Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 652
"It turns out that Sun Bofu was seriously injured, which is similar to Sun Wentai's end." After all, Zhong Yao has rich experience in officialdom struggles. Seeing that the facts in Dong Zhao's mouth could not be disputed, he quickly lifted Sun Jian out to change the topic.

Dong Zhao was not an idler either, and was not distracted by Zhong Yao at all, and continued to throw out evidence: "Sun Jian's third son, Sun Yi, was like a father, and he died at the hands of assassins in the end, so it's not that Jiang Dong has no assassins, but The assassins over there are quite famous."

"Uh, Sun Yiben really doesn't know what will happen to Sun Quan." Zhong Yao continued to talk about him from left to right.

Seeing that Zhong Yao was in a predicament, Cao Pi waved his hand to stop him and said, "Let's go here. I just heard about it. It seems that there are indeed assassins in Jiangdong, but it doesn't explain too much, too much. Wei is a resourceful man that the late king relied on, do you have anything to say?"

Jia Xu turned around and bowed his hands to salute, and replied: "Sima Changshi was greatly favored by the King of Wei. If it is hard to believe that he plotted treason, Dali's analysis is not unreasonable, but the view of being a great craftsman is also very unique. The minister also agrees." It is recommended to check it first, so that everyone will not be suspicious."

"It's really hard to decide what to say, so let's speak according to the facts." Cao Pi nodded and said to himself.

Seeing that the old fox Jia Xu didn't express his opinion, he was as stable as an old dog that neither side would be offended, Cao Pi said again to his servant Wen Hui: "Manji, Qing has been the governor of Yangzhou for many years, and I will leave it to you to verify whether Sun Quan redeemed people."

"Wei." Wen Hui answered with cupped hands.

"It's late at night, so let's go first." Cao Pi waved his hand wearily.

"Wei." All the ministers replied in unison.

"Uh..." Chen Qun originally wanted to ask Sima Yi's orphan, but thinking that Cao Pi had a close relationship with him, he would definitely arrange for Sima Shi and Sima Zhao properly, so he could only turn around and ask in private.

The officials retreated gradually, Cao Pi looked at the empty hall with some melancholy, he hadn't rewarded Sima Yi properly yet.

The genius child Cao Chong died young, and the battle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi kicked off. This bloody and undercurrent struggle lasted for ten years. It was not until the 22nd year of Jian'an that Cao Pi was established as the Prince of Wei.

From the bottom of his heart, Cao Cao hoped that Cao Zhi would ascend the throne, because the supporters behind him had a complex structure, not as powerful as the Henan gentry behind Cao Pi, and the complex structure was easy to be controlled by the king. Can be easily emptied.

Due to the favorable status of Cao Pi's eldest son, he has won the support of many fringe courtiers. Cao Cao, who is proficient in political struggle, tilted his own resources and Yang Xiu, Ding Yi and others worked hard, and Cao Zhi's chances of winning gradually increased.

Lieutenant Cui Yan and Shangshu Mao Jie were implicated and died. Shangshu ordered Xu Yi to be expelled from the power center. These important ministers who supported Cao Pi had accidents one after another. To Cao Cao.

Cao Pi won the competition for the reserve position. Among his four close friends, Sima Yi contributed the most. He stayed by the prime minister's mansion and Cao Cao's side. In addition to reporting Cao Cao's movements to Cao Pi in a timely manner like Yang Xiu, he also secretly offered a lot of secrets. Move, lose move.

Because he has always been feared by Cao Cao, Sima Yi hides very well both in the open and in the dark, and Yang Xiu is a complete failure in this respect.

"Your Majesty, which lady do you want to sleep with tonight?" When Cao Pi was contemplating, the eunuch came over to ask for instructions.

Cao Pi was startled: "Gu is not in the mood today."

"Do you want to find someone to go to Tongque Terrace?" The eunuch continued to probe.

"Uh, in a few more days. I don't want to stay in bed tonight. I'll talk about it when Xu Chu comes back." Cao Pi waved his hand lightly.

Originally Cao Cao’s concubines were expelled by Empress Dowager Bian, and most of them could only return to live in Tongque Terrace because they had no livelihood. Don't let things go.

Cao Pi didn't dare to be blatant now, either he secretly sent eunuchs to Tongque Terrace to get it, or he went to Tongque Terrace to enjoy it by offering sacrifices to Cao Cao.

Cao Pi was worried about the assassins in the city, so he was not in the mood to invite people to sleep. Not only that, but he also increased the palace guards.

In the next few days, Cao Hong scoured the city to search for the murderer, Xu Chu was also recalled to the palace due to his illness, and the swordsmen who participated that night also returned to the Tiger Guard camp in batches.

For a day without catching the murderer, Cao Pi's uneasy heart could not be relieved for a day.

Since Xu Chu chose in the second half of the night, and they were all extremely skilled swordsmen, there were almost no traces of committing the crime. Cao Hong and Sima Yi had old grievances, so they were perfunctory when looking for clues, and Dali Zhongyou was unable to solve the case for a long time.

There is a saying that all things come from a whale. The Sima family is a famous family in Henan, and the interests involved behind it are very large. After the Sima family was wiped out, there was a huge power gap. After calming down, various forces rushed to enter.

After Dong Zhao started that night, more and more people began to doubt the Sima family, because it was not the Henan gentry who wanted a piece of the pie, so they had no choice but to step down.

The two cubs left in Miemen were sent to Cao Hong's army for protection. Xu Chu wanted to sneak in several times to kill the grass, but was finally stopped by his brother Xu Ding, because if Xu's family was exposed, he would be implicated. He suggested writing a letter to discuss with Xia Houchong.

Before Xu Chu's letter was delivered, news also came from Xudu. On the day Sima Yi was killed, the entire family of Sima Xun and Sima Jin who were in Xudu were killed.

When the news reached Yecheng, the court of Wei State was shaken.

All the gentry began to privately raise tribes to protect themselves, and the whole north fell into an inexplicable panic. Cao Pi urgently ordered the garrisons to investigate and act as assassins. In fact, he was worried that Emperor Xian would be intercepted by assassins.

At the end of July, there was still no news of assassins in various places, but the situation of Sima Yi's collaboration with the enemy gradually became clear.

During this period of time, news from various sources gathered in Yecheng, including the information collected by Wen Hui, the situation reported by Cao Ren, and the relics of Xia Houdun (Letters from Zhuge Jin) sent by Xia Houchong.

All this information shows that Yu Jin is indeed in Jiangdong, and it also confirms Sun Quan's idea of ​​wanting Wei Guo to redeem it with a billion dollars. It doesn't matter whether Sima Yi withdraws the kickback, because even if it is false, people who are interested in it are willing to believe it is true Yes, and put pressure on Cao Pi and the Henan gentry in public opinion.

In the case of "conclusive evidence", Zhong Yao could only convict Sima Yi of accepting bribes and dereliction of duty, and forcibly pressed down the charges of collaborating with the enemy that his political opponents had woven for him, because this was the only way to protect the two cubs. Criticism of the gentry.

For the stability of the court, Cao Pi could only sacrifice Sima Yi's reputation, but the problem of assassins still existed, so he was sad all day long, and he was not as energetic as when he first came to the throne as King Wei.

After listening to the quarrel of the ministers all day, Cao Pi was nervous and exhausted.

After the value was dispersed, Xia Houchong secretly asked to see him.

(End of this chapter)