These thoughts have been hovering in Lei Yuan's mind for a long time.

Just now, Zhuge Liang said bluntly that Lei Yuan was very proud. If he had been born twenty years ago, he would have the intention to compete for the world. Compared with the accusations when Peng Yan was a guest, these words were actually ten times more serious. In another public occasion, Zhuge Liang's words seemed to be heartbroken, and the two would become political enemies who would never die from then on.

But on this drizzling night, both of them seemed to be able to relax and say the truth that they could not be said in a day and were inconvenient to say. Therefore, Lei Yuan did not even deny it. He knew that Zhuge Liang could understand his meaning; he also knew that Zhuge Liang's intention was not here, but some people in the Hanzhong Palace.

After a while, Zhuge Liang sighed: "Xu Zhi is right."

Suddenly, the past years churn out from many corners of memory. Zhuge Liang subconsciously waved his feather fan and continued: "In the first year of Xingping, Cao Gong rushed into Xuzhou, wherever he passed, burned, killed, looted, and slaughtered. I followed my uncle to take refuge in Jiangdong. Later, war broke out again in Jiangdong, and I fled to Jingxiang with my family. In this way, I walked thousands of miles, crossed the battlefield with flesh and blood, hid in the pile of corpses to escape the pursuit of the chaos, and had also fought for food with the refugees who were starving, and even saw the tragedy of eating each other. During those days, I thought I was about to die, and my body was about to be eaten by jackals and hyenas, and the remaining part would turn into fragments of the wild bones."

"On this road, I have seen Cao Gong's cavalry, Sun Lang's army, and as for Tao Qian, Liu Yao's army or other troops below, I have seen more. They are all heroes, at least, they all claim to be heroes of the times. They all have great ambitions, wanting to do great things and make great contributions! However, as Xu Zhi said, most of them have great ambitions and a long-term strategy to satisfy their own selfish desires. If they want to realize their ambitions, they have to take the lives of the people to stand up... The more successful people are, the more urgent it is for the people to be!"

"So when I was traveling to the mountains, I finally chose to come to Jingzhou." Lei Yuan looked at Zhuge Liang calmly: "Because I believe that you, Duke Xuande and Military Advisor, are not such people."

"Duke Xuande is a kind-hearted lord with compassion! But..." Zhuge Liang focused his head and then frowned again.

Such a person was the source of disaster ten or twenty years ago. What about the current shogunate of the Hanzhong King?

As the power of the Hanzhong King expanded, more and more of these people were devoted to the shogunate. At first glance, these people all had outstanding talents and were able to contribute to the world and country. They tried military and political affairs, and they were all properly and satisfactory. So the Hanzhong King was willing to surpass them and gradually occupied a high position. But they all relied on being the heroes of the times. The more they got, the more they were despised, the more they had to use various means to seek more. And their means became more and more diverse, gradually affecting the great power of the Hanzhong King and the important officials who carried out the great power according to normal judgment.

The rain was still falling and the sky was getting dark. Lei Yuan was unwilling to wait any longer, so he asked directly: "Without the influence of the military advisor on the king, can't those people be eliminated?"

"Disaster!"

"What's the difficulty?"

Zhuge Liang slowly said: "The so-called world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit. People will inevitably have selfish desires. At this time, they will be able to take on opportunities to recruit and use people. The wise rulers use them because of their own desires, and set rules to control them. All people should give full play to their talents first. If they want to eliminate them, they will cause political turmoil. If they are not careful, they will be regarded as a disposal by outsiders, and they will favor one and the other."

"Then we have to go back to the original topic again. The king believes in them and uses them, but the center cannot eliminate them. Should we just sit back and watch them do whatever they want?"

Lei Yuan slapped the floor of the corridor and raised his voice a little: "I know that the situation in the Jiangdong front line is complicated, and if you are negligent, it will cause a disaster. Therefore, I will never agree with Peng Yongnian's proposal, and I will never allow him and his companions to act recklessly... Military advisor, what do you think I should do?"

"If I don't come to visit tonight, what will Xuzhi do?"

