When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 704 Li Yan: I am the traitor
"Prime Minister Zhuge has unfathomable abilities. I admire and respect him very much."

While Li Yan was speaking, Zhen De was also observing Li Yan's expression. Li Yan's expression didn't seem fake, and he seemed to be really in awe of Zhuge Liang, and he really didn't seem to know what was going to happen next.

In that case, let’s not hide anything and get straight to the point.

Zhen De waved the book in front of Li Yan and explained, "This book is called Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was adapted by a later novelist based on the events from the end of the Han Dynasty when the princes fought each other to the Three Kingdoms' return to the Jin Dynasty. It is relatively consistent with history."

The Three Kingdoms returned to the Jin Dynasty after the struggle among the princes at the end of the Han Dynasty
Li Yan was shocked, and his thoughts immediately became active. No wonder what happened in the Han Dynasty was completely different from what I saw in my dream. The lord and his wise ministers had all been to the fairyland. I think the lord and his wise ministers learned about what would happen in the future and took countermeasures, which was how to turn the tide.

Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but feel nervous and curious.

Since this book records what happened from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, it means that he must be present in this book.

Obviously this is something to be happy about. Doesn't it mean that being recorded in a book by a novelist means that he is no longer an unknown person in history?

but.
Zhen De's performance just now undoubtedly made Li Yan a little scared. It is very likely that his image in the book is not very good.
Zhen De was unaware of Li Yan's inner thoughts. He turned to the 100th chapter of the novel and pointed his slender finger at two words on the paper.

Li Yan took a closer look and found that it was himself!
Zhen De explained: "This is Li Yan's first appearance during Prime Minister Zhuge's Northern Expedition."

Was this my first appearance during the Prime Minister’s Northern Expedition?

Li Yan became interested and read on carefully. Zhen De did not make a sound to disturb him, but just looked at Li Yan quietly.

As he read on, Li Yan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and anger suddenly surged into his head.

What did he look at?
A captain under his command delayed the transportation of food and grass because of his greed for alcohol, and then he was even more resentful and defected to Cao Wei. Not only that, he also secretly ran back to Chengdu and spread rumors to discredit Prime Minister Zhuge!

Li Yan was furious, gritting his teeth and cursing in a low voice: "This Gou An is really abominable! How could Li Yan have such a captain under his command?! It's ok for him to drink and make mistakes, but he dared to defect to Cao Wei overnight, obeyed the orders of Sima the old thief, and spread rumors about Prime Minister Zhuge. How shameful and hateful!"

After venting his anger, Li Yan felt a little guilty. He actually let such a person be the captain of the grain escort. He was not good at judging people.

Li Yan, who thought that he had misjudged his personnel, wanted to tell Zhen De that he would never let such a thing happen again and that he would be extremely careful in selecting and employing people.

What Li Yan didn't expect was that Zhen De actually said, "Teacher Li, it's not over yet, finish the next chapter as well."

Next chapter?
Isn’t it just that you don’t know how to recognize people?
Li Yan suppressed his nervousness, took a deep breath, and once again focused his attention on the novel. After reading this chapter, Li Yan fell silent, and the anger on his face was replaced by disbelief.

He originally thought that it was Gou An who hindered Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, but this chapter told him that he had done even more excessively than Gou An.

Seeing that Prime Minister Zhuge had been making great successes on the front line, the only problem he had was the supply of food and fodder. Prime Minister Zhuge asked again and again about the food and fodder, but the person in the novel ignored him. Not only did he not speed up the transportation of food and fodder, he also lied that the Eastern Wu invaded, forcing the Prime Minister to return to defend. When facing the emperor, he had another story, saying that he didn't know why the Prime Minister withdrew his troops.
Did I really do this? The Han Dynasty only has one state left, and the Northern Expedition is at a critical juncture. How could I do such a stupid thing?!
Li Yan closed his eyes, his face showing pain. No wonder Gou An didn't take the transportation of food and supplies seriously. It turned out that he had a problem.
However, Li Yan still had a question in his heart. The book said that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang thought that he was an important minister entrusted by the late emperor, so he asked Fei Yi to submit a petition to the emperor to demote him to a commoner.
Is it true that I am still a trusted minister?
Li Yan found the chapter about Liu Bei entrusting his son to Zhuge Liang in Yong'an. Although this chapter did not mention him much, it clearly stated that Liu Bei knew his end was near and sent Zhuge Liang and Li Yan to Yong'an Palace.
Li Yan thought for a moment, and finally opened his mouth and squeezed out a low voice, "Director Zhen, was Li Yan present when the first lord entrusted his son to Yong'an?"

