Ji Ping had been taking care of Dong Cheng. When he heard him shouting about Cao Cao in his sleep, he stepped forward to wake him up and said, "Do you want to kill Cao Gong?"
After Dong Cheng woke up, he realized that he had lost his composure. He felt very frightened and did not dare to speak.
Ji Ping said: "Uncle Guo, don't be alarmed. Although I am a doctor, I am also a Han Chinese and have never forgotten the kindness of the Han Dynasty. In the past few days, I have been seeing Uncle Guo sighing and did not dare to ask. What happened just now?" When I heard your words in my dream, I knew the truth. Fortunately, you didn't hide it from me. If there is a need for me, I will not regret it even if I risk the destruction of the nine tribes! "
Dong Cheng suddenly burst into tears and said, "Who knows if you are sincere? Maybe you are speaking very well in front of me now, but you are actually someone sent by Cao Cao."
In order to make Dong Cheng believe in him, Ji Ping actually bit off one of his fingers alive and pointed to the sky and swore.
Being able to do this, Dong Cheng had no reason not to believe him, so he took out the blood letter written by Emperor Xian and showed it to Ji Ping. After Ji Ping read it, he said: "The reason why this matter has not been successful now is that Liu Bei and Ma Teng have left, so there is nothing to do, so Uncle Guo will be depressed and sick."
Ji Ping smiled and said, "You don't have to worry anymore. Thief Cao's life is actually in my hands."
Seeing Ji Ping's proud expression, Dong Cheng didn't believe it and asked why.
Ji Ping said: "Cao Thief often suffers from head wind. Once the disease attacks, the pain will reach the bone marrow. Therefore, once he becomes ill, he will definitely ask me to treat him. Sooner or later, there will be a chance. I only need to give him a medical treatment." If it’s a side poison, then he will definitely be poisoned to death, so why bother using weapons anymore?”
Dong Chengdao: "If this is the case, you are the one who saved the Han Dynasty, and your reputation will last forever."
So Ji Ping left. Dong Cheng was happy. When he entered the back hall, he saw the slave Qin Qingtong and the maid Yunying chatting in the dark. It was okay. Such a secret was heard by the servants. Dong Cheng's first reaction was to kill them. .
However, Madam came out to stop her. After all, these two servants had been in the Dong family for a long time and had a deep relationship with Madam. Dong Cheng felt pitiful when he saw his wife's appearance, so he just asked everyone to beat her fourteen times, and then locked Qingtong in a cold room.
Qingtong thought about his contribution to the Dong family over the years, and thought that Dong Cheng would beat him for such a trivial matter. He felt indignant, so he broke the iron lock overnight, jumped out of the wall, and sneaked into Cao Cao's house in the middle of the night. In the mansion, I told the guard in front of Cao's mansion that I wanted to report something secret.
Cao Cao quickly recruited him and came to a secret place.
Qing Tong said: "The five princes, Wu Zilan, Zhong Ji, Wu Shuo, and Ma Teng discussed secrets at the house master's house, and they must be secretly plotting to kill the prime minister. There is a blood letter in the house master's hand, and I don't know what it was written on. Yesterday, Ji Ping bit off his finger and swore that I didn’t read clearly what was written in blood.”
Cao Cao hid Qingtong in his house and fell into deep thought. He decided to observe the matter first. As for Dong Cheng, he was also confused. Suddenly he felt that the servant had gone to other places and would not inform him. This matter could not be done like this. Let it go.
In order to verify the authenticity, Cao Cao pretended that he had a headache, and he was ill again. He called Jiping to diagnose.
Ji Ping was very happy at this time and thought: "Thief Cao is going to die this time!" So he secretly hid the poison in his clothes and brought it into Cao's house.
Cao Cao was ill in bed and asked Ji Ping to give him medicine.
Ji Ping said: "I recently researched the pharmacy and found that there is a medicine that can cure head wind. You only need to drink one dose and you will be cured."
So he was asked to get the medicine and boil it in person. Ji Ping put the medicine inside without anyone noticing and delivered it to Cao Cao himself.
Cao Cao observed that Ji Ping's hand was bandaged, and everything was consistent with what Dong Cheng's servant said. He guessed that the medicine must be poisonous, so he delayed and refused to drink it immediately.
Ji Ping said: "I hope you can take it while it's hot and you'll be fine if you sweat a little."
Cao Cao sat up and said: "Since you have read Confucian books, you should know some etiquette. When the king is sick and needs to take medicine, the minister must taste it first. When the father is sick and needs medicine, the son must taste it first. Are you My dear ones, why don’t you taste it yourself first before giving it to me to drink?”
Ji Ping said: "Medicines are used to treat diseases, why do people need to taste them?"
Cao Cao still refused and stared at Ji Ping, insisting that he drink first. Ji Ping knew that the matter was probably leaked, so he quickly stepped forward, pulled Cao Cao's ear, and prepared to pour the medicine in. Cao Cao pushed the medicine bowl away, The medicine was spilled all over the floor.
Before Cao Cao could speak, Zuo and Zuo had already held Ji Ping down. Cao Cao said, "Why am I sick? I'm just here to test you! I didn't expect that you would really harm me!"
So they called a few strong jailers and dragged him to the backyard to torture him severely. Cao Cao personally sat on the stage and looked at Ji Ping who was tied up.
Ji Ping sneered a few times, with no fear on his face.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I think you are a doctor. How dare you poison me? Someone must be threatening you. If you name that person, I will let you go now."
Ji Ping scolded: "You are a traitor who deceives the king and ignores the superiors. The whole world will kill you. Why am I the only one!"
Cao Cao continued to cross-examine, but Ji Ping just said angrily: "I want to kill you myself, where can anyone send me? Now I have failed and I have only one idea!"
Cao Cao's patience finally ran out, so he let the jailer torture him for two hours. The skin was torn and blood flowed all over the floor. Cao Cao was afraid of beating the person to death and without evidence, so he ordered the jailer to go to another place to rest first.
On the second day, Cao Cao set up a banquet and Minister Qing came to drink. Only Dong Cheng excused himself from illness and did not show up. The princes were afraid that Cao Cao would become suspicious, so they had no choice but to go and answer the appointment.
Cao Cao set up a banquet in the back hall. After three drinks, Cao Cao said: "There is nothing interesting at the banquet. I have a person who can help everyone sober up!"
So he shouted to the outside: "Guard, please bring me in."
Not long after, I saw a long shackle nailing Ji Ping, dragging him to the bottom of the steps.
Cao Cao said: "Everyone doesn't know. This man colluded with the rebel party and actually wanted to betray the imperial court and murder my life. He failed today. Let's listen to what he has to say."
Cao Cao had someone beat him up until he fainted, and then sprayed his face with water.
After Ji Ping regained consciousness, he opened his eyes and gnashed his teeth, and cursed: "Thief Cao! Are you scared? Why don't you kill me? How long will you wait!"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "There are six of you co-conspirators. With you included, the total is seven?"
Ji Ping continued to curse. When Wang Zifu and other four people saw this situation, they looked at each other and felt on pins and needles. Cao Cao asked the jailer to continue beating him and spray water on him.
