When Ye Xun heard this, he couldn't help but said: "The historical facts you have been talking about have nothing to do with exploring the secret realm, right? Isn't it a bit..." to waste time on this
Ye Xun was still talking, but Black Butterfly explained: "You are wrong. Any legend or a few words in the history book are very important to the detective. Because you don't know whether the predecessors have revealed a certain secret. Hidden obscurely in a certain record."
"There is a saying that has been circulating among the people who explore the gods: throughout the ages, no one has not explored the gods. After many people obtained some kind of secret information, they integrated this information into a certain classic, a certain picture, or even a certain legend. We call this information the 'Secret Code'."
Black Butterfly said sternly: "Once we unlock a certain code, a certain eternal secret will be revealed. To be precise, the process of exploring the gods will still be after cracking the code."
While Black Butterfly and Ye Xun were talking, my mind was constantly recalling fragments of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There must be some secret left in it, or in other words, a code to explore the gods hidden in ancient books. Waiting for us to crack it.
An Ran didn't notice that I was thinking, and kept urging: "Brother Huan, you said that I was half right, what do you mean?"
I explained: "Although Luo Guanzhong initially mythologized Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he still did not let him escape the category of mortals. Zhuge Liang also had his own likes and dislikes, especially his likes and dislikes of people. This is This is particularly evident in Wei Yan and Ma Di."
I slowly analyzed: "Let's talk about Ma Di first. Zhuge Liang can be said to be very fond of Ma Di. Before Liu Bei died, he specifically told Zhuge Liang that Ma Di should not be of great use. But Zhuge Liang's love for Ma Di still led him to give Ma Di a career. If you have the opportunity, send Ma Su to guard the street pavilion."
An Ran sighed and said: "Zhuge Liang was only cautious in his life. Sending horses to guard the street pavilion was probably the only imprudent thing Zhuge Liang did in his life."
"No." I shook my head. "Zhuge Liang did not lose caution because of his love for Ma Di. He sent his veteran general Wang Ping to follow Ma Di just in case. Even so, he was still not at ease, and arranged for Wei Yan to be present. There were four armies inside to support Ma Su. Unfortunately, Ma Su's opponent was Sima Yi, whom even Zhuge Liang was afraid of. In addition, Ma Su was stubborn and could only talk on paper, so he lost the street pavilion."
I continued: "The description of Ma Su in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" makes me very strange. According to common sense, Liu Bei should have many important things to arrange when he was dying. Why did he insist on mentioning that Ma Su was just a soldier at that time? Could it be that Liu Bei Do you also have the ability to predict the future?"
An Ran blinked twice: "Could it be that it was just an artistic technique of Mr. Luo Guanzhong, foreshadowing Zhuge Liang's subsequent tragic loss of the street pavilion?"
"If there wasn't this secret, I would feel the same way." I shook my head in denial, "But, with this secret, I don't think so. Luo Guanzhong is reminding future generations to pay attention to Zhuge Liang's preferences. Wei Yan.”
"If Zhuge Liang's love for Ma Su comes from his talent, then Zhuge Liang's dislike of Wei Yan seems to have no reason."
"According to the content of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang wanted to kill Wei Yan as soon as they met because he betrayed the governor of Changsha and defected to Liu Bei. However, this was not a big deal during the Three Kingdoms period. Talents flowed and switched to the master in the Three Kingdoms. happens sometimes."
"Besides, Wei Yan did not receive great favor from his master like Lu Bu, and he even had the title of father and son. His defection to Liu Bei did not violate the taboos of feudal warlords. Otherwise, with Liu Bei's ambition, how could he easily accept Wei Yan? If Wei Yan really had Rebellion, the person who wants to kill him is not Zhuge Liang, but Liu Bei."
After hearing this, An Ran nodded with some enlightenment and said, "According to what you said, it's really like that."
I said again: "Zhuge Liang sent troops from Hanzhong to conquer Cao Wei four times, and each time he used Wei Yan as the vanguard. This shows that Zhuge Liang still recognized Wei Yan's ability. However, Zhuge Liang refused to let Wei Yan lead the troops alone."
"Every time Wei Yan accompanied his army on the Northern Expedition, he asked Zhuge Liang to command tens of thousands of troops for him. He went all the way to attack key points, and finally met Zhuge Liang at Tongguan, just like the example of the former Han general Han Xin. But Zhuge Liang never allowed it, so Wei Yan often said that Zhuge Liang was cowardly and hated him. You cannot use your talents to the fullest.”
"??According to the records of "Wei Lue" supplemented by "Three Kingdoms", during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Wei Yan made a suggestion at the military meeting. Since the Chang'an guard Xiahou Mao was timid and unintelligent, he was willing to invite five thousand elite soldiers. , marched directly from Ziwu Valley to Chang'an, and believed that Xiahou Mao would definitely abandon the city and escape, but Zhuge Liang believed that this strategy was too dangerous to be used."
An Ran asked back: "Is it because Zhuge Liang saw that Wei Yan was rebellious, so he never agreed to let him lead the army alone?"
I said solemnly: "If you look at it from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is indeed like this, but if you look back at "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", it is not the case. "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that after Yang Yi framed Wei Yan for rebellion, Wei Yan did not resist, but He just retreated without fighting. At that time, no one in the Shu Han Dynasty could be Wei Yan's opponent. If he really had the intention to rebel, why didn't he separate Hanzhong?"
