Sima Yi and this servant of Cao Pi's mansion named Wu Qiong were actually fellow villagers, both from Wen County, Hanoi County. [f]

However, because the two have too many different statuses, they rarely say anything when they occasionally walk on the street. Today, Sima Yi saw Wu Qiong's strangeness and felt suspicious, so he took the initiative to say hello to Wu Qiong.

Wu Qiong was riding on the horse, anxiously waiting for Sima Yi and his group to go out of the city. When Sima Yi suddenly asked this, he was a little surprised. Then he quickly dismounted and bowed to Sima Yi and said:

"Oh, it's Lord Changshi. I haven't seen the turbid eyes of my little eyes. I hope Lord Changshi will forgive me. I'm following the order of the master of the mansion to send a letter."

In fact, Wu Qiong had seen Sima Yi for a long time. He said this on purpose, pretending that he didn't see it.

Sima Yi laughed and waved his hands repeatedly: It's okay, it's okay.

While speaking, he walked to Wu Qiong, turned around and looked up at the distant sky and said casually:

"The weather today is so beautiful. The sky is clear and the wind is warm. It is a good day to travel. I wonder where Ziheng sent you to deliver the letter and who did you give it to?"

"Well……"

Wu Qiong hesitated for a moment, remembering Cao Pi's instructions to him before leaving, and replied apologetically:

"I really apologize. My father is deliberately treating the young man before leaving. It is inconvenient to inform others about this. I hope Lord Shi will not be surprised."

Wu Qiong knew that Cao Pi and Sima Yi had a very close relationship, and he and Sima Yi were fellow villagers, so he did not regard Sima Yi as an outsider at all.

But I didn't know that the one Cao Pi didn't want people to know the least of this letter was Sima Yi.

When Sima Yi heard Wu Qiong's words, he couldn't let Wu Qiong go. Although he was full of suspicion, he had no expression on his expression, but laughed a few times after Wu Qiong finished speaking and said:

"Okay, okay, since Ziheng is so kind, I will not ask anymore, so as not to make you bother with both sides. Oh, it's a pity that you and I have never had a drink together. Let's do this, it's still early at this time, so you and I will go to the restaurant in front to have a few drinks, talk about the topic of our hometown, and talk about the past. How about it, you won't reject my invitation, right?"

Wu Qiong was flattered to be able to drink with Sima Yi, who is the chief minister of the sixth rank. Although he felt that drinking at this time was not good, he thought that Sima Yi and he were fellow townsmen and a close friend of the master. Even if the master knew about this, he would not blame him deeply according to Sima Yi's face. Besides, the journey to Yunnan is long and he doesn't care about delaying these few hours.

Thinking of this, Wu Qiong agreed to Sima Yi's proposal.

The process was brief. After the wine and food were placed, the two sat face to face. Sima Yi personally picked up the wine pot and poured wine for Wu Qiong, and said some words from the village head to win over his relationship. Wu Qiong never dreamed that he would enjoy such an honor one day. He was full of thought that Sima Yi would consider himself as his fellow countrymen from now on and take care of himself from all aspects. Therefore, he refused to give in to Sima Yi's advice to drink, and soon got drunk.

With a loud bang, the wine glass in Wu Qiong's hand fell on the wooden floor under his feet.

After Wu Qiong finished the last glass of wine, he couldn't drink it anymore and said to Sima Yi with his tongue:

"Sir Changshi, the young one... really can't drink anymore. The young one... still have to send a letter... so I'll say goodbye to Mr. Changshi."

As he said that, Wu Qiong stood up from his seat and bowed to Sima Yi. However, he did not stand up straight, but threw himself on the table. With a clamor, cups, plates, bowls and cups fell all over the floor.

"Wu Qiong?Wu Qiong?"

Sima Yi called Wu Qiong's name twice, but there was no response. After waiting for a while, he pushed again, but Wu Qiong still did not respond. After a while, Wu Qiong's snoring sounded like thunder in the room.

