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In February of the 14th year of Jian'an, spring thunder sounded in Sili and Yuzhou.
In Taichung, the Imperial City of Xudu, Zuo Min Shangshu Liu Xian pulled his hair. He felt that this Shangshu did much more than Jingzhou Biejia. If Kuai Yue, the first general in Jingzhou, had not always supported him, he would have been there long ago. I just want to retire and return to my hometown instead of quitting.
In the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Jizhou and led Jizhou's shepherds. After that, he separated from the emperor and moved his subordinates to Yecheng. The 19th Cao Cao of the Prime Minister's Office took away a lot of power from the Shangshutai. However, Xun Yu, the Shangshu Ling, Today, the world's political orders still have to be passed through the Chancery.
However, since Xun Yu was ill, the servants on the left and right of the Chancellery were not doing anything. He, the new Chancellor, was pushed to the front desk. First, he experienced the impeachment of the prime minister's younger brother by hundreds of officials. Finally, after the storm passed, he received another one. Bad news.
Wei Huanliang, who lived in the north of Yecheng, sued Sima Yi, the prime minister's literary source, for harming the prime minister's youngest son, Cao Chong, and almost killed him.
Everyone knows that Cao Chong is Cao Cao's favorite son, and Cao Cao loves him even more than the talented Cao Zhi.
Such a child was assassinated? This is a shocking event.
For the first time in his life, Liu Shizong, who grew up in Jingzhou, realized that he was involved in a huge conspiracy. No wonder Xu Duxu all disappeared.
Liu Xian looked at Sima Lang who was kneeling in the rain outside the house and sighed: "Ling Yuancheng, if you are not in Yuancheng, what are you doing here?"
Sima Lang wiped the rain from his face and said, "My brother has been wronged. Please look into it."
Liu Xian pointed at him angrily: "It is the responsibility of Wang Yuzhou and Zhong Sili to investigate and solve the case. What are you doing here?"
Sima Lang said: "The two of them are not in Xudu."
Although Yingchuan was under the control of Yuzhou, it was close to Sili. Wang Si, the shepherd of Yuzhou, and Zhong Yao, the school captain of Sili, were not here. Sima Lang was right. Liu Xian then said: "The supervisor of all officials is the censor." The Censor's Desk is right next door, why are you here at my Chancellor's Desk?"
Sima Lang said bitterly: "Chen Qun, the censor who governs the book, won't let me in."
"you you!"
Liu Xian said a few words, but did not continue. He and Chen Qun were both ranked fourth in their respective Taichung officials. However, Chen Qun refused to let in, so Sima Lang did not dare to go. His words had no effect. .
Liu Xian sighed, it seemed that the Chen family of Yingchuan had already made a choice, at least they would not support the Sima family.
Sima Wen County, Hanoi, although the biggest official in the family now is only Jing Zhaoyin, the Sima Lang's grandfather Sima Jun in front of him has been the prefect of Yingchuan for more than ten years and is the benefactor of several aristocratic families in Yingchuan. Now, Chen has turned his back on the Sima family.
Liu Xian looked at the case files stacked on the table again. There were many memorials that had been transferred from the Yushitai to impeach Cao Wu but had not been removed.
For the first time, he understood that on the surface, this was an article written by officials, but in fact, it might be a conspiracy by a wealthy family against General Beifu.
Yingchuan Shen family, Liu family, Zheng family, Dingling Ding family, Du family, Luoyang Guo family, Luoyang Zhong family, Gucheng Fan family, Zhongmou Ren family, Wenxian Zhao family, Huai County Li family, Hanoi Xiang family...
Families, big and small, suddenly gathered to impeach Cao Wu. Some of them withdrew the impeachment because they were unwilling to ruin their reputation by impeaching Cao Wu.
Those who have not been withdrawn must be the sworn enemies of General Beifu, especially those in Hanoi and Yingchuan.
But what are they trying to do, and what has Cao Wu done?
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Sima Lang knelt in front of the minister's desk, like a sculpture.
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Sima Yi ran towards Cao Pi's mansion in embarrassment in the drizzle, but stopped in front of the main hall because he saw many unfamiliar guards.
