Chapter 1029 Hidden Front (2)
“Cao Rui has decided to live in Xuchang permanently, and all the official offices in Luoyang will definitely move to Xuchang. At least the most important official offices must be moved before Sima Yi returns to Luoyang.”
Tiannu may know Cao Rui's true physical condition, but Mi Shiyilang can get the most reliable inside information from Princess Qinghe.
From the words Princess Qinghe revealed intermittently on weekdays, Mi Shiyilang judged that Cao Rui might not trust Sima Yi anymore.
As for the situation in Guanzhong, everything is said now.
Why was Feng Thief able to successfully raid thousands of miles away?
Why did Bingzhou Hedong happen to be empty of troops?
Why did Da Sima confront the Ge thieves in Wuzhangyuan, but watched helplessly as 50,000 imperial guardsmen were besieged and destroyed by the Ge thieves?
Is this because the Shu captives are too aggressive, or is it someone who is self-respecting and does this deliberately?
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Mi Shiyilang believed that from the moment Sima Yi decided to lead his troops to withdraw from Guanzhong, Cao Rui would not leave any official offices in Luoyang for Sima Yi that had an important influence on the court.
He looked at the goddess and said calmly:
“It is rumored that Sima Yi has led his army through Tongguan. Time is very tight. There will definitely be chaos in Luoyang soon. That is your best chance.”
There is a large Han army in the west, especially the Feng Gui King in the northwest, who may one day go to Luoyang City to fish.
The state of Wu in the southeast is constantly harassing us, and inside we must be on guard against powerful ministers with military power.
Under such internal and external difficulties, Cao Rui has been ill for a long time and may not have the energy to make special arrangements for the goddess. At most, he can only let the people below make arrangements.
However, the goddess of heaven has a special status. Although she lives in the harem, she is not confined to the palace like the concubines in the harem and is not allowed to leave even half a step.
As long as she thinks of a way, there is always a chance to get out of the palace - although the chance is rare, just once is enough.
“Then when will I leave the palace again?”
The goddess asked impatiently.
"Five days, I need at least five days to make arrangements. After five days, you can come to the princess's house in the name of exorcising evil spirits."
"No!" the goddess flatly refused, "Five days is too long. I only have three days at most. I will leave the palace to look for you in three days."
Mi Shiyilang frowned, slightly impatient.
If it were anyone else who dared to threaten him like this, he would have killed him long ago.
Do you really think this is a big man?
This is the capital of the puppet Wei Dynasty. If he is not careful, he himself will lose his head.
It's just that he can't move the woman in front of him yet. Not only can't he move, but he also has to comfort her, otherwise the risk will be too great.
“If it’s three days, the time is too tight, and there may be omissions in the arrangement. If someone discovers it, the consequences will be disastrous.”
“That’s better than waiting to die.”
The goddess shook her head and spoke firmly.
Mi Shiyilang finally couldn’t help but sarcastically said:
"When you came to Luoyang, didn't you think that one day things would be revealed? Why are you so afraid of death now?"
“Before coming to Luoyang, life was worse than death. Even if you are going to die when you come to Luoyang, you should finish enjoying it first and then die.”
The goddess rolled her eyes and said, "Now that I have the chance to live forever, of course it would be better to live forever."
She didn't feel there was anything wrong with what she did.
Farmers under Cao Wei's rule did not have ordinary hardships.
In other words, in today’s world, farmers all over the world are suffering.
It’s okay to work hard all year round and never have a moment to spare.
The key point is that most of the food grown has to be handed over, but he can’t even fill his belly.
Not to mention the labor that must be collected all year round, it is even more miserable.
Why do many people prefer to entrust their land to wealthy families rather than cultivate it?
It is because those powerful people can protect them from heavy taxes and labor.
Mi Shiyilang chuckled:
“Even if you escape from here and go to the Han Dynasty, how do you know that you don’t want to continue to be a peasant woman?”
The goddess of heaven also sneered without showing any signs of weakness:
“I have some connections with Mr. Hua Tuo’s disciples. I heard that Mr. Hua Tuo’s disciples are now under Feng Junhou. I have something on hand that they should be very interested in.”
Hua Tuo was killed, his disciples were scattered, and the "Qing Nang Shu" he wrote before his death was also burned.
It can be said that the medical knowledge of Hua Tuo's lineage has fallen into pieces.
Fan A and Li Dangzhi are doing well in the Han Dynasty now, and they have great potential to revive their division.
They also know that the reason why they are doing well is because they have excellent medical skills.
So they wanted to recreate Hua Tuo’s medical skills even more.
However, Fan A was good at acupuncture and Li Dangzhi was good at using medicine, but there was a missing person who could perfectly combine acupuncture and medicine.
This person is Wu Pu, another disciple of Hua Tuo.
