Jizhou, Yecheng.

Cao Cao sat on the bed with a blank gaze wrapped in a quilt, and his bright eyes, which were originally bright, looked at the door in front of him without focus at the moment, without saying a word.

"It's not okay to go on like this, Wei Gong has been like this for ten days!" Cheng Yu said with a haggard face, with sunken eyes, red eyes, towering cheekbones, and gray beard, as if he had just been released from prison after a big punishment.

Xun You sighed and withdrew slightly from the inner room.

Cao Pi is no better, and his originally round face is now much thinner.

"Uncles, adults, generals, you are all your father's ministers, think of a way, I'm afraid it will be ...... if you continue like this I'm afraid it's ......" Cao Pi couldn't continue, and suddenly cried.

"Lord Xun, you are resourceful, think of a way!"

Xun You looked at the snow in the courtyard and sighed: "The death of Zixiao and Zihe is really too big a blow to Duke Wei, if you can't solve the current situation, I'm afraid it will be ...... It's hard! ”

"Zixiao, Zihe, where have you been?" Cao Cao's terrible shouts suddenly pierced through the inner room.

"Alas! Here we go again! Yang Xiu sighed.

"Yang Dezu, what do you mean?" Xu Chu suddenly shouted, the Fire Cloud Knife was ready to be slashed head-on.

Yang Xiu's face suddenly became bloodless, and he exclaimed: "Ah, General Xu, Xiu just sighed at the pain of Duke Wei, and had no other meaning!" ”

"Your father Yang Biao raised the clan to join the enemy, Cao Gong remembered that your Yang family's old kindness did not kill you, but now you are seriously ill, but you are still talking cool here, watching me slaughter you as a traitor's son." Xu Chu was furious.

"Zhongkang, no!" Xun You immediately stopped, "How can you use a knife and a gun at this moment, if you see blood in the inner room, do you want to harm Duke Wei?" ”

At the mention of Cao Cao, Xu Chu immediately became stunned, did not dare to say anything, and walked to the door with an angry snort to continue guarding.

Yang Xiu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly thanked Xun You: "Thank you for being an adult and saving your life!" ”

Since the city of Xuchang was broken and the news came that the Yang family announced that they would no longer participate in political affairs, Yang Xiu has faced the cynicism and intimidation of countless people every day. Although he has a son-in-law Cao Zhi to protect him, Cao Zhi is not always by his side, in addition, Cao Zhi has always been a drunkard, unruly, and has a lot of troubles, so he Yang Xiu can only be careful everywhere, trembling and living, like this kind of thing just now will happen several times a day.

"Alas, if it weren't for the drunken appointment of the fourth prince today to visit Cao Cao, he would not have been threatened by Xu Chu!" Yang Xiu thought about his thoughts and retreated, preparing to leave.

"Dezu, why didn't the fourth brother come to visit his father today? Are you drunk unconscious again? Cao Pi's voice suddenly came out behind him.

"Ah, the second son, the fourth son has been thinking hard about how to break the situation for several days, and he is writing a recital today!" Yang Xiu was full of nonsense, but as a courtier, he naturally didn't dare to speak ill of his master.

"Really? I didn't expect the fourth brother to be so studious. In that case, then my brother will go and see how he is doing! Cao Pi sneered. Others don't know, he still doesn't know the character of this fourth brother, his father doesn't see that he will live for a few years, and the future inheritance will fall into the hands of their brothers. But Cao Cao has not yet designated a successor, Cao Zhi is his Cao Pi's most powerful opponent, as long as there is a chance to strike, he Cao Pi will never give up the opportunity.

"Let's go, you lead the way!" Cao Pi said lightly, and walked out directly, so that Yang Xiu couldn't refuse at all.

"No!" Yang Xiu's face turned pale, but he couldn't get out, let alone deliver the news, so he had to pray in his heart that Cao Zhi would wake up on his own and start reading.

The two of them came to Cao Zhi's mansion under the escort of the guards, and the guards saw that it was Cao Pi, and wanted to stop them from going to report it, but Cao Pi had already prepared, and with a wave of his hand, the guards who followed immediately pointed their weapons at the guards at the door: "If you don't want to die, stay and don't move!" ”

Cao Pi swaggered directly into the inner room, between which Cao Zhi was drunk like mud, and he was snoring loudly, the room was full of messes, and several people who accompanied the wine also fell to the ground drunk and lay down at will.

Yang Xiu's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt on the ground: "Ask the second son for forgiveness and let the fourth son go this time!" ”

"Hahaha! Yang Dezu, Yang Dezu, is my fourth brother doing this? A little staff member, dare to deceive my son, what crime should you be guilty of? Cao Pi's face was full of coldness and murderous aura.

"Ask the second son to spare his life, the villain also doesn't want to see the estrangement between the sons and brothers, so ......" The facts are in front of him, and Yang Xiu doesn't know how to defend it.

Cao Zhi may have been noisy, sobered up a little, and looked up: "Hehe, second brother, you are here, come for a drink......"

The chill on Cao Pi's face was even worse: "Hmph! Come on, take them all, take them to your father! ”

A group of people stepped forward with a hula, and all of them, including Cao Zhi, were arrested and taken to the Duke of Wei's mansion.

In the inner room, Cao Cao had returned to his original appearance and continued to be in a daze.

Cao Pi walked in: "Father, the national disaster is at the head, my father is seriously ill, and the fourth brother is still drunk and drunk with the same gang of subordinates in the house, so ignorant of the overall situation, it is really chilling, please condemn my father!" ”

"Duke Wei is seriously ill, son, don't stimulate him!" Everyone hurriedly dissuaded Cao Pi, for fear that Cao Cao would make another mistake.

But Cao Pi, as Cao Cao's son, knows his father better, Cao Cao seems to be demented, but he is actually sober, but he is deliberately confused without a way to crack it.

But Cao Pi knew that Cao Cao paid more attention to his sons, hoping to inherit his will and dominate the world. Cao Pi is going to take this opportunity to please his father and fight Cao Zhi today. The reason why he knew that Cao Zhi was drunk was also the news from the eyeliner he had planted on Cao Zhi's mansion.

Sure enough, after Cao Cao finished talking to Cao Pi for a long time, he slowly raised his head and looked at Cao Pi, with two extremely cold gazes shooting out of his eyes, full of killing intent.

Cao Pi was frightened in his heart, he knew that Cao Cao was worried about their brothers, and he was even more disgusted with the things of fratricidal brothers, but Cao Pi wanted to gamble, betting that Cao Cao would not give up on him, because he always thought that as a monarch, he had to be ruthless, and he bet that his father could finally choose him, the existing eldest son.

Cao Pi lowered his head, Cao Cao looked at it for a long time, and the other people next to him didn't dare to talk more, and the needles in the inner room could be smelled.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand, pointed at Cao Pi and said in a hoarse voice, "You...... Very good! ”

Cao Zhi had been completely awakened, and his whole body trembled and knelt on the ground, hearing Cao Cao's voice, his face was like ashes. He didn't want to get drunk, but he didn't know how to stop drinking as soon as he started.

"Send Cao Zhifa to Youzhou, fight against foreigners, guard the frontier, and no return without summoning! Others, kill! Cao Cao said word by word, his voice was like that of the Nine Demons.

"Father! I ......" Cao Zhi cried bitterly.

Cao Cao waved his hand and didn't say a word.