Liao Li stood at the door and quietly looked at Zhuge Liang on the hospital bed.

There is a faint smell of medicine in the side hall, and the medicine that Zhuge Liang eats is not cooked here, these medicinal smells are because Zhuge Liang has been taking medicine, and every pore exudes the smell of medicine.

Hearing Liao Li's footsteps, Zhuge Liang, who closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes, turned his head sideways, looked at Liao Li, and commanded softly, and the two eunuchs waiting next to him immediately stepped forward, helped him up, put two soft pillows behind him, and then bowed and retreated.

"Gong Yuan, it's rude." Zhuge Liang smiled apologetically, put his hand to his lips, and coughed twice.

Liao Li walked forward slowly, leaned over to look at Zhuge Liang's face, and sighed: "Prime Minister, you are really tenacious." ”

Zhuge Liang raised his eyelids, glanced at him weakly, and sighed: "What." ”

Liao Li lifted the hem of his clothes, sat down opposite Zhuge Liang, took out a bound haode account book from his arms, put it on the desk, and stretched out his hand to push it in front of Zhuge Liang. His fingers were slender and a little tanned by the Jiaozhou sun, but they were very healthy, thin and powerful.

"Prime Minister, have you rested enough, or I'll just say it briefly, and you will take a closer look when you have time?"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his eyes were cold, he stared at Liao Li for a long time, and then shook his head helplessly: "Gongyuan, it seems that you have been in Jiaozhou for several years, but you still haven't been able to cultivate yourself, and your obsession is getting heavier and heavier." ”

Liao Li smiled slightly: "Isn't the prime minister the same, he is sick like this, and he still refuses to let go, isn't it an obsession?" ”

Zhuge Liang's eyelids drooped, as if he was asleep. I didn't hear Liao Li's words at all. Liao Li didn't think so, and said to himself: "Prime Minister, you are the smartest person in the world, and no one's mind can be hidden from you, but you just don't understand yourself." Whose sin is it that you are only fifty-four years old, and you are sick like this? You can't blame anyone, you can only blame yourself. You see, there are so many people your age, which one is like you. Do you have to rely on so many drugs to sustain it? ”

Liao Li sniffed. sighed: "It's easy to know people, but it's hard to know yourself, Prime Minister, you are smart enough." But it's not smart enough. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled silently: "Gongyuan rushed back from Jiaozhou thousands of miles away. That's just to talk to me? ”

Liao Li shook his head: "Of course not." When I came back, the prime minister naturally knew it, so why hide it. Do you think I'm stupid. Don't deserve to fight the prime minister? ”

"Looking at the world, who dares to look down on you Liao Gongyuan?" Zhuge Liang said regretfully: "If Pang Shiyuan is still here, with his arrogance, he may say this, but I don't dare." Gongyuan, Wei Ba Weishenme is not coming back? ”

"Who said he wasn't coming back? He's just slowing down. ”

"Slow down? Is he waiting for me to die and then come back? ”

"Prime Minister Weishenme didn't say that he wanted you to live a few more days?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, and his sharp gaze fell on Liao Li's face. Liao Li was calm as usual, not moved at all. He met Zhuge Liang's gaze and said slowly: "Prime Minister, Wei Ba just respects you, not afraid of you. If you think that he is afraid of you and will not return to Chengdu, then you will be very disappointed. ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes slowly narrowed, and his voice was hoarse and low, but very resolute: "When will he come back?" ”

Liao Li stretched out his hand and patted the account book on the case: "If you don't read my report first, when you confront him, you can have something to say?" ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed, and slowly fell on the thick book, and the corners of his eyes twitched. After a while, he looked at Liao Li again, and there was a smile on the corner of Liao Li's mouth, a smile that was a little mocking.

"Prime Minister, you don't have any weaknesses now." Liao Li laughed, but he smiled very desolate and lonely. "Because you're full of weaknesses, so weak that you're vulnerable. I don't want to fight you, because I don't want to take advantage of people. ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes showed a sadness that was so thick that it could not be dissolved. He saw the pity in Liao Li's eyes, this was the first time someone looked at him with pity. This kind of condescending mercy has always been given only to others, but no one can give it to him. Even Zhou Yu, who was famous all over the world after Chibi back then, couldn't look at him with this kind of look, let alone Liao Li at that time.

However, today Liao Li is taking pity on him, and he is so calm.

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and tried his best to control his uneasiness. "Gongyuan, you don't have to worry about my body, although I am not in good health, I am not to the point where I can't even read official documents."

Liao Li nodded: "Then when will I come again?" ”

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes: "Three days, three days later, you come again." ”

"Whoa." Liao Li answered, got up and left. Before turning around, he glanced at Zhuge Liang deeply.

Hearing Liao Li's footsteps disappear outside the hall, Zhuge Liang slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze fell on the account book left by Liao Li. He stretched out his hand, and the eunuch next to him immediately stepped forward, picked up the account book, and handed it to him with both hands, but he pinched the corner tightly and looked at Zhuge Liang with pleading eyes.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Pass the imperial doctor's order, and let people go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pass Yang Yi into the palace." ”

The eunuch lowered his head, let go of his hand, and slowly retreated. When he went out, he lifted his sleeve and wiped the moist corners of his eyes.

