Chapter 6626: Injured Wenhe

Chapter 6626: Injured Wenhe
Liu Bei did not say anything more after hearing this. He was very unhappy with what Sima Lang had done. It was fortunate that the Yang family of Hongnong and the Yuan family of Chenjun still had some food and grass, so they did not have to eat each other's children. Otherwise, Liu Bei would have drawn his sword and killed Sima Lang.

"Bang, bang, bang." Just as Chen Xi was narrating the matter of Sima Lang with an expressionless face, there was a peculiar knocking sound at the blocked door of the Executive Yuan. At this time, the most important thing, that is, the matter involving Zhou Yu, had been almost discussed, so Chen Xi didn't care about keeping the door closed any longer.

As an aside, there are a lot of secret techniques attached to the door of the Zhengyuan, and it is engraved with a special Xuanxiang formed by the dragon vein of national destiny. It is said that once closed, it will form an independent blockade that is immune to all kinds of magic.

Of course, this is just boasting. In fact, once this door is closed, the effect it produces is more of making it impossible for various secret methods to spy on the government, and impossible to use special secret techniques to observe information, forming a black box where no information can flow out.

After all, there are too many means of observation these days. Even the Parthian method of destroying information has been figured out a lot in the face of Rome's endless cracking.

Judging from the intelligence shared by the Han Dynasty and Rome alone, Rome has already opened some extremely valuable news from the information black box blocked by Parthia, which made the Han Dynasty extremely angry, but also felt that it was natural. When the Huns cooperated with Parthia, they separated some special bloodlines and integrated them into a certain Parthian noble as a hidden vein.

This information is extremely outrageous, but if you think about it carefully, it is a very normal situation. After all, after being defeated by Dou Xian, the Huns chose to move westward. As the Parthian Empire was a famous power at the time, it was normal for it to take in the remnants of the Huns, even for strategic reasons.

Of course, according to the information revealed by Rome, after the Huns fled to Central Asia, the Parthian Empire pretended to turn a blind eye to it and allowed the Huns to wander around the Turan Steppe near the Caspian Sea, as if they were completely unaware of it. However, since this kind of information could be recorded, it was natural that they paid attention to it, but they just didn't make any special contact with it.

About forty or fifty years ago, after the Huns had barely caught their breath, they also fought against the Roman Empire as thugs of Parthia (this was mentioned in more than a thousand chapters), and even clashed with the Roman Empire's Legion of Military Spirit.

During this period, the then Parthian emperor realized that the Huns' military spirit was still there and the empire's will was still there. However, his own system had been destroyed by Rome and he needed a replacement, so he wanted to try to tamper with the Huns' will.

The Xiongnu Chanyu at that time was Huyan Chu's father, and he also had the idea of ​​using chickens to lay eggs. With the indulgence of the Parthian nobles, the two sides had a deeper exchange. In addition to bloodlines, there were other related technologies, but they were not described in detail in the intelligence.

But this information at least confirmed one fact, that is, there must be one or several branches of the Parthian nobles who have Hun blood flowing in their veins.

Rome had no interest in this information. They only wanted to reveal the secret information of the Parthian Empire, such as what the instruments of destiny were that were woven by those failed weavers of destiny, and whether Rome could take advantage of it and repair it for their own use.

As for the intelligence about the Huns, the Roman Empire immediately passed it to the Han Dynasty. After all, it was agreed that if the Huns or anything related to the Huns were discovered, the Han Dynasty should be informed. The last time a North American bald eagle was discovered, Nigel also specifically informed Huangfu Song. This time, another piece of news was received, and of course it was passed on to the Han Dynasty for resolution.

The Han Dynasty was not surprised when they received the news, and they quickly organized a group of people to conduct an investigation. However, due to a lot of fun recently, the matter was delayed. Fortunately, the problem was not serious, so they could just investigate it slowly.

"Come in." Chen Xi raised his hand and waved at the gate of the government office. His spiritual talent moved slightly, and then the gate of the government office opened naturally. Guo Jia's guard who was sent out saluted to everyone with a solemn face, and then sent in the urgent information.

