Chapter 47 fourth quarter

Zhao Yan woke up from a coma and found himself in a dark prison cell, with a rancid smell of livestock manure in the air.He subconsciously touched the back of his head, it was burning hot and there was a big swelling.Zhao Yan shook his head in pain, trying to recall what he was doing before he fainted, but the strong dizziness turned his mind into a pot of minced meat. Suddenly his hand touched something soft, Zhao Yan looked down and saw that it was a human leg.He shrank his hands in fright, looked around, and found that there was another person sitting softly against the corner of the wall, with his legs stretched out straight.

"Who are you?" Zhao Yan asked. "Should I ask that question first?" said the man.Zhao Yan stretched out his hand to touch, and found that the talisman around his waist was still there, he quickly took it out and shook it and said, "I am Zhao Yan, the Yilang sent by the imperial court to visit Yiru in Hanoi." "Looking for Yiru?" There was a hint of sarcasm in the man's voice, "In these days, who would have the leisure to look for Yiru?" Zhao Yan ignored his ridicule.His mind has gradually cleared up, remembering what he found before he fell into a coma, he was very anxious: "Who are you? Where is this?"

"This is the Wubao of the Sima family in Wen County. My name is Sima Yi." Zhao Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that this was the second son of the Sima family.But why did the second son look so down and out, and was imprisoned in the Sima family's own prison?The young man saw his doubts, touched his leg, and smiled miserably: "Nowadays, people in the Sima family probably think that I am out hunting and have not returned. Who would have thought that the second son would be interrupted by his biological elder brother?" lost his leg in this black prison that no one knows about?"

When Zhao Yan saw Sima Yi's injured leg, he believed it a little.Judging from Sima Yi's tone, this seems to be another story of brothers fighting against the wall.Such things are not uncommon in this day and age.Sima Yi seemed unwilling to talk about his own affairs: "Why were you imprisoned?" Zhao Yan was stunned for a while, not knowing how to answer.He really didn't know why he was locked up here, he just remembered seeing Yang Ping's portrait for the last time, and then fell unconscious. "Probably violated some taboo in Wen County?" Zhao Yan said perfunctorily.

Seeing that he avoided answering, Sima Yi sneered and said, "You don't have to hide it. Since you came from Xudu, it must be because of my brother Yang Ping, right? Otherwise, my elder brother wouldn't be imprisoned here." Zhao Yan Hearing the name "Yang Ping", using both hands and feet, he climbed a few steps towards Sima Yi: "Yang Ping? You also know?" "Hey, why do you think my elder brother broke my legs and threw me to this kind of place? Is it really for the sake of the Sima family's property? Isn't it for the man in Xudu." Sima Yi deliberately slowed down his speech, Observe Zhao Yan's expression.Zhao Yan's eyes widened as expected, and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you talking about?"

Seeing Zhao Yan's eagerness, Sima Yi simply leaned his head back, raised his right hand and pointed to the sky, and closed his eyes without saying a word.Looking at Sima Yi's gesture, Zhao Yan frowned, and suddenly sighed: "You are right, the relationship between the Son of Heaven and Yang Ping is probably far beyond our imagination." Hearing the word "Son of Heaven" again, Sima Yi's eyes burst into sparks.He was silent for a while, and moved his body to make room for Zhao Yan.Zhao Yan crawled over, carefully avoiding his injured leg, and sat down side by side.Sima Yi signaled him not to make a sound, and listened carefully to make sure that no one outside the prison was overhearing, before he said, "What does Cao Sikong think about this?"

"Cao Cao? How can you let that kind of person know!" Zhao Yan didn't have any special hatred for Cao Cao at first, but since the death of Concubine Dong, he has become a complete anti-Cao faction. There is no hiding in the prison. Sima Yi glanced at him thoughtfully, and said, "Actually, I don't know much. It was just a moment of curiosity and a little inquiring, and I found out that Yang Ping had a quarrel with the emperor." Zhao Yan looked at him suspiciously, Sima Yi immediately changed his words, "It's just that I didn't believe it was so simple, so I investigated further and was discovered, and it turned out..." He patted his injured leg, laughing at himself.

