Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 188 A Walk in Wen County (2)

After Sima Fang returned home, he ordered someone to pack his luggage, left Xuchang that day, and hurried back to his hometown in Wen County, Hanoi!Time passed in a blink of an eye, and the people sent to Wen County finally came back with news about Wen County.

"Report to the Prime Minister! The people sent to Wen County, Hanoi County have returned and are waiting outside the door to be summoned by the Prime Minister!" The guards stepped over the threshold and walked in, saluting respectfully to Li Song who was reviewing official affairs.

Li Song raised his head from the pile of business affairs on the table, and said happily, "Oh! Then let him in!"

"No!" The guard cupped his fists and saluted, turned and walked out, calling in the person who had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

"My subordinates pay homage to the prime minister!" The man entered the room, and when he saw Li Song, he immediately bowed his head in admiration!

"Excuse me!" Li Song put down his official business, stretched out his hand to help the road, and couldn't wait to know what the result would be. "Is this trip to Wen County, Hanoi County going well?"

"Please remember, Prime Minister!" The man got up and said, "This trip to Wen County went smoothly, but..."

Li Song frowned, knowing that things were not as simple as he imagined, and sighed, "But what, just say it, don't have any worries!"

"Prime Minister! After this subordinate arrived in Wen County, he went to Sima's house and informed him of his intentions in the future! Unexpectedly, Sima Fang's second son, Sima Yi, suddenly suffered from wind paralysis when his subordinate arrived at Sima's house, so he couldn't come to serve the prime minister!"

"But Sima Lang needs to stay at home to take care of his younger brother Sima Yi. It will take some time before he can come to Xuchang to serve the prime minister! The subordinates are not good at work, so please punish the prime minister!" Seeing Li Song's face constantly changing, the man frightened He took it seriously, thinking that the prime minister was dissatisfied because he was unfavorable in handling affairs.

"Okay! You did a good job on this matter! The rest has nothing to do with you! You have worked hard all the way! Go down and rest first!" Li Song said.

"Thank you, Prime Minister! This subordinate will leave!" After listening to Li Song's words, the man's agitated heart also settled down, he hurriedly bid farewell to Li Song, bowed and retreated.

Hello Sima Yi!It's really the right time for this wind arthralgia to come, not sooner or later!It happened at this time!Obviously just pretending to be sick!
Whether you don't want to be an official under me because the Eastern Han Dynasty is exhausted, or you have other purposes, I can't let you go easily. It seems that I need to go to Wen County in person to find out Find out the reality of Sima Yi, and then make plans.

Hanoi County, Wen County, Sima Family.

Sima Fang called his two sons, Sima Lang and Sima Yi, to the study. Sima Fang sat upright on the main seat, while Sima Lang and Sima Yi knelt on the left and right sides of Sima Fang.

"I don't know if my father called my brothers here. Is there something important?" Sima Yi saluted Sima Fang after he sat down.

"As for Li Song recruiting you to be officials! What's your opinion? Tell me! I want to hear your opinions!" Sima Fang didn't answer Sima Yi's question directly, but asked back.

"Father! My child thinks that the power of the Han Dynasty is now exhausted! Even if Guangwu is alive, there is no way to recover!" It was still Sima Yi who spoke.

"Even so! I don't want to be an official under the powerful officials. My Sima family is paid by the Han court!"

At this time, Sima Yi was only a 20-year-old youth, and he was just as passionate. After all these years of war, Sima Yi naturally didn't want to go to the muddy waters of the court!

"Bo Da! What do you think of this matter!" Sima Fang nodded, and it was precisely because he also saw that the Han Dynasty was exhausted that he decided to resign and go back to the countryside, looking at Sima Lang and said.

"Father! Second brother! If I don't even go, I'm afraid Li Song won't let my Sima family go. Li Song is not comparable to Dong Zhuo..." Sima Lang said his thoughts.

"Since the second brother has a syndrome of wind paralysis! If you don't go, there will be no problem. If I also refuse the imperial court prime minister's enlistment, I'm afraid it will cause his dissatisfaction! Therefore, I will go to Xuchang." Sima Lang continued .

What the three of them don't know is that the person Li Song wants is Sima Yi, not Sima Lang.

After Sima Fang heard this, he nodded and agreed with Sima Lang's decision. After all, the Sima family also needs someone in the court, this is the way for a large family to survive!

After the father and son chatted for a while, they left separately. Sima Lang went back to pack his luggage and prepared to leave for Xuchang to be Li Song's bookkeeper. Sima Yi went back and continued to pretend his illness. Lying in the house well, but running around, it is easy for people to see the clues.

On the second day after Sima Lang set off for Xuchang, a group of five people came to Wen County in the evening. Wisps of smoke rose, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, as if they were covered with a halo of holiness. Song et al.

When they came to a house, Li Song asked Xu Chu to call the door, and Xu Chu immediately slammed on the closed wooden door and shouted, "Is anyone at home?"

"Who is it!" A man's voice came from inside, and in a moment, the door was opened, and a head poked out from inside. It was a middle-aged man. After looking at Li Song and others, the door was all opened, and the whole Talent comes out of it.

He said to Li Song and the others: "I don't know what's the matter?"

Li Song stepped forward to salute and said: "Uncle! We are traveling in the rivers and lakes. It's getting late today. I wonder if I can stay with you for one night. Excuse me!"

The folk customs of this era are still simple, and there are often travelers staying at other people's homes. Such things are unthinkable in later generations, which is why Li Song does not invest in other places.

"It's nothing to disturb! Come in!" The middle-aged man greeted them to come in. He would not believe what Li Song said. Although Li Song and the others were wearing coarse linen clothes, their demeanor had the air of a noble son , not to mention, there is no one who travels in the rivers and lakes without eating clothes.

Looking at their horses again, although the middle-aged man can't distinguish the good from the bad, he also knows that horses are not something that ordinary people can afford. The middle-aged man can't help but think in his heart, rich people really know how to play .

After the middle-aged man invited Li Song into the house, he asked his wife to cook more meals. Li Song chatted with him a few words, and then revealed his purpose: "Uncle! Do you know that the Sima family, a rich family in Hanoi, How do we go? We went to them."

"Of course I know about Sima's house. After leaving our village, you can walk fifteen miles north to Sima's house!" said the middle-aged man.

After getting to know the middle-aged man better, Li Song decided to take the opportunity to test Sima Yi tonight to see if he was just pretending to be sick!
(End of this chapter)