Guo Jia waved at Ruan Liangyu, signaling him to leave first, then picked up the urgent intelligence in his hand and began to read it. However, before he finished reading it, Guo Jia's expression turned extremely ugly.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xi asked with a frown when he saw Guo Jia's serious expression.

"Weishuo was assassinated." Guo Jia said angrily.

"Ah?" Chen Xi was stunned at first, and then confused. How could Liu Yan be assassinated? What happened?
"Investigate, I will take the lead!" Jia Xu said angrily.

If it had not been in front of Liu Bei, Jia Xu would probably have stood up and slammed the table. The assassination of Zhou Yu had made Jia Xu extremely sensitive, and his self-preservation attribute was maxed out. He did not expect that Liu Yan was assassinated within a few hours.

This is Liu Yan, a good guy who had been Jia Xu's teammate for more than ten years, a famous scholar, the head of the Human Resources Department, who is fundamentally different from a vassal king like Zhou Yu. He is a real central government official, a real prime minister with a salary of two thousand stones. How could he be assassinated? Jia Xu was furious.

If they can assassinate Liu Yan, then they can also assassinate Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu has the same configuration as Liu Yan. Except for Chen Xi, the people sitting in the Council of State have the same configuration as Liu Yan at most. This is the true level of founding fathers!
"Sit down, sit down." Liu Bei had already received the secret letter from Guo Jia. He was shocked by the assassination of Liu Yan, so he quickly took the intelligence and took a look. Chen Xi could no longer sit still and walked over.

"Is the assassin mentally ill?" Liu Bei said angrily. Liu Yan was mistaken for Sima Lang and assassinated. How could you assassinate him if you don't know him?
"Is Yuan Yang such a useless person?" Fa Zheng was dumbfounded and even covered his head. He began to wonder if there was something wrong with this world. Even assassinations can go wrong. What do you do for a living? Is this the level of all the nobles in the past generations?

"I'll send a letter to say hello to the Yuan and Yang families. What do they do for a living?" After Li You saw what Liu Yan wrote below and confirmed that the assassination was a mistake, he was a little confused. What kind of makeshift team is this that even assassinated the wrong person?
"Wait, you all know that it was Yuan Yang who wanted to assassinate Sima Lang, why didn't anyone do anything about Sima Lang? This is considered killing without teaching." After Liu Bei made sure that Liu Yan was just frightened and nothing happened, he began to think, and then quickly realized one thing: You all knew about this, but you didn't care, this is not good!

"I've said before that I've saved my cousin twice. The most serious time, I saved him from Wenru. I even told my cousin about it in front of Wenru." Chen Xi said helplessly, "It's enough for me to save him twice. I can't save him a third time. It's enough. They are all human lives."

"We need a tragic death to shock the New South Wales bureaucracy." Li You said expressionlessly.

"Xinzhou is indeed in chaos at the moment. There are some problems due to the influence of the superiors. However, a three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight. It is better to be simple and let the bureaucracy see what it means when a common man is angry and blood splatters within five steps." Fa Zheng said coldly.

"Actually, I wanted to save him, but Boda wouldn't listen. He thought he was still under control." Zhuge Liang sighed and said, many people wrote letters to Sima Lang, including letters from the Yuan family, the Yang family, the Chen family, and Kuai Yue, but to no avail.

Sima Lang believed that what he did was in accordance with the rules, and Zhuge Liang also adhered to the rules and suppressed Cao Cao in the Pamirs. With Zhuge Liang's example, it was nothing for him to follow the old rules.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang was unable to persuade Cao Cao, because he really did explain the rules to Cao Cao back then, and he proceeded step by step according to the procedures and strictly abided by the rules. The problem is that Zhuge Liang was not so extreme. At least he really delivered the weapons and food to Cao Cao on time, without any idealistic manipulation. He said that he would deliver them within 44 days, and the equipment and food would definitely reach Cao Cao in 44 days.

What was Sima Lang playing? Sima Lang was playing the game of allocating food and fodder to Yuan and Yang families when they ran out of food. What does it mean when the food runs out?
If Sima Lang could give an accurate time, Yang Zhong, as the head of the Yang family, would not die with Sima Lang.

