Chapter 197 Lu Yi seduces Dan and the feast in the river valley
Mi Yang's five-day time limit was based on Ding Feng's return time.
It takes about two days to go upstream from Shangyong to Xicheng, and four days to go back and forth.
In addition, the time from Shen Yi's reaction to departure after receiving Mi Yang's letter was just right.
As for whether Shen Yi would come as requested after reading his letter, Mi Yang was not sure.
Because the brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi controlled Shangyong and Xicheng respectively, the only way to catch them all was through hosting a banquet.
It would be best if Shen Yi could come, but it wouldn't hurt if he couldn't come.
With the army in hand, Mi Yang has the confidence.
After receiving Mi Yang's letter, Ding Feng headed towards Xicheng the next day.
Lu Yi, who also received Mi Yang's instructions, also returned to Shangyong City the next day.
Because Mi Yang was in the river valley outside Shangyong City, Mi Yang did not write a letter to Shen Dan, but asked Lu Yi to convey his invitation orally.
After Lu Yi returned to Shangyong City, he immediately came to the prefect's mansion and found Shen Dan who was busy working.
Although Shen Dan regarded Hanxing County as an independent kingdom for his Shen family, because of this, he never slacked off at all when governing Hanxing County, and was completely busy taking care of his own property.
It's just a pity that under his management, the population and farmland in Hanxing County have become less and less, and they have all fallen into the private households of his Shen family.
After Shen Dan saw Lu Yi arriving, a smile appeared on his face.
Lu Yi was born into a noble family in Nanyang, and Lu Yi and his son were famous throughout Shu. Everyone would naturally have a favorable impression of such a person.
What's more, in the month since Lu Yi became the county magistrate, Lu Yi had turned a blind eye to all other government affairs except for the matter of raising grain and grass.
It was hard for Shen Dan not to have a favorable impression of the county magistrate who had such a good reputation and did not restrict him at all.
After Lu Yi came to Shen Dan, he bowed to him and said: "Five days from now, the prince will hold a banquet in the valley camp. I would like to invite Lord Shen, the chief of the west city, and all the officials of the county to the camp."
Attending a banquet."
After hearing Lu Yi's words, a look of surprise appeared on Shen Dan's face.
This was the first time that Lu Yi conveyed Mi Yang's meaning to him in this month.
Hearing that Mi Yang was going to hold a sudden banquet to entertain himself, Shen Yi, and all the county officials, Shen Dan couldn't help but feel hesitant.
Shen Dan and Lu Yi said: "Why did the Lord hold a banquet?"
The reason why Shen Dan was hesitant was not because he was aware of Mi Yang's true intention, but because he was curious about the reason why Mi Yang held the banquet.
In today's world, it is common to hold banquets to entertain subordinates or friends, but most of them have a reason.
Because the act of hosting and attending banquets is regarded as a formal social activity in the eyes of the world.
So there are very few banquets without a reason.
Under Shen Dan's hesitant inquiry, Lu Yi remained calm and said with a natural smile on his face: "Yesterday, Deng Ai, the general under Fujun, captured a white tiger when he led his army to hunt."
"That white tiger is completely white from top to bottom. It is extremely rare."
"Since ancient times, the white tiger has been hailed as auspicious. If a general is lucky enough to capture the white tiger, it means that the general will achieve great success."
"Because of this meaning, the Lord of the Prefecture specially held a banquet to celebrate, and invited Lord Shen and all the county officials to go to the military camp to watch this wonder of the world."
Hearing that Mi Yang had captured a white tiger, Shen Dan also became curious.
In the impression of the current people, wild beasts have many mixed colors all over their bodies. Those beasts whose whole bodies are of the same color belong to the category of strange and auspicious beasts.
For such a strange beast that was rare to see in a century, Shen Dan was really interested in admiring it.
Moreover, Mi Yang held a banquet for this reason, which was indeed the right thing to do.
But Shen Dan still had a question in his mind, and that was why Mi Yang invited his younger brother Shen Yi to come.
Shen Dan said to Lu Yiyan: "Yidu is the county magistrate of Xicheng. He is busy with government affairs on weekdays, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to come. And I have been busy with business recently, so I may not be able to go."
Shen Dan's words were clearly telling him, but in fact he was testing Lu Yi, and Lu Yi heard Shen Dan's temptation.
But facing Shen Dan's temptation, he said with a nonchalant look on his face: "The Lord Fu said that his capture of the white tiger is something worthy of celebration.
Because of this, he extended an invitation to Shen Jun and the West City Chief.
The Lord of the Palace not only invited Lord Shen and the Chief of the West City, but even Wang Fangling was invited."
