Shuang Be alert and set yourself on fire!"

Sun Qian met his gaze calmly and nodded heavily: "Okay." Sima Yin and him looked at each other for a moment, then waved his hand suddenly, and called the shop waiter: "Take him down and change into another set of casual clothes, and lead him out through the back door of the shop!" After Sun Qian left, Sima Yin let out a long sigh, wiped his tears with the wool felt towel, and slowly stood up from the bench. At this moment, Sima Zhao was seen silently pacing out from behind the inner wall of the inner room: "Uncle Yin, what if this Sun Qian is here to swindle our surrender and gain our trust, how should we respond?"

Sima Yin looked deeply at the crane-shaped golden hairpin in his palm, and said in a low voice: "Is the son asking the way to respond? First, since Yinger has chosen him, he must be a suitable and reliable candidate. I believe in Yinger's vision. Secondly, regarding Sun Qian, we have already set up an eyeliner to monitor him closely. You can rest assured." "But, Uncle Yin, as you said just now—it is true that Yang Zong is our insider in Cao Shuang's residence, but Yu Song may not be..." "Boss, this move is exactly the strategy of 'falseness and reality, truth and falsehood' used by my uncle to Sun Qian... If one day Sun Qian has a different heart, he will send an ambiguous message to Cao Shuang! And if Cao Shuang doesn't know what to choose in this ambiguous situation, we can still use Xu as a plan to cover Yang Zong's escape!"

"Uncle Yin, as expected of you is so experienced, meticulous and meticulous, Zhao is very admired!" Hearing this, Sima Zhao couldn't help bowing down and praising Sima Yin, "It seems that Zhao still has a lot to learn from you. !" "Oh? Guan Ren really claimed to you that this general is 'flying dragon in the sky, the lord of the Ninth Five-Year Plan'? He also said that this general can unleash fortune, promote martial arts, prosper kingly, and return to one's heart from far and near?" Cao Shuang listened to He Yan and Deng Yang's words in the secret room, put down the golden snail cup with tiger skin patterns, a tribute from the Eastern Wu Dynasty that Emperor Wen Cao Pi had been holding in his hand, and looked at them with wide eyes. Suspiciously asked: "Don't you two make up these gods and ghosts to trick the general into being happy? How can an ordinary person like this general be able to sit on the ninety-five respect and the emperor's position?" What? You have to be a hero like Emperor Taizu Wu! Where is the material for my general?" Deng Yang giggled, and shook out a piece of silk playing watch from his sleeve, and said with a leisurely smile: "General, you have a full heaven and a round earth, and you are born with a strange appearance. So long as you have Taishi Ling Guan Ren’s celestial prophecy as a foreshadowing, it’s enough for now, General, if you really want to ascend to the position of Ninth Five-Year Venerable and Son of Heaven, you have to be like Emperor Taizu Wu Step by step. Here, this is the special etiquette table drafted by Deng Mou and He Shangshu for you, asking His Majesty to promote you to the prime minister and confer the title of Duke of Runan County. We have already found some colleagues to co-sign .” "Hehehe... If this general ascends to the throne of the emperor in the future, I will let you Deng Yang be the order of the secretary, Mr. He will be the order of the secretary, and Mr. Ding Mi will be the supervisor of the secretary and the servant of the minister!" Cao Shuang smiled happily. He took the playlist and looked at it, but saw that at the end it was signed by a few names such as Sili Xiaowei Bigui, Henan Yin Lisheng, Yingyang General Wenqin and so on.His face froze with joy, and he coldly threw the persuasion watch on the table: "Oh! The kindness of the two of you, the general appreciates it. But there are only so few people, how can we persuade you to enter? Humph! Not a single old minister has any old hopes!" Cao Xun picked up the persuasion form and looked at it, also with surprise on his face: "Yes! Why is there no Huan Da Si Nong's name on it? By the way, why didn't Xiahou Taichu sign it?" He Yan's participation in the matter of persuading Cao Shuang to become the prime minister and the county magistrate was completely encouraged by Deng Yang's ears every day.He was a little reluctant in his heart, but