If there is a time node, even if it is a little longer, Yang Zhong can find a way to mix in wood chips and bran and wait for the food to arrive. After all, if there is a time node, the Yang family can stabilize their own subordinates. This family doesn't even have a time node, what's the use of stabilizing it? The only thing they can do is self-destruct!
Look at Zhuge Liang in the Pamir Mountains. Would he dare to tell Cao Cao that food and supplies would arrive only when the Kushans sent troops to attack him? That would really kill him.

Zhuge Liang would only say that these things need to go through a process, and if you follow the process, I can deliver it within a certain number of days. You said you want to speed it up, sorry, this is the process, if you want to speed it up, you have to figure it out yourself.

There is nothing deceptive about the whole process. It's just the real rules. If you are not satisfied, you can only bear with it. There is nothing to say.

Both of them are about rules, but their rules are different. Zhuge Liang's rules are quantifiable, while Sima Lang's rules are difficult to quantify and tend to be idealistic.

“In fact, as long as Boda clearly states how many days it will take for the food and grass to arrive, even if that time is a little longer due to the current environment in Central Asia, for example, it will take forty days to the Yuan family and fifty-five days to the Yang family, and so on, the major families will be able to accept it.” Mi Zhu rarely expressed his opinion in this regard. After all, he was actually quite optimistic about Sima Lang.

"Yes, if Boda had just said how many days it would take to arrive, instead of saying that it would definitely arrive before Yuan and Yang's food ran out, it wouldn't have come to this." Chen Xi nodded and said, "The former is a rule. Even if it's slower, no one can say anything. The latter is not a rule, it's a threat."

As Chen Xi was speaking, he looked at Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang looked calm and didn't say anything. Why was it that no one said that he was threatening Cao even though he also followed the rules back then? To put it bluntly, it was because he had a clear time point.

Even if you can make good plans, you can even take advantage of this rule, because Zhuge Liang always hits the mark, never early, never late, always at the right time.

To be honest, for some people, this absolute rule is actually a good rule. At least it is really clear and there are no other influencing factors.

This is what Zhuge Liang did to Cao Cao. The reason why Cao Cao was so upset was not because of the crushing at the rules level, but because Zhuge Liang did a great job in serving other people, but was a pure robot when it came to serving Cao Cao.

The comparison between the two made Cao Cao very angry, and the longer it lasted, the angrier he became. Even if Cao Cao later found a way to take advantage of this rule, he would still be very angry.

Liu Bei made a comparison in his mind, recalling his experience during the Yellow Turban era, and how ordinary people felt when they saw the grain in the jars dwindling day by day. At this time, if the summer grain harvest was almost due, even if the grain in the jars was dwindling day by day, the people could suppress their inner anxiety and despair, continue to handle their own affairs step by step, and wait for the summer grain.

If this happened after a severe drought, and there was no food at all, and people could only wait for officials to release food at some unknown time, then when the food in the jar became less and less, the only thing that would fill their hearts would probably be despair.

The former would have found a way to survive even if it was delayed by a few days, but the latter would probably just end up in riots if it was delayed by a day or two.

When Li Fu was stationed in Wei County, he would rather capture the inspectors in Chang'an than not open the granaries to release grain. This was because he knew what would happen if the bureaucrats did not fulfill their promise to release grain when the people were short of food.

Yuan Yang, as a member of a big family, also knew this, so there was no such thing as food arriving before it ran out. There was only the possibility that food would arrive within a certain number of days. The former would just lead to their death.

Of course, in Sima Lang's words, it was just some exchanges, but for Yuan Yang, it was better to kill Sima Lang and let the later generations think about what can and cannot be done. At least the disaster could be eliminated.

"Is that so?" Liu Bei sighed, feeling somewhat emotional. He had also met Sima Lang and had a very high opinion of him. At least he had no major problems governing a place.

"Speaking of which, Weishuo was assassinated. What's the situation with Boda in Xinzhou?" Chen Xi asked Guo Jia with a somewhat strange look.

"I don't know. Let's ask Yuan Yang first. But Weishuo is fine, not even injured. He is just frightened." Guo Jia looked at Li You and said, indicating Li You to send a letter to Yuan Yang as soon as possible.

