Chen Chao held the seal in his hand and his words were calm, but Sima Yi and his son were terrified.

This is like being grabbed by someone in his hand.

Sima Zhao did not say a word, and stepped forward to take the seal from Chen Chao's hand, observed it carefully, and confirmed that it was not a forged mark. He nodded slowly to his father, indicating that it was the original work.

Sima Yi couldn't help but feel sank, and he still pretended to be stupid: "I've been innocent all my life. In order to slander me, the King of Yan sent envoys to this point, and he really mobilized many troops. But who do you think will believe you? Just your one-sided words?"

Chen Chao shook his head and said, "Tao Fu, if the villain is not sure, he will not have a talk here."

He is betting, betting on the other party believes.

Your own bargaining chips are only a bad life, and it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, while the other party’s bet is the elders and young people of the Sima family.

Sima Yi was a little silent, but still did not dare to gamble. When Cao Shuang impeached him in the palace, he kept saying that Xiahou Xuan had heard Deng Ai's words and learned that Sima's family raised dead soldiers in secret, he only regarded it as a word of plagiarism.

After all, although Deng Ai had worked under his account and was promoted, he had not yet begun to raise dead soldiers at that time.

Now that Gongsun Xiu's subordinates secretly attended the meeting, he realized that Cao Shuang did not mess around.

But how did Gongsun Xiu know about this?

He was confused and tentatively said, "Silly boy, you believe that Gongsun Xiu is talking nonsense. He sent you to die, right?"

Chen Chao's heart sank, and he simply took the initiative and said casually: "Whether I am here to negotiate or die, the Taifu naturally knows what I am. If I die in the mansion, within two hours, my companions will immediately send the evidence of the Taifu's crime of raising a dead soldier to He Yan. If the Taifu is not afraid, just take action. Today, it is worth it to exchange my life for the lives of the three tribes of the Taifu."

Sima Yi's face froze, and he had already believed it in his heart. He thought to himself: "If there is any credible word in this person, our Sima family will be destroyed."

Only Sima Shi was present and didn't believe it. He firmly believed that Ji Bu would not leak the news, but he didn't know how Chen Chao learned about the Yin-raising of the dead soldiers. I thought that he should have just tracked down Ji Bu's free-raising dead soldiers, and then guessed it with a high probability.

This is useless. Everything needs evidence, not to mention that for a large family like Sima, as long as Ji Bu doesn't provide him, the matter will only end in vain.

Sima Shi said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, don't pretend to be a ghost or a mysterious person. Since you have evidence, then take it out directly, instead of hiding it. We are upright and we are not afraid of the shadows, and we will understand without defying it."

Chen Chao stared at Sima Shi, wondering whether he was Sima Shi or Sima Zhao, and asked, "Dare you ask if you are the eldest or the second son?"

Sima Shi said calmly in the face of changes: "If you are not talented, you are under Sima Shi."

"I see,"

Seeing that he was a little older than Sima Zhao next to him, Chen Chao had already thought about the secret matters about the Sima family that King Yan revealed to him, in addition to hiding the dead soldiers, he also revealed that the dead soldiers were raised by Sima Shi, and that he killed Xiahou Hui many years ago, which is unknown to the world.

Seeing that Sima Shi was confident and did not believe that the secret would be leaked, Chen Chao thought to himself: "Now everyone only knows that the dead soldiers were raised by Sima Yi, but they don't know that they were raised by Sima Shi. I pretended to be so sophisticated that he was scared, and it depends on whether he believed it or not. The king only knew these three things, but there was no specific evidence, so he had to see if he could deceive him."

A smile immediately appeared on his face.

Seeing that he looked proud, Sima Shi was upset for no reason and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Chao smiled and said, "The eldest son is really a good skill. He can raise three thousand dead men in the environment like Luoyang with many eyeliners. He is really a tiger father without a dog son."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Sima Yi and his son broke the defense again, especially Sima Shi, whose faces were even stiffer and his smile froze. He thought to himself how he knew that the dead soldier was raised by me? Did he really find evidence for him? He immediately snorted: "Please don't talk nonsense and maliciously slander."

Chen Chao smiled and said, "Don't worry, your eldest son, you are a good skill. Even our King Yan is willing to give in. He believes that no one in the world can hide the dead soldiers so tightly except you. It's a pity-"

Sima Shi's heart moved and asked subconsciously: "What a pity?"

This sentence is like leaking when asked in reverse. Chen Chao was immediately shocked. He knew that the secret of the king was indeed good, and he said evasively: "It's a pity that this secret has been fully grasped by us and the evidence is conclusive. If it is taken out and made public, it may not be good."

Speaking of this, he paused a little, threw out a bombshell and said loudly: "Not only that, the eldest son is extremely smart in raising a dead man in an Yin. What is even more commendable is that he poisoned his wife Xiahou Hui for the sake of the great cause of his family. He has had five daughters for many years. The eldest son said that he would kill him if he poisoned him, because he was afraid that her, a daughter of a clan, would hinder you from achieving great cause. This move is comparable to Wu Qi."

