Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 506 Don’t Try to Drag Me to Death
Chang Lin has been feeling very anxious lately.

Cao Pi's brutal treatment of Jiang Ji was like a sword at his own neck.

As for why he felt the situation was not good, it was because he did have a good relationship with Sima Yi.

In fact, Chang Lin had a hard life in his early years.

In the first year of Chuping, when the then prefect Wang Kuang led an army to attack Dong Zhuo, he sent some disciples to look for faults of officials and people in the counties under his jurisdiction. Once found, they would be detained immediately, and then sentenced to death and asked to atone their sins with money or food. If they delayed the deadline, their clan would be exterminated in order to establish his authority.

Chang Lin's uncle was reported by Wang Kuang's disciples for slapping a guest. Wang Kuang was furious and put him in jail to question him.

The entire Chang family was terrified. They didn't know how much money and grain they would be fined, and they didn't know whether they could rescue Chang Lin's uncle.

At this critical moment, Chang Lin went to find Wang Kuang's fellow villager Hu Mubiao and said, "Mr. Wang Fu has great talent in both civil and military affairs, so he should come to our county to be the governor. Our county is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with vast land, rich people, and many virtuous people. We can make use of him."

"Now that the Lord is young, the traitor Dong Zhuo is occupying the capital, and China is furious, it is time for heroes from all over the country to work hard for the country. However, if we want to punish the traitors in the world, support the weak royal family, and make the wise men in the world come to us and respond to us, and jointly quell the rebellion, in addition to the right time and place, we also need people to help us."

"If you have all three of these qualities, you will be invincible, right? But if you don't show any kindness to the people, and don't employ talented people, then you will surely bring about your own destruction. How can you even talk about supporting the court and establishing your reputation?"

Then Chang Lin told Wang Kuang about the detention of his uncle. Hu Mubiao immediately wrote a letter to blame Wang Kuang, and Wang Kuang released Chang Lin's uncle.

However, Chang Lin was afraid of offending Wang Kuang, so he moved to Shangdang to avoid the chaos and farmed in the mountains.

Later, because Chang Lin and Sima Yi were from the same hometown, the Sima clan helped Chang Lin when he was seeking refuge. After they both joined the Cao family, Sima Yi thought that Chang Lin was an elderly and virtuous man among his hometown people, so he would bow to Chang Lin whenever he met him. The two families had a close relationship and deep feelings.

Although this does not mean that Chang Lin will follow Sima Yi after he rebels, Cao Pi can't help but let his imagination run wild!

in this way…

I have been feeling uncertain.

After receiving Liu Bei's "Letter to the World", his thoughts became even more wrong.

"If you are stubborn and refuse to change your ways, and wait for the world to be at peace, you should not easily forgive the wicked and reckless people who have criticized you!"

"If you break this oath, the river will burst, the earth will shake, and the destiny will no longer bless Liu!"

Look at what Liu Bei read out to the people of the world!
That's very certain, there can't be any mistake in it.

Even with such remarks made, how could Chang Lin remain calm?

Today in the mansion... I felt even more frightened, as if something big had happened.

This person... is just like this.

Once something happens, even though it may not necessarily happen to you, you will still start to have all sorts of wild thoughts and become anxious.

Just when he was feeling uneasy, he heard someone outside come to report that Zhong Yao was here to look for him.

When Chang Lin heard that it was Zhong Yao, he quickly collected his thoughts, but he couldn't help but think to himself, "I have never had any contact with Zhong Yao before, so why did he come to look for me today?"

"He was originally a close minister of Cao Pi. Could it be that Cao Pi wants to take action against his family?"

A series of thoughts flashed through Chang Lin's mind, but he couldn't turn Zhong Yao away.

He just said quickly: "Please come in quickly."

He immediately adjusted his expression and prepared to meet him.

After a while, Zhong Yao came in.

I saw that his legs were moving very fast, and there was a gust of wind when he walked. It was obvious that he was in high spirits.

Zhong Yao's look was a little unusual. Logically speaking, since Cao Pi was not in good condition, Zhong Yao must be worried.

How could it be as "high-spirited" as it is now?

Feeling suspicious, Chang Lin took the initiative and stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Yuan Chang, I don't know what brought you here."

"This is your first time in my house, and you didn't even tell me so that I could be prepared and entertain you well."

Chang Lin was being polite, but his words were actually asking directly why Zhong Yao came here.

Zhong Yao had a smile on his face, but he said something shocking: "Minister Chang! You are about to die, but you still don't know it?"

After these words were spoken, Chang Lin could no longer hold back and his face turned pale.

He stared at Zhong Yao and asked, "You...what do you mean?"

Zhong Yao still smiled and said, "Minister, do you dare to say that Jiang Ji secretly communicated with Sima Yi?"

"After Liu Bei issued the edict today, did you have any second thoughts?"

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful. If you have any such thoughts, Your Majesty will know about them. Aren't you about to die?"

It's another groundless accusation!
When Chang Lin heard this, he realized that old man Zhong was just trying to scare him, and Bing didn't take it seriously.

My mind suddenly relaxed a little.

Looking at Zhong Yao, he always had a smile on his face. If he was really threatening him, it wouldn't be such a threat.

After thinking about it, he realized that Zhong Yao was trying to scare him on purpose so that he could say something later.

His expression immediately changed and he said with a smile: "The innocent are innocent. Chang is innocent. Your Majesty must know this. Do not wrongly accuse me."

Zhong Yao smiled in his heart when he saw Chang Lin starting to explain to him, and he knew that Chang Lin was frightened by him, which was lower than him.

He immediately had an idea in his mind, but he also agreed: "Haha, I said long ago that the Shangshu is loyal and will never have any other thoughts. Today, I have tested it and the Shangshu is so sure of what he said, he must be a loyal man without a doubt."

Chang Lin listened and nodded, then pulled Zhong Yao into the mansion and said, "That's right! I don't know who is gossiping about this!"

Zhong Yao shook his head and said, "Ah... It's not that there are rumors, but ever since Liu Bei announced the book to the world in Chengdu, there have been too many rumors in Yecheng!"

"Humph... Everyone thought Liu Bei would be kind to those who surrendered, but it's not that simple!"

"Think about the noble families in the south, can they tolerate us?"

"It's no use going!"

This...anyone else can say it, but you, Zhong Yao, cannot say it at all!
Everyone knows that you, Zhong Yao, gave up the opportunity to surrender to Liu Bei, which means you are holding on to Cao's ship and are not going to jump off.

Naturally, he spoke well of the Cao family everywhere and prevented others from wanting to join Liu Bei.

However, you may be determined to do this, but others may not necessarily think the same way!

He did not take Zhong Yao's words to heart at all, and even complained in his heart: "Zhong Yao, you want to drag us into the water together, how can it be so easy!"

"But today I will go along with what you say, and ask you to really think of yourself as a loyal subject!"

Thinking of this, Chang Lin also smiled and said: "Mr. Yuan Chang is right. I naturally understand these principles..."

(End of this chapter)