This eunuch can serve as Cao Pi's chamberlain, so he is naturally a smart person. Cao Xiu, Zhong Xuan, Wang Chang! When the eunuch heard these three names, he realized that Cao Pi was going to prepare to support the orphans.

At this juncture, Cao Zhen in the clan was not by Cao Pi's side, and Cao Xiu became the first person in the clan.

Zhong Xuan, Wang Lang and Hua Xin are the same three dukes. But compared with Hua Xin and Wang Lang, Zhong Xuan, who is over seventy years old, is more stable, and Zhong Xuan's qualifications can also suppress the ministers of the court.

As for Wang Chang, although the official position is not big, Wang Chang is Cao Pi's friend, and he has been an old friend of Cao Pi for more than 20 years.

Sima Yi is not in Yecheng, otherwise if he gets it, Sima Yi will inevitably be recruited by Cao Pi now.

The eunuch received the holy decree and ran away in a puff of smoke. went out, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly followed.

"Your Majesty summoned Cao Xiu, Zhong Xuan, and Wang Chang. Enter the palace and face the saint, go and tell the news to those people......" The old eunuch commanded in a low voice.

The few people in the mouth of the old eunuch are Cao. Several of Pi's concubines and princes.

Cao Pi has been sick for so long, everyone can see that Cao Pi can have it at any time. may be breathless, the entire Yecheng doesn't know how many people are staring at the palace, and as Cao Pi's chamberlain, this old eunuch is naturally an important candidate for everyone to inquire about the news.

The old eunuch is a skillful person, and now Cao Pi has not established himself for a long time. Son, each of these princes has the potential to become the future emperor, and the old eunuch can't afford to offend one. So the old eunuch simply came to a person who did not refuse, as long as he inquired about the news, no matter which prince or which concubine sent him, the old eunuch would tell the truth, so it was also a favor for the future emperor.

There are secrets that can't be hidden in the palace, and the old eunuch doesn't leak out a single one every time. The news will soon be known to the court, and now, this important matter, the old eunuch is ready to send the news to several princes as soon as possible.

A few of Cao Pi's children. Son, except for Cao Ei, the others are not adults, but the powerful group of relatives behind them is what Cao Ei does not have, for these relatives, the emperor is young, it is a great opportunity for relatives to govern, so this group of relatives should be more concerned about Cao Pi's condition. It is not so much that the struggle for the succession is a struggle between several princes, but rather a struggle between Cao Rong and the foreign relatives group, or between several different foreign relatives groups.

……

Plains Palace.

Cao Rong was staying in the palace of the Plains.

Counting up, Cao Rong has nothing to do except stay in the Plains Palace. Cao Ei, the king of the plains, is no better than the prince of Sun Deng in Jiangdong, Sun Deng still has some things to do, and Cao Ei, the king of the plains, is just a title of a prince, just an idle errand.

Although the plain is Cao Ei's fiefdom, it is only a small county town after all, and Cao Ei does not need to bother to manage it at all, so most of the time, Cao Ei is idle at home.

As the eldest son, Cao Rong recognized Queen Guo as his mother, and he was an adult prince, so he naturally had more hope of inheriting the throne than several others, so the gang of relatives always wanted to seize Cao Rong's handle. Xu Shu knew this very well, so he told Cao Rong to be low-key in his daily life, try not to mix in political affairs, and not to give people a grip. And Cao Rong also followed Xu Shu's advice, and in addition to staying in the house every day, the rest of the time was to go out to chant poetry and study literature.

At this time, Cao Rong had just dressed up and was about to go out, and just walked to the door, he happened to meet a little eunuch who ran over in a panic.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang!" The little eunuch saw Cao Rong from afar and hurriedly ran over.

Seeing the appearance of this little eunuch, Cao Rong knew that it was likely that there was a change in the palace.

"Lord Wang, Your Majesty just summoned Cao Xiu, Zhong Xuan and Wang Chang to the palace to face the saints." The little eunuch gasped for breath as he spoke.

Hearing the word "Cao Xiu", there was an imperceptible change on Cao Rong's face,

Xu Shu once said before that now that Cao Zhen is not in Yecheng, Cao Pi wants to entrust Cao Xiu after all, is it that his father is about to die?

Thinking of this, Cao Rong immediately shouted: "Quick, prepare the horse......"

On weekdays, Cao Ei travels by car, rarely riding a horse, and now when the next person hears that Cao Ei wants to ride a horse, he knows that something is urgent. It only took a few moments before the horses were brought in. Cao Rong jumped on the horse and ran quickly towards Xu Shu's mansion.

