Is “Was Wei's Zhongshu Ling, involved in a secret plot that was exposed and was killed” true?
This is the Cao Wei official Li Feng. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Biographies of the Xiahou and Cao families, Zhongshu Ling Li Feng wanted to assassinate General-in-Chief Sima Shi and replace him with Xiahou Xuan, but 'the matter was handed over to the officials... and all three clans were executed.' Chapter 109 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms also dramatizes this event, which is consistent with historical facts.
The candidate confused three same-named figures from the Three Kingdoms period (Yuan Shu's general, Shu Han's Li Yan's son, and Cao Wei's Zhongshu Ling), whose deeds are recorded in both history and the novel, but they are actually three different people.
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