Cao Shuang couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to reluctantly obey.At this time, Cao Xun asked the general directly, and he couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment: "This...well, the attitudes of Huan Da Si Nong and Xiahou Taichu are a bit embarrassing... "Actually, I think you, the general, should know it well. He Mou thinks it's better not to disturb them for the time being..." "In the final analysis, these two people still don't have the same heart with our Cao family!" Cao Xun muttered, "Uncle Ping, you're right, it's better to hide it from them first!" But Ding Mi interjected from the side: "According to Ding's opinion, if we really want to persuade General Cao to join us, we still have to start with a two-pronged approach between the outer feudal officials and the court's old minister Jiu Wang, and make a roundabout outflank. Of the policy……" "What kind of outflanking strategy?" Cao Shuang was taken aback. "Back then, when Emperor Taizu Wu was looking for a gift from the Jin Dynasty, in order to prevent the courtiers from criticizing him, he appointed Yang Xiuzheng, the son of the Taiwei Yang Biao who had the strongest objection at that time, into the shogunate as the deputy head of the shogunate. The meaning of favor, trust and trust..." Ding Mi took the words lightly, and Deng Yang immediately understood, and rushed to say: "Yes, yes, General, you can bypass those big officials in the frontier and the old officials of old ministers. I personally worked hard on their heirs—Pei Qian's son Pei Xiu, Wang Chang's son Wang Hun, Guo Huai's son Guo Tong, Huan Fan's son Huan Chang, Jiang Ji's son Jiang Xiu, Gao Rou's son Son Gao Jun and others, you can catch them all and enlist them into your General’s Office as officials!” Cao Shuang nodded slowly when he heard this, and suddenly raised his eyes to Linghuyu, the new head of his shogunate: "Mr. Linghu, we didn't treat you as an outsider. You have heard all these words tonight. What kind of attitude will your uncle General Wang Ling express on this matter? You can tell this general.” "The general treats me as a confidant, and I will repay you with all my heart." Linghuyu hastily bowed his head and replied loudly, "My uncle will also spare no effort to help you achieve your great career, general!" Before he could finish his sentence, Ding Mi cut in a sentence abruptly: "Oh? Is that so? Linghu Changshi, but why did Ding hear that your uncle seems to be in very close contact with His Highness the King of Chu recently? !" "Really?" Cao Shuang lowered his face, his eyes turned coldly towards Linghuyu. The expression on Linghuyu's face was slightly stagnant: "Brother Ding, why are you so suspicious? My uncle is a warm-hearted man, and he only wants to win a lot of help for the general in the Fangzhou area outside Beijing! His Royal Highness, as the elder of the Great Wei clan, is Hope is not low, if my uncle can win him over and use him for the general, wouldn't it be of great benefit to the general in the future to be crowned and crowned, and honored in the south? If His Royal Highness the King of Chu will lead the way in the list of officials, It is enough to hold a hundred thousand troops and wipe out all resistance." Hearing what he said, Cao Shuang laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Linghuyu's shoulder heavily, and said proudly: "Mr. Linghu——this general trusts you! You and your uncle just let go and do what you want!" If you want money or food, General Ben will give you everything! Also, you asked your uncle to take care of Zhuge Dan in Huainan for General Ben!" "I must obey the general's order!" Linghuyu replied respectfully with an extremely humble expression.He glanced at Ding Mi secretly with the slanted light from the corner of his eyes, and the smile disappeared from his lips. Deng Yang clapped his hands suddenly: "Oh! I almost forgot, before preparing for the general's persuasion to join the Jin Dynasty, there seems to be one more thing we should do well!" "What's the matter?" Ding Mi stared at him and asked. "In today's imperial palace, the Queen Mother Guo listens to the government behind the curtain, secretly controlling the court, and Li Feng and Meng Kang, two of the Guo family's best friends, are entrenched in the Ministry of Education. How can we go under their noses to connect with the ministers