After the rotation of the second unit of Lujiang County's military garrison, the third unit's troops did not train for long before they withdrew to Lu'an City for garrison.
It rained continuously in Huainan. The school ground in the north of the city was an earthen dam. After being soaked in the rain, when people and horses stepped on it, it was covered with mud. The soldiers were unable to move in the simple barracks. So they were all transferred back to the city. Many roads in the city were paved.
Without the bricks and stones, the soldiers can go out for drills from time to time.
When it rains heavily, there will be lightning and thunder, and the rain will pour down like a torrent.
But all this is expected, because the water in Huainan will rise at the turn of spring and summer, and this season is the time for heavy rains. If the weather were not like this, it would be unusual.
People are always affected by experience. As long as it is consistent with experience, even if lightning tears the sky and thunder is deafening, no one in the world will be surprised...
Everything seems to be normal in the Wei Dynasty this year. The war against Goguryeo basically ended two years ago. There is no big movement on the border between Wu and Shu. There is no war on all sides.
There are some personnel changes in the imperial court, such as Sun Li's upcoming appointment as the governor of Jingzhou, which has been scheduled for a long time. Although Li Sheng "contributed" in the battle to conquer Shu, he still had to have a career after Sun Li's meritorious service in the battle of Shaopi.
First come, first served, everyone has a chance.
For example, Lu Zhao, the shepherd of Jizhou, was in poor health and was old and ill. Most of the military affairs in the north had been handed over to Cheng Xi. The relationship between Lu Zhao, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi was not very close, so it was impossible for Lu Zhao's son to become a prince.
There are plenty of vacancies, so there's no need to rush.
Only the abduction of Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager cast a confusing shadow over the imperial court. Fortunately, there was still an emperor, so it didn't seem to have much impact on the outside.
Sima Yi rarely went to court. After all, the Wuwei camp in charge of the palace guard, General Wuwei, was Cao Shuang's younger brother Cao Xun. Of course, the main reason was that Sima Yi was in poor health and had reached a state where it was difficult to walk. He was active in the Taifu Mansion.
He also often had to ride in a wooden cart and have people push him around. It is said that Zhuge Liang was in poor health at that time, so he also rode in a wooden cart, but Zhuge Liang also liked to hold a feather fan.
The veterans of the four dynasties who came from the time when Cao Cao was in power are passing away one by one in recent years. After all, time is not forgiving.
After the fall, the General's Mansion suddenly made a new move. Through the emperor's edict, he wanted to split the second battalion of the middle camp!
In addition to the five schools in the north of the city that were left over from the Han Dynasty and had few soldiers, the new five battalions of Wuwei, Zhongba, Zhongli, Qiaoqi and Guerrilla have been set up successively since the Wei Dynasty. They are the main force of the Chinese and foreign armies. Now the five battalions have to change again.
Three camps.
Even a fool can see that this is to further weaken the strength of the Sima clan. Because the Second Battalion of the Zhonglian Zhongjian is directly under the command of the general who protects the army, if this is done, Sima Shi, the general who protects the army, will become a mere bastard.
Master Sima was a little panicked. After much deliberation, he decided to go back to Taifu's Mansion to see his old father first.
There was little rain in the autumn in Luoyang, but the wind was blowing. Master Sima returned to the inner house and saw the bare trees surrounded by fallen leaves blown by the wind. He suddenly felt that the huge mansion was somewhat turbulent.
When they arrived at Sima Yi's bedroom, they saw Sima Yi still leaning on the wooden cart, holding a bowl and spoon in his hand. The young and beautiful Mrs. Bai stood beside him and watched.
Master Sima met Mrs. Bai and bowed to Sima Yi. Mrs. Bai said, "I want to feed your father some porridge, but he has to do it himself."
However, my father's attitude towards Mrs. Bai was quite good, at least he kept her by his side. I heard that Sima Shi's biological mother Zhang Chunhua wanted to serve Sima Yi despite her own poor health, but she was scolded as a disgusting old thing. I
He is an old man, but he actually dislikes old people.
I saw Sima Yi's hands shaking slightly, holding a spoonful of porridge and slowly bringing it to his mouth. His lips were already stretched out, trying to touch the spoon as soon as possible. His movements made people panic.
"I'll come," Master Sima said, "Auntie, let's go and rest first."
Mrs. Bai nodded and said goodbye.
Master Sima waited for a while, then turned around and gently closed the wooden door.
The turbidity in Sima Yi's eyes disappeared immediately. He was able to control his eyes, probably through adjusting his mood. But he still sat on the wooden cart without getting up, and his movements of putting the porridge bowl were also very slow.
slow.
This is not the first time for him to recover from illness. Whenever he recovers from illness, it seems that he is not pretending at all, but has convinced himself that he is really sick. Regardless of whether there is anyone around him, he is in a state of recovery, completely
Entered into that kind of life.
Master Sima pushed the wooden cart to the back room and said in a deep voice from behind: "Cao Shuang is about to break up the second battalion of the middle base and backbone."
"I already know." Sima Yi said.
Master Sima continued: "If this continues, everyone will be a knife and I will be a fish. Do Cao Shuang and others want to kill me step by step? The people in Cao Shuang's mansion may not necessarily act according to the rules, and they will not kidnap Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother."
Dare to do it."
When there was no response, Master Sima continued: "Many people thought it was us. After all, the relationship between the widow Zhen and the Guo family is too close, and the Guo family has close ties with us."
When the wooden cart stopped, Sima Yi did not say a word and did not look at Master Sima, as if he was thinking about something.
The father and son faced each other and said nothing for a moment.