At the same time, Yuan Yin had received a secret report from the Chenjun Yuan family in Xinzhou. The core of this secret report was a crazy explanation that they did not assassinate Liu Yan, their assassin had just landed and had not yet arrived at the Xinzhou Governor's Mansion. It was not their two families who did this job. Please ask the country to verify carefully, it really has nothing to do with them!

After reading the secret report, Yuan Yin's clothes were soaked with sweat. He finally understood why someone dared to knock on the door with the secret report during the closed-door meeting just now. Liu Gong was assassinated? What the hell!
Although Liu Yan always kept a low profile and often played the role of Lu Su's subordinate when Lu Su was around, to be honest, Liu Yan was one of the twelve elders, one of the first group of people to follow Liu Bei, a famous scholar in the world, half of the Minister of Personnel, and a big man in charge of mid- to high-end human resources in the Han Empire.

What is the Minister of Personnel? He is a celestial official!

This is Liu Yan, and this man was assassinated. Moreover, the Yuan family of Chenjun was also involved in this matter. Yuan Yin stood there holding the secret report, not daring to move, absolutely not daring to move!
Sending something like this up there could kill people!
"Master Yuan, the Shangshu Pushe is looking for you." The guard raised his hand to greet Yuan Yin, who was standing aside silently. Yuan Yin woke up as if from a dream. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, held the secret report in his hand, and walked towards the government office tremblingly, his steps extremely heavy.

Yuan Yin didn't know that the Yang family was planning to assassinate Sima Lang, nor did he know that the Executive Yuan had actually acquiesced to this matter. Now he knew that Liu Yan, who was considered a half-celestial official, had been assassinated. This was a big deal!
So when Chen Xi called him over, Yuan Yin was already sweating profusely and his face was somewhat pale.

"What's going on? Are you sick?" Chen Xi asked with a surprised look on his face when he saw Yuan Yin like this, and Yuan Yin wiped his sweat hard to show that he was fine.

"You should have a special way to contact them and ask them about the situation of the Yuan family." Chen Xi handed the information in Guo Jia's hand to Yuan Yin. After reading it, Yuan Yin's sweat lessened a little. He knew that the person was fine, so he would be exiled at most. There would be no inexplicable arrest of three or nine clans. There was still room for explanation.

He immediately returned the secret letter to Chen Xi. If he didn't hand it over now, when would he hand it over? This was his last-ditch excuse.

"Lord Chen, please look. This is the secret report that the Yuan family of Chen County urgently sent to us a few minutes ago." Yuan Yin took out the secret report that was already stained with sweat from his sleeves and handed it to Chen Xi with both hands. Chen Xi was slightly startled, reached out to take it, and then opened it.

After reading it, he sent Yuan Yin away and closed the door when he left. Yuan Yin's originally uneasy heart calmed down a lot after hearing this. At least it seemed that he should be fine. Damn Chenjun Yuan family, can you please do something about it!

"The Chenjun Yuan family has already sent the letter. I estimate that the Yang family will soon send it. It is even possible that the Yang family has already sent it and is thinking about how to send it here." Chen Xi sighed and said, "This secret report is not good news."

As he was speaking, Chen Xi handed the secret report to Liu Bei, and then he began to explain, "The assassination was not done by the Yuan family or the Yang family, nor was it a mistake, but the assassin arranged by the Yang family had just arrived at the Xinzhou Governor's Mansion."

Liu Bei's face darkened when he heard this, and the expressions of the others also became much uglier. The Yang family's assassin had recognized the wrong person and mistook Liu Yan for Sima Lang. They thought it was outrageous, but at least they could understand it.

But before the assassins from the Yang family arrived, Liu Yan had already been assassinated. This was hard to explain. Moreover, in this case, the assassination mentioned in the previous secret report was wrong and was probably just an excuse!

"Forget it, leave this matter to me, I'll investigate it and arrange some guards for me." Jia Xu stepped forward. He had to strike hard at this kind of thing. Damn it, this was a real threat to Wen He, he had to get to the bottom of it.

I'm lying down, ready to fight to the death. I'm really happy without any drafts saved.