Liu Biao and Cao Jie and the palace of a game as soon as it came up, and later, Cao Jie swore a heavy oath to express his intentions, Liu Bian also went straight to the point, confided in his heart, and the atmosphere eased rapidly, needless to say.

"Gong Cao, can you help you in the murder of Wang Fu?" Liu Fang sat down and asked bluntly.

Cao Jie glanced at the so-called Yang Ball Blade, fell into deep thought, and said after a long time: "Not bad. ”

When Liu Wei heard this answer, he guessed how much he was sitting down, and said with a smile: "This Wang Fu and Cao Gong are also old comrades, right?" ”

Cao Jie couldn't help but nodded: "It's been more than twenty years since the first emperor." It has been more than ten years since His Majesty ascended the throne. ”

"Even if he is such an old friend, Cao Gong can actually do it?"

Cao Jie shook his head and smiled bitterly: "In this palace, what kind of friendship can we talk about, I am old, so naturally it is better to have more than one thing." ”

Liu Wei looked very interested and asked, "According to what Cao Gong said, it was not you who killed Wang Fu?" ”

Cao Jie also smiled: "Your Royal Highness is confused, the person who killed Wang Fu is clearly Yang Sili, and now I am afraid that the entire Luoyang City knows the name of Yang Sili." ”

"No, no." Liu Wei shook his head again and again: "Of course, the person who killed Wang Fu was Yang Qiu, but the person who carried out the intention of killing was not him. Fu pointed to the long knife again, and said: "Yang Qiu is like this ring-headed knife, but the person holding the knife is someone else, how can Cao Gong not know what I mean?" ”

Cao Jie continued to laugh and said: "Your Royal Highness is really extremely smart, the old minister has been favored by the emperor for three generations, and he has never seen such a transparent and intelligent prince as His Royal Highness. Even from ancient times to the present, there may not be anyone wiser than His Highness. ”

"You don't want to be a sycophant with me." Liu Wei said impatiently.

"What is a sycophant?" Cao Jie was puzzled.

Liu Wei became more and more impatient: "It's just a disobedient praise like Cao Gong." And on the matter, who wants to kill Wang Fu. ”

Cao Jie laughed: "Your Highness already knows it, so why bother the old minister to say it bluntly." ”

"It's hard to be at ease." Liu Wei sighed and said: "Wang Fu is so favored, he will kill him when he says it, Cao Gong, there are only two of you and me in this palace." What kind of man is my father, can you tell me? ”

Cao Jie was frightened, so he bowed down: "Your Highness, don't say anything, the old minister doesn't dare to criticize Your Majesty." ”

Seeing that his person was in such a shape, Liu Wei was still deflated in the end: "That's it." ”

"Your Royal Highness, Old Minister, is compassionate."

Wang Fu's death, Rao is a person with a little insight after a little thought and knew that it was the current emperor's efforts to promote, the terrible art of the emperor is here, you can still have a hippie smile with you during the day, the bounty is knighted, and at night you can be killed, and the family is ruined, poor Wang Fu still thinks that as long as he survives until daytime, someone will save him. It can also be sighed that Yang Qiu still thinks that if he misses the dawn of that day, the emperor will never have a chance with him again.

Liu Wei suddenly understood why Yang Qiu killed Wang Fu in history, and after making great contributions, he was quickly deposed by Liu Hong, and then he was killed by Cao Jie because he didn't know what to do. The eunuch group and the scholar group have never had an active balance, and maintaining the balance between these two groups is also the biggest weight of this balance is the current emperor Liu Hong. This is the art of checks and balances.

Liu Wei finally had a trace of fear for him, the father of the living emperor, this fear penetrated through the bone marrow, and he finally understood why during Liu Hong's reign, Dong Zhuo did not dare to rebel, and Yuan Shao did not dare to divide the territory.

In the end, Liu Wei still verified his biggest conjecture from Cao Jie's side, so the next conversation was nothing more than a review of some details of the night, in the words of later generations. Liu Wei needs such a review, after all, this is the first time he has planned for historical events, and he needs to know his own mistakes, and he also needs to know the ability of his opponent.

"Gong Cao, where are your family members scattered?"

"The eastern suburbs manor, my brother's property of breaking stones." At this point, Cao Jie no longer has anything to hide.

"Why isn't the door closed?"

"I want to show it to Yang Sili, so that he can join forces with the palace."

Liu Wei nodded: "The trees in the woods near the city were naturally cut down by Cao Gong's orders?" ”

"Yes, yes." Cao Jie replied truthfully.

