Chapter 418: Is This Necessary?
Chen Gong was not happy: "Are you a human being, and you can do it calmly if you are separated from your relatives?"
"Of course I can't!" Cao Cao sighed, how many people in the troubled times were displaced and could not gather together because of the troubled times! He comforted Chen Gong and said, "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, what we want to do is to benefit the cause of all people, so don't care about personal gains and losses." {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters โ that's our calling!}
Chen Gong nodded: "That's right, we have delayed enough time, the killers sent by Dong Zhuo this time are quite powerful, and none of my people are his enemies!"
Cao Cao Yang spurred the horse: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, what should come will always come, I, Cao Cao, can be regarded as a person who died once, and it's not so easy to take my life again!"
"Drive!"
And at this moment, on the border border of Zhongmu, the county commander looked at the direction of his departing brother and was stunned for a long time.
The others reminded him, "My lord, they have gone far!"
"Yes, we must not talk about today's affairs!" he had just finished saying this, when he felt a strange aura surging around him.
He turned slowly, and saw several jailers slowly fall to the ground with their eyes wide and incredulous, and then the next moment, a cold chill rose from his back.
He turned his head tremblingly, and a guy with a solemn face was holding a dagger to his neck, and asked indifferently, "Where is Cao Cao?"
He pointed to Dongfang and said lightly: "Ran away." โ
Then, immediately after that, he heard only the sound of flesh and bone separating from the back of his head, and he saw his feet and his eyes full of bright red.
The other party squatted down and looked at him who was dumbfounded, and still said indifferently: "It's your honor to die in my Zhang Xiu's hands today, I'm really sorry, there are too many enemies of the lord, I can only see one and kill one!"
Luoyang, a person hurriedly entered the inn, in the room Cao Cao's wife Mrs. Bian was anxiously pacing back and forth, and when she saw someone coming, she immediately hurriedly asked, "Brother, how is the situation outside?"
The person who came took a sip of water and gasped: "It's not optimistic, now there are notices everywhere for wanted brothers-in-law." โ
Mrs. Bian sat down on the futon in frustration and wept secretly: "I knew that the reason why my husband left in a hurry that day and didn't tell me must be something." I didn't think he would really assassinate Dong Zhuo!"
The man also sighed: "Yuan Shu wrote yesterday that his brother-in-law had been poisoned by the pursuers sent by Dong Zhuo on the way out, although Pei Guo Taishou was a friend of his brother-in-law and would not really listen to Dong Zhuo's words to raid the Cao family, but many of my brother-in-law's subordinates are talking about going to others, sister, you should also follow me back to Langya's hometown!" Dong Zhuo's army is now in Runan and Yingchuan, how can Chen Liutai guard Zhang Miao be able to stop these large armies, even if we return to our hometown in Qian County, we will be poisoned by Dong Zhuo's soldiers, and when they really hit Qian County, it will be too late to leave!"
Mrs. Bian was sad in her heart, but she did not lose her mind, she thought for a while and said: "It is not clear whether my husband is alive or dead, how can I escape by myself first? If I know that my husband is still alive in the future, how will I see my face? I will not leave, I will see people in life and corpses in death!"
When the man heard Mrs. Bian's words, he felt ashamed, so he said: "My sister is really a person who knows the general situation, and it is really his blessing that my brother-in-law can marry you!"
Mrs. Bian then said: "We can't mess with others, the top priority is to hurry up and get the rest of the family to go out to find the husband! Dong Zhuo must have sent a lot of chasing soldiers, so we must act quickly!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the window: "It turns out that the statement that Cao Cao's family is not in Luoyang is false, and his own wife is hiding in an inn in Luoyang!"
"What person?" Mrs. Bian and her brother heard this voice, they couldn't help but be surprised, when they opened the window, they didn't find anyone, and after turning back into the house, they found that there was an extra figure in the house, Mrs. Bian's brother recognized this person, it was He Xiaodao, who was inseparable from Gao Yi's side.
"You are Gao Yi's person, didn't you tell Dong Zhuo?" said that, Mrs. Bian's brother was about to draw a knife, but was stopped by Mrs. Bian.
"Brother and slow, I know that my husband is a junior brother, and he must have something important when he sent someone to see us!"
