"The old minister Dong Zhuo knocked on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

In the early morning of June 20 in the third year of Chuping, on the newly renovated palace Jinluan Hall in Luoyang City, Kang Peng, who was dressed in neat official uniforms, led a group of civil and military generals to bow respectfully to Emperor Han Xian.

In just two years, I don't know if there is no mental pressure, or really live a pampered life, it turns out that the thin Emperor Han Xian has grown some meat, white and fat, and has grown a lot, and after Ma Ridan, Zhu Xian and a group of old stubborn edification, the temperament is more majestic, and there is some imperial style between gestures. But the terrifying impression that Boss Dong had made to him in the past was still there, and Emperor Han Xian trembled and said: "All Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, and Father Shang has come from afar to work hard, and he will give him a seat." ”

Standing behind Emperor Han Xian, Feng Bin immediately trotted and moved a mahogany chair, placed it on the left side of Emperor Han Xian, and sat down with Kang Peng, his two brothers were arrested by Kang Peng last night, and they were already paying for their own death, but they didn't expect Kang Peng to just beat them up, and let them go by arranging tasks.

"Holy Lord, this is the old minister's tribute, please check it." Kang Peng took out a gift slip from his sleeve and handed it up, and Feng Guo, who was also standing behind Emperor Han Xian, hurriedly took it and handed it to Emperor Han Xian.

Emperor Han Xian opened the gift list and took a closer look, the beginning of the gift list is nothing more than money and food and other things, these things Emperor Han Xian doesn't care at all, if he has no money and no food, he can add taxes to the people in Luoyang and the surrounding areas, and there are a group of old ministers who will donate their family property for him to spend, not to mention this ugly-looking old brother-in-law from time to time to help. Emperor Han Xian really cared about the pill that Eunuch Feng gave him last night, although Emperor Han Xian only took one pill, he was only thirteen years old and he was able to connect ten daughters overnight, that is the real gospel for men! Emperor Han Xian was not disappointed, his old and ugly brother-in-law gave him as many as 300 elixirs, which was almost enough for him for a year! And there are ten beautiful female slaves of the Qiang nationality, which is also very popular with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the gift list, there was a sketch of the palace, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty did not understand architecture, but when he saw that the palace on the sketch was unusually majestic and gorgeous, he asked Kang Peng: "Father Shang, this palace is so gorgeous, I like it very much, I don't know what it is called?" What's so strange about it? ”

Kang Peng said loudly: "Back to the saint, the name of this palace is called Guangwu, it is the old minister who is looking for skilled craftsmen all over the world to think about the rest of the year to become this picture, the corridor waist is back, the eaves are high pecked, the water is a lake, the stone is a mountain, five steps to a floor, ten steps to a pavilion, extremely ingenious. If it is built, then the Luoyang Palace will be compared with it, but the Washe and the Jade Tower will be compared with it. ”

Before Emperor Han Xian could speak, Ma Ridan, Dong Cheng and a bunch of old stubborn faces turned white, all of them said in their hearts, Master Dong, what the hell are you doing? Luoyang is now like this bear, and he has to build a palace on a large scale, can Luoyang bear it? But Emperor Han Xian's next words almost didn't shake these old stubborns, "Dare to ask Father Shang, how much does this palace occupy?" How long will it take to build? ”

"It covers an area of more than 300 miles." Kang Peng said lightly: "Luoyang City should not be able to accommodate such a large palace, fortunately, Luoyang City is a plain, and it should not be a big problem to build this palace." As long as there are enough manpower, it should be able to be built within three years. Speaking of this, Kang Peng's left middle finger flicked three times in a row, sending out a code.