Sima Shi's face turned blue and red, and his mentality completely collapsed. He couldn't understand even if he beat him to death. The two most secret things he had done in his life were leaked out in a confused manner, and even let the enemy country hold it as a handle. He was angry for a moment and had the intention to kill.

With a choking sound, Master Sima got up, drew his sword, leaned forward, and then reached the tip of the sword that pressed against Chen Chao's throat. It was almost in the flash, and his technique was as fast as lightning.

Chen Chao felt a chill under his neck, and the tip of the sword was pressed against his flesh, but he was not injured. He couldn't help but think in his heart that Sima Shi's sword skills were so powerful. Although he was afraid, he was not afraid at all: "The secret is not all in my mouth, but also in the hands of dozens of secret spies in Luoyang. As long as I don't leave the mansion within two hours, my secret spies will immediately release the news and hand it over to He Yan with the evidence. The eldest son killed me and vented his anger, but it would be a pity to implicate the three tribes and bury me alone."

Sima Yi's face darkened and he shouted, "Shi'er, remove the sword!"

"He must be a lie."

Sima Shi held up his shaky sword, but still refused to let go. He pointed at his throat and said condescendingly: "I want to deceive us by making some rumors outside? Gongsun Xiu is indeed treacherous and cunning, and he is a traitor."

Chen Chao raised his head and whispered: "It is up to you to believe, it is up to you to not believe, it is up to you to bear the consequences."

Sima Yi shouted again: "Removing the sword."

He immediately became anxious and frowned, "Father, don't be surprised. He kept saying that he knew these two things, but there was no evidence. Even if he took them out, it was just a rumor and could not be considered evidence."

Before Sima Yi could speak, Chen Chao rushed to say, "Are you stupid or I stupid? It's a secret. If the evidence is revealed, wouldn't you know? If you want to kill me, then kill me, you can take a gamble."

Sima Shi frowned, his heart turned around and the sword was about to pierce, but it stopped moving, and finally took the sword back to the sheath and retreated to the side.

Chen Chao breathed a sigh of relief. He had already jogged around the gate of hell, and his straight back was slightly bent.

"Tell me, what are the conditions for exchange for the King of Yan?"

Sima Yi said.

Chen Chao calmed down and said loudly: "The condition of the King of Yan is to let the Grand Tutor find a way to hold Cao Shuang to attack Yan."

Sima Yi frowned: "This is a national policy. Now our Wei Dynasty is governed by Cao Shuang. I am called the Grand Tutor, but in fact I have promoted it openly and surrendered secretly and have lost my power. How can I hold Cao Shuang back?"

This is true. Since Cao Shuang took office, he has almost controlled all the power, including Sima Yi and the following families, all of whom were crowded with each other, with great authority and extreme arrogance.

Even Gu, a veteran of four dynasties like Sima Yi, was forced to step down. Who could control Cao Shuang?

Chen Chao thought that if you, Sima Yi, had no choice, others would have no choice but to do anything. He smiled and said, "The Grand Tutor is too humble. You are not only a minister of the country, but also a hope of the court. Cao Shuang acted against the rules and acted indiscriminately, and promoted this unrighteous army and attacked the vassal state of Wei, resulting in the misfortune of life and the people being overwhelmed. Xinzhu is difficult to write about such sins. The Grand Tutor only needs to say a few fair words and let him retreat, and he will solve the problem. The King of Yan has already ordered the villain that if the Grand Tutor can solve this matter, the Sima family poisoned Xiahou Hui and raised three thousand dead soldiers in her stomach, and would never mention it."

Sima Yi snorted coldly, thinking that if the handle is always in the hands of others, something will happen again if he does this for others, what should I do? Frowning and said, "This matter is difficult, I may not be able to be done. I can gather all the ministers in the court to discuss the withdrawal of the army and give advice to our great Wei king, but it also requires the cooperation of the King of Yan."

"How to cooperate?" Chen Chao frowned.

Sima Yi frowned and said, "Cao Shuang attacked Yan and promoted a 100,000 army, with extraordinary momentum. If the King of Yan could not defeat him in the first battle, I would not be able to control Cao Shuang to withdraw his troops even if he shook his lips and tongues."

Chen Chao said in surprise: "The Taifu means that if you win the first battle, can you stop Cao Shuang from retreating?"

"That's certainly,"

Sima Yi has never been threatened like this in his life, and he can only explain in a reasonable way: "War is a joke? It is not decided by one person. It is extremely difficult for your country to block Cao Shuang's 100,000 troops. If Yan State cannot stop Cao Shuang's attack and fail in connection, the ministers of Wei State are not fools. Not only will they not stop him, but they will also support Cao Shuang in attacking Yan. Only by defeating the first battle can I make a big fuss about this and tell Your Majesty and the ministers the difficulty of attacking Yan and Cao Shuang's incompetence may they mobilize everyone to withdraw their troops."

