Chapter 28 3. The Change of Gaoping Mausoleum

On the afternoon of the third day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Zhengshi, Captain Jiang Ji, Shangshuling Sima Fu, and Shangshupu She Weizhen came to the bedroom to visit Sima Yi. Sima Yi was still half lying on the couch sickly, staring at the three of them without saying a word. "Master Taifu, I came here this time to discuss something with you." Jiang Ji cupped his hands and said, "Master Taifu, you have been ill for two or three years now. You don't know, the temple Above is now full of young people, and the discipline is becoming more and more chaotic! I am deeply worried about the country! I respectfully ask Mr. Tai Tuo to do his best and spare no effort to take the chariot to the palace in the next few days, sit in the country, and preside over the grand plan! "

Sima Yi shook his head lightly, with a deep wry smile on his face.He slowly shifted his gaze to Sima Fu again. At this time, Sima Fu was also bearded and bearded, and he said sadly: "Second brother! At present, people inside and outside the capital are in panic, and there are rumors everywhere that General Cao has ulterior motives and has ulterior motives. I heard that this time the six brothers will accompany the imperial driver together. Going to the Gaoping Mausoleum to participate in the sacrifice is to confirm the omen of the "six zhis with the same root, and the spring emerges". He, they even blatantly excluded almost all the old ministers such as me and the old Wangwang. Let me go to sacrifice the mausoleum together! Second brother, you must cheer up in time to stop them—otherwise, it will be too late!"

Wei Zhen also sighed deeply: "There is an old saying that when a country is governed, listen to the virtuous; when the country is in chaos, listen to the demons. General Cao has been overflowing with arrogance recently. He thinks that he can do whatever he wants by monopolizing power. The Principles of Principle and the principles of "Jiuqing's Participation in Politics and Co-governance" were trampled to pieces. In the entire temple, he was almost the only one left there to give orders and boss around... How is this a blessing for the country?" Sima Yi looked at the three of them for a long time, and then said in a low and weak voice: "Jiang Jun, Wei Jun, and third brother, you think that I will go to the palace to stop you today, so what can I do? A while ago Is the Nian this seat still admonishing less? What effect does the verbal dispute have?"

"Could it be that we, as ministers of the Great Wei Dynasty, can only sit and watch Cao Shuang's misconduct for nothing?" Sima Fu couldn't help covering his sleeves and crying, "Second brother, you are really sick. It's not the time..." Jiang Ji and Wei Zhen looked at each other, sighing and frowning. Sima Yi observed them for a while, then slowly said: "Today, with the power of General Cao, he must swallow up the Wei family. Even if we want to learn from Bigan and Wu Yuan, how can he be so powerful?" In hand! Twenty years ago, he even sent Li Sheng to spy on me... Now I have no time to protect myself, so how can I easily go up to the court to stroke their beards!"

"Alas! Master Taifu, you don't know. Recently, there is such a proverb circulating in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City: Brother Cao Shuang is as hot as soup, and Sima and his son are as cold as jelly. , is also very sad!" Jiang Ji said with a stampede, "Could it be that Jiang has passed the ancient times in a certain year and was flawless in his previous life, but in the end he will lose his life and become a sluggish minister like Kong Guang at the end of the Han Dynasty?" Wei Zhen also mourned and said: "If Cao Shuang really does something wrong, Wei will definitely wait for him with blood and die with him!"

"Hm...why come to this?" At this moment, Sima Yi's eyes flickered with ice, and suddenly there was a strong and deep aura, which made Jiang Ji and Wei Zhen's breath hard.At this moment, the high-spirited, majestic, and overwhelming Taifu Sima Yi seemed to have returned to his eyes again! When they were inexplicably astonished, Sima Yi regained his strength, slowly closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Who said we have to sit idly by? There is an old saying, if you do wrong things, you will die. When you go back, stay silent for the time being, and don’t discuss state affairs indiscriminately, everything will turn around in the end! Remember, ‘you can’t make it if you can’t bear it’!”

... After the three of Jiang Ji bid farewell and left, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers immediately turned around from behind the screen on the back of the couch, and stood by the side of Sima Yi's bed with their hands down. Sima Yi looked at the door of the bedroom where Jiang Ji and the others left, and let out a long sigh: "They are all loyal ministers of the Great Wei who were forced to fall to our Sima family by Cao Shuang, a rebellious man! Shier, Zhaoer, no matter our Sima family You have to treat them kindly to how far you will go in the future! In this day and age, there are really fewer and fewer loyal people like them."

"My son respectfully obeys the teachings of my lord father." Brother Sima bowed and answered in unison. Sima Yi concentrated his thoughts, and looked at the two of them: "There are still two or three days until the day when our Sima family will raise an incident. I just don't know how you two are feeling at the moment when the big battle is imminent?" Master Sima raised his eyebrows, cupped his fists and said, "My lord, from my child's point of view, the overall situation is already under our control. Under the wise guidance of my lord father, we have already planned everything perfectly and are absolutely safe , it only takes one shot to complete the success!"

"Zhaoer, what about you?" Sima Yi asked Sima Zhao again. There was still a trace of nervousness between Sima Zhao's brows: "Father! We must not have the slightest slack and numbness! If you make a careless move, the whole situation will be lost! My child always feels that you called Huan Fan to participate in the incident that day. It's really inappropriate. Huan Fan has his own opinions. Although he doesn't approve of Cao Shuang's dictatorship, he may not sincerely surrender to our Sima family..." Sima Yi stared deeply at Sima Zhao, and said with a calm smile, "Zhaoer—you are still more resourceful than courageous, and wise than tough! If you want to achieve great things, you must first respect morality and virtue, get rid of idle thoughts, and clear your mind. Do it hard! As the saying goes: Judging right from wrong is in the heart, reputation is in the eye, accepting and letting go is in the hand, success or failure is in the hands of God! Huan Fan, who embraces him wholeheartedly for his father, is also doing his best and listening to him Xiner! My father revolted in the name of "the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, punishing rebellious ministers". Why should he presume to exclude Huan Fan, a generation of stalwart ministers? What will others think of his father? At that time, Huan Fan can Come with reason, there is nothing good; if Huan Fan refuses to obey, as a father, he will never force him to do what he wants!"

