Mi Han

Chapter 755: Ziyu steals the book
After letting out a shrill cry, Zhuge Jin's movements did not slow down at all.

Zhuge Jin realized that something was wrong. He no longer cared about the difference between primary and secondary, nor about his gentlemanly manners. He lifted up his clothes and ran behind Mi Yang.

Perhaps it was the instinct for survival that allowed Zhuge Jin to burst out with unimaginable speed in a short period of time.

Ding Feng, a military general, was unable to catch up with Zhuge Jin in a short period of time, allowing him to successfully run behind Mi Yang on the steps.

When he saw Zhuge Jin hiding behind him, Mi Yang suddenly realized what was happening and stood up angrily, saying:

"Ding Feng, do you want to rebel?"

From Mi Yang's tone and actions at that moment, Zhuge Jin could tell that he was very angry at this moment.

It is no wonder that Ding Feng, as a general, dared to draw his sword against Mi Yang's guest "without" Mi Yang's order.

No matter how you look at it, this is an act of insubordination.

Mi Yang's prestige is very profound.

Even though Ding Feng was blinded by anger at the moment, he still stopped instinctively after hearing Mi Yang's scolding.

In fact, even if Mi Yang hadn't stopped him, Ding Feng wouldn't have had the courage to rush straight to Mi Yang with a knife.

Mi Yang's angry roar not only stunned Ding Feng, but also made other Han generals in the field react.

Zhou Tai, Zhang Yi and others rushed to Ding Feng's back, untied the weapons from Ding Feng's waist, and knelt down towards Mi Yang with Ding Feng.

"I know my crime, and I hope the Grand Marshal will calm down."

Ding Feng was suspected of having committed a crime against his superiors, while Zhou Tai and others were at fault for not protecting their master in time.

Zhou Tai, Zhang Yi and others knelt down with Ding Feng to apologize. Other Han generals at the banquet also followed suit and knelt down to apologize.

Just like that, a riot of "rebellion against superiors" was eliminated without a trace by Mi Yang's angry shout.

However, Ding Feng's apology did not make Mi Yang's "anger" disappear.

Mi Yang subconsciously picked up the knife on the dining table.

But then Mi Yang realized that the knife would be dangerous, so he quietly put down the knife in his hand and picked up a fruit and threw it hard in the direction of Ding Feng.

When the fruit filled with Mi Yang's anger hit Ding Feng's head heavily, Ding Feng felt a pain.

At the same time, Mi Yang's voice of condemnation also reached the ears of everyone in the venue.

"You have always been fierce on the battlefield, and that's what I loved most about you.

But I didn't expect that on the battlefield, you would not change your ferocious temperament at all.

Lord Ziyu is an envoy from an enemy country, and he made suggestions to me with my permission.

Even if you are angry because of your loyalty and righteousness, it would be fine if you just cursed him, but why do you want to draw your sword against Lord Ziyu?

If this matter spreads to the world, everyone will think that I am not strict with my subordinates. If this matter spreads to the ears of the prime minister, and the prime minister blames me, what should I say? "

As he spoke, Mi Yang seemed to get angrier and angrier the more he thought about it.

He quickly picked up a few fruits and threw them at Ding Feng.

However, after Mi Yang finished speaking, some of the kneeling Han officials who were more alert came to their senses.

Mi Yang's words apparently sounded like he was reprimanding Ding Feng, but in fact they were implicitly excusing Ding Feng's actions.

The meaning of Mi Yang's words can be summed up in one sentence: Ding Feng's behavior today was excessive, but it was understandable.

Who says Ding Feng is a loyal and righteous person?
Among the ministers who first came to their senses was Jiang Ji.

Jiang Ji, who had served in Cao Wei for many years, was all too familiar with hypocrisy.

Jiang Ji then quickly raised his knees and approached Mi Yang and said:
"After today, people in the world may think that the Grand Marshal is not strict with his subordinates, but at the same time, people in the world will also think that the Grand Marshal is good at governing his subordinates."

Jiang Ji's seemingly contradictory words caught Mi Yang's attention.

"Why?"

Mi Yang asked.

In response to Mi Yang's question, Jiang Ji cupped his hands and praised:

"Because what happened today will let everyone in the world know that the subordinates of the Grand Marshal are all willing to defend the loyal and righteous with their weapons!"

When Jiang Ji finished his explanation, a satisfied smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.

Looking at Jiang Ji's little mouth, no wonder Cao Cao valued him so much during his lifetime.

However, thinking that Zhuge Jin was still behind him, Mi Yang quickly put away the smile on his face. After regaining his solemn expression, Mi Yang stood up and stroked Zhuge Jin's back and said:
"I'm sorry that Lord Tzuyu was frightened today. It's all Yang's fault."

Mi Yang apologized to Zhuge Jin sincerely.

