Chapter 10 Killing Chickens and Monkeys
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Liu Xu was furious, and was about to get up and get angry, but he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and the strength of his whole body seemed to be hollowed out, Liu Xu looked down at his abdomen in disbelief, holding a knife handle in one hand, Liu Xu looked up at Cao Cao's smiling face, and began to vomit blood in his mouth, and said vaguely, "You, how dare you, kill, me!?" ”
Liu Xu slowly lost consciousness, and only Cao Cao's narrow eyes remained in his eyes, staring at him like a poisonous snake.
Cao Cao got up slowly, pulled out the short knife inserted into Liu Xu's abdomen, Cao Cao grabbed Liu Xu's hair bun with one hand, and swept the short knife across Liu Xu's neck with the other, and instantly Liu Xu's good head was bloodily held in Cao Cao's hands, and Liu Xu's headless body was still sitting on the chair and maintaining the posture before death.
All this happened so fast that the few people behind Liu Xu didn't come, and they were anxious to understand what was going on, Cao Cao glanced at the stunned few people and said, "You can come forward to avenge your master."
These people were stared at by Cao Cao at this time, and they were already frightened and didn't dare to move.
Cao Cao shook his head boringly, "Since you don't have the courage to do this, then go and call the other officials, I have something to announce!" ”
A few people reluctantly went down the lobby to call people. Cao Cao picked up Liu Xu's head, leaned against the door with his back to the case, looked at the face distorted and deformed by the fear of death, and said, "Why should Lord Liu be so stingy, I just borrowed it, and I will pay you back in a while."
It didn't take long for all the officials to be called back, and many of these officials were smart people, and they saw fear on the faces of Liu Xu's retainers. It's just that no matter how you ask, these people don't open their mouths, they have to come to the lobby suspiciously, as soon as they enter the lobby, the situation in the lobby makes these powerless officials weak in their hands and feet, many people sit directly on the ground, some people can't help but even spit out the food they ate early, when they go out, isn't the new adult talking to Lord Liu, how can it be a while, Lord Liu's head is gone!.
And the initiator of all this, Cao Cao, turned around casually, Cao Cao raised the head in his hand, some officials screamed and pulled their legs and ran out, Cao Cao seemed to be in a good mood, and smiled happily, "If anyone takes a step out of this hall, die!" ”
Although Cao Cao said this with a smile, these officials who were running out stopped abruptly and looked at Cao Cao with a frightened expression.
Cao Cao grabbed Liu Xu's head and said, "Liu Xu, as the lieutenant of the northern lieutenant of Luoyang of the Han Dynasty, falsely reported the number of people, greedy for empty salaries, committed chaos, and murdered the former commander!" Today, he intends to assassinate the official again" Cao Cao walked towards everyone step by step with his head, blood dripping down on the lobby, knocking on everyone's hearts, and everyone trembled and kept retreating, "Before the official came to the future, he had heard about the situation here, but the official never thought that Liu Xu and you would be so blatant!" ”
"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives"
"Spare your life!"
A group of officials knelt on the ground and trembled, Cao Cao's face changed and said, "Forget it, since Liu Xu is dead, I don't want to pursue your affairs."
Cao Cao gently placed Liu Xu's head on Liu Xu's body, and Cao Cao looked happy, "Okay, Lord Liu, the head will be returned to you"
The human head shook a few times at the neck and rolled to the ground, and Cao Cao showed pity, "Alas, don't!" Okay then" Cao Cao squatted down and picked up the falling head, "Since Lord Liu doesn't want it, then Cao is disrespectful"
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he stood up and threw the head out of the lobby, and said to the officials who were already stunned, "Take it out and hang it outside the office!" ”
Cao Cao stood calmly on the city wall of this ancient famous capital, looking down at the bustling people in the city, there are domineering sons, there are low-chanting students, there are poor people struggling for life, behind the prosperity of Luoyang, there is endless darkness and dirty, let me Cao Cao to govern it well!
On the second day, Cao Cao relied on his father Cao Song's relationship in the court, borrowed more than a dozen Yulin armor soldiers from the hands of Xu Yi from Yulin Zhonglang, and asked someone to dye more than ten sticks with red, yellow, green, white, and black five colors named the five-color stick, and placed them outside the office. With the patrol of the armor and the deterrent of the torture equipment, the northern lieutenant office in Luoyang soon operated normally, and the officials Cao Cao, who followed Liu Xu to do evil in the past, did not pursue them, but wrote off the sins they committed, after all, killing them, it was difficult for the office to operate in a short time, so Cao Cao left them, these people were grateful to Dade, and they all began to work hard, after all, they all had a knife hanging on their heads!
This night, Cao Cao took a dozen armor soldiers to make a routine patrol according to the usual rules, and the Han Dynasty decreed that a curfew would be imposed after the time, and idle people were not allowed to wander the streets. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, this law has always existed, and there are many people who defy the law because they don't believe in it, and the final outcome is without exception--------- corpses are hung on the tall walls of Luoyang City!
However, with the passage of time, this law has also lost its former prestige, and now the government is corrupt, and there are many people who violate the curfew law, both high-ranking officials and nobles, and ordinary people.
