Mi Han

Chapter 491
When Deng Ai returned to the Jiange city wall, he encountered obstacles.

When Deng Ai yelled to put down the hanging basket under the city wall, the soldiers on the city remained silent for a while.

They naturally knew Deng Ai, but they also saw Deng Ai's side, who were following several people of unknown origin at this moment.

Even though the ragged clothes of those people looked very down and out, the sharp knives in their hands symbolized their extraordinary identities.

When Deng Ai went out today, he didn't follow these people, but when he returned, he suddenly brought a few people of unknown origin to the city, which would inevitably make people suspicious.

After all, it is well known that within a radius of more than ten miles, there is no other army except the Wei army.

The origin of the sudden appearance of several people is really hard to avoid being suspicious.

Jiange is where the gate of life in Yizhou is located, so they can't be careless.

Of course, relying on these few people to seize the heavily guarded Jiange, it is definitely impossible.

But what if they were spies who sneaked in and caused chaos inside Jiange?
All kinds of suspicions lingered in the hearts of the soldiers in the city. They were directly under Liu Feng's troops. Liu Feng didn't like Deng Ai very well, and they couldn't even talk about full trust in Deng Ai.

Isn't hunting usually all about hunting animals?Why did they bring back some people out of thin air?
The hesitation of the soldiers on the city made Deng Ai furious.

He just wanted to see Zhuge Liang sooner, how could he accept such a delay.

He originally wanted to explain the identities of the people around him, but he thought that the matter was too important to leak the news in advance, so he could only hold back his anger and shouted at the city wall:

"The prime minister knows the reason, so he hastened to report it."

Hearing what Deng Ai said, Lieutenant General Liu Feng, who was guarding the city, handed over the defense to a school lieutenant, and hurried down the city.

It's not that he intends to embarrass Deng Ai on purpose, it's just that Liu Feng issued a strict order a few days ago to prohibit people from entering and leaving the Jiange at will. Under Liu Feng's strict order, he can only be careful.

In addition, Deng Ai's military rank is not too high, and he is also a Zhonglang general with him, which gives him the confidence to stick to the bottom line.

Before Deng Ai was able to take people out hunting, he also got the acquiescence of the prime minister, otherwise he would not be able to go out.

But if, as Deng Ai said, he brought these people of unknown origin back today, and the Prime Minister knew about it, then his way of handling it would be another way.

At least report this matter, and before reporting it to Zhuge Liang, he must also let Liu Feng know about it.

In the past few days, Zhuge Liang has been discussing military affairs with the ministers who arrived at Jiange.

Some of these ministers took a different view of some of his initiatives.

Zhuge Liang is not a dogmatic character. Seeing that there are different opinions internally, he thought of seeking common ground while reserving differences through discussion.

But when Zhuge Liang was discussing important matters with the ministers and reached a critical point, the guards outside the tent suddenly came in and reported that Liu Feng had something to see.

Zhuge Liang frowned suddenly when he heard that Liu Feng wanted to see something.

Although he knew that Liu Feng had resentment towards him, Zhuge Liang still handed over the defense of Jiange to Liu Feng under the idea of ​​forbearance for the country.

Now that Liu Feng wants to see something, the important thing he said is probably about the safety of Jiange.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang immediately asked his personal guards to call Liu Feng in.

Summoned by Zhuge Liang, Liu Feng soon came to the big tent.

After Liu Feng entered the big tent, he saw many ministers present, and there was some joy in his eyes.

Under everyone's gaze, he reported Deng Ai's "suspicious act" on the spot.

After the report, Liu Feng did not forget to emphatically say with ulterior motives: "Deng Aiyan brought people with unknown history to enter the customs, and he got the consent of the prime minister."

As soon as Liu Feng said these words, the faces of the people in the tent couldn't help but change.

Without this sentence, Liu Feng's previous report was considered normal, but after adding this sentence, the meaning of this matter changed.

The people in the tent are almost all the important officials of the Han Dynasty who have come to Jiange these few days. They were sent by Liu Bei to Jiange to assist Zhuge Liang.

In terms of their status and status, Deng Ai's status as a mere general is not enough to attract their attention, even if they heard that Deng Ai made a lot of contributions in the Southern Expedition.

Under this concept, when everyone heard that Deng Ai had brought people with unknown backgrounds to enter the customs without authorization, they would inevitably feel unhappy and hesitant in their hearts.

And Liu Feng specifically stated at the end that Deng Ai's unpleasant and hesitant actions were approved by Zhuge Liang.

Then Liu Feng's purpose is obvious. He is specially transferring the unhappiness and hesitation of the ministers towards Deng Ai to Zhuge Liang.

