Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 336 Those who obey me prosper, those who oppose me perish
"But... if you just kill him like this, you will be relieved, and the black hand behind the scenes will never be found again?"

"From the perspective of my subordinates, Wang Ping and Yang Yi are at the bottom of this matter, Fei Yi is above them, and Qiao Zhou is above Fei Yi. Wang Ping and Yang Yi don't know who is above Fei Yi, and Fei Yi doesn't know Qiao Zhou. Who is the person above, and in this case, why don't you save Qiao Zhou's life for the time being, so as to lure the snake out of the cave."

"Well, what you said seems to make sense." Ma Di nodded, "But Qiao Zhou is obviously going all out now, and the credibility of his confession is extremely low."

Ma Di really didn't want to be insulted again by Qiao Zhou, a guy with a thousand eyes.

This is also a problem... Qu Shang frowned and pondered, followed Ma Su out of the prison, and when he was about to get in the car and leave, his eyes suddenly lit up, "General, we have it."

"Yang Yi used to be the head of the prime minister, Fei Yi was the secretary of the household department, and Qiao Zhou was the head of Shu Han literati, and he was a close minister of the emperor. The person behind the scenes must meet three conditions. One is an official of Shu, and the other is It is because his status must be higher than these people, and the second is that he has been in court for a long time and has a huge network of contacts, otherwise he will definitely not be able to drive these people to be used by him."

Hearing this, Ma Di glanced at Qu Shang angrily, "Are you questioning the general's intelligence?"

How could Ma Di not know such a simple objective condition?
The truth is analyzed and analyzed, there is no one.

In other words, the only Shu officials who met the last two conditions were Xiang Lang, Zhuge Liang, and his general.

The relationship between Xiang Lang and his predecessor, Ma Su, is better than that between him and Zhuge Liang. This is a purely personal person, and he cannot be behind the scenes, let alone Xiang Lang's son, Xiang Chong, who holds the position of Ting Wei. A younger brother who points and hits.

Zhuge Liang is even more impossible.

Could it be that I am the murderer behind the scenes?

Ma Di looked at Qu Shang with an unfriendly expression, thinking whether it was time to change to a dog-headed military advisor.The latter's self-proclaimed trinity of Jiang Ziya, Guo Jia, and Zhuge Liang is really a bit dull.

Qu Shang was taken aback by this kind of look, and he didn't dare to show off anymore, he went straight to the point and said, "General, what does this subordinate mean to say, is it possible that he was in a high position before and now retired to the second line, but he is still in court?" An official of the Shu region who has great influence in China."

What the hell!

Didn't expect this.

Qu Shang's words were like a flash of lightning flashing across the night sky, dispelling Ma Di's confusion in an instant.

That's right, there are really two such candidates!
Li Yan and Liu Yan!
Let’s talk about Li Yan first. Since the first year of Jianxing (223), Li Yan has been an important minister of the Shu Han Tuogu who is as famous as Zhuge Liang. During the third Northern Expedition of the Shu Army, Li Yan fell into Sima Yi’s countermeasures and advised Liu Chan, which forced Zhuge Liang to retreat. , interrupt the Northern Expedition.The Fifth Northern Expedition was convicted of ineffective transportation of grain and was eventually abolished as a civilian.

After Li Yan was dismissed from office, Zhuge Liang announced that Li Feng was the governor of Jiangzhou, an official in the court, and was under Jiang Wan. , his father Li Yan accompanied him.

Besides, Liu Yan, Liu Yan has been following Liu Bei since he was in Yuzhou (200 years), and he is an old minister who is even older than Zhuge Liang.After Liu Bei acquired Yizhou, Liu Yan was appointed as the prefect of Guling County.The later master Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, Liu Yan was granted the title of Marquis of the capital, and he was promoted to general and concurrently served as Wei Wei, Zhongjun, and then promoted to general of chariots, becoming the third figure in the Shu Han after Zhuge Liang and Li Yan.

Liu Yan was a famous scholar, good at talking, and was treated favorably by Liu Bei; he held a high position but did not participate in political affairs, and only led a thousand soldiers and horses as a supervisor, and followed Zhuge Liang in the northern expedition.Liu Yan was paranoid and aggressive, and was finally reprimanded by Zhuge Liang for offending Wei Yan in Wuzhangyuan and sent back to Chengdu, but his official position remained the same.

However, after receiving this condemnation, Liu Yan has been suspicious and behaved abnormally. Soon after, Liu Chan was dismissed from the post of general of chariots and cavalry.

In this way, Liu Yan was lucky enough to avoid that fatal disaster.

[In the 12th year of Jianxing (234) in the original time and space, Liu Yan lynched his wife and expelled him from the house because he suspected that his wife, Hu, who was congratulating the Queen Mother on the New Year for more than a month after entering the palace, had an affair with the empress Liu Chan.The Hu family sued Liu Yan because of this, and Liu Yan was imprisoned and abandoned the city to die. 】

Because of this, Liu Yan is living well now. After Ji Han ruled the world (235 years), Liu Chan amnesty the world and reactivated many old ministers.Liu Yan was also re-appointed as Taichang, that is, an official in charge of sacrifices, with a post of third grade, one of the nine ministers, and he can be regarded as an important minister in the court.

who can that be?