He frowned and found that Cao Pi's mansion had become strange for the first time.
He arranged his appearance in the rain and entered the house.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman sitting in the middle. She was in her forties. Although she had a beautiful appearance, she was extremely majestic.
There was a woman next to her, in her thirties, crying.
Cao Pi and Cao Zhi both knelt on the ground.
The woman in the middle saw Sima Yi and said angrily: "Sima Zhongda, is it true that the court officials will impeach you? Do you dare to harm the prime minister's son?"
Sima Yi immediately knelt down and said: "Mrs. Bian, this is a frame-up by a villain. Zhongda has a good relationship with Cang Shu, how could he do such a thing?"
The crying woman became anxious when she heard this and cried loudly: "Sister, Chong'er has been sick since childhood. He was seriously ill and nearly died a few years ago. Fortunately, he found the miracle doctor of Beifu after going south and saved his life. What happened now , this guy still doesn’t admit it!”
Sima Yi quickly kowtowed: "Mrs. Huan, there is no evidence for this matter. I think Captain Huan must have been deceived by a traitor!"
Sima Yi looked panicked, but he was not frightened in his heart. This was because no one else in the world knew about the poisoning of Cao Chong by the dead man of Sima family except him and the dead man.
And the dead man had committed suicide.
He didn't understand why there were such rumors, but as long as he confronted them, he was not afraid of being exposed.
He did not have rank, but he was a member of the prime minister's palace. Even Cao Cao's first wife, Mrs. Bian, could not directly convict him without a trial, let alone his concubine, Mrs. Huan.
When Mrs. Huan heard Sima Yi say that it was a traitor who had deceived her, she thought she was mocking her relative Huan Liang, and she immediately started crying and fussing.
Mrs. Bian frowned slightly, pointed at Cao Pi and Cao Zhi and said: "You two are close people, you can handle it yourself. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking! Your father is in good health!"
After saying this, she snorted coldly and turned to the back hall.
When Mrs. Bian was there, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi did not dare to express their anger. After she left, their kneeling posture became more relaxed.
Mrs. Huan said: "You are fighting for the position, why do you want people to harm me Chong'er?"
She originally thought that the two of them would plead guilty, but Cao Zhi said coldly: "Who dares to criticize my brother? Among all his brothers, I love him the most. I am friends with him in literature. Who knows?"
Mrs. Huan was stunned, but she didn't expect that as soon as Mrs. Bian left, she would be snatched away by Cao Zhi.
She turned to Cao Pi, who always treated her with respect.
She said: "Cao Pi, everyone in this city knows that you are on good terms with Sima Yi. Now that something like this has happened, you must give me an explanation!"
Cao Pi leaned over and saluted, and said with the same courtesy as he treated his mother: "Don't worry, aunt, once the evidence is verified, Pi'er will not let the evildoers go free!"
Mrs. Huan was relieved, but she didn't expect that Cao Pi only said to verify the evidence and didn't promise anything.
She also went to the back hall to find Mrs. Bian and continued to cry.
There were only two Cao Cao and Sima Yi left in the hall. Cao Pi raised his head and stood up, sneered at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, is this your fault?"
Sima Yi leaned over and shook his head.
Cao Pi helped Cao Zhi up and said, "Zijian, did you do it?"
"What a joke!"
Cao Zhi threw Cao Pi away and said, "I have the best relationship with Cang Shu, how could I harm him?"
Cao Pi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then someone must be causing trouble."
Sima Yi cried and cried: "Please Zihuan and Zijian, please rectify the name of our Sima family!"
Cao Pi nodded, and the three of them left the mansion together, preparing to go to the government office to check on the progress of the investigation.
Suddenly, a young boy came to Sima Yi and said, "Lang Jun, it's not good!"
"What's wrong?"
Sima Yi's face darkened, startling the young man.
But when he turned around, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were staring at the boy, so he had to say: "Speak quickly!"
The boy hurriedly said: "Wang Zhoumu and Zhong Sili are both here. Wei Huanliang from the north found several pieces of evidence and presented them to them!"
"What?"
Sima Yi was immediately shocked. He did it so secretly, how could the evidence leak out?