"The Lord of the Palace is doing this to celebrate together, and secondly, he wants to take this opportunity to thank Lord Shen and the Mayor of the West City. After all, Lord Shen and the Mayor of the West City have helped the Lord a lot during this period of time."
"But if Lord Shen or Mayor Xicheng is unable to make the appointment due to busy schedules, that's okay."
The indifferent look on Lu Yi's face and his words gradually made Shen Dan's suspicion dissipate.
On the surface, this was just a normal banquet invitation. Mi Yang never forced Shen Dan and Shen Yi to come.
Just like Mi Yang said, it's best if Brother Shen Dan comes. If they don't come, he will knock on the door one by one.
Mi Yang's attitude gave Lu Yi the confidence to say this.
Seeing Lu Yi's attitude, Shen Dan's heart gradually calmed down.
If Lu Yi was impatient or had other abnormalities in response to his temptation, then he would definitely not go.
After the test, Shen Dan immediately changed his tone and said to Lu Yi: "In five days, Dan will definitely go to the valley camp in person to celebrate the master's hunting of this strange beast."
After getting Shen Dan's answer, Lu Yi was overjoyed.
But there wasn't much joy on his face. His expression was the same as before. It seemed to him that it didn't matter whether Shen Dan went to the banquet or not.
The look on Lu Yi's face made Shen Dan even more suspicious of him.
After receiving Shen Dan's reply, Lu Yi bowed to Shen Dan and left.
After Lu Yi left, Shen Dan asked the servants in the hall to summon the staff who were currently working in the prefect's mansion.
Then after they arrived, Shen Dan made public Mi Yang's invitation conveyed by Lu Yi.
After Shen Dan informed everyone of Mi Yang's invitation, most people did not show any doubts on their faces. Only a few people said with doubts:
"The prince suddenly held a banquet, something seems fishy."
After these people expressed this doubt, before Shen Dan could say anything, others began to refute this statement.
"What's so strange? Could it be the Hongmen Banquet?"
As soon as this person said this, smiles instantly appeared on the faces of everyone in the hall, even Shen Dan's face.
Because everyone knew that this person was deliberately making fun of the story of the Hongmen Banquet.
The Hongmen Banquet tells the story of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu. The reason why the Hongmen Banquet happened is essentially because of the struggle for power.
But now since Mi Yang came to Hanxing County, he only focused on training soldiers every day, let alone government affairs. Since entering the military camp, he has never set foot in the prefect's mansion in Shangyong City.
Shen Dan and Mi Yang have always treated each other with respect and enjoyed cooperation in recent days.
Based on Mi Yang's performance, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy to say that Mi Yang would suddenly attack Shen Dan because of a power struggle.
Moreover, although Shen Dan is only a county magistrate now, he made great contributions to Liu Bei's capture of Hanxing County.
How could Mi Yang act rashly against such a meritorious minister while the King of Hanzhong was still there?
After all, although Shen Dan was removed from his military post by Liu Bei and demoted to a county magistrate, his title of Marquis was not removed by Liu Bei.
He is still a Yuanxiang Hou!
Mi Yang was favored again. After all, he was still a minister of the King of Hanzhong. How could he rashly attack a line of princes?
The person who raised some questions about Mi Yang's banquet was forced to refute by his colleagues.
But in the end, he thought about it and couldn't find any reason, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart.
It's not that he guessed Mi Yang's intention, he just expressed doubts about Mi Yang's sudden banquet.
This small episode did not change Shen Dan's plan.
The reason why Shen Dan didn't have much suspicion about Mi Yang's sudden invitation was because Mi Yang's previous performance made him feel relieved. Another point was that in Shen Dan's knowledge, Mi Yang's
The army was not well trained.
Before Mi Yang came, he probably made some inquiries and knew that although the army brought by Mi Yang was ten thousand strong, most of them were newly recruited soldiers, and the orders had not been unified at all.
It has been less than two months since Mi Yang arrived in Hanxing County. Under such circumstances, it is unlikely that Mi Yang can fully train his army.
Although Shen Dan had a wide range of spies outside the military camp, Mi Yang set up the camp in a river valley and took strict confidentiality measures.
Therefore, Shen Dan did not know the training progress of Mi Yang's army. In this case, he could only make inferences based on his past training speed.
In Shen Dan's view, Mi Yang, who has not yet been trained in the army, really has nothing to be afraid of.
Under this heavy inner reliance, Shen Dan, an old fox, took the most important step in his life.
But before going to the appointment, Shen Dan still wrote a letter and sent it to the Shen Yi Office in Xicheng.
The five days came in an instant. When the fifth day arrived, Mi Yang got up early at dawn.
