This day.
Although he had nothing to do, Sima Yi still came to Cao Pi's place to see him.
"I've met the crown prince!"
Cao Pi looked up and nodded,
"It's Zhongda here. Has anything happened in recent days?"
"As for the prince, Yang Ling has ordered rest in the past few days. The city is calm and there are no disturbances."
Sima Yi replied.
After hearing his answer, Cao Pi sighed,
"When will this day end?"
Since Cao Cao's official document arrived, he has been completely ignored.
Except for his own soldiers, other soldiers in the army did not look down on him at all.
Yang Ling went even further and never visited Cao Pi since then!
Sima Yi didn't say anything, but he didn't think so.
If you fail to use the opportunity given to you, can you blame others?
If you had listened to me back then, would you have ended up like this?
For now, you should just stay still. After Yang Ling defeats Yuan Xi, we can share some of the credit.
But looking at Cao Pi's depressed look, Sima Yi thought about it and said to Cao Pi,
"There is one thing that the prince may be interested in."
"Oh, what is it?"
"I just got news that the third son of the Zhen family was imprisoned for embezzlement of money and wages. Yang Ling is preparing to interrogate him today."
"I thought what was going on? His sister is not a relative of Yang Ling, so Yang Ling will not embarrass him."
Cao Pi smiled nonchalantly.
"But I heard that Yang Ling seems to be planning to punish him severely as a warning to others."
Sima Yi smiled slightly and said softly,
"Why doesn't the prince go and intercede for Zhen Yao?"
Cao Pi was startled, then revealed a hint of understanding.
"You want me to take the opportunity to win over the Zhen family?"
"Yes, the Zhen family is indeed a powerful and prominent family in Jizhou. If we can win them over, it will also weaken Yang Ling in disguise. Why not do it?"
Sima Yi explained with a smile.
Cao Pi thought for a moment, put his hands on his hands and said with a smile,
"What you said makes sense, let's go there right now?"
"Your Majesty, please!"
Cao Pi and Sima Yi immediately set off and walked towards Yang Ling's court.
…
Let’s talk about Yang Ling.
In the high hall, he looked at Zhen Yao who was standing in the hall, and said with regret on his face,
"Brother-in-law, how could you do such a thing?"
Zhen Yao lowered his head with a look of shame on his face.
After the Zhen family took refuge with Cao Cao, Zhen Yan, the head of the family, entered the court as an official.
As for Zhen Yao, although he was promoted as filial and honest, he had no official position.
So in order to cultivate him well, Yang Ling specially transferred him to his army and made him serve as a grain transportation officer.
But he didn't expect that Zhen Yao didn't learn other skills, but learned to be greedy first.
This really makes Yang Ling extremely distressed!
While Yang Ling was pondering what to do with Zhen Yao, Zhou Cang walked quickly from outside the door and whispered a few words in his ear.
Yang Ling's eyes lit up and he coughed lightly.
"Zilong! How should we deal with Tanmo?"
"The general is here!"
Zhao Yun stood up and said in a deep voice,
"Reporting to the military advisor, according to military regulations, those who are greedy for ink should be beheaded in public display!"
"very good!"
Yang Ling smiled and nodded, then his face became serious.
"Come here, behead Zhen Yao in public!"
Zhen Yao was startled and quickly begged for mercy.
"Military advisor, please forgive me because I am a first-time offender!"
"Yes, military advisor, although Zhen Yao is greedy, he doesn't have much money, so let's let him go."
"The military advisor shows mercy beyond the law!"
"I hope the military advisor will spare Zhen Yao's life for the sake of Mrs. Zhen."
Everyone on the side also hurriedly spoke and begged for Zhen Yao's favor.
It's not that they have any particularly deep friendship with Zhen Yao.
But they all knew that Zhen Yao's sister was Yang Ling's woman.
Yang Ling may not be merciful because of his face, but they can't be ignorant.
However, after listening to everyone's persuasion, Yang Ling became furious.
"If you don't mention Mrs. Zhen, maybe I can spare his life."
"But since Mrs. Zhen is mentioned, I will not let him go. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the world would laugh at me for bending the law for personal gain?"
"Come here, take Zhen Yao out and kill him!"
Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao accepted the order, stepped forward, grabbed Zhen Yao and walked out!
Zhen Yao was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed.
"Yang Ling, you bastard, my sister is really blind if she follows you!"
Yang Ling was also furious and kicked over the cases in front of him.
"You've turned against me! I cut him into pieces!"
Just when the scene was getting tense, a smiling voice came.
"Why is the military advisor so angry?"
Everyone looked up and saw that it was Cao Pi who came in with Sima Yi.
Seeing Sima Yi's arrival, Yang Ling snorted coldly and said calmly,
"Why is Your Majesty so free today?"
"I just happened to be passing by. I heard the military advisor making such a noise, so I came in to take a look."
Cao Pi glanced at Zhen Yao with a smile.
"May I ask the military advisor, what happened?"
"Zilong, tell the prince what happened."
Yang Ling was still angry and said coldly.
So Zhao Yun opened his mouth and told Cao Pi the whole story.
After hearing this, Cao Pi burst into laughter.
"What did I think it was? It was just a matter of greed for money."
"Mr. Zhen's family has a great business, so he probably doesn't care about that little money. Maybe something went wrong somewhere."
"Besides, the Zhen family also put in a lot of effort when pacifying Jizhou."
"Why don't the military advisor spare Zhen Yao for my sake?"
Yang Ling frowned and said displeasedly,
"Military law is ruthless. If I spare Zhen Yao today, but someone else violates military law tomorrow, how should I deal with it?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to say anything. Let Zhen Yao be killed to uphold military law!"
Seeing that Yang Ling didn't take his words seriously at all, Cao Pi suddenly felt uneasy on his face.
"What if I insist on keeping Zhen Yao?"
Yang Ling stared at Cao Pi for a long time, until he was so scared that he said calmly,
"Then I will naturally not embarrass the Crown Prince and Zhen Yao. However, I will write a letter to Duke Wei later to inform him about this matter."
"up to you!"
Cao Pi responded coldly and said to Zhen Yao,
"you and me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhen Yao was overjoyed and hurriedly broke away from Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao.
Before leaving, he glared at Yang Ling fiercely, his meaning was very clear, just wait for me!
Yang Ling just smiled faintly and didn't take him to heart at all.
After following Cao Pi and Sima Yi out of the court, Zhen Yao said with a grateful face,
"Thanks to the prince today, otherwise I would have died in the hands of that bastard Yang Ling."
"Young Master Zhen, you don't have to be polite. I just can't bear to see Yang Ling being mean and ungrateful."
Cao Pi smiled.
Sima Yi on the side chuckled and said,
"Mr. Zhen, after today, you must know who is worthy of your trust, right?"
Zhen Yao hesitated for a moment, nodded and said,
"Of course I know, but..."
