Li Yan and Wu Yi sat opposite each other, thinking about their own thoughts. Fei Yi smiled without saying a word, and calmly savored the tea.

Chang'an has been set off by the three of them, which is not very violent but strong enough.

Li Yan and Wu Yi led the charge of investigating the case of the assassination of King Jin by the envoy of the Imperial Examination. After more than a month of investigation and evidence collection, the general situation has been found out. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang mobilized the emperor on the grounds that Wei Ba had the intention of being unjust.

While promoting Wei Ba as King of Jin, he took his military power and ordered him to return to Chang'an to report his duties. In addition, the envoy also brought another secret edict. If Wei Ba refused to accept the secret edict, he would be arrested with a secret edict, which was necessary

In the case of this, you can kill it on the spot.

There was no problem with the edict. Emperor Liu Chan had already recognized it. The secret edict was indeed issued by him, and the use of the seal was also approved by him. Before that, when Zhuge Liang planned it, he also knew it. The problem was that there were dead soldiers in the messenger group, but he didn't know.

It is a convention to use secret edicts to arrest unjust officials, but the nature of using dead men is completely different. There are two problems here. One is how could the dead men transform into the envoy to the emperor's edict. The other is to arrange

The death-dead soldiers naturally aim to kill them, rather than arrest them. In other words, the edict became a cover-up, and the real purpose of the envoy was to kill Wei Ba, even if he accepted the edict and was willing to hand over the military power.

This is true. When Wei Ba accepted the edict, the dead soldiers disguised as Lang Guan still launched the assassination of Wei Ba.

This goes against the emperor's original intention and is a forgery of the imperial edict.

Therefore, this assassination case is not only inconsistent with etiquette, but also the bigger problem is that they regard the emperor as a shield. Compared with the assassination of Wei Ba, the crime is more unforgivable and more serious in nature. How can the assassination of King Jin be punished?

serious.

The Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was responsible for arranging this matter, was of course the culprit. Not only was he awarded a posthumous title, but he was also facing the serious crime of forgery of edicts.

After seemingly trivial but actually very meticulous operations, the relevant personnel of the entire Prime Minister's Office were controlled, but the most critical person had not yet been charged.

There is no conclusion on what role Jiang Wei plays here. There are two reasons: one is that the deceased soldier is from Liangzhou. However, it may not be related to Jiang Wei, which requires further evidence. The other is that Jiang Wei has soldiers in his hands.

, like other people in the Prime Minister's Office, they can be imprisoned with an edict, interrogated slowly, and interrogated at any time. In order to avoid Jiang Wei's rush to jump over the wall, surrender to Wei or simply mutiny and slaughter Chang'an, Li Yan and others' actions have always been very gentle.

, so as not to force Jiang Wei to resist.

Among the two reasons, the latter is the main factor. However, no matter how gentle you are, you must take this step.

Theirs gathered together today to discuss this purpose. For Fei Yi, there was only one purpose: to convince Wu Yi to turn against him.

Wu Yi has more than 10,000 people in his hands. If Wu Yi turns against him, even if Jiang Wei rebels, they can still defend Chang'an. At least their lives are safe. Otherwise, the amount of Northern Army in Ma Cheng's hands cannot be stopped at all.

Jiang Wei's attack.

From receiving the edict and thoroughly investigating the case, Wu Yi's attitude has never been very clear. He handled the case according to the edict, without any leakage, but could not see his own tendency. He seemed to be just following the edict and doing so without bias.

Of course there are benefits. So far, even if they arrested all the important personnel of the Prime Minister's Office, they were justified and did not leave any excuses for attack.

But now, Wu Yi must make a statement, otherwise he will not be able to attack Jiang Wei.

Wu Yi had only one worry, what if Jiang Wei raised his troops to rebel? According to the current principle of doing things, Jiang Wei's crime cannot be announced before it is confirmed. Jiang Wei's military power cannot be deprived. Without depriving Jiang Wei of military power, how can he let him go

Jiang Wei honestly went to Tingwei's Mansion for trial?

This is a dead end. To put it bluntly, it means throwing a mouse and avoiding the weapon. Without being sure, it is afraid that Jiang Wei will be forced to jump over the wall.

"Is it possible to ensure that Chang'an is fine?" Wu Yi said.

No one can guarantee it. In fact, everyone knows that once an edict is issued to ask Jiang Wei to go to the Tingwei Mansion for investigation, Jiang Wei will rebel. If he forces him to rebel, the consequences will be very serious. At present, Wei Ba's army is still far away

Luoyang, he was out of reach and could not save Chang'an.

Wei Xing walked in with a knife, glanced at the silent people in the room, and bowed to Fei Yi: "His Highness King Jin has an envoy."

Fei Yi suddenly became energetic: "Come in."

Li Yan and Wu Yi looked at each other and returned to their seats.

The messenger came in, and he was exhausted. He sent a letter. After reading it, Fei Yi smiled silently. He handed the letter to Li Yan and Wu Yi, and smiled faintly: "Now there is a reason, the King of Jin has sent it."

A best reason.”

Li Yan first took it over and took a look, raised his eyebrows, then smiled, and then passed it to Wu Yi. Wu Yi took it and was speechless for a while.

Wei Ba’s letter is very simple. I have already arrived in Luoyang. I ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to order the Guanzhong army to attack and siege Luoyang together.

Wei Ba did not specify who to command the troops, but the meaning in the words was very clear. If Jiang Wei was willing to leave Tongguan, then Jiang Wei would go there. If Jiang Wei refused, then someone else would go there. Of course, his subordinates would go there.

The soldiers are going to take them away.

