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Chapter 227 Wind Candle
The three hundred pacers sent by Luoyang were robbed and killed in Zheng County, leaving no one alive.

When the news reached Chang'an, Guo Huai's face, which had always been calm, finally became turbulent.

"Where's the person? Where's the lady?" The deep voice roared like a beast.

Not that he cared about his wife.

When sending the Wang family away, he had already thought very clearly, exchanging one woman for the continued prosperity and wealth of the entire Guo family.

Asking himself, he didn't have the courage to fight Sima Yi.

The scout half-kneeled on the ground tremblingly, "Husband, madam...is gone..."

"How could a living person disappear?" Guo Huai's voice calmed down again, but there was a murderous intent in the calmness.

Wouldn't it be very common for a living person to disappear in such a huge pass?
The scout lowered his head, his body was shaking, and he couldn't speak a word.

And Guo Huai rubbed his hand on the hilt of the knife a few times, but finally let it go, "Decree, all the cavalry from all battalions in Chang'an will be mobilized, and they will be searched for every inch of a certain person!"

"Wei!" The scout walked away with his head in his arms as if he had been pardoned.

Guo Tongxi said: "I didn't see the body, so does it mean that my mother is still alive?"

The Han and Wei dynasties emphasized filial piety, Guo Huai could give up his married wife, but Guo Tong couldn't ignore his mother.

In fact, if people are gone, the problem is even bigger.

Guo Huai pondered for a moment and then said, "Come with me to see Sima Zishang."

"Guo Dudu, Zhao came here uninvited!" Sima Zhao's voice sounded outside the door.

Guo Huai has Guo Huai's channels, and Sima Zhao also has Sima Zhao's eyes and ears.

"Please come in quickly, sir." Guo Huai winked, and Guo Tong opened the door.

Sima Zhaozheng stood in front of the door with a smile that was not a smile, "The imperial court regards the governor as the pillar to the west, but they didn't want to know the land in their hands, and this happened! Zhao has always heard that the governor and his wife are singing in harmony, and today I know it is true."

Guo Huai's rocky face finally sank, "My lord, please hurry up, it's cold outside."

Sima Zhao sighed, "I won't bother the governor anymore. Zhao came here to say goodbye. The imperial court ordered me to return to Beijing to report on my duties. I don't know what the governor has to say to my father?"

The cold wind outside was howling, and the snow was flying heavily.

Guo Tong's face was covered with cold sweat.

Sima Zhao said a few words, but they were full of tension.

"Sima Gong knows what I want, so why talk more?" Guo Huai said calmly.

Sima Zhao smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "There will be a time later."

Guo Huai and Guo Tong returned the gift at the same time.

Sima Zhao turned around and left with six or seven guards.

Guo Tong's eyes gradually became gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Father just let him go? You might as well detain him as a hostage!"

"What do you want to do?"

"If Sima Zhao returns to Luoyang, he will lead a large army to attack Deng Ai and the Hu family. My father and son will die without a place to die, and the Guo family will also be killed by the barbarians!" Guo Tong was heartbroken.

Guo Huai pondered.

This is a difficult decision.

In November of the first year of Jiaping, Emperor Wei issued an edict that Sima Yi quelled Huainan Wang Ling's rebellion.

Emperor Xuzhi.

Because of Sima Yi's illness, a temple was established in Luoyang, and Sima Yi's food town was increased by 19 households. Sima's sons and nephews were entrusted with [-] people, all of whom held the secrets of Cao Wei and the power of the Quartet.

Whenever there is a major event, the emperor personally goes to Sima's mansion to seek advice.

The story of Chang'an soon spread to Luoyang.

Although it didn't snow in Luoyang, the sky was heavy and the cold wind howled all day long.

After Sima Yi returned to Beijing in Shouchun, he often dreamed that Jia Kui and Wang Ling were standing in front of him with their hair covered in blood, and they were not seriously ill. Fortunately, they were treated by the imperial doctor in the palace, so they could survive.