……

Liu Chan stood on the palace wall, looking at Yang Yi who was hurrying towards the side hall, a trace of uneasiness flashed on his fat face. Liao Li had just entered the palace to see the prime minister, and left without saying a few words. As soon as he left, the prime minister asked people to pass on the imperial doctor's order, and the imperial doctor's order stayed in the side hall for a while, and soon came out.

Liu Chan felt that something was wrong at that time, he wanted to visit the prime minister, but he gave up after thinking about it. He was really afraid to see the prime minister's face and eyes. The prime minister's eyes made him feel that all this was his responsibility, and it was because of his incompetence that he tired the prime minister like this. Even if the prime minister is tired and dying, he still has to support his illness and work state affairs, trying his best to maintain the stability of the imperial court.

Liu Chan didn't like this kind of look, so he avoided meeting the prime minister as much as possible. Although they were all in the palace, only a few steps apart, he did not take the initiative to see the prime minister unless he had to.

Seeing Yang Yi enter the palace, he estimated that the situation was very serious, and Liao Li's arrival must have brought great pressure to the prime minister, otherwise he would not be so cautious and urgently summoned Yang Yi into the palace. Yang Yi has just taken over as Prime Minister Changshi, Zhuge Liang is recuperating in the palace, and the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion are mainly handled by him, and he is very busy.

Could it be that Liao Li brought the news of Wei Ba? Although Liu Chan is not very in charge, he also knows that Liao Li is not the prime minister's opponent, and when he was demoted to Wenshan by the prime minister, he had no temper at all. The only people who are qualified to be opponents are Li Yan and Wei Ba, and it can even be said that there is only Wei Ba. The general Li Yan was originally very flamboyant, but after the prime minister came back, he completely died down, and for more than half a month, Li Yan has been nesting in the general's mansion.

Liu Chan felt that Li Yan was afraid of the prime minister, and he did not dare to confront the prime minister face to face. He may not be willing to stop there, but he himself does not dare to show his face, so he can only wait. Who are you waiting for? Of course, it's waiting for Wei Ba.

And judging from the prime minister's performance these days, he seems to be waiting for Wei Ba. He handed over the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion to Yang Yi and others, and he recuperated in the palace, just to recuperate and wait for Wei Ba to come back.

Liu Chan was a little looking forward to what this Wei Ba, who did his homework for him back then, had become now, making the prime minister so cautious and the general so dependent.

……

In the side hall, Yang Yi looked at the account book left by Liao Li, he saw it quickly, pinching his fingers while reading, and mentally calculated at a dizzying speed.

He had just told him what happened when Jiang Wan greeted Liao Li. Zhuge Liang listened quietly and did not express any opinions, but he could feel that Zhuge Liang's mood was a little nervous.

As soon as Liao Li returned to Chengdu, he came to the palace to meet the prime minister, and handed over such a thick account book, his intention was very obvious, he was playing for Wei Ba. Before Wei Ba came back, he had to compete with Zhuge Liang first.

He was very worried. How bad Zhuge Liang's health is, he knows very well in his heart. If he has been on bed rest, Zhuge Liang may be able to hold out for a while longer, and if he continues to work as hard as before, Zhuge Liang will soon exhaust the physical strength he has accumulated these days, and may even die as a result.

However, he couldn't persuade Zhuge Liang to let go, following Zhuge Liang for so many years, he knew too well what kind of temper Zhuge Liang was. He could only hope that he could help Zhuge Liang now, and if he could defeat Liao Li's provocation with his extraordinary computing skills, he might be able to buy Zhuge Liang more time to rest.

Yang Yi was engrossed in it, and quickly looked through the account books, looking for possible flaws. Suddenly, he stopped, his eyes fixed on a page of the account book, and he did not move for a long time.

Zhuge Liang sensed Yang Yi's uneasiness, opened his eyes, and looked at him.

"Prime Minister, your ......" Yang Yi picked up the account book, got up and walked in front of Zhuge Liang, pointed to a line of words with his finger, trembling a little, and his fingertips were drawn on his fingers, making a rustling sound. His voice was dry, like a stone rolling. “…… Ious! ”

Zhuge Liang squinted his eyes, glanced at them, saw the numbers clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

This account was the money he owed Wei Ba, and the total amount was forty-three thousand eight hundred gold.

Zhuge Liang remembered the white strip he had played, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, he understood Wei Ba's intentions. Wei Ba really refused to let him go. Liao Li returned to Beijing to report to his work, not only to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also to the General's Mansion and the Son of Heaven, and this debt will soon be known to everyone. And where this huge amount of money is spent must be a thing that many people will be very interested in.

Wei Ba mentioned this huge amount of money, asking for debts was not the main purpose, and it was the key to rekindle the discussion of the imperial court on the gains and losses of the Battle of Luoyang. After spending so much money and not having much visible gain, if the Prime Minister's Mansion cannot give a reasonable explanation, it will have to face the question of who will be responsible for the Battle of Luoyang.

And this issue has not been mentioned, not because this problem is not a problem, but because the Son of Heaven is cowardly and does not dare to take the initiative to mention it, Li Yan temporarily forbears and waits for the opportunity, the ministers do not understand the situation at all and do not want to take the initiative to cause trouble. Everyone is waiting, waiting for someone to bring it up.

Wei Ba didn't have any scruples, he put this problem in a big way.

Wei Ba had not yet arrived in Chengdu, but the attack had already begun...... (To be continued......)