At the end of the blood letter, the signature is the reign name and name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
After Dong Cheng saw it, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't expect that Emperor Xian would trust him so much. He was so moved that he shed tears. He didn't sleep that night. He got up very early the next day, went to the academy, and read the blood book over and over again. But there was really no good way, so he put the blood book away again and lay on the bed thinking about the plan, or he was too tired and fell asleep again.
The servant Wang Zifu came to visit. The doorman knew that Wang Zifu was a frequent visitor here and had a good relationship with Dong Cheng, so he put him in directly without stopping him. When Wang Zifu saw that Dong Cheng was not there, he came to the bedroom and saw that he was sleeping soundly. Unable to bear to be disturbed, he prepared to leave quietly. Suddenly he found a red edict pressed under Dong Cheng's sleeve, with the word "I" on it. He was very confused and immediately took out the blood letter to read it.
After reading it, the prince's expression changed. This was a big deal. He quickly woke up Dong Cheng and said, "Uncle Guo, you feel so at ease! How can you sleep when such a thing happened?"
After Dong Cheng woke up, he found that the edict under his sleeve was missing. He was so frightened that he was in a panic. Only then did he see the prince's clothes on one side, and he seemed to be holding something in his sleeve.
Seeing that he was awake, Wang Zifu said, "You want to kill Duke Cao! I'm going to report you!"
Dong Cheng burst into tears after hearing this and said, "If brothers do this, the world of the Han Dynasty will be over!"
The prince said: "I am joking with you. My family has received the salary of the Han Dynasty for generations, how can I be unloyal? I want to help you to kill the traitor Cao Cao together."
Dong Chengdao: "Brother, if you have such an idea, it is a blessing for the country!"
The prince obeyed: "We must jointly establish a life and death status in the secret room, and each of us must give up the three clans to serve the king of the Han Dynasty."
So Dong Cheng took a piece of white silk and wrote the name and calligraphy first, and the prince also wrote the name and calligraphy. After writing, the prince said: "General Wu Zilan has a very good relationship with me. You can discuss important matters with him." !”
Dong Chengdao: "The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only Changshui Colonel Zhongji and Yilang Wu Shuo are my confidants, and they will definitely be able to support this matter."
As soon as he said this, the family boy came in and reported that Zhong Ji and Wu Shuo were visiting.
Dong Cheng said: "This is what God wants to help us!" So he asked Wang Zifu to hide behind the screen for the time being, and Dong Cheng personally went to welcome the two of them into the academy, where they sat down and entertained them to drink tea.
Zhong Ji said: "Are you as resentful as me about the hunting in Xutian?"
Dong Chengdao: "That is inevitable, but there is no way."
Wu Shuo said: "I vowed to kill the national traitors, but I regret that there is no help!"
Zhong Ji stood up abruptly and said, "If you get rid of this scourge for the country, you will have no regrets even if you die!"
At this time, Wang Zifu came out from behind the screen and said, "You two want to kill Prime Minister Cao. I will definitely report you. Uncle Dong Guo is a witness."
Zhong Ji said angrily: "Loyal ministers are not afraid of death! We will become the ghosts of the Han Dynasty after we die, and we will not let you, a flattering traitor, go!"
The prince smiled after hearing this and turned to look at Dong Cheng.
Dong Cheng also laughed and said: "We are actually discussing this matter and preparing to go to you. What the prince said just now was a joke, just to test your determination." Then he took out the blood letter from Emperor Xian from his sleeve and handed it over. Show it to two people.
After reading it, the two burst into tears, and Dong Cheng asked them to write their names on the scroll.
The prince obeyed: "You two wait here for a while, I will invite Wu Zilan over right now."
It didn't take long for Wu Zilan to be invited over and met with everyone. Wu Zilan wrote her name on the scroll without saying a word.
So Dong Cheng invited everyone to drink in the back hall. While drinking, suddenly a servant announced that Ma Teng, the prefect of Xiliang, had come to visit.
Dong Cheng said: "Just tell Ma Teng that I am ill and cannot come out to see each other. Let him go back."
After the servant replied, Ma Teng did not leave. He was furious and said: "I saw him outside Donghua Gate last night wearing a jade belt and brocade robe. Why did he pretend to be sick? It's not that I have nothing to do, why should I refuse?" I!"
The servant had no choice but to go in and talk about Ma Teng being angry when he refused to leave in front of the door. Dong Cheng just shook his head, cupped his hands to the others sitting there, and said, "You guys wait a moment, I'm going out." ." So he went to the door to greet Ma Teng in person.
Ma Teng entered the house and said, "I came to visit you and was going to say goodbye to you. Why didn't you see me?"
Dong Chengdao: "To tell you the truth, I am seriously ill, so I cannot come to greet you in person. This is my fault!"
Ma Teng looked at Dong Cheng and said with a smile, "I see you have a rosy complexion and don't see anything sick."
After being discovered by Ma Teng, Dong Cheng couldn't save his face, so he could only sigh heavily.
Ma Teng stood up, looking very disappointed, and said, "Although you are the uncle of the country, you are not the one who saves the country!"
Just as he was about to leave, Dong Cheng felt that he also had that intention, so he stopped him and said, "Who do you think is not the one who saves the country? Is it me?"
Ma Teng said: "Isn't it? After I saw what happened with Xu Tian's hunting, I was filled with resentment. You are a relative of the emperor, but you were indifferent. You pretended to be sick and indulged in wine and sex, and you didn't want to beg thieves to serve the imperial court. , how can we say that he is the one who solves the royal crisis?"
Dong Cheng was afraid that Ma Teng was sent by Cao Cao to trick him, so he pretended to be very surprised and said: "Cao Cao is now the most powerful official in the imperial court and the one the imperial court relies on. How dare you say such a thing?"
After hearing this, Ma Teng became even more angry and said, "Do you still think Cao Cao is a good person?"
Dong Cheng said: "Cao Cao has many eyes and ears, please keep your voice down."
Ma Teng said disdainfully: "You are greedy for life and afraid of death, you are not qualified to discuss important matters!" After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave. Dong Cheng knew that Ma Teng was a loyal man and was very satisfied with the test results, so he said: "You first Don’t be angry, I’ll show you something.”
So he invited Ma Teng into the study, took out the blood book written by Emperor Xian, and showed it to Ma Teng.
After reading it, his hair stood on end, he gritted his teeth and chewed his lips, and his mouth was bleeding. He said to Dong Cheng: "If you do anything, I will immediately command all the Xiliang soldiers as foreign aid to help you kill the Cao thieves."
So Dong Cheng took Ma Teng to meet the others, took out the picture of justice, and asked Ma Teng to write his name on it.
Ma Teng got the wine, bit his index finger open, took the blood as an alliance and said, "We can't break this covenant even if we die!"
Ma Teng counted the number of people and found that there were five people. He felt that the strength was a bit weak and said: "If there are ten people, then the big thing can be completed!"
Dong Chengdao: "Loyal and righteous people are rare. If they are people with evil intentions, they will bring great disasters."
