Xia Houmao winked at Xia Houwei.

Xia Houwei understood, turned around and walked to the door, looked around to make sure there was no one, and then closed the door tightly.

"Today at dusk, just before the city gate was locked, two caravans left the city from Xiyang Gate and Dongyang Gate respectively."

Although there were no outsiders, Xia Houmao still lowered his voice and said, "When the time comes, you can disguise yourself and follow the caravan from Dongyang Gate and leave Luoyang."

After a pause, he said specifically, "Don't worry, the caravan is flying the banner of Sima Mansion, and no one will stop it."

Even if Xia Houxuan was careful about Mount Tai collapsing before his eyes without changing his expression, he was slightly startled when he heard Xia Houmao's words:

"Sima's Mansion? Taifu's Mansion?"

These words seemed to scratch Xia Houmao's itch, but he saw a slightly proud look on his face: "Exactly!"

Xia Houxuan frowned:

"How can the caravan sent by my uncle carry the flag of the Taifu Palace? Isn't this asking for death?"

In today's Luoyang City, every gate is guarded by Sima's cronies. How can they not recognize someone else who is pretending to be one?

No matter how desperate he was to escape from Luoyang City, he would not resort to such despicable means.

"No, no!" Xia Houmao's face became more and more proud, "This is not a caravan from my residence secretly flying the flag of Taifu's house, but this is the request of Taifu's house."

"What's the meaning?"

Are the two Sima brothers crazy?

Flying your own flag and sending people out of the city?

Against yourself?

Xia Houmao chuckled:

"Your uncle and I don't have any other abilities, but my ability to manage the industry is something that few people can match."

"Over the years, the great... ahem, the good things from the Han Dynasty that entered Guandong must be attributed to me."

"I think back then, even the late emperor asked me to find ways to raise raw materials for the army..."

Although he had misappropriated military rations from Guanzhong in his early years and hindered the Longyou Battle.

But didn’t the late emperor just transfer himself away from Guanzhong, and even finally sent himself to be the governor of Qingxu Province? (Chapter 659)

Why?

Isn’t it just because of your ability to do business?

Taking good things and selling them in the East can not only help appease and make good friends with the Guandong family, but also take the opportunity to raise money and food.

It's a pity that he escaped the first disaster, but he couldn't escape the second disaster.

Taichu did not give the emperor face in public and offended Cao Rui.

Zhong Quan (i.e. Xia Houba) "surrendered to the enemy" again. I heard that Xiaoguan's 100,000-strong army was almost wiped out in the first battle, and it was precisely because of his responsibility.

I was dedicated to doing business in Qingxu and Qingzhou, but one day Cao Rui uncovered an old account of selling military rations in Guanzhong, and I was inexplicably recalled to Luoyang.

From then on, the Xiahou clan declined.

Enter his mother's!

When you need to use your Aweng, act magnanimously. When you don't need to use your Aweng, just turn your face and deny anyone.

You deserve to be betrayed by the Cao family!

"Time is urgent, don't be wordy, get to the point, get to the point quickly!"

Xia Houwei, who closed the door and turned back, reminded Xia Houmao.

Xia Houmao, who was about to sigh, felt a little resentful and had to swallow the unnecessary words:

"Anyway, you also know that I actually have some trading channels in the Han Dynasty, and many of the wealthy families in Qingxu and Xuzhou are also on good terms with me."

"Do you think that over the past few years, Sima Yi has had more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops guarding here in Henan, with adequate food and clothing, all of which were provided by food stored in Taicang and provided by Xuchang?"

"In fact, there is me and my contribution to this!"

Xiahou Mao pointed to his nose:

"Over the years, the caravans in my house have been going back and forth. Apart from being unable to cross the border because of the tense war, they rarely rest throughout the year. In fact, they are all used to make money for the Sima family to raise troops."

When Xia Houmao mentioned this matter, he felt a little indignant:

"Sima Yi is not a good person either. He used my caravan to transport rare items from the west, and then transported them to Shandong and Hebei for sale in the name of the Sima family."

"Not only did he earn money and food, but he also took the opportunity to secretly communicate with the rich and powerful. I really don't think I knew about it! Otherwise, he could have captured Jizhou so easily..."

"Okay! It's over!" Xia Houwei shouted lightly, interrupting Xia Houmao again, "Let's get to the point!"