Chen Chao thought to himself that the old fox who was ministering in all dynasties was indeed indifferent to his work, and nodded and said, "It's very true."

Sima Yi paused and said, "Even if the King of Yan can continue to win several major battles, our Wei Dynasty has a vast territory, with 400,000 or 500,000 soldiers available, and more than one million civilians can be recruited. If he really meets a stubborn and self-righteous person like Cao Shuang, if he doesn't have my husband to mediate, he will be desperate to draw soldiers if he loses, which will only waste the people and damage the money."

Chen Chao bowed to the ground and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, the villain has thanked the Grand Tutor here."

Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "You haven't promised me yet. If this matter is revealed, you must never tell me the scandal in my family."

Chen Chao thought that I just confirmed it was true and there was no evidence. This matter was just a gamble. Now that I have reached a basic consensus, I went down and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, as long as I can protect the people of Dayan from the ravages, I will not go back on my word."

Sima Yi sneered, and naturally didn't believe his nonsense: "Tell me the truth, I only believed 70% of what you said just now. My teacher has always been clean and neat in his work and will not leave anyone a handle. The evidence you said is likely to be just a lie to me, and there is no evidence."

Chen Chao's cheeks froze, and his eyes couldn't help but dodge.

Fortunately, Sima Yi did not pay attention to his timidity and continued: "This matter is not so much a threat, but rather a need. Cao Shuang tried to kill me and only wanted to protect himself. However, if the King of Yan wanted to fight against Cao Shuang's army with a small country, it would be extremely difficult. It can be said that they were both in a dilemma. Now they are united to overcome this difficulty. "

Chen Chao nodded and said respectfully: "The Taifu is a wonderful person who knows how to judge the situation. I will report it to the King of Yan immediately."

This secret meeting was successfully reached, and Chen Chao was out of Sima's Mansion.

He could not guarantee whether Sima Yi could keep his promise, but now that things have come to this, he could only believe Sima Yi. After all, there was no evidence of the Sima family's death warriors on hand.

After writing the secret memorial, Chen Chao handed it over to his subordinates who delivered the letter and sent it back to Yan State as quickly as possible and handed it over to Gongsun Xiu.

Qingzhou, Donglai County.

Xiahou Xuan sat in the military tent with a gloomy face.

Cheng Xi and his son showed a villain's desire to be successful, thinking that you, Tian Yu, are known as the ever-winning general, but in fact, that's just that.

Tian Yu's face was normal, as if he was not himself who had experienced a big defeat. He naturally said: "The key to defeat in this battle is that the island chain is lost and our army lost the opportunity. The second is that the Yan army has few soldiers and can be deployed with great rules. The rail forts arranged in the shallows are very powerful. Our warships are preparing to land on the island, but as soon as they get close, they are pierced through the bottom of the ship."

Cheng Xi said in a big way when he watched the excitement, "Premier Tian, ​​put aside everything, are you not wrong at all?"

Tian Yu said lightly: "I am indeed careless, but the Yan army is extremely difficult to deal with. The method of deploying troops and formations has come up with an eye-opening approach. But I have already come up with a strategy to break the enemy."

Cheng Xi was angry and thought that your few words of lightness were throwing the mistake behind your head. He even wanted to sarcastically, but Xiahou Xuan glared at him and signaled that he should not say anything more. Cheng Xi shrank his head angrily.

Xiahou Xuan frowned and said, "According to the words of the prefect of Tian, ​​our army does not even have the chance to land on the island. How can we defeat the enemy?"

Tian Yu said: "Although the Yan army is clever, this is not omnipotent. When the tide fades, the rail forts are exposed on the shallows and they are broken. If such a failure that day ends, it will cause five or six thousand soldiers to be damaged. I can only say that I am careless."

Xiahou Xuan said: "Then when are you going to counterattack?"

"Our army was defeated and the morale was low. We need to rest for a while. At the same time, we mobilized the strong men from Qingzhou to serve as soldiers. The Yan bandits were very close to Donglai County and would attack Qingzhou at any time. We should take strict precautions and send troops when the time is ripe."

Tian Yu also became a lifelong shame for this battle. He had been in war for half his life. It can almost be said that he must defeat the battle and win the attack. The title of a veteran who always wins is not for nothing. Unexpectedly, he would not be angry when he overturned the ship in the hands of a small Yan thief.

But he is a veteran in military affairs and knows that he should not be in a hurry to take revenge. After all, personal affairs are small and national affairs are big, so he has to wait for the best opportunity.

Xiahou Xuan was very upset and waved his hand: "Including Cheng Xi, our army has lost two consecutive battles. If he cannot win, he will be ridiculed by the Yan thief."

Tian Yu said seriously: "The Yan thieves can only be quick and there is no chance to win. It takes time to stop me and I will chase or annihilate the mixed Yan thieves and attack them to the Dazhu and Liaokou area."
Chapter completed!