Cao Chong's arrival surprised Xun Gang, he thought that this matter would wait until Cao Cao personally came to Jiangling to find a decision, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to be so anxious.

But when I think about it, it seems that everything is much clearer; Cao Cao wanted to establish Cao Chong as his son, so he tried to establish his prestige for Cao Chong among his ministers, so as not to prevent more and more people from leaning towards Cao Pi.

But this is also in line with Xun Gang's intentions, if Cao Cao does not plan to establish Cao Chong but plans to establish Cao Pi, then he will not be able to make Cao Cao internal chaos.

Seeing Cao Chong, Xun Gang immediately smiled and said: "Cangshu, I haven't seen you for a year and it's grown again, let the teacher hug it!" ”

Xun Gang is extremely fond of Cao Chong, perhaps because of the similarity of their personalities. Professor Xun Gang Cao Chong did not hide his secrets, which can be seen.

In the face of Xun Gang's kindness, Cao Chong raised his hand and declined, saying: "Teacher, the student came here for official business, and after the official business, the student will catch up with the teacher." ”

Cao Chong's appearance was like an old-fashioned pedant, and he couldn't help but make Xun Gang smile, looking at Xun You who accompanied him, and smiled bitterly.

Xun You and Xun Gang bowed, although Xun You's age is equivalent to twice that of Xun Gang, and his sideburns have grown Huafa, but he is Xun Gang's junior after all, and the official is still younger than Xun Gang, so he must be the first to salute.

"Gongda has worked hard this time, I don't know what the edict of King Wei is?"

Xun You said: "The king of Wei went south to Wan, and when he heard about the third son, he asked me and Chong Gongzi to judge the case first; If Gongzi Chong could not be judged, he would wait for the King of Wei to arrive in Jiangling before making a decision. ”

Xun Gang nodded, how could he not understand this underlying meaning? Cao Chong is here to save his brother, and if he can't save Cao Zhang on the basis of the existing laws, then he will have to wait for Cao Cao to make a move.

"I don't know who will go out of the southern expedition of King Wei?"

Xun You said: "Wen has Zaixia, Cheng Yu, Mao Jue and other people, and Wu has Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Le Jin and other personal generals, leading an army of 200,000 to the south. ”

Xun Gang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Guo Jia and Wei Yan were not there, and then he said: "The matter of the third prince is really difficult to deal with, and if it weren't for Prince Wei's heir, I am afraid that I would have been beheaded long ago." But if I don't cut off my head, it will be difficult for me to return the world to justice, and I am really in a dilemma! ”

Xun Gang is telling the truth, he doesn't want Cao Zhang to die, after all, he still expects him to be able to cause chaos in the future.

Cao Xiu Cao Chun was silent for a long time, and suddenly heard Cao Chong in the hall say: "Don't worry, although you are young, you already have a plan. ”

Everyone was shocked, even Xun Gang was surprised, how long has it been since he had a plan? This Cao Chong is too smart!

"Cangshu, what is your plan?"

Seeing Xun Gang's question, Cao Chong said bluntly: "Teacher, please let me meet with my brother, with my brother's testimony, the student naturally has a way." ”

Xun Gang and the others are becoming more and more confused, Cao Zhang's rebellion is almost a certainty, is it possible that he can tamper with his testimony? For the first time, Xun Gang felt that he couldn't see a person clearly, even Cao Cao had never felt before.

Gangneung's prison is extremely turbid and smelly, and cockroaches, mosquitoes and flies can be seen everywhere, which is basically the standard configuration of all cells; Because of this, the cells are filthy, most of them are places for disease outbreaks, and the life expectancy of prisoners is extremely short, and even if they are not executed, they will not have long to live.

But Cao Zhang's cell naturally looks much more luxurious, others sleep on firewood and grass, and he has at least one bed to sit on; Other people's clothes are raw maggot linen clothes that have not been washed for thousands of years, but he can still take a bath every day, this is the difference.

Xu Shu led everyone to Cao Zhang's cell, and Cao Zhang leaned on the couch, still arrogantly crossing his legs, as if he had been wronged.

"General Cao, someone is here."

Xu Shu snorted lightly in the prison, but Cao Zhang suddenly scolded: "You are a rotten Confucian, you dare to appear in front of me again!" I'm telling you! When King Wei comes and lets me out, I will let you know! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xun You, Xun Gang, Cao Chong and others who were following Xu Shu looked at each other, and they all showed ugly faces. Cao Zhang is unruly, relying on him just by his old man! If this matter spreads, it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Cao will not kill him.

After all, the laws of Wei were established by Cao Cao, and his son dared to know the law and break the law by relying on him, even Cao Cao could not tolerate it.

Xun Gang looked at Cao Zhang in the prison lightly, although he was young but extremely arrogant, it was a world of difference from when he first saw him. At that time, he escaped from Sikong Mansion with Cao Pi, and he was still a cover made by this stunned young man; How did the honest child become what he is now?