Suddenly a hurricane came, sweeping away the haze and seeing the clear sky. The sixth day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Zhengshi Cao Wei is destined to be a special day.The weather that has been snowing heavily for the past few days suddenly changed its face this morning: the bright red sun hangs high above the blue sky, shining a rare warmth in the wilderness. Because of the sudden improvement of the weather, Cao Shuang and the six brothers felt that this was a rare and good omen, so they led most of the courtiers in the capital to ninety miles away from the capital early in the morning under the command of the young emperor Cao Fang. The Gaoping Mausoleum held a grand ceremony for the ten-year sacrifice of the first emperor.In a trance, there is no Cao family brothers usually roaming around in the street, showing off their might, and He Yan, Deng Yang and others are not usually in the restaurant and singing in the restaurant, the huge capital of Luoyang is unexpectedly It was rare to be quiet for a while.

However, this piece of silence was shattered by the sonorous and piercing sound of the clanging of golden arms after an hour! On the Nanfang Suzaku Avenue leading to the Sima Gate of the Imperial Palace, chariots suddenly appeared from nowhere, like beasts galloping forward, making passers-by dazzled and unable to dodge in time. The sound of the sound and the orderly steps of the soldiers shook the whole city! In the support of this team, the head minister of the Wei State, who was rumored to be "deadly ill and dying", Sima Yi, the current imperial tutor, was full of energy and high spirits, wearing a golden helmet and silver armor, and holding a three-foot blue jade in his hand. Feng, with a green canopy floating above his head, stood upright in a chariot, as if the god of war came to the world, majestic and majestic.His eldest son, Sima Shi, and Murong Muyan, the head of the dead man's bodyguard, were also fully clothed, holding a long halberd, closely guarding the left and right sides of his chariot. When his team passed the gate of Cao Shuang's mansion, they suddenly stagnated!It turned out that Sima Luzhi, the general's official office, Yan Shi, the captain of the Dianjun, and Sun Qian, the commander of the guards, rushed out of Cao Shuang's mansion, and led a group of Cao's servants to block the way. Sima Shi straddled his horse forward and shouted sharply: "Master Tai Tuo is about to go to the palace to discuss the affairs of the country with Her Highness the Queen Mother, how dare you stop me? Why don't you back down!" Lu Zhi said coldly: "Please tell the Grand Tutor, the Central Guards, that if he really wants to discuss the affairs of the country with Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, he will have to wait until General Cao returns to Beijing today after offering sacrifices to the mausoleum before entering the palace together! " "Bastard! Master Taifu is Gu Ming's first assistant minister. With special gifts from the court, he can take a chariot and enter the Sima Gate at any time. Why do you need to wait for your family General Cao to accompany you in? You wait and get out of the way, dare you Anyone who blocks without permission will be killed without mercy!" Master Sima raised his eyebrows and shouted loudly, drawing out his sword from its sheath. Lu Zhi gritted his teeth, but still refused to back down: "Yan Shi, Sun Qian, hurry up and deploy troops to intercept! We are entrusted with duties by the general, how can we sit idly by?" Yan Shi responded, raised the crossbow in his hand, and aimed at Master Sima's chest: "Lord Central Guard! You should retreat!" Sima Master's robe has its own gold silk nephrite armor body protection, so he still has no fear on his face, and he shouted coldly: "Yan Shi! How dare you stop the Grand Tutor?" As he spoke, he raised his sharp sword high, I want to volley and chop down! Over there, Murong Muyan also let out a long roar, holding up a crossbow and aiming directly at Lu Zhi! Yan Shi looked at the situation on the left and right, his fingers holding the crossbow couldn't help trembling slightly! At the moment of this stalemate, Sun Qian suddenly raised his left elbow from the side, deflecting Yan Shi's crossbow!Yan Shi was shocked, and stared at Sun Qian: "You...what do you want to do?" Sun Qian looked at him calmly: "Sima Taifu entered the palace and wanted to discuss the affairs of the country with the queen mother. How can we stop it? Arbitrarily preventing the elders and ministers from entering the palace to have an audience, the crime is to exterminate the family!" "You...you..." Lu Zhi and Yan Shi were stunned, "Sun Qian, are you crazy?" Sun Qian ignored him completely, turned around and said to the family members of Cao's family: "Brothers—General Cao is not in the mansion, who dares to bear the crime of attacking the elders and important ministers like this? Everyone has the old and the young. , How can you break the law arbitrarily? Let's all disperse first! Let's deal with it after the general returns to Beijing and returns to the mansion!" As the leader of the servants, when he said this, the servants of Cao's family naturally said yes and obeyed, no matter where Yan Shi was yelling and ordering, they actually made way for Sima Yi and the others. Seeing this, Lu Zhi let out a long sigh: "Sun Qian! You have missed your great General Cao's important event!" Without saying much, he turned around, jumped on a horse, and fled hastily. In this way, Sima Yi, under the escort of Sima Shi and the dead guards, ran through the gate of Cao Shuang's mansion in a majestic manner. Sima Shi went to the side of the car and said to Sima Yi: "Father, do you think you want to send someone to hunt down Lu Zhi?" Sima Yi looked at the back of Lu Zhi, an old subordinate who fled away, and only replied softly: "Cao's mansion is about to fall, so Lu Zhi can only support him? Let him go!