Under Guan Yan's service, Mi Yang put on his crown.
Because of the special nature of today's banquet, at Guan Yan's request, Mi Yang put on an inner armor under her outer robe.
After completing all this, Mi Yang just walked out of the inner tent, and at this time, all his confidants in the outer tent had already gathered in the big tent.
Just yesterday, Ding Feng had returned from Xicheng.
And what he brought back was a reply letter from Shen Yi.
In Shen Yi's reply, he humbly stated that he had been ill in recent days and might not be able to attend the appointment, and asked Mi Yang for your forgiveness.
After reading this letter, there was no disappointment on Mi Yang's face. Mi Yang had already imagined such a situation.
The brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi live in two cities. The idea of catching up all the Shen family through a banquet is very beautiful, but the risk of failure is also very high.
The reason why he had to wait until the army was well trained before starting to take action was to be prepared to overturn the table if his plan failed.
It's just that although Shen Yi declined Mi Yang's invitation, Shen Dan promised to come and accept the invitation.
This has already made Mi Yang count his gains.
Another reward is that his first confidant Wang Hong finally returned to him.
At the same time, Wang Hong also brought a very important piece of information.
That's how he finally collected some evidence about the Shen brothers during his stay in Hanxing County.
This evidence of guilt has always been on Wang Hong, but Mi Yang's army had not been trained yet, so Mi Yang did not rush to summon Wang Hong.
In everything, it is important to have a good reputation. Even Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, had to announce the evidence of Zhou Qun's crime in public before putting him in prison, so as to convince people's hearts.
If local powerful people were killed at will without any reason, the local powerful people under Liu Bei's rule would have rebelled long ago.
There is a reason why Mi Yang decided to take action five days later. He was also waiting for Wang Hong to bring the evidence of the crime.
Looking at the confidants in the tent, Mi Yang turned his attention to Zhang Yi, looked at him and asked, "Is everything ready?"
Facing Mi Yang's inquiry, Zhang Yi nodded solemnly.
Zhang Ni's nod brought a smile to Mi Yang's face.
Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.
The army in the valley camp did not start training as usual today.
Under the command of their respective generals, they began to garrison at key points in the camp.
As the sunlight gradually shifted, the figures of Shen Dan and his party gradually appeared outside the river valley.
And it was Lu Yi who was leading the way for Shen Dan and his party.
At Mi Yang's invitation, Shen Dan brought out most of the staff in the prefect's mansion.
In addition, Shen Dan also brought hundreds of soldiers to follow him just in case.
This team of more than a hundred people, led by Lu Yi, gradually arrived at the gate of the valley camp.
When he came under the gate, Shen Dan found that Mi Yang was already waiting for him.
When Shen Dan saw Mi Yang coming out to greet him in person, and that he didn't have many soldiers behind him, Shen Dan was moved and felt a little guilty.
Mr. Fu, how much you trust him.
Shen Dan immediately led the county officials behind him and bowed down to Mi Yang.
After Shen Dan and his party finished saluting, Mi Yang helped Shen Dan up with a smile and ordered all Shen Dan's staff to stand up.
This scene is just like the day when Mi Yang first came to Shangyong City.
After helping Shen Dan up, Mi Yang personally took Shen Dan's hand and led him all the way to the valley camp.
Facing Mi Yang's kindness, Shen Dan couldn't refuse. He could only let himself be led by Mi Yang towards the valley camp.
As for the hundreds of soldiers brought by Shen Dan, Mi Yang did not stop them from entering.
The deeper into the valley camp, Shen Dan's eyes couldn't help but look around the camp.
Since January, he has sent many spies outside the camp, but his spies have never been able to detect the scene inside the camp for him.
So today is the first time Shen Dan has seen the inside of this valley camp.
In Shen Dan's sight, the entire camp's fortresses were built in an orderly manner, and many sentries were placed at every important location in the camp.
Moreover, at those locations, a group of majestic soldiers would patrol by from time to time.
Shen Dan was also the one who led the troops. After seeing this scene, he couldn't help but secretly praise Mi Yang for his reputation as a famous general and that he really led the troops well.
Mi Yang dragged Shen Dan all the way to the outside of his main tent. When Mi Yang was about to lead Shen Dan into the main tent, hundreds of soldiers behind him also wanted to follow, but they were blocked by the people outside Mi Yang's tent.
Blocked by personal guards.
This scene was seen by Shen Dan. Although he wanted hundreds of clan soldiers to guard him in the tent, this was obviously very rude.
Therefore, after thinking about it, he ordered hundreds of clan soldiers to wait outside, while he himself led only a few personal guards inside.
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