Eunuch Feng's brother understood, and Feng Bin immediately leaned into the ear of Emperor Han Xian and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's just in time for your wedding." Feng Guo also concocted the same method, "Your Majesty, now this palace is dilapidated, no matter how it is renovated, it is difficult to show the style of the past, it is better to take the opportunity to build this Guangwu Palace, first, the emperor can live and play in the future, and second, it can show my royal style." The old man is a well-thought-out man for the emperor, and he is really a loyal minister. ”

The Feng eunuch brothers whispered to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Ma Ridan and Fu Wan, Zhu Xian and other old stubborns immediately knew that it was not good, Ma Ridan took the lead and knelt down with the five auxiliary ministers, "Your Majesty, my Han Dynasty is now in a difficult state situation, the court taxes are unsustainable, the world is in turmoil, and the people are not happy. ”

Kang Peng remained silent and closed his eyes silently, but the eunuch Feng brothers jumped out, Feng Bin pulled the male duck's throat and said: "My lords, my Han is powerful all over the world and rich in the world, how can I say that the national fortune is difficult?" The emperor is wise and martial, the life of the four seas, the people are puffing up their bellies and eulogizing, last year, Dong Taishi wiped out the Qiang soldiers who committed rebellion on the side in one fell swoop, so that the Han Dynasty shook the northwest, how can we talk about the people's livelihood? Feng Guo also said sharply: "The emperor works so hard for state affairs, why not live in a better palace?" Can you bear to watch the Holy One dwell in a humble chamber and work for your family, country, and the world? ”

Eunuch Feng's brother said strong words, and immediately a bunch of civil and military officials who were good at observing words and expressions echoed it, and they all expressed their support for Emperor Han Xian's new palace. Although Ma Ridan and the others were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, they couldn't refute it for a while. Lu Su, who was standing among the hundred officials, was gloating, and said in his heart, who told you to resolutely oppose the little emperor's order to crusade against Cao Cao? Most of the officials agreed, but a few of you auxiliary ministers objected, if you obediently cooperated, the Taishi would not have spent so much effort. The most hateful thing is that there are still people among you who are secretly colluding with and supporting Cao Cao, and want to use Cao Cao's hand to contain our army's encroachment and control of Luoyang's economic population, how can this Taishi agree?

Lu Su arrived in Luoyang earlier than Kang Peng, according to the task assigned by Kang Peng, he asked Emperor Han Xian to issue an edict to order the world to crusade against Cao Cao, but was resolutely opposed by the five auxiliary ministers, at first Lu Su thought that these old stubborn did not want to see the world turmoil, and did not take it to heart, but Lu Su soon found that some of the five auxiliary ministers not only opposed the attack on Cao Cao, but also had a lot of praise for Cao Cao. Lu Su was suspicious, and quietly sent the Dark Moon Force to investigate only after learning the amazing inside story, it turned out that some of the five auxiliary ministers secretly had a connection with Cao Cao, and the second time the Dong Alliance also had something to do with them! Lu Su didn't dare to slack off, Kang Peng was still on the way, so he sent someone to send the situation and the collected evidence to Kang Peng. That's why after Kang Peng arrived in Luoyang yesterday, he had those strange behaviors and was in a very bad mood.

At this time, Lu Su saw Kang Peng's right fingers flicking, and immediately stood up in line, knelt down and said: "The minister Lu Su has a foundation, enlighten the emperor, the minister has been watching the sky at night recently, seeing the crape myrtle star faint and the comet sweeping, I am afraid that there will be a traitor who plunders the Son of Heaven, intending to usurp the throne and stand on his own." The matter of building the palace is better to postpone the discussion. ”

Ma Ridan and the others were confused, just now they almost thought that Dong Zhuo was trying to lure Emperor Han Xian to build a large number of buildings, wasting people's power, and thus losing the hearts of the people in the world, typical ill-intentioned, but seeing Dong Zhuo's absolute henchmen speak out against it, Ma Ridan and the others began to wonder again, isn't Dong Zhuo trying to make it bad? Han Xiandi is also very strange, how can anyone dare to oppose that terrifying Taishi's thing? Is he dying?