As for Guanzhong, who is suitable for commanding troops except Jiang Wei? One is Li Yan and the other is Wu Yi. In comparison, Wu Yi is naturally the most suitable.

"Ziyuan, this is an opportunity." Li Yan stood up, walked to Wu Yi, patted his shoulder, chuckled, and walked out. Standing in the sun, the smile on his face was a little stiff.

It slowly turned into a sigh.

Only soldiers can be qualified to speak. He only has a thousand soldiers in his hands now, so this opportunity can only fall into Wu Yi's hands.

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment: "Please issue an edict for your Majesty."

Wei Ba's request was immediately passed to the emperor. Wu Yi gave the emperor an idea, first transfer the county soldiers from Hanzhong and Fufeng counties to Chang'an, and then ask Jiang Wei if he had any intention to lead the troops to fight. If not, he would

His troops were allocated part of them to others. In this way, Jiang Wei had only three choices: to lead the troops to fight, give up his military power, and immediately raise his troops to rebel.

No matter which one, he can be forced to death. The prerequisite for doing so is to mobilize the troops of Hanzhong and Fufeng County, which can ensure that Chang'an has superior troops when Jiang Wei rebelled.

The emperor agreed and immediately ordered Hanzhong Prefect Wu Min and Fufeng Prefect Liao Hua to lead 10,000 troops and immediately rushed to Chang'an.

...

Although Chang'an's actions were secret, they could not be hidden from Jiang Wei's eyes.

He rode a fast horse and ran into Tongguan City.

Jiang Wei sat in a daze for a long time, clenched his fists and put them down, and then clenched them again and again. He had not made up his mind for a long time.

The emperor issued an edict to transfer Wu Min and Liao Hua's troops. The purpose should be very clear, which is to increase the troops in Chang'an and solve his threat. Once these two people are in place, he will have no advantage in military strength. At that time, there will be only two roads.

.One is to hand over military power and be slaughtered by others. Second, raise troops to clear the emperor and regain control of the emperor, but face the same or even more troops.

With Wu Yi's ability and equal military strength, Jiang Wei has no confidence in winning. More importantly, in this way, he really becomes a rebel. Even if he defeats Wu Yi, as long as he fails to catch the emperor, he will

It is not considered a victory, and it must be morally at a disadvantage. Then, Wei Ba can attack him with a legitimate statement.

Fighting around, isn’t it just fighting for someone to be just?

Yin Shang, who came from Chang'an, looked at Jiang Wei, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead. "Boyue, don't hesitate anymore."

Jiang Wei looked at Yin Shang and smiled bitterly: "Rising troops now, are we still going to turn around?"

"If you don't raise your troops, you will have a turnaround?" Yin Shang retorted angrily: "Will you surrender to Wei or withdraw from Longyou?"

"No hurry." Jiang Wei said to himself: "It's not impossible for Hanzhong soldiers to go to Chang'an for a month and a half. I still have time. Maybe... good news will come soon. At that time, we may

You will win without a fight.”

"What good news can make you win without a fight?" Yin Shang was so angry that he couldn't speak. He felt that Jiang Wei in front of him and Jiang Wei in his impression were two different people. Jiang Wei used to be very good.

Decisive. Sometimes he is almost reckless, but now hesitates. Things have come to this point, and he still has to wait.

"Waiting for the news of Wei Ba's death." Jiang Wei smiled: "What do you think if Wei Ba dies suddenly?"

Yin Shang was speechless. If Wei Ba died, the situation would be very different. Wei Ba's power was divided and it would be difficult to pose a substantial threat to Guanzhong. At that time, Jiang Wei could easily master Guanzhong.

But will Wei Ba die? So many dead soldiers didn’t kill Wei Ba, what else could Jiang Wei let Wei Ba die?

"Wei Ba may die at any time." Jiang Wei didn't say much, but just looked at Yin Shang with a pleading look: "Please believe me once."

"What if Wei Ba is not dead in a month?"

"Then I will lead the troops out of the customs." Jiang Wei said: "It is absolutely impossible to make me give up my military power."

Yin Shang sighed, discussed some details, and immediately stood up and returned to Chang'an.

...

Chen Ming quickly walked into the backyard and said to Fei Yi and Peng Heng who were playing chess: "Yin Shang has returned to Chang'an."

"Can there be any abnormal movements in Tongguan?"

"Everything is as normal. At present, Jiang Wei has no action."

Peng Heng glanced at Fei Yi and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that Jiang Wei is not desperate yet and does not want to take the risk."

"That's right." Fei Yi smiled, knocked on one stroke and ate all the black spots of Peng Heng. "Leave him a glimmer of hope so that he won't fight to the death. In terms of military tactics, this is called siege of siege.

Que Yi. In terms of mind, this is called boiling a frog in warm water."

"Boil the frog in warm water?"

"Have you heard of it?" Fei Yi was a little curious: "This is what the King of Jin said. It is roughly about using dense kung fu to avoid too intense means, always leaving a little thought for the other party so that he cannot make up his mind.

.When he found that there was no way out and wanted to dying, he was already cooked."

Peng Heng suddenly realized and nodded with a smile: "I said why are you not too slow? Just use some soft methods. It turns out that you want to cook Jiang Wei as a frog. However, Jiang Wei may not be as good as you wish.

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"What other means can he have besides raising troops?" Fei Yi curled his lips: "Since he dared not take the blame for the world and presented Tongguan to Sima Yi, he could only hope for some unrealistic things.

.Even a illusory hope is hope.”

He paused and said, "This is true for the Prime Minister, so is he."

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Chapter completed!