Mi Shiyilang suddenly raised his head and stared at the goddess.
First he joined the Xinghan Society, then he became a potential opponent of King Feng Gui, and finally he was forced to be exiled. Mi Shiyilang had a deep understanding of King Feng Gui.
So of course he knew that some of Feng Guiwang's operations more than ten years ago were generally incomprehensible as child's play, but in hindsight, they basically had profound meanings.
The best example is that they spend a lot of money to train medical workers without hesitation.
In the words of Liangzhou military officers, it means that you have to live or die in battle. Death will not only exempt the family from corvee and tax, but also give the child a place to be sent to school, which is not a loss.
If it is alive, it will either be injured or intact. Needless to say, it goes without saying that if it is intact, maybe it can still make a contribution when the ancestral tomb is smoking.
If injured, either disabled or able to recover.
If you become disabled, you can either go back to your hometown and work as a mayor or something, or you can work as a security guard for the Xinghan Association.
Even going to Dongfeng Express to be a transportation team leader is a path that ordinary people cannot find. Without military service experience, these positions will not be easily open to ordinary people.
It doesn't matter if you get injured. Everyone knows that the military doctors under King Feng Gui are top-notch.
Other soldiers were seriously injured and almost escaped death, but the military doctors in the Liangzhou army were different. They had the confidence to fight for people from the King of Hell.
Other people need to rest for more than half a year when injured, but the Liangzhou military and Chinese medical workers can keep you alive and kicking in just three months.
To sum it up in one sentence: How can it be so easy to die?
Veterans who have experienced life and death are the most valuable assets in the army.
This is one of the reasons why with every battle, the opponent will find Feng Ghost King more and more difficult to deal with next time.
Because the proportion of veterans under his command is astonishingly high.
Not only did Mi Shiyilang understand this, he also knew that the goddess was indeed related to Hua Tuo's family.
If what the other party said is true, then he must find a way to send her out, and it would be best to send her to King Feng Gui - this is no small feat.
“How do I know what you say is true?”
Mi Shiyilang sat up straight and asked.
When the goddess saw his action, her veil rippled and she seemed to be smiling:
"If you don't believe it, I can teach you a few moves. As long as you keep practicing, you won't feel guilty when you face Princess Qinghe in the future."
Mi Shiyilang's expression changed.
As the saying goes, thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger.
He is not a figure like Feng Guiwang who calls himself a wolf, tiger or leopard.
Facing Princess Qinghe who has been a widow for many years and then needs revenge, he occasionally feels guilty.
Although it is only sometimes, this kind of "sometimes" is naturally not the best.
Mi Shiyilang pondered, and then asked:
“Can you climb mountains?”
"What?"
"To climb the mountain, it is definitely not feasible to take the Hangu Pass road now. The only way is to find a way to cross the river to the north, and then climb over the mountain and enter the east of the river."
On this large river channel between Chang'an and Luoyang, there may only be a few famous Dadukou.
the reason is simple.
Because Hedong County, which is separated by mountains and rivers from Luoyang, is an important salt supplier in the Central Plains.
Smuggling salt is a huge profit.
Since it was smuggling, we could not take the official road like Zhiguan, so we could only carry the salt bag over Wangwu Mountain and go south to the river.
Then find a small wild ferry and cross the river secretly.
“Taihang and Wangwu Mountains are 700 miles across and 10,000 feet high. They are originally located in the south of Jizhou and north of Heyang…”
The "Taihang and Wangwu Mountains" in Yu Gong Yishan refer to Taihang Mountain to the east of Bingzhou and Wangwu Mountain to the southeast of the river.
These small ferries cannot ferry large armies, but as long as you find a man with excellent boating skills and a man who wants money rather than his life, and wait for the opportunity to ferry dozens or even dozens of people, there will be no problem.
“You really have a solution!”
The goddess was delighted.
This was originally one of the secret escape routes that Mi Shiyilang found for himself, but now he can only give it to the goddess.
But it cannot be given away for free.
Mi Shiyilang secretly decided in his heart that if this woman lied to him in order to survive, he would have ten thousand ways to make her regret it.
Do you think people with the surname Mi are easy to bully among the Han people?
“It’s just too much!”
The exquisite celadon tea cup was thrown to the floor covered with fine velvet carpet, and rolled in a circle without breaking...
Cao Rui was half lying on the couch, with red eyes and breathing heavily.
Strongly supporting the diseased east signs made his body unbearable.
The cheeks were sunken into two pools, the nose was like an upright piece of wood, and the forehead shone with a dull pale light.
Although he was very angry, he could no longer make a loud sound. He hissed, and his throat seemed to be covered with tangled threads:
“You’ve gone too far to bully others, you’re a traitor! You shouldn’t have let him leave Luoyang in the first place and imprisoned him until he died!”