The little eunuch looked at this scene in surprise, before sending news to Cao Ei, there would always be a reward for it, but today Cao Ei was obviously in a hurry and forgot to reward the little eunuch, the little eunuch waited for a long time, and did not receive half a penny of reward.

Looking at Cao Rong gradually moving away, the little eunuch sighed with a bitter face.

……

In the small courtyard, Xu Shu put down the long sword in his hand, then wiped the sweat on his head and let out a sigh.

Xu Shu was also a ranger in the sword rivers and lakes back then, and his martial arts were also good. Over the years, Xu Shu has never relaxed his martial arts, and when he has nothing to do on weekdays, he will practice a few times.

"Huh......" Xu Shu let out a slight sigh and sighed slightly: "This Cao Pi can really carry it, it's been so long, and he still can't ...... die."

For Xu Shu, Cao Pi has never died, which is both pros and cons. On the upside, it gave Chang'an's A-Zhan more time so that the Shu army could recover, while on the downside, it was the rest of Cao Pi's sons.

Among Cao Pi's sons, the eldest son Cao Ei is three years older than Adou and has reached adulthood, the second son and the third son died early, and the fourth son Cao Lin is now twelve years old and is Cao Ei's biggest competitor, and the others who are still alive are Cao Jian and Cao Yong. In addition, in addition to the second and third sons just mentioned, Cao Pi also had three sons who died young.

Now Cao Lin is twelve years old, he is already sensible, and if Cao Lin grows up slowly, it will pose a great threat to Cao Rong, if Cao Pi dies now, Cao Lin is young, I am afraid that there is no hope for unification, from this point of view, Xu Shu does not want Cao Pi to live too long.

"Sir, sir!" Cao Rong's shout came from outside, Xu Shu frowned slightly when he heard it, and then walked out.

On weekdays, Cao Ei and Xu Shu are very careful, and the place where Xu Shu lives is remote, so no one in the court knows that Cao Ei and Xu Shu have dealings. And Xu Shu himself didn't want others to know this.

Now Cao Rong rushed in with such a shout, which made Xu Shu feel a little displeased. However, Xu Shu immediately thought about it, Cao Ei's temperament has changed greatly since he lost his mother, and he is much calmer and calmer than the average twenty-year-old youth, Xu Shu has known Cao Ei for so long, and he has never seen Cao Ei so out of shape.

"Could it be that there is a change in the palace?" Thinking of this, Xu Shu frowned and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Cao Rong rushed to the courtyard quickly, and just saw Xu Shu greet him.

"Sir, there is news from the palace that my father has summoned Uncle Wenlie, Zhong Taifu and Wang Chang into the palace." Cao Rong immediately spoke.

"Oh? It seems that His Majesty is dying. Xu Shu sighed lightly.

"Sir, what now?" Cao Ei's face was full of anxiety, and at the same time, it could be seen that Cao Ei was very nervous and a little at a loss.

"Lord Wang, don't ......be in a hurry," Xu Shu laughed instead. Then he said: "Lord Wang, what you have to do now is three things, first, immediately notify General Qin Lang to close the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Yecheng; second, go to the palace immediately, Empress Guo's side, let Empress Guo stabilize the harem, and any concubines and princes will stay in their respective palaces and are not allowed to see Your Majesty; The third and most important point is to go to His Majesty's bedroom, if His Majesty is the prince, the prince must immediately seize both things, one is the edict, and the other is the jade seal of the country......

"Sir, what if my father didn't set me up?"

"Hehehe, don't worry, with General Cao Xiu here, the person chosen by His Majesty must be the prince!"

"Hu ......" After listening to Xu Shu's words, Cao Rong settled down suddenly.

"Okay, sir, I'll do it......"

……

Cao Xiu walked into Cao Pi's bedroom, and now Zhong Xuan and Wang Chang have already come, and Cao Pi is sitting at the head of the bed, his spirit seems to be good, and his pale face is slightly showing a hint of ruddy.

"Your Majesty, are you well?" Cao Xiu hurriedly asked.

Cao Pi shook his head slightly, and Cao Xiu instantly understood, this is probably what people often say, back to the light.

"Three Aiqing, I know that I am dying, I have only been on the throne for five years, and now I am just just entering the throne, I originally thought that I would live at least sixty years old, so I have not been crowned a prince, but people are not as good as heaven......"

"I have a lot of sons, but God doesn't bless me, most of them died young, and now the remaining few are still young, it's really hard for me to choose. My eldest son, Cao Rong, is already an adult, and the four-character Cao Lin is already twelve years old, and he will be an adult in a few years, so I plan to choose one of these two people to inherit the throne. However, after thinking about it, it is really difficult to choose, so I also ask you Aiqing to help me. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that Cao Rong, the king of the plains, be appointed as the prince......" Cao Xiu immediately stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister is reconsidering!" Zhong Xuan said immediately.

