Chapter 107 - Xuzhou Changes Hands (Middle)

In the imperial palace in Luoyang, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was sitting in the courtyard of the garden at this time, holding a wine glass in his hand, and staring closely at the lotus pond in front of him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since he came to the capital of Xu because of Cao Cao's prestige, although Cao Cao was extremely respectful to himself, he had no freedom and could only be trapped in the exquisite palace built by Cao Cao.

But he is the son of heaven in the Han family, if he does not have the authority of the son of heaven, can he still be regarded as the son of heaven?

Liu Xie felt more and more at this moment that he was still just a puppet at the mercy of others, but Cao Cao was much better than Dong Thief and Li and Guo Erthief, at least Cao Cao still respected his identity as the Son of Heaven, unlike Dong Thief and Li and Guo Erthief, who would only coerce himself and make his Son of Heaven majestic and sweep away.

When Liu Xie thought of this, he suddenly drank the wine in the wine glass and sighed.

The palace maid standing next to her saw that the wine glass in Liu Xie's hand was dry, so she immediately stepped forward and filled it.

Suddenly, Liu Xie heard the sound of footsteps and remembered, frowned, and followed the prestige, only to see Cao Cao coming and bowing to him.

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao's figure, he was speechless for a long time, he didn't know how to speak.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie, who was silent, and said, "Your Majesty, let the ministers speculate on your thoughts!" ”

"At this moment, Your Majesty is probably thinking in his heart, this Cao Mengde in front of me is afraid that he is the same as Dong Zhuo, he is a disloyal and unrighteous person!"

After a pause, Cao Cao shook his head: "Your Majesty, it is inevitable that you will think like this, after all, what I am doing now is no different from Dong Zhuo and the others!" ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Liu Xie's brows furrowed, and his left hand holding the wine glass couldn't help but exert force, as if he wanted to crush the wine glass in his hand.

Suddenly threw out the wine glass he was holding in his hand and fell into the lotus pond, Liu Xie took a deep breath and tried to calm down his excitement.

"Cao Mengde, do you want to say that you are not?" Liu Xie said lightly, as if he was talking to Cao Cao, and like Liu Xie's self-talk, "On the surface, it seems that he is supporting me, but in fact, he wants to realize his ambitions, so be the same!" ”

"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes?"

"Ridiculous!"

"Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes?" After Cao Cao groaned, he finally made up his mind and said to Liu Xie, "The minister never thought of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the minister just wanted to blackmail the Son of Heaven to calm the world!" ”

"Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Chen Cao Cao has seen too much!"

"People are driven by desires and confuse their hearts, and if there is no norm between desires and hearts, the world will be chaotic, and the phenomena of today's troubled times are living examples!"

"The minister does not think that such a troubled world should exist, so the minister wants to be restrained by external forces, and regulate his desire and heart according to law, so as to correct the world! And to do this, the minister needs a symbol of inoffensive power and law, that is, Your Majesty! ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Xie only felt that he had heard a funny joke, and in anger, he stood up, picked up the jade plate placed on the table, and smashed it towards Cao Cao: "Cao Mengde, you keep saying that you need a symbol of power and legal principles that cannot be offended, and that symbol is me, but the first one to offend me is you Cao Mengde!" ”

Liu Xie's words fell, and the jade disc thrown by him also fell on the ground in front of Cao Cao, broken into pieces, and splashed on Cao Cao's body.

Looking at the remaining fragments on the ground, Cao Cao frowned tightly and bowed to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty is angry, and listen to the ministers!" ”

Liu Xie's eyes were fixed on Cao Cao, and he didn't speak.

Cao Cao felt Liu Xie's gaze, and at this moment, for some reason, he actually raised his head, looked directly at Liu Xie's projected gaze, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, the so-called symbol is just a symbol, so why worry too much!" Your Majesty only needs to sit in the palace to rule the world, as for the major affairs of the court, your own ministers worry about Your Majesty! ”

"Cao Mengde, you ...... How daring! Liu Xie only felt that his heart was burning with anger, and the ritual of the Son of Heaven had completely disappeared at this moment, and he reprimanded Cao Cao loudly, "You have decided on the major affairs of the court, and raised me as a puppet in the deep palace, what face do you have to say that you are worried about me!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Liu Xie, shook his head, and after sighing, he ignored Liu Xie's angry gaze and threw away his sleeves, leaving only a cold word lingering in Liu Xie's ears.

"Your Majesty, the minister has never treated Your Majesty as a puppet! It's just that now His Majesty regards himself as a puppet of the minister, and the minister has no choice, so please ask Your Majesty to do his duty as a puppet in this deep palace! ”

"At least, as a puppet, you won't lose your life!"

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao's distant back, sat down on the couch, looked at the lotus pond blankly, and whispered, "I ...... Is it really just a puppet for the rest of your life? ”

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In Xuzhou, Liu Bei expressed his gratitude, sent the messenger of the Son of Heaven back to Beijing, and wrote a letter back, asking the messenger of the Son of Heaven to bring Cao Cao, and the letter only said that he was slow.

After the envoy of the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, he did not return to the palace first, but first went to Cao Cao's mansion to meet Cao Cao, told him that Liu Bei would not kill Lu Bu, and handed over the letter from Liu Bei to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the reply letter written by Liu Bei and frowned.

Then after sending the messenger of the Son of Heaven to retreat, Cao Cao summoned Xun Yu.

Looking at Xun Yu and handing the reply letter written by Liu Bei to Xun Yu, Cao Cao rubbed his forehead, which felt a little painful, and said to him: "This plan can't be successful, Wen Ruoke still has a way?" ”

Xun Yu held Liu Bei's reply in his hand, but he didn't open it and looked at it, and directly placed it on the candle flame and burned it into a ball of ashes.

Xun Yu chuckled, glanced at Cao Cao, bowed his hand, and said: "Lord, Yu still has a plan, which is called a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao muttered: "Drive the tiger and devour the wolf?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Cao nodded: "This plan is feasible, but how should it be operated?" ”

After hearing Cao Cao's words, the corners of Xun Yu's mouth brought a confident smile, and he said: "You can secretly send someone to the place where Yuan Shu is located first, and tell him that Liu Bei has made a secret statement to the Son of Heaven and wants to skip Nanjun." I think that after hearing the news, Yuan Highway must be angry and attack him! ”

"After that, the lord can use the name of the Son of Heaven to edict Liu Bei to crusade against Yuan Shu, and under the combination of the two sides, Lu Bu will have different hearts!"

When Cao Cao heard Xun Yu's words, he was overjoyed, so he immediately followed Xun Yu's advice, first sent someone to Yuan Shu, and then sent someone to Xuzhou under the pretense of the edict of the Son of Heaven......