Chapter XXIV: Assassination

On July 15, the 14th year of Jian'an, all the Tiger Guards were dispatched, and the whole city of Xuchang City was under martial law, and a large number of soldiers patrolled back and forth in the city. Cao Shuang led the bad people into the Prime Minister's Mansion when the sky was just dawning, and Cao Shuang did not show up until Cao Cao rode a horse and took the generals of the Cao clan to meet the Emperor of Han. Cao Zhen was dressed in military uniform, sitting on a horse and looking for his son everywhere. A hundred tigers and leopards have been taken away by Cao Shuang, how can they not find their son now.

"Zidan, pay attention to your etiquette." Cao Xiu hit his horse and came to Cao Zhen's side.

Cao Zhen looked at his clan brother, smiled slightly, and whispered his concerns to Cao Xiu, "My eyelids are jumping these days, will something happen?" ”

Cao Xiu gently pulled the reins and said jokingly, "I found that Zidan, you have changed a lot since you returned from the Southern Expedition. ”

"Change? What has changed, how come I didn't notice it myself. Listening to Cao Xiu's words, Cao Zhen was very puzzled.

"It's like the woman in the house, mother-in-law." Cao Xiu watched with a wicked smile on his face as Cao Zhen hit the horse and move forward.

The group came to the center of Xuchang City, where Cao Cao built the imperial palace for Liu Xie. Except for Cao Cao, everyone dismounted and stood, waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven. Cao Pi stood in front of the majestic palace gate, his eyes shining, and his hands shrunk in his sleeves were clenched tightly. All this Cao Pi saw in the eyes of a middle-aged man, only to see this person looking at the wolf and looking at his back, this is Sima Yi, who was the waiter of the Yellow Gate at the time.

Cao Cao sat on the horse and closed his eyes slightly, and the horsewhip in his hand shook gently. The civil and military ministers all stood behind Cao Cao's horse, waiting for the palace gate to open. Just when everyone was in a hurry, the vermilion palace door creaked open. I saw the guard of honor obeying, hugging the front and the back, the cars and the passengers, and waving the flag. Cao Cao dismounted and came to the emperor's gorgeous car and bowed his hand, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he was about to kneel, Liu Xie, dressed in a strong suit, and said before Cao Cao's knees were about to bend down, "Cao Aiqing quickly excuse himself." Cao Cao gladly accepted it, and did not really kneel, and the ministers behind him did not have such treatment, and knelt down without exception. Looking at the important ministers who were kneeling at his feet, Liu Xie secretly thought in his heart how good it would be if these people all bowed down to him sincerely, and looked at Cao Cao who was standing in front of him, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

When the emperor travels, the scene is definitely not small. The streets were full of people kneeling, and all black-clad soldiers maintained order. Cao Cao changed from a horse to a car, and for Cao Cao, who had been riding a horse, suddenly changed to a car, although Xiahoudun and others didn't know why, no one dared to come forward to ask. Cao Cao, as the overlord of the north, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and in recent years, there has been a faint momentum of overpowering the Son of Heaven.

Seeing that Cao Cao changed from horse to car, Fu Fu gently touched Fu Cheng behind him, and continued to follow the convoy. Fu Cheng nodded, and left the convoy, only to rush back when the convoy was about to leave the city. Two men wearing hats gently pulled down their hats, and they went out of the city with the people who had left the city, and then disappeared into the jungle.

"Tell the commander, Cao Cao is in the city from horses to carts." The two men wearing hats were the killers of Suomingtang, and the two of them carefully described the appearance of Cao Cao's car.

Jing Yang nodded and gathered the killers together, "According to the current situation, it is no longer possible to shoot with crossbow arrows. Moreover, Cao Cao's carriage is in the middle of the whole team, and once we make a move, we will be attacked from both sides. ”

A hoarse voice in the killer said, "So what should we do?" ”

Jing Yang touched his nose lightly, and then laid out his plan in its entirety, after which Jing Yang made a precise deployment. The convoy drove mightily to the hunting ground, Xu Chu rode on a horse to guard the side of Cao Cao's carriage, and Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu also followed closely behind Cao Cao's carriage with tigers and leopards.

"I heard you're number one in the Haw Par Ride?" The six-year-old child in Cao Cao's carriage asked, this child is Cao Shuang, who has been missing for a long time.

And the person sitting next to Cao Shuang gently tore off the fake beard stuck to his mouth, and hugged his fist towards Cao Shuang, "Childe praised it." This person was wearing Cao Cao's strong suit, and he looked a little similar to Cao Cao from a distance when he glued his beard. This person is Qu Dong, who ranks first in the tiger and leopard ride, and Cao Shuang had a plan to change the tanuki for the prince when he saw him for the first time.

Before the convoy reached a dirt slope, someone in the convoy was suddenly killed by an arrow. "Someone, escort!" Fu Wan took out the sword on his waist and stood in front of the emperor's chariot with Fu Cheng and the others. Liu Xie's chariot was behind Cao Cao's carriage, and he deliberately lowered the speed of the emperor's chariot along the way, and even distanced himself from Cao Cao's carriage. Seeing that someone was attacking the convoy, he told the driver not to move forward. A large fireball rolled down from the dirt slope and blocked Cao Cao's carriage, separating the convoy in front of Cao Cao's carriage.

Cao Shuang, who was sitting in the carriage, rubbed his eyes, "Ben Gongzi thought they didn't dare to do it." Qu Dong held the sword tightly in his hand, and there was no expression on his face, but he admired Cao Shuang very much in his heart, a six-year-old child could be so calm. Xu Chu drew the sword at his waist and ordered a team of tiger guards to attack the dirt slope to capture the killer. Another pair of tiger guards stepped forward to clear the fireball, one tugged the reins to calm the frightened horses, and the rest of the tiger guards gathered in front of the carriage. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu led the tiger and leopard cavalry to surround Cao Cao's carriage as if facing a great enemy. There was a sound of fighting on the dirt slope, and from the other side, several masked black-clothed people and tiger guards and tiger leopard riders fought together. I saw a few people with vicious sword moves, attacking the enemy's vital points, making people unable to guard against it. After a moment of fighting, several tiger guards fell in a pool of blood, and when the killers of the Calling Hall had the upper hand, several men in black chose to retreat. Cao Zhen led people to chase after him, and Cao Xiu hurriedly drank Cao Zhen, "Zidan, don't chase, there is fraud here." "Cao Zhen reined in the war horse," Wen Lie protected the prime minister's carriage, and I personally went to care if he was fraudulent or not. ”

Cao Xiu couldn't resist Cao Zhen, so he led the rest of the tigers and leopards to ride around Cao Cao's carriage. Cao Shuang lifted the curtain and looked at the dense canopy above his head, and lightly tapped Qu Dong's arm, "Pay attention to it." ”

A few leaves fell with the wind, and suddenly one was split in half. Four men in black descended from the sky with swords, and their sharp swords pierced the roof of the car. "Tiger Hou, above." When Cao Xiu saw the killer falling from the sky, it was too late, Xu Chu stepped on the back of the horse and got up with his strength. Qu Dong in the car held a sword and swung away the four swords inserted into the carriage, and the wooden planks of the carriage could not bear to scatter. A killer intuitively felt a chill in his heart, only to see a bright sword hanging with bright red blood droplets through his heart, and the killer's eyes were full of unwillingness. Xu Chu, the director of this sword, put his feet on the dead killer, took advantage of the situation to pull out the sword, spun perfectly in the air, and landed safely on the horse's back.