Zhao Yan glanced at him sympathetically, and sighed: "I am walking on thin ice. You have never been to Xudu, and you have never seen the Son of Heaven. You don't know how big this disaster is." He was originally wary of Sima Yi, but now it seems that this person seems to have the same aspirations as his own, and the two of them are in the same dark prison, so there is a feeling of sympathy for each other.Sima Yi sneered and said, "Hmph, I haven't met the Son of Heaven, but I have met Yang Ping. He looks so good, how can he not cause trouble?" This sentence was drawn like a charged whip, shaking Zhao Yan's whole body.He stared at Sima Yi, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you already guessed it?" Sima Yi's face was serious, his head moved slightly, and he couldn't tell he was nodding or shaking his head.

Zhao Yan was suddenly relieved, he exhaled a long breath, and his eyes suddenly became moist.He stood up slowly, tried his best to straighten his back in this narrow and dark prison, looked at a small window above his head and murmured: "I only know that no one in the world has noticed the abnormal state of the emperor except Shaojun. Unexpectedly In this prison, there is actually a bosom friend." There was a faint moonlight shining in from the small window, and through the moonlight, Sima Yi saw that Zhao Yan was already in tears. For a long time, Zhao Yan has been struggling alone in Xudu, no one confides, no one understands, accumulated countless pressures, and only relying on Dong Fei's entrustment to support him.When he saw the portrait of Yang Ping described by the old weaver, all the previous clues came together in one place, and a conclusion that he could hardly believe but could explain all the abnormalities came out: "The Son of Heaven is no longer the Son of Heaven!" Know the answer For an instant, that powerful burden almost crushed him.

Fortunately, he was thrown into this black prison and got to know Sima Yi.When Zhao Yan found out that there was actually another person who had been investigating this matter and came to the same conclusion as him, the burden in his heart was suddenly relieved by most of it. Looking at the agitated Zhao Yan, Sima Yi couldn't help being secretly proud, a triumphant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.In fact, apart from a few vague keywords, he didn't know anything at all.A clever lie must have seven falsehoods and three truths, one hidden ten, so that others will be convinced.Sima Yi made insinuations about Xu Du's matter, deliberately speaking vaguely and mysteriously, as if he had everything in mind, but in fact he didn't point out a single word.But Zhao Yan had a lot of preoccupations, and he heard everything in his ears, and unconsciously, he was caught out of the truth.

