The massacre of the city did great damage to Cao Cao's prestige. Cao Wu, who could usually persuade Cao Cao, did not persuade him. Cao Wu was still very depressed at the time. As a modern person, of course he raised his hands to oppose the barbaric practice of massacre. For this reason, he often fought against Cao Cao. However, the intensity of Cao Cao's massacre was much lower than historical records, and he killed many fewer people. Really do it.
Cao Cao would rather hurt his prestige than conceal his identity for Cao Wu, which moved Cao Wubu.
This traitor in troubled times could even tolerate Zhang Xiu, the murderer of Cao Ang, and even doubted his own son Cao Pi, but he could tolerate Cao Wu. No matter how arrogant and domineering Cao Wu was, he would solve his problems for him.
This feeling made Cao Wu feel warm in his heart, and also carried a heavy burden.
Zuo Ci, on the other hand, was once again shocked by Cao Wu. He prepared many things to shock Cao Wu, but in the end, he himself lost his composure again and again.
"You...how do you know?"
he asked feebly.
"Besides those two losers, what else do others want to do with me?"
Cao Wu sneered.
No matter how troublesome Cao Pi and Cao Pi were, Cao Wu did not kill him for Cao Cao's sake. However, if they really wanted to jump into the fire pit, Cao Wu would no longer tolerate it when they returned to Xudu.
But compared to these, it is more important to pry more things out of Zuo Ci's mouth.
"Did you persuade Pang Tong to come out and join Liu Bei?"
"Yes, there should have been Wolong to assist Liu Bei, but Wolong is gone. When Wolong comes out, the sky moves. Someone has to solve Liu Bei's problem, so I advise Pang Tong, who is just a meritorious officer, to come out."
"No wonder Liu Bei met Pang Tong a few years earlier."
Cao Wu touched his chin and thought that he had indeed made the right bet. Taking down Zhuge Liang was the most important of all his decisions. It was with this full preparation that he could change the outcome of the Battle of Chibi and let these people For the first time, the gods lost control of the overall situation.
"Sima Yi is really dead?"
"Really, I have seen it. But Sima Fu is still alive. Sima Fu's ability is worse than Sima Yi, but not too different. He is still useful."
Zuo Ci gritted his teeth and replied that he originally planned to tell Cao Wu these things, but he wanted to exchange them for more information, but he didn't expect that now it would be for nothing.
There was nothing he could do, the back of his head was already swollen and would bleed after a few more blows.
"What else do you do?"
"this……"
Seeing that Cao Wu was about to raise his hand again, Zuo Ci hurriedly said: "Liaodong, during the Eastern Campaign against Wuhuan, Guo Jia's last plan was to decide on Liaodong, but if Guo Jia gets to know you, he will probably live for many more years, so..."
Cao Wu's eyes became sharp: "Did you kill Guo Fengxiao?"
"no no……"
Zuo Ci waved his hand quickly, not even a trace of the immortal spirit was missing.
He was afraid of being beaten again and said nervously: "I just calculated this matter, but before I took action, someone did it."
Cao Wu thought of that charming counselor, whom many people in later generations considered to be the most resourceful in the camp, and he sighed.
It was Guo Jia who analyzed it for him and said that changing things a little bit would eventually change the general trend.
Now it seems that this is correct. In the early years, his strength was too small, but it gradually accumulated. As Cao Cao unified the north, he became stronger and stronger, and he could mobilize more and more resources.
Because there are these so-called immortals in the world who are protecting the general trend. A little change can make these immortals exhausted. Finally, after Wolong was invited by him, these immortals could no longer control the situation, which ultimately led to the tragedy of Cao Jun in the Battle of Chibi. He won, secured Jingzhou, and then captured Jiaozhou.
The overall situation of the three-pointed world was completely destroyed, and Cao Wu's strategy was finally implemented.
With that, he didn't have many questions left.
"Why do you know the general trend?"
"This is a secret..."
Zuo Ci was mid-sentence, but he was afraid of being beaten, so he quickly said: "This really can't be said."
"Okay, then let me ask you again. What role do you play in protecting this general trend?"
"this……"
Zuo Ci didn't intend to say anything, but looking at Cao Wu's half-smiling look, he suddenly realized that he had been tricked again.
Cao Wu didn't care at all how he knew the general trend. What Cao Wu originally wanted to ask was the benefits of doing this.
But first ask a question that he is unwilling to answer, and then ask about the benefits. In this way, if he rejects one, he will not be able to reject the second.