It was almost obvious what Liu Feng meant, otherwise he could have had a better way to report.

Because of this, everyone's expressions became unnatural.

It has long been heard that Liu Feng has a fierce personality and has been dissatisfied with the prime minister for a long time, but after hearing it, everyone was quite surprised when they saw Liu Feng's unkindness towards Zhuge Liang.

The officials in the tent did not guess Liu Feng's intention wrong.

After Liu Feng learned of what happened under the gate of Jiange City, a different idea emerged in his mind.

According to common sense, Deng Ai moved out Zhuge Liang to endorse him. Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, in order to maintain Zhuge Liang's authority, Liu Feng should immediately bring Deng Ai and others in.

After being connected, as long as someone is sent to strictly guard Deng Ai and the others, even if Deng Ai has ulterior motives, then things are still under control.

Then find a suitable time to report this matter to Zhuge Liang in private for verification, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.

But Liu Feng didn't do that.

He knew that these few days were when Zhuge Liang was discussing important matters with the ministers from Chengdu, so he wanted to disclose this matter directly on special occasions, just to make things difficult for Zhuge Liang?
Liu Feng expected that what Deng Ai said must be a lie.

Before Zhuge Liang came, Liu Feng had mastered the defense of the Jiange. He knew very well that within a radius of tens of miles, there were only the Han army in the Jiange and the Wei army dozens of miles away.

Except for the fact that Deng Ai would take people out of the Jiange to hunt recently, no one went out at all, and from the report of the lieutenant general, it can be known that those few people were definitely not the people Deng Ai took out during this period of time.

So the identities of those people brought by Deng Ai, aren't they just about to be revealed?

It must be Wei Jun.

It's impossible for these people to be the Liangzhou army hundreds of miles away.

This is not only Liu Feng's judgment, the soldiers on the city wall, and even all the ministers in the tent now infer this in their hearts, otherwise their first reaction to this matter would not be suspicion.

Based on this inference, regardless of Deng Ai's purpose of bringing these Wei soldiers into the customs, if this matter was really arranged by Zhuge Liang, he would definitely order the soldiers on the city wall in advance to let them not stop them. Deng Ai led Wei Jun into the pass.

But Liu Feng did not receive such an order in advance.

From all these details, it is enough to infer that Deng Ai's statement that Zhuge Liang knew about this matter was a complete lie.

And the reason why Liu Feng said this sentence emphatically to everyone in public is to let Zhuge Liang expose Deng Ai's lies with his own mouth.

Once Zhuge Liang did this, then Deng Ai would inevitably be dealt with by military law.

Deng Ai is Mi Yang's confidant, if Deng Ai is dealt with by Zhuge Liang himself, then after Mi Yang learns about this in the future, will Mi Yang have no grudges in his heart?

Don't look at the relationship between Mi Yang and Zhuge Liang as master and apprentice now, but he and Zhuge Liang were also "master and apprentice" before.

Using himself to judge others, Liu Feng didn't think that when his own interests were hurt, Mi Yang, who had a similar combat style to him, would be indifferent to this matter.

After the report, Liu Feng looked at Zhuge Liang with confident eyes, expecting Zhuge Liang to say that.

But under the watchful eyes of Liu Feng and even the officials, Zhuge Liang spoke slowly:
"What Deng Ai said is true, quickly let him and others enter the customs."

Zhuge Liang's answer directly brought disbelief to Liu Feng's face.

Not only Liu Feng was unbelievable, but even all the ministers present were also unbelievable.

What Liu Feng could deduce was that everyone present had been immersed in the officialdom for a long time, so they could naturally see it.

Because of this, when Zhuge Liang personally endorsed Deng Ai, Liu Feng and the officials had this reaction.

Among the people in the tent, Liu Feng's face was the most ugly at the moment.

He really didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would open his eyes and talk nonsense in order not to step into his trap.

Is this still the noble Wolong he knew?
Almost a moment later, Liu Feng was about to blurt out Zhuge Liang's "lie".

But when he met Zhuge Liang's calm eyes like water, all the words he wanted to say were blocked in his throat by those faint eyes.

"This is an order."

Zhuge Liang's words revealed an irresistible meaning.

When Liu Bei was away, as the prime minister, Zhuge Liang, his words were almost equivalent to the imperial decree!

Even if he didn't know why Zhuge Liang would lie to his face, but in the face of Zhuge Liang's power, Liu Feng finally turned around obediently and walked out of the tent to pass orders.

After Liu Feng left, Zhuge Liang was no longer in the mood to continue the discussion.

He asked all the ministers who were discussing the matter to leave for the time being.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang's complexion was not very good, all the ministers got up and walked out of the tent tactfully.

