"The prime minister's illness is temporarily cured, just recuperate!"

It has been more than a month since Cao Cao fainted last time, and it took so long to recover, which shows how much impact Gongsun Du's proclamation of the emperor had on him.

The imperial doctor retreated, and Jia Xu hurried in again.

"Prime Minister, the Wing King has promised to go north together next autumn!"

After recovering from a serious illness and good news, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and said, "In this way, the Northern Expedition is hopeful!" ”

"What the prime minister said is extremely true!" Jia Xu agreed.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "What did King Wu say?" ”

"King Wu is willing to send 50,000 troops!"

"Fifty thousand?"

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "This guy really doesn't know what to do, tell him that if there is no 100,000 army, when the original phase fails, he will be next!" ”

"Yes!"

Jia Xu lowered his head and said: "Zhang Zhao and Lu Su under the account of King Wu are all great talents in the world, and they will definitely agree to the prime minister's request if they can't see the stakes." ”

Before Cao Cao could say anything more, he saw Cheng Yu's figure swaying past the door, waved his hand and said, "Well, go ahead!" ”

"Yes!"

Jia Xu let go, and Cheng Yu walked in on his hind feet.

"Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao nodded and said in a low voice, "How are things going?" ”

"It didn't go well."

Cheng Yu shook his head, and then explained: "The minister personally went to Bishui Pass to investigate Henan Yin, the Ming army was heavily garrisoned, and there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, and two large camps were set up west of Bishui Pass, which were monitored day and night. ”

Cao Cao rubbed his eyebrows and said, "In this way, Gongsun Du should have guessed our intentions?" ”

Cheng Yu nodded.

Cao Cao was silent for a moment and said, "What if we give Nanyang to Liu Bei?" ”

Cheng Yu stopped talking when he heard this. Cao Cao frowned when he saw this, and said, "Zhongde has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"In this way, if there is something inappropriate, please don't blame the prime minister."

Cao Cao nodded.

Cheng Yu arched his hand and said: "Fei Yu is arrogant, with the strength of the Ming army now, as long as there are no big mistakes, even if the prime minister has the help of the Winged King and the King of Wu, it is difficult to be his opponent." Next year, the war will start again, if it is defeated, the prime minister will bear the brunt, if Nanyang is handed over at this time, there will be no way out. ”

Cao Cao's face became very ugly, but he didn't blame Cheng Yu for this, he just said, "Zhongde, there is really no chance of winning?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "According to the news that came back, in addition to occupying the six prefectures of Jiyou and Qingxusi, there are also four prefectures of Yun, Ju, Tan and Ying. Although these four states have not been heard of before, they ...... Gongsun Dudang will not talk nonsense about this kind of thing, so, in fact, the Ming army has already occupied ten states! And the sum of our other parties is only the land of the five states, and it is not its opponent! ”

"Moreover, the Ming army is strong, and one million new recruits have been recruited, and next year, the Ming army will exceed two million. And we are only three and a half million, and less than half of them are elites, how difficult it is to defeat them! ”

After saying this, Cheng Yu's face was also full of ugliness. But in the face of such a brave opponent as the Ming army, he was really helpless.

Cao Cao was completely silent and silent for a long time.

After a long time, Cao Cao waved his hand and closed his eyes. Cheng Yu got up quietly and bowed, and slowly retreated.

Is Gongsun Du really invincible?

With this in mind, Cao Cao just hurriedly went back to his room after dinner.

The next day, the sky will be bright.

"Prime Minister, something is wrong!"

Cao Cao woke up from his sleep, and subconsciously drew his sword to cut people, but he was empty, and then he came to his senses and called: "Why are you so panicked? ”

"Back to the prime minister, Chong Gongzi suddenly fell ill, I don't know why."

"What? What do you eat? ”

Cao Cao was furious, then stumbled and sat back on the bed. I saw that Cao Cao's brows were furrowed tightly, and his palms were also touched to his temples, it turned out that he had a headache.

Forcibly enduring the pain, Cao Cao summoned the maid to quickly get dressed and came to Cao Chong's courtyard.

Entering Cao Chong's bedroom, the imperial doctor was already taking the pulse to diagnose and treat, and Cao Cao could only temporarily settle down and wait patiently.

After a while, the imperial doctor withdrew, and Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is the situation?" ”

The imperial doctor shook his head and said, "Please also ask the prime minister to forgive the sin, the old man is really powerless!" ”

"What? Even Imperial Physician Wu couldn't see the cause? Cao Cao's face suddenly turned cold.

Imperial Physician Wu was not afraid at all, shook his head and said: "Old and shallow, Chong Gongzi is very poisoned, it is really ......."

"What?"

Cao Cao blew up directly, and directly interrupted: "You said poisoning? What poison is it? Without waiting for Imperial Physician Wu to reply, he turned sideways and instructed Xu Chu: "Pass the order down, block the Prime Minister's Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without permission." In addition, immediately go to find all the subordinates who have been waiting for Chong'er for the past few days. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister." Xu Chu was ordered to leave the room.