He Xiaodao glanced at Mrs. Bian with admiration, and then nodded in admiration: " It's really amazing, it's worthy of General Cao's wife, my lord is now being monitored by Dong Zhuo, so it's inconvenient to move, so he sent me here, Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan The two generals have now led their troops to Chenliu, they want to rescue Mrs. out of Beijing, but Dong Zhuo's eyeliner is everywhere and it's not easy to start, so I wrote to my lord for help, it just so happens that Dong Zhuojun has a team of grain and grass to transport to Xingyang tonight, and the two of you can follow me when the time comes, hide in the grain truck, and let you go out of Beijing comfortably! When the time comes, the grain team will not be able to reach Xingyang, so naturally there will be their own people to respond!"
When Mrs. Bian heard this, she was relieved: "I see, there is General Lao!"
After Gao Yi arranged for someone to send Ning Xiang out of Luoyang, he immediately learned that Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and fled, and now the entire streets and alleys of Luoyang are plastered with portraits of Cao Cao, even in front of Gao Yi's house, he also accidentally learned that Mrs. Bian was in the inn in Luoyang, and Mrs. Bian was still pregnant, so he arranged for He Xiaodao to help send him out of Luoyang City, and secretly ordered Songshan to send a team of elite soldiers to protect it secretly, so he could rest assured.
"Hey, this Cao Cao, he really went to assassinate Dong Zhuo, it's good now, I didn't succeed, but my plan was ruined!" Gao Yi held Cao Cao's wanted portrait in his hand, and said to himself with a wry smile in front of his mansion.
Dian Wei hurried over, walked behind Gao Yi and stood still, saw that there was no one on the left and right, and then said: "Lord, all the ministers know that the young emperor and the princess are still in the world, and they have already found excuses to leave Beijing and go to Wancheng in private, and Master Xun placed them all in Wancheng New Town, and wrote that when the time is right, the truth can be revealed to the world, and the princes from all over the country will crusade against Dong Zhuo!"
Gao Yi nodded: "This matter is very important, there must be no mistakes, Wang Yun has now gained Dong Zhuo's trust, and he is also fighting for opportunities for us, let's not let down his hard work1"
Dian Wei snorted, he didn't expect that he would save the young emperor at that time, but now it has become the key to helping Gao Yi fight against Dong Zhuo's tyranny in the future, and now Gao Yi is still living calmly in Dong Zhuo's territory, which is really amazing, on the other hand, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao can only be like lost dogs, falling to places where Dong Zhuo's power is not enough, accumulating strength, where is Gao Yi dancing with wolves so thrilling and exciting?
Gao Yi was not as easy as Dian Wei thought, and it was not worrying that several ministers recognized Liu Wei's orthodox status, but it was difficult to say whether the princes would admit it or not, after all, they were not even convinced by Dong Zhuo, and they would definitely not accept Gao Yi either.
He knew that if he chose to fight for hegemony, if he established himself as the emperor in the future, he would definitely be strongly opposed by Xun Yu and others, and if he was not called the emperor, he would definitely not be able to stop the mouths of those meaningless Han factions, no matter what he did, it would be embarrassing.
Therefore, it is better to support the emperor in a dignified manner, support the young emperor Liu Wei personally designated by Liu Hong, and block everyone's mouth.
And what Gao Yi has to do next is to do what he wants to do, to strengthen the weak branches, and to create a prosperous era before the troubled times come.
Because of this, he can never forget what Ye Seventeen said before he died.
If you can stop the chaos in the world, why not?
Yes, if a little bit of effort can save the flames of war from happening, then why not do it?
Gao Yi believed that Dong Zhuo's original intentions were good, but Gao Yi didn't believe that Dong Zhuo's methods would be gentle, it must be full of blood.
And Gao Yi has long been tired of this excuse for killing, because as long as the excuse is saved for a day, the killing will also be saved for a day, and it will never end.
"Brother Dian Wei, clean up, we are also leaving Beijing, you will go with me to see Dong Zhuo in a while, and tell others to go separately!"
Dian Wei was stunned: "Are you going to leave so soon?" My lord, the matter of finding the jade seal that you explained earlier has not yet been settled, and the matter of secretly organizing civil volunteers inside and outside Luoyang has just begun, and someone has to preside over it!"