The color of the old wood is a bit dark, and the lighting in the windowless inner room is not very good. After the outside door is closed, the light is a bit dark in broad daylight. The incense burning outside fills the room, giving the room a slightly hazy feeling.
Master Sima waited for a while, his thoughts still lingering on the disappearance of His Highness nearly half a year ago, and he spoke again: "Perhaps the disappearance of Her Highness the Queen Mother was not caused by Cao Shuang's Mansion?"
Sima Yi raised his eyes and glanced at his son. His reaction speed was unlike that of an old man. He immediately said, "It's just as troublesome." He paused and then said, "It must have been done by the Shuang Mansion. Otherwise, who else could it be?"
"Master had an idea before that the Empress Dowager might not have been kidnapped. Later, I felt it was unreasonable, so I didn't think much about it." Master Sima frowned and said, "Recently, some people are saying that because of Zhen's identity, they suspect that this matter is
What our Sima family did. Master also thought, if Mrs. Zhen is being blackmailed, she can really turn to us for help, unless she is not being blackmailed, and His Highness is not being kidnapped?"
The reason why Master Sima brought up the matter of His Highness at this time was actually to speculate on the mentality of the people in Shuang Mansion and how they viewed the threat from the Sima family. This incident is a very important basis.
The two looked at each other for a moment. My father probably understood what Master Sima meant, and he frowned and said, "Why did Your Highness want to leave the palace?"
Master Sima said: "Suppose Your Highness has an affair with someone and becomes pregnant?"
There was a smile on Sima Yi's lips. He might have thought this statement was a bit whimsical. But he still thought for a while before saying: "You don't have to leave the palace even if you are pregnant. What can the emperor's ministers do to her? It's better to have her reputation damaged.
Lost everything."
Master Sima said: "But Mrs. Zhen will be very scared, and she may collude with His Highness's adulterer and kidnap His Highness."
Only then did he realize that, based on this speculation, Mrs. Zhen was still threatened, and His Highness was also kidnapped. So he added, "In this case, the adulterer is probably not from Shuangfu."
"Why does Your Highness want to collude with others?" Sima Yi glanced at his son, "A woman can still weigh the pros and cons, otherwise the Bai family would have stolen someone long ago. Your Highness has a clearer mind than most women."
Master Sima thought for a moment and said, "What my father said makes sense."
After all, the focus at this time is not Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, but the Shuang Mansion. Master Sima did not want to think too much and just sighed: "It's a pity that the Shuang Mansion made Chen Ben a court official. Chen Ben is not good at criminal law. I have investigated it."
After months of getting nothing, I don’t think he even knows where to start.”
There was a bed next to it, but Sima Shi did not sit on it, and even paced back and forth in the room. "If Shuangfu wants to kill us, the situation will be very bad. Now the edict is entirely based on Shuangfu's will, and it is very difficult for him to do so."
Soon all the Chinese and foreign armies will be under the control of Shuangfu..."
Sima Yi glanced at him: "Since we can't stop the splitting of the middle camp and the second camp, we might as well make it easier for them."
When Master Sima heard this, he finally nodded vigorously.
He continued to stay in the room for a while, but he really couldn't think of a better way. Now that the matter had been agreed, Master Sima had no choice but to sigh again and said, "Go and ask your aunt to come in?"
Sima Yi responded.
After Master Sima walked out of the room, Mrs. Bai first said that someone came in just now to report, and General Sun asked to see him.
Sun Li was about to be appointed as the governor of Jingzhou. According to custom, he had to visit Shuang Mansion and Sima Mansion before leaving. After all, both sides were auxiliary ministers.
So Master Sima went to greet Sun Li and returned to his father's room. After the two entered, Mrs. Bai also said goodbye and went out.
Sun Li looked at Sima Yi sitting on the wooden cart, then glanced at the porridge bowl next to him, and then stepped forward to bow to him.
Sima Yi said slowly: "I can't return the greeting, Deda can take a seat." His gesture was not exaggerated, but he was quite weak, his face was not good, his eyes looked a little cloudy, and he seemed to be uncomfortable, but he did not recognize him.
Qingren, looking completely paralyzed.
Sun Li thanked him and knelt down at the banquet next to him. Master Sima also sat beside him.
"My servant is leaving Beijing for Jingzhou, so I came to say farewell to Taifu. If Taifu has any instructions, I hope you can give me some advice." Sun Li cupped his hands and said.
Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Just come. Has Deda been to the General's Mansion?"
Sun Li said: "I've been there. After bidding farewell to the Grand Tutor, I will leave tomorrow and there is no need to go to the General's Mansion again."
Sima Yi said: "Okay."
Although Sun Li was the chief official of the Shuang Mansion, he did not get along well with Cao Shuang. In the past few years, he returned to Beijing and became the Shaofu, and had some conflicts with the Shuang Mansion. He even argued with Cao Shuang in person over the Shaofu's treasures.
Therefore, Sun Li may not necessarily be from Shuang Mansion, but he is dissatisfied with Cao Shuang. In Sima Shi's view, Sun Li is similar to Qin Liang in this regard. Moreover, these two people served as officials together, and they really have the same temperament.
Cao Shuang treated them all well, at least he was not stingy in his official position.
Sun Li said: "Please take good care of your health, Taifu. The court still needs Taifu to take charge of the overall situation."
Sima Yi said: "As we get older, we old people will have to give up our positions sooner or later."
Sun Li sighed "Alas" and looked at his eyes, feeling vaguely disappointed. Unless Sun Li was very good at pretending, he should have separated from Shuang Mansion; and Sun Li did not see anything unusual about Sima Yi's illness.
Indeed, no one could tell. Master Sima and Mrs. Bai were often in front of Sima Yi and found no mistakes.