With Mi Yang's comfort, Zhuge Jin's lost three souls and seven spirits are returning quickly.

It took a long time for Zhuge Jin to fully recover.

But Zhuge Jin's hands hidden in his robe sleeves were still shaking.

What is the messenger who uses his tongue as a weapon most afraid of?
What I fear most is meeting a reckless man who draws his sword at any time!
I didn't expect that the thing I feared the most would happen today.

After regaining his composure, Zhuge Jin looked at Ding Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, with a look of shame and anger.

Zhuge Jin wanted to ask Mi Yang to severely punish Ding Feng in order to maintain his own dignity.

But before he could utter such words, Zhuge Jin remembered what Mi Yang and Jiang Ji had just said.

I didn't think anything of it when I was distracted just now, but now when I think about it, I find that after hearing those words, I can't even ask Mi Yang to severely punish Ding Feng.

Why?

Because before he could react, Mi Yang and Jiang Ji had already covered Ding Feng's behavior with a bright cloak of loyalty.

Ding Feng’s starting point was indeed loyalty and righteousness.

Think about how much negative impact Zhu Huan's murder of Wang Hong brought to the Wu army.

If Zhuge Jin disregards his dignity today and insists that Mi Yang severely punish Ding Feng, Zhuge Jin dares to guarantee that it won't be long before he will be branded as a perpetrator of a loyal and righteous minister.

Zhuge Jin is not Zhu Huan. He carries the centuries-old reputation of the Zhuge family of Langya.

Zhuge Jin would never do such a thing, no matter how aggrieved he felt!
Mi Yang saw Zhuge Jin's face turning pale and blue, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Out of "concern", Mi Yang took the initiative to ask Zhuge Jin:
"Today, my generals were reckless and frightened Lord Ziyu. To show my sincerity, I intend to hand Ding Feng over to Lord Ziyu for disposal.

Lord Ziyu, you can rest assured that I will handle it without hesitation. "

After making this assurance, Mi Yang stepped aside, allowing Zhuge Jin's body to appear directly in front of the Han generals.

Mi Yang's words attracted the attention of the Han generals.

They all raised their heads and looked upwards, and their gazes collided with Zhuge Jin in the air.

In front of Mi Yang, they are all obedient sheep.

But in front of Zhuge Jin, the Han generals regained their true colors of tigers and wolves.

Gradually, the eyes of the Han generals looking at Zhuge Jin became dangerous.

You'd better organize your language!

The silent threatening message was transmitted to Zhuge Jin's mind through the eyes of the Han generals.

This made Zhuge Jin shudder.

In addition, Zhuge Jin did not want to bear the bad reputation of killing loyal officials, so even though he was unwilling in his heart, Zhuge Jin could only say to Mi Yang:

"Ding Feng is a general under the Grand Marshal, and the Grand Marshal should decide how to punish him.

I don’t want to interfere.”

As soon as Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Mi Yang became polite.

Mi Yang said directly to Ding Feng behind him:
"Drag Ding Feng away and give him eighty strokes of the cane!

After the caning is completed, Ding Feng will be removed from all his posts."

After hearing Mi Yang's punishment, Zhuge Jin forced a smile on his face.

Zhuge Jin also led troops.

Of course he knew that eighty military sticks was an extremely severe punishment in the army.

Because if the person being punished is in poor health, these eighty military sticks alone can beat him to death.

What's more, Ding Feng's position was completely demoted by Mi Yang.

At least judging from Mi Yang's punishment, he was indeed not aware of what Ding Feng did today.

Otherwise, why such a heavy punishment?

While Zhuge Jin was satisfied, he didn't know that the Han generals below almost laughed out loud after hearing Mi Yang's punishment of Ding Feng.

It is true that eighty blows of the military stick often killed people.

But the person responsible for the execution was Ding Feng’s younger brother Ding Feng!

And Ding Feng was relieved of all his duties?

The Grand Marshal never said that he would never employ Ding Feng.

Wouldn’t it be better to exempt it today and reset it tomorrow?

After Mi Yang saw the satisfied look on Zhuge Jin's face, he was worried that if he stayed any longer, he would not be able to help laughing out loud, and Zhuge Jin might notice something.

Therefore, he took the initiative to say to Zhuge Jin:
"I think Lord Tzuyu is no longer in the mood for a feast.

I think it's still early, why don't I take Master Ziyu to relax in the city?"

Sure enough, Mi Yang's proposal instantly attracted Zhuge Jin's full attention.

Thinking of another important task that Lu Xun had assigned to him before, Zhuge Jin hurriedly agreed to it.

After seeing Zhuge Jin agreed, Mi Yang took Zhuge Jin out of the hall.

After Mi Yang and Zhuge Jin left, Zhou Ling and others released Ding Feng.