Liu Wei smiled: "Naturally, you also want to use these woods to help Yang Qiu?" ”

"Yes and no."

"Oh?" Liu Wei frowned slightly.

"Yang Si is subordinate to his people, and the cool officials are famous, if the old minister and his family are not able to disperse, I am afraid that they will besiege the mansion and attack it, when the time comes, it is a good thing to have less wood to attack the door." Cao Jie said slowly: "As for the old minister's family dispersed, Yang Sili will also personally search for it, and when the time comes, these timbers should be used for their own purposes to conquer the palace." ”

"It's just that I never thought that Yangqiu would come to the Cao Gong Mansion, that is, he was engaged in Zhu Lin, and after seeing Shi Changshi, he didn't enter the mansion to search?" Liu Wei asked.

Cao Jie couldn't help laughing and said: "That's all, the old minister can't be called a clever plan." ”

"Cao Gong is too modest." Liu Wei waved his hand and said: "There is one more thing, if Cao Gong has not left the mansion in time, Yang Qiu will be surrounded with all his strength, with his perseverance and invincibility, if he enters the mansion, what should Cao Gong do?" ”

"If that's the case, Zhu Lin should be killed." Cao Jie said lightly.

Liu Wei never expected that Cao Jie would still be like that, and he was shocked, and said: "If you kill the captain of Si Li, Cao Gong is afraid that he won't be able to please him, right?" ”

Cao Jie said with a smile: "The minister will send someone to trap Wang Fu, and when he has Wang Fu resisting arrest and killing Yang Si Li, as for engaging in peace and apprenticeship, Rao is His Royal Highness, who will he choose to believe?" ”

"But Shi Changshou and my uncle's servants are all there, and they will prove one or two." Liu immediately retorted.

"Yang Sili is attacking the palace, how did Shi Changshi make arrangements?" Cao Jie asked rhetorically.

Liu Wei didn't answer, but listened to Cao Jie continue: "The old minister's expectation is good, His Royal Highness must have said something and Shi Changshi, if Yang Sili is blocked from attacking the door, he should go out of the west gate and cut down trees near the city to use it for the purpose of attacking the door." ”

Liu Wei still did not answer. Cao Jie said with a smile: "That being the case, Zhu Lin is good at killing Yang Sili, where can he start?" ”

Liu Wei finally straightened out the ins and outs, although it was a bad move in the end, but he didn't care: "Cao Gong knew in advance that I would also help Yang Qiu kill Wang Fu." ”

"Nature knows."

"In this way, Cao Gong helps Yangqiu, and there should be a part of his mind because of me?" Liu Wei asked slowly.

Cao Jie pondered for a moment and confessed calmly: "I didn't have this idea at first, but after knowing His Highness's intentions, I naturally pushed the boat down the river, and I have the right to have such a mind." ”

"As for entering Shi Ziyi and entering me as the prince, according to Cao Gong's words, they are all out of good intentions?" Liu Wei continued to ask.

Cao Jie looked embarrassed, and bowed and said: "The old minister is ashamed, he doesn't want His Highness and Shi Changshi to have such a deep affection, and the old minister is bent on doing it, but it seems to be a snake to add to it, which will only displease His Highness." ”

"Shi Ziyi's matter, in the end, is as Cao Gong said, and finally Cao Gong is a good intention, although I am angry because of this, but I can't hold a grudge against you, just enter my prince, Cao Gong's third minister, is it really confused or false?"

"As His Royal Highness said, the old minister has gone through three generations, and he knows that the matter of establishing a prince is not a day's work, but if you go with the flow, I am afraid that there will be variables, and it is impossible to do it, so I should grasp the opportunity when I see it."

Liu Wei sighed, and then said, "I already know, Cao Gong, you can go." ”

Cao Jie got up with a long bow, took three steps back, and turned to leave. When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around, but he heard Liu Wei also shouting: "Cao Gong! ”

Cao Jie bowed down.

"Why did Cao Gong choose me?" Liu Wei asked.

Cao Jie pondered for a long time, and then bowed again: "The old minister bluntly said that the choice of His Royal Highness is really because the old minister did not have a choice. ”

When Liu Wei heard this, he nodded frequently, to be honest, Cao Jie's answer made him very down-to-earth, and of course he was very satisfied.

"Your Highness, the old minister also has a question." Liu Wei was in a trance, but he heard Cao Jie ask.

Liu Wei raised his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"Your Highness handed the knife to the old minister in front of His Royal Highness, are you really not afraid?"

Liu Wei also pondered for a long time, and finally smiled heartily: "The kid is blunt, and he is afraid, and I don't have a choice." ”