and co-sign to persuade them to advance?" What about the watch? It seems that we can't do without moving them!" Ding Mi pondered for a moment, then said: "Ding has been thinking about this matter for a long time. How about it, let Deng and He write a form for moving the palace to the general for adjudication. The two of you are here It was stated on the form that the Empress Dowager Guo should not be busy with state affairs for a long time and live deep in the temple. Your Majesty, please abide by the filial piety of a courtier for her, and let her move out of the inner palace to rest! The general approved it on the grounds of mother and son's filial piety. At that time, the text The emperor once changed the "Yong'an Palace" left by the old lady Guo to "Yongning Palace" and moved her phoenix to the past. In this way, the Queen Mother Guo was moved out of the inner hall, so it is not easy to come back and hang the curtain Listen to the government." "That's right! As long as she is removed, we can find another reason to remove Li Feng and Meng Kang, and let Ding Jun and Deng Jun concurrently serve as key positions such as Zhongshu Ling and Zhongshu Supervisor!" He Yan also He clapped his palms and smiled, "In this way, the central power of the imperial court will be in the hands of the general, and your great achievements will be just around the corner!" In the darkness of the bedroom, Sima Yi sat cross-legged on the couch, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao stood beside the bed with their hands down. "The Guo faction was pissed off by Cao Shuang this time. The Empress Dowager Guo was forced to move to Yongning Palace by Cao Shuang, Ding Mi, He Yan, and Deng Yang. Ding Mi took control of the important places where the Imperial Army stationed troops, such as the Zhongba Camp and the Zhongjian Camp. Meng Kang’s position as the supervisor of Zhongshu was also snatched by Ding Mi... Only Li Feng remained in Zhongshu Ling. Every so often, I pretended to be ill and stayed out of the court, but I was almost lingering." Sima Zhao reported to Sima Yi the recent changes in the court situation. "Hmm... It's enough for the Guo Clan to be destroyed by Cao Shuang and the others. We can't let them continue to decline. Master, you should talk to Jiang Taiwei in secret, and you must take action before we start an incident. Give Guo Zhi a hand, and keep his Wei Wei position from being robbed by Cao Shuang! Guo Zhi will be grateful to us for our help at this time. Let him stay in Wei As a captain, he will be useful in the future." Sima Yi's voice seemed to come directly from the deepest part of the night, slow and deep, "I also heard that Cao Shuang's hawks and dogs are scrambling. Persuading him to become the prime minister and Jin to be the Duke of Runan County? Zhaoer, can you find out which old officials in the court have been involved in this great rebellion?" Sima Zhao recalled for a moment, and replied: "My lord father, there is such a thing of rebellion. But apart from He Yan, Deng Yang, Bi Gui, and Li Sheng who jumped up and down together, Jing It seems that for the time being, no old ministers' old wishes have been involved in this matter." "Huh? Isn't Huan Fan very close to Cao Shuang?" Master Sima asked in surprise, "Why didn't he take the lead and lead the table to persuade Cao Shuang to come in? This Huan Fan's reputation is second to none among Cao Shuang's factions. !" "Huan Fan didn't get involved in this matter." Sima Zhao recalled and reported, "On the contrary, after he heard some rumors about He Yan's private collusion and persuasion, he went to the General's Mansion to question him face-to-face not long ago. Cao Shuang, and warned him not to act recklessly, like scolding a three-year-old child, Cao Shuang lost all face. In the end, it was Ding Mi who came to persuade them to go." Sima Yi's eyes shone brightly in the darkness: "Good! Good! Good! You really deserve to be the father's Senior Brother Huan. He is loyal, unyielding, and committed to the Wei family. Life and death are not easy! He can be called the pillar of the Great Wei. Your minister! Cao Shuang, a lunatic, cannot even be respected by him, he is so stupid! From now on, Cao Shuang will abandon his brains and destroy the world, nothing to be afraid of!" "Father, although this Huan Fan shares different dreams with Cao Shuang, he is loyal to