Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 417 411. Rumors Spread
"Hum hum……"

Sima Yi was very leisurely, because he had been suspected by Cao Pi before, so he simply retreated and took the initiative to withdraw from the front line. He didn't even have to go to court meetings. Now he stays at home every day, teaching his son, and his life is quite comfortable.

Sima Yi was not in a hurry at all as he was still young. But Cao Pi had a short philtrum, black air that could not be covered by his forehead, and short and rapid breath. It was obvious that he would not live long.

It was said that two years ago, the Grand Commander of Shu, Feng Xi, had publicly predicted to the world that Cao Pi would not live for more than five years. On the surface, Sima Yi was like his other colleagues, sharing the same hatred for the enemy and wishing to eat Feng Xi alive, but privately he admired and agreed with Feng Xi's vision.

Although we don't know whether he was fortune-telling, stargazing or using other methods, we can tell that he is definitely not an ordinary person. The reason why Sima Yi was not in a hurry was naturally because he was surprised to find that if Cao Pi wanted to entrust his son to him, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Although the talents of Wei Dynasty are not declining, there are not many options. First of all, the number of people to be entrusted with cannot be too many. If there are more than a dozen or so, it is not called entrusting with orphans. The number of people must be only a few.

Then they can't be all civil servants, there must be at least a few military generals who control the military power, so that it is balanced.

But as Feng Xi once analyzed, the Cao family seemed to employ talents in an unconventional way, but the military power was firmly controlled by their own people from beginning to end.

Of the three generals in command of the army, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou Shang, at least one or two should be important ministers to be entrusted with the care of the young emperor, right? It is not impossible that all three of them could be appointed.

Not to mention the civil officials. Although Cao Pi liked Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others, they were just lackeys, not presentable and incompetent.

As for the others, Sima Yi had no idea. After all, Cao Pi was now very wary of him, and he would definitely find a few people who had nothing to do with him to check and balance him.

Therefore, Sima Yi felt at ease. In terms of modern economics, it was now a seller's market. After all, Sima Yi's abilities were there. Even if Cao Pi did not use him, after the new emperor came to power and was beaten a few times by the Han army, there would always be someone who would remember him.

"Father, something terrible has happened!"

As a result, Sima Zhao rushed in again in a panic, which made Sima Yi, who was originally leisurely, frown. He always felt that this scene was a bit déjà vu, as if it had happened several times before.

"Zhao'er, what did your father teach you? You didn't change your expression when the sky was falling. How dare you be so impetuous and unable to control yourself!"

Sima Yi scolded Sima Zhao first. After all, Sima Shi was older and more sensible now, and he didn't yell like before, but Sima Zhao was at that age, so Sima Yi's target of scolding naturally changed from Sima Shi to Sima Zhao.

"But...but father, something really happened! It's related to you!"

Sima Zhao was breathing heavily and speaking incoherently, which made Sima Yi frown repeatedly. At that moment, his eldest son also strode to the backyard.

"Master, tell me what happened outside that made Zhaoer lose his composure like this."

Sima Shi, now over fifteen, also looks a lot more stable. In those families that have fallen on hard times, people have to take charge of the family at the age of fifteen, such as Feng Xi and Liu Chan. You have to know that Liu Chan is only one year older than Sima Shi.

"Yes, father, I heard that recently there were children singing nursery rhymes in Luoyang City, which alarmed Your Majesty..."

Sima Shi considered his words carefully and spoke slowly.

"Children's song? What kind of children's song? It actually alarmed His Majesty. Could it be Qianli Grass, He Qingqing?"

Sima Yi sneered, thinking that it was just some nursery rhymes that annoyed Cao Pi and made him feel uncomfortable.

"No, Father, the nursery rhyme is about..."

Sima Shi gritted his teeth and recited the nursery rhyme that Feng Xi had written at that time.

“Three horses, busy at the trough;

The horse is not a horse, the trough is not a trough;
The grass is green, how confused;
When the horse is well fed, it walks on the clouds." Sima Yi smacked his lips twice, as if thinking about the content of the nursery rhyme, and suddenly his eyes widened, slapped his thigh and exclaimed.

"Who is trying to harm me?"

Sima Shi lowered his head and dared not speak, and so did Sima Zhao. They were both smart people, and they had talked about the three horses' feeding trough with their father before. Now when they heard this nursery rhyme, they understood the allusion after a little thought.

"How long has this nursery rhyme been sung?"

Sima Yi asked Sima Shi with cold sweat.

"This... I don't know, maybe it's been a few days..."

Sima Shi naturally knew what this meant, and was also a little upset.

"Damn it, who is this bastard who wants to harm me! Did I, Sima Yi, jump into the well with your child in my arms? There are so many civil and military officials in the court, why did they go and harm Sikong Wang Lang, Situ Huaxin and others? Why did they harm me alone?"

Sima Yi's previous calm demeanor was gone. He slapped his thigh and cursed the wicked person who framed him.

"A chirp!"

Feng Xi sneezed. At this moment, he was sitting in the yard, holding his daughter in his left hand and his son in his right hand, watching his wife dance with a sword.

"Husband, are you okay? Did you catch a cold?"

When Guan Yinping saw Feng Xi sneeze, she couldn't help but stop practicing swordplay and started to care about Feng Xi, fearing that she had made him sick by forcing him to practice swordplay and gunplay.

"It's okay, it's okay. It must be some idiot who scolded me. It's probably the same old thing..."

Feng Xi waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine. Guan Yinping nodded and continued with the previous moves.

Since Sima Yi knew about it, Cao Pi naturally knew about it too.

"Haha... what a great horse, walking on the clouds..."

After listening to the report from his spies, Cao Pi sat alone in his study with a cold look in his eyes. Sima Yi could think of it, and so could others. How could Cao Pi not think of it?
Cao Pi's fingers tapped on the table, and I don't know what he was thinking about...

Almost everyone knows it, but there are also some who don’t know it. They look confused and have no idea what this nursery rhyme is about.

"Brother, what's going on in the city these days? Why do people seem so panicked? Why do those ministers look like that?"

Xiahou Ba came to his eldest brother's house. Today it was his eldest brother Xiahou Heng who took the initiative to call him over. When Xiahou Ba came over, he found that his younger brother Xiahou Wei was also there.

"Shh, second brother, come in quickly and don't talk at the door."

When Xiahou Wei heard Xiahou Ba shouting, he quickly dragged him into Xiahou Mansion. Xiahou Heng, who was standing nearby, also asked the servants to close the door and refuse visitors today.

"What's the matter? Lao Si, you are so mysterious. Is there some secret that you can't tell anyone?"

Xiahou Ba was confused, but was dragged into the inner hall by his elder and younger brothers.

(End of this chapter)