Chapter Twenty-Seven: Surprise

"This tea is good." Cao Shuang sat in Cao Cao's study, looking through the bamboo slips left by Cao Cao, while evaluating the tea leaves in the Prime Minister's Mansion. At this time, Cao Cao had already entered the palace to deal with the matter of the assassins, and all the guards in the palace were replaced by the Tiger Guards, and the eunuchs and palace maids were killed on the spot if they were suspicious. Liu Xie sat in the dormitory, his face gloomy, and the green tendons on the back of his hands burst out. Just now, his attendant was taken away by Xu Chu and was killed with a rod on the grounds of fornicating with assassins.

"Your Majesty, drink some water." A gorgeously dressed woman handed Liu Xie a cup of tea.

Liu Xie looked up at her and took the tea in the woman's hand, "Queen, do you know what happened on the hunting ground today, the Han family is unlucky!" "This woman is Liu Xie's queen - Fu Shou, that is, Fu Wan's daughter.

"Your Majesty, be careful that the wall has ears." Empress Fu persuaded Liu Xie to look around, and a few eunuchs who had just been sent looked over here from time to time. Empress Fu stood up and waved her hand at a few little eunuchs, "You all go out, Your Majesty is going to rest." ”

Several little eunuchs withdrew from the dormitory, and Empress Fu sat beside Liu Xie, Liu Xie knelt on Empress Fu's lap, "Today I personally ordered the execution of thirteen people loyal to the Great Han, who else is willing to follow me in the future." After tonight, I'm afraid that the palace will be full of Cao Cao's people, who else can I trust? ”

Empress Fu gently stroked Liu Xie's hair, "Your Majesty still has concubines, no matter what happens, the concubines will be by Your Majesty's side." Liu Xie, who was in a bad mood, fell asleep unconsciously on Queen Fu's lap, and Queen Fu saw Liu Xie so sad and gently stroked Liu Xie. Her eyes were extremely firm, and she secretly determined, "The concubine will definitely protect Your Majesty and the Han family." ”

When Cao Shuang was grunting hungry, Cao Cao returned from the palace and handed Cao Shuang a porcelain vase and several bamboo slips in a bookbag. Cao Shuang originally wanted to eat at the Prime Minister's Mansion, but was blocked by Cao Cao's long night dream. Cao Shuang muttered as he walked, "I'm tired of life, my grandfather is so stingy." Looking at Cao Shuang's scoundrel appearance, Cao Cao beckoned to Cao Shuang with a laugh, "Take this money to buy something to eat, Lone is not so stingy that he won't even let you eat a meal." Hearing Cao Cao give money to eat, Cao Shuang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly snatched the money in Cao Cao's hand, "Thank you, thank you." After that, Cao Shuang led Li Cong down to the restaurant, the body is the capital of the revolution, how can you work without eating.

At the door of the bad mansion, Cao Shuang and Qi Fei met by chance. "What a coincidence, did you find it?" Cao Shuang had just eaten a full meal, and he burped as soon as he spoke. Qi Fei and the others wanted to laugh but couldn't, they held back their lives so hard, "The subordinates have already found out, those people died on the bandits on Qingqi Mountain, twenty-five miles outside the city, and the leader of the bandits is called Zhang Qi." This group of bandits occupied Qingqi Mountain for many years, at first they made a living by robbing houses and houses, and later Cao Cao sent a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the Qingqi Mountain bandits, and the Qingqi Mountain bandits did not dare to go down the mountain to rob from then on. In order to make a living, the group of bandits in Qingqi Mountain has become a mercenary organization, and whoever gives money will work for whomever they want.

"So someone paid to hire them?" Cao Shuang was very curious, this was not a mercenary in later generations.

Qi Fei nodded, "I'm afraid there is nothing else that can make them tempted except money." ”

Cao Shuang waved his hand, "Leave these bandits alone for the time being, take a few people and let's go to Fuwan Mansion." ”

"No!" Qi Fei went to pick people, and Cao Shuang also climbed into the carriage that Li Cong had rushed into.

Cao Cao will never let go of Fu Wan, when Liu Xie made the edict of clothes, Cao Cao suspected that Fu Wan was involved, but there was no evidence, and it was even more hindered by the identity of Queen Fu, so he did not do anything to Fu Wan. Although there is no direct evidence of this assassination incident, Fu Feng's confession has pointed the finger at Fu Wan. I'd rather kill the mistake than let it go, not to mention that Fu Wan has always been the emperor's party, and killing him will only be beneficial to Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao was hindered by the identity of Empress Fu and could not act on the surface, so he ordered the bad people to deal with the matter.

"Who are you?" The subordinate guarding the gate at the gate of Fufu saw Cao Shuang coming with a few soldiers and hurriedly blocked it.

Cao Shuang showed a very surprised expression on his face, and a sizzling voice came out of his mouth, "I don't know this son, I should know this." With that, he placed a token in the hands of one of his subordinates. The man's intuition was cold, and he was startled when he opened his palm, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Cao Shuang, "The little one is blind, and he doesn't even recognize the son." "In that person's hand is a tiger head token made of dark iron, the tiger head token is written in front of the word 'bad person', and behind it is Cao Shuang's name. With this token, Cao Shuang can go straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and no one can stop him. After the assassination, Cao Cao gave the bad guys the right to patrol and arrest them.

"It would be nice to know each other in the future." Cao Shuang took back the token and led people into Fufu. As soon as he entered the courtyard, a tall middle-aged man greeted him, "I don't know if Gongzi Cao has arrived, Fu De has missed the distance, and I hope Gongzi will forgive me." This person is Fu De, the son of Fu Wan, Fu De's attitude is very respectful, he doesn't dare to underestimate the six-year-old Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang arched his hand, "No need to be polite, what about Mr. Fu?" ”

"My father's body has not recovered, and he insisted on going hunting with His Majesty, and he has fallen asleep by this time. If there is anything wrong with the child, you can tell De, and De will tell you tomorrow. Fude replied without leaks.

Cao Shuang smiled first, turned his face instantly, and took out the ring head knife from Qi Fei's waist and put it on Fu De's neck, "It's just a coincidence, this son is here to deliver medicine to Fu Wan." Take us to your father, right away! Cao Shuang's tone was cold, which made people feel colder than the knife on his neck. Volde's undershirt was soaked with sweat, "Okay, okay, I'll take you right away." ”

At Cao Shuang's signal, the door of Fu Wan's room was kicked open by Qi Fei, and he saw Fu Wan sitting on the bed, Fu Cheng squatting on the ground and burning some cloth in the brazier. Qi Fei hurriedly stepped forward to extinguish the fire in the brazier and rescue half of the cloth that had not been burned out. Cao Shuang looked at Fu Wan with a smile, then turned his eyes to look at Fu Cheng, and took the cloth in Qi Fei's hand, "These three words on the payment are reading Suo's life, right?" After Fu Wan, he saw Cao Shuang breaking into his room with bad people, and his heart felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Escort Fu Cheng back to the bad mansion." Cao Shuang waved his hand, and a bad person stepped forward to arrest Fu Cheng, Fu Cheng wanted to resist, but when he saw Fu Wan shaking his head weakly, he gave up resisting and let the bad people dispose of him.

"The old man has thought of this day for a long time." Fu Wan sighed for a short time, and said slowly, "The old man thought it would be Xu Chu, but I didn't expect it to be you, Cao Shuang and Cao Gongzi." ”

Cao Shuang touched his nose and replied with a smile, "This may be a surprise." ”