Cao Lin is twelve years old, and he is very close to adulthood, but in this troubled world, there will be a lot of things in one or two years, and the Wei State has lost Yongzhou, Liangzhou and Huainan one after another, and it will only take two or three years.

Cao Xiu had already been moved by Xu Shu's words, and Zhong Xuan was an old man, so at this moment they all chose the adult prince Cao Rong.

"Huh......" Cao Pi sighed slightly, because of Zhen's reasons, Cao Pi didn't like Cao Ei very much, but now, there is only Cao Ei as an adult prince, for the stability of the country, Cao Ei is Cao Pi's only choice.

"Wang Chang, draft edict!" Cao Pi suddenly said to Wang Chang next to him.

Wang Chang immediately picked up the pen and paper from the table, and his face became unprecedentedly quiet. Wang Chang knew that this should be Cao Pi's last edict.

……

At the same time that Cao Rong learned the news that Cao Xiu and others had entered the palace, the concubines and other relatives in the palace also learned the news.

However, these people are not as calm as Xu Shu, just like Cao Rong at the beginning, they became helpless.

By the time they calmed down and came up with a countermeasure, the gates of Yecheng had already been closed, and the soldiers of the city guard station poured into the streets in droves, imposing martial law on Yecheng.

At the same time, Empress Guo ordered that all the palace gates of the inner palace be closed, and at the same time ordered that no one should walk around in the harem. Empress Guo gathered a group of eunuchs to patrol the inner palace, and anyone who was caught walking around was immediately punished with thirty rods.

Empress Guo closed the inner palace, which was equivalent to blocking the connection between the inner palace and the outside. Cao Pi's sons, except for Cao Rong, are relatively young, so they all live in the palace, and Queen Guo's move also made these princes trapped in the palace.

Although the relatives outside are busy working, they can't contact the inner palace, after all, the princes of the inner palace are the main masters, and the relatives and officials are busy working outside, and it is useless if the main master is not present. At the same time, as soon as the gate of Yecheng was closed, the city guards in the city became the largest force in Yecheng, and Qin Lang, the general of Xiaocai, personally led people to patrol Yecheng.

The common people are very sensible, when Yecheng closed the city gate and declared martial law, they all went home, even if their homes were not in the city, they tried to find a place to hide first, and when Qin Lang was patrolling, a few unlucky people failed to find a place, and they were still wandering the streets, all of them were arrested and locked up.

After Cao Rong saw Empress Guo, he rushed to Cao Pi's bedroom as quickly as possible. At this time, Cao Pi had just put a jade seal on the edict.

"Your Majesty, the King of the Plains asks to see you." The eunuch's voice came from outside.

Cao Pi was slightly stunned, the time when Cao Ei came was too weird, he had just set up an edict on his side, and Cao Ei immediately asked to see him. Inexplicably, a trace of uneasiness welled up in Cao Pi's heart.

"Wen Lie, I ask you, did Yuan Zhong look for you before?" Cao Rong suddenly asked.

Cao Xiu shook his head: "King of the Plains, he ...... Oh no, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who didn't look for my minister. ”

"Oh......" Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Cao Xiu's appearance, it was very sincere and not like he was lying, it seemed that Cao Ei did not collude with Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu's choice of Cao Ei was indeed from the perspective of the country.

"That's good, that's good......" Cao Pi said with relief.

"But Your Majesty, Lord Xu Shu Xu came to the minister before and told the minister about the dangers of being young, so the minister ......"

"Xu Shu?" Cao Pi's mind was suddenly full of doubts, this guy who didn't say a word after entering Cao Pi's camp has always been fond of Cao Pi, why is he starting to care about the state affairs of Wei now? Could it be something else?

"Not good!" Cao Pi snorted lightly, and at this time Cao Pi had faintly realized that there must be a conspiracy behind this.

At this moment, a feeling of exhaustion came from Cao Pi's body, and instantly spread all over Cao Pi's body, seeping into every bone and every drop of blood in Cao Pi's nails. Cao Pi felt that at this time, as if he was about to lose control of his body, the whole person felt light, like a cloud driving a fog, and then Cao Pi fell violently on the bed, and his breathing became short.

"Your Majesty!" Cao Xiu and the others immediately pounced.

"Are you going?" This thought flashed through Cao Pi's mind, and the scenes before his life kept flashing in front of Cao Pi's eyes, and finally froze in a room.

The room was not big, the windows on all sides were closed, and it did not look very dark, and a bed suddenly appeared in front of Cao Pi's eyes, and on the bed, there was a person lying on it.

