Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 235 The Death of Wang Ping
Early in the morning, Ma Di rode a horse, followed by two carriages, and left the mansion to drive out of the city.

The entourage included Yang Wanwan, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, Zhang Xiu, and Axiu and the two daughters of the great wizard who were sitting in the carriage.

It can be regarded as dragging the family and returning home with a reputation.

Along the way, I met many people I knew or didn't know. Everyone enthusiastically saluted Ma Di and stopped to talk. This made Ma Di not come out of the city gate until noon.

But the send-off was not over yet, there was still a large group of people waiting outside the city gate.

The first person to step forward was Deng Zhi, a former general of the Shu Han Dynasty. This descendant of the famous Eastern Han general Deng Yu has always been kind to others, and has a close relationship with the young general Zhao Yun. will be rude.

"Youchang, have a good trip."

Dressed in casual clothes, Deng Zhi came to Ma Di, bowed his hands first, and took out a letter and put it in Ma Su's hand: "Please, family letter."

Damn, you kid, just see you off, and let me be your courier? ... Ma Su looked at Deng Zhi with a disbelief.

This is really not treating me as an outsider,

Deng Zhi was a little embarrassed by the sight, paused, took out another three ingots of silver, put them into Ma Di's hand,

Yes, this friend can deal with Ma Di quickly put away the money and pick up the letter.

"Uh, Xiaochang, the money is for the second half of the year's salary, please help pass it on to my wife."

Feeling that Ma Su seemed to have misunderstood, Deng Zhi hurriedly cupped his hands to explain, then staggered his position and walked into the city quickly.

Ma Di: "..."

The second person who came over was Yang Yi, the chief secretary of the prime minister's mansion. He was wearing an official uniform, a lun scarf on his head, and a long goatee under his jaw.

The two are about the same age and have similar starting points, but now his official position is higher than that of Ma Di, a noble commoner, so his face is more energetic.

When he came forward, his whole face was smiling from the heart, he rolled up his long sleeves and cupped his hands: "Youchang, have a good journey."

Ma Di was almost sent away by this sentence, and gave him an angry look, thinking that it was a good day to part, and it was not worth getting angry with him, so he forced a smile on his face: "I thank you and your family!"

"You are polite, You Chang is too polite." Yang Yi didn't understand what Ma Di said, and turned around with a smile and entered the city.

The third and fourth to come forward were Dong Yun, the servant of the Huangmen, and Yuan Xianglang, the meritorious Cao of the prime minister's mansion.Ma Di made eye contact with the two of them, and smiled gratifiedly.His predecessor had a good relationship with Dong Yun and Xiang Lang, especially the latter. I heard that they got along very happily when they were colleagues.

The two bowed their hands together, took out two letters and some silver ingots, and said in unison: "You Chang, you have worked hard all the way, please!"

Ma Di raised his eyes to look at the huge team outside the city, and suddenly realized that so many people came to see them off today, not only because of their own cards, but also for other reasons.

Sure enough, the following people wished Ma Di a safe journey and handed him a package or a letter one by one.

After a while, the first carriage was half full.Axiu could only be forced to go to the second carriage, sharing the same carriage with the great wizard.

The last person to see him off was Zhao Guang. He didn't give Ma Di anything, but his eyes were a little dissatisfied. He bowed his hands to Ma Di, called "Uncle, have a good journey", and walked away quickly, walking briskly. into the city.

Ma Di knew that Zhao Guang felt worthless for him, which can be seen from the latter's behavior of beating Wang Ping violently yesterday.

Young people, they are just impulsive, how can mere Wang Ping be my opponent... Ma Di shook his head and smiled, looked around,
But he didn't see Zhuge Liang's car driving.

Just as he was extremely disappointed, he suddenly heard a cough above his head.

Ma Di followed the prestige, and happened to meet Zhuge Liang's eyes.

The two looked at each other without speaking.

After a long time, Ma Di bowed his hands away, got on his horse, and led the team to the southwest.

……

Zhuge Liang watched Ma Di go away, and stood at the top of the city with his hands behind his back, never leaving.

When the sun was at its fiercest, a middle-aged scribe in soap clothes walked up the tower, came to Zhuge Liang's side, cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister."

Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at the person who came, and then turned back to look into the distance: "It's Wen Wei, did you meet Ma Di and his party on the way?"