With the heart defense broken, the following conversation will be smooth and smooth, without any suffocation.Zhao Yan told Sima Yi everything from Concubine Dong's entrustment before her death. This story lasted for more than two hours, and most of the time was spent talking about Concubine Dong.Sima Yi responded casually, his eyes flickering. In fact, Zhao Yan knew very little about the hidden details behind the fire in the bedroom and Dong Chengzhi's chaos. Apart from guessing that the emperor was transferred, he couldn't say anything else.If Guo Jia or Man Chong were here, they would be able to deduce most of the truth as soon as they heard that the emperor was no longer the emperor. Even so, after hearing this, Sima Yi was still shocked.No matter how clever he was, he would never have imagined that Yang Ping's appearance was exactly the same as that of the emperor Liu Xie, and he actually replaced him as emperor. "This kid, it's no wonder he pretended to be dead halfway, so he did such a big thing quietly." Sima Yi licked his lips, he couldn't tell whether he was resentful or happy.He thought farther than Zhao Yan: Yang Ping was brought out by Yang Jun himself. In other words, Yang Jun was also one of the planners, but it was by no means the main one.Inside Xudu, there must be a powerful force operating this daring thing, with the purpose of competing with the Cao family. Why are Yang Ping and Liu Xie born exactly the same?Where did the original Liu Xie go?Who is behind the scenes?Sima Yi didn't know about this, but he knew in his heart that the person in front of him controlled Yang Ping's life and death.As long as he said one more word in reply, Yang Ping would be doomed forever. This kind of dangerous person can't be killed, can't be released, how to deal with it... Thinking of this, Sima Yi took another look at Zhao Yan, who was still immersed in the memory of Concubine Dong.Through the conversation just now, Sima Yi has already confirmed that Zhao Yan is a seed of infatuation, and his mood fluctuates; important. "You have to go back to Xudu." Sima Yi said to Zhao Yan with a very serious tone.Zhao Yan raised his head, a little dazed.Sima Yi said solemnly: "It's half a ninety-ninety miles, since you have touched the edge of the truth, how can you give up all your previous efforts and bear the trust of Concubine Dong?" Hearing Concubine Dong's name, Zhao Yan recovered a little vitality, looked at the moonlight and muttered: "You are right, Shaojun is still looking at me in the sky, I can't just give up like this..." But he blinked. The mood became low again for a while, "But now you and I are in prison, how can we get out? Besides, your elder brother may also be involved in the conspiracy. He doesn't even care about brotherhood, so how can he let me go?" Just now Sima Yi implied intentionally or unintentionally that the Sima family was deeply involved in this matter, and he himself was thrown into prison for discovering the truth.If not, Sima Yi would not be able to win the trust of Zhao Yan.Sure enough, Zhao Yan heard the hint, convinced him, and introduced Sima Yi as a confidant on the same road, which is why he confessed later. Sima Yi said: "As long as you swear here that you must find out the final truth when you return to Xudu, I can help you." Zhao Yan was surprised and suspicious: "How can you help?" In comforting myself, how useful is a cripple who is trapped in a dark prison and has a broken leg? Sima Yi stretched out his finger, pointed to a certain corner of the prison, and said proudly: "Anyway, I am also the second son of the Sima family, and my elder brother doesn't know some cards - there is a hole in the corner of the wall, it was the hole from the year before last. It was broken, and it was repaired later, but it was not firm, and if it was broken with fingers and claws, it would be able to get out." "Then why don't you use it yourself?" Sima Yi patted his injured leg, and said bitterly: "I'm different from you. My leg is disabled, how can I escape? Besides, even if I escape, where can I go?" Loudly said: "I'll carry you out, let's go to Xudu together!" Sima Yi shook his head: "I appreciate your kindness, but those who achieve great things should not be limited to these. As long as you can return to Xudu and find out the truth, that's enough." "This, how can this work!" Sima Yi sternly said: "Now that I've come here, if you can't even find out the final truth, how can you treat me? How can you treat Concubine Dong?" He had already seen through that Zhao Yan's weakness was Concubine Dong, and sure enough, as soon as the name was mentioned, Zhao Yan immediately fell silent.Zhao Yan thought for a moment, then raised his right hand, pointed three times to the sky, and said solemnly: "I, Zhao Yan, swear to the sky, this time I will return to Xudu, and I will never stop until I find out the truth about the Son of Heaven. If there is even the slightest hesitation, I am willing to be killed by thunder." He leaned down again, held Sima Yi's hand, and said word by word, "I have a close friend in Sikong Xicao. When I return to Xudu, I will try to get him to conscript you into Sikong Mansion. That way you will be safe." gone." Xi Caoyu represented Cao Cao's will to select talents. If Chen Qun wanted to recruit Sima Yi, the Sima family would definitely not dare to attack him again, otherwise they would not be able to explain to Cao Sikong. Zhao Yan's ability to think of this point shows that he has complete trust in Sima Yi and has his heart in his heart.Those invisible silk threads were all hung on Zhao Yan's body by Sima Yi without a sound, as long as he moved his fingers lightly, the puppet would dance accordingly, just like moving his fingers. The next question is how to make the puppet go to destruction step by step without arousing Cao's vigilance.This was not easy for Sima Yi, after all he knew almost nothing about Xu Du's inside story. "When you go to Xudu, remember that no one can be trusted. You can't tell anyone about such secrets." Sima Yi earnestly urged, "Look, when it comes to this matter, even my biological father and elder brother don't care about it." Flesh and blood, not to mention those people in Xudu who have ulterior motives." Zhao Yan nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Then how can I find out the truth?" Although he now confirmed that the emperor and Yang Ping were similar in appearance, conjectures were conjectures after all, and if there was no conclusive evidence, it would not be considered fulfilling Concubine Dong's entrustment. What Sima Yi was waiting for was his words. He smiled slightly, pulled Zhao Yan closer, and whispered a few words in his ear. After Zhao Yan heard it, his face showed horror: "This, is this really possible?" Sima Yi He replied sadly: "Although this move is not virtuous, it is the only way." Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment, looked at Sima Yi's injured leg, then looked at the bright moonlight, finally gritted his teeth, and said sternly : "Okay! Let's do it." Sima Yi took out something from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Yan: "When necessary, you take this thing out, it will be of great use." Zhao Yan took it into his bosom, gave him a deep bow, then turned and walked to At the corner of the wall, he began to grope for the newly patched hole in the wall, trying to dig a way out. Watching Zhao Yan struggling to hold on to the wall, Sima Yi closed his eyes with relief, and said silently in his heart: "Yihe, Yihe, all I can do is to deliver this hidden danger to you. You have to do it yourself Grasp it well, don't engage in any unnecessary pity, and let me down."