Chapter 237 Wang Ping: Did you hear that I am dead?
After nearly ten days of long journey, Ma Su and his party quietly arrived at his mansion in Chengdu.
As soon as they got off the carriage, they saw 19-year-old Ma Wen and his five younger brothers waiting in front of the door. A family of more than a hundred people, old and young, were all crowded inside the door waiting. Four guards outside the door stood up straight with long guns in their hands, trying to show off.
Show a conscientious and responsible side.
Ma Su's pleased eyes looked at the five sons Wen, Jian, Gong, Shun and Qian who had grown much taller in turn, and finally fell on the youngest son.
This little guy was only three years old. He was holding his eldest brother Ma Wen's calf timidly, raising his round little face and staring at Ma Su for a while.
Seeing this silly little guy, Ma Su suddenly felt that the fatigue he had suffered along the way was swept away. As everyone gathered around him, he entered the house and expressed their feelings of reunion.
Soon, the excitement dissipated.
After settling all the entourage, Ma Su sat in his study and considered the current situation. Ten days had passed since the impeachment of Wang Ping for dereliction of duty, and the results should have come out.
I wonder what Wang Ping’s situation is now?
Is it life or death?
Ma Di has never forgotten how he was helplessly dominated by Wang Ping and Yang Yi during the Battle of Jieting. Wang Ping was extremely uncooperative with his orders and arrangements, and almost killed him; Yang Yi was behind the scenes.
, and also tried to put him to death.
Considering that he had just arrived in this era and had not yet established a stable footing, Ma Su had to endure his tone for the time being.
Now that he has grown to a height below two people and above a million people, it's time to settle the score.
In fact, Ma Su had expected Wang Ping's ending.
Not to mention that Zhuge Liang was very strict in running the army and would not spare Wang Ping lightly.
Just two people, Yang Yi and Fei Yi, can make Wang Ping unable to eat or take away. None of these two people is good, especially the latter, who is good at calculations and the city is terrifyingly deep.
It is foreseeable that Yang Yi and Fei Yi will definitely make a big fuss out of Wang Ping's incident and throw dirty water on him.
But Ma Su is not afraid of this. His original intention is to beat Wang Ping to the end, and he never wants to see the latter in the army again.
So even if some dirty water is thrown at you, it doesn't matter.
No one can stop him from taking control of the entire army and succeeding Zhuge Liang.
Ma Su did not feel sorry for knocking off Wang Ping.
In his opinion, the four generals under his command are far more outstanding than Wang Ping. After his words and deeds over the past few years, the four generals have grown to the point where they can stand alone.
However, these inside stories have not yet been known to the entire Shu army. In Zhuge Liang's impression, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, Zhang Xiu, and Yang Wanwan were still just a few mediocre generals.
Even the four of them combined couldn't compare to Wang Ping.
This is also one of the reasons why Ma Di can still take away all the four major generals after resigning from his official position - because in Zhuge Liang's view, it doesn't matter if the four major generals leave or stay. Zhuge Liang's views also represent the views of most generals in the army.
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Nanzheng, Prime Minister's Mansion.
The day after Fei Yi left, Zhuge Liang stood in front of the window for a long time, secretly sighing that Ma Su had given him a difficult problem.
Because the evidence is conclusive, Zhuge Liang cannot show any softness toward Wang Ping, because this may convey the impression of "unfair law enforcement" to the outside world, which will not only cause Ma Su's dissatisfaction, but even trigger a series of unpredictable consequences.
However, if the punishment is too severe, it will lead to people's speculation that "the relationship between the prime minister and Ma Su goes beyond the boundaries of ordinary generals."
Secretly, Zhuge Liang was very sad.
He recognized Wang Ping's military talents. Despite his lack of literacy, Wang Ping was actually an excellent general.
When Ji Han was in the prime of employing people, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel sorry for forcing such a general to death.
But what can we do if we don’t do this?
Several talented generals and staff under his command were at odds with each other and had been fighting openly and secretly for a long time. Zhuge Liang was exhausted mentally and physically, and at the same time, he was unable to do anything.
Yang Yi, Wei Yan, and Ma Su are like three old enemies who don't agree with each other. They fight each other as soon as they meet. During this period, there are also conflicts between Wang Ping and Ma Su, overt and covert fights between Jiang Wan and Yang Yi, and Fei Yi fanning the flames.
Such a team means that Zhuge Liang can keep the overall situation from collapsing. If someone else were to lead it, it would collapse in an instant at best, or explode on the spot at worst.
