Chapter 74 1. The eyeliner is all over the place, keep an eye on Cao Wei

In the study house in the backyard of Pushe Mansion, on the front wall with carved flowers, there is a portrait of Xiao He, a sage in the early Han Dynasty with vivid eyebrows and a dignified manner. It reads "adjusting yin and yang and leveling latitude and longitude", and the banner on the right reads "care for the country and manage all opportunities".The words on the banners are as square as a rock and as strong as a pine, which are very eye-catching when viewed from a distance. "Hmm... Doctor Yang Jun's picture is really beautiful!" Sima Zhi looked at the portrait and sighed, "However, this Zhong Yao Situ's handwriting is even better - upright and dignified! Zhi Zhen Amazing."

"Master Zhi, let me say something presumptuous. In fact, my second master's handwriting is quite good." Sima Yin, the housekeeper of Pushe Mansion, said with a smile. "Well, how could I not know about this?" Sima Zhi turned his eyes, glanced at Sima Yin's face, nodded and said, "Yes! I remembered that on New Year's Day this year, the emperor issued an edict to let all the civil and military officials Presenting his beloved things to celebrate the New Year, the second brother Zhongda wrote a eight-character banner with the words "Love the people and live in peace, and love scholars and be honored" and dedicated them to His Majesty! You are quite the model of a generation of masters! Your Majesty ordered on the spot that the master craftsman came down to engrave the drawing of the eight-character banner on the golden plaque in the side room of Changle Hall, as a 'motto' to keep yourself alert at all times..."

"Oh! Brother Zhi! You're here to brag about my brother again!" Following a burst of familiar words, Sima Yi walked in from the door and said with a smile, "Your Majesty will 'love the people and be safe, good man!'" And Rong''s eight-character banner rubbings were engraved on the golden plaque in the side room of Changle Hall. It was not because of the exquisite calligraphy skills of Brother Wei, but because he fell in love with the meaning and eternity contained in these eight characters. mean." "Second Brother, you're back." Sima Zhi turned his head and saw Sima Yi had entered the room, so he hurriedly bowed down and greeted him with his hands down.

"Why is Brother Zhi so polite? Sit, sit, sit—you sit down!" Sima Yi hastily waved his hand to let him sit down on a boxwood bench in the room, and turned his head to Sima Yin and said, "Yin Brother, ask the servants to serve Brother Zhi with some tea and snacks." "Second Master, Yin has already asked Master Zhi just now, and he has been politely refusing to accept it." "Then, you prepare two more baskets of wild deer bacon that Niu Jin brought from Xiangyang, and put it back in Brother Zhi's cart later. Brother Zhi! Niu Jin is really promoted under General Cao Ren now." Hurry—he has already become a captain of the tiger and leopard cavalry..."

"Okay!" Sima Yin happily responded, and stepped down to make the purchase. Sima Zhi listened to Sima Yi's words, nodded slightly and smiled: "Yes, I think that when I first met Niu Jun in Jingzhou Qingyun Mountain Villa, he still looked like a valiant warrior. More than ten years have passed, he You have also grown into a fierce general who gallops across the battlefield and sweeps away thousands of armies! Second brother, you have a great eye for discerning talents—you immediately recognized that he is a general." Sima Yi slowly sat down on the weighing scale opposite him, looked straight at Sima Zhi, and said with a faint smile, "Brother Zhi, you are not bad either. In the past few years, you have been the magistrate of Wancheng, the prime minister of Xiangyang County, the prefect of Peijun, and the prefect of Yingchuan County." The prefect of Yingchuan went all the way to the position of Yin in Henan today, and became a dignified shepherd at the foot of the emperor and an important place in the capital..." His eyes moved, and he said with emotion, "Oh! But, with the talent of brother Zhi, he should have You have entered the temple and become one of the Jiuqing. However, our Sima family cannot allow outsiders to steal the important place of Luoyang Jingdu! We can only wrong you, brother Zhi, to lurk here and devote yourself to the great cause of our Sima family. Plowed..."