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head and glanced, and suddenly saw Sun Qian standing beside the stone lion in front of the Cao Mansion, looking deeply at him.That gaze was so similar to when Qingfu, Qingping, and Sima Yin looked up at him forty years ago, full of eagerness and expectation, sincerity and gratitude! That gaze made Sima Yi's chest feel hot for some reason, as if he had fallen into a fire, "teng" ignited the feeling of "being concerned about the common people and helping the world" back then!This added infinite help and motivation to his whole body and mind!He seemed to have returned to the pure and persistent state of mind thirty or forty years ago, staring straight ahead with piercing eyes, climbing straight to the peak of his ideal! However, the war in the arsenal at Xifang in Luoyang was much more intense than at the gate of Cao Shuang's mansion. Inside the antler fence bunker at the gate of the arsenal, Ding Mi and Cao Shou commanded 2,000 soldiers who were desperately resisting the fierce attack of Shi Bao, Niu Huan, and the 800 Dragon Knights! Ding Mi's mansion is next to the arsenal, so he rushed to Cao Shou's side to command the battle as soon as he heard the news of the attack on the arsenal.The sudden onslaught of Shi Bao and Niu Heng's team of dead soldiers shocked him deeply: Oops!Sima Shi was really unwilling to give up, and finally counterattacked wildly!It turns out that Shi Bao has disappeared and evaporated in the past few years. She is raising dead soldiers for the Sima family to take the opportunity to launch an incident!But Ding Mi didn't expect Sima Yi's father and son to plan together at this time. He only knew that Master Sima was fighting the trapped beast alone, so he cheered Cao Shou and said, "Don't be afraid! We only need to survive until Luzhi, Yan Shi, Sun Qian and the others came to support, and everything will be settled! Master Sima can't stir up any troubles with his more than 10,000 imperial troops alone! Shi Bao and the others came to snatch the arsenal, which proves that they are not strong enough and feel a little guilty. Attempt to seize the armored soldiers in this warehouse and gather some desperadoes to serve as earbuds for dying! We cannot let him succeed!" Seeing the soldiers around him being shot down one after another by arrows, Cao Shou was still a little uneasy: "Master Ding—these thieves are so skilled! Let's... let's see the opportunity and avoid the edge for now." Shi Bao was in armor, and outside the gate of the arsenal, he continued to direct the dead soldiers to rush forward.He sternly shouted at Ding, Cao and others inside the bunker: "Ding Mi, Cao Shou, come out quickly and capture them without a fight! My family's Tai Tuo and Zhong Hujun have already rushed to the Nine Dragon Hall of the Imperial Palace. Chao Gang! Don't hold back any more!" When Cao Shou heard this, he turned his head to look back at Ding Mi, his face paled in shock: "Isn't Sima Yi dying of illness? How could he still enter the palace..." "Don't listen to his nonsense!" Ding Mi knew something was wrong, but is this the time to shake the morale of the army?He grabbed a handful of crossbow bolts and shot them outside: "Shi Bao is threatening us! If Sima Yi didn't die of illness, so what?" Cao Shou's face was pale, and he said tremblingly, "That's bad! That's bad! Why don't Lu Zhi, Yan Shi, and Sun Qian rush over here? Don't something happen in the middle?" Ding Mi glared at this powerful but capable General Huben Zhonglang, and only ordered to the soldiers next to him: "Hold it! Hold it up! I will give you five hundred gold rewards for those who kill the enemy!" At this moment, there was a clear sound of horseshoes on the street outside. Ding Mi and Cao Shou were overjoyed when they heard it for the first time, and hurriedly looked outside. Foreign army killers are coming! Guo Zhi jumped off his horse, took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve, held it high in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The Empress Dowager has ordered that the Luoyang arsenal be handed over to Shi Bao, He Zeng took over, there must be no mistakes, dare to disobey Let anyone shoot or kill!" When he made such a public announcement, the guards of the arsenal immediately became confused: some put down their bows and crossbows, some threw away their swords, and some knelt down on the spot... It turns out that Queen Mother Guo's party also secretly joined forces with Sima Yi and his son!This is really bad!Ding Mi was so anxious that his eyes were about to burst