Summer night, breeze, bright moon, insects chirping and crows, in an elegant and chic small house in Chang'an City, there was a faint burst of suppressed crying, crying high or low, loud or hoarse, obviously not just one person crying, but several people hugging their heads together and crying, although the cry is depressing, but the sad sound is still heartbreaking.

In the inner room of the small courtyard, there is only one lonely lamp, but there are seven or eight tearful Confucian students in Tsing Yi sitting around, all of them are tear-wetted with their clothes, and their expressions are miserable.

"As I said a long time ago, the magic of gods and ghosts is ethereal and ethereal, and it cannot be trusted. What's more, the old way of teaching us the method of waiting for Zhen at that time is unknown, and it is even more unbelievable. A middle-aged scholar said with tears in his eyes. This person was born with a beautiful face, three long beards and hanging chests, and he turned out to be one of the fathers-in-law of King Kang of the Great Han Dynasty - Cai Yong, and sitting next to him was a father-in-law of Dong Lao, Fu Wan, in addition to Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, Chong Ji and Wu Shuo, all of whom were the last loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Fu Wan cried: "Dong thief inherits the mandate of heaven, holding the god seed auspicious, even if the art of the tree is effective for others, it has no effect on the Dong thief, we have been here for five consecutive nights to practice Dong Zhen Dong thief, but the Dong thief is still at ease in Chang'an City, the saint is still bullied by the Dong thief, watching my Han being swallowed by the Dong thief step by step, the building will fall, it is already on the same day." ”

The owner of this annex is Cai Yong, although Cai Yong is a court eunuch who was demoted to a concubine, but his daughter Cai Wenji is Kang Peng's favorite wife and concubine, so Cai Yong can't help but not go to prison like other prisoners, but has considerable personal freedom, he can freely enter and leave the mansion that Cai Wenji bought for him, meet guests, and take care of Cai's old family, and even Dong Cheng and Wang Zifu can interact with Kang Peng's thorns in the flesh, but they must be discussed secretly at night to avoid Kang Peng's ears and eyes.

"If the Dong thief doesn't die, my Han will never have peace." Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "I swear to kill this national thief and save the society from falling." Fu Wan and the others wept one after another, scolding Kang Peng endlessly, "We are born as Han Chen, and we die as Han ghosts, if we don't punish this national thief, we will not die at dawn." "I am willing to die with Dong Thief, although I have no regrets in death." And so on.

"We are crying and scolding, and we will never be able to scold Dong thief." Cai Yong is the most sober-minded of all people, he opposed cursing Kang Peng with untrustworthy witchcraft at the beginning, but Fu Wan and Dong Cheng and others insisted on killing a horse as a live horse doctor, Cai Yong had to take the risk of using the house that his daughter bought him as an altar, casting a spell to curse Kang Peng, just reciting the spell for five nights in a row According to the old Tao, it will be effective for three days, Kang Peng still enjoys the reverence of all the people in Chang'an City every day, and he doesn't even have a cold and cough.

A cold light flashed in Cai Yong's eyes, and he said coldly: "I have a plan, but I can set things right, make the Han Dynasty prosperous, and the world will return to the hand of the saint." ”

"Where did the plan come from?" Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Wu Shuo and other six people hurriedly asked.

"In the past, when Dong thieves killed Wucheng Hou Sun Jian in Maicheng and blamed Sun Jian's general Zhou Yu, his evil deeds were exposed and he was surrounded by Sun Jian's army and almost died." Cai Yong insisted that Sun Jian died at the hands of Kang Peng, and as for Huang Gai's proof, it was just Kang Peng bribing Huang Gai to commit perjury. Cai Yong continued: "There were rumors in the army that before Dong Thief rode out alone, he left a will to set up my grandson Dong Peng as his grandson and inherit the throne, usually look at Dong Thief's attitude towards my daughter, Dong Thief has never liked his eldest son Dong Yi, and the other concubine Wen Demon Girl has no children, so this rumor is very credible, we just need to find a way to assassinate Dong Thief, after Dong Thief dies, it must be my grandson to succeed to the throne, my daughter Wen Ji will listen to the government, at that time, I can use the words of a saint to teach my daughter, and gradually return the great government to the saint, As long as you can control Dong Thief's unparalleled military strength, why worry about the injustice of the world? Why worry that the big man can't be prosperous? ”