Kang Peng saw that the time was ripe, so he arched his hand and said: "Emperor Qiqi, on November 30 last year, God clearly indicated that the old ministers would hand over the divine seed auspiciousness related to the luck of the world to the saint, as well as Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang and others, but only a month later, Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiao cavalry, raised a roadless army to attack Wang Kuang, killed the ministers of the court, and took away the divine seed auspiciousness, and the heart of the disobedience has been revealed. The thieves burned and looted again, causing the Hanoi tragedy! In the end, he also forced the people of Hanoi to move to Tran Liu, causing hundreds of people to freeze and starve to death on the way. ”

Speaking of this, Kang Peng glanced at his two fathers-in-law meaningfully, and then continued: "The old minister asked the saint to send a holy decree and explicitly ordered the world to fight against Cao Cao, and the old minister is willing to personally lead the army to crusade against Cao Cao and get rid of this thief for the world." ”

Cai Yong was the most impatient of the five auxiliary ministers, and said first: "Taishi, although Captain Cao is good at attacking Wang Kuang, but Wang Kuang is named Hanchen, when Luoyang is in crisis, the people are all stripping bark and eating grass roots to satisfy hunger, and the court officials have no overnight rice, but Hanoi, which is close at hand, does not pay tribute to grain and taxes, and sits back and watches the court clan and the people of Luoyang struggle in hunger and poverty, and the princes of the world, only the Taishi offers the emperor's rice meat, Cao Cao offers the emperor's silk silk, and Cao Cao's attack on Wang Kuang can be regarded as eliminating harm for the country. As for the forced relocation of the people of Hanoi, it was also because the army of Yuan Shao, the Marquis of Houxiang, was approaching Hanoi, and Cao Cao was worried that the chaotic army in the army would affect the people, so he had to do it as a last resort. ”

Cai Yong's words were high-sounding and very ingenious, not only exculpating all Cao Cao's crimes, but also saying that Cao Cao's forced relocation of the people was Cao Cao's intention to save the people, but also had the charm of reversing black and white that his old son-in-law was best at.

Kang Peng sneered, didn't speak, just quietly issued a secret signal, Eunuch Feng brothers were trying to save their lives, but they had always been at odds with Cai Yong, so they jumped out immediately, Feng Bin shouted at the throat of the male duck: "Cai Bojiao, your nonsense is very powerful?" If that Cao Cao didn't have bad intentions, then after he snatched the divine seed Xiangrui, why didn't he hand over the auspicious rui to the saint? That auspiciousness is related to the luck of the world, so what does Cao Cao do? What do you want to do, if you don't want to make trouble? Feng Guo also shouted sharply, "Who should Xiangrui hand over, God has already set a number, Cao Cao robbed Xiangrui, angered God, so Xiangrui in the hands of the saint refused to sprout." ”

Eunuch Feng shouted for a while, and then retreated to Emperor Han Xian's side, Feng Bin rubbed Emperor Han Xian's shoulder, "Your Majesty, this Cao Cao really deserves to die, Taishi is dedicated to the country, the emperor is a holy monarch, you must not live up to the loyalty of Taishi." Feng Guo hammered Emperor Han Xian's thigh, "Your Majesty, this Cai Yong has been saying good things for the Cao thief, there must be some collusion with the Cao thief, please treat this Cai Yong's crime." ”

Kang Peng nodded with satisfaction, he didn't think that these two eunuchs were really useful, and they could be used well in the future. Cai Yong's face was as pale as earth, and the words of Eunuch Feng's brother inadvertently poked him in the sore spot. Only Emperor Han Xian was embarrassed, after all, he was a child, and he couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, so he had to shift his attention to Ma Ridan, the Taifu he trusted and relied on, to see what his opinion was.

Although he felt that Cao Cao was indeed guilty, if he wanted the princes to crusade against Cao Cao, it would inevitably cause a great chaos in the world, which was the last thing Ma Ridan wanted to see. Ma Ridan coughed, and was about to persuade Kang Peng to let Cao Cao go, and peace was precious. But Kang Peng suddenly said softly to himself: "If you don't crusade against Cao Cao, the saint can also concentrate on building the palace, and the old minister fully supports it." ”

Kang Peng's voice was not loud, and it happened to be heard by Ma Ridan, Ma Ridan was dumbfounded, he already understood the purpose of Dong Zhuo's sketch of the palace to the emperor, if the auxiliary minister opposed the crusade against Cao Cao, then Dong Zhuo would fully support Emperor Xian to build the palace, plus the Feng eunuch brothers fanned the flames next to him, and the matter of the new palace was going to be faked and turned true, so that Emperor Xian would lose the hearts of the people and further weaken the majesty of the Han family.