Gao Yi smiled: " This is not in a hurry, just leave it to Shi A's hero building to do, if the action is too obvious, it is easy to be discovered by Dong Zhuo's eyeliner, and the matter of the volunteers is just for the sake of Dong Zhuo's soldiers in the future in case they will kill the people and take precautions, at the moment we have reinforcements in Sujube and Hongnong to respond to each other, the two uncles are one in Bohai and the other in Nanyang, and the county guards around the country are even more ready to move, and our own tens of thousands of elites are almost resting in Songshan, this is when Dong Zhuo is isolated and helpless, and it is also a God-given opportunity to help the young emperor๏ผโ
"Counsel Doctor Gao Yi, ask to see Mrs. Dong!"
Gao Yi and Dian Wei stood at the door of the Taiwei Mansion and shouted in a deep voice.
"Doctor Gao is wrong, now that my lord is already Xiangguo, Doctor Gao still calls my lord the previous official position, this is going to be killed!"
The soldiers at the door kindly reminded Gao Yi that these days they are not uncommon to be beheaded by Dong Zhuo because of various small mistakes, not long after Cao Cao's assassination failed, the servant Shi Chao Longzong visited Dong Zhuo, did not untie the sword, and was immediately beaten to death on the spot, and his condition was unbearable.
Gao Yi smiled, not impressed: "No, if I remember correctly, the official Xiangguo was self-appointed by Taiwei Dong, right?"
"Huh!" the other party was speechless.
"What's the matter, so noisy?" Dong Zhuo was about to go out, when he heard a commotion at the door from a distance, and couldn't help but come out, seeing that it was Gao Yi, a smile appeared on his face, "It's Mingyang, what kind of wind blew you here?"
Gao Yi bowed and saluted: "There is no wind, I rolled over by myself, don't you hear that the rebels there are still stubbornly resisting, and Dong Gong can't spare troops to suppress it for a while, do I, an idler, want to do it for me?"
The smile on Dong Zhuo's face suddenly froze: "Brother Mingyang is joking, right?"
Gao Yi spread his hands: "Brother Dong thinks I seem to be joking?"
Dong Zhuo laughed: "Of course it's a joke, aren't we just laughing while talking now?"
Gao Yi also laughed: "Then I'll be Brother Dong's acquiescence!"
Dong Zhuo approached Gao Yi and patted him on the shoulder, bad breath can make people faint: "That's right, you ate more than 30,000 people from my old department, I haven't asked you about your guilt yet, and now you have sent it to the door yourself!"
Gao Yi pinched his nose, and smiled like a flower on his face: "That's why I have to make meritorious contributions, but I heard that this Hu Zhen seems to be a little arrogant and disobedient to discipline, didn't I just solve the problem of my henchmen for Brother Dong? This time I went to fight the rebels in sour dates, if Brother Dong is not at ease, then just send someone to monitor me, Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and even your younger brother, I have no opinion! But there is a sentence that has to be said, I can't follow when I go to the thatched house!"
Dong Zhuo laughed: "Haha, Brother Mingyang is always so funny, I like it, we don't need to say so much between us, I don't want to do such a despicable and dirty thing to monitor, I will prepare a reception banquet in Luoyang, and when you come back triumphantly, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!"
Dian Wei and Dong Zhuo's guards behind them were stunned, especially Dian Wei, if he didn't know Gao Yi very well, Dian Wei almost thought that Gao Yi and Dong Zhuo were friends.
At this time, a carriage stopped at the door, and there were hundreds of guards in front of and behind the carriage, which looked extremely magnificent, Dong Zhuo walked to the front of the car, turned around and asked Gao Yi: "Since Brother Mingyang is leaving, why don't you go to the ancestral hall of the late Taifu Chen Fan with me before leaving?"
Dong Zhuo did a few good things after the dictatorship, Gao Yi alone knew that there were reuse celebrities and celebrities, rehabilitated Zhaoxue for the unjust death of the party's disaster, and especially sent people to repair the ancestral halls of the late Taifu Chen Fan and the late general Dou Wu, which won a lot of people's hearts.
"Since it was Brother Dong's kind invitation, did the little brother dare to obey?" Gao Yichang smiled and got into the carriage with Dong Zhuo.
