Cao Shuang returned to the General's Mansion, the first thing he did was to hug and cry with many wives and concubines, it was only a few days of work, the world had changed, and it was almost separated by yin and yang.

His wife, Liu Wei, complained to him: "Why is the husband so confused, handing over the general's seal and returning to Luoyang, isn't it at the mercy of others?" ”

Cao Shuang stopped crying and said to her: "It's really a woman's opinion, if I don't come back, you still don't know who was taken captive and how miserable the end will be." What's more, I have handed over the military power, and Mrs. Sima has promised that he will not harm me again, and from now on I will be a rich man and be at ease, why not? ”

Liu Wei said worriedly: "When the husband held the military power, of course Sima Yi was afraid, but now that he has lost the military power, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, if Sima Yi does not keep his promise, I am afraid that the lives of our whole family will not be guaranteed." ”

Cao Shuang said disapprehantly: "Mrs. Sima personally swears by Luoshui, with his identity, can there be a fake?" You're just worrying about the sky. ”

At this moment, the steward of the mansion hurriedly came in and said hurriedly: "General, someone has built a hanging bucket on all sides outside the mansion, and it is afraid that there will be a disadvantageous move to spy on it." ”

Cao Shuang went out to take a look, but no, someone built a high bucket around his general's mansion, and every move in the mansion was under the eyelids of others.

As soon as Cao Shuang went out, someone shouted: "Wu Anhou has come out!" ”

Cao Shuang was startled and ran to the east courtyard, and the people on the bucket shouted again: "Wu'an Hou went to the east!" ”

Cao Shuang was so depressed that he almost didn't vomit blood, what the hell is this, sending these people to keep an eye on it all the time, and broadcast it from time to time, is it that when he goes to the toilet, someone will come to shout, I originally thought that after going home, I could live in peace, but I didn't expect Sima Yi to send people to monitor him all day and night, how did I live this day?

Cao Shuang suddenly felt remorse at this moment, and said to Cao Xi: "Regret shouldn't you not listen to Huan Yuanze's words, and end up in such a situation, I don't know if Sima Taifu will break his word?" ”

Cao Xi pondered for a moment and said: "Then we might as well test it and send someone to tell Sima Taifu that there is a shortage of food in the house, if Sima Taifu wants to put us to death, he will definitely refuse to give food, if he is willing to give food, it means that he has no killing intent, and we can live a stable life." ”

Cao Shuang was very happy when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to ask Sima Yi, and soon Sima Yi sent someone to send two large carts of grain, one of which had a whole sheep on it.

So Cao Shuang and Cao Xi were relieved, and Sima Yi was willing to send them food, indicating that there was no intention of harming them.

It's a pity that Cao Shuang and Cao Xi wasted their efforts, even if Sima Yi really wanted to kill them, how could he care about one or two truckloads of food.

Therefore, when Sima Yi agreed to send them food, he had already determined their life and death.

Although in the eyes of many people, Cao Shuang is no different from a pig raised by Sima Yi in captivity, and it no longer poses any threat, and Sima Yi has no need to kill him at all.

But Sima Yi didn't think so, although he put Cao Shuang and his cronies under house arrest and controlled the situation in Luoyang, but that's all, the princes of the Quartet, who disobeyed Sima Yi, were very popular, and Cao Liang of the state was already openly defecting at this time, and controlled Hanoi County, which was adjacent to Luoyang, posing a huge threat to Luoyang.

Others, such as Wang Ling in Huainan and Wuqiu Jian in Youzhou, may not seem to have any movement on the surface, but these people usually have different political views from Sima Yi, and it is not easy to make them obediently surrender.

Even in Luoyang City, Cao Shuang's original old ministry is still a thief, and if Luoyang falls into turmoil, no one can guarantee that they will not rescue and support Cao Shuang to oppose the dictatorship of the Sima family.

Taking precautions and preventing problems before they happen is what Sima Yi needs to do now, after all, Sima Yi is very old, how long he can live, no one knows, if he really leaves the west soon, he must give a safe road to his children and grandchildren.

Sima Yi doesn't want to be soft-hearted now, in exchange for the result of the destruction of the entire Sima clan in the future, any enemy, even if it is already in a cage, Sima Yi will not take it lightly, for him, only the dead are the most assured.

Even if you think about Xiahou Hui, a dead person may not be reassuring!

Therefore, when Cao Shuang was at ease to be a rich man, Sima Yi had already decided his life and death, not only him, but also Cao Shuang's cronies and lackeys, all of whom were on Sima Yi's blacklist.

The execution of a person or a group of people is just a gesture for Sima Yi, who is in power, but before killing, they must be charged with a crime, and this crime must be big enough to give Sima Yi a reason to punish his three clans.

Rebellion is the first major crime, and if you want to exterminate the three clans of Cao Shuang, you must put such a charge on him.

If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, so under the instruction of Sima Yi, the eunuch Zhang Dang was arrested and imprisoned in Dali Temple, and after some torture, Zhang Dang confessed that he and Cao Shuang conspired to usurp the throne, of course, there were many accomplices of He Yan, Ding Mi, Deng Yang, Bi Rail, Li Sheng and others.

Although this confession was full of flaws, it was quickly presented to the Son of Heaven Cao Fang and Empress Dowager Guo, and Cao Fang had to summon Sima Yi and others into the palace to discuss.

Sima Yi pretended not to know, while Gao Rou took the initiative to stand up and ask Cao Fang to issue an edict to deal with Cao Shuang for the crime of treason.

So Cao Shuang's fate was decided, Cao Fang wrote an edict, and Cao Shuang's brothers and many cronies were imprisoned.

In the prison, Cao Shuang didn't wait for the jailer to give him much punishment, so he signed and confessed to the rebellion. And Cao Xi, Cao Xun, He Yan, Deng Yang and others, under severe torture to extract confessions, also endured their own "rebellion".

Ding Mi is the only one who is a hard bone, and he can't bear to be killed and he can't bear to be involved in the rebellion, and scolds Sima Yi for being despicable and shameless, and uses this kind of indiscriminate means to frame them.

However, this seems to have decided nothing, even if Ding Mi does not move, it is also impossible to escape death.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the eighth year of the first year, the Son of Heaven issued an edict, Cao Shuang, He Yan, Deng Yang, Ding Mi, Bi Rail, Li Sheng, Zhang Dang and others were suspected of rebellion, beheaded and abandoned the city, and at the same time exterminated the three clans.

On that day, Luoyang City was overcast and angry, wind and snow, thousands of people were escorted to the streets, and their heads were cut off, so that the snow that fell to the ground was dyed red, and those corpses, I don't know how many vehicles were used, could be regarded as cleaned up.

This day has also become the most terrifying day in the memory of Luoyang people.