Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 57 Pretending to be paralyzed and refusing to enter Cao's camp, plotting a big plan (2)
"This... this..." Zhang Wangwei hesitated, but still said with a frustrated face, "If the county does not want to come to investigate, Zhang will post a notice in the whole county to openly recruit capable people and strangers to go to that strange cave for a visit." Find out—no matter what ghosts and mysteries are hidden there, Zhang will definitely get to the bottom of it!"

After Sima Fang listened, the smile on his face became more and more intense, he leaned forward and said: "Since Mr. Zhang is so determined to protect the famous religion and exorcise evil spirits, I admire him very much. If so, I have something to say. The plan can be dedicated to Mr. Zhang, but—” After saying this, he raised his head and looked around, but stopped talking.Zhang Wang understood and lost his wink, and the servants and servants in the back hall all retreated when they saw this.

When there was no one else in the class, Sima Fang collected his face, looked straight at Zhang Wang, and said slowly: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry too much after listening to the words of my seat—to tell you the truth, my seat This time I came here for an interview, and I came here just for the strange cave in the Golden Knife Valley!"

"Wh... what?" Zhang Wang is by no means a dull person, his face suddenly changed after he thought about it, "The strange hole in the Golden Knife Valley has something to do with you, Sima Gong? This, this, Zhang is surprised." very……"

"That's right. The Golden Knife Valley is adjacent to Suyi County in the north, and the south side of Fuxi Mountain is bordered by Xiaojingli, Wen County. Zhang Jun does not know that the strange cave is actually in our Sima Mansion near Fuxi There is also an entrance in the manor on the mountain." Sima Fang knew that he could not hide this matter from Zhang Wang, so he had to tell the truth, "Many years ago, my Sima family converted this big cave into a cave for storing food and grain. warehouse……"

"So that strange hole is the granary used by your Sima family to store food?" Zhang Wang said hi, slapped his right knee, shook his head and sighed, "Oh...then why didn't your Sima family hide it beforehand?" Did you make it clear earlier? It made the people in Sifang Village afraid of gods and ghosts, and everyone was in danger."

Sima Fang just stared at him, stroking his beard and smiling without saying a word.

When Zhang Wang saw it, his heart moved secretly: Since the Sima family has created so many ghosts and ghosts in this cave, it must have been suspicious, scaring away the residents around the cave, so that they dare not go to disturb them. ——Naturally, the secrets hidden in this cave can no longer be revealed!However, the Sima family in Wenxian County managed and fortified such a hidden and remote Dongcang with such painstaking efforts. The secrets there must be extraordinary!However, Sima Fang first admitted that the granary was used to store food, but he was too embarrassed to continue the questioning.

Here, Sima Fang seemed to have a normal expression on his face, but his mind was full of ups and downs: the secret cave in the Golden Knife Valley was originally the biggest secret of the Sima family's foundation and business.Now that this meddlesome Zhang Wang has accidentally targeted him, he really has to be careful!If Zhang Wang alone knew about this matter, according to Sima Fang's previous thinking, probably only one assassin would be able to settle this matter.However, Zhang Wang has already made a fuss about this matter in the county government, so killing him alone will not help.At this time, Sima Fang came up with another idea instead: take advantage of the trend, take advantage of it, win over Zhang Wang, take him for his own use, and let him cover the huge Golden Knife Valley Cave for the Sima family. secret.

The two friends who had been friends for a long time sat facing each other with their own thoughts for a while, and it was Sima Fang who said first: "Let's do this—Mr. Zhang, it's really a lot of work for me to do this secret cave. I have disturbed you and your servants. I am willing to pay three hundred stones of grain, one hundred bolts of silk cloth, and sixty baskets of copper baht as an apology. Of course, these gifts will be handled by Zhang Jun alone. I believe that , Mr. Zhang will be able to handle this matter very properly."

Hearing this, Zhang Wang felt that the Dongcang had an extraordinary history. He didn't show any strangeness on his face, and said with a hearty smile, "What are you talking about, Mr. Sima? My Zhang family in Suyi has been close friends with your Sima family for generations. Do you need to be so polite? Zhang Mouwen doesn’t want those things! You don’t need to be so polite, but people outside will find it strange that your cave is haunted—from now on, Zhang Mou is of course I won’t bother you anymore! However, if other people have other thoughts, it’s hard to tell! You need to be more careful..."

Sima Fang heard something in Zhang Wang's words, the smile on his face fluttered slightly, and he said delicately: "It's hard for Mr. Zhang to take care of our Sima family so thoroughly... Hearing Mr. Zhang's words, you must have some tricks in your heart gone?"

"It is absolutely unacceptable for Zhang to say that there is a 'smart plan'." Zhang Wang shook his head again and again, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Of course, Zhang will definitely keep this matter of Sima Gong in his heart and think about it carefully. You finally found a perfect solution. But recently, Zhang also has a very worrying matter, wishing to split his heart in half to think about it... You have to allow Zhang to wait for a few more days ..."

"What is it that makes Mr. Zhang so worried?" Sima Fang is so smart, he immediately asked straightforwardly, "Since Mr. Zhang is willing to share his worries about the Jindaogu cave, I will do my best to help you wholeheartedly." Zhang Jun's troubles are solved!"

"Alas... this matter makes Zhang blush! My daughter, Sima Gong recognizes her, her name is 'Chunhua', and now it's the year of marriage, but I can't find a suitable one. ..." Zhang Wang seemed to have touched the deepest nerve in his heart, and choked up when he talked about this matter, "As a father, Zhang loves his daughter dearly, so he really has to worry about Chunhua's lifelong event Far away."

