Chapter Thirty-Six—The Incident of the Cloth and Belt Edict

Cao Cao returned to his house, and it didn't take long for Xun Yu and Guo Jia to come to see him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xun Yu and Guo Jia received Cao Cao's summoning order, walked into the study, and saluted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and asked, "Wen Ruo and Feng Xiao, is there something wrong with the two of you coming together?" ”

The two heard Cao Cao's question, looked at each other, and replied: "Back to the lord, there is indeed something to report to the lord!" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Let me guess, the two of you are here for Liu Da'er to be named the emperor's uncle?" ”

"Exactly!"

"The Son of Heaven recognizes that Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle, I'm afraid it won't be beneficial to the lord!" Guo Jia thought for a while, and then spoke, "Why didn't the lord say a word above the court? ”

Hearing the answers of the two, Cao Cao laughed: "Since the big-eared thief is recognized as the emperor's uncle, I will order it with the edict of the Son of Heaven, the more he will not dare to disobey!" Besides, I left that big-eared thief in Xudu, although nominally closer to the Son of Heaven, in fact it is still within my control, so why should I be afraid! ”

"As for why I didn't say a word above the court, I wanted to see what was going on around when I left Xudu, teaching the Son of Heaven badly!"

After a slight pause, Cao Cao only felt that he had a headache, rubbed his forehead with his hand, and then spoke: "I should invite the Son of Heaven to hunt to watch the movements of his ministers!" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xun Yu and Guo Jia saluted Cao Cao and sighed: "The lord is wise, I can't wait!" ”

The next day, Cao Cao was above the court, and he played the Son of Heaven to ask for Tian Hunting.

Liu Xie heard Cao Cao's recital, looked at His Highness's ministers, and said: "Cao Sikong, the world is in chaos at this moment, and Tian Hunting is afraid that it is not the right way!" ”

Cao Cao chuckled lightly and saluted Liu Xie: "The emperor of the ancients, spring and summer seedlings, autumn and winter hunting, go out to the suburbs at four o'clock to show martial arts in the world." ”

"Today, when the four seas are disturbed, it is just borrowing the field to hunt to talk about martial arts!"

Liu Xie looked at the smile on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, his heart trembled, and he didn't dare to disobey.

Three days later, the Son of Heaven, who had everything ready, rode a free horse, carrying a treasure carving bow and golden arrows, and ordered someone to arrange for Luan to drive out of the city.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each bent their bows and arrows, wore armor inside, held weapons, and led dozens of horsemen out of Xudu.

Cao Cao rode the claw Huang Feidian, led a crowd of 100,000 people, and the Son of Heaven hunted in Xu Tian, and the soldiers lined up along the paddock, enclosing more than 200 miles.

Cao Cao and the Son of Heaven walked side by side, only one horse's head apart, followed by Cao Cao's henchmen and generals, as for the other civil and military officials, they were far attendants, and no one dared to approach.

When Liu Xie and his entourage galloped into the paddock, Liu Ranran, who had just been named Uncle Liu Huang by the Son of Heaven, was accompanied by him every step of the way.

Liu Xie saw that the enclosure was full of Cao Cao's henchmen, and his brows furrowed.

In order to show the royal demeanor and let Cao Cao and others know that this world is still the world of the Han family, Liu Xie said to Liu Bei: "I want to see the emperor's uncle hunting today!" ”

When Liu Bei heard Liu Xie's words, he was ordered to get on the horse.

It happened that a rabbit popped out of the grass, and when Liu Bei saw it, he immediately bent his bow and shot it, and an arrow hit the rabbit.

Seeing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but shout.

Xiahoudun, who was following behind Cao Cao, saw that Liu Bei only shot a rabbit, and couldn't help but sneer: "The dignified uncle only shot a rabbit, I'm afraid it's not because of the archery!" ”

Hearing Xiahoudun's ridicule, Zhang Fei, who was following Liu Bei, couldn't help his temper and shouted: "You have one eye, you dare to say that my brother can't do archery, believe it or not, I will immediately shoot your other eye!" ”

Xiahoudun was also a hot-tempered person, and immediately drew his knife and shouted at Zhang Fei: "Come on, I'm afraid you won't succeed!" ”

Liu Xie, who was caught in the middle, was first frightened by Zhang Fei's shouting, and then saw Xiahou draw his knife, and he was already panicked in his heart.

"You...... In your eyes...... But is there still me? ”

Liu Bei heard Liu Xie's trembling words, and his heart was shocked, and then he remembered that his side was the Son of Heaven, and hurriedly dismounted and knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the third brother of the minister is a person from the mountains and wilderness, it is not your intention to collide with Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive!" ”

Zhang Fei saw his eldest brother kneeling, and he was displeased: "Brother, why are you ......?"