Cao Pi slowly leaned over, and suddenly found that it was Cao Cao who was lying on the bed, and this room had become the room where Hua Tuo operated on Cao Cao.

Suddenly, Cao Cao sat up from the bed, and then copied the Yitian Sword from there, and shouted at Cao Pi: "Son, take your life......"

"Ah, I, I can't die, I can't die! I want to expose Xu Shu's conspiracy. Cao Pi opened his mouth and shouted loudly, but at this time, Cao Pixian couldn't shout.

"Rebel, suffer death!" Cao Cao's sword pierced Cao Pi's heart. Then, the image shattered in an instant. Cao Pi was pulled into reality again, and saw Cao Xiu and Zhong Xuan eagerly surrounding him.

"Sima Aiqing, my country, I rely on you to support ......" Cao Pi made a slight voice, and then slowly let out a breath, but did not inhale again.

Emperor Wei Wen Cao Pi died!

……

Changan.

On a winter night, as long as it is sunny, you can still see the stars in the sky clearly.

In the north of Chang'an City, on the shore of Weishui, there is a high platform, called the stargazing platform, which was specially built by Adou for Zhuge Liang, and it was built according to the appearance of the stargazing platform left by Zhang Heng in Luoyang.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was wearing a robe, holding a compass in his hand, and kept looking at the sky.

"Huh......" Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly stayed in the east, and he stared at it for a long time before he lowered his head and began to fiddle with the compass, and from time to time he lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

"Kong Ming, Kong Ming......" Pang Tong's voice came from behind.

"Shiyuan, why are you here?"

"I went to your house and couldn't find you, so I knew you were here, and then I called open the city gate and came over." Pang Tong had just climbed onto the stargazing platform, and he was still slightly panting.

"Shi Yuan, have you seen it, the stars of the eastern lord are dim, it seems that there will be great changes in Yecheng!" Zhuge Liang said.

"I'm not here for this!" Pang Tong gasped for a long time, then pointed to the direction slightly north of the east, and said, "Kong Ming, look at that!" ”

"Hey, well, isn't it just a star, and it's not in the main position, it should be a miscellaneous star, it's not surprising, I remember vaguely seeing it a few times before, but this miscellaneous star can be very bright today!" Zhuge Liang said with a frown.

"Kong Ming, do you recognize this star?"

"I don't know, and I ask Shiyuan for advice."

"This star, I also learned about it by accident in the classics left by my uncle, and I saw this star exceptionally bright tonight, and I thought of the records in my uncle's classics, so I came to you."

"It's written in the teacher's books, when was that?" Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked.

"More than two hundred and twenty years ago, this star once appeared, and it was still in the sky over Chang'an."

"More than two hundred and twenty years ago? It's time to mourn the emperor......" Zhuge Liang calculated slightly, then his eyes widened violently, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Wang Mang! At that time, it was Wang Mang! Shiyuan, you shouldn't say ......?"

"Yes, it seems that in this world, there is another courtier like Wang Mang!" Pang Tong sighed and said.

"No, when Cao Cao traced, although I was still young, I had never heard of this star!" Zhuge Liang said.

"Kong Ming is bad! Then Cao Cao and Wang Mang, how can they be the same? Cao Cao's world was beaten down by himself, and when he counted, he couldn't talk about the word 'usurpation', even if it was usurpation, it was just a usurpation. But Wang Mang really usurped the Han Dynasty, which is different from the Cao family. Pang Tong said.

"According to this, there is another Wang Mang in this world? And, right in the East! Zhuge Liang asked.

"The east is the world of the Cao family, this person should be Wei Wei's person, and it has nothing to do with us, Kong Ming, don't worry too much. But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out who this person was, and who Cao Wei had such great ability. That's why I came to you to ask. Pang Tong said.

"Hehe, Shi Yuan, I'm not an immortal, how can I rely on a few stars to see who is the one who will rebel and usurp in the future!" While Zhuge Liang laughed, he also began to think about it.

After a while, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and said: "If this star appears in the southeast, I can guess that it is Sima Yi, this guy looks at the wolf and looks at the wolf, and he has a bit of a chaotic minister and thief!" But now Sima Yi is in Jingzhou, and this star is in the northeast, it seems that it is not Sima Yi anymore! North-East? North-East......"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said: "From here, if you want to see the place in the north of the east, after the river is Hedong and Hanoi, then there is Taihang Mountain, after Taihang Mountain, it is Jizhou, and then you will go to the sea!" This Jizhou has a vast area and a lot of talents, where will I go to guess after you let me? ”

……

From Chang'an to the southeast, across the Yellow River, is Hedong County. To the east of the river, along the Yellow River, is Hanoi.