Sima Yi looked at Wu Qiong who was sleeping like a dead person, and a chuckled slightly at the corner of his mouth. Then he came to the front of the room, opened the room and took out a few taels of silver from his arms and asked the soldiers guarding outside to go downstairs to have a drink.

The soldier was already swallowing his saliva while smelling the aroma of the wine and food in the restaurant. He received Sima Yi's permission, especially the silver for drinking, which made the soldier thank Sima Yi for his gratitude and ran downstairs to the waiter in the shouting shop to serve the wine and food.

Sima Yi retreated back to the house, bolted it, came behind the sleeping Wu Qiong, opened Wu Qiong's package, and searched carefully.

After searching for a while, there was only some clothes and silver in the package, and I didn't see any letters. Sima Yi turned around and looked at Wu Qiong, hoping that the letters should be on Wu Qiong.

Then he turned Wu Qiong, who was sleeping soundly, turned his back on his face, uncovered Wu Qiong's clothes, and reached into Wu Qiong's arms to grop.

After exploring for a few moments, Sima Yi's hand stopped in vain, and then slowly pulled his hand out of Wu Qiong's arms.

Between his index finger and middle finger, there was a letter

Sima Yi frowned deeply when he saw the letter with the hot lacquer seal. Because this meant that the letter was highly confidential and would be discovered once it was opened halfway through.

Who did Cao Pi want to send such highly confidential letters to? What secrets do he have to hide from me?

Sima Yi looked at the hot lacquer seal on the seal and hesitated secretly.

Then, Sima Yi carried a corner of the letter and threw the letter paper inside to the other side of the envelope. Then he tore the envelope apart along the side without the letter paper, so that the lacquer seal in the middle of the envelope was intact.

Soon, the letter paper in the envelope was taken out, and Sima Yi opened it and took a closer look—

Uncle Eight:

My nephew Pi was confused for a moment and was deceived by Sima Yi and repeatedly assassinated by the eighth uncle. Now that I am awakened, I regret it. However, although Pier knew his mistake, he did not know whether the eighth uncle could forgive Pier. He was nervous and worried. Therefore, I made this letter to express my regret. I hope that the eighth uncle would give Pier a chance to reform himself in front of his father. Then Pier would not forget the kindness of the eighth uncle.

In a hurry, the grass wrote this letter and couldn't express it all. I hope the eighth uncle will forgive me.

Nephew, Pi, respectfully wait for the reply.

After reading the letter, Sima Yi took a deep breath and was stunned on the spot.

If it weren't for chance that Wu Qiong was delivering the letter, if it wasn't for suspicion that Wu Qiong's expression was a little wrong, if it wasn't for getting Wu Qiong drunk and taking out the letter and opening it to watch...

Not long after, Wu Fan could ask Cao Pi to arrest his whole family with a reply letter and ask for a lawsuit.

It's really a matter of heaven that I'm Sima family

Sima Yi sighed with gratitude.

What should we do next? How to resolve this crisis and even turn it into danger?

Even though Sima Yi has always been mature and steady, he can't help but gather a layer of fine sweat on his forehead, frowning and trying his best to plan the corresponding method.

After accidentally seeing the envelope thrown aside, Sima Yi's gaze gradually became clear.

Yes, that's it

Originally, the reason why Sima Yi kept this hot lacquer seal was to forge the same seal. After reading the letter, he put the letter into a new envelope and then stamped the hot lacquer seal with the forged seal to prevent people from seeing the letter.

Now, Sima Yi came up with a new idea.

Standing up, Sima Yi brought Wu Qiong, who was sleeping soundly, to the table, covered the bedding, and put down the curtain. Then, Sima Yi walked out of the guest room and came downstairs to look for the soldiers, telling them to rest in this restaurant tonight and take turns to Wu Qiong's room to be on duty.

Given Wu Qiong's drunkenness at this time, Sima Yi believed that he would not wake up before midnight today. There were more than four hours before midnight, which was enough to complete his plan.