into flames, he only hated himself for being careless and stomping his feet repeatedly!But Cao Shou came up to him with a look of horror and asked, "Master Ding! What should we do now?" "Today's matter, either you die, or I die—" Ding Mi gritted his teeth and said in a high voice, "Could it be that you can really accept the Queen Mother's order? Hurry up and organize your subordinates to continue to resist!" Cao Shou hurriedly looked around him, most of the guards of the samurai library had already dispersed, only five or six hundred Cao family servants were still following him unsteadily, and almost everyone's calves seemed to be secretly cramp. trembling!Looking outside, Guo Zhi and He Zeng brought more than 2,000 soldiers, plus Shi Bao and Niu Heng's group of 700 or 800 dead soldiers, he has no chance of winning! Ding Mi also saw the situation clearly, grabbed a flaming torch, and his face was livid: "It seems that we can't keep the arsenal! But we can't hand over the arsenal to Sima for nothing. Shi and the others! If they occupy this arsenal, they will immediately be able to add wings to a tiger, and in the name of the empress dowager, they will arm the 60,000 troops inside and outside the capital to attack the brothers of General Cao who are far away in Gaopingling! That is really impossible. Cleaned up!" "Then...then what should we do?" Cao Shou asked tremblingly. "Burn! Burn! Set fire to this arsenal immediately!" Ding Mi held up the torch and was about to rush into the arsenal door, "Only burning the arsenal is the fatal blow to these rebels and rebels! " However, just as he turned around and took a step, he felt a sudden pain in the back of his heart—when he suddenly looked back, he saw that it was Cao Shou with red eyes, biting his cheek and ruthlessly stabbing a sharp knife into his vest! "You...you..." Ding Mi's movements froze, and horror overflowed from his face. "Yes... I'm sorry!" Cao Shou was crying and did not dare to face his piercing eyes, "Master Ding! Cao doesn't have the deep-rooted hatred you have for the Sima family, and Cao doesn't have the hatred you have for the general. Such utter loyalty. Master Ding! The general is probably really doomed this time! But Cao doesn’t want to be buried with him..." "So, you... just want to take my head to save your life?" Ding Mi fell softly on the threshold of the arsenal, and the torch fell out of his hand silently.He stared straight at Cao Shou, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Hmph! Do you think that Sima Yi and his son will let you go? Will you let everyone in your Cao family go? Ding is dead, General Cao If you die, you all have to die too! Alas...it's all a pile of mud that can't support the wall!" "The Empress Dowager's decree is to appoint Huan Da Si Nong to enter the palace to act as the leader of the army, and assist Sima Taifu to calm the rebellion." Zhong Yu finished reading the silk book, and handed it to Huan Fan with both hands, and said at the same time, "Doctor Huan , the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. The Empress Dowager and the Grand Tutor are waiting in the Nine Dragon Hall! You and Zhong must leave the mansion immediately and rush there!" Huan Fan's face was as deep as water, and he didn't answer immediately, but took the empress dowager's edict to his eyes and looked at it carefully. The scarlet mark of the phoenix seal on the lower left corner above was bright red, and it was obviously true.While carefully identifying it, he murmured: "Assist the Tai Tuo in resolving the rebellion and ordering the chaos? What rebellion is being settled? What is the chaos?" "Master Taifu, Lord Taiwei, Lord Situ, Lord Shang Shuling, etc. entered Yongning Palace this morning to play together the great generals Cao Shuang and Brother Cao Shuang, who violated laws and etiquette and caused chaos in the court. The empress dowager has issued a decree to approve it. Specially ordered the Taifu to do it at your own expense. Doctor Huan, you are here to assist the Taifu to put down the chaos between brothers Cao Shuang." Zhong Yu no longer evaded, and said bluntly, "Besides, you don't know anything about it, Doctor Huan. Speaking of the suggestion of appointing you to act as the leader of the army, Taifu Sima specifically mentioned it to the Empress Dowager. Taifu Sima has always respected you, Dr. Huan..." Huan Fan couldn't help being slightly moved when he heard this, and nodded slightly.He raised his right hand and said to Zhong Yu: "Okay! Then, I will ask Mr. Zhong to wait in the living room for a while, and I will come out and enter the palace with you after I change into the court clothes in the back hall!" Zhong Yu didn't expect him to agree to it outright, and she was pleasantly surprised that he was there, so she agreed. After Huan Fan retreated into the back hall, he took the empress dowager's decree and quickly walked up with his hands behind his back.Huan Chang stepped forward to persuade: "Father, the situation is urgent now, you must act decisively!" Huan Fan said to himself: "I have thought it through before. Although Cao Shuang has no king and no way, he is mediocre and unfaithful. Abandoning others is nothing to be afraid of. But Sima Zhongda and his son have already achieved