Dian Wei forgave Dong Zhuo for not daring to do anything to Gao Yi, but for the sake of safety, he still rode a horse and carried a halberd to follow closely behind the carriage procession.
Dong Zhuo saw Dian Wei's burly figure through the curtain, and said to himself with a smile: "This Dian Wei seems to be very concerned about the safety of Brother Mingyang!"
Gao Yi smiled: "It's just a dead brain, I don't want to bring him to play when I come to Luoyang, I have to follow, just follow him, Brother Dong, you know, the people below always think differently from ourselves, sometimes, we say it in vain!"
"It's all in vain! Hehe, it's really a wise saying!" Dong Zhuo chewed Gao Yi's words, thinking back to the various assassinations he had been killed in the past few days, and was deeply touched, "Brother Mingyang, you said, why is it so difficult for people to do one thing?
Gao Yi was very strange that Dong Zhuo would sigh like this at this time, feeling that he almost didn't know Dong Zhuo like this, but thinking about the assassination of people close to him from Wu Fu, Ning Xiang, Cao Cao, etc., no matter how frank people are, I am afraid that they will become suspicious, Dong Zhuo seems to have to become more brutal and murderous to prevent people from opposition, but in the end it turns out that it will only bring the opposite effect.
"It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, isn't that the truth? People are like this, things that are too easy to do, they won't cherish them, people like to challenge the difficulty, just like Brother Dong, who wants to use the power of one person to make everyone agree, but it's difficult to reconcile, and the most powerful chef can't make dishes that everyone praises, let alone govern the country?"
Dong Zhuo listened thoughtfully, his gaze was withdrawn from Dian Wei's body outside, and instead fell on Gao Yi's face, and his tone was slightly strange: "Then my brother has a question for you, why don't you assassinate me?"
The carriage suddenly fell silent, and Gao Yi could feel cold sweat running down his back, flowing down his neck and into his back, soaking his close-fitting clothes.
Outside, there were noisy human voices, mixed with shouting and discussion, and although Gao Yi couldn't hear what they were talking about, it was certainly not a good thing.
Why didn't you assassinate Dong Zhuo, do you still need to ask this question? Because Gao Yi has never thought about this problem, and even more because Gao Yi doesn't have the strength, the most important thing is, is it necessary?
"Assassinate you, brother? Am I sick? After saying a heroic word like my uncle, I turn around and run? I die senselessly like Wu Fu? Like Cao Cao, I stole Wang Yun's treasure knife and gave it to my brother before I pulled out its sheath, and then rode away? Hehe, I haven't lived enough, there are still a lot of good things I haven't eaten, a lot of good scenery has not been seen, a lot of fine wine has not been tasted, life must be happy in time, those ministers all regard me as an honest and clean person in their own opinion, in fact, I am just a fool who is lazy and lazy! โ
At the end, Gao Yi added: "For such a reason, is my brother still satisfied?"
Dong Zhuo laughed: "Well, only you will answer like this, brother, this is not the answer I want, but I like it very much, at least, it is very real!"
As he spoke, Dong Zhuo turned sideways, took out a sword from the corner of the carriage, pulled it out sonorously, handed it to Gao Yi with his backhand, and said with a meaningful smile: "This is the Heavenly Sword that Cao Cao left behind here, it is a sharp weapon for the gods of the world, if he uses this sword to stab me, then I will definitely die, but it's a pity that he doesn't have this opportunity, and it's a pity that I won't give him this chance again!"
Gao Yi took the Yitian Sword, but he was thinking about whether this sword was the same as the Yitian Sword in Jin Yong's novel Yitian Slaying the Dragon, until Dong Zhuo's words sounded in his ears: "This sword will be yours in the future!"
"It's really deserved!" Gao Yi suddenly stabbed a sword into Dong Zhuo's chest, and the sharp blade made people chill.
Dong Zhuo's face did not change, looking at Gao Yi's sword stabbing solidly, but it stopped firmly in front of his chest.
"What kind of magic weapon? I still can't pierce my brother's armor, it seems that my Gao Yi's luck is not very good!"
Gao Yi put away the Heavenly Sword and laughed self-deprecatingly, Dong Zhuo was also laughing, but he found that he had never understood this young man.