Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 425 419. Set a Trap
"Alas, I didn't expect that the Grand Commander's careful planning would end up with such a result... It's really fate that plays tricks on us. But it's okay, the Grand Commander's request will be fulfilled..."

Late that night, the shopkeeper of Qianzuifang and two capable employees gathered together to discuss the day's events, and they felt that the world was unpredictable.

Needless to say, they were naturally spies from Jingzhou, otherwise they would not have such epoch-making ideas. Those ideas were naturally adapted by Feng Xi according to some models of later generations, but some of them could benefit Qianzuifang infinitely.

In addition, Qianzuifang's wine had been distilled and concentrated more than that of other hotels, and its alcohol content was much higher than that of ordinary hotels. Once it came out, it was immediately welcomed by the nobles of Luoyang. As a result, Qianzuifang's business grew steadily and became a force that could not be ignored in the city of Luoyang.

Naturally, some people doubted the origin of Qianzuifang, but Feng Xi specifically explained that Qianzuifang was only responsible for normal operations on weekdays, and the spies who came to gather intelligence would at most come to him to drink and inquire, and would not have any connection with Qianzuifang. Therefore, Cao Wei observed Qianzuifang for a period of time, and found that there was nothing suspicious about Qianzuifang and stopped paying attention to it.

Even now, when Feng Xi specially ordered people to come to Luoyang to assign tasks to Qianzuifang, these were just some seemingly reasonable actions.

Promoting Qianzuifang's new wine, posting advertisements, advertising on the streets... these are all completely normal behaviors for Qianzuifang, but in this world, except Feng Xi, no one else can probably understand the meaning behind them.

Feng Xi once saw a psychological experiment on an individual in the future. From the moment that person woke up, the ads he heard, saw, and even the topic people on the street talked about were all about going to hot springs. Later that afternoon, his friends deliberately asked him where he was going to play during the holidays, and the person's first reaction was "hot springs."

This is the scary thing about advertising, which can subtly implant information into people's brains. For example, in the future, when most people talk about health products, they probably think of two devilish little men twisting their waists, followed by the three big words "X Platinum".

Feng Xi arranged Qianzuifang in the same way, intentionally carrying out extensive publicity and advertising near Cao Rui's residence. Whenever Cao Rui went out, he would be bombarded with the name of Qianzuifang from the moment he left the house.

Cao Rui was a frequent visitor to Qianzuifang. Even if he didn't come once, he would always come to Qianzuifang after coming a few more times.

After entering Qianzuifang, the fun has just begun. Whether it is the waiter who accidentally mentioned Yuancheng Wang, or the guest sitting on the second floor who talked about Yuancheng Wang, it was all deliberately arranged by the owner of Qianzuifang, which was also Feng Xi's order.

However, Feng Xi only provided an idea, which was to fill Cao Rui's ears with the three words that he hated the most, so that they were everywhere.

Therefore, the shopkeeper of Qianzuifang made various arrangements so that Cao Rui would be baptized by the name of King Yuancheng and become upset from the moment he entered Qianzuifang.

The little tune with lyrics of "Goddess of Luo River" played by the two maids was naturally deliberately arranged by the shopkeeper, but he really did not expect the effect to be so good, so good that Cao Rui and his group could actually kill people in public regardless of their status.

Then there was the incident on the first floor of Qianzuifang, which was completely beyond the control of the shopkeeper. Neither the behavior of Xiaocui's mother nor Cao Rui's group was something they could arrange, but they didn't expect such a farce to occur by mistake.

The shopkeeper shook his head and wrote a note himself, briefly describing what had happened in the store today, and then took out a small cage from the backyard.

There was a grey pigeon in the cage, which cooed twice. The shopkeeper stuffed the note into a small basket at the pigeon's feet, fastened the buckle to prevent it from falling, and then reached into the pigeon cage, grabbed the pigeon out, and threw it into the sky. The pigeon fluttered a few times in the air, making a sound of wings breaking through the air, and then disappeared into the night. These pigeons were specially brought by the messenger sent by Feng Xi to contact. There were five pigeons to facilitate the communication between Qianzuifang and Feng Xi.

As long as these pigeons are raised in Qianzuifang for a few days, they will be able to travel back and forth between Qianzuifang and Jingzhou, which is extremely convenient.

What is happening in Luoyang right now is no longer something that can be decided by someone of the level of the owner of Qianzuifang. It can only be decided by the Grand Commander Feng Xi.

As for Feng Xi, he decided to disrupt Luoyang nearly a month ago. He already knew the result of disgusting Sima Yi, or it was within his expectations.

Cao Pi would definitely not say that he was punishing Sima Yi. After all, Cao Pi was not a foolish person. At most, he would give Sima Yi a warning, but he didn't know what he was thinking. Therefore, Feng Xi did not have too much expectation for this nursery rhyme. If Sima Yi was really dismissed by Cao Pi, Feng Xi would probably have to wonder if this was a deliberate conspiracy between the two of them to show weakness.

Feng Xi placed great hopes on Cao Rui's arrangement. Unlike Sima Yi, Cao Pi knew Sima Yi's ability, and Sima Yi represented the Sima family of Henei, so Cao Pi would not easily touch Sima Yi.

But Cao Rui was Cao Pi's own son. Let alone Cao Rui, what about Cao Pi himself? Even if Cao Ang died and Cao Pi became the first in line, wouldn't he be suppressed by Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and even Cao Chong?
If Cao Zhi had not been dissolute by nature and often got drunk and made mistakes, and if Cao Cao had not wanted to give him experience, he would still have messed up and finally disappointed Cao Cao completely. It would have been unknown who would have been the heir.

The competition was even more intense when it came to Cao Rui. Although Cao Rui was the eldest son, he had a hard time because of his mother Zhen.

In addition, Feng Xi has analyzed Cao Rui in detail. Cao Rui seems to be a wise ruler, but he is very similar to a person in the "future", Li Longji.

Li Longji was also able to create the Kaiyuan Prosperity in the early period and the Anshi Rebellion in the later period. Cao Rui was no less capable than him. In the early period, he worked hard to govern the country and personally led troops to fight against Sun Quan, Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and others. Even in the original timeline, during the fifth Northern Expedition, Sun Quan led three armies to attack Cao Wei. As a result, Cao Rui led his troops and Man Chong to defeat Zhuge Jin in Chaohu.

But in the later period of Cao Rui's reign, perhaps because Ji Han's Northern Expedition was fruitless and Sun Quan took advantage of the situation, he became lax, so he began to live extravagantly, build buildings, and even took concubines on a large scale, which was equally foolish.

In the end, Cao Rui died suddenly at the age of 39, not much different from his father.

According to Feng Xi's analysis, these people were forced to work hard in the early stages of governing the country. There is no so-called "degeneration" among them at all. That is their original intention.

Feng Xi thought about it and realized that among Cao Pi's descendants, Cao Rui died at the age of 39, which was actually considered a long life. This shows how rotten Cao Pi's genes were.

In other words, if Feng Xi could get rid of Cao Rui, even if it was just to prevent him from inheriting Cao Pi's throne, chaos in Cao Wei would be inevitable.

(End of this chapter)