On the road south of Yong'anli, the fragrance of osmanthus drifting from behind the inner wall could no longer be smelled. Qin Liang noticed this little thing and suddenly realized that it was already mid-September and winter was not far away.

On September 15th, Qin Liang went to attend the court meeting. He first walked south and then east. He happened to pass by Yong'anli, where the fragrance of osmanthus blooms in autumn. Now Qin Liang usually only goes to the court meeting twice a month.

, which is the day of the new moon (the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month).

After traveling eastward, they entered through the east gate of the palace, passed through the palace, and then arrived at the courtyard of Taiji Palace.

Wu Xin is a woman and has not come to the courtyard of Taiji Palace, but now Qin Liang goes to court and always takes Yang Wei with him.

Yang Wei is the middle general of the new fifth battalion in Luoyang and is fully qualified to come to court. Fu Gu, the captain of the city gate, sometimes comes to the general's palace early and then goes with Qin Liang. These two people not only have high official positions,

And they are both good at martial arts. Yang Wei is very brave in battle, Fu Gu is good at swordsmanship and looks very powerful.

The recent events have indeed made Qin Liang pay more attention to preventing assassinations.

It stands to reason that the higher-ups of the temple have rules for conquest and governance. Everyone must follow the rules so that the system can run well. Extreme incidents such as assassinations usually do not occur frequently. If the rules are ignored and assassinations are carried out at all times, it is a phenomenon that the system cannot sustain.

, which is not a good thing for all ruling classes.

At this time, the three countries have been stable for many years, but they still seem to be relatively chaotic. Qin Liang himself suffered two assassinations. Not long ago, the Shu Han general Fei Yi was also killed by assassins. The situation is obviously not as good as it seems.

Stablize.

Qin Liang and others arrived late. As soon as they entered the east hall, the noise suddenly became louder. Most officials had already arrived in the east hall first and were worshiping and talking in groups.

As usual, many people bowed their hands to Qin Liang in greeting, and then moved out of the way. Qin Liang walked north while bowing his hands and nodding in greeting.

At this time, he found that Shangshu's right servant shot Xia Houxuan and was bowing to him. Qin Liang immediately stood for a moment and returned the bow to Xia Houxuan. The two looked at each other. Xia Houxuan's eyes looked very meaningful, but Qin Liang

Liang cannot interpret it accurately.

Qin Liang came to the front position. Guard General Wang Guang, Zhongshu Supervisor Wang Mingshan, leading general Ling Huyu, Sikong Jiang Ji and others were talking about something. At this time, they all turned around to greet Qin Liang.

Bearded Wang Guangdao: "Fei Yi, the great general of Shu, was assassinated by Guo Xun. Does Zhongming know about it? We were just talking about this."

Qin Liang nodded and said, "I've heard about it."

Qin Liang knew about it earlier, and he should be the first person in the entire Wei court to know about it, because his information came from a messenger. However, it was not too late for the courtiers to learn about the matter.

The main reason is because General Fei Yi is very famous. It is estimated that the news is even spread among the people in the Shu Han Dynasty. As long as the news reaches the people, the spies of the Wei State School Office and even the caravans between the two countries can easily find out.

There is no longer any confidentiality at all.

Wang Guangdao: "After Guo Xiaoxian (Guo Xun) was captured, he returned his heart to the Wei Dynasty. This matter must be reported to His Majesty, Your Majesty, and an edict is issued to commend Guo Xiaoxian's deeds."

At this time, Qin Liang couldn't help expressing his true attitude: "Guo Xun is not an official, does not receive a salary, and has no obligation to serve the Wei court. If he does not want to be a Shu citizen, he can show his integrity by not surrendering."

Although he is a general of the enemy country, Qin Liang obviously has no hatred towards Fei Wenwei himself, and even has a good impression of him. They are just each his own. Qin Liang still chose to follow his own heart and said something for Fei Yi. Qin Liang

In fact, he is still a temperamental person, but he has become more mature during his official career.

Wang Mingshan, who had a relatively clean face, said: "If Guo Xun is determined not to surrender, he may still be killed, but it will be difficult for him to become famous. What he wants is recognition from the Wei court and praise for his family."

Qin Liang agreed: "It should be just for the sake of fame. He wants to do something big and let everyone in the world know about it."

Trading one's own life for fame is something that probably only the ancients could do. Qin Liang wouldn't do such a thing anyway.

Wang Guangdao: "But this is also the integrity of the Wei people. It is good for the court to publicize this matter."

Qin Liang no longer objected, because what Wang Guang said made sense. After all, Qin Liang was an official of the Wei State, and he should not have spoken for the Shu Han general in the Wei court. The words he just said could express his affection.

Moreover, Guo Xun was from Xiping, and his surname was Guo. He might have some relatives with the Queen Mother Guo. But Qin Liang had never heard that the Queen Mother Guo had such a relative, and her relatives who were relatively close to her were all officials in Luoyang.

Qin Liang then refused to comment and neither objected nor continued to talk about Guo Xun.

At this time, he said "right" and then said: "After Fei Yi is assassinated, the opposition to Jiang Wei within Shu will weaken. I speculate that Jiang Wei will soon launch a large-scale Northern Expedition."

Wang Guang muttered: "The Shu army only attacked Liangzhou at the beginning of this year..."