great success through their hard work and dedication. They have worked so hard for so many years, and they just want to bring about the great change in the current situation between the courts and China, and fish in troubled waters! He is the mantis catching cicadas, the oriole In the back! It is clear that he intends to eradicate dissidents in the name of "Qing Jun's side, Zhengchao Gang"! If the Great Wei Sheji falls into his control, the danger of the situation must be far greater than that of Cao Shuang's time in power! This seat must not forget The emperor of the Ming Dynasty entrusted him on his deathbed to defend the foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty to the death to ensure long-term peace and order!" With a firm mind, he ordered Huan Chang: "Chang'er, go to the living room and delay the time with Zhong Yuxu and the snake. As a father, immediately take the official seal of the chief secretary and go out through the back door to Gaoping Mausoleum to assist you." Your Majesty responds to today's sudden change in the capital!" Holding the imperial edict of the empress dowager, Huan Fan was repeatedly inspected and questioned by the patrolling officers and men in every street and street in the city.Now, Sima Zhao has assumed the post of Henan Yin, and ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and the four gates are closed.Huan Fan could barely walk around the city with the Empress Dowager Yi's decree as a pass, but if he wanted to go out of the city, he had to have a warrant signed by Sima Zhao or Sima Yi himself.In this way, it will be difficult for Huan Fan to leave the city. In the end, he turned around and chose Pingchang Gate among the four gates—because Si Fan, the guard of Pingchang Gate, was an old subordinate of his chief minister of agriculture and had always been loyal to him. The only thing he can gamble on right now. "I have an order from Your Majesty," Huan Fan greeted Si Fan who came forward with Hu Banchao, "Sijun, let me out of the city quickly!" Si Fan walked to the gate and stood behind the fence with a bitter expression on his face: "Master Huan...it's not that I won't let you out. Earlier, the Henan Yin's Mansion and Taifu's Mansion both came to order that no one should be let out of the city without authorization." , Those who disobey the order will be beheaded!" "Sifan! You bastard! Do you listen to me? You have to see clearly, this is His Majesty's letter, and it is His Majesty who hastily called me out of the city to drive in front of Gaopingling..." Huan Fan looked like He yelled like an angry lion, "You don't even obey the imperial decree?" After hearing this, Si Fan hurriedly turned around from behind the fence, saluted Huan Fan and asked, "Master Huan, since that's the case, please show me the imperial decree!" Huan Fan deliberately hid the wat board in his arms, and at the same time took a step forward, grabbed Si Fan's lapel, and said in a high voice: "You can easily see the imperial decree? How dare you doubt what I say?" Si Fansu was overwhelmed by the majesty of this old boss, and his legs became limp as if he was staring at him, and he murmured: "But... But the Taifu's Mansion and Henan Yin's Mansion have issued orders, and anyone who leaves the city must Only with the warrants of Taifu Sima and Master Sima Zhao. Of course, the imperial decree you brought is also fine, let me verify it!" "Si Fan, how did you become like this? Could it be that my words are not more true than those of Henan Yin's and Taifu's houses?" Huan Fan looked as if he was about to eat him, "Open the door for me quickly. When Zun Mian Sheng comes back, he will settle accounts with you kid!" As if feeling that there was really a call from His Majesty the Emperor to Huan Fan from outside the city gate, Si Fan hesitantly looked back at the thick gate, and then turned his head to look at the angry man. Huan Fan gritted his teeth and shouted to the soldiers guarding the gate: "Open the city gate and let Huan Da Si Nong pass through!" There was a murmur of criticism from the gatekeepers, but in the end, the two Pingchang gates were slowly opened in front of Huan Fan. Only then did Huan Fan show a satisfied smile, he patted Si Fan on the shoulder vigorously, and as soon as he pulled the rein of the horse, he was about to gallop out of the city gate. "Lord Huan!" Si Fan shouted from behind him, chasing after him. Huan Fan was shocked, turned around and stared at Si Fan extremely nervously: "What? You still don't want to let me go?" "No." Si Fan walked a few steps closer, and said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: "If Master Huan hadn't recommended him back then, how could Si have this bowl of rice? Just in case something happened to Si, Also, please keep my family safe! Also, the new Nanmen school lieutenant, Mr. Jia Chong, is coming soon, you have to run as fast as possible!" Huan Fan's heart tightened suddenly, the pale snow field outside the city gate made his eyes ache.He quickly put the middle finger of his right hand into his mouth and bit it, biting the blood dripping wound, and then wrote a line of big characters on the wat board with the blood of this finger: "Taifu Tuni, go quickly and don't stay!" After finishing all this, he