"Brother Bo, please speak up." Fu Wan said frankly: "Your daughter Cai Wenji, and my eldest daughter Fu Yu have been bewitched by Dong Thief's demon law, and they are obsessed with Dong Thief, even if your grandson succeeds to the throne in the future, whether you can persuade your daughter to return to power is still a big question." ”

"No need to convince." Cai Yong raised his head and said confidently: "My daughter I know best, she is a complete layman in politics, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, stubborn and jealous, and can't tolerate others to be stronger than her, more favored than her, so she and Dong Thief's other concubine Wen Demon Girl is not the same day, as long as Dong Thief dies, with my daughter's temper, once in power, she will definitely not let go of Wen Demon Girl, we can use this to provoke my daughter to fight with Wen Demon Girl, divert her energy, I take the opportunity to assist my daughter in handling official affairs as a father, reuse loyal ministers loyal to Long Live and win over the centrists." to increase our power. And Dong Thief's righteous son Lu Bu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he will definitely compete with my grandson for the throne, and it is not a problem to use the sword soldiers, at that time, I can use the excuse of protecting my grandson to control Dong Thief's military power, as long as the military power is in hand, I am afraid that the world will be uneven? ”

After listening to Cai Yong's words, Fu Wan and Dong Cheng and others were already overjoyed, Dong Zhuojun did have such and such problems, but now they are all crushed by Dong Boss's power, once Dong Boss suddenly dies, then these problems will surface, and the Han family can take advantage of it, and finally take over Dong Boss's territory, and Dong Boss's sister-in-law is also Cai Yong's own grandson, which greatly facilitates the Han family's actions.

"The question is, who can kill the Dong thief?" The prince poured cold water on everyone, and Cai Yong, Dong Cheng and others, who were still elated just now, immediately fell dumb, were silent for a pillar of incense for a while, and only then did they frown and say: "It is too difficult to assassinate Dong Thief, not to mention that most of us and others are powerless scholars, even if there are warriors like Jing Ke and Zhuzhu, can they deal with Dong Thief's eight hundred personal soldiers?" Dong thief is the best at buying the hearts of the people, the soldiers around him are all strong in martial arts, loyal, and can die for Dong thief at any time, and even his two pro-soldier captains and brothers have died to protect Dong thief, but the family sent their third son to Dong thief, Dong thief's strong loyalty can be seen. ”

"Can we try poisoning?" Wu Zilan asked cautiously.

"It's even more unlikely." Cai Yong waved his hand and said: "Dong thief is treacherous and afraid of death, and his diet has always been eaten with others, which is called sharing weal and woe with soldiers, but in fact, he just lets the soldier be his drug tester, and the method of poisoning is absolutely not feasible." What's more, there is a sycophant essence Tuo by Dong Thief's side, with a headache and fever, all of which are taken care of by Hua Tuo, ordinary poison, and Dong Thief's life is taken there. (Kang Peng: That ......, father-in-law, I really shared the weal and woe with the soldiers, and lost weight by the way...... ）

There was silence in the room again, and before I knew it, it was already dark, and I broke the silence first, "If there is a poison that can kill Dong Thief, I have a way to poison Dong Thief, and I guarantee success." When everyone turned their eyes to Fu Wan, Fu Wan's face turned a little red, and he bowed his head and said: "My second daughter Fu Shou was forcibly enslaved by Dong thief, and was harassed by Dong thief day and night, but my daughter was unyielding, and Dong Thief never succeeded, but my daughter also hated Dong Thief to the core......