the Wei family after all! He will be the enemy of our Sima family after all!" Master Sima couldn't help reminding. "I know that my father did not say that he is not an enemy, but that he is one of the most respectable enemies in my father's life." Sima Yi said in a low voice. The heartbroken scene when the best friend Xun Yu turned his face into an enemy, he couldn't help feeling a deep sigh in his heart, "Ah... If Brother Huan Fan can give up his stupid loyalty and help create a great cause for his father, it should be What a perfect and beautiful thing! Shier, Zhaoer, you must remember that as the lord, temporarily having the supreme power of being able to respond to everyone and follow the wind is nothing special. Loyal and wise people like Si Nong will fight for the future with you, you are the real king! You are truly invincible!" "Okay. My children have remembered your teachings." Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers couldn't help being moved, and replied respectfully. Sima Yi gradually calmed down, and suddenly asked again: "Zhaoer, my father heard that you sent someone to the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions to find something for you yesterday? You can't follow the example of Cao Shuang and the others who only went to hunt for the private interests of the prefectures and counties." ..." "My lord father, you have misunderstood. I heard that there is a kind of jasper cooling ointment made in Qiuci in the Western Regions. It has the miraculous effect of improving eyesight and nourishing the heart. It is specially used to treat various eye pains, eye swelling, and excessive tears. Someone brought it here for Uncle Yin to treat him. Uncle Yin broke his eyes because of the great cause of our Sima family, and I can't bear to see the child at ordinary times!" "Good! Good! Good! Zhao'er is really careful, and he is so considerate to his subordinates. I am very satisfied as a father!" Sima Yi's voice seemed to be full of excitement, and he praised Sima Zhao again and again.After praising him, he asked Master Sima again: "Speaking of your Uncle Yin, my father remembered one thing - my father listened to his report today, it seems that Cao Shuang and the others are going to prepare again. Did you attack Master?" "Report father, Cao Shuang and the others are indeed going to attack the boy. The boy was worried that you might be worried, father, so he didn't report to you in time." Master Sima leaned forward and replied, "Cao Shuang suddenly proposed the day before yesterday to send the boy and Second Uncle Niu Jin The carefully trained 20,000 Imperial Guards, such as the Central Base Battalion, the Central Battalion, the Xiaoqi Battalion, the Jianshi Battalion, and the Shesheng Battalion, were cancelled, and they were all placed under the jurisdiction of Cao Xi, the leader of his second brother..." "What? Didn't the Forbidden Army battalions such as Zhongba Battalion, Zhongjian Battalion, Xiaoqi Battalion, Jianshi Battalion, and Shesheng Battalion have always been directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Guard Army in the past? Even the Weiwei can only control the five Battalions of the Forbidden Army in name. Cao Shuang's hard-charging and hard-charging is clearly to make the eldest brother become an empty shell with no real name, a card but no soldiers!" Sima Zhao couldn't help but immediately became anxious, "Cao Shuang and the others are going to get rid of me! The handle of the Sima family's knife!" "Why are you 'ahhh' panicking! Let your elder brother finish the matter first!" Sima Yi's voice was always so calm and composed, "Master, you continue to talk." Sima Shi calmed down and said slowly: "Later, when Cao Xi, Cao Xun, and Cao Shou came to recruit the imperial troops of the battalions, Second Uncle Niu Jin stepped forward and had a big fight with them. There was a lot of commotion. In the end, Cao Shuang was afraid of stirring up a mutiny, so he came forward to mediate, and only took away the two thousand archers from the Shesheng Battalion, while the rest of the forbidden troops of the Battalion did not move at all. In this contest, the boy The loss is not too big, so I didn't report it to bother you, Father..." After hearing this, Sima Yi's throat moved suddenly, but he didn't say anything.He just sat there silently in the darkness of the bedroom, motionless like a bronze lion.After a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Master, you are wrong—our loss is huge!" "Father... my lord father! How do you say that?" Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were both stunned. Sima Yi's vigorous and forceful voice was like an old millstone crushing hard beans: "I ask you this question for my father. If you are the General Cao with the constitution in his mouth and the power over the world at this moment, you will be killed by Niu Jin He is such a sharp-edged veteran general who contradicted him in public, what will you do after you recover? Now, the handle of the whole world is nominally held in the hands of Cao Shuang——he tore the knife You have to sacrifice your prestige with Niu Jin, why don't we rush to fight again? Niu Jin is in danger now! Master Sima—it's because you wanted to fight Cao Shi in your heart, and your lax supervision hurt him!" Master Sima panicked and knelt down on his knees, kowtowed to Sima Yi: "This... this... I know I was wrong. Is there any way to turn this around? I beg my father to advise me." "Where to turn around? The best way to turn around is to let Niu Jin personally go to the General's Mansion to plead guilty to Cao Shuang! But even if Niu Jin is risking his life, he will not do this!" Sima Yi With his eyes closed, he waved his hand slightly, "Forget it! Forget it! Master, you can let him have a long vacation and let him return home to thank guests behind closed doors. Be careful!" "Niu Jin dared to contradict your order in public, big brother, is that okay? Although he had a little skill in the past, could he be so arrogant? If all the generals in Xiazhou in the world follow suit like him, big brother What is your prestige as a general?" Cao Xun hated Niu Jin very much for his contempt and disdain for him on weekdays, but he vented it out in front of Cao Shuang tonight. In the past few years, Cao Shuang has been used to domineering and domineering. He was so angry that Niu Jin contradicted him in public that day.But he didn't want to bear the infamy of "can't tolerate it", so he had to bear it again and again, and laughed at himself: "Oh... Niu Jin, Niu Jin, you are just a reckless cow! Who knows as much as him! This great general has a mind all over the world, how can he take this guy's abrupt behavior to heart?" Ding Mi sat on one side, with a gloomy face, and said solemnly: "General, it's good that you are generous and kind. But Niu Jin made such a fuss by jumping out, but it hindered our grand plan of 'seizing military power'! The negative impact is really not small! If we don’t remove his smelly and hard stumbling block in the future, we won’t be able to take the 18,000 elite soldiers from the Central Battalion, the Central Battalion, the Xiaoqi Battalion, and the Jianshi Battalion from Sima Division. They snatched it smoothly. Ding has already checked repeatedly in secret. The four battalions of 18,000 forbidden troops under Sima Division are really a rare and powerful force. When they are pulled on the battlefield, one can be as good as ten, and it is completely worth it. One hundred thousand tigers!" Cao Xun also muttered, "Master Sima isn't very good at anything else, but he's good at selecting and training soldiers..." Cao Shuang listened to Ding Mi's words over there, and as his thoughts turned, he couldn't help but secretly gasped: Oh!In the past two or three years, General Ben has been busy fighting for power with Queen Mother Guo, Guo Zhi, and Meng Kang. How could he forget Sima Yi and his son?Although I heard that Sima Yi was lying on the bed stiff and dying of illness, and that the Sima brothers treated him with low eyebrows on the bright side, but after all, they still control the 18,000 elite forbidden troops of the Fourth Battalion of Da Nei!This is always a major hidden danger that cannot be underestimated!What's more, they have a hero like Niu Jin as an assistant! Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning his eyebrows tightly, "Ding Jun, you are right. It's just that Niu Jin has made many military exploits and is highly skilled in martial arts. He is also Sima Yi's confidant and favorite general. It's not easy for the general to disturb him for a while!" In the secret room, it suddenly fell silent like a deep pool. After a long while, Linghuyu smiled coldly: "General, although Niu Jin is a brave man, it is not difficult to control him. Moreover, we will be able to kill him with one move. Without a trace!" "Oh? Does Linghu Changshi have any clever plans?" Ding Mi's eyes lit up, and he looked at Linghuyu with a faint smile. Linghuyu remained expressionless, and slowly took out a purple gold jug with a dragon handle and a tiger's mouth from a wooden box that he carried with him. The left half of the jug was inlaid with a sapphire phoenix talisman, while the right half was inlaid with a phoenix talisman. A piece of white jade luan brand is really radiant and dazzling! "This... this jug is so beautiful!" Cao Xun couldn't help but look strange when he saw it, "Linghu Changshi, can you give it to Cao?" "If General Cao likes this jug, I can give it to you as a gift. However, under the current situation, it has other magical uses for the time being." Linghuyu said with a smile, and took it from the table. Passed two jade cups, and then personally held the dragon-shaped handle of the flagon pot, and filled the two cups with wine.He put down the purple-gold jug, picked up the jade cup in front of him, and handed it over to Cao Shuang: "General, please have a taste, this is wine from the vassal states of the Western Regions..." "Wait a minute!" Ding Mi suddenly stretched out his hand to block it, and stabbed Linghuyu with his eyes like a knife, "You should taste this wine, Linghu Changshi, before presenting it to the general!" "Well... Ding Jun taught you the lesson. Yes, yes." Linghu Yu didn't seem to be angry, he put the jade cup to his mouth, drank the wine in the cup to the last drop, then smacked his lips The place is very pleasant.He pointed to the remaining glass of wine with a smile, and asked Ding Mi: "Ding Jun, then this glass of wine and the one I drank just now were poured out of the same wine jug - I can Present it to the general to taste it?" "This...Of course." Ding Mi had no reason to stop him from offering wine at this time, although he felt something wrong in his heart, he had no choice but to agree. With a smile on his face, Linghuyu picked up the jade cup with both hands, but when he was halfway handing it over, he suddenly shook his hand and splashed it on the floor - just heard a sound of "chuck", and the place where the wine spilled actually popped up. Wisps of green smoke! "Poisoned wine!" At this moment, not only brothers Cao Shuang turned pale with shock, but even Ding Mi was almost at a loss.How strange!Why is there no difference between the two glasses of wine poured out of the same jug, the one Linghuyu drank, but the other one is poisonous? Ding Mi's eyes turned sharply, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "There must be something strange in your jug!" "Ding Jun is indeed extremely intelligent!" Linghu Yu laughed, "General, please forgive me for being rude and offended just now. Ding Jun is right, all the mysteries are in this flagon." "The jug? What's wrong with this jug?" Cao Xun was astonished. Linghuyu held up the purple-gold jug, and showed the mysteries in it for everyone to see: "You don't know, this jug was actually used by Wang Mang to poison the emperor to usurp the throne. The Yin-Yang Hunyuan Pot owned by Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty. Half of the gallbladder is filled with poisonous wine, and the other half is filled with intoxicating wine. Just press the two longan pearls on the dragon-shaped handle, You can freely control whether the wine poured out of the spout is poisonous. If you press the longan pearl on the left, the poisonous wine will pour out of the spout; if you press the longan pearl on the right, the wine in the spout will What is poured out is good wine! Between this left and right press, it can be said that the transformation is completely imperceptible." Cao Shuang looked at the Yin-Yang Hunyuan Pot obsessively, and suddenly realized: "Well... this general understands, Linghu Changshi, you want to use this golden pot to kill Niu Jin in one stroke without blood and traces!" Right? Good! Good! Good! Let’s find a chance to let him taste the wine in this Yin-Yang Hunyuan Pot!” He Yan, Cao Xun and others heard this, and they also claimed that they were right. Linghuyu put down the Yin-Yang Hunyuan Pot, pondered for a while, and then said eloquently: "General, after you use this pot of wine to eradicate Niu Jin in one fell