stuffed the wat board into Si Fan's hand and said: "If they want to investigate you for letting me out of the city without authorization, you can give them this wat board as a token. Let’s just say that this seat is trying to leave the city... In this way, you will probably be able to escape this catastrophe..." After saying that, he turned around, put his legs between the horse's belly, and rushed forward recklessly! "How's the situation at Xifang Arsenal?" Sima Yi asked Niu Heng as soon as he entered the door of the cabinet of Nine Dragon Hall. "Report to the Grand Tutor, Mr. Shi Bao and Mr. He have taken over the Xifang Arsenal completely and smoothly, and everything is under our control." "Where's Ding Mi? Have you caught him?" "Ding Mi was killed by Cao Shou." "Cao Shou killed him?" Sima Yi was slightly taken aback. Niu Heng explained in the shortest words: "Ding Min would rather die than surrender, and was going to set fire to the arsenal. Cao Shou was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he turned his back on the spot, so he stabbed him to death and came to ask for surrender." "Alas... Ding Mi's generation of rare scholars, finally died at the hands of their Cao family! What a pity! What a pity!" Sima Yi couldn't help sighing deeply. "Master Taifu, when Cao Shou came to surrender with Ding Mi's head, Mr. Shi Bao beheaded him on the spot!" Niu Heng said again, "Mr. Shi Bao also said in public: Cao Shou betrayed his master and assassinated his friends when he was in danger. , unfaithful, extremely shameless, heaven and earth will not tolerate it, everyone will be punished, and everyone will be punished!" Sima Yi nodded slowly: "Mr. Shi Bao really understands the way of controlling the crowd with grace like courtesy, and righteousness with power"! Today, he rectified Cao Shou's law in public, which not only corrected the outline of the world's rulers and ministers' etiquette and righteousness, It also cut off the source of chaos for the traitors, and also used it to educate the 800 Dragon Knights and everyone present! Kill three birds with one stone—it’s really a good kill! Alas... In a few years, I’m afraid His military tactics are becoming more and more proficient, and I will definitely avoid his place at that time!" While he was feeling emotional, he saw Zhong Yu rushing into the cabinet panting, "Master...Master Taifu! Huan...Doctor Huan quietly ran away after rejecting the Queen Mother's order to appoint him to act as the leader of the army... " "What? Lord Huan ran away after rejecting the Queen Mother's order to appoint him to act as the leader of the Chinese army?" Sima Yi was stunned when he heard Zhong Yu's report, and the expression on his face was blank, "Oh! Brother Huan is really Stubborn!" However, a sense of confidant suddenly arose in his chest.The huge strategy that I laid out today, after all, still failed to fool Huan Fan's "golden eyes"!Regardless of Jiang Ji, Sima Fu, Queen Mother Guo, Guo Zhi, or even Gao Rou, Wei Zhen, and Ruan Ji, they all thought that the main target of their uprising King Qin's surprise attack this time was Cao Shuang's faction.However, Huan Fan is probably the only one who, in this chaotic situation, has a deep insight into his real goal is the entire Great Wei Dynasty!That's why he refused the empress dowager's imperial edict without hesitation, rejected his well-intentioned wooing, and went straight to Gaoping Mausoleum to defend the young emperor Cao Fang!The most important battle in my life did not end in a lonely way after all.Because of Huan Fan's sudden appearance, he felt a little joy of fighting against a real opponent! "Why did Doctor Huan do this?" Sima Fu, Wei Zhen and the others all looked at Sima Yi in surprise. Sima Yi quickly calmed down, and sighed leisurely: "There is an old saying, 'Everyone has his own aspirations.' You have seen with your own eyes today that I have treated Dr. Huan with the utmost benevolence and righteousness! Wang Guan, you will immediately obey the Queen Mother's order Going to act as the leader of the army, you must calm down the morale of the army and don't be disturbed!" "Yes!" Without hesitation, Wang Guan stood up and replied loudly.Sun Zi had already drawn up a brand new decree to appoint Wang Guan as the empress dowager to lead the army, and quickly stamped it with the bright red empress dowager seal, and handed it to him. After watching Wang Guan stride away holding the decree, Sima Yi slowly asked: "Huan Fan refused the call and fled without authorization. What do you think about this?" His words seemed to be addressed to everyone present, but they seemed to be addressed to himself alone. Jiang Ji coughed lightly, and said: "Zhongda, according to Ji's opinion, Huan Fan is indeed not lacking in ingenious talents, but this time he refused the call and fled, but he chose the wrong master. As the saying goes, 'a poor horse Lian Zhandou.'Brother Cao Shuang is really a bad horse among bad horses. Zhongda, you suddenly raised an uprising today. I'm afraid they don't even have the courage to fight you like Xiang Yu back then. How can they use Huan Fan?'Fan Zengzhi material'?" Sima Yi nodded slightly with a smile, and looked at Master Sima again.Master Sima pressed his sword with one hand