I looked at Black Butterfly in shock: "What do you mean?"
Black Butterfly smiled bitterly and said: "In my team, there are not only Zhao Qiang, a disciple of the Xing Palace, but also other spies. If they are all dead, the people of the Xing Palace will pounce on us like wolves and eat us until we lose our bones. Leftover."
I couldn't help but frown and said, "There are still people from the Hall of Punishment? What do they want to do?"
Black Butterfly said: "You don't understand Xingdian. They have been trying to control the Detective Hand. Because of the cooperation of Yu Feng and Li Shenxian, the fifth branch is evenly matched with Xingdian. But the fourth branch is Xingdian. Covering the sky with one hand. This time, all the disciples of the Fourth Branch of the Xing Palace were wiped out. The people of the Xing Palace will not let me go easily, and of course they will not let you go."
When I turned to look at An Ran, the latter nodded bitterly, which seemed to acknowledge Black Butterfly's statement.
I wondered: "Isn't the Hall of Punishment just for monitoring? Will they seize power with the Detective?"
Black Butterfly shook his head and said: "You have misunderstood Xingdian. They are not a secular judicial department, and they have nothing to do with supervision. Xingdian can also be regarded as a sect in Tanshen's hands. To put it simply It is said that the current Detective Hand is the three-legged state of Qingfeng, Wumai and Xingdian."
I asked further: "Then the Five Meridians of the Detective will be left to the Palace of Punishment?"
Black Butterfly said: "The Palace of Punishments is originally an organization elected by the Five Meridians of the Gods. They are not only responsible for monitoring lawlessness, they are also exploring the restricted areas of mythology. More importantly, they spend most of their time monitoring the Demon Sect."
"As far as I know, in order to deal with the Demon Sect, Tanshen Wumai specially mobilized a group of experts to form the Palace of Punishment. On the one hand, it was to uncover the secrets of the Demon Sect in Tanshen's hands; on the other hand, it was also to target the Demon Sect. Ensure the safety of the detective hand."
"In the beginning, Xingdian did make great contributions to the Detective Hand. Later, as the Xingdian grew stronger, it broke away from the control of the Five Meridians and became its own sect. After that, there was a complete break between the Xingdian and the Five Meridians."
"In order to restrict the Xingdian Palace, Wumai began to support Qingfeng on a large scale, and finally formed the current three-legged situation."
Black Butterfly looked at me and said: "Xingdian was competing with Wumai at first, but they quickly changed their strategy and focused their main energy on Qingfeng, either wooing or suppressing Qingfeng until they completely controlled Qingfeng. Fourth. Division is the perfect example.”
"The fifth branch has Yu Feng and Ren Tianqing working hard to support it, so that it is not completely controlled by the Palace of Punishment. But the fourth branch..." Black Butterfly shook his head and smiled bitterly, "We are afraid we will get into trouble this time."
My head felt as big as a bucket for a while. Ye Xun and I have become involved in the game between Qingfeng and Xingdian. If we are not careful, we will be shattered into pieces. I couldn't help but start to wonder if joining the Detective was the right choice...
Ye Xun spoke at this moment: "All your people are dead, what else do you have planned?"
Black Butterfly was silent for a moment before saying: "Let's take it one step at a time! Can I explore the secrets of the mechanism with you? I just need to..."
I waved my hand and said: "No one can tell what the outcome of this mission to explore the secrets of the organization will be. It's a little early to talk about profit distribution. Let's wait until we can really pass the test!"
I still don’t know exactly what Black Butterfly is, so naturally I won’t rashly agree to cooperate with her. Black Butterfly naturally understood my concerns, nodded slightly and then stopped talking.
I packed up my equipment and said, "Let's go! We have to continue looking for Wuhou's secret cache."
As I walked, I mulled over my next goal. Zhuge Wuhou allowed us to pass the first level, but did not indicate the specific location of the second level. Where should I find the specific location of the second level
All my original plans were disrupted. In the past, I have been speculating on the location of Zhuge Liang's real tomb, but after experiencing the secret cave, are my initial speculations still useful
An Ran followed me and said as he walked: "Brother Huan, why do you think Zhuge Liang built such a big secret hole here?"
"Maybe it was the secret cave he sent Wei Yan to repair." After I said something casually, even I was stunned, "Wait! Wei Yan..."
Ye Xun also stopped and said, "What did you think of?"
"Wei Yan, Wei Yan..." I repeated Wei Yan's name several times before saying, "The person who built the secret cave may really be Wei Yan."
An Ran said in surprise: "Isn't Wei Yan nothing in the Three Kingdoms?"
"That's "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."" I said. "Wei Yan in history was not that bad, but a rare good general. Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong for nearly ten years, but the Wei army never broke through Hanzhong. On the contrary, after Wei Yan died, Jiang Wei gave up Wei Yan's strategy of holding on to Hanzhong and wanted to lure the enemy deeper and concentrate his forces to annihilate the Wei army, so he lost the strategic location of Hanzhong."
"The secret mechanism cave in the valley is by no means a huge project that can be completed overnight. The person who can build the secret mechanism cave here is none other than Wei Yan."
An Ran retorted: "Didn't Marquis Zhuge Wu always dislike Wei Yan?"
