Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: I help Lao Cao fight the country

So under the effect of money, the number of dead soldiers secretly trained by Qiu Jian grew from a dozen to thousands.

The assassination of Cao Ang this time was a small test between Sima Yi and Qiu Jian.

Even if you can't kill Cao Ang, it can be regarded as an accumulation of experience!

On this day, Sima Yi sent another batch of goods to the grassland.

Then he returned to his own mansion in Chengdu.

As soon as he entered the door, a black shadow came to him.

The person who came was tall and thin, his eyes were full of bloodthirsty light, and he carried a long sword behind his back.

It was Qiu Jian.

Seeing Qiu Jian who rarely appeared on weekdays, Sima Yi hurriedly asked:

"How are things going?"

A trace of shame immediately appeared on Qiu Jian's face.

"Grandfather! This subordinate did not do well. This time, not only did he fail to kill the thief Cao Ang, but he also took the lives of 24 brothers!"

Sima Yi: That's right!At the beginning, I advised you not to be reckless, so as not to reveal your identity.You insisted on giving it a try, okay?

He secretly scolded Qiu Jian as useless in his heart, but his face was full of grief.

"Brother Qiu, thank you for your hard work this time. Bandit Cao is full of tricks, and he will not be killed so easily! For my family's sake, you have been troubled. Don't worry, the blood of the brothers cannot be shed in vain. You first put the blood of death Give me the list of people, and I will send pensions to their families!"

Qiu Jiandao: "Xie Engong, they are all poor people. If they were not forced by money, who would be willing to take this road, but Engong can rest assured that even though they are poor, they are not short of ambition, and these brothers are all Tough guys with strong bones, even if they are captured, they will not confess me!"

Sima Yi pretended to be magnanimous and said: "These are trivial things. The brothers lost their lives because of my family affairs. This is all thanks to me. In the final analysis, I am sorry for them. Alas! It is all my fault!"

While speaking, he squeezed out two crocodile tears.

Qiu Jian, an old Jianghu, was also moved by Sima Yi's acting skills:

"It's not your fault. People's fate is predestined. They are also for money. They have put life and death aside when they embark on this road. However, they know that their benefactor will treat their families well, and they will smile at Jiuquan!"

Chapter 385 Liu Bei's Choice

Just when Sima Yi was still performing the drama of hypocrisy, hypocrisy, and hypocrisy.

A young man outside the door came in and reported:

"Patriarch, Liu Yizhou sent someone to invite you to visit the mansion!"

Sima Yi was taken aback.

Ever since he became interested in business on the surface, he seldom went to see Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also seemed to be deliberately alienating him.

As for the summoning like today, it was the first time in the recent period.

Sima Yi said with deep eyes: "Yes! Tell anyone who comes here that I know, and tell him to leave first, and I'll be there later."

Wait until the reporter leaves.Qiu Jian then asked:

"What is Liu Bei calling you for?"

"I don't know yet, but I suspect that it is very likely that it was the assassination of Cao Ang."

Qiu Jian hurriedly asked anxiously: "Will that affect the Lord?"

"Probably not. If I don't talk about you, who would know that it was you and me!"

"..."

Inside Yizhou State Shepherd's Mansion.

Liu Bei sat in the position he had longed for, and he seemed much younger.

At this moment, he was holding a letter in his hand.

This letter was impressively written by Zhuge Liang and sent to Liu Bei in the name of Cao Ang.

Liu Bei read the whole letter back and forth no less than three times word by word.

Zhang Song, Fazheng, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao and the others looked at Liu Bei's expression on the letter, all inexplicable, not knowing what was written in the letter.

After a long time, Liu Bei put down the letter in his hand and said slowly:

"Has Zhongda not come yet?"

Zhao Yundao: "I have already sent someone to inform, but I don't know what Sima Yi is busy with recently, so I guess he will come later!"

Liu Bei reprimanded: "This Sima Zhongda is becoming more and more outrageous. He can't be seen for ten days or eight days. Is it so interesting to be a businessman, and he doesn't even care about government affairs?"

Fazheng didn't think anything of it. After all, he believed that his talent could completely overwhelm Sima Yi, so he was not afraid of any threat Sima Yi could pose to him.

On the contrary, Zhang Song secretly rejoiced that Sima Yi was a huge threat to him. Zhang Song still had the ability to govern the local area, but Sima Yi faintly overwhelmed him in terms of local governance and military talents.

This made him always feel that his status would be threatened by Sima Yi, so Zhang Song took advantage of his position as a ground gun, and often found small things to embarrass Sima Yi.

But now Sima Yi is obsessed with the way of doing business, which is exactly what Zhang Song wants to see.

Today, Liu Bei's call was delayed again, which made Zhang Song feel that Sima Yi's threat to him no longer existed.

How can a mere businessman compare with a mastermind like him!

Waited for a long time.

Sima Yi came late.

As soon as he entered the door, he clasped his fists and said: "I'm really sorry everyone, Sima Yi came a step late, everyone waited for a long time, I apologize here!"

Fazheng: "Haha! It's okay, we haven't started yet!"

Zhang Song said angrily: "Hmph! We can't bear it, I'm afraid it's just delaying Master Sima's time to make money!"

Sima Yi ignored the provocation in his words and said with a smile: "It's all petty gains and nothing worth mentioning! It's not worth mentioning!"

Zhang Song turned his head away in disdain: "It's insulting to the gentlemen! I don't know what some people think if they come from a dignified family but want to go into business!"

Hearing his words with a gun and a stick, Zhao Yun and other generals felt uncomfortable.