Ma Ridan weighed it again and again, but still gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the Taishi is reasonable, Cao Cao has done a lot of evil deeds, and he should get rid of this national thief." Ma Ridan said in his heart that instead of letting the emperor mess around, it was better to let Dong Zhuo attack Cao Cao, and besides, Cao Cao was indeed guilty, not wronged him. There is also the auspicious thing, maybe it was because he forcibly seized the auspicious rui, so that the heavens were angry, so that the auspicious rui in the emperor's hands refused to sprout. Only by letting Dong Zhuo a little now can he get the divine seed from Dong Zhuo again in the future.

Ma Ridan spoke, Zhu Xi and Dong Cheng also understood his painstaking efforts, and also spoke in favor, and the Manchu civil and military forces, in addition to Cai Yong and Fu Wan, also agreed that Dong Taishi was reasonable, and he should teach Cao Cao a lesson, and they all begged the emperor to issue an edict against Cao Cao. Although Cai Yong and Fu Wan were fully opposed, they could be said to be weak, and the Feng eunuch brothers fanned the flames in the ears of Emperor Han Xian, and soon, Emperor Han Xian issued a clear edict, which set Cao Cao a counter-crime that should be exterminated, and explicitly ordered the princes of the world to crusade against Cao Cao, and according to Kang Peng's instructions, he sealed Kong Rong as the Yanzhou assassin history.

After the edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was issued, Kang Peng immediately ordered Lü Bu to be the vanguard of the front, Zhang Xiu to be the deputy vanguard, and led 10,000 troops to Bishui to station, and after the arrival of the re-entry army, they attacked Cao Cao together. and sent people to spread the edict of Emperor Han Xian to the princes of the world, so that the whole world rose up to attack it.

When Kang Peng issued the order, Cai Yong and Fu Wan had been secretly wiping the cold sweat on their heads, and finally waited for Kang Peng to finish issuing the order, and the two were about to resign, Kang Peng suddenly said to Cai Yong: "Father-in-law, you can't be nameless, you are the number one Confucian in the world, please write an edict to explain the crimes of the Cao thief one by one, so that the world can know that the son-in-law is doing the right thing for heaven this time, instead of punishing Cao Cao from God." ”

Cai Yong was sweating profusely and wanted to refuse, but Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu had already approached him intentionally or unintentionally, and Fu Wan was also targeted by Ma Chao and Pang De.

Seeing Kang Peng's cold gaze, Cai Yong had no choice but to write an edict in the court, according to Kang Peng's meaning, Cao Cao's forcible robbery of the god seed was scolded, and Cao Cao put on all of what his heart could punish the heavenly net for recovering and not missing anything, fortunately, Cai Yong was a great Confucian, and he did not scold Cao Cao's ancestors for eighteen generations like Chen Lin, but it was not much worse.

After Cai Yong finished writing, Kang Peng glanced at it, handed it to Lu Su to find someone to transcribe a number of sheets, and posted them in various townships and places, with Dong Zhuojun's propaganda power, I believe that it can be easily spread to the surrounding areas of Luoyang within the specified time, so as to cooperate with the later actions. Kang Peng said coldly: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing to do, the old minister has retired." "Emperor Han Xian has long wanted to retire from the dynasty, first, he was scared when he saw Kang Peng's 'handsome' face, and second, the pill given to him by Eunuch Feng's brother began to work again, and he just wanted to go to the palace maid to vent. Now seeing Kang Peng's words, he immediately announced his retirement from the dynasty and fled back to the harem at a trot.

Kang Peng waved his hand to stop the inquiries of Ma Ridan, Zhu Xian and others, and walked out of the Jinluan Hall with his head held high, while Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu carried Cai Yong, Ma Chao and Pang De followed closely with Fu Wan, leaving the stunned civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

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In the big tent where Kang Peng lived, Cai Yong and Fu Wan were bound and kneeling on the ground, Kang Peng sat at the desk with a gloomy face, and in addition, there was no one in the tent, the three of them did not say a word, and the atmosphere was extremely dull. At this point, Cai Yong and Fu Wanna still don't understand that their collusion with Cao Cao has been known by their son-in-law, and they all close their eyes tightly, and they are ready to die.

