Chapter 735 Cao Brothers
It is said that when Chen Long was rescued by the underground torrent and fell into the mountain lake, Cao Pi and Sima Yi happened to follow suit and walked into the large white wall and black tiles belonging to the Cao family.
On the ground of Cao's hometown, this large area of Cao's old homestead symbolizes supreme glory and the power of life and death. The god among men who controls everyone's life and death is none other than Cao Cao, Cao Mengde.
In their hometown of Peiguoqiao County, the Cao family turned their hands into clouds and turned into rain. Everyone knew about the auspicious name, and no one dared to stroke the Cao family's tiger beard. Only the old people dared to secretly tell the story that the Cao family was originally a eunuch, and that Cao Jili's surname was Hua. He was adopted and his nickname was Ah Ma. Later, he was called Cao Cao, whose surname was Mengde.
Although Cao Cao is famous all over the world, his sons are far from his reputation. Therefore, when Cao Pi stepped off the bow of the ship, almost no one came to greet him because he had not notified him of his arrival time in advance.
The sky was a little dark, but the lights hadn't been turned on yet, so the already dark Cao's house looked a little eerie. There were several servants guarding the gate, who were bored and passing the time talking. Cao Pi and Sima Yi quietly walked in from the side steps, and were immediately scolded by a careless servant: "Who dares to break into Cao's mansion without permission?"
Cao Pi was not happy at all. Hearing this, he immediately frowned and was about to kill the guard dog with his sword. Fortunately, Sima Yi had quick eyesight and quick hands. He was the first to shout: "My mother, I've blinded you!"
The man didn't expect to encounter two tough quarrels. He knew the situation was not good and didn't dare to reply. He quickly rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. At this moment, several old guard dogs also came over. One of them recognized it at a glance and said: "It's the two of them." The young master is back! Why don't you kneel down!"
The man just knelt down on the ground with a pop, kowtowed several times and said, "Second Young Master, spare your life!"
Cao Pi rounded his arms and gave the servant a few mouths, making a crackling sound, which happened to alarm Xia Houjuan who had just walked out of the mourning hall. She had been in a bad mood because her brother Xia Houchen was sentenced to death by Cao Zhang. She had been looking forward to the arrival of her brother's friend Cao Pi to rescue Xia Houchen from prison. At this moment, hearing the noise at the gate, Xia Houjuan turned around and looked around, and couldn't help but said with joy: "Zihuan, you are finally here!"
Xia Houjuan was born with beautiful features. Cao Pi immediately forgot about the guard dog kneeling in front of him. He looked at Xia Houjuan with a bright smile and said, "Juanzi, you are getting more and more beautiful!"
Sima Yi heard Cao Pi's frivolous words and quickly coughed to remind Cao Pi that after all, the patriarch of the Cao family had just died and his nest was ransacked by thieves. He should not laugh casually at this time, otherwise it might be inconsistent with etiquette. Cao Pi understood, and asked with a straight face: "Sister Juan, where is your brother being held? Take me there quickly."
At this time, a leader had already come in to report, but Cao Pi did not wait and followed Xia Houjuan to the door of the wing where Xia Houcheng was imprisoned. The two guarding servants were not stupid and quickly knelt down and said: "The second young master is back!"
Cao Pi ignored him and gestured casually. The two servants looked at each other, and one of them quickly took out the key and unlocked the door. As soon as Cao Pi pushed the door open and went in, he saw Xia Houchen rushing towards him with an unkempt face. It turned out that he heard the noise of the servants at the door and already knew that his savior had arrived.
Xiahou said that Jirai had a temper that could kill people but no one could do anything but nod his head, and no one had ever seen him shed tears. When I saw Cao Pi this time, I almost shed tears. I don't know whether it was because of Cao Pi's loyalty or because his life was saved.
In fact, Xiahou claimed that Cao Pi came to save his life in person only because it was Cao Zhang who sentenced him to death.
Xia Hou said that he could die, but he must not die under Cao Zhang's order, otherwise how would Cao Pi's face be saved? What do you think of letting Sima Yi and other diehard followers follow Cao Pi? It involves family status, so you have to fight for it.
Cao Pi had a dry smile on his gloomy face, patted Xia Houcheng on the shoulder and said: "Bo Quan, don't worry, just tell me what happened and see if there is any room for change. Zhongda, come and listen too." ." As he spoke, he called Sima Yi and Xia Houjuan into the room to talk.
In fact, Xiahou said that there was something going on, but he just said that he did not expect the bandits to dare to go deep into the important area, so he accidentally lost Qiao County. Cao Pi listened while stroking his beard without expressing his position. When he heard Xia Houcheng talking about fishing outside, he angrily slapped Xiahoucheng on the forehead with a loud bang, which startled Xiahoujuan.
Cao Pi said bitterly: "You little bastard, you killed me for fun, you really deserved to die." Master! He sentenced my brother to death and threatened us with thirty thousand soldiers."
The third brother is naturally Cao Zhang. When Cao Pi heard Xia Houjuan calling him third brother, he waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, sister Juan, the mistress doesn't dare to disobey me. Thirty thousand soldiers? Chicken feathers... bah, bah!" Xia Houjuan immediately turned her worries into joy and said, "It's all up to Brother Zihuan to take charge!"
Xia Houchen, who was called a dog by his sister, wiped the back of his unkempt head and said: "Second brother, your eldest brother's death has nothing to do with me. It is said that Xiao Chong was the cause of the trouble." Cao Pi said quickly: "How did my eldest brother die? Yeah, tell me about it too!"
Several people were talking here, but Cao Yu, Cao De and others were already alerted over there. They quickly ran out of the back room to greet Cao Pi and sent people to find Cao Zhang. For a time, a commotion came outside the wing where Xia Houcheng was imprisoned. Several people were not allowed to speak. Cao Pi stood up and went to see Cao Yu and imprisoned Xia Houcheng again.
After everyone had finished greeting, Cao Pi said to Cao Yu: "Take me to the mourning hall to pay homage to my grandpa through the ages." Everyone filed into the mourning hall to pay homage. Cao Pi pretended to shed a few tears, but said in his heart: "If only I were the one who died. Dad, wouldn’t I just reach the pinnacle of my life? Oh, what a pity, what a pity!”
While we were crying and paying homage, suddenly there was the sound of footsteps outside the lobby again, and Cao Zhang came in, people cheering in front of him and behind him. Cao Pi did not look at Cao Zhang from the corner of his eyes. Cao Zhang restrained the guards outside the hall, walked up to Cao Pi in a few steps, and said loudly: "The second brother has come a long way, and the younger brother is not welcome from afar. The eldest brother and grandpa were unfortunately taken advantage of by the bandits. This time We brothers must avenge our hatred, and I would like to ask my second brother to express my condolences!" After saying this, he knelt down and burst into tears.
When Cao Pi saw Cao Zhang crying loudly, he thought that his third brother's acting skills were good, and then said: "Revenge? But you don't know who the enemy is?"
Cao Zhang was slightly startled, stopped crying and said: "The thief generals Yang Feng and Han Xian have been crowned, but the thief chief Yuan Shu is still at large. Please ask your second brother to take the lead in asking my father to take the tiger and wolf soldiers to break through Luoyang and kill Yuan Gonglu, the old man." dog!"
Cao Pi sneered slightly and said: "Yang Feng, Han Xian, Yuan Shu! Since the grievances have their owners and the debts have their owners, why did the third brother take it upon himself to kill the younger brother Xia Houcheng?"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