"Let me think about it first..." I hesitated, "In addition to legends, the Three Kingdoms stories that we are familiar with mainly come from two sources. One is Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" and the other is Luo Guanzhong's "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
"Needless to say, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" positions Wei Yan as a rebellious character from the very beginning. When Zhuge Liang saw Wei Yan for the first time, he wanted to push him out of the tent and behead him in public. If Liu Bei hadn't been moved by his love for talents. , Wei Yan's head had long been hung on the flagpole. In the later period, Zhuge Liang indeed did not want to see Wei Yan, and even planned to behead Wei Yan after his death."
I stopped here: "However, Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" has a lot of praise for Wei Yan. He also specifically mentioned that "Yuan Yan intended not to surrender to Wei in the north but to return to the south, but he wanted to get rid of Sha Yi and others." , Wei Yan had no intention of betraying Shu Han and surrendering to Cao Wei, but he wanted to kill Yang Yi."
"In later generations, some historians believed that the person who really entrusted Zhuge Liang with military power was Wei Yan. However, Yang Yi, who had a deep conflict with Wei Yan, was afraid that Wei Yan would harm him, so he framed Wei Yan for treason, and finally killed Wei Yan and the three Yi tribes. Yuan Dynasty Hao Jing even bluntly said that Yang Yi "killed a general out of private anger, and the crime was extended."
An Ran looked at me in surprise and said, "How come there is such a big difference between "Three Kingdoms" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
I explained: "Chen Shou was a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty and always respected Cao Wei as the orthodox one. There are even many praiseworthy words for Cao Wei and the Sima family in "Three Kingdoms", which has been criticized by later generations of historians. And..."
I paused and said, "Look carefully at Chen Shou's life. He first served as an official in the Shu Han Dynasty. He was persecuted by the eunuch Huang Hao and was deposed repeatedly. There are even legends that Chen Shou's father, Ma Di, joined the army because Ma Di missed the street. Ting was implicated. Chen Shou was quite resentful towards Shu Han, so it is reasonable for him to sympathize with Wei Yan."
"Fang Xuanling of the Tang Dynasty once questioned Chen Shou. He even included the legend about Chen Shou's personal enmity in the book "Book of Jin. Biography of Chen Shou".
"So that's it." An Ran nodded and asked again, "Then why did Luo Guanzhong position Wei Yan as the first-born rebel?"
I explained again: "Luo Guanzhong lived at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Starting from the Song Dynasty, people promoted Liu and suppressed Cao. By Luo Guanzhong's time, Shu Han was naturally regarded as orthodox."
An Ran said: "I understand. What you mean is that Zhuge Liang actually still thinks highly of Wei Yan, right? Otherwise, he would not have handed over such an important project to Wei Yan."
"No, you are wrong." I shook my head and said, "The death of Wei Yan was a code left by Zhuge Wuhou and Mr. Luo Guanzhong. However, no one has ever connected this code with the hidden secrets of institutions and the restricted area of myths. Just being together.”
I slowly explained: "Luo Guanzhong studied history carefully, and he keenly discovered a problem: Zhuge Liang had been using Wei Yan during his lifetime, but after his death, he must take Wei Yan away. For this, we must first start with Wei Yanshou Let’s talk about Hanzhong.”
"After Liu Bei entered Sichuan and established his capital in Chengdu, he urgently needed a general to guard Hanzhong. At that time, everyone felt that Zhang Fei was the most suitable. Even Zhang Fei himself felt that the prefect of Hanzhong must be his own. But Liu Bei Unexpectedly, Wei Yan was promoted to the governor of Hanzhong and the prefect of Hanzhong. He directly promoted Wei Yan from General Yamen to General Zhenyuan and asked him to guard Hanzhong. There was an uproar in the whole court, but Liu Bei appointed Wei Yan against all opinions. This is the first strange thing. The place."
I analyzed: "Wei Yan is indeed a talented general, but his talent alone is not enough for Liu Bei to hand over Hanzhong to Wei Yan. Wei Yan serves as both the governor of Hanzhong and the prefect of Hanzhong, which is equivalent to taking over the military and political power of Hanzhong."
"Once Wei Yan rebels, the door of Shu Han will be opened wide. The Wei army will march straight in from Hanzhong, and Liu Bei's foundation will have to be handed over to others. Wei Yan's status is obviously not suitable to monopolize the power of Hanzhong."
I paused and said, "This is like why Liu Bei had to let Guan Yu guard Jingzhou instead of appointing one of the two great tiger generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to guard Jingzhou. In his mind, the only people he absolutely trusts are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei .”
An Ran suddenly realized: "You mean to say that the person who really arranged for Wei Yan to guard Hanzhong was not Liu Bei but Zhuge Liang?"
I nodded and said: "Except Zhuge Wuhou, I can't think of anyone else who can directly influence Liu Bei's decision. From the time Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong, the root of his future defeat has been laid. The ten years Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong was enough for him A secret mechanism has been built."
I continued: "However, Zhuge Wuhou's rejection of Wei Yan is also extremely obvious."
When An Ran heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Zhuge Liang rejected Wei Yan because he didn't like him, right? I haven't read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but Wei Yan's character in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed disliked by others."
I looked at An Ran and said, "You are only half right."