After listening to Fu finished speaking, Cai Yong, Dong Cheng and others were already sweating profusely, and Dong Cheng lost his voice and said: "Lord Fu, the method you said is indeed feasible, but after this plan is successful, it is also the time when you are all punished, even if Lord Cai is in power, he can't save you." ”

Fu Wan's face was solemn, and he said word by word: "Eliminate thieves for the country, even if you are punished all over the house, you will regret it even if you die." ”

Dong Cheng took the case, "Okay, since Lord Fu is willing to sacrifice himself for the country, then I, Dong Cheng, will not be a bad seed, I know a palace doctor, this person has medical skills, loyal to the Han Dynasty, and has a grudge against Dong Tuo's imperial doctor Hua Tuo, who knows Hua Tuo's medical skills best, and the poison he prepared, Hua Tuo will definitely not be able to solve it, and I will come forward to persuade him, and he will definitely be able to help us prepare a poison that can poison Dong Thief." ”

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At the same time that several old fathers-in-law were discussing how to poison Kang Peng, Kang Peng, who had not slept all night, was also buried in the pile of official documents, and it had been more than half a month since he hijacked Emperor Han Xian's westward migration to Chang'an, Kang Peng had to deal with official business until late at night every day, sleeping less than two hours a day on average, Kang Peng now knew why Li Ru was tired to death for himself, military affairs were complicated, conscription, grain transportation, salary, training, food raising and production of ordnance, government affairs, education, justice, taxation, construction, land reclamation, relief and even water conservancy facilities, And after the emperor moved the capital to Chang'an, he had to build a palace for this honorary emperor, which was an urgent matter, and he had to deal with so many things every day, so it was strange not to die of exhaustion.

Kang Peng, who was suspicious by nature, learned the lessons of the history of the Three Kingdoms, feared that the ministers would make trouble, and did not dare to let go of power, and the available people such as Fa Zheng, Hua Xin, Sima Lang, Chen Gong and Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Xu Jing and others, Kang Peng could not trust them at all, and did not dare to completely entrust them with the affairs of the rear; Trustworthy person, Jia Xu, who has a low desire for power, is Kang Peng's military right and left hand, and the military aspect is inseparable from him, and his grandson-in-law Lu Su is far away from the rear in Jiangnan, where it is not safe to change other people to Kang Peng, Dong Chong and Dong Man are loyal, but the ability is too poor, if it is not for the assistance of Tian Feng, and he can be good as a stream, Kang Peng would not dare to hand over the Jizhou Army to Dong Chong, as for Dong Man, if his ability can be qualified for the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, he will not give Kang Peng so much work, After Kang Peng came back, he still hasn't made out with his wives until now.

Putting down a letter that had been sent to the official letter a month ago, it was an official letter from Wuchang County, where the plague was epidemic after the Yangtze River War, requesting the allocation of medicine support, Kang Peng was really tired, he threw down the brush and lay down to rest, Kang Peng said weakly in his heart: "No, I must find a cabinet chief, otherwise I will have to follow in the footsteps of my son-in-law and be exhausted to death." ”

There are many candidates who have the ability to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet of the Xiliang Army, including Fa Zheng, Hua Xin, Sima Lang, Chen Gong and Xu Jing in Chang'an, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Lu Su in the distance, and even Zhang Zhao can be competent, but the question is, are these people loyal and reliable? Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Xu Jing have only defected to Kang Peng for three years, and Hua Xin and Zhang Zhao have followed Kang Peng for less than two years, so can they rest assured that they will hand over the position of first assistant now? Sima Lang and Chen Gong have followed Kang Peng for the longest time, but Sima Lang has a terrible brother, no matter how stupid Kang Peng is, he will not give the future Sima Lao Thief a chance to control the government, and Chen Gong is the most loyal to the Han family, because of the dissatisfaction with Kang Peng's abduction of the emperor and the relocation of the capital, Chen Gong has been sick at home for many days, and it is impossible to delegate power to him.

Thinking about it, choosing the best and eliminating the inferior, Kang Peng gradually fixed his eyes on Fa Zheng, Pang Tong and Hua Xin, the abilities of the three people are enough, Fa Zheng and Pang Tong needless to say, but both of them have a fatal starting point in their personalities, Fa Zheng's shortcomings are that they are relatively narrow-minded, they will repay their kindness, they will repay their hatred, and they lack the mind of the prime minister; Pang Tong has too much desire for power, and he is proud of his talents, and with his character, he will be promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have conflicts with Jia Xu, the first assistant of the military; Although Hua Xin has a bad reputation in Shilin and has the experience of betraying the real Dong Boss, he is an honest official, diligent and loves the people, and is not afraid of **, and he is also broad-minded, and has repeatedly recommended Guan Ning, a classmate who has made friends with him in front of Kang Peng-Guan Ning, who broke off relations with Hua Xin and insulted Hua Xin many times, such a mind is not a generation of virtuous ministers, but the problem is again, although Hua Xin's internal political ability is strong in history, he did not make the first assistant in Wei, whether he can serve as the prime minister is still a big question?

