Sima Yi is also a smart person, Zhuge Liang's words woke him up all of a sudden.

Even if Sima Yi is talented, he sometimes has to admit that his second junior brother often seems to be one step ahead of him in terms of wisdom.

Although this step is not big.

But Sima Yi is not very jealous of him, at this point, Sima Yi is open-minded, far better than ordinary people.

To be stronger than yourself is to be better than yourself, and there is nothing to deny.

While fanning himself with a pu kui fan, he thought carefully: "In this way, do you suspect that the Jiaozhou taxi family has something to do with Zhou Yu?" Right now, in the south, in addition to Sun Ce and the Liu family in Jingzhou, there are only the Shi family who can really threaten Nanchang. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "That's right, so I asked for an order to go to Jiaozhou." ”

The pu kui fan in Sima Yi's hand suddenly stopped.

"You want to go to Shi's house and pull me and Zhang Ning to do something!"

Xiao Ying'er followed behind Sima Yi, and suddenly said: "I followed Kong Ming voluntarily, not by him, don't compare me with you." ”

The muscles on Sima Yi's face twitched.

"Well, if you want to go to Shi's house, why do you want to take me?"

Zhuge Liang said lightly: "It's better to have a senior brother go with me, because things are somewhat wrong." ”

Sima Yiqi said: "What's wrong? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Since Xu Jing was attached to the teacher's command, the scholars in Jiaozhou have always been friendly with us, even if Zhou Yu wants to incite the scholars, with his skills, how can he say that the scholars are changing?" I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out, so I had to ask my brother to come with me, so I could take a closer look. ”

Sima Yi's face changed suddenly...... How dark and dark it becomes, how unhappy and unpleasant it is.

"Is that because of this? You dragged me to Lingnan on purpose? Sima Yi gritted his teeth.

Zhuge Liang was stunned by his gaze and said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Sima Yi gritted his teeth and said, "You have to drag me here before you spit out, you told me earlier, I told you a long time ago...... Now this trip, am I tossing in vain? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled apologetically and said, "There are some things that I don't sort out clearly, so why bother my brother?" ”

Sima Yi took a deep breath, resisted the urge to beat him, and said, "Second Senior Brother, although you are more strategic, you are still somewhat inferior in this regard...... This matter is actually easy to understand, if I were Zhou Lang, I would definitely not think about Shi Xie. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Why? ”

"One is that Shi Xie is too old, already over sixty years old, and the other is that Shi Xie has been good friends with us in recent years, and pays tribute to the court every year, such an elderly person wants to be comfortable, and he must not easily change the previous stable situation, Zhou Lang wants to rebel against Shi Xie, and it is impossible to designate."

Zhuge Liang nodded abruptly and said, "Senior brother's words are reasonable, so what do you mean?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Instead of plotting against Shi Xie, it is better to rebel against the rest of the Shi family...... Young, ambitious, want to do something, and are not satisfied with the status quo......"

Zhuge Liang gently patted his forehead with a white feather fan, and said: "Senior brother is really smart, I heard that Shi Xie's son Shi Hui is young and vigorous, although he is qualified to inherit Shi Xie's position, but Shi Xie is in good health, and Shi Hui's inheritance is far away...... And I heard that his political views have always been different from Shi Xie's, and it is said that this person is more irritable and ambitious......"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi exchanged a profound look with each other.

After the two of them discussed, it seemed that there was nothing difficult.

……

A few days later, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang finally arrived at Jiaozhi.

Jiaozhi County was located in the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, and its seat was Guangzhou, one of the most important economic regions in China in later generations.

The Shixie brothers ruled Jiaozhi for more than four years, and their prestige in the south can be described as noble and supreme.

When he goes in and out, he rings the bell and rings the chime, with majesty, the flute is puffed, the chariot is full of rides, and there are often dozens of sand gates sandwiched in the chariot and horse herd to burn incense, and there are many oxen to break if you want more.

Zhuge Liang and others came to see Shixie in the name of the messenger.

In recent years, Shi Xie has been in good communication with the imperial court, and when he heard that the apprentice of the pottery merchant had come in the name of an envoy, he personally received him.

Zhuge Liang met Shixie, first expressed the sincerity of the potters to him, and then took out the edict of the imperial court to express the sincerity of the potters.

The pottery merchant represented the imperial court, and the edict Shixie was the general of Anyuan, and the marquis of Longdu Pavilion was knighted.

Shi Xie is very old, and he is naturally very happy to be crowned by the imperial court, and he happily entertained Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi in person.

At the feast, there were only three of them.

After Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi exchanged cups with Shi Xie for a while, they suddenly said: "Do you know that the two of us have come here, why?" ”

Shi Xie has lived a lot of years, so he is naturally not a child, and he probably knows the situation of the northern princes now.

Shi Xie stroked his beard and said, "It is precisely because I don't know what the fate of the two envoys is that the old man made a special trip to set up a banquet alone, entertain the two envoys, and rebuke the left and right...... There is no one else here, the so-called mouth of the king, into my ear, not up to the sky, down to the ground, but here, the two messengers have something to say, you might as well say it directly. ”

Zhuge Liang secretly praised Shixie in his heart, he was really an old fox.

"The situation in the north, the prince of the mansion is also clear about it, right?"

Shi Xie didn't hide his selfishness, nodded and said: "I have heard a little, the previous Tao Xiang gathered an army of 300,000 in Qufu to compete with Cao Cao and San Liu, and now Sun Ce took advantage of the emptiness in the rear of the pottery merchants to attack Jiangnan...... Alas, I think that Sun Ce was able to sit firmly in Lujiang because of the preservation of the prime minister back then, but now he is treacherous and rebels against the prime minister...... How did Sun Wentai give birth to such an evil obstacle! Alas, what an impressive! ”

Zhuge Liang wanted to put a feather fan: "The world's unfilial sons, how can he be the only grandson Bofu alone, I am afraid that some unfilial sons are all in front of him, but the parents' hearts are like the sky, I am afraid they may not see it clearly." ”

Shi Xie frowned when he heard this, he was also an old man, so he naturally knew that Kong Ming had something to say.

Shi Xie looked at Kong Ming steadily: "The old man is stupid, and I also ask Zhuge Xiaoyou to express his heart directly." ”

Kong Ming said: "I came to Xia and Senior Brother Sima this time, one is to be ordered by the teacher to represent the imperial court to seal the prince, and the other is to ask the prince, I don't know if you have any dealings with Zhou Yu?" ”

"Zhou Yu?" Shi Xie said puzzledly: "The old man doesn't know Zhou Yu, and he has never had anything to do with him, I don't know why Zhuge Xiaoyou asked from this?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "It's not a secret, Zhou Yu led his troops to attack Nanchang, and his actions were mostly self-sustaining, according to the investigation of the school office, Zhou Yu seems to have allies, so he acted like this, Liang looked at the southern princes, can be Zhou Yu's allies, and can wave troops to take Nanchang directly, except for the prince, Liang really can't think of anyone else." ”

Shi Xie said in surprise: "Zhuge Xiaoyou, the old man and Zhou Yu have no contact. ”

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Except for the husband, what about the others?" The Shi family has a big business, but I'm afraid that everything is definitely beyond the control of the prince alone, right? ”