Sun Quan's defeat in the south did not make Cao Rui very happy.
Wu people have rat-like ears!
Having committed crimes in the north every year, how can you ever succeed?
The Shu captives to the west were a serious problem for the Wei Dynasty.
Not to mention that there are rebellious officials and traitors like Sima Yi among them!
Fully 50,000 Praetorian Guards!
The most trusted general, the most relied on elite army, disappeared so quietly...
Cao Rui cursed, tears streaming from his sunken eyes:
"I'm sorry Asu, Asu, I'm sorry for you..."
"I shouldn't have let you lead the army to Guanzhong in the first place. I should have brought you to Xuchang..."
After Cao Rui came to Xuchang, he had no way to deal with government affairs.
All matters in the DPRK are handled by Zhongshu Sheng and Shangshutai.
Liu Fang, Sun Zi and others were finally able to get their wish and began to secretly control Cao Rui's external communication channels.
Unless Cao Rui takes the initiative to summon the foreign ministers, it will be extremely difficult for the courtiers to enter the palace to have an audience.
And now Cao Rui can remember the people closest to him. How can he still have the energy to remember those foreign ministers?
So he was not aware of the little actions of Liu Fang, Sun Zi and others at all.
In his eyes, Sun and Liu are still the most trustworthy veterans of the three dynasties.
But Sun and Liu have begun to show their ferocious fangs towards their political opponents.
They have been encouraging Cao Rui to march eastward, for what reason?
Isn’t it just to prevent Cao Zhao, Qin Lang and others from becoming auxiliary ministers?
Now Qin Lang has disappeared - although the way of disappearing is a bit too cruel, which was not the original intention of the two of them.
They don’t want to overthrow the Wei Dynasty, but their lives are their own, and the Wei Dynasty belongs to the emperor.
With all their lives lost, what does it mean to them whether the Wei Dynasty collapses or not?
And now they are in the same boat as Sima Yi.
Sima Yi has fulfilled their request, and now it is their turn to fulfill Sima Yi's request.
“Is King Yan coming?”
“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yan is already waiting outside.”
“Let him in.”
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King Cao Yu of Yan entered the bedroom and did not dare to raise his head. He just saluted in the direction of Cao Rui:
“I wish to see you, Your Majesty.”
Cao Rui didn't have the extra energy to talk nonsense. He looked at his uncle (Cao Yu was the son of Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan) and said straight to the point:
"King Yan, I want to make you a general and help those who come after you to manage the affairs of the court. How about that?"
Cao Yu was so frightened that he quickly fell to the ground:
"I accept your majesty's wrong love, and I am sincerely afraid. However, I am stupid by nature and cannot bear important responsibilities. If your majesty insists on letting me serve as a general, it will harm the country in the future. I am afraid that it will insult your majesty's holy name. Please withdraw your order."
Looking at Cao Yu's appearance, Cao Rui had a disappointed look on his face.
Having reached this point, isn't my uncle still willing to stand up?
He tried to persuade him with his heart, but his physical strength was exhausted.
Lian Zhao, who had been standing by the couch, understood, walked to Cao Yu, bent down and whispered:
“King Yan, your Majesty knows your intention, please come back.”
Cao Yu then stood up and respectfully withdrew.
Lian Zhao sent Cao Yu to the door, and Sun and Liu, who were guarding the door, hurriedly came over to greet him.
Cao Yu didn’t say much, bowed to the two of them, and left.
Sun and Liu looked at Lian Zhao, and Lian Zhao nodded slightly.
Sun Zi and Liu Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
“Your Majesty, the two lieutenants are here.”
Lian Zhao returned to Cao Rui and said softly.
Cao Rui, who had been concentrating on concentrating his energy, opened his eyes and sighed:
“The King of Yan is still unwilling to take up the post of general, which really disappoints me.”
Sun Zi took a step forward and replied:
"Your Majesty, it may be because King Yan knows that he cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility, so he is like this."
Cao Rui sighed again:
"If King Yan can't take on big responsibilities, then who can make me feel at ease?"
“Your Majesty, someone who can take on a big responsibility is already waiting outside. Why don’t you summon him and ask him?”
"who?"
“Cao Zhaobo.”
Cao Rui was silent at first, and then simply closed his eyes.
After a long time, he muttered like he was dreaming: "Cao Shuang?"
“Exactly.”
“Where is Changsi?” (i.e. Cao Zhao)
“Your Majesty, Changshi Cao has not been to the palace for several days.”
Cao Rui opened his eyes suddenly and stared at Sun and Liu in front of the couch.
Liu Fang and Sun Zi bowed their heads in silence, seeming to be waiting for Cao Rui to summon Cao Shuang.
There was an eerie silence in Cao Rui's bedroom.
(End of this chapter)