Hearing this, Yang Xiu knelt down on the ground and said, "The Prime Minister clearly knows that I dare not have any second thoughts towards the Prime Minister. This is all for the sake of the Prime Minister. Now Yuan Shao's military strength is twice that of mine, but it is definitely not that easy for them to defeat us." , then we must unite with Gongsun Zan!"
"Hahaha! Look how cowardly you are!" Cao Mengde laughed. He strode to the audience and suddenly took out a sword. This was the Qingzhi Sword. He held the Qingzhi Sword against Yang Xiu. On the neck: "If Guo Jia is a spy, that's it. If he is not, you will die!"
Yang Xiu's legs trembled, and he felt the urge to urinate. His lips trembled and his face turned pale: "My Lord, every word I say is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood!"
Guo Jia was detained in the dungeon. Sima Yi had already bribed the jailer. He asked the jailer to give Guo Jia a food box. Guo Jia opened the food box, but there was nothing in it. Guo Jia suddenly burst out laughing: "Haha... Empty box? Empty box! What's the use of keeping it?"
Guo Jia vomited blood and suddenly hit his head against the wall and died.
Guo Jia's death shocked the government and the public. Early the next morning, when going to court, Yang Xiu stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, Guo Jia committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime!"
"Okay!" Cao Mengde said, "Everyone can find the rebellious ministers and traitors and punish them!"
However, Sima Yi stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have a plan to tell you!"
"explain!"
Sima Yi took out a piece of jade pendant: "Not long ago, Mr. Yang Xiu came to my house. Now I think clearly, it turns out that he wanted to murder Feng Xiao, but I didn't have enough evidence before, and I didn't dare to say, I Before that, I compared Fengxiao's handwriting. Prime Minister, please take a look. This handwriting seems to be written by Fengxiao, but there is a lack of charm between the strokes... "
As soon as he said this, Cao Mengde immediately came up to watch. Sure enough, there was something wrong with this secret letter: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Master Yang Xiu wanted to become a scholar before, but Master Guo politely refused. Therefore, Yang Xiu held a grudge and even forged a letter. Just imagine... Where did Guo Jia come from before?" Sima Yi said with his head lowered.
Cao Mengde thought about it carefully, and his face immediately turned pale.
You must know that it is true that Guo Jia was Yuan Shao's subordinate, but Yuan Shao humiliated Guo Jia at the beginning. There was a counselor named Xi Zhicai that Cao liked, and he later died. Cao admired this talent very much, so he was very sad.
The counselor who recommended Xi Zhicai recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao. From then on, Guo Jia became the military advisor of Gui Zhicai. As for his origin, Guo Jia was very smart when he was a child. He discovered that there was chaos in the world since he was a child, so he lived in seclusion. He was unborn, like Zhuge Liang, and made friends with heroes. Later, he went to Yuan Shao to find a job, but was assigned a idle position. After six years, he left the boss.
Just imagine that he was delayed by Yuan Shao, how could he go back and switch to Yuan Shao? Cao Mengde didn't expect such a simple thing!
Cao Mengde patted his forehead: "Oh!"
Sima Yi looked at Yang Xiu: "It is clear that Yang Xiu is Yuan Shao's man. He called Yuan Shao his uncle. It is most likely that he was instigated by Yuan Shao and killed the military advisor!"
Yang Xiu is Yuan Shu's nephew, which means that Yang Xiu's mother may be Yuan Shu's daughter, and Yang Xiu is the son of Yang Biao, a famous minister in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Such a comparison shows that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers. This relationship is undeniable!
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiu was shocked: "Sima Yi, you bastard! You obviously came up with all this, you, you actually framed me?"
"If I framed you, how could I have your jade pendant? As the saying goes, a gentleman's jade pendant never leaves his body. Your jade pendant in my hand is naturally evidence!" Sima Yi said.
Cao Mengde had a splitting headache: "If Fengxiao dies, it will be like cutting off my own arm! Yang Xiu is deceiving the public with his evil words. If someone comes... I will cut him open and dig out his heart to see if his heart is black! I am so angry." also!"
"Yes!" The guard came over quickly, and Yang Xiu screamed: "Prime Minister, you can't kill me, you can't kill me! This is all Sima Yi's plan, his plan!"
Sima Yi laughed loudly: "Yang Xiu, let me ask you, what benefit will I get from killing Guo Jia? Fengxiao is the person I, Sima Yi, respect the most in my life. He is half of my teacher. But if you kill my teacher, I will be with you." You are irreconcilable!”
"Hold it down!" Cao Mengde shouted.
A scream came from outside the door. Not long after, a bloody heart was brought over. Cao Mengde fiddled with it with his sword: "No, this heart is not black!"
"Yang Xiu was set up by Yuan Shao to conspire with us. Prime Minister, I suggest that we start a war with Yuan Shao immediately!" Cheng Yu said.
At this time, without Guo Jia to stop him, Sima Yi took a step forward and said, "Prime Minister, I think we can't start a war now!"
"Why?" Cao Mengde looked at Sima Yi.
Sima Yi said: "Now Yuan Shao has joined forces with Gongsun Zan to target us. But in fact, as far as I know, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are inseparable in appearance, and they are definitely not the same person. If we don't show our fighting intentions, their alliance will naturally collapse, and Gongsun Zan will Occupying the land in Hebei is a big fat piece of meat for Yuan Shao. How could he miss it? So if we don't carry out the plan, Yuan Shao will definitely go to war with Gongsun Zan. We just need to wait for them to start the war, and we can take the opportunity... sneak attack, then Get the most benefits at the least cost!”
As soon as these words came out, Cao Mengde's eyes lit up: "Okay, now our army is short of food and grass. Let's recuperate for half a year before attacking. This is our chance! And when Yang Xiu was killed, Yuan Shao might also notice it. It is said that I order that all Yang Xiu’s family be buried alive!”
"yes!"
Sima Yi had a smile on his lips, and Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Sima Yi. Cheng Yu felt that this matter might not be that simple. Yang Xiu actually framed Guo Jia to commit suicide out of fear of crime? This was obviously impossible, so Cheng Yu drove back to the prison and brought out the jailer, Old Man Sun: "Old Sun, do you know how Feng Xiao died?"
"This..." Old Man Sun hesitated, obviously hiding something.
Cheng Yu took out two heavy gold ingots: "Say it, as long as you say it, I will guarantee you a lifetime of wealth!"
At first, Old Man Sun was bribed by Sima Yi with ten taels of gold, but this time Cheng Yu directly took out 200 taels of gold. Old Man Sun immediately confessed that it was Sima Yi who bribed him and then asked him to give an empty box to Guo Jia.
Guo Jia saw the empty box and committed suicide, while Cheng Yu's face turned pale: "With my lord's methods, this Sima Yi is not simple... Fengxiao, as you said, this Sima Yi will definitely be a big star in the future." Disaster!"
As he spoke, Cheng Yu looked up to the sky with tears streaming down his face. However, he did not report it, but pretended that he had never been there.
But as soon as Cheng Yu left, a person appeared from the darkness, Tang Yuru.