It's not difficult to guess Liu Feng's intentions, but one is the prince who controls the military power, and the other is the prime minister who controls the military power. No one wants to get involved in the political struggle between these two.

But the officials from Chengdu didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but Yang Yi, Ma Su and others who were Zhuge Liang's confidantes were quite indignant.

"The prime minister has a big heart and wants to endure for the sake of the country, but the son of a locust doesn't think so much. The prime minister should take precautions early!"

The son of the mothfly comes from the Book of Songs, and usually refers to stepson and adopted son. Although this sentence seems to be a bit of a derogatory term, it is actually a neutral pronoun in today's world, meaning neither praise nor derogation.

This sentence was said by Yang Yi.

The aloof and arrogant Yang Yi, after seeing Liu Feng's sinister intentions today, wanted to fight for Zhuge Liang, but he was concerned about Liu Feng's identity, so he simply referred to Liu Feng as the son of the mothfly.

Not only Yang Yi thought so, even Ma Di suggested to Zhuge Liang: "The prime minister, why not write today's matter to His Majesty, and let His Majesty decide."

After saying this sentence, Ma Di inadvertently added another sentence:

"Deng Ai is also to blame for today's incident. If there is no such thing as his words, why would the prime minister do it today, why bother."

Ma Di was a taboo for the venerable, and he didn't say the word "lie". As Zhuge Liang's confidant, he naturally knew that what Deng Ai said was completely false.

Unlike Yang Yi, he wants to transfer the conflict to Deng Ai, and his intention is also obvious.

After listening to the words of the two confidants, Zhuge Liang did not show any anger, and his expression was always indifferent.

He said first: "He doesn't understand Zicheng, and you don't understand mutual tolerance for the country.

If you want to achieve great things, you must first take the overall situation into consideration.

Taking care of the overall situation not only refers to being patient with other people's deliberate actions when necessary, but also refers to not being too pedantically obsessed with personal reputation when necessary. "

Zhuge Liang's words were not only intended to dispel the resentment in Yang Yi and Ma Di's hearts, but also to explain his answer just now.

After saying this, Zhuge Liang excused Deng Ai again:
"Deng Aifei is a reckless person, but he is also loyal to Zicheng.

Although I don't know why he suddenly brought several Wei soldiers into the pass, but he didn't want to reveal the identities of those people rashly, he must have something important to report.

What he said was also a helpless move. "

In Zhuge Liang's view, Deng Ai really couldn't be blamed for this incident.

Many things could have been tacitly understood, but Liu Feng insisted on doing the opposite. I am afraid that even Deng Ai did not expect that Liu Feng would take such a selfish approach to his words.

After saying these words, Zhuge Liang asked Yang Yi and Ma Di to retreat first. He is now very interested in the Wei troops brought by Deng Ai.

Zhuge Liang guessed that Deng Ai might bring him unexpected good news.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang didn't seem to want to pursue the matter too much, Yang Yi and Ma Di looked at each other, then turned around and retreated outside the tent.

The figures of the two fell into Zhuge Liang's eyes, thinking of the indignation the two of them felt for him just now, a thoughtful look quietly appeared on Zhuge Liang's face.

There are some words he didn't say to Ma Di and Yang Yi just now:

You don't understand His Majesty, but he does.

As long as Liu Feng does not commit an unforgivable crime, His Majesty will not deal with him lightly.

Do you really think that His Majesty lifted Liu Feng from confinement just to let Liu Feng stay in the Jiange?

Some things can be seen through, but they must never be said through.

In this world, the surname is Liu after all.

It's just that some things really need to be prepared early, and today's incident sounded a wake-up call in Zhuge Liang's heart.

Zhuge Liang didn't wait too long in the big tent, and Deng Ai came to Zhuge Liang with those "Wei Jun" soon after.

Zhuge Liang was originally sitting in his seat, wanting to hear what Deng Ai's purpose was for bringing these Wei troops into the pass.

But the first sentence that Deng Ai blurted out directly made Zhuge Liang's indifferent expression no longer.

"Prime Minister, these soldiers are all from Liangzhou, and there is a secret letter from the general to report to the Prime Minister."

Deng Ai's words pointed out the identities of these sergeants.

Even Zhuge Liang hadn't guessed that these sergeants were from Liangzhou.

How did they get here?
And what the leader of those sergeants said next made Zhuge Liang stand up from his seat:

"The general has a word: Yizhou reinforcements can enter Liangzhou from Dingjunshan!"

Zhuge Liang:!

This kid actually thought of going together by himself?
After being shocked, Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing.

This kid really deserves to be his beloved disciple.

　Thousands of words converge into four words:
　　I'm so sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)