"Yingchuan Shen family, Liu family, Zheng family, Dingling Ding family, Du family, Luoyang Guo family, Luoyang Zhong family, Gucheng Fan family, Zhongmou Ren family, Wenxian Zhao family, Huai County Li family, Hanoi Xiang family..."
Cao Zhi and Cao Pi sat across from each other, listening to Ding Yi say their names one by one. After the long names, Ding Yi finally said: "There is no reply to all of them."
"No reply?"
Cao Zhi suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Before the incident, everyone had sworn their vows, but today, they are all hiding?"
Ding Yi recalled the beating by Cao Zhi that day, was startled, and shrank to the side.
In the hall, Cao Zhi was sitting with Ding Yi's younger brother Ding Yi, but Yang Xiu, who was allied with Cao Zhi in the Chibi battlefield, was not seen.
The people sitting next to Cao Pi were Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo.
Cao Pi asked: "How do you answer Changwen?"
Zhu Shuo was impatient and snorted: "As a scholar and censor, he is probably more arrogant than Xiantai. Doctor Xi even gave me a reply, but he, Chen Changqun, ignored him. I'm afraid he no longer knows why Zihuan is here." People!"
In the past, Cao Pi was surrounded by four people, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Wu Zhi, and Zhu Shuo, who were nicknamed Cao Pi's four friends. Now that Sima Yi has been arrested, Chen Qun has drawn a clear line with them. The Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo families are small in power and have obviously become weak. Can't deal with this situation.
Cao Pi closed his eyes and sighed, and then said: "My uncle decided to impeach the family, presumably to correct the trend."
Cao Zhi threw the cups on the table with his long sleeves and said angrily: "Brother, how long have you been pretending to be a gentleman here? Do you think this is Sima Zhongda's problem alone? Cao Wu is going to start a war with you. Today Sima Zhongda was unjustly killed, and tomorrow it will be Wu Zhi, Zhu Shuo, and Ding Yi. There will be no one left in this room!"
Ding Yi shrank back to the corner again, and Wu Zhi stood up and said, "Zijian, you are rude to your brother, it is against the rules and regulations!"
"Whoever becomes the heir will follow the etiquette!"
Cao Zhi pointed at his nose and shouted loudly, and then said to the whole hall: "Tell me, Chen Qun escaped, Yang Xiu also escaped, the noble family escaped, the Shangshu Terrace and the Yushitai are all owned by others, and none of them can be trusted at the critical moment! Rumor has it that two of the captains of Sili, Yushi, and Yuzhou Mu were competing for two thousand shi, and one was two thousand shi. The three elders gave him a general with a mixed number to support the carriage. Look and listen, how big is the carriage? Acting arrogantly at the door of Shangshu Ling's house! Does my father have such a big arrogance?"
Everyone was silent, Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo both frowned and thought.
Cao Pi said: "Sima Zhongda and I have a close relationship. Now that he is being framed, even if my uncle is powerful, I will protect him."
Cao Zhi scolded: "How can you protect him?"
Cao Pi said calmly: "Even if I risk my life, I still have to save it."
The words he spoke seemed to weigh as much as a thousand pounds. Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo both looked excited. If Cao Pi can protect Sima Yi today, he can protect them both in the future.
Ding Yi was shrinking back into the corner. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Cao Pi a few more times.
Cao Zhi sneered, looked around and said, "It's no secret that all of you are heroes of the world. What do you think we should do? How can we protect them?"
Ding Yi has shrunk to the farthest corner and cannot shrink anymore.
Wu Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "What should we do? The worst we can do is meet the emperor!"
"Go and ask the emperor to stamp it... ugh..."
When he said the last sentence, Ding Miao finally had the courage to stand up and covered his mouth. He really couldn't say such nonsense.
Cao Zhi struggled for a while and finally said: "A room full of trash! I'm going to find my father."
Then he went out angrily, not knowing whether to greet Cao Cao or to find Five Stone Powder to take.
Cao Pi stood up, patted Ding Yao's shoulder, signaled Wu Zhi and Ding Yi to come back, picked up the cups that Cao Zhi had knocked down and put them back on several cases, and then sat back down in his seat.
Cao Pi was sitting upright, and Ding Yi and Ding Zhi, two close friends of Cao Zhi, did not dare to be presumptuous and sat there.
Cao Pi said: "My father loves Zijian, but he will not listen to him on this matter, just because I have seen the relationship between my uncle and my father."
Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo nodded and sat down.
There is one thing that Cao Pi has not said in his heart, that is, if I take power in the future, I will wipe out all the power of Cao Cao, and I will never let a relative stand in front of him to show off his power.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Cao Pi continued: "Beifu instigated Na Huanliang to frame Zhongda. It was nothing more than physical evidence. But now, the physical evidence is gone."
When he said the first words, he was very calm, but later on, he actually became murderous.
At this moment, a young man came in, cupped his fists and said, "Zihuan, I'm late."
Cao Pi nodded and said: "Bo Ren, please sit down."
It turned out that this young man was Xia Houshang who had just returned from the southern battlefield.
Xiahou Shangnai is Xiahou Yuan's cousin, the leader of the second generation of the Xiahou family, and a distant relative of the Cao family. He and Cao Pi grew up together, and he was trained in the army at the age of twelve or thirteen, and he was extremely capable.
Xia Houshang came over and sat down, nodding slightly to everyone as a courtesy. His behavior was military style, which was different from his cousin Xia Houmao.
Cao Pi said: "Bo Ren, how is the matter?"
"Fortunately, those three slaves who maliciously harmed Zhongda are all dead."