"Second brother, where did this go? This younger brother is duty-bound to do all of this." Sima Zhi said a few words humbly, then his face straightened, and he said solemnly, "Second brother, my younger brother came here today for a reason. Let me tell you a few important things." "What's the matter?" Sima Yi calmed down, leaned over hastily, and asked him seriously. "The first thing: Cao Xiu, the general of the imperial guard, summoned the Wei Wangguan in the south of Luoyang under his younger brother last night, and asked him to secretly lead 300 yamen servants to guard all the intersections around the mansion of the southern hussar general Cao Hong..."

"Hmm... there is such a thing?" Sima Yi's brows twitched suddenly, his face changed slightly, "Brother Zhi, continue talking." "The second thing: Recently, Xia Houshang, the leader of the Central Committee, has frequently communicated with General Cao Ren Feihong. My younger brother heard that an insider in his mansion came to report——His Majesty seems to be asking Xia Houshang to secretly convey some secret order to Cao Ren." "Is there anything else important?" Sima Yi asked while thinking. "The third thing is: Guo Biao, the current captain of cavalry, the younger brother of Guo Guipin in the harem, has become more and more arrogant and domineering in Luoyang City recently because of his sister in front of His Majesty. His servants went to the west of the city to blackmail the common people, forcing them to sell grain to the Guo Mansion at a low price, and they were caught by the Luoyang Western Captain on the spot."

"Is there any more?" "There's nothing to be concerned about right now." After hearing this, Sima Yi frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked Sima Zhi, "What do you think about the first two important things?" "Second brother Zhongda, these two incidents are very strange. Could it be that His Majesty wants to deal with his cousin, Hussar General Cao Hong? Could it be that General Cao Hong offended him, the emperor's nephew somewhere?" Sima Zhi He said with some doubts, "Also, what did His Majesty ask Xia Houshang to bring to Cao Ren... This is also something worth exploring."

"Well, for the Brotherhood, we arranged for the eyeliner in the imperial palace and the general's office in Xiangyang to find out about these two things one by one." Sima Yi paused slightly when he said this, and then solemnly explained to Sima Zhi "After you go back, ask the captains of the various ministries in Gyeonggi to record all the violations of law and discipline by the servants, servants, tribunes, etc. of all the brothers and sisters of Guo Guipin, and organize them into a detailed case file with conclusive evidence. Hold it in your hands temporarily, and wait for the opportunity send!"

Sima Zhi nodded vigorously: "Okay, little brother will remember." Sima Yi looked straight into his eyes, and asked with concern: "Brother Zhi, you have a lot of things to do in the officialdom now. If you lack anything or have any expenses, just tell Steward Yin—this is all For the sake of our Sima family's great cause! It takes the arrogance to spend money like water, so that people of all kinds can be recruited to work for our Sima family!" "Second brother Zhongda, where... do you start with these words?" Sima Zhi waved his hands in panic, "My younger brother is conscientious, and Nian Nian is afraid that his talent will be a little weak, which will miss the great cause of our Sima family."

"Brother Zhi is thorough and meticulous in handling affairs, and has a measure of advance and retreat. I am the most at ease for my brother. You give me the control of the Sima family in the capital, and all the movements of their Cao family and Xiahou's family are heard by my brother. Among them—our Sima family can strictly control and prepare invisibly, and take the lead in everything!" Sima Yi said slowly, "Like the Nanwei Wangguan you mentioned just now, he is a shrewd and practical member. General, you should keep him under wraps, and when the time is right, you should promote him to work by your side." Sima Zhi nodded incessantly.After the two of them finished talking about important matters, they chatted casually for a while.During the conversation, Sima Yin came to report: "I would like to report to the second master: the third brother is here to visit." "Oh? Shu Da is here today too?" Sima Yi chuckled, "Brother Zhi! It's rare for the three of us to get together, how about having dinner together later?" Sima Zhi heard this, and waved his hands with a smile: "Yes! The third brother has always been taciturn, dignified and self-reliant. If he is present, the younger brother will have to be serious. If there is no place for my hands and feet, then I will But it’s a bit uncomfortable. That’s all! Second brother, you should discuss the important matters with Shu Da yourself, and the younger brother will go back and implement the important matters you just assigned.” Hearing what he said, Sima Yi couldn't help smiling: "Okay! Brother Zhi, I won't force you to be a brother. Brother Yin—have you packed the baskets of wild deer bacon for Brother Zhi? You can do it on behalf of Yi." Send brother Zhi out of the house—"