swoop, the imperial palace's imperial guards will have all the power in your hands. First, I would like to congratulate you in advance. From now on, according to my humble opinion, you should send your cronies to serve as the shepherds of Fangzhou to take over the military power of the feudal towns outside! As long as you have all the military power inside and outside the court hand, what enemy cannot be destroyed? What cannot be accomplished?" Cao Shuang grabbed the Yin-Yang Hunyuan Pot and looked at it repeatedly, and said casually with excitement: "Okay! This general will first appoint Linghu Changshi as the governor of Yanzhou, the base of our great Wei, as the general The first step to take over the military power of the feudal town!" As soon as he said this, Linghuyu immediately knocked heavily on the floor with a "dong" sound: "Thank you, General, for your kindness in cultivating me." But Ding Mi watched from the side, but secretly frowned, with a look of deep regret. Finally, the meeting in the secret room was over, and everyone dispersed one after another.Ding Mi waited intentionally until the end, when he saw that Linghuyu, He Yan, Cao Xun, Cao Yan and other people had all left, he closed the room door and sighed to Cao Shuang: "General! You shouldn't be so easy He promised Linghuyu the post of Inspector of Yanzhou!" "Hehehe... Ding Jun, aren't you always afraid that he will compete with you in front of this general? This general is trying to drive out dissidents for you!" Cao Shuang said with a nonchalant smile, "In case you and him are two people Fight vigorously in front of this great general!" "Oh! General—in your eyes, how can I, Ding Mi, be so contemptuous of competing with Linghu Yu for favor and profit? The general can help me avenge Sima's revenge for killing my brothers and clan. I am already grateful and have nothing else to ask for! You didn't just understand my heart in a day or two!" Ding Mi said loudly excitedly, "This Linghuyu has always had ulterior motives and schemes, and he really cannot be trusted. The power of an important town in the state! If he returns to Yanzhou and joins hands with his uncle Wang Ling who is the general of Zhendong to make trouble, who can suppress him?" When Cao Shuang heard it, his heart was shocked, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead: "This... this... what should I do? This general has already promised him face to face just now, so it's not good to renege on his promise and get fat again!" Ding Mi frowned and looked at his stupid look, and couldn't criticize him any more, so he sighed deeply: "That's all! That's all! We can't openly accept our orders and break our promises to get fat, so we can only give Linghu Yu, Wang Ling and the others came up with a tricky plan..." "Buying stakes and tripping horses? Why burying stakes and tripping horses?" Cao Shuang was puzzled. "General, you then let General Wen Qin serve as governor of Xuzhou, Lord Li Sheng serve as governor of Jingzhou, and Lord Bi Gui concurrently serve as governor of Yuzhou, surround and monitor Linghuyu and Wang from the east, north, and west. Ling, in fact, also monitored Sima Yi's confidant Yangzhou Inspector Zhuge Dan along with him. This is a trick to thwart the horse!" "What a trick to bury the horse!" Cao Shuang was so happy that the fat on his face was almost squeezed into a pile, "This time, the general understands that Wen Qin, Li Sheng, and Bi Gui are The three stumbling blocks we used to deal with Linghuyu, Wang Ling, and Zhuge Dan! But... But, the governor of Jingzhou is Sima Yi's favorite general, Zhoutai! The general replaced Li Shengqian to replace him, but what happened to him? What about placement?" "Isn't that simple? Anyway, Zhoutai also came from a poor family, and he has no background in the court except Sima Yi... Besides, Sima Yi can't be his background now. He naturally understands the truth that 'an arm can't twist a thigh'. "Ding Mi said gloomyly, "After Ding went back, he drew up an imperial decree from the Ministry of Education and asked you to issue it! First raise Zhoutai's official rank by half a level, and make him a second-rank General Annan, and then let him concurrently serve as Xincheng The prefect of the county, but at the same time stripped him of his position as the governor of Jingzhou to Li Sheng... Doesn't this block him to have nothing to say?"