Chapter five hundred and ninety-six old and strong?
When Emperor Xiaoai passed away, Hua Xin came to express his condolences and then begged for the remains of the young new emperor...
But everyone knows that this "begging" is not a skeleton, but someone who wants to keep a useful body and return to Chu State!
The new emperor is about the same age as Emperor Xiaoai when he first came to the throne, and he is less courageous and less majestic than Emperor Xiaoai. The affairs of the court are all under Zhang Yan's control... Well, Zhang Yan is almost entirely under Sima Yi's control.
Although Zhang Yan was helpless about Hua Xin's behavior of disappearing for several days and then appearing openly and openly, as if he was just on a normal vacation, Zhang Yan was not embarrassed.
As for Sima Yi, he was already thinking about whether he had any deeper intentions!
Is it really just because the guards in Chang'an were too strict, and the Chu army had already marched into Ziwu Valley, and they knew that they had to let people go, so they revealed their identities?
Something seems wrong. If that's true, why didn't it come out a few days earlier, after Liu Xie was completely cold?
"Mr. Yang, Hua Gong seems to have come from Shopkeeper Li's house. What impression do you have?" After Sima Yi got the news, he first asked Yang Biao.
I don’t know if I really believe that this matter has nothing to do with the Yang family, or if I am just pretending to trust and pretending to be false...
"Li Kuan is married to my concubine's niece, and is quite knowledgeable in business, so I just leave some unimportant business to him." Yang Biao said sleepily, as if he was really old.
I was almost speechless.
Li Kuan was the family where Hua Xin "stayed", and Hua Xin had already proposed that Li Kuan and his family would go back to Chu with him to "be companions."
Because Zheng Jun had many eyes and ears in the city at that time, and Hua Xin suddenly appeared, and his hiding place would be traced afterwards. Hua Xin was afraid that even if he carefully concealed it, Li Kuan would eventually be exposed, so he simply took him away with him.
At this time, Li Kuan had already begun to hand over the business at hand...
Yang Biao said "it doesn't matter", but in fact Li Kuan's tone is much more important than what he said!
Indeed, Yang Biao had never thought that Li Kuan would be instigated by the Chu State to rebel.
After all, Li Kuan was entrusted with an important task, and Yang naturally had considerations for him.
However, no matter from the understanding of his character or the entanglement of interests, we have never found out before that there is a chance that he will be incited to rebel!
In fact, Li Kuan was naturally not instigated by interests to rebel, otherwise he would have left traces of his whereabouts anyway.
Chu State is a big family, but whether it is Chu coins or Chu State's gold and silver, if they are to flow into Guanzhong, the court will discover them if they are not careful.
After all, Liu Xie would rather not develop than ban Chu coins and Chu goods in Guanzhong!
Moreover, those who were able to flow in were all assisted behind the scenes by the northern nobles, who could not hide it from the court or the Yang family.
However, in fact... not only did the Chu State not give Li Kuan any benefits, but because Li Kuan was so "fat", he secretly funded some of the Ministry of Enlightenment's actions in Guanzhong.
This is not "inciting rebellion", but the "inspiration" of Chu Xue. Not only is it impossible to discover, it is even beyond the understanding of Yang.
Maybe you can understand it?
It is indeed similar to "a scholar dies for his bosom friend" and "sacrifice his life for righteousness"...
It's just that in their view, those with such conduct are either "scholars" or righteous men who have been bribed by kindness...that is, Jing Ke, Zhuan Zhu and his ilk.
The latter is easily discovered, while the former is the exclusive virtue of noble "scholars".
As for a wealthy businessman, are ordinary people willing to sacrifice their lives for righteousness?
This bend has not been reversed in their minds yet, which is also one of the greatest conveniences of the Enlightenment Department.
"Since they are just unknown people, I believe that Marquis Zheng and His Majesty will not hold on to Mr. Hua and just send them back to Chu State." Hearing this, Sima Yi said he didn't care, but his eyes flashed.
thinking.
Moreover, what Sima Yi said was that Marquis Zheng and His Majesty would agree, but everyone knew that it was actually him, Sima Yi, who had already decided!
Hua Xin didn't look surprised and asked the old servants in the mansion to pack their luggage early. After Li Kuan's family was briefly monitored, he handed over the business to Yang's people, and then he and his wife and children wore ordinary linen clothes and carried them on their backs.
Carrying a small package and a servant who was willing to follow him, he met Hua Xin early the next morning.
Because of the tense situation brought about by Marquis Zheng, even those who were close to He Huaxin in the capital did not dare to see him off at this time.
There would have been an army to "escort" Hua Xin to leave. After all, Sima Yi didn't want any accidents to happen.
However, just as they were about to leave the city gate, a group of low-level generals from the Zheng Army suddenly surrounded Hua Xin and his party...
Li Kuan, who was protecting Hua Xin, originally wanted to stop him, but Hua Xin himself looked at him calmly, and Sima Yi came over at this time.
"Master Sima, are you here to see me off, or are you saying that you regret letting me go?" Hua Xin looked at Sima Yi calmly.
"Hua Lao is joking. Since His Majesty and Zheng Hou have approved Hua Lao's resignation and return to his hometown, how can I have any objections?" Sima Yi said and cupped his hands, as if he really respected Hua Xin, and he really did.
It's just the way "Your Majesty" and "Marquis Zheng" gave orders.
But now everyone knows that it is Sima Yi who controls Chang'an, or in other words, Guanzhong!
"So Sir Sima is here to see you off? This is a bit grand." Hua Xin said and looked at the armored generals around him.
"No, I don't mean anything, but... is there anyone in Mr. Li's family?" Sima Yi said, without caring about Hua Xin's face, he waved his hand.
I saw only the surrounding guards, Li Kuan’s family, and a few servants who were willing to follow—Li Kuan had burned all the deeds of betrayal. To be more precise, they were just hired workers—all were captured by Zheng at this time.
The general of the army was pulled out!
Sima Yi also looked over one by one at this time...
Yes, Sima Yi also wondered whether Hua Xin, who had "disappeared" before, might have gotten involved with Liu Bei.
If it was just Hua Xin, Sima Yi would naturally not want to embarrass the Chu State because of him, but if Liu Bei was there... Sima Yi would have to keep them behind even if he tried to start a war with the Chu State!
Otherwise, if Liu Bei goes to Chu, his situation will only get worse. This has already involved Sima Yi's current core interests and must be fought for.
But after looking around, Sima Yi found that he seemed to have guessed wrong.
"What are you looking for, Lord Sima?" Hua Xin frowned.
"It's nothing, I'm just worried that someone with evil intentions is around Mr. Hua." Sima Yi changed the subject and glanced at Hua Xin's "family members."
In fact, Hua Xin's family members did not go to Xudu with him before, and naturally they are not in Chang'an now.
There was only an old servant accompanying him, and...a singer.
"Mr. Hua really values friendship, but he didn't forget to bring this singer with him." Sima Yi tried.
Hua Xin glanced at him, and then said calmly: "The human race cannot be lost..."