And Sima Yi still acted like a normal person, and saluted Liu Bei who was sitting in the main seat:

"But I don't know why Minggong called me here today?"

Liu Bei did not reprimand him for being late, but handed over the letter in his hand and said:

"Zhongda, look at this first!"

"what is this?"

Liu Bei: "You'll know it after you've seen it!"

Zhang Song couldn't help but feel a little jealous: why so many of us don't show it to Sima Yi?

Could it be that Liu Bei still doesn't regard himself as a confidant?

He glanced at Fazheng who was sitting still.

Fazheng, who is only in his early twenties this year, is much more stable than Zhang Song.

He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart, as if nothing had anything to do with him.

He showed a calmness and competence that was completely out of line with his age.

Sima Yi took a few steps and came to Liu Bei, taking the letter with both hands.

After taking a few steps back, he unfolded the letter. After reading the above content, his face immediately changed color and said:

"Duke Ming, who wrote this letter?"

"Isn't it written on it? Of course it's what Cao Ang meant!"

Sima Yi couldn't help but turn pale, and cold sweat rolled down his temples.

He couldn't help being startled, it was clearly written on it that as long as Liu Bei could hand him over, Cao Ang would definitely return Liu Bei's family.

On one side are close relatives, and on the other side are subordinates who have just made friends.

But any normal person knows how to choose.

Sima Yi struggled for a while, he really didn't think about why Liu Bei would reject Cao Ang's proposal.

He stammered and asked: "That, that, Ming, Minggong, what is your intention?"

Liu Bei got up and said with a smile: "Zhongda, do you have any worries? Haha! But you can rest assured that I, Liu Bei, am definitely not a traitor. Brother Zhongda will never leave me. I will send you out, if I really want to do this, the heroes of the world will laugh at me!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi didn't feel relaxed at all, on the contrary, he felt even more heavy.

It is clearly written in the letter that as long as it is given to Cao Ang, Cao Ang will send back Liu Bei's family members unharmed, otherwise...

If it were Sima Yi himself, he would not abandon his family for the sake of his friends.

But Liu Bei said it so frankly, which made Sima Yi very suspicious of the authenticity of his words.

Liu Bei seemed to see the doubts in his heart and asked with a smile:

"Why, is Zhong Da still worried that I will send you out?"

Sima Yi said against his will: "Ming Gong, if what Cao Ang said is true, please also ask Ming Gong to hand me over to Cao Ang in exchange for the lives of the two wives and misses!"

It was only at this time that everyone understood the content of the letter.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they were waiting for Liu Bei's final decision.

After all, it would be a difficult problem for anyone to do such a thing.

It's just that Liu Bei is the king and Sima Yi is the minister. If Liu Bei intends to sacrifice Sima Yi in exchange for the lives of his family, it is also reasonable.But the consequences of doing so will inevitably be chilling!

Liu Bei just saw this clearly, family members are not important at all in his eyes.

As a hero with the world in mind, it was just as Cao Ang had guessed.

In front of Ba Ye and his family, Liu Bei chose Ba Ye almost without hesitation!

"Haha! Family is important, but it's not as important as Zhongda in my heart. Zhongda shared weal and woe with me. I can get to where I am today, thanks to you. Zhongda is like the arm of a certain family, and women are like clothes. Clothes are torn. If the arm is gone, there is no reason to grow it again!"

Chapter 386

Liu Bei said with arrogance, but in his heart, it is nonsense to say that it doesn't hurt.

Anyway, the two wives are also his first wives, and more importantly, his beloved daughter.

It is because of one of his decisions that he will die in Huangquan, and it is impossible to say that he does not feel pain in his heart.

But Liu Bei also knew that everyone present was watching his decision.

Once he agrees to Cao Ang, he will send Sima Yi out.

Let's not talk about whether Cao Ang can keep his promise to send his family back.

But one thing is certain, that is, once Sima Yi is handed over, Liu Bei will lose his support.

At the very least, everyone present will feel chilled.

On the contrary, if you choose to sacrifice your family members, you will not only gain the absolute loyalty of Sima Yi, but also the favor of those present.

Using the lives of his family members in exchange for a group of subordinates who are devoted to him, Liu Bei feels that this deal is definitely a deal.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Bei said this.

Sima Yi immediately bowed down and said:

"Duke Ming's life-saving grace to Yi will never be forgotten by Yi. In this life, he will definitely look up to him, and he will have no second thoughts!"

But then he said in his heart:

If your life is short and you die before me, it will be for your descendants... Hehe, it depends on my mood!

This is what Liu Bei wanted. He looked at Fazheng, Zhang Song, Zhao Yun and others.

I saw that the faces of all the people present were also moved.

Although everyone's expression is different, no matter what the expression is, there is admiration for Liu Bei in the eyes.

Zhang Song got up and said: "My lord is really a righteous person. There are few people in the world who can abandon their families and take care of their subordinates. My lord's actions today will be famous in history! We can work under a lord who cares about his subordinates like you. It is really our honor, and Song's admiration for the lord is like a torrent of rivers, my lord, please be respected by Song!"

Fazheng thought to himself: You sycophant.

But in this case, if you don't say a few nice words, wouldn't you be ignorant of the world.

So he also got up and said: "Mr. Xuande, what you have done today is truly unprecedented. If this matter is spread, your prestige will spread to every piece of land in the Han Dynasty. By then, there will definitely be more people." Capable people and strangers come to join us, and from then on, Duke Xuande's hegemony will be completed!"