Li Feng came forward and said: "Please don't worry, Your Majesty. Although I am not talented, I am willing to use your Majesty's edict to gather patriotic talents from all over the world to kill the bandits." Xiahou Xuan said: "My uncle Xiahou Ba surrendered to Shu. The country is afraid of the assassination of the Sima brothers. If these traitors can be eliminated, my uncle will definitely return to the country of Wei. I am also an old relative of the country. How can I sit back and watch the traitors bring trouble to the country? I am willing to follow the imperial edict and fight together."
Cao Fang said: "I'm afraid it won't work."
The three of them cried: "We swear that we will work together to kill the evil thieves and serve His Majesty!"
Cao Fang was very moved after hearing this. He took off his dragon and phoenix sweatshirt, bit his fingers, wrote a blood edict, awarded it to Zhang Ji, and told him: "My ancestor, Emperor Wu, killed Dong Cheng because he did not do things carefully. You must do it." Be careful and don’t let it out.”
Li Feng bowed and said, "Why would your Majesty say anything unfavorable? We are not the same people as Dong Cheng, and Master Sima cannot be compared with Emperor Wu. Don't worry, Your Majesty!"
The three of them said goodbye and went out. When they arrived at the left side of Donghua Gate, they happened to see Master Sima walking over with a sword. There were hundreds of people following him, all holding weapons. The three of them stood beside them.
Master Sima felt strange and asked, "Why did the three of you retreat so late?"
Li Feng said: "Your Majesty is reading inside, and the three of us are waiting to read."
Master Sima continued to ask: "What book are you reading?"
He replied: "It's a book from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties."
Master Sima continued to ask: "Why are you reading such a book and what story is it?"
Li Feng said: "The emperor is asking about Yi Yin's support of Shang and Duke Zhou's regency. We all told him that the current General Sima is Yi Yin and Duke Zhou."
Master Sima sneered: "Why do you compare me to Yi Yin and Duke Zhou? In fact, you are referring to Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo!"
The three of them seemed a little flustered after hearing this, and quickly defended themselves: "We are all members of the general's sect, how dare we do this?"
Master Sima said angrily: "You are all people who like to slander! Why were you crying in the secret room with the emperor just now?"
The three people quickly denied it and said: "There is no such thing, we didn't cry."
Master Sima angrily scolded: "You three are still crying, how can you deny it?"
Xia Houxuan knew that this matter was probably leaked, so he yelled: "The reason why we are crying is because you are so powerful that you are planning to rebel and usurp the throne!"
After hearing this, Master Sima was furious and asked the warriors to capture Xia Houxuan. Xia Houxuan was also prepared and went to attack Master Sima, but was captured by the warriors. Master Sima sent people to search Zhang Ji and found a dragon and phoenix undershirt on Zhang Ji. There are words in blood.
He presented it to Master Sima. Master Sima saw it. It was a secret edict. The content was: Brothers, Master Sima, jointly hold the power of the court. They will soon rebel and usurp the throne. What they do is not my original intention. Officials and soldiers from all ministries can work together. Rely on loyalty to defeat the bandits and help the country. On the day of success, you will definitely be rewarded based on your merits.
After Master Sima read it, he became furious and said: "So you are actually thinking about how to murder our Sima brothers. It is unreasonable!" So he sent warriors to drag him out, cut him in half in the city, and wiped out the three tribes. The three of them couldn't scold him. Juekou, when he arrived at Dongshi, all his teeth had been knocked out and he was still yelling and cursing with blood in his mouth.
The matter was not over yet. Sima Shi entered the rear, and Cao Fang was discussing the matter with Queen Zhang. The queen said: "There are many eyes and ears in the inner court. If this matter is leaked, I will be implicated!" While speaking, Sima Shi suddenly broke in directly, and the queen was very surprised.
Sima Shi held his sword and said to Cao Fang: "Our father assisted your majesty in ascending the throne, and his merits are not inferior to those of Duke Zhou. We help your majesty, and we are no different from Yi Yin. However, we exchange kindness for enmity and merit for fault. We are ready to fight with two or three Young ministers, what is the point of coming together to murder our brothers?"
Cao Fang said: "I didn't mean that."
Master Sima took out the bloody sweatshirt from his sleeves, threw it on the ground, and said, "Who wrote this?"
When Cao Fang saw this, she was so frightened that she trembled and defended: "Someone else forced me to write this. How dare I behave like this?"
Master Sima said: "What is the crime of falsely accusing a minister of rebellion?"
Cao Fang was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said, "I am guilty. I hope the general can forgive me!"
Master Sima said: "Your Majesty is about to get up, the national law cannot be abolished." Then he pointed at Queen Zhang and said: "She is Zhang Ji's daughter. She must have been involved in this matter and can be eliminated!"
Cao Fang cried loudly and begged for mercy, but Master Sima disagreed and ordered his left and right officials to capture Queen Zhang, take her to the Donghua Gate, and hang her to death with Bai Lian.
After returning, Master Sima still couldn't sleep well. Sima Zhao knew this and suggested to his brother: "Now that Cao Fang has the idea of killing us, I'm afraid he won't stop and will always be a disaster. Why don't we attack first and kill him?" How about abolishing it and making someone else emperor?"
Master Sima nodded and agreed. On the next day, Master Sima suggested at the meeting of the ministers: "Now the Lord is debauched and immoral, listens to slander, fornicates the harem, and blocks the way of speech. His crimes are even worse than those of Chang of the Han Dynasty." The situation is still serious and we cannot dominate the world. I will follow the methods of Yi Yin and Huo Guang and establish a new national army to protect the state of Wei. What do you think?"
Everyone responded one after another, saying: "The general's conduct of Yi and Huo's career can be said to be in compliance with God. Who dares to disobey orders?"
So Master Sima and everyone entered the Yongning Palace to report to the Empress Dowager Ming.
The Queen Mother asked: "Who does the general intend to appoint as the new king?"
He replied: "I observe that King Cao Ju of Pengcheng is smart, benevolent and filial, and can be the master of the world."
The Queen Mother said: "King Pengcheng is my uncle. Now that I have made him the king, in what capacity should I face him? Now there is Gaogui Township Duke Cao Mao, the grandson of Emperor Wen. This man is gentle and respectful, and can establish He is the new king, and you ministers should take the long term into consideration."
Someone came out and said: "The Queen Mother is right, so be it!" Everyone looked and saw that it was Sima Fu, Sima Shi's clan uncle.
Sima Shi sent an envoy to summon Gaogui Xiang Gong to ask the Queen of Heaven to ascend to the Taiji Palace. He summoned Cao Fang and scolded Cao Fang: "You are dissolute and promiscuous. You can't inherit the world. You should remove the emperor's jade seal and restore the title of King Qi. Now we set off, but we haven't received it." If you are summoned, you cannot enter the court."
Cao Fang cried and bid farewell to the Queen Mother. She called her the king's chariot and left in tears. Only a few loyal ministers went to see her off with tears.
This incident soon spread to Xiangyang. At this time, Yu Yi was lying in the palace, surrounded by many beauties. He was staring at his increasingly aging face in the water. He felt very depressed and could not think of a way to deal with it for a long time.
Cao Fang's incident made Yu Yi burst into laughter. Everyone was confused and asked why.
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