Kang Peng rummaged through a stack of papers on the table, which were the letters stolen by the Dark Moon Force from Cai Yong and Fu Wan's house, the letters they had conspired with Cao Cao, and one of them was intercepted last night. Under the light of the candlelight on the table, Kang Peng's black face was already blue, and he looked heartbroken from time to time, and after a long time, Kang Peng said coldly: "Today I learned that there are still people who want to harm their own son-in-law, and some people actually collude with outsiders to harm their son-in-law, which is really eye-opening." ”

Fu Wan raised his head and said: "I don't have such a son-in-law, my daughter was robbed by national thieves as his wife, I don't admit it." ”

Kang Peng shook his head painfully, turned his head to Cai Yong and said, "Wen Ji and I are in love, you know best, why do you still do this?" ”

"Phew!" Cai Yong spat on the ground, "National thief, my daughter was originally going to marry the Hedong Wei family, I don't know what kind of magic you used to make her follow you in a daze, and I don't recognize you as my son-in-law." Cai Yong raised his head and glared at Kang Peng again and said: "I used to worry about your kindness, and did everything possible to excuse your crimes, but I didn't expect you to have to make an inch, first robbed the Lord and my daughter, and then used the false god seed to deceive the saint, and was also ambitious, intending to annex the world, usurp the throne, sack Luoyang, coerce Liu Yan, and provoke the princes to fight, and now you are pointing the finger at Cao Cao, the next step is Yuan Shao, Kong Rong, Liu Yan, Liu Biao and the princes of the world, and after you conquer the world, your ambition will be exposed." ”

"I have already sworn in front of the people of the world that I will never usurp the throne, don't you know?" Kang Peng turned his back to the sky, leaned back on the seat and said slowly: "Besides, even if I really dominate the world, you and your daughter's status will rise, don't you want to?" ”

"Cai Yongsheng is a retainer of the Han family, and he is a ghost of the Han family when he dies." Cai Yong said loudly: "Loyalty to the country, power position, Cai Yong does not want." ”

"Well said, well said." Fu Wan laughed and said: "If you want to kill, you can do whatever you want, and our daughters, you can also kill them together, and use death to wash away their innocence." ”

Kang Peng didn't say anything, but he was crying silently in his heart, still dripping blood. After a long time, Kang Peng slowly stood up, put those letters one by one on the candle flame and lit them, and said while burning: "If I am defeated and die that day, and Cao Cao is in power, you will understand who I want to kill Cao Cao for......

When all the letters were burned, Kang Peng slowly walked to the two of them and untied the ropes for them, "You don't recognize me as your son-in-law, but I admit that you are my father-in-law. Speaking of this, tears of broad beans on Kang Peng's ugly face had already rolled down his beard, "Go home, it doesn't matter if you want to continue to collude with outsiders to assassinate me in the future, I will continue to forgive you." ”

Kang Peng cried sadly, although Cai Yong and Fu Wan were reluctant to accept his affection, they were still moved by his true feelings, and were about to say something, when Fu Yu's voice suddenly came from outside the tent, "Father, Xianggong, are you inside?" ”

Kang Peng shook his head, wiped away his tears and strode out of the tent, but saw Da Qiao standing dozens of steps away from the camp tent with Fu Yu in his arms, Kang Peng greeted him and forced a smile and said, "Yu'er, you don't recuperate at home, why did you come here?" ”

Fu Yu's emaciated face was full of nervousness, "Xianggong, I heard Uncle Zhu say that you brought my father here, so come and have a look." Xianggong, did my father do something wrong? ”

Kang Peng smiled, "What can my father-in-law do wrong, I just invited him here to catch up on the old days, and nothing happened." Kang Peng carefully supported Fu Yu and said softly: "It's windy outside, go into the tent and rest." ”

Fu Yu had never been so affectionate by Kang Peng in front of many people, and a trace of red immediately flew on his face, and he said in a low voice: "Xianggong, Sister Cai, they are also outside the camp, why don't you get them closer?" ”

Kang Peng didn't even look back, "The legs are on her body, she can come in if she wants to, and I won't be reluctant if she doesn't want to." ”