Since Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to crusade against Liu Bei, without success. Liu Bei and Dong Cheng discussed Cao Cao's plan. In the first month of 200, Dong Cheng and others were killed due to the leakage of the plan. So what is the original appearance of this story?

Since his uncle Dong Cheng saw the edict, he was indignant, and he was suffering from the lack of a way to get rid of Cao Cao, so he became ill. Emperor Xian asked the imperial physician Ji Ping to treat Dong Cheng's illness. After reading the emperor's secret edict. Determined to get rid of Cao Cao. The two agreed on a plan to poison Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, the wall had ears, and their conversation was heard by Dong Cheng's domestic slave Qin Qingtong. Qin Qingtong was beaten forty by Dong Cheng's staff because of his ambiguous relationship with Dong Cheng's concubine, so he held a grudge and reported the conspiracy of Dong Cheng and others to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao pretended to be sick and asked Ji Ping to heal him. Ji Ping personally decocted the medicine and sent it, but Cao Cao asked Ji Ping to taste it first. Ji Ping knew that the matter had been revealed, so he insisted on pouring poison into Cao Cao's mouth, but Cao Cao pushed it with his hand, and the medicine bowl fell to the ground.

Cao Cao's subordinates immediately arrested Ji Ping and forced him to recruit his accomplices. Ji Pingning didn't make a move, but just scolded Cao Cao as a "traitor". Cao Cao ordered Ji Ping's fingers to be cut off, and Ji Ping said, "I still have a mouth to scold." Cao Cao was about to cut off Ji Ping's tongue again, and Ji Ping committed suicide by hitting his head on the stone steps.

Cao Cao found the blood letter of Emperor Xian in Dong Cheng's room, and ordered Dong Cheng and other five people and their entire family, totaling more than 700 people, to be executed. Cao Cao even wanted to abolish Emperor Xian, but later gave up because of Cheng Yu's persuasion.

Cao Cao killed so many people, but he still didn't understand his hatred, and came to the palace again to kill Dong Guifei (Dong Chengzhi's sister), who was five months pregnant. Emperor Xian and Empress Fu hurriedly pleaded, hoping that Cao Cao would open up. Where was Cao Cao willing to listen, and ordered someone to strangle Dong Guifei to death.

So far, Dong Cheng's entire family has been wiped out by Cao Cao.

Later, Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei was also involved in the conspiracy. Cao Cao was also consulting on a strategy to defeat Liu Bei. The generals said: "It is Yuan Shao who is fighting for the world now. If you abandon Yuan Shao and go east, you are afraid that you will be attacked on your back! Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei, an outstanding talent." If you don't get rid of it now, it will be a trouble for the future. Although Yuan Shao has great ambitions, he is slow and suspicious, and it is estimated that he will not come to commit it in the near future. Guo Jia also agreed. So, Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 and divided his troops into five ways to kill Xuzhou.

At this time, Yuan Shao's side also reacted. Tian Feng made a proposal to Yuan Shao and advised Yuan Shao to send troops while Cao Cao was conquering Liu Bei, but Yuan Shao refused to accept it on the grounds that his son was ill. In other words, Yuan Shao Group is not involved in this matter.

According to the above records, it can be concluded that Dong Cheng's death was at the hands of Cao Cao, and in Cao Cao's order, not only Dong Cheng was executed, but also all the people who were related to Dong Cheng were killed. So why did Dong Cheng die at the hands of Cao Cao? This is the real cause of Dong Cheng's death.

First, the relationship between Dong Cheng and Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. Dong Chengben was only a soldier of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, under the coincidence of fate, Dong Cheng began to enter the official career, and made great contributions to Emperor Han Xian, so that Emperor Han Xian began to pay attention to Dong Cheng, after Dong Cheng's daughter became the concubine of Emperor Han Xian, Dong Cheng followed Emperor Liu Xie of Han Xian wholeheartedly, and the interests of the two of them were the same. This was the most important reason why Cao Cao was determined to destroy Dong Cheng.

Second, after Dong received the secret order of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he wholeheartedly planned to murder Cao Cao, but due to the lack of caution, Liu Bei and other forces failed to reach a unanimous decision to destroy Cao, and finally planned to go bankrupt, and Dong Cheng's fate was already doomed.

Based on the above reasons, it was decided that Cao Cao must kill Dong Cheng, so it can also be seen that the Eastern Han Dynasty has exhausted its qi and Cao Cao's wings have been full.

Since Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng, he has stabilized the internal regime. After Cao Cao, he expanded outward, and the war with Liu Bei and Yuan Shao and others had just begun.