What Sima Yi said...it was clear that there was something behind his words.
Is this a satire on his inability to discipline his family?
Zhuge Liang was very discerning. Seeing that something was wrong with Shi Xie's expression, he hurriedly said: "Please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Fu. Our senior brothers are a bit straightforward in what they say, so please don't take it seriously..."
Shi Xie hummed in his heart.
Is this also called speaking directly?
This is so winding!
Zhuge Liang continued: "Actually, the teacher must believe in Mr. Fu, otherwise the two of us would not have traveled all the way to Jiaozhou. Moreover, the two of us said this with good intentions. After all, there are some things that we are obsessed with by the authorities. It is useless to think more about it."
Bad."
Shi Xie half-closed his eyes and slowly stroked his beard.
After a long time, I saw him sighing: "I understand what little friend Zhuge said. Don't worry, I know this matter well... Come, let's eat first! We'll talk about the rest later."
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are both men who have experienced many storms, and they are not just ordinary people. They naturally understand the principle of stopping at the point.
At that moment, three people were seen changing glasses and talking about irrelevant things.
After eating, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, led by the waiter, went to the hotel to rest.
They don't have much to worry about.
Everything that needs to be said has been said, and there is basically nothing for them to do next. As long as Shi Xie is not a fool, he will definitely investigate.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are smart people. They can see that Shi Xie is determined to be an idle person. If he wants to investigate this matter carefully, he will definitely succeed.
Shi Xie has been running Jiaozhou for many years, and his energy here is unmatched by ordinary people.
The tiger is not scary when it is taking a nap, but once it wakes up, it is as powerful as the tiger roaring in the forest.
After Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi left, Shi Xie took a deep breath, calmed down his mind, and began to carefully sort out the recent events in his mind.
As he got older, he was very stable in his work. He was not in a hurry to start investigating immediately. A large-scale investigation would only alert others. Shi Xie was accustomed to smoothing out his own ideas first and then finding a breakthrough along the lines he found.
Shi Xie was very patient. He just thought about it quietly, and he actually thought about it for two whole hours.
Two hours later, Shi Xie ordered his personal guards to secretly find his brother Shi Yi.
The four brothers of the Shi family ruled the four counties of Jiaozhou respectively. Only at this time of the year would they all return to Jiaozhi to worship their ancestors and worship heaven, and report on the work of each county.
This has been a custom in Lingnan for a long time. This custom has been passed down since Da Shixie took over Jiaozhou.
And this year's memorial ceremony, counting the time, will be in a few days.
Usually, all arrangements for the memorial ceremony are left to Shi Xie's brother, Shi Yi.
But this year, Shi Xie felt that he was getting older. Sooner or later, the inheritance of Jiaozhou would be handed over to his son. It was time for his son to start taking care of some things. After all, he was the future owner of Jiaozhou.
Therefore, Shi Xie handed him over to his successor Shi Hui for the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven.
After thinking about it for two hours, Shi Xie instinctively felt that he might have made some omissions in this matter.
"Brother, this year's ancestor worship will be hosted by Hui'er. How are the preparations going so far?"
Shi Yi hurriedly said: "Hui'er is still very diligent, and everything is implemented in an orderly manner, which is better than what I did in previous years."
Shi Xie said "Oh" and said, "I've been busy with official duties recently, so I didn't have time to ask for more details. Hui'er is organizing the memorial ceremony. Is it any different from your previous years?"
Shi Yi hurriedly said: "My younger brother also knows that my elder brother is busy with official duties, so I didn't disturb my elder brother with these matters. Hui'er has made a lot of changes in this year's memorial ceremony. First of all, the place of worship to heaven has been changed to Nanshan."
"Nanshan?" Shi Xie narrowed his eyes and said, "Why did you suddenly change places?"
"It is said that Hui'er found an alchemist from Zhongzhong to do divination and feng shui. He found that the Nanshan Mountain outside Jiaozhi City is a treasure land of feng shui and brings good fortune, so he built an earthen platform in the Nanshan Mountain!"
Shi Xie frowned and said, "Isn't it a bit childish to change the place of worship just based on the words of a wandering sorcerer?"
The scholar said carelessly: "If the child wants to do it, let him do it! It's not a big deal."
Shi Xie didn't talk much with Shi Yi and said: "The question is whether it is safe to worship heaven in Nanshan..."
Shi Yi nodded confidently and said: "I have also thought of this. Hui'er has made complete preparations. Hui'er has arranged for soldiers to guard the important roads near Nanshan. In addition, he also arranged for him to be guarded by soldiers in the Song Dynasty.
Ping's troops and horses have been mobilized to Nanshan to prevent any unexpected events!"
"What?" Shi Xie's expression finally changed: "You said he transferred all his troops in Songping to Nanshan?"
Shi Yi looked at him puzzled and said: "Yes, on the day of the sacrifice to heaven, isn't it normal to place troops and horses in order to prevent unexpected events? Brother, why are you panicking?"
Shi Xie slammed the table and said angrily: "There are ready-made troops and horses in Jiaozhi. Why did he go to Songping to mobilize troops? Is it possible that Songping's soldiers are more elite than Jiaozhi's? This back and forth
Doesn't it cost money and food to deploy troops and horses?"
"This..." Shi Yi was speechless for a moment: "Brother, I didn't think that much, and Hui'er probably didn't think that much either."
"You may not think much, but he may not think much!"
Shi Xie suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Pass my military order. The soldiers and horses in the city should not move rashly for the time being. Everything is as usual. Send someone with my talisman to Jiuzhen County to dispatch soldiers and horses here. I want to see
Look, what kind of tricks is this son of mine playing on me?"
"promise."
"Don't tell me a word about what happened today."
"Don't worry, brother, but don't dare, brother."
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A few days later, officials from all levels of Jiaozhi accompanied Shixie to Nanshan to pay homage.
Before leaving, Shi Xie sent a message to Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, asking them to wait quietly for a while. After the sacrifice to heaven, everything would naturally come to light.
…
Inside the hotel.
"It seems that old fox Shi Xie has smelled something." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and smiled.
Sima Yi lazily yawned: "It seems that the person who did it at the time of offering sacrifices to the heaven has some calculations, but since Shi Xie has already become suspicious, it will not be difficult to put an end to the chaos."
Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement and said: "Then let's just wait for the good news. I heard that the person who presided over the arrangement of Jiaozhi Nanshan to worship heaven this time was Shi Xie's son Shi Hui... If nothing else, the person Zhou Yu contacted at Shi's house was undoubtedly him.
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Sima Yi said: "No matter who Zhou Yu contacted, since we have concluded that this matter is closely related to the Shi family, we have to show some sincerity to what we say later."
"What do you mean, senior brother?"
"Let him send troops, but not to help Zhou Yu attack Nanchang City, but to attack Zhou Yu together with the soldiers of Nanchang City."
Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard this and secretly thought that his senior brother was really a master who never suffered any losses.
…
One day later, the troops who had worshiped the gods from Nanshan returned to Jiaozhi, and Shi Xie came to the posthouse in person to meet Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
Perhaps the old man knew he couldn't hide it, so he simply told the truth when they met.
"Thank you two little friends for reminding me on behalf of the Prime Minister. I didn't expect that traitor to actually hook up with Zhou Yu, intending to take advantage of the Nanshan Festival to worship heaven, put me and a few younger brothers under house arrest, and take Jiaozhou on their own... It's ridiculous that I joked about Sun Wentai's unworthy birth.