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Chapter 1729 Sima Yi's Heart

[I just got home today. I will take another day off tomorrow to recover my energy. I will update twice in the next two days. I will start to make up for the four free chapters the day after tomorrow. Most of the time in the future, I will update four times.]

"Should I go?" Liu Xu tapped the table lightly, constantly weighing the pros and cons.

"I am indeed the hope of resurrection in the prehistoric world. With the detection technology of the technological world, I am afraid that they will be able to find out the many secrets behind me. If I go there, wouldn't I be walking into a trap?" Liu Xu said to himself worriedly.

"The technological world must think so too. So, my lord, if you are truly the hope of the prehistoric world, you will definitely not fall into a trap. This is the subtlety of this decision!" Sima Yi said seriously.

"But on the other hand, if I don't go, it will prove that I am the hope of the prehistoric world. If I go, the equipment in the technological world will definitely detect my problem. How can I solve this problem?" Liu Xu asked back.

"If the final examination results also confirm that my lord, you are not the hope of the prehistoric world, then can it completely clear you of all suspicions?" Sima Yi said.

"This is unlikely. The technology in the technological world is so advanced that it has almost reached the limit of the void. If I were in their hands, how could they not find out the secret behind me!" Liu Xu said with a frown.

"My lord, I have something to say from the bottom of my heart, but I don't know whether I should say it or not!"

"Haha, since you've said that, there's no reason for me not to let you speak out. Just go ahead."

"Yes, my lord. Do you think that before the oath of Luoshui, I really wanted to betray Cao Wei and become an unfaithful and unfilial minister?" Sima Yi asked in return, "Even more, after the oath of Luoshui, did I really want to usurp the throne?"

"This..." Liu Xu couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Originally, Liu Xu thought that this question was easy to answer. Of course he was thinking about it, after all, history is there.

But if we leave aside what happened later and simply focus on the time point before the Luoshui Oath, Sima Yi actually had no real reason to rebel.

Although Sima Yi had done many things that were not what a minister should do before this, such as connecting with cliques everywhere, promoting his own officials in various ways, and controlling Cao Wei's most elite Guanzhong troops for twenty years, the entire Guanzhong army was made up of people promoted by Sima Yi.

He also defeated Zhuge Liang and captured Liaodong. Almost all the aristocratic families in the north followed Sima Yi's lead, and the nursery rhyme of the three horses feeding from the trough had long been spread throughout the country.

But in fact, looking at Sima Yi's many actions, he made concessions and gave up many rights. He also closed the door and did not see any guests or nobles. He also pretended to be dead while lying on his sickbed, as if he was dying and just wanted to land safely.

On the other hand, Sima Yi actually had no reason to rebel at all. After all, that idiot Cao Shuang had no intention of killing Sima Yi's entire family, because Sima Yi's family represented the top aristocratic family. Unless Cao Shuang wanted to completely break up with the aristocratic family and cause chaos in the world of Cao Wei, the most he would do was to prevent Sima Yi from holding office and to fine them some property. Apart from that, he would not do anything else excessive.

But if Sima Yi's rebellion failed, Cao Shuang could kill everyone in the Sima family without any scruples and would not have to worry about the dissatisfaction of the aristocratic families.

So if we only look at the period before the Luoshui Oath, Sima Yi and the entire Sima family had no intention of usurping the throne. At most, they just wanted to be a powerful official. Even though Sima Yi actually had many signs of rebellion. After thinking about this, Liu Xu shook his head and said, "You probably don't want to."

"That's right!" Sima Yi laughed after hearing this. "Even though you already know what happened later, you also know the many things I did before this. You know that I control half of Cao Wei's army. You know that Emperor Wu said I have the eyes of an eagle and the back of a wolf. You also know that the noble families in the world follow my lead and listen to the words of my Sima family."

"But you still think that I will not rebel! Why is that?"

"Of course..." Liu Xu hadn't finished speaking when he reacted and understood what Sima Yi wanted to say to him. He looked Sima Yi up and down and said, "It's rare that you dare to say such a thing!"

"I don't want to say this either, but I have to!" Sima Yi sighed and said, "The situation is now extremely critical. My Sima family exists because of you, my lord. We will live and die with you. I can only say what I have to say. As for the rest of the story, I only hope that you will consider my sincerity today and not hesitate."

"Okay!" Liu Xu nodded, and shook Sima Yi's hand, which was rare, which greatly encouraged Sima Yi. Then he said, "I understand what you mean, but it's easy to say, but it's very difficult to do. Can you teach me?"

"Hehe!" Sima Yi stroked his beard and said, "My Lord, I am inferior to Prime Minister Zhuge in many aspects, but the only thing that Zhuge is not as good as I is in the art of self-preservation and the art of going against the tide."

"In fact, I have only one thing to say to my lord: leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist. For every ten crimes, confess ten!"

"I don't understand..." Liu Xu shook his head and continued to speak sincerely.

"Yes, you just need to do this..." Sima Yi also knew that this could not be explained clearly in just one or two sentences, so he began to explain various details to Liu Xu in detail.

As a result, this explanation took nearly 4 hours. Liu Xu frowned at first, then he relaxed completely. After Sima Yi finished his explanation, Liu Xu began to hum a song.

However, Liu Xu was still somewhat worried and said, "Mr. Sima, your plan is of course excellent, but what if the technological world does not follow the moral code and directly kills me?"

"First of all, as long as your clone is still there and the world is still in your hands, you will not really perish. Secondly, if the technological world really insists on sending a large army, then you should just reveal your true identity!"

"As long as your identity as the head of the Liunian family is revealed, the technological world will never dare to embarrass you no matter how bold it is, but..."

"But if this happens, I'm afraid I will become the most useless heir of the Liunian family in the entire void. Every generation of the Liunian family heir has done things on their own and never relied on the power of the Liunian family. I have brought shame to the Liunian family!" Liu Xu touched his nose. "But it doesn't matter. It's the Liunian family that has lost face. What does it have to do with me, Liu Xu!"

(End of this chapter)