As soon as He Yan was taken away, Master Sima walked into the room. The master bowed and said, "My father is wise."
Sima Yi said slowly: "His mother is Mrs. Yin, and his wife is the Princess of Jinxiang. It is inconvenient to kill people from the royal family now. If we can't get rid of them, won't they all be your enemies in the future?"
The teacher said in a deep voice: "Princess Jinxiang doesn't care about He Yan's life or death at all. She only kowtows to plead for mercy for her only remaining son."
Sima Yi frowned and said, "Kill He Yan, but not his son?"
The teacher said: "For the sake of Princess Jinxiang, let's keep it for now. He Yan's eldest son is He Jun. He has the same moral character as his father. He is fierce in appearance and has a weak heart. He is a waste without courage. The younger son died last year."
When Sima Yi heard this, he didn't care about it for the time being, and asked again: "Xia Houxuan, have you written a letter?"
The master nodded and said: "We have sent someone to Guanzhong. Xiahou Xuan is related to Cao Shuang, and we are also relatives. I wrote in the letter that Xiahou Xuan did not participate in the rebellion in Guanzhong."
Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said: "It's just that Xia Houxuan is nothing to worry about, but if he doesn't rebel, there is no Qiu Jian in Youzhou, and Zhuge Dan in Yangzhou won't rebel easily."
The teacher said: "But Linghuyu must be anxious."
Sima Yi said: "Ling Huyu will seek support from Wang Ling. The edict to promote Wang Ling to the rank of Lieutenant can temporarily stabilize him."
The master hurriedly bowed and said, "Father, God has a wonderful plan and is planning the strategy!"
Sima Yi was still thinking about something to himself and murmured: "Yesterday when Jiang Ji was changed to Sikong, he said something."
The teacher asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"
Sima Yi turned around and glanced at him: "Wang Ling is the unparalleled one today."
The teacher said "haha" meaningfully and laughed.
However, Sima Yi showed no smile and said in a deep voice: "We need to stabilize Wang Ling first. After we clean up the situation and find an excuse, the army suddenly comes to Yangzhou, and Shouchun will be a dead place! If we write another letter to absolve him, he will It will come down."
The master kept nodding his head and said: "My father is right. Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best policy."
Sima Yi said calmly: "The main reason is that it saves a lot of trouble." After saying that, he slowly exhaled, and even the robe on his chest rose and fell slightly.
Master Sima could tell that my father could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but he was not completely relaxed yet.
The deal with the General's Mansion this time seemed to go smoothly, but in fact it was very dangerous and consumed a lot of my father's energy.
After all, the gap in strength is too big. Before this, Cao Shuang had completely controlled the government and military power. The Sima family's victory was all due to the mistakes of others. The victory or defeat almost only depended on Cao Shuang's thoughts, just like a knife in the opponent's hand, regardless of Very nervous no matter what.
Fortunately, there was no near miss.
...At this time, the General's Mansion is still the same as before, and nothing seems to have changed. But under the sky with black clouds, there are no maids and slaves passing through the place, making it look particularly deserted.
After a while, a large group of military men came to the inner house. They were talking and laughing, and walked over in a swaggering manner.
When Mrs. Liu heard the noise, she took Awan to the door to wait and see. After all, the situation was a bit strange. In the past few days, no one had entered the residence of the General's Mansion, and no one had ransacked the house.
When the group of people saw Ms. Liu, they walked straight over. A burly man in front looked Mr. Liu up and down, turned around and said: "This should be Mrs. Liu, she must be more than thirty years old? Tsk tsk, raised by an official wife." It’s good if you get it.”
Mrs. Liu hurriedly hugged Awan and asked, "This is the General's Mansion, what do you want to do?"
The burly man said: "We will be beheaded tomorrow, everyone! Please be happy with your brothers before you die."
Mrs. Liu said in a trembling voice: "Isn't the Grand Tutor not going to kill us?"
The crowd suddenly started laughing, and the burly man said: "If the master doesn't kill you, it's our brother's own decision." After saying this, the crowd burst into laughter again.
