"The Lieutenant is right, let's see what Sun Quan says..." Cao Pi waved his hand for everyone to leave.
Of course Cao Pi knew that the situation was serious, and he was about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. How could he spend time in Huainan with Sun Quan? He just wanted to give an explanation to the nobles.
After the massacre of the Sima family, Cao Pi noticed an interesting thing, that is, the major noble families are not a piece of steel. They can slander each other for their own interests. Many noble families who were originally on good terms with the Sima family also wanted to seize the remaining rights. And secretly sided with the slanderer.
The matter has been fermenting so far, and the nobles no longer value the truth so much. They enjoy the rights left by the Sima family without any psychological burden, but they are worried that their family will become the next Sima.
They started their analysis from the final profit, and found that General Cao Hong was the most suspicious, but the other party now held the military power to guard Yecheng. The nobles were too scared to speak out, so they could only deal with it by alienating Cao Hong.
No matter how evil a person is, he still has a few good friends, and not all nobles are people who eat human blood. Chen Qun, one of Cao Pi's four friends, had a close friendship with Sima Yi.
After the tragedy happened in the Sima family, Chen Qun wanted to take Sima Shi and Sima Zhao over and raise them as his own sons, but Cao Pi still let Cao Hong be placed in the military camp on the grounds that the camp was safer.
In this eastern expedition against Sun Quan, Chen Qun's main purpose with the army was to return the Sima brothers. After a long period of observation, he found that Jiang Ji was also very concerned about the Sima case.
After the accounts were settled, Chen Qun invited Jiang Ji to his tent for a drink.
After the two drank a few glasses of wine, Chen Qun started chatting. He leaned down at the desk and sighed: "Poor Zhongda has been cautious all his life. He doesn't want the whole family to suffer before he can rise up. Life is really unpredictable..."
"The assassination was well planned and was carried out in Yecheng and Xudu at the same time. There were no clues left after the incident. Although both sides have closed the case now, I am still worried that the murderer is out there..." Jiang Ji put down his wine glass and said solved his own doubts.
"What else did Zitong see?" Chen Qun asked, stroking his beard.
Jiang Ji glanced around and saw that no one was eavesdropping around the tent, and then said: "The king has just ascended the throne and encountered such a big thing. In order to stabilize the situation, it is indeed feasible for the king to take some drastic measures, but I doubt that Xu Du, The assassins killed in Yecheng may not all be real assassins. After all, Xiahou's consort and General Xu are both..."
"Zitong means that the king hastily closed the case in order to appease the courtiers? But I have known the king for many years, and I have never seen him take such ruthless measures. This style is more like Zhongda..." Chen Qunyu He stopped talking.
Jiang Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I didn't say anything. I was just drunk and talking nonsense..."
"Zitong is so unhappy. We are all Zhongda's friends, why should we be suspicious?" Chen Qun then poured a glass of wine down his throat.
Jiang Ji thought that Chen Qun had no reason to test him, and that even if his words were spread, he would still deny them, so he said to himself meaningfully: "Being a king naturally requires kindness, let alone thinking of ingenuity. Jia Taiwei followed him in his early years Dong Zhuo later attached himself to Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Xiu, and finally followed the late king. His strategies were extraordinary and unparalleled, and Sun Quan will definitely not be his opponent this time..."
Chen Qun suddenly realized that Cao Pi was not that vicious, which did not mean that Jia Xu had no vicious plans. Back then, he instigated Li Jue and Guo Si to counterattack Chang'an, which ultimately caused Chang'an to experience a catastrophe. The entire Guanzhong people were not spared. Now he killed innocent people as a proxy. Assassins and stabilizing the court situation were all done by Jia Xu.
Thinking of this, Chen Qun was not worried but happy. He took Jiang Ji's hand and said, "The Taiwei's plan is very strange. Can Zitong ask him for a plan on my behalf?"
Jiang Ji's face was filled with questions, and he asked with a strange expression: "Changwen and the Taiwei are both trusted and important ministers. Why don't you go directly to the Taiwei for advice?"
Chen Qun waved his hand and said: "The Taiwei lives in seclusion and rarely interacts with others. The family behind me is very large, and he even avoids it. At least Zitong has some friendship with him. Please help me go out."
"What's going on?" Jiang Ji asked.
"As Zitong said just now, the murderer may still be at large. I want to take Zhongda's orphan back to the Chen family to raise him, but the king thinks that General Wei's military camp is safer. I really have no reason to convince the king, so I want to ask the Taiwei to help. Plan..." Chen Qun, with a sincere face, stood up and bowed to Jiang Ji.
Jiang Ji was startled when he heard this. There was a quarrel between Cao Hong and Sima Yi in the early years. Could it be that Chen Qun was afraid that General Wei would abuse the Sima brothers?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ji stood up and cupped his hands and replied: "It's a long article and I'll sit down and drink alone. I'll go find the Taiwei now. I will definitely live up to my trust."
"I'm here waiting for good news." Chen Qun bowed down and bowed down, and gave Jiang Ji a big gift in return.
After Jiang Ji went out, he went straight to Jia Xu's camp, while Chen Qun continued to drink and wait anxiously.
After about an hour, Jiang Ji opened the door curtain with excitement on his face.
"It's done?" Chen Qun was very happy to see Jiang Ji and almost trotted to welcome him into the tent.
Jiang Ji nodded and sat down, drank a glass of wine to quench his thirst, and then patted his chest to soothe his emotions, "The Taiwei is indeed very human. I would like to call him a genius."
"Tell me about it." Chen Qun was even more anxious when he saw Jiang Ji betraying him.
Jiang Ji pretended to be mysterious and said: "Chang Wen wants to bring the Sima brothers back to the Chen family to raise them, but the assassins who destroyed the family are so powerful. If they knew that the two brothers were still alive, do you think they would find a way to eradicate them? The Chen family might also want to Implicated..."
Hiss... Chen Qun took a breath. He really didn't expect this. As a friend, he just wanted to help, but at the cost of his family's life, he was really discouraged.
"The Chen family can cultivate more soldiers, but I don't believe those assassins are lawless." Chen Qun swallowed his saliva and replied.
"Assassins are highly skilled in martial arts and almost all kill with one blow. How many soldiers does Chang Wen need to raise? If the Chen family takes the lead in raising soldiers, will everyone else follow suit? If Liu Bei and Sun Quan try to alienate each other, what do you think? Will the king be suspicious then? He will be so full of words that he will not be able to explain it." Jiang Ji shook his head in denial.
"What should we do? We can't just ignore it, right?" Chen Qun suddenly ran out of ideas.
Jiang Ji continued to add: "Moreover, if you can only commit a thief for a thousand days, how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?"
"So there's no solution?" Chen Qun put his hands together and his face was full of sorrow. This analysis must be Jia Xu's, but he only dug holes and did not bury them, and his eyes were still so vicious.
Jiang Ji stretched out his right hand and shook it, and replied meaningfully: "There is only one method available at the moment, which may allow the bloodline of the Sima family to continue."
"Oh? Say it quickly, say it quickly." Chen Qun urged.
"We want to persuade the king to send Sima Shi and Sima Zhao to Sun Quan and take them back to Jiangdong." Jiang Ji's face was serious.
"What?" Chen Qun's expression was exaggerated, and he thought to himself, is this the magic trick you mentioned?