Imperial Physician Wu then said: "The poison in Gongzi Chong should be the broken intestine grass, mixed with a little aconitum poison. If it weren't for the stalemate between these two poisons, Chong Gongzi's death would only be at the moment. But both of them are highly toxic, and although they are deadlocked, they are still constantly invading the internal organs, and they will not last long. ”

Cao Cao's heart turned sharply, but he still asked again: "Is there really no room for turnaround? ”

Imperial Physician Wu shook his head lightly and did not speak.

Cao Cao was silent for a moment and said, "I wonder if Imperial Doctor Wu has a way to temporarily save Chong'er's life?" ”

"This ......"

Imperial Physician Wu didn't know Cao Cao's deep meaning, hesitated for a moment, and said: "If you want to detoxify, you can't do anything, but you can do it with a little time." After a pause, he said, "But this time won't be too long, ten days at most!" After all, it only slows down the infection of toxins, not detoxification. ”

"Ten days?"

"Enough!"

Cao Cao muttered to himself in a low voice, then looked at Imperial Physician Wu again, and said, "In this case, please also ask Imperial Physician Wu to help!" ”

"Shame!"

Imperial Physician Wu arched his hand, then stepped aside, wrote down the prescription, and said the precautions for boiling the medicine.

After doing this, Cao Cao was not embarrassed by Imperial Physician Wu, called Xu Chu, and instructed: "Zhongkang, you personally send Imperial Physician Wu out of the house, and no one can stop you." ”

"Yes!"

Xu Chu should get down, looked at Imperial Physician Wu and said, "Imperial Physician Wu, please!" ”

"There is labor!"

Xu Chu escorted Imperial Physician Wu away, and Cao Cao instructed the guards to take care of him, and no one was allowed to visit, and then came to the courtyard.

Looking at the more than ten subordinates in the courtyard, Cao Cao didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and said indifferently: "Who was in charge of Chong'er's meal this morning and last night?" ”

"Prime Minister spare your life!"

As soon as the words fell, three people fell to their knees, pleading bitterly.

Cao Cao's face flashed, and he shouted: "Say, who poisoned it?" ”

"Poisoned?"

The three of them trembled, their hearts were full of doubts, and then they begged: "Prime Minister spare your life, the villain really doesn't know!" ”

Cao Cao looked at the three of them as if they were fake, and swept towards the others.

"Prime Minister spare my life, I don't know!"

The rest of the people were so shocked that as soon as their knees went limp, they fell to their knees and kowtowed.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up with anger, and he shouted, "Someone! ”

"Prime Minister!"

"Take them all down and torture them, and you must know their words and deeds in the past two days, and there must be no negligence!"

"Yes, Prime Minister."

The guards immediately started to do it, and one by one they howled louder, and some even urinated directly. Cao Cao ignored it, turned his head and entered the house again.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Cao Cao stroked Cao Chong's somewhat blackened cheeks, and he felt a cramping pain in his heart, and he almost fainted again.

Chong'er, it's for the father, isn't it! Your eldest brother is gone, and your father will never let you ...... Ay...... Chong'er, don't come back if you go!

After thinking about it, Cao Cao got up lightly, came to the outer room, and whispered to Xu Chu: "Immediately choose twenty reliable people, preferably those who have parents but have not married wives, and then prepare to ......"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Xu Chu went out, and Cao Cao wrote a letter outside with the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone that Cao Chong used on weekdays.

When Xu Chu came back and told Cao Cao that it was ready, the two letters were just dry, and he quickly put them into the envelope, and said in his mouth: "Who is the leader?" Bring it in, the prime minister has something to command. ”

"It's Wang Feng!"

Wang Feng was immediately called in, and Cao Cao handed him both letters, and then took a piece of jade from his waist and instructed: "You must rush to Zhuo County within ten days all the way to the north, without stopping at all." ”

"At that time, if Gongsun Du doesn't see you, you will give the jade pendant to the messenger, let him hand it over to Gongsun Du, and then I will see you, and then give him this letter, and you don't have to worry about the rest, as long as you ensure Chong'er's safety."

"This letter, when Chong'er wakes up, give it to him. If he has the intention of going south......"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao was silent for a while before he said quietly: "Allow you to tie him up!" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" When Wang Feng heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground.

Cao Cao shook his head, stretched out his hand to help Wang Feng, and said sincerely: "Now that the situation is unfavorable, this can be regarded as leaving a way back for the Cao family, so I will not be ruined, so I also ask Wang ...... Xiao Wang, can you agree to an old father's request! ”

"Prime Minister!"

Wang Feng wanted to kneel again, but he was held by Cao Cao, not that he couldn't break free, but he was afraid of hurting the other party, so he had to put out his mind and said: "His subordinate Wang Feng will do his best to complete the prime minister's order with his life, and the rest of the people must step on Wang Feng's corpse first if they want to hurt the son." ”

"It's hard work!" Cao Cao patted Wang Feng's shoulder heavily, and then left directly. He was worried that if he stayed any longer, he would be unable to help but stop Wang Feng and prevent Cao Chong from going north, killing that-

The last glimmer of life.

After Cao Cao left, Wang Feng immediately called someone in, and then Cao Chong disappeared into the Prime Minister's Mansion after a short time.

Cao Cao never imagined that it was his actions that allowed him to retain the two veins in the future, open up branches and leaves for the Cao family, and not cut off his children and grandchildren.