At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, various princes came and went, but among these princes, whose clan was the strongest, it was naturally Cao Cao.
The eight clan generals, known as the Eight Tiger Cavalry in later generations, occupied half of Cao Cao's camp. They had great military exploits and aloof status. In addition to them, there were later some juniors from the clan who had no official positions when they followed Cao Cao. Once they were released, they directly became generals.
These generals are a group of people who must face those who serve as officials in Cao Cao's camp.
At this moment, Cao Ren, Cao Zixiao and Cao Hong, Cao Zilian appeared at the same time, and a bunch of armored soldiers rushed in, leaving most of the people in the seats sober and in danger.
Those who didn't know these two people were frightened into silence when the people around them mentioned it.
Cao Zhi widened his eyes and said, "Uncles, what are you doing?"
Cao Hong held the hilt of the sword at his waist, stepped forward and smiled at Cao Zhi: "Nephew Zijian, we are not targeting you. This is the Lord's order."
Cao Hong is Cao Cao's cousin. If he says brother, he may refer to Cao Cao or someone else, but he has only one lord.
Cold sweat instantly soaked Cao Zhi's clothes.
"Please uncle, please arrest these dancers too, don't let the assassins get away!"
He who had scolded Fang Qiu just now, gritted his teeth and handed over his hands. After saying that, he ignored everyone sitting around, hugged Cao Chong and backed away.
Cao Chong coughed and was about to speak when Cao Zhi held him down and shook his head.
Cao Zhi retreated to the wall and watched quietly.
Cao Chong looked up at his brother and sighed.
Cao Cao had countless women in his life, fifteen or six of them with surnames. After his original wife, Mrs. Ding, divorced him, his second wife, Mrs. Bian, gave birth to four sons: Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong.
These four sons are direct descendants and are the best legal heirs.
Cao Chong was a concubine and the son of Mrs. Huan. Compared with Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, his succession order was much lower. In addition, Cao Chong was smart and lovable since he was a child, but he was weak and posed no threat. His brothers doted on him, including Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi.
However, this was the thirteenth year of Jian'an, and Cao Pi had not yet served as an official. Cao Zhi and Cao Chong were still in white clothes and did not have any official positions. If Cao Hong wanted to force himself, they could only watch.
Cao Hong persuaded the two young masters to retreat, stared at the famous scholars and said: "Everyone is invited!"
After saying this, many officers and soldiers began to pull the celebrities sitting at the edge. Some of them who were unwilling to get up were immediately tied with their hands behind their backs and pinned down.
Kong Rong's face was livid, and he had the highest official position. Cao Zhi retired, and he could only say a few words.
He trembled and pointed at Cao Hong and said: "I am a great official in the Han Dynasty. I have the power to supervise all officials. How can I be held hostage by a common man like you!"
Unexpectedly, Cao Hong sat down in the main seat with a golden sword, chuckled, and didn't answer.
Kong Rong's whole arm was trembling. Cao Zhi saw that his seat was being snatched away, and he clenched his fists. He secretly swore in his heart: "Cao Zilian, if I take power in the future, you will suffer!"
It was Cao Ren who smoothed things over and said, "Everyone, the Prime Minister is not asking for your lives. He just wants to thank you for coming to work in the army, so he allows everyone to come to the front line to watch the battle. You all come with us of your own initiative. Naturally, we will treat you with delicious food and drink, and we will not wrong you!" "
Just as he was talking, there was a young scholar standing next to Cao Ren. He jumped up and pointed at Cao Ren and said: "All the famous scholars in the world are here. Cao Ren wants to take us all away. What is he doing? A traitor who has harmed the country! He has already Are you comparing yourself to the emperor?"
With a "swipe" sound, Cao Ren raised his knife and dropped it. When everyone looked at the scholar who was speaking, they saw that he had no head, and his headless body fell straight to the ground, with blood splattered all over the ground.
All the celebrities were so frightened that they screamed and fled. This Cao Ren was not as rude as Cao Hong in appearance and appearance. He seemed to be a reasonable man. Who would have thought that he would kill someone on the spot if he disagreed with him!
Cao Cao pacified the north, and the rule of law has been initially restored in the north. Even if he is a general, how can he kill people casually?
Some people wanted to shout, but Cao Ren looked around coldly, and they all retracted their heads like quails.
One by one, they didn't dare to say any more and followed the soldiers out obediently.
Cao Ren didn't even wipe his sword, but returned it to its sheath. He smiled and said to Kong Rong, "Doctor, please invite me too. Don't make it difficult for me to wait."
Kong Rong stood up with an "Ah" and shouted to the second Cao: "I was favored by the emperor in this life. When I was an official with two thousand stones, Cao Ah Man didn't know where to dig up the soil. Now he dares, how dares... What he did... Where to put the emperor’s officials!”
Cao Hong patted him on the shoulder and shouted outside: "Where is Xi Hongyu?"
A Confucian scholar came outside the door, but it was Xi Lu, the imperial censor. He held a piece of yellow paper and said as soon as he entered the door: "The emperor makes books here!"
Everyone was in an uproar and immediately stood up to salute. Even Sima Yi, who was hiding behind several cases, knelt down behind several cases and still hid his head.
"Prime Minister Zhizhao: I have heard that disasters are constantly coming to various states. I am not morally responsible for this, and the officials and government are not harmonious. The fault lies with the king. Recently, you have sent me a message to attack the crime, and I have sent money and grain to Jingxiang. In order to protect the war situation, from today onwards, all counties in Hanzhou will ban alcohol for a hundred days, so that food will be accumulated on the front lines and not stored in the treasury. All officials will warn you. Violators will be severely punished. Remember!"
After reading the book, everyone was stunned. Even Chen Lin, who had been an official in Cao Cao's camp for many years, did not dare to say anything.