Speaking of Hanoi, we have to mention one family, that is the Sima family. The Sima family is a famous family in Hanoi and one of the most prosperous families in Hanoi. The Sima family has a long history, as far as the whole of Hanoi, and no one knows how long the Sima family stayed in Hanoi.

At the same time, the Sima family is also full of talents, just like "Sima Bada", who has already entered the court as officials, and Sima Yi is deeply trusted by Cao Cao and Cao Pi. Today's Sima family is at the time of prosperity, and the people in the family are also rising with the tide.

The patriarch of the Sima family was originally named Sima Fang, who was Sima Yi's father, and after Sima Fang died of illness a few years ago, he handed over the position of patriarch to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi is the second oldest, but Sima Yi's eldest brother Sima Lang died earlier than their father Sima Fang, so this patriarch naturally fell on Sima Yi's head, but Sima Yi is now fighting against 6 Xun on the Jingzhou front, so the position of this patriarch can only be replaced by Sima Yi's third brother Sima Fu.

In the ancestral hall of the Sima family, Sima Zhao was kneeling in front of countless ranks, and around him, there were all the elders of the Sima family.

A smile appeared on Sima Fu's face, now Sima Zhao is fifteen years old, according to the rules of the Sima family, fifteen years old is considered to have entered adulthood, and he can participate in the affairs of the Sima family. And before that, there must be a ritual that includes paying homage to the ancestors of the Sima family.

Seeing that Sima Zhao had finished worshipping, Sima Fu nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Xiao Zhao, now you can participate in the affairs of the clan. But before I do that, I have something to tell you, you come with me! ”

(Gluttonous ps: Yitian Sword is there, Xiao Zhao is also there, Zhang Wuji!) ）

Sima Zhao looked at Sima Shi next to him a little confused, and Sima Shi gave Sima Zhao an encouraging look.

Sima Zhao followed Sima Fu to the back hall of the ancestral hall, but the others did not follow.

In the back hall, there are paintings hanging one after another, all of which are portraits of the ancestors of the Sima family, and in the middle, two futons are arranged.

Sima Fu bowed to the ground at the portraits of several clothes, and then Sima Fu came to one of the futons, moved the futon, and gently lifted the floor, only to see a secret passage appear in front of Sima Fu's eyes.

"Uncle, what is this?" Sima Zhao asked in surprise, Sima Zhao is so big, and this ancestral hall has been here countless times, but Sima Zhao knows for the first time that there is a secret passage here.

A staircase appeared in front of the two of them, and a faint glow emanated from the deepest depths.

"Xiao Zhao, today I will tell you a secret, a secret that only the descendants of the Sima family know! You come with me. After Sima Fu finished speaking, he thought about walking down the stairs, and Sima Zhao followed.

Waiting down the stairs, Sima Zhao appeared, on both sides of the stairs, there were night pearls, although the night pearls are not big, but they are better than the number, the light is sprinkled on the stairs of the secret passage, although it is not very clear, but at least you can see the road.

Then walking forward, Sima Zhao realized that the night pearls around him were getting bigger and bigger. Finally, the two finally walked into the secret room.

Although the secret room is not big, but the surroundings are all lit up with night pearls, Sima Zhao counted slightly, there are at least two or three hundred night pearls here!

At this time, Sima Zhao's heart was full of shock, such a big stroke, so many night pearls, I am afraid that even the royal family of Wei State will not be able to take it out!

However, what happened next made Sima Zhao feel even more strange, at the front of the secret room, there were tablets one by one, and the golden characters on the tablets emitted a single golden light against the backdrop of the night pearl.

Sima Zhao looked up at the tablet in the middle, and there were now a few big characters written on it.

"Tang Shuyu!" Sima Zhao read softly.

"Get on your knees!" Sima Fu's voice came from the side.

Sima Zhao looked at Sima Fu inexplicably, and Sima Fu continued: "Xiao Zhao kneels down and bows to the ancestors!" ”

"Ancestors and fathers?" Sima Zhao asked with a puzzled face.

"Yes, ancestors and ancestors, the ancestors on this tablet are all the ancestors of our Sima family......

"Tang Shuyu? That name sounds familiar! While Sima Zhao knelt down, he thought silently.

"Xiao Zhao, do you think this name is familiar? Let me give you a hint, when the Duke of Zhou destroyed the Tang Dynasty, he sealed the young son of King Wu of Zhou in the Tang Land, and this person is called Shu Yu! ”

"Shuyu, I remembered, it's Duke Jin!" Sima Zhao exclaimed.