Ma Su brainstormed and analyzed.

Obviously, it is very unlikely that the person behind the scenes is Liu Yan. This guy is a vase, has no brains, is also timid, and has no real power in his hands. He does not fit the personality of the old silver coin at all.

Then, using the method of elimination, the person behind the scenes is very likely to be Li Yan, who has a criminal record.

Li Yan has a great reputation and has been a minister of Tuogu for nearly ten years. He has been operating in the court for many years, and his contacts are definitely enough. In addition, his son Li Feng is still an official in the court, and he has the ability to connect with Qiao Zhou and Fei. Yi conditions.

Thinking of this, Ma Di and Qu Shang glanced at each other, and said two words at the same time, "Li Yan!"

Qu Shang hurriedly said: "General, Li Yan can't be caught by force."

Li Yan is a former Tuogu minister with a high reputation, and his son is in the position of Jing Zhaoyin. No matter how powerful the general is, without evidence, Li Yan cannot be arrested and hanged in a prison for torture of.

However, if you can't be arrested directly, can't you just come to the door for interrogation?If evidence is obtained through cross-examination, they can be arrested.

Thinking of this, Ma Di waved his hand: "Let's go! Go to Li's house!" He led his younger brothers to Li's house aggressively.

Li Yan was playing chess with the 70-year-old former Guang Luxun Xiang Lang in his gazebo. Seeing that the game was about to win, he stroked his beard and laughed, "Brother Juda, let me go, let me go."

Xiang Lang raised his head, looked over Li Yan's body, and saw Ma Su and his party approaching aggressively.

Li Yan noticed the abnormality, stood up silently, turned to look at Ma Su, but his voice was unexpectedly calm, "You are here."

"Yes, here I am."

"I knew you would come."

"I know you know I'm coming."

"Yes, we both know that."

Li Yan came out of the gazebo, and headed for the door first, "Let's go...it's time to go to where I should be."

Xiang Lang, who was quite old, looked at Ma Di with a confused face, then at Li Yan, and said hesitantly, "Zhengfang, did you ask someone to do that?"

Li Yan stopped and said without looking back: "Yes, I ordered someone to do it. I regret it now, just like when I asked His Majesty to recall the prime minister, but what can I do? Everything has already happened. "

"Hey, Zhengfang, you are so confused!" Xiang Lang said with a look of resentment.

Ma Di stood outside the gazebo without moving or speaking, he wanted to hear what Li Yan had to say.

"I can not be reconciled……"

"You are not reconciled, so you sent someone to assassinate the general?"

"Yes, Kong Ming and I are both important ministers of Tuogu. He monopolizes all power, is majestic, enjoys great achievements, and is admired by all people... What about me? I am just a passer-by who doesn't matter. Is this fair? Is this reasonable? ? The former emperor has knowledge under the spring, can he rest his eyes?!" Li Yan became more and more excited as he spoke, and turned around to look directly at Ma Su with an indignant expression on his face.

"You are just a mere general. Thanks to Kongming's restraint, you were able to destroy Wei and swallow Wu, and become a general. What can you be proud of?"

No, I should be the one who should be angry right now Ma Di spread his hands, "I didn't."

"You have!"

"You have no one in your eyes, you are making a lot of talk!" Li Yan was so angry that his beard turned up, "I, Li Yan, is also the Minister of Tuogu appointed by the late emperor. Now that the world is unified, it is reasonable for me to come out and do something, right? You actually rejected the proposal over and over again, what are you if you are not eloquent? What are you if you are not arrogant?"

"So, you sent someone to kill me?" Ma Di's face darkened.

Frankly speaking, he really didn't know about the rejection of Li Yan's comeback.

But after thinking about it, I know that it must be the four major auxiliary ministers who rejected his proposal. The four of them have already become vested interests, and it is impossible to let a person with Zhuge Liang's stature come out to govern.So, they rejected Li Yan under the pretext of the general's opposition.

That's how it must have happened.

But there is still a question that Ma Di didn't understand, that is why Li Yan asked Qiao Zhou and Fei Yi to pass it on layer by layer. Wouldn't it be better for him to contact Wang Ping directly for one-line operation?

Relying on Li Feng's relationship with Jing Zhaoyin, wouldn't it be simpler and more straightforward to easily get Chang'an Mansion to engage in waist badges and sneak into the banquet to assassinate?
Seeing that Ma Di was silent, Li Yan continued, "The winner is the king and the loser, there is nothing to say, let's go, don't you want to arrest me?"

Hearing this, Ma Su felt a little angry, and pulled out his sword with a clang, which made Li Yan's whole body tremble, thinking that Ma Su had lost his temper and wanted to kill him on the spot, so he shrank back hurriedly.

Xiang Lang persuaded: "Youchang, although he is angry about the matter, he is also the Minister of Tuogu appointed by the late emperor, so he should not be killed in vain..."

Ma Di was indeed very angry, but now he is very calm.

Yes, there is nothing to say about winners and losers.Since Li Yan admitted so frankly that he was the mastermind behind the scenes, the reason and the process are no longer important.

The important thing is, the blood debt is paid with blood!
(End of this chapter)