"Yide, shut up!" Liu Bei naturally knew what Zhang Fei wanted to say, but how could these words be known by the Son of Heaven, so he hurriedly interrupted Zhang Fei's words.

Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei glaring at him with an angry face, although he was unwilling, he still dismounted, and knelt down in front of Liu Xie like Liu Bei: "I hope Your Majesty forgives me!" ”

On the contrary, Cao Cao on the side just glanced at Xiahoudun who was following behind him, and then bowed slightly to Liu Xie on horseback, which was regarded as a salute: "I disturbed the holy driver, but the ministers were not strict, and please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, the generals behind Cao Cao all held their hands on the hilt of the knife at this time, which was the attitude of asking for punishment.

Liu Xie trembled and said to Cao Cao: "Cao Sikong is dedicated to being a Han, and it is too late for me to reward him, how dare I punish him!" ”

Cao Cao heard Liu Xie's words, nodded his head, and expressed his approval.

As for Liu Bei and the others, they were not punished, but still under Cao Cao's deterrence, Liu Xie reprimanded a few words.

How could the hot-tempered Zhang Fei stand such anger, and after several pulls, Liu Bei could only helplessly let him go back to Xu Capital first.

The group turned around the dirt slope and saw a large deer jumping out of the thorns.

Liu Xie, who had just been frightened, was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly bent his bow and shot arrows.

It's just that Liu Xie is young after all, and he has been in the deep palace for a long time, and he was played in the palm of his hand by Dong Thief and others, and he didn't have any archery skills, and he didn't hit three arrows in a row.

Seeing that the three arrows were all missed, Liu Xie jumped his feet like a child, looked back at Cao Cao, handed over the treasure eagle bow and golden arrow in his hand, and said: "Cao Sikong has been conquering all the way, I am afraid that his archery skills are superb, so Sikong will shoot it for me!" ”

Cao Cao took the treasure eagle bow and golden arrows, looked at the big deer in the distance, and secretly thought to himself: "Do you shoot a deer?" Qin lost his deer, and the heroes of the world chased him! ”

"And what about Han, the deer?"

Taking a deep breath, Cao Cao bent his bow and shot an arrow at the deer in the distance, hitting the deer and falling into the grass.

The ministers loyal to the Han family saw the golden arrow, but it was shot by the Son of Heaven, and they all enthusiastically shouted long live to the Son of Heaven.

Seeing this, Cao Cao's eyes were half-squinted, he looked around, and muttered silently in his heart: "It turned out to be you old guys!" ”

Then, Cao Cao let out a sneer, rode out, and blocked the Son of Heaven.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene, Guan Yu behind Liu Bei was furious, opened his Danfeng eyes, raised his knife and slapped the horse, and wanted to behead Cao Cao.

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu was about to come out, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal that he couldn't, Guan Yu saw Liu Bei signaling like this, and snorted coldly and didn't dare to move again.

The paddock has ended, and the Son of Heaven is holding a banquet in Xu Tian.

After the banquet was over, Liu Xie abandoned the horse with an ugly face and boarded Luan to return to Xudu.

When they saw that the Son of Heaven had withdrawn, they also went home to rest.

It was only at this time that Guan Yu opened his mouth to Liu Bei and asked the question in his heart: "That Cao thief deceived the king, I want to kill him and eliminate harm for the country, why did my brother stop me?" ”

Liu Bei heard Guan Yu's words, sighed lightly, and shook his head: "It's just a rat bogey!" ”

"That Cao Cao and the Son of Heaven are only one horse's head, and his confidants are hugging and serving all around, if the second brother is angry for a while, and he acts lightly, if it doesn't work out, it hurts the Son of Heaven, but it will become our sin!"

Guan Yu listened to Liu Bei's words, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "If you don't kill this thief today, it will definitely be a disaster in the future!" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while, and then slowly said to him: "It should be kept secret, not lightly!" ”

……

After Liu Xie returned to the palace, he cried to Queen Fu: "Since I ascended the throne, I have been a traitor and a male, first suffering from Dong Zhuo, and then by the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan. Later, I was fortunate to be rescued by Cao Cao, thinking that he was the minister of the society, but he was also a dictatorship and a prestige, and every time I saw it, my back was like a thorn! ”

"Today on the paddock, that Cao Cao greeted him again, extremely rude, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a different heart! If it were then, my wife and I wouldn't even know where we died! ”

Empress Fu heard Liu Xie's cry, patted Liu Xie's back with both hands, and sighed: "The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, all eat Hanlu, but no one can save the country? ”

As soon as the words fell, a person suddenly ran in from outside and said to Liu Xie and Queen Fu: "Your Majesty, the queen should not be worried, I recommend one person to get rid of the national thief!" ”

When Liu Xie heard the sound of the words in his ears, he stopped crying, followed the sound, and saw that the person who came was Queen Fu's father.