As soon as Xia Houshang left his mouth, everyone in the hall, whether it was Wu Zhi, Zhu Shuo, Ding Yi, or Ding Gong, were all shocked. It turned out that Cao Pi had already taken action during the discussion.
According to his words, he actually arranged for Xiahou Shang to kill the slaves of the Huan family.
Ding Yi frowned and said, "Isn't this trying to hide something?"
Cao Pi drank tea without explanation.
Zhu Shuo was impatient but smart. He woke up first and laughed loudly: "It doesn't matter. There is no evidence of death, as long as people believe that the murderer is the Sima family in Hanoi. This matter is concealed for others, but it is different for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is responsible for everything. If he had time to ask about the details, he would ignore both the Sima and Huan families. In this way, because there is no evidence, Sima Zhongda will not die, and there will be a chance for recovery in the future. But the Huan family has lost power because of this incident, and so will Cao Chong Implicated.”
"That's right. After all, my father doesn't like me."
Cao Pi put down the tea cup and explained that this move was to retreat in order to advance, dragging down Mrs. Huan and Cao Chong, who were most loved by his father.
They were about to talk about some details when suddenly, Cao Zhi pushed the door open and rushed in from the outside with a look of horror.
He seemed to have really lost his temper, his eyes were red, and he said to everyone in the hall: "I wanted to go to the restaurant just now, and I saw Weiwei Ma Teng. I heard him talking to people, saying that news about his son had spread to many people. Capital, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang has rebelled!"
"What?"
Everyone in the hall, except Cao Pi and Xia Houshang, all stood up.
Xia Houshang said: "Rebellion, I know the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang cavalry. If Jing Zhaoyin can rebel, will the third assistant still be in the hands of Ma and Han?"
Cao Zhi scratched his scalp and said: "No, that Ma Teng swore that Sima was guarding the Yin and raising three thousand dead men, and fled north to Luliang Mountain."
When he heard the name Luliang Mountain, Cao Pi, who was late in realizing the news, finally couldn't sit still.
He stood up and said: "The Sima family is finished!"
He suddenly thought of Ma Teng's surname and was shocked: "Three horses eat Cao, three horses eat Cao, what a trick to kill someone with a borrowed knife!"
Cao Pi, who had always been as stable as Mount Tai, was finally shocked by this series of changes.
Cao Zhi also thought about what Cao Cao was doing in Bingzhou, and said: "Brother, Sima Yi can't be saved. My father will not let go of the rebels. Give up the car to protect the commander!"
Cao Pi sighed: "Father just won't give up on someone who has no strength but wants to rebel."
After hesitating for a while, he leaned into Xiahou Shang's ear and said: "Sima Zhongda knows too many secrets of our Cao family. If we can't protect them, we must not let him have the opportunity to tell the secrets. Please help me."
What he wants is not the Sima family, but Sima Yi. But if he cannot keep this person, he will be more decisive than anyone else.
Xia Houshang looked cold, stood up, bowed to everyone, and went straight away.
At first, others didn't understand why, but soon all the smart people in the room understood where Xia Houshang was going.
Zhu Shuo reacted first and sat back in his seat. Wu Zhi and others also found out about Cao Pi's decision and looked disappointed.
The one who reacted most violently was Ding Yi. Cao Pi had previously said that he would risk his life to protect Sima Yi. At that time, he admired Cao Pi very much. However, in a short period of time, Cao Pi actually asked Xia Houshang to kill Sima Yi again.
His hands hidden under the cases were trembling. This Cao Pi looked like a humble gentleman, but his character was like this.
Everyone was waiting anxiously in the hall. Although Sima Yi was imprisoned, he had not yet been convicted. The guards were not tight. Xiahou still had an official status and was a member of the clan. It should not be difficult to do such a thing.
As expected, more than an hour later, Xia Houshang came back with a wooden box, threw it on the table and said, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. Sima Yi conspired to rebel and committed a heinous crime. When he saw me, he went to question me and tried to escape from prison by visiting me. He was arrested." I'll kill him. Everyone has seen this head and I want to take it back."
Cao Zhi backed away with a "Wow". Of course he knew what this kind of box was for.
Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo couldn't bear to look at the box and turned their heads away. Ding Yi turned pale.
Cao Pi smiled. Xiahou Shang was really the best sword in his hand. He was trustworthy and capable and could adapt to changes.
Sure enough, the military generals were trustworthy, but it was a pity that Cao Zhen, whom he had won over before, had an ambiguous attitude. It would be better if he had two knives in his hands.
On the contrary, Ding Gao came forward and looked at it and said: "In this case, Huan Liang's hostage is dead, Sima Yi is also dead, and there is no evidence of death, so the matter can be concluded."
Cao Zhi said: "Sima Jiayin raises dead soldiers and is treated as a Yi tribe according to the law. This is the right thing to do. The case he is involved in should not be retried."
His tone was cold, as if what was on the table was not Sima Yi who went south with him, but an insignificant passerby.
But Cao Pi cried loudly and stepped forward and touched the box. In the box was the best friend he had just said he would risk his life to protect.
Cao Pi cried and called Zhongda's name. Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo were a little shaken when they heard the cry.
"Let's see."
Wu Zhi came over bravely and opened the box.
There was indeed a human head in the box. His sharp eyebrows and starry eyes were originally handsome, but now, the last moment of his life was frozen in an expression of surprise.
Except for Xia Houshang, everyone else jumped up.
Cao Pi stopped crying.
Cao Zhi made a vomiting gesture while pointing at the box and said: "This... this, this is not Sima Yi. I have seen him before. This is his brother Sima Kui!"
"What?"
This time Xiahou Shang was surprised. When he went to prison, the jailer he bribed was sure that this was Sima Yi, so he took action. What went wrong?