Unconsciously, the sky was already bright, and the exhausted Kang Peng fell asleep, but he didn't fall asleep for a few minutes, Kang Peng was woken up by the noise at home, Kang Peng was very angry, rushed to the study with bare feet, found a noisy place, and was about to scold, a child threw himself into his arms first, crying: "Father, brother, he robbed me of my breakfast." It is Kang Peng's five-year-old beloved son Dong Peng, because of the favor of Kang Peng and Cai Wenji, Dong Peng is the little bully in the Dong Mansion, often bullying his younger siblings and eldest brother Dong Yi, and even his several unfavored mothers, Dong Peng often does not put them in his eyes, but he is only afraid of his grandmother and Wen Lu, who do not allow him to mess around.

Dong Yi, who was one year older than Dong Peng, said timidly on the side: "Father, I didn't rob my younger brother of breakfast, he grabbed my fruit cake first and let me eat his baked cakes, but I just ate two bites of baked cakes, and he said that the baked cakes were his, and I had to return him." ”

"Are you older or is Peng'er older?" Before Kang Peng could speak, Cai Wenji, who rushed to hear the letter, had already spoken first, and asked Boss Dong's real son coldly: "You are one year older than Peng'er, can he still rob you?" Seeing that his mother was coming, Dong Peng had to roll on the ground inch by inch, shouting for Dong Yi to return him early, Cai Wenji hurriedly coaxed Dong Peng with her heart, and glared at Dong Yi viciously from time to time.

At this time, Princess Anyang, who was not favored by Kang Peng, also hurried over, wept on the side, pulled Dong Yi and cried: "Yi'er, quickly return the baked cakes to your brother, and mother will make another breakfast for you." Dong Yi, who has not been favored by Kang Peng since he was a child, is very smart and filial, and when he saw his mother crying, he hurriedly returned the baked cake to Dong Peng, but Dong Peng didn't want to ask for it anymore, but he couldn't stop crying, Cai Wenji snatched the baked cake and fell to the ground, and said angrily: "It's dirty, you still want to give it to my son to eat, do you want to kill your brother?" ”

"Don't you dare?" Dong Yi was well-behaved, and immediately knelt down for Cai Wenji to admit his mistake, and Wen Lu and Huang Yueying and others also came, Wen Lu was furious after asking what was going on, and immediately pulled Dong Yi up, and slapped Dong Peng, who was pampered and arrogant, in front of Kang Peng and Cai Wenji, her son was beaten, Cai Wenji was suddenly furious, and immediately tore into a ball with Wen Lu, Cai Wenji's follower Sun Shangxiang and Wu Xin, two little girls, also went up to help the fist, Wen Lu's follower Huang Yueying of course refused to show weakness, and in the courtyard of Dong Mansion, the common harem battle was immediately staged every day.

Seeing this scene, the exhausted Kang Peng shook his head weakly, pulled up Princess Anyang, who was kneeling beside him and crying, and said softly: "Take Yi'er to his grandmother's place for breakfast, I'm going to go on official business." Princess Anyang tearfully agreed, and after Dong Yi saluted Kang Peng, she took Dong Yi to his grandmother's backyard.

Looking at the backs of Princess Anyang's mother and son, and then at Cai Wenji and Wen Lu who were scuffling and scolding, Kang Peng said weakly in his heart: "It would be good if Dong Yi was my own son, at least he is much more sensible." Thinking of this, Kang Peng's heart sank, he and Cai Wenji doted on Dong Peng too much, and Cai Wenji was so jealous, would it hurt him in the future? Will it cause a second Emperor Yang of Sui or Empress Lu? And according to Yu Ji's report, Cai Wenji's convicted father is not so peaceful......