Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, his breath was undecided, he didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly went to see the injury of the evil spirit.

The face of the evil spirits was as white as paper, and the front chest was completely soaked in blood, and the anger was like a gossamer.

"Ouchi Official...... Ouchi Guan ...... "Sima Yi tried to help him up.

A strange smile suddenly appeared on the face of the evil spirit, and he said intermittently: "...... Very good...... We can finally go...... I'm going to see the Emperor...... Sima Yi...... Thank you for sending me on my way......"

After speaking, his head tilted, and he died of exhaustion.

Sima Yi's face became gloomy, originally he thought that if he controlled the evil spirit, he could take out the truth from the evil spirit's mouth and know the true whereabouts of the secret edict, but he seemed to underestimate the loyalty of the evil spirit to Cao Ei, and he was unwilling to betray Cao Ei even if he died.

Sima Shi was a little nervous, he was really in a hurry with the sword just now, and he only cared about saving his father, but he didn't expect to kill and ward off evil spirits because of this.

"Father, I ......"

Sima Yi waved his hand, not blaming Sima Shi at all, sighed softly, and said, "For a person who is not even afraid of death, you should never expect to be able to pull anything useful out of his mouth." ”

"However, when Wang Ye tortured him to extract a confession, he only received a dozen lashes to resist the punishment and confessed, so why would he rather die now than give in?" Sima Shi said suspiciously.

Sima Yi glanced at the body of the evil spirit, and said slowly: "We underestimated the loyalty of the evil spirit to Emperor Ming, what he confessed before was just his personal matter, and now it involves Emperor Ming, and he refuses to confess even if he dies, so it makes no difference whether you kill him or not." ”

Sima Shi said regretfully: "Warding off evil spirits is the only person who knows the secret edict, and now that he is dead, we have no way of knowing who the secret edict falls into. ”

Sima Yi is also frowning at the moment, it was originally a game of exhaustion, but the final result was a fatal loophole, in Sima Yi's view, he was greedy and cowardly, as long as he used threats and temptations, he didn't believe that he would not confess.

But no matter how greedy and cowardly he is to ward off evil spirits, he has a heart that is loyal to the Lord, and his friendship with Cao Ei has far exceeded the concept of master and servant.

What exactly is Cao Ei's secret edict? In whose hands is this edict?

This secret edict is like a thorn in the throat, which makes Sima Yi feel very uncomfortable, although he doesn't feel any threat now, but this secret edict is a hidden danger after all, making it difficult for him to sleep.

Sima Yi knew very well that neither Cao Cao nor Cao Pi nor even Cao Rong had really trusted him, even if it was to give him a very high position, but he was also always on guard against him.

This edict is a striking example.

The opponent on the bright side, no matter how rampant it is, Sima Yi didn't pay attention to it, but the opponent lurking in the dark made Sima Yi feel like he was thorned in the back, and he couldn't live in peace.

The invisible opponent is the most terrible opponent.

Originally, with the help of Zhang Dang's hand this time, he could get valuable clues from the evil spirit, but because he would rather die than give in, Sima Yi finally fell short.

Sima Yi sighed lightly, when Cao Ei was alive, he was wise and wise, so that he didn't dare to think about it, he thought that Cao Ei hung up early, and he had been a shrinking turtle for so many years, and he could finally see the sun and survive until the time of his appearance, but he didn't expect that Cao Ei would actually lay his hands behind and still guard against him.

If Sima Yi has no ambition, the ghost will not believe it, if Sima Yi is a loyal and upright minister, why would he secretly raise the dead, snaring the wealthy families, and cultivating the power of the pro-Sima family, all of which can only prove that Sima Yi is a person who is unwilling to be mediocre, and he is now low-key and forbearing, just waiting for an opportunity that belongs to him.

Since Cao Shuang sat in the position of the chief auxiliary minister of the general, he has become more and more arrogant, and he has not taken anyone in his eyes at all, and he has been nepotistic and arbitrary, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

If Cao Shuang goes to the dark like this, sooner or later the congregation will betray his relatives and leave, and at that time, it will be easy to clean him up.

But the opponent on the surface is easy to deal with, but the one hidden in the secret makes Sima Yi helpless, and the art of war is cloudy: knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, but Sima Yi has not even figured out who his opponent is, even if he is full of strength, but he has no strength.

At this time, Wang Ye turned back, saw the evil spirits that had fallen to the ground, and was secretly surprised, and asked why.

Sima Yi said flatly: "I know that I am responsible for my crimes, and now I am afraid of the death of my crimes, so I will carry them down and bury them." ”

Wang Ye couldn't help but slander in his heart, it was clearly a sword wound to ward off evil spirits, how could it be a suicide in fear of crime, judging from the situation left at the scene, it was clear that he killed the evil spirits.

However, Wang Ye didn't dare to speak out to question Sima Yi, so he immediately surrendered his promise, sent someone to clean up the torture room, and carried the body of the evil spirit.

Sima Yi suddenly said: "Changxu, you take a step to speak." ”

Wang Ye immediately stopped and arched his hand: "I don't know what the Taifu commands?" ”

"You send someone to check the recent records of the evil spirit's exit from the palace, when did he leave the palace, who did he see, it should be recorded?"

Wang Ye obeyed the order, and immediately sent someone down to investigate, and after a short time, he came back and reported to Wang Ye.

Wang Ye immediately met Sima Yi and said: "There is no record of leaving the palace in the near future, but what makes people curious is that on the night of the death of the first emperor, someone saw the figure of warding off evil spirits in the southern section of Tongtuo Street. ”

Sima Yi's expression froze, and he asked anxiously, "Is this really true?" ”

"It's true, when I saw the evil spirits appear on Tonghuo South Street, he was an official of the History Department, and he had dealt with evil spirits before, so he recognized it."

Sima Yi and Sima Shi glanced at each other, showing a look of overjoyed, they were already desperate, but who knew that this matter would turn around and there was an unexpected reversal.

Tonghuo South Street!

Since the evil spirits have stayed here, it proves that Cao Ei's secret edict is very likely to have fallen into the hands of a certain minister who lives in the south end of Tongtuo Street.

Obviously, compared to the original needle in a haystack, the scope is now much narrower.

Sima Shi's heart moved, his face was excited, and he said: "Father, the Gaoling Marquis Mansion is on Tonghuan Street, and Gaoling Pavilion Marquis Cao Yan was suddenly promoted to the general of Xiaocai before Emperor Ming died, will the secret edict fall into his hands?" ”