Liu Xie wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and asked, "The emperor also knows that Cao Thief is arbitrary?" ”

Fu Wan sighed: "Who hasn't seen Xu Tian shooting a deer?" ”

"But in the Manchu Dynasty, it is either Cao Cao's clan or his disciples, if it is not a national relative, who is willing to be loyal to the thief? The old minister has no power, and it is difficult to do this, only the general of the chariot and the uncle Dong Cheng can be trusted! ”

After listening to Fu Wan's words, Liu Xie also nodded: "Uncle Dong Guo has been to the country a lot, and I know it, so it is appropriate to enter and discuss major matters together." ”

"Your Majesty is a thief's henchman on the left and right, if the matter leaks, I'm afraid it will be a disaster!"

Liu Xie frowned, and said to Fu Wan, "What should I do?" ”

After thinking about it carefully, he said to Liu Xie: "The minister has a plan, Your Majesty can make a piece of clothing, take a jade belt, give Dong Cheng a secret edict, sew a secret edict on the inner lining to give it, so that when you go home to see the edict, you can draw a plan day and night, and the gods and ghosts will not be aware of it!" ”

After Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but say that it was wonderful.

After the confession was made, Liu Xie personally wrote a secret edict, bit his fingertips, and wrote it in blood, and at the same time secretly ordered Queen Fu to sew it into the purple brocade lining of the jade belt.

Then he wore a brocade robe and tied this belt, so that the internal history Xuan Dong entered.

Dong Cheng got the edict, came to the palace, and greeted Liu Xie.

Liu Xie looked at Dong Cheng and said slowly: "I talked to the queen about the suffering of Bahe, and I read the great merits of Uncle Guo, so I specially announced my condolences. ”

Dong Cheng heard Liu Xie's words and immediately thanked him.

Liu Xie took Dong Cheng out of the palace, came to the Taimiao, and walked into the Meritorious Pavilion.

After the incense burning ceremony, Liu Xie led Dong Cheng to look at the portrait.

Liu Xi pointed to the portrait of Han Gaozu painted in the middle, and asked, "Where did Emperor Gaozu get up?" How to start a business? ”

Hearing Liu Xie's questioning, Dong Cheng was shocked: "Your Majesty teased your ministers!" How can I not know about the Holy Ancestor? ”

"Emperor Gao started from the Sishang Pavilion Chief, lifted a three-foot sword, slashed the snake uprising, crisscrossed the four seas, died in Qin in three years, destroyed Chu in five years, and then had the world and established the foundation of eternity!"

When Liu Xie heard Dong Cheng's words, he was full of grief in his heart, and said with emotion: "The ancestors are so heroic, but the descendants are so cowardly, can't you sigh!" ”

Then he pointed to the portraits on the left and right, and asked, "Are these two people staying with Marquis Zhang Liang and Marquis Xiaohe?" ”

Looking at the portraits of the two, Dong Cheng nodded: "Yes!" Gaozu started a business, relying on the strength of the two! ”

Liu Xie was silent for a while, and then saw that the people on the left and right were far away from him, so he whispered to Dong Cheng: "Uncle Guo should also stand on my side like this!" ”

"Why should you be like this?"

"Uncle Guo's Western Capital has saved the car, I have not forgotten it, and I can't give it!" Looking at Dong Cheng, who was at a loss, Liu Xie sighed, pointed to the robe and jade belt he was wearing, and said to him, "Uncle Guo should wear this robe and tie this belt, always like I am around!" ”

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Dong Chengdun thanked him first.

Liu Xie took off his robe and gave it to Dong Cheng, and whispered in his ear: "After Uncle Guo returns, you can take a closer look, don't lose your intentions." ”

Dong Cheng heard the secret words in his ear, looked at Liu Xie blankly, and then nodded to him.

After putting on the robe and tying the belt, Dong Cheng confessed and withdrew.

Earlier, when Dong Cheng and the Son of Heaven saw each other, someone secretly reported to Cao Cao that they knew, and after Cao Cao heard the news, he immediately entered the palace.

Dong Cheng walked out of the Meritorious Pavilion, only to pass the palace gate, happened to meet Cao Cao coming, but there was no place to hide in his eagerness, so he had to stand on the side of the road to give a salute.

