Zhang Yi walked into the inner hall and looked at the hall first. There was no one else in the entire inner hall except Liu Bei.

After taking a few steps forward, Zhang Yi bowed and said, "Greetings to the lord!"

Liu Bei, who was reading the document, raised his head and saw that it was Zhang Yi. He gently put down the Jianshu in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's Zhongsi, come and sit down!"

There are multiple wooden chairs placed in the hall. This novel seating tool is recently made by the instrument workshop hosted by Huang Yueying.

At first, people were not used to it, but after a while, they realized that sitting on this object was indeed much more comfortable than before. (Note: There were indeed no chairs during the Three Kingdoms period)

"Thank you!" Zhang Yi found a chair closer to Liu Bei and sat down, then asked, "The lord called me to come, don't know what instructions?"

"Actually, there is nothing important!" Liu Bei said with a smile, "It's just that I have been too busy before, and I finally have a little relaxation today and want to talk to Zhongsi!"

"The incident in Yangzhou was caused by Yi's improper handling. It has caused the lord to be so troubled, which is all Yi's crime!" Zhang Yi showed a look of panic on his face and quickly stood up to apologize, "I'd like to ask the lord to sue him!"

"Zhongsi, I said it just now, just talking to you, and there is no intention of being accountable." Liu Bei waved his hand and said with a faint smile, "Sit down quickly!"

"Thank you lord!" Zhang Yi bowed gratefully.

"Since Emperor Gaozu killed the white snake and built a foundation, our Han Dynasty has experienced twenty-four dynasties. Although Wang Mang usurped power, foreign relatives and internal officials interfered in politics and chaotic dynasties, and foreign attacks by the Xiongnu Xianbei, the Han Dynasty has been going on for more than four hundred years.

"Liu Bei showed a trace of remembrance and said sighing, "However, today, the brightness of the great man seems to have passed by.

Although I am here today, I have no authority, and everything inside and outside depends on... Cao Cao alone."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "When Chen and Wu were in charge of Daze Township, they once said, "Why would there be a king, prince, general, and minister?" This is so heroic. In fact, the country in the world did not have a surname Liu or a Han Dynasty.

If Emperor Gaozu had no talent and the rebellion at the end of the Qin Dynasty, my Liu family might have been a wealthy family in Pei County today."

Zhang Yi was not sure what Liu Bei had intent to say these words, and he didn't interrupt without authorization, just listened quietly.

"Xia was four hundred years old and was replaced by the Shang Dynasty; Shang Dynasty was five hundred years old and was replaced by Ji Zhou Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty was eight hundred years old and was replaced by Qin; Qin was caused by tyranny. Three generations were destroyed in our great Han Dynasty.

Now our great man has lasted for more than four hundred years, and perhaps it is time to be passed down by his dynasty..."

After hearing this, even Zhang Yi was extremely calm, he was shocked. Liu Bei's words could be regarded as a serious crime of traitor. What's more, he is a relative of the Han Dynasty.

Fortunately, only Liu Bei and Zhang Yi are here, so they are not worthy of the third party.

"But even knowing this. As Emperor Gaozu, I cannot sit and watch the decline of the Han Dynasty like others.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yun Chang and Yide, I ran around, stayed under someone's roof, and slapped several times. In the most difficult times, the knife and axe were already on the neck, waiting for a command. The head fell to the ground.

"Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, "Those days were extremely difficult, but I would never regret it. I would never regret it for the revival of the Han Dynasty and the glory of Emperor Wu's time. Even if Liu Bei was crushed to pieces, he would do whatever he could.

Now, I finally survived. I have led Jing, Yang and the Three Prefectures. I have ruled thousands of miles of fertile land and more than five million people.

The army was more than 200,000, and there were Yun Chang and Yide's second brothers, Yuan Zhi, Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, Gong You, Zhong Si, Zi Jing, etc. Even though Cao Cao was as strong as a ghost, I still had the courage and pride to fight with him and fight with him.

Not afraid of Zhong Si's jokes. Whether the great man can prosper again, the last glimmer of hope may fall on me. If I am defeated, there will be no second one who can compete with Cao Cao. By then, Cao Cao may have to do the Xinmang (Wang Mang usurp the Han Dynasty). "

"With the lord's benevolence, reputation, lords and generals are the best of the three armies, and there are also the assistants of Xu, Zhuge, Pang and other ministers. Yi believes that it will only be a matter of time before the Han Dynasty will rise again!" Zhang Yi said with a little excitement.