"Brother......

Cao Chong timidly walked towards the prison door, Cao Zhang was overjoyed when he saw this, and said busily: "Brother Chong, you are actually here?" Could it be that my father has already arrived in Gangneung and wants to avenge me? ”

"My father didn't come to Jiangling, he just let the foolish brother take the lead."

Cao Zhang sat back a little disappointed, but another glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, after all, his father would not give up on him.

Cao Chong said again: "Brother, you made a big mistake this time, don't talk too much, even if you are your father at that time...... There's no way to save you. ”

"What do you mean by me talking too much? If it weren't for that rotten man, I wouldn't have made a mistake! Cao Zhang gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Shu, the scorching flames seemed to burst out, "Anyway, arrest that rotten confucian, and torture me, I'll naturally be fine!" ”

Cao Chong was a little annoyed and said, "Brother! You are just a prisoner now, how can you dictate to the officials of the court? What's more, Mr. Xu is not at fault this time, but his brother is short-tempered, and he doesn't know what to do! If my brother is messing around like this again, don't blame my foolish brother for ignoring you! ”

Cao Zhang seemed to want to argue, but was forcibly swallowed back by Cao Chong's indignant eyes.

"Take him to the interrogation room!"

Xun Gang said indifferently, and saw the jailers around him shouting softly, and rushed towards the cell, looking at Xun Gang inexplicably: "It is enough for two prisoners to be arraigned, what are you going to do with twenty or thirty people together?" ”

A jailer was puzzled: "That...... Dissatisfied with Your Excellency, this person is too arrogant to bring him to the interrogation room without twenty or thirty people! Even so, I am afraid that one or twenty more brothers will be wounded. ”

"I'm here today, how can he be here? It's enough to send two! ”

“…… Be! ”

This time Cao Zhang was indeed much more honest, after all, his younger brother said that no matter how much nonsense he had, even King Wei couldn't save him, so he arrived at the interrogation room quite peacefully.

Cao Chong was instructed by Cao Cao to sit on the main case, followed by Xun You and Xun Gang. This time, they didn't plan to help, but just quietly watched how Cao Chong instructed.

Cao Chong looked at Cao Zhang quite seasonedly and said, "Cao Zhang, do you know what crime you have committed?" ”

"Lao Tzu is your brother! ……”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Chong said angrily: "There are only prisoners and officials here, and there are no brothers!" ”

Cao Zhang's nose was about to be crooked, but Xun Gang and the others couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh; But after laughing, Xun Gang understood what Cao Chong meant, this is to show that he is fair and selfless, and the next measures are all derived from national law.

"Good boy, worthy of my student, really not like a ten-year-old child!"

"Cao Zhang, what crime did you commit?"

“…… Enter the palace of our country and seek rebellion. ”

"Why break the law?"

"I want Xun Gang to come out to see me, but the rotten Confucians in the city don't say that my official is not as good as Xun Gang, so this is a hot brain ......for a while."

Cao Chong didn't let him finish, and said to himself: "As far as I know, although you gave the order to attack the city, you were captured by Lu Bu before this, so the rebellion was not successful, and at most it can be regarded as an attempt." What's more, there is nothing more than reason outside the law, and since you know that you are wrong, it is not considered a crime of rebellion. ”

What's the situation? Just one sentence washed away his crime of treason?

Xun Gang Xun looked at each other, trying to find out the loopholes in Cao Chong's words, but found that what he said was not unreasonable, after all, Cao Zhang only allowed the siege of the city, but did not attack the city yet.

If you want to forcibly say that Cao Zhang has conspired against the crime, it is not unavoidable, but no one here dares to resist the will of King Wei, and they don't want Cao Zhang to die.

"That's it, let's see how he is convicted!"

Cao Chong said again: "Marquis is the first marquis below the King of Wei, you are just a little Marquis of Yanling, how can you let Marquis come out to see you?" He also insulted the officials under the Marquis, this is a crime of disrespect, although the crime is not death, but you have to strip the military rank and title, and be dismissed as a soldier, can you obey? ”

"This ...... Natural obedience. ”

It's just that he was cut down, even if he was dismissed as a soldier, but in a few months, people would forget about it, and he would become a general again, so this is not a punishment at all.

However, Cao Chong's verdict also helped Xun Gang avenge him, although everyone knows what will happen in the future, but how can Xun Gang be afraid of him? With this lesson, Cao Zhang will definitely be a lot more honest.

"Two gentlemen, I don't know if such a judgment is justified by the juniors?"

Cao Chong suddenly turned his head to look at the two of them, with a bright smile on his face. Cao Chong is kind, he will not watch people die in front of him, so he must have used his heart to find this loophole in the law, even if Xun Gang wants to cure Cao Zhang's crime, he can't bear to save his face.

If he grows up, he may be better than himself......

"Cangshu, you have already left the school."

Xun Gang stroked Cao Chong's head and said with a smile.