The other people next to him all looked thoughtful, as if they couldn't make a decision at the moment. Indeed, except for Fei Yi's murder, there was no sign of anything on the Western Front.

Qin Liang said: "Jiang Wei will come."

At this moment, the eunuch's voice shouted: "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has arrived!"

The courtiers immediately stopped talking and returned to their seats one after another. When Qin Liang turned around, he did not raise his head and look directly at the platform to the north, but in his peripheral vision, he still caught a glimpse of the hem of Queen Mother Guo's green and red cicada robe and long skirt.

Beautiful patterns are embroidered on the edges.

The previously dim East Hall seemed to suddenly become brighter now, and the colors in the main hall seemed a little brighter. It should be that the sun was about to rise from the Dongye Gate, and perhaps it was also Qin Liang's mood at this time.

My mood has changed slightly.

Except for the court meeting, Qin Liang had not seen the Queen Mother Guo for nearly three months. After not seeing each other for such a long time, Qin Liang seemed to have forgotten even her smell and could not recall it accurately.

Queen Mother Guo seems to be acting very cautiously recently. At the end of last year, she agreed on how to reward Qin Liang, but now it is very difficult to even meet her, so naturally she has not been able to fulfill it. However, Queen Mother Guo is also a cautious person.

After the ministers saluted, Emperor Cao Fang actually took the initiative to talk about Guo Xun's deeds. Cao Fang had not yet taken charge of the government, so he usually stayed out of things. He must have heard about Fei Yi's assassination today, and he seemed to be in a very high mood.

Cao Fang said: "Guo Xiaoxian, a native of Xiping, was taken to Shu. In front of a large crowd, he killed the fake general Fei Yi. He had a great heart for the Wei Dynasty, and his loyalty is commendable. Such deeds are far more loyal and courageous than Nie Zheng and Jie Zi! The imperial court responded.

Commend him or her and grant him an official position."

For a while, no one in the court warned or raised objections. What Wang Guang said before was indeed reasonable. The Wei court's stance and views on this matter were generally positive, which was obviously different from that of the Shu Han people.

But Qin Liang felt uncomfortable listening to Cao Fang's suppressed and excited tone.

Cao Fang raised an assassin so high. Compared with Nie Zheng and Jiezi, figures who are famous in history, they also have to be described as "far beyond"? Could it be that Cao Fang wanted to call on the righteous in his heart to continue the assassination?

Qin Liang thought to himself: But can he get his power back?

After Sima Yi was finished, the three families of Wang, Qin, and Linghu were immediately joined. Cao Fang still didn't understand why? He probably didn't understand, after all, his age and experience were indeed different.

The foundation of the Cao family is too small. After the talents of the Cao Xiahous have withered (otherwise it would not be Cao Shuang's turn to be the general), there are not many people left who are willing to fight to defend the imperial power. Even if there are still, those people have not been absorbed. How can the royal family's crony system maintain the situation without military power?

Sure enough, even Queen Mother Guo didn't say anything at this time, even though Guo Xun might be her relative. However, Cao Fang temporarily put aside her dissatisfaction with the Guo family and advocated praising Guo Xun.

After hearing Cao Fang's yelling, Qin Liang was naturally very unhappy and disliked Cao Fang very much.

This emperor's palace is not deep, and his abilities don't seem to be very good. In fact, the threat is not that great, but it makes people feel very uncomfortable! At this time, Qin Liang thought to himself: Sooner or later, he will be dethroned as emperor.

But at the moment, Qin Liang feels that he still has to be patient for a while. After many years of official career, Qin Liang has to constantly weigh the pros and cons, and it is often difficult to settle his grudges. Many things cannot happen immediately, so he can only wait for the opportunity.

Just like what Jiang Wei colluded with Sima Shi's people and ordered the undercover to do it, Qin Liang was angry and couldn't take revenge immediately.

But now, there is a chance to deal with Jiang Wei! Although Qin Liang cannot go to Shuhan, if he meets Jiang Wei on the battlefield, he may find an opportunity to kill him! At least he can try to thwart his arrogance.

Moreover, retaliating in this way can gain additional benefits. The prestige gained through foreign wars is obviously more recognized than the military merits of victory in the civil war, and there is no controversy.

Qin Liang thought of this and walked out from behind Gao Rou. The figure behind the curtain shook slightly, and Queen Mother Guo seemed to have noticed Qin Liang's movements immediately.

Qin Liang bowed towards the curtain and said: "Once Fei Yi dies, the puppet guard general Jiang Wei will definitely launch a large-scale northern expedition. I ask the court to make more preparations on the western front."

Soon there were whispers in the east hall.

The voice of Queen Mother Guo said: "General Qin's words are reasonable. In your opinion, the imperial court should send troops to Yongliang for reinforcements in advance?"

Qin Liang said: "I invite the courtiers to gather for discussion and then report to Your Highness, Your Majesty."

Empress Dowager Guo said without hesitation: "Yes, please."

Qin Liang did not want to propose any specific strategy to the court, because there was no need to say it in the court. Now, as long as the Wang family and the Qin family have discussed it, they can basically just go through the motions and implement it directly.

But Qin Liang still discussed the matter in public in the court. It was he who made the suggestion. If everyone felt that it was necessary to send more troops to the Western Front in advance, then according to custom, the person leading the troops should choose Qin Liang.

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