"Yeah!" Liu Bei nodded with a smile, paused for a moment, and then changed the topic and said, "Zhongsi, how long have you been here?"

"Yi was in September of the sixth year of Jian'an, and it has been more than five years today!" Zhang Yi said after a brief recollection.

"It's been five years!" Liu Bei sighed lightly and said with emotion, "I remember when Zhong Si first arrived in Shouchun, he was still a young man, and now he is about to stand up.

Over the years, I have really felt a little wronged. “

"What did the lord say?" Zhang Yi said hurriedly, "Yi was a man without a name and had to be valued as soon as he first joined the lord. In just five years, he was appointed as the General of the Conquest of the South and the General of the Diannong General, and the whole world also treated him with such a special treatment."

"Although Bei has no talent in the world, he is better because he has a few experiences in his older age. He thinks he has some experience in looking at people!" Liu Bei waved his hand and stopped Zhang Yi's words, and said seriously, "Zhong Si is good at military affairs and politics. He can definitely be called a national sage only by his talent.

Compared with Yuan Zhi, Kong Ming, Shi Yuan and others, it is probably incomparable."

"Lord, how can Yi afford it..." Zhang Yi was still apologizing, but was interrupted by Liu Bei's next words.

"Zhongsi, with your talent, you really can't see which one is more important than the Sun family's plot to rebel in the front line?" Liu Bei asked softly, with gentle but concealed eyes staring at Zhang Yi tightly.

Zhang Yi was stunned at first, and then defended: "My lord, if you are uneasy inside, you will be in chaos outside. As a result, the battle on the front line has risen and the military strength in the rear is empty. If an ill-behaved person takes the opportunity to rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable.

If one is bad, not only will the front-line war be affected, but the rear-line foundation will be lost..."

"Zhongsi, have you really not seen the strange things in the Yangzhou civil strife?" Liu Bei stared at Zhang Yi for a long time, and sighed softly, "Are the rumors in Lujiang, Danyang, and Jiujiang counties were really spread by the Sun family? It has been four years since the Jiangdong was pacified, and the Sun family has been in Linhuai.

Except for Sun Boyang's incident, there was no abnormal movement in the Sun family. Four years, saying that it is not long. It is enough to change the center of the people.

Not to mention that there are still people who pay attention, even if the Sun family wants to make some rumors, how many people will help them spread the news?

Furthermore, although He Gonghe had had some correspondence with Sun Ben, it was a bit unreasonable to raise an army to attack Lujiang. Gong Miao was in Danyang and had nearly 20,000 new recruits under his command.

He Gonghe really wants to cause trouble, so he should let his brother respond. Moreover, whether He Jing was dispatching troops to cause trouble without authorization or was ordered to return to Lujiang, he just needed to ask the relevant person to see if He Jing had received a military order.

No one was concerned about this matter before. When I asked Zijing to go for investigation, I found that several officials in Qianshan County died suddenly.

In addition. Although Sun Ben was unwilling to accept it, if I wanted to kill him, why wait until today? A year ago, when he secretly contacted Zijing and others, I could kill him openly. Why use this secret assassination method?

Sun Jiao, who was only 16 years old at that time, was a mean talent. If Sun Ben could not do anything, he would not be able to do it. If I had not ordered the killing of these two people, who would have the ability to sneak into Linhuai?

Silently killing people and abandoning corpses? I'm afraid there will be no other person who will abandon Cao Cao!"

"I can't hide these doubts that are not difficult to find, let alone Zhong Si..." Standing up, Liu Bei slowly walked to Zhang Yi's side and sighed, "I know there are so many doubts."

It is also clear that our army and Cao's army went to war on the fourth line. The wise choice was to suppress the matter first, block the news, and conduct a secret investigation to avoid being known to outsiders. Only in this way can we ensure stability in the rear and prevent the soldiers on the front line from being affected.

However, Zhongsi chose the most intense means to cause the matter to be launched, the county, and even the states to be known. The result was that the people and the military were greatly shaken. Everyone in the generals and officials were in danger.

Zhang Yi sat in his seat with grievances. He looked straight at Liu Bei, and after a while he remembered to defend: "Lord, when dealing with this matter, General Gong was the main focus, and Yi was just the deputy..."