Then Zhang Yi punched Ding Feng directly:
"Chengyuan, didn't I know you were so sharp in the past?"

Zhang Yi said this with a smile on his face, as if jokingly or unexpectedly.

Zhang Yi's words successfully caused laughter from the surrounding Han generals.

But Zhang Yi and others didn't know that Ding Feng's palms had been covered with sweat since some time ago.

He intended to commit murder in front of Mi Yang. If it wasn't for Mi Yang's prior order, Ding Feng wouldn't dare to do it even if he had a hundred guts!

“Let’s not talk about whether it’s sharp or not for now.

Boqi, come and lend a hand, help me up, my legs are a little numb from kneeling."

Ding Feng barely found a decent excuse for his weakness.

However, Ding Feng's explanation, which was intended to cover up the truth, only brought even louder laughter from the generals around him.

Mi Yang and Zhuge Jin rode in the same chariot and traveled through Zhouling City.

In order to make up to Zhuge Jin, Mi Yang did not hide anything from Zhuge Jin. Soon after, Mi Yang took Zhuge Jin directly to the armory in Zhouling City.

When Zhuge Jin arrived outside the armory, he saw many laborers carrying cartloads of weapons into the armory.

When there is no war in the world, ordinary soldiers, except for generals of higher status, will not carry weapons with them.

The weapons given to ordinary soldiers are usually kept in the armory within the city.

Because of this situation, if you want to find out the strength of an army, the armory is often the best place.

Looking at the endless stream of weapons being transported outside the armory, and then looking at the armory that was being repaired and expanded, Zhuge Jin was deeply aware of Mi Yang's firm determination to fight.

But Zhuge Jin was not a fool after all, he had a question in his mind:
"Grand Sima, why did you bring Jin outside the armory?"

Zhuge Jin believed that because of Zhuge Liang's relationship, Mi Yang would not think of harming him, and even the respect Mi Yang showed for him was genuine.

But Zhuge Jin didn't believe it. With Mi Yang's intelligence, he would not be able to guess the hidden purpose of his coming to Zhouling.

Since you can guess it, why should you let yourself get your wish?

After hearing Zhuge Jin's question, Mi Yang smiled and said:

"Only the weak will think about hiding from the enemy so that they have more chances of survival.

But Tzuyu agrees, do I need it?

Rather than trying to cover up, I prefer to show my strength in front of foreign enemies.

The current situation is isolated, and the magnificent power of Han can shock people's hearts! "

Mi Yang's answer successfully resolved Zhuge Jin's doubts.

After showing Zhuge Jin the armory, Mi Yang said to Zhuge Jin:
"I see that the generals are quite resentful today. Why don't you sleep in the same room with me tonight, so that no one will end up like Ban Chao."

The five words "follow Ban Chao's story" from Mi Yang shocked Zhuge Jin.

Thinking of the Han army generals' disgust towards him today, Zhuge Jin hurriedly agreed to Mi Yang's request.

But then a strange thought emerged in Zhuge Jin's mind:

Speaking of this damn "Ban Chao spirit", it seems that it was brought up by his nephew before him.

As the night fell, Mi Yang had already fallen into a deep sleep due to sleepiness.

But Zhuge Jin, who was in the same room with Mi Yang, couldn't fall asleep.

Thinking of what happened to him today, Zhuge Jin felt sad and regretful for failing to live up to Lu Xun's expectations of him.

Even though Mi Yang took him to see the armory today, Zhuge Jin knew that this information alone would not be enough to satisfy Lu Xun.

Just as Zhuge Jin was tossing and turning in sleep, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Mi Yang's desk with a faint candlelight still on out of the corner of his eye.

Looking at the mountain of official documents on Mi Yang's desk, Zhuge Jin suddenly had a bold idea.

Zhuge Jin was first shocked by the bold idea in his mind:
If Mi Yang found out that he was reading official documents, it would be a serious crime!

But Zhuge Jin then remembered Mi Yang's respect towards him in the past two days, and Zhuge Jin knew that he was benefiting from his younger brother Zhuge Liang.

But no matter what, with Zhuge Liang around, Mi Yang wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

After figuring this out, Zhuge Jin put on an outer coat and tiptoed to Mi Yang's desk.

With the dim candlelight, Zhuge Jin quickly read the official documents on Mi Yang's desk.

After reading several useless documents in succession, one document sent from Jingbei caught Zhuge Jin's attention.

Without much thought, Zhuge Jin quickly picked up the document and started reading it.

As soon as he saw the contents inside, Zhuge Jin's face showed shock.

After recovering from the shock, Zhuge Jin was afraid that he would not be able to remember the contents of the document completely for a while, so he took out a piece of white paper and began to write on it quickly.

Zhuge Jin was to copy down the contents of the document verbatim and take it back to Lu Xun for his decision!
(End of this chapter)