"Also, relatives and foreign relatives from various places who are in charge of military and political affairs abroad also call back to Beijing to show the joy of royal family ties."

He looked at Lian Zhao, "Especially the Xiahou clan, they are the most important in-laws of our royal family. Anyone who guards more than one county must be invited back."

Lian Zhao quickly responded: "No!"

"Is Cao Rui really going to be fooled?"

Feng Yong was half lying in the carriage, holding the news that had just been sent from Wei State in his hand, with a look of surprise on his face.

After staying in Hanzhong for two or three months, he finally set off back to Longyou.

Qishan Road is the best road out of Hanzhong. In addition, the Han Dynasty has not stopped repairing Qishan Road in recent years.

Nowadays, many postal stations have been built along the entire Qishan Road, making communication between Longyou and Hanzhong faster.

There are even many sections where two cars can merge.

"He doesn't want to be fooled, but even if he knew it was a rumor spread by a big man, he would still hold his nose and admit it, saying that Xiahou Ba was a collaborator."

Zhang Xingyi, who was sitting next to him, had a cunning look on his face, and his big eyes were shining.

"Talk about it."

Feng Yong got up and asked with great interest.

Although he initially wanted to spread rumors, the main purpose was to disgust Cao Rui and Xiahou Ba, and to stir up public opinion.

If you don't occupy the position of public opinion, the enemy will.

It is always right to create more public opinion.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xingyi guessed that he wanted to mess with Xiahou Ba and actually planned the rumor plan himself.

Feng Yong's attitude towards the women who follow him has always been different.

For example, to Guan Ji, it is similar to Adou: "Xijun is right, Xijun is right!"

For Amei, I tried my best to provide her with a quiet environment so that she could study and do scientific research with peace of mind.

For Li Mu, as wild as your heart is, I will have as big a platform as you can.

As for Zhang Xiaosi, he basically dragged her to do bad things together.

After all, Zhang Xiaosi is good at things like conspiracy.

This time, Zhang Xiaosi once again proved his talent: from Cao Rui's series of actions, it seems that he was really fooled.

Although Zhang Xingyi learned to ride a horse in Longyou in the past few years, riding a horse frequently can easily lead to bandy legs.

Last time she had to rush, so she could only ride with Feng Yong, but this time the trip was easy, so she naturally wanted to take a car.

Sometimes when Feng Yong got tired from riding, he would get into the car and rest for a while, which would make him happy.

The car's shock absorption is very poor, and the road conditions are far inferior to those of later generations' highways. Sitting in the car, it shakes a bit.

But seeing Zhang Xingyi shaking his head as the car shook, he said proudly:

"Since Cao Rui became the false emperor, the two battles at Longyou and Shiting have exhausted all the prestige he had accumulated."

"Coupled with this battle at Xiao Guan, if he doesn't handle it well, he may lose face."

Ordinary people, if they have no prestige and face, have little say at home and will be bullied by others outside.

But if it were the emperor, it would be easy for his ministers to bully him.

If the people in the country can still live their lives, it will be fine. If they cannot live, then someone will talk nonsense and say that there is an "incompetent king" or a "foolish king", and it will be a matter of death.

No matter how wise and decisive you are, you have spent so much money and food, emptied the treasury, and made the people in the country miserable, but you have been defeated for several consecutive years. This is incompetence.

You are so incompetent, and for the sake of the country, is it too much to ask the Queen Mother to appoint a new king?

Not too much at all!

"So Cao Rui must be in urgent need of someone to take the responsibility for his defeat this time..."

"Take the blame?"

"What taking the blame?"

"Oh, it's okay. I mean, the commander of this battle is Cao Zhen. He led an army of 100,000 and was defeated. What can Xiahou Ba do?"

Feng Junhou still didn't quite understand.

"How stupid! After the Battle of Shiting, was Cao Xiu later held accountable?"

Zhang Xingyi curled his lips and said, "Cao Rui not only refused to hold Cao Xiu responsible for the defeat because he considered Cao Xiu a kin, but instead sent people to comfort him. Cao Zhen is also a kin, why should he be held accountable?"

"If we don't ask Cao Xiu's responsibility, the soldiers below may not have complaints; if we hold Cao Zhen accountable now, we will lose the hope of the clan. Cao Rui is crazy and would do such inconsistent things."

"If you don't ask Cao Zhen's responsibility, how can you explain it to the hundreds of thousands of Cao thieves in Guanzhong? Or Cao Rui should take the responsibility himself..."

When Zhang Xingyi said this, Feng Yong completely understood and blurted out: "Either find someone to take it on!"

"That's right!" Zhang Xingyi said with a smile, "Alang has said before that Cao Rui has the most impatient temper and is suspected of overjoying great achievements."

"So according to my concubine, he will definitely not take on this responsibility unless he is forced to do so. And I also said before that if Cao Rui doesn't handle it well, he will lose his face."

"So even if he had the intention, he would not dare to take the responsibility for the defeat easily at this time."

Feng Yong slapped his thigh and laughed:

"It just so happens that Xiahou Ba is an in-law of the Cao family, and this identity is just right. Coupled with the rumors we spread, Cao Rui just followed the trend and put the blame on him."

It's an upright conspiracy. Cao Rui knew there was a problem, but he still endured his nausea and stepped into it.

"In this case, I'm afraid he will still thank us! Si Niang, having you is really like a fish in water for me..."

Looking at Zhang Xiaosi's beautiful face, Feng Junhou couldn't help but move closer, feeling that he really loved this woman.

"Thank you, thank you." Zhang Xingyi used to take the initiative, but now Feng Qinshou rarely takes the initiative, but she is a little shy, "I'm afraid Cao Rui wants to eat you!"

"I want to eat you now too..."

Feng Junhou hugged her.
Chapter completed!