Cao Cao looked at Dong Cheng, smiled, and asked, "Where did Uncle Guo come from?" ”

"It is appropriate to be summoned by the Son of Heaven and given a brocade robe and jade belt." Dong Cheng listened to Cao Cao's question, bowed, and replied.

Hearing Dong Cheng's answer, Cao Cao frowned: "Why do you see it?" ”

"Because of the memory of a certain old Western capital to save the car, so there is this gift!"

"Show me the explanation!"

Dong Cheng knew that there must be a secret edict in the belt, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would see through it, and cold sweat broke out on his head from time to time, but he was slow to untie the jade belt around his waist.

Cao Cao saw that Dong Cheng had not moved for a long time, and his heart immediately became suspicious, and he shouted at the people left and right: "Don't you see that Uncle Guo's hands and feet are inconvenient? Why don't you hurry up and help him get rid of it! ”

The words fell, and the two people who followed Cao Cao stepped forward to press Dong Cheng, helped him untie the jade belt, and handed it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the jade belt and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Sure enough, it's a good jade belt!" Take off your brocade robe and borrow it again! ”

After experiencing the strong untie of the jade belt, Dong Cheng was afraid in his heart, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only take off his robe and offer it.

Cao Cao took the brocade robe, lifted it with his hand, and looked at it carefully in the sunlight.

After reading it, he put it on his body, tied a jade belt, looked back at the people on the left and right, and said with a smile: "How is the length?" ”

After the people on the left and right saw it, they praised it again and again.

Cao Cao turned his head, looked at Dong Cheng, and said to him: "Uncle Guo will give me this robe, how about it?" ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Dong Cheng wiped the cold sweat on his face with his hand, and responded respectfully: "Given by Jun's grace, I dare not give it away, and let me give it away with other things!" ”

Cao Cao's eyes were firmly fixed on Dong Cheng, and he snorted coldly: "Uncle Guo received this belt, could it be that there is a conspiracy in it?" ”

When Dong Cheng heard Cao Cao's words, he immediately knelt on the ground and exclaimed to him: "How dare I! If you want it, you can leave it! ”

Cao Cao looked at Dong Cheng's kneeling figure and was speechless for a long time.

After a long time, Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed: "The public is given by the king, how can I take it?" ”

"It's just a joke!"

When the words fell, Cao Cao took off his robe and returned to Dong Cheng, but he was already secretly wary in his heart.

He didn't believe that the Son of Heaven would give clothes and belts for no reason, and there must be a mystery hidden in it.

Cao Cao had already secretly made up his mind in his heart, and after he went back, he hurriedly ordered someone to monitor Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng resigned from Cao Cao and returned home, and sat alone in the academy until late at night.

I looked at the robe carefully, but there was nothing.

Dong Cheng frowned and pondered carefully: "The Son of Heaven gave me a robe and ordered me to take a closer look, there must be a deep meaning in it!" But now there is no trace of it, why is that? ”

After pondering for a while, he took the jade belt and looked at it repeatedly, and saw that the jade belt was a white jade exquisite, crushed into a small dragon to wear flowers, and the back was lined with purple brocade, and the sewing was neat, and there was nothing in it.

Dong Cheng's heart was puzzled, put it on the table, and searched for it repeatedly.

After a long time, Dong Cheng only felt that he was very tired, and when he was about to go to bed, the lamp cracked, fell on the belt, and burned the backing.

Seeing this, Dong Cheng panicked in his heart and hurriedly wiped it.

After extinguishing the candle, Dong Cheng found that his jade belt had been burned out, slightly revealing plain silk, and blood stains were faintly visible.

Dong Cheng looked at the silk slightly exposed on the jade belt, knowing that it was what he had been looking for for a long time, and after several observations to confirm that there was no one around, he hurriedly took a knife and opened it, and found that this was a secret edict written by the Son of Heaven in blood.

I saw that the bloody edict in my hand read: "I have heard that the people are great, the father and son are the first, the difference between respect and humility, and the monarch and the minister are important!" Recently, Cao Cao's old thief has seized power and dictatorship, oppressed his father, formed a party alliance, corrupted his Han dynasty, and rewarded and punished him. ”

"I've been worrying all night, I'm afraid the world will be in danger! Qing is the minister of the country, my closest relative, when remembering the difficulty of Emperor Gaozu to start a business, secretly united the martyrs of both loyalty and righteousness, exterminated the traitorous party, and re-enshrined the society, the ancestors were very fortunate! Break your fingers and spill blood, write an edict to Fu Qing, I hope to be cautious again and again, don't live up to my intentions! The edict of the fourth spring and March of Jian'an ......"