"Bomin is simple and impatient, and sometimes he does not have any thoughts when doing things..." Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yi's eyes and said lightly, "But Zhongsi, you still made a mistake. Can Bomin do such a complicated thing with his ability?"

It was not until this time that a strange look appeared on Zhang Yi's expression.

"Zhongsi, you and I have been together for five years. Can't you really return to your heart?" Liu Bei sighed.

Zhang Yi was silent for a long time before looking up and saying, "How did you know that I didn't change my mind halfway through?"

"Using Zhongsi's ability, we can distinguish between the severity and the gains and losses..." Liu Bei said softly.

Liu Bei's answer seemed a bit irrelevant, but Zhang Yi understood the meaning of the inner meaning.

Although Zhang Yi's status and power in Liu Bei's place cannot be called under one person or above ten thousand people, he is in the top power level. Moreover, with Liu Bei's strength continuously expanding, Zhang Yi's future is absolutely unlimited.

If Liu Bei had the opportunity to win the world in the future, Zhang Yi would be ranked as the third duke and be named the marquis of ten thousand households.

On the contrary, if Zhang Yi betrayed the truth in the middle and went from Liu Bei's side to Cao Cao's side, not to mention whether he could rank at the top power level, it would be a big question whether he could gain Cao Cao's true trust.

With a person like Zhang Yi, the pros and cons of such people is not difficult to distinguish.

"Thank you for your appreciation for Yi..." Zhang Yi smiled bitterly, and asked with some conscience, "Since your lord already doubts me, why don't you let me catch me directly?"

"I want to bet, and see if Zhongsi will be honest with me?" Liu Bei also showed a faint smile of loss, "So, I only said such a 'nons' just now, but hope seems to be disappointed..."

"Zhongsi, don't take out the crossbow tucked behind me. Although I haven't been on the battlefield for a long time, I haven't given up much of my skills over the years.

"Liu Bei suddenly stared at Zhang Yi's right hand and sighed, "You have Yun Chang, a brother like Yide who has outstanding martial arts skills. My reaction is much faster than that of ordinary people, let alone someone like Zhong Si who has never practiced martial arts."

Moreover, I was wearing the soft dragon scale armor of Yide, and the crossbow could not penetrate the crossbow!"

Zhang Yi knew that Liu Bei had a "dragon scale soft armor". It was said that it was a dragon scale armor, but it was actually made of leather from a strange python in southern Xinjiang.

This kind of strange python is also very rare in southern Xinjiang. It can often grow to more than two meters long. It has extremely tough outer skin and is hard to penetrate, making it extremely difficult to capture.

Zhang Fei also got a python skin from the Shanyue tribe, and then the life-savvy craftsman carefully made a full-body armor and gave it to Liu Bei for self-defense. The armor has a light texture and is extremely soft, so it can be worn close to the body.

Because snakes are also called "little dragon", they are called dragon scale armor.

It is reported that Zhang Fei once ordered people to shoot this armor at a distance of hundreds of steps with a three-stone crossbow, but it was impossible to penetrate it, which shows the tenacity of this armor.

Zhang Yi's body trembled, looked at Liu Bei, then slowly pulled out a small crossbow from behind and threw it on the ground.

Zhang Yi always thought he had never looked down on Liu Bei, but it was not until now that he realized that his "lord"'s vision was far beyond his imagination.

"Zhongsi, with your talent, you can still be bound by Cao Cao, probably because of your family's reasons!" Liu Bei did not hide a weapon at Zhang Yi and was ready to assassinate him, showing some anger and asked in a harmonious voice, "Zhang Yi should not be your real name. Can you tell me your real name?"

Zhang Yi pondered for a moment, but the panic at first faded away, replaced it with a calm look, and said frankly: "Yi is indeed his real name, but my surname is not Zhang, but Sima. My name is Sima Yi, and my courtesy name is Zhongda!"

"Sima Yi! Zhongda..." Liu Bei gently pronounced the name several times, "So you are the governor of Yanzhou and don't be the brother of Sima Lang. Unexpectedly, Yide's suspicion five years ago became true..."

Sima Yi also smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "It turns out that the emperor knows this, and Yi thought General Zhang had never mentioned this to you..."

At this moment, Sima Yi was embarrassed to call him lord again.
Chapter completed!