Chapter 551 Zhuge Liang’s Sorrow
"Wei Gong, you are here."
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang calmly received Yang Yi, the head of the Military Council. After Yang Yi saluted and sat down, Zhuge Liang asked again,
"Do you have any clues about the assassin who killed the Cavalry General?"
"Prime Minister, I still have no clue, but it should be hidden in the territory of several wealthy families in Chang'an." Yang Yi waved his hand bitterly and reported to Zhuge Liang.
"I am incompetent and have not been able to find any useful information on this matter. Please punish me, Prime Minister!"
"Alas..." However, after Yang Yi apologized, Zhuge Liang did not open his mouth to comfort him as usual, but sighed. After sighing, Yang Yi keenly noticed that Zhuge Liang looked at him with a hint of disappointment.
Zhuge Liang has always been a humble man and rarely expressed his attitude to his subordinates. Even with those who opposed him, he could talk to them in a friendly manner.
But this time, Zhuge Liang made no secret of his disappointment in Yang Yi, which gave Yang Yi an ominous premonition.
"Prime Minister..."
"Wei Gong, do you still remember the assassination of the prince in Nanyang the year before last?" Zhuge Liang interrupted Yang Yi and suddenly changed the subject and asked.
"Remember, Yi remembers that you personally asked me to track down the mastermind, how dare you forget!" Yang Yi replied quickly.
The year before last, that is when Ma Su took Prince Liu Xuan to visit Nanyang. When Xinye announced the escape method, he was attacked by an assassin in the chaos, almost injuring Liu Xuan.
"Then do you still remember the results of the investigation?" Zhuge Liang then asked.
"Of course I remember that they were the dead soldiers raised by the Sima Master of the Puppet Wei Dynasty. Among them were the shadows of the Puppet Wei School Office, and the Dongwu Xiaoshi also sent people..." Regarding this, Yang Yi knew all the treasures from his family and answered almost subconsciously. But soon, he shut his mouth. At this time, he already understood what was going on.
"Prime Minister, you have guessed it..."
"How could I not guess it?" Zhuge Liang looked at Yang Yi just like the way he looked at Ma Di after the defeat in the street pavilion in history. That anger that hates iron but cannot be transformed into steel, and a strong disappointment in his old subordinates.
"Nanyang, the Military Council has almost no available people. You can find out who participated in the assassination in half a month."
"And now, in the capital of the Han Dynasty, where the Military Council has the most manpower, you have been checking for ten days but there is no news. Even Ma Su can detect that something is wrong, right?"
Nothing was found, which speaks for itself.
Zhuge Liang is not a fool, on the contrary, he is a rare smart man in this era. When he saw the rare lack of achievements in the Military Council, his guess was quite right.
But he really didn't want to believe that Yang Yi, who he trusted a lot and put the overall situation first, would do such an irrational thing.
The dignified chief of the Military Council used the intelligence resources of the Han Dynasty to assassinate the hussar general of the day!
Moreover, in Nanyang, Cao Wei and Soochow's intelligence network worked together to complete such an assassination operation that started but ended.
That was the level of foreign assassinations. Such a precisely controlled assassination would have been impossible without the cooperation of internal personnel!
Therefore, until just now, Zhuge Liang hoped that Yang Yi would admit that someone within the Military Council had betrayed him. After all, if there was negligence at the beginning, it would have been nearly twenty days. If Yang Yi hadn't done anything, he wouldn't have noticed it.
Zhuge Liang believed in Yang Yi, but compared to his character, Zhuge Liang believed in his ability more!
"Prime Minister..."
"Stop calling me Prime Minister, you don't deserve it!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, his disappointment in Yang Yi was palpable. He was indeed too disappointed. Such behavior was enough to kill Yang Yi ten times.
"Prime Minister! I am doing this for you!!" Yang Yi knelt down and said bitterly.
"It's clear that you are the backbone of the big man. You single-handedly pulled the big man up! Your deeds should be praised all over the world!"
"And Ma Su, the traitor you single-handedly promoted, has now come back to oppose you! Shouldn't he die? If this continues, Ma Su will steal your credit!"
"Especially now, because of his proposal, you have suffered for so long! In the end, the world will only remember his contribution, but no one will remember you!"
"He is still a traitor! I feel sorry for you!"
"Lao Yang, now that we've reached this point, do you think we'll still believe your lies?"
At this time, Ma Su suddenly walked out of the screen slowly, looked at Yang Yi and said expressionlessly.
"I also guessed it was you, but I can't believe it, you really dare!"
Before Ma Su could finish his words, countless soldiers poured out from behind the screens on both sides and quickly surrounded Yang Yi.
Yang Yi has always been a person who acts with good intentions. He was arrogant and arrogant, looked down upon his colleagues, and his personality was criticized by many people.
The only person who truly convinced Yang Yi was Zhuge Liang, who single-handedly promoted him. But Zhuge Liang never expected that the great talent he promoted would be so crazy.
In fact, Yang Yi is such a person. If not, how could he have led troops to attack his colleagues without permission in history, and personally killed Wei Yan, the then general of Zhenbei, on the battlefield!
Therefore, it is not surprising at all that he could assassinate Ma Su!
But Ma Su was a little surprised that Yang Yi hated him so much. You must know that he doesn't quarrel with Yang Yi every day like Wei Yan. He has barely seen Yang Yi a few times.
As a result, Yang Yi's hatred for him was much higher than that of Wei Yan, which Ma Su could not imagine.
"Prime Minister, if you want to kill me, I will catch you without mercy!" Yang Yi saw the soldiers on the left and right surrounding him, and just shook his head and looked at Zhuge Liang.
"You have committed such a serious crime, do you still expect me to protect you?" Zhuge Liang shook his head gently, sighed, and closed his eyes in pain.
"You should be beheaded according to Han law. The crime is unpardonable!"
"Okay, then I will kill myself to apologize!" Yang Yi nodded immediately, quickly drew his sword and planned to kill himself.
"Thank you!"
Before Yang Yi took the initiative to commit suicide, she suddenly heard an angry roar from behind, and then a sword quickly stabbed Yang Yi through the chest!
"Yang Yi! I have long wanted to kill you with my own hands, but I didn't expect you to dare to do such a rebellious thing!"
Wei Yan clutched the blade that was thrust into Yang Yi's chest and said with a cold expression.
"I really regret not killing you earlier. I'm sorry for You Chang!"