Fei Yi chuckled and said, "Yeah, but Youchang seems to be thinking about it, and he never saw me."

Zhuge Liang said "hmm", "Did Sun Quan explain Lu Xunyue's entry into Yong'an during his mission to Soochow this time?"

"Yes, Sun Quan denied the fact that Lu Xun's troops entered Yong'an, saying that he didn't know about it, and it should be a misunderstanding. I hope the prime minister will continue to believe in Soochow. Sun Quan's position on "the alliance between Wu and Shu, two emperors standing side by side, and sharing the land of Wei" remains the same as before firm."

"Master Wu also praised the prime minister for capturing Longliang, and attached a congratulatory gift, expressing that when the prime minister sends troops to the north next time, Soochow is willing to send troops on the southeast two fronts to respond."

After a pause, Fei Yi continued: "On the way back, Lu Xun, the great general of Wu, stayed in Jiangling and had a conversation with me."

"Oh, what are you talking about?" Zhuge Liang didn't seem surprised that Lu Xun would do this.

Fei Yi thought about his words and replied: "Lu Xun said that he entered Yong'an because he found that there was a sudden increase in troops in Badong and Yong'an, and he suspected that the prime minister intended to go east, so he raised his troops to Wuxia as a precaution. "

"Lu Xun also said that he has no intention of attacking Shu, and the prime minister does not need to increase troops in Badong."

After thinking for a while, Fei Yi added his own opinion: "Prime Minister, from my point of view, Lu Xun didn't know about the increase of our troops in the two places beforehand. I just retreated."

"Yes, your analysis makes sense." Zhuge Liang nodded.

Soochow is not a reliable ally, as long as the elderly Han people know.

Jiangdong is a rat!

Of course, this idiot does not include his elder brother Zhuge Jin.

The two of them returned to the prime minister's mansion and sat opposite Xi Lie. Zhuge Liang looked at Fei Yi, hesitant to speak, and said with a smile, "Wen Wei, why are you hesitating?"

Fei Yi said cautiously: "Your Majesty asked me to come to Nanzheng to ask you for instructions on how to award Ma Di, and by the way, ask the Prime Minister when he will return to Chengdu. Your Majesty said in the original words: I miss my father very much..."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's heart moved: "Your Majesty really said that?"

Fei Yi nodded and sighed, "Your Majesty seems to be different from before."

Although the words were very cryptic, Zhuge Liang still understood.

What Fei Yi meant was that His Majesty Liu Chan seems not as idiotic as before.

"I'll be back in a few days." Zhuge Liang spit out four words, pondering again and again.

Fei Yi looked at Zhuge Liang respectfully, waiting for the next sentence.

"Now that the Northern Expedition has been victorious one after another, there are 80 counties in Longliang and Liangzhou, with nearly [-] people. Things are piled up like a mountain. Someone needs to take charge of the overall situation. If you want to go back and forth to Chengdu, you will have to wait until the end of the year at the earliest."

Fei Yi cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister has worked hard."

Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "I have something to do today, can Wen Wei help me?"

"Please order, the prime minister."

Zhuge Liang organized his speech a little bit, and objectively told Fei Yi about Wang Ping's first withdrawal of troops after the Battle of Guanzhong, ignoring Ma Di, and then stubbornly believing that he was innocent.

At the end, he said: "I think, Wen Wei, you go and talk to Wang Ping. As long as he is willing to conduct a deep self-criticism in front of the whole army and state his mistakes, this matter should be exposed. Of course, it is still necessary to demote him for the people. .”

"If there is a war in the future, it may be reactivated."

"I don't know how you feel?"

After hearing this, Fei Yi stroked his short beard under his chin, and didn't respond to this errand right away.

In fact, he was very happy to take this job, and he was hesitant just thinking about the pros and cons of taking this job.

Of course, Fei Yi also knew that Zhuge Liang's words "may be reactivated in the future" were just comforting words for Wang Ping.

The real meaning of this sentence should be understood as "it will never be enabled again in the future".

Among other things, just the fact that Wang Ping and Ma Di were at odds would basically cut off all of Wang Ping's future prospects in the Shu army.

Because of this sentence, Zhuge Liang also said it when he dismissed Li Yan.

Has Li Yan been reactivated?
No!