Cao Cao closed his eyes and rode a military horse, and at night the horse's hooves stepped on the ancient stone road, and the crisp clatter sound came far away, Cao Cao's ears moved slightly, as if he heard something, and when he opened his eyes, Cao Cao pointed in a direction with a horsewhip and said
"What's up ahead?"
A sergeant walked over and said
"Lord Qiyu, Shenwu Street ahead!"
"Oh," Cao Cao asked
"This Shenwu Street, can it be under the jurisdiction of my northern lieutenant?"
"Half in and half out!" The armorer replied in a deep voice
It turns out that this Luoyang is because the city is too big and the street population is too large, so Luoyang is divided into four regions, southeast and northwest, and four Luoyang captains are set up, such as Cao Cao's northern lieutenant is in charge of the security of the northern region of Luoyang, and the corresponding Luoyang has three Luoyang lieutenants in the southeast and west, who are in charge of the security of the three regions in the southeast and west of Luoyang, and this Shenwu Street is just the dividing area between the northern lieutenant and the western lieutenant, and a restaurant on this street is the dividing line, half of which belongs to the northern lieutenant and half belongs to the western lieutenant!
"Hmm," Cao Cao nodded and said to the armor behind him, "Let's go and see!" ”
"No"
The armor behind him are all from the first forbidden army of the Han Empire, Yulinwei, although there are only a few dozen people, but they have their own momentum.
These armor soldiers are wearing heavy armor, holding five-color sticks, and follow Cao Cao towards Shenwu Street, Cao Cao and others passed through several unknown streets, across the street corners, bursts of noise gradually entered Cao Cao's ears, the corners of Cao Cao's mouth rose, it seems that there are many people who will die tonight.
Shenwu Street Drunken Dream House is known as the world's first restaurant, often overcrowded during the day, at night is also the song of the Ying Yan dance, the song of the water flows, this Drunken Dream House is one of the ten permanent servants of Jian Shuo built, the background is profound, Jian Shuo handed over the management of this restaurant to the uncle Jian Tu to operate. The people who come and go in this drunken dream building are all dignitaries, and it is rumored that he has also been here today, and he was in the limelight in Luoyang City for a while, so the owner of the restaurant played the name of the first restaurant in the world.
The owner of the drunken dream building, Jian Tu, was drunk at this time, today he and a group of friends drank some wine in his own restaurant, drank very much, and unconsciously it was late at night, Jian Tu asked the guys in the restaurant to arrange those friends who were already drunk, Jian Tu walked down the restaurant slowly, came to the door of the restaurant and turned back to the waiter Yu San and said
"Three, prepare a car for the master, the master wants to go home!"
Yu San, the attendant behind him, hurriedly stopped him and said
"Master, it's already late at this time, why don't you just rest in this restaurant!"
"Fart" Jian Tu scolded drunkenly, "I don't know if you have a new concubine tonight, how can you bear to let him stay alone in the empty room!" ”
"But master, after the end of the day, there will be a curfew!" Yu San said helplessly: "I heard that there is a new lieutenant named Cao Cao in the northern part of Luoyang recently, and he is ruthless!" ”
"Get out of here, dog minion," Jian Tu stretched out his hand to push away Yu San, "Don't you know who my nephew is?" Cao Cao? I'll be afraid of him! Get out, get out of here and get ready for the car! Otherwise, I plucked your skin today! ”
Yu San didn't dare to say anything when he saw that the dissuasion was ineffective, he had followed Jian Tu for a long time and knew that Jian Tu was the kind of person who didn't take human life seriously, why did he touch this moldy head, Yu San called a guy in the store, and asked him to take care of the drunk Jian Tu, and Yu San went to the backyard of the restaurant to prepare the car.
"Who are you, what are you doing with your grandfather?" Jian Tu looked at the young man and said, "You also get out, the master is not drunk, I don't want you to help!" ”
Jian Tu staggered out of the restaurant, the breeze blew, the wine woke up a little, turned around and said to the young man, "Today, the guest gave the master a treasure knife, the master forgot to take it, you go and get it for the master!" ”
It didn't take long for the young man to come over with a knife, this knife is no more than five inches long, the scabbard is made of fine nanmu, wrapped around a circle of gold wire, Jian Tu smirked and pulled out the knife and said to the little guy next to him, "Lord is in a good mood today, let you see what a treasure knife is!" ”
The moonlight sprinkled on the knife body reflected a beautiful light, and the young man rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, only to find that the blade was inlaid with seven gems, and a short knife that was no more than a foot long, was so graceful and luxurious.
"Do you know what this knife is called?" Jian Tu drunkenly walked forward and said, "This knife is called the Seven Star Treasure Knife!" ”
"Good knives!"
With a burst of applause, a person walked out of the shadows, and said in a daze, "Who are you?" ”
The moonlight shone on the man's face, revealing that his face was Cao Cao, who had heard the sound.
Cao Cao had been standing in the shadows for some time since he got off the horse, but he didn't find him because he was drunk and Cao Cao was dressed in black.