This was a conspiracy, a very simple one, but he couldn't break it at all.
"When I... was a boy, I received enlightenment from an immortal. There is an illusory place in the world. As long as the world keeps running, I can go there. But for decades, I have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, but I can never find this place."
"Then who is the immortal who inspired you?"
"I don't know."
Zuo Ci shook his head.
"Really don't know or do you pretend not to know?"
Cao Wu raised his eyebrows.
Zuo Ci shook his head even more: "I really don't know. I never even saw that immortal again."
Cao Wu saw that he really didn't know, and realized that this matter was actually a larger plan.
A certain so-called immortal, or some immortal sect, has gathered a group of people to maintain their general trend for unknown purposes.
Maybe this person is a time traveler like himself? Otherwise, how could you understand history so well?
However, since Zuo Ci didn't know, it seemed that it would be difficult to find this person.
"You must have found me today because you found that the situation was getting harder and harder to maintain, so you wanted to talk to me to see if you could scare me and make me back down."
Cao Wudao.
"Yes. That was my purpose, but I didn't expect..."
Diao Chan next to her chuckled and said with a sweet smile, "I didn't expect that I would fall into a trap."
Zuo Ci looked depressed.
He was calm on the outside, but he was turbulent inside. He cursed Cao Wu crazily, wishing that Cao Wu would die immediately, but he had already decided that once he got out of here, he would definitely assist Cao Pi and Cao Zhi to find evidence that Cao Wu was not a real Cao family member.
Even if there is no evidence, we must create one to discredit Cao Wu. It is best to make Cao Wu cry and beg him.
Cao Wu patted his shoulder, pulling his thoughts back from his random thoughts.
"What did you just say? Oh, you said that these bullshit trends must be sacrificed for the interests of the common people. I..."
Cao Wu pointed at himself and said, "General Beifu, I don't like him very much."
"I'm not a saint, nor am I a good person. But since I'm here and no longer in the city at the mouth of the Pearl River, I have to do something."
He spoke lightly and without any impassioned words, as if he was just talking about an ordinary trivial matter.
"The Three Kingdoms don't need it, and the Five Husbands don't need it. We don't need four to five hundred years of dark history. Now that I'm here, I'll just fast forward to the unification of the world."
Cao Wu said something that the three people present seemed to understand, and finally concluded: "What I want to do, I have to do it."
I come, I am, I conquer.
After saying that, he left the creek without looking back.
In the future, this creek and the surrounding hillsides will be called Luofeng Slope because Pang Tong died here.
But many people don't know that a man who claimed to be an immortal died here more than a month after Pang Tong's death.
Zuo Ci wanted to go back and expose Cao Wu, but he didn't know that Cao Wu didn't want to let him go.
He captured the interrogator alone just to cover up his village.
"Everyone who claims to be an immortal is fake."
Cao Wu rode a little red horse and held Diao Chan in his arms.
Diao Chan pressed against his chest, feeling his body temperature, and said patiently: "What Cao Lang said is right. There is one less immortal in the world, but so what, everything in the world is still running normally, isn't it?"
"yes."
Cao Wu laughed loudly and pointed his whip eastward.
Diao Chan looked at the dark woods and blushed.
The love is so intense that I don’t want to wait any longer.
Two-quarters of an hour later, Ah San came back after dealing with Zuo Ci. When he saw the two of them, he was a little surprised as to why Diao Chan needed Cao Wu to help her get on the horse. However, she had a simple temperament and focused all her energy on martial arts, so she didn't ask much.
The three of them gathered together and headed towards the small camp where they would rest tonight.
When they arrived, they discovered that Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun were both asleep. Both of them had dark eyes. They were relieved to see Cao Wu return.
In fact, even Wei Yan didn't sleep. Only the veteran Huang Zhong didn't care at all and went to bed early. Cao Xiu, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, really couldn't understand so many things and went to bed early.
It seemed that Zhuge Liang and the other four people had guessed what Cao Wu was doing, but they all had a tacit understanding and did not expose it.
It is not easy to tell them these things now. When the truth comes out later, Cao Wu will not hide it from Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang, the Crouching Dragon, played such an important role in changing the general trend. Several of Ah Qi's greetings were introduced with dragons and phoenixes.
On the second day, everyone continued to go north.
At this time, in Xudu, Cao Pi's mansion, a secret letter was delivered to Cao Pi.
Cao Pi melted the wax seal and jumped up when he saw the contents of the letter.
