Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Gu Wei, who rushed over, also skillfully helped Li Ji maintain the temperature of the stove.

However, after Li Ji took a look at Gu Wei, he noticed something strange in Gu Wei's eyes.

In a sense, Gu Wei can be considered as a child that Li Ji watched grow up.

From the beginning, he was the skinny little monkey with dark skin who was brought back from Rinnan County by Sun Ce, and now he is a handsome and elegant young man.

Gu Wei's changes are huge, and Li Ji's familiarity with him is profound.

With just one glance, Li Ji noticed Gu Wei's change of mood and asked.

"Wei'er, what's wrong? Did you have a quarrel with Ziyi?"

"Not yet."

"No, or you don't dare to tell the truth?" Li Ji asked again.

"Mr. Jiang is a talent valued by the Prime Minister. How dare Wei affect the Prime Minister's arrangements?" Gu Wei replied quickly.

"So it seems that Ziyi said something that made Weier unhappy, but Weier didn't get angry." Li Ji said with a smile.

Gu Wei was slightly startled and blurted out.

"How did the Prime Minister know?"

Gu Wei clearly didn't say it, and there was no third person present, so why did the Prime Minister act as if he had seen it with his own eyes?
"Jiang Gan is a man with good manners and eloquence, but his words are full of pride about his background. It is normal for him to look down on Wei'er with words." Li Ji explained simply.

The conversation between Li Ji and Gu Wei also attracted the interest of Liu Bei, who was grilling meat for his brothers, and asked, "Zi Kun, who is Jiang Gan you are talking about?"

"Please allow me to keep you in suspense, some details are still to be determined..."

Suddenly, Li Ji looked at Sima Yi who was walking hurriedly not far away and said, "The conclusion I have been waiting for has arrived."

Sima Yi walked over quickly and handed several documents to Li Ji.

Li Ji handed the fishing rod to Gu Wei and started looking through the documents in his hand.

After a moment, Li Ji couldn't help but chuckle and said.

"As expected, Jiang Gan, ah Jiang Gan, it seems that some things are really destined."

This small ripple completely aroused the interest of Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

Zhang Fei, who was the most impatient, couldn't help but shout.

"Zi Kun, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what is so special about Jiang Gan that Zi Kun takes him so seriously."

"Don't worry, Yide, just take a look at this."

Li Ji sneered, then handed over the documents that Sima Yi had just sorted out from the Jinyi Division.

Liu, Guan and Zhang looked at it one after another, but they could not see anything special in it.

It is natural that the Jinyisi would not have no records at all about a famous figure of the time like Jiang Gan.

On the contrary, since Jiang Gan was from Jiujiang, the Jinyisi, which had the deepest roots in Yangzhou, recorded quite detailed intelligence on Jiang Gan.

When Jiang Gan was young, he was a classmate of Zhou Yu. Later, he went to Wujun to study when Rende Academy was first established. Then in the second year of Chuping, he began to go to Central Plains to study.

The records about Jiang Gan are interrupted here. Perhaps the Jinyisi can slowly investigate it, but it will take enough time.

Then, just half a month after Liu Bei became king, Jiang Gan returned to Yangzhou and visited many of his classmates and friends, including Zhou Yu. Finally, he persuaded Zhou Yu to recommend Li Ji.

“That doesn’t seem to be a problem.”

Zhang Fei said to Li Ji in confusion.

"There are two doubts: First, if Jiang Gan had the intention to support the Han Dynasty, he would have studied at Ren De Academy in Wujun and must have known the lord's philosophy. However, he turned a blind eye to it and chose to flee to the Central Plains to study. This shows that he does not approve of the lord's philosophy." Li Ji raised his first finger and analyzed slowly.

"Secondly, Jiang Gan returned to Yangzhou just after his master was crowned king. After returning to Yangzhou, he could not wait to visit his friends and classmates to find a way to recommend himself. His behavior was too eager and utilitarian..."

"And when he met Jiang Gan, Ji tried to test him with words, saying that he could recommend him to the lord, but he was politely rejected. Instead, he was willing to be a minor official in my palace."

Hearing this, even Zhang Fei could sense something was wrong. He stood up and said angrily, "So, is Jiang Gan a spy who is intentionally lurking around Zikun?"

"Nine times out of ten."

Li Ji replied.

Zhang Fei blurted out with his eyes wide open. "I'm so angry, I'm going to tie this guy up right now and see who dares to place spies around Zikun."

Seeing this, Liu Bei spoke up to stop him angrily. "Yide, look, you are anxious again. Zikun must have a deep meaning behind this arrangement. Why do you need to kidnap someone? Come back and sit down."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he thought it made sense, so he sat down again.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and asked with narrowed eyes.

"Since Zikun knew that this person had ulterior motives, why did he keep him?"

Li Ji took the fishing rod from Gu Wei again and said.

"Jiang Gan is a strange person, nine out of ten, but he is a famous scholar after all. Moreover, he has repeatedly expressed his willingness to serve me during his visits to friends. If I arrest him because of a momentary suspicion, it will be bad for my reputation."

"Perhaps this is also the reason why Jiang Gan dared to use spies. He was sure that even if I found something wrong, I would not dare to harm his life without solid evidence."

Guan Yu's eyes flashed coldly, and he said, "Such a two-faced person is really shameful."

"Don't be angry, Yunchang. Regardless of whether the person using the spy is Cao or Lu, why not play the long game and hook the big fish? Use Jiang Gan to use a counter-espionage strategy." Li Ji replied.

"What's the plan?" Liu Bei asked.

"Let's wait and see what Jiang Gan intends to do, and then pretend to cooperate to confuse the foreign enemy..."

After a pause, Li Ji continued.

"Besides, didn't the king think of a way to pretend to be addicted to wine and women and enjoy himself so that the enemy would know about it, but without affecting the people's hearts?"

"Jiang Gan is the best solution to this problem. We can use Jiang Gan to pass the news to the ears of the foreign enemies."

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but show joy on his face and said.

"What Zikun said makes a lot of sense."

Then, Liu Bei explained the previous plan in detail to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were unaware of the situation. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became very interested and said they wanted to participate, and even added some suggestions.

Gu Wei, who was standing by, finally reacted and asked in a low voice.

"Prime Minister, how should I treat Jiang Gan on a daily basis?"

"It's all right."

After a pause, Li Ji continued.

"If I'm right, once Jiang Gan realizes that Wei'er is in a high position, he will definitely try to apologize to Wei'er as soon as possible and ask for forgiveness. Whether Wei'er accepts it or not is up to her."

"Is it okay not to accept it?" Gu Wei was a little uncertain.

"Even if Wei'er repeatedly targets him, Jiang Gan, who has his own agenda, will certainly just greet him with a smile."

Li Ji intentionally or unintentionally guided Gu Wei so that Jiang Gan would not live too comfortably on weekdays. (End of this chapter)