The next day, the sky was gloomy and dark, the sky above Xu Du began to rain, the cold air swept through the courtyard of Caofu, Dian Wei and Xu Chu outside the main hall door two pairs of copper bells stared at each other, occasionally mosquitoes buzzed to the ears, snapping to death in the palm of the palm. The lights flickered inside, illuminating the shadows of the two of them, and the distorted dance reflected in the windows, and there was a loud laugh in the midst of the staggering.

"Gongsun and Fengxiao saw the expressions of those civil and military forces yesterday?"

Guo Jia poured a glass of wine, coughed a few times, laughed, and looked at the two people above: "Jia naturally saw it, but the lord and the governor may be a little anxious, and now Lu Bu is cut off, and the form should be to consolidate the Yan, Henan, and Xu Sanzhou, and the court should still maintain stability, and then attack Wancheng Zhang Xiu, and the hidden dangers around Xu Du will be cleared." ”

"What Feng Xian said is reasonable, but when Gongsun and I came back from Xuzhou, we decided on this matter first, and I didn't have time to inform you, so I did it." Cao Cao stroked his thick beard, picked up his wine glass, and got up to salute: "you, don't you pay a compensation." ”

After speaking, drink it dry in one gulp.

"Lord, don't be filial piety." When Guo Jia hurriedly stood up and bowed in return, next to Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhi put down the cup, his cold eyes focused on the somewhat pale and sick figure, and his tone was indifferent: "Guo sacrificed wine, this is my idea, after all, Lu Bu is destroyed in a blink of an eye, and there is Nanyang Wancheng left around, taking advantage of the rest of the soldiers of the three armies, wouldn't it be better to clean up the court again?" ”

"It's good, but Mr. Jia feels that there is something else going on."

"What I want is to force them, Xu Du is so big, no matter how big it is, what can happen?!"

The heavy rain fell outside, and above, the grandson in the fur coat stopped drinking and put down the wine, and said in a deep voice, his eyes under the thick eyebrows were shining, "....... Feng Xian saw which people had different faces today, right? I can't say that I have already begun to prepare to get rid of me and Prime Minister Cao Cheng...... Hahaha...... I'll just wait for them. ”

Guo Jia had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and nodded: "Gongsun Dudu forced these people to jump out, of course this plan is feasible, but in the future, it will also confirm the reputation of you and my lord, not Han Chen, but Han thief, after all, the family behind these people, others may be a little less, but the ability to stink a person's reputation is still there." ”

Outside the courtyard, the rapid footsteps splashed the stagnant water on the ground, and a strong man of medium stature and strong muscles ran up the stone steps with water vapor all over his body, arched his hand with Dian Wei and Xu Chu, pushed open the door and strode in.

At this time, the three people in the hall were talking slowly, and the man who came in from the door was Cao Hong, he patted the water stains on his robe, and laughed: "Big brother, as expected, the spies walking in front of the ministers' mansions reported, before dawn today, the general prince's suit quietly went out to Dong Cheng's mansion, and the spies over there also sent back the news, and he did see the prince in the suit, and he hasn't come out yet." , which is a message recorded in detail by the spies......"

He slapped the two plain silks with the records on them on the table.

Cao Cao stared at the Su Silk on the table and was silent for a while, but finally took it in his hand and unfolded it, read it one by one, and then handed it to Gongsun Zhi next to him, Gongsun Zhi only glanced at it and threw it on the table and ignored it, raised his eyes and looked over: "This person, he is not as wise as Wang Yun, and he has to follow the example of Tu Dong Zhuo, this is to send death to the door." ”

"Indeed, come to die."

Cao Cao poured a full amount of wine, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, raised his hand and smashed it on the ground, the fragments splashed and rolled to the feet of the figure standing in the middle, and his voice intensified: "These people don't know what to do, who gave them food and clothing when they were chased by Guo Yan and Li Dao?" Who let them continue to be the high-ranking ministers in the court, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there are a few ....... who are really grateful to me Cao Cao and think that I Cao Cao is in the way of their affairs. ”

He waved the sleeves of his robe vigorously, stood up and looked at the young man in the seat on the side: "Feng Xiao...... You say that they have a great ability to stink a person, it doesn't matter, I have the reputation of the wicked, these ...... Dog ...... not well kept"

gritted his teeth and gritted his indignant words, but he felt a little bitter in his heart, and finally understood why Yuan Shao was unwilling to welcome the emperor to Jizhou to settle down, not because it was difficult to control, but because of the families who had rooted their roots in the soil of this Han Dynasty, how many ministers in the court represented how many families were rubbing with him Cao Cao.

Even if he had the ambition to help the Han family, the entanglement with these people gradually made him lose this idea, and sometimes he wanted to chop the court to pieces with a knife, of course, put aside these obstacles and unsatisfactory places, the strategy of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes is still right, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After all the ups and downs along the way, after considering all aspects, he finally decided to clear the opposition of the court under the instigation of Gongsun Zhi, although the future world is dark about himself, he can only let go of his ambitions by erasing these opponents of his own people.

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In the other direction of the city, the heavy rain is still falling rapidly, crackling on the roof and flowing through the eaves to form a continuous rain curtain, Dong Cheng has not closed his eyes since he received the secret edict from the palace last night, and he has not closed his eyes until noon, and after receiving his news, he hurried over, looked at the secret edict in his hand, and his throat trembled lightly: "Will there be a problem......

This person has always been cautious, and he naturally has a very heavy guard against Cao Cao, who has monopolized power, knowing that the other party cannot be the kind of person who has come to this point by luck, and his first reaction after reading the secret edict is to think about whether it will be a bait.

"No, this is sent by Empress Fu herself." Dong Cheng moved the lamppost and unfolded the secret edict, "It is the imperial chief, she is the righteous daughter of Wang Situ, the person who separates Dong Zhuo Lu Bu, and she is also loyal to the Han family, and the secret edict has never passed through the hands of others." ”

"Yes...... But Cao Cao has heavy troops in Xudu, and he guards the imperial city, how can he win? Wang Zifu hesitated, thinking that this was a major matter related to the lives of the whole family, and there was a lot of horror on his face.

"Then it depends on whether you and I are of the same heart, if you want to achieve greater things, you have to take risks." Dong Cheng smiled, as if he had already seen through everything in his heart, and pointed his finger on the table: "As long as we can kill Cao Cao, we will immediately control the imperial city, and then recruit Cao Thief's old troops to get his strong troops, and Yan, Yu, and Xu will all fall into our hands." ”

"Is there anyone in the city who can do things together? I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

"Yes!"

After all kinds of major events, Dong Cheng is no longer the captain who was crawling and rolling in Li Dao's army at the beginning, he looked at the rain curtain hanging on the eaves outside, and his voice turned slightly lower, "...... Changshui Lieutenant Chongji and Yilang Wu Shuoju are my confidants, and when the time comes, you will listen to my orders and act according to the plan...... By the way, yesterday I watched Liu Xuande...... He is the self-proclaimed King of Zhongshan....... Maybe pull it over ......."

The torrential rain rattled and obscured the words of the conspiracy.

The rain lotus canopy was poured on the paper umbrella, coming out of Cao's mansion, Gongsun Zhi went to the military camp outside the city at noon, and after seeing Lu Bu and his family hidden in the army, he discussed some things, and on the way back to Xudu, someone accidentally sent a plain silk, and the content on it made his brows furrow suddenly.

"The queen recruited me into the palace....... It doesn't seem like there's such a play......."

After thinking for a while, Gongsun Zhi put away the news, lifted the curtain, and said softly: "Turn around and go directly to the palace." ”