"Yes." Zhen De nodded. "In the novel, Li Yan came to Yong'an Palace with Zhuge Liang. In history, Li Yan arrived a year earlier than Zhuge Liang. At that time, Liu Bei was not seriously ill yet, and even appointed Li Yan as Shangshu Ling."

Shangshu Ling.
Li Yan thought about it, and in just a blink of an eye, he figured out why Liu Bei appointed him as Shangshu Ling. It should be because the defeat in Yiling killed too many wise and capable officials. Among the remaining civil and military officials, who are capable of both civil and military affairs? Zhuge Liang was to manage the entire rear area, so Zhuge Liang could not be moved. Only he met the requirements, so he stayed in Yong'an Palace to assist Liu Bei in confronting Dongwu.

"What did the first lord say to Li Yan when he entrusted his son to him?"

"What did he say? It should be that Li Yan will be appointed as the Central Protector General, commanding the internal and external military forces and staying in Yong'an."

"The Central Protector General will command the internal and external military forces and stay in Yong'an." Li Yan chewed on these words, and became more and more certain of his previous guess. "Du" means "commander-in-chief", "hu" means "protection", and "internal and external military forces" means the military forces inside and outside the palace. This really regards him as a wedge nailed in Yong'an to guard against the Eastern Wu.
Li Yan felt a deep trust from Liu Bei's arrangement of entrusting his son to him. Generally, only the most trusted among the trusted ones could be appointed as the Protector General.

When Li Yan thought about his poor grain transport and his lies and framing of Zhuge Liang, he felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Li Yan thought about it. Director Zhen just said that the novel was written by a novelist, so it is more in line with history. Novelists often like to add conflicts in the book to facilitate the subsequent development of the story. Is there a possibility that he was better in history? There would be no such villain anyway.
Li Yan hurriedly asked, "Director Zhen, what about the historical Li Yan? Is there any discrepancy in the novel?"

Under Li Yan's expectant gaze, Zhen De nodded, "There are indeed some discrepancies."

Li Yan felt relieved. It seemed that he was not that bad.
What Li Yan didn't expect was that Zhen De suddenly changed the subject. "There is no mention of Gou An in history books, but Li Yan was indeed incompetent in supervising grain and fodder, and he also shirked responsibility. He clearly sent someone to tell Zhuge Liang that it was rainy in summer and autumn, and the transportation of grain and fodder could not be supplied. Afterwards, he pretended to be surprised and said that the army had plenty of food. Why did he retreat?! He also reported to Liu Chan that "the army pretended to retreat, but in fact it was used to lure the enemy for a decisive battle with them." He intended to relieve himself of the responsibility for the incompetent supervision of grain and fodder, and to show Zhuge Liang's mistake of delaying the opportunity to fight. During this period, he wanted to kill the supervisor of transportation, Cen Shu, to shirk responsibility."

what?
Li Yan was stunned. No, how could this be even worse than in the novel? !

Zhen De hadn't finished speaking yet, "Before this, Li Yan had done something very absurd. He instigated Zhuge Liang to accept the Nine Gifts and be promoted to the title of king."

what? !

Li Yan was struck by lightning and slipped off the stone bench and fell to the ground. He himself actually let Prime Minister Zhuge be promoted to the title of king? ! !
It turns out that the treacherous minister harboring evil intentions was actually himself.
For a moment, Li Yan was in tears.

(End of this chapter)