After Sima Yi realized something was wrong, he immediately chased him from western Liaoning to Liaodong.
While Chang Sheng was secretly investigating, Huang Ge, who was left in Liaodong, also acted quickly after receiving the order from Sima Yi. The Huang Ge, which was built for four years, has initially shown the prototype of the intelligence agency in later generations. Although Liu Chuang did not know how to set up an intelligence agency, he had watched so many spy movies in his previous life and read many biographies of intelligence agencies in later generations, and more or less understood the structure of the intelligence agency. And such an intelligence agency that was more than a thousand years ahead of this era was enough to sweep this era under the leadership of Sima Yi.
Sima Yi did not let go, and even went to Tianleihuo Workshop to inquire.
Of course, he had no way to get into the Tianleihuo Workshop because it required strict personnel screening.
However, he chose another way to do odd jobs in a tavern near the workshop. Through the conversations between the craftsmen in the workshop, he still caught many clues. And these clues, coupled with the continuous information sent by Huangge, gathered together, Sima Yi quickly made a judgment: everything was the commander of Tian Shao, the great hero of Liaodong.
"When Tian Shao helped his brother to take Xiangping, he became arrogant and domineering.
When Chen Changwen was the prefect of Liaodong, he was very generous to him because he was concerned about his local tyrant status. However, this made this person even more arrogant. His brother opened the Guangkashima Salt Farm, which made Tian Shao quite jealous. He wanted to make salt privately several times, and even dug up the salt workers at the Guangkashima Salt Farm. It is said that even the Guangkashima Salt Farm was privately attracted by this person.
Last year, because he was too rampant to make private salt, Guan Tai ordered the destruction of his private salt workshop and arrested more than a dozen members of the Tian clan.
If the prefect hadn't come forward to plead with mercy, he would have been the only one who could have been... Tian Shao was very sincere at the time and even made a special trip to apologize. But in private, he spoke wildly, saying that if it weren't for his efforts, the lord would not have been able to seize Liaodong at all, and it would be even more impossible to have a foundation today. He even said that on this acre of three-point land in Liaodong, Tian Shao's words were more useful than the lord's laws..."
Liu Chuang sat aside and listened, but said nothing.
Sima Yi glanced at him and continued: "Besides, Tian Shao had been selling goods privately with Fu Yuguo.
Now that his brother and husband Yuguo are in good condition, they no longer restrict trade, which has caused considerable damage to Tian Shao's interests. In addition, he is disabled and can never be used by his brother. His son also caused trouble last year because he was in Nanshan Academy and was expelled from the academy by Chief Kong... In short, what happened in the past two years has made him feel a lot of dissatisfied with his brother, and even full of resentment towards his brother.
Around August, many strange faces suddenly appeared in Tian Mansion.
Those people spoke official words and did not talk to others on weekdays... Tian Shao told the public that those people were his distant relatives. Now there is a war in the Central Plains. So they came to join us. However, according to Huangge's investigation, Tian Shao was born and raised in Liaodong. He went back to six generations and lived in Liaodong and had no relatives in the Central Plains. Unfortunately, these people lived in simplicity and did not talk to others.
I didn't dare to alert the snake, I just let Huang Pavilion secretly monitor...
During this period, Tian Shao often summoned Xinchang's subordinates to inquire about the situation of the Tianleihuo Workshop in words.
I guess. He probably wanted to inquire about the recipe for Tianleihuo!
In addition, I also found out a situation. The guards of Tianfu West Cross-Court have been tightly guarded in the past three months, and even Tian Shao’s confidants were not allowed to approach, and most of them were guarded by outsiders. Tian Shao told the people in the mansion that there was a patient in the cross-Court. It seemed that the condition was very serious. If he approached him, he would probably get infected... However, according to my eyes and ears, Tian Shao often transported some saltpeter sulfur and other items in the past three months. However, my ears and ears could not enter the West Cross-Court, so the specific situation could not be discovered."
After hearing this, Liu Chuang took a breath.
He was sure that those so-called outsiders were probably Cao Cao's detailed works.
Although Tianlei Fire is well known now, the only one who truly understands Tianlei Fire and knows the purpose of Tianlei Fire is Cao Cao... Whether it is Sun Quan, Liu Bei, or Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, most of them are heard about Tianlei Fire and have not personally experienced the power of Tianlei Fire. Moreover, they have no direct conflict with Liu Chuang now, and it is impossible for them to become interested in it. Liu Bei is now living under someone else's roof, so he may not have the ability to inquire; Sun Quan is very likely, but he has just obtained the new shipbuilding technology of sea ships and will not offend Liu Chuang in a short time, so he can also rule out the suspicion...
All these people were ruled out, and the only one left was Cao Cao.
"Zhongda, please find out clearly who the leaders of those outsiders are?"
Sima Yi showed a shy look and shook his head gently and said, "That leader should be quite old.
But he doesn't show up often on weekdays, and no one even knows his appearance; but according to my eyes and ears and ears in the Tian Mansion, there should be a man named Cao among those people. Because by chance he heard those people call one of them: Mr. Cao."