Frankly speaking, throughout Ji Han, from the court to the army, few things could escape Zhuge Liang's perception.
How could a commander who personally took care of more than 20 affairs in the army not be aware of Fei Yi's little moves behind his back?
But just like he didn't stop Fazheng from taking revenge on the celebrities in Shu, Zhuge Liang didn't stop Fei Yi from obstructing him and trapping Wang Ping to death.
When a general dares to use the fate of the army to vent his personal anger, he loses his value.
"You Chang, You Chang, you are really..."
Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and sighed, speechless for a moment.
The whole morning, Zhuge Liang stood in front of the window, motionless. Until noon, Zhao Guang came and reported that "Wang Ping escaped by pretending to be a corpse." Zhuge Liang stood up and asked in surprise: "He's gone."
when?"
Zhao Guang, who was wearing armor, cupped his hands and said with an annoyed look on his face: "In the morning, four soldiers carried Wang Ping to the suburbs for burial... Not far from the city, Wang Ping suddenly rose up and killed four soldiers. Now
Missing."
"All four soldiers had their throats sealed with one sword, and they died cleanly."
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's expression changed slightly for an instant, then returned to normal, looking straight at Zhang Guang, waiting for the next words.
Zhao Guang continued: "After detailed investigation by the last general, Wang Ping is most likely to flee north to Wei. At the same time, he does not rule out the possibility of fleeing down the Han River to Wei or Wu, and fleeing west to Qiang."
Not small, there is even a possibility of hiding in Hanzhong."
It's almost as if this sentence was said or not.
Zhuge Liang looked at young Zhao Guang speechlessly: "Have you sent anyone to arrest him?"
Zhao Guang took a look and saw that Zhuge Liang had no intention of blaming him, so he had to bite the bullet and continue: "General Wu Yi has sent eight groups of people to search for him."
"Hmm...Have you asked the prison boss how Wang Ping faked his death and escaped?"
"The cell leader said that many people saw Wang Ping hanging on the prison railing for more than a stick of incense. He checked Wang Ping's breath and determined that the latter had expired, so he did not ask the medical officer to check again.
I thought I would transport it outside the city for burial today, but unexpectedly something happened."
"The general has investigated four dead soldiers, and one of them is the nephew of the cell leader. Therefore, it is speculated that his confession should be true."
"Really..." Zhuge Liang whispered, frowning and thinking.
Suddenly, he thought of something extremely unreasonable. He turned around and asked, "Have you ever investigated the details of the cell leader and his relationship with Wang Ping?"
"No... I was in a hurry and didn't have time to check." Seeing the seriousness of Zhuge Liang's question, Zhao Guang suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Prime Minister, I don't know if this is inappropriate..."
Zhuge Liang explained: "The jailers usually only carry iron rods and do not carry weapons with them. Wang Ping is a prisoner and there is absolutely no sharp blade on his body. It is impossible to seal his throat with a sword."
Zhao Guang was shocked when he heard this: "Prime Minister, I will arrest the prison leader right now."
Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "It's too late now. As expected, the cell leader must be alone and has escaped without a trace."
Seeing that Zhao Guang didn't seem to believe it, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "Go and check it quickly."
"Yes!" Zhao Guang cupped his hands and hurriedly ran out.
Not long after, he panted and turned around: "As expected by the Prime Minister, the prison keeper was missing. I eventually traced him to his home, only to find... his home was empty except for an old servant who was over 160 years old.
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"Prime Minister, what should I do?" Zhao Guang asked worriedly.
Zhuge Liang shook his head with a wry smile. Just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, he suddenly heard a loud voice coming from outside the door: "Prime Minister!"
Zhuge Liang and Zhao Guang turned their heads at the same time and saw Yang Yi running into the lobby panting, and loudly said: "Prime Minister, Yi has discovered traces of Wang Ping."
"Tell me quickly, where is Wang Ping now?"
"A farmer reported that he saw a burly man walking south along the Micang Mountain path. I speculate that this man must be Wang Ping."
"Going south?" Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned pale and said in shock, "No!"
"Zhao Guang listens to the order. I order you to immediately lead 500 cavalry and rush to Chengdu day and night to inform Ma Di of this matter!"
"Yang Yi, I order you to temporarily supervise the Hanzhong city defense camp and pursue Wang Ping southward without making any mistakes!"
When the two heard this, they realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly took the order and left.
PS: There will be another anti-theft chapter later, which will be replaced in two hours.
