Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 486. Before Death

"Quick, go tell the shopkeeper that just now the carriages of the Marquis of Yuancheng, the Marquis of Pingyuan, and the King of Beihai have hurried into the palace, as well as the three dukes and nine ministers. Something big must have happened."

Less than half an hour ago, outside the Luoyang Palace, a few idlers who seemed to be sitting at a tea stall on the street were drinking water when they saw several magnificent carriages rushing towards the palace desperately. They knew something big had happened. All of these carriages were the carriages of dignitaries and royal relatives.

The only thing that could make them lose their minds is that something happened to the current emperor of Wei.

The few of them looked at each other, threw a few copper coins to the tea stall owner as money for tea, put on their hats and left in a hurry.

There are at least 8,000 people like this in Luoyang City, if not 10,000. No one would care where they are going in a hurry, and no one would pay any attention to them.

Several people immediately walked through the streets and alleys and came to an ordinary small courtyard. There was a carriage parked in the courtyard, and several people dressed in silk were drinking tea and chatting in the pavilion in the courtyard.

"Boss, boss, there is news."

The few people who came back in a hurry saw that there were no outsiders in the yard, so they immediately went to the pavilion and whispered a few words to the people sitting inside.

"Go and check on the business ahead. The rest of you go and watch the door."

When the middle-aged man in charge heard what the waiter said, he quickly sent everyone else to watch the door to prevent anyone with no eyes from coming in and ruining the event.

"Shopkeeper, I just discovered..."

The waiter who stayed behind told the shopkeeper what he and his group had just seen at the tea stall. The shopkeeper nodded and rolled his eyes. He knew in his heart that if there was no problem in the palace, these people would not have rushed over like a swarm of bees.

"Li Chong, take a few brothers back to Jiangling immediately and tell Lord Ma about this in person."

The shopkeeper acted decisively and ordered his men to set off on horseback immediately to avoid the possibility of their intelligence being unable to be delivered due to a possible city closure or other martial law.

"Okay, let's go now."

The clerk nodded. On the surface, they were disguised as a caravan and even had a store in Luoyang, but in fact, they were just spies sent by Feng Xi to Luoyang. There were many similar spies, but they generally did not know the existence of the other party and only had a single line of contact with Jiang Ling.

The purpose of Feng Xi doing this was to prevent them from being caught in one fell swoop if one line was cut off. At the same time, it was also to let them collect intelligence separately so that Feng Xi could verify the authenticity of the same intelligence. This could also prevent the possibility of one of the lines being subverted or betrayed and providing false information.

A few young men traveled day and night, riding horses for three days, and finally arrived in Jiangling from Luoyang, where they immediately met the highest-ranking official they knew, Ma Su.

"Well, I know about this. You continue to go back to Luoyang and keep close watch. If there are any similar incidents, remember to report them. It's better to let it go than to let it go even if it's a false alarm."

Ma Su gave several instructions, and they nodded and left. Ma Su took out a few papers from the table, held the secret letter written by the shopkeeper in his hand, and went to the Grand Commandery.

"Grand Commander, we have received three more intelligence reports from Luoyang recently. Although the contents are slightly different, it seems that something really happened in Luoyang." When Ma Su saw Feng Xi, Feng Xi was sitting in the study of his Grand Commander's Mansion, and had already begun to examine a relatively detailed map of the Central Plains.

"Oh? Let me see. It's always good to understand from different perspectives."

Feng Xi raised his head when he heard what Ma Su said and took the reports from Ma Su. It was obvious that the methods of these spies were different. In addition to the one who just came, who went directly to the vicinity of the palace, there were also those who went undercover to work as servants in the homes of some officials, and those who worked as wandering doctors in Luoyang, who tried every means to send back intelligence.

Although their means of obtaining intelligence were different, and their intelligence viewed the incident from different perspectives, their intelligence all revealed one message, which was that Cao Pi was probably in real trouble.

Feng Xi also had a piece of intelligence sent back by Qianzuifang on the night Cao Pi got into trouble. The reason why Qianzuifang was able to get the news so quickly was very simple. Originally, many officials had reserved seats for a drink that day, but they all canceled their reservations for the day almost at the same time.

Even though the owner of Qianzuifang was not a spy, he could sense the problem, so he immediately pretended to care about his business and sent a few waiters to several restaurants under the pretext of delivering the pre-ordered wine to find out the truth.

It turned out that most of the people who had a say in the court were missing at the moment, and those minor officials seemed to have heard something at the moment. They just asked the waiters of Qianzuifang to bring in the wine, but did not mention a word about seeking pleasure.

All signs indicated that Luoyang was at the center of a storm at the moment. The owner of Qianzuifang did not dare to treat it as a false alarm, and immediately sent a pigeon to Jiangling to inform Feng Xi of the matter.

Now Feng Xi has spent a few days collecting intelligence from various channels, and his thoughts have been confirmed. It seems that Cao Pi has definitely been in trouble. After all, in Feng Xi's memory, Cao Pi has only been gone for two days, and even if there is a difference, it is not much.

No matter how much of a butterfly effect there is, Feng Xi couldn't have killed Cao Pi's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, right? The two of them didn't interact much, so Feng Xi thought this matter should be quite reliable.

This was indeed the case. When Feng Xi guessed what had happened, the Luoyang Palace was already in chaos.

The reason for the quarrel was very simple, it was a dispute over the throne.

Going back a few days, Cao Pi had a last glimmer of consciousness that day. He barely opened his eyes and wanted to say something, but he could only stammer and utter some sounds that no one could understand.

"Father, are you worried about the throne?"

Cao Li was very smart at this time and immediately turned the topic to the most important thing. But unfortunately, Cao Pi shook his head slightly, and his weak body still couldn't make any sound. This is not surprising. After all, Cao Pi's body was basically completely out of control because of brain damage at this moment. It was a blessing to be able to open his eyes. You have to know that in this situation in the future, being able to become a vegetable is considered a blessing, not to mention that there are countless people who died on the spot.

"If father doesn't care about this matter, then what does it matter? I hope father will consider the overall situation, nod his head, and make me the crown prince, so as to prevent any disaster from happening to our Great Wei!"

Seeing that Cao Pi still refused to agree, Cao Li became anxious and was about to commit a heinous crime. However, at this moment, he was almost there and almost grabbed Cao Pi's collar and forced him to do something.

Cao Pi suddenly felt as if he didn't recognize his son. The gentle and polite Cao Li of the past was nowhere to be found. The ferocious Cao Li now seemed like a completely different person.

(End of this chapter)