Mr. Cao?
Liu Chuang was unable to guess the other party’s origin for a moment.
There are so many people named Cao, and even Liu Chuang's subordinates have Cao Xing.
Moreover, there are many children of the Cao Cao clan, and God knows what kind of person they sent. However, those familiar people should not come to Liaodong. Cao Ren is now in Guanzhong, and Cao Hong stationed troops in Jizhou, and Cao Chun is in Heluo... As for the second generation of the Cao family, Liu Chuang only knew about Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Chong, and including Cao Peng and Cao Zhen, most of the rest were not particularly clear about it.
Cao Pi? It is said that he intervened in military affairs and was sent to Hailing.
Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Chong, now it seems that they are all in Xudu, while Cao Zhen is in Guanzhong... Slowly, I seem to have ignored a problem!
Liu Chuang suddenly remembered: Since the Battle of Guanjin ended, Cao Cao retreated to Handan.
For the "Peng Gongzi", Cao Peng and Cao Youxue never showed up, as if the world had evaporated.
According to news from Xu Du, Cao Peng fell seriously ill after the autumn and returned to his hometown in Qiao County to recuperate. However, Liu Chuang has always been surprised that people like Cao Peng who have reached the level of refining the gods do not say that they are incompatible with the cold and heat, but generally speaking, they rarely get seriously ill.
In history, Xu Chu and Ma Chao were only sick for two days in naked clothes.
Not long after that, he saved Cao Cao on the Weishui River... In other words, when he practiced martial arts to their level, even if he got sick, he would recover quickly. However, Cao Peng had been sick for several months and had no news. Could it be... A glimmer flashed in Liu Chuang's eyes.
He took a deep breath and looked at Sima Yi.
Sima Yi showed a strange smile on his face, and he was also looking at him.
"Lord, the meat soup is ready."
Outside the door, Tai Shixiang's voice came, and Liu Chuang immediately stood up, opened the door, took the food plate from Tai Shixiang, "Send the order, no one is allowed to approach without my order within thirty steps."
"Here!"
Liu Chuangfu closed the door again and brought the food plate to Sima Yi.
"Zhongda, I have worked hard all day long. Judging from your behavior like this, I am afraid I haven't had a good rest for a long time.
Let's discuss it first."
Sima Yi quickly got up and took the food plate.
He sat on the couch and had a big meal, while Liu Chuang sat next to him, with a look of contemplation on his face.
"Zhongda!"
"Um……"
Sima Yi was indeed hungry and was eating sweetly.
Hearing Liu Chuang call him, he quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks, wiped his mouth and looked at Liu Chuang.
"Don't be nervous!" Liu Chuang waved his hand with a smile. He pondered for a moment and said softly: "I only ask you one thing: Is Aunt Guan involved?"
"oh……"
Sima Yi shook his head quickly, "Mrs. Tian should have nothing to do with this matter.
In fact, the wife is not a legitimate branch in the Tian family, but a concubine's daughter who is divided into houses and is not worthy of attention. To be honest, the reason why she was able to marry her uncle was a coincidence. When her uncle got married, she said she would not want to be too young... As a result, somehow she chose her wife to go to the family. Since the wife entered the house, she has been living in seclusion and has not often dealt with her clan members. The reason why she came to plead with her last year was because one of the arrested Tian clan members was her nephew. Her brother died early and had only one child.
When my wife was young, she received a lot of care from her brother…”
After hearing this, Liu Chuang breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Tian is now pregnant and is pregnant with Guan Hai's child.
If she also participated in this matter, it would be a heavy blow to Guan Hai.
If it was really related to Mrs. Tian, ​​Liu Chuang would have to consider Guan Hai's feelings; however, fortunately it didn't matter, which made Liu Chuang less worried.
"Brother, why don't we take the initiative to attack and copy the Tian Mansion?"
Liu Chuang thought about it, but shook his head.
"I don't know who the lord is now, so it's better not to act rashly.
I am not sure now that this matter was done by Tian Shao alone, and others were involved. When we occupied Liaodong, although we killed a group of people, we did not look into it from the overall situation. So I think that it is not necessarily the only one who participated in this matter, and if others might be involved, I don’t want to be so worried that it is best to solve it once and for all."
A hint of sternness flashed in Sima Yi's eyes and he said softly: "Actually, there is no way to do it once and for all."
"oh?"
"But, my brother needs to come forward to make a bait."
"Zhongda, will you come out?"
Sima Yi nodded, walked to Liu Chuang, and whispered in Liu Chuang's ear for a while. Liu Chuang's face immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly.
"Zhongda's plan is very wonderful!"
"Then I... will proceed to arrange it now?"
"Okay, I will let you cooperate with you with all your strength."
"Here!"
Sima Yi was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed to leave.
Liu Chuang took a deep breath and closed his eyes. After a long time, he suddenly laughed, stood up and opened the door, and came to the porch.
Chapter completed!