In Hanoi County, there is also a prominent family here, that is, the Sima family, which has been established for hundreds of years.

The Sima family's family can be traced back to ancient times, and legend has it that they are descendants of Chongli, the son of Gao Yang. Sima Wei, the twelfth ancestor of the Sima family, was a military general of Zhao at that time, but he followed Xiang Yu's uprising to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, and made great achievements, and was named King Yin by Xiang Yu, and the capital was Hanoi. Since then, the Sima clan has settled and multiplied in Hanoi County. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the Sima family has stood tall in Hanoi County. In Sima Fang's generation, it has reached a small peak.

Sima Fang once served as the Luoyang Commander and the Jingzhao Order, and was an honest official, which was praised by the people at that time. Sima Fang is talented and has a unique vision. When the eunuch and He Jin were fighting, Sima Fang adopted the strategy of protecting himself, sitting back and watching the forces of the two sides fight each other, and he walked on the edge of the struggle without suffering any losses. When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and brought disaster to the dictatorship of the country, Sima Fang immediately chose to resign and leave, transferred to Liyang, and successfully left Luoyang. When the civil and military officials were persecuted by Dong Zhuo, the Sima family was safe and sound, and they had to admire Sima Fang's ability.

Sima Fang is most proud not of how much ability he has, but that he has given birth to a total of eight sons. The eldest son Sima Lang Zi Boda, the second son Sima Yi Zi Zhongda, the third son Sima Fu Shuda, the fourth son Sima Kui Zi Jida, the fifth son Sima Xianda, the sixth son Sima Jin Zi Huida, the seventh son Sima Tongzi Yada, and the youngest son Sima Minyou. Because they have the character "Da" after their characters, the people of Hanoi County call them "Sima Bada". Among them, the most capable is the second son Sima Yi, and the elders of the Sima family concluded that Sima Yi was a rare genius in the Sima family for hundreds of years. Sima Fang is also very attentive to Sima Yi's training. Sima Yi lived up to expectations, his talent and reputation were far and wide, and his name was heard in the family.

And Liu Yu's big move to recruit the children of the family in Yingchuan and then deploy them to the north has alarmed the major families, including the Sima family in Hanoi.

Liu Yu did not deal with the family clan at the beginning, and many government decrees had restrictions on the family clan. Even in terms of the promotion of officials, if they are from a big family, then Liu Yu will consider it carefully.

For various reasons, the clans in Liu Yu's territory were not so willing to work for Liu Yu.

Now it's different, the Yingchuan family's investment, which makes Liu Yu have a sufficient talent reserve in his hands all of a sudden, so Liu Yu can ignore the family in the territory even more.

At the same time, the news that Xun Chen was appointed as the secretary of the Shenwu Imperial Court and Xun Huan'er and Liu Hua was also announced by Liu Yu to the world, which meant that the Xun family, which had the most talents in Yingchuan, joined Liu Yu's forces.

At this moment, the families in the north began to be unable to sit still, and the shrewd families had already discovered the signal released by Liu Yu. Since Liu Yu can accept Yingchuan's family, then their northern family can also be accepted by Liu Yu. This is a boon for the northern families.

Many families began to discuss the changes brought about by Liu Yu's move. The same is true of the Sima family in Hanoi County.

No, Sima Fang, the scheming head of the family, called his three adult sons over. The boss, Sima Lang, has already served with Cao Cao.

"I called you here today because I wanted to discuss something with you. What is the matter of testing you for the Father? "Sima Fang's test of his sons is carried out every day, which is also the reason why all eight sons have become talents, and today is no exception.

Sima Yi is an old god alone, his personality is relatively low-key, this kind of thing is too simple, he doesn't bother to say it.

Sima Fu also guessed it, but he looked at the fourth eldest Sima Kui.

Sima Kui, the youngest of the three, smiled: "But Liu Yu's recent moves? ”

"Hmm!" Sima Fang smiled at the beard.

"Father means that he wants to serve Liu Yu among the three of us? But the eldest brother has already served on Cao Cao's side, and Liu Yu is hostile to Cao Cao, so rashly defecting to Liu Yu may not be good for the eldest brother. Sima Kui guessed what Sima Fang meant, but he was a little worried.

Sima Fu smiled and said, "Ji Da is too worried. Not to mention that each is its master, Cao Cao is a hero, how can he be suspicious of his eldest brother? This is a multi-sided bet to ensure the longevity of the family. ”

Sima Kui benefited a lot and said: "The third brother is right, the younger brother has been taught. ”

"I don't know who my father wants our brother to go to serve Liu Yu?" Sima Fu asked.

Sima Fang looked at Sima Yi and asked, "Zhongda, what do you think?" ”

When Sima Fu and Sima Kui heard this, it turned out that their father wanted to arrange Sima Yi under Liu Yu, and it seemed that Sima Fang was very optimistic about Liu Yu.

Sima Yi said casually: "Does my father think that my Sima family needs to be loyal to Liu Yu?" From my point of view, Liu Yu is quite jealous of the people of my family. ”

"Second brother, how do you say this? Didn't Liu Yu recruit the children of various families in Yingchuan as officials? It's time to start relying on the Maison. Sima Fu asked at Sima Yi.

"Third brother, Liu Yu has been suppressing the family since he was in Bingzhou, and it has not changed until recently. Liu Yu does not have too many henchmen from big families, so Chen Gong is barely one. However, the Yanzhou Chen family had always been loyal to Liu Yu when Liu Yu attacked Yanzhou, but after Liu Yu withdrew, the Yanzhou Chen family became Cao Cao's vent, and the entire Yanzhou Chen family was almost wiped out by Cao Cao. I suspect that this is Liu Yu's deliberate. After many observations, I feel that Liu Yu is not as simple as it seems. Sima Yi said.

Several people were told by Sima Yi that their hearts jumped.

Sima Fang was very confident in Sima Yi's ability, and said, "Zhongda, are you saying that my Sima family is not suitable for Liu Yu now?" ”

"Yes!" Sima Yi said affirmatively.

"What's the explanation?" Sima Fang asked.

After Liu Yu became emperor, his henchmen were faintly divided into several parts, Hebei scholars with Tian Feng and Fu Zhu as the core, relatives and military generals led by Huang Zhong, as well as Ma Chao Jia Xu's Guanzhong forces, as well as Chen Gong, Dian Wei and other henchmen. Now these forces can be at peace with each other, and I have to admire Liu Yu's ability. At present, Liu Yu belongs to Hebei Shiren, and the strength is the largest. It is impossible for Liu Yu to let this situation continue to develop the Hebei scholars, and I am afraid that there will be a big tail in the future. This time, he recruited the Yingchuan scholars and deployed all these people to the north, mainly to weaken the power of the northern scholars. I guess the Hebei scholars should be restless by now. If my Sima family surrenders to Liu Yu at this time, it will cause a violent shock. Therefore, my Sima family can't take the liberty of allegiance to Liu Yu now. Sima Yi said with certainty.

Sima Fang squinted his eyes and listened to Sima Yi's words very carefully.

He felt that Sima Yi was right, and the Sima family was really not suitable to be loyal to Liu Yu now.

"Then my Sima family should keep a low profile for the time being, and we must not attract Liu Yu's attention." Sima Fang said.

"The child understands." Sima Yi and the others replied.

What the Sima family needs now is to keep a low profile, in other words, to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

And the Sima family wanted to keep a low profile and not attract attention, but someone had already begun to rest them.