Cao Cao returned triumphantly with his army. Before arriving in Luoyang, the emperor learned the news.
The emperor secretly said: "How did Cao Mengde capture Yecheng so quickly? Yuan Shao was too useless, and he was defeated by Cao Cao so easily."
The emperor had previously imagined that both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would be injured, or that Cao Cao would die in the rebellion.
Unexpectedly, it backfired.
Cao Cao won, and he won very beautifully.
Fu Wan said: "Your Majesty, now that the matter is over, we must prepare to welcome Cao Cao. Cao Cao's triumphant return cannot be neglected. Otherwise, we will be caught by Cao Cao's gang."
The emperor came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes. We can't neglect Cao Sikong. The emperor is preparing immediately. I will take the civil and military officials thirty miles out of the city to welcome Cao Sikong back to the court."
Fu Wan said: "Your Majesty, I will make arrangements right now."
The emperor secretly thought in his heart: "If you want to get rid of Cao Mengde, you must take a long-term approach."
The greater Cao Cao's power, the more threatened the emperor felt.
It is no longer possible to regain power without Cao Cao dying in the military battle.
Yuan Shao has been destroyed.
Who else in the world is Cao Cao's opponent now?
Liu Bei?
The emperor secretly shook his head, Liu Bei may not be Cao Cao's opponent.
…
Luoyang City is thirty miles away.
The emperor, with his civil and military officials, was waiting for Cao Cao's army to return.
"I'm coming."
"Cao Sikong's army is back."
Some people couldn't help shouting when they saw the army appearing.
The emperor looked very unhappy.
What Cao Sikong's army?
Is that Cao Cao's army?
That is the imperial army, my army.
Cao Cao is a national thief, even more hateful than Dong Zhuo.
The emperor felt very unhappy and wished Cao Cao would die.
However, when he saw Cao Cao, the emperor was smiling and seemed very excited.
"Mengde, my Lord Sikong, you finally destroyed Yuan Shao." The emperor said loudly, "I will grant you a title. You have made great contributions to the court."
Cao Cao saluted the emperor and said: "I have seen your majesty. I am able to destroy Yuan Shao. I relied on your majesty. This is not the credit of me alone."
When Chen Kang saw the two of them, he shook his head secretly.
Chen Kang sensed murderous intent in the emperor's eyes.
Why doesn’t Chen Kang want to be an official?
Just look at the Emperor and Cao Cao.
They are all acting emperors.
Acting with opponents every day is really tiring.
With that kind of kung fu, I might as well practice martial arts hard and increase my strength.
With profound martial arts skills, you have a foundation. There is no need to compromise with others.
After returning to the city.
Chen Kang entered his mansion and began to practice in seclusion.
Chen Kang had some insights into studying the innate body and breathing methods. He wanted to understand the mystery of the innate body as soon as possible.
"Who would have thought that if I wanted to develop an innate body, I would have to rely on Nanhua Taoism in the end."
"With the example of Nan Hua Lao Dao, I will definitely succeed."
…
The emperor ordered that a banquet be held to welcome Cao Cao and make him Prime Minister.
Chen Kang did not attend the banquet, but Ge Xuan went on his behalf.
Prime Minister, that is the head of hundreds of officials. It is true that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Cao Cao's merits and abilities are worthy of this position.
But next time he performs meritorious service, the court may not be able to canonize Cao Cao again.
Even now, Cao Cao has some outstanding achievements.
But Cao Cao had no way to retreat.
The counselors and generals behind him did not allow him to retreat.
To be honest, Cao Cao had no intention of usurping the throne at this moment.
However, several of Cao Cao's sons were secretly building momentum and wanted to take Cao Cao one step further.
Because only if Cao Cao takes further steps can they take further steps. Maybe, you can even make a fortune as a prince in the future.
…
Chen Kang came back from Yecheng and had been in seclusion for two years.
Cao Cao built a "Martial Arts Temple" for Chen Kang to highlight Chen Kang's achievements.