"Wei Yan has guarded Hanzhong for many years and knows Hanzhong well. As long as Wei Yan occupies Hanzhong, he can at least wait for a price and sell it, which is better than losing his head in Shu Han. Even Yang Yi can see this, can't Zhuge Liang see it?"
I said solemnly: "What you said about Wei Yan's rebellion is untrue in a sense."
I continued: "However, both "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" have one thing in common, that is, Wei Yan died under Zhuge Liang's plan."
"In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang arranged for Ma Dai to kill Wei Yan. Of course, there is no need to say more."
"An interesting thing is also mentioned in "Three Kingdoms", that is, Wei Yan was at odds with Zhuge Liang's envoy Yang Yi. Wei Yan and Yang Yi had deep conflicts, and Wei Yan even drew swords against Yang Yi several times. In "Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang cherished Yang Yi's talents and reconciled the two of them many times, and Fei Yi, who was Sima at the time, also mediated many times, so that the two of them could live in peace for the time being."
When I said this, the topic changed: "If Yang Yi is really a great talent, or in other words, Yang Yi must be the commander-in-chief of the Shu Army, and Zhuge Liang is very fond of Yang Ji, this arrangement is understandable. But Yang Yi But he is a person who doesn’t know how to restrain himself and doesn’t know how high the sky is. Why does Zhuge Liang insist on keeping him?”
I was afraid An Ran wouldn't understand, so I continued to explain: "If you take a closer look at Yang Yi's life, you can get a general idea of him. After Yang Yi was promoted to Shangshu by Liu Bei, because of his disagreement with Shangshu Ling Liu Ba, He was transferred to the prefect of Hongnong, and later became Zhuge Liang's army. Zhuge Liang appointed Jiang Wan as his successor before his death, and Yang Yi only worshiped the Central Military Advisor. Yang Yi was dismissed from his post and exiled to Hanjia County because of many complaints. But Yang Yi still did not reflect on himself, and He wrote a slanderous letter with fierce words, and was eventually imprisoned and committed suicide.”
I squinted my eyes and said, "Zhuge Liang knew Yang Yi so well that he deliberately left him in Hanzhong in order to turn Yang Yi and Wei Yan against each other so that he could get rid of Wei Yan."
"There were not no people who could save Wei Yan at that time, at least Jiang Wei, who was a guard, had this ability. However, Zhuge Liang failed to succeed at the Wuzhangyuan Jingxing because Wei Yan destroyed the Seven-Star Lantern, so Jiang Wei naturally would not take action. "
"Perhaps, Zhuge Liang knew long ago that the life-extending technique would not succeed, and deliberately set a trap for Wei Yan to make Jiang Wei die without saving him."
I said solemnly: "It seems that Zhuge Liang must have wanted to keep secrets when he got rid of Wei Yan. Because after Zhuge Liang's death, the person who may finally open the secret realm and obtain the inheritance of the organization is none other than Wei Yan."
An Ran murmured to himself: "Isn't this impossible? Killing a Shu general for a secret technique, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"
I shook my head and said: "None of us are involved, and no one knows what Zhuge Wuhou's considerations were. Perhaps, besides the secrets of the mechanism, there are other secrets hidden that cannot be known."
An Ran said: "You have said so much, but it has nothing to do with the secret technique of the mechanism?"
I looked at An Ran and said, "It has something to do with it. The next destination for the secret technique is a person who suddenly disappeared in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Dai."
"Whether it is "Three Kingdoms" or "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Dai disappeared after killing Wei Yan, and there is no record of his whereabouts or death. How could a general in Shu disappear for no reason? If that When Ma Dai was still there, it would not have reached the point where 'there are no generals in Sichuan, and Liao Hua became the vanguard'."
An Ran's eyes lit up: "You mean, Ma Dai accepted Zhuge Liang's secret order and built a second secret agency?"
An Ran clapped her hands and said: "Yes! Ma Dai's tomb has been discovered. I have read the information of the detective hand. The site of Ma Dai's tomb is at the intersection of Juntun Town and Mimo Town in Xindu County, Sichuan. We are now Shouldn’t we go to Ma Dai’s tomb?”
Just as I was about to speak, Black Butterfly said, "I don't think there will be any clues in Ma Dai's tomb."
"As you said, Ma Dai's sudden disappearance is a mystery. There is a legend that Ma Dai was so heartbroken because of Wei Yan's murder that he could not go back to seclusion. There are even legends that Ma Dai was killed because Jiang Wei wanted to take him back. Wei Yan's military power was arranged by him to kill Wei Yan, and then he was secretly killed by Jiang Wei. Yang Yi was just the person Jiang Wei deliberately threw out to take the blame."
"Even if Zhuge Liang had any secrets, he would not hide them in Ma Dai's tomb. It would be difficult for us to find any clues when we go to Ma Dai's tomb. I think it is safer to follow our original thinking and continue to search for Zhuge Liang's secrets. Some."
I pondered for a moment and then said: "Zhuge Wuhou's plans have always been unpredictable. It is meaningless for us to speculate out of thin air. It is better to visit Ma Dai's tomb first and then make a decision."