After paying the room for several soldiers in advance, Sima Yi walked out of the restaurant and quickly returned to his mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Sima Yi ordered his servants to quickly find several craftsmen in the mansion and go to the study to see him.

After a while, several craftsmen from the mansion came to the study and greeted Sima Yi.

These craftsmen were all carefully crafted by Sima Yi, including carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, tailors, etc. As for the original intentions of these craftsmen, Sima Yi did not have a clear idea at the beginning. If he had to say that he had an idea, it would be nothing more than being prepared for any trouble.

Today, these craftsmen who had been reserved for a long time finally came in handy.

Sima Yi quickly glanced at the craftsman in front of him and asked the few people directly:

"Who can carve seals for you guys?"

The carpenter and the stonemason came out one after another and bowed to Sima Yi:

"Master, the younger one can carve seals."

Sima Yi looked at the two and asked again:

"How do you two carve seals, and how long does it take at the shortest time?"

The carpenter first replied:

"When I go back to the master, the young man carved seals with dense wood and carving knives. If the master doesn't ask for the appearance, the young man can carve it in about two hours at the earliest."

Sima Yi nodded.

The stonemason glanced at the carpenter, with a clear pressure on his expression, but he still said:

"When I go back to the master, the young man carved seals with bluestone and carving knives. If the master doesn't ask for appearance, the young man can be carved as fast as possible... five hours can be carved. However, although the small man carved seals a bit slow, their service life is absolutely..."

The stonemason also wanted to explain the advantages of stone seals in detail, but was interrupted by Sima Yi. Then, in the envious eyes of the stonemason, the work of carving seals was given to the carpenter.

How could he know that it was a great blessing for him to not receive the job of engraving seals in his life.

The next moment, all the craftsmen left the study, but the only carpenter was left. Sima Yi took out the envelope with the lacquer seal and gave it to the carpenter, asking him to carve the seal according to the text and patterns on the seal.

After the carpenter took the envelope, he looked carefully and his eyes widened. He saw that the words "Cao Pi. Ziheng" were clearly printed on the fire lacquer.

Obviously, this is Cao Pi's seal

The carpenter raised his head and looked at Sima Yi in surprise, not knowing what Sima Yi did to carve Cao Pi's seal.

Sima Yi looked at the carpenter coldly and asked knowingly:

"What, is there any problem?"

The carpenter quickly lowered his head and said that there was no one. Sima Yi ordered the carpenter to start immediately and do not have to carve the seal within two hours.

The carpenter took the order and left.

After the carpenter left, Sima Yi spread a piece of letter paper on the table, picked up his pen and thought for a while, and imitated Cao Pi's handwriting to write a new letter-

Uncle Eight:

My father treated you very well before his death, so many of the Cao family's relatives and ministers went to envy him. Now, my father was unfortunately harmed by others and died before he could achieve his hegemony. The old ministers in the original class all beat me and paused and wailed. Only the eighth uncle, although he received the excuse of pacifying the Southern Barbarians, was unmoved at all. If my father knew about it under the spring, he would be unable to close his eyes.

My father is well-known to his uncle's love for others, and many civil and military officials have complaints. However, my father's willful deeds eventually led to the embarrassment today, which made people all over the world laugh at him.

Pi often wondered what kind of virtue and ability of the eighth uncle, so that his father was so kind? What I saw today was just a ungrateful and merciless civilian.

I hope the Baba replied quickly to the answer

This letter is different from the meanings of the letters written by Cao Pi, and is even completely slandered. Not only does it mean to regret every word and seek Wu Fan's forgiveness, but it is sarcastic and insulting.

After the letter was finished, Sima Yi read it again from beginning to end, and a smile appeared on his face.

Two hours later, the carpenter gave Sima Yi the forged Cao Pi seal to Sima Yi. Sima Yi took the seal, put the letter paper into a new envelope, sealed it with fire lacquer, and then pressed the seal on the fire lacquer, and a complete unopened letter from Cao Pi was completed.
To be continued...