Chapter 60: Free From Fate
A few months later, the sky suddenly showed a solar eclipse.
The world became dark and illuminated, but it didn't take long to recover the day.
Sima Yi stood in the palace and looked up at the celestial phenomena, showing a worried look on his face.
Zhou Yang asked, "What are Zhongda looking at?"
Sima Yi pointed to the sky and said, "Brother, please look at the dark clouds in the distance. Even after the solar eclipse, they are still densely spread in the east. It seems that after the darkness, what is coming should be a storm."
Zhou Yang originally thought this was just a natural weather phenomenon, but seeing Sima Yi still had a contemplative expression, it seemed that this should be more than just a storm.
So he asked again: "Did Zhongda think about what kind of reaction King Chen would make after receiving the letter from Concubine Zhen?"
Sima Yi nodded, then shook his head and said, "Not exactly, but not completely. King Chen received not only a letter of help but also Prince Cao Rui's tiger talisman, but the emperor only knew a private message that might be a private message. It seems to be only related to **, but in fact it may be the peace before a storm."
Zhou Yang could not feel the heavy feeling in his heart, so he had to humbly ask: "What will happen?"
Sima Yi said: "What I am thinking about is not what kind of reaction King Chen will make, but the prince in Luoyang. What exactly does he want to do?"
Zhou Yang thought of Empress Guo’s purpose, to get rid of Concubine Zhen and to preserve his position as the Lord of the **.
Cao Pi attached importance to Cao Rui, who was about to be appointed as the crown prince, whether his own son was his own son.
Only Cao Rui's ideas are the most difficult to grasp. Even Sima Yi dared not make random guesses and could not make a judgment for a long time.
"Why are you two standing here in a daze?" Zhang Chunhua suddenly ran out of the hall and pointed at Zhou Yang and Sima Yi and said, "What are you trying to do and not let others know."
"Nothing was done!" Zhou Yang said angrily to the little beauty, "Just look at the weather and enjoy the solar eclipse. Do you want to see it together?"
Zhang Chunhua looked up at the sky, then looked down at the Yitian Sword held in his hand, shrugged and said, "There is nothing good to look at! I originally planned to tell my two brothers that they had killed someone just now!"
Zhou Yang said in surprise: "Kill someone?"
Zhang Chunhua glanced at him, finally looked at Sima Yi and asked, "What are you discussing? People want to know too."
Zhou Yang said a little angrily: "You haven't answered my question yet! What happened?"
Zhang Chunhua said disapprovingly: "What's the point of making a fuss about? Just killing someone, my brother actually yelled at him."
Fortunately, Sima Yi interrupted and interrupted Zhou Yang's continued questioning. He turned around and changed the topic: "It's not a big deal to die an irrelevant servant. What my brother needs to pay most attention to now is how Prince Cao Rui will deal with King Chen."
Zhou Yang asked in confusion: "Didn't Prince Cao Rui ask us to hand over the tiger talisman to King Chen? It's been so long, and King Chen hasn't responded yet. Logically, the prince should be anxious. How could he deal with King Chen?"
Sima Yi said: "I just figured out why Prince Cao Rui gave the tiger talisman to King Chen. His purpose is completely different from Concubine Zhen. One is for help, and the other is for..."
Before he finished speaking, the voice of an intelligence officer suddenly came from outside the door.
Zhou Yang immediately stepped back, leaving only Zhang Chunhua and Sima Yi, and then asked, "Tell me! What's the situation?"
The intelligence officer replied in a deep voice: "The third tiger and leopard cavalry has appeared."
Sima Yi sneered: "It's true that it's not as expected. It seems that there will be a bloody storm in Luoyang. No - not only Luoyang, but also the entire Cao Wei country, will be stirred up by Prince Cao Rui."
Before Zhou Yang could continue asking questions, Zhang Chunhua jumped up first and said happily: "That's great, so we won't have to stay in the mansion all day long. They have been practicing sword skills for many years, and I really want to try our skills!"
Sima Yi said: "There will be a chance for you to perform, but at this time you must be obedient and not run around."
Zhang Chunhua chuckled and said, "I understand, I have always listened to Brother Zhongda's words the most."
Zhou Yang was confused, so he forgot about how Zhang Chunhua killed people, why, and who was killed, and asked in surprise: "What is going to happen? Can you explain it clearly?"
The intelligence continued to report: "According to the news, the commander of the third tiger and leopard cavalry was Cao Zhen, the adopted son of the late emperor. This person did not seem to belong to the emperor, but was secretly traveling in Luoyang. If the leader Ye had not personally visited the investigation, he would not have noticed that he was actually hiding in Luoyang."
Zhou Yang was shocked. Although he had not been infiltrated for a long time, with the help of Empress Guo and the eunuch Zhang Ju, he was almost fully aware of many situations of the **.