"The cavalry sent by my father was intercepted and killed, and no one survived." Sima Shi helped Sima Yi cover with a layer of brocade fur, and brought the charcoal fire closer.

After the silver charcoal offered by Nanyang Jinfeng is lit, there is no smoke at all.

The flame is long-lasting and gentle, which is suitable for Sima Yi to recuperate.

"What do you think?" Sima Yi said with a heavy nasal voice, like silver coal in a furnace, which was about to be extinguished at any time, but it just wouldn't.

Sima Shi said: "Back then in Yongliang, my son and Guo Boji had a lot of connections, he was always calm, he was by no means a reckless person, moreover, abandoning the Guo family for the sake of a woman, a wise man would not do it."

Back then, Xia Houhui and Sima Shi were also in harmony with each other and had five daughters, but their deaths were still unknown.

The follow-up Xian Wu family, after Wu Zhi's decline, resolutely gave up and married the gradually rising Taishan Yang family.

To judge others by himself, Master Sima certainly thought that Guo Huai would not turn against him because of a woman.

"However, Guo Boji was born in a gentry family. He received great favor from Emperor Wen and was in charge of the military power in Yongliang. His heart is unknown, so he should not hang out for a long time. He should be Xu Tuzhi?" Master Sima said very veiled.

When Sima Yi was around, Guo Huai certainly didn't dare to act rashly.

If Sima Yi is gone, his heart is unknown.

In recent years, the Guo family has also begun to become intertwined, and they have mutual in-laws with the gentry.

Jia Chong, who was in the limelight, married the daughter of the Guo family.

If it's just Deng Ai, Wang Ji, Zhou Tai, Shi Bao and other poor generals, that's all. They have no foundation and can't make waves.

But the Guo family in Taiyuan is a noble family with a long history.

Sima Yi closed his eyes again, "You must remember that Yongliang should not be in chaos."

After Wang Ling was wiped out, his last energy seemed to have been drained, as if there was only a body and a wisp of remnant soul left.

"Yes." Master Sima listened respectfully.

After being promoted to General of Fujun, the real power in Luoyang has actually fallen into his hands.

"Confer Guohuai as Marquis of Yangqu, increase the number of households to [-], and then divide it into [-] households, and make one of them Marquis of Ting." Sima Yi's voice was weak, as if he was raving...

When Meng Guan hurried back to the Western Capital, it was snowing heavily.

"Forgive me, General." Meng Guan knelt in front of Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng laughed and said, "What's the crime? A Wang family, if you let it go, you will let it go. I said long ago that you have full power to deal with the matter of Chang'an, and if Wang's return to Guo Huai's side alive, Guo Huai will be let go." Huai is even more difficult."

At the last moment, Meng Guan didn't cut off the knife in his hand after all.

Instead of beheading, he was sent back to Chang'an.

In fact, thinking about it the other way around, this is also a wonderful move.

If the Wang family disappeared or died, the Sima family would not necessarily suspect Guo Huai.

But when the Wang family returned to Chang'an, Guo Huai was in a difficult situation.

Everyone has been sent back, how can Guo Huai say that it has nothing to do with him?
On the other hand, if Meng Guan is too ruthless, has no trace of humanity, and can do anything without any scruples, will Yang Zheng dare to let it go?

After listening to Yang Zheng's analysis, Meng Guancai felt relieved, "So, Sima Yi will definitely turn against Guo Huai?"

Yang Zheng thought for a while, then shook his head, "Sima Yi and Guo Huai are both outstanding people in the world, it's not so easy to separate them, this time it should be able to create a gap between them, and if there is a gap, next time, it won't be so easy." Let it go."

People should seek truth from facts, and haste makes waste.

Guo Huai was as steady as an old dog.

Sima Yi is even an old fox.

It's not bad to be able to do this in front of them.

Things are going through a fermenting process, and it is of course impossible to expect them to turn against each other immediately.

But if there is a gap, it will naturally become dirty gradually.

Can Sima Yi trust Guo Huai, can Master Sima?

(End of this chapter)