and replied, "Huh! Even if Brother Cao Shuang can boldly use Huan Fan to put all his eggs in one basket, there is nothing to be afraid of! Our uprising is an upright feat of 'the Qing emperor's side, Zhengchao Gang', which is really Tianshun People return! No matter how hard Cao Shuang and the others struggle, they will not be able to break any waves!" When everyone heard it, they all nodded in agreement.The smile in Sima Yi's eyes faded away, he waved his hand, and ordered: "That's all! Let's not discuss him for now. Sima Fu, it's getting late, how can your majesty stay away without returning? You immediately take the imperial cook, imperial meal, The royal tent, the imperial bed and other Shangfang things, together with Lord Liu and Guo De, went to the place of Shengjia to welcome and serve them. "Master Sima, go and explain to Yin Damu, and ask him to go with Sima Fu to persuade Brother Cao Shuang to surrender their weapons and obey orders. This seat and the Taiwei here can guarantee that the act of not having a king is just dismissal and punishment. That's the first, don't go into it!" After finishing speaking, he stood up from the brocade booth and smiled slightly at Jiang Ji: "Jiang Taiwei, just in case, I need to drive with you to Luoshui outside the city with 10,000 elite soldiers. Let's guard the pontoon bridge. If there are some crazy people who dare to disregard the overall situation and make trouble, I will take action in time to eliminate the suppression!" Veteran Sima Yi wrote to His Majesty: The old minister returned from Liaodong to quell the rebellion. The late emperor summoned His Majesty, the King of Qin, and the old minister to ascend to the imperial bed.The old minister wept and replied: "The second ancestor also told the old minister what to do in the future. From what your Majesty has seen, there is nothing to worry about; if something goes wrong, the old minister will serve the community with his death." Zhongshu Supervisor Liu Fang, Wei Wei Guo Zhi, Yuan Huangmen Ling Dong Ji, etc., as well as all the talented people and sick people present, have all heard about it. Now the great general Cao Shuang has abandoned Gu Ming, ruined the national code, and used it for his own selfishness; He reprimanded the newlyweds for private purposes; according to the discrepancy, the indulgence is getting worse day by day.This is the case outside, and Zhang Dang, the order of the new Huangmen, is the capital supervisor, who is dedicated to passing customs, inspecting the supreme, waiting for the divine weapon, separating the second palace, and hurting the flesh and blood.The world is turbulent, and people are full of dangers and fears. If your majesty just sits here, how can he be safe for a long time?This is not the original intention of the first emperor to personally call His Majesty and the old ministers to ascend the imperial bed together to receive the will!Although the minister is old, dare to forget his fate? ! In the past, Zhao Gaoji was very interested, and the Qin family was destroyed; Lu and Huo died early, and Han Zuo lived forever.This is the great lesson of His Majesty, and the place where the old ministers set up festivals!Minister Taiwei Jiang Ji, minister Situ Gaorou, minister Shangshu Ling Sima Fu, minister Shangshu servant She Weizhen, etc. all thought that Cao Shuang had the heart of a king, and that brothers and sisters were not suitable for the army to stay in the guard, so they presented it to Yongning Palace.Her Majesty the Empress Dowager ordered the old officials to carry it out.Veteran ministers and emperors, as well as Zhongshu Province, Shangshutai, Yushitai, and Huangmen Office dismissed Cao Shuang, Cao Xi, Cao Xun, Cao Yan and other subordinate officials and soldiers. If you dare to stay, you will use military law to do so.The old minister Zheli Ji stationed his troops on the Luoshui pontoon bridge, watched for abnormalities, and suppressed the clamor. After reading Sima Yi's ultimatum-named memorial sent by Minister Sima Fu, Cao Shuang suddenly fell down on the bed like a thunderbolt, and was paralyzed for a while and couldn't stand up! He learned from Lu Zhi, who had just fled in a hurry at noon today, that Sima Yi and his son in the capital of Luoyang presided over the mutiny, and he was beaten dizzy and panicked.Naturally, the ten-year grand ceremony of Gaoping Mausoleum cannot be held.He hurriedly ordered all the convoy to stop halfway on the south bank of Yishui, then set up a tent and summoned Cao Xi, Cao Xun, Cao Yan, He Yan, Deng Yang, Li Sheng, Yang Zong, and Yu Song And so on to discuss countermeasures.However, they discussed for more than two hours, but still had no clue.At this time, Sima Fu, who escorted the imperial cook, imperial meal, imperial tent, imperial bed and other Shangfang things, had already arrived. At the same time, he also brought Cao Shuang the performance of Sima Yi, asking Cao Shuang brothers to "decide on their own". As soon as Sima Fu walked away from the camp to visit the emperor, the dusty Huan Fan rushed in: "General Cao!" Everyone in Cao Shuang was startled: "Doctor Huan? Why are you here?" "A narrow escape! A narrow escape! This old man ran out with a narrow escape! There are so many sentries along the way! They attacked too quickly!" Huan Fan gasped heavily, "I don't know how your Majesty is doing. Is he okay?" Cao Xun snorted through his nostrils with a cold face: "Don't worry about Dr. Huan—Your Majesty, he is naturally very well." Just now Cao Fang sent his servants Chen Tai and Huangmen's servant Xu Yun to come over specially to make sure it was getting late为理由催促曹爽他们起驾回京，惹得曹爽兄弟皆是大为反感，所以此刻听到这个桓范一进门便问起陛下安危来不禁就有些冷了心肠，神情也显得敷衍了起来。 “陛下没事儿，那实在太好了。”桓范心头一块大石顿时放下，双目炯炯然正视着曹爽，须髯掀动，慨然而道，“司马懿闭门拒主、威胁群臣、挟制太后、图谋不轨，实在是大逆不道！请大将军速带桓某入见陛下，桓某将要劝说陛下迅速移驾许昌，颁发勤王之诏以号召四方州镇起兵讨逆！” “这……这……”曹爽犹豫了起来，“这是不是来得太陡了？” “此举何陡之有？许昌本是大魏陪都，城坚池深，足可固守。”桓范侃侃而道，“唯一可虑者，在于足兵足食也。但老夫此番出京之前特意带来了大司农官印，可以迅速征调各州各郡官仓积粮以备军事之需。这样一来，我大魏王师四方云合，则司马懿唯有坐困洛阳孤城，必败无疑！” “'奉天子以讨不臣'？大将军！桓大夫这是一条妙计啊！”鲁芝高兴地说道，“你们就快采纳了吧！” 曹爽嗫嗫地说道：“真……真的要和司马老儿临阵对峙吗？他这老贼用兵神鬼莫测、机变无穷，当年诸葛孔明尚不能敌，本大将军焉能招架？四方州镇将军又有哪一个是他对手？” “大将军！关于与他对垒交战之事，老夫甘愿挺身而前以挫其锋！”桓范铿锵之极地说道，“老夫自信囊中韬略充沛，足可遏制司马懿的猖狂作乱之势！” “这个……这个……”曹爽仍是双眉紧锁，不肯立即决断。他沉吟了半晌，却向鲁芝吩咐道：“鲁司马，这桓大夫一路奔波而来必是也累了，也饿了……你且带他下去用膳休憩。本大将军还要在这里细细思忖一番……” “哎呀！这都什么时候了？老夫哪儿顾得上什么累不累、饿不饿的？”桓范顿足急道，“大将军您现在就快下决断吧！” 曹爽连连摇头：“桓大夫莫要催逼！莫要催逼！兹事体大！兹事体大！本大将军务要好好思量清楚才是！” 桓范不得已，只好被鲁芝扶了出去，走到门边还忍不住回过头来喊道：“大将军您一定要好好思忖权衡啊——稍后老夫便来领命！” 待得桓范离去之后，曹爽才长叹一声，向曹羲、曹训、曹彦、何晏、邓飏、杨综、虞松他们问道：“诸位，听了桓大夫这番建议，你们此时意下如何？” 杨综第一个站出来讲道：“桓大夫所语本也出于好心，但他素来好为浮言、大而无当，大将军您要谨慎听之！” 邓飏也冷然而道：“这用兵征战之事，哪有他讲得那般轻易？他自诩有本领足以与司马懿一决雌雄，那他自己为何却多年来在大魏军界寂寂无闻？他都已经年近七旬了，却为何仍是只混到了一个大司农的官位？罢了！罢了！大将军您敢放心把我等的身家性命都交给他这样一个糟老头儿来负责么？” “这……这个……”曹爽脸色一僵，语气一滞，又把目光投向了何晏，“何大人，您认为呢？” 何晏粉白的面颊因为惊惧交加而已变得更为苍白，他深深叹道：“桓大夫所提出的'奉天子以讨不臣'的方略其实倒也不错。但司马懿的手上已然握有皇太后和诸位元老宿臣作为利器，差不多已将咱们拥有的天子名分之优势抵消了十之七八。况且，当今陛下又最是推崇'以孝治国'的，他会允许咱们将兵刃直指皇太后吗？更为可虑的是，到了许昌陪都，大将军和我们都未必再能掌控局面了。” “你这话什么意思？”曹爽惊骇而问。 “大将军请细思，若真是依了桓大夫所言，咱们奉天子而入许昌，然后颁发勤王之诏，号召四方藩镇紧急入援——但举目四顾，在这各方藩镇之中，我们又能得到多少助力呢？首先，镇北将军裴潜、镇南将军王昶一向是司马懿的心腹死党，所以他俩必然是不会前来相助的，相反却有可能跑去为司马氏张目；其次，关陇一域，虽有夏侯玄、夏侯霸叔侄镇抚，但他们辖下的郭淮、胡遵、魏平等封疆大将都曾经是司马懿的门生故吏，所以他们也都是不可靠的！最后只有这淮南一方，然而且不说这扬州刺史诸葛诞是司马懿的亲家翁，就是镇东将军王凌、兖州刺史令狐愚二人亦系居心叵测、未可深信啊！何某忧虑的是，咱们若将天子移驾许昌，王凌、令狐愚舅甥二人万一包藏祸心，犹如当年董卓一般，外托勤王定乱之名，内怀挟君自立之念，闯将进来反客为主，大将军您那时如何是好？他们可是重兵在握而又近在肘腋啊！万一应对不慎，我等尚未遭到司马氏之攻击，说不定反倒先已中了他俩的毒手！” 何晏这一席话滔滔然直讲下来，唬得曹爽是冷汗直冒：“哎呀！多亏何大人提醒——本大将军差点误了大计了！幸好我们还没去许昌，否则真是自投罗网了。桓大夫怎么就考虑得这般不周不全呢？” 虞松这时却不咸不淡地开口了：“大将军请恕虞某直言，虞某先前听得前去洛阳城外打探消息的眼线来报，司马懿今天早上起兵时，曾经以皇太后的名义征调桓大夫代行曹羲将军的中领军职务，这可是一份超乎寻常的施恩大礼啊！桓大夫凭什么拒绝他这个昔日同窗——司马懿送来的如此信任呢？这里边，值得令人深思啊……” “是啊！是啊！说不定这就是桓范在配合司马懿给咱们上演一出双簧戏呢！他其实早就被司马懿心照不宣地买通了，然后由他假装冒险溜出城来唆使大哥您起兵反抗，导致大哥您背上一个不忠不义不仁不礼的罪名，方便司马懿更为歹毒地对咱们'一剑封喉'！”曹训也似恍然大悟地提醒曹爽道，“大哥——您对桓范提的这些建议一定要倍加小心，多掂量掂量！别弄得被人卖了还蒙在鼓里！” “既然你们大家都劝本大将军以不战不争为上策，那本大将军是不是真的就该白白交出权位？”曹爽双目无神地看着帐中诸人，“谁……谁能保证司马懿不会食言而肥？就会真正放过本大将军？” “在下能够保证，所有的元老宿臣都能够保证！”正在此时，一个清朗响亮的声音蓦地传入了帐中！ 曹爽等人循声看去，只见那个事先留守在皇宫大内的殿前禁军校尉、曹爽的心腹爱将尹大目掀开门帘一步迈了进来：“大将军，在下带来了司马太傅在九龙殿上当众作出的承诺……” “为什么曹爽直到现在还没决定起驾返京？” 金碧辉煌的御驾寝帐之中又一次响起了少帝曹芳愤愤然的声音：“这个曹彦也真是的，去了那么久——难道还没说服他大哥吗？” 陈泰、许允、钟会等三名大内近侍在一旁温声款语地安慰着曹芳。十八岁的曹芳却硬是充耳不闻，双手叉腰，在帐内来回踱了八九圈，停下身来厉声吩咐道：“陈泰、许允！你俩再去曹爽那里催一催他！就说朕素来不喜野宿荒居，他若是再不速速决断，朕可就要自行起驾返京了！” 陈泰、许允瞧得曹芳发了脾气，慌忙点了点头，急步出帐而去。 钟会看着他俩离去的背影，身形也慢慢站起，曹芳却向他开口了：“钟爱卿——你就在这帐中陪朕等一等吧。” “是。”钟会应了一声，只得又坐了下来。其实，这个时候他的心底早就乱成了一团麻。他万万没有料到司马氏父子居然会在事先毫不通知他的情形之下就在洛阳城中一鸣惊人地发动了事变！自己作为司马师兄弟的心腹亲信，竟在这朝局急剧变换的紧要关头被抛在一边当起了一个等同于旁观者的角色！no!no!自己决不能在这一场朝局剧变之中白白丢失良机！自己务必要主动出击，抓住一切机会建下功勋，借此向这场事变中必胜无疑的司马懿父子献忠！ 他心念一定，思忖片刻，觑见四下无人，便轻步上前跪下向曹芳低头奏道：“启奏陛下，对于今日突发之事变，微臣此刻有话欲献，不知陛下肯否垂意一听？” “讲！你但讲无妨！”曹芳素来喜欢钟会的乖巧伶俐，想也不想就一口答应了。 钟会一边用眼角偷偷窥视着曹芳的反应，一边轻声言道：“微臣启奏陛下，今日之事，倘若曹大将军自知理亏、自甘屈服，俯首听从司马太傅之命而立即奉驾回宫、退位自责，这自然是莫大之幸；但是，万一曹大将军他不甘屈服、闭耳不从司马太傅之命而不愿奉驾回宫，却又该如何因应呢？” “他……他敢？”曹芳本来就对曹爽毫无好感，愤然讲道，“司马太傅此番能够出来主持公道，朕是欢迎得很呢！他曹爽除了自甘屈服之外，还有其他的路可走吗？况且，朕归意已决，曹爽他敢违逆么？” “微臣冒昧地提醒陛下注意，在当前形势之下，曹大将军敢不敢违旨不遵在他那里不算什么问题，关键是曹大将军在这荒郊野地之中有这个能力违旨不遵啊！他此番随驾带来的同党实是太多了……” “啊？他真的敢这么做？”曹芳全身一震，“那他可真是怙恶不悛了！钟爱卿你说该怎么办？” 钟会垂下双眉低低奏道：“微臣刚才冒险所言，只是将今晚可能会出现的最坏的结果向陛下您毫不掩饰地揭示出来。至于何去何从，一切还请陛下您自行决断！” 曹芳沉思片刻，失声低呼道：“难道你想让朕此刻深更半夜就要微服易容逃回到洛阳去？” “这倒不必。”钟会目光一跳，深深而言，“陛下身为一国之君，万众瞻仰，岂可白龙鱼服？而且，目前您又处于曹爽兄弟及其同党的严密戒备之下，您想微服易容而去，谈何容易？微臣现在倒有一计，可以令陛下不行而行，不去而去！” “何为不行而行，不去而去？你快讲来！” “依微臣之愚见，您就立刻给微臣写一道亲笔手诏，内容不须太长，就是'诏曰，着太后、太傅速召天下兵马至曹爽逆贼处救朕御驾，以解社稷之危'。倘若曹爽万一猝生逆志，企图挟持陛下您为人质而前往他处擅行董卓篡乱之事，微臣便见机而逃，奉了您这道手诏返回洛阳搬来司马太傅的大军速来救驾！” “唔……你说得对！曹爽素有无君之心久矣，朕此刻确也不得不预先防他一着！”曹芳一向信任钟会，也不多想什么，“哧”地撕下自己袖中一片紫纱幅，提起笔来就在它上面写了那道手谕，飞快地递给了钟会，“钟爱卿，你马上就带着这道紫纱手诏出去，借着朕让你值守外营的口谕留在外边。只要曹爽一有异动，你就找准机会赶紧逃跑，速回洛阳向太后、太傅搬兵救驾……” 钟会接过那道紫纱手诏迅速藏进了衣襟里，却低低地说了一句：“请陛下赐骂于臣！” 曹芳乍一听他这话，不禁大愕，待又看到钟会直向自己连使眼色，这才明白过来，于是大袖一拂，向他高声骂道：“你这钟会！竟在侍候朕的时候打瞌睡！实在是失仪——你给朕马上滚到外边去！朕现在就贬你三级，去外营做一个御马监去！” 钟会一边战战兢兢地应诺着，一边像护着自己心肝宝贝似的掩着那暗藏紫纱手诏的衣襟，假装灰溜溜地连滚带爬出了御驾寝帐。 拨开众人围上前来的劝慰，一路奔到外营马圈旁边坐下，钟会这才放下心来。曹芳是少年心性喜怒无常，谁在这时都不容易猜到他是在“假戏真做”，所以谁也不会怀疑钟会被贬为“看马倌儿”其实暗有用意。那么，自己现在算是比较安全了！钟会用手隔着胸衣按着藏在那里面的曹芳紫纱手诏，一颗心脏“砰砰砰”地狂跳了起来。我钟士季真是天纵奇才！居然在这样的境遇之下也能为自己找到一个这样的立功机会！倘若自己返回洛阳京城之后，向司马懿父子呈上这一道紫纱手诏，还不知道他们会有多高兴呢！他们虽有皇太后懿旨在手，但毕竟在将来公开讨伐“挟天子以令诸侯”的曹爽时会显得底气不足。可是如果他们得到了曹芳亲笔所写的这道紫纱手诏，就得到了举兵进讨的最大助力，完全可以师出有名，堂堂正正地前来“清君侧，诛逆臣”了！那个时候，曹爽兄弟在他们手下必将如摧枯拉朽一般不堪一击！而自己，也必将借此青云直上，获得司马家最大的信任和褒赏！ 想到这儿，钟会禁不住将脸深深地埋在双膝之间无声地笑了。他双肩肩头剧烈地抖动着，以致让旁人看上去他仿佛是在为自己遭到曹芳的贬斥而抽泣着一般。 五更天，刀枪剑戟都蒙上了寒霜，潮湿的空气里漂浮着无形的激烈的杀机与震荡——剑拔弩张之间，而又回音四漾。 远处传来阵阵鸡鸣——大帐之中终于响起了曹爽最后的嘶喊：“司马懿无非是想逼我家兄弟交出所有的权力罢了！好吧！我就答应他吧！我们兄弟六人一齐以侯爵之身卸职归府，仍然还可以当一个优哉游哉的富家翁嘛！” 说着，他拿出那方大将军官印往尹大目怀里一丢，苦笑而道：“丢了它也就好了！这倒说不定是咱们大家的福气呢！你们也休要再争吵了！” 正与曹训、曹彦、何晏、邓飏他们争辩得口干舌燥、面红耳赤的桓范听了曹爽这话，仿佛被人当头打了重重一记闷棒，一下呆若木鸡，半晌没能说出话来——终于，他长长一声嘶啸过后，脸如死灰，黯然道：“大将军——您怎能如此脆弱？你们的史书都白读了吗？自动缴械、授人以柄的有几个人是好下场？唉！老夫冒着灭族之危只身突出重围跑到这里，是为了挽救大魏社稷，为了挽救你们所有人的性命哪！没想到你们个个居然连奋起最后一搏的勇气都没有！太祖武皇帝啊！您瞧一瞧这些大魏的宗亲贵戚，他们可是将您千辛万苦打下来的江山基业就这样乖乖拱手送人了……”