Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Meanwhile, Gu Wei, who had rushed over, skillfully helped Li Ji maintain the temperature of the stove.

However, after glancing at Gu Wei, Li Ji noticed a hint of unusual expression between Gu Wei's eyebrows.

In a sense, Gu Wei could be considered a child that Li Ji had watched grow up.

From the small, skinny, dark-skinned monkey that Sun Ce brought back from Rinan Commandery, to the young man with a touch of elegance he was today.

Gu Wei's transformation was significant, and Li Ji's familiarity with him was profound.

With just one glance, Li Ji noticed the change in Gu Wei's emotions and asked.

"Wei'er, what's wrong? Could it be that you had an unpleasant encounter with Ziyi?"

"No, I didn't."

"Is it that you didn't, or that you don't dare to tell the truth?" Li Ji asked again.

"Mr. Jiang is a great talent valued by the Prime Minister; how dare I interfere with the Prime Minister's arrangements?" Gu Wei replied quickly.

"So, Ziyi said something that made Wei'er unhappy, but Wei'er didn't react," Li Ji said with a smile.

Gu Wei was slightly startled and blurted out.

"How did the Prime Minister know?"

Clearly, Gu Wei hadn't said anything, and there was no one else present. How could the Prime Minister know as if he had seen it with his own eyes?

"Jiang Gan has appearance and eloquence, but his words are full of pride in his background. It's only natural that he would look down on Wei'er in his words," Li Ji explained simply.

The conversation between Li Ji and Gu Wei also attracted the interest of Liu Bei, who was enthusiastically grilling meat for his brothers, and he asked, "Zikun, who is this Jiang Gan you speak of?"

"Please allow me to keep you in suspense, Your Majesty. Some details still need to be confirmed…"

Suddenly, Li Ji looked at Sima Yi, who was walking over quickly from not far away, and said, "The confirmation I've been waiting for has arrived."

Sima Yi quickly walked over and handed several documents to Li Ji.

Li Ji handed the fishing rod to Gu Wei and began to read the documents in his hand.

After a moment, Li Ji couldn't help but chuckle and say.

"As expected, Jiang Gan, ah, Jiang Gan, it seems some things are truly destined."

This small ripple of events completely aroused the interest of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei, the most impatient of the three, couldn't help but shout.

"Zikun, stop keeping us in suspense. Tell us what's so special about that Jiang Gan that makes you pay so much attention to him."

"Yide, don't be anxious. Take a look at this."

Li Ji smiled and handed over the documents that Sima Yi had just sorted out from the Brocade-Clothed Guards.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei looked at them one after another, but they couldn't see anything special about them.

As a famous scholar of this era, Jiang Gan was naturally not completely unrecorded by the Brocade-Clothed Guards.

On the contrary, since Jiang Gan was from Jiujiang, the Brocade-Clothed Guards, who were deeply rooted in Yangzhou, had recorded Jiang Gan's information in considerable detail.

When Jiang Gan was young, he studied with Zhou Yu, and later, he arrived in Wu Commandery to study at the beginning of the establishment of the Ren De Academy, and then began to travel to the Central Plains in the second year of the Chuping era.

The record of Jiang Gan was interrupted here for a large part. Perhaps the Brocade-Clothed Guards could slowly investigate it, but it would take enough time.

Then, half a month after Liu Bei proclaimed himself king, Jiang Gan returned to Yangzhou and visited many classmates and friends, including Zhou Yu, and finally persuaded Zhou Yu to recommend him to Li Ji.

"This doesn't seem to be a problem."

Zhang Fei said to Li Ji, quite puzzled.

"There are two suspicious points: First, if Jiang Gan had the intention to support the great Han, then he must have known the Lord's ideals when he went to Wu Commandery's Ren De Academy to study, but he turned a blind eye and chose to travel far to the Central Plains, which shows that he does not approve of the Lord's ideas;"

Li Ji raised his first finger and analyzed unhurriedly.

"Second, Jiang Gan's return to Yangzhou coincided with the Lord's proclamation as king. His return to Yangzhou was so eager to visit friends and classmates to find a way to recommend himself, his actions were too eager and utilitarian…"

"Moreover, when I met with Jiang Gan, Ji tried him with words, saying that he could recommend him to the Lord, but he politely declined, and instead was willing to be a minor official in my mansion."

Hearing this, even Zhang Fei tasted something, and suddenly stood up, angrily saying. "So, is that Jiang Gan deliberately lurking as a spy by Zikun's side?"

"Most likely."

Li Ji replied.

Zhang Fei, with wide eyes, blurted out. "I'm so angry! I'm going to tie this guy up and see who dares to arrange a spy by Zikun's side."

Seeing this, Liu Bei said unhappily, stopping him. "Yide, look, you're getting anxious again. Zikun must have a deeper meaning in arranging this. Why do you need to tie people up? Come back and sit down."

Hearing this, Zhang Fei also felt that it made sense, and then sat down again.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and asked, squinting his eyes.

"Zikun already knows that this person's motives are impure, why does he still keep him?"

Li Ji took the fishing rod from Gu Wei again and said.

"Jiang Gan is unusual, most likely, but he is, after all, a famous scholar of this era. Moreover, he has repeatedly visited friends and said that he would like to serve me. If I capture him because of temporary suspicion, it will be detrimental to my reputation."

"Perhaps this is also the confidence that Jiang Gan dares to use spies, assuming that even if I notice something wrong, I would not dare to harm his life without real evidence."

A cold light flashed in Guan Yu's eyes, and he said. "This kind of two-faced person is really disgusting."

"Yunchang, don't be angry. Regardless of whether the person who uses spies is Cao Thief or Lu Thief, why not cast a long line to catch a big fish and use Jiang Gan to use a counter-espionage plan," Li Ji replied.

"What's the plan?" Liu Bei asked.

"Let's see what Jiang Gan intends to do, and then pretend to cooperate to confuse the enemy…"

After a pause, Li Ji continued.

"Moreover, didn't Your Majesty previously ask how to pretend to be indulging in wine and women and enjoying pleasure so that the enemy knows, but not to the point of affecting the people's hearts?"

"Jiang Gan is also a good medicine to solve this problem, just to use Jiang Gan's mouth to spread the news to the enemy's ears."

Hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but show a look of joy and said.

"What Zikun said is very reasonable."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were unaware, about the previous plans in detail, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also very interested, and they called out that they also wanted to participate and even supplemented some content by offering suggestions.

Gu Wei, who was on the side, finally reacted at this point, and asked in a low voice.

"Prime Minister, how should I treat that Jiang Gan on weekdays?"

"Just treat him as you would normally."

After a pause, Li Ji continued.

"If I guess correctly, after Jiang Gan notices that Wei'er's status is not low, he will definitely try to apologize to Wei'er as soon as possible to seek forgiveness. It's up to Wei'er to accept or not."

"It's okay not to accept?" Gu Wei was a little uncertain.

"Even if Wei'er repeatedly targets him, Jiang Gan, who has ulterior motives, will definitely greet him with a smile."

Li Ji intentionally or unintentionally guided Gu Wei, so that Jiang Gan would not be able to live too comfortably on weekdays.

(End of this chapter)