Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 384 Defeating Cao Shuang, Sima Yi monopolizes power (1)
kill Lu Xun

In the past two or three years, Sun Quan, the king of Soochow, lived a particularly comfortable life.Wei Guo, the powerful enemy in the north, has never launched any large-scale attack on Soochow since Sima Yi fell ill and retired back then!Soochow finally escaped from the shadow of the catastrophe in the eighth year of Chiwu, when the city of Anhui was lost, Soochow was in a hurry, and the whole country was in turmoil, and he breathed a sigh of relief.In the past two or three years, Sun Quan has been rejoicing that the gods have treated him well in Soochow after all!At his most critical juncture, his number one rival, Wei Guotai Fu Sima Yi was suddenly recalled to Luoyang, and stopped his aggressive offensive posture; then, only half a year later, Sima Yi dramatically retired from illness and returned home.Moreover, he has been ill for more than two years!Sima Yi finally lost in the power struggle within the court of Wei State. Cao Shuang, the auxiliary general of Wei State, almost took away Sima Yi's "Heavenly Sword" that had been hanging over Soochow for himself. ah!From then on, Sun Quan felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

News that made him even more joyful and comfortable continued to come from Wei Guo.It is rumored that Wang Chang, the Wei Guo Zhennan general who had put great pressure on Lu Xun and the others in the Jingchu area, was at odds with Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang showed signs of shaking the position of other towns, and sent Bi Gui to take away Wang Chang's previous concurrent post of Yuzhou. The post of governor.Niu Jin, the empress general of the Wei State who once terrified Wu Jun in Xiakou City and Jiangling City, also died suddenly. There are also rumors that he was poisoned to death because he blatantly contradicted Cao Shuang.Cao Shuang's faction brutally suppressed and persecuted the fierce generals and ministers cultivated by Sima Yi. If it were someone else, he would have already complained about it. No.It seems that Sima Yi, the patriarch of the four dynasties of the Wei Kingdom, who was nearly seventy years old, has indeed been abolished, Sun Quan thought happily.It can be seen that God has the heart to destroy the false Wei!God is using the hands of that mediocre man Cao Shuang to "self-destruct the Great Wall" and "self-destruct the screen" for Wei!OK!Just wait patiently, until Cao Shuang wipes out all the capable ministers and generals of the Wei State, the opportunity for my Great Wu to seize the Central Plains and dominate the world will come!
"Your Majesty! Prime Minister Lu delivered another urgent report from Wuchang with a fast ride of [-] miles..." Sun Jun's soft voice pulled Sun Quan's erratic thoughts back to reality.Hearing this, he frowned tightly, and muttered in great annoyance: "It's another rush secret! It's another rush! I've had enough, who does he think he is? Showing an old-fashioned appearance to make noise in front of my eyes, hum! Does he still want to be the second 'Zhang Zhao'?"

Sun Jun bowed his head, not daring to interrupt.

"Read it! Read it! Read it quickly! I'll finish listening earlier, and my ears will be clear sooner." Sun Quan waved his sleeves and ordered hastily.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lu wrote this: 'The crown prince should be orthodox, and should be solid; Otherwise, the ministers will compete to form a party and create chaos, and there may be accidents. The humble minister Lu Xun bleeds to hear it, and ask everyone in the east to present his views.'" Sun Jun read the memorial carefully, holding the memorial from time to time. He secretly glanced at Sun Quan.

As Sun Quan listened, his face turned blue and purple with anger. After holding back for a while, he punched the imperial case hard with a "bang": "Boy Lu Xun! Humph! What exactly is he thinking? He is so self-confident. He has made great achievements, and you still want to come to Jianye to force the palace against me? Why should he worry so much about my family's affairs?" When he roared here, he secretly trembled in his heart: Could it be that Lu Xun has spared no effort to intervene in the matter of my Great Wu's establishment of an heir? He wants to divorce my children for personal gain?He also wants to follow the example of Sima Yi of the Wei State, who used this method to show favor to me, He'er, by inviting favor to Cao Pi in advance?With Lu Xun's prestige and qualifications, coupled with He'er's dependence on him, he will definitely become my Great Wu's "Sima Yi"!no!no!I absolutely cannot allow this to happen!Anyway, Sima Yi in the puppet Wei Dynasty has been abolished, Cao Shuang has no talent, and my great Wu has no major foreign troubles. It is time for me to free up my hands and clean up the internal affairs of the country!

After thinking it over clearly, Sun Quan spoke to Sun Jun and said: "Sun Jun, you should immediately write down the note of the restoration that I gave to Lu Xun. Don't worry about your subordinates; forming a party and creating chaos, isn't it just your delusional suspicion? The prince and the king of Lu, I will never take sides, and each will rely on his own power to win the great Wu. The prime minister must have the idea of ​​guarding against fear!"

After reading it, Sun Quan said again: "You can use the seal to send out this edict today. I asked my attendant Sun Hong to take it to Wuchang City and read it to Lu Xun in the hall of the prime minister's office in person. Also, you Go out and pass on Sun Hong to me, I still have two gifts for him to bring to Lu Xun!"

The evening wind was so strong that the wind chimes hanging from the eaves of the Xiangfu Pavilion jingled non-stop, and the rainwater that formed puddles on the ground was also stirred into vortexes in the wind, and the leaden gray sky was very low. Very low, as if carrying some wet heavy emotion.

After listening to the imperial decree read by Sun Hong in public this morning, it was as if Lu Xun had been hit hard by Sun Quan, making stars pop out of his eyes!
Returning to the bedroom with a heavy kick and a shallow kick, he lit the candles and put down the yellow silk bundle.There are two gifts from Sun Quan that Sun Hong brought to him.With slightly trembling hands, he untied the tie of the yellow silk bundle, revealing a vermilion lacquer food box carved with dragons and phoenixes and a long sword with sheath inside.