Xia Houmao let out a dissatisfied "tsk" and held back a sentence:

"The key point is that this time, there is a batch of goods that need to be sent to the east, and it is relatively urgent. There is also a caravan that wants to try its luck in the west."

Speaking of this, Xia Houmao could not help but complain:

"I guess it was after Sima Yi captured Jizhou, so he wanted to test the reaction of the three aristocratic families in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou."

Xia Houwei glanced at Xia Houmao. This time, he did not interrupt Xia Houmao's words.

Because he felt that Xia Houmao's words were quite reasonable.

No matter what reason Sima Yi used to capture Jizhou, it is an unchangeable fact that he did not obtain the emperor's edict in advance.

If we say that before, Sima Yi and the general had some concerns and were somewhat secretive.

So this time the Jizhou incident almost brought the contradiction into the open.

This also means that the internal struggle in Wei has reached a fever pitch, forcing all parties to prepare to take sides.

"Now that Sima Yi is not in Luoyang, and Master Sima is seriously ill and unable to take charge, the person in charge is Sima Zhao."

"Sima Zhao is not as talented as his brother, and he is not as vicious as his brother. He has the intention to do great things, but he is indecisive about his likes and dislikes."

The more Xiahou Mao talked, the more excited he became:

"Luoyang has been in chaos and chaos these days. Who is missing? This is the first time he has taken over the matter. He probably has no clue and can only follow the usual routine. This gives us a rare good opportunity."

Although Xia Houmao only knew how to do business to make money for the Sima family over the years, in fact, he used this relationship to explore many ways in secret.

For a long time, Sima Yi focused on training Sima division, while Sima Zhao could only be ordered to run errands.

Now that Sima Zhao suddenly took power, he didn't have much practical experience at all and was already in a hurry.

Unfortunately, the Han army in the west will attack the city at any time, and the east side has to help Sima Yi win over the wealthy families. How can there be time for Sima Zhao to study and prepare slowly?

As for Sima Yi, the city of Luoyang is useless now anyway, so he doesn't feel bad even if his son gets spoiled.

If you are not bad at playing, you can still practice your skills and accumulate some experience.

As the saying goes, if a wise man thinks a lot, he will make a mistake; if a fool thinks a lot, he will gain something.

For a novice like Sima Zhao, facing the current situation, it is almost natural for him to make mistakes while busy.

Xia Houmao, the great rat in the country, has been running the rat tunnel for many years. When he saw the light of hope in the gap in front of him, he naturally had to work hard to get into it.

"That's right." Xiahou Wei said, "We, the Xiahou clan, have been trapped in Luoyang for a long time. We wanted to leave before but couldn't."

"Seeing that the army of Western thieves is coming sooner or later, if we stay here any longer, we may be in trouble. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, it is better to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible."

When Xia Houxuan heard this, his originally calm and indifferent expression finally changed.

Unlike Xia Houxuan who had a grudge against the Cao family, although Xia Houxuan had offended Cao Rui, and because of his status as a leader of metaphysics, he was implicated by the "Glorious Eucalyptus", which resulted in the entire Cao Rui era being suppressed.

But Cao Shuang, the general in charge of state affairs now, is his cousin!

After Cao Shuang came to power, he repeatedly asked Sima Yi for help, and even promoted Sima Shi and Sima Zhao without holding their noses. This shows that he still values ​​Xia Houxuan, his cousin.

However, Xia Houxuan's reputation was too great, and Sima Yi was also afraid that Xia Houxuan would go to assist Cao Shuang and make a bad start for the world's scholars, so he was unwilling to agree to release him.

Now that I have the opportunity to leave Luoyang and go to Xuchang to express my ambition, it is impossible to say that Xia Houxuan is not moved.

It's just that after a rare look of excitement appeared on his face, it quickly dissipated.

Then, unexpectedly, the two of them shook their heads:

"No, I can't leave."

Xiahou Mao and Xiahou Wei were stunned and asked in unison:

"Why?"

Xia Houxuan let out a long sigh:

"The Sima family monitors me very strictly. If I follow, I'm afraid I will be discovered by them before I leave Luoyang."

"Not only will I not be able to leave, I'm afraid my two uncles will also be unable to leave."

It was Cao Rui's intention that the Xiahou clan be trapped in Luoyang.

The biggest trigger was Xiahou Ba's "turning into a traitor".

Therefore, when Cao Rui was there, the Xiahouwei clan was the most closely guarded.
To be continued...