The Wushen Temple is the tallest building in Luoyang City.
Standing on the Martial Temple, you can overlook the entire Luoyang City.
Liu Yi stood on the highest tower of the Martial Arts Temple, looking at Chen Kang's mansion.
Five days ago, Liu Yi finally made a breakthrough in his cultivation. His swordsmanship improved again and he became a swordsman master.
She can become a great master, and Ge Xuan will help her a lot.
Of course, it was mainly because Liu Yi had calmed down and focused on martial arts in the past two years that she achieved a breakthrough.
Shi'a walked behind her and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty asked you to come over because you have important matters to discuss."
Liu Yi nodded and said, "Okay. I understand."
Shi A took Liu Yi to the imperial study room.
There were only two people in the imperial study room.
One is Fu Wan, the head of the country, and the other is Liu Xie, the emperor.
No one is allowed to approach outside the royal study.
Liu Yi walked into the imperial study and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder what you want me to do?"
The emperor said: "Sister, sit down quickly. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
After Liu Yi sat down, he looked at the emperor quietly.
The emperor said: "Sister Huang, I want to kill Cao Mengde."
Liu Yi's expression did not waver at all.
The emperor wanted to kill Cao Cao, and it took more than a day or two.
None of the civil and military officials knew that the emperor and Cao Cao were already as powerful as fire and water.
It's just that Cao Cao is the stronger party.
Fu Wan said: "Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, I heard from Shi A that you are already a great master of swordsmanship. If your highness, the eldest princess, takes action, I believe I can kill Cao Cao."
The emperor nodded and said: "Sister Huang, Chen Kang is in retreat, and Cao Mengde only has Dian Wei and Xu Chu next to him. If you have not made a breakthrough in cultivation, I will not ask you to take action. But you are already a great master, and if you use your sword, Cao Mengde will definitely die. .”
Liu Yi was silent and did not speak.
Fu Wan was a little anxious and said: "Your Royal Highness, Princess, you know the situation in the court very well. Your Majesty is already in danger. If Cao Mengde doesn't die, we will be the ones who die. Cao Cao is more terrifying and difficult to deal with than Dong Zhuo. Take advantage of Chen Kang We are in seclusion, so now is the best time to take action. If Chen Kang comes out of seclusion and wants to kill Cao Mengde again, he will have no chance."
The emperor stood up and said, "Sister Huang, if you don't take action, I won't be able to defeat Cao Mengde. You don't want to see our Liu family's foundation fall into the hands of the Cao family."
Liu Yi took a deep breath, squinted her eyes, and said, "I'll give it a try."
For the sake of the Liu family, Liu Yi must fight once.
This time, that time.
Liu Yi never thought that one day he would assassinate Cao Cao.
However, Liu Yi had to do this. She has no regrets.
Recently Liu Yi has heard rumors that someone is causing trouble and wants Cao Cao to depose the emperor.
Liu Yi will never allow this to happen.
…
Liu Yi came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and asked to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was discussing the southern expedition with Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others.
Two years later.
Cao Cao finally organized his troops and horses, gathered food and grass, and planned to send his troops south.
"My lord, Your Highness the eldest princess would like to see you." Xu Chu reported.
Cao Cao was stunned, why is Liu Yi here?
She usually doesn't get involved in government affairs.
After hesitating for a while, Cao Cao said: "Let Her Royal Highness the eldest princess come in."
Liu Yi walked into the hall.
Cao Cao asked: "Your Highness, I wonder why you came to see Cao?"
Liu Yi looked at Cao Cao.
Compared with two years ago, Cao Cao was older. I heard that Cao Cao's headaches are getting worse and worse.
Liu Yi said: "Does the Prime Minister want to go to the South in person? I want to go with him."
Cao Cao said: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is a master of swordsmanship. If you want to go with me, of course Cao is very happy..."
Before Cao Cao could finish his words, Liu Yi took action.
No one expected Liu Yi to take action in public.