Kong Rong looked at Xi Liu in surprise. This emperor's book-making actually asked Prime Minister Cao Cao to implement a ban on alcohol. The whole country was prohibited from drinking alcohol for 100 days to save food.
He looked at the cup in front of him and felt that he was completely manipulated by Cao Cao. He could have argued that he had not committed any crime and Cao Cao could not arrest him, but now he had made a mistake and Cao Cao would only arrest him without punishing him. He is already a gift.
He felt dizzy and could not stand firmly, and he sighed deeply because the emperor actually obeyed Cao Cao's words.
He knew in his heart that Cao Cao had known about their celebrity meeting for a long time, but he did not stop it. Instead, he waited until the meeting started and then used the alcohol prohibition to catch them all.
This is a higher-level layout, and power is used with great proficiency, playing with them at the palm of their hands.
Cao Zhi also had a very ugly face. He knew that his father was trying to shake the mountain and shake the tiger, so he sat down to watch it. I'm afraid that instead of improving his favor with his father, his celebrity gathering has actually become a mistake.
Then I remembered that Cao Pi actually started this incident, and then I realized that Cao Pi had designed to frame me from the beginning. I couldn't help but feel hatred in my heart, and the conflict with Cao Pi could no longer be reconciled.
"You must have your own team to fight against Cao Pi!"
Cao Zhi was secretly furious and thought too far ahead.
Xi Lu said again: "Everyone, please watch, this is an order issued by the emperor himself! On the first day of the prohibition of alcohol, you gathered together to drink, and everyone called you Han ministers, but didn't you take the words of the emperor of the Han family into consideration? Didn't you just take the emperor's words seriously? That person disrespects the emperor's laws and orders and should be killed!"
Cao Hong waved his hand: "That's it. Take away all those who have violated the alcohol prohibition!"
Killing comes first, formal laws follow. These hundreds of celebrities who violated the laws looked at each other bitterly, and were finally driven out like chickens.
As the crowd moved forward, someone with sharp eyes noticed that Ah Liu and the boy beside him were not invited away, and immediately said: "General Cao, those two people also violated the drinking order!"
Cao Hong looked at his hand and said with a smile: "What are women and children drinking? This man talks nonsense and slanders others. When he gets out, he will be punished twenty times!"
The man was naturally dissatisfied. He knelt down and said, "I saw with my own eyes that this person named Cao Aliu also drank alcohol, and her face was still red!"
Ah Liu said "Ah" and covered his face, but the comments were already coming one after another.
Cao Hong stood up, came to the kneeling scholar, and slapped him so hard that he staggered to the ground.
Cao Hong pulled his head up by his bun and said coldly: "Look, is your face red too?"
The scholar was beaten until he was dizzy and at a loss.
"Have you been drinking, Miss Ah Liu?"
Cao Hong pulled his hair and asked.
"No, no!"
The man waved his hands, fearing he would be beaten again.
"It's fine if you don't."
Cao Hong knocked him down in the tunnel with a bang and said: "Add ten more strikes, and the total punishment will be thirty."
Soldiers nearby dragged the ashen-faced man out.
The man shouted "Unjust", but no one dared to say anything wrong about Ah Liu.
However, when Cao Hong stood up, his expression changed, he came to Ah Liu with a smile and said, "Miss Ah Liu was frightened."
When the heads fell just now, Ah Liu's heart was indeed pounding, but now he has calmed down a bit and said quickly: "There is a man named Zhuge Liang, who is an aide to my general!"
Cao Hong immediately turned around. Zhuge Liang came out of the crowd and bowed in salute. The soldier who had previously pulled him immediately knelt down and said anxiously: "The little one deserves to die!"
Zhuge Liang waved his hand and came to Ah Liu's side.
Cao Hong laughed loudly and said: "Since you are Xiaowu's people, you are one of our own. If the three of you continue to drink here, I will go and arrest them all!"
Cao Hong treated famous people like nothing, but he treated Beifu's maids like honored guests, obeyed his advice, and even publicly made remarks to encourage them to continue.
Not only Cao Hong, but also Cao Ren, who was kind-faced and cold-hearted, also came to talk to Ah Liu and the others. These two generals who fought in the north and south were extremely gentle to a maid. The contrast was too obvious, and it made these people who were dragged out All the soldiers were blue in the face, but with thirty battles ahead of them, none of them dared to say "no" again.
From then on, when the banquet is over, the name of Cao Potian, the Seven-Word Master, will be spread throughout the country, and the name of Cao Beifu, who bullies others with power, will also be spread widely.
Kong Rong was saddened by the emperor's fall, and walked at the end of the team in a daze. When he passed by Ah Liu, he suddenly thought of something and asked loudly: "Miss Ah Liu, Cao Potian once said to me, if I go to the front line , will tell me the four goals of Confucianism, and now I am going to the front line, do you know what he is going to say?"
Ah Liu rolled his eyes and remembered that his general had indeed summed up the pursuit of Confucian scholars in a few words, so he went to Kong Rong and whispered.
After hearing this, Kong Rong's pupils were trembling and his eyes were blurry. He walked and said: "I heard the truth in the morning and died in the evening. With these few words, I will die without regrets."
Then he murmured in a low voice: "Beifu General Cao Wu, I will make your name famous. Please don't forget what you said to the Emperor!"
The words were spoken so quietly that no one heard them.
Ah Liu touched his head and couldn't figure out why the old master was so shocked by these four sentences. But thinking about how the old master had frequently made a name for Cao Wu today, he couldn't help feeling a little fond of him and whispered: "I hope he goes safely here." Bar."
On the other side, Deng Ai did not forget the biggest purpose of coming this time. He held the dagger in his hand and took advantage of the chaos to touch Sima Yi who was still hiding.