If the whereabouts of the third tiger and leopard cavalry were indeed hidden in **, Queen Guo would not have known it, and even more so, she would not have told the Prime Minister who cooperated with her.
Unexpectedly, before Cao Cao died, he actually kept Cao Zhen with such a move.
If this third tiger and leopard cavalry belonged to Cao Pi, Zhou Yang would not have known it.
It seems that Cao Cao did not completely entrust the entire Cao Wei country to Zhou Yang. This was reasonable. However, since Cao Cao chose him, Zhou Yang as the only minister to entrust his orphans, he left a trick for Cao Pi just in case.
The so-called imperial skills are just such checks and balances between each other.
I don’t know if Cao Pi knows it, maybe Cao Cao didn’t even tell his son who inherited his throne.
"If Prince Cao Rui had not handed the tiger talisman to King Chen, perhaps this tiger and leopard cavalry would not have appeared easily." Sima Yi continued to analyze, "This directly shows that Prince Cao Rui has begun to take action, and my brother cannot wait here!"
"What should I do?" Zhou Yang asked blankly.
"Now, except for the emperor, the only one who can rely on in Luoyang is Empress Guo." Sima Yi paused for a while and said, "To be more precise, it should be a match-up that can cooperate. For **, no one is more suitable than Empress Guo."
"Zhongda means to let me go back to ** and find Empress Guo and tell her about this?" Zhou Yang said.
"We must not only tell Queen Guo, but also clarify the position of my brother in cooperation with her." Sima Yi said, "Prince Cao Rui is definitely not a simple person, because he handed over this tiger talisman that even the emperor didn't know to King Chen, which has already shown his determination to regard the position of the prince. My brother is just a pawn of the prince."
"Why can Zhongda analyze so many problems with a piece of tiger talisman?" Zhou Yang asked humbly.
"There are unexpected situations in the world, and I am only limited to guessing." Sima Yi said.
"In other words, I have to stand on the same front with Queen Guo now and defeat Concubine Zhen together, right?" Zhou Yang said.
Although he was merciful to Concubine Zhen, he would never be ruthless when it was involved in the matter of principle.
The intelligence officer standing aside had obviously finished reporting. When he surrendered, Zhang Chunhua immediately said excitedly: "This time I will enter the palace with my brother to see what this ** looks like?"
Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Don't make trouble with me!"
Zhang Chunhua said: "I'm afraid that brother, you will be seduced by Queen Guo! This woman is really not simple. If a brother fails in one step, it may cause eternal regret!"
Zhou Yang said: "How could I be so ignorant? Do you doubt my self-control?"
Sima Yi showed a disdainful look and said, "It's not a suspicion, but a sure thing. If Empress Guo is willing to conquer her brother, she will definitely achieve her goal."
Zhou Yang was speechless. He had been with Zhang Chunhua and Sima Yi for so long that he had never lost control in front of them.
But why did Sima Yi say that? Even Zhang Chunhua, a silly girl who doesn't know anything, thinks so.
Could it be that when Yang Song was in Hanzhong, he handed Lu Lingqi over to Zhou Yang?
But that was just because she felt guilty between her and Lu Lingqi. Even if she had any intimate relationship with her that night, it would not be considered self-control or something.
Zhou Yang scratched his scalp and couldn't help but explain: "Lu Lingqi has lost her father. To her, I am almost her only relative. If I ignore her, it would be too pitiful!"
Sima Yi said in surprise: "We didn't mention Lu Lingqi, and this girl has her own life now. Didn't my brother care about her?"
Zhou Yang couldn't help but ask: "What's your own life?"
Zhang Chunhua said: "My brother has been in the court for many years, so he has no time to pay attention to these private affairs. Even... even... is not even a big situation..."
Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi glared at him and immediately shut up obediently.
This pair of childhood sweethearts who were supposed to be couples, and they were like singing Shuanghuang every word, and they felt even more amazing in direct teaching Zhou Yang.
Sima Yi quickly changed the topic and said, "In short, Prince Cao Rui has his plan of Zhang Liang, and Empress Guo also has his own ladder. Only by sincerely working with Empress Guo can we truly get rid of the checks and balances of generations of emperors, and our brother and Empress Guo can truly take their destiny into their own hands. Do you understand?"
Zhou Yang suddenly realized that he could no longer regard Sima Yi as a schizophrenic who had never understood the world and had been under house arrest for more than 20 years.
Whether his current mentality is Xiaoyao's sister or himself, there is no need to say much about his wisdom, it is his ability to control the current situation and situation, and his absolute confidence in predicting and analyzing himself.
Zhou Yang gradually felt that he was just a subordinate of his, not the military advisor who had originally planned to give him advice.
This may not be a good thing, but I am not sure what impact it will have on the future.
Chapter completed!