A wry smile gradually appeared on his face, it turned out that His Majesty still likes to play with this kind of "hitting and pulling" method as before!

After a wry smile, he stretched out his hand and gently opened the vermilion lacquer food box to take a look, his expression froze immediately, the box was actually empty, there was nothing in it!
Startled, Lu Xun grabbed the sheathed sword again, and hastily pulled the sword out of the sheath to see that the blade of the sword was actually a thin, blunt piece of iron, with no edge or edge, and even a single Even a vegetable leaf can't be chopped!
The Box of Nothing and the Sword of No Edge, these are the two gifts Sun Quan gave him this time!
Lu Xun stared at them blankly, and the expression on his face suddenly became very bitter, as if soaked in a thick layer of coptis water.Cold tears dripped silently on the skirt of his clothes, one after another, breaking his heart.

He understood the meaning of these two gifts.The box is empty, which means that the word "box" has no "mouth", implying that Lu Xun should keep silent from now on, and only need to keep promises; When you know the fun, "sit on the side and send your name", sell the edge and remove the light, just keep the clumsy and do nothing.

After being silent for a long time, Lu Xun got up, walked to the desk, bowed deeply to the two gifts on the desk, kowtowed and said in tears, "Your Majesty, I was born as a Wu, and died as a Wu." Ghost, this heart and ambition will never change. You want me to imitate a box without a mouth and a sword without a sharp edge. I really can't do it. The mouth of a mere minister is born for loyalty and advice; the talent of a mere minister, It was originally prepared to secure the country and protect the monarch. But today, His Majesty has abandoned it like a waste bag. It seems that the humble minister has nothing to do to His Majesty! The way of the humble minister is dead, and there is no way to serve the country. The only way to die is to be loyal. Yes! After I leave, I hope that Your Majesty will treasure himself, carry out great achievements, and always take Yao and Shun as his standard. I hope God can bless my ruler and ministers of Great Wu to be happy, and our country to be prosperous forever! If so, I will die in peace!"

In the swishing evening wind, a gray pigeon flew through the air, skimmed over the treetops, and stopped on the window sill of the stone room with a "flapping sound" and stood with its wings folded.

A hand with blue veins protruding like a small snake slowly stretched out. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, it protruded a kind of rigid and heavy lines and strength, which gave people a very deep feeling.This hand held the gray pigeon, and the gray pigeon stood docilely on the palm, flapping its wings and screaming "cuckoo".

Letters rolled up into a thin tube were tied to its pale yellow paws.The middle and index fingers of that hand twirled lightly, and the letter arrived in the palm of his hand.

The man standing behind the window sill was twisting the letter, seemingly lost in thought. There was another sound of "fluttering", and the gray pigeon spread its wings and flew out of the window.He looked at the pigeons flying into the cage at the corner of the courtyard, with a very complicated look in his eyes, sighed leisurely, and then slowly opened the letter.

I saw that the letters on the letter were written in snake-like, twisted, tangled, and weird ways, and no one could recognize them at all.However, that person was staring intently, concentrating on it, and his face gradually fluctuated accordingly!

Finally finished reading, the letter was tightly squeezed in the palm of the man.He slowly raised his face, looking at the sunset near the western mountain at the end of the field outside the window, the brilliant slanting light shone on his face--this is a very handsome face, a cool and elegant face as carved from beautiful jade, with sword eyebrows Entering the temples, the star pupils shine brightly, and the heroic spirit of Lingling between Gu Pan rushes in like ice blades.It turned out that he was Shi Bao!
The day is finally here!Shi Bao took a long breath, and there was a bit of indescribable excitement and a bit of indescribable anticipation in his expression.

With a long howl, Qing Yue pierced the clouds, he raised his hand, and the letter in his palm was instantly shattered into powder and scattered in the evening wind!
"Mr. Shi—what's your order?" Before he could finish his whistle, Murong Muyan, who had a stocky figure and a cold face, rushed to the door of the stone room like lightning, and asked him with his fists clasped.

"Go! Immediately call the Dragon Knights out of the [-] dead soldiers to the training ground to assemble! My lord will review the lectures in person!"

One stick of incense later, on the training ground in the backyard of the Sima Mansion in Xiaojingli, Wenxian County, eight hundred of the most elite soldiers of the Dragon Riding Heavenly Army stood neatly, each of them as tough as a leopard chi, and everyone wore a mask on their face. The bronze mask only reveals a pair of sharp eyes shining in the night!
Standing in front of the formation, Shi Bao glanced at them sternly, raised his chest, and said in a cold voice: "Brothers! Taifu Sima has come to order and is going to dispatch us to the capital soon." On the side of the Qing emperor, punish the rebels'! Today, on behalf of the Taifu, I will pre-inspect the skills of fighting and moving that you have practiced!"

After speaking, he pointed to the large bluestone that was the size of a desk and weighed six to seven hundred catties by the side of the practice field, and ordered: "Chen Jia! Go forward and use it to try your saber skills!"

It turned out that each of the dead men in Sima's Mansion did not have their real names and surnames, and they all called each other by code names such as "Chen Jia", "Chen Yi", "Zhang San" and "He Si".

The dead man named "Chen Jia" heard the order and more people came out, but he was born with a strong back and a leopard eye, and a beard. From his physique, he seemed to be a Xianbei warrior brought by Murong Muyan from Liaodong.Holding a golden-backed machete as wide as an oar, he strode forward with a "thud thud thump", swung the machete high with both hands, and with a "hoo", there was a thunderous wind, and the big machete moved towards that direction. The blue stone is just slashing fiercely!
(End of this chapter)