Dian Wei said angrily: "How brave, how dare you assassinate the prime minister."
Dian Wei is a peerless warrior, whose strength exceeds that of a martial arts master.
He thought he could stop Liu Yi.
Unfortunately, Dian Wei made a mistake in judgment this time, and Liu Yi was no longer a swordsman master, but a powerful grand master.
When Liu Yi came in, he didn't bring a sword.
But she can still exert 70% of her combat power with her finger sword. It is more than enough to deal with Dian Wei.
Liu Yi pointed her finger on Dian Wei's chest.
The power penetrated the armor and caused huge damage to Dian Wei.
Pfft.
Dian Wei spurted out a mouthful of blood and flew backwards.
Cao Cao was frightened.
Xu Chu wanted to stop Liu Yi, but it was too late.
Seeing that Cao Cao was about to die in Liu Yi's hands.
Sudden.
boom.
A figure crashed through the wall and hit Liu Yi directly on the head.
Liu Yi's hair stood on end, and he became wary, giving up the opportunity to kill Cao Cao.
The person coming is a great master.
Liu Yi stared at the little Taoist priest in front of him and said, "Ge Xuan, why are you in the Prime Minister's Mansion? I didn't even feel your presence."
Ge Xuan said: "Mr. Chen asked me to protect the safety of Prime Minister Bao before going into seclusion."
Liu Yi said: "As long as Cao Mengde dies, my Liu family's empire will change hands. Ge Xuan, get out of the way!"
Ge Xuan shook his head and said: "Your Highness, as long as I am here, you can't kill the Prime Minister. Since you have a good relationship with Mr. Chen, I will let you go. In the future, you should not return to Luoyang again."
Liu Yi said coldly: "Impossible."
Ge Xuan said: "Then let's judge the level based on martial arts. Let me tell you, there are strong and weak differences between great masters. You have just entered the realm of great masters, so you are no match for me."
Ge Xuan's martial arts skills are better than Liu Yi's.
In less than three rounds, Liu Yi was defeated by Ge Xuan and lost the ability to resist.
Cao Cao stared at Liu Yi coldly.
The others did not speak and did not dare to say anything.
Liu Yi said angrily: "Cao Mengde, I couldn't kill you because my skills are inferior to others. Now that I have fallen into your hands, it is up to you to kill or cut her into pieces."
Cao Cao said: "Xu Chu, take Liu Yi to prison."
…
Cao Pi's mansion.
Cao Pi was cursing Liu Yi.
"That woman Liu Yi, what does she want to do?" Cao Pi said angrily, "My father is trying to conquer the world for her Liu family. She actually repaid her favor and assassinated her father. It is really unreasonable. Zhongda, I am going to persuade my father to kill him. Liu Yi.”
Sima Yi said: "Sir, it is a good thing for Liu Yi to assassinate the prime minister."
Cao Pi was stunned: "What a good thing? My father almost died."
Sima Yi said: "The Prime Minister has never made up his mind and has no intention of usurping the throne. After this assassination, I think the Prime Minister may have made a decision in his heart."
Cao Pi's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Congratulations to Zhongda. It's really true. I believe that my father will definitely destroy Liu Xie's son this time. When the time comes..."
When the time comes, he, Cao Pi, will be qualified to compete for the position of crown prince!
Thinking about it, Cao Pi felt excited.
Sima Yi said: "Sir, we have to plan this matter carefully. We can think of the key to the matter, and Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu must also be able to think of it. Yang Xiu is a very smart and cunning guy."
Cao Pi nodded and said: "Yes. We must plan carefully. Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu are our strong enemies."
Cao Pi became angry when he thought of Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi dared to compete with him for Zhen Mi. He was really looking for death. Zhen Mi was the one who took his fancy first.
Cao Zhi failed to fight for Zhen Mi, so he wrote "Ode to the Goddess of Luo", which made Cao Pi almost angry to death.
Now in the entire Luoyang City, no one knows that Cao Zhi is thinking about his Cao Pi woman.