Mr. Liu shook his head and said: "The master swore an oath on Luoshui!"
The burly man said: "It's just a river. What's more, the Taifu didn't know that you were planning to rebel."
Mrs. Liu listened to their conversation and observed people's clothes. They were not wearing armor. It was obvious that they were not members of the Chinese and foreign armies, but most of them were private soldiers of the Sima family. Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "What you are doing is too great." Do Fu and the guard generals know?"
The burly man smiled lewdly and said: "Brothers are serving with their heads raised, but you are going to die anyway, how big a deal is it to just play with it?"
His smile did not disappear, but he continued: "Come into the house, if you don't obey me, kill this little bastard first."
Mrs. Liu protected Awan and while retreating, she suddenly thought of something and said angrily: "Are you people from Hanoi County pretending to be refugees to cross the Yellow River? I kindly gave you rice and cooked porridge. !You beasts!”
"Stop talking nonsense!" The burly man went up to drag A Nian. Liu's tone immediately changed and she begged: "Don't hurt him, he doesn't understand anything yet."
The burly man pushed Mrs. Liu into the house, and while unbuckling his belt, he said: "Scream louder, and the brothers will not embarrass the little bastard."
Ms. Liu was kicked in the calf. She felt a sharp pain and knelt down in front of the wooden case. Then her head was pressed on the case. She did not dare to struggle, so she could only look sideways at A Nian who was being pulled by a man. , gritted his teeth and made no sound.
Ah Nuan, who was small and short, slipped out of the man's hand and ran towards this side. He said childishly: "Don't hit grandma, don't hit grandma."
"Don't hurt him!" Ms. Liu said hurriedly, holding back the pain, and said to Ah Nian, "No beating, we are playing, and grandma is playing horseback riding." As she said this, she looked at the child lovingly and stretched out her hand. Put it on A Nian's little face.
Ah Wan really didn't understand. After hearing this, he said again: "Mom, I want to play too."
The burly man behind him smiled and said, "Interesting."
Mrs. Liu stroked A-Nuan's little neck and saw that there was no sadness or fear in his bright eyes, so she comforted him softly: "Tomorrow, I will take A-Nuan with me to play outside the city."
Little A-Nuan has never known what beheading is or what death is. It is difficult for him to understand things he has never seen before. This is good, he doesn’t have to bear so much, maybe it will be over in the last moment!
Awan said happily: "Mom, don't lie to me."
Mrs. Liu choked and said, "I won't lie to you, nanny."
Ah Wan stretched out her little hand and stroked Mrs. Liu's cheek: "Why are you crying?"
Ms. Liu wiped her tears with the backs of her fingers. All the humiliation, pain, heartache and despair in her heart were all mixed together. She took a deep breath and said softly: "Mom is happy, she can go out to play in the city." .Your father went out to the city to hunt, and he didn’t take us with him. He hasn’t been out of the city for a spring outing in a long time.”
"It's time for a spring outing." Awan jumped up with an innocent smile on his face. The child just likes to run around and see new things, and he was very happy when he heard that he was going out of town.
The burly man behind him smiled and said: "I will take you out of the city tomorrow."
At this moment, Cao Shuang's angry roar came from the distance. Ah Wan stopped jumping around immediately and said a little scared: "My father is here, my father knows how to curse."
Ah Nian was not afraid of the men around him, but he was afraid that his father would scold him. He didn't know who the terrible person was, and he couldn't even tell the difference between good and bad.
After a while, Cao Shuang's shameful and angry curse came from outside: "Sima Yi, old thief, will not die well! I regret it, why should I believe you?"
Then Cao Shuang's voice said again: "Jiang Ji, Chen Tai, Xu Yun! I, Cao Shuang, treat you badly, you ungrateful traitors!" "Sima Yi is a thief, I will fight with you! I will kill you!"
But now he is thinking about fighting, and no one has given him a chance. Cao Shuang can't leave the general's mansion now, and the controller doesn't even have a sword in his hand.