Jian Tu looked at the stranger who appeared inexplicably in front of him, his figure was not very tall, but his figure was burly, Jian Tu smiled and said, "Little man, I know the goods, I tell you, this short knife is cast by Ou Yezi, a casting master in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ou Yezi has cast countless swords in his life, and this knife is the only one." ”
Jian Tu borrowed the strength of the wine, and the more he said, the more energetic he became: "Back then, King Yun often poured the strength of a country into creating this treasure knife, but it exhausted the qi of the entire Yue country!" He waved his short knife and said, "How's it, little man, can this knife be called a treasure sword!" ”
The smile on Cao Cao's face became stronger and stronger, "I took the knife, and in return, I will also give you something!" ”
"What?" After listening to Cao Cao's words, Jian Tu laughed and said to the young man next to him, "Hahaha, what a fool!" Did I say I'm sending you? ”
Jian Tu held the knife in his left hand, and the tears of laughter in his right hand were about to fall, but he didn't notice that the young guy next to him was already so frightened that his legs and stomach were spinning.
Cao Cao clapped his hands, and more than a dozen armor soldiers appeared behind him, and these armor soldiers quickly formed a circle, surrounding Jian Tu and the little guys in the store in the middle, Cao Cao came to Jian Tu at this time and stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the knife, I will give you a life!" ”
Jian Tu was most awakened by the sudden startled wine of the armor, and Jian Tu woke up from a dream, "You are the new lieutenant Cao Cao in the north of Luoyang?" ”
"Exactly below"
Jian Tu's face changed, because he knew that he had violated the curfew, and he didn't dare to be too blatantly arguing with the northern lieutenant of Luoyang, Jian Tu smiled and said, "I heard that Lord Cao is the grandson of the Marquis of Feiting, Cao Gong?" ”
Cao Cao replied, "Not bad! ”
Jian Tu continued, "I have a nephew who is also an official in the palace, I don't know if Lord Cao has heard of it, his name is Jian Shuo"
"Of course I've heard of it, Lord Changshi!" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, never thinking that the person in front of him turned out to be Jian Shuo's uncle
"Lord Cao, do you think this will work, another day drunk dream building, I will be the east, please Lord Cao and the brothers behind me will definitely appreciate their faces at that time."
Cao Cao sneered, "Hehe, what if I don't agree?" ”
Jian Tu's face was gloomy, "The surname is Cao, I am looking at Fei Tinghou's face to give you a few thin noodles, don't give face!" ”
Cao Cao stepped forward and walked a few steps and said, "Are you threatening me, an official of the imperial court?" ”
Seeing that Cao Cao was soft and hard, he was a little helpless, if he continued like this, he was afraid that he would suffer, and the hero would not suffer the loss in front of him, Jian Tu looked at the seven-star treasure knife in his hand, and looked reluctant, but the form was forced, so he had to smile and say, "Lord Cao said that he was laughing, we are all a family, isn't it outside to say this, so this knife will be a gift to my adult!" ”
Jian Tu said and took the Seven Star Treasure Knife back to its scabbard and handed it to Cao Cao, thinking to himself Cao Cao, Cao Cao, I will talk to you after telling my nephew tomorrow.
Cao Cao took the seven-star treasure knife, stroked the scabbard with his hand, turned around and said to the armor behind him, "Kill all the staffs"
"No!"
Jian Tu's face changed sharply and he scolded, "Cao Cao, you don't talk about credibility, the knife is given to you, didn't you say let me go!" ”
Cao Cao smiled and said, "I mean to spare your life, but it's a pity that you have committed two capital crimes!" "Cao Cao played with the Seven Star Treasure Knife and went farther and farther" Han Law Order: Those who violate the curfew, kill! Assassinate the official of the imperial court, kill! So sorry! ”
These armorers took five-colored sticks and knocked the figure and the young man in the shop to the ground.
"Cao Cao, if you kill me, my nephew will not let you go!"
At first, he was still screaming and scolding, then he turned into a wailing and begging for mercy, and finally slowly fell silent.
A soldier stepped forward to probe the two of them and snorted, and quickly walked to Cao Cao's side, "My lord, the two of them have been killed by a cane!" ”
Cao Cao turned over and pulled the body back to the office and hung it outside the office. ”
Such a big movement has already woken up many people, the people in the drunken dream building saw their boss being beaten to death on Shenwu Street like this, some people were clamoring to go out to find Cao Cao to settle accounts, Cao Cao felt something, looked back, and his narrow eyes revealed infinite killing intentions
"Whoever is not afraid of death will be killed with a rod"
Cao Cao had already gone away, but this sentence had lingered in the ears of everyone in the restaurant for a long time, and no one dared to go out, including Yu San, the attendant of Jian Tu!
Autumn cicadas chirped, in the autumn of Luoyang, a new commander came to the northern Luoyang Lieutenant Office, vigorous and resolute means, killed the deputy lieutenant Liu Xu, and killed Jian Shuo's uncle Jian Tu, the wheel of history slowly moved, the line of fate involved the unknown future, the young northern lieutenant Cao Cao of Luoyang, officially boarded the ups and downs of the court, but I don't know what the future road will be?