Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 607

When Emperor Xiaoai passed away, Hua Xin came out to express his condolences and then begged for the remains of the young new emperor...

But everyone knows that this "begging" is not a skeleton, but someone who wants to keep a useful body and return to Chu State!

The new emperor is about the same age as Emperor Xiaoai when he first ascended the throne, and he is less courageous and less majestic than Emperor Xiaoai. The affairs of the court are all under Zhang Yan's control... Well, Zhang Yan is almost entirely under Sima Yi's control.

Although Zhang Yan had no choice but to face Hua Xin's behavior of disappearing for several days and then appearing openly, as if he was just on a normal vacation, Zhang Yan was not embarrassed.

As for Sima Yi, he was already thinking about whether he had any deeper intentions!
Is it really just because the guards in Chang'an were too strict, and the Chu army had already marched into Ziwu Valley, and he knew that he had to let people go, so he revealed his identity?

Something seems wrong. If that's the case, why didn't it come out a few days earlier, after Liu Xie was completely cold?

"Mr. Yang, Hua Gong seems to have come from Shopkeeper Li's house. What impression do you have?" After Sima Yi got the news, he first asked Yang Biao.

I don’t know if I really believe that this matter has nothing to do with the Yang family, or if I am just pretending to be trusting and conceited...

"Li Kuan is married to my concubine's niece, and he is quite knowledgeable in business, so I just leave some unimportant business to him." Yang Biao said sleepily, as if he was really old. I was almost speechless.

Li Kuan is the family where Hua Xin "stayed", and Hua Xin had already proposed that Li Kuan and his family would go back to Chu with him to "be companions."

Because Zheng Jun had many eyes and ears in the city at that time, and Hua Xin's sudden appearance would definitely trace his hiding place afterwards. Hua Xin was afraid that even if he carefully concealed it, Li Kuan would eventually be exposed, so he simply took him away with him.

At this time, Li Kuan had already begun to hand over the business at hand...

Yang Biao said "it doesn't matter", but in fact Li Kuan was much more important than his tone!
Indeed, Yang Biao never thought that Li Kuan would be instigated by the Chu State to rebel.

After all, Li Kuan was entrusted with an important task, so Yang naturally had considerations for him.

However, no matter from the understanding of his character or the entanglement of interests, we have never found out before that there is a chance that he will be incited to rebel!

In fact, Li Kuan was naturally not instigated by interests to rebel, otherwise he would have left traces anyway.

Chu State is a big family, but whether it is Chu coins or Chu State's gold and silver, if they are to flow into Guanzhong, the court will find out if they are not careful.

After all, Liu Xie would rather not develop than ban Chu coins and goods in Guanzhong!

Moreover, those who could flow in were all assisted behind the scenes by the northern nobles, who could not hide it from the court or the Yang family.

However, in fact... not only did the Chu State not give Li Kuan any benefits, but because Li Kuan was so "fat", he secretly funded some of the Ministry of Enlightenment's actions in Guanzhong.

This is not "inciting rebellion", but the "inspiration" of Chu Xue. Not only is it impossible to discover, it is even beyond the understanding of Yang.

Maybe you can understand it?
Indeed, it is similar to "a scholar will die for his bosom friend" and "sacrifice his life for righteousness"...

It's just that in their view, those with such conduct are either "scholars" or righteous men who have been bribed by kindness...that is, Jing Ke, Zhuan Zhu and their like.

The latter is easy to discover, while the former is the exclusive virtue of a noble "scholar".

As for a wealthy businessman and ordinary people, do they have the idea of ​​sacrificing their lives for righteousness?
This bend has not been reversed in their minds yet, which is also one of the greatest conveniences of the Enlightenment Department.

"Since they are just unknown people, I believe that Marquis Zheng and His Majesty will not hold on to Mr. Hua and just send them back to the Chu Kingdom." Hearing this, Sima Yi said he didn't care, but his eyes flashed. thinking.

Moreover, Sima Yi said that Zheng Hou and His Majesty would agree, but everyone knew that it was actually him, Sima Yi, who had already decided!

Hua Xin didn't look surprised. He asked the old servants in the mansion to pack their luggage early. After Li Kuan's family was briefly monitored, he handed over the business to Yang's people. After that, he and his wife and children wore ordinary linen clothes and carried their clothes on their backs. Carrying a small package and a servant who was willing to follow, they met Hua Xin early the next morning.

Because of the tense situation brought about by Zheng Hou, even the people in Beijing who were close to He Huaxin did not dare to see him off at this time.

There would have been an army to "escort" Hua Xin away, after all Sima Yi didn't want any accidents.

However, just as they were about to leave the city gate, a group of low-level generals from the Zheng Army suddenly surrounded Hua Xin and his party...

Li Kuan, who was protecting Hua Xin, originally wanted to stop him, but Hua Xin himself looked at him calmly, and Sima Yi came over at this time.

"Sir Sima, are you here to see me off, or are you saying... you regret letting me go?" Hua Xin looked at Sima Yi calmly.

"Mr. Hua was joking. Since His Majesty and Marquis Zheng approved Mr. Hua's resignation and returning home, how can I disagree?" Sima Yi cupped his hands as he spoke, as if he really respected Hua Xin and really respected Hua Xin. It's just the way "Your Majesty" and "Marquis Zheng" gave orders.

But now everyone knows that it is Sima Yi who controls Chang'an, or Guanzhong!

"So Sir Sima is here to see him off? This is a bit grand." Hua Xin said and looked at the armored generals around him.

"No, I don't mean anything, but... is there anyone in Mr. Li's family?" Sima Yi said, without caring about Hua Xin's face, he waved his hand.

I saw the guards around, Li Kuan’s family, and a few servants who were willing to follow—Li Kuan had burned all the deeds of betrayal. To be more precise, they were just hired workers—at this time, they were all captured by Zheng. The general of the army was pulled out!

Sima Yi also looked over one by one at this time...

Yes, Sima Yi was also wondering whether Hua Xin was involved in Liu Bei's "disappearance" before.

If it was just Hua Xin, Sima Yi would naturally not want to embarrass the Chu State because of him, but if Liu Bei was there... Sima Yi would have to keep them here even if he tried to start a war with the Chu State!

Otherwise, if Liu Bei goes to Chu, his situation will only get worse. This has already involved Sima Yi's current core interests and must be fought for.

But after looking around, Sima Yi found that he seemed to have guessed wrong.

"What are you looking for, Lord Sima?" Hua Xin frowned.

"It's nothing, I'm just worried that someone with evil intentions will be by Mr. Hua's side." Sima Yi changed the subject, and at the same time glanced at Hua Xin's "family".

In fact, Hua Xin's family members had not gone to Xudu with him before, and naturally they were not in Chang'an now.

There was only an old servant accompanying him, and... just a singer.

"Mr. Hua really values ​​friendship, but he didn't forget to take this singer with him." Sima Yi tried.

Hua Xin glanced at him, and then said calmly: "The human race cannot be lost..."

Sima Yi: ...

(End of this chapter)