The only effect of this sentence is to give some hope to Wang Ping, who is about to lose his job to the people.

After a while, Fei Yi got up and cupped his hands and said, "Yi will live up to the Prime Minister's entrustment, and the Prime Minister will wait for my good news."

Nanzheng, prison.

Wang Ping curled up in a corner with a depressed expression.

He couldn't figure it out.

Although I don't know a lot of Chinese characters, I have made a lot of military exploits in the past 13 years since I abandoned Wei and went to Shu.

How could he be convicted for a small early withdrawal?

During the Battle of Jieting, Yang Yi was also behind the scenes to entrap Ma Di. After winning the Battle of Jieting, Yang Yi had nothing to do.

Why would Yang Yi be imprisoned for something of the same nature, even though Yang Yi was fine?
Wang Ping didn't understand.

The harsh environment of this cell deeply hurt his self-esteem.Not to mention that some of the prisoners held here were still sent in by him, and now seeing him in distress, they made crazy noises and laughed at him.

All these things made Wang Ping's world dark.

Fortunately, the warden and the prison guards showed a certain degree of respect for him, and did not confuse him with ordinary military war criminals. First, they did not deliberately embarrass him, and second, the food was okay.

Wang Ping is not sure, this is luck among misfortunes.

This morning, the magpies outside the window kept calling, Wang Ping's gloomy mood suddenly became more anticipatory, his appetite increased greatly, and he ate ten white flour steamed buns in one meal.

He felt that he was not far from being released from prison.

In the past two days, from the mouth of the jailer, he has heard about Ma Su's resignation for the people.Suddenly, I realized that my turning point had come.

Now that Ma Di has become a commoner, it means that Prime Minister Zhuge must be under great pressure and will release him soon.

as predicted.

In the afternoon, two prison guards took him out of the cell and into the reception room dedicated to visiting prisoners.

There are two large windows in this room, the light is very bright, the west slanting sun shines in through the wooden windows and falls on the back, making Wang Ping feel warm and peaceful, feeling like seeing the sun again.

The sound of an iron door opening and closing interrupted Wang Ping's thoughts. He raised his head and saw a literati sitting in front of him.

"Master Fei Yi? Why are you here?" Wang Ping was surprised.

He had thought that the first people to visit would be Zhuge Liang, Ma Di, Deng Zhi, Wei Yan, and even Zhao Yun who was stationed in Liangzhou, but he did not expect that it would be Fei Yi, a civil servant.

Frankly speaking, he didn't know many big characters, and he was born insulated from civil officials, and the civil official group in Shu Han was not willing to deal with him.

When everyone saw him, although they were very polite on the surface, Wang Ping could feel the alienation, disdain and contempt from those civil servants towards him.

This was also the treatment he had experienced in Wei Guo back then.

Therefore, Wang Ping understood the truth that "all literati in the world are noble" early on, and never took the initiative to strike up a conversation with scribes, and never asked himself to be boring.

Fei Yi looked at Wang Ping's dejected appearance, suppressed the disgust that surged up in his heart, and asked kindly: "Zi Jun, the prime minister sent me to see you..."

As Fei Yi said, he lifted a food box from under his feet and put it on the wooden table, took out the food and wine, and poured a glass of wine for Wang Ping himself.

Wang Ping took the wine glass carefully with both hands, and when he drank the wine, he was suddenly choked up and tears filled his eyes. The grievances he had suffered in the past few days were instantly vented, and he cried like a child weighing three hundred catties.

Fei Yi just sat quietly opposite.

When Wang Ping calmed down, he said: "The prime minister said, as long as you thoroughly review your mistakes in front of the whole army, and then demote your post for the people, the matter will be over."

"Does Prime Minister have anything else to say?" Wang Ping asked eagerly.

After being put in prison, he had already prepared for the worst.Knowing that he is likely to be demoted to the people.

But based on his talent in combat, Wang Ping felt that he still had a chance to be used again.

As long as the prime minister doesn't give up on him, then he will definitely be able to rise again.

Fei Yi shook his head and said regretfully, "No, the prime minister has nothing else to say."

"In my opinion, the prime minister is very disappointed in you, and will never use you again in this life."

"Snapped--"

The wine glass in Wang Ping's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and he sat down behind the wooden table in a daze.

The whole person is like a sculpture.

(End of this chapter)