"It's nothing more than paying homage to the king and experiencing the pros and cons."

"Xuzhi is a general. If you insist on this, the king will not refuse. However, Peng Yongnian thought that there have been rumors that Chengdu civil and military officials have been domineering in these days, with the intention of monopolizing the interests of Jingnan and Jiaozhou. Doing so, are you really not afraid of causing trouble?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Lei Yuan leaned his back against the pillar and his eyes froze: "What am I afraid of? When I went to Jiaozhou, I led the elite armored and sharp edge to fight against the Eastern Wu. Although I dared not compare myself with Le Yi, I also tried my best to prevent safety changes... And you, the military advisor, and even the central masters, have many concise philosophers. Can't you restrict some villains and have to send a cavalry to cause chaos?"

Zhuge Liang laughed: "This is a mistake."

After laughing twice, he said, "I have a suggestion, Xuzhi can listen."

"Military advisor, please speak."

"Please continue to surrender to Chengdu for a while."

"What?"

It’s okay if a Peng Yan talks nonsense, but Kong Ming is the same now? What does it mean? Are these people conspiring to come and have fun?

Lei Yuan was angry for a moment and stood up suddenly. Looking at Zhuge Liang again, he actually got up too.

The air was depressing and the night breeze was cool, and the two looked at each other.

"The military advisor's suggestion really makes me embarrassed." Lei Yuan looked at Zhuge Liang carefully for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Is there anything else I don't know about this?"

"Surrendering is not attached to fame and fortune, but forgetting one's own selfishness. It really has the style of an ancient gentleman." Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, took out a small wooden box from his sleeve, and handed it to Lei Yuan.

There is sealing mud outside the box, but it has been opened.

"This is?"

"This is the latest news from Xu Du, from the old friend of King Hanzhong's life and death. This old friend served in Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Mansion, and the information he conveyed was never wrong. And this news, except for King Hanzhong, Xianhe and me, only Xu Zhi can see it now."

Lei Yuan has his own source of information, but because he relies on the caravan, Xiangbei can only reach Xiangfan and Wancheng, and there is no ability to infiltrate and detect political centers like Xu Du. On this point, only the personal connections established by the King of Hanzhong over the years can play a role. At this moment, this news is specifically spread from Xu Du, and its relationship must be significant.

Lei Yuan quickly took the wooden box and opened it. In the box was a piece of hemp paper that had been folded repeatedly. The paper said that it was rumored that Cao Cao was seriously ill, so the ministers and ministers were disturbed. Cao Zhang joined forces with the prime minister and chief minister Wang Bi, and the Yingchuan Diannong General Yan Kuang led his army to attack Xudu and killed hundreds of ministers involved in the chaos.

"this……"

Lei Yuan was confused for a moment. He frowned, looked at the mozzarella again, and asked, "So what if Xu Du is disturbed? Xu Du is also disturbed, which means that Cao Cao is really in a state of trouble?"

"No." Zhuge Liang stared at Lei Yuan meaningfully: "Xuzhi, if Cao Cao was really seriously ill and could not be in charge of the ministers, and his three sons planned to be a throne, what would Cao Zhang, who was stationed in Xudu, rely on?"

"As a general of the cavalry, Cao Zhang has a great prestige in the army. What he relies on is naturally the elite army of the Cao family's fifth school and the tiger and leopard cavalry."

"That's all?"

Lei Yuan was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "There is also the emperor and the court!"

"That's right!" Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan lightly and continued to explain: "If Cao Zhang wants to seek the status of Duke Wei, the most worthy of dependence is the emperor and the court! Even if Cao Ziwen is a reckless man, he has his own staff around him, how could he not remind him? Since he intends to seize the throne, how could he attack the court officials so impatiently?"

"Well, what does the military advisor mean?"

"I'm afraid Cao Cao has nothing to do. All the rumors and measures before were to attract those who are enemies of Cao to jump out on their own... Those who jump out first will be hit by Cao's long-planned attacks."

Lei Yuan paced back and forth in the corridor and walked back twice: "But, what does this have to do with me? What does it have to do with the plots of Kou Feng and others?"
Chapter completed!