"So that's the matter!" Sima Fang listened, pondered for a long time, and then slowly replied, "Mr. Zhang's worrying matter, Lang'er has also talked about it to me before. It's just that the current situation in Xudu Chaos, when the world first settles down a year or two later, he will definitely find a good and promising family for niece Chunhua in the imperial court. You will be worthy of a good husband. Mr. Zhang, you really don't have to worry too much."

"Sima Gong and Nephew Boda can appreciate Zhang's suffering so much, Zhang is very grateful!" Zhang Wang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the sleeve of his robe, and then said, "Actually, at Xu Du's place Zhang does not have such an extravagant hope to climb up some famous family. Zhang has always looked at the matter of his daughter in this way: first, the situation of the man must be familiar to my Zhang family. Good; the second is the man's family style, he can pass on poetry and books to the family, and build a career with talent and learning. If these two requirements can be met, Zhang will be satisfied, and he has nothing else to ask for!"

This time, even a fool can hear Zhang Wang's intention!The expression on Sima Fang's face was like the autumn wind blowing the pond, wrinkling layers of ripples.After pondering for a long time, he asked slowly: "Originally, I am not a vulgar scholar who is limited by family background. I also like the virtuous and virtuous niece of Chunhua. But, Zhang You see, my family Lang'er is too old, I'm afraid he won't be good enough for your family's Chunhua; my family's Fu'er is determined not to talk about marriage until she turns [-]."

"Where's Zhongda?" Zhang Wang blurted out, "Zhongda and my family, Chunhua, are childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. Zhang has always loved him very much..."

"Zhongda? Are you asking about my family Zhongda?" Sima Fang opened his mouth wide, his face full of astonishment, "Don't Zhang Jun know? Half a month ago, my family Zhongda suddenly suffered from wind paralysis and was bedridden. I'm sorry. According to the doctor, his hamstrings are stiff and his daily life is inconvenient. Not only can he no longer do official work, but he will find it difficult to take care of himself in the future—"

"How could this be?" Zhang Wang felt a buzzing sound in his ears, which made him dizzy, "No way... No way... How could this be? I have to talk to Chunhua about this matter as soon as possible. Talk about..."

Suddenly "paralyzed" and newly married
Pieces of white clouds floated slowly across the clear blue sky, leading Sima Yi's vision to drift away, as if drifting to the end of the sky...

Sima Yi was half lying on the couch by the window in the bedroom, looking up at the sky outside the window, lost in deep thought.

In the short period of four months, the current situation is like white clouds and gray dogs, unpredictable, and the stars have changed in an instant, and many things have changed beyond recognition: just as Sima Yi is taking the reputation of "suppressing corruption and eradicating adultery", he is full of ambition. When he entered Xudu and made a difference in his official career, the news that Cao Cao killed his uncle Dong Cheng and hanged Concubine Dong Gui suddenly came, which made him hesitate a bit!From the point of view of scheming, no matter what the real situation in Xu Capital City is, it is extremely unwise and hasty for Cao Cao to kill Dong Guojiu and Dong Guifei suddenly and openly in his own name at this time!This will give him the same notoriety as Dong Zhuo's "dictatorship and domineering, bullying the emperor"!So, since he bears such a notoriety, how can he continue to gain an advantage in the name of "serving the emperor to beg his ministers" in the confrontation with Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Ma Teng, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and others in the future?Your Cao Cao's "disobedience" is already obvious, so what can you rely on to attack other princes who also have "disobedience"?How different are you from Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and other "rebellious ministers"?As a result, Cao Cao's advantage in terms of political reputation has been greatly weakened!As the saying goes, "If you have the way, you compete for virtue, and if you don't have the way, you compete for power"-then, Cao Cao, who prides himself on being "loyal to the emperor and loving the lord, and helping the Han Dynasty", almost reduced his political reputation to that of Yuan Shao. , Yuan Shu and his like have improved!However, as far as the word "potential" is concerned, how can Cao Cao resist Yuan Shao in Jizhou, who has a strong army?well!Cao Cao is also considered wise and wise. It is really deplorable that he made such a wrong move when the enemy was in front of him, and put himself in an isolated situation on all sides!
After thinking about it like that, Sima Yi secretly suppressed the idea of ​​becoming an official, and after discussing with his father Sima Fang and his eldest brother Sima Lang, he decided: Given that the current situation in Xudu is still unclear, Cao Cao made such a hasty mistake again, and Xun Whether Yu, Yang Biao and other key officials of the Han Dynasty will support Cao Cao as before, it is hard to say now. The Sima family in Hanoi can only hide in the background and watch the changes, and then wait for the opportunity to respond and act cautiously.

Therefore, a few days before Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion's book was delivered to Sima Mansion, Sima Yi suddenly fell heavily from his horse's back on the way to go out to the streets to inspect all kinds of businesses in the market, and the fall broke his hamstrings. From now on, I can't move, I can't walk, and I can't do any official duties anymore.The prefect Cao Ren saw that his injury was serious, so he had no choice but to allow him to return to his home in Xiaojingli, Wen County, for recuperation and treatment.

However, as the old saying goes: misfortunes never come singly.When the envoys sent by Cao Cao rushed to Xiaojingli to visit, they were told by Sima Yi’s father, Sima Fang, with snot and tears: According to the doctor’s diagnosis, Sima Yi’s heavy fall when he fell off the horse was not only broken. He suffered severe leg fractures, and also injured his back and tendons, which caused his wind-related arthralgia to attack, and he was afraid that he would not be able to be an official again in a few years.

(End of this chapter)