Cao Pi was about to become the laughing stock of the powerful.
Of course, no one dared to laugh in front of Cao Pi. But secretly, there must be many people who laugh at Cao Pi.
…
Chen Kang's mansion.
Secret practice room.
Chen Kang is practicing boxing.
With the vibrating force of the fist and the breathing method, Chen Kang's physical fitness and quality were gradually changing.
After two years of research and deduction, Chen Kang finally mastered the secret of the innate body.
Once you have the theory, all that remains is practice and hard work.
However, the results seemed to be a little different from Chen Kang's expectations.
Chen Kang did not develop an innate body, but instead achieved a flawless body.
A body without leakage is a Buddhist saying, which is achieved through physical training.
The innate body is a Taoist theory, which is mainly introduced through Qi training.
The flawless body and the innate body actually have different approaches but the same purpose. It can lock the essence and longevity of the whole body.
Chen Kang had fought with the old immortal Nanhua before, which had depleted his life force and body. Even though he had developed a flawless body, he still failed to achieve great success.
If you want to completely develop a flawless body and reach the state of perfection, I'm afraid it will take some time.
Chen Kang withdrew his fist, his eyes flashing.
Chen Kang's appearance has become much younger, and his hair has become black and shiny again.
Chen Kang glanced at Ge Xuan standing next to him and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Ge Xuan said: "Sir, Princess Liu Yi assassinated the Prime Minister..."
Ge Xuan told Liu Yi about assassinating Cao Cao.
Chen Kang looked calm.
The struggle and game for power has its own rules.
Chen Kang was not surprised at all when Liu Yi assassinated Cao Cao.
Ge Xuan said: "Many ministers in the Prime Minister's Office hope that the Prime Minister will kill Princess Liu Yi. Sir, what do you mean?"
Those people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are all veterans of the Cao Group. Except for Xun Yu, a few who were sincerely loyal to the Han Dynasty, the others wished that Cao Cao would immediately execute Liu Yi and depose the emperor so that they could usurp the throne.
At that time, they will be ministers of Conglong.
Cao Cao was still hesitating despite the pressure.
Currently, the only person who can save Liu Yi is Chen Kang.
Chen Kang said: "I'm going to see Liu Yi."
Ge Xuan said in surprise: "Sir, are you going to leave seclusion?"
Chen Kang nodded and said: "My martial arts skills are complete. What's left is water-milling kung fu, and there is no need to retreat."
…
The prison where Liu Yi was imprisoned was made of fine steel. Even if Liu Yi regained her strength, the prison would still collapse.
Liu Yi sat cross-legged and regulated her breathing.
Footsteps are heard.
Liu Yi said coldly: "Is Cao Mengde trying to kill me?"
Chen Kang's voice came: "Before I came to see you, I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister promised to let you go. Liu Yi, after you leave Luoyang, don't come back again."
Liu Yi stared at Chen Kang with tears in his eyes.
She knew that Chen Kang was here to save her.
Liu Yi said: "Chen Kang, is the foundation of my Liu family really hopeless?"
Chen Kang said: "There is no country that lasts for ten thousand years. Zhou, Qin, Han... any dynasty will decline as soon as it reaches its peak. Liu Yi, you and your brother are too weak to fight against Cao Cao."
Liu Yi said: "If you don't protect Cao Mengde, I will definitely kill him. As long as Cao Mengde dies, the country will still belong to my Liu family."
Chen Kang shook his head.
The Han Dynasty has reached its current state and cannot be controlled by Cao Cao.
If Liu Yi kills Cao Cao, the counselors and generals under Cao Cao will definitely rebel. At that time, the entire court will lose control. The world falls apart again and will return to the situation of warlords.
The world is in chaos, and it is the people at the bottom who are suffering.
Chen Kang opened the prison door and said: "Your Highness, please don